Tidewater Bichon Frise Rescue

Robin Gray Tidewater Bichon Frise Rescue Suffolk, VA 23438 757-986-BARK http://www.virginiabichonrescue.org

Cranberry Punch

Cranberry Punch 2 pints raspberry sherbet 1/2 cup lemon juice 2 cups orange juice 3/4 cup sugar 1 1/2 quarts cranberry juice 2 (28 oz) ginger ale In a large pitcher combine lemon juice, orange juice and sugar. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Add cranberry juice and refrigerate for 5 hours or overnight. Then pour into your punch bowl, add ginger ale and using an ice cream scoop place balls of sherbet to float on top. Delicious. Caramel Cashew Chewies   3/4 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 egg 1 1/2 cups flour 1 cup old-fashioned oats 1 pkg. (14 oz.) caramels 1/3 cup half-and-half  cream 1 cup semisweet chocolate chunks 1 cup salted cashew halves, chopped   In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.  Beat in the egg.  Combine the flour and oats.  Gradually add to the creamed mixture.  Press into a 13 x 9 inch baking pan coated with cooking spray.  Bake at 350 F for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown.  Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the caramels and the cream.  Cook over low heat for 4-5 minutes or until the caramels are melted.  Stir occasionally.  Pour over the crust.  Sprinkle with the chocolate chunks and the cashews.  Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the chocolate is melted.  Cool on a wire rack before cutting.  Makes about 3 dozen LHam Pasties (Iltapalapasteija)   1 cup flour 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup butter 4 tbsp cold water   For The Filling: 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup half-and-half 1 cup shredded cheese 1 cup finely diced ham 1 small green bell pepper, seeded and diced 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and diced salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 tablespoon prepared mustard   Combine the flour and salt in a mixing bowl.  Cut in the butter until the butter is the size of peas.  Sprinkle the cold water over to make a dough.  Form into a ball.  Wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.  To prepare the filling, mix in the eggs and the half-and-half.  Blend in the cheese, ham, green and red peppers, salt, and black pepper to taste.  Preheat the oven to 425 F.  Roll the pastry out to 1/8 inch thickness.  Fit into 3-inch tart pans or into one 11-inch tart pan with a removable bottom.  Brush the bottom of the pastry with mustard.  Pour in the filling.  Bake the small tarts about 12 to 15 minutes or until set.  Bake the large tart for 30 to 35 minutes or until set. Makes twelve 3-inch tarts or one 11-inch tart   * Exported from MasterCook * Yule Log Recipe By : Real Food for Real People Serving Size : 24 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Candy Chocolate Christmas Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ ------------ --------- --------- -- 4 cups Rice Krispies cereal 1/2 cup Peanut Butter 3/4 cup Light Corn Syrup 1/2 cup Butter or Margarine 1 dash Salt 1 teaspoon Vanilla 12 ounces Chocolate Chips -- melted In a large saucepan, combine butter, corn syrup and peanut butter, and cook over medium heat until butter is melted and ingredients are mixed well. Remove from heat, and add salt and vanilla. Mix well, then add rice krispies cereal to mixture and stir until all cereal is coated with mixture. Pour warm mixture into a wax paper lined 9 x 13 inch pan, and spread, thenlightly pack with buttered hands, to form a flattened crust. Spread melted chocolate chips onto top of crust. You will need to work quickly to roll your yule logs. First, using a sharp knife, cut the crust down the center forming two separate squares of crust. Next, working from the center-out, roll the logs jelly roll style, toward the outer ends of the pan, making two separate yule logs. Tightly wrap logs for slicing later, or slice immediately, and place slices into a sealed container to retain softness.

Water Heater Reset Button

I got up on schedule, just to find that there wasn't any hot water!   Everything check out OK for the water heater..... that we could find!   So, I called Stan's Refer and Repair Service and ask if they could check the elements.... .. they then ask me if I had pressed the reset button on the water heater?! What reset button, I ask??? Well, come to find out that under the upper front cover on my water heater there's a little red reset button...... .. nope, I never saw it, nor pressed it, nor did I know about it...Posted by: "NancyC"

How to plug the oil leak in the Gulf.

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Peanut Butter Marshmallow Squares Recipe

Peanut Butter Marshmallow Squares Recipe 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup peanut butter 12 oz butterscotch chips 3 cups miniature marshmallows Mix butter, peanut butter, and butterscotch chips in a double boiler just till melted, then remove from heat. Place 3 cups miniature marshmallows in a buttered pan and spread on warm mixture. Save a few chips and marshmallows to decorate the top, or be generous and add extra. Cut in squares when cool. It's that easy. Delicious! Note: If you cannot obtain miniature marshmallows, you could try using sliced large Marshmallows instead. Use 10 large marshmallows to replace each cup of the miniature kind. Substitute chocolate chips to make Peanut Butter Chocolate Squares. Yummy!

Messies clear up a guy space

In messiestalk@ yahoogroups. com, Sara Robinson <srobinson@. ..> wrote: > > I'm a certified home redesigner and stager (you should see what I can do to houses that aren't my own!). One of the things we learned in training is that men have what we came to call "the cave gene." They HATE having people mess with their stuff. And this becomes an issue for anybody in a profession that involves coming into a man's home and changing things around. > > It's not hard to see why they'd be this way. Say you're a prehistoric guy living in a cave. Say you go out all day hunting, and come back to find your stuff messed with. Somebody could have taken your property, tampered with your food, messed with your mate -- whatever happened, the odds are overwhelming that it's Not Good. Worst of all: it's a failure on your part to maintain your boundaries, which are even more important to men than they are to women (it's a testosterone thing; that hormone makes all critters territorial) . In short: it's a threat to your sense of control and order. > > The scenario where you do one-day home makeovers (like you'd see on TV), with the people going out for the day and coming home in the late afternoon for the reveal, is fun for women; but men invariably HATE the changes, no matter how much better they make the house look and work. > > Redesigners deal with that by asking them to live with it for two weeks. If they don't like it after that, they're free to move things back -- or, heck, we'll come back and do it for them. 99.9% of the time, the guy is over himself in about three days, usually to the point where he's sending us love notes. Once he's been in the space for a while, and notices how much better it works -- there's a place by his chair to set down a drink and the remote, and good enough light to read by -- he's thrilled. But that initial reaction is always ugly. > > Based on my experiences, a few suggestions for getting guys to accept these changes: > > 1. Ask your guy if you can do a little cleaning and reorganizing in the area around his favorite chair. (His throne, if you will.) Get permission first, then do it while he's out. When he gets back, it should be rearranged so that there's a nice clear table with a cold beer and a remote; a folded blanket arranged on the chair; good light nearby; a clear view of the TV; and his favorite things hung out on the wall nearby. (One client's husband was overjoyed that we'd resurrected an unbelievably tacky elephant-foot side table she'd stashed away in the basement, and put it with pride next to his chair. I noticed that he actually had a lot of safari-themed things -- mounted antlers, a faux-zebra throw -- stashed away. I clustered them around "his" corner, even putting a big potted palm in the corner behind his LazyBoy. He actually cried when he saw the whole effect. It was "his" place in a way it hadn't been before.) The spirit is: this is his cave, and you made it all clean and homey and nice. > > If he likes it, he may be more willing to let you change other things. > > 2. Accept that they're going to bitch when you change things. It's just part of their process, because of the cave gene. Most of them will get over it in a surprisingly short time. Some won't. Take notes, and strategize future changes in ways that work around this. > > 3. Ask them outright how they'd like to proceed when getting rid of things or changing things around. Acknowledge that it may be very uncomfortable; how can we make this easier on you? > > 4. Use the two-week rule when practicable. "I'll set the squirrel cage aside in the trash pile for two weeks. If you still want it then, we'll put it back. If you're ready to let it go, I'll get rid of it then." This gives them time to get through that initial reaction, and get over themselves. > > 5. Get a dumpster. There's something about a dumpster that's like a siren song: it absolutely calls to men to fill it all the way up. Once they start flinging, you need to keep a close eye on them, or the living room couch, the dog, and your youngest kid could end up getting tossed into it, too. The enthusiasm this generates is astonishing. > > Sara

Patio Planters

A nice explaintion on how to make (frugal or re-purposed) tiered planters .  http://www.positive lysplendid. com/2010/ 05/tiered- terra-cotta- planter.html

10 May 2010

Cleaning out the closet...back down to just the one closet of hanging clothes. That will still get edited out some more. A lot more! Most of the folded clothes have also been sent to the donation bin. Four bags out on Sunday. Four bags filled today.

Still have the summer clothes to go through. Plus the suits...they are almost ten years old...time for them to go. Amaziing how long I have been wearing the same thing??? Keep wearing the same thing so getting rid of as much as possible.

You can not organize clutter---it must be eliminated! Evict it NOW!

Cuties!

Daddy, how was I born? A little boy goes to his father and asks 'Daddy, how was I born?' The father answers, 'Well, son, I guess one day you will need to find out anyway! Your Mom and I first got together in a chat room on Yahoo. Then I set up a date via e-mail with your Mom and we met at a cyber-cafe. We sneaked into a secluded room, and googled each other. There your mother agreed to adownload from my hard drive. As soon as I was ready to upload, we discovered that neither one of us had used a firewall, and since it was too late to hit thedelete button, nine months later a little Pop-Up appeared that said:  You'll love this ....... 'You got Male! "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, a glass of red wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"

WTF Google...

A different kind of company name 4/01/2010 12:01:00 AM Early last month the mayor of Topeka, Kansas stunned the world by announcing that his city was changing its name to Google. We've been wondering ever since how best to honor that moving gesture. Today we are pleased to announce that as of 1AM (Central Daylight Time) April 1st, Google has officially changed our name to Topeka... http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html

Slow Cooker Potatoes Boulangerie - French

Slow Cooker Potatoes Boulangerie - French * Exported from MasterCook * Slow Cooker Potatoes Boulangerie Recipe By : Serving Size : 7 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : LowCal (Less than 300 cals) LowerCarbs Meat Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ ------------ --------- --------- -- 6 medium russet potatoes -- peeled, cut into 1/4-inch slices 6 bacon strips -- cut into 1/2-inch pieces 3 Onions -- thinly sliced, using the white and some of the tender green parts 2 teaspoons dried thyme 1 cup double-strength chicken broth 1 1/2 teaspoons salt -- 1-1/2 inch long 1 teaspoon Tabasco hot sauce 1 cup heavy cream Coat the insert of a 5 to 7-quart slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray or line it with a slow cooker liner according to the manufacturer' s directions. Arrange the potatoes in the cooker and set aside. Cook the bacon in a large skillet until crisp, then transfer to paper towels to drain. Cook the leeks and thyme in the bacon drippings until the leeks are soft, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the chicken broth, salt, and Tabasco to the skillet and heat, scraping up any browned bits form the bottom of the pan. Pour the contents of the skillet over the potatoes and pour the heavy cream evenly over the potatoes. Cover and cook on high for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, until the potatoes are tender. Serve from the slow cooker set on warm. Serves 6 to 8. AuthorNote: The story is told that in France, at the end of the day, after the boulangerie had baked its bread, it would make its ovens available to its customers for them to roast their meats. The meat would roast on the top rack, and a gratin of potatoes would bake below, collecting the drippings from the roasts. This dish is similar, with its flavor derived form bacon, leeks and double-strength chicken broth, and finished with a bit of cream. The low and slow heat cooks the potatoes evenly, and this dish is perfect to serve with roasted meats or poultry. A mandoline or food processor makes short work of the potatoes. DOUBLE-STRENGTH BROTH: Also called 'condensed', this broth is usually diluted with an equal amount of water. For stronger flavor, don't dilute it. Source:"Slow Cooker: The Best Cookbook Ever by Diane Phillips, 2009." Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 229 Calories; 16g Fat (60.1% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 18g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 51mg Cholesterol; 680mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch) ; 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 Vegetable; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 3 Fat. NOTES : Cooker: 5 to 7-quart Time: HIGH for 2 1/2 to 3 hours Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 327 0 0 0

Redneck Christmas Santa Float

IS THIS ANYONE "WE" KNOW??????/

ELF Shoe pattern & link

Ears to your elf! These would be cute filled with treats for the kiddies, also would be cute for a advent calendar. _allsorts: Ears to your elf!_ (http://allsorts. typepad.com/ allsorts/ 2007/11/ears- to-your-el. html)

Elf links

Check out Elf on a Shelf   _Elf on a Shelf - LoveToKnow Christmas_ (http://christmas. lovetoknow. com/Elf_on_ a_Shelf) _Free Elf Pattern_ (http://www.make- baby-stuff. com/elf-pattern. html) _A WeeWonderfuls Original Pattern_ (http://weewonderful s.typepad. com/wee_wonderfu ls/store/ stitchette. html) _Santa, Mrs. Claus and Elf Doll Patterns_ (http://www.melodies plus.com/ Christmas/ santahelpers. html) _Christmas Elf Doll_ (http://crochet. about.com/ library/weekly/ aa122097. htm) _Wild Kingdom | Backyard Nature Crafts | Family Fun_ (http://familyfun. go.com/crafts/ wild-kingdom- 674587/) _Woodland Flower Fairies_ (http://www.michaels .com/art/ online/projectsh eet?pid=e07344& categoryid= 64582) _Christmas Elf Free Craft Pattern_ (http://craftycolleg e.com/room/ miniclass/ elf.html) Donna Come along inside... We'll see if tea and buns can make the world a better place. ~The Wind in the Willow~

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Best pictures this year!

I'm on a Merry Christmas Mission

Tuesday, December 1, 2009,  I'm on a mission and I'm in full throttle now. My little red car has turned into a Christmas billboard with written across the back window. Yes, I've decided to trek off to work everyday on the public highways with a message that seems to offend people. At stop lights, I even turn my music up a little louder, and to top it off, I sing along with it. Don't I know that stopping at a red light to roll my windows down only to share the joy of Christmas carols on public streets is a No-No? Don't I fear the Christmas Gestapo and those who would have me remove the written message from my car? I'm sorry folks, but the only person I'm concerned about "offending" during this Christmas season is the Lord himself. LEAVE THAT MANGER ALONE! We've allowed the Baby Jesus to be kicked out of His lowly manger, and those offended by Christmas are still not happy. I refuse to let this happen. I'm going to do my part to make sure doesn't become extinct. Because like it or not, if the believers in Christmas don't take a stand now, it's gone forever. Listen folks, the Christian community has been underestimated before; we will have to show ourselves again. I walked into a Wendy's Restaurant the other day and was rather exuberant with my greeting to the manager. He didn't have much of a response and I said, "Where's your Christmas spirit?" He said, "We're not allowed to use the words when greeting customers. We can only say "Happy Holiday." This morning I grabbed a quick breakfast at a Whataburger Restaurant. I noticed there wasn't a single decoration in the store. I asked the manager why they weren't decorated for Christmas. He told me the corporate headquarters decided not to send any decorations to any of their stores, and he didn't know why. After I heard about all the Macy's and Federated Stores taking down their signs, the Target stores not allowing the Salvation Army to "Ring the Christmas bells," and the many incidents of children, choirs, and bands not allowed to play or sing Christmas carols, I realized it was happening right here in my own little Texas town. How can this be? Not Texas! We do, however, have a store, Hobby Lobby, that plays nothing but Christmas carols during the season. On Christmas Day they run a full page ad in our local newspaper. That ad is not to promote the store, but uses the entire page to tell the story of Jesus' birth. Now that's taking a stand. We need to thank them. When I saw a news report the other evening of children being taught new words to a song we've sung for years - "We Wish You a " - I was saddened to hear "We Wish You a Splendid Holiday." I know now that it's just a matter of time till the greetings will be gone. Look around your town. Notice the "Holiday" greetings and not "Christmas." It's happening right before our very eyes. Start singing the songs; go down the streets of America singing to your heart's content. Get some of those wash-off markers that these kids use to write on their car windows when they're rooting for their hometown football team. It's easy to do, and if a torrential rain washes it off, write it on there again. We've got to get this message out. " Go Tell It On the Mountain . . . That Jesus ." Sing it, speak it, be a billboard for our Lord. The story of this "Baby Jesus" alone has brought about more goodwill at this time of year than any other day we celebrate. How can we sit back and allow Him to be snuffed out of our lives? Is it Jesus, or is it His followers that the "offended" don't like? What kind of revulsion galvanizes one to campaign so vehemently against the mere mention of His name, the mere singing of a carol, or the mere visual of a sign that says I can listen to my own boss at work use some of the vilest words and follow up with, "Excuse my French." I may cringe inside at his damning of God's name, but I tolerate it. So if you don't like me wishing you a I'll say, "Excuse my joy." You may cringe that I celebrate the birth of Jesus, but just tolerate it. I cannot be concerned that offends you. If I'm not careful, the day will come when saying I'm a Christian will offend you. I'm offended that you're offended. How about that? When we get to a point that we can no longer take part in a tradition we hold dear, we have no choice; we either defend that tradition or we give it up to those who say NO. That's it . . . period. So, which will it be? I'm not giving up my joy to anyone. If I know of someone that celebrates another holiday during this time of year, I will be glad to wish them whatever holiday they want. Just tell me what it is and I'll shout it to the world and wish you a grand celebration. Just give me Christmas. To you merchants: Stop being so hypocritical and "filling your tills" on the back of Jesus! Who do you think is the symbol of giving at this time of year? It was the wise men bringing gifts to the newborn Christ-child. You want your coffers full, but have ordered your employees to take down all the signs. If that's the case, I'll buy gifts at a place that understands my joy. If you're worried about offending someone, you just did. The most recent Newsweek survey shows that 82% of Americans believe that Jesus is the Son of God. So, in trying not to offend a few, you've offended many. It's okay to jump into the spirit when it fills your cash register, but let's call it something else . . . and don't stop giving . and don't stop buying. . . we'll just change the name and you'll never know the difference. I know the difference and I'm feeling it greatly. It's hard not to be aware that townships across our country have actually banned the singing of Christmas carols because it might offend someone. And it's not just the religious songs; it's the secular ones too. No more "Jingle Bells" or "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" because they're associated with Christmas. Boy, aren't we getting sensitive? If we're not celebrating Christmas for the hope it gives with the birth of our Savior . . . there is no hope! My freedom to celebrate Christmas in the tradition of the Christian religion is as much my right as it is your right to be offended by it. So what are we going to do? Did anyone hear me . . what are we going to do? Do we defend a person's right to go forward with a time tested tradition (how about 2000 years?), or do we defend a person's right to end it all because they're offended? As long as we live in this great land and have the freedom to express ourselves and what we believe in, we will always offend someone. If we try to make everything right for everyone, we won't have anything for anyone. May you always have in your heart!

Keep it Merry Christmas

I received this through another group, some of you may be in the same group-I think it is well worth passing on-I'm definately going to be sending them a Christmas card that says "Merry Christmas!!! "  It is time to get out your CHRISTMAS cards list!   Yes, you read this right..... CHRISTMAS cards.   This is coming early (really early) so that you can get ready to include an important address to your list.      Read on........    Fun with the ACLU......    Wanna have some fun this CHRISTMAS?    Send the ACLU a CHRISTMAS card this year.      As they are working so very hard to get rid of the CHRISTMAS part of this holiday, we should all send them a nice CHRISTIAN card to brighten up their dark, sad, little world.         Make sure it says "Merry CHRISTMAS" on it.  Here's the address; just don't be rude or crude. (That's not the Christian way, you know!)  ACLU  125 Broad Street  18th Floor  New York, NY 10004  Two tons of CHRISTMAS cards would freeze their operations because they wouldn't know if any were regular mail containing contributions. So spend 44 cents and tell the ACLU to leave CHRISTMAS alone.  Also tell them that there is no such thing as a "Holiday Tree". . . . It's a CHRISTMAS Tree even in the fields!  Pass this on to your e-mail lists. We really need to communicate with the ACLU!  They really DESERVE us!!