tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77145444722239819862024-02-21T09:08:05.658-08:00blognerRoxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-32206994239003017712011-05-31T15:05:00.000-07:002011-05-31T15:05:27.345-07:00Chat with Cancer/open heart survivor 05/31 by WorldPositiveThinkersClub | Blog Talk Radio<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/worldpositivethinkersclub/2011/05/31/chat-with-canceropen-heart-survivor?sms_ss=blogger&at_xt=4de5660fdcc37ced%2C0">Chat with Cancer/open heart survivor 05/31 by WorldPositiveThinkersClub | Blog Talk Radio</a>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-38209827413730365082010-12-11T07:39:00.000-08:002010-12-11T07:39:32.588-08:00Hugs and Kisses Commercial<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3tkVe0Y7GC8?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-88979606732330039382010-12-11T07:36:00.000-08:002010-12-11T07:36:35.116-08:00Hugs and Kisses Holiday Song<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bgIzra8CLEY?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-57485969631007957042010-11-21T14:25:00.000-08:002010-11-21T14:25:01.331-08:00Christian the Lion - the full story (in HQ) [minus 20 million views!!]<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/md2CW4qp9e8?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-40985534502267768442010-11-21T13:33:00.000-08:002010-11-21T13:33:58.866-08:00West Palm Beach GreenMarket opens to packed turnout at new Waterfront Commons site<a href="http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/west-palm-beach-greenmarket-opens-to-packed-turnout-977153.html">West Palm Beach GreenMarket opens to packed turnout at new Waterfront Commons site</a>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-88786743974260355782010-11-21T13:30:00.000-08:002010-11-21T13:30:04.721-08:00From fashion to pickles on a stick, green markets ready to open<a href="http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/from-fashion-to-pickles-on-a-stick-green-957877.html">From fashion to pickles on a stick, green markets ready to open</a>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-26222630025120702010-11-21T13:26:00.000-08:002010-11-21T13:26:08.329-08:00Daughter’s amblyopia prompts cancer survivor to write book<a href="http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/health/daughters-amblyopia-prompts-cancer-survivor-to-write-book-996114.html">Daughter’s amblyopia prompts cancer survivor to write book</a>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-61401128086202182132010-11-21T13:24:00.000-08:002010-11-21T13:25:31.969-08:00Johannah's Lazy Eye<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, 'MS Trebuchet', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div id="cxArticleBodyText" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">How many people do you meet who are two-time cancer survivors the first bout 25 years ago. And remember when the “Big C” was a stigma you carried like a scarlet A?</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Roxanne Birney, a bubbly and gregarious 54-year-old, has those memories burned into her brain.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">She can flash back to when people were afraid to come near her or talk about her diagnosis — Hodgkins disease — and when, as a young girl of 24, she felt like a leper or an AIDS patient of a few years back.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Discrimination. Fear. She was shunned. Even her parents couldn’t deal with the diagnosis, despite her aunt having suffered the same condition.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">I, too, remember when cancer was a dirty word, when the fear was so overwhelming and the uncertainty so strong that people didn’t know how to react in the presence of someone with that diagnosis.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Yet, Birney survived a horrendous year of chemotherapy and radiation in her youth with the same positivity she displays today. “I knew my cancer was curable,” she says between bites of a gourmet salad at the Palm Beach Yacht Club where her husband, Kevin, is dining room captain and assistant maitre d’.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">At one point during her first cancer battle, she lived in a “House of Hope” with 79 other cancer patients. She is, to the best of her knowledge, the only survivor of the group.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">When she was hit with her second cancer diagnosis 10 years ago — a tumor on a vocal chord that felt like a knife when she spoke — she just knew she wasn’t going to die. “I knew in my heart there must be a purpose, why I was the only survivor of 80 people. It gives you a purpose-driven life. I couldn’t talk about it until five years ago without crying.”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Part of that purpose is to tell her story, to excel at public speaking as an active member of several Toastmasters clubs, and to help children have the confidence to speak publicly. “A lot of children aren’t speaking anymore. I tell them to stop texting and start speaking. Literacy is what I’m into.”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">It is this passion that led her to self-publish a book. But it’s not about her battles with cancer. It’s about her daughter, Johannah, and her challenges with a “lazy eye” — amblyopia — when the 20-year-old was about six.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">“When she was two, her eyes started crossing,” Birney remembers. “I recognized it right away, since my younger sister had it. Johannah went through surgery and wore special glasses.”</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The child was OK with the glasses, but like many youngsters, being different didn’t go unnoticed. Classmates, maybe curious about her or maybe just vicious, would pull her glasses off her face, sometimes breaking them and hurting Johannah in the process.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">This prompted Birney to write a child’s book about being different and how other children should cultivate compassion for those who are. Johannah’s Lazy Eye (which is available at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com) is filled with colorful drawings of young children learning this lesson.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Birney’s writing and baking — her carrot cake is now available at the West Palm Beach GreenMarket — helped her during the period after her tumor surgery when she couldn’t talk comfortably. “I had to reinvent myself,” she says simply.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">And she is doing that with the energy that a person who has gotten reprieves from cancer is fueled by. There is another upside: Johannah can now see that, like her mother, suffering through illness or disability can make you stronger. “It helped me develop a strong personality and confidence because I had to let rude and hurtful remarks and actions roll off me,” she says.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">And being positive in the face of cancer and strong in the face of bullying are strengths worth sharing.</p></div><div id="cxShareLinks" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 430px; "><div style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); ">Share this article:</div><div><br /></div><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: inside; list-style-image: url(http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/images/icon_arrowBlack.gif); "></ul></div></span>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-543267634601402062010-11-21T13:22:00.000-08:002010-11-21T13:22:52.360-08:00WPB Greenmarket: new site, more vendors, more space! - West Palm Beach food | Examiner.com<a href="http://www.examiner.com/food-in-west-palm-beach/wpb-greenmarket-new-site-more-vendors-more-space?sms_ss=blogger&at_xt=4ce985ea46cf6987,0">WPB Greenmarket: new site, more vendors, more space! - West Palm Beach food | Examiner.com</a>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-48622098758269302302010-10-19T12:01:00.000-07:002010-10-19T12:01:56.898-07:00West Palm Beach GreenMarket opens to packed turnout at new Waterfront Commons site<a href="http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/west-palm-beach-greenmarket-opens-to-packed-turnout-977153.html">West Palm Beach GreenMarket opens to packed turnout at new Waterfront Commons site</a>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-50307757286660694902010-10-17T12:54:00.000-07:002010-10-17T12:54:28.212-07:00YouReport video: Baby sea turtles emerge from sand on Jupiter Dog Beach<a href="http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/local_news/youreport/youreport-video:-baby-sea-turtles-emerge-from-sand-on-jupiter-dog-beach">YouReport video: Baby sea turtles emerge from sand on Jupiter Dog Beach</a>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-39134836597828581062010-10-17T08:04:00.000-07:002010-10-17T08:04:35.137-07:00West Palm Beach Green Market opens Saturday<a href="http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_c_palm_beach_county/west_palm_beach/west-palm-beach-green-market-opens-saturday">West Palm Beach Green Market opens Saturday</a>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-48094732731102022022010-10-17T03:36:00.000-07:002010-10-17T03:36:15.815-07:00Decorating Cupcakes: #3 Sunflower and Ladybug<object style="background-image:url(http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/mUzrhfc8X2U/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mUzrhfc8X2U?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mUzrhfc8X2U?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-17957967848046469122010-10-17T03:31:00.000-07:002010-10-17T03:31:29.823-07:00Decorating Cupcakes: #6 "Chrysanthemum Flower"<object style="background-image:url(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/w_jDlSp4lAo/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/w_jDlSp4lAo?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/w_jDlSp4lAo?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-46245097846387614562010-04-10T17:30:00.000-07:002010-04-10T17:36:14.931-07:00Happy Birthday Johannah<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_t0Hq-m9VPDwoBeTzCOuOkBoATeVRLV8Bwl6fFMq6VCOnQjVKoocD8o6_So7uuixmofB3abKYptnkcaCAPlszuwmtsDipsPY7If0kWlZiIsm5-OY4LLN2TjzOlx26_IYUKgivakzTDk/s1600/P5120047.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458671195150922994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_t0Hq-m9VPDwoBeTzCOuOkBoATeVRLV8Bwl6fFMq6VCOnQjVKoocD8o6_So7uuixmofB3abKYptnkcaCAPlszuwmtsDipsPY7If0kWlZiIsm5-OY4LLN2TjzOlx26_IYUKgivakzTDk/s320/P5120047.JPG" border="0" /></a> My daughter's birthday is tomorrow. Johannah will be 20! Ever since she was born I told her she was a "miracle baby". I feel very blessed to have had this experience. Twenty eight years ago when I was diagnosed with cancer...my oncologist asked me, "Do you have any questions?" The only question I had was, "Will I be able to have children?" Ten months of radiation and chemotherapy my chances were slim.....but miracles do happen. She is one of my miracles. Happy Birthday!<br /><div></div>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-51209151273351135802010-04-10T17:21:00.000-07:002010-04-10T17:29:48.298-07:00Can you deliver it to Roxy's?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMI2ARR4cFrEjEjO0-Lp4P0XdfrdL58hBuwYmIzNnpC-AXPlwn03eXoBBKgvmK33Y4O2c0StSixDy9ljR23cabOdq6GcXR66sbjipVe27HrqyFMO-NVJehLscvVFuwdOTk1OKd22TgZk/s1600/cake+class+045.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458669623202305730" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMI2ARR4cFrEjEjO0-Lp4P0XdfrdL58hBuwYmIzNnpC-AXPlwn03eXoBBKgvmK33Y4O2c0StSixDy9ljR23cabOdq6GcXR66sbjipVe27HrqyFMO-NVJehLscvVFuwdOTk1OKd22TgZk/s320/cake+class+045.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I was asked by a friend to make a cake for her husband's 40th birthday party and deliver the cake. This cake was delicous! I never taste my cakes I make for people....I was invited to the party and it made it easy for the delivery. Unfortunately, the restaurant closed the next day.....sad story. It wasn't the cake it was the $25,000/month rent that closed the restaurant. Can you imagine paying that for rent? In the suburbs? Yikes.</div>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-62941198265388326882010-04-10T17:12:00.000-07:002010-04-10T17:19:54.434-07:00My Top Ten List<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMUrTdUYJV8MoSuZ92qvkNCy89i4mcTSgBgkWEo23TJLgCrFLDJXhbkmzeYLJbQ_cbh5Wnw-Vdy6Od43e6n7bNN3wBJVcJt9d8Nt90di5DSlb7CBZmTdDavpBD5MuICqi0smfmubi7Wc/s1600/DSCI0009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458666319775384242" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMUrTdUYJV8MoSuZ92qvkNCy89i4mcTSgBgkWEo23TJLgCrFLDJXhbkmzeYLJbQ_cbh5Wnw-Vdy6Od43e6n7bNN3wBJVcJt9d8Nt90di5DSlb7CBZmTdDavpBD5MuICqi0smfmubi7Wc/s320/DSCI0009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>A good woman is hard to find...When she speaks she has something worthwhile to say. -Proverbs 31:10, 26</div><div> </div><div>That is how I would describe my friend Charlene.</div><div> </div><div>10. Surround yourself with people who build you up.</div><div> 9. Take care of your body.</div><div> 8. You make your decisions-but then your decisions make you.</div><div> 7. Pray about everything.</div><div> 6. Never make an important decision when you are tired or hungry.</div><div> 5. Take time to decide what is worth doing, then do it with your whole heart and with excellence.</div><div> 4. Call home.</div><div> 3. Live simply.</div><div> 2. Give more.</div><div> 1. Love God.</div>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-32418227144827271842010-04-10T17:06:00.000-07:002010-04-10T17:11:48.638-07:00Twenty Five Years!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWB1sLQkv1-o8WdOtRgsx0EOG5iJJN-pHKUVFLsNCMuko_T7WgO5GR7N-_tltoWpcZQb2HRQ4wGiXxxPPQcIJ9NoLEAXuS9IxYEfCVMTWqplIyHvDHU8cZPKPO2Y5KVSgeVmx3ewluLNo/s1600/DSCI0097.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458665146558667538" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWB1sLQkv1-o8WdOtRgsx0EOG5iJJN-pHKUVFLsNCMuko_T7WgO5GR7N-_tltoWpcZQb2HRQ4wGiXxxPPQcIJ9NoLEAXuS9IxYEfCVMTWqplIyHvDHU8cZPKPO2Y5KVSgeVmx3ewluLNo/s320/DSCI0097.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Celebrating our 25th anniversary and still smiling! My mother and father are celebrating their 55th wedding anniversary in three days. Fran (my father) told us that the next 25 years are the easy years. I'll take your words of wisdom and continue to follow in mom and dad's footsteps. </div>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-62814958119382730712010-04-10T17:02:00.000-07:002010-04-10T17:06:33.043-07:00Cakes Etc.,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgltOPhXsoMVEG_bMdOXzg4x9iqdVJH78_NbotnwMMeEY8YFMFIOdaC6fVIBdAHt7p-S9ytXL_uGAdH5tugS3QKW5HntyX0jObzemUgQc7WnodonFAvGhWD37v-B95YXaAACVipC4kUJZM/s1600/DSCI0064.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458663961796572482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgltOPhXsoMVEG_bMdOXzg4x9iqdVJH78_NbotnwMMeEY8YFMFIOdaC6fVIBdAHt7p-S9ytXL_uGAdH5tugS3QKW5HntyX0jObzemUgQc7WnodonFAvGhWD37v-B95YXaAACVipC4kUJZM/s320/DSCI0064.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Purchasing Cake Supplies at my favorite store.</div><div>Cakes Etc., in West Palm Beach on Military. It is like walking into a candy store.....I would rather purchase from this store than Michaels. Support a woman business owner anyday. That's my motto.</div>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-61966039396709043392010-04-10T16:21:00.000-07:002010-04-10T16:25:05.472-07:00Celebration Cooking<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5G2ZxdpIPDoGL-8uDvrYVhnf2OZYq5RAAKPyK1EpnhCv-3iZ-7cCSmBXeq8etRYhnMJ8GFn_K-euDl940Cu2QN-RqQSVURqCVOsI-dbPStWIom3tOBh7uzKL8wjsZVhmiY1nT3YADbOQ/s1600/Picture+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458652965472838610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5G2ZxdpIPDoGL-8uDvrYVhnf2OZYq5RAAKPyK1EpnhCv-3iZ-7cCSmBXeq8etRYhnMJ8GFn_K-euDl940Cu2QN-RqQSVURqCVOsI-dbPStWIom3tOBh7uzKL8wjsZVhmiY1nT3YADbOQ/s320/Picture+3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Oops, if you want the recipe for the most delicous carrot cake......you can purchase on Amazon or Authorhouse. I published the recipe and others just for you. People have asked me for this recipe for twenty three years and I decided it was time to share it. You maybe asking yourself, "What took her so long?" I always thought of mass production like Mrs. Fields and the recipe had to be a secret....but her cookie recipe isn't. </div>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-81632862471739331062010-04-10T16:18:00.000-07:002010-04-10T16:20:51.447-07:00Learning How To Skype<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZwa3bFJOctxz0KQAC1NRDbvoQDLYHFfMhptFmkLDIvpKF4sobhurcQtpi-AkSMCCxpmQORBm1ugH05lKgSNuhzvzT4w9REBauq2lOzrhbXGB3N52WYR0JS8G-2E2m9Cn9veAHSTNtoQ/s1600/Picture+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458652473797078402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZwa3bFJOctxz0KQAC1NRDbvoQDLYHFfMhptFmkLDIvpKF4sobhurcQtpi-AkSMCCxpmQORBm1ugH05lKgSNuhzvzT4w9REBauq2lOzrhbXGB3N52WYR0JS8G-2E2m9Cn9veAHSTNtoQ/s320/Picture+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This is me learning how to Skype. Do you know that schools, libraries and museums are interviewing authors on Skype? I've mastered my camera! Hip, Hip, Horray! </div>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-40891789599505407902010-04-10T16:15:00.000-07:002010-04-10T16:18:16.482-07:00Treasures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjGfPRNqoqIVYasLpTqQxrg6WzCaoxP7VJ-Nn7KIeLkPZctptjkPLm9mpNXHFsctcqmVpsk39II74-X-G-W2nbvd0sFlqmXe9hVaq3xwhHC4tZFxL9Z7KcPZlEj7s7Iyuo6xSG6G59Ww/s1600/Story+Lady+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458651752261392658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 232px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjGfPRNqoqIVYasLpTqQxrg6WzCaoxP7VJ-Nn7KIeLkPZctptjkPLm9mpNXHFsctcqmVpsk39II74-X-G-W2nbvd0sFlqmXe9hVaq3xwhHC4tZFxL9Z7KcPZlEj7s7Iyuo6xSG6G59Ww/s320/Story+Lady+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This is one of the treasures I have saved from a little girl in my audience during an author visit! It was on Valentines Day. How appropriate! I love children and their treasures they draw. It is a keepsake.</div>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-31010554813491758132010-04-10T16:08:00.000-07:002010-04-10T16:13:58.201-07:00Buddy Reading ProgramIt was the opportunity I had reading with the Buddy Reading Program that birthed my baby...<br />"Johannah's Lazy Eye". Thanks to the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County and hiring me for the position. The kids inspired me to write a story about a special need. Eyesight. "Johannah's Lazy Eye", is a year old. April 1st I received my first book off of the press. My favorite book to read to children!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGWHZV-i4EFi4wHzi5JdznXaF4vOppeHNfrxfj1BTRiGaiKoHXVzVJ2u9yFNmmFkvr6vrZ5_G_iXOybcrFckn5qo_bXIKm-tncty0Y348aOZcxT5DDYRcC-S6BTKTXDxLWpPOVTd_ymI/s1600/Story+Lady+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458650234713876018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 189px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGWHZV-i4EFi4wHzi5JdznXaF4vOppeHNfrxfj1BTRiGaiKoHXVzVJ2u9yFNmmFkvr6vrZ5_G_iXOybcrFckn5qo_bXIKm-tncty0Y348aOZcxT5DDYRcC-S6BTKTXDxLWpPOVTd_ymI/s320/Story+Lady+007.jpg" border="0" /></a>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-80262718540356807822010-04-10T15:56:00.000-07:002010-04-10T16:00:59.687-07:00First Cake<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPrOiW-JxArbo0HcfoVYrlrDIGm6DOqAORwMIcRUtYkoB4mCbqIX8zOAuRLdqfHEo1k1fetpYXkgfyyFp6Yv3BPWTCvHu2cck0WazYtu31jzEP-sqrgWOQEYlir_Etw8eXMantNS_lhc/s1600/airplane+044.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458646906266567666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPrOiW-JxArbo0HcfoVYrlrDIGm6DOqAORwMIcRUtYkoB4mCbqIX8zOAuRLdqfHEo1k1fetpYXkgfyyFp6Yv3BPWTCvHu2cck0WazYtu31jzEP-sqrgWOQEYlir_Etw8eXMantNS_lhc/s320/airplane+044.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This was my first cake a customer ever ordered. He was a pilot and retiring. They called and asked, "Can you make a cake for a retirement party for Monday?"</div><div> </div><div>My first attempt to make fondant. Easy recipe:</div><div>Marshmellows and confection sugar with water. You mix it and knead it like bread. I just remember how nervous I was wondering if it would arrive in one piece for the party.</div><div> </div><div>I heard a year later....it was delicous and it had a safe landing.</div>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714544472223981986.post-71135765556940142222010-04-10T15:54:00.000-07:002010-04-10T15:56:00.539-07:00Carrot Cake Recipe<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxUjDifYVzGWPEQ5yDl8UWUn2AAGEdMd6vdMoWk2Jthme8YHf5xxJXHrdQ0QwlyeEA4_bwrFMeDz-RNDpW4JcO5bZmXmq9gv6StnwQzot6p36la-63mJnt-jXf8IUgwp092Qvs2JUkbc/s1600/website+photos+018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458646242043797874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxUjDifYVzGWPEQ5yDl8UWUn2AAGEdMd6vdMoWk2Jthme8YHf5xxJXHrdQ0QwlyeEA4_bwrFMeDz-RNDpW4JcO5bZmXmq9gv6StnwQzot6p36la-63mJnt-jXf8IUgwp092Qvs2JUkbc/s320/website+photos+018.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Roxannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04336503276890442651noreply@blogger.com0