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At the end of the process, you will have consumed so many nutrients. The benefits are so great that I choose to just add some info links of each ingredient's nutrients here: Bananas Spinach Mango Apples Pears Kiwi Flax Seed Yogurt Strawberries By Catherine Ratliff 2015

7/21/2015 This past weekend, I grew brave. I went down into my media storage bin. Yeah, the one that had a lot of dust on it. I have many pencils and since I have a great eye for photography and the use of oil pastels...I fear the PENCIL. Why? I am still a virgin when it comes to sketching, shading, and capturing the shadows of lead. So, I am self teaching. I figure practice makes perfect.  In the past few days, stress stopped me dead in my tracks. I all of a sudden got artist block. After sharpening my pencils, I decided to sketch what I love first; a woman's face. I think it helps me with learning shading and focusing on features of the human face. So, I began. During this process I will take a picture every step of the way. This is a short  blog so let's get started.   

  By Catherine Ratliff 6/11/2015 The world has changed! We are now doing everything online. Yes, it is very high tech. I have no complaints. Today's brief comment is just a reflection from myself and my feelings about something as simple as reading a book. No, I'm not knocking reading. I am merely recognizing that the way we read now has certainly changed.            I am a true supporter of digital reading, via Kindle, Nook, etc. However, I fear that the physical nature of picking up an actual hard or soft copy might be a faint memory in the not so distant future. Now, do I know this as factual? No! But, I just was taken back when I drove to the local Borders in the neighborhood and it was not there anymore. Okay, perhaps I am just exaggerating the true factors of why it was gone.       It can be a convenient to just open your handheld device and start reading and then closing it back up and sticking it back into your purse...

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Re-purposing Craft Project Done at Your Workstation By Catherine Ratliff 1/8/15      I was gifted a new polka dot block Memo Cube (The MOE3 line) by Jackie Shapiro.      This item was purchased at Michaels  crafting store. But, I’m betting you can find them almost anywhere. However, they may be manufactured by a  different company. Ultimately, they will have the same benefit. When you need a piece of paper to jot down an important note, it fits the bill.       This particular block memo cube comes in different colors. It has 600 pages that form a colorful polka dot design once all sheets are shrink-wrapped or pushed together. A beautiful bright red bow was tied around it with a pastel blue ribbon.        The first thing I did was detach the ribbon off the back of the memo cube.        Then, I took a pair of scissors to cut the ribbon off. The bow  was glued ...

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