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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Grandmother Vera's Mystery Pie
Would like to remind everyone that "Chickasha Oklahoma Legend" Grandmother Vera's Recipes that are posted here can all be viewed on one page in the blog's archives at:
Here's another recipe, from the bag of "Chickasha Oklahoma Legend" Grandmother Vera's recipes, that she gave Dad before she passed away...
Mystery Pie
20 round buttery crackers
1 cup sugar - 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup chopped nuts - 3 beaten egg whites
whipped topping
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Crumble crackers. Add sugar, baking powder, and nuts. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into a greased pan and bake for 25 minutes. Let cool and cover with whipped topping, sprinkle with more nuts.
Hope everyone has a Wonderful Wednesday, take care and God Bless.....Mikey
Friday, January 05, 2007
Vera's Mexican Corn Salad!
Now that I have the bag of "Chickasha Oklahoma Legend" Grandmother Vera's recipes, that she gave Dad before she passed away, soon I hope to start posting new recipes here twice a week...
Mexican Corn Salad
3 ribs celery - 1 small red onion
1/2 sweet green bell pepper - 4 oz pimientos
16 oz can whole kernel yellow corn, drained
16 oz can white corn, drained
1/2 cup white vinegar, 1/2 tsp mustard
salt & pepper to tastte
Dice celery, onion, green pepper, & pimientos. Combine with corn.
Mix vinegar, mustart, salt, & pepper. Pour over vegetables. Cover and refrigerate for several hours. Enjoy!
Would like to remind everyone that "Chickasha Oklahoma Legend" Grandmother Vera's Recipes that are posted here can all be viewed on one page in the blog's archives at:
In the mean time, this month I actually remembered to change the iamnotagenious.com non-profit organization of the month at the beginning of the month and it is once again...
Hope everyone has a Really Wonderful Weekend, take care and God Bless.....Mikey
Monday, January 01, 2007
So You Want To Sell Retail Clothing???
I hope you realize that to break into the retail clothing market...
Late to bed...
Early to rise...
Work, work, work...
And Advertise!
...is not sufficient!
To break into retail clothing, there's more!
Schedule weekly appointments with a therapist in advance...
Much later to bed...
Much earlier to rise...
Work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, etc...
Doubt your sanity...
Work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, etc...
Think sadistic thoughts about what you would like to do to the next idiot who, without bothering to hear it in the 1st place, tells you that your 30 second elevator speech is all wrong and then spends the next 10 minutes telling you how you should be doing it...
Work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, etc...
Doubt your sanity some more...
Work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, etc...
Set yourself free by accepting the fact that you are not sane, because no sane person would try to break into the retail clothing market, and if you doubt me, watch about 10 minutes of any Project Runway show...
Work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, etc...
And Advertise!
Hope everyone has a Happy Happy Super Terrific New Year, take care and God Bless..…Mikey
Ps: Dream Big, Expect Much, And Laugh While Accomplishing Greatness!
Sunday, December 31, 2006
12/31/2006
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Would like to remind everyone that this blog is archived (and divided into categories) at:
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Vera's Banana Fudge-Walnut Brownies
Would like to start by reminding everyone that "Chickasha Oklahoma Legend" Grandmother Vera's Recipes that are posted here can all be viewed on one page in the blog's archives at:
Now that I have the bag of "Chickasha Oklahoma Legend" Grandmother Vera's recipes, that she gave Dad before she passed away, as soon as the holidays are over I hope to start posting new recipes twice a week...
Banana Fudge-Walnut Brownies
Melt over low heat, stirring constantly:
1/4 cup oleo
6oz Semisweet Chocolate Chips
Stir in with spoon:
3/4 cup Flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Vanilla
1/3 cup crushed walnuts
1 small Mashed Ripe Banana
Spread evenly over greased 8 inch square pan, bake 350 degrees for 30 minutes, let cool, enjoy!
Would like to once again wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, take care and God Bless.....Mikey
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Memories...
Well, I had to go into Houston to go to the doctor yesterday and after that just didn't feel like watching folks speak their mind about the smoking ban ordinance that the Angleton City Council had already decided to vote for, when the tax on cigarettes is going up $1 a pack on the 1st anyway, especially since I had just gotten the computer out of the shop, so I didn't go...
But (yeah, but), I want to share a photo I took today here in Angleton, which brought back memories from when I was a kid and most of the stop signs in my neighborhood had grafiti on them like this...
Even after editing the grafiti was a little light (but I have to gve the kids that did it credit, because it was at a busy intersection, where most everyone goes from what you would call Angleton's business district to the east side of town), so the blue circle was drawn on the photo as a highlight...
So anyway, hope everyone is having a really great week, take care and God Bless.....Mikey
Mikey Cartoon Mug by mikey59tx
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Saturday, December 16, 2006
Merry Christmas Everyone!
The computer is in the shop (at the library right now) and it's not getting out of there till at least Monday afternoon, then I'm going to be busy with the new project I'm working on through the end of the year, will try to get another of Grandmother Vera's recipes posted when I get the computer back, but if not, I would like to wish everyone a very...
Merry Christmas!
Take care and God Bless.....Mikey
Ps: Dream Big, Expect Much, And Laugh While Accomplishing Greatness!
Thursday, December 07, 2006
MikeyWear.Com Lives! So Don't Worry! Be Happy! Or something like that...
Once again, for the benefit of all the new readers here...
Monday, August 28, 2006
MikeyWear.Com Lives! So Don't Worry! Be Happy! Or something like that...
There's a bunch of confusion about the re-organization, hopefully this post will clarify some of it...
This is not the end of MikeyWear.Com, not sure yet what I'm going to do with the site, will probably have announcements of projects I have going on, which, as always, will be given in detail here on this blog...
Unless I have to move this blog to another site, this will continue to be the MikeyWear.Com blog because, well, that's what it is, the MikeyWear.Com blog, and if I have to move this blog to another site, it will still be called the MikeyWear.Com blog...
Once I have run out of the MikeyWear that I have left to sell, that will be the end of me having anything at all to do with selling Quality Infant & Toddler Clothing, or for that matter, any kind of merchandise, under the MikeyWear name, if it becomes Ebay auctionable, I'm still done with MikeyWear, there was a time when I grew a beard to prevent blood loss because I couldn't look at myself in the mirror when shaving, so being able to continue to look at myself in the mirror is, without any doubt, more important to me than any money I would make...
If I sell any more Quality Infant & Toddler Clothing with the current designs that are on MikeyWear, it will be because there is demand for it and it will be sold under a different name, I had mentioned a few posts ago that it would be under the iamnotagenious.com name, not so sure now, but I have other concerns right now and not going to worry about what name it would be called unless there is demand for it...
Per the agreement with TXDOT, I will continue to pick up trash on the two miles of Texas Highway I have promised to pick up trash till the Great Texas Trash Off 2007 and I will be out there for July's trash pick up if it ever stops raining long enough for it to be dry enough for me to do it...
As I have planned since the beginning of this Odyssey, if they will take it, the moment I can buy a new car for Debbie, the MikeyWearMobile will be donated to an organization I have promised it to so they can destroy it with sledgehammers, baseball bats, etc... to raise funds for that organization, and will donate it to another organization for the same purpose if they won't take it...
Once all the MikeyWear has been sold, the organizations I have promised contributions to from it's sales will be sent checks and by the end of this month I will figure out how to work all of them into the iamnotagenious.com project so they can continue to benefit from the sales of what I'm selling, because, as stated at MikeyWear.Com, I believe in the organizations...
I have not stopped covering the Angleton City Council meetings for this blog, just took a few months off (heck, forgot about this month's meeting), because after all, this blog is Angleton's Oldest Source For The City's News and I just can't let someone else take that title, hope everyone has a Super Fantastic Week, take care and God Bless.....Mikey
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Vera's Corn Casserole
Just a reminder that if you know of a church youth group or youth organization that would like to hold bingo games, with white elephant gifts for prizes in assisted living centers, you can go to the helping page (1st article) in this blog's archives for info on how they can get a bingo cage kit...
Now that I have the bag of "Chickasha Oklahoma Legend" Grandmother Vera's recipes, that she gave Dad before she passed away, I will be posting new recipes twice a week...
Corn Casserole
1 (15oz) can cream style corn
1 (4oz) can chopped green chili
2 Tbs flour - 1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt - 2 eggs beaten
1/8 tsp oregano
Combine all ingredients. Pour into greased casserole dish, dot with butter. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
Hope everyone has a really Terrific Wednesday, take care and God Bless.....Mikey
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Coming up with your own ideas for businesses and investments...
Have noticed that a lot of new readers are starting their own businesses or thinkiing about it and thought this might be helpful, so they don't have to go back into the archives till they have the time I'm re-posting this for them...
From Friday, January 06, 2006
Subject: An example...
I've been encouraging those that hate their job or are unemployed to be their own boss, telling them to look and listen to find what others in their community want to buy and is not easily available, then start a business selling it...
While getting MikeyWear.Com going I see new opportunities for businesses almost daily, but have refrained from listing any of them, because those that find them on their own will have more of a passion for what they are doing and will be more of a success...
I've decided, though, to give an example, and it's also something that will get a person out there to see what else they can sell and get them the startup money to sell it at the same time...
Most anywhere you go, there are boats that the owners are trying get out from in front of their homes, to the point that they will give it to anyone that will take it away, take the boat away for them and take it straight to a salvage yard and get whatever the salvage yard will pay for the boat, but keep the trailer...
Then build a jerky stand on the trailer and build a deck on the rest of the trailer to lounge on when there are no customers and draw attention...
Now you can buy pre-packaged jerky online and you usually have to buy it in big quantities which costs a lot, but you can also go to just about any meat shop and make arrangements with the owner to buy their jerky pre-packaged in smaller quantities, another advantage to that is you can get it unlabeled and then label it yourself with the name of your business...
Although selling on a roadside is not the safest thing in the world, you can do that, but a much safer alternative would be to rent space (and it usually doesn't cost much) at the different outdoor weekend events (festivals, drag races, etc...) in your area...
Then, when someone walks up to your jerky booth, give them a little bitty teensy weensy taste of the jerky you sell (to get their taste buds going, of course!) and roughly 8-9 out of 10 will buy some jerky from you...
Keep in mind that is just the basics, you will need to figure out the rest (like building the stand and deck securely on the trailer, how much to sell it for, abiding by your local laws, etc...) on your own...
Hope this can help someone, take care and God Bless.....Mikey
From: Saturday, January 07, 2006
Subject: How I came up with example...
In the previous blog, I gave an example of what someone could do to start their own business with not much money and be making money in a short time...
Here is how I came up with it...
While starting MikeyWear.Com, I became friends with a dude that had a trailer with a jerky stand on it, selling pre-packaged jerky that he bought in bulk from the web, and saw that 8-9 out of 10 of all the folks he gave an itsy bitsy teenie weenie piece of jerky bought some of his jerky...
The idea for using a boat trailer came from the boat in front of my next door neighbor's house that took months for him to be able to give away...
Selling the boat to a salvage yard came from driving by one...
The idea to set up the stand at weekend events came from going to a local festival and seeing hot food stands that had rented space...
The idea of buying the jerky from a local meat market came while getting a roast at one, seeing that they sold their own pre-packaged jerky, and asking a few questions...
Now, with this in mind, before anyone sets up a jerky stand to sell jerky, please 1st take a look around your community to see what the folks there want, then look, ask questions, and listen, to figure out a way to sell it, I'm sure that you can come up with a much better idea, and it will be your idea, take care and God Bless.....Mikey
From: Sunday, January 08, 2006
Subject: Another example...
This one would take more money to start than a jerky stand, but then I'm just describing the thought process to come up with an idea for a business in your community, so anyway...
How many times have you gone by one of those stands selling snow cones (AKA: Shaved Ice) and although you wanted to get one, you didn't feel like pulling over, getting out of your vehicle, etc...
Then after you get home the ice cream truck comes by your home, do you want to buy an ice cream bar?
But if that truck going by your home with the very annoying tune sold snow cones, would you buy one?
Would the kids that you see on your street buying ice cream from the ice cream truck be more excited about getting money from their parents to buy a snow cone?
If you had a truck going through your neighborhood selling snow cones? Would they sell?
And if you sold ice cream, you would have to pay the company that makes the ice cream bars to make them and would need to pay for freezer capacity to store the ice cream bars until you can sell them, but if you sold snow cones in that truck, since you would be making the snow cones yourself from scratch and could get the ice you needed to make them daily, your profits would be higher...
But I will point out once again, if you take a look around your community and give some thought to how you can start your own business there, I'm sure that you can come up with a better idea than this, take care and God Bless.....Mikey
Posted: Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Topic: Speaking of Malls...
If you do the necessary research, there are many places to find ways to start investing for a future with only the few bucks in your pocket/purse/wallet each time you invest, and I believe that you will care more for the investment, will be less likely to liquidate your investment at a loss, and will probably try to have more in your pocket each time you invest...
And where there are a number of collectables and coin shops (yep, what I am referring to, but please dont limit yourself to just these and look further) in malls, they are not limited to just malls, dont spend much time, though, in the shops selling stuff that you have an interest in, but the shops or the parts of the shops you dont have an interest in, so you wont get caught up in what everyone else is buying and be able to take an objective look at how you can make a more serious investment...
Here is my experience with this...
Right after I stopped using drugs, I still had a craving for them, would have money in my pocket because I wasnt buying them, and didnt know what to do...
Meanwhile, my boss at the time was an avid collector of baseball cards and spent a lot of time telling me about them, the only interest I had ever had in baseball was in the later part of the 70s when some friends and I would get drunk in left field at Texas Ranger games and cheer for Al Oliver (didnt really pay attention to the Ranger games, but thought it was a lot of fun at the time, being with everyone else that was getting drunk in left field and cheering for "Big O"), but he was my boss, so I listened to him tell me about baseball cards...
Then one day he came to work with a few unopened baseball card wax packs that were a couple of years old, to open and see if there were any valuable cards, and before he opened the 1st one, he held it up and said "you know, unopened wax packs appreciate in value more than the cards themselves."
It was sometime in early 1990, but from what I already knew, even though the baseball card wax packs being sold at face value were for the 1990 season, the rookie cards would be of the rookies in the 1989 season, my boss had told me that there were a number of 1989 season rookies with Hall of Fame potential, and you had a choice of brands you could buy in any convenience store, so knowing that if I tried to liquidate anytime in the next decade, by the time baseball was a couple of months into the 1990 season I had invested in 100s of unopened baseball card wax packs...
Now where factors like what folks will think about Sammy Sosa's corked bat when he gets into the Hall of Fame will determine whether I make any money from the 100s of unopened 1990 season baseball card wax packs, it did serve the most important purpose of buying them, but if you take the time to go to all the different collectables and coin shops near where you live, focusing on the stores or parts of stores that you have no interest in, take the time to look around, get the shop owners, as well as the customers in the shops, to start talking and then listen to what they say, followed by your own research to see how safe the possible investments would be, Im sure you will find something much better that you can invest in, and it will be something you discovered...
And just think, if you find an idea for a business and an investment that are directly related, then follow through on both... WOW! YOU ARE AN EXPERT ON IT!
Hope everyone has a Wonderful Week, take care and God Bless.....Mikey
Monday, December 04, 2006
Plug For a Good Friend...
Buddy Scott of His Love Christian Counseling (a portion of the profits of MikeyWear sold with the "God Bless Texas" and "Jesus Loves Me!" designs goes to His Love) has written a wonderful book...
This book helps parents, grandparents, or guardians recover their children or grandchildren from the wrong crowd and/or inappropriate attitudes and behaviors. Buddy shows you what to do and gives you examples of how to do it. He explains what to say and gives you examples of how to say it. In addition, Relief serves as a how-to book for preparing younger children for less dangerous journeys through teen years.
Buddy has helped Deb and I make it through the "family matters" that I have refered to and his book has been a part of it, take care and God Bless.....Mikey
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Vera's Eggplant Dressing
Would like to start with a reminder that you can view these posts in the Blog's Archives, where I also have a lot of the posts divided into categories, including a category just for Grandmother Vera's Recipes...
Now that I have the bag of "Chickasha Oklahoma Legend" Grandmother Vera's recipes, that she gave dad before she passed away, I will be posting new recipes twice a week...
Eggplant Dressing
Peel & cut 1 large or two small eggplants into small pieces. Dice onion and celery as desired and boil all three ingredie with three chicken bullion cubes in 1 1/2 cups of water until well done, then add 1 tsp of poultry seasoning, 1 tsp of sage, 1-2 tbs dried red pepper flakes, & a dash of tabasco, salt & pepper to taste, + 3 oz cornmeal. Top with grated cheese and bake in 400 degree oven for 30 minutes. Makes 3 huge servings.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, take care and God Bless.....Mikey
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Vera's Chili-Cheese Grits!
Dad gave me the bag of "Chickasha Oklahoma Legend" Granmother Vera's recipes, that she gave to him before she passed away, so I will be typing them up now to post here...
Chili-Cheese Grits
4 packets instant grits
2 cups water - 2 eggs beaten
2 Tbs tomato paste
1 Tbs chili powder
1 1/2 cup shredded jack cheese
Place grits in bowl and stir in boiling water. Stir until thickened and smooth. Gradually beat about 1 cup of hot grits into eggs. Return remaining grits into eggs with tomato paste and chili powder. Stir in cheese.
Pour into buttered 8in square baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until set.
Hope everyone has a really Wonderful Wednesday, take care and God Bless.....Mikey
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Non-Profit Organization Sneak-Peek
And for the benefit of the new readers, here are the other two Non-profit Organizations of the Month so far..
Hope everyone has a Super Terrific Week, take care and God Bless.....Mikey
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Macaroni and Chese!
Would like to 1st wish everyone a really Wonderful Thanksgiving!
If anyone is nuts enough to be going to any of the chain stores to shop tomorrow (I'm going to people watch, because I like to do that and it's one of the best days of the year for it), a listing of all the sales tomorrow at all the chain stores can be found at:
A Thanksgiving tradition here at our zoo is for me to slow bake the turkey in a buttered brown paper grocery bag, one hour per pound at 200 degrees, basteing once an hour, the run it at 350 without the bag for about 15 minutes to brown it...
So last night, with little to do except baste the turkey once an hour, I invented a new macaroni and cheese recipe...
Mikey's Macaroni And Cheese
8 quarts water - 2 globs in a tbs miso
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