So its Christmas time, a time for being with friends and family. However not everyone can be close to family this time of year, some just have jobs that are not close to home, some are over seas, and some family are going through tough times and can not afford it.



I know what that is like not being able to be close to home for the holidays, but we should be thankful. Most of us can call are family’s and with things like Facebook, e-mail, Skype, and other ways we keep in contact we are closer to the people that we care about. Just remember it was not that long ago that closeness was that easy. 

Family recipe

What do people like, they like food, or at least I do, so here is a favorite of mine that I learned when I was just a kid.

Cheesy Tacos

what you will need

1 pack soft flour taco shells

2 blocks grated cheese (pick two that you like)

1 lbs of ground beef

1 can of sloppy Joe sauce

and any toppings you would like

Cook ground beef till browned , drain and add sloppy Joe sauce

in rectangle casserole dish add two spoons of your beef mixture then add rolled flower tortillas with your blend of cheese till dish is full, then cover with the rest of your beef mixture.

Bake at 350 for 20 min

I like mine topped with sour cream, avocado, and green olives.

But have whatever you like on yours

What have I learned?

Recently my grandfather passed away. He lived a good and full life.

One thing I learned from him is that you should live life one moment at a time, take your time to live. He was wise, honest, a smart ass, joker, flirt, knew a little about everything, and was always relaxed, at least as long as I knew him.

What a grate way to go through life, actually seeing it. What a grate lesson, to watch life.

Will I ever learn that lesson??

See you in a few years, Grandfather Jack (on my dads side), mama (my grandmother on my moms side) papa (my grandfather on my moms side) and grandma (on my dads side). I am going to try to learn from you, I am going to try to watch life, keep intrusted and learning, do something fun, hold on to my beliefs, and live.

I can only try.

Man oh Man

Man oh man it has been hot, some places have been dry some have been wet and some have been shaking around a bit. Gas is up, food supply is down, you should get ready for the end of the world.

I know things have not looked the best, but remember to look around you. There are a lot of good things haping that we don’t notice. The press wants ratings and look for the bad. And there is a lot of that, but there has always been a lot of bad, there has been a lot of good too.

So I know it can be hard to do, but look around you and look for the good.

Also say to yourself every morning “I have always lived the future”

Another thought from Orion

Take 5

Today while I was at work, counting some inventory I became over heated. I now realize it is important for us to take some time to cool off, not just when we are physically hot, or emotionally hot, but a little time for us to know what we are doing.

I now know that if I would have taken the time to grab some water it would have proven useful at the time, and if we take just a moment for us in this fast and busy life it will be useful to us and the people around us. It can give us peace and confidence.

So in your busy and fast life tomorrow start something new. A few moments stop, look around, and decide what you are going to do next, and grab your “water”, whatever water you need and move forward. I know for one, I will be trying this new thing.

Just a thought.

Love Is In The Air

Love is in the air. I got a fortune cookie at lunch today and that is what it said.

At first I thought “yea, whatever” but the more I though about it, maybe it was right. There are many forms of love, one love is just asking the question “how are you today?” it makes people feel good and it spreads.

I have a problem with stupid people, but maybe the problem is not theirs but mine. If I let stupid people get to me then it is my anger to deal with, not theirs. I have been trying to not let little things get to me, sometimes it is not easy.

If we all just do one nice thing a day for someone that we would normally do nothing for, how much would that change life for everyone? That is not easy, we get so warped up in us that we forget about them. Its not like we know the person sitting at the green light when we honk and cuss at them. They are probably thinking about that date tonight, or that hottie they just saw, or maybe there going to lose there house. Whatever it is we have all had those days.

As hard as it is for me to say, I have been that mad person making there day just a little worse. I will try to be more forgiving and nicer to people, and I hope you will all join me in this.

It is never to late to change us.

What about the ones we care about

I was just sitting here thinking about what I should post next.

I grew tall in a time of no facebook, no myspace, and email was at its binging. How hard was it to keep in touch with the people we meet along the way. All we had to do is pick up a pin and send them a letter, and maybe they would send one back.

Now everyone has a email, a lot of people have a facebook, and there is text pic and video we can send on a whim. But are we learning from the past?

As life goes on people come and people go, and we louse touch with people we care about, and then as time goes by we try to find them once again. Sometimes this is easy, and I will just speak for myself, the ones I want to talk to I can not find.

Life is a hard lesion, if you care stay in touch. There are so many more tools today then there were just a short time ago.

It is a lot harder to find the ones you lost, then to keep the ones you have.

One Moment

 

Thank You.

the next one, but one will come for Memorial Day

I was recently challenged in what I believe as far as the binging of time, the sole, and God.

It is not possible for life to exist without God. Just look around you.

As far as what God is, we just don’t know, what happens to us when we die, we have no proufe, what life is all about we will only know in the end.

I believe we have a begging and have no end.

What do you believe?

Dose it take faith to believe in nothing?

And can you believe you are not right?

I know that I am not right in what I belive, it is what I know to be true tho.

All things being equle, I know the one rule is still the best one for us humans.

“Love”

How do we “Love”

“Do unto others as you would have done unto you”.

What do you think?

the first orion blog :D

The start of something new for The Orion Cafe.

So this is going to be my first weekly blog post, i have never made a blog before so i hope it is intrusting. my mind wonders a lot so don't expect the blogs to be the same in nature.

for my first post i thought it would be a good thing to talk about The Orion Cafe, what it is about, how you could use it, and where i see the cafe one day.

The Orion Cafe started out as my apartment, that is what my friends called it. then my friends talked me into makeing a myspace account so we could keep in tuch, of corse i called my space the orion cafe. the time came when life moved on and my friends and i moved on with it. then i thought about how neat it would be if everyone had a place they could go and share, and people watch, with maybe some fun and helpful things along the way.

enter The Orion Cafe. com. the first of its kind. not a social network, but a web cafe. a place where you can hang out or share a pice of you. and they dont have to be your friend to see what you share. it could be a link or a thought, or even everything.

what dose it mean for you? it means you can see what people are sharing with the world and they don't even see you looking. or say you have something your trying to sell, say, or give to the world you can share it, and they don't even have to be your friend to see it.

one day i see The Orion Cafe showing people that most people no matter where they live, who rules over them, or how much money they have are a lot alike. i hope the cafe one day makes the world a happier and more peaceful place, and that a multitude of dreams do come true.

if your going to dream, dream big.

leave your comments, questions, thoughts.