tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30372202012-02-16T04:12:41.823-06:00Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07118367965423839375noreply@blogger.comBlogger461100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3037220.post-44195137992432653232012-01-01T00:15:00.003-06:002012-01-01T00:15:59.605-06:00

It’s a good idea to write goals for our lives. Goals are an excellent way to outline our growth and help ourselves measure our accomplishments. Without them we are like a ship sailing without a plotted course, without a destination. We float around aimlessly hoping for a pleasant journey and wonder why we find our selves shipped wrecked on life’s rocks carried violently by life’s storms. 

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2 C hot water (not boiling!) 1 pkg. yeast (rapid rise is fine) 2/3 C sugar 2/3 C softened butter 1 tsp. salt 1 egg 6 C flour Place yeast, salt, sugar and 3 C of flour in large bowl and mix well. (I use my Kitchenaid or a hand mixer.) Add butter and hot water; mix. Add egg and mix. Add remaining flour and mix well (you can’t over mix). Cover and let rise until doubled. Roll into large

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• Filtered water - 4 cups (cold) • Kale (curly, dragon, any kind!) - 1-2 leaves • Chard (I use Swiss - red, yellow) - 1-2 leaves • Baby spinach - 2 handfuls • Cilantro - 1 small bunch (purges mercury) • Cucumber - 1 whole (peeled tastes less bitter, with skin adds a lot of fiber) • Lime or Lemon - 1 whole, peeled (remove the white pith/albedo) OPTIONAL: (choose 1) • Green Apple -

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A candle is best placed in a dark room. - If your light is shining, don't be surprised by where you are placed.There are times that even I wonder how I got where I am. I look and find myself in a difficult situation or surrounded by negative people. Some would say that God wouldn't put His children in such difficult situations or people. Others would say that God would put His kids in a hard

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Stanley joined me for dinner at In and out. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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Guy Featured it on Diners Drive ins and Dives. Stuffed mushroomsPepperoni pizza- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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Gumbo YaYa (a gumbo with chicken)Barbecue shrimp, New Orleans style. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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Here are a few of my impressions from my recent trip to St John's, Newfoundland. The Newfies differentiate each other as either "Townies" or "Baymen". Townies are from St John's and Baymen are from everywhere else on the island. They talk about moose as if there were as common as dogs. The radio has 5 French speaking stations.At a nouveau cuisine restaurant named Bacalao, that specializes in

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It was a good time and a good memory. We celebrated jordan's Birthday  It reminded most of all of Hatsuhana the Japanese restaurant in Bogota Colombia. G

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In my conscious effort to find good writers and my laziness of not wanting to wade through a pile of books to find the gems from the slosh, I came across the following article. http://tgr.ph/rix0guI shortened it to save my fingers. But it name the top 6 thriller writers. And here they are according to "The Telegraph".James PattersonJoseph KanonTess GerritsenMo HayderJames TwiningJohn Twelve Hanks

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Well I have a mini update. I've noticed a great need for a personal budget, especially in the current economic environment and my desire to establish my finances to reach higher goals than just paying bills and eating out. I've purchased YNAB (You Need A Budget) I'll post what I learn and perhaps you will glean something from my experience to better your financial situation.

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Every time you place you email in a form or on your website you open yourself up to bots that crawl the internet and capture the emails posted throughout cyber space. By using this site you can cloak your email from the bots that harvest the addresses.  You can let the site choose your name or you can choose the name you choose, like I did.Paste this in your browser or click on the title of the

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If you're using Safari, there's an easy way to download YouTube videos. Open the page with the movie and press Command-Option-A, which shows the Activity window. If you're also loading other sites, you'll see a list of them: scroll until you find the YouTube page and click on the arrow to show details about what is being loaded. You will certainly notice an element whose size is over 0.5MB (

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Make Your PowerPoint Presentation Suck Less In Many Easy Steps http://bit.ly/99bvy3 13 Tips For A Winning Presentation http://bit.ly/atctvH How to Change the World: The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint http://bit.ly/9XcyBq A blogger and Presenter Garr Reynolds http://bit.ly/corydR I'll keep adding links to the blogs I find interesting that pertain to presentations.

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The Strangest SecretSome years ago, the late Nobel prize-winning Dr. Albert Schweitzer was asked by a reporter, "Doctor, what's wrong with men today?" The great doctor was silent a moment, and then he said, "Men simply don't think!"It's about this that I want to talk with you. We live today in a golden age. This is an era that humanity has looked forward to, dreamed of, and worked toward for

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The Recipe1 ½ c. packed brown sugar½ c. butter1 ½ t. maple flavoring2 eggs1 ½ c. all purpose flour1 t. baking powder1 c. chopped nuts(Confectioners’ sugar, optional)DirectionsCream sugar, butter, maple flavoring. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Combine flour and baking powder; add to egg mixture. Stir in nuts. Pour into greased 9 inch square pan. Bake 350 about 30 minutes. When cool, dust with

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Situated at the base of a 1,500 year old pyramid, this international restaurant boasts of a 5-star menu and impeccable service. After an appetizer of stuffed potatoes, anticuchos, fried shrimp, and "humitas" a Peruvian tamale my wife and I ordered our main course. Christi ordered a fresh quinoa salad and I ordered Lomo seco. But the best part of the evening is the blessing I am sharing the table

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Via: Term Life Insurance

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Today I'm taking Christi to her first acupuncture treatment. In Lima Perú.The idea is to help her muscles relax and eliminate discomfort. She said that the first needle felt weird like someone pinching a muscle but that the other ones didn't feel like anything. -- Posted while on the moveLocation:Geranios,,Peru

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What a wonderful experience it is to shop in Wong in Lima. Every Saturday I go with my wife or my 4-year old daughter and buy the groceries needed for the house. I've shopped overseas so long that these experiences seem common place but I don't want to forget how wonderful it is. Thank you God. -- Posted while on the moveLocation:Monte Bello,,Peru

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Pretty Funny. A simple thanks but no thanks would have been enough. But panicking and running off like a little girl was classic High School.

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I just wanted to write about a new website/add-on that looks to be an reall match to what I am looking for. The add-on for Firefox is called Zemanta. It analyzes your writing in real time as you type your blog and offers you suggestions as you go.Image by Getty Images via DaylifeAs if yet I have found that the system has yet to find relative information regarding this blog.. Oops how your horses,

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This is hilarious. If only this were true.

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I saw this when it came out on TV and have enjoyed it ever since. What a funny commercial. I'm glad I found it again.

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A beautiful city.

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Some links I thought I would like.http://thechive.com/

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I always believed that there was nothing that could stand up against God's Word. He Is God, so it would stand to reason that there shouldn't be anything that could stand against His Word, right? He created the heavens and the earth. He placed the stars in the sky with the words of His mouth. He measures the oceans in the palm of His hand. So, it's logical to believe that His words will carry with

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Our every action is important. Our every word propels us toward a certain future. And if we take our 24 hours lightly we will find ourselves in a difficult and inhospitable place.Look at the ships on the sea. If they don't have a ploted course they will eventually land on the rocks. How is your day plotted? Are you taking advantage of your down time? Are you investing in yourself and on your

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Office space is getting to be an issue in the MSI building. I only have one desk for Nataly the two programmers and me. So I sat down with the rep from Regus and we discussed the possibilities of renting from them. The benefits would be a ready made office the draw backs are the amount it would cost. Regis, Lima in the Cromos building. -- Post From My iPhone

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I don't know why I start writing when I'm I'm Lima but here I am again and again I find myself writing. As I mentioned in my last series of mental notes/blogs, the JW is a fenominal place to stay for whatever reason here in Lima. The breakfast is delicious and it is so close to major shopping, transportation a interesting sites that I wouldn't consider anything or anywhere else. My working

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The time has come to pack up and go back home. The time I spent here in Lima Peru was wonderful, but too long. If my family had been here it would have been perfect.The sun is barely coming up over the city turning everything a hue of blue. The car noises that I never really heard before are floating up to my 12th floor while the sounds of the surf have quieted. It would seem that I have

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Waking up late was a nice gift I gave myself. It's interesting how the small things in life are what make me smile. I literally climbed out of bed having surrounded myself with a mountain of pillows that resembled a fort. The sun was beaming and the street was calling my name.I was hungry but I didn’t want to spend too much time eating, so I crossed the street in front of the hotel, sped

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It was 1 in the morning before I was able to slip into bed. The sheets acted like sleep agents and I was out before I knew it. At 6 they remained vigilant and resistant to my desires to get out of bed, lulling me back to sleep with a whisper, and a promise that there were more sheep to count. I had to throw them off and dash to the shower to avoid falling prey to their siren call. The was no time

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I had the ginormous buffet breakfast again but this time I brought a newspaper, my Peruvian law books, and the Org chart for the various agencies I was to see that day. I don't know why I bring so much with me. I don't have time to see it all but I suppose it's that feeling of "Who knows, you might need it" that prevails.The food was excellent as always, and I slowly savored the cup of coffee

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The fog had rolled in during the night and refused to reveal the tops of buildings along the ocean side road. The traffic was light which matched the cool breeze coming from the large body of water. It was looking to be a good day in Lima.I didn't have breakfast since I wasn't feeling to well, but I did go down to the shopping center Lago Mar to have a Grande Cafe Mocha from one of the cities

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Check out how big the US Embassy is, here in Peru.

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Breakfast was awesome. The buffet was delicious and the orange juice was well received. I awoke with a sore throat and a runny nose so I wanted to beef up on the Vitamin C. I had a sort of beef stew, scrambled eggs, small potatoes, bacon, and saute mushrooms.The view is beautiful. I took these while waiting for the 8:15 cab.They have all sorts of American businesses down here fast food stores and

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The Airport was filling up slowly and I was hopeing that I wouldn't have to sit beside to many people. I saw this man that was dressed strangely and I wondered if that was how the people in Peru dressed. Besides the 2 hats he was sporting his pants were being held up with a sash and his over coat (although pretty) seemed more like a costume.Finally the plane boarded and I snuck on in the first

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The 2008 Thanksgiving Deep Fried TurkeyYou can find it on the following links showing steps 1-9Step 01Step 02Step 03Step 04Step 05Step 06Step 07Step 08Step 09Gabriel Grimes

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Wow want a wonderful time of the year. The world starts to clean up and put on a happy face. The cities start to dust off the decorations and (of course) the stores and Malls start to polish everything in sight.This weekend we went to the Embassy's Christmas celebration for our children. The CLO invites the diplomat families linked to the mission to the Ambassador's house where they can play,

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I just saw this article and wanted to share it with you.Texas Court: Fetus Death Can Be MurderIn the article the Texas Court makes it clear that the fetus is a "Viable Human". Although it says that it still allows for the lawful termination of the fetus if the mother decides on it. I don't understand how a fetus is considered a human up until the mother makes the decision on abortion, and then it

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I just added this video to the famous YouTube. Take a look.

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Yesterday was probably one of the most awesome days I have had the pleasure of living. President George W. Bush came to Bogota Colombia and he gave a special speech at the US Embassy here. We were told a week in advance that we could meet the president or at least hear him in person if we liked. Furthermore all the kids between 4 and 17 could take a group photo with him. We were so glad to

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I’m having such a fun time with Gabriella. My wife is quick to point out that I am only home in the afternoons and on the weekends so I don’t really get the full effect of Gabriella. But even so I am so excited to see what new thing she can do or wants to do. At the moment there isn’t anything that she doesn’t want to do. She wants to brush her teeth with my tooth brush, wear my clothes

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To our collective surprise and amazement my baby girl learned how to climb over the side of her crib and exit her room all on her own, last night.Jordan, Christi, and myself were sitting in the master bedroom watching TV when we heard a commotion coming from the baby's bedroom. Jordan looked back concerned that something strange or supernatural was happening and I figured that it was probably the

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