"That" Time of Year Once Again

Yes, as we know Valentines is coming up once again, and for some reason it comes up every year. Somehow I do think that singles all over the world would agree with me when I say: "Boycott Valentines Day!" Guess what we have, by calling it: "Singles-Awareness-Day." Just so you know.

 Now I have found a list of books to read for *cough* Valentines Day *cough.* To be honest I haven't read many of these books.   One of the books that was listed was "Beastly." Many reasons why I didn't like this story, (I tried to but failed). One of the reasons that bothered me about this story, was at the beginning of the story where the main character gets groped, and there was drugs and alcohol in the story.  Yeah, I was uncomfortable just reading about it; to say the lest, I don't recommended this book at all.

So now that *cough* Valentines Day *cough* is approaching fast, (Men, get the roses and chocolates ordered for your love), but I do have my own list of good reads for all ages. Yes, ALL ages. You can however be the judge. I like them for not only for entertainment, but they are clean. I just don't like to read junk.

1. The Princess Bride        
2. Book of a Thousand Days
3. Fairest
4. My Fair Godmother
5. My Unfair Godmother
6. The Mark
7. Much Ado About Nothing
8. Austenland
9. Mr. Darcy Vampyre
10. As You Like It

That is it for this years list of good *cough* Valentine *cough* (I must have a frog in my throat??), reads. I could make the list longer, but that would be boring to read a long list.

Now in a previous post I have given a list of entertainment for Single-Awareness-Day.   I have now a new updated list. If you will, a list for all; a mixture of not just books, but poetry, and movies alike. Yes, once again ALL ages, and no junk. Once again they are about lost love, unrequited love, (admit it we all have been there), and just plain silly. So silly, it doesn't have anything to do with love/Valentine.   

1. The Unvalentine  
2. The Lady of Shalott
3. The Glass Bottom Boat  
4. Walk Don't Run 
5. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (why? you may ask, Answer....It's another view of Hamlet. By the way it's on Youtube, in parts). 
6. The Disgusted Driver's Handbook--Instructions For Surviving On The Roads Infested With Idiots 
7. The Blue Day Book: A Lesson on Cheering Yourself Up 
8. Lost in Austen, (it's also on Youtube).   
9. Arsenic and Old lace
10. Rapunzel's Revenge

There you have it. My 2013 updated list. I must admit I really thought about the Single-Awareness-Day list, the earlier post about Single-Awareness-Day list of book's & movies I didn't need to think.  Once again you can enjoy my list or by all means, make up your own. These are just suggestions.

So don't forget the ice cream, or popcorn, and enjoy!

Cheers Everyone!    

America deserves better.

A great leader is an example of everything good. They are not scared to get their hands dirty. They will be an example of service, forgiveness, justice, humility, hope, faith, and charity. I don't know what kind of president Romney could be. I only know that he has the potential to be great.

The last four years have been a wake up call for most Americans. Obama and his administration have been a disappointment. Americans have felt betrayed. I have seen the real Obama in the debates this past month, he has been petty and tiny. Attacking Romney, telling lies and rumors about him. Even after the fact checkers has proved Obama wrong. 

I don't know about you, but I want a leader that I can be proud of. As I have said before, I don't know what kind of leader Romney will be. What I do know is that, I am not proud to have Obama as my leader. He has not served the people of America with humility. Obama has not served America, only burden America's people with debt, lies, and irresponsibility. 

Obama was presented to the American people a wolf in sheepskin four years ago. I am proud to say that I did not vote for him four years ago, he did not give me a good reason why I should. During the last four years Obamas sheepskin have been falling apart, little by little. The last two months his sheepskin have been striped away to show the wolf he really is. The sad thing is that people refuse to see it, and that is what Obama is counting on. America does not need this kind of leader. America deserves a better, nobler leader. Sadly, Obama is not he. 

I want a leader that I can be proud of. A leader that is trying to be good.  I want a kind of leader that other nations will be jealous. To have such a leader that will lead America to greatness.  To have such a leader would be amazing. A lot of people would say that kind of leader only is in fictional story's. I don't think so. 

George Washington was a great leader. America needed him. Americans wanted him to be king. Washington refused, so instead he became president. Not only in his presidency was he a great leader, but before being president he was a leader of war. He was able to turn farmers, peddlers, cobblers, and etc into an army with service and with discipline, who defeated the English with the help of the French. The best part of George Washington, he did fight along with his army in war, and he served them and the early American people into independence. The better part of Washington is that he prayed for devine guidance to lead. He prayed over his men, and the land that he loved. There have been other leaders like him in history, and there can be once again.

To have a leader who will serve, and if needs be to discipline with love, humility, and faith will be a great leader. I pray to have that kind of leader that America needs and deserves. 

Cheers Eveyone!

Dreams Lost?

We all have dreams. We work for our dreams. We even have changed our dreams along the way of working for the original dreams. Some of us have lost our dreams, watched them die.

My brother have asked the question of why I have been angry and unhappy. The easy answer somewhat crudely explained it is on this blog post called The Purpose of Trials. The hard explanation I will try and explain. Like I have said in The Purpose of Trials post, family/friends don't understand, I guess my brother is no exception.

Yes, as a little sibling, I do get frustrated with my older siblings, just like any other person. My pain was deeper then what others have seen and what I have let others seen and know. Yes, because of the economic melt down, my family and I have lost our home, like it was crudely explain in The Purpose of Trials post. The deeper pain that I have experienced was hard for me to heal from. And only the past year I have felt better about things, and it has been 7 years since the lost of everything, dreams included.

While growing up I had lots of dreams, just like any other child. Like I wanted to be a painter, a great cook, a singer, an actor, a pianist, violinist, doctor, photographer, hair stylist, and etc.  While growing older a lot of these childhood dreams have changed and some have been fulfilled. Like I can cook, but I am not a "great" cook. I can play the piano and even the Organ, but I'm more of an closet pianist. People intimidate me, as for the Organ? I can play it, but timid at it. I just think I need more practice and patience with myself.  I am also a violinist.

The dreams that I have wanted to have fulfilled, I have seen die right before my eyes. These are the ones that have caused me the most pain. First, I wanted to finish college. I wanted to go into music and be a physicist. Strange combination, I know. It's what I wanted.

Second, I wanted to play the Harp. I have loved the harp ever since I have seen "The Bishop's Wife" with Cary Grant, when I was a little kid. In a seen in "The Bishop's Wife," Cary Grant plays the harp. I was amazed and I loved the sound of it. The URL will take you to the clip where Cary Grant plays the harp. Later in my teen years this dream changed from learning a full sized harp to a Celtic harp.  For some reason I refuse to let this dream die. I have been holding on to it with everything that I have. As time went on, and reality hit me hard, it has been hard to keep this dream alive.

Third, is the one dream that I am refusing to put on the blog or anywhere in cyberspace. This one gave me the most pain. I do have the assurance that one day everything will be ok. I just don't know how. All I can do right now is to go and do what is expected of me, and what I expect of myself.

I realize that this is yet another crud explanation. And the last dream is very vague, like I have said: I refuse to put it on cyberspace. Oh, I'm know that my brother have changed a lot of his dreams, just like a lot of us. I am also sure that my brother have seen some of his dreams die. Like dreams that he had for his children. His children have autism, the younger is less severe. His oldest, may not know what it is like to get baptized, go to prom, serve a mission, and etc. I know that this has caused him and my SIL a lot of pain. My brother have seen his dream of a college degree realized, and other of his prized personal dreams realized. While I on the other hand, have had a hard time giving mine up entirely, (still have some hope, how little small, for all 3 of them).

Like I have said, only in the past year I have felt better about things, more optimistic. There is a quote by President Hinckely:

 "You can Be excellent in every way. You can Be first class. There is no need for you to be a scrub. Respect yourself. Do not feel sorry for yourself. Do not dwell on unkind things other may say about you. Polish and refined whatever talents the Lord has given you. Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great and strong purpose in your heart. Love life and look for it's opportunities."  

A lot of the LDS prophets have said to get an education. One would interpret that as: "Go to college."  You can get an education in may different ways and places. Now, I am not saying "don't ever go to college." Go, and have fun, but when you are done with the schooling, that doesn't mean that you need to stop learning altogether. Consider everyday anew learning experience. Find something new to learn and it can be anything and everything. Go out and do the best you can.

 Cheers Everyone!

Pina Colada Cake

Ok on Pinterest I keep seeing a Pina Colada Cake. What makes the cake is the icing/topping.  The ones that are on Pinterest have the pineapple in the cake. Hmmmmm. This is my families recipe.

1 yellow cake mix
1 can of chunky pineapple drained
1 package of instant sugar free Banana pudding
1 large tub of Cool Whip/or a small box of whipping cream; whipped
1 package of coconut

Directions:

Mix up the cake according to directions. In a 13-9 in cake pan spray with cooking spray and sprinkle 1/2 cup coconut on the bottom. Pore the cake mix in the pan on top of the coconut, bake according to directions.

In a large bowl pore the Cool Whip/or Whipping Cream, mix the dry instant sugar free Banana pudding together, with drained pineapple chunks. Pore over the top of the cooled cake. Last sprinkle the rest of the coconut on top. Remember refrigerate any left overs, because of the milk.


Ok, I have forgotten to put on a tip for this cake. Tip: Instead of using veggie oil like it says on the back of the yellow cake mix box, my family and I would put in Coconut oil. By doing that it changed the texture of the cake and made it taste amazing!


Cheers!

FHE Activity

I was surprised that ALL of the programs was taken. The people in my ward would usually take a program, read it, and then put it back on the table after the meeting. This time there was not a program put back.  I put on a scripture chase on the program, called Scripture Cookies. The idea of this scripture chase is to look up each scripture and you will find the ingredients for Scripture Cookies. Some of the clues are subtle, so check the list of ingredients on the bottom. This is the recipe:

• 3/4 cup "The words of his mouth were smoother than                  " (Ps 55:21)
• 1/3 cup "Come unto me all ye ends of the earth, buy                     and honey" (2Ne 26:25)
• 1 1/2 cups "To what purpose cometh there to me......the                         from a far country? (Jer 6:20)
• 2 "As one gathereth            that are left, have I gathered all the earth" (Isa 10:14)
• 2 cups "And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine                (1 Kings 4:22)
• 1 teaspoon "Take thou also unto thee principal spices,... and of sweet               half so much (Ex 30:23)
• 1 teaspoon  "Ye are the              of the earth" (Matt 5:13)
• 1/2 teaspoon "The kingdom of heaven is like unto                 (Matt13:33)
• 3 cup "Nevertheless,....                        for the horse" (D&C 89:17)
• 1 cup "And they gave him....two cluster of                 " (1 Sam 30:12)

1. Beat first four ingredients together
2. Mix in remaining ingredients
3. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookies sheet
4. Bake at 350 F (175 C) for 15 Minutes

Answer: Butter, Milk, Sugar, Eggs, Flour, Cinnamon, Salt, Baking Soda, Oats, and Raisins.

"Feast upon the words of Christ" 2 Nephi 32:3

I did two things different to this recipe. I took out the raisins and put in chocolate chips. I am not a fan of raisins, I really hate raisins. The chocolate chips, I thought made the cookies. And I took out the Salt

Cheers everyone!

The Next Generation of Generators

This is the next generation of power that is clean burning. It will be the leading on the industry.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission ran a 12 year study of CO (Carbon Monoxide) related deaths and found that 88% were caused by generators. My team and I have spent the last six years researching external and internal combustion engines and models that would be efficient and safe to use for the home , small businesses  without the out put of carbon Monoxides, dioxides, sulfur and nitrogen oxides.

Power for Me is a turban powered generator that will run on using Natural Gas or Propane  to power the generator. This will provide a generator that is 500% more reliable and save over $300 a week to operate and will be safe as the kitchen stove,it will save lives.

This unit will benefit any home, business, school or Hospital that experiences power outages. It will help developing countries by providing remote villages with power thereby enhancing opportunities to develop better education and allowing entrepreneurs to build their businesses.

Please help my family and I reach our goal to make this generator a reality, to bring better power to the world. We need the funding to build the prototype. We have had that hardest time finding the means to build the prototype. We just need as much help as we can get. With freaky circumstances we have met with so much opposition. Opposition like loosing our home, our jobs, our creative team, and etc. We are doing everything that we can. We cannot take this generator to the investors to start this business until we have a working product.  Now that we finally have everything else in place, the one thing that we are lacking is the funds. So if you like to donate, please go to http://www.gofundme.com/llv6o




Cheers Everyone!

Music Theory/Another Play

Wow, have things been frustrating. My mom and I are working on a new play. This play is for special needs. Our protagonist ( good guy) is deaf. Yep, you read right; deaf. So in this play there will be signing going on, along with singing. Yep, my deaf protagonist will be singing in sign language. While the best friend will be signing terribly off key. It's still in the very early stages. You know writing, deleting, re-writing, deleting some more, screaming at the computer, then taking a break to work out coming back and the whole cycle continues again. Like the cycle of prosperity in the Book of Mormon.

We are currently writing one song. I have no problems with lyrics and melody, but translating what I have in my head on to paper is another thing. So yeah frustration is apparent right now. Craft, art, or whatever you would like to call it, takes time. The thing is that when you are your own critic, (a bad one at that), you need to be careful not to hate yourself and give up. Whatever creative thing you do is a new learning experience. You maybe painting, singing, drawing, or sculpting for years but it's still a new learning experience.

The question is now is why am I writing a play that will have sign in it, nobody but the deaf will understand what he is saying? The answer is: Well this is not the first time I have co-written a play for special needs. This one is the first time I have written about a deaf protagonist.. The deaf and hearing alike will be able to understand all of the play....we hope. I'm just hoping that the play will make sense.

Now my music program decided to take a vacation on me, it will not let me save my progressive work. I just need to find my disk and restart it. I worked so hard to figure out the rhythm of one of the songs. I refused to loose it so I ended up writing it down the old fashion way. On paper. Poetic Justice? Possibly. Beethoven, Bach, and all of the other classical composers are possibly applauding me or laughing at me right now. I'm thinking laughing at me.    

Cheers Everyone!