Diabetes - Made Simple

Everyone should watch this for a 4 minute video for a better understanding of diabeties

whether you have it or not.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGL6km1NBWE

Who Am I Meant to Be?

This is from Oprah.com and I found it interesting. My thinking is that you probably shouldn't over think your answers and go more with your first instinct.

 Read the wording of the questions carefully. What follows is the introduction & below is the link. See what you think. Who are you meant to be?
(Some links don't last forever. If you find this of interest don't wait too long. The link could disappear.) Yes men, you can also take it. By the way - I got artist. 

"Forget your career. Forget your role as a mother or a wife. Forget how much money you make or how successful you are. If you're struggling with the question "Who am I meant to be?", this quiz can help you figure out what really defines you. Based on personality science, I have identified seven "striving styles," modes of thought and behavior that direct us to seek satisfaction in different ways. Although everybody is wired with all seven styles, most people have one that dominates. When you engage this innate style, you've got the best shot at fulfilling your potential; when you don't, you can feel stuck."

"After responding to the statements below, you will discover your striving style, learn what to do if it's backfiring from neglect, and find ideas to guide your life in the direction that it was meant to go."
By Anne Drantisaris, PhD

Read more: http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Who-Are-You-Meant-to-Be-Self-Assessment-Quiz#ixzz2LswrQ47X

Oatmeal Toasting & Sandwich Bread

 

Oatmeal Toasting & Sandwich Bread  -  From the King Arthur Flour Website

This is a tender bread, just slightly sweet.

3 cups King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour
1 cup rolled oats (old-fashioned oats)
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons brown sugar or honey
2 teaspoons instant yeast OR 1 packet active dry yeast*
1 1/4 cups lukewarm milk
3/4 cup raisins or currants (optional)
*If you use active dry yeast, dissolve it in the warm milk before combining with the remaining ingredients.

Manual Method: In a large mixing bowl, or in the bowl of an electric mixer, combine all of the ingredients, mixing to form a shaggy dough. Knead dough, by hand (10 minutes) or by machine (5 minutes) till it's smooth. Place dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover and allow it to rest for 1 hour; it'll become quite puffy, though it may not double in bulk. Shape as directed below.

Bread Machine Method: Place all of the ingredients (except the fruit) into the pan of your machine, program machine for manual or dough, and press Start. About 10 minutes before the end of the second kneading cycle, check dough and adjust its consistency as necessary with additional flour or water; finished dough should be soft and supple. Add the raisins or currants about 3 minutes before the end of the final kneading cycle. Shape as directed below.
Shaping: Transfer the dough to a lightly oiled surface, and shape it into a log. Place the log in a lightly greased 9" x 5" loaf pan, cover the pan (with an acrylic proof cover, or with lightly greased plastic wrap), and allow the dough to rise for 60 to 90 minutes, till it's crested 1" to 2" over the rim of the pan.

(Mine is round because I made it in my souffle' bowl. That's a bit of the oatmeal you see on top.)

Baking: Bake the bread in a preheated 350°F oven for 35 to 40 minutes, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center registers 190°F. If the bread appears to be browning too quickly, tent it with aluminum foil for the final 10 minutes of baking. Yield: 1 loaf.

34 Double-Duty Tips for Household Items

"If you ever find yourself wondering what to do with an old pair of socks or growing collection of spare buttons, we've got some double-duty solutions for you. Here, alternative uses for 30+ household items."
From Good Housekeeping:
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/cleaning-organizing/double-duty-household-items?click=smart&kw=ist&src=smart&mag=GHK&link=http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/cleaning-organizing/double-duty-household-items-SMT-GHK#slide-1

My 10 Grain Banana-Nut Muffins

 



Find the recipe here:

http://www.bobsredmill.com/recipes.php?recipe=7357

10 Ways to Tell Someone (Anyone) You Love Them

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Old Time Radio Shows

Here's an unbelievable collection of all the old time radio shows. This is a chance to go back in time, and listen to radio . Find your favorite, click on it, and listen to all the episodes.
Comedy Al Jolson Show Alan Young Show Aldrich Family Alka Seltzer Time Amos & Andy Avalon Time Baby Snooks Bergen & McCarthy Bickersons, The Bing Crosby Bob & Ray Breakfast In Hollywood Bright Star Burns & Allen Cavalcade Of America Command Performance Couple Next Door Curtain Time Danny Kaye Show Dennis Day Show Duffy's Tavern Easy Aces Father Knows Best Fibber McGee & Molly First Nighter Program Frances Langford Show Fred Allen Show Fred Waring Show Gasoline Alley GI Journal Glenn Miller Goldbergs Great Gildersleeve Guest Star Halls Of Ivy Harold Peary Harry James Show Hollywood Barn Dance It Pays to Be Ignorant Jack Benny Life Of Riley Lum And Abner Mail Call Mayor of the Town Mel Blanc Milton Berle Misadventures Of Si and Elmer My Favorite Husband My Friend Irma Our Miss Brooks Phil Harris & Alice Faye Red Skelton Story Lady, The Westerns American Trail Cisco Kid, The Fort Laramie Frontier Fighters Frontier Gentleman Frontier Town Gene Autry Gunsmoke Have Gun Will Travel Hopalong Cassidy Horizons West Lone Ranger A Lone Ranger B Roy Rogers Show, The Six Shooter Tales Of The Texas Rangers	Detective Barry Craig Boston Blackie Broadway Is My Beat Casey, Crime Photographer Chase, The Crime Classics Crime Club Crime Does Not Pay Danger, Dr. Danfield Dick Tracy Dragnet Falcon, The FBI In War And Peace, The Federal Agent Frank Race Gangbusters Guilty Party I Was A Communist For The FBI Jeff Regan Let George Do It Lineup Mr. District Attorney Mr. Keene, Tracer of Lost Person Nero Wolfe Night Beat Pat Novak Philip Marlowe Saint, The Secrets Of Scotland Yard Sherlock Holmes This Is Your F.B.I Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Mystery Adventures By Morse Arch Obler's Plays Beyond Midnight Black Museum Cloak and Dagger Clock, The Creaking Door Dangerous Assignment Dark Fantasy Dark Venture Darkness David Harding Counter Spy Diary of Fate Dimension X Escape Five Minute Mysteries Frankenstein Ghost Corps Green Valley Line Hall Of Fantasy Haunting Hour, The Hermits Cave I Love A Mystery Incredible, But True Inner Sanctum, The Lights Out Macabre Man Called X, The Molle Mystery Theater Mysterious Traveler Mystery In The Air Quiet Please Sealed Book Shadow, The Strange Dr. Weird Suspense Weird Circle Whistler, The Witch's Tale X Minus One	Drama Academy Award Theater Adventure Theater Adventures By Morse Air Adventures Of Jimmy Allen Archie Andrews Audio History Avenger Avengers Big John & Sparky Big Town Bill Sterns Sports Reel Birdseye Open House Blackstone, The Magic Detective Blue Beetle Box 13 British Shows 1 British Shows 2 Campbell Playhouse Captain Midnight Chandu The Magician Chesterfield Chicago Theater Of Cinnamon Bear Columbia Workshop Commercials Corsican Brothers Damon Runyon Theater Dangerously Yours Family Theater Fifth Horseman Fighting AAF Fire Fighters Flash Gordon Ford Show Ford Theater Frank Merriwell Future Tense Goon Show, The Grand Hotel Grand Marquee Hallmark Playhouse Heartbeat Theater Hollywood Star Playhouse Hop Harrigan Horizons West Humphrey Bogart I Love Adventure Information Please Jungle Jim Lets Pretend Little Orphan Annie Lux Radio Theater 465 Magic Island Matinee Theater Mercury Summer Theater Mercury Theater Michael Shayne Miscellaneous Music Moon Over Africa Moon River Mr. President Railroad Hour Sears Radio Theater Smilin Ed's Buster Brown Gang Soap Operas Soldiers of the Press Speed Gibson Sports Thrills Superman Tarzan Treasury Star Parade Treasury Star Salute Vic & Sade World Adventures Club World War II Shows WSJV Complete Broadcast Day Your Army Air Force

Splinters & Sand

For those of you didn't grow up on the Jersey Shore,

but more especially for those of you that did . . .

 

http://vimeo.com/57479574

 

Hodgepodge Index for 2012

Hodgepodge Index 2012

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Take a Seat - Make a Friend?

Watch here: http://youtu.be/HfHV4-N2LxQ

Stress Health Effects: 10 Scary Things It's Doing To Your Body

The Huffington Post | By Amanda L. Chan Posted: 02/04/2013

1.       Fuels Cancer in Animal Cells – A recent animal study showed that stress could help cancer cells survive against anti-cancer drugs.

2.       Shrinks the Brain – Researchers reported that stressful occasions – like going through a divorce or being laid off  can actually shrink the brain by reducing gray matter in regions tied to emotion and physiological functions. They warned that these changes could signal future psychiatric problems.

3.       Prematurely Ages Kids – The extreme duress that a child experiences when exposed to violence early on could lead to premature aging of his or her cells.

4.       Could Affect You Offspring’s Genes – The effects of stress on a person’s genes may be passed on from generation to generation, so the stress may not only take its toll on the person but on the person’s progeny as well.

5.       Spurs Depressive Symptoms – A study in mice suggests stress could play a role in the development of depression.

6.       Increases Risk Of Chronic Diseases – It’s not just the stress, but how you react to it, that could have an impact on your health down the road. Those who were more stressed out and anxious about the stresses of everyday life were more likely to have chronic health conditions a decade later.

7.       Raises Stroke Risk – Stressed-out people have a higher risk of stroke.

8.       Does A Number On Your Heart – Anxiety and stress is linked with a 27% higher risk of heart attack. (The same effect as smoking 5 cigarettes a day.)  Anything you can do to reduce stress may improve your heart health in the future and how well you may survive after a heart attack.

9.       Makes Colds Worse – Stress has an impact on your immune system with one study showing it can make colds worse. When stressed you produce more cortisol which can wreak havoc on your body’s inflammatory processes.

10.   Could Affect Cancer Outcomes – Research shows that managing stress could improve outcomes of the disease and that stress management intervention mitigates the influence of the stress of cancer treatment and promotes recovery over the first year.

To read the article in full go to:
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/04/stress-health-effects-cancer-immune-system_n_2599551.html?ref=topbar#slide=2052883

Endless ABC

From the creators of Sesame Street's Monster at the End of This Book, an absolutely adorable, educational app for iPhone,iPod touch, and iPad. (Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.) This was just released and is free for a limited time. If you have little ones don't miss out on this! Check it out at:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/endless-alphabet/id591626572?mt=8

90 Things We Bet You Didn't Know About Warner Bros.

Go to this link: http://americanfilm.afi.com/issue/2013/2/cover-story