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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7459 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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 Posted - Nov 22 2011 : 09:46:36 AM
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Barbara Roberts, (Healthy Eating #2237) has received a certificate of achievement in Each Other for earning an expert level Entrepreneurial Spirit badge.
"Woo Hoo FINALLY I have finished my book! This is the closest I can come to shouting it out. For five years I have working in some form on this book. It is the culmination of my passion for helping others to gain optimal wellness.
First it was to be a program at a Wellness Center, then I did a website, and now, at last, a book called "Alive Health Recipe Book Healthy Eating On The Run." I don't have to buy flowers for myself - my sweetie did that for me the day the book debuted at the Expo on November 1, 2011.
I am a published author now on Amazon! This book was the last part of my quest to get this information out to people. It can be found by searching for the title above or by going to https://www.createspace.com/3656249 and ordering directly from that site.
It's just in time for Christmas and would make a wonderful gift for yourself and all of your loved ones. Have a blessed holiday season!"
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7459 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 22 2011 : 10:18:19 AM
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Barbara Roberts, (Healthy Eating #2237) has received a certificate of achievement in Each Other for earning an intermediate level Lend a Hand to Families badge.
"When my next-door neighbor had to go in for surgery, I made up some of my raw Marinated Kale and some gluten-free banana bread for her. When she got home from the hospital, I took seven days worth of meals down to her to help out while she recuperated from the surgery.
All who tried the food said they loved it. They weren't afraid to try something different for a change.
Even though this was for a man and not a woman, I think it qualifies. A neighbor of mine had his house foreclosed on and I, along with many others in the neighborhood, helped him pack up his belongings and move them out. All told, I spent about a full work week (40 hours) in helping him move out and then set up his home/office in his new place on the neighboring street. He was pretty traumatized with it and just about fell apart, but we all pulled together for him. Hopefully, he can overcome it." |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7459 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 22 2011 : 10:25:12 AM
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Barbara Roberts, (Healthy Eating #2237) has received a certificate of achievement in Farm Kitchen for earning a beginner level Self-sufficiency badge.
"Now that it is Autumn, I have harvested my herbs that I grew during the summer and have dried them in my Excalibur dehydrator. I have four bottle of curly leaf parsley, three bottles of flat leaf parsley, two bottles of Greek oregano and one of thyme.
The only thing that didn't dry well was my basil and I don't know why that didn't work. I'll have to do some research on that.
I had been saving empty spice bottles for years and I put dried herbs into each of these. I didn't make blends because I didn't have enough different kinds of herbs, but I made labels for them on my computer and some of these will be Christmas gifts this year for friends and family. I'm very pleased with the way they turned out." |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7459 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 22 2011 : 10:33:00 AM
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Barbara Roberts, (Healthy Eating #2237) has received a certificate of achievement in Garden Gate for earning an expert level What's Your Beef? badge.
"Mt. Valley Farms in Ellijay, GA is where I buy my grass-fed, grass-finished beef and free-range Heritage pork. Their farm has been in the same family since 1826 and they are USDA certified to sell meat by the piece. They also sell eggs and raw milk for pet consumption only.
They just never changed to the "new" way of handling their animals so they are still raised the old-fashioned way.
I interviewed co-owner Suzy Wright about the farm, and put the article in the November 2011 e-newsletter that I send out monthly. It was quite fascinating learning about how Frank Wright's mother still cooked three meals a day from scratch on a wood stove up until 1962, among other things! She just saw no reason to change what she had been used to.
The article can be read on my website and here is the direct link to the page www.HealthyEatingOnTheRun.com/local-food-systems.html. You may find it to be interesting reading."
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7459 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 22 2011 : 10:45:39 AM
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Barbara Roberts, (Healthy Eating #2237) has received a certificate of achievement in Garden Gate for earning an intermediate level Horse Dreams badge.
"The book "The Soul of a Horse" was just an awesome volume to read and Joe Camp's website had great pictures too. I have loved horses since I was a kid and it is so wonderful to find someone who treats them right and understands them as well. I never had a horse of my own but I have interacted with them quite a bit over my lifetime.
One day while reading the "American Profile" in the Sunday paper, I came across an article on a breed of horse I had never heard of before.
Being as how I taught Ballroom Dancing for 26 years, I had to find out about a type of horse called a Fox Trotter. This breed walks with their front legs and trots with their back ones, which results in a gait so smooth that the rider appears motionless in the saddle.
Settlers in the region around the Ozark Mountains developed the multipurpose horses about 150 years ago because they needed a versatile horse that could serve their every need.
These horses served as both a working horse and a traveling one when driving cattle over the mountains to markets in St. Louis. They're very sure-footed and gentle. That sounds like my kind of horse and I would love to ride one some day!" |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7459 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 22 2011 : 10:52:54 AM
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Barbara Roberts, (Healthy Eating #2237) has received a certificate of achievement in Stitching & Crafting for earning a beginner level Safe Toys badge.
"Since I needed to re-learn how to crochet, I decided to start out with a fairly simple project. I had seen something called a "Hacky Sack" online somewhere and thought that might be a nice, safe toy to make for a child. Unless they throw them at their siblings, that is!
I used up a bunch of small left-over bits of yarn that I had around the house for years, so it helped to clean out some stuff too. I love multi-tasking! I goofed a little while changing colors on these, but most people wouldn't be able to tell, least of all children.
These will go to a local toy drive that my chiropractor holds each year. Hopefully they will bring pleasure to some children somewhere."
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7459 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 22 2011 : 11:00:55 AM
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Carrie Goad, (Homestead Dreams #3028) has received a certificate of achievement in Stitching & Crafting for earning a beginner level Sew Wonderful badge.
"I compiled a sewing box with all the required items. I also made a set of homemade pincushions from an online tutorial.
Wonderful. I have a bunch of sewing projects planned so this was a great badge to start with. While I had some of the items, just needing a little dusting off, others I had to actually get and pull together. Now I have all the sewing basics in one place! And in making my adorable set of pincushions (the mushroom house and toadstool cottage) my daughters were inspired to whip out their needles and thread and try their own hand at it :)"
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7459 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 22 2011 : 11:42:14 AM
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Emily Race, (Simply Satisfied #3591) has received a certificate of achievement in Each Other for earning a beginner level Farmgirl Gratitude badge.
"In thinking ahead I thought this would be a great badge to work on before Thanksgiving. I read one or a few entries of The Book of Awesome everyday, then added to my own gratitude list. Some days I had a few things and couldn't pick. Other days were harder and I would have to read back through my entries to make sure that I wasn't repeating one.
It was great. I very rarely was stumped but it was very enjoyable to focus on the good things in my day. Even on frustrating days at work or days our wonderful daughters were driving me mad there was always something great to focus on." |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7459 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 22 2011 : 11:57:25 AM
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Barbara Roberts, (Healthy Eating #2237) has received a certificate of achievement in Each Other for earning an intermediate level Families Forever badge.
"Although I do own a TV, I never watch it as I can't stand the stupid thing. However, my sweetie Brian does, and I wanted to see if we could do more things together. We have no children, so it's just the two of us.
Two things we did was splurge and go to see the last "Harry Potter" movie on the IMAX screen with another couple. It was an hour and a half away from us, we saw the first show, and then had lunch afterwards. "Dinner and a movie" seems so common, but we almost never do things like that.
The other thing we decided to do was to take a Master Naturalist course that was offered in our area. It was an eight week course that met once a week and we learned things like orienteering (learning to red a compass like the one here), native plants, how to identify plants and trees, endangered species, etc.
It was so much fun to spend seven hours together every single week, and Brian is much more aware of nature around him now.
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7459 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 28 2011 : 12:59:00 PM
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Jonna Nesbella, (Scout #2452) has received a certificate of achievement in Stitching & Crafting for earning a beginner level Sew Wonderful badge.
"I put together a sewing kit in a mason jar.
It turned out great! Very handy!" |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7459 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 28 2011 : 1:07:25 PM
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Jonna Nesbella, (Scout #2452) has received a certificate of achievement in Stitching & Crafting for earning an intermediate level Sew Wonderful badge.
"I learned to sew straight seam by hand and machine and completed learning other seams which included flat and french seams.
It turned out fine." |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7459 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 28 2011 : 1:13:53 PM
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Jonna Nesbella, (Scout #2452) has received a certificate of achievement in Stitching & Crafting for earning an expert level Quilting badge.
"I learned three new techiques
-Applique
-Quilt as you go
-Rag Quilting
My expert level project was
Radiant Star
I taught more than five people to quilt
on 9/10/2011 I taught them to make a reversible table runner and a rag quilt- it was great fun!
It was fabulous! I loved teaching others something new and now I have a beautiful quilt!"
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7459 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 28 2011 : 1:21:42 PM
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Jonna Nesbella, (Scout #2452) has received a certificate of achievement in Stitching & Crafting for earning an expert level Aprons badge.
"This was fun! Love aprons and loved this project!! I sewed two full aprons and sent one to my daughter-in-law's mother in China.
It turned out great!" |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7459 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 28 2011 : 1:28:47 PM
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Jonna Nesbella, (Scout #2452) has received a certificate of achievement in Make It Easy for earning an intermediate level Let's Get Physical badge.
"I joined a CSA in June and we had fresh organic vegetables all summer. I have continued to exercise.
It's great-trying to stay healthy!!" |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7459 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 28 2011 : 1:40:47 PM
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Jonna Nesbella, (Scout #2452) has received a certificate of achievement in Farm Kitchen for earning a beginner level Self-sufficiency badge.
"Learning how to dry herbs was fun and I had plenty from the CSA we joined!
The favorite blend was the Trelingua.
Nice-very tasty!"
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