September 24, 2010
September 23, 2010
Mastercard
2 skytrain passes to Stadium Station: $5.
2 tickets to the Canucks vs Flames pre-season game: $100.
2 hotdogs and 2 Rickard's Reds: $24.
Watching our boys from the fourth row with the love of my life: priceless.
2 tickets to the Canucks vs Flames pre-season game: $100.
2 hotdogs and 2 Rickard's Reds: $24.
Watching our boys from the fourth row with the love of my life: priceless.
September 21, 2010
September 17, 2010
Rebecca's Riced Red Peppers
2 red peppers
half onion, diced
half zucchini, diced or shredded
2 tomatoes, diced
5 mushrooms, sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
half cup of rice (brown, white and wild)
few splashes of Worcestershire sauce
half cup feta
half cup grated chedder
half cup tomato sauce
cup of water
spices (salt, pepper, basil, oregano, etc)
1. Cut tops off peppers, clean out seeds and boil for 5 minutes. Drain and set aside.
2. Saute garlic and onions in a skillet for a few minutes. Add Worcestershire, tomatoes, zucchini and mushrooms. Add rice, water and spices. Mix. Cover and simmer for about 20 minutes or until rice is tender.
3. Add the feta, chedder and tomato sauce. Mix. Stuff each pepper with the mixture, adding a sprinkle of chedder to the tops of each pepper.
4. Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees or until the cheese is melted.
5. Enjoy with a salad and crusty bread.
half onion, diced
half zucchini, diced or shredded
2 tomatoes, diced
5 mushrooms, sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
half cup of rice (brown, white and wild)
few splashes of Worcestershire sauce
half cup feta
half cup grated chedder
half cup tomato sauce
cup of water
spices (salt, pepper, basil, oregano, etc)
1. Cut tops off peppers, clean out seeds and boil for 5 minutes. Drain and set aside.
2. Saute garlic and onions in a skillet for a few minutes. Add Worcestershire, tomatoes, zucchini and mushrooms. Add rice, water and spices. Mix. Cover and simmer for about 20 minutes or until rice is tender.
3. Add the feta, chedder and tomato sauce. Mix. Stuff each pepper with the mixture, adding a sprinkle of chedder to the tops of each pepper.
4. Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees or until the cheese is melted.
5. Enjoy with a salad and crusty bread.
September 10, 2010
Four Items
These four items have served me well over the past few days. I feel almost in the bloom of health again.
Picture Frames
I've been stopping by yard sales over the past few months and have collected a few picture frames. Now to fill them!
September 7, 2010
Back to School
"He writes like E.E. Cummings. Except worse." Said by student to her friends on the skytrain.
I'm suddenly very excited about going back to school.
I'm suddenly very excited about going back to school.
September 4, 2010
September 2, 2010
EATI
EATI: Equipment and Assistive Technology Iniative. It's really quite cool. This government funded program helps people with disabilities get the equipment and training they need to be able to work and live independently. Through this program, people with disabilities who have depended on others to be able to leave the house, have access to technology that allows them to explore and participate in their community. Can you imagine the ecstasy of being able to leave your home unaided, after years of laying on a bed unable to move? Some people who have been helped by EATI have pasts like that.
One man, who is now in his forties, was injured in a diving accident when he was a teenager. He broke his neck. He doesn't have control of his arms, legs or diaphram even. He underwent a tracheotomy so that he can breathe through a tube that enters directly into his trachea. He uses shoulder movements to force air into the tube, just as we use our diaphram to force air into our lungs. He has to consciously focus on making those movements though, or he'll run out of air.
But the most amazing technology this man has is his power wheelchair. I had never seen anything like it before I started working for BCITS. He has three tubes arranged near his mouth that are connected to the chair. By sipping or blowing he controls his chair. Different lengths and intensities of breath tell his chair to move back, forward or turn, fast or slow. It's amazing to watch. He gets around quite well and lives a very full and satisfying life.
We are so blessed to live in 2010 with this amazing technology available to us. For more information about EATI, visit the website.
One man, who is now in his forties, was injured in a diving accident when he was a teenager. He broke his neck. He doesn't have control of his arms, legs or diaphram even. He underwent a tracheotomy so that he can breathe through a tube that enters directly into his trachea. He uses shoulder movements to force air into the tube, just as we use our diaphram to force air into our lungs. He has to consciously focus on making those movements though, or he'll run out of air.
But the most amazing technology this man has is his power wheelchair. I had never seen anything like it before I started working for BCITS. He has three tubes arranged near his mouth that are connected to the chair. By sipping or blowing he controls his chair. Different lengths and intensities of breath tell his chair to move back, forward or turn, fast or slow. It's amazing to watch. He gets around quite well and lives a very full and satisfying life.
We are so blessed to live in 2010 with this amazing technology available to us. For more information about EATI, visit the website.
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