Area for BBQ

Since Gather is giving me a hassle at uploading any pic today, on my article there, I did so here. It keeps telling me I need to install missing plugins. I've clicked the button and did so, but nothing changes. I sure hope it's a glitch today. I've always been able to upload there, well, with some occasional trouble.

So to go along with my article for Gather, included at the bottom is a pic of the area. Here's also the Gather article, in case it goes *poof* when I try to post it.

"Yesterday, we were spending the absolutely wonderful 68* day outside. We're clearing out a new spot on our property specifically for a bar-b-q/picnic area. We live way out in the country and love it! And even now and then we go camping. And at those camping spots, I've always loved the picnic areas. So I kinda want to re-make one here.

With us doing all the work, it's not gonna cost anything except for a new table. This time a wooden one. Since a recent storm decided to flip mine up in the air and break the glass. Even with it being secured with one of those heavy metal bases under the umbrella! And sadly I just bought that table about 6 months ago on sale at Big Lots with my 20% discount I'd worked for....

Till now, we've always used the side deck, but it doesn't hold many people. And in the summertime, my husbands family loves to join in on the cookouts and sit around a fire pit. So, we have finally decided to go forward with this. Hard work now will definitely pay off later.

I already can't wait. Last year at a moving sale in our area, I bought some vintage style metal chairs. They are a pale yellow and apparently had been forever. As the guy told me, (in his 60's) that they belonged to his late mom who had them yellow forever.

I love older stuff. And I am definitely gonna keep them around for the picnic area.

I too, love to eat. And love love love on the grill turkey burgers and turkey dogs. My husbands' favorite of course, like most men, is steak on the grill.

Do you bbq or grill out in the summer? If so, what's your favorite grilled food?"

SUPER FOODS | Apples

Yesterday I did a little bit of shopping with my Aunt. She's a smart lady. I've always looked up to her. One thing she's always told me throughout the years is to eat this and eat that. And she'd have her reasons.
Most of which, revolved around the fact that I am deadly allergic to beef and pork. And mildly allergic to milks, cheese ect. But since I never eat red meat, she's always worried I wasn't getting the protein and nutrients my body needs. I do tend to stay a bit weak and on the sicklier side about 7 or 8 months out of the year. Even with the weekly steroid shots, B-12 shots and allergy shots, my body just don't get enough of something or other. So I'm always looking for natural ways to get energy.

And this takes me back to my shopping trip yesterday. We were in a Marshall's store, (which I hate btw,) and while she was looking around, I wandered off into the books section. I LOVE cookbooks. However, my find of the day wasn't just a new cookbook, it was a book titled, "100 Best Health Foods."
I flipped through it casually and now I can't put it down. So I thought I'd share a post now and then about a food in it and why it is so good for us.
Today, I will go with sharing the goods about apples. We've all heard an apple a day will keep the doctor away right? Well, I think they are correct.
This book says that apples are

• high in flavonoids which give us healthier hearts and lungs
• low on calories and keep hunger away, which keeps us slimmer in the long run
• fiber is rich with pectin and helps improve blood lipids and help reduce the bad cholesterol
• good source of potassium that helps prevent fluid retention

So you see, maybe they are correct when they say, "An apple A day, will keep the doctor away."

Fraley vs. Facebook Email | Scam or Real?

Thousands have reported to have received an email "Fraley vs. Facebook Settlement", and I was among them. Real email or Scam?

At first, I hesitated to open it because the subject was simply, "legal notice." And I immediately thought it was a scam. Well, I clicked on it anyways, opened it up, read it.

This is what my email looked like:

Then began to do a few Google searches to see what I could find. And was surprised to learn it is a very real lawsuit. And that apparently my likeliness, along with thousands others, was used by Facebook to promote games such as Farmville through ads. This wouldn't be a problem normally, except Facebook did not get permission from me or apparently any of the others to use our likeliness for these purposes.
Although I suspect that the social media giants will weasel through this lawsuit like they do any other. I wish for this lawsuit to receive a punishment that will make them think twice before just throwing our pictures on anything for promotions, without permission. Although, I'm sure it wont, being as the said payout is approximately 20 million total, each claimant will probably only receive $10 each. Still though, at least the lawsuit will bring attention to the matter. And maybe, just maybe, Facebook will think twice before slapping our photo's on ads for their site without permission.

If you feel you may have been a target, you can register as a claimant here on or before May 2, 2013.