Sentences with phrase «started giving them to friends»

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He had been part of the food co-op movement — and when he abandoned that to start his own for - profit health food store, a group of his friends became ex-friends and gave him the nickname Darth Vader.

No one claimed it, and around the time that my friends and I were starting to get a bit desperate, the police gave the bracelet back to her.

Stephen Davies, founder of U.S. Computer Group, a $ 25 - million computer - maintenance company in Farmingdale, N.Y., gave equity to a friend who invested $ 120,000 in his start - up.

There's Crowdtilt, a service that lets friends contribute money for outings like a beach vacation; Zokos, a start - up that gives guests a way to pitch in for a dinner party; and Gambitious, a financing site devoted to indie game developers, to name a few.

When he started Uber with a few friends in 2009, the idea was to create an app that would give town car drivers extra fares during their down time.

One small example of this in our neighborhood is the urban farm one of my friends and mentors started to provide jobs to «returning citizens»: It required the city to help give away land and clear vacant property and some startup capital from a local farming company, but it is based on the church's understanding of the needs of the people and explicitly tied to the concept that faithful believers can help disciple and encourage people who have been incarcerated for harming others, walking them through the transformative process.

Whether you give your friends and family a rhetoric lesson before you start discussing or just keep these techniques in mind, you could use the Rogerian model to have a more productive conversation.

I started reading a book that one of my friends / church members gave me to read: The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun.

Per a friend who is one, when they're looking for someone they often start with the social networking sites, where people often give enough info for the PI to easily find them.

This all started because some whacko from Texas was trying to justify the candidacy of a corrupt governor from Texas, one who gave millions and millions of taxpayer money to his friends in exchange for personal campaign donations.

We split our plants every 5 years or so when they start to get huge and give them to friends.

I wanted to make enough to give to friends for the holidays so I started with this recipe from Its Not Easy Eating Green.

Also, call us crafty, but «making holiday cookies» sounds a little fun, and we start to imagine a day spent making all kinds of beautiful creations that get wrapped up in little boxes and given to friends.

Bravely I made this into two 8 × 8 pans and gave one to a mama friend of mine who recently started a new job.

You might need some enthusiasm but the advice I have given to friends who wanted to expand their skills was to start one spice at a time.

So by the end of summer I had way more zucchini than I could use and started giving them out to the neighbors and friends, freezing zucchini noodles and shredded zucchini, I canned a few and the rest went into various zucchini recipes like this Summer Ratatouille.

I never imagined when I started Climbing Grier Mountain four years ago, it would become an actual business; that it would give me the opportunity to travel, expand my culinary knowledge, and meet wonderful people who I now call my friends.

On a Friday afternoon you are meeting a friend for a beer but he's late and while your at the bar someone starts to give you the big eye.

My friend I don't think am ready to give up on that yet, lem me continue to hope for some kind of joy and excitement in order to enjoy the season (you can call me deluded) * ☺ * I mean some of my folks are already wishing the season was over and can't wait to start a new one

Some of my friends and family were already starting to give me a hard time about it.

My plan is to get everything ready over the winter so that next spring I can start canning and freezing our extra produce instead of giving it away to family and friends

I started out with hand me downs that a friend gave me, I had to repair these diapers on a regular basis because they'd been bleached, the fabric was falling apart and the edges against the baby's skin were stiff and seamed a little uncomfortable.

Don't be embarrassed if you give your baby to a friend or relative and they start screaming; this is completely normal and they will get used to new people as they meet them more often and become more independent.

It's important that he has the opportunity to play with other children, this will give him the social skills he needs to make friends when he starts school as well as teaching him the concepts of sharing, taking turns and winning and losing.

If you have a long list of friends and relatives and you want to give homemade gifts at the holidays, the reality is that many people start making them now.

A friend of mine gave me one of her shields that she wasn't going to use and that worked for a day until he started thinking it was fun to bite it, which made things way worse.

I headed to my absolute favorite one - stop - shop for baby necessities, Target and started a baby registry to give my friends and family an idea of what I needed.

It's not always easy to stand your ground especially as a first time mom so it's important to have the knowledge to deal with criticism etc because you sure need that so that you don't start to doubt yourself because of all the «advice» that is being given to you by mainstream parents and friends.

The other thing I have found true is that as soon as friends and relatives know you have started solid food, they can't wait to give them chocolate, cookies, ice cream, pop, etc..

It wasn't until I had given birth to my first and started to try to make mom friends that I realized how many labels existed for parenting styles.

There is no need to rush about it, but for some expectant mothers the thrill of having a baby is just too much, and very soon they start giving the news to relatives, friends and colleagues.

You can start your own fundraiser on our page at www.crowdrise.com/fiveacres and ask your friends to give back for #GivingTuesday.

In appreciation for all of the wonderful support our GoFreshBaby friends have given us, we are going to start a monthly giveaway for everyone that wishes to participate.

If you feel nervous about asking, you can always start by offering to buy the item, and your friend or family member may be happy to just give it to you anyway.

I didn't want anyone to talk to her, for fear that they would notice that she wasn't babbling and start asking what was wrong with her, or give me the pity comments like «She will talk when she talks», or, «my Uncle's, son's friend didn't talk until he was 4!»

Naturally starting our family so late we have plenty of friends with children well into their school years and willing to give us LOTS of advice... even when it is unwanted.

Giving supporters the tools to evangelize is a good start, from web widgets to rally - your - friends personal donations campaigns to simple talking points for water - cooler conversations.

Using a gift given to the shelther as seed money, she helped start and served on the Board of Friends House in Rosehill, a residence for fifty formerly homeless people with AIDS.

Q: What prompted you and your friends, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google co-founder Sergey Brin, to start giving out prizes, first in physics, then in other branches of science?

For those of you just starting, give yourself at least a semester and a half to make friends, and then figure out which ones you want to keep close and which will remain mere acquaintances.

When you start responding to your own physical and emotional challenges with the consideration and care you'd give a dear friend in distress, your life will improve beyond your wildest dreams!

Is it the same advice you give to friends and loved ones who have recently started a practice or are considering one?

I started creating my own blends and giving them to friends and family and making everyone workout and nutrition guides.

A vet friend gave me an important piece of advice about switching to any new diet with a pet... start slowly and work up.

-LSB-...] can either brew your next batch using both SCOBYs, put your new SCOBY in a SCOBY hotel or give it away to a friend so that they can start their own -LSB-...]

I started using it and was so wowed by it that I started giving grains to friends to try.

It got a little out of hand so I started giving the desserts away to friends and family whenever they came over.

Or you can give your extra SCOBYs away to a friend so they can start brewing their own too!

hi, just started looking at this diet it was referred to me by a close friend, i have recently been diagnosed with diabetes so i have to take my eating seriously, i need to loose about 80 pounds, yup almost like giving birth to a 8 year old kid sounds like a lot but i would be happy if i could loose at least 40 pounds, i have to change my whole way of cooking to reinvent my life my question is do i find these products at a regular grocery store?

My best friend gave me a bottle to get me started.