So it's been a few years! That's okay, you've been busy and so have I! Just a quick little note today to say I'm back and I'm getting ready for a HUGE Celebration Convention in Nashville, TN! Never been although we may have driven through when I was 5 years old with my parents on a cross country trip. No memories of it. So this will be my first trip to music city! And I have a little secret that no one knows yet... Should I share here? Okay Well...I've been writing songs for YEARS! Literally since I was about 11 and taught myself how to play the guitar. Over the years my portfolio has enlarged. I have to admit the process of creating the song is the biggest high ever! When it all comes together, words & lyrics there is truly an emotion that is straight from God! Indescribable! I reach for it and am selfish with it. Songs have been shared with others many times. Blessings shouldn't be kept to yourself so that has been a gift I've given many times. Never published. Done some demo tapes. Had some hopes and dreams....

Now when this Nashville thing came up, I knew that the days and nights would be PACKED with so much activity and fun and learning that there probably wouldn't be any time to 'see' much of the town or experience the music, much less share. But as time has drawn closer one of my songs, written about 8 years ago, seemed to jump out at me. I happened upon the lyrics written on notebook paper with a few notes written down. And I couldn't remember the piano notes I had played! (I don't read or write music so everything is just memorized!) Thus began a journey through my musical memory to try to reconstruct this song. After a few days I FINALLY got it all back! And every single time I have played it, sung it, said the words I have gotten goosebumps all over! What does that mean????

What it means now is that I have an open mic date with destiny at none other than the famous Bluebird Cafe on Monday night, the 6th of August! It's been on my bucket list and there is still the hurdle of getting one of the 25 spots, via a phone call that day! So please send up some good country vibes that day for me! Life is a short little journey and if we blink we'll miss it!

SPRING CLEANING WITH CLEANSE FOR LIFE

Remember the famous Dow Chemical catch phrase: "Better living through chemistry"? We as a nation, actually many modern nations, bought into that lie hook, line and sinker. I'm not here to disparage the tremendous advances that science has made in the modern age to improve our lives, but to remind us of the stark fact that most of us are walking around with more than 80 different toxic chemicals in our cells as a result of some of this 'better l iving' ! Imagine that scene where Round Up has a go at your DNA? Kinda horrifying, I think! And no one is immune. Not man, woman or child.

Toxins are stored in fat cells. Fat is produced by the liver and when we are particularly overwhelmed with toxins, that mighty liver goes into overtime producing more fat cells to envelope the toxins and protect our precious organs from being completely overrun!

So does it make sense that in a toxic world we might need to find a way to help our bodies clean out this junk?

Exactly! Which is the reason more and more smart people are giving Isagenix nutritional cellular cleanse a try. And the side benefit of a thorough cell cleansing?? FAT LOSS!! Wooooooo hoooooo for Cleanse For Life!! I never would have believed I could eat 1200-1500 nutritional calories per day and feel satisfied and energetic! Kicked my sugar cravings to the curb and helped me drop 40 lbs and 45 inches in 3 1/2 months, with 22 lbs. in the first 29 days!

So let's see the benefits here: More energy, better sleep, fat and inches gone, stamina and more endurance! Now THAT'S better living!

Let's catch up!

Where it began. Sept. 2013. My lovely daughter in law Nathalie showed me these results after trying so hard to lose her sticky baby weight! I trusted her. My results after 30 days. Pictures speak for themselves. More to come. I changed my life. Strive for the best! Thrive, not merely survive! Alive in every sense! Team Giving. For my full story, see the sidebar notes to the right >>>>>

THRIVE Insta-dinner! Voila'!

Today my dear husband finished a project for me that, although inconvenient, saved us a fortune in mechanics bills! After 2 weeks, my car is now running better than ever! So what does that have to do with dinner? An insta-dinner at that? Let me set the stage: About 3 pm the car was fixed, Bill set out to put a few hours in on a small job and I celebrated by driving my car to the little market up the road to get some 'bubbly' for tonight (Mug root beer being our bubbly of choice). When I got home, I thought 'what could I do to show my appreciation'? So I mowed part of the lawn till I ran out of gas, took a nice shower and washed my hair and thought I'd make a special meal. That's when I got sidetracked by this: You know you can really lose track of time with something like this.... Then I remembered a live show I wanted to watch online with Chef Todd...you can watch one here: http://youtu.be/CZ14wWF1GQY SUDDENLY I heard my husbands truck pull up! Yikes it's already 7 pm! I haven't even started a special meal yet. I ran into the kitchen, grabbed pan, put in a little water and started heating it up. Then I added a cup of this: Bill was literally walking in the door when I put that chicken in the water and still I didn't have any idea what I was going to make! I let it soak for like less than 5 minutes while grabbing some other things from the pantry and fridge. I drained the water, added some leftover sauce, about 3/4 cup of this: To season it a bit more I also added about 1/3 cup of THRIVE freeze dried green chili peppers and gave it all a stir. I had some cheddar cheese which I quickly grated. I had a bit of sour cream which I added (about 1/3-1/2 C) to the chicken and sauce. I only had 4 of these: I spooned the chicken mixture down the center of a tortilla, topped it with cheese and rolled it up on a plate. Repeat 4 times. I topped it off with the rest of the chicken sauce and more cheese and jammed it into the microwave for 1 minute. I had lettuce from our garden so I started plating our plates. Lettuce, fresh cilantro, sliced tomatoes and 1/2 a lime. And a package of these: (the best in the world!) When the microwave dinged, I set the 'enchiladas' on the table, set the table, got the frosty bubbly and called Bill in to eat. It was 7:13! We were almost finished with dinner, (which he raved about!) when I thought that I should document this event! So here is a picture of the last 1/2 of my enchilada: And here is a close up! I LOVE COOKING WITH THRIVE! Did I say I LOVE COOKING WITH THRIVE? Cuz I really do! ( We had amazing BBQ beef sandwiches for lunch today, also made with THRIVE in minutes!!) This is a recipe I will definitely repeat!

Shout it from the Rooftops FOR REAL!

Don't forget!! Starting Friday morning at 1am until Monday afternoon at 5pm!! * Black Friday weekend. * ALL Thrive items will be discounted 25-50%!! * That's a humongous discount and better than Q or home party prices! * THRIVE products make great Christmas gifts! * * * You need to be there but you don't gotta be there cuz this is an Online/phone in/email order type party!! * * * Pick your method of ordering. * Online from your own computer (in your pj's if you like! No long lines!) USA shoppers go here: www.DorieSmith.shelfreliance.com/home * Canada Customers: www.DorieSmith.canada.shelfreliance.com * Puerto Rico customers www.DorieSmith.puertorico.shelfreliance.com * Phone: 541-404-6363 * Email: doriedoo@hotmail.com * * STOCK YOUR SHELVES NOW by going into my website, placing what you want in your shopping cart! It will be held there until you actually put in your billing/shipping information on Friday and complete the order! The prices today will automatically adjust down to the sale prices on Friday. Whoooo Hoooo!!

I'm always ready to answer any questions about products so just let me know. PLEASE SHARE AND INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!!!! Open to USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico Customers And coming soon to JAPAN!

It's not rocket science, just good common sense

Are you a member of Mensa?  Me either.  But I feel pretty darn smart when I take advantage of a great sale and even more smarter (!) when I channel my inner Boy Scout and utilize the motto: "BE PREPARED". 

 

You can be prepared this month for a big discount.  These are November Shelf Reliance discounted items.  They are only good starting 5 pm Nov. 1 - 5 pm Dec.1.  So if you need Gluten free products, check it out.  My favorite snack apples are on sale!  Freeze Dried Fuji apples beat everything I know of for crunch satisfaction and excellent flavor.

Check out the flyer below.  Then Call me, Dorie at 541-404-6363 to place your order and get the discount.  That is the only way. Let's get ourselves prepared before we are digging oursleves out of a Hurricane Sandy type event!!  Over and out.

Flyer: November Monthly Specials

PS.  For those of you who will read this all the way down to here, this is your secret 'heads up'.  BLACK FRIDAY is coming up for Shelf Reliance.  You know when!  To take advantage of this once a year inCREDable sale you need only get up at midnight on the designated day and go shop online in your PJ's at DorieSmith.shelfreliance.com.  +You don't need to call me to receive the lowest prices !!!  So mark your calendar.

Homemade Chicken-Raspberry-Noodles-Jam

The title might be confusing but I'm just trying to efficiently mesh 2 recent THRIVE meal experiences. The post will be crystal clear!

Yes I'm making homemade egg noodles. It's an old family recipe I learned from my cousin when we were roomates at BYU back back back in the day.

It calls for one egg per person, flour and salt to taste. Very precise, I know. Through the years I've come to modify it a bit.

This time out I used all THRIVE ingredients. After all, if it's supposed to be able to feed my family in times of need/lazinessconvenience, I must use them in our favorite recipes. So out came the THRIVE FD (that means freeze dried for those new to my blog) chopped chicken. I love this stuff! It's already cooked, skinned, boned and chopped and rehydrates in about 10 min! Quick stuff! I used my THRIVE carrots, onions, celery and boullion which of course were added to the water in the pot. Next I rehydrated about 6 eggs. That's 1 TBS. of whole egg powder to 2 TBS. of water. Mix and you have liquid eggs ready to go! Then I added about 1 tsp. salt and flour until it was pasta like consistency.

Then they were rolled out very thin like in the first picture. Dust well with flour if you try this. Then roll up the pasta the short way. By that I mean you've rolled it in a sorta rectangular/oval type shape. Once it's rolled up, using a pizza cutter, slice through in about 1" sized pieces, unroll and add them too the boiling broth.

It turned out just as yummy and disappeared just as fast as if I had done it the way I learned in college and spent the WHOLE FREAKIN' DAY preparing this meal!! (There is no picture of the final product. It was fast Sunday and that large kettle of chicken and noodles was gone like the wind) So what about the raspberry jam mix thingie? I got some YUMMY fresh raspberries at the local farmer's market Wednesday. I had every intention of saving those fresh little sweeties for jam. But I saw then I noticed the ever shrinking bowl that no one claimed responsibility for. Anyway, I smashed up the 4 containers of berries. I needed 6 smashed up cups.

As you can or can't see here but trust me it's the truth, I am exactly 1 cup SHORT. I searched the freezer for some sign of frozen berry stuff. I did find some freezer burned strawberries which I took out and began to thaw. THEN I remembered that I had the bits, pieces and powders at the bottom of a large can of THRIVE freeze dried raspberries. Brilliant!

I pour the remnants into a measuring cup and added water just to rehydrate to a thick mush state.

As you can now see, my 5 cups of smashed raspberries now comes to 6 cups and I'm off to make my jam....Well I'm back and guess what? It's delicious and it's all sealed up just fine in my jelly glasses and put away in the pantry. So whenever you get in a pinch in the kitchen, remember your THRIVE products. They really can save the day even if it's not during a natural disaster!

'Take your passion and make it happen...'

'Take your passion and make it happen...' I remember the lyrics of the theme song from 'Flashdance'.

I know that dates me BIG time. But something happened to me about 2 years ago and I didn't recognize it then. I do now.

I only WISH my food storage looked that good. No, 2 years ago I assessed the foods I had stored so diligently haphazardly under the stairs (and in the basement and under the bed and and - you get the picture). I realized that if I had to feed this to my family, 3 times a day for who knows how long, we would all die. Me of exhaustion from all the time consuming effort to prepare my wheat, beans, rice, sugar, milk and a few canned foods into something edible, and my family from the dramatic increase in fiber! I mean dramatic like the national debt the last 4 years... but I digress.

Shortly after that realization, Shelf Reliance came into my horizon. Like a cumulo nimbus, coming in from a distance... And my decision to become a Shelf Reliance Consultant ignited a passion within me to never have to face my family with an empty or meager pantry. I knew I wanted to be able to get my own food storage at the CONSULTANT price. I knew I could get it on a regular monthly basis and I knew I would also receive lots of free food in the bargain. What I didn't know was that from the very first month as a new and ignorant member of the SR team until this very month, I would make a profit as well. Imagine that? Food AND money. Could it get more logical, Mr. Spock?

The security I now have when I look at my food storage is miles from the false security I had 2 years ago. I'm no where near finished with my preparedness but I'm oh so much more in control. And that makes me a passionate promoter of the same sense of security to everyone I know. And that passion is spilling out all over this blog tonight as I extend my hand to you -

Let me help you find the peace of mind and the success I've found with Shelf Reliance. This is an out loud, open invitation to my family, friends and acquaintances to follow my lead. This is the TIME, today is the DAY! You can easily start your own profitable business selling something everyone actually NEEDS - FOOD! Click HERE and watch a 15 minute video on what this is really all about and then call me! Make Preparedness your PASSION and then watch it HAPPEN!

Grandkids and Callydoodles

2 of my 5 grandaughters were visiting with me several weeks ago, and as per my usual 'Dodo' activities, we decided to make cookies! The older of the 2 grandaughters, who considers herself most wise and authoritarian is Jaycee.

The younger middle of the pack child, Cally, who is going through the 7 year old geekypest stage and is AKA as 'little Dodo' wanted chocolate chip cookies (my personal choice ;)

But the older one insisted that they were too sweet. She chose Snickerdoodles (to me the sweetest cookie going but nobody asked me ;) This of course outweighed Cally's choice. Enter sad face, she's used to coming in second or third place :(

Enter happy face! Cally said 'Let's put chocolate chips in some snickerdoodles.' What a great idea, Cally YAY! How to make 2 girls happy with one recipe. I'm all over it. Until....Enter my BIG sad face...

I look in my cupboard and have no shortening, no butter, very little flour and no eggs! Chocolate chips I have plenty. So this is what any THRIVE grandma would do...

I get out Butter powder, Rice flour, Egg powder and Shortening powder, all in my THRIVE homestore. I mix them Snickerdoodles up quick!

(just tilt your head to the right to copy)

Roll them in cinnamon sugar...

Dot them with chocolate chips...

And Voila' you have CALLYDOODLES!! And 2 happy grandaughters! You can fill your own Homestore with these recipe lifesavors right here.

Now just add Milk! Or THRIVE instant milk if you have run out!!

New and Most Popular

Thought I'd use this space to tell you what's new from Shelf Reliance. I just found out today that they will be unveiling new shelving systems that have cupboard doors on them! Yep if you don't have pantry room or don't want the look of open storage shelving in your kitchen, these might be perfect for you. Also there is a new fuel storage system. These are cedar/paraffin patties that will cook very hot for about 40 minutes. They come in 32 and 90 patty boxes. Fuel storage is difficult. Mountains of split wood to store. Propane tanks. Etc. These are compact and make a great addition to your preparedness stash! And last of the new, MRE's. With the heating unit inside. 12 new flavors. Now for the best selling and most popular: FD PINEAPPLE:

FD MOZZERELLA CHEESE:

FD SAUSAGE CRUMBLES:

FD CHICKEN:

FD SWEET CORN:

COCONUT MACAROONS:

FD POMEGRANITE YOGURT BITES:

Just think what a case of each of these FOOD products would mean to you in times of trouble. You can order these easy as pie from my website right here.