Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 A new year, a new month, and a new week have begun. Time for our group QOTW [questions of the week]. Here they are: *Did you make any New Year's Resolutions? *What is your deepest hope for the New Year, both for yourself and for our global community? And on a food-related note: *Do you enjoy a special dinner on New Year's Day, and if so, what will you be having? ~ pt ~ Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power. ~ Seneca (4 BC-65 AD) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 *Do you enjoy a special dinner on New Year's Day, and if We have family from all over so we do pork & kraut & potatoes and black-eyed peas & collard greens. i made pinto beans, greens and kraut since I didnt have any black eyed peas. Turns out we didnt eat here and went to my husband's grandparents so I skipped the pork and opted for plain kraut, mashed taters, 9 grain bread, fresh veggies and diet coke As for resolutions...i have the typical, lose the baby weight, rearrange my financial life and to effect peaceful change in my family. Meg G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 NOPE! Never make resolutions. No desire too either anymore. Weird I suppose. What do I hope? I hope that individuals begin waking up (and they seem to be) to the fact that we have a responsibility to the global world and to every sentient being living on this beautiful planet. And that we are all literally completely interdependent. It is not a metaphor or a new age thing either. Oh, last night I heard something on TV...the largest living system on the earth is a grove of aspen trees...they are all connected under the ground. I saw something like that on the TV series " Northern Exposure " (my all time favorite series) where Joel showed Maggie a mushroom field (in Alaska) where the fungi went on and on and on for miles, as far as you could see, and every single one was connected under the ground. Amazing. But so are we (now there is a truly horrifying idea...ROFL). And no, we don't have a special dinner anymore but used to for New Year's Day. For all of you who have just celebrated Christmas and New Years in style I hope that you will now get some well deserved rest...that is my New Year's hope. Namaste linda " Whatever you do will be insignificant and it is very important that you do it. " Mohandas Gandhi linda's Growing Stitchery Projects: womyn47 - ~ PT ~ Sunday, January 01, 2006 8:49 AM QOTW: Jan. 1st - 7th ~ resolutions? A new year, a new month, and a new week have begun. Time for our group QOTW [questions of the week]. Here they are: *Did you make any New Year's Resolutions? *What is your deepest hope for the New Year, both for yourself and for our global community? And on a food-related note: *Do you enjoy a special dinner on New Year's Day, and if so, what will you be having? ~ pt ~ Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power. ~ Seneca (4 BC-65 AD) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 At 08:49 AM 1/1/2006, you wrote: >A new year, a new month, and a new week have begun. >Time for our group QOTW [questions of the week]. >Here they are: > >*Did you make any New Year's Resolutions? Yup. To become healthier and to economize. >And on a food-related note: >*Do you enjoy a special dinner on New Year's Day, and if >so, what will you be having? Nope. We'll watch 3 games of football on TV today, and we'll probably have (veggie) burgers or a large salad with beans and other protein for dinner -- whatever I can come up with between the second and third games LOL! Sherry in Oregon (Go Seahawks!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 You are not going to accomplish either my dear if you don't stay away from the Lotus Garden. Now, of course I am caught. If I concede to our going there then I will be engaging in sabotaging your New Year's resolution. If I don't then I am depriving myself of heavenly treats. What say you? linda " Whatever you do will be insignificant and it is very important that you do it. " Mohandas Gandhi linda's Growing Stitchery Projects: womyn47 - Sherry Rose >*Did you make any New Year's Resolutions? Yup. To become healthier and to economize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 , " ~ PT ~ " <patchouli_troll> wrote: > > A new year, a new month, and a new week have begun. > Time for our group QOTW [questions of the week]. > Here they are: > > *Did you make any New Year's Resolutions? Yeah - be more positive, stop binging so much, get to the gym more and not gain any more weight. > > *What is your deepest hope for the New Year, both for > yourself and for our global community? > Myself - to get out of my recent " funk " and become a more positive, upbeat person and to not be so stressed all the time. The world - that all of our friends and family return safe from overseas and the US realizes we can not be the parent of the world without great harm to ourselves. I feel so much has been sacrificed because of this war. Our economy is struggling, our people are stuggling and our image in the world is suffering. I also hope the people on this planet realize the harm they are doing to our home. With all the horrible things going on here I really worry about how we are going to have a home in the future. good thing I can't have kids ;-) it's less for my worry wart self to stress over > And on a food-related note: > *Do you enjoy a special dinner on New Year's Day, and if > so, what will you be having? Since the internet is back up I will get my Tempeh tacos recipe off live journal and make those I don't do anything specail really. Craving asian food but nothing to make it with and no where good to go in Killeen. Hopeing I will get to Austin tomorrow to go to Veggie Heaven. I will take pics of the food for you all! ~Mel " Sweet songs the youth, the wise, the meaning of all wisdom...to believe in the good in man " --Legend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!???? You mean the sweet and sour deepfried nuggets aren't healthful??? Guess I'll just have to say three Ave McDougalls each time I dine there. Sherry At 11:40 AM 1/1/2006, you wrote: >You are not going to accomplish either my dear if you don't stay >away from the Lotus Garden. Now, of course I am caught. If I concede >to our going there then I will be engaging in sabotaging your New >Year's resolution. If I don't then I am depriving myself of heavenly >treats. What say you? >linda > " Whatever you do will be insignificant and it is very important that >you do it. " >Mohandas Gandhi > >linda's Growing Stitchery Projects: ><womyn47>womyn47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 This year my resolution is to try at least one new recipe per week. I started out today with the Vegetarian Society vegetarian haggis that was posted here some weeks ago. Here is a link to the site - there are a lot of other recipes on that site that I want to try out in the months to come. http://www.vegsoc.org/news/2002/burns02.html For myself I hope to be well enough to be back at work soon. I am employed part-time and self-employed the rest. I have been off work since the beginning of September with what I think is a mild version of CFS. In a few weeks time I shall be down to half pay and could end up losing my job. I have some pieces of freelance work coming up and need to find enough energy to do them. For the world I hope for greater understanding and the only way that will happen is through dialogue - I think groups like this one play their part in that. For my New Year's dinner I had the vegetarian haggis with neeps and tatties, brussels sprouts and asparagus. It was lovely. The recipe made enough for 4, so I shall be slicing and freezing the rest ready for Burns night. Christie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 *Did you make any New Year's Resolutions?: Yes, I am quitting smoking! *What is your deepest hope for the New Year, both for yourself and for our global community?: For me, I plan to go back to school in May, at the age of almost 27... hehehe... I want to finally get my college diploma... Global community: Just ready the paper in the last few days have gotten me so depressed... in the city of Toronto, Ontario this year, there were over 50 gun related murders... I want that to stop... innocent people were killed... it makes me feel sick... And on a food-related note: *Do you enjoy a special dinner on New Year's Day, and if so, what will you be having?: We normally don't have a NYD dinner, but this year my Mom's family came and we had veggie lasgana, salad, and garlic bread ... yummy! Sara Do vegetarians eat animal crackers? ~Author Unknown My Weight & Fitness Blog: http://www.livejournal.com/users/fitnessdiva2005/ Messenger ID: thelittleprincess79 ---- ~ PT ~ 01/01/06 11:50:29 QOTW: Jan. 1st - 7th ~ resolutions? A new year, a new month, and a new week have begun. Time for our group QOTW [questions of the week]. Here they are: *Did you make any New Year's Resolutions? *What is your deepest hope for the New Year, both for yourself and for our global community? And on a food-related note: *Do you enjoy a special dinner on New Year's Day, and if so, what will you be having? ~ pt ~ Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power. ~ Seneca (4 BC-65 AD) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 In a message dated 1/2/06 12:35:39 PM, writes: > *Did you make any New Year's Resolutions?: > -get out of debt -stop dating idiots -double or more my business -start my book > *What is your deepest hope for the New Year, both for yourself and for our > global community?: > for myself, i want to save enough money to get my master's degree, and i want to get a book published and finish my album. for the global community, i'd like to get rid of the current government and put in people who actually care about the environment and the creatures living in it. (hey, a girl can dream, can't she? ) > > > > And on a food-related note: > > *Do you enjoy a special dinner on New Year's Day, and if so, what will you > be having?: > not really. but i went out for indian food for brunch. melody http://www.flawlessfitness.com http://www.melodysmusic.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Great about the smoking...it is a toughie. I used a tape at bedtime and it worked surprisingly. And then the revelation came to me about the second day that cigarettes were my best friend. Really, literally. That did it...my best friend was a blooming cigarette and it was out to kill me. I hope that when you need support you will also use this group to help out. I am sure PT will agree and if not she will smack me. LOL You can do this thing, you will never regret it and the only regret will be why you ever started in the first place. If you quit and then smoke then just quit again and again and again. With practice you will get it. Interesting, I went back to college when I was 27 after a divorce and had four kids to take care of too. It was hard and it was the best time of my life. Go figure. You'll love it! And in the end you will be so proud to have done it and maybe you will go on to graduate work. Remember that your crime rate in Canada is so far below what we have in the states. Most of us would give our eye teeth to have such a low rate. I spend a lot of time in Canada (I am over in OR) and have found the compassion there (BC) for the homeless to make me realize that not all people in the world are as greedy as we are here. They appear to understand that how we treat the least among us is the measure of our humanity. linda - Sara *Did you make any New Year's Resolutions?: Yes, I am quitting smoking! *What is your deepest hope for the New Year, both for yourself and for our global community?: For me, I plan to go back to school in May, at the age of almost 27... hehehe... I want to finally get my college diploma... Global community: Just ready the paper in the last few days have gotten me so depressed... in the city of Toronto, Ontario this year, there were over 50 gun related murders... I want that to stop... innocent people were killed... it makes me feel sick... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 > *Did you make any New Year's Resolutions? officially, i haven't, but i really need to reduce the stress in my life and learn how to relax. i have this quote pinned above my desk...it's my ongoing resolution. " if only i may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer. " -dag hammarskjold > *What is your deepest hope for the New Year, both > for yourself and for our global community? i really hope i can figure out some way to make some money to pay off our debt without sacrificing my family, my house, and my sanity. i wish that our current dumbass president and his greedy, evil administration/cronies and all the wars and problems they created would vanish. > And on a food-related note: > *Do you enjoy a special dinner on New Year's Day, > and if > so, what will you be having? i was sick in bed all day, but i had my son mix up a batch of blue cornbread and i opened a couple cans of black eyed peas. for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand./cybergivingweek2005/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 I don't make New Year's resolutions, PT, as I find they set me up for swift failure and many new guilt trips. :>) But we did have a special New Year's Day dinner, and we invited a new friend from church, a lady who has been very lonely, we've been finding out. So since we were without family too, we have been getting acquainted with her and enjoying each other's company. She has been gradually getting used to the idea that we are vegans and that it is not as freaky as it may seem at first glance. LOL I fixed everything vegan, and this is what we had on Sunday after church service: Icetea with organic sugar Homemade biscuits (White Lily, no less!) with soy margarine, organic blackberry and strawberry jam Fried green tomatoes Mashed taters with skins on and a delicious Onion-Mushroom Gravy, " Cream " style, from my Southern Vegetarian cookbook (it's a reallll keeper and I plan to make it OFTEN! Tastes the same consistency as old-style cream gravy, but with a much better flavor!) Tomato-Vegetable Gumbo served over Brown Rice Blackeyed peas (traditional Southern thang, tradition for 'good luck' in the New Year) and Naner puddin', also from the Southern Vegetarian cookbook I did what prep work I could the night before, which wasn't much, but I mean to tell you, you just CANNOT make biscuits ahead and expect 'em to taste decent, you know. :>) So I cooked stuff and brought it out to dh and our friend, " course by course " , you might say. Our friend just kept exclaiming, " oh! This is SO GOOD, Bron! " after everything I brought out and served up. And I have to admit that it WAS so good. When I got to the banana pudding and she had had a goodly portion of that, I said, " Now, I have something to tell you: This dinner was all completely vegan. That is, there were NO animal products of ANY kind used to fix this food; no meat, no cheese, no dairy, eggs, NOTHING. " She looked at me and at Jim (my dh) in amazement and said, " REALLY? How on earth did you DO that, Bron? 'Cause this tastes sooooo WONDERFUL! Can I take some home? " and I said, " You surely can, " and packed her up a big portion of the gumbo. Yesterday she had finished the gumbo and said, " Oh, you are such a good cook, and this food was just delicious! " for about the fortieth time or so at least! :>) She talked about eating too much at Sunday dinner, and I said, " That's the beauty of eating only vegetables and grains as opposed to meat and dairy: you can't eat 'too much' because everything you are eating goes into your body as the finest of fuels for it. It is HAPPY when you eat vegetables and even more so when vegetables are your protein and everything else instead of meat and dairy. So when you feel stuffed outside, your body inside is saying, 'AHHHHH! This is wonderful! About time I was treated so wonderfully!' and there is so much protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals--not to mention antioxidants and things like that--in vegetables and grains and fruits. So, you might FEEL you ate too much, but your body is just tickled pink that you have fed it the finest of foods, and will work so much better than it would otherwise! " She said, " Really? Is that so? " and I assured her it was and that I could send her (via email) some information about the same. So she said she would like to read some of it. :>) We only just finished eating the leftovers of that wonderful repast last night for supper. MMM, MMM, good, tasted better each time we got 'em out of the fridge, don't cha know. Annnd...I have some more good news to report on the friends home front: my sweet widow lady friend up North has written me and asked me to basically help her go veg! She had her granddaughter living with her and her granddaughter has moved back home, and as she said, " Bron, I think I could go veg if you'd just help me and give me some direction here. I just feel so sick and so bad and have such trouble with my asthma, and I know it's got to be what I eat that's doing it, based on what you've told me already. And I WANT to feel better. So if you'll send me some information and some of your good recipes, let's get started! " <VBG> I can't tell you how happy this makes me; this lady is so dear to me (and to many others, too) and she has been getting increasingly worse and worse with her asthma over the last year. When I informed her we were going vegetarian, six months ago, she thought THAT was radical...and then when I told her we'd learned veganism was the most healthy, and that it saved more animals' lives, she REALLY thought we'd gone around the bend. She declared, " I could NEVER go without meat, or cheese or eggs, Bron! " but now she's changing her tune and I am soooo thankful for it. I have been really concerned about her health for quite some time. And I've been dropping little " vegan seeds " into our emails and into letters to her (snail) from time to time and just praying one would take root. Thank God one HAS. :>) I do believe the fact that I have now lost two complete sizes and have had to reduce the amount of insulin I use, plus my blood sugar numbers are going down to a good rate--all have had something to do with her change of heart too. :>) And I've been sure to share these things with her. Also, in the sermon this past Sunday morning, our minister (whom we informed we were vegetarians the day we met him and his wife) made a reference to a craving for something, as in " craving for a steak! " and then he paused and said, " Oh, I don't know, maybe some of you, who are really healthy, crave a salad with pine nuts or something! Good for you if you do! " and went on with his analogy to a spiritual craving. Dh and I thought this was a pretty good thing for the minister to say--i.e., about the salad craving--because he IS a real " meat lover " , sad to say. But dh and I figure we must be making some inroads with this guy or he wouldn't have thought about a salad craving and mentioned it in the same breath as the steak one. This morning I made a smoothie for dh's and my breakfast. I took a page from my new Vegan Planet book by Robin Robertson (this is a FANTASTIC book, chockful of recipes and hints and tips and things like " 12 reasons to go vegan " , scattered throughout), and used a whole package of silken (soft) tofu, some organic blackberry jam, 2-3 T. flaxseed meal, and some vanilla Silk. DEEEE-licious! (she says as she smacks her lips drinking it, LOL) Try it, you'll luuuuuv it! Bron On 1/1/06, ~ PT ~ <patchouli_troll wrote: > > A new year, a new month, and a new week have begun. > Time for our group QOTW [questions of the week]. > Here they are: > > *Did you make any New Year's Resolutions? > > *What is your deepest hope for the New Year, both for > yourself and for our global community? > > And on a food-related note: > *Do you enjoy a special dinner on New Year's Day, and if > so, what will you be having? > > ~ pt ~ > > Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power. > ~ Seneca (4 BC-65 AD) > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 > *Did you make any New Year's Resolutions? Sometimes I do, and sometimes I don't. But when I do, they have to SMART (Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Realistic, and Tangible), or I will surely fall rank with the millions of others who have quit by the end of this week! That being said, this year I plan to workout 5 days each week. I makeother goals as the year goes along, but one thing at a time allows me to make it a habit. > *What is your deepest hope for the New Year, both for > yourself and for our global community? Happiness and peace. Clearly not measureable, but I'll do my best. > And on a food-related note: > *Do you enjoy a special dinner on New Year's Day, and if > so, what will you be having? Nope... was out on a backpacking trip. We did bring along a little split of bubbly though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 HI Christie: I hope you are well enough to go back to work soon. Also enjoy all the cooking you sound like you will be doing. Gayle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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