One day, I had a hankering for Jamaican beef patties. Then, I remembered, that some years back, a Jamaican friend of mine gave me her family’s recipe. So, I searched my recipe box to find it. I was thrilled that I found the recipe titled “Nanny’s Beef Patty.” The instructions were in two parts: 1 part beef filling and 1 part dough. I made a few adjustments to satisfy my taste buds. If you make this recipe correctly, you will never look at a store bought beef patty with the same affection. IRIE!!!!
Archives for August 2014
Ideas for Huddles and Team Motivation
If you’re the coach of your child’s sports team or you’re the captain of a team at work or for intramural fun, here are a few ideas for huddles that your team can implement as motivation at practice and games.
A group huddle is a time for a team to gather close together in a circle to discuss and upcoming play or move in a competition. It is most common in sports events. A football coach named Amos Alonzo Stagg created the huddle in 1896 as a way of blocking out the racket from the crowd right before a play. The huddle is also a way to assure that all team members are on the same page and to get everyone motivated to do a good job.
Laptop Fingers: A Painful Condition Caused by Typing
Laptop fingers is a condition that can be a real pain. Here are tips to deal with laptop fingers to avoid carpal tunnel syndrome, arthritis and similar issues.
Even as I type now, I am managing a minor issue that plagues most writers, coffee shop junkies and email addicts. It is an uncomfortable condition that I call “Laptop Fingers.”
Laptop Fingers occur when you spend 10 or more hours per day typing on a laptop keyboard that was designed for a person with 3 inch long hands. That, tied in with the need to move the cursor around with a tiny ball in the middle of the keyboard, or by ice skating your fingers over a smooth plastic square that somehow knows where the pointer on your screen is.
What Paint Color Goes with Chocolate Brown Bedding?
If you’re starting your room design with chocolate brown bedding, here’s the great complementary color to consider.
Chocolate brown is a rich and serene color. It can make a bedroom look more mature, formal and sophisticated. If you’ve settled on this color for your bedding, you must then consider an ideal color for your wall paint. Being that chocolate brown is one of my favorite colors, I have a personal preference when it comes to matching it up with another one of my favorite colors: blue.
According to color theory, complementary colors are located directly across from each other on the color wheel. Click here to view a color wheel. Complementary colors almost always look good together, so it’s a good practice to have a color wheel handy when designing your bedroom and deciding on a color scheme.
How to Stop Crying Before it Starts
Solutions and tips for how to stop crying before it starts.
There are some people, like myself, who sometimes have a hard time controlling their emotions — they can cry at the drop of a hat. All it takes is some type of difficult conversation or emotional moment for the waterworks to start building up. Many other people can’t understand why we cry — they see this as a sign of weakness. So you may be looking for ways to control crying and stop crying your heart out all over the place to get more respect from other people. Here are a few tips for how to stop crying before it starts.
Grow Your Own Herbs at Home with a Mini Greenhouse
If you are like me and enjoy preparing homemade meals with fresh herbs, a mini greenhouse will allow you to have fresh herbs at your finger tips! With this small greenhouse in your home, you can grow your herbs year round.
Gardeners, for years have been utilizing large outdoor greenhouses to grow a variety of plants, herbs and vegetables year round. So, it just makes sense to have a mini greenhouse inside your home that can be used for the same purpose. I particularly, enjoy growing basil, parsley, dill, rosemary, cilantro and thyme.