So I just got this email from my cousin in law, saying that Big Love, by HBO, by Warner Bros. has worked with an ex-LDS person who helped them recreate Sacred Temple Ordinances, and Sacred articles of clothing to be used in an upcoming show. REALLY???!!!! First of all, I don't care who you are, that is very disrespectful. Even if you have left the church, can't you still remember how special and Sacred those things are? And why would Warner Bros. be so stupid as to air something, knowing that they will turn away most if not ALL of their LDS watchers? Why would I want to support Warner Bros. in anything that they produce? Even Harry Potter... yes, which makes me sad... but really!
Are they angry at the 2% of the voters in California that are LDS that voted against Prop 8? That is twice California has turned it down... Not just the LDS group, but the entire state... Stop blaming it on one group and see that we aren't the only ones who voted! I hate that Utah is being boycotted because of that... Grow up we all have a right to vote. But I do not believe that is any reason to destroy the sanctity of a religious practice.
I urge everyone to Write to Warner Bros. and simply tell them how you feel. I did.. I did not get angry or rude, but simply stated that I know it will not be worth it to them. They will lose more than viewers for HBO, they will turn away an entire Relious Sect. Maybe the economy is good enough for them that they can afford that. Anyway... That's it. I am so dissapointed in them and the disrespectful producers that would even allow it. And I will be very sad if it comes out. But ultimately, they will be the ones losing...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Work Work work...
So I have started back into the work force... I am done consulting... for now at least... I am working for a company called L I M E marketing. It is a marketing firm that does Branding, Identity, Logos, Web-development, etc. We are hosting an event in April called the Colors of Chocolate... i am sure you can guess what the theme of that night will be. so we are going to have some really good gourmet Chocolates! If you know of any companies that might need a new marketing firm, let me know and i will send out an invite... it is fun though! it is a group of young creative people... not a group from the old boys club. anyway... i miss my boys while i am at work, but it will be okay! that's it.. just a quick update.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Think Think Think
Thanks to my amazing, smart, handsome and very busy son, I have some very fun little songs stuck in my head. Such as, The Hot Dog Dance, Think think think, Blast Off... Now, if you have a toddler, and use the TV to calm your little one as I do often... You will probably know exactly what songs I am talking about. Mickey Mouse clubhouse, Tiger and Pooh, and Little Einsteins... The three shows that rule this household. I always swore that I would not be that mom that had the TV on all the time. But my gosh, what did they do when they didn't have that option?! What did our grandparents do with our parents to keep them busy?
Therefore... I am putting the question out there... We do story time at the library, and go to the mall play area, and go to grandma's house. Anyone have any suggestions on what to do during the day? Activities for toddlers to keep them busy? I really Hate having the TV on all the time.... And his toys only keep their interest for so long... So... Looking for ideas!
Therefore... I am putting the question out there... We do story time at the library, and go to the mall play area, and go to grandma's house. Anyone have any suggestions on what to do during the day? Activities for toddlers to keep them busy? I really Hate having the TV on all the time.... And his toys only keep their interest for so long... So... Looking for ideas!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
5 Minute Chocolate Cake
Please don't hate me for posting this... but this actually is really good... just make sure you don't skimp on the oil, otherwise it can be a little dry...
Get a large Mug...
in it put the following..
4 Tbsp Flour ( i use half reg. flour and half whole wheat flour)
4 Tbsp Sugar
2 Tbsp Cocoa
mix well
now add
one egg, mix well
3 Tbsp Milk
3 Tbsp Oil, mix well again
3 Tbsp Chocolate chips (if you want... i want)
Splash of Vanilla, mix well again
Pop it in the Microwave for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.... The cake will rise over the top of the mug, let it go! let it cool a little, and either tip onto a plate or leave it in the mug...
I like to cut a circle in the top, and put some chocolate chips in the center, then put the top back in... it is yummy! Again, please don't hate me for this. But using some whole wheat flour, and skim milk, and some good healthy oil can make it a little less ... bad... ?
Get a large Mug...
in it put the following..
4 Tbsp Flour ( i use half reg. flour and half whole wheat flour)
4 Tbsp Sugar
2 Tbsp Cocoa
mix well
now add
one egg, mix well
3 Tbsp Milk
3 Tbsp Oil, mix well again
3 Tbsp Chocolate chips (if you want... i want)
Splash of Vanilla, mix well again
Pop it in the Microwave for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.... The cake will rise over the top of the mug, let it go! let it cool a little, and either tip onto a plate or leave it in the mug...
I like to cut a circle in the top, and put some chocolate chips in the center, then put the top back in... it is yummy! Again, please don't hate me for this. But using some whole wheat flour, and skim milk, and some good healthy oil can make it a little less ... bad... ?
Favorite Recipes: Very Healthy!
Much Requested Fruit and Nut Cookies:
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup light oil
3 egg whites
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1 tsp best-quality vanilla
1 cup un-bleached flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup bran or oats
2 Tbsp ground flax seed
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp allspice
1/4 cup slivered almonds
(i leave out chopped dried figes, but if you like, add 1/4 cup)
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. combine sugar, oil, egg whites. stir in dried fruits and vanilla.
3. combine all dry ingrediants, then stir into egg mixture until just combined.
4. fold in almonds.
5. drop by tablespoon onto baking sheets lined with parchment or a silpat.
Bake for 12 minutes, cool on racks..
and enjoy!
My newest Favorite, fat free Banana Applesauce Bread!
1 cup un-bleached flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp baking soda
4 egg whites
1 cup (about two or three) mashed bananas
1/2 cup skim milk soured with 1 Tbsp lemon juice
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp best quality vanilla
( i leave out the walnuts, but you can add 1/2 cup walnuts, 1/2 cup raisins if you want)
1. preheat oven to 350, lightly coat a 9x5 loaf pan with cooking spray and dust with flour
2. combine dry ingredients in large bowl. in a small bowl, beat the egg whites until they are fluffy.
in a small bowl, prepare the soured milk. pour bananas, soured milk, applesauce and vanilla
into a large bowl.
3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and mix until just blended. fold in the egg whites, then add nuts and raisins if desired.
4. Pour into the loaf pan and bake for 55 minutes...
Amazing! super moist, and a mild bread. great toasted with some good salted butter on top! yay!
These are both super easy and well worth it. I make the bread probably once a week, depending on how many bananas Brandon wants to eat... I used to make the cookies a couple times a week and keep them around to munch on when I needed a snack... love them!
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup light oil
3 egg whites
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1 tsp best-quality vanilla
1 cup un-bleached flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup bran or oats
2 Tbsp ground flax seed
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp allspice
1/4 cup slivered almonds
(i leave out chopped dried figes, but if you like, add 1/4 cup)
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. combine sugar, oil, egg whites. stir in dried fruits and vanilla.
3. combine all dry ingrediants, then stir into egg mixture until just combined.
4. fold in almonds.
5. drop by tablespoon onto baking sheets lined with parchment or a silpat.
Bake for 12 minutes, cool on racks..
and enjoy!
My newest Favorite, fat free Banana Applesauce Bread!
1 cup un-bleached flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp baking soda
4 egg whites
1 cup (about two or three) mashed bananas
1/2 cup skim milk soured with 1 Tbsp lemon juice
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp best quality vanilla
( i leave out the walnuts, but you can add 1/2 cup walnuts, 1/2 cup raisins if you want)
1. preheat oven to 350, lightly coat a 9x5 loaf pan with cooking spray and dust with flour
2. combine dry ingredients in large bowl. in a small bowl, beat the egg whites until they are fluffy.
in a small bowl, prepare the soured milk. pour bananas, soured milk, applesauce and vanilla
into a large bowl.
3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and mix until just blended. fold in the egg whites, then add nuts and raisins if desired.
4. Pour into the loaf pan and bake for 55 minutes...
Amazing! super moist, and a mild bread. great toasted with some good salted butter on top! yay!
These are both super easy and well worth it. I make the bread probably once a week, depending on how many bananas Brandon wants to eat... I used to make the cookies a couple times a week and keep them around to munch on when I needed a snack... love them!
Friday, January 16, 2009
Coming Clean
So, for some reason, I have a burning desire to tell a story. One of which will not contain names because I do not wish to end up in a law suit... But non-the-less, I still want to tell it... So here it goes... So I was working at a company we will call company A... I had worked there for several years, had gone through quite a bit running the thing with my friend Brandon, I mean doing everything... The guys who were in charge spent most of their time with the sister company and so Brandon and I had a lot to do. I worked anywhere from 50-60 hours a week easy and really was able to make a difference... Things changed and in a 6 month period I went from being very important to being shoved in a cubicle in the back corner of the brand new office that I had put so much time into... Well, I started out in an office, went to Europe and came back to all my stuff being moved out into a cubicle... anyway, so on top of that I was moved into a position that really didn't have anything to do. So I sat there, all day, playing on the computer. Some would say sweet! But I hated that. I would go and ask for things to do, and they would tell me to be patient...
So I made it known that I was unhappy with my current work position(with other people of course, not my current company)... It didn't take long and I was recruited by one of my favorite people to this amazing job! WOW! They were starting me 20k more than what I was making, with a new car, and I would be working with the Owner... Who was young, liked my ideas, and didn't treat me like a piece of furniture... Sweet! So I interviewed, was offered a chance to try out the company to see if I liked it. I loved it! It was run by young people (no offense to the company A and"the guys club") who wanted to hear what others had to say. I came in as the office manager, to oversee the staff and make sure that they did their jobs, were productive, efficient, etc.
When I gave company A my two weeks, they made me feel so bad. Told me that I would be back. Why were they fighting so hard to keep me if they didn't have anything for me to do? Why should I waste their money when I wanted to be productive? So I declined, we parted peacefully, I took a long weekend and then started with the new company. It is always hard to come into a company as the boss. Well, not even "the Boss" but as an authoritative figure. Myself, along with a few other people, were brought in to "clean up". Was there any question that for some people it would be a pissing match? So I was the mean one with a box of tissues in my office for all the people I had to bring in and have a talk with. But we worked together, a lot, and got everything organized and starting to run okay. I worked pretty much with the owner, and a couple others, almost all day every day. Again, was asked what I thought and wasn't ignored when I offered my thoughts. I heard the guys back at Company A saying things, like that I wouldn't last, that I couldn't handle it. wow! what faith they had in me...
Sad thing was, that after working at this new company for only two months, and getting it organized... We revealed that it was a ponzie... I had a very trusted accountant come in to give us an opinion on whether or not the books could legally be cleaned up. This person left without a word, and came to me the next morning, almost in tears, pleading with me not to go back. (i was pregnant at the time) Begging me to not have my baby in prison! My Gosh! I knew things weren't right, but I had hope that they could be fixed... I didn't realize they were that bad! So I quit that day. I ended my contract. Not from anything that I said, because I didn't tell anyone except for the owner at the end of the day, but I heard that several other employees left that day as well. I had a baby on the way, a new house with a mortgage 3x what we were used to paying, and no plan. But I had faith that doing the right thing, getting out of the scheme, would obviously be the best choice.
That company still owes me for April of 2007.. the whole month... I know that I will NEVER see that money. But all in all I am grateful for the experience. I am glad that I was able to go out, and be treated as someone with intelegence and ideas that are worth listening to. Sure, old guys know a lot about business, but sometimes it takes a fresh perspective, young and innovative suggestions to help grow.
So I made it known that I was unhappy with my current work position(with other people of course, not my current company)... It didn't take long and I was recruited by one of my favorite people to this amazing job! WOW! They were starting me 20k more than what I was making, with a new car, and I would be working with the Owner... Who was young, liked my ideas, and didn't treat me like a piece of furniture... Sweet! So I interviewed, was offered a chance to try out the company to see if I liked it. I loved it! It was run by young people (no offense to the company A and"the guys club") who wanted to hear what others had to say. I came in as the office manager, to oversee the staff and make sure that they did their jobs, were productive, efficient, etc.
When I gave company A my two weeks, they made me feel so bad. Told me that I would be back. Why were they fighting so hard to keep me if they didn't have anything for me to do? Why should I waste their money when I wanted to be productive? So I declined, we parted peacefully, I took a long weekend and then started with the new company. It is always hard to come into a company as the boss. Well, not even "the Boss" but as an authoritative figure. Myself, along with a few other people, were brought in to "clean up". Was there any question that for some people it would be a pissing match? So I was the mean one with a box of tissues in my office for all the people I had to bring in and have a talk with. But we worked together, a lot, and got everything organized and starting to run okay. I worked pretty much with the owner, and a couple others, almost all day every day. Again, was asked what I thought and wasn't ignored when I offered my thoughts. I heard the guys back at Company A saying things, like that I wouldn't last, that I couldn't handle it. wow! what faith they had in me...
Sad thing was, that after working at this new company for only two months, and getting it organized... We revealed that it was a ponzie... I had a very trusted accountant come in to give us an opinion on whether or not the books could legally be cleaned up. This person left without a word, and came to me the next morning, almost in tears, pleading with me not to go back. (i was pregnant at the time) Begging me to not have my baby in prison! My Gosh! I knew things weren't right, but I had hope that they could be fixed... I didn't realize they were that bad! So I quit that day. I ended my contract. Not from anything that I said, because I didn't tell anyone except for the owner at the end of the day, but I heard that several other employees left that day as well. I had a baby on the way, a new house with a mortgage 3x what we were used to paying, and no plan. But I had faith that doing the right thing, getting out of the scheme, would obviously be the best choice.
That company still owes me for April of 2007.. the whole month... I know that I will NEVER see that money. But all in all I am grateful for the experience. I am glad that I was able to go out, and be treated as someone with intelegence and ideas that are worth listening to. Sure, old guys know a lot about business, but sometimes it takes a fresh perspective, young and innovative suggestions to help grow.
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