Saturday, November 08, 2008

Too Busy To Cook Your Holiday Meal, Tallahassee?




Too Busy To Cook Your Holiday Meal?


Canopy Rose Catering offers the best of all worlds with it's fabulous Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinner-To-Go Program. Canopy Rose Catering even offers special food for dieters in the Tallahassee area by special request.


Why go out to a restaurant- when you can have a great catered feast in your own home! You provide the setting- Canopy Rose Catering will provide the food! You'll even get the best part- LEFTOVERS for midnight snacks!


Canopy Rose Catering has brought back it's delicious Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinners-To-Go / Catering Services!


Please call Kathi at 850-539-7750 to check on availability.


The Thanksgiving menu includes such classic tried-and-true favorites as:

Holiday Sliced Turkey

Traditional Southern Cornbread Dressing

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Sweet Potato Souffle

Green Bean Casserole

Yellow Squash Casserole

Mixed Greens with Fresh Fruit ~ Sweet & Jazzy Dressing

Tuscany Cheese Spread

Pumpkin Cheesecake and a whole lot more!


Please visit http://www.canopyrose.com/ for more holiday menu ideas or call the offices of Canopy Rose Catering at 850-539-7750.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

There is always a great sense of accomplishment when we come to the final stages of a project, especially if that project was a challenging one with it's own share of fits and starts.

Dieting is a major accomplishment that offers a bevy of benefits to the ones who are successful.

Even if your past success has been limited... rememberthis- today is a new day. Today is a beautiful day to start anew! You can still be successful one day at a time!

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We have to be able to say, "NO" to the things in life that just don't work for us!

Many of my generation and earlier were taught that we shouldn't say no, that maybe it wasn't polite or maybe it wasn't the Christian thing to do.

When someone asked something of us, we should try to accomodate them.

Well, that seems like some bad advice!

A good decision making tool is the divine triangle.

The divine triangle has three points.

We ask ourselves first of all is this decision glorifying to God.

Is this decision for the good of others?

Is this decision in my best interest? Or will doing so cause my triangle to get skewered?

The world is full of things that will bring glory to God, but is something God is asking me to do ?????

Let your own personal relationship with God be your compass and you'll never go wrong!

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Every dime counts when you are struggling to make ends meet.

It never ceases to amaze me how often people will ask and expect others for donations for their pet causes- maybe a starving child in a third world country, to help bankroll their mission trip or some other cause that God has placed on their heart. These are all excellent causes.

But the problem is when these people are so blind to the needs of others within their own circle of influence. They see that someone is struggling and yet they still ask for help.

One woman in my church called me almost daily for business donations to her causes, even though I told her I was going through a very lean period. She didn't care. Her objective was making her donation quota.

This woman who is actually quite wealthy, has the power to bankroll her own mission trip... why, oh why, is she begging for donations from someone who is struggling to get by? It is beyond the scope of my imagination... but as you can probably tell, the whole scenario disturbs me!

Call me once, fine. Call me twice, maybe. But call me more than that and you can write-off my support and FORGET IT!

I have my own God-ordained calls on my resources, I do not need to be innundated with YOURS! funny t-shirts
Tomorrow, I embark on a new journey. I have said adios to the one who became my stumbling block, the one who was another red herring.

Why is this world full of red herrings? Do they serve a useful purpose in the overall scheme of things? Perhaps they serve as a traffic control of sorts, slowing us down while God works out the timing of his divine orchestration.

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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Tallahassee caterer, Canopy Rose Catering offers delicious and innovative heart-healthy solutions for holiday catering.

Just let us know that you are interested in "light catering" when you call, since all of of our foods are not low-fat!

We are always hapy to tweak any recipe to be more diet-friendly!

A full list of our menus and services can be be found at www.canopyrose.com

Want to be on our mailing list? Send your contact info to canopyrose@aol.com

Saturday, October 04, 2008

Carrying around extra weight takes a real toll on the body. Sometimes we just get use to the extra weight and feel a strange sense of comfort with it's presence in our life. Perhaps the fat is like a security blanket of sorts, protecting us from things.

I don't really know for sure. But I have my suspicions.

Granted everyone usually wants to be thin... they want to look great, they want to feel great.

So what is the problem? Could it be a problem that is so deeply rooted in one's past with issues all their own?

Is a weight problem more aligned with the need for the assistance of a mental health counselor than for a weight loss counselor? Or should both be part of the solution?

Why can't I just do it on my own? I'm smart! I'm savvy! I'm beyond CAPABLE! I have accomplished things in my lifetime, far beyond what I could have ever dreamt possible...
I am continually astonished by the brilliant and creative brain I've been blessed with... so why does this weight problem continue to interfere with my life?

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My treadmill will probably last a thousand years at the rate that I'm using it. It is so easy to use it... so why then do I avoid it?

Maybe I need to do something creative... something out of the box about using it.

Oh I've tried. I have a VCR player hooked up near it and sometimes I'll pop in a video to keep me busy. Boring!

I need to invest in some more high tech toys maybe or even simple cable might do the job.

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It is not like I'm really hungry. It is rather like I just want to crunch.

This has truly got to be a food addiction or compulsion.

How can we break free of these destructive tendencies that can literally kill us?

When I get in the munching and crunching mode, I'm hard pressed to get out of it.

There must be some strategies that can be successfully implemented.

Why this stupid desire to pour food into the body- food that the body simply does not need.

Why can't I just treat my mouth as I do the fuel cap on my car???? Opening it only when it truly needs a refilling. I should pray on this! appetite suppresant
Real power steering comes from a source far greater than self. I can steer all I want, but what I've discovered that no matter how much I try to steer the course of my life, it pales in comparison to the divine course that understands my purpose for existence and will ultimately steer me towards that divine direction that will bring me home.

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It is never too early to start planning your Thanksgiving celebration.

Last year I was up to my eyeballs in boxes and moving during Thanksgiving, so unfortunately any special celebration to mark the day simply didn't happen.

I had several wonderful offers to spend the day with different friends, but when you are on a tight, tight, tight schedule like I was - the very notion of spending a leisurely day stuffing oneself just doesn't compute.

Now this year is another story! I intend to do Thanksgiving up in style! Thanksgiving recipes

Friday, October 03, 2008

Find Tallahassee Caterers For Dieters

Tallahassee caterer, Canopy Rose Catering offers delicious, heart-healthy fare for dieters and others who are on restricted diets.

Either call the offices of Canopy Rose Catering at 850-539-7750 or visit the tallahassee catering website at www.canopyrose.com

Since not all of the food is light, please make sure to request items from the Canopy Rose Light & Luscious Menu.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

"You are not going to major in philosophy!" My dad declared. "It would be a useless degree in the real world."

I had found a subject matter that rocked my boat, but the minute I shared my desire to be a Philosophy major with my authoritarian father, he shot the idea down.

"It's not going to happen."

There I was trying to figure out my way in a confusing world and one of the few subjects that touched me on the deepest level was unacceptable to the bill payer.

And thirty years later, I still have that fire in my heart for the ancient philosophical discourses that I was first introduced to in an Introductory college Philosophy course.

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When we grow up time seems to fly.

Where does the day go? Where does the month go ? Where or where does the year go?

One day we look back and it's not the days or the weeks or the months or the years... but it's the decades gone that befuddles us.

Did we use our decades in ways that delight us or did we spill our time in ways that shed deep, dark rays of disappointment through our inner most soul.

Perhaps it is time to take stock, pull out the sheaths of inventory and the ink of honesty.

"What if" ... we ask ourselves. What if our chosen path had been different? Our choices become our life. A right choice ... will it lead to inner delight and the wrong choice... will it lead to inner disappointment?

Or do all our combined choices, the good and the bad... all wash clean in the washing machine of life?

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As a business owner, I'm always interested in knowing about effective low cost ways to keep my name in front of my customers.

Calendars, notepads, pay per click google ads, radio advertising, newspaper ads, regional glossy magazines, promotional pens... I've tried my fair share.

Any number of combinations are likely to work. The important thing to remember is that you should design a strategy that you will truly implement. There is nothing worse than finding a drawer or box full of expired calendars that obviously never got distributed! Ouch!

Plan you work THEN WORK YOUR PLAN! And like anything that is strategically implemented day after day- you will see RESULTS!

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

With autumn quickly approaching, my tastes turn to harvest foods, roasted meats and rich and deeply nurturing flavors.


As I write this a chicken roasts in the oven, sending delicious drifts of aroma through the building.

On the top shelf of the oven, a small pan of Minnesota Wild Rice bubbles away.

Lunch today will be a Wild Rice Salad with Chicken, Diced Apple, Mandarin Oranges and Pecans.

Yum! Diet?

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Let's weigh in on cream cheese. Everyone knows that to make a dish lighter we can substitute fat-free cream cheese for the full-fat variety.

But is it worth it? Should we do it? Should we sacrifice the exquisite flavor of a special dish by using substitutions?

Personally, I do not like the taste of most fat-free ingredients, with cream cheese being right at the top of the list.

On the other hand, whenever I buy something such as cool whip or other non-dairy whipped toppings, I always reach for the fat-free. Same with ice cream and frozen yogurt... I love the fat free variety.

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Sunday, August 17, 2008

Bye Bye Fat!

They say the more water you drink, the easier it is to flush the fat from your body.

I've been putting away so much water, I nearly feel I could float away!

But believe me I am not complaining one inch! In fact I am ecstatic that I'm chugging away! The only thing is I can't get too far away from the potty...if you know what I mean. Flush, flush flush! Bye bye fat!

Plenty of water is great for my complexion, too. My skin always looks especially pretty and glowing when I get lots and lots of clear H2O. blemish acne cream
I'm sold on nutritional supplements. For about the last 5 months I stopped taking all the vitamins and nutritional supplements.

Boy what a huge mistake.

I've really learned my lesson, BIG TIME!

Not only did I pack on the pounds because I was constantly hungry, but I had zero energy. Exhaustion would meet me at the breakfast table and worsen as the day progressed. In the evening my heart would burn, just like it did before I started the program.

Now, I've only been back on the program for a few days and

1.) I have amazing energy

2.) I feel like a million bucks

3.) I'm drinking a ton of water

4.) Whatever that bout of depression that was hovering over me has disappeared

5.) I'm OK about my relapse and all my gained weight. I'm just going to pick myself up and start again!

At first when I started putting on the weight I didn't want to see anyone. But all that did was make matters worse. So finally I said I'm coming out of the closet on this weight gain and I am confident that this is the best thing in the world for me!

What is done is done... and today is a new day! Today is the day to reach towards one's dreams! weight loss pill

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Don't you wish you could eat anything your little heart desired and not gain an ounce?

I know I do.

Unfortunately, for most of us the calorie equation doesn't work like that. We have to pay a price for our calories, fat grams and sugar.

I think this is one of the concepts I have not been able to grasp in the way I should. Of course in my head I understand this concept. But somewhere the connection is faulty.

Somewhere there is a disconnect between that ice cream that calls my name and what I want to achieve. I certainly do not want to achieve obesity, health issues, diabetes, and an unattractive body that doesn't look good in clothes and looks even worse in the buff.

Why I ask, do I get these moments of deep hunger when nothing else seems to matter, except feeding that internal beast. funny t shirts