Stationery Service Outage…
Author: Wes | Filed under: Site Information Wednesday Aug 27,2008Hi Stationery Friend,
Sorry about the subject line, but we needed to make sure those of you with our RSS Feed seen this.
Kathy and Wes are on the road back to Washington State (Spokane) for the next 3 days and we will only be able to check mail intermittently.
If you need anything before about Monday… please be patient as we’ll need some extra time to see your mail and help you out.
Thanks in advance for you patience.
Until next week…
Kathy and Wes
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FREE Stationery Says Banana’s
Author: kwaddell | Filed under: FREE Stationery, Site Information Sunday Aug 17,2008Subject: Bananas-The Amazing Fruit!
Kathy and I thought this was pretty interesting. We eat a lot of bananas here at our house and after reading this… we both hope you do, too!
Thanks to Barbara and Bobbie Mitchell for passing this on to us.
A professor at CCNY for a physiological psych class told his class about bananas. He said the expression ‘going bananas’ is from the effects that bananas have on the brain.
Read on:
Never, put your banana in the refrigerator!!! It can kill some of the effects…
You’re going to find this very interesting. After reading this, you’ll never look at a banana in the same way again.
Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.
Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world’s leading athletes. But energy isn’t the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.
Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.
PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.
Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.
Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit’s ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.
Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school ( England ) were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power.
Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.
Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.
Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.
Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.
Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.
Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.
Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.
Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a ‘cooling’ fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.
Smoking &Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.
Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body’s water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.
Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!
Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!
So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, ‘A banana a day keeps the doctor away!’
PS: Bananas must be the reason monkeys are so happy all the time! Barbary also added one here; she said if you want a quick shine on our shoes… Take the INSIDE of the banana skin, and rub directly on the shoe… then just polish with dry cloth. Amazing fruit!!!
P.S.S: Kathy also wanted me to let you know that she just added FREE Digital Stationery Template downloads Patriotic 873 through 878 to: www.Free-Stationery.com and www.1-Computer-Stationery.com.
Get them anytime with no signups and nothing to buy… ever!
Kathy and Wes
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Laughing Goats…
Author: kwaddell | Filed under: FREE Stationery, Site Information Wednesday Aug 6,2008
Hi Scrapbook and Stationery Friend,
Kathy and I took our two oldest granddaughters, 10 and 7, to the Elbert County Fair here in Colorado this last weekend. As you can see to our left, everyone was having so much fun… even the Goats were laughing!
This one loved the girls and was making all kinds of faces and noises at them.
If you wish, you can click on the image to get a larger version of the image in a new window or tab.
Not only did we get to see and interact with lots of different animals, we had a great time watching the two rodeo’s that day. Yes, there were two different rodeo’s on the same day!
They had a regular rodeo that most everyone is used to seeing with roping, riding and barrel racing such as in the image to the right we took of the Rodeo Queen’s division of barrel racing.
Yes, you can click on that barrel racing photo and get a larger version.
The second rodeo was a “Ranch Rodeo”. It has events that are in line with what they really do on a working ranch. Events such as culling cattle, team roping and branding with a paint marker (that’s just one event.) Here’s an image of one of the teams culling (separating) one of the numbered cows. As a team of 4 riders approaches the heard of about 18 numbered cows, the anouncer calls out one of the numbers and the team must then seperate that one cow from the rest of the heard.
Next, they must get it across the line (where the flagman is at on the fence), rope it by the head and rear feet (just like in team roping in a standard rodeo) and finally mark the cows rear end with a paint marker to simulate branding the animal. All this while keeping the cow from rejoining the 
heard. If it gets back into the heard… it’s a no time.
They also had an event that was almost the same, but instead of roping both ends, they can only rope the head and then must brand (with a paint marker) the cow by getting off the horse and holding it steady by hand.
We enjoyed the “Ranch Rodeo” just as much or even more than the regular one. It was amazing how often the cows won! It’s tough with only 4 riders and such a large arena to keep the determined cow from getting back into the heard. The teams that did succeed were very skilled and no one had times under two minutes.
So, if you haven’t been to your local fair lately, you’re in for guite a treat and a really good time when you go. We sure had a great day!
Kathy and Wes
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Dirty Old Men Getting Old… Jokes
Author: kwaddell | Filed under: Site Information Wednesday Jul 30,2008Subject: Dirty Old Men Getting Old….
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The boss walked into the office one morning not knowing his zipper was down and his fly area wide open. His assistant walked up to him and said, ‘This morning when you left your house, did you close your garage door?’ The boss told her he knew he’d closed the garage door, and walked into his office puzzled by the question.
As he finished his paperwork, he suddenly noticed his fly was open, and zipped it up. He then understood his assistant’s question about his ‘garage door.’
He headed out for a cup of coffee and paused by her desk to ask, ‘When my garage door was open, did you see my Hummer parked in there?’
She smiled and said, ‘No, I didn’t. All I saw was an old mini van with two flat tires.’
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An elderly gentleman… Had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of new hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%
The elderly gentleman went back in a month later to the doctor and the doctor said, ‘Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again.’
The gentleman replied, ‘Oh, I haven’t told my family yet… I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I’ve changed my will three times!’
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Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turns to the other and says: ‘Slim, I’m 83 years old now and I’m just full of aches and pains. I know you’re about my age. How do you feel?’
Slim says, ‘I feel just like a newborn baby.’
‘Really!? Like a newborn baby!?’
‘Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.’
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An elderly couple had dinner at another couple’s house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen.
The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, ‘Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great. I would recommend it very highly.’
The other man said, ‘What is the name of the restaurant?’
The first man thought and thought and finally said, ‘What is the name of that flower you give to someone you love? You know… The one that’s red and has thorns.’
‘Do you mean a rose?’
‘Yes, that’s the one,’ replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, ‘Rose, what’s the name of that restaurant we went to last night?’
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Hospital regulations require a wheel chair for patients being discharged.
However, while working as a student nurse, I found one elderly gentleman
already dressed and sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet, who insisted he didn’t need my help to leave the hospital.
After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly let me wheel him to the elevator.
On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him.
‘I don’t know,’ he said. ‘She’s still upstairs in the bathroom changing out of her hospital gown.’
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Couple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things. During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they’re physically okay, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember.
Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair.
‘Want anything while I’m in the kitchen?’ he asks.
‘Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?’
‘Sure.’
‘Don’t you think you should write it down so you can remember it?’ she asks.
‘No, I can remember it.’
‘Well, I’d like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write it down, so’s not to forget it?’
He says, ‘I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries. ‘
‘I’d also like whipped cream. I’m certain you’ll forget that, write it down?’ she asks.
Irritated, he says, ‘I don’t need to write it down, I can remember it! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream * I got it, for goodness sake!’
Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, The old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs.
She stares at the plate for a moment… ‘Where’s my toast ?’
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A senior citizen said to his eighty-year old buddy: ‘So I hear you’re getting married?’
‘Yep!’
‘Do I know her?’
‘Nope!’
‘This woman, is she good looking?’
‘Not really.’
‘Is she a good cook?’
‘Naw, she can’t cook too well.’
‘Does she have lots of money?’
‘Nope! Poor as a church mouse.’
‘Well, then, is she good in bed?’
‘I don’t know.’
‘Why in the world do you want to marry her then?’
‘Because she can still drive!’
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Three old guys are out walking. First one says, ‘Windy, isn’t it?’
Second one says, ‘No, it’s Thursday!’
Third one says, ‘So am I. Let’s go get a beer.’
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A man was telling his neighbor, ‘I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but it’s state of the art. It’s perfect.’
‘Really,’ answered the neighbor. ‘What kind is it?’
‘Twelve thirty.’
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Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical.
A few days later, the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with a gorgeous young woman on his arm.
A couple of days later, the doctor spoke to Morris and said, ‘You’re really doing great, aren’t you?’
Morris replied, ‘Just doing what you said, Doc: ‘Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.”
The doctor said, ‘I didn’t say that. I said, ‘You’ve got a heart murmur; be careful.’
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One more. . .!
A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlor and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool…
After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split.
The waitress asked kindly, ‘Crushed nuts?’
‘No,’ he replied, ‘Arthritis.’
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Vacation Travel Stationery Downloads
Author: Wes | Filed under: FREE Stationery Wednesday Jul 23,2008
Kathy just finished loading the new FREE digital travel and vacation stationery downloads for you.
These ones have a boating or cruise theme to them.
You’ll find that they are in PDF, MS Word template format and as a simple .JGP image that you can use to create your own stationeries and/or digital computer scrapbook page backgrounds with.
We’ll be working on the Lion, Tiger, Cougar and BIG CAT stationery and scrapbook page backgrounds later today. We’ll see if we can get them posted for you before the weekend.
Hope you got a chance to see the BIG CAT photos we posted as an update to the Lion Loose Near Our Home article. Kathy had a great birthday and totally loved being around the tigers, cougars, leapards, lions and other exotic animals that they had at the preserve.
Have a great journaling day…
Kathy and Wes
P.S. Here’s the link to the Travel Stationery Section for you: Travel Stationery Downloads The new stationeries are on Travel Page 2.
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Lion Loose Near our House Photo Update…
Author: Wes | Filed under: Site Information Sunday Jul 20,2008Hi,
Today, July 20th is Kathy’s birthday. So, we got up early and headed out to take a tour of the wild lion preserve that we just found out is only 10 minutes from our home just east of Colorado Springs.
The people of “Big Cats of Serenity Springs” were great, and the tour was not only educational, but quite fun. We got some great photos to turn into scrapbook pages and digital stationery for you all.
Here’s one of the lions they have. This is the big guy that you see in the King Sooper’s Grocery Store commercial walking through the meat department…
You are welcome to click on the image for a larger view in a new window.
This was at 9am and it was already over 80 degrees out. But, most of the big cats came out to greet us anyway.
Most of these cats have been rescued from illegal private owners, magic acts and retired film animals. Even so, you can understand why these big cats are not to be trusted.
Even our volunteer tour guide that has been helping out at the preserve for years doesn’t go inside the cages.
They also have North American native cats such as this Cougar. He was resting comfortably in the shade, but kept a keen eye on us… especially the young children in the group.
It’s very clear now why the rangers in areas where the big cats are present tell you to keep your young children between you and not to let them run and play on their own. This cat became very vigalent when one of the babies began crying. While they have mostly been raised around humans and are very well fed, the natural instincts do take over from time to time.
Again, just click on the image if you wish to see a larger version in a new window.
Can you see the concentration in his eyes as he watches the small child?
Last one for today…
This white Tiger was one that Mike Tyson used to own and spar with. One day, as the story goes, he decided to spar with the big cat alone without his handler. The cat took Mike Tyson down and pined him to the floor with Mike’s head in his mouth. The cat wasn’t trying to hurt him, she was just doing what she would do with one of her cubs in the wild who got a little unruley. She held him down and was telling him to be good.
After Mike was rescued, it made for a great story. Unfortunately, he told it to a sports writer who published it in an article on Mike Tyson. Mike was applying for a license to keep the cats. Well, as you can imagine, once the story hit the media, there was no way the license was going to be approved and Mike’s cats came to live at Serenity Springs.
Bottom line, if you are ever around Colorado Springs, give the folks at the Big Cats of Serenity Springs a call and make arrangements for a tour. You’ll be so glad you did and you’ll be helping a great cause at the same time.
If you would like to make a donation, here’s the link to their website:
http://www.bigcatsofserenitysprings.org/
They could really use your help in building more and updated shelters along with providing large livestock tanks for the cats to swim in.
If you live in the Colorado Springs area, they take meat and fish donations every day to help offset the 10 pounds per cat per day that they need to feed these big cats.
Look for the new stationery and scrapbook background pages coming in the next few days…
Happy Birthday Kathy!
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