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Living at Mile Marker 803.9 of the Ohio River in Downtown Henderson KY

Beauty Shop Pickles

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Just a few weeks ago I was in our historic downtown Henderson KY getting my hair cut at one of our towns oldest beauty shops-a precious place full of some of Henderson Kentucky’s finest operators (now known as stylists) and customers.

It was a late Thursday afternoon.  Thursdays and Fridays at Kelly’s Mane Event (formerly known as the Cardinal Beauty Shop operated by Dorothy Kockritz) are very busy.

One of the hot topics of beauty shop gossip was: “How does the ever popular Downtown Sandwich Shop make those great pickles?”  One of the ladies who was just getting up from the hair dryer said she knew the recipe, and it was easy.   She went on to say that a lady on North Main Street was making the pickles for the Downtown Sandwich Shop, and their business was growing so much that she couldn’t keep up with the demand.  It was also said that she had her hands full building a home in our downtown and that was another reason she had to give up the pickle making.

Here is the recipe as I heard it:

Sweet Pickled Dills

1 gallon of sliced hamburger dills (Sureway and Sam’s Club have these drain them well-you will not use any of this juice)
4 pound bag of sugar  (usually is around 9 1/3 cups)
4 Tablespoons of Pickling Spice (found in the spice isle of grocery)
1 small packet of dried red chili peppers (about 8-10 peppers)  That is if you like it hot!

Mix everything right in the jar!

Tighten the lid of the pickles. Turn jar upside down frequently for the sugar to dissolve.  It usually takes about 24 hours for all the sugar to melt and make the new sweet pickle juice. Keep the pickles on the kitchen counter for seven days turning up and down frequently.

After seven days of turning the pickles place in the refrigerator.  They should keep for  four months.    They are so good you will find them gone way before then.

Have you tried to make the Beauty Shop Pickles?  How did they turn out?

Often times when we think of a beauty shop we think of gossip.  However, it is more than that.  It is creating community and when we have community together we learn and sometimes that can be how to make dill pickles sweet!  Encourage a community of spreading good positive news in your community like they do at Kelly’s Mane Event.

What have you learned at the beauty shop?

What is generation Y ?

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– The Silent generation, people born before 1946.
– The Baby Boomers, people born between 1946 and 1959.
– Generation X, people born between 1960 and 1979.
– Generation Y, people born between 1980 and 2009

Why do we call the last one generation Y? I did not know, but a cartoonist explains it eloquently below…Learned something new today!

Generation Y

(This was shared with me by one of my co-workers via an email.  I do not know who to credit this to but it is NOT my original work.  I found it very cute though.)

What are you doing in your non-profit or business to market or be appealing to the generation Y?

How are you using Twitter?

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Twitter just celebrated its 5th Birthday this week (March 20, 2011).

Below is a video they produced to show how many people are using twitter.

Twitter to me is my favorite means of Social Media. About 99% of all my posts to social media originate from twitter.

Some use to keep in touch others use to listen.

This video done by Twitter.com called “Follow You Interests. Discover Your World” is well done and talks about how beneficial Twitter can be to us all.

How are YOU using Twitter?

Follow me at www.Twitter.com/nibbyp

I’m Glad You are so Smart

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Well, that is what I was told by a close family member <mother> recently. I don’t know if it was meant to be glamorous or not but whatever the case might be it is something to think about.

Pure intellectual abilities have always been important to me in my life not only from a personal  perspective but in a way that I want to surround myself with people who are smart and intellectual.  I have always been easily impressed with people who have a true and pure intellect.

I was so fortunate to grow up around two smart guys. One now is a OB/GYN doctor, and the other  is a preacher turned high school administrator.

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One successful insurance agent in Henderson Kentucky spoke a few years ago at a Chamber function and one particular comment that he made really stuck with me was  “I’ve always hired people who are smarter than me”.   When he said that I had a hard grasping the concept, but now I finally have.  When you surround yourself with smart people it rubs off!

I don’t consider myself smart or intellectual, but I do like to read and research and learn new concepts ideas and ways of thinking (just ask me about WordPress.org). This weekend there was a Trivia contest sponsored by the Henderson Rotary Club.  Greg and I were invited to attend and participate and the first thing that I asked is “can I bring my smart phone and Google?”  The answer was no.

It was interesting to find out that the team that won the local Trivia Contest was State Farm Insurance Agent Anne Thrasher Boyd’s Office.  I do think they appreciated the help from Anne’s friend Dr. Marcia Cave. It’s amazing what happens when you surround yourself with SMART people!

Who are some smart/intellectual people whom you surround yourself with?

Are they helping and encouraging you to be the “Best You, You Can Be?”

If not keep looking, they are out there!