Blog Reading Tips
Hello to my faithful readers! I wanted to give a few tips for those of you who are still learning how this whole blog thing works.
If you’re like me, I often forget to check websites that I indend to visit often, and especially blogs. That’s why these two features have helped save my social media life….
1. Google Reader. If you have a Google account, you can sign up to use Google Reader. This is a site that makes reading blogs very easy. Instead of visiting each web page, it funnels all of the new posts into one place. Consider it your own personal news ticker, except for blogs. To use Google Reader, read this.
2. Email Subscriptions! You’ll see a small box to the right of my blog that says “Email Subscription.” This means that every time I post on the blog, you’ll receive an email with the content. It’s a great way to stay connected while you’re on-the-go, and still keep caught up with all that’s happening out there!
Hope that helps some of you who might be looking for a way to keep up! There is hope! Enjoy!
SemiColon Props for Grandma
Today’s the day for another SemiColon Props. (To see who’s received the honor in the past, click here and here.)
Today, the props goes out to my good friend Amy … or should I say her grandma. This baby blows garden gnomes and bird fountains out of the water in the world of outdoor decorating. Take that Pier 1!
Patio Furniture?
Ask Dr. T
Ever wonder about those new colon cleanse diets and if they’re really healthy for you?
Curious about how many times you should be going #2 every day?
Wondering what kind of diet you should be on?
Well… Ask Dr. T!
The SemiColon Blog is excited to announce a partnership with my doctor and friends at Midwest Gastroenterology. Just like Dr. Oz, but better, Dr. Taormina and his practice have agreed to help answer some of your most embarrassing questions on our blog! Get advice and tips from a local doctor here in the Kansas City area! Ask him anything and everything, and don’t worry, you won’t gross him out. He gives colonoscopies for a living now.
Submit your questions by emailing me at SemiColonCommunications@gmail.com or leave a comment (it will not be posted!) We’ll choose a few questions to answer each month, so if you don’t see your answer this month, keep checking back!!
This is going to be so fun, I can’t wait! Please ask away, and lets work together to make digestive health a priority!
p.s. I realize not everyone is as excited to associate their name to poo, or other GI issues, as I am. For that reason, you questions will be anonymous on the blog. 🙂
Favorite Foods
Hmmm, what to blog about.
Well, food is on my mind tonight. I feel so fortunate these days that I can still enjoy all kinds of food. While some give easier… results … than others, I can still eat just about anything. I am so thankful for that.
So, in the spirit of food, here are my top 5 favorite foods (at least as of today) … in no particular order.
1. Pizza – Margherita or cheese these days. Especially from Spin or Waldo Pizza.
2. Thai noodles w/ a soy sauce
3. Cake, cupcakes and more cake
4. Sopapillas w/ honey
5. Did I mention cake?
Ok now I listed mine, let’s hear some of yours…..
My Five Favorites
… from this past weekend’s Eat Local food expo. Thanks to the Kansas City Food Circle for putting this on!
1. All of the people!
Mike and I both were amazed at how many people, and different types of people, were at the food expo. It was awesome to feel like we were part of a larger community who valued the same thing – local, quality food. It was awesome!
2. Cranberry bushes!
We had no idea that you can grow cranberry bushes in the area. As we walked around, we learned all kinds of new things about what can be grown locally. While we don’t have our backyard ready to go for it yet, it gave us great ideas for the future! (and opened our eyes to how much fun this can be…)
3. Familiar faces … sort of.
We learned about the expo thanks to our pals at Fresh Connect. Not only did we see them there, but we also saw some of the people who work at Wells Family Farm and Schenker Family Farm, the two places where most of our meat comes from these days. So fun to put faces to the name, or package of hamburger in our case.
4. Breakfast… yummmmmmm.
We arrived hungry, and I was praying that there would be something we could eat for breakfast. Thanks to the Bread of Life’s table, we were in luck. We shared some awesome vegan zucchini bread and then drooled over all of their other selections. So good.
5. New Date Night Ideas!
If you know Mike & I very well, you know we try to have a weekly date night. Walking through the expo gave us some great new ideas, with our favorite being the New Earth Gardens in Bates City, MO. When you visit, they have a “U-Pick it” program where you go through the farm and pick what you want. They are growing so much stuff right now, it’s crazy cool. We can’t wait to try it out!
Eat Local Expo
Helping put the word out there for fellow local food connoisseurs … or those thinking about making the dive…..
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