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February 19, 2006
February 16, 2006
Score! Nice gifts from dear friends...
I just came home with a box full of goodies, from Kimmie's. She found these at one of her special places she frequents, and graciously decided to give them to me. I was over Superbowl Sunday ( dare we speak of that day?) it was also a birthday celebration for several people, me included, ( I am now , hmm, 26)..and we had a great time visiting everyone...
Kim's is always the best place to go, warm, loving, beautifully decorated, homey, and lots of the best food compliments her Mom, Mother, Diane. ( I went over yesterday, and took back empty containers from left overs, and viola, I came back home with, FULL containers of leftovers, (I call them elegant aftermaths when they come from Diane's kitchen!) I helped her concoct a new recipe (I stirred, and brought some home..I am soooo talented!) It was mac n' alfredo sauce, with pesto and artichoke hearts, YumE!
Love you Diane. Thanks for a wonderful, Ful Filling, visit!
Kim's fantastic blog
So check out these freebee dishes I got gifted me, and check out Kim's fantastic blog.
Love you Kimmee.
Kim's is always the best place to go, warm, loving, beautifully decorated, homey, and lots of the best food compliments her Mom, Mother, Diane. ( I went over yesterday, and took back empty containers from left overs, and viola, I came back home with, FULL containers of leftovers, (I call them elegant aftermaths when they come from Diane's kitchen!) I helped her concoct a new recipe (I stirred, and brought some home..I am soooo talented!) It was mac n' alfredo sauce, with pesto and artichoke hearts, YumE!
Love you Diane. Thanks for a wonderful, Ful Filling, visit!
Kim's fantastic blog
So check out these freebee dishes I got gifted me, and check out Kim's fantastic blog.
Love you Kimmee.
February 13, 2006
Chinese herbs second round
After my four days of taking my herbs, I was just crushed. There was no improvement. went back to Dr. who took my pulse, and said it was the same.
They decided it was not a strong enough dosage, and that since I had been this way for so long ( unable to sleep, relax, be rested) that it might take a little longer, happiness is assured they said.
They don't want me to take western medicine, but melatonin is ok, they said, it is natural.
So they changed my herbs some, said to use 3 cups of water, boil , simmer for 1 hour, and drink 1 cup ( shoud be one cup after 1 hour) The add 2 cups water, boil, simmer 30 minutes, save the one cup for after breakfast,. Ths morning I had a glimmer of love feeling.
Ordered 3 books about passive aggressive men last night. Long overdue.
Living with a passive aggressive man
Take a look.
They decided it was not a strong enough dosage, and that since I had been this way for so long ( unable to sleep, relax, be rested) that it might take a little longer, happiness is assured they said.
They don't want me to take western medicine, but melatonin is ok, they said, it is natural.
So they changed my herbs some, said to use 3 cups of water, boil , simmer for 1 hour, and drink 1 cup ( shoud be one cup after 1 hour) The add 2 cups water, boil, simmer 30 minutes, save the one cup for after breakfast,. Ths morning I had a glimmer of love feeling.
Ordered 3 books about passive aggressive men last night. Long overdue.
Living with a passive aggressive man
Take a look.
February 12, 2006
Porcupine Babies triplets
This just came as an attachment in an e-mail. It is so adorable, I had to blog it.
February 08, 2006
"The body-mind is not a pyramid, but a circle of interaction between the Internal Organs and their emotional aspects.
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Chinese medicine, search for information here
Interesting differences between Chinese and Western ideas concerning emotions/body and health.
Chinese Medicine
Five Emotions: anger, joy, sorrow, fear and rumination, as well as others, and explains their significance to the practitioner. "The body-mind is not a pyramid, but a circle of interaction between the Internal Organs and their emotional aspects. Whereas Western Medicine tends to consider the influence of emotions on the organs as having a secondary or excitatory role rather than being a primary causative factor of disease, Chinese Medicine sees the emotions as an integral and inseparable part of the sphere of action of the Internal Organs.... Since the body and mind form an integrated inseparable unit, the emotions can not only cause a disharmony, but they can also be caused by it"
Anger, according to tradition, affects the liver; rumination taxes the spleen; sorrow depletes the lungs; excessive joy affects the heart, and fear affects the kidneys.
Chinese medicine, search for information here
Interesting differences between Chinese and Western ideas concerning emotions/body and health.
Chinese Medicine
Five Emotions: anger, joy, sorrow, fear and rumination, as well as others, and explains their significance to the practitioner. "The body-mind is not a pyramid, but a circle of interaction between the Internal Organs and their emotional aspects. Whereas Western Medicine tends to consider the influence of emotions on the organs as having a secondary or excitatory role rather than being a primary causative factor of disease, Chinese Medicine sees the emotions as an integral and inseparable part of the sphere of action of the Internal Organs.... Since the body and mind form an integrated inseparable unit, the emotions can not only cause a disharmony, but they can also be caused by it"
Anger, according to tradition, affects the liver; rumination taxes the spleen; sorrow depletes the lungs; excessive joy affects the heart, and fear affects the kidneys.
Day 2 of Chinese Herbs
These are photos of my Chinese herbs.
I have been given 4 days worth.
My cost was 6.00 per bag or per day, for a total of $24.00.
My herbs cooking.
The recipe is as follows:
Pour 4 cups ( as in coffee cup) into a pan, add herbs, Boil, then simmer for an hour.
( reducing liquid to 1 cup)
Drink the one cup.
(after dinner, or one hour before sleep)
Any leftover can be used for breakfast.
Cooking of herbs.
This smells like a very strong vegetable soup.
That is what it tastes like to me.
My cup of Chinese herbs, served with a small treat to make taste buds," taste," better.
Hmm. What to do with these leftover herbs?
Too good, too gold, to throw away.
I add water, boil, reduce, and use for breakfast.
If you have any questions I would be glad to share personal experience, as it goes on.
Comment with an address, or e-mail me through my blog profile.
A brief explanation of Chinese Medicine
Chinese herbs for; trauma, sadness, depression. Ailments such as headaches, TMJ, sleep apnea, allergies, lack of motivation, inability to relax.
What are the causes of Disease?
What is the secret of the Chinese life order that is so remarkable for its longevity and health?
The journalist wanted to study her own experience in China to give an answer to the question. In a couple of weeks after coming to China Muscovites felt wonderfully, the cheeks were blushing while some time before they seemed to be faded away in Moscow's haste; wrinkles became smoothed out and people hardly recollected their own diseases.
What is the secret of the Chinese life order that is so remarkable for its longevity and health?In China, a person of any age feels he is needed in the family and in the society in general.
Till the extreme old age Chinese keep lucid minds and keen memory. They are extremely kind and quiet with respect to each other. In China, people at the age of 60-70 are not old indeed.
Correct nutrition means regular meals; Chinese take meals every four hours. While having meals they disregard any other problems.
The main forms of modern TCM can be traced back 2,500 years: in particular, the concept of Yin and Yang, which forms the basic idea behind I Ching - the Book of Change. From Yin and Yang comes a belief that health requires a constant adaptation to circumstances, and that illness is the consequence of an inability to change. From this comes the idea of a free-flowing energy of life Qi (pronounced Tchee!) which is in living people but cannot (as yet!) be pinpointed in the laboratory. Qi requires a living body to manifest itself, and a means to form and nourish that body: Xue (Chway) or 'Blood'. From the interaction of these four ideas, Yin, Yang, Qi and Xue comes much of our understanding of health according to TCM
I have been given 4 days worth.
My cost was 6.00 per bag or per day, for a total of $24.00.
My herbs cooking.
The recipe is as follows:
Pour 4 cups ( as in coffee cup) into a pan, add herbs, Boil, then simmer for an hour.
( reducing liquid to 1 cup)
Drink the one cup.
(after dinner, or one hour before sleep)
Any leftover can be used for breakfast.
Cooking of herbs.
This smells like a very strong vegetable soup.
That is what it tastes like to me.
My cup of Chinese herbs, served with a small treat to make taste buds," taste," better.
Hmm. What to do with these leftover herbs?
Too good, too gold, to throw away.
I add water, boil, reduce, and use for breakfast.
If you have any questions I would be glad to share personal experience, as it goes on.
Comment with an address, or e-mail me through my blog profile.
A brief explanation of Chinese Medicine
Chinese herbs for; trauma, sadness, depression. Ailments such as headaches, TMJ, sleep apnea, allergies, lack of motivation, inability to relax.
What are the causes of Disease?
What is the secret of the Chinese life order that is so remarkable for its longevity and health?
The journalist wanted to study her own experience in China to give an answer to the question. In a couple of weeks after coming to China Muscovites felt wonderfully, the cheeks were blushing while some time before they seemed to be faded away in Moscow's haste; wrinkles became smoothed out and people hardly recollected their own diseases.
What is the secret of the Chinese life order that is so remarkable for its longevity and health?In China, a person of any age feels he is needed in the family and in the society in general.
Till the extreme old age Chinese keep lucid minds and keen memory. They are extremely kind and quiet with respect to each other. In China, people at the age of 60-70 are not old indeed.
Correct nutrition means regular meals; Chinese take meals every four hours. While having meals they disregard any other problems.
The main forms of modern TCM can be traced back 2,500 years: in particular, the concept of Yin and Yang, which forms the basic idea behind I Ching - the Book of Change. From Yin and Yang comes a belief that health requires a constant adaptation to circumstances, and that illness is the consequence of an inability to change. From this comes the idea of a free-flowing energy of life Qi (pronounced Tchee!) which is in living people but cannot (as yet!) be pinpointed in the laboratory. Qi requires a living body to manifest itself, and a means to form and nourish that body: Xue (Chway) or 'Blood'. From the interaction of these four ideas, Yin, Yang, Qi and Xue comes much of our understanding of health according to TCM
February 06, 2006
February 05, 2006
Slideshow Flowers of Kim Carney, " Something to See"
Well, I couldn't swipe one, so these photo's are mine ( my first year Dahlia), and (2Lips) ...
But this is Kims.....slideshow
Slide Show of Kim's beautiful flower shots
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February 03, 2006
On The light side...Maude says
Men are always whining about how we're suffocating them. Personally, if you can still hear them whining, you're not pressing hard enough on the pillow!
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