tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62154151441895026992024-03-12T20:25:13.935-05:00Be The Change“Be the change you want to see in the world.”
mahatma gandhiAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-67052239823701618162012-11-06T13:51:00.000-06:002012-11-06T13:51:03.904-06:00Reality does not BiteI am currently blogging about my recovery and life after my gastric sleeve surgery at www.realitydoesnotbite.blogspot.com Please stop by and see me there!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-55471314920582039402012-03-27T22:56:00.000-05:002012-03-27T22:56:31.750-05:00In The Garden
When I initially started this blog back in 2008 it was named The Suburban Farmer because we were living in an older neighborhood on a half acre lot. Through some very sound reasoning on my dear sons part we adopted a total of 10 chickens and started our first garden. Now that we're living on 200 acres we haven't taken the time to build a coop, but we do have a small (25X50 foot) Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-15958474776661345622012-03-21T11:51:00.000-05:002012-03-21T11:54:45.637-05:00Fitness Journey Update
MyFitnessPal - Free Calorie Counter
As an up date on my fitness journey I wanted to post that I lost 7 pounds in 4 weeks. I think that MyFitnessPal has been a huge help. If you are trying to take off a few pounds it's a great site and they even have a mobile app. It might take a week or so to get used to writing it down, but having friends that encourage and support you makes it Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-20793141727614909162012-02-29T10:30:00.000-06:002012-03-02T21:44:09.537-06:00My Fitness JourneyThis is the post I said I'd never write. This is
the one I don't want anyone to read. So, why am I posting in now, when I know that it
will be read by a hundred other bloggers is beyond me.
I don't know why I am so full of false pride, but I am, and I have a huge
amount of anxiety, so writing this is extremely difficult for me. Admitting what
I am about to say is causing my heart to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com71tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-25954914459906482962012-02-08T11:04:00.000-06:002012-02-08T11:51:43.218-06:00Not just a conscientious bystanderI am a Christian, but find myself ashamed to admit it because of many evangelical groups that don't show the nonjudgmental, love of Jesus Christ. Recently a Christian pastor called for the boycott of Starbucks because of the support the coffee house gave to gay and lesbian marriages in Washington state. Even Rick Santorum goes around saying that gay relationships don't benefit society. It just soAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-61484582546252875562011-10-18T23:00:00.000-05:002012-02-08T20:44:12.413-06:00Maggie Stiefvater has done it againThe Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Maggie Stiefvater has done it again. This time with a well written dystopian novel about carnivorous water horses that come out of the ocean each year. They are captured and raced by the islanders with deadly results which attracts tourist to the small island. Like her Wolves of Mercy Falls series she had modified the mythology Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-86464181306700839052011-02-03T00:19:00.005-06:002011-02-03T00:44:51.922-06:00Gardening Organically at HomeLast night, Wayne Porter, the Area Horticulture Agent from Mississippi State University Extension Service, presented a workshop on organic gardening. The information was for home gardeners, not for those wanting to sell their produce. If you're local, you might want to attend some of his workshops at the MS State Extension office in Lamar County.He discussed the three primary concepts in organic Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-49678534166306656342011-01-01T16:02:00.006-06:002011-10-15T15:18:56.926-05:00Resolutions
As I was walking this morning I felt an overwhelming sense of disappointment at the lack of progress I've made over the past six months. On my birthday I decided to start making healthier lifestyle choices. I began cutting back on carbs and walking. I feel good about the choices I've made, and I didn't beat myself up when I ate a bite of a sugar cookie over the holidays. My disappointment stemsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-48784907098433707872010-12-21T12:03:00.007-06:002010-12-21T12:27:00.012-06:00Overthrowing ChristmasI haven't been out shopping, but maybe once or twice during this Christmas season. We are trying to make this season more about being together and celebrating the birth of Christ than about having the most elaborate decorations, extravagant gifts, and an excessive amount of food. Yesterday, I had an opportunity to get out of the house without the kids, so took advantage of that time and drove Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-18722021298520047822010-12-08T10:22:00.003-06:002010-12-08T10:29:22.979-06:00IS FoundationI think most of you know that I am committed to doing my part to help preserve the environment and will support anyone I can in their efforts. That's why I want to encourage you to support the Ian Somerhalder (IS) Foundation. The goal of the IS Foundation to ”…empower, educate, and collaborate with people and projects to positively impact the planet and its creatures.” Today is the official kick Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-13273378412518943032010-11-29T09:00:00.004-06:002010-11-29T09:00:10.761-06:00Green Gift MondayNow that Black Friday is over it's time to focus on Cyber Monday. Five years ago Cyber Monday became the biggest on-line shopping day of the year. The Nature Conservatory wants to turn Cyber Monday into Green Gift Monday. The goal here is to give green gifts this holiday season.The Daily Green has some great green gift ideas for everyone on your shopping list. I especially like their eleven ideasAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-10491939071099293692010-11-28T07:00:00.000-06:002010-11-28T16:06:09.853-06:00give more; spend lessToday is Advent Sunday. This is a season that we, as Christians, prepare for the coming of Jesus. I want this season to be about more than running around to parties, fighting the traffic and getting the right gift. In preperation our family went and served Thanksgiving lunch downtown at Brownstone's Free Thanksgiving Dinner. It felt good to be take a small amount of our time and help out those Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-70991889189481197172010-11-26T09:00:00.005-06:002010-11-26T10:39:01.926-06:00eating healthy through the holidaysI'm sure I'm not the only one concerned about surviving the holidays intact. I am not so much worried about the gift giving and the running around to see everyone. My issue is with all that scrumptious food.When I decided that I wanted to take better care of myself by eating right and exercising it was June 3RD, my birthday, and I wasn't thinking about Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-38735265062002957612010-11-25T08:00:00.008-06:002010-11-25T08:00:02.391-06:00square foot gardening?I don't think we can ever know everything that there is about any subject; that is especially true of gardening. While I was at my favorite garden center the other day, I picked up a copy of a book by Mel Bartholomew called All New Square Food Gardening. Not that we have a shortage of space, but I was interested in what he had to say about his gardening system. I will tell you honestly that I didAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-29275736680249010602010-11-24T09:00:00.007-06:002010-11-24T09:00:02.247-06:00Bullying is an epidemicWho are the people that have most impacted you life? A teacher? Your parents? An author? Friends? Did those influential people affect your life positively or negatively?At some point we realize that we don’t make ourselves; we are shaped. We are who we are because of other people. Hopefully, by people who have made sacrifices, people who have been present in our lives and not by those whose Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-39513338485119039632010-11-22T07:00:00.008-06:002010-11-23T14:58:46.879-06:00GM FoodsI spoke to a farmer recently that, like many in is business, support genetically modified crops. His argument was that the poor wouldn’t be able to feed their families if crops were grow organically because it is so much more expensive to raise crops using natural methods. He also said that the extra expense would spill over into other products like sugar, milk, and bread. I can’t argue against Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-36555301860817201992010-11-21T07:00:00.003-06:002010-11-28T16:06:09.854-06:00precious presentsWe are fast approaching the holiday season and with that, for some reason, the Christmas shopping season. This Friday is the dreaded Black Friday, named so because this is the day that retailers go from being in the red to being in the black.Once again I want to challenge you not to fall into the commercialism of the season. One rebellious group, The Adbusters, are campaigning for us to join Buy Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-64558894851583378742010-11-19T07:00:00.003-06:002010-11-19T08:50:13.294-06:00A Trip to the DairyJust down the road is Country Girls Creamery, a family owned dairy Twice a day the Smith family has to milk 85 head of cattle.The cattle primarily eat grass, but are given feed 16-24 ounces of feed at each milking. By law they must pasteurized the milk. This involves cooking the milk for 30 minutes at 140 degrees. The creamery also makes butter, yogurt, and cheese that is sold locally at the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-87798311481869921472010-11-18T07:30:00.002-06:002010-11-18T17:18:08.804-06:00GMO VS Organic; which do you want to eat?Whether you have a garden in your backyard, buy your produce at the local farmer's market or purchase it at a superstore, organic food is better for the health of your family. Many years ago all of our crops were grown without the assistance of genetic engineers; that is not so now. Conventional farming today consists of any agriculture that demands high yields. This requires the use of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-63247447130889943952010-11-17T06:30:00.000-06:002010-11-17T06:30:01.767-06:00Distracted DrivingI have a friend that was seriously injured in this car accident recently because, the other driver (that ran a red light and plowed into my friends truck) was texting. Just weeks before that, it could have been me that cause that wreck. Yes, I am guilty of texting while driving, I admit it. I don't even have a good excuse, because the reality is, there is no reason that anyone should text and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-65871820709022835172010-11-15T06:00:00.003-06:002011-01-01T15:59:55.693-06:00The Oil Spill Six Months LaterWith the rising demands for oil and the shrinking reserve, the oil industry has move drilling from the shallow rigs to deep water. One of the problems is that clean up methods have not been keeping pace with technology. Since 1969 there have been ten platform spills including Deepwater Horizon. The federal agency, Minerals Management Service, that regulates off shore drilling claimed that there Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-86317679653143557822010-11-14T06:00:00.003-06:002010-11-28T16:03:05.000-06:00Rice & Beans MinistryRice and Beans Ministry helps feed hungry families year around in Costa Rica through the United Methodist Church. Over the past several months I have had the pleasure of getting to know the director, Fred Curry. He began working in missions in 1990 and in Costa Rica in 1996. He established Rice and Beans Ministry in June of 2007. Along with the goal of providing families with enough food for a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-70894843129754611342010-11-11T06:00:00.004-06:002010-11-11T23:41:09.359-06:00our gardenI'd like to say that this year's garden was a sight to behold, because we said that every year we would tweak it, making it more efficient. I think our failures came with excuses like: we moved, and we thought this or that would be a good idea. I'm not saying our garden was a complete failure. We were drowning in okra and tomatoes, we had corn, squash, watermelons and canalope that were so good Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-27945942654584399122010-11-10T06:00:00.001-06:002012-02-28T15:07:36.571-06:00Making Lifestyle Choices
Now that I'm up and moving, I decided that I really need to set a long term goal for myself. The scary thing is that I'm going to share my goal and ask that you help me stay focused. Drum roll please, I want to complete a 5k. Ideally, I want to run the entire 3.1 miles. But, I'm going to be practical and not try and do this until next year; I haven't decided when just yet, but before it gets Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215415144189502699.post-75039338393547219822010-11-08T06:00:00.001-06:002010-11-09T11:16:13.786-06:00Ways to make a difference in the environment.I realize that most of us aren't going to go out and live in a tree like my hero Julia Butterfly Hill . She live in the tree, Luna, from December 10, 1997 to December 18, 1999. But, there are some very simple things that we can do around our homes that can make a real difference.Let's start with the no cost actions we can all take. The simplest is to just TURN OFF THE LIGHTS! I am the worlds Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927999035462115991noreply@blogger.com1