The powers that be seem confused about the fact that we might be facing a flu pandemic AFTER the flu season is supposed to be about over. Having a daughter in each of the places where the Swine Flu has turned up, I took time to think about what I could do to keep them healthy. Naturally, nothing will make anyone immune to the flu but you can remind your college students about the need of TRYING to get enough sleep, washing hands often, etc. Also, I read somewhere that some viruses/germs incubate in the digestive track. This immediately put me in mind of Acidolophlus. If you keep the good bacteria going in your system, you help it fight off any bugs that come your way.
We have tried a lot of different types over the years. Recently, we discovered the products carried at www.valuesdrivenfamily.com/. Their Tummy Tune Up and Yeast Assassin do not have any side effects, do not need refrigeration, and really seem to work well. We don't only use them for preventive medicine but for minor stomach upsets and headaches. It sure beats grabbing aspirin or Tylenol.
I just had a bottle sent to each of my children away at college and ordered a couple more to keep on hand at home. Thought I'd share as no one wants the fame of being a Swine Flu victim! Oh, and you cannot catch the Swine Flu from eating pork! This is strictly a person-to-person borne illness.
Just thought I'd share. Hey, if you are sick, you can't read my blog meanderings, right?!
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Forwarding a letter to the president . . .
This was passed on to me on e-mail today. It sure says it like it is and I hope it wakes up enough people to stop the problems now! Hey, we should cherish the moments we have to express our opinion because the 'current powers' would sure like to put a stop to it! ~Barbara
Subject: Letter to the President
April 17, 2009
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Mr. Obama:
I have had it with you and your administration, sir. Your conduct on your recent trip overseas has convinced me that you are not an adequate representative of the United States of America collectively or of me personally.
You are so obsessed with appeasing the Europeans and the Muslim world that you have abdicated the responsibilities of the President of the United States of America. You are responsible to the citizens of the United States. You are not responsible to the peoples of any other country on earth.
I personally resent that you go around the world apologizing for the United States telling Europeans that we are arrogant and do not care about their status in the world. Sir, what do you think the First World War and the Second World War were all about if not the consideration of the peoples of Europe? Are you brain dead? What do you think the Marshall Plan was all about? Do you not understand or know the history of the 20th century?
Where do you get off telling a Muslim country that the United States does not consider itself a Christian country? Have you not read the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution of the United States? This country was founded on Judeo-Christian ethics and the principles governing this country, at least until you came along, come directly from this heritage. Do you not understand this?
Your bowing to the King of Saudi Arabia is an affront to all Americans. Our President does not bow down to anyone, let alone the King of Saudi Arabia. You don't show Great Britain, our best and one of our oldest allies, the respect they deserve yet you bow down to the King of Saudi Arabia. How dare you, sir! How dare you!
You can't find the time to visit the graves of our greatest generation because you don't want to offend the Germans but make time to visit a mosque in Turkey. You offended our dead and every veteran when you give the Germans more respect than the people who saved the German people from themselves. What's the matter with you?
I am convinced that you and the members of your administration have the historical and intellectual depth of a mud puddle and should be ashamed of yourselves, all of you.
You are so self-righteously offended by the big bankers and the American automobile manufacturers yet do nothing about the real thieves in this situation, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Frank, Franklin Raines, Jamie Gorelic, the Fannie Mae bonuses, and the Freddie Mac bonuses. What do you intend to do about them? Anything? I seriously doubt it.
What about the U.S. House members passing out $9.1 million in bonuses to their staff members on top of the $2.5 million in automatic pay raises that lawmakers gave themselves? I understand the average House aide got a 17% bonus. I took a 5% cut in my pay to save jobs with my employer. You haven't said anything about that. Who authorized that? I surely didn't!
Executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be receiving $210 million in bonuses over an eighteen-month period, that's $45 million more than the AIG bonuses. In fact, Fannie and Freddie executives have already been awarded $51 million, not a bad take. Who authorized that and why haven't you expressed your outrage at this group who are largely responsible for the economic mess we have right now.
I resent that you take me and my fellow citizens as brain-dead and not caring about what you idiots do. We are watching what you are doing and we are getting increasingly fed up with all of you. I also want you to know that I personally find just about everything you do and say to be offensive to every one of my sensibilities. I promise you that I will work tirelessly to see that you do not get a chance to spend two terms destroying my beautiful country.
Sincerely,
Every Real American
P.S. I rarely ask that emails be 'passed around'.............PLEASE SEND THIS TO YOUR EMAIL LIST......it's past time for all Americans to wake up!
Subject: Letter to the President
April 17, 2009
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Mr. Obama:
I have had it with you and your administration, sir. Your conduct on your recent trip overseas has convinced me that you are not an adequate representative of the United States of America collectively or of me personally.
You are so obsessed with appeasing the Europeans and the Muslim world that you have abdicated the responsibilities of the President of the United States of America. You are responsible to the citizens of the United States. You are not responsible to the peoples of any other country on earth.
I personally resent that you go around the world apologizing for the United States telling Europeans that we are arrogant and do not care about their status in the world. Sir, what do you think the First World War and the Second World War were all about if not the consideration of the peoples of Europe? Are you brain dead? What do you think the Marshall Plan was all about? Do you not understand or know the history of the 20th century?
Where do you get off telling a Muslim country that the United States does not consider itself a Christian country? Have you not read the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution of the United States? This country was founded on Judeo-Christian ethics and the principles governing this country, at least until you came along, come directly from this heritage. Do you not understand this?
Your bowing to the King of Saudi Arabia is an affront to all Americans. Our President does not bow down to anyone, let alone the King of Saudi Arabia. You don't show Great Britain, our best and one of our oldest allies, the respect they deserve yet you bow down to the King of Saudi Arabia. How dare you, sir! How dare you!
You can't find the time to visit the graves of our greatest generation because you don't want to offend the Germans but make time to visit a mosque in Turkey. You offended our dead and every veteran when you give the Germans more respect than the people who saved the German people from themselves. What's the matter with you?
I am convinced that you and the members of your administration have the historical and intellectual depth of a mud puddle and should be ashamed of yourselves, all of you.
You are so self-righteously offended by the big bankers and the American automobile manufacturers yet do nothing about the real thieves in this situation, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Frank, Franklin Raines, Jamie Gorelic, the Fannie Mae bonuses, and the Freddie Mac bonuses. What do you intend to do about them? Anything? I seriously doubt it.
What about the U.S. House members passing out $9.1 million in bonuses to their staff members on top of the $2.5 million in automatic pay raises that lawmakers gave themselves? I understand the average House aide got a 17% bonus. I took a 5% cut in my pay to save jobs with my employer. You haven't said anything about that. Who authorized that? I surely didn't!
Executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be receiving $210 million in bonuses over an eighteen-month period, that's $45 million more than the AIG bonuses. In fact, Fannie and Freddie executives have already been awarded $51 million, not a bad take. Who authorized that and why haven't you expressed your outrage at this group who are largely responsible for the economic mess we have right now.
I resent that you take me and my fellow citizens as brain-dead and not caring about what you idiots do. We are watching what you are doing and we are getting increasingly fed up with all of you. I also want you to know that I personally find just about everything you do and say to be offensive to every one of my sensibilities. I promise you that I will work tirelessly to see that you do not get a chance to spend two terms destroying my beautiful country.
Sincerely,
Every Real American
P.S. I rarely ask that emails be 'passed around'.............PLEASE SEND THIS TO YOUR EMAIL LIST......it's past time for all Americans to wake up!
Great Quotes . . .
"Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others."
-- Ambrose Bierce
"All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed."
-- Sean O'Casey
-- Ambrose Bierce
"All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed."
-- Sean O'Casey
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Where has Democracy gone in the past 100 days . . .?
Every day, it is something new coming forth from Washington DC and our elected officials and it isn't good news. The latest is that 17 year old girls will be allowed access to the morning after pill. Seems to me that if parents cared and were informed, they'd know where their daughters were and what they were doing and there would not be a night before to require a morning after pill. I wonder why the powers that be in our world of today think that taking care of a 'problem' after it happens makes more sense than condemning the problem in unappropriate circumstances. It is hard to watch or listen to the news as it all seems so anti-Catholic and just plain immoral.
RealCatholicTV.net has a lot of good information and keeps up to date. Just today, they kind of confirmed my worst fears but, hey, forewarned and all and knowing we have the power of prayer on our side . . .!
http://www.RealCatholicTV.net/preview.php?videoID=1656
Hope you can access this link. Consider signing up for their newsletter, too. Sometimes, having the information is better than being totally shocked and surprised!
The Notre Dame deal is still on for the president to speak there in May. Makes you wonder what the president of the college was thinking! I noted that out of all the bishops who have voiced disagreement on this invitation, no bishops from California have spoken up. The bishop of our diocese is Bishop Gerald Barnes. I wonder if he knows what a dismay, sadness, and embarrassment it is to the people of this area that he has not come forth on this topic. He shouldn't be afraid of the media - they won't be there on Judgment Day!
Oh, and for the California readers of this blog, vote NO on everything on the special election coming up in May. There is a lot of hype about how it will not raise taxes. Read the fine print! It is a masterful cover up and after the budget they just passed, we don't need to hand over any more of our hard-earned money. The commercials currently running on radio and television as so misleading!
For good, solid news on what is happening politically, The Heritage Foundation is excellent. Google it and sign up for their daily reports.
RealCatholicTV.net has a lot of good information and keeps up to date. Just today, they kind of confirmed my worst fears but, hey, forewarned and all and knowing we have the power of prayer on our side . . .!
http://www.RealCatholicTV.net/preview.php?videoID=1656
Hope you can access this link. Consider signing up for their newsletter, too. Sometimes, having the information is better than being totally shocked and surprised!
The Notre Dame deal is still on for the president to speak there in May. Makes you wonder what the president of the college was thinking! I noted that out of all the bishops who have voiced disagreement on this invitation, no bishops from California have spoken up. The bishop of our diocese is Bishop Gerald Barnes. I wonder if he knows what a dismay, sadness, and embarrassment it is to the people of this area that he has not come forth on this topic. He shouldn't be afraid of the media - they won't be there on Judgment Day!
Oh, and for the California readers of this blog, vote NO on everything on the special election coming up in May. There is a lot of hype about how it will not raise taxes. Read the fine print! It is a masterful cover up and after the budget they just passed, we don't need to hand over any more of our hard-earned money. The commercials currently running on radio and television as so misleading!
For good, solid news on what is happening politically, The Heritage Foundation is excellent. Google it and sign up for their daily reports.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Italian sauce . . .
I tried a new way of making an Italian marinara sauce this evening and have discovered a keeper! It was easy and only required a stir with the spoon ever so often.
Ingredients:
Ten peeled garlic cloves
3 peeled carrots
3 stalks of celery
1 large onion
1 green bell pepper
1 tablespoon granulated garlic
Generous pinch of black pepper & salt
2 teaspoons dried oregano
2 teaspoons dried basil
1 teaspoon chili flakes
1/4 cup olive oil
2 small cans tomato paste
2 cans dices tomatoes
Put all the ingredients, except tomatoes in the food processor and pulse until they are ground but not slush. Simmer for about five minutes in a large pot. You don't want to overcook it at this stage. Add the tomato products, cover, and simmer for 4 to 5 hours. Would work well in the crock pot, too.
Serve over pasta or with meatballs and a good sprinkling of freshly grated Romano or parmesan cheese. Wouldn't hurt to have some garlic bread on hand to sop up the sauce!
Ingredients:
Ten peeled garlic cloves
3 peeled carrots
3 stalks of celery
1 large onion
1 green bell pepper
1 tablespoon granulated garlic
Generous pinch of black pepper & salt
2 teaspoons dried oregano
2 teaspoons dried basil
1 teaspoon chili flakes
1/4 cup olive oil
2 small cans tomato paste
2 cans dices tomatoes
Put all the ingredients, except tomatoes in the food processor and pulse until they are ground but not slush. Simmer for about five minutes in a large pot. You don't want to overcook it at this stage. Add the tomato products, cover, and simmer for 4 to 5 hours. Would work well in the crock pot, too.
Serve over pasta or with meatballs and a good sprinkling of freshly grated Romano or parmesan cheese. Wouldn't hurt to have some garlic bread on hand to sop up the sauce!
Saturday, April 18, 2009
And the questions get harder, too!
"You know that children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers."
---John J. Plomp
---John J. Plomp
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Hopeless . . .
I recently completed a rail fence scrap quilt. After seeing it on the sofa for the last few weeks, I couldn't stand it any longer . . . I spent yesterday cutting all my scraps into MORE rail fence pieces and plan to make another one. I find it fascinating to see how a random combination of fabric can be soothing, interesting, and pretty at the same time.
Kind of like people when they cooperate and work together towards a common good. Each one is different and unique yet they all blend together somehow. I like looking at quilts and trying to find a reason for them!
I do have a secret incorporated into my quilts. Many of them have a scapular sewn inside. Kind of like sending a little blessing along with the gift.
Kind of like people when they cooperate and work together towards a common good. Each one is different and unique yet they all blend together somehow. I like looking at quilts and trying to find a reason for them!
I do have a secret incorporated into my quilts. Many of them have a scapular sewn inside. Kind of like sending a little blessing along with the gift.
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