Argh. Learning curve is on the low side today! funny when something is right in front of your eyes and you don't even know it! We have smart phones since we have been back in the states and my kids and other people keep teaching me new things from it. We have taken a lot of pictures with them, amazing the shots you can get off of a phone, but it is a little bit of a pain to upload them. I didn't know till my daughter explained to me though this week that the same plug I use to charge it with I can use to plug it into the computer and download pictures. I am just getting smarter all the time! Makes me a very happy girl. That said I have been trying for about the last half hour to put the pictures from my husband's phone onto my blog. Okay so uploading didn't work by any easy way. I even tried uploading them to facebook, then tagging me and getting them that way. I will leave to the imagination then for today that the Eagle's next hike at the park was lovely! Positive there is an
easier way!!!!
Here are NOT the pictures we took on the Eagle's Nest hike at Sequoyah State Park last weekend on the way back from the airport in Tulsa Ok. One of the exciting things about Tahlequah is how many parks and trails there are on every side, this one is only about 20 minutes out from us and lots of fun.
Sunday 30 March 2014
Tuesday 18 March 2014
crossing the generations
They say pictures are worth a thousand words, in this case I will definitely agree. Aunt JoAn was so thrilled to have the baby next to her, baby kisses seem to be one of the best things in the world. Here we have though her at the end of this earthly journey, Sammy at his beginning both linked through my daughter between.
Saturday 8 March 2014
When the New Wears Off
I started my new blog so excitedly, everything around me made me want to write more, then life became a little complicated and time began to pass. Almost, but not quite killing the ecstatic urge of creating a blog.
A two week hiatus probably won't count for a great lapse, perhaps just give more perspective to the things I write.
One of my weaknesses is this quest for knowledge and understanding that keeps me looking for something different. One of my current goals is to become a healthy individual, but I don't want to really give up all of those wonderful things, like food. It is not that I eat a lot of things that are bad for me, but ice cream, chocolate, cookies do tend to entice me on a very regular basis. The good news is that I am also addicted to fruits and vegetables, so maybe a good balance will help maintain sanity. I started therefore this week to do research to find the easiest changes I could try that will perhaps help me reach my goals and have decided to incorporate a few in, just to see if I will find an improvement.
1. Oil pulling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqAubp84Uvs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIMm_LI_U7A
The other one now is almost humorous, but so easy I cannot resist an attempt!
Brain Yoga
http://www.dailypaul.com/299643/super-brain-yoga-5-minute-exercise-to-help-revitalize-the-brain
http://www.examiner.com/article/the-so-called-super-brain-yoga-an-ancient-hindu-practice
A two week hiatus probably won't count for a great lapse, perhaps just give more perspective to the things I write.
One of my weaknesses is this quest for knowledge and understanding that keeps me looking for something different. One of my current goals is to become a healthy individual, but I don't want to really give up all of those wonderful things, like food. It is not that I eat a lot of things that are bad for me, but ice cream, chocolate, cookies do tend to entice me on a very regular basis. The good news is that I am also addicted to fruits and vegetables, so maybe a good balance will help maintain sanity. I started therefore this week to do research to find the easiest changes I could try that will perhaps help me reach my goals and have decided to incorporate a few in, just to see if I will find an improvement.
1. Oil pulling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqAubp84Uvs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIMm_LI_U7A
The other one now is almost humorous, but so easy I cannot resist an attempt!
Brain Yoga
http://www.dailypaul.com/299643/super-brain-yoga-5-minute-exercise-to-help-revitalize-the-brain
http://www.examiner.com/article/the-so-called-super-brain-yoga-an-ancient-hindu-practice
Tuesday 18 February 2014
Tenkiller Lake
Sun shining and a light wind blowing made it a perfect day to begin discovering 10 Killer Lake. It is only about 20 minutes south of us in Tahlequah, so when I made it home from work it was a very easy fast discussion to try out a hike, or at least a walk!
This part of the lakeshore has gravely rocky beach.
Learning how to use my new walking sticks Harold gave me for our Anniversary.
Still kind of brown out, but you can feel the Spring right around the corner.
This part of the lakeshore has gravely rocky beach.
Friday 14 February 2014
Happy Heart Day
It is a good day, probably a great day to be happy. One of those peaceful joys that fill you up from your toes to the tip top of your head. Some days are good for the giddy joys, the excited overwhelming ones, then others just make you feel complete.Sunlight reflecting, the birds starting to warn us that Spring really will come awake a sense of hope and expectation that brightens the day..
A tulip plant and a baby rose bush definitely add to my state of joy along with the chocolates sitting on the table. The fact that our Anniversary (number 24 today) and Valentine´s Day fall together gives a multitude of sweet surprises. I did do my part, first with a Happy Heart Cake. Healthy and yummy to boot, before I rushed off to work.
Happy Heart Cake
1 3-4 c. whole wheat flour
1-4 c. ground oat flour
1-2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. baking powder.
1 1-4 c. milk
2 eggs
1-4 c. oil
1-4 c. molasses
1 1-4 c. pecans.
brown sugar
Mix dry ingrediants together. Mix liquids seperately. Stir together. Blend in half of pecans, crushed. Pour in 8x8 pan. Decorate with remaining pecans, sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake 375 for about 25 minutes. .
A tulip plant and a baby rose bush definitely add to my state of joy along with the chocolates sitting on the table. The fact that our Anniversary (number 24 today) and Valentine´s Day fall together gives a multitude of sweet surprises. I did do my part, first with a Happy Heart Cake. Healthy and yummy to boot, before I rushed off to work.
Happy Heart Cake
1 3-4 c. whole wheat flour
1-4 c. ground oat flour
1-2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. baking powder.
1 1-4 c. milk
2 eggs
1-4 c. oil
1-4 c. molasses
1 1-4 c. pecans.
brown sugar
Mix dry ingrediants together. Mix liquids seperately. Stir together. Blend in half of pecans, crushed. Pour in 8x8 pan. Decorate with remaining pecans, sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake 375 for about 25 minutes. .
Wednesday 12 February 2014
Page Views
I wonder why I am doing my blog..... I checked the stats and I have a regular audience of 1, oh wait, that must be talking about me! The good news is that I am viewing and observing my life as it progresses. I am seeing the humor, experiencing the pain, correcting the grammatical errors and hopefully learning from the mistakes of this human journey. The question of how to build a following excited to read my meanderings still remains a mystery. If you, out there in cyberspace, are now reading this it signifies that my audience has doubled, which is pretty good statistics for the day!
I am definitely not a technology guru, but I am learning how to function in a technological world. The plan is to make it at least a few steps past the functioning level, of course technological advancements happen so quickly that those few steps have a difficulty in advancing my capability past the beginner stage. One of the problems is that there are so many things available through technology that it is difficult for me to focus in on anything specific, so something that should be giving me more time in my existence sometimes saps or perhaps better said Zaps my time before I even realize it is gone. I shall blog away though living in my little bubble where the sun is allowed to shine even though the day may be cloudy, that way maybe I won´t have to buy the fancy lightbulbs that can replace the sunlight!!
I am definitely not a technology guru, but I am learning how to function in a technological world. The plan is to make it at least a few steps past the functioning level, of course technological advancements happen so quickly that those few steps have a difficulty in advancing my capability past the beginner stage. One of the problems is that there are so many things available through technology that it is difficult for me to focus in on anything specific, so something that should be giving me more time in my existence sometimes saps or perhaps better said Zaps my time before I even realize it is gone. I shall blog away though living in my little bubble where the sun is allowed to shine even though the day may be cloudy, that way maybe I won´t have to buy the fancy lightbulbs that can replace the sunlight!!
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