by jymn@novuscom.net (Jymn Parrett) at September 02, 2010 07:34 PM
UVic Libdub II is a post from Paul Holmes' Social Media Blog. Please click the link to view the original post.
by jymn@novuscom.net (Jymn Parrett) at September 02, 2010 05:36 PM
by drmargy@gmail.com (Powell River Books) at September 02, 2010 05:32 PM
by jymn@novuscom.net (Jymn Parrett) at September 02, 2010 05:15 PM
by jymn@novuscom.net (Jymn Parrett) at September 02, 2010 05:04 PM
Phewf, this is going to be a long post. Bear with me!!
I found this on Jolene’s Blog, thought it was fun so I am playing along…
1. Pretend it’s Thursday morning–take us through a day in the life of you: (I’m going to do what I think my NEW schedule will look like)
Wow… busy busy. It will be a VERY interesting change! I’m going to be out of the house for 10+ hours per day!! I’m going to have to get creative on the food I’m making!!
2. What’s your favorite reality TV show? America’s Next Top Model, Bachlor Pad (yup, it’s true)
3. What motto do you live by?
(very important when working with kids) <source>
4. If you knew could you try anything and not fail, what dream would you attempt? Acoustic guitar… microphone in a funky coffee house!
5. What was your first job?
(How ironic is that)
6. What is your current job? Student – taking the Education Assistant program.
7. What would you call yourself if you could choose your own name (and you cannot pick the one you already have)? Haha… I like my name!! I have no idea what else I would call me!!
8. What musical instruments can you play? Natta
9. Is it easier to forgive or forget? I am more of a forgetter, (is that a word). I just move on.
10. What is one food you’d never want to taste again? A certain piece of sushi I ate in Vegas about 10 years ago. It was white fish, with a cream like inside *gag*… it didn’t help that I had a rough night the night before :)
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Ok… Day #2
Breakfast – Green Smoothie - 1 banana, 1 mango, 3 handfuls spinach, 1 tsp macca & 2TBSP Vega Shake and Go – Almond Vanilla! 5 (and Yerba Mate Tea)
Lunch – 3 rice paper wraps stuffed full of veggies with thai chilli dip. 4
Snack – Popcorn with Earth Balance 5
Kale Chips 1
Dinner – Chicken Sandwich – 7
Snack – 1/2 cup soy yougert, 1 tsp peanut butter & 6 chocolate chips 5
I also got 6 Activity Points!! 30 mins of cardio kickbox, 60 min quick walk!!!
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Happy Thursday – I hope it’s a good one!
Jess
by dairyfreebetty@hotmail.com (Jessica) at September 02, 2010 04:42 PM
by jymn@novuscom.net (Jymn Parrett) at September 02, 2010 04:27 PM
by jymn@novuscom.net (Jymn Parrett) at September 02, 2010 03:25 PM
by wanderinweeta@gmail.com (Susannah (Wanderin' Weeta)) at September 02, 2010 09:41 AM
Top 5 reasons why t.co is a bad move by Twitter is a post from Paul Holmes' Social Media Blog. Please click the link to view the original post.
by noreply@blogger.com (Grizzly) at September 02, 2010 04:31 AM
Cross Bridge Rice Noodle is a special dish of Yunnan. It is originated during the Qianlong period, nearly 200 years ago. There is a popular legend regarding its origins. It is said that a scholar in Mengzi, who was preparing for the Imperial examination, went to an island in the Na Lake everyday to study. His wife went across the bride to the island to bring his meal to him. Owing to the long distance, he had to eat the meal cold everyday. Accidentally, his wife discovered that a greasy chicken soup is not easy to get cold. What’s more, fresh ingredients, such as seasonal vegetable, fresh meat and so on, can become edible by putting them into this kind of boiled soup. From then on, the scholar could have a delicious and hot meal everyday. Because his wife went across the bridge everyday, the rice noodle made this way was named as Cross Bridge Rice Noodle. By now, the Cross Bridge Rice Noodle has a distinct development. The most important factor in this noodle is the soup. It was made with natural hen, pig bone and ham. It needs to be boiled for over 6 hours until the soup become savory and the oil from these are distilled. The next thing worth mentioning is the ingredients. There are two kinds of rice noodles. The proper kind is the slim one, which is good at keeping the flavour of the valuable soup. The ingredients can be divided into two categories: vegetable and meat. The vegetable used are dependent on what is in season. The meat is focus on slice. The thinner the better, so the slice meat is one of the characteristics of the Cross Bridge Noodle. Last but not least, the process of eating is special. The right orders are as follows: firstly, put the meat slice in the soup, then the vegetable, the last one rice noodle. Minutes later, a hot colorful and delicious Cross-Bridge Rice Noodle is ready.So yeah, I was quite disappointed with the new stall in the Crystal Mall food court who profess to serve Crossing Bridge Rice Noodles and yet do not serve it the way it is supposed to be. They are supposed to make you feel like a scholar served by the wife ... just like the legend says. But I know of a place that serves it the correct way ... the way that the legends says it should be. LOL! So, I made my way to this restaurant yesterday and took some pictures so that I can show you how this restaurant does it.
I actually had it earlier in 2006 and blog about it. It was one of the "charter posts" of chowtimes. This is offered as a lunch special. See how they do this right? The first thing they did was to bring two plates of ingredients. Just to two plates ... separately.
I shall call the first plate above "The Fiber".by noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie) at September 01, 2010 07:04 PM
by royce.shook@gmail.com (Royce) at September 01, 2010 05:16 PM
One treasure came from a "dump" along the shore. The contents probably came from old homesteads. Amid the trash he found a cast iron goose. It had one leg and was rusted, but John knew it was a perfect treasure to bring home for me. Besides, it didn't take much space on his quad.by drmargy@gmail.com (Powell River Books) at September 01, 2010 04:03 PM
Good morning!!
So my first day of WW went great!! Here is what my menu looked like.
Breakfast
Lunch
Mmmm this soup was so good!! Basically it was whatever veggies I had and some chicken broth! I used onion, garlic, mushrooms, carrots, zucchini, green cabbage, chicken broth and cajun spice. Just before eating, I also added about a tsp of white miso.
Dinner
Snack
All of this = 24 points, which is my daily total!
Do you guys want to see more of my daily menu plan? I figured it would keep me more accountable!!
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Yesterday I also made all my bridesmaids bouquets!
They were INCREDIBLY easy to make, and cost less than $12 to make all 4! Sure beats the $60 each the resort was going to charge!
If you want the instructions to make them, just let me know!
Also, I’m still on the hunt for tomatoe & zucchini recipes!!
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Last but not least, I will leave you with a website that is full of inspiration!! Go check it out!!
I would LOVE to hear what your quote was for the day (from the above website!)
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Pps…
We watched grown – ups last night, and it’s an AWESOME movie. It’s funny and heart warming, a must watch.
by dairyfreebetty@hotmail.com (Jessica) at September 01, 2010 02:23 PM
"The tiny larvae that hatch fed upon the fatty tissues of the Caterpillar's body without damaging any vital organs. When the Ichneumon larvae are almost full-grown they begin to feed on the more vital organs, resulting in death of the caterpillar."The wasp larvae then pupate inside the body of their prey, emerging finally as adults.
From Organic Garden Info
I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars, or that a cat should play with mice. - Darwin, 1860, letter to Asa Gray.And yet, we are part of that tooth and claw economy, and we can find a benefit even in these wasps; they kill insects that otherwise would damage our crops and reduce our food supply.
Parasitic Wasps are arguably the most important beneficial garden insects. They’re critical because they operate at low population densities. That is, they’re the first check on insect pests. From Grow it Organically.My little red-legged visitor flew away, eventually. I let her go; she's a solitary, so she should feel at home in my garden. Maybe she'll lay eggs in the aphids, maybe in some other animal that I really don't want in my plants. Or maybe not; maybe she'll just tootle around until the cold weather arrives, providing a spark of warm red on the cool greens of my shady haven.
by wanderinweeta@gmail.com (Susannah (Wanderin' Weeta)) at September 01, 2010 10:26 AM
by noreply@blogger.com (Grizzly) at September 01, 2010 06:16 AM
by jymn@novuscom.net (Jymn Parrett) at September 01, 2010 05:18 AM
by jymn@novuscom.net (Jymn Parrett) at September 01, 2010 05:06 AM
"Take out the camera. Quick.", I told Suanne.
She whipped the camera out with double quick time ... you know, like cowboys whipping out their pistols from the holsters in a gun duel.
I wound down the window for her ... and slowed to a crawl ... with the car behind me honking me ...
... and she had to take the picture above. Sigh.
"Take another one" I said ... and ...by lalalime@hotmail.com (Mrs. Miles) at September 01, 2010 03:49 AM
by jymn@novuscom.net (Jymn Parrett) at September 01, 2010 03:45 AM
Here. See the map. Yunnan is the southern most province and it borders the South East Asian countries of Burma, Vietnam and Laos. If you are familiar with geography in the area, it is green and forested ... more forested than anywhere else in China.
And yet it is a poverty stricken province. One third of the population are made up of several ethnic minorities which has a lot of cultural similarities to the South East Asian countries. As a matter of fact, Yunnan has more ethnic groups in the whole of China. Because of its natural beauty, this province thrives on tourism. Most of the tourism are internal. The world is still too focused on the Shanghai, Beijing and Xian.
If there is one dish that is unique to the province of Yunnan, it is the "Crossing Bridge" Rice Noodle (过桥米线). You can get it throughout the province.
I went to a stall just last week and came across the board above. Did you notice the headgear of the figures above. That is not Han Chinese but is of one of the ethnic minority groups.by royce.shook@gmail.com (Royce) at August 31, 2010 07:19 PM
by jymn@novuscom.net (Jymn Parrett) at August 31, 2010 07:17 PM
Wow… it really feels like fall today! 12 degrees and GREY… boo.
I love where I live, but I dislike the grey weather…
But it’s a perfect opportunity to have warm drinks.
Almond Milk with Chai….
So tasty! I bought D a cappuccino maker for his birthday, so I am enjoying frothing my almond milk!!
It’s also a perfect time to curl up with these…
I’m not giving up on my flip flops yet though, I will embrace wet feet!
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I also made a decision last night, I am going to join Weight Watchers for the next few months before the wedding. I think I need to get on track with portion sizes and slim down a little bit before I expose my body in a bathing suit!! haha
Are any of you weight watchers people? Any tips for me? I joined before, but I was doing the CORE program.
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Anyways, a few other eats from the last few days…
This is one of my favorites from our favorite Vietnamese place!
Rice vermicelli with veggies, pork and egg rolls… mmmm
Probably won’t be eating much of this on WW, but we’ll see how it fits!!
On the warmer days I had some banana/strawberry soft serve with chocolate sauce..
Oh and of course there was avocado pudding… mmmm
This stuff is amazing!!
Anywhoo… have a great day!! I got stuff to do and people to see!! haha
Jess
by dairyfreebetty@hotmail.com (Jessica) at August 31, 2010 05:19 PM
by mariapavliklive@hotmail.com (aka Penelope) at August 31, 2010 05:04 PM
by drmargy@gmail.com (Powell River Books) at August 31, 2010 04:25 PM
by jymn@novuscom.net (Jymn Parrett) at August 31, 2010 04:09 PM
by jymn@novuscom.net (Jymn Parrett) at August 31, 2010 03:55 PM
by jymn@novuscom.net (Jymn Parrett) at August 31, 2010 03:49 PM
by jymn@novuscom.net (Jymn Parrett) at August 31, 2010 03:45 PM
by jymn@novuscom.net (Jymn Parrett) at August 31, 2010 02:45 PM
The Libs should make a video-documentary and show us where they were in Canada, and some of the people they met. Now that would help with Canadian unity. The media really didn't give it a whole lot of coverage.
by jymn@novuscom.net (Jymn Parrett) at August 31, 2010 02:17 PM