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Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Commercial Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

{2009-09-19 My Domain: MariettesBacktoBasics.com}

My Domain Name: MariettesBacktoBasics.com has its 3rd Birthday! It looks like the time ahead of us is looking good. The end of 2009, I was in excruciating pain and that resulted in being almost completely paralyzed by January of 2010. Again, in September of 2010 we ran out of luck as husband Pieter, out of the blue, had heart problems and needed open heart surgery... Not much time for my business than. Neither for blogging. Last year in September, I was all set for it and well prepared but my Domain Name expired... The advertising company that set up my business had closed up everything and left my Domain Name sitting, without passing it on to me, neither telling me they went out of business... For about three weeks it was off the air. My new webmaster tried his very best to get it moved, but he couldn't and the password was not to be found... I had to buy it back from an Auction on October 26, 2011. 
This is our veranda, our most favorite room of the house, next to the bay window of our kitchen.
I just did a post about our veranda, it is in the side bar as one of the most popular posts, you can click it if you have not seen it yet.
Wish I could pour you a nice cup of tea and sit down together...
This third birthday is reason enough to celebrate!
My winning bid for buying my own Domain Name back almost had me do the Happy Dance!
Funny how my Domain Name: MariettesBacktoBasics.com in Domains Registered on 2009-09-19 appears on the Internet, followed by marijuana-cigarette...
But how could I have known about this weird alphabetical line up? 
That marijuana business is not even around anymore but it's stuck  here on the Internet forever it seems like.
If you click the pink hyperlink, you can scroll down to this section below:
Not even the mariettafitnessexpert is around anymore... 
Looks like a bad match; being sandwiched in-between those two companies.
Never mind, at least I'm still there! 
♥♥
That's the connection with my blog: Mariette's Back to Basics...
Just like to thank my loyal readers!
Do you have your own Domain Name?
Did it come with some funny stories or weird mentions too? 

On September 17, 2018 I let it vanish...


Tuesday, September 18, 2012

{ALERT Blogger did spot my MISTAKE: SORRY!}

Oops, it happened and for quite a while, I let this BIG MISTAKE go unnoticed. Till my post from yesterday where one of my favorite and ALERT bloggers did spot it! SORRY!!!
On February 14, yes on Valentine's Day, I did post about my AMAZING Chocolate Recipe, see link below post. I'd made photos with the lovely gift we received in December (YES, my MISTAKE went unnoticed for THAT LONG!!!) from our Liz. She is fond of red beets, as I am myself. Not so her Dad; my husband Pieter... She bought me this precious high end linen and silk table runner - with beets on. Both of us were so pleased with this special gift and laughed about the fact that the beets won 2:1 and it never crossed our mind we were MISTAKEN.  Even the sales person who sold it had no clue... Dear blogger Ger from the blog: Hoorn Des Overvloeds did comment about the POMEGRANATE image on the silk runner! She went to the previous post for finding the recipe of the AMAZING Chocolate. 
My husband laughed too; how could we both have overlooked this?! How stupid can one be? Do you have things like this happening to you too, or is it only me... I hope I'm not a stand-alone-case!
Do you laugh at me now?...
I deserve it!
Oh my!
BUT, yes it is the POMEGRANATE - THE ANTIOXIDANT SUPERFRUIT!
Yes, we are growing our own Pomegranate in our garden!
For the time being we have to buy the dark chocolate covered Pomegranate seeds from Costco, to enjoy with our coffee. They seem to be cholesterol lowering, even preventing Alzheimer's and so many more health benefits they possess. 
A heartfelt SORRY for this MISTAKE!

Related links from previous posts by me:
{USEFUL TIP: Peppermint Tea for Anti Bloating}
{Our Liz & Telepathy + AMAZING Chocolate Recipe!}

Monday, September 17, 2012

{USEFUL TIP: Peppermint Tea for Anti Bloating}


  • When living in The Netherlands, our back neighbors were from Turkey and I learned quite a lot from their culture. 
  • They passed on age old remedies for certain ailments. One of them was, serving hot tea from fresh Mentha Piperita leaves. 
  • Sure I learned about this USEFULL TIP as Peppermint Tea for Anti Bloating. 
  • Since than, I've been drinking this soothing Peppermint Tea for decades, adding also some healthy Green Tea as well. 
  • We always keep mint growing in our garden. So how do I brew this useful tea? Let me show you...
  • Freshly brewn inside our Mandalay Chartreuse by Mason's teapot.

  • With my Gardena Garden Scissors I did snip off a handful of Mentha Piperita leaves from our garden.

  • Rinsing them off in my Rösle Strainer...

  • Together with a bag of green tea they go inside the teapot while the water is boiling.
  • Pour the water over it and let it steep for a few minutes before pouring into your cups.

  • I used Trader Joe's Organic Green Tea...

  • Peppermint-Green-Tea with a healthy chocolate dessert, decorated with edible marzipan rosebuds...
  • Why don't you sit with me?

  • Closeup from the Peppermint-Green-Tea and my dessert...

  • Please sit down and join me...!
  • By  the way, this amazing chocolate dessert came out of the freezer and works great for freezing it!
  • Below the post you find the recipe for this diabetes type 2 and heart healthy 0% cholesterol chocolate dessert.

  • This is a very soothing and relaxing tea, you ought to try it for yourself!

  • No, I did NOT add any sugar...
  • So what do you think? Are you going to try this out as well...?

Below are some links for more info.


Related links:
Mandalay Chartreuse by Mason's  available at Replacements Ltd.
{Our Liz & Telepathy + AMAZING Chocolate Recipe!} | previous post by me
Foods that Support the Skin | previous post by me
Natural Healing Chart for almost all Sickness | previous post by me with a wealth of information!
{9 'Harmless' Habits That Age You} | previous post by me with great tips
{SUGAR is your #1 enemy!} | previous post by me

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