• Keep a diary. If you write everything down that you need to do as soon as you get the appointments, you should never find that you have to cancel things because of clashes of schedule. If you and your entire friendship group keep a diary then it is easy to find a day that suits everyone. Some diaries are available online where more than one person can add things to the calendar, and this means that it’s easy to see at a glance when the most people are free.
• Agree on expectations. When you have friends, some would like to meet up once a week, while others are happy just to meet up a couple of times each year. Whichever is the case for you, it is important that you try your best to accommodate everyone.
• Remember that not everyone needs to meet up at the same time. If you are in a big group of friends and getting together is just impossible, then I am sure that some of the friends wouldn’t mind if two or three of you went out for lunch on a day when they were both free.
• Think of different things to do. Although you might not all be able to go out for the whole day for example, you might be able to get the evening off to go and see a film at the cinema and then go for a quick drink after it. This doesn’t take up too much time but yet you would still get to see everyone that you wanted to. 
• Sort out childcare. If you all have children, then your partners could take it in turns to look after all of them while you went out for the night. You could do the same thing for them of course when they go out. This means that you don’t have to worry about getting child care which would cost money, and you can rest safe in the knowledge that they were with somebody who you could trust.
• Don’t be resentful when somebody doesn’t have the time. Everybody goes through busy times in their life, and just because they might not have met up with you for over a year doesn’t mean that you’re not still important to them. Sometimes life really does take over, and it’s amazing how quickly the time goes when that happens. 

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Note: The Mexican-type chorizo used in New Mexican Pizza is a raw sausage. It must be cooked before being eaten.

  A common US brand of chorizo

Ingredients

As with all pizza recipes, the amounts for the topping do not need to be precise.

*10 oz/ 300 g Mexican-type pork chorizo (if unavailable use minced pork)
*1 recipe pizza dough for a 16 in/40 cm pizza (or use a ready-made unbaked pizza crust)
*olive oil
*1 recipe New Mexican Red Chile Sauce
*1/2 medium red onion, very thinly sliced
*24 (or more to taste) black olives, halved lengthwise
*2 red jalapeño chiles, thinly sliced or chopped (optional)
*8 oz/ 250 g queso añejo or queso cotija, crumbled (if unavailable use pecorino romano or similar)
*4 thin slices pepper jack/ jalapeño cheese (optional)
*handful cilantro/coriander leaves for garnish

 Preparation

Preheat oven to 400 F/200 C

Heat a heavy frying pan over medium-high heat. Crumble the pork chorizo (or the minced pork) into the pan and fry until the meat is cooked. There will be a lot of fat; drain this off (it can be saved for frying eggs or potatoes).  If minced pork was used, season with salt, pepper and a little red chile powder. Chorizo is already highly seasoned and needs nothing more. Set the cooked chorizo aside to cool a little while preparing the dough.

Lightly oil a large pizza pan (or rimmed baking sheet) with the olive oil. Roll out the pizza dough to about 16 inches/40 cm across. If preferred make the pizza rectangular. Don’t let the edges get too thick or the crust will burn before the topping is heated through.

Ladle the New Mexico Red Chile Sauce evenly over the base, leaving a small edge of crust uncovered. Spread the cooked chorizo (or pork) over the sauce. Scatter the onion slices over the pizza so they don’t overlap.

Place the black olives cut side down on top of the onion slices, followed by the sliced or chopped red jalapeños (if used).

Crumble about half of the queso añejo over the toppings plus the pepper jack cheese (if used, cut into narrow strips). The rest of the cheese will be added later. Sprinkle a small amount of olive oil over the pizza.

Bake at 400 F/200 C until the cheese starts to melt. If the exposed crust browns too much, turn the oven down to 375 F/190 C. Once the cheese begins melting, add the reserved cheese to the pizza and return to the oven for a few more minutes.

Serve the New Mexican Pizza hot out of the oven, topped with cilantro/coriander leaves.
Add some  Churros and New Mexican Hot Chocolate for dessert.

¡Buen provecho!

 Visit New Mexico to enjoy the best New Mexican Pizza!

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There is no such thing as a break from motherhood and it is equally taxing on your spirit, soul, and body. Your children will be a source of your greatest delight, but they often are also a source of sorrows. It is always nice to be appreciated on Mother’s Day. We all enjoy extra attention, cards, dinners, and flowers; but there is nothing more meaningful than to have the support, appreciation, and love of our loved ones on a daily basis.

This is what all mothers need and want the most. If you are a mother yourself, then be an encouragement and a helping hand to other mothers. No mother is perfect, we all have our struggles, and we all strive to become better at our mothering. You can be a friend that another mother needs. Listen if she needs someone to listen to and offer advice only when she asks you for it. The least any mother wants is criticisms from other mothers veiled as “friendly” advice.

If you are a child, then make sure your mother knows you love her. You can show it by being respectful of her each and every day. She will not be always right or fair, but she always has your best welfare at her heart, so disagree respectfully. Show your love by little acts of kindness such as doing what she asks and helping when she needs help without asking. Forgive her for her imperfections, always remembering your own weaknesses.

If you are a father of her children, then take an active role in parenting your children and compliment her mothering efforts. Even if you cannot be there at home for her everyday make sure that she knows you support her and allow her to have breaks by taking care of your children when you are at home and doing your part in household chores.  Do not leave her alone in her duties.

If you are her other relative, friend, or neighbour do not judge her for failings. Society at large should be more supporting to all mothers, those who are young as well as those who are older, the ones who choose to stay at home and the ones who work outside the household.  Too often writers, media, and pop culture run mothers down. Everyone seems to be an expert on mothering, putting down stay at home moms in favour of the ones who have careers or vice versa. The truth is that there neither is a one perfect way of  mothering, nor any one absolutely perfect mother. All mothers need respect and everyday is a Mother’s Day.

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Tradition is important. And recipes ,especially ones held closely by families, are as much a part of family traditions as the Holidays and Special Occasions the foods are served at. Recipes have an importance attached to them and are closely connected to memories we share.

In Tony and Marc Danza’s book, Don’t Fill Up on the Antipasto, we are shown the way in which the Danza’s decided to make sure their traditions are not lost. The book not only includes recipes, but also stories of family members who are both alive and dead. By writing this book, they were able to pass on the knowledge of food and family, not only to their own kin, but also to the world at large.

While it may not be possible for everyone to write a book to pass on their life stories and the food that filled them, it is still possible to pass it on within the family. By teaching family how to cook and telling them about the past, we are able to keep it alive within our own tight-knit group which is just as important. As long as someone remembers something, it is never forgotten after all.

Each recipe included in the book has some attachment to a family member. This helps to characterize the people that are being referred to. Tony and Marc Danza wrote their book to explain to the world at large, how they feel about food and cooking and how their family influenced it. While it is a story all their own, most people can understand and relate to it. Sure, everythng changes, the people, the food, everything, but essentially we all share the human experience of family and food. Holiday or everyday recipes abound. Food is essentially a part of the love that we give each other as families.

Every family could write their own memoir and maybe even their own cookbook. What Tony and Marc are able to show through their book is this: we all have something worth sharing with the world. Especially when it comes to food, the world will eat it up.

Desmo, my dog, knew not to fuss with me when it came time to get into the truck.  It was raining out and despite holding back tears and rage, she knew I was not happy.  It’s funny how dogs know some things.

It also shocks me how my boyfriend’s silence drives me absolutely insane, yet my dog, obviously quiet, brings me such peace from her silence.

I adopted Desmo this past January.  What a way to start the new year; a puppy who would test my patience and also my heart.  I needed that; actually, I still do.

December of 2010 I got into an accident with my prized possession of a car.  In my room, I had a particular picture of the car that I looked at everyday when I woke up, and every night before I went to sleep.  After the accident, I couldn’t even stand the sight of the car and I don’t understand why.  In a fit of rage one day, I broke the picture frame and destroyed the photo as well.  Of couse in our digital age the photo still exists, but it wasn’t in my face as much which helped me get over some things.

Time went by and my desk looked rather empty without a picture on it anymore.  In November 2011 I was in a shop and found a nice picture frame.  Not being one for hanging photos to even begin with, I bought it and figured maybe I have a nice picture to put in there.

I looked through all my photos and even took some new ones.  I never even bothered printing any of the pictures for the frame.  Instead, I had a lovely frame on display, empty for quite some time.

Desmo came into our lives in no real special or unique way.  We adopted her after her mother was abandoned. unknowingly pregnant. 

We’ve had her for a few months now and she’s grown to be a great friend so far.  She may drive me crazy when I least need it, but she is learning and is becoming more helpful these days. 

I take photos of this dog like she’s my child.  I don’t want to miss a minute or regret not having photos of her doing anything I may recall one day.  Almost daily, the camera is out and just loving her.

At random, I printed a photo of her one day while working.  I also at this point remembered the frame.  I checked to see if it would even fit the frame without looking odd, and sure enough it did.  While it’s not the best photo of her, it shows how big she’s gotten and she looks rather happy.  I now have a new piece for my desk and am glad it’s not another picture of a car, or something else. 

I never thought I would really understand the animal to human bond, but that has changed.  She may only be six months old at the time, but she’s helped me in ways my oldest friend could not.

The pregnant women who sleep on their right hand or on your back have a greater risk for experiencing Stillbirth (miscarriage at the age of the content of more than 20 weeks). This risk is increased to two-fold during pregnancy has entered the 3rd trimester (starting in to-pregnancy or gestational age 7 weeks-29) compared pregnant mothers who choose to sleep on your left side.

The study, involving over 450 pregnant women (including 155 pregnant women had a history of previous stillbirth) found that women who slept on his side to the left also runs the risk of miscarriage, but small, only 1.96 per 1000 births. This risk increased to 3.93 per 1000 births in women with sleep position but tilted to the left. And also the menigkat slightly higher in pregnant women who slept with the supine position.

Women who have experienced stillbirth – at the age above 28 weeks gestation – have also asked about his lifestyle, compared with the first pregnant woman who gave birth to live babies.
Pregnant women who pee in the night only one time or never at all are also likely to experience stillbirth compared with pregnant women are often at night to pee. And pregnant women who often take a nap also increase the risk of stillbirth.

Penilitian from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, concluded that the reduced blood flow to the baby is a cause of sleep with a right oblique or supine position. In the sleep position of the venous return from the large veins of the legs to the heart which has decreased, so that it is also ultimately affect decreased blood supply to the uterus.

Pregnant women are still choosing the sleep position which is not advisable to start imposing to sleep on his side to the left when they began to feel the fetus begin to be less active or less on kicking a lot of appeal the day before.

Side sleeping position to the left it can not prevent all of stillbirth that occurred, so at least the mother should not feel too bad if it did, because stillbirth can be caused by several factors which need to be taken into consideration laiinya, among others:
- Bacterial infection
- Defects of the fetus
- Impaired fetal growth
- Biliary disorders
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Alcohol consumption, smoking, or certain drugs during pregnancy
- Gestational age was more than 42 weeks

KEEPING health does not just focus on watching the type of food.More than that, you have to watch what should be done and should be left after the meal. If taken care of, things that should be abandoned, you will benefit more than the food you eat.

SMOKING

Imagine! Smoking alone is damaging the body, especially if it is. You do after meals. Based on the study, smoking one cigarette after a meal the same as smoking ten rods. Thus, the possibility of developing cancer is much greater.

EAT FRUIT

So far, the wrong perception about this one. Most people eat fruit once considered a tradition and they believe the fruit as a dessert. In fact, after eating the fruit would make a belly full of air, aka bloated.

But that does not mean you should not siasati. Well, you try to eat the fruit with a lag time of 1-2 hours after eating. And do you eat fruit an hour before a meal, this will make your stomach full and not eating too much.

DRINKING TEA

Based on the research, the tea leaves have a high acid content. This causes kendungan protein in food difficult to digest. Apart from that, drinking tea after eating can cause a barrier to absorption in the body by 80 percent. In fact, as we know, iron is needed for the growth of the quality of the human body.

Loosen belts

It’s a small thing but it is often done. Perhaps you mean that the food intake was more and you are not a feeling of fullness. Therefore, you loosen the belt. Did you know? Loosen the belt can cause the bowel twisted and blocked.

TAKE A BATH

Although not many people who do, sometimes there are thinking about doing a shower after eating. In the morning most people prefer to eat rather than a bath after eating certain reasons to be a full belly and a desire to defecate larger. So you think to bathe all bowel movements.

In fact, bathing is done after a meal will increase blood flow to the hands, feet and body that causes the amount of blood around the stomach will continue to decrease. This will weaken the digestive system in the stomach.

Take a walk

One more thing you should really avoid. Have you heard stories that people who are following the race and the marathon march suddenly throw up the middle of the road? Yes, it is one of the reasons why you should not walk let alone run immediately after a meal. Walking will cause the digestive system is unable to absorb nutrients from the foods that you eat.

DIRECT SLEEP

One of the most difficult thing to avoid is the feeling of drowsiness after meals. Moreover, if the food you just consumed very satisfactory in terms of the abdomen is very filling. However, try not to follow your drowsiness. Sleep after eating makes food can not be digested properly. Consequently, experiencing bloating and intestinal inflammation.

DRINKING COLD WATER

This last point is that many people do not realize is the drink of cold water. Cold temperatures caused ice to the water can freeze berkondesasi foods, especially those containing oil (fat will be frozen). Until the end of fat that can accumulate in the intestines and cause constriction of the digestive ducts and lead to obesity. Well, for that from now on try changing your usual ice water to drink to drink warm water.

Health of the baby is number one for the mother. Many ways tomaintain health and also the health of babyi in the womb of the mother during pregnancy. Many pregnant women are aware of the health ofthe baby inside her belly.

For those of you who are pregnant, was charged with extra attentionuntukmenjaga content, which is also aided by the husband tecinta.

Here are some things to watch out for your content to be healthy:

1.Avoid the use of drugs without the advice of your gynecologistbecause of the use of the wrong medication can cause miscarriage.

2.Do not consume food that is not cooked properly as otherwise the meat is thoroughly cooked, because the risk of carryingtoxoplasmosis.

3.Avoid drinking alcohol, because it can cause miscarriage in yourfetus.

4.Stop Smoking! because it can cause the placenta separated orbecome disabled and small babies.
If you’re craving to eat durian, tape or soft drinks, you can take it witha small number of doses of course.

5.Measure your weight regularly. Weight gains for pregnant womenabout 6-12 kg for the people of Asia.

6.Reduce foods that contain lots of salt as it contains MSG andvinegar.

7.Do not forget to do regular exercise, of course, a special exercisepregnant women.

Here are some quick trivia facts about “Westies”:

1. They were an outcast dog from Cairn Terrier litters. Many times breeders drowned or shot white pups their Cairn Terriers produced!

2. Legend says Col. Malcolm from the Scottish Highlands (Poltalloch Estate) saw the redeeming quality of the little white pups, as they could be distinguished better from other animals when out hunting. Thus the chances of a hunter shooting his dog was far less a possibility, with the all white terrier. He then started breeding them and as a result they were first called Poltallch Terriers.

3. These little dogs shed very little if at all.

4. They were bred to be varmit and vermin hunters in the Scottish Highlands.

5. It is stated they need lots of sleep daily, around 13 hours or so.

6. They were first shown in the U.S in 1906 and in 1908 their name was permenately changed to West Highland terriers from Poltalloch Terrier.

7. They can hear 4 times better than their human owners.

8. They were used to keep rat populations under control in Scottish villages, coalmines, mills and farms.

9. They are considered very smart– in ‘The Intelligence of Dogs’, by Stanley Coreis, they are ranked 47th in canine intelligence.

10. Extremely loyal to their owner and will stay by their side to the end.

1. The name Shih Tzu translates to ‘lion’.

2. The people of Tibet believe the the little ones are “holy dogs” and were once only kept in the temples.

3. During the 1930’s a Shih Tzu was given to the Queen of England, which began the entrance of the regal characters in to the English peoples lives.

4. This dog breed is known to snore loudly.

5. A white blaze of color on their forehead and a white tip on their tail signifies a dog of perhaps special breeding and a least one of honor and grace!

6. As their name bears (lion dog) they can be fearless canines for their size and will confront dogs and other animals 5 times their size with no reserve.

7. Most Americans do not realize they were not introduced to the U.S.A. until the late 1960’s. And then they were brought here as gifts for special people, not as dogs to be sold to just any family or canines to be displayed in doggie shows. The little active dogs were considered “holy dogs” b