Bear Surprises Photoshoot for Ad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=eryxAcsTcOA

A Collection of 100 Full Live Concert Videos

Click Here to Watch	ABBA - USA 1980
Click Here to Watch	Adele - London, England 2011
Click Here to Watch	Aerosmith - Tokyo, Japan 2002
Click Here to Watch	AHA - Oslo, Norway 2001
Click Here to Watch	Alicia Keys - New York, NY 2005
Click Here to Watch	Amy Winehouse - Glastonbury, England 2008
Click Here to Watch	Amy Macdonald - Open Air Festival, Czech Republic 2012
Click Here to Watch	Arctic Monkeys - Manchester, England in 2008
Click Here to Watch	Avril Lavigne - Calgary, Canada 2007
Click Here to Watch	Barry Manilow – 2011
Click Here to Watch	Barry White - a selection of performances
Click Here to Watch	Beach Boys - The Lost Concert 1964
Click Here to Watch	Beatles - Melbourne, Australia 1964
Click Here to Watch	Bee Gees - Massachusetts, USA 2001
Click Here to Watch	Beyonce - Glastonbury, England 2011
Click Here to Watch	Billy Joel - Tokyo, Japan 2006
Click Here to Watch	Blur - Glastonbury, England 2009
Click Here to Watch	Bon Jovi - Udinese, Italy 2011
Click Here to Watch	Bob Marley - Dortmund, Germany 1980
Click Here to Watch	Britney Spears - London, England 2000
Click Here to Watch	Bruce Springsteen - Glastonbury, England 2009
Click Here to Watch	Celine Dion - Memphis, USA 1997
Click Here to Watch	Christina Aguilera - Wembley Arena, London, England 2003
Click Here to Watch	Coldplay - Austin, Texas, 2011
Click Here to Watch	Cranberries - Chile 2010
Click Here to Watch	David Bowie - Vancouver, Canada 1983
Click Here to Watch	Deep Purple - Copenhagen / New York 1972/1973
Click Here to Watch	Depeche Mode - Paris, France 2001
Click Here to Watch	Diana Ross - Sweden 1968
Click Here to Watch	The Doors- Hollywood, USA 1968
Click Here to Watch	Duran Duran - London, England 2004
Click Here to Watch	Elton John - Rome, Italy 2005
Click Here to Watch	Elvis Costello - Cologne, Germany 1978
Click Here to Watch	Eminem - New York, NY 2005
Click Here to Watch	Enrique Iglesias - Belfast, Ireland 2007
Click Here to Watch	Eric Clapton - Windsor, England 1992
Click Here to Watch	Frank Sinatra - Tokyo, Japan 1985
Click Here to Watch	Franz Ferdinand - Glastonbury, England 2009
Click Here to Watch	Genesis - Dusseldorf, Germany 2007
Click Here to Watch	Green Day - Italy 2005
Click Here to Watch	Guns and Roses - Paris, France 1992
Click Here to Watch	Gypsy Kings - Los Angeles, California, USA 1990
Click Here to Watch	James Blunt - Nyon, Switzerland 2011
Click Here to Watch	Jamiroquai - Nyon, Switzerland 2010
Click Here to Watch	Jay-Z - London, England 2012
Click Here to Watch	Jennifer Lopez - Moscow, Russia 2012
Click Here to Watch	Jimi Hendrix - Stockholm, Sweden 1969
Click Here to Watch	Joe Cocker - Baden-Baden, Germany 1996
Click Here to Watch	Kane - London, England 2007
Click Here to Watch	Kings of Leon - Landgraaf, Netherlands 2011
Click Here to Watch	Kiss - Fuji, Japan 2006
Click Here to Watch	Kylie Minogue - London, England 2011
Click Here to Watch	Lady Gaga - Sydney, Australia
Click Here to Watch	Led Zeppelin - London, England 1970
Click Here to Watch	Leonard Cohen - London, England 2008/9
Click Here to Watch	Linkin Park - Madrid, Spain 2010
Click Here to Watch	Little Richard - London, England 1972
Click Here to Watch	Louis Armstrong - Belgium 1959
Click Here to Watch	Luciano Pavarotti - Barcelona, Spain
Click Here to Watch	Madonna - Lisbon, Portugal 2004
Click Here to Watch	Manic Street Fritz'rs - Scotland 2009
Click Here to Watch	Mariah Carey - Morocco 2012
Click Here to Watch	Metallica - Nimes, France 2009
Click Here to Watch	Michael Jackson - Brunei 1996
Click Here to Watch	Moby - Novi Sad, Serbia, 2009
Click Here to Watch	Muse - London, England 2012
Click Here to Watch	Neil Young - New York, NY 2012
Click Here to Watch	Nirvana - Rome, Italy 1991
Click Here to Watch	Norah Jones - Amsterdam, Netherlands 2007
Click Here to Watch	Offspring - Woodstock Festival, New York, USA 1999
Click Here to Watch	Phil Collins - Paris, France 2004
Click Here to Watch	Pink Floyd - Venice, Italy 1989
Click Here to Watch	Pixies - Brazil 2010
Click Here to Watch	The Police - Cologne, Germany 1980
Click Here to Watch	Prince - New York, NY 1985
Click Here to Watch	Queen - Argentina 1981
Click Here to Watch	Radiohead - Saitama, Japan 2008
Click Here to Watch	Red Hot Chili Peppers - Paris, France 2011
Click Here to Watch	REM - Hamburg, Germany 1998
Click Here to Watch	Ricky Martin - New York, NY 2000
Click Here to Watch	Rihanna - Manchester, England 2007
Click Here to Watch	Robbie Williams - Leeds, England 2006
Click Here to Watch	Rolling Stones - European Tour IMAX
Click Here to Watch	Roxette - Johannesburg, South Africa 1995
Click Here to Watch	Santana - Montreux, Switzerland 2011
Click Here to Watch	The Scorpions - Recife, Brazil 2008
Click Here to Watch	Shakira - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2008
Click Here to Watch	The Shins- Hurricane Festival, Germany 2012
Click Here to Watch	Simon and Garfunkel - New York, NY 1981
Click Here to Watch	Simply Red - London, England 1998
Click Here to Watch	Smashing Pumpkins - Mexico City, Mexico 2010
Click Here to Watch	Stevie Wonder - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2011
Click Here to Watch	Sting - Berlin, Germany 2010
Click Here to Watch	System of a Down - Nuremberg, Germany 2011
Click Here to Watch	Talking Heads - Rome, Italy
Click Here to Watch	Tina Turner - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1988
Click Here to Watch	Tom Jones - Chile 2007
Click Here to Watch	Toto - Amsterdam, Netherlands 2003
Click Here to Watch	The Verve - Glastonbury, England 2008
Click Here to Watch	U2 - Glastonbury, England 2011
Click Here to Watch	Whitney Houston - New York, NY 2009
Click Here to Watch	2Pac - House of Blues, 1996

50 Life Hacks to Simplify your World

Matt the Web Dude found this to pass along.

50 Life Hacks to Simplify your World
http://twistedsifter.com/2013/01/50-life-hacks-to-simplify-your-world/

Here are two other things I found:

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/12/top-100-pictures-of-the-day-2012/

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/06/creative-ways-to-repurpose-reuse-and-upcycle-old-things/

20 Things a Mother Should Tell Her Son

Here's one mom's list:
 http://www.werdyab.com/2012/04/20-things-mother-should-tell-her-son.html

What would you add to it?

"Thoughts Along the Way"

For those of you on Facebook you're familiar with those thoughtful quotes posted from time to time by friends and family.  I printed up a bunch as photos and put some on the back hallway of church where notices of up coming events are posted with a sign telling people they may take one or two for themselves or to give away. They may also add ones of their own.

(Also note that St. Luke's is proud to sponsor a child from the Good Shepherd Home for Special Needs Children in Cameroon, West Africa through the "Clip a Dollar for Epilepsy" program.

My "Amazing" Jelly Roll Squares

1. First I sewed together2 sets of 4 jelly roll strips
2. Then I squared them off to 8" x 8".
3. Next I placed them right sides together, with one  horizontal, one vertical.
4. Sew 1/4" seam around all 4 sides.
5. Cut through the two squares on the diagonal.
6. Turn and cut again on the diagonal.
7. You now have 4 triangles
8. Open them up into 4 squares that you sew together to make 1 large square
9. Three completed samples

This is from the "Amazing Jelly Roll Quilt Pattern by 3 Dudes
For the video:  http://youtu.be/L5Ixvjje310

Apple Cinnamon Teff Pancakes, A Gluten-Free Recipe

Hogepodge reader Jacqueline W., sends along this interesting G-F recipe from Anya M.

My standard pancake recipe is adapted from:

http://www.nourishingmeals.com/2010/02/apple-cinnamon-teff-pancakes.html

(Go to the link for more G-F recipes!)

 

 

Dry Ingredients:

2 cups dark brown teff flour*

1/2 cup tapioca flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

1 tablespoon cinnamon

Wet Ingredients:

2 cups non-dairy milk

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

2 large organic eggs

3 tablespoons melted virgin coconut oil

3 tablespoons pure maple syrup (Grade B)

Definitely not on-hand ingredients for most people though... The things you learn to cook and eat while going gluten free... Have not used white flour or sugar in years with the exception of confectioners sugar for cake frosting.

Anyone with joint pain (arthritis type) should consider trying a gluten free diet to see if it helps. The last doctor I saw for a physical recommended it (of course I chose him because he has a reputation of paying attention to nutrition).

Also now learning about the importance of vitamin K2 (and D) in preventing tooth decay, osteoporosis and heart disease. It helps the body deposit calcium where it belongs (bones and teeth) and not where it does not belong (arteries). Food sources include natto (Japanese fermented soybeans), goose liver pate and certain cheeses, such as Gouda. Natto has 10 times more than the next in the list but is an acquired taste to say the least. Also available in pill form...

 

A.

 

*Teff flour comes from a tiny grain (teff) that is common in Ethiopia. Nutritious and tasty. Seems that it prevents most people in that country from having anemia despite much lower animal product consumption...

 

For an egg free pancake recipe:

http://www.nourishingmeals.com/2009/03/teff-banana-pancakes.html

Fluffy Pancakes

I was in the mood the other night for pancakes for dinner.

This recipe was the first one that happened to turn up on my search and it is excellent!!

No more box mixes for me! I like that it has "on-hand" ingredients.

Save it for Shrove Tuesday, February 12th, 2014!

 

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/fluffy-pancakes-2/detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=pancakes&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Home%20Page

The video on the link incorrectly states 2 teaspoons of sugar.



Fluffy Pancakes                                     Makes 8 pancakes

Ingredients

3/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons white vinegar (I used cider vinegar and it was fine.)
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1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
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1 egg
2 tablespoons butter, melted
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cooking spray

Directions

1. Combine milk with vinegar in a medium bowl and set aside for 5 minutes to "sour".

2. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Whisk egg and butter into "soured" milk. Pour the flour mixture into the wet ingredients and whisk until lumps are gone.

3. Heat a large skillet over medium heat, and coat with cooking spray. Pour 1/4 cupfuls of batter onto the skillet, and cook until bubbles appear on the surface. Flip with a spatula, and cook until browned on the other side.

Note: Batter will be very thick. Resist the temptation to thin it by adding more milk. That thickness is the "fluff"!

Big Five Glories

Here's a place you can watch free classic movies on line for free: www.bigfiveglories.com

Happy New Year!