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3 Cheers for Friday and todays useful links and stuff

Hi Everyone :)

Well it is Friday and boy is it Cold!!!!! I have already taken 3 claims today related to the weather and it is not going to get much warmer this weekend. I will have to have Dave make us some cozy fires in the fireplace.

Does anybody have a kindle? I know I wrote about mine before and how much I loved it but I just wanted to tell everybody about a great accesory I got it is called the Kandle. It's a nice clip on led light (led lights) that you clip to the top of your kindle, or ereader, or even a regular book for that matter and it works great. You can get it at Amazon.com.

How many people are chocolate fiends???? I am actually weird and only have a hankering for chocolate every now and then but I love cheese cake. So here is a a recipe for a nice chocolate turtle cheese cake....mmmmm If you should make it let me know how it turns out.

Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake

1 7 ounce package caramels
1/4 cup evaporated milk
3/4 cup chopped pecans, divided
1 9 inch chocolate crumb piecrust
2 3 ounce cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sour cream
1 1/4 cups milk
1 package chocolate instant pudding
1/2 cup fudge topping

Place caramels and milk in a heavy saucepan. Heat over medium-low heat stirring continually, until smooth, about 5 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup chopped pecans. Pour into piecrust.

Combine cream cheese, sour cream and milk in a blender. Process until smooth. Add pudding mix: process for about 30 seconds longer. Pour pudding mixture over caramel layer, covering evenly. Chill, loosely covered, until set, about 15 minutes. Drizzle fudge topping over pudding layer in a decorative pattern. Sprinkle top of cake with remaining pecans. Chill, loosely covered until serving time.
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I am bored today and came across some interesting Free computer applications, games and links check these out they are a bit of everything:

MARIO FOREVER (remember the Marion game, well here ya go): http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/games/pc/Mario-Forever-Review-45912.shtml
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VALENTINES DAY PRINTABLES: http://www.dltk-holidays.com/valentines/printables.htm

VALENTINES DAY CRAFTS: http://familyfun.go.com/valentines-day/

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HAITI EARTHQUAKE DONATIONS: http://www.adamsherk.com/publishing/haiti-earthquake-donations/

DO YOUR TAXES FOR FREE: http://www.taxact.com/

SEND A FAX FOR FREE USING YOUR COMPUTER WITH NO FAX MACHINE!: http://www.myfax.com/free/

CIA THE WORLD FACT BOOK: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

SHORT TERM MEMORY CHECKER: http://neutralx0.net/home/mini04.html

DOWNLOADABLE SONGS (COOL)- http://www.silver-mg.com/Songs%20Listed%20by%20Artists/SongsListedbyArtist.htm

FAST FIXES FOR COMMON PC PROBLEMS: http://www.pcworld.com/article/156047/article.html?tk=nl_pvx_h_crawl


FREE SAMPLES (FREE IS GOOD, YES?)- http://www.shop4freebies.com/



AMAZING DOLPHINS:



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NOW FOR SOME PSP LINKS:

CUTE ANIMATIONS AND GIFS: http://cute-spot.com/dolls-sayclubs12.php

PSP TUBES: http://pspmagic.us/tubes.html

THE PSP TUBE DEPOT: http://www.psptubedepot.com/tubeindex.htm

COREL PAINT SHOP PRO TUTORIALS: http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Corel3/Section/Display&sid=1047024315119&gid=1047024331836&cid=1047024353448

MORE PAINT SHOP PRO TUTORIALS: http://psp.tephras.com/tutorials/

PAINT SHOP PRO TIPS: http://campratty.com/questions.html

RAVENS PAINT SHOP PRO: http://www.darkerside.virtualempire.com/psp_welcome.html
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**THANKS TO LADY ZOO FOR THE ABOVE LINKS**

NOW FOR SOME JOKES:

A man called the doctor's office and says that
his wife has the flu and needs an appointment.

The receptionist replied that the office was
going to be closed for a couple of days, but that
he could have an appointment in 3 days.

The man went ballistic and yelled into the phone,
"Three days?!!! The doctor can't see her
for three days?!!! She could be dead by then!"

Calmly the voice at the other end of the
line replied, "If so, would you please call to
cancel the appointment?"
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A young woman was pulled over for speeding.

As the motorcycle officer walked to her car
window, flipping open his ticket book, she
said,

"I bet you are going to sell me a ticket to the
Highway Patrolmen's Ball."

He replied, "Highway patrolmen don't have balls."

There was a moment of silence while she smiled,
and he realized what he'd just said.

He then closed his book, got back on his motorcycle
and left.


I hope this is fun and useful for everyone !

Today's useful and fun sites

Hi Everybody

I have found a few cool sites I wanted to share:

If you ever need to resize a photo easily check out this site, it is easy and free: www.resize.it

Your daily click to help feed shelter animals: www.theanimalrescuesite.com

You want to save money on groceries right? Just download their coupon printer software and you are all set to go, note this does not have spyware or mess up your computer I have been using it for a while and you just pick the coupons you want to print: www.coupons.com

I put this up on Facebook yesterday but it is true...1200 FREE photo prints: www.artscow.com

My new favorite blog, one of the most read blogs she gets like a million hits a day! City girl who met, fell in love and married a live real cowboy she has wonderful recipes, photo tips, and much more so check it out: www.thepioneerwoman.com

Another oldie but goody, Free current and older tv programs and hundreds of free movies to watch on your pc : www.hulu.com

Well I hope someone can get some use out of these sites. Enjoy!

Quick link to share....Old Time products

Here is a link for a store that sells products from the olden times. Check it out:
http://www9.mailordercentral.com/cumberlandgeneral/

Has it really been almost 2 months since my last post!?

Hi Peeps!

Wow I really have been a major slacker when it comes to my blog. Yesterday I finally changed my blog layout from HALLOWEEN!

I have been good, wonderful, great if any body is wondering. The holidays have come and gone now we just have to deal with the crappy never ending part of winter that seems to last for a century. I do not know about you but I am ready to sit out on my deck and enjoy a nice warm spring day already. I have a lot of friends in Florida you all know who you are (I hope) and I know this winter has been cold for you too. I was bummed because we did not go on our annual Florida vacation but the week we would of went would of been that cold, cold week and I would of just been pissed I spent thousands of dollars to be cold so in a way it is a good thing.

Not too much is new on the home front we work, and on the weekends we hang out at home as it is too cold to venture out. Dave did work on his bike this weekend in the garage and I did not even ask why he stomped into the house covered from head to toe in oil (tee hee.... shhhhh).

Work has just been work you know long and boring. I have been on a crazy shopping kick lately I may have to seek help soon....I am solely keeping amazon and a few other shopping sites in business. Note I do not go to stores as people bug the crap out of me I do it all online....at work! Lets see since after Christmas I have gotten: 2 more pairs of boots, 2 train cases (see my you tube or face book page for my reviews on those), all kinds of make-up, a nice pair of senshauser (spelling is totally wrong) headphones, jogging pants (for wearing while I lounge on the couch), paw slippers, accesories for my kindle the Ebook reader (I love love love), a jewelry pouch that was 3 sizes smaller than the picture, an over the door organizer for traveling, corel photo shop X2 and the Corel video software too, at CVS I got a $36 wet/dry hair iron for only $19.99!(I know I am forgetting a few this so that is just the stuff I can remember I literally have stuff delivered to my house at least twice a week I am on a first name basis with the UPS and fedex guy. Oh I also got a mini epilator now if you do not know what this is let me tell you it is a little device kind of like a portable shaver that has all these tweezer things on wheels that rips the hair out of your body, it is like medieval torture device, why do I do these things to myself???? I need an intervention!!!!
Here are my Sasquatch boots and leather riding boots I got, The Doo was checking them out too.

Now even though I have been buying this stuff, I always pay my bills first and pay for everything in cash, no charge cards in my house. I also set up an ING savings account where I have $25 deposited from my regular checking it may not be much but in a year it will be $1,300 which will be vacation money....I also plan on making extra deposits too.

Me and the Davemiester have really gotten into the HGTV shows like househunters and the international version, and the first time home buyers episodes. We eat our dinner in front of the tv and watch these shows and Dave loves to yell at the people telling them how stupid they are for picking the wrong house. We always guess which house they will buy and I am 90% right all the time and he is usually wrong....yes this pisses him off.....LOL.

I wanted to start doing videos for blogs and you tube and I am so mad as I have 2 perfectly good tripods for my camera's and wouldn't you know it I put them some where when I was on a cleaning kick and can not find one of them. It drives me crazy when I can't find things as I am anal in the sense I have a place for everything in the house.

I wrote on Facebook last week how I was so upset Friday as we where driving home after work a car in front of us hit a kitty! I saw it fly out from the car and it was like in slow motion it was traumatic for me. We stopped the car and went to look for the kitty but it was gone I hope it was not too badly hurt and went home and got help. That just pisses me off to no end when people let their cats out, especially if you live near a very busy street. I was crying the whole way home and I ran in the house to see Delilah and hug and kiss her. I still can't get the image out of my mind....brrrrr it gives me chills!

Well I guess I have babbled enough to make up for the last two months I hope everyone one is just peachy!

Where did Christmas cards come from???

Hi everyone,

Hope you are well, I have not been blogging much as no one else seems to be either. I see you all on faceBook :) Any how I just thought this was a great article *From old fashioned living*

Christmas cards abound each year as friends wish one another holiday cheer. These colorful greetings are displayed on tabletops, mantlepieces, and sometimes strung around the room. They're often collected and pasted in albums or used the following year for making Christmas decorations.

But sending Christmas greetings in the form of a card is not a centuries old custom. Actually the first real Christmas card supposedly appeared in the 1840s.

First Christmas Card

Henry Cole, an Englishman, found himself pressed for time at Christmas. So he wasn't able to send the personal Christmas letters (a tradition at that time) to his friends. Thus he asked well-known artist J.C. Horsley to design a Christmas message that could be printed up and mailed.

One source says that Mr. Horsley designed and sold more than 1,000 copies of that first card. Did Mr. Cole send so many cards himself, or did Mr. Horsley interest others in buying and sending cards, too?

Design of the First Card

This first Christmas card apparently was constructed of stiff cardboard, illustrated with a drawing of a family seated around the table eating Christmas dinner. Then the side panels depicted poor Londoners receiving food and clothing from the more well-to-do.

The card carried the message, "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You" as many cards do today.

Christmas Cards of Many Types

Louis Prang, a German immigrant, started printing commercially the first Christmas cards in America in 1875. By 1881, Prang was printing five million cards a year.

The smallest card ever made was perhaps the one sent to the Duke of Windsor in 1929. A grain of rice was inscribed with Christmas greetings.

This inscription could be seen only through a magnifying glass. Over the years, Christmas cards have come in all shapes and sizes and were made from a variety of materials. Some early Christmas cards were no larger than a postage stamp.

A Christmas Tradition That Continues

Sending Christmas cards is a tradition that isn't likely to die out even though postage keeps increasing. When you include a personal note or annual family letter you add something of yourself to the greeting. In today's computer world, we're finding computer designed and generated cards, as well as online greetings.

No matter how we send them, Christmas greetings bring people closer together at this time of year.

(c)Mary Emma Allen


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I will some day get to changing my blog to a Christmas theme, all is well. If you are on facebook and would like me to add you as a friend please send me your email as I have myself blocked as private. Hope everybody is in the Christmas spirit as I am BIG time this year.