The term snacking carries negative connotations: It’ll ruin your meal. It adds unnecessary calories. It consists of high-fat, low-nutrition items. However, munching on healthy snacks — such as sunflower seeds — actually has a positive effect on diet, weight and overall health.
Sunflower seeds are a prime example of a healthy, weight-conscious snack food.
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My family went to the local ice rink to celebrate KPTS-Channel 8’s 40th anniversary. Our girls took the chance to meet Curious George and Clifford, the Big Red Dog, and the four of us even got to ice skate, if ever so briefly, before the rink cleared for a good cleaning.
The girly-girls and daddy meeting
Curious George and Clifford, the Big Red Dog
While we were there, we registered to win one of several prizes. Lo and behold, we actually won something: a chance to tour the KPTS studio and tape our very own greeting! How fun is that?
Happy trails!
SAK
One of the most popular demographic maps on the Net these days is one that shows how people across the United States refer to the carbonated drinks that help round out the ubiquitous value meals.
Soda.
Pop.
Soda pop.
Coke.
Cola.
Soft drink.
Fizzy drink.
Sugar water.
Dope.
Sludge.
Good grief. Those add up to a lot of descriptors. So what’s the lowdown?
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For word wizards and the general public alike, the issue of pronunciation has reached feverish levels ever since the new year crept up on us all. How in the heck are we supposed to pronounce “2010″? Is it “two thousand, ten”? Or “two thousand and ten”? Or “twenty-ten”?
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So 2010 is in full swing and you’ve committed to taking better care of yourself, this year and beyond. What better way to get motivated and in shape, all while helping to eradicate several forms of cancer, than to join the Team in Training (TNT) program?
Help yourself while helping others and you, too, can have wings (photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spine/240193069)
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society® (LLS) introduced the program in 1988 to help people reach monumental fitness goals — running a full or half marathon, completing a triathlon, finishing a century (i.e., 100-mile) bicycle ride or enduring an extensive hike — while raising money to fund blood cancer research. Since then, more than $950 million has been raised and almost 400,000 people have achieved their fitness goal.
Now, it’s your turn.
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I recently stopped by my parents’ house to, among other things, pick up some of my old toys and books so that they could reclaim part of their basement and so that my kids could benefit from new stimulation. An added bonus is that I can get a kick out of seeing them play with my childhood stuff and read the stories that I used to enjoy to my own kiddos.
Concerning the books, I flipped through each one, thrilled that I remembered it. Then I packed up all my old goodies and went home, distributing books according to which ones I thought each child would enjoy. Never mind that the task wasn’t all that hard since I only have two girls; it’s the concept that counts, right?
But then something disturbing occurred. I started reading these stories to my girls. And, while I absolutely remember the artwork — the lazy balloons floating around while the two kids planned a party for their mom in “The Birthday Party” or the puddle-jumper, snoozing bear and struggling seed in “Splish Splash” or the great-great-grandfather wearing the alligator’s skin in “Old Hasdrubal” — I didn’t remember the stories much at all.
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