"Preventative Medicine" Theory: BUSTED!

germy kids + lack of sleep = cold

Not even AIRBORNE can replace a good night's sleep when it comes to health and wellness.

To market, to market

I love buying fresh produce from old farmers. There's nothing like pulling into a parking lot and buying food out of the back of a pickup from some old guy who has dirt in his fingernails and calluses that has been there since 1948. Perfect!

"Preventative Medicine"

I don’t usually try to prevent colds until I feel them coming, which is probably why I get them. When I feel one creeping up on me I’m suddenly inspired to go to bed early, drink OJ, take multi-vitamins, and run to the store for AIRBORNE. For some reason this ritual seems easier than going to bed at a reasonable time and getting vitamin C daily. My studies show this technique works 73% of the time.

Now I have a theory to improve my success rate by eliminating the annual Fall cold that so many teachers fall victim to. If I take an AIRBORNE tablet every day for the first two weeks of school, I could potentially be cold-free until Columbus day at the very least. I’ll have to continue to stay up late and avoid other healthy habits, for scientific purposes, of course.

Season Premiere, Already!

You realize your life contains little excitement when the thing you look most forward to for an entire week is a television show. But I'll take that over chaos any day. One of my favorite shows, PRISONBREAK , starts next week. For me it's right up there with 24, CSI, and Criminal Minds. Check out the second season starting this Monday @8/7c on Fox.

Eatin' Good

Tonight I went to Applebee's for a baby shower and I ordered one of my favorite dishes there:

CRISPY ORANGE CHICKEN BOWL

My description: Tasty goodness in a bowl topped with almonds and those crunchy little noodle things.

Menu description: Breaded boneless chicken breast is delicately spiced and covered in a spicy-sweet orange glaze. Served in a big bowl over a flavorful array of stir-fry vegetables and almond rice pilaf.

Against All Odds

I don’t normally watch Oprah, but when you see a two-legged dog walking upright, you stop flipping channels. The dog and several other guests were part of a show called Against All Odds. Following the two-legged dog segment, a little boy named Anthony shared an amazing story. When Anthony was just eight years old, his father stabbed him six times after murdering Anthony's mother. When asked how he survived the attack, Anthony explained that angels told him to play dead so his father would leave and then they lifted him up to the phone and he called for help.

For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

Psalm 91:11-12

Chocolate! Chocolate!

I tried a new cookie recipe from one of my cook books the other day that was really easy and really yummy. Mmmm...chocolate.

Here it is:

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup cocoa
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cups chocolate chips
1/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts (optional)

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees

2. Beat butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl until light and fluffy. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts, if desired. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.

3. Bake 8-10 minutes or just until set. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

Makes about 3 1/2 dozen cookies.

I baked the cookies for 10 minutes, but I think I'll try 9 minutes next time and I might try white chocolate chips.

Hmmm...

Not sure what my first entry should consist of and I'm not feeling particularly clever so this is my attempt at filling the first inches of space on my new blog (which makes me feel a bit egocentric but I've always wanted to try it). Maybe I should ramble on a bit. I'm very excited because I figured out how to create links on my new blog in spite of the fact that I'm not very techie. Yay!!! I'm a little sad though because I can think of several reasons I should not have bothered to start a blog...

#10
I don't want to add to my "to do" lists

#9
I'm not sure what my goal is here

#8
I should be finishing unfinished projects, and there are many

#7
I'm not confident about my writing

#6
Trying to be clever stresses me out

#5
I'm already missing the four hours of my life that I'll never see again

#4
People with blogs seem to have countless friends with whom to share their thoughts, ideas, and daily activities online....I'm perfectly happy with the # of friends I have...truly...I'm just wondering why I decided to get involved in all of this work when I just as easily could have called both of them.

#3
I like my life, but it's just not that exciting

#2
No, seriously, not exciting

#1
I like to do things that are easy, and so far this has been a lot of work

Well looky here! Look what a little rambling can lead to. Alright!
This is something.

Gotta go call my sister to tell her about "banjo bandida".