GRANOLA FRUIT TORTE
Pour 1 can of your favorite pie filling into an oven safe pie dish. Cover with layer of granola and bake according to pie filling directions. (May be served hot or chilled and can be served with dollops of plain or vanilla yogurt)

SUPER FRUIT SALAD
1 cup berries or grapes 1 sliced banana 1 chopped apple 1 cup plain yogurt Toss all fruit and yogurt together. Sprinkle sunflower seeds and/or chopped nuts over all and serve.

When you regard each person as a unique personality having a distinct personality with various talents and sometimes aggravating qualities, we can often tolerate the minor offensiveness while we concentrate more upon the talents and gifts they have to offer, because you are aware of a bigger picture composed of trillions of people all over the world and you will never find any two exact duplicates even though some may be similar. Even twins have some minute characteristic that distinguishes them as individuals.

The next time you become aggravated with yourself or someone else, think of yourself and others as merely snowflakes, joined together in a magnificent panorama of beauty, realizing we can appreciate and enjoy the differences, because one snowflake cannot make a snowdrift!

Additional Words of Wisdom: Remember to reach down to help others as you climb the ladder of success and you may find that you will rise even further than you may have ever imagined.

When there are differences or disputes which may escalate and become heated, realize that this may be an opportunity to explore several unique options that will benefit both partners. Often we ignore or fail to recognize the special traits or talents that each person offers and may have to reorganize the individual responsibilities. Be willing to admit that you may be wrong sometimes in judging a situation without understanding all the facts and be willing to listen to another point of view and you can both become winners.

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Helpful hints to achieve your ideal weight:
*Change your lifestyle. Increase activity. Take a quick walk in the morning and evening and add distance each week. Use chants or affirmations when walking, like “I am becoming slender and attractive” and imagine your new slender body. Instead of meeting someone for lunch or dinner, invite them to join you for a walk or a hike.
*Eat smaller amounts when you are hungry(use smaller dishes). Do not skip breakfast or lunch, but keep it healthy. Snacking between meals is permissable, but select fresh vegetables or fruit.
*Adopt a new exercise routine. If affordable and you can fit it into your schedule, join a dance or health club.
*Realize that if your goal is to lose only 1 or 2 pounds per week, it will be a total of over 52 to 104 pounds within a year. Ask your doctor what your real goal weight should be.
*Drink larger amounts of water, being aware that you will be releasing and flushing out toxins and fat cells.

You will have won the right to be proud of your accomplishments. You will truly be a winner!!!!

Recently, it seems a flight attendant lost control and exited his position in an inappropriate manner. Would SWAT (Stop, Walk and Talk) have been the proper thing to do? What kind of stress or series of events would cause a person to risk not only his own but others’ safety and throw caution to the wind? What might the passenger have said or done, or was it a series of incidents that may have “lit the fuse”?

Is it ever justified to be rude, demanding or insulting toward people you are paid to serve or who are paid to serve you? Should anger management classes be part of the required curriculum in schools and job training? What about the responsibility of every individual to be courteous, patient and kind to each other? What makes some people believe they have a right to demand instant attention without regard to the needs of others? Can we expect consideration and respect if we do not respect everyone else?

Is the Golden Rule outdated? Do we really treat others like we would like to be treated? If not, why not? Perhaps because we are “stressed out”, “burnt out”, not enough sleep. There are certainly enough reasons for feeling tense and frustrated, but there are also methods available to prevent unpleasant outbursts and violent reactions. The simplest is “SWAT” (Stop, Walk and Talk). Remember the “Count to 10″ before responding allows an opportunity to regain some self-control and then, if possible, take a walk to another area, around the building (move away from the situation). In other words, take time to analyze the situation, perhaps get a different perspective. Is it possible that you were the problem, expecting perfection from everyone else, not realizing that you may never be perfect, either? Last, but not least, set up a time to talk……Stop, Walk and Talk

You may begin by allowing them to trace the words and pictures with colored markers or crayons in their dictionary as they say the words indicated. These suggestions expose them to understanding color, shapes, and understanding words as well as reading readiness skills. Important Note: Keep teaching sessions very brief, remembering to be enthusiastic and cheerful while encouraging even if initial efforts seem more like scribbling. Expecting perfection can delay results and may cause frustration and roadblocks to learning in the future. Pictures and words that may be too difficult to trace can often be touched as you say the word.

After mastering 3 and 4 letter words like cat, dog, pig, cup, shoe, foot, sock, leg, toe, hand, heel, door; you may introduce more “body” words and pictures like finger (show them how to trace their finger, hand, foot for their own original dictionary). Later, add other body words like shoulder, chest, stomach, ankle, even a compound word like fingernail can be introduced and then familiar environmental words like refrigerator, stove, chair, table, oven, stairs, floor, wall, corner, cabinet and then trees. bushes, flowers, etc. Once they realize a word means something real that they can see, feel and say, it really doesn’t matter whether it is a one syllable or 5 syllable word………..There really is no limit to what your child will want to learn if you open the way for them to explore and create.