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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Dragon Hunters!

Here is Lexie & Sarah at Renee's House dressed as "Dragon Hunters". They first spent time planning their game, then their costumes. Then went forward to save the world & "Princess'" Abby & Gracie from the Dragons.

First, I LOVE that at their age they continue to have such a vivid imagination & they are free to use their creativity & artistic talents.

Second, isn't it awesome that we are raising our daughters & sons in a gender equal environment? Forget the "Barbie" dress up & playing house! These strong, individual young ladies are the DRAGON HUNTERS, saving others!

As a Mother, I'm so proud of a daughter, Lexie, who slays Dragons, Cassie who sees the opportunities available to her in Math & Science as a "Crime Scene Investigator" & Jon who plans menus, shops at the grocery store & then makes his girlfriend & his family dinner on a busy week night, just because....

Here's to our future of Dragon Slayers & a well balanced society...

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Coffee Cup Chocolate Cake!

Coffee Cup Chocolate Cake! Can you Believe it! I heard this on the radio while driving to work. I'm a Hot Tea Lover so Coffee as a rule doesn't mean much to me, besides mornings in general are brutal with or without caffeine!

However, Coffee Cup Chocolate Cake does have the potential to open my eyes a bit... ; ) And I'm thinking if the dry ingredients are pre-mixed- it's completely doable. Breakfast of Champions- who needs Wheaties!

Coffee mug
· 4 tbsp Flour (not self rising)
· 4 tbsp Sugar
· 4 tbsp Coco (Nesquick, Hersheys)
· 1 Egg
· 4 tbsp milk
· 3 tbsp oil
· Splash of vanilla
· 2 tbsp nuts or chocolate chips (optional)

*Step One
Mix dry ingredients in the mug first, then add egg, then milk and oil.

*Step Two
Stir well add chocolate chips and nuts (if desired).

*Step Three
Microwave on high for 3 minutes, let stand for 1 minute before serving.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Jon & Mary Prom 2009

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Jon & Mary at her Senior Prom this Spring. Aren't they gorgeous?

Mary will be 19 this month & graduate from Lincoln High School in June.

We're blessed to have her in our family!

Monday, April 27, 2009

Resverotrol

This is a link to a piece on CBS News / 60 Minutes about a new antioxidant called Resverotrol, which takes the nutrients found in red wine & concentrates it for health benefits. It's said to have many benefits, relating to age- weight- heart disease-diabetes-cancer-auto immune diseases, etc. The studies showed the ability to prevent diseases + improvement of diseases already in progress.

Why not just drink more red wine I ask? (I LOVE my Wine!) The answer is that it would take about 1000 glasses of red wine a day to equal the amount of antioxidants in the 250 mg capsules! I don't love wine THAT much- I have some restraint!

My Dr. recommended it for me & I thought I would pass the information along. It's hard to tell if the antioxidants alone are helping or the combination of various techniques I (we) try towards the goal of health & well being on a large scale. I figure every little bit helps ; )

Anyway, I buy mine at GNC for about $20.00 (250 mg) the higher the mg's the higher the price. Mine is middle range, the highest I found was in the 400 mg range. 2 pills in the morning can't hurt if it means living a little longer with higher quality of life. And if nothing else- a few extra antioxidants can't be bad...

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4752354n

Saturday, April 25, 2009

UnThink KFC

On Friday Luis was on our local Sacramento news to promote KFC's new grilled chicken The promotion is called "UnThink KFC". On Monday, the company will sponsor an "unfried" day. Anyone can walk into a KFC on Monday April 27th, and get a free piece of grilled chicken!

Luis will do another interview with NBC on Monday morning, and 2 more in the month of May. Who knew Chicken was so interesting? Here's the link to the Sacramento News...

http://www.sacandco.net/archives/index.htm