September 3rd, 2010 by kruzman
How to pack a brown bag lunch that won’t be traded. What did you like to find in your lunch box when you were a kid?
One of the best parts of shopping for school supplies is picking out the lunch box that your child will like to take to school every day. Once you have the equipment, you will need to fill it!! We all know about lunch box content trading. To make sure that the lunches you pack are envied by other kids, but eaten by your child, include your child in the planning process. There’s no point in packing Chicken Salad in a Pita pocket if your little one hates it!!
Some foods need special; attention, like milk, meats and cheeses. These foods can make you sick if food poisoning bacteria is allowed to grow on them. Wash the lunch box thoroughly and dry it every day, as bacteria can grow easily and quickly!! Make sure your child understands that any leftover parts of sandwiches, chicken, dairy products, and other perishables not eaten at lunch time, must be placed in a trash can in the lunch room, not saved for after school.
Put something cold in the lunch box. A fun trick is to freeze a juice box overnight and put that in your lunch box right next to the sandwich. That way your sandwich will not get too warm and your child will have a cold drink at lunch time. As an alternative you can pack a small plastic refrigerator dish filled with ice that has been frozen the night before and popped into the lunch box in the morning. Actual time for eating lunch at most schools is about 20 minutes and is of course filled with distractions. Make sure the lunches you pack are easy to eat and packed in easily opened containers. Small children may not eat very much at one time. Think about packing half portions, appetizers or some such instead of a whole sandwich. You can include more choices if the quantities are smaller. Small foods are not only easier for children to handle, but they are more fun to eat. Cut sandwiches into smaller pieces, use tiny tortillas for wraps and small sandwich buns. Choose baby carrots and small pieces of fruit, or mini boxes of raisins. Use different types of bread for sandwiches. Mini waffles, rice cakes, mini croissants, pita bread, small bagels or raisin bread.
Instead of making sandwiches, consider packing individual sandwich ingredients to let your child make their own sandwich, or eat the ingredients separately. Cereal bars can pack a lot of nutrition into a food kids love to eat. Include raisins, or other dried fruits in the recipe for additional flavor, color and nutrition. Include something fun such as a sticker, cookies wrapped in plastic with a ribbon, sandwiches cut into playful shapes, or meats and cheeses or fruits threaded on a caramel apple stick. When you are planning brown bag school lunches, one way to save time is to plan a whole week of lunches when you do the grocery shopping. Some fruits may need that extra time to ripen in a closed paper bag on the counter. You can make sandwiches for school lunches in an assembly line ahead of time and freeze them. In fact freezing any type of bread before you start assembling sandwiches helps to stop the bread from tearing when you spread with spreads. This works well with coarse textured breads that won’t get soggy when thawed. The sandwich will be thawed by the time lunchtime arrives and will keep the rest of the food nicely chilled as well. If you like lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise on the sandwich pack those separately, as they do not freeze well.
Fast food packets such as mustard, catsup, salsa etc. are handy for the lunch bags. Pick up a few extra when you dine out. Pack pre-moistened towelettes to clean up messy hands in a hurry!! Kid pleasing hot foods such as soup and chili can also go to school in a wide mouth thermos. Don’t forget to pack a plastic spoon. Also whether for chilled or hot foods, prepare the thermos by either filling it with iced or boiling water beforehand. It will more efficiently keep your foods the correct temperature; not just more pleasurable to eat but safer as well. Pack fresh fruit or cubes of mixed fresh fruit in a plastic container. Veggie sticks are welcomed by kids especially if you include a small container of their favorite dip. Most kids love to assemble their food on the spot; dipping veggies, stacking slices of meat and cheese on crackers an so on. Give them some choices from each food group and let them mix and match. Sometimes variety isn’t welcome!!
Your child’s idea of a perfect lunch could be a peanut butter & Jelly sandwich and an apple or granola bar. It’s not unusual for kids to want the same thing for lunch everyday. Some kids just want familiar things and don’t really like variety. As long as it’s a balanced meal don’t worry, they will eventually tire of it and want something else. Cookie cutter sandwiches are fun to make with your kids. Slice the crusts off the bread and use cookie cutters to make fun shapes. Add a few sunflower seeds, pretzels, or nuts for crunch appeal. Include some mail for the kids; a note from Mom is a treat.
Add some fun and colorful stickers to the outside of a paper bag lunch
For a special touch, buy party napkins with cartoon characters or super heroes. Check the clearance sales at card shops and party supply outlets to buy them at greatly reduced prices. Try a variety of fillings and bread alternatives. Fill a Pita pocket with egg salad, chicken salad or tuna salad. Make mini subs on a ranch roll or hot dog bun. Spread bagels with cream cheese and jelly. Make tortilla rollups with ham or chicken and cheese. Use left over chicken or ham to make sandwich spread. When you make dinner, think leftovers. Make sandwiches from sliced home baked ham, roast beef or turkey breast instead of processed luncheon meats. Make an extra large roaster and slice half of the breast for chicken sandwiches. Make two meat loaves and save one to slice for cold sandwiches. For sandwich boredom.. Lunch doesn’t have to include a sandwich every day. Buy an extra large bucket of chicken so there’s left overs for lunch. Make pasta salads using colorful pasta in fun shapes. Add thinly sliced pepperoni or salami for extra protein. Make a cold veggie pizza. When lunch doesn’t include a sandwich, add a slice of quick bread, a muffin or mini muffins, bread sticks, mini bagels with jam or cream cheese, peanut butter or cheese on whole wheat crackers, nachos and salsa or graham crackers. Wrap mozzarella cheese around soft breadsticks and serve with a small container of spaghetti or pizza sauce for dipping. Core an apple and stuff the inside with peanut butter. Top with raisins, nuts, sunflower seeds or toasted coconut. The filling will keep the apple from turning brown.
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August 8th, 2010 by kruzman
The key to happiness is both simple and complex. It is the sum total of more than 2,000 years of philosophy, psychology, speculation, and discussion about the meanings and sources of happiness. From Aristotle in 340 B.C. through to the modern thinkers, speakers, and writers of today, this key to happiness has hardly changed. It is the same for virtually all men and women in every country and all walks of life. The key to happiness is this: Dedicate yourself to the development of your natural talents and abilities by doing what you love to do, and doing it better and better in the service of a cause that is greater than yourself.
This is a big statement and a big commitment. Being happy requires that you define your life in your own terms and then throw your whole heart into living your life to the fullest. In a way, happiness requires that you be perfectly selfish in order to develop yourself to a point where you can be unselfish for the rest of your life.
YOUR HAPPINESS MUST COME FIRST
In Edmond Rostand’s Play Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano is asked why he is so intensely individualistic and unconcerned with the opinions and judgments of others. He replies with these wonderful words: “I am what I am because early in life I decided that I would please at least myself in all things.”
Your happiness likewise depends upon your ability to please at least yourself in all things. However, most people are reluctant to use their own happiness as the standard by which to judge the events in their lives. This is primarily because we let others define or affect what brings us happiness. And we often believe it is more important to make other people happy than it is to make ourselves happy. This is nonsense.
Human beings are happiness-driven organisms. Everything we do in life is oriented toward maintaining and increasing our level of happiness. We are psychologically constructed so that it is impossible for us to be any other way without making ourselves mentally and emotionally ill. The fact is that you can’t give away to anyone else what you don’t have for yourself. Just as you can’t give money to the poor if you don’t have any, you can’t make someone else happy if you yourself are miserable.
The very best way to assure the happiness of others is to be happy yourself and then to share your happiness with them. Suffering and self-sacrifice merely depress and discourage other people. If you want to make others happy, start by living the kind of life and doing the kinds of things that make you happy.
LET HAPPINESS BE YOUR GUIDE
Make happiness the organizing principle of your life. That is, compare every possible action and decision against your standard of happiness to see whether it would make you happier or unhappier. Soon, you will discover that almost all the problems in your life come from choices that you have made — or are currently making — that do not contribute to your happiness.
There will of course be countless times when you will have to do little things that don’t make you happy in pursuit of your larger happiness. However, as Earl Nightingale said, “Happiness is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.” You feel really happy only when you are moving, stepby- step, toward the accomplishment of clearly defined goals that you feel will enhance the quality of your happiness.
Since you can’t be truly happy until you are clear about your inherent possibilities, it’s important that you take some time on a regular basis to analyze yourself and identify your strengths and weaknesses. There is an old saying, “Success leaves tracks.” You can look back on your life and identify who you really are and what you should be doing with your life. One of the best ways to do this is to constantly ask yourself this powerful question:
“WHAT ONE GREAT THING WOULD I DARE TO DREAM IF I KNEW I COULD NOT FAIL?rdquo;
Imagine that you are absolutely guaranteed success in the pursuit of a particular goal, big or small, shortterm or long-term. Imagine that you have all the money, all the time, all the education, all the contacts, all the resources, and everything else that you could possibly need to achieve any one big goal in life. What would it be? This is a very important question because when you remove the limitation from your thinking, you often get a very clear idea of exactly what you should be doing with your life. Your greatest dream is an indication of your natural abilities and of what is really important to you.
All successful men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their fortune could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, goal or purpose. Step-by-step realization of their ideal makes them genuinely happy.
LIFE’S 4 CATEGORIES
Dr. Viktor Frankl, who wrote the book Man’s Search for Meaning, said that you can divide the thing you do in life into four categories. The first category consists of the things that are hard to learn and hard to do. An example for many people is mathematics. Many of us struggled with math in school and still struggle with bookkeeping, accounting, financial statements, and tax returns as adults. If you find mathematics hard to learn and hard to do, this is the sort of activity for which you are clearly unsuited. No matter how much of it you do, or how good you get at it, you will never achieve any lasting satisfaction or happiness from it.
The next category consists of things that are hard to learn but easy to do. Riding a bicycle, driving a car, and tying your shoes are hard to learn but easy to do once you’ve practiced enough. These are seldom the sort of activities that cause you to feel terrific about yourself when you engage in them. They do not demand your best.
The third category consists of things that are easy to learn but hard to do. Physical labor falls into this category. Digging a ditch with a shovel and chopping wood with an ax are easy to learn but they are hard to do, and never get any easier.
The fourth category is the key. These are things that are easy to learn and easy to do. You seem to have a natural proclivity for them. When you are engaged in this sort of activity, time flies. The things that are easy for you to learn and do are the sort of things that you should be doing with your life. They indicate where your natural talents and abilities lie. Engaging in these activities with your whole heart, and committing yourself to become better and better, will give you all the joy, satisfaction, and happiness you could want in life.
HAPPINESS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT
Everyone has an area of excellence. Everyone has a God given talent that he or she can do in an outstanding fashion. It may take weeks, months, or even years for you to develop yourself in that area so that you can really perform in an extraordinary fashion, but you will be strongly attracted to that sort of activity from the beginning. You will enjoy reading about it and talking about it and thinking about it. You will find yourself admiring people who are outstanding in that area. You will look longingly at that field and wonder what it would be like to be in it and to be successful at it. That is very often your heart’s desire. That area of activity where you can become excellent is probably what you were put on this earth to do.
So resolve to persist until you succeed. The first part of courage is the resolve to launch in faith toward your objectives; the second part is your willingness to endure in the face of the inevitable disappointments and setbacks you will encounter on the road.
Happiness is not an accident. Happy people are those who deliberately do the things that invariably lead to happiness. Happy people are those who know what they want and then throw their whole hearts into using their unique talents and abilities to make a contribution to the world in the achievement of their goals.
You are put on this earth with a special purpose, programmed with unique talents and abilities that have not yet been fully tapped and utilized. When you focus all your energies on unlocking your true potential, you can claim your ultimate birthright: happiness
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July 29th, 2010 by kruzman
No matter the reasons – stress, not respecting some classic rules like avoiding sweets and too much bread – you managed to gain a few pounds. of course, you are starting a diet but the problem won’t solve itself overnight. in the mean time you need to hide somehow the fat tissue.
Hiding the belly
When women gain a few ponds they usually deal with a great amount of water tissue on their abdomens. In this case you must avoid thigh blouses or sweaters. Just wear something with a “V” shaped décolleté to distract the attention from you belly. Dark colors are recommended because they create the optical impression of a slim siluette, so try to wear colors like: dark read, dark blue and black.
Fat tissue on you legs?
You can’t anymore close the zipper of your jeans? This doesn’t mean your belly grew up over night, it simply means you are wearing high pants. Try and wear some pants that are lower and also a sweater with medium length that will go down as far as your knees.
High-heels
You should consider high-hells because even if you are a little chubby they will give you more confidence and they will create the sensation of a long leg therefore your siluette will appear slimmer.
And a last trick: hats, gloves, earrings and any kinds of accessories. The explanation is quite simple actually: when people around you will look at them their attention will be distracted from the things you don’t want them to see and this way you won’t have to deal with remarks like:” Did you gain some weight?”.
The key to hiding those extra pounds is to know the way you should dress. Choosing the right clothing will make you look unchanged until you manage to regain your ideal weight.
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July 10th, 2010 by kruzman
We all know that approaching woman isn’t easy. It can be embarrassing and downright difficult. But, if you know what you are doing and have faith in your own forces you can get the one you like.
Impressing a woman is not an easy task, especially if you don’t have a lot of experience with females. There are many components that go into impressing a woman.
If you want to learn how to impress a girl, then you should do your best to be positive. Keep in mind that smiles and jokes are great bonding mechanisms that you can use to impress a girl.
There is a charm and seductive attraction that some guys have, so they have all the girls they want. This magnet is called charisma, and it is very important if you want to attract the woman of your life. But, if this is a problem for you, you must try some tricks to pick-up the woman you want.
For example, use your dog to pick-up girls. You have a dog? Now its your chance. Take a walk with your dog on the place where you know your special one passes by every day. Any girl likes dogs. Small ones are very cute and the big ones make you look hot.
So, if you are with your dog out and suddenly your girl pass over. Make sure that she sees you. If it happens that your dog had a bad behavior and starts barking at her you might apologize and tell her to not take it personally. So, you can discus with her. Show her that your dog know some tricks and while your dog is sitting and rolling over you’ re getting to know the girl.
Babies. Every woman love babies. Your friend is married and has a baby? Join your friend when he goes out with the baby and show interest by playing with the kid when she passes by you. Next day you can offer to watch out the baby for your friend and take him to a walk to show her you like kids. But make sure she has saw you in the day before with your friend to not think that the baby is yours. If the baby is crying when she passes by you, you might be lucky and she might offer her help to make the baby stop crying. Then, you get to talk with her and may ask her for a date.
Use some magic tricks to attract her. You are seeing her every day and you don’t have the courage to talk to her. First of all, relax. One of the biggest turnoffs for women is a guy who’s uptight. Just relax and you’ll be fine. After you start talking with her use some magic tricks to impress her and attract her. You may say that you are good at magick and you are offering to guess her future by reading her hand. She’ll definitely laugh but if she’s ok with this you may tell her that she will have a glorious future.
Don’t forget to make her laugh. Laughter is all you need to attract women easily and quickly. If you are able to make her laugh any time and any places it will be easier to you to get the woman you are looking after for some long time.
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June 21st, 2010 by kruzman
Finding the right girl for you to date takes a lot of confidence, honesty and time. A good place to start is visiting the places where a lot of people hang out, at the same time, places that you love so that you start with a place that you both havein common. You can not afford to act too smart on dates, so prep way ahead of time to keep a level of certainty to your approach. If you love going to coffee shops or going to clubs on Friday nights, then look for her there. It is important to meet a girl that does similar things that you do.
An effective and interesting way to meet a girl is through online matchmakers. These matchmaker sites will assist you so you can find the right girl for you. Here, you can read about their personalities and traits as well as you can talk to them and see their photos. Make certain that you take time in knowing the girl well before you invite and meet with her on a date. Remember, she will not trust you unless you are a gentlemen, yet do not be too goody goody or she will think you are boring or maybe a stalker!!!
If meeting girls online is not your “cup of tea”, then you can meet girls at social gatherings, parties, clubs, or the gym. You can also organize a simple party and ask your female buddies to bring along their friends. The more girls that you meet, you have more chances of meeting that special girl for you since you will screw up at a high rate. Just remember that you will not meet her just by staying at home. You have got to go out and look for her with conscious effort and a very alert mind.
And when you do find her, although it is a good thing to display your attraction and interest, never over do it; never tell her things that will make her run away from you.
Keep in mind not to ask the girl right away for a date; asking her too soon might scare her off. Instead, be casual and friendly; get to her a step at a time, before you decide to date her. Call her so you both can have a conversation and you will find some things about her. Then when you feel that the time is right and that you like her enough to spend an evening with her, then go and ask.
Congratulations! Now you are ready for a date (in case she answered yes). Here are guidelines on what to do:
1. Spend the evening in a place you know she loves. Since you already know what her “likes” are during your phone conversations, then you will have an idea where to bring her. Also be sure you like the place; this will be of no problem, since you met her in a place that you both enjoy visiting.
2. Dress right. This means dressing for the occasion and for the place; dress that you look and feel good. Take extra effort so that you are well groomed (shaved, smells nice, freshly ironed clothes and clean shoes). Remember, this is your first date and you have to put on that good and lasting impression on her.
3. Relax and be yourself. Do not put too much thought on whether she will like you or not. The fact that she said yes for this date means she likes you. When you are relaxed, you can converse well and make her at is as well.
4. Be courteous and polite. Be careful of the things you say and do as rude comments or anxious behavior is unpleasant and can offend her. Be considerate and respectful; when you smoke, ask her first.
5. Listen. At some point, let her do the talking and just listen attentively. By listening, your conversation will continue to flow. While it is good to ask her questions so that you can get to know her, be careful with your questions and avoid personal interrogation.
6. Be careful when selecting the food. From your phone conversations, learn what her favorites are. Likewise, carefully choose a menu that is not messy to eat.
7. Never ever get drunk. There is nothing humiliating then having a drunken date.
8. Never talk about your past relationships. Remember, the woman you like is with you now and a potential serious relationship at hand. Forget about the past.
9. End the date right, do not be overly pushy. Evaluate the situation. When you feel that you both had a good time and you like her, a hug or a brief kiss will do. Do not go beyond. This will just send out the wrong sign, signaling to her that you are either very desperate or that you are only out for sex. Do not forget to thank her and tell her that you had a wonderful.
So do not be desperate. There are a lot of women out there and if you will not find them, chances are, they will find you! Just be patient!
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