In this crazy rush these days, the true meaning of Memorial Day is forgotten. It is a day for picnics, and bar-b-ques, days off from work, where people don't stop and member their family members who died fighting in the wars so that we can have our freedoms.
I am sure a lot of you may have had this before, but my family and I hadn't. I bought a jar of Italian Sausage and Garlic spaghetti sauce, and a jar of onion, garlic. We needed a quick dinner last night, and not having hamburger here, but having a package of Italian smoked Sausage, we chopped it up and sauteed it with Italian seasonings, garlic salt, onion powder, when it was brown I poured the two jars of sauces on it, and while it simmered cooked the spaghetti. We threw it all together with garlic toast. Everyone like it, which is saying a lot for this family. It was easy to fix, faster than regular spaghetti, and I think I liked it better than my spaghetti. You can mix different jars of sauce if you want depending of the taste of your family. Anyway Enjoy!
You know when my grandchildren were little I thought I would want them to stay small all their lives, they are so precious. But now as they get older I realize how awesome they have become as they grow into young men and ladies. Of course my granddaughter is just 20 months old, so she has a bit to go, but the boys are growing up so fast. I really enjoy spending time with them and talking with them. They are remarkable in what they know. It amazes me the knowledge they soak up and how they use the knowledge. Cebastian's mind thinks on a level way over me, but I love talking to them.
Labels: family, God, grandchildren, husbands
Bounce isn’t just for the dryer anymore.
1. It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice.
2. Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vechicle.
3. It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don’t get opened too often.
4. It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when out of doors during mosquito season.
5. Eliminate static electricity from your television (or computer) screen.
6. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.
7. Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.
8. To freshen the air in your home---Put an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.
9. Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.
10. Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.
11. Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.
12. To freshen the air in your car—place a sheet under the front seat.
13. Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti-static apparently weakens the bond between the food and the pan.
14. Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet at the bottom of the wastebasket.
15. Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet will magnetically attract all the lose hairs.
16. Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet to prevent dust from resettling.
17. Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.
18. Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.
19. Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet in your shoes or sneakers overnight.
20. Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.
21. Put a sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. It will keep them smelling fresh.
22. Wet a Bounce sheet, hose down your car, and wife lovebugs off easily with the wet bounce.
I received this by email from my aunt today. I will be trying this one a lot. LOL
This is a 5 minute Chocolate Cake for One Person.
Ingredients:
4 T. flour
4 T. sugar
2 T cocoa
1 egg
3 T. milk
3 T. oil
3 T. chocolate chip (optional)
A small splash of vanilla extract
1 Large coffee mug (MicroSafe)
Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour milk and oil and mix well. Add chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again. Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts. The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don’t be alarmed! Allow to cool a little, and tip out ontp a plate if desired. EAT! (this can serve 2 if you want to fell slightly more virtuous). And why is this cake the most dangerous recipe in the world? Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night.
http://babyparenting.about.com//b/2009/05/16/face-paint-recall.htm
Oriental Trading Company has issued a recall on Fun Express face paint. They say only about 130 customers have bought this paint, but just to make sure if you have bought paint from them in the past you might want to check your item numbers. The FDA said at a recent event where face painting was taking place, children experienced “rashes, itchiness, burning sensation, and swelling” after the paint was applied, after testing the paint the FDA indicated microbial contamination.
Here are the item numbers:
85/2077 Blue Face Paint
85/2078 Purple Face Paint
85/2079 Red Face Paint
85/2080 Orange Face Paint
85/2081 Blue Face Paint
85/2082 Green Face Paint
This is a good way to use some of those cucumbers. If you are like me, you end up with more cucumbers than you can find uses for. Enjoy
3 medium cucumbers
1/2 medium onion
1/3 c. vinegar
1 T. sugar
1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. dried dillweed
1. Slice cucumbers in half lengthwise; scoop out seeds and discard.
2. With food chopper, using coarse blade, grind cucumbers and onion; drain.
3. Stir in remaining ingredients. Chill Well.
4. Makes about 1 ¾ cups.
How to make fudge in a sandwich bag
Okay here is another recipe you can try out with your boy scouts, or even your children when you are traveling. Maybe you have a sweet tooth, but you know that if you make that big pan full of chocolate fudge you will eat it all, and if you are like me you don’t need to eat it all. Well here you just make a little bit at a time, your children can make it.
You can break these ingredients down and make small proportions and make them in sandwich bags. Each child can have their own bag to knead. Put those busy hands to a job that they can get a benefit from, keeps them busy, and takes care of that sweet tooth. We all know we need more children with a sugar high. LOL. Boys on camp-outs can really get into this. They can sit around the fire and tell ghost stories and make fudge. Takes about 5 minutes of prep. time and 15 minutes to prepare. Serves 6-10. Check in out and see how the little ones like it.
Ingredients:
3 ounces of cream cheese
1 lb powered sugar
6 tablespoons hot cocoa mix or ½ cup cocoa
2 T butter
1 gallon Ziploc bag
1. Place all ingredients in the Ziploc bag. You may need to use a bag inside a bag.
2. Squish all ingredients together by hand. Mix for about 10 to 15 minutes. Open and enjoy.
