Camy Tang's Blog, page 136
April 9, 2012
Dogs on board the Titanic
While the movie only made me cry, the historical articles on the Titanic are super interesting. In this one about the dogs on the Titanic, the story about the Great Dane made my cry. :(
Any money saving tips for grocery shopping?
We're really fortunate in that we subscribe to an organic co-op, Live Earth Farm, where we pick up a basket of organic veggies every week. We don't get to pick which veggies we receive, but there's always a good variety and we've learned to eat veggies I wouldn't normally buy at the grocery store. It allows for a lot of really good variety in our diet, because typically I'd buy the same veggies every week.Where we really spend money is on meats. I don't know if this is only true in California, but meat is incredibly expensive.
Chicken and pork are both cheaper than beef, but my problem is that I have noticed several things;
1) If I eat only chicken, beans, and soy products, I start to feel run down. I'm not sure why, especially since the chicken I eat has no growth hormones. I need to eat beef at least once every two or three days or else I get that run down feeling.
2) My stomach reacts badly to pork. I can eat maybe an once or two, but any more than that and my stomach becomes acidic and upset.
3) I detest fish. I am allergic to crab.
4) All this is compounded by the fact that I don't like eating protein that much and I have to struggle to get enough.
Yes, I know, whine, whine, whine. Anyway, I came across this article (via Yahoo.com) on how to save money at the grocery store and was excited about it since we seem to spend so much on meat. It was informative on some things I didn't know, like the number 9 in front of item codes for organic stuff, and the stuff about dry goods, bread and milk.
Do you have any money saving tips?
Smoked lamb for Easter dinner
Forgive me, I have to brag on my hubby a little. Captain Caffeine smoked a lamb in his smoker for Easter dinner and here's the pics!
He used a garlic and rosemary-infused olive oil to coat it, plus he added some sliced garlic and rosemary on the skin.
It turned out perfectly medium rare.
Naturally, Snickers was hovering.
And a little too interested in droppage.
For me, Easter has always had good food and family. I couldn't be with my family this year, but we definitely had good food!
How about you? What did you do for Easter?
He used a garlic and rosemary-infused olive oil to coat it, plus he added some sliced garlic and rosemary on the skin.
It turned out perfectly medium rare.
Naturally, Snickers was hovering.
And a little too interested in droppage.
For me, Easter has always had good food and family. I couldn't be with my family this year, but we definitely had good food!
How about you? What did you do for Easter?
Harry Potter on ebook!!!!
Can you tell I'm excited??!!!!!!! It's very interesting--you click to buy it on BN.com, which takes you to Pottermore.com where you register and then buy it via credit card, and then on Pottermore.com you click to download the ebook and authorize it to send the ebook to your BN.com account. It's fantastic! I hope this also prevents people from illegally distributing these ebooks. That's the only thing I hate about ebooks--it's so easy for people to rob the authors and post free downloads of books.
April 8, 2012
Happy Easter!
I'm leading worship this morning for our Easter service and here's one of the songs I'll be playing! I love the chorus because it speaks to us as the church to rise up from slumber and apathy to new life in Christ. I am praying for true revival in the church!
Christ is Risen
Let no one caught in sin remain
Inside the lie of inward shame
But fix our eyes upon the cross
And run to Him
Who showed great love
And bled for us
Freely You've bled for us
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with Him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Beneath the weight of all our sin
You bowed to none but heaven's will
No scheme of hell, no scoffer's crown
No burden great can hold You down
In strength You reign
Forever let Your church proclaim
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with Him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
O death, where is your sting?
O hell, where is your victory?
O church, come stand in the light
The glory of God has defeated the night
Sing out
O death, where is your sting
O hell, where is your victory
O church, come stand in the light
Our God is not dead
He's alive! He's alive!
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with Him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
By Matt Maher, Mia Fieldes Copyright © 2009 Thankyou Music / Spiritandsong.com Publishing /Mia Fieldes/Hillsong Publishing
Christ is Risen
Let no one caught in sin remain
Inside the lie of inward shame
But fix our eyes upon the cross
And run to Him
Who showed great love
And bled for us
Freely You've bled for us
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with Him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Beneath the weight of all our sin
You bowed to none but heaven's will
No scheme of hell, no scoffer's crown
No burden great can hold You down
In strength You reign
Forever let Your church proclaim
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with Him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
O death, where is your sting?
O hell, where is your victory?
O church, come stand in the light
The glory of God has defeated the night
Sing out
O death, where is your sting
O hell, where is your victory
O church, come stand in the light
Our God is not dead
He's alive! He's alive!
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with Him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
By Matt Maher, Mia Fieldes Copyright © 2009 Thankyou Music / Spiritandsong.com Publishing /Mia Fieldes/Hillsong Publishing
April 7, 2012
Goodbye,Thomas Kincade
How sad! He died yesterday. I didn't realize he lived in the Bay Area. Not that I would have visited his house or anything. :) Any of you have favorite paintings of his?
April 6, 2012
May you be filled with Jesus this Good Friday.
"The centre of salvation is the Cross of Jesus, and the reason it is so easy to obtain salvation is because it cost God so much." --Oswald Chambers
I don't want to see Whitney's autopsy report
Whitney Houston was A.MA.ZING. But having her autopsy report available for anyone to see seems kind of an invasion of privacy. I feel a bit nasty just thinking about it. Poor Whitney.
Gardeners: Any advice for the Infamous Black Thumb?
I have confessed my black thumb before and made some of you cringe at my sloppy gardening, but this article I saw on Yahoo made me wonder if I should exert myself and get a couple of these plants in our home, since they help detoxify the air. The peace lily is pretty but I wonder how hard it is to care for. Will it go the way of my cyclamen? Any of you gardeners have advice for me?
