RESOLUTIONS

Online Thesaurus.com says that the word Resolutions belongs in Category 1 and means Acts of Volition or determination and strong will. There are a few other words that I will take for my own this year: boldness, constancy, courage, fixed purpose, fortitude, mettle, moxie, resolve, spirit, tenacity, willpower and decisiveness. 

 

Dictionary.com has this to say about the word,

1. Noun: a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization; a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.

2. A resolve or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something.

3. The act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc.

4. The mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose.

5. The act or process of resolving or separating into constituent or elementary parts.

 

Being the first day of the New Year everyone will welcome it with the usual round of resolutions, the promises we make and break to ourselves, our loved ones and possibly the Lord too. I've always considered it to be a silly tradition because tradition is what it has become. Instead, may I suggest making a choice of a few words that have a meaning or power to you and setting your will on them. Its just too easy to go back on our word and the resolution that seemed so powerful and life-changing at first, is suddenly drained dry when we really don't feel like following through on it anymore, which will inevitably happen. 

 

Why make promises when a single word can carry more power and purpose in it, especially if you have certain goals to meet this year. Mine are simple because simple is easier to achieve...

 

1.   Save $2,080 by the end of 2013 (I already have $240). Seems small, doesn't it; but when you have obligations to meet and a budget to plan, working this in is HUGE.

2.   Read my Bible daily. (I finished Isaiah last November). I start 2013 with Jeremiah. 

3.   Work on a few personal goals.

4.   Start writing my stories again and get them finished by the end of the year in manuscript form. 

Well, so far so good... its only day 1.

Catspaw

   

 

 

HANDS UP ~ ANYONE WHO CAN AFFORD TO THROW OUT FOOD!

What! There's no-one!

I went through my fridge this morning in my usual monthly purge and came across some still recognizable vegetables. 'Soup' ~ they screamed at me! Soup it was.

Presenting -- The vegetables that were crying 'SOUP' ~~~

Ok, so everyone has vegetables that have seen better days lurking in their refrigerator bins but, what the heck do you do with them after they reach this stage? If you are anything like me and are loth to throw anything that is still useable out, you will appreciate this little maneuver to avoid burning a $20 dollar bill !

Because after peeling and discarding what can't be used, these worn out veggies take on another appearance - a usable one.

And the parsnip that you'd likely throw out; take another look:

under the skin is a parsnip begging not to be tossed, but chopped and added to a soup or stew.

So, lets get going here...

Here are my  prepped, seen-better-days vegetables looking pretty good and ready for use.

Saute using spray vegetable oil, spices, garlic, onion and frozen tomato paste (more on that in a later blog).

My helpful husband pouring in the prepared broth; I prepare this in a different way as well, more in a later blog.

Here I've added slightly wilted onion greens 

Presto! Vegetable Soup for dinner on a cold and snowy evening; in from work from the blast of winter! 

Enjoy.

Catspaw