Hello again from Pine Mountain. It is now 2009. Another year has begun and the holidays are over for another year. November and December went by so fast. Here at the ranch I started taking down the Christmas decorations. I put away the 6 foot snowman and Santa and his sleigh. I put away the electric Christmas candles and wreaths that were in every window in the house. Now all I have to do is take down all the strings of lights that outline the house and garage. The Christmas tree was taken down and put away yesterday. It will take me another week to take down all the lights.
The weather is sunny but windy today, but then it is almost always windy here on the ranch. The weatherman said we are supposed to get about 5 to 6 inches of snow tonight. Winter is definitely here.
We had our traditional New Years dinner yesterday.We had mashed potatoes and gravy with saurkraut served on the side.We had cranberry sauce, dinner rolls,corn, and mincemeat pie for desert.
Well enough about the ranch. This week our roving writer Roxana returns with a story about a New Year’s adventure in Vyborg. Vyborg is a Russian town that is close to the Finnish border.
If you are new to our Newsletter here is how it is arranged.
Section 1 Ranch News
Section 2 Alternative Energy
Section 3 Nutrition and Health
Section 4 Travel for Less
Section 5 Treasure Hunting
Section 6 This Weeks Adventure
Section 7 Pine Mountain Evening
Each one of the sections has links to websites and products. Just click on any of the colored words and you will go to one of our product websites.
Finally in section 7 we have coffee by the roaring fire in the fireplace and wish you a good night and a good week ahead. I hope you enjoy our newsletter and return at least once a week for a new adventure and new products and programs to improve your life.
Alternative Energy Store
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Alternative Energy Handbook
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Hydrogen Fuel
Would you like to increase your gas mileage, reduce emissions, and have more power. An inexpensive hydrogen generator can be added to your present fuel system to save you money.
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Ethos Fuel Additive
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It improves gas economy by reformulating your gasoline to allow more air to be mixed with the fuel vapor. This causes cleaner combustion and increases power. Your fuel burns more completely and thus produces less emissions. All you have to do is add a couple ounces per tank of gasoline or diesel. Go to ==> Ethos and learn more about this alternative energy supplement.
Nutrition and Health
These days everyone is concerned about nutrition and health. Most of our food is over processed and has very little nutrient value. Our food looks great but not much more. If we want to stay healthy in today’s world we are forced to take supplements. The question is: What supplements will provide what you need for the least amount of time and money? I believe one of the best supplements out there is called acaiplus. It is a blend of vitamins and minerals plus acai to promote health and long life. They also have vitamins to help improve your long term and short term memory. They also have an energy drink that gives you steady long term energy. To learn more about these products go to ==> Acaiplus . Check out Acaiplus, Feed My Brain, and White Lightning. Here on Pine Mountain we drink Acaiplus every day.
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Travel Writing
Have you ever wished that you could travel for a living. Does the call of far off places thrill you? Would you like to travel the world on your own schedule and see the places that you want to see? Would you like to enjoy your vacation and get paid for it too? Long to travel on your own schedule and enjoy your vacation? Would you like to travel for a living and see new and interesting places every day? Would you like to be pampered like a VIP and enjoy life all for just writing about your travel adventures? Do you like to write letters to your relatives telling them about your recent vacation? Then you have what it takes to become a travel writer. All you need is a little instruction and you can have a dream job too. Go to ==> Travel Writing and learn how you to can become a travel writer.
Adventure and Treasure Hunting
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Do you watch movies like Indiana Jones and wish you could do that in real life? Do you like a good mystery and a good adventure? Would you like to use modern methods and tools to find long lost treasure? All this is possible if you learn from the best. Stan Grist, world renown adventurer and treasure hunter has written a course complete with step by step instruction on how to become successful. Go to ==> Treasure Hunting and check out his course “Creating Wealth Through Adventure”
And now our feature story.
| New Year’s in the Medieval Fairy Tale Town of Vyborg  I have traveled for the New Year to Vyborg, a snowy fairy tale medieval town northwest of Saint Petersburg. Our trip began in Saint Petersburg.  When all of us were seated on the train in our places, we set out to see off the old year (it is a Russian tradition seeing off the leaving year and welcoming the New Year). It was New Year’s eve morning when we arrived in Vyborg. We had breakfast in a small cafe. It was a good breakfast. They had red and black caviar but it was too early in the morning for salty fish eggs for me. The cowberry pies were very tasty.
The trip from Saint-Petersburg up to Vyborg was very long. It took almost 5 hours with all the stops to make the journey. After breakfast in the café we made our way to the hotel "Druzhba" translated means friendship.  We were tired from our night on the train so we checked into our rooms and slept up until time for the evening banquet. At the banquet we ate too much till we couldn't move,and also,for sure we had vodka with beer which we brought from Saint Petersburg. Hotel Druzhbah had an excellent nightclub. We finished our banquet and then we danced and drank vodka until the New Year arrived. We partied until after 2 AM then finally returned to our hotel rooms. The morning of January 1 began at noon for us. Our friends made us go on a walk in Monrepo Park.  (It is a park on coast of Finland's gulf ) I was angry at first, that they made me go along because I was still hung over from the night before. But then I was shocked and amazed when I saw this nature. The pine wood, The rocks, silence, a sunny day " a frost and the sun - day wonderful ". (For those who have not understood. these are words from one of Pushkin's poems.) After that we drank water from a spring. So charming I wish I could always live like that. We ate dinner at the hotel (by the way, the russian cabbage soup there was excellent. It was the same taste like my mom cooks.
After dinner we went for a walk in the town. It was cold and the snow crunched under our boots. We were glad when we returned to the warmth of our hotel room. The next day already the weather had changed. A cold crude wind was blowing. The water around the tower in the medieval lock all was frozen.  But the city from height of the bird's flight looks super.  Here I also have understood why round referred to ".. A medieval fairy tale ". In the second half of the day we took a bus to a mountain skiing resort. The road was slippery, visibility was bad and it was terrible.
On and on we went. Everyone had already long lost their desire and saw the snow. Everyone wanted to play games in the snowdrifts. We had ordered inflatable tubes in advance so we did not have to stand in line to ride the new snow down the mountain. Everyone played on the mountain up to weariness, and in the bus on the way back to town we were greeted with a surprise: vodka and salt cucumbers. The weather cleared up, and the way back to the hotel passed really fast. We packed our bags and boarded the train back to Saint Petersburg. this small, but enchantingly beautiful city. If you ever travel to St.-Petersburg, you need to visit Vyborg. Vyborg History Vyborg is one of the oldest towns in Russia. The original inhabitants were Karellians. In 1323 after many decades of battles, Vyborg and much of the surrounding area became part of Sweden. In 1710 Vyborg was captured in the great northern war by Peter the Great of Russia. By 1809 all of Finland became part of Russia. Vyborg became Viipuri. During the Russian revolution of 1917, Finland including Viipuri became independent of Russia. Viipuri was part of Finland and became the second largest city in Finland.This lasted until 1940 when the Russians again took over the city during the winter war. The Finns reclaimed the town in August 1941. The Russians captured the town in June 20 1944. The towns name was changed to the present Vyborg and it has been part of Russia ever since. Today Vyborg is known for paper production and Tourism. It has a population of over 80,000 people. Resources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viipuri Pine Mountain Evening |
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It is evening once more and I am relaxing here on Pine Mountain in my easy chair in front of the fireplace. The gas fueled fire in the fireplace takes the chill off the mountain evening. Squeekers
my African Grey parrot is sitting on his perch munching peanuts.
I am relaxing with my coffee from http://www.coffeefool.com/. Tonight I am trying Snoodle Doodle Coffee. This coffee has a distinct taste of Swiss chocolate, coconut, cinnamon, and hazlenut mixed with American roast coffee. It is another desert coffee. It is just the right drink for New Year’s and it goes well with a plate of sugar cookies. Squeekers and I have been watching another Sci fi series called Highlander. Both my coffee and my TV show are over now. It has been a long day. I put Squeekers in his cage, turn off the gas fireplace, and head upstairs to bed. Good night all. See you next week.
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