If you would like to start your own ten cent crazy book read post 1-4 to find out how
Well, October is National Book Month. When's the last time you read a really good book? - Some of us read all the time and we have starting buying things like electronic machines that are about the size of a book - but they hold thousands of books - I can see this being a space saver, but unlike a book - if it gets wet - you can't dry it out - and if you sit on a book, it does not break and you can still read it. Well, technology is the now and the future of everything, but if you would like to curl up with a good book - electronic or otherwise - here's a list of some of the best books to add to your ten cent crazy book - buy one - give one as a gift - read one, after all - it's National Book Month.
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe -C. S Lewis
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss
Betty Crocker Cookbook - Betty Crocker
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Recipes (Post 76)
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Here are a few more recipes to add to your ten cent crazy book
Extra Easy Shepherd Pie
1 pkg microwaveable Beef Tips with Gravy
1 pkg frozen mixed vegetables
Instant mashed potatoes
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 pkg brown and serve rolls
Cook Beef Tips in microwave as directed on package
Mix cooked Tips with frozen vegetables in 8x8 baking dish
Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes
Make 2 cups of the instant potatoes as directed on box
Spoon potatoes over Beef Tips and vegetables
Sprinkle cheese over potatoes
Bake at 400 degrees an additional 15 minutes
Let cool while you bake brown and serve rolls
Enjoy
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October is Spinach Lover Month so here's a great recipe
Spinach Dip
Mix
1 cup Miracle Whip
1 pkg vegetable soup mix
1 pkg (10oz) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
16oz Sour Cream
Serve with white corn chips or crackers (Really Good)
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Here are a few more recipes to add to your ten cent crazy book
Extra Easy Shepherd Pie
1 pkg microwaveable Beef Tips with Gravy
1 pkg frozen mixed vegetables
Instant mashed potatoes
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 pkg brown and serve rolls
Cook Beef Tips in microwave as directed on package
Mix cooked Tips with frozen vegetables in 8x8 baking dish
Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes
Make 2 cups of the instant potatoes as directed on box
Spoon potatoes over Beef Tips and vegetables
Sprinkle cheese over potatoes
Bake at 400 degrees an additional 15 minutes
Let cool while you bake brown and serve rolls
Enjoy
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October is Spinach Lover Month so here's a great recipe
Spinach Dip
Mix
1 cup Miracle Whip
1 pkg vegetable soup mix
1 pkg (10oz) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
16oz Sour Cream
Serve with white corn chips or crackers (Really Good)
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Friday, October 8, 2010
Halloween Foods (Post 75)
If you would like to start your own ten cent crazy book - read post 1-4 to find out how
Ok, Halloween is upon us, so here is a list of popular Halloween food to add to your ten cent crazy book
Candy, Caramel and taffy apples
Pumpkin pie and Pumpkin Bread
Candy Corn
Candy or Cookies shaped like skulls, pumpkins, witches, bats, monsters, vampires etc.
Soul Cakes
One for Peter, two for Paul,
three for Him what made us all!
An apple, a pear, a plum, or a cherry, any good thing to make us all merry.
One for Peter, two for Paul, & three for Him who made us all.
Soul Cakes
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
4 cups flour
3 eggs
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1 teaspoon allspice
3 tablespoons raisins
a little milk
Mix butter, sugar and eggs
Add spices and flour
Stir in raisins
Add milk to make dough soft
Make into flat cookie like cakes
Make cross on top of each with knife
Bake at 350 degrees on greased cookie sheet for 10 to 15 minutes
Pumpkin Bread
3 and a half cups self-rising flour
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 and a half cups granulated sugar
1 and a half cups packed brown sugar
1 cup of oil
2 cups canned pumpkin
4 eggs
1 cup of raisins
1 cup of nuts
Mix dry ingredients
Add in oil, pumpkin and then eggs
Pour into two greased loaf pans
Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes
toothpick should come out clean
Remove from pans while hot
Don't forget to buy the Reese's Cups and Snickers Bars which seem to be a couple of trick or treat favorites
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Ok, Halloween is upon us, so here is a list of popular Halloween food to add to your ten cent crazy book
Candy, Caramel and taffy apples
Pumpkin pie and Pumpkin Bread
Candy Corn
Candy or Cookies shaped like skulls, pumpkins, witches, bats, monsters, vampires etc.
Soul Cakes
One for Peter, two for Paul,
three for Him what made us all!
An apple, a pear, a plum, or a cherry, any good thing to make us all merry.
One for Peter, two for Paul, & three for Him who made us all.
Soul Cakes
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
4 cups flour
3 eggs
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1 teaspoon allspice
3 tablespoons raisins
a little milk
Mix butter, sugar and eggs
Add spices and flour
Stir in raisins
Add milk to make dough soft
Make into flat cookie like cakes
Make cross on top of each with knife
Bake at 350 degrees on greased cookie sheet for 10 to 15 minutes
Pumpkin Bread
3 and a half cups self-rising flour
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 and a half cups granulated sugar
1 and a half cups packed brown sugar
1 cup of oil
2 cups canned pumpkin
4 eggs
1 cup of raisins
1 cup of nuts
Mix dry ingredients
Add in oil, pumpkin and then eggs
Pour into two greased loaf pans
Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes
toothpick should come out clean
Remove from pans while hot
Don't forget to buy the Reese's Cups and Snickers Bars which seem to be a couple of trick or treat favorites
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Thursday, October 7, 2010
Fire Prevention (Post 74)
If you would like to start your own ten cent crazy book - read post 1-4 to find out how
Ok, it's fire prevention week - here's a list of fire prevention tips to add to your ten cent crazy book
Install and maintain smoke detectors (change those batteries)
Plan and practice escapes (don't block those windows)
Space heaters need space (at least 3 feet from anything- don't leave them on when you're gone or in bed)
If you smoke be careful - cigarettes are the leading cause of fire deaths (don't smoke when tired and water down the butts)
Be careful cooking (watch those sleeves)
Keep matches and lighters away from children
Don't overload extension cords (if the cord is cracked or the toaster smokes get rid of it)
Cool a burn with cold water
Stop, Drop and Roll
Crawl under smoke
Be safe and teach others how
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Ok, it's fire prevention week - here's a list of fire prevention tips to add to your ten cent crazy book
Install and maintain smoke detectors (change those batteries)
Plan and practice escapes (don't block those windows)
Space heaters need space (at least 3 feet from anything- don't leave them on when you're gone or in bed)
If you smoke be careful - cigarettes are the leading cause of fire deaths (don't smoke when tired and water down the butts)
Be careful cooking (watch those sleeves)
Keep matches and lighters away from children
Don't overload extension cords (if the cord is cracked or the toaster smokes get rid of it)
Cool a burn with cold water
Stop, Drop and Roll
Crawl under smoke
Be safe and teach others how
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Costumes (Post 73)
If you would like to start your own ten cent crazy book - read post 1-4 to find out how
Well, it's that time of year everyone is dressing up like ghost and goblins.
Here's a list of Halloween costumes to add to your ten cent crazy book so you can decide what to be or perhaps give someone else some ideas
A Witch
G I Joe
Batman and Robin
How about an Avatar
A Vampire (Dracula)
Sarah Palin
Frankenstein
Lady Gaga
The Mummy
Michael Jackson
A Skeleton
Kate and Jon plus 8
The Hulk
Bernie Madoff
A Cheerleader
Barack or Michelle Obama
A Black Cat
How about a disgruntled airline host
Little Bo Peep
Anyone from Star Wars or Star Trek
A werewolf
Hannah Montana
A Devil
Justin Bieber
A Cowboy
Lindsey Lohan
An Alien
Edward Cullen or anyone from the Twilight Movies
Any Cartoon Character
A Transformer
Anyone from Sesame Street or Toy Story
An Athlete
Any kind of Zombie
A Fireman
Any kind of Princess
Anything from Alice in Wonderland
Alice
The Mad Hatter
The Queen of Hearts
Anyone from The Jersey Shore
These are just a few - I'm sure you can think of thousands more - Have fun Trick or Treating - or just giving out the candy
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Well, it's that time of year everyone is dressing up like ghost and goblins.
Here's a list of Halloween costumes to add to your ten cent crazy book so you can decide what to be or perhaps give someone else some ideas
A Witch
G I Joe
Batman and Robin
How about an Avatar
A Vampire (Dracula)
Sarah Palin
Frankenstein
Lady Gaga
The Mummy
Michael Jackson
A Skeleton
Kate and Jon plus 8
The Hulk
Bernie Madoff
A Cheerleader
Barack or Michelle Obama
A Black Cat
How about a disgruntled airline host
Little Bo Peep
Anyone from Star Wars or Star Trek
A werewolf
Hannah Montana
A Devil
Justin Bieber
A Cowboy
Lindsey Lohan
An Alien
Edward Cullen or anyone from the Twilight Movies
Any Cartoon Character
A Transformer
Anyone from Sesame Street or Toy Story
An Athlete
Any kind of Zombie
A Fireman
Any kind of Princess
Anything from Alice in Wonderland
Alice
The Mad Hatter
The Queen of Hearts
Anyone from The Jersey Shore
These are just a few - I'm sure you can think of thousands more - Have fun Trick or Treating - or just giving out the candy
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Pumpkins Pumpkins Pumpkins (Post 72)
If you would like to start your own ten cent crazy book – read post 1-4 to find out how
Ok, it’s time to buy those pumpkins – whether you’re going to carve them or just sit them out in front of the house or on a kitchen counter or next to the fireplace, there are pumpkins everywhere you look. Find whatever pumpkin makes you feel happy – maybe it’s putting a pumpkin on every step – ranging in size from large too small or just one great big jolly pumpkin.
Pumpkins last a really long time if the weather is cool, and you don’t carve them – they can easily look good from Halloween until Thanksgiving.
If you do plan on carving your pumpkin into a jack-o’-lantern – here are some tips to add to your ten cent crazy book.
Before you get out the knife – think about it
If you carve your pumpkin, more than a week before Halloween – you will probably have gnats everywhere by time the trick or treating starts
Know what kind of face you want to give your pumpkin
Draw it on a piece of paper – really like it
Remember if you make cuts between the mouth and nose to close to each other your pumpkin may crack and fall apart
Buy the right pumpkin
Sometimes a malformed pumpkin will cost less, but if you get a big pumpkin with a flat side and a large stem – you can always lay it on its side and display the stem as the pumpkins nose
Before carving – set your pumpkin on plenty of newspaper
Your knife should be long enough to cut through the shell but not go through the other side of the pumpkin
Draw your face on with a pencil
Do you want round or triangle eyes?
If you keep the pieces you cut out, you can use a couple of bread ties and make your pumpkin look like he has floating eyeballs by cutting out and attaching round eyeballs with the wires from the bread ties on the inside of the pumpkin
Do you want eyebrows to give him character or make him look mean?
Do you want a circle mouth, making the pumpkin look afraid or jagged teeth to make him mean or square teeth and a big smile? – straw added to square teeth can make him look like he has braces
Draw a circle and carve your lid on an inward angle – so the lid will not fall inside the pumpkin
Turn the pumpkin on its side and remove the insides of the pumpkin.
My pumpkins insides go straight into the trash – but some people use them for pies, soups or toast the seeds
Scooping out the insides is not always an easy job – most of the insides - you can get out with your hands and then I suggest you use an ice cream scoop – scrape the inside of the lid also
Now, carve the face at an angle to make the holes on the inside of the pumpkin wider than the outside holes
Sprinkle carved pumpkin with ground cinnamon - to make it last longer and smell good
All Done – I hope you and others enjoy your pumpkins
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Ok, it’s time to buy those pumpkins – whether you’re going to carve them or just sit them out in front of the house or on a kitchen counter or next to the fireplace, there are pumpkins everywhere you look. Find whatever pumpkin makes you feel happy – maybe it’s putting a pumpkin on every step – ranging in size from large too small or just one great big jolly pumpkin.
Pumpkins last a really long time if the weather is cool, and you don’t carve them – they can easily look good from Halloween until Thanksgiving.
If you do plan on carving your pumpkin into a jack-o’-lantern – here are some tips to add to your ten cent crazy book.
Before you get out the knife – think about it
If you carve your pumpkin, more than a week before Halloween – you will probably have gnats everywhere by time the trick or treating starts
Know what kind of face you want to give your pumpkin
Draw it on a piece of paper – really like it
Remember if you make cuts between the mouth and nose to close to each other your pumpkin may crack and fall apart
Buy the right pumpkin
Sometimes a malformed pumpkin will cost less, but if you get a big pumpkin with a flat side and a large stem – you can always lay it on its side and display the stem as the pumpkins nose
Before carving – set your pumpkin on plenty of newspaper
Your knife should be long enough to cut through the shell but not go through the other side of the pumpkin
Draw your face on with a pencil
Do you want round or triangle eyes?
If you keep the pieces you cut out, you can use a couple of bread ties and make your pumpkin look like he has floating eyeballs by cutting out and attaching round eyeballs with the wires from the bread ties on the inside of the pumpkin
Do you want eyebrows to give him character or make him look mean?
Do you want a circle mouth, making the pumpkin look afraid or jagged teeth to make him mean or square teeth and a big smile? – straw added to square teeth can make him look like he has braces
Draw a circle and carve your lid on an inward angle – so the lid will not fall inside the pumpkin
Turn the pumpkin on its side and remove the insides of the pumpkin.
My pumpkins insides go straight into the trash – but some people use them for pies, soups or toast the seeds
Scooping out the insides is not always an easy job – most of the insides - you can get out with your hands and then I suggest you use an ice cream scoop – scrape the inside of the lid also
Now, carve the face at an angle to make the holes on the inside of the pumpkin wider than the outside holes
Sprinkle carved pumpkin with ground cinnamon - to make it last longer and smell good
All Done – I hope you and others enjoy your pumpkins
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
October (Post 71)
If you would like to start your own ten cent crazy book - read post 1-4 to find out how
Here's some things to know and to add to your ten cent crazy book about October
Well, October is upon us and all the ghost and goblins are out to have fun. Did you know that October 6 is mad hatter day? The next time you watch "Alice in Wonderland" or read the book - look for the big 10/6 on the mad hatter's hat - of course it is said that perhaps this is the style and size of the hat, but in any case, someone decided that it must be the day to act like the mad hatter and just be silly all day (not that some of us need an excuse to be silly all day)
Fruits and Vegetables that are in season during October
Pumpkins
Sweet Potatoes
Apples
Broccoli
Turnips
Pineapple
Pears
Squash
Brussel Sprouts
Cranberries
Grapes
During October Celebrate:
Columbus Day and Halloween
Don't forget October is National Popcorn Poppin' Month
And National Caramel Month -
So enjoy the popcorn and go and buy that caramel apple, that seems to only appear in the grocery store during October
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Here's some things to know and to add to your ten cent crazy book about October
Well, October is upon us and all the ghost and goblins are out to have fun. Did you know that October 6 is mad hatter day? The next time you watch "Alice in Wonderland" or read the book - look for the big 10/6 on the mad hatter's hat - of course it is said that perhaps this is the style and size of the hat, but in any case, someone decided that it must be the day to act like the mad hatter and just be silly all day (not that some of us need an excuse to be silly all day)
Fruits and Vegetables that are in season during October
Pumpkins
Sweet Potatoes
Apples
Broccoli
Turnips
Pineapple
Pears
Squash
Brussel Sprouts
Cranberries
Grapes
During October Celebrate:
Columbus Day and Halloween
Don't forget October is National Popcorn Poppin' Month
And National Caramel Month -
So enjoy the popcorn and go and buy that caramel apple, that seems to only appear in the grocery store during October
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