STONES
& ROSES
FEBRUARY 2007
NEWSLETTER
Lots of things this month: Reading, Tai Chi & Yoga, Automotive Stuff,
Honey, Mincemeat Recipes, and Arizona!
But first another advertisement for our 3rd Stones & Roses - A
Day for Women.
STONES &
ROSES - A DAY FOR WOMEN
SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2007
Our theme this year is "Humour" so come prepared to laugh, giggle,
smile, grin, guffaw, and chuckle.
We both hope that by the end of the day your cheeks will be sore and your
sides will ache and your endorphins will have soared.
Location: Willows Golf & Country Club, Nilestown
Gathering Time: 9am - 9:55am
Coffee & Muffins will be available
Welcome and Introductions: 10am
Carol Parkes will be our first guest speaker to be followed by Donna Costa
who will introduce you to "Laughing Yoga".
Lunch (menu to follow): 12 - 1pm
Post-lunch exercises will be led by Sharon Robb
The Rhythm Sisters: 1:30pm
We will wrap up the day by 2:30pm
$40.00
Thanks to those friends who have ordered their tickets already.
Tickets will be available by emailing Penny Wearne or Nancy Van Geel
The Stone Roses will be available again this year - some yellow roses; some black roses - $5.50 each
These are etched and painted by hand for us by Cheryl, owner and mastercraftswoman of "Custom Rock Creations".
ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS DAY OF LAUGHTER WILL BE DONATED TO CYSTIC FIBROSIS, LONDON CHAPTER.
Reading @ Riny’s
Bakery & Cafe
THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH
10AM – 11:30 AM
A PLACE and A TIME TO DISCUSS BOOKS AND AUTHORS
This month (February ) we will be discussing "The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night" by Mark Haddon.
I've linked the book's title to an interesting website that discusses this
book and the author.
TAI CHI
There have been Yang Tai Chi lessons going on at the East London Y (Dundas
Street East) for the past 4 weeks. Our group has learned (but not mastered)
the first 19 steps, some of which are: Grasp Sparrow's Tail, Single Whip,
and White Crane Spreads Its Wings. It has been a fun class and we are petitioning
to have it continue. Perhaps we'll become regular Tai Chi practitioners ..
kinda like those gals in "Calendar Girls".
YOGA
Bonnie Di Bernardo, a YMCA Certified Leader trained in Yoga, is starting a
Yoga class up at The Arrhianna Centre in Uniondale (Hwy. 19 north of Thamesford).
Classes start on Thursday, February 8th
Time is from 9:30 am - 10:45am
Cost is $50 for five classes.
Call Bonnie Di Bernardo to register at 519.268.7000
AUTOMOTIVE STUFF
A - REPAIRS
Had to get my autobody repaired last week so took it to Westman Collison for
a quote and then took it back for the work.. was very pleased with the work
when I picked up the car and very very pleased when I saw how they had detailed
the car inside. It had that new car smell again.
Westman Collision is located on Oxford Street East... just east of the Tim
Horton's.
B - TRUNK KRUTCH
Jo-Ann brought a strange looking metal rod into the Y one day before Christmas.
I ended up buying the metal rod (Jo-Ann should be in sales) and putting it
in Gary's Christmas stocking. The men in the family looked at it, discussed
it, critiqued it, and then all decided it was a good thing to have tucked
away in the trunk for those times when you need to bring home oversized packages.
In the picture below, the Trunk Krutch is the red bar holding up the trunk.
Go to the web site to read more
about it.
HONEY DO THIS, HONEY DO THAT
I've been putting honey on everything lately.... on my Cheerios, in my tea,
on my 99-grain toast!
Wild Blueberry Honey, Sweet Clover Honey, Goldenrod Honey.... they've got
all these at Clovermead (just north of Aylmer on Hwy. 73).
They have a Honey E-Newsletter and I gleaned this information from their latest
one....
Tired? Take a sip!
(from Women's World Magazine)
For energy that lasts hours, drink in
a teaspoon of honey. Researchers discovered that the sweet stuff is
just as effective at fighting fatigue as the pricey energy gels athletes
down. That’s because honey is a low-glycemic food that produces
a steady, sustained rise in blood sugar while averting the energy-sapping
blood sugar crashes caused by other sweet sources. As a bonus, honey’s
antimicrobial properties kill illness- and fatigue- inducing bacteria,
according to a study at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. |
Healing Honey Brew |
MINCEMEAT RECIPES
Deb had some great pumpkin-mincemeat bread for a coffee break at her house
last week. I asked her for the recipe and I'm going to share it with you here.
Now, the trick to her great pumpkin mincemeat bread is that her mincemeat
is homemade with green tomatoes. September is too many sleeps away so I might
have to make this loaf with the boughten kind of mincemeat.
Green Tomato Mincemeat 16 medium green tomatoes 16 medium apples 4 cups seedless raisins 1/2 cup mixed peel 4 1/2 cups sugar (1/2 white, 1/2 brown) 4 tsp. salt 2/3 cup vinegar 1 cup chopped suet 2 tbsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. cloves 1 tsp. nutmeg Wash tomatoes, remove cores and put through food chopper. Wash, peel, and core apples and put through food chopper. Combine all ingredients in a big pot and bring to a boil. Boil uncovered for 30-40 minutes stirring often. Pour intohot sterilized jars, seal, and process in a hot water bath. If you would rather freeze the mincemeat, cool before filling containers for the freezer. |
Mince Pumpkin Loaf |
TEXAS, ARIZONA, NEVADA
Off we go to Arizona for a late winter vacation. In a few weeks Gary and I
will drive down to the southwest and spend time in places like San Antonio
(Texas), Sierra Vista and Tucson and Yuma (Arizona), Laughlin and Vegas (Nevada).
We'll be stopping in at the Alamo,
Kitt Peak Observatory, Ramsey
Canyon Preserve, San Xavier
del Bac Mission, Arizona-Sonora
Desert Museum, and lots of other places. I'm going shopping for a flute
in Tucson and have already connected with a flute maker over the internet.
Great sounding flutes... I'm enjoying thinking of how much Gary's going to
love this as we travel northward!
CATCHYALATER...
Penny
Clicking on the title at the top of the page will take
you back to the Main Stones & Roses webpage.