FOOD JOURNALS

FOOD JOURNALING

A Picture IS Worth a Thousand Words (and can miraculously remove 3 ounces of excess weight) by Janice Taylor, Beliefnet Blogger.

Food journaling keeps us honest. It helps us to keep track of what we eat and identify when and why we eat. In other words, keeping a food journal can shed light on our eating habits. Statistics show that those who keep food journals are more successful at losing weight and keeping it off (permanent fat removal) than those who do not.

Early on (seven years ago), at the beginning of my permanent fat removal journey, I wondered how illuminating it might be if I photographed everything (and I mean everything) that I ate. From full-course meals to bites, licks and tastes. Would I eat less? Be more honest? Gain a different kind of insight that journal writing doesn't provide?

What did I learn about myself, and my (dysfunctional) relationship with food? Plenty!

1. I am a multi-tasker, extraordinaire! I can eat and read; eat and talk; eat and watch TV.

2. I am a grazer. I eat all day long. (Ran out of batteries one day!)

3. I love being a FOTO FOOD JOURNALIST. Hooray! Another fabulous thing to add to my resume!

I invite YOU to grab your camera ... digital, disposable or analog (the old fashioned kind) and see your habits, your food, your weighs in black and white or color!

Supplies: Camera; food

Instructions: Photograph everything you eat. Don't concern yourself with what other people think. If you're out with friends or at an important business meeting, I am sure all will be impressed with your artistic and creative nature! Just tell them, "I am a Foto Food Journalist."

When you get the photos back from the lab or download them onto your computer, take a good look and make a list of things that you've learned about yourself.

You might be surprised to see how healthy your eating habits are ... or not!

Above all, just have FUN.

Spread the word (NOT the icing),

MOM'S CROCK POT APPLE BUTTER

3- 1/2 Qt. Crock Pot

PEEL AND WASH APPLES. SLICE APPLES REAL THIN. FILL CROCK 2/3 FULL

Mix together and add to apples

4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon Allspice
1/8 teaspoon cloves

PACK ON MORE APPLES TO COME TO TOP OF CROCK POT. (THEY WILL COOK DOWN)

Cook covered for 30-45 minutes on High. Reduce heat to Low and cook 12 hours or more. (THEY CAN COOK ALL NIGHT) Stir occasionally with wire wisk. When apple butter is done, it will be brown and will thicken, scald jars, and lids and pour into jars and seal.

DAY DREAMER

ALMOST 4 YEARS!!!!!

JUNE 24TH WILL BE 4 YEARS SINCE FINISHING NURSING SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I JUST PAID MY CAR OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just paid my car off yesterday June 19th. I am so glad -- it really makes you feel good about paying debt off. Now, if I can work and pay my other debts off. NO MORE DEBT. COULD YOU IMAGINE BEING DEBT FREE. I AM ON MY WAY!!!!!!!!!!!


Jeff and I were debt free once --- we had just paid off our first house, had no car payments or other debt at the time. Then, I decided to go back to school and get my nurses degree. After that, while I was in school, we bought a bigger house, another car and truck and acquired more debt on our credit cards. It only takes a few minutes to get into debt and it seems to take a lifetime to get out of debt.

NO MORE DEBT

They cut out their credit cards
3 of 10 The Sangls



Joseph, 34, Pastor of financial planning
Jenn, 33, Stay-at-home mom
Anderson, S.C.

The Moment: Six years ago, Joseph Sangl had what he calls his "I Have Had Enough" moment. Twice before, he and his wife, Jenn, had paid off thousands in credit-card debt, yet again they faced a $6,000 balance.

On this night, sitting in a hotel room in Indiana, where Joseph was about to start a new job, the couple seized the moment. They cut up their cards and vowed never to charge again.

The Method: At the start of every month, they put enough cash in envelopes for each part of their budget: groceries, entertainment and so on.

Best Tip: Use cash to negotiate. The Sangls recently needed a new refrigerator and didn't want to spend more than $800. Joseph walked into Best Buy with $800 in cash and left the owner of a $1,000 fridge.

New Life: Joseph quit his job as a mechanical engineer in 2006 and created the position of pastor of financial planning at the church he helped found. He also blogs and is the author of "I Was Broke, Now I'm Not," published in January 2008.

BEING A NURSE

Being a Nurse



Being a nurse means. . .

You will never be bored.

You will always be frustrated.

You will be surrounded by challenges.

So much to do and so little time.



You will carry immense responsibility

and very little authority.

You will step into people's lives

and you will make a difference.

Some will bless you.

Some will curse you.



You will see people at their worst--

and at their best.

You will never cease to be amazed at people's capacity

for love, courage, and endurance.

You will experience resounding triumphs

and devastating failures.



You will cry a lot.

You will laugh a lot.

You will know what it is to be human

and to be humane.



- Melodie Chenevert

ATALAYA

Archer Huntington, son of transportation magnate Collis P. Huntington, and Anna Hyatt Huntington, noted sculptress, purchased Brookgreen and three adjoining plantations in January of 1930 as their site for a winter home and as a setting for Mrs. Huntington's sculpture. Construction of the house began the following winter. The home was named "Atalaya", a Spanish term for watchtower. Archer Huntington, a noted authority on Spanish history, designed the house after the Moorish architecture of the Spanish Mediterranean Coast.

Atalaya was built over a three year period, from 1931 to 1933, apparently without detailed written plans. Work on the building was not continuous, but divided between Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens. Archer Huntington, wanting to provide work opportunities for community residents during the Great Depression, insisted that local labor be utilized in its construction.

The outer walls of the building form a square, 200 feet on each side, with the front facing the ocean. Within the walled structure there is a large, open inner court with a small entry court at the rear. The living quarters consist of 30 rooms around three sides of the perimeter. The large, one-story building is dominated by a square tower that rises nearly 40 feet from a covered walkway that bisects the inner court. It is functional in design, having contained a 3,000 gallon water tank made of cypress. Water drawn from an artesian well was pumped into a 10,000 gallon concrete cistern where the sand settled out. From there, it was pumped into the tower tank. The height of this tank gave the water enough pressure to flow through the house.





The covered walkway of open brickwork is lined with archways and planters on both sides. Living facilities including the dining room, sunroom, library and bedrooms, occupied the front portion of the house. The southern wing housed Archer's spacious study, his secretary's office and Anna's studio. The studio, with a 25-foot skylight, opened onto a small enclosed courtyard where she worked on her sculptures. Anna enjoyed sculpting live animals, therefore, facilities such as horse stables, a dog kennel and a bear pen were included in the construction.

Heating was done entirely by coal room heaters and wood fireplaces. Ramps, instead of stairs, lead from the courtyards up to each entry door, and wood was hauled in by small carts. Specially designed grillwork of handwrought iron and shutters were installed on each window to protect against hurricane winds, all of which Anna herself designed.

Most of the inner walls were covered with creeping fig vines to soften the appearance of the rough walls.The dominant tree growing in the courtyard is Sabal palmetto, commonly known as cabbage palmetto, the state tree of South Carolina.The small secondary palm is Butia Capita, commonly known as the Butia or Phoenix palm.

The Huntingtons returned to Atalaya after the war for their usual stay in 1946 and 1947. These were the last years they used their home.

After Mr. Huntington's death in 1955, most of the furnishings from the house were sent to the Huntington home in New York City.The equipment from Anna's studio was transferred to the new studio at Brookgreen Gardens. The 2,500-acre tract including Atalaya was leased to the state of South Carolina by the Brookgreen Trustees in 1960. Anna Huntington died at her New York home in 1973.

The history of Atalaya, the Huntingtons, and information on the natural history of Huntington Beach State park is included in a "Visitor's Guide to Huntington Beach State Park".

THE DEVIL'S SWIMMING POOL

In Zimbabwe, Africa, you will find the magnificent Victoria Falls, at a height of 128m.

The location is known as the 'Devil's Swimming Pool'. During the months of September and December, people can swim as close as possible to the edge of the falls without falling over.

These falls are becoming well known amongst the 'radical tourist' industry, when more and more people search for the ultimate experience.Would you dare?

19 YEARS!!!

I ATTENDED MY NEPHEW'S GRADUATION LAST THURSDAY AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL FOR 19 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!! I GRADUATED FROM TRAVELERS REST HIGH SCHOOL IN 1989 AND MY HUSBAND GRADUATED FROM BEREA HIGH SCHOOL in 1988. MY HOW TIME FLIES BY.

BEACH TIME

WE ARE GOING TO THE BEACH THIS WEEKEND FOR A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR MY SISTER!!!! I KNOW SHE WILL BE GLAD WE MADE THE TRIP TO BE WITH HER ON HER BIRTHDAY. I CAN'T WAIT

Amanda Middleton
Boiling Springs



Amanda June Johnson Middleton, 27, of 440 Sandpiper Drive, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008,at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Middleton was born in Greenville, a daughter of Michael R. and Dena Stoudenmire Johnson, of Simpsonville. She earned an Associates Degree in Nursing from Greenville Tech and was a Registered Nurse at St. Francis Hospital. She was a Baptist.

Surviving in addition to her parents are her husband, Kent H. Middleton of the home; daughters, Rebekah Lynn Davenport, Kendel Brianne Davenport and Haley Alice Davenport, all of Boiling Springs; a brother, Michael Abraham Foster of Simpsonville; and sisters, Angela S. Kellner of Liberty, Amy Marie Johnson of Laurens and April Michelle Johnson of Greenville.

Funeral Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday in the Chapel of Robinson Funeral Home - Powdersville Road, Easley, with the Reverend Boyd Lusk and Reverend Karen Durham officiating. Burial will follow in Robinson Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

The family is at the home of her parents, 100 Twin Leaf Way, Simpsonville.

AMANDA MIDDLETON

THIS WAS AN AGENCY NURSE THAT WORKED ON 8th FLOOR ST. FRANCIS. I WORKED WITH HER FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS. SHE WRECKED ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK.


Boiling Springs woman dies in I-85 wreck

From staff reports
Published: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 | Updated: 10:29 am ARTICLE OPTIONS

Amanda Middleton, 27, was pronounced dead Tuesday evening after a one-car crash on I-85 near mile marker 70, according to the Spartanburg County Coroner's Office.

Middleton, of 440 Sandpiper Drive in Boiling Springs, was driving north on I-85 about 7:45 Tuesday morning when her 2000 Nissan Xterra drove off the right side of the road. Middleton overcorrected toward the median, and her vehicle flipped, causing it to go over the cable barrier and land in the southbound lanes.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol was first on the scene of the accident.

Middleton was transported to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, where she later died.