Words Of Wisdom

October 30, 2008 by · Leave a Comment
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We all should go back to basics when bringing up our kids and this hit the nail right on the head…

Written with a Pen… By Paul Harvey

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Tags: children, Lisa Miller, Teaching, Words of Wisdom

The Sock Cop

October 28, 2008 by · 1 Comment
Filed under: Babies, Clothing, children

Somewhere out in laundry world, socks go missing. I don’t know if it’s a thing they have for adventure or just to go see lands unknown, but all of a sudden they’re gone! Poof! Disappearred, just like that!

Well, fear no more, because there is a product called The Sock Cop that will make your life much easier. These little clips will keep those socks together - because somehow if two socks are together, they don’t seem to get lost - quite amazing.

Anyway, check out The Sock Cop and never lose those little buggers again!

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Tags: laundry, socks, The Sock Cop, wash

Do You Know How Much Your Stuff Is Worth?

October 14, 2008 by · 1 Comment
Filed under: Saving Money, freebies

I came upon this site and thought it was pretty interesting and wanted to share it with all of you. If you were ever wondering how much your stuff is worth, go to a website called www.ztail.com to calculate the going rate for some of your things. This is great for anyone who is wanting to sell items on ebay, craigslist, a garage sale, etc…They have many items ranging from toys to electronics and more. If you want to find out what your stuff is worth, check out www.ztail.com. I think it is pretty cool. Happy selling!

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Tags: craigslist, ebay, garage sales, selling

Pumpkin Streusel Coffeecake

October 8, 2008 by · 1 Comment
Filed under: Baking

Topping:

1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
3 tbsp butter or margarine
1/2 cupcoarsely chopped nuts

Coffeecake:

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 cup canned or fresh pumpkin
1 tsp vanilla extract

To Make Topping:

Combine flour, brown sugar and cinnamon in medium bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture is crumbly; stir in nuts.

To Make Cake:

Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter and sugar in large mixing bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in pumpkin and vanilla extract. Gradually beat in flour mixture.

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Tags: Baking, Cake, Pumpkin

The History Behind The Jack O’Lantern

October 7, 2008 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Halloween, Holidays

Since Halloween is right around the corner, I thought it would be interesting to find out how the tradition of carving pumpkins came about. I found this post on History.com and thought I would share it with you.

The History Of The Jack O’Lantern

People have been making jack o’lanterns at Halloween for centuries. The practice originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed “Stingy Jack.” According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn’t want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his original form. Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree’s bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.

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Tags: Carving Pumpkins, Halloween, Holidays, Jack O'Lanterns, Pumpkins

Website is Almost Back to Normal

October 3, 2008 by · 4 Comments
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Well, after working most of the last day on getting my website back to what it was, I’m almost there. Things don’t always go the way we want them to, do they? I will just pick up and move on. What else can you do? When life gives us curves, we learn to swerve. So I swerved.

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Oh, Website Fairy, Where Are You?

October 2, 2008 by · Leave a Comment
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This is a post to let all of you who regularly come to my site, that are wondering what happened to all my stuff, know that a little troll in website land took all my sidebars. Everything I had was wiped out and I need to start over. So if you were wondering, that’s what happened.