We are having a potluck patriotic party this coming Saturday at the apartment and I had planned to take a dessert from a recipe I found on the internet. But I decided to do a dry run of it first by seeing if it is feasible and a good idea.
It is a jello cream cheese and pretzel combination. It has turned out good but unlikely to be anything I would want to serve at a potluck after all. After I let it set overnight, it did turn out to be good but because of having to let it set out for a long time I have decided not to take it. The whipped cream can decide to break apart if out too long, as can the jello turn warm and runny. So I think not.
But so long as it is refrigerated and kept cool, it is delicious if you like frozen strawberries thawed, and a cream cheese/whipped cream concoction. It is called strawberry/pretzel dessert or salad and can be found everywhere on the internet. I will not use cool whip which would set up properly but I hate the cool whip for dessert since it is artificial and frankly, not good for anyone to eat.
So I used real whipping cream which naturally gives a much better flavor to the cream cheese mixture. But real whipping cream has to be refrigerated and even then, often loses its aeration by turning to cream.
So I will not be taking it after all. The pretzels do add the saltiness and I used a graham crust with crushed pretzels sprinkled on top the crust. It worked.
Yours Truly
Janet Fauble at home
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Hair loss
For some reason I have noticed that I am losing my hair in the front and sides. This is a serious problem and while reading some reviews at QVC on Wen's conditioning cleanser I learned that other women had complained about hair loss due to his product. It is hard to believe that any of his ingredients could be causing hair loss but I have been using his 613 conditioner for some time and had not noticed anything wrong until I moved here.
Perhaps it is the stress of moving which has really knocked me for a loop, or perhaps it is the conditioner. Today, I decided finally not to use it for awhile, and I just checked home remedies. The aloe vera one sounds best but there are many natural remedies, one which includes coconut oil, so that I will use that for sure. I found that licorice root is supposed to help too. I did buy licorice tea for my cold sores so I have the tea to use to see if it will affect the hair now as well as the cold sores. I use lysine tablet and vitamin C for my immune system. I swear stress is such a problem in so many ways.
But I just beginning to settle into this new apartment and am feeling somewhat better than I had initially. So many problems assailed me that I seriously wondered if these were good or bad omens. I am still a bit concerned about some of the situations that I find here, but the apartment itself is the best thing I did for myself. It is so well insulated that I cannot hear noises from outdoors or overhead, and the air conditioning needs to be used only a few hours instead of constantly. This all helps me a lot.
In those respects, I am very happy about the move.
But for now, I am watching the state of my hair closely. I had loved the conditioner for the feel of the hair as it is appearing os healthy and silky that I had truly been happy with it. So I will see how a month or two of not using it affects it as I try using the home methods of combatting hair loss.
All we can do is try.
Perhaps it is the stress of moving which has really knocked me for a loop, or perhaps it is the conditioner. Today, I decided finally not to use it for awhile, and I just checked home remedies. The aloe vera one sounds best but there are many natural remedies, one which includes coconut oil, so that I will use that for sure. I found that licorice root is supposed to help too. I did buy licorice tea for my cold sores so I have the tea to use to see if it will affect the hair now as well as the cold sores. I use lysine tablet and vitamin C for my immune system. I swear stress is such a problem in so many ways.
But I just beginning to settle into this new apartment and am feeling somewhat better than I had initially. So many problems assailed me that I seriously wondered if these were good or bad omens. I am still a bit concerned about some of the situations that I find here, but the apartment itself is the best thing I did for myself. It is so well insulated that I cannot hear noises from outdoors or overhead, and the air conditioning needs to be used only a few hours instead of constantly. This all helps me a lot.
In those respects, I am very happy about the move.
But for now, I am watching the state of my hair closely. I had loved the conditioner for the feel of the hair as it is appearing os healthy and silky that I had truly been happy with it. So I will see how a month or two of not using it affects it as I try using the home methods of combatting hair loss.
All we can do is try.
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Passport
I had to check my passport to see when it is expires. I am not sure how one does renew them but I am sure there is information on the internet. I hope that it is simple.
But I did check mine to see the date so that if I want to make a trip to Europe anytime soon, I would know how much time I have left on this original. My passport picture is funny now that I look at it.
But I will try to plan and organize a trip that will not exhaust me in the air travel. I have always decided that if I go to Europe again that I would cut the trip in half by going to the East Coast and flying from there. I did not like that long 14 hour flight.
So now to raise the money to make the trip. That is next.
July 4, 2015
I dream a lot. I woke up from a dream today that I have forgotten nearly but parts of it linger on. I always wonder about dreams because the imagery is always so strong, and often lingers for some time. Sometimes I am so busy in dreams that I wake up tired, because I believe that we burn a lot of energy in dreams.
But because last night I happened to find a Wild Dining invite to a pig dinner at Singh's Farm, I decided to go after researching both the farm and the pigs on the internet. It is amazing at what you can learn, and since this is a farmer's market, essentially, I decided to go. Funny that all the time I lived there I had never become aware of this farmer's market since the downtown farmer's market on Brown Street was so often advertised.
I finally went to Singh's and tasted the special pig that was the meal of the day in the form of barbecued pork. I did arrive late. As I got up to order, an announcement that there was no more pork left for any but five people. It was accompanied by a great ear of corn with some special sauce or butter. I tried the sauce but did not really like it as much as I would have liked the butter. The corn itself was good and sweet. A dozen went for the price of $6.00 had you wanted to buy any in the farmer's market garden area. The pork itself was a bit disappointing despite the fact that I got a lot of it. It needed salt but I would not get up to find the salt shaker. Supposedly, this special pig has lots of fat and marbling in it, making it the Kobe or very expensive pork. It is expensive, but this did not display any fat at all. Mine was all lean, and as Kenton, the Meet Ups organizer, said, any pork could have passed for this. I am not sure that is true, as I can distinguish pork pretty well, but this was not what I had expected at all. It was very mild in flavor but I did get a lot for my $10.00 For ten bucks, you got a roll, the barbecue pork, and a whole ear of corn.
The farm is exceptionally pretty with a kind of strange fairy tale look about it. The trees with their many angles and twists and turns give this fairy land the mystique that makes it so attractive. A tree house has been built there which is quite extraordinary. But the food that is available at the Farmer's Market is more than impressive. Huge red onions...small not so ripe tomatoes, and beautiful ears of corn along with grapefruit, baked goods, beverages, and even plants are carefully distributed all around the garden area for customers to pick and choose. I chose not to make any major purchases as I am spent already.
I have been eating grapefruit from Winco all week long. I admit I am finished with that fruit now.
So at the end, I left, and unfortunately, had a bad experience when backing out. I was too tightly packed and had a fender bender with a Mercedes Benz parked right in my way...the guy yelled, and I got out to check damage...Nothing showed up on either car, but it had scared me and one of the passengers in his car. He and the lady were nice to check it all out, and since no damage could be found, we all became friendly and nice, and I went on my way to decide to call it a day, stay home where I can watch the fireworks on t.v. Forget about going out when something like that happens. I eventually stopped to give my car a good look and could see no evidence of any of his paint, but I had been so slow ( typical of me anymore) that all that happened is that I must have touched it but the sound was deceptive, making me think I would find a fender bender. Nothing looked out of line until I checked it carefully to see the part of the car that must have touched his. No paint from his car but I could tell that there had been contact. It did not disturb my paint but I know where it touched. That always makes me angry at myself, and so I calmed my nerves down to spend the rest of the afternoon shopping at Target, Kmart, and a stop at Iowa Cafe.
I bought the ingredients for my contribution to our potluck, and so now intend to try a small sampling to see if I like it or not.
I am staying quiet for the rest of the night. Happy Fourth1
But because last night I happened to find a Wild Dining invite to a pig dinner at Singh's Farm, I decided to go after researching both the farm and the pigs on the internet. It is amazing at what you can learn, and since this is a farmer's market, essentially, I decided to go. Funny that all the time I lived there I had never become aware of this farmer's market since the downtown farmer's market on Brown Street was so often advertised.
I finally went to Singh's and tasted the special pig that was the meal of the day in the form of barbecued pork. I did arrive late. As I got up to order, an announcement that there was no more pork left for any but five people. It was accompanied by a great ear of corn with some special sauce or butter. I tried the sauce but did not really like it as much as I would have liked the butter. The corn itself was good and sweet. A dozen went for the price of $6.00 had you wanted to buy any in the farmer's market garden area. The pork itself was a bit disappointing despite the fact that I got a lot of it. It needed salt but I would not get up to find the salt shaker. Supposedly, this special pig has lots of fat and marbling in it, making it the Kobe or very expensive pork. It is expensive, but this did not display any fat at all. Mine was all lean, and as Kenton, the Meet Ups organizer, said, any pork could have passed for this. I am not sure that is true, as I can distinguish pork pretty well, but this was not what I had expected at all. It was very mild in flavor but I did get a lot for my $10.00 For ten bucks, you got a roll, the barbecue pork, and a whole ear of corn.
The farm is exceptionally pretty with a kind of strange fairy tale look about it. The trees with their many angles and twists and turns give this fairy land the mystique that makes it so attractive. A tree house has been built there which is quite extraordinary. But the food that is available at the Farmer's Market is more than impressive. Huge red onions...small not so ripe tomatoes, and beautiful ears of corn along with grapefruit, baked goods, beverages, and even plants are carefully distributed all around the garden area for customers to pick and choose. I chose not to make any major purchases as I am spent already.
I have been eating grapefruit from Winco all week long. I admit I am finished with that fruit now.
So at the end, I left, and unfortunately, had a bad experience when backing out. I was too tightly packed and had a fender bender with a Mercedes Benz parked right in my way...the guy yelled, and I got out to check damage...Nothing showed up on either car, but it had scared me and one of the passengers in his car. He and the lady were nice to check it all out, and since no damage could be found, we all became friendly and nice, and I went on my way to decide to call it a day, stay home where I can watch the fireworks on t.v. Forget about going out when something like that happens. I eventually stopped to give my car a good look and could see no evidence of any of his paint, but I had been so slow ( typical of me anymore) that all that happened is that I must have touched it but the sound was deceptive, making me think I would find a fender bender. Nothing looked out of line until I checked it carefully to see the part of the car that must have touched his. No paint from his car but I could tell that there had been contact. It did not disturb my paint but I know where it touched. That always makes me angry at myself, and so I calmed my nerves down to spend the rest of the afternoon shopping at Target, Kmart, and a stop at Iowa Cafe.
I bought the ingredients for my contribution to our potluck, and so now intend to try a small sampling to see if I like it or not.
I am staying quiet for the rest of the night. Happy Fourth1
Thoughts about Reincarnation
Reincarnation is a belief system that espouses the view that a soul or spirit can be reborn again in the flesh to live in multiple lives as a variety of personalities. This belief system is common in some religious faiths while rejected totally by others who are hoping that a belief in the Savior will immediately take them to some Heavenly Realm where they can dwell forever free from the pangs of the flesh once so endured.
When I was very young, a friend asked me if I believed in it, and at that time, I had no idea, not knowing what it meant or why I would or would not believe it. It took me years of study as I eventually read all the books and articles that are available on the topic. Two people influenced me strongly: Taylor Caldwell and Jess Stearn. Others who impacted me were writings of Ian Stevnson and Edgar Cayce. I take everything that is said about the subject with a grain of salt to be honest. I understand well why one can or cannot believe in an idea embraced totally by another person. Each one of us wants to be told from within that we can learn of our own life and while others may lead us there through their experiences, the only thing that will convince many of us is our own personal revelation about ourselves.
That is natural and normal when you think about it. None of us should accept anything without examination.
I am writing this now to discuss the idea realizing that my experiences have made me understand the problem in meeting up with people we have loved and known in the past. Because I am alone now and have had many experiences with a variety of men in the past, mostly when I was young and marriageable, I am saying that I eventually learned who I had been in a past life and even a few of the people of this lifetime who had been with me in that time period. The reason I am writing this is because I learned that many times those we loved so dearly then are still with us today, and who have come into my life in some way, and may have gone on to live a life free from mine as well. I am aware of three men for certain that I have met up with in this lifetime, and possibly four, who had been very close to me in different lifetimes in the past. I know for a fact who each and every one is and who I believe that they had been in a previous lifetime. Oddly enough, we had had a relationship in this life that may have been full and complete, but as time passed, we went on to other people and places from when we had reunited, not knowing that we had had a past together in a previous lifetime.
In the case of three of them, the state of love that one feels when one falls in love did happen to me once again, but love is a funny thing, it is a freedom that gives you the joy of loving but also the freedom of parting with no hard feelings or sorrow. Love is there, but it is an enduring love that surrounds you to also free you to go on in other directions.
So in that respect, I realize that we all come together again and again, but each time, it is in a different way that may last a long time or a short time, but it does bring about a feeling of good will towards one another.
That is all I will say for now. I had so many former marriages and loves that in a few cases, I know that we have met again and shared time together in this lifetime as we had in the previous. It is good for me to realize this now since I know that love is the answer for each and everyone. Submitting to the freedom that love gives us brings about a peace of mind that only when realized can one truly value the importance of it.
So to all my loves of yesterday and today, we have been blessed!
When I was very young, a friend asked me if I believed in it, and at that time, I had no idea, not knowing what it meant or why I would or would not believe it. It took me years of study as I eventually read all the books and articles that are available on the topic. Two people influenced me strongly: Taylor Caldwell and Jess Stearn. Others who impacted me were writings of Ian Stevnson and Edgar Cayce. I take everything that is said about the subject with a grain of salt to be honest. I understand well why one can or cannot believe in an idea embraced totally by another person. Each one of us wants to be told from within that we can learn of our own life and while others may lead us there through their experiences, the only thing that will convince many of us is our own personal revelation about ourselves.
That is natural and normal when you think about it. None of us should accept anything without examination.
I am writing this now to discuss the idea realizing that my experiences have made me understand the problem in meeting up with people we have loved and known in the past. Because I am alone now and have had many experiences with a variety of men in the past, mostly when I was young and marriageable, I am saying that I eventually learned who I had been in a past life and even a few of the people of this lifetime who had been with me in that time period. The reason I am writing this is because I learned that many times those we loved so dearly then are still with us today, and who have come into my life in some way, and may have gone on to live a life free from mine as well. I am aware of three men for certain that I have met up with in this lifetime, and possibly four, who had been very close to me in different lifetimes in the past. I know for a fact who each and every one is and who I believe that they had been in a previous lifetime. Oddly enough, we had had a relationship in this life that may have been full and complete, but as time passed, we went on to other people and places from when we had reunited, not knowing that we had had a past together in a previous lifetime.
In the case of three of them, the state of love that one feels when one falls in love did happen to me once again, but love is a funny thing, it is a freedom that gives you the joy of loving but also the freedom of parting with no hard feelings or sorrow. Love is there, but it is an enduring love that surrounds you to also free you to go on in other directions.
So in that respect, I realize that we all come together again and again, but each time, it is in a different way that may last a long time or a short time, but it does bring about a feeling of good will towards one another.
That is all I will say for now. I had so many former marriages and loves that in a few cases, I know that we have met again and shared time together in this lifetime as we had in the previous. It is good for me to realize this now since I know that love is the answer for each and everyone. Submitting to the freedom that love gives us brings about a peace of mind that only when realized can one truly value the importance of it.
So to all my loves of yesterday and today, we have been blessed!
Friday, July 3, 2015
Psssport
I have lived in America for 76 years and only once have I needed a passport to leave the country. I just remembered to check the date of my passport which is good for ten years to see when it was that I finally got one. I want to go back to Europe to see more of the continent than I had already seen so I need to know the when and how of when I can do that.
I just checked to see how much time I have left on my passport, having used it only once, so I am ready to take another trip to France and other European countries asap. I will do it asap because i am not getting any younger, and really want to visit key places that interest me.
I had nearly decided to store all my belongings and just go to Europe for a long stay to visit and explore but in the end, I did decide to hang around the place I have been living in for these past 21 years, Arizona.
I am finally beginning to feel like I am settling in despite the fact that early on, I was driving around the city and visiting eateries. I no longer do that now that I have settled but I found a few good restaurants that I would return to enjoy their fare. There are several for which I am happy to say makes living here a good decision.
But I am having to now sort again to send many things out to charity groups. I do not need to keep all my old billfolds, purses, hats, and even bras for as long as I have. They just take up space, and I no longer seem to use them as I might have years ago.
Note to myself: Do IT!
I just checked to see how much time I have left on my passport, having used it only once, so I am ready to take another trip to France and other European countries asap. I will do it asap because i am not getting any younger, and really want to visit key places that interest me.
I had nearly decided to store all my belongings and just go to Europe for a long stay to visit and explore but in the end, I did decide to hang around the place I have been living in for these past 21 years, Arizona.
I am finally beginning to feel like I am settling in despite the fact that early on, I was driving around the city and visiting eateries. I no longer do that now that I have settled but I found a few good restaurants that I would return to enjoy their fare. There are several for which I am happy to say makes living here a good decision.
But I am having to now sort again to send many things out to charity groups. I do not need to keep all my old billfolds, purses, hats, and even bras for as long as I have. They just take up space, and I no longer seem to use them as I might have years ago.
Note to myself: Do IT!
Monsoon season upon us.
It rained last night. A loud clap of thunder and lightning strike which sounded as though it were outside my window woke me up at 4:50 in the morning. It was raining. We need the rain, but fortunately, the wind was light. I can tell how light because some dirt that I have piled into a place on the patio has not moved. That is good but the plants did show the strength of the breeze.
I went back to sleep, finally going back to my normal schedule which meant I woke up around 7:30 instead of 6:00 which had been driving me crazy.
I am slowly getting back to normal in my lifestyle. I have been interrupted for a year in the problem of living with constant construction all around me, disrupting my life in a way that had truly been unnecessary had I only moved out one year earlier. I may not have found this place then but at least I would not have had to endure such a drastic and dreadful hell. I hated the entire time period in which these disrespectful construction workers interfered with my life.
It only makes me fonder of Donald Trump than I had already been to be honest. And I have never been fond of him period.
I am so tired of namely pamby politicians who court the illegal immigrants as if they have any real value to our system at all. It is an outrage that only The Donald seems to be addressing, and those of us who are tired of it can only applaud him.
So I will start again...but I will publish this as I am not afraid that anyone but a few will understand it and read it anyway.
I went back to sleep, finally going back to my normal schedule which meant I woke up around 7:30 instead of 6:00 which had been driving me crazy.
I am slowly getting back to normal in my lifestyle. I have been interrupted for a year in the problem of living with constant construction all around me, disrupting my life in a way that had truly been unnecessary had I only moved out one year earlier. I may not have found this place then but at least I would not have had to endure such a drastic and dreadful hell. I hated the entire time period in which these disrespectful construction workers interfered with my life.
It only makes me fonder of Donald Trump than I had already been to be honest. And I have never been fond of him period.
I am so tired of namely pamby politicians who court the illegal immigrants as if they have any real value to our system at all. It is an outrage that only The Donald seems to be addressing, and those of us who are tired of it can only applaud him.
So I will start again...but I will publish this as I am not afraid that anyone but a few will understand it and read it anyway.
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