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2007-12-31
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Weekend Whimsies: Christmas Week
2007-12-31
Nothing much here but MORE snow! At least it is warm -- 40 something degrees and the snow is melting.
The phone continues to ring with political messages for the upcoming January NH primary while the door bell rings as people canvas the neighborhood with flyers for their favorite candidate they support.
I had one very nice young man stop by supporting Obama. He was so NICE, POLITE and incredibly ARTICULATE. He was also a very very beautiful child and much loved by family and friends, I could tell! He did his schpeel about Obama and afterwards I asked him if he were a college student and he said yes. I wished him well academically and happy life and good health always! He was so surprised and said that that was better than getting the door slammed in his face by so many people. (The phone is ringing AGAIN at this moment, just another political call.). So I would like to remember this young man and always hope the best for him, whoever he may be.
The children have been entertaining themselves the past week with their GameBoys. My son seems to prefer wearing pajamas than clothing and I forget what my daughter looks like since she spends so much time in her room drawing or reading.
My husband's vacation is almost over and he rested, played with his trains, fixed his vehicles and hogged the computer for his eBay finds. He and my son went to a new train shop and had a nice time.
I just wish this cold of mine would go away. It sure has been lingering.
I need to go buy some stock in the Kleenex Company but I guess for now, I will just tune in and watch the Beverly Hillbillies Marathon and laugh my cold away.
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POW Thursday
2007-12-27
POW Thursday -- or should I say PPOW this week, post and picture of the week -- which inspire me to write about what I saw or read while blog surfing.Just a reminder to vote for Luke if you haven't already -- remember he is a starving and broke college student. Voting ends at the end of the month.
Editing Luke has entered a film contest and wishes for you to vote on his short films so he can win some money to pay those college expenses. Be kind and help him out please. How simple is that?
The Gizmo Tree
Give it Time
Next up -- over at Dixie's Diner (serving up some homespun humor) she had this image (below) wishing Merry Christmas to all.
I had to laugh because it reminded me of when my husband and his brother were VW crazy and were fixing them up all the time. In college husband's first VW was red and it looked like he used a can opener on the roof to install a sun roof. They also used their old swing set as a helping hand as an engine lift hoisting it out of the vehicle with a heavy chain fall.
Most interesting site in their neighborhood. When I showed my husband the photo, he was quite mesmerized at this idea. If only he had known back then what he knows now. The things you can do with a VW!
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Wordless Wednesday: Gingerbread House
2007-12-25
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Merry Christmas!
2007-12-24
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Honesty
2007-12-22
My very excited little boy told me he was being very honest and had to tell me something important as I tucked him into bed last night.
He told me how he suspected his older sister of bringing her Gameboy to school to play with her friend Jennifer and that she may have Jennifer's Gameboy here at home because he saw it.
This freaked me out a bit as we are getting him a Gameboy for Christmas and his sister is loading stuff on it for him. I thought maybe he saw her doing this in her room.
So I go to her room and knock on the door and she yells, "Go away." So typically teen.
I tell her I need to speak to her about a concern her brother had -- loud enough so he can hear me. I also bet he had a happy little grin on his face as he laid in bed, that his sister was getting in trouble!
So inside her room, we whisper and wonder if he saw her with the additional Gameboy.
We were trying to figure out how, when, and why. So I then leave as we got nowhere trying to remember where and when he roamed the house in the day.
I go back into his bedroom, and I thank him for being so honest but when did you say this all happened or you saw this? I ask.
"It happened when she was in junior high school." which I was ready to burst into laughter since junior high was so long ago and my daughter is in high school now.
So much for honesty!
And the big not so surprise -- he was on television, our town's TV station. We saw him making our Christmas presents and talking to Santa. WOW he got lots of airtime there. Guess there is truth in "Big Brother is Watching".
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Secret Santa Update
2007-12-21
"I know you know that I am your Secret Santa" says my son's Secret Santa (Ryan) before school started this AM. Revelations would be at the Grade Four 2 pm classroom party. Evidently Ryan could not wait till then.
My son reports that last Friday when they picked the names, Ryan immediately said to him, "Hey do you want to know who MY Secret Santa partner is?". My son told him he was to keep it a secret and not tell, that was the rule. However, with Ryan being absent Monday and Tuesday, and no secret notes recieved, my son did have it figured out but played along as best as he could.
I guess you cannot trust Ryan with any secret or information. LOL
Ryan gave my son a Life Saver Book of Gummy Candy, and a whistle.
My son's Secret Santa recipient loved the painted bag (by me) and the entire contents (last post).
My son said she hugged him so tight he thought he "would die from the pressure".
That's a big hug!
I told him that does not mean she is "in love with him".
He was SO relieved.
I told him that she was very happy and grateful that he was so kind.
Maybe it is that she does not come from a home where there is more than enough for everyone.
You never know.
Show some kindness to a stranger anytime and be a better person for the effort.
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Secret Santa
2007-12-21
First, it stopped snowing last night. Today a warm up and tomorrow warmer so I am hoping for some of it to melt but three storms in one week -- I am pooped.
This week at school, my son has been writting secret notes to his Secret Santa partner, a little girl.
He wrote things like: "I don't like clowns.", "I don't wear glasses." "I like Horrible Harry". (a book series). Yesterday there was no school so no notes, today is the big reveal.
We were suppose to spend up to $3.00 on a gift. We did well. We got a Teddy Bear calendar marked down to 50 cents, two Hello Kitty pencils for $1.00, three bags of microwave popcorn that were on sale 3 for $1.00, and a large chocolate chip cookie from the bakery for 50 cents.
I wrapped up the pencils, popcorn, and cookie then put them inside the wrapped calendar.
I then put the wrapped calendar with the wrapped gifts inside a brown paper grocery bag I painted up with Santa on one side and a panel on the other side that said "shhhh Top Secret" with some faux Santa postage stamps rubberstamped. Then I folded over the top of the bag and stapled it three times to make it peek proof.
I am sure all the children are going to want to get that highly decorated grocery bag! I am sure the little girl will be surprised.
My son figured out his Secret Santa. He got no notes on Monday and Tuesday because that child was absent. Since there was no school yesterday, it could be that he may not be in school today either. We shall see. He has been disappointed.
So this is an exciting day for him. I need to go get the ice cream for the party this afternoon since yesterday we were snowed in.
Time to wrap presents since we could not do that yesterday with the children hanging around for the snow day.
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POW Thursday
2007-12-20
POW - Post of the Week -- however, this week, I do double duty because
1. I missed last week due to business.
2. I could not make up my mind which post to use.
This week it is "short (films) and sweet (concoctions)". All links open in a new window.
First up -- Editing Luke has entered a film contest and wishes for you to vote on his short films so he can win some money to pay those college expenses. Be kind and help him out please. How simple is that?
The Gizmo Tree
Give it Time
Next up is That [explecitive] Chick's (sorry, this is a G-rated blog) entry about creating a Gingerbread house with her nieces and nephews.
Now here is a shortcut -- If you wish to have a gingerbread house and don't want to bake one, stop on over at Jan Brett's site and print one out. There are several under G that go with her book "Gingerbread Baby", which makes a great gift also.
There are plenty of other Christmas Crafts and educational tools that you can keep your little ones busy with! Look over that massive list of make and dos plus printable games and flashcards! Heck, if you have NO money but a printer and some little ones, make up one, print it out, and cut out the pieces for them then wrap it up.
Jan Brett - Activities
Enjoy!
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Sno'more
2007-12-20
This is a snow update from last evening -- still it falls, not the fast type of accumulation but the slow type. No school and my children are elated.
However, it puts a damper on us since we scheduled to wrap all the presents today while they were in school. Guess we do that tomorrow, hopefully there will be school.
I had to cancel an appointment because we were snowed in and the plows did not come around till 11:30 am.
Why do they forget the "farm people"? LOL -- we don't have a farm but that is dh's fantasy since he has a tractor to take care of the land. We just live in a remote area.
He loved that movie "The Egg and I" and wanted to have a chicken farm because he thought that that was something I would like. See, a fantasy indeed.
Anyways what is on the agenda today since we are snowed in?
Right now I am listening to a two cd disc called "Now That's What I Call Christmas" I got a month ago.
Eighteen songs from modern times and eighteen classic songs.
My picks: B2K's "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town", Wham's "Last Christmas" and my current favorite tune The Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping".
The tree is finally all decorated.
I am actually going to write some letters. You know, paper, pen, envelope and a stamp!
I will be baking some chocolate chip banana bread which my son is begging for.
Naturally I will have to tune into The Young and Restless and see what's going on in Genoa City, WI.
And, I have been surfing blogs and reading up on everyone's life and pursuits so my POW entry is coming up.
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Say it ain't Snow!
2007-12-19
Yes, another eight inches due us in addition to the last storm.Already, we have two on the ground from the current storm going on now.
Guess I am getting my workouts shovelling whatever the tractor can't reach.
I hope it is a 2 hour delayed opening for school.
We have already used up our snow days so looks like the school year will be extended.
Today we were above freezing and we had a melt down!
However whatever melts during the day refreezes at night and now we have a blanket of snow over some ice - dangerous.
The good news is that we will have a heat wave of 40 degrees for a few days. Can't wait!
Good snowman/snowball snow for the children.
Anyways, I have one very excited little boy who is waiting for Santa to come!
I don't think his believing is going to last much longer though.
That will be a sad day for me.
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Blog Ninjas
2007-12-19
Yes, we slice and dice words on topics and writing challenges.
And MORE!
If you are interested in joining, stop on by!
Blog Ninjas
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Wordless Wednesday: Tree Lights
2007-12-19
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Snow More for Me
2007-12-16
Really? Who made this sign? Not true for me. It is not offically winter yet and we already have had five snow storms, missed school for three days here and there, and today, it has been going on for more than 12 hours.
Some trees still have leaves on them, it is still fall.
About the third storm, the tractor broke down, we had to shovel. We had to order a part and I hoped it would come before the next storm. My dh just got the part, and it took him two days to fix the tractor and then we get storm #4. Fixed just in the nick of time. Two days later, storm #5, and as of this time, it is still going strong, winds, drifting, coldness, freezing rain/sleet combined with snow at times, and white out conditions.
I just hope we don't lose power.
In 2004-2005 winter, we had a storm every few days it seems.
My Mom died during a nor'eastern blizzard and I could not make it to the hospital two hours away.
Snow like this is such an inconvenience!
Worse when it melts and is slush. Then the slush freezes.
I hope this is not a repeat of that year because it was a very cold and dismal winter.
All I can think about are the people who are homeless, or have no heat.
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Who?
2007-12-10
We were walking down Memory Lane the other day and recalled this story.
My daughter was 3 or 4 at the time. She was sitting in the back seat of the car and I was driving.
We came to a set of lights (long) and the car was stopped on red.
She started talking about "Jim Washington".
I asked her who is he?
She said, "You know, the man on the dollar bill money."
I laughed and told her his name was George not Jim. I told her he was the first President of the United States.
She seemed so surprised yet very puzzled. Then she asks me, "Well then, who is Jim?"
I had to tell her that I did not know! but there must be a Jim Washington out there somewhere.
We later found his name in the phone book to her satisfaction.
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Pretzel Turtles
2007-12-06
So easy a caveman can do this!
Mini pretzels twists
Rollo candy
Pecan halves
Preheat oven to about 225º. Line a cookie sheet with foil.
Fill the cookie sheet with pretzels (About 40 pretzels on one cookie sheet).
Top each pretzel with a Rollo candy. Put the cookie sheet in a warm oven for about 3 minutes (just enough for Rollo to get soft).
Remove from oven. Place a pecan half on top of the Rollo and gently push the pecan down.
Cool on cookie sheet and when cool enough place the cookie sheet in the refrigerator until chocolate is firm.
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Wordless Wednesday: Snowman Illustration
2007-12-04
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Old Fashioned Tea Cakes
2007-12-04
1 cup butter
2 cup sugar
3 eggs
4 cup flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla
1/8 tsp. salt
Cream butter and sugar.
Add slightly beaten eggs, flour, baking powder, vanilla and salt.
Roll on floured board and cut.
Sprinkle with sugar and bake at 400 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.
Makes 9 to 10 dozen depending on size or thickness. The cakes are fairly thick. For thinner cakes, roll the dough thinner and cut.
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Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us
2007-12-02
Documentary of his 2005 Tour behind the scenes, performances, and snippets of commentary from the media elite airing on PBS.
My brother got to go to this concert for FREE in Boston because he knew the right people.
I had to watch it on TV a couple of years later and it looked like everyone (of all generations!) was just so happy and overjoyed to be there! As one commentator said, it would be hard to be mad at anyone after attending that concert.
It is nice to see that Mr. McCartney has the stamina to still do such a concert.
I am glad to have heard his work in my life time.
Hats off to him and a bow!
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Easy Fudge Recipes
2007-12-02
Fudge Recipes -- easy to make for the holidays!
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