Wednesday, February 22, 2012

FACTS ABOUT HONEY AND CINNAMON

My husband sent me this in an email and I thought it was worth sharing with my friends.

Honey is the only food on the planet that will not spoil or rot. What it will do is what some call 'turning to sugar'. In reality, honey is always honey. However, when left in a cool dark place for a long time it will "crystallize". When this happens loosen the lid, boil some water and sit the honey container in the hot water, but turn off the heat and let it liquefy naturally. It is then as good as it ever was. Never boil honey or put it in a microwave. This will kill the enzymes in the honey.

Honey and Cinnamon                                                          

 Bet the drug companies won't like this one getting around. Facts on Honey and Cinnamon:
It is found that a mixture of honey and Cinnamon cures most diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today also accept honey as a 'Ram Ban' (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without side effects for any kind of diseases.
Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, when it is taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm even diabetic patients. Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada, in its issue dated 17 January,1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon, as researched by western scientists:

HEART DISEASES:

Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply it on bread instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also, those who have already had an attack, when they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat.. In America and Canada , various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as one ages the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and the veins.
ARTHRITIS:

Arthritis patients may take daily (morning and night) one cup of hot water with two tablespoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. When taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week (out of the 200 people so treated) practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain -- and within a month, most all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis now started walking without pain.

BLADDER INFECTIONS:

Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder..

CHOLESTEROL:

Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water given to a cholesterol patient was found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours. As mentioned for arthritic patients, when taken three times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured. According to information received in the said Journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.

COLDS:

Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold, and, clear the sinuses.

UPSET STOMACH:

Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from its root.

GAS
:
According to the studies done in India and Japan , it is revealed that when Honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

IMMUNE SYSTEM:

Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacterial and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of Honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles (where DNA is contained) to fight bacterial and viral diseases.

INDIGESTION:

Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food is eaten relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA
:
A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural 'Ingredient' which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.

LONGEVITY
:
Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the ravages of old age. Use four teaspoons of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder, and three cups of water and boil to make a tea. Drink 1/4 cup, three to four times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans increase and even a 100 year old will start performing the chores of a 20-year-old..

RASPY OR SORE THROAT:
When throat has a tickle or is raspy, take one tablespoon of honey and sip until gone. Repeat every three hours until throat is without symptoms.
 
PIMPLES:
Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it off the next morning with warm water. When done daily for two weeks, it removes all pimples from the root.

SKIN INFECTIONS:

Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

WEIGHT LOSS:

Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast and on an empty stomach, and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup of water. When taken regularly, it reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also, drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

CANCER:

Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder three times a day for one month .

FATIGUE
:
Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens who take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts are more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton, who has done research, says that a half tablespoon of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, even when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, when taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3:00 P.M., the vitality of the body increases within a week.

BAD BREATH:

People of South America, gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water first thing in the morning so their breath stays fresh throughout the day.

HEARING LOSS:

Daily, morning and night, honey and cinnamon powder, taken in equal parts restores hearing. Remember when we were kids? We had toast with real butter and cinnamon sprinkled on it.
 
I hope you got something out of this as I did and will be using some of these suggestions.
 
My store is up and running however I still have some pictures that have not been found yet. Kornkountrytreasures and callmemomo have been helping some people find their pictures that they did not save. Callmemomo has found over 100 for me and I can not thank her enough. These ladies are the best of the best on OLA and are always asking if they can help others. I appreciate them so much. There are many more helping others also, including the techies at OLA.COM. If you get a chance please go visit these ladies as they both have their stores up and running completely.

Come check out our store . . . .

Okay, we are newly decorated for St. Patrick's Day!!

We have LOTS of books, collectables, good, used computer parts, auto parts (mostly NEW and lots less than retail), and great gifts!!



Tomorrow will be a busy day, with updates on Metzy's trip so don't forget to check back in for that!!

Check us out, you'll be glad you did!!

Thank you!!

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Breakfast, first day!!

Well, as you can see MetzyMom was seen yesterday, with DustyCorners!!! Having breakfast before the big road trip!!

She is on her way, driving up the coast of California, stopping in Montery for the night.

Tomorrow, it's buying artichokes and meeting up with MaggieMayBeCrafty!! Maybe we'll get another peek!!

I am so jealous of this trip!!

Stay tuned!!

Monday, February 20, 2012

Gonna be having some fun!!!

Okay, folks, as most of the OLA members know, we have a monthly radio show on Talk-Shoe. It is always held LIVE, which means that OLA members can sign in and participate.



Well, this month, due to the one year anniversary of the show, Metzy, our host, is gonna go on a ROAD TRIP!!!
The bus is ready and packed and she should even be on her way!!

smiley_face.gif image by Mopeder

Now, her eventual goal is to have her show in OREGON at the OLA.com offices!! That will happen on February 28th.

Until then, Metzy is going to be stopping and visiting with various OLA members!! Wow!!

So, if you want to keep up to date, see some good pics, and have some fun, stay tuned!!

MY CLAN

By now you know where I come from and where I live right now. You know what kind of birds I like and what kind of food I prefer. Now it`s time to meet my family. ...
The Stursberg family is an old family from the German region
"Bergisches Land" (in the Rhineland, not far from Cologne). The genealogy of this family has been particularly well researched. Those family members who are living today, bear the surnames Stursberg, Storsberg, Stosberg, Stossberg and Strasburg. Only some namesakes Stossberg do not belong to the Stursberg family,
but to the Stausberg family from the "Wildenburger Land" in the region between Rhineland and Hessen. All the other namesakes belong to the Stursberg family. The farm, where the Stursberg family originally derives from, is the hamlet called Stursberg in the parish Luettringhausen which is a part of the town of Remscheid since 1929. The feudal scroll of Luettringhausen from 1350 mentioned for the first time "das nechste Stuirß Bergh bey dem Wiedenhoffe" (the next Stursberg to the priest's farm), which in the following centuries existed in several parts and which today has the official names Stursberg I and Stursberg II.
The oldest progenitor who is known by name was living on the Stursberg hamlet in the first half of the 15th century. His name was Winolt zu Stursberg ("Winold van Stubere"), he owned the Stursberg farm and did some business in Cologne in 1445: He bought cloth there. His son,
Siebel (Sybel) van Stursberg was one of the most wealthy inhabitants of the Luettringhausen parish. He contributed with 8 Gulden to a loan taken by the duke of Berg in 1487 from his subjects. It was also Siebel who financed a memorial mess in favour of his dead father. Another son of Winolt might be Wolber van Stursberch, who was a juror of the town council and mayor of Lennep in 1470 (like Luettringhausen also Lennep is part of Remscheid since 1929), and
also Johannes Stursberg who appears in Cologne at the same time. But among the children of Winolt we can only be sure about Siebel. And Winolt and Siebel are for sure the progenitors of all the later living Stursberg namesakes.
After Siebel's death the Stursberg farm was owned by his son Nultz zu Stursbergh. In 1516 he was the master of a laic religious community in Luettringhausen, which was dedicated to St. Mary. In 1521 he is named as a juror of the tribunal of the parish. In 1542 he still must have been
alive, and at the same time his son Bernd (Bernth) Sturssbergh is mentioned. Bernd appears several times until 1563 as the owner of the Stursberg farm and as the head of the "Honschaft Hohenhagen", an administrative part of the big Luettringhausen parish. At the same time he was responsible for the treasure of the parish that in these years must have changed from the Roman
Catholic to the Lutheran confession. Bernd also built a cottage where knives and tools were sharpened and an early form of a steel factory. He also stood for the duties of the religious community which his grandfather had offered for Winolt. These duties must have disappeared when the Luettringhausen parish decided in favour of the Reformation after 1550.
From the 16th century on a second Stursberg farm is mentioned which has a lower feudal status. Later it has the name "Witten Stursbergs Gut" (widow Stursberg's farm). The farmers there may also be Siebel's descendants, but their family tribe did not reach the 17th century.
Bernd Stursberg was the last individual owner of the Stursberg farm. He must have died before 1597. In this year his farm has already been divided among his four heirs, who are obviously his four sons. All of them were not only farmers but also smiths and owners of sharpening cottages. Their names are Peter, Theiss (= Matthew), Nolze (= Arnold) and Johann. With their names the
first different Stursberg branches start. Peter and Johann had only few descendants who were bearing the name Stursberg.
Theiss Stursberg has more descendants. He is mentioned between 1597 and 1608. His son Allof (= Adolf) is his successor on his quarter of the Stursberg farm. Allof's Stursberg descendants end with his great-grandson Johann Christoph who died in 1753 without children. Another son of Theiss must have been Hilbert who owned a farm in Herbringhausen in the Luettringhausen
parish. His descendants followed Hilbert's first name and called themselves Hilbert(s) instead of Stursberg. Franz Stursberg was another of Theiss' sons: He was a merchant and juror of the town council in Lennep, and he is mentioned until 1634. Franz's son Engelbert went to Cologne and had a lot of children, but only a few grandchildren. Engelbert's brother must have been Peter Stossberg who moved to Wermelskirchen south of Remscheid. He bought half the Kenkhausen farm there. His grandson, also called Peter, is the progenitor of the Stursberg tribe
A (Wermelskirchen).
Nolze Stursberg at last had a particularly huge number of descendants. Nolze also owned one quarter of Bernd's farm. Like his brother Theiss, he was a knife maker and is mentioned between 1597 and 1602. His son and heir was Sirach Stursberg who probably died about 1640. Apart from tribe A, all the other family members derive from Sirach. Two of his sons, Zenss (= Vincent)
and Nolze (= Arnold) divided Sirach's heritage, and two more sons, Franz and Peter, owned different farms: Franz on the other side of the Stursberg farm, Peter on the Klausen hamlet in Luettringhausen, where his wife was born. Zenss's grandsons are the progenitors of five tribes (B, C, D, E, F) in Barmen (Wuppertal), Lennep, Luettringhausen and Remscheid. Heinrich Stursberg, Nolze's grandson, stayed on the Stursberg hamlet, and his descendants form tribe G.
Franz's grandsons moved to Wald (Solingen), they are the progenitors of six tribes (H, J, K, L, M, N).
Today the Stursberg family members are spread over all five continents, but most of them still live in the region "Bergisches Land" in Germany and in the neighbour regions. Apart from that, there are some more "centres" in the north of Germany and in the region of the rivers Rhine and
Main. Further namesakes are nowadays living in Switzerland, Spain, England, Canada and especially in different states of the USA. More than 5,000 persons in 20 generations altogether, living and dead, have been collected meanwhile. There are 13 tribes:
  • tribe A: especially in Wermelskirchen, Wahlscheid, Missouri, Tennessee,
    California
  • tribe B: especially in Wuppertal, Hannover, Castrop-Rauxel, Zurich
  • tribe C: especially in Wuppertal, Muenster, Sylt
  • tribe D: especially in Remscheid (Lennep), Muelheim/Ruhr, Hueckeswagen,
    Dabringhausen, Aachen, Basel, New York, Utah
  • tribe E: especially in Essen, Bochum (Ruhr area), Remscheid
  • tribe F: especially in Remscheid, Wuppertal, Muenster, Louisville/Kentucky
  • tribe G: especially in Remscheid, Wuppertal, Hagen, London, Vancouver
  • tribe H: especially in Solingen, Haan, New Jersey tribe H: especially in Solingen, Haan, New Jersey
  • tribe J: especially in Solingen (no living descendants found)
  • tribe K: especially in Solingen
  • tribe L: especially in Solingen, Langenfeld, Wuppertal, Utica/New York
  • tribe M: especially in Solingen (no living descendants found)
  • tribe N: especially in Solingen, north Germany

The family coat of arms has been registered officially in 1938. It shows a black bull head with a golden crown and a golden shield, divided by a red post with three silver rafters. The helmet with black and golden ornaments wears two golden buffalo horns with a black rafter each.

The Stursberg coat of arms is a so-called talking crest. The bull refers to the word "stur" in the family-name, and the rafters symbolise the hill/mountain (mountain = "Berg"). Three rafters stand for the three farms that were originally located on the Stursberg hamlet and owned by family members.

All the members to the Stammesverband Stursberg have the right to use the family crest.

Luck o' the Irish




St. Patrick's Day is coming up, so since I'm 1/4 irish, I thought I'd highlight a few Irish-themed treasures found here at onlineauction.com!


A charming Irish Blessing Tea Towel from j7339


CUTE Webkinz Irish Setter from  spock100!



From Supergranny, a Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey Glass Pitcher! Gorgeous!


Classic_Chloe is offering this classic Kiss Me I'm Irish pin!



jaswood has this STUNNING Belleek St. Patricks' Day Basket! WOW!!!


Sunday, February 19, 2012

Gratitude


Today, we watched one of our favorite movies of all time, Lonesome Dove, based on the novel by Larry McMurtry.

Growing up in Montana and Wyoming, we always heard the tales of the west; roundups, cattle drives, gunfights and of course, we grew up around the Native Americans and learning a bit about their history, also.

I am always amazed when I watch a movie like this. I would think that it was fairly accurate, although not absolutely, about the way of life back then.

Can you imagine living out on the plains, in a wagon, if you were lucky, getting by on what food you could hunt? Can you imagine living in the same clothes for month months at a time? Can you imagine walking or if you were lucky, riding a horse all the time? Women were either prostitutes, bargirls or teachers, not much else was acceptable.

Fast food restaurants, washing machines, dishwashers, vehicles, and so many more things were not known of back then. People then were grateful for the food in their mouths, clothes on their back, with maybe a game of cards or a drink to look forward to at the end of the day. Children were considered a means to run the farm so the more children, the better. Education was not a priority, only possible if the children weren't needed to work.

Social gatherings were far and few between, mostly put together by the churches in the communities. Marriages were commonplace between the family up the road because people didn't get much further from their territory. So sisters and brothers would marry into the same families.

I suppose what I am trying to say is the next time you see a movie or read a book about times past, stop and think of where we are today.

Perhaps we really need to think about what we have and be grateful for it.

Thank you.