The ChillOut Log
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A pumpkin smiley from spicypumpkin.
Another pumpkin
Is this pumpkin happy enough?
I did an image search for spicy pumpkin and look what I found:
I'll have to give these a try. They're high in protein:
HEY!......Fat free Spicy pumkin BARS;
Pumpkin Bars
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 cup nonfat milk (or soy or rice milk)
1/3 cup pitted dates ( I used raisins, forgot to buy dates)
1 cup cooked, mashed pumpkin, canned or fresh
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
non fat egg stuff, 1 egg equivilent
1 cup raisins, ( I used only 1/2 cup to lessen the *sugar*)
Prepare 9/13" pan with thin coating of oil or spray
Preheat oven 350F
Mix all dry ingredients in large bowl. set aside
into blender, put applesauce, milk, dates, pumpkin and egg, blend til
smooth
Mix into dry ingredients
put into baking pan, bake at 350F for 30 - 40 minutes or until toothpick
comes out clean.
Cool to room temp, then refrigerate. Serve cold
kwovo ovo
Pumpkin Bars
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 cup nonfat milk (or soy or rice milk)
1/3 cup pitted dates ( I used raisins, forgot to buy dates)
1 cup cooked, mashed pumpkin, canned or fresh
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
non fat egg stuff, 1 egg equivilent
1 cup raisins, ( I used only 1/2 cup to lessen the *sugar*)
Prepare 9/13" pan with thin coating of oil or spray
Preheat oven 350F
Mix all dry ingredients in large bowl. set aside
into blender, put applesauce, milk, dates, pumpkin and egg, blend til
smooth
Mix into dry ingredients
put into baking pan, bake at 350F for 30 - 40 minutes or until toothpick
comes out clean.
Cool to room temp, then refrigerate. Serve cold
kwovo ovo
I can't find much more spicy pumpkin stuff.
I did find a recipe for spicy pumpkin soup.
It looks good:
I don't think it's high in protein though.
Hey Chillen, it's been fun. Have a nice evening, I'm of to bed now. I have to be up bright and early to go to the local Farmer's market to buy fresh fruits and veggies. They have these gigantic peaches that weigh about a pound each. I can't miss out.
Keep Rocking On.
Keep Rocking On.
September 29th, 2007: Thoughts for the day.
What do you mean.....by telling me You have limitations?.....BUH!.....
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IF you keep seaching it WILL FIND YOU.......if you STOP....it WILL ELUDE YOU!
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Courage is about doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared before you do it.
It is your attitude at the beginning of a task that determines success or failure.
Don't wait until people are dead to give them flowers.
Don't let your pride or lack of courage stand in the way of saying you're sorry.
Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn't give you credit.
It doesn't take strength to hold a grudge; it takes strength to let go of one.
I would rather make my name than inherit it.
Measure your days by how the corners of your mouth turn.
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
I've been trying to find the word that says what I need to be in life.
"Brave' is the only word. It's the only thing that I ask myself to be.
(Unknown)
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Some thoughts:
Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperments and narrower points of view.
We spend more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses, but smaller families.
We have more compromises, but less time. We have more knowledge, but less judgement.
We have more medicines, but less health.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much.
We reached the moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors.
We have conquered the outer space, but not our inner space.
We have higher income, but less morals.
These are times with more liberty, but less joy.
With much more food, but less nutrition.
These are days in which two salaries come home, but divorces increase.
These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes.
That’s why I propose that as of today -- You do not keep anything for a special occasion, because every day that you live is a special occasion. Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch and admire the view without paying attention to the needs. Pass more time with your family, eat your favorite food, visit the place you love. Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; it isn’t only survival.
Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume… use it every time you feel you want it. Take out from your vocabulary phrases like, “one of these days” and “someday”. Let’s write that letter we thought of writing “one of these days…”
Let’s tell our families and friends how much we love them. Never pass up a chance at adding laughter and joy to your life. Every day, hour, and minute are special… Because you never know if it will be your last…
If you’re too busy to take some minutes to share this message with someone you love, and you tell yourself that you will share it “one of these days”… “one of these days” can be very far away, and you may not be there to see it…
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The Dont's:
Don't wait for time. Make it.
Don't wait for love. Feel it.
Don't wait for money. Earn it.
Don't wait for the path. Find it.
Don't wait for opportunity. Create it.
Don't go for less. Get the best.
Don't compare. Be unique.
Don't fight your misfortune. Transform it.
Don't avoid failure. Use it.
Don't dwell on mistake. Learn from it.
Don't back down. Go around.
Don't close your eyes. Open your mind.
Don't run for life. Embrace it.
Bigvai Volcy
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Read this and let it really sink in...then choose how to start your day tomorrow...
Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a
good mood and always has something positive to say. When
someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I
were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad
day, Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the
positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to
Michael and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive
person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Michael replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself,
'Mike, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a
good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to
be in a good mood.
"Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim
or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
"Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to
accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of
life. I choose the positive side of life."
"Yeah, right, it isn't that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," Michael said. Life is all about choices. When you
cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose
how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect
your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. "The
bottom line is: It's your choice how you live life."
I reflected on what Michael said. Soon thereafter, I left the tower industry to start my own business.
We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that Michael was involved in a
serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications
tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care,
Michael was released from the hospital with rods placed in his
back.
I saw Michael about six months after the accident. When I asked
him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins.
Wanna see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone
through his mind as the accident took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-be-
born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
Michael continued, "The paramedics were great.They kept
telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me
into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors
and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'He's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big burly nurse
shouting questions at me," said Michael. "She asked if I was
allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses
stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep
breath and yelled, 'Gravity.' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead'."
Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.
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Wake up and make your decisions before you start. Your attitude can determine how certain things play out--------WAKE UP!..........ROCK ON
Believe in yourselves! You don't drown by falling in water you drown by staying there!
Sometimes someone says something really small, and it just fits right into this empty place in your heart.
Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you.
The less we look with our eyes, the more we will see with our hearts.
Everyone's a star and deserves the right to twinkle.
I'm not beautiful like you. I'm beautiful like me.
Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.
Chillen
I will------------RAH-RAH-RAH-------ALL OF YOU------TILL you hear it in your fricken SLEEP!
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Never tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon!
Never tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon!
What do you mean.....by telling me You have limitations?.....BUH!.....
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Motivation is and always has been an integrated daily component in the long term success of any winner.
Staying focused, determined and committed to being his or her absolute best are sure fire traits of a winner, yet none of these invaluable qualities can be indefinitely sustained without a steady diet of motivation. While it is the personal responsibility of each of us to demand the very best from ourselves, there's no question-----YOU HAVE TO FIND YOUR SPARK!
Staying focused, determined and committed to being his or her absolute best are sure fire traits of a winner, yet none of these invaluable qualities can be indefinitely sustained without a steady diet of motivation. While it is the personal responsibility of each of us to demand the very best from ourselves, there's no question-----YOU HAVE TO FIND YOUR SPARK!
IF you keep seaching it WILL FIND YOU.......if you STOP....it WILL ELUDE YOU!
==========================================================
Courage is about doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared before you do it.
It is your attitude at the beginning of a task that determines success or failure.
Don't wait until people are dead to give them flowers.
Don't let your pride or lack of courage stand in the way of saying you're sorry.
Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn't give you credit.
It doesn't take strength to hold a grudge; it takes strength to let go of one.
I would rather make my name than inherit it.
Measure your days by how the corners of your mouth turn.
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
I've been trying to find the word that says what I need to be in life.
"Brave' is the only word. It's the only thing that I ask myself to be.
(Unknown)
======================================================================================
Some thoughts:
Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperments and narrower points of view.
We spend more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses, but smaller families.
We have more compromises, but less time. We have more knowledge, but less judgement.
We have more medicines, but less health.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much.
We reached the moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors.
We have conquered the outer space, but not our inner space.
We have higher income, but less morals.
These are times with more liberty, but less joy.
With much more food, but less nutrition.
These are days in which two salaries come home, but divorces increase.
These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes.
That’s why I propose that as of today -- You do not keep anything for a special occasion, because every day that you live is a special occasion. Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch and admire the view without paying attention to the needs. Pass more time with your family, eat your favorite food, visit the place you love. Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; it isn’t only survival.
Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume… use it every time you feel you want it. Take out from your vocabulary phrases like, “one of these days” and “someday”. Let’s write that letter we thought of writing “one of these days…”
Let’s tell our families and friends how much we love them. Never pass up a chance at adding laughter and joy to your life. Every day, hour, and minute are special… Because you never know if it will be your last…
If you’re too busy to take some minutes to share this message with someone you love, and you tell yourself that you will share it “one of these days”… “one of these days” can be very far away, and you may not be there to see it…
========================================================================================
The Dont's:
Don't wait for time. Make it.
Don't wait for love. Feel it.
Don't wait for money. Earn it.
Don't wait for the path. Find it.
Don't wait for opportunity. Create it.
Don't go for less. Get the best.
Don't compare. Be unique.
Don't fight your misfortune. Transform it.
Don't avoid failure. Use it.
Don't dwell on mistake. Learn from it.
Don't back down. Go around.
Don't close your eyes. Open your mind.
Don't run for life. Embrace it.
Bigvai Volcy
==================================================================================
Read this and let it really sink in...then choose how to start your day tomorrow...
Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a
good mood and always has something positive to say. When
someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I
were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad
day, Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the
positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to
Michael and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive
person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Michael replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself,
'Mike, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a
good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to
be in a good mood.
"Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim
or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
"Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to
accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of
life. I choose the positive side of life."
"Yeah, right, it isn't that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," Michael said. Life is all about choices. When you
cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose
how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect
your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. "The
bottom line is: It's your choice how you live life."
I reflected on what Michael said. Soon thereafter, I left the tower industry to start my own business.
We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that Michael was involved in a
serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications
tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care,
Michael was released from the hospital with rods placed in his
back.
I saw Michael about six months after the accident. When I asked
him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins.
Wanna see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone
through his mind as the accident took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-be-
born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
Michael continued, "The paramedics were great.They kept
telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me
into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors
and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'He's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big burly nurse
shouting questions at me," said Michael. "She asked if I was
allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses
stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep
breath and yelled, 'Gravity.' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead'."
Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.
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==================================================================================
Wake up and make your decisions before you start. Your attitude can determine how certain things play out--------WAKE UP!..........ROCK ON
Believe in yourselves! You don't drown by falling in water you drown by staying there!
Sometimes someone says something really small, and it just fits right into this empty place in your heart.
Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you.
The less we look with our eyes, the more we will see with our hearts.
Everyone's a star and deserves the right to twinkle.
I'm not beautiful like you. I'm beautiful like me.
Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.
Chillen
I will------------RAH-RAH-RAH-------ALL OF YOU------TILL you hear it in your fricken SLEEP!
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September 29th, 2007: Thoughts for the day (2)
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From my heart to yours:
Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back.
Maybe, you have to let go of who you were
to become who you will be.
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A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.
(Unknown)
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If God Answers Your Prayer, He is increasing your FAITH. If He Delays, He is increasing you PATIENCE. If He Doesnt Answer, He has Something BETTER for you
(Unknown)
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THE MOST BEUTIFUL FLOWER
The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read
Beneath the long, straggly branches of an old willow tree.
Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown,
For the world was intent on dragging me down.
And if that weren't enough to ruin my day,
A young boy out of breath approached me, all tired from play
He stood right before me with his head tilted down
And said with great excitement, "Look what I found!"
In his hand was a flower, and what a pitiful sight,
With its petals all worn - not enough rain, or too little light.
Wanting him to take his dead flower and go off to play,
I faked a small smile and then shifted away.
But instead of retreating he sat next to my side
And placed the flower to his nose
And declared with overacted surprise,
It sure smells pretty and it's beautiful, too.
That's why I picked it; here, it's for you."
The weed before me was dying or dead.
Not vibrant of colors: orange, yellow or red.
But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave.
So I reached for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need."
but instead of him placing the flower in my hand,
He held it mid-air without reason or plan.
It was then that I noticed for the very first time
That weed-toting boy could not see: he was blind.
I heard my voice quiver; tears shone in the sun
As I thanked him for picking the very best one.
You're welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play,
Unaware of the impact he'd had on my day.
I sat there and wondered how he managed to see
A self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree.
How did he know of my self-indulged plight?
Perhaps from his heart, he'd been blessed with true sight.
Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see
The problem was not with the world; the problem was me.
And for all of those times I myself had been blind,
I vowed to see the beauty in life, And appreciate every second that's mine.
And then I held that wilted flower up to my nose
And breathed in the fragrance of a beautiful rose
And smiled as I watched that young boy, Another weed in his hand,
About to change the life of an unsuspecting old man.
(Author Cheryl Costello Forshey)
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Don't be afraid of shadows, they just mean there's a light shining somewhere near.
(Unknown)
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Dance girl, dance.
As if your life depended on it.
Sing girl, sing.
Let the universe know your song.
Paint girl, paint.
Give the world back its color.
Write girl, write.
Bring imagination back to the people.
Smile girl, smile.
Make those around you happy.
Cry girl, cry.
Shed your pain and let it be free.
Laugh girl, laugh.
Let those around you know your joy.
Walk girl, walk.
Experience the life that’s around you.
Jump girl, jump.
Bring back life to the Earth.
Spin girl, spin.
Make the world go round.
Live girl, live.
‘Cause this may be the only chance you get.
(Unknown)
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ROCK ON!!!!!!!
I wish all of you the best from the bottom of my heart!
Best wishes
Chillen
your braver than you believe...stronger than you seem...and smarter than you think...
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It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.
==========================================================From my heart to yours:
Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back.
Maybe, you have to let go of who you were
to become who you will be.
=========================================================
A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.
(Unknown)
==========================================================
If God Answers Your Prayer, He is increasing your FAITH. If He Delays, He is increasing you PATIENCE. If He Doesnt Answer, He has Something BETTER for you
(Unknown)
==========================================================
THE MOST BEUTIFUL FLOWER
The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read
Beneath the long, straggly branches of an old willow tree.
Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown,
For the world was intent on dragging me down.
And if that weren't enough to ruin my day,
A young boy out of breath approached me, all tired from play
He stood right before me with his head tilted down
And said with great excitement, "Look what I found!"
In his hand was a flower, and what a pitiful sight,
With its petals all worn - not enough rain, or too little light.
Wanting him to take his dead flower and go off to play,
I faked a small smile and then shifted away.
But instead of retreating he sat next to my side
And placed the flower to his nose
And declared with overacted surprise,
It sure smells pretty and it's beautiful, too.
That's why I picked it; here, it's for you."
The weed before me was dying or dead.
Not vibrant of colors: orange, yellow or red.
But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave.
So I reached for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need."
but instead of him placing the flower in my hand,
He held it mid-air without reason or plan.
It was then that I noticed for the very first time
That weed-toting boy could not see: he was blind.
I heard my voice quiver; tears shone in the sun
As I thanked him for picking the very best one.
You're welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play,
Unaware of the impact he'd had on my day.
I sat there and wondered how he managed to see
A self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree.
How did he know of my self-indulged plight?
Perhaps from his heart, he'd been blessed with true sight.
Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see
The problem was not with the world; the problem was me.
And for all of those times I myself had been blind,
I vowed to see the beauty in life, And appreciate every second that's mine.
And then I held that wilted flower up to my nose
And breathed in the fragrance of a beautiful rose
And smiled as I watched that young boy, Another weed in his hand,
About to change the life of an unsuspecting old man.
(Author Cheryl Costello Forshey)
==========================================================
Don't be afraid of shadows, they just mean there's a light shining somewhere near.
(Unknown)
==========================================================
Dance girl, dance.
As if your life depended on it.
Sing girl, sing.
Let the universe know your song.
Paint girl, paint.
Give the world back its color.
Write girl, write.
Bring imagination back to the people.
Smile girl, smile.
Make those around you happy.
Cry girl, cry.
Shed your pain and let it be free.
Laugh girl, laugh.
Let those around you know your joy.
Walk girl, walk.
Experience the life that’s around you.
Jump girl, jump.
Bring back life to the Earth.
Spin girl, spin.
Make the world go round.
Live girl, live.
‘Cause this may be the only chance you get.
(Unknown)
==========================================================
ROCK ON!!!!!!!
I wish all of you the best from the bottom of my heart!
Best wishes
Chillen
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WE need to get together, LOL. I cant get on yahoo until about 5 my time today.......(I can post on a forum at work, but not on yahoo......
we need to finish up
YES PROUD OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just need to refine things for you in diet and calories........before it gets much longer......Mabe I do it in e-mail........you have e-mail........Let me know---then we rock some more.....
Best regards, Chillen
Heya chillen, sorry i havent been on here for a couple of days, i been busy. yes i have email: i will pm u it, thanks man
ROCK ON
Jackie xx
lol...your too much, chillen.
almost 3000 posts already. rock on
good messages in the posts...i liked them
almost 3000 posts already. rock on
good messages in the posts...i liked them
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