Cha'kwaina's Thoughts

Oreo Cookie Truffles-YUM! YUM!

2011-12-14T22:10:00.003-06:00

I have a newly discovered sweet wonder! A lady came through my check-out line at Wal-Mart in Dickson, TN and told me about making truffles with Oreo cookies. At the next break I got online and discovered the easy recipe and proceeded to buy the ingredients when I clocked out that night. Many thanks to this un-named lady!!!Here is my recipe with variations:While shopping I bought the Great Value

Oatmeal Cookies

2011-11-20T20:20:00.001-06:00

I started making these cookies for our first daughter's first Christmas. We have done them ever since. The men and children in the family start requesting them in October. I always make these the last of my Christmas baking and make at least 5 batches. I buy all the ingredients but I use up the left over dried and candied fruits from the other items to make up the 2 cups of chocolate pieces.

THE WAYSEER MANIFESTO - [Official Video] (HQ)

2011-09-29T23:34:00.000-05:00

Define Your Supreme Being

2011-09-26T10:08:00.000-05:00

I am going to attempt to put into words my answer to the question, "How does your religion define the Supreme Being?" Note this is my personal answer. I do not imagine myself able to answer this question for any set "religion" or any other person. I prefer to use the word "Creator" and will do so here. Creator is Supreme over all things in the Universe. Some of the Native American Nations or

List of Things I Like To Do

2011-09-25T12:48:00.000-05:00

Read--mostly non-fiction Learn Listen to music Interact with people Attend Pow Wows or Pau Waus Sit around a fire with my closest friends Camp Fish Hunt Cook Spend time with my Significant Other just being together Watch a good movie Spend time with my family Watch the animals and other aspects of Nature-being awed.

Native Wisdom Chapter 1 Questions

2011-09-25T12:34:00.000-05:00

The questions posed to be answered by Ed McGaa, Eagle Man, during the speech that became the basis for Chapter One of the book are as follows: How does your religion define the Supreme Being? Share your thoughts on God. Did He create us? How does your religion explain the unknown, such as creation? Is this religion based on the existence of an immortal being? How did the "higher power" become

Some of My Favorite Songs

2011-09-25T11:44:00.002-05:00

My Way The Candy Man Nobody Knows It But Me Bless the Broken Road

Questions On Spirituality We Should All Answer for Ourselves

2011-09-25T00:41:00.001-05:00

I began reading "Native Wisdom: Perceptions of the Natural Way" by Ed McGaa, Eagle Man. I only read a few pages. I read enough to understand that the book had come out of an invitation to speak, along with others of differing belief systems, at a college. He was addressing a Humanities class and they had submitted a set of questions they wanted to be answered by each speaker. I turned to the

My Pet Peeves as a Cashier

2011-08-20T12:42:00.000-05:00

I work for a large retailer that I will not name. As the title of this blog post implies, I am a Cashier at this time. This is not my first job working with the public or with people, so these are not first timer problems. These are things I have watched for many years--31 to be exact as I began working when I was 13 (at the Dairy Queen in Greenwood, SC). These are not presented in any order

You Didn't See Me

2011-05-11T12:33:00.000-05:00

I saw you hug your purse closer to you in the grocery store line. But you didn't see me put an extra $10.00 in the collection plate last Sunday. I saw you pull your child closer when we passed each other on the sidewalk. But you didn't see me playing Santa at the local Mall. I saw you change your mind about going into the restaurant when you saw my bike parked out front. But you didn't see

Work Out Your Own Salvation????

2011-01-17T00:56:00.000-06:00

Philippians 2:12-13 KJV-Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure. NKJV-Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out

PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION

2011-01-14T20:59:00.002-06:00

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About Me

2010-12-24T14:28:00.000-06:00

I get a lot of questions asking about me, who I am, what I like, my views. So, I decided that I would just write a blog about myself. I was born in Charlottesville, Virginia at Martha Jefferson Hospital. We only stayed for about two weeks and moved to Jacksonville, Florida. My Daddy fondly referred to Jacksonville as, "The Gateway to Hell." I really don't remember living there that time, but we

French Vanilla Ice Cream

2010-11-19T01:28:00.000-06:00

This recipe makes 2 quarts. 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 2 cups milk 2 cups cream (or undiluted evaporated milk) 2 teaspoons vanilla In a medium saucepan beat eggs and milk. Add sugar mixing well. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. It should coat a metal spoon. This will take 10-12 minutes. Cool. I cool mine by pouring into a mixing bowl and setting in freezer. Add cream

Grannie's Oatmeal Drop Cookies

2010-11-19T01:11:00.000-06:00

I love these cookies. Used to make them for my children all the time. 2 cups sugar 6 Tablespoons Cocoa 1½ teaspoons cinnamon powder ½ cup milk ½ cup butter 1 teaspoon Vanilla 3 ¾ - 4 cups Oatmeal In a medium saucepan mix the dry ingredients well. Stir in the milk very well. Add butter. Heat over medium heat to a boil, stirring constantly. Once it boils, boil for 2 full minutes. Remove pan

Am I Condemned to Hades for being Indian?

2010-10-11T16:49:00.000-05:00

I have actually had well meaning people tell I am. They rarely ask me what my Spiritual or Religious beliefs are or if they do, they ask AFTER having told me Indians/Native Americans are going to hades. Never can they explain to me why the Indigenous Peoples of America are supposedly condemned by the Creator/God to an eternity of fire and brimstone--just what the collective sin or sin of race

So, You Thought You Knew Everything. . .

2010-09-12T19:50:00.000-05:00

1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. 2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. 3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. 4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. 5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. 6. There are more chickens than people in the world. 7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. 8. The longest

Favorite Songs-Well Some of Them

2010-09-10T04:26:00.000-05:00

1. Witchy Woman - The Eagles 2. Marie Laveau - Bobby Bare 3. Smooth - Santana 4. Life In The Fast Lane - The Eagles 5. Dirty Laundry - Don Henley 6. I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar 7. Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves - Cher 8. On The Dark Side - John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band 9. Elvira - Oak Ridge Boys 10. Pistol Packin Mama - Hank Thompson 11. Long Cool Woman In a Black Dress

Some Of My Favorite Movies

2010-09-01T14:55:00.001-05:00

These are listed in no particular order: Children of a Lesser God The Bucket List Medicine Man Marnie Entrapment Legends of the Fall Scent of a Woman The Blind Side Gran Torino October Sky Cinderella Man Gangs of New York Fried Green Tomatoes The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Notebook The Guardian Million Dollar Baby Fly Away Home The Deer Hunter The Thorn Birds The Cider House Rules

Helping Brings Blessings

2010-08-23T20:47:00.001-05:00

We all need to learn, rich and anything above poor, to give. It matters not how much money we have or the government takes from us, if that is shared with the less fortunate. We can help in many ways, time--go donate a few hours to a soup kitchen or Habitat for Humanity or go fix that broken porch or leaky faucet or the single parent in the neighborhood or the widow or the elderly couple or the

Lots Of Things

2010-08-22T01:33:00.001-05:00

This day was productive. I made several bead rings. These will be offered for sale at Pau Wau this year. My hubby's friend went with me to the paid storage building and we got the sewing machine, lots of cloth, and a few odds and ends. We came back and straightened up the storage building here--hoping that will be a full fledged Craft Room by January--hint, hint Honey. (My birthday is in

My Tuna Casserole

2010-08-14T16:52:00.000-05:00

I decided to fix a quick Tuna Casserole for tonight. Here's what I came up with and it's pretty good, even if it is me that's saying it! Ingredients: 2 6ounce cans tuna in water, drained 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup 2 cups of dry small macaroni shells 1 small can mushrooms 1 stalk of celery ½ of a large onion Worcestershire Sauce Paul Prudhome's Seasoning Salt New Orleans Blend®

Valedictorian Speaks Out Against Schooling

2010-08-11T13:34:00.000-05:00

Who does the U.S.A. think it has become??

2010-05-19T15:42:00.000-05:00

Dr. Kaku's Universe

2010-04-05T20:11:00.001-05:00

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