If you would like to start your own ten cent crazy book - read post 1-4 to find out how
Some people are so busy all the time that when they find a few minutes to themselves or perhaps a whole day free, they have no idea how to relax or what to do with their time. Well here's a few idea to write in your crazy book, on how to relax.
Get a rubdown
Play golf
Work with your hands - paint, sew, build something, garden.
Fish or go hunting
Pamper yourself with whatever makes you happy - an expensive cup of coffee, a new book, purse or shoes
Go to the movies
Exercise
Take a Nap
Keep toys on your desk
Work a crossword puzzle
Hire someone to work for you - to buy your groceries or do your yard work
Buy takeout and bakery items, instead of cooking
Watch an old movie
Drink some hot tea
Write in a Journal
Call a friend
Take a walk
Go to the park
Eat chocolate
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Favorite Magazines (Post 55)
If you want to start your own ten cent crazy book - read post 1-4 to find out how
We each have our own list of favorite magazines, I order quite a few magazines through the mail, so in my ten cent crazy book I keep a list of my favorite magazines. I put a check next to those that come in the mail and list those that I buy at the checkout stand. If I notice that I'm purchasing the same magazine over and over, I will order a subscription. I just ordered a magazine for fifteen bucks - which I will receive every month for three years. In the store - I was paying 3.99 a month.
My favorite magazines:
Women's Day
Ladies Home Journal
Good Housekeeping
Rachael Ray
Food Network
Real Simple
Oprah
Martha Stewart Living
Better Homes and Gardens
Shop
Marie Claire
Semi-Homemade
Family Circle
List your magazines and keep track of how often you buy them.
It can save you a lot of money to get them through the mail.
(Hint - don't use a credit card to pay for a subscription - always check the bill me later box and when the bill comes - write a check and mail it in. The reason - a lot of magazines will just continue to charge your credit card year after year and continue your subscription forever, regardless of how much their cost increases - unless you cancel the subscription - and this may be difficult, since your credit card has already been charged.) Plus, if you write a check and let the subscription run out - you can sometimes get a better deal, starting a new subscription - and if you decide you like another magazine better you may want to order it instead.
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We each have our own list of favorite magazines, I order quite a few magazines through the mail, so in my ten cent crazy book I keep a list of my favorite magazines. I put a check next to those that come in the mail and list those that I buy at the checkout stand. If I notice that I'm purchasing the same magazine over and over, I will order a subscription. I just ordered a magazine for fifteen bucks - which I will receive every month for three years. In the store - I was paying 3.99 a month.
My favorite magazines:
Women's Day
Ladies Home Journal
Good Housekeeping
Rachael Ray
Food Network
Real Simple
Oprah
Martha Stewart Living
Better Homes and Gardens
Shop
Marie Claire
Semi-Homemade
Family Circle
List your magazines and keep track of how often you buy them.
It can save you a lot of money to get them through the mail.
(Hint - don't use a credit card to pay for a subscription - always check the bill me later box and when the bill comes - write a check and mail it in. The reason - a lot of magazines will just continue to charge your credit card year after year and continue your subscription forever, regardless of how much their cost increases - unless you cancel the subscription - and this may be difficult, since your credit card has already been charged.) Plus, if you write a check and let the subscription run out - you can sometimes get a better deal, starting a new subscription - and if you decide you like another magazine better you may want to order it instead.
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Monday, September 13, 2010
Kitchen Hints (Post 54)
If you want to start your own ten cent crazy book - read post 1-4 to find out how
Here's some fun kitchen hints to add to your ten cent crazy book
Watery Soup - mix together, one tablespoon of butter and some flour - whisk it into the soup
If something is to salty add sugar
If your coffee is bitter, add a pinch of salt
If you don't know how old your eggs are - put them in a bowl of water - a rotten egg will float to the top
Do you have any plastic bowls with lids? - Fill them half full with water and keep lettuce or celery in them - it will stay fresh and crispy in the fridge for what seems like forever.
Is your chili to spicy? - add a can of crushed pineapple.
Is your sauce to sweet? - add a little lemon juice
Hard cookies - wrap in a paper towel with a few slices of apple and microwave for about 5 seconds
When measuring anything sticky (syrup, honey etc.) spray your measuring cup with oil, everything will slip right out.
Every year, I teach at least one person to core lettuce - this to me is amazing. When you get home with that next head of lettuce, remove it from the package, remove the outside leafs and bang the hard flat core side onto a table or kitchen counter - probably just once, maybe twice, you will probably feel it break. Now turn the lettuce over and with your thumb and fingertips, twist the core - it should come right out, and the whole rest of the head of lettuce can be cut up and used or of course put it in your plastic bowl of water, in the fridge and it will last until you need it.
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Here's some fun kitchen hints to add to your ten cent crazy book
Watery Soup - mix together, one tablespoon of butter and some flour - whisk it into the soup
If something is to salty add sugar
If your coffee is bitter, add a pinch of salt
If you don't know how old your eggs are - put them in a bowl of water - a rotten egg will float to the top
Do you have any plastic bowls with lids? - Fill them half full with water and keep lettuce or celery in them - it will stay fresh and crispy in the fridge for what seems like forever.
Is your chili to spicy? - add a can of crushed pineapple.
Is your sauce to sweet? - add a little lemon juice
Hard cookies - wrap in a paper towel with a few slices of apple and microwave for about 5 seconds
When measuring anything sticky (syrup, honey etc.) spray your measuring cup with oil, everything will slip right out.
Every year, I teach at least one person to core lettuce - this to me is amazing. When you get home with that next head of lettuce, remove it from the package, remove the outside leafs and bang the hard flat core side onto a table or kitchen counter - probably just once, maybe twice, you will probably feel it break. Now turn the lettuce over and with your thumb and fingertips, twist the core - it should come right out, and the whole rest of the head of lettuce can be cut up and used or of course put it in your plastic bowl of water, in the fridge and it will last until you need it.
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Sunday, September 12, 2010
Soup (Post 53)
If you would like to start your own ten cent crazy book - read post 1-4 to find out how
Everyone usually likes at least one kind of soup, after all, on a nice cool day, it's always good to have a bowl/cup of soup - well, if you love soup and would like to try something new or try to get someone else to like having soup for a meal and not just a snack - here's a list for your ten cent crazy book of things to make every kind of soup great!
Tomato Soup - add one cup of cooked elbow macaroni and add four or five broken up slices of crispy bacon
Split Pea Soup - add diced ham and croutons
Vegetable Soup - add one cup of chopped up turkey and mushrooms
Cream of Potato Soup - add one cup of spinach and french fried onions
French Onion Soup - add one can of kidney beans and sour cream
Stir Fry Vegetables - add one can of chopped up pineapple, one can of chopped up chicken and a handful of cashews
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Everyone usually likes at least one kind of soup, after all, on a nice cool day, it's always good to have a bowl/cup of soup - well, if you love soup and would like to try something new or try to get someone else to like having soup for a meal and not just a snack - here's a list for your ten cent crazy book of things to make every kind of soup great!
Tomato Soup - add one cup of cooked elbow macaroni and add four or five broken up slices of crispy bacon
Split Pea Soup - add diced ham and croutons
Vegetable Soup - add one cup of chopped up turkey and mushrooms
Cream of Potato Soup - add one cup of spinach and french fried onions
French Onion Soup - add one can of kidney beans and sour cream
Stir Fry Vegetables - add one can of chopped up pineapple, one can of chopped up chicken and a handful of cashews
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
September (Post 52)
If you would like to start your own ten cent crazy book - read post 1-4 to find out how
Well, it's September and with school beginning, it's a great time to start your own ten cent crazy book.
Here's some things to add to your book about the month of September.
In September you should change your furnace filters, go play golf at fall rates, buy- grills and grill supplies, lawn mowers and patio furniture.
Eggplants and apples are in season.
And you should celebrate:
Grandparents Day on the 12th
International Chocolate Day on the 13th
Turn off your TV week the 19th - 25th
(this is really hard, because all the new fall shows are starting, but you can record them and they'll be so much better, when you can fast forward through all those commercials)
Don't forget
Love Note Day on the 24th - leave someone an "I Love You" note - even if you don't sign it - it will give them a smile.
You might wonder - What am I suppose to do, during the week of no TV? Well, you could read, play a board game, sew, bake - go for a walk or just sit outside and watch the neighborhood and see what everyone else is doing.
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Well, it's September and with school beginning, it's a great time to start your own ten cent crazy book.
Here's some things to add to your book about the month of September.
In September you should change your furnace filters, go play golf at fall rates, buy- grills and grill supplies, lawn mowers and patio furniture.
Eggplants and apples are in season.
And you should celebrate:
Grandparents Day on the 12th
International Chocolate Day on the 13th
Turn off your TV week the 19th - 25th
(this is really hard, because all the new fall shows are starting, but you can record them and they'll be so much better, when you can fast forward through all those commercials)
Don't forget
Love Note Day on the 24th - leave someone an "I Love You" note - even if you don't sign it - it will give them a smile.
You might wonder - What am I suppose to do, during the week of no TV? Well, you could read, play a board game, sew, bake - go for a walk or just sit outside and watch the neighborhood and see what everyone else is doing.
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Friday, March 19, 2010
Recipes (Post 51)
If you want to start your own ten cent crazy book - read post 1-4 to find out how
Here are a few recipes to add to your ten cent crazy book.
Remember, I am not now and will never claim to be a cook.
Banana Bread
2 and a half cups of flour
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3 bananas
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup melted butter
3/4 cup nuts
Sprinkle with powdered sugar when done (optional
350 degrees for 35 minutes
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Rice Pudding
Mix
2 cups cooked rice
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups milk
1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/4 cup raisins
1/2 teaspoons powdered cinnamon
Greased baking dish
350 degrees for 25 minutes
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Cheesecake
Crust
Mix with hands
Crush 9 graham cracker boards (4 crackers each)
1 tablespoon sugar
5 tablespoons melted butter
Put in 9 inch round pie dish
Filling
4 packages 8oz cream cheese
1 and 1/4 cups of sugar
3 eggs
3 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon vanilla
Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour
Turn off oven-prop door open
Leave for 30 minutes – then refrigerate overnight
Chocolate glaze
Melt in sauce pan (low heat)
3oz semisweet baking chocolate
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Cool slightly and then spread on top of cheesecake before refrigerating
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Pound Cake
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
2 and 3/4 cups flour
1 and 3/4 cups sugar
6 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup milk
Cook in Bundt cake pan
350 degrees for 1 hour
Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar mixed with 1 or 2 tablespoons water
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Chicken Salad
2 and a half pounds or 5 boneless chicken Brest
1/2 a cup to 2 cups of chopped walnuts
1 and a half cups mayo
3 celery stacks chopped
1-20oz can pineapple tidbits
2 cups of grapes
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Here are a few recipes to add to your ten cent crazy book.
Remember, I am not now and will never claim to be a cook.
Banana Bread
2 and a half cups of flour
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3 bananas
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup melted butter
3/4 cup nuts
Sprinkle with powdered sugar when done (optional
350 degrees for 35 minutes
__________________________________________________
Rice Pudding
Mix
2 cups cooked rice
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups milk
1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/4 cup raisins
1/2 teaspoons powdered cinnamon
Greased baking dish
350 degrees for 25 minutes
___________________________________________
Cheesecake
Crust
Mix with hands
Crush 9 graham cracker boards (4 crackers each)
1 tablespoon sugar
5 tablespoons melted butter
Put in 9 inch round pie dish
Filling
4 packages 8oz cream cheese
1 and 1/4 cups of sugar
3 eggs
3 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon vanilla
Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour
Turn off oven-prop door open
Leave for 30 minutes – then refrigerate overnight
Chocolate glaze
Melt in sauce pan (low heat)
3oz semisweet baking chocolate
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Cool slightly and then spread on top of cheesecake before refrigerating
_________________________________________________________________________
Pound Cake
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
2 and 3/4 cups flour
1 and 3/4 cups sugar
6 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup milk
Cook in Bundt cake pan
350 degrees for 1 hour
Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar mixed with 1 or 2 tablespoons water
___________________________________________________________
Chicken Salad
2 and a half pounds or 5 boneless chicken Brest
1/2 a cup to 2 cups of chopped walnuts
1 and a half cups mayo
3 celery stacks chopped
1-20oz can pineapple tidbits
2 cups of grapes
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Emergency Kit (Post 50)
If you would like to start your own ten cent crazy book – read post 1-4 to find out how
Flood
Tornado
Winter Storm
Hurricane
Wildfire
Everyone needs and emergency kit, with enough supplies for at least three days
Here’s a list for your ten cent crazy book of things that should be in your emergency kit
Flashlight with extra batteries
Several blankets or sleeping bags
One gallon of water per person per day
Canned food and nonperishable treats
Hand-held can opener
Battery powered radio or lap top
A whistle
Change of clothes for each person
Matches
Tool kit
Maps
Cash and credit cards
(If you are leaving the area where you live and the electric is still on, you may want to make a trip by the ATM, if your bank blows away, your debit/credit cards may no longer work)
Prescription medications
Important documents (which should all be together in a waterproof bag or box)
(wills, birth and marriage certificates, social security cards and information, passports, insurance policies, deeds, bank account and credit card numbers, military records)
Personal-hygiene items-deodorant, soap, toothpaste and tooth brushes, hair care products, toilet paper, garbage bags and paper towels.
Don’t forget the animals – leash and pet food
And last but not least the
First aid kit
Containing
First-aid manual
Gauze
Adhesive tape
Band-Aids
Bandages-different sizes
Elastic bandage
Wipes-wet ones
Triple-antibiotic ointment
Hydrogen peroxide
Ibuprofen
Tweezers
Stomach coating medicine for nausea or diarrhea
Sharp scissors
Safety pins
Instant cold packs
Calamine lotion
Thermometer
Plastic gloves
Mouthpiece for CPR
Emergency phone numbers
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Flood
Tornado
Winter Storm
Hurricane
Wildfire
Everyone needs and emergency kit, with enough supplies for at least three days
Here’s a list for your ten cent crazy book of things that should be in your emergency kit
Flashlight with extra batteries
Several blankets or sleeping bags
One gallon of water per person per day
Canned food and nonperishable treats
Hand-held can opener
Battery powered radio or lap top
A whistle
Change of clothes for each person
Matches
Tool kit
Maps
Cash and credit cards
(If you are leaving the area where you live and the electric is still on, you may want to make a trip by the ATM, if your bank blows away, your debit/credit cards may no longer work)
Prescription medications
Important documents (which should all be together in a waterproof bag or box)
(wills, birth and marriage certificates, social security cards and information, passports, insurance policies, deeds, bank account and credit card numbers, military records)
Personal-hygiene items-deodorant, soap, toothpaste and tooth brushes, hair care products, toilet paper, garbage bags and paper towels.
Don’t forget the animals – leash and pet food
And last but not least the
First aid kit
Containing
First-aid manual
Gauze
Adhesive tape
Band-Aids
Bandages-different sizes
Elastic bandage
Wipes-wet ones
Triple-antibiotic ointment
Hydrogen peroxide
Ibuprofen
Tweezers
Stomach coating medicine for nausea or diarrhea
Sharp scissors
Safety pins
Instant cold packs
Calamine lotion
Thermometer
Plastic gloves
Mouthpiece for CPR
Emergency phone numbers
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