2 cups peanut butter
1 pound powdered sugar
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cups brown sugar
1/2 tbsp. vanilla
Mix. Roll onto cookie sheet with wax paper on it. Should be 1/4 inches thick.
Melt: 1 1/2 ounce chocolate chips and 1/2 to one stick of butter. Pour onto p.b. mixture.
Refrigerate. Cut into squares.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Ice Tea
1 shot of Gin
1 shot of Tequila
1 shot of Rum
1 shot of Vodka
1 shot of Triple Sec
Quart of coke (to taste)
lemon (to taste)
One of these and I am useless. But it is good, if I remember, I haven't had one in about 20 years.
Just be careful. I will never forget going out with Laura and her drinking these like they were nothing, since they don't taste as rough as they are. Well, let's just say, she wasn't too happy a few hours later.
1 shot of Tequila
1 shot of Rum
1 shot of Vodka
1 shot of Triple Sec
Quart of coke (to taste)
lemon (to taste)
One of these and I am useless. But it is good, if I remember, I haven't had one in about 20 years.
Just be careful. I will never forget going out with Laura and her drinking these like they were nothing, since they don't taste as rough as they are. Well, let's just say, she wasn't too happy a few hours later.
Two Punch Bowls
64 ounces Hawiian Punch (glass container)
64 ounces Ginger Ale
1/5 Vodka
1/2 gallon sherbert orange
Mix in punch bowls.
64 ounces Ginger Ale
1/5 Vodka
1/2 gallon sherbert orange
Mix in punch bowls.
Melon Ball
2 ounces liquer (Melon)
1 ounce vodka
4 ounces juice--Orange, pineapple or grapefruit
In a tall glass with ice- add melon liquer, vodka and fill with juice, stir.
1 ounce vodka
4 ounces juice--Orange, pineapple or grapefruit
In a tall glass with ice- add melon liquer, vodka and fill with juice, stir.
Finger Jello
4 envelopes knox gelatin (1 box)
3 boxes of 3 ounce Jello
4 cups boiling water
Combine gelatin and jello. Add boiling water. Stir well, pour in shallow baking pan. Chill until firm. Cut into squares.
For two-tone:
4 envelopes knox gelatin (1 box)
3 boxes 3 oz. Jello, any flavor
3 cups boiling water
1 cup or 1/2 pint heavy cream
Combine gelatin and jello. Add boiling water and stir until dissolved. Add cream, stir well. Pour into shallow baking pan (13x9). Chill until firm. Cut into one inch squares.
FOR LOW CARB: Use sugar free Jello
3 boxes of 3 ounce Jello
4 cups boiling water
Combine gelatin and jello. Add boiling water. Stir well, pour in shallow baking pan. Chill until firm. Cut into squares.
For two-tone:
4 envelopes knox gelatin (1 box)
3 boxes 3 oz. Jello, any flavor
3 cups boiling water
1 cup or 1/2 pint heavy cream
Combine gelatin and jello. Add boiling water and stir until dissolved. Add cream, stir well. Pour into shallow baking pan (13x9). Chill until firm. Cut into one inch squares.
FOR LOW CARB: Use sugar free Jello
Pudding Frosting For Chocolate Cake
Large box of Jello Chocolate Pudding mix (instant)
Milk
Cream Cheese (6 ounces)
Make instant pudding as directed on box. Using electric mixer to mix in cream cheese. It will be lumpy. Chill while cake is cooking. Do not put on cake until cake is cooled. I personally like to use the chocolate cake mix that has pudding in the mix for extra moistness.
You can use vanilla or chocolate pudding. I have never tried the vanilla version, because I don't think that sounds so good. And anyway, why mess with a good thing!
Milk
Cream Cheese (6 ounces)
Make instant pudding as directed on box. Using electric mixer to mix in cream cheese. It will be lumpy. Chill while cake is cooking. Do not put on cake until cake is cooled. I personally like to use the chocolate cake mix that has pudding in the mix for extra moistness.
You can use vanilla or chocolate pudding. I have never tried the vanilla version, because I don't think that sounds so good. And anyway, why mess with a good thing!
Monday, March 17, 2008
Complaint
This blog is totally screwed up lately. It shows my posts on different days that I write it. It rarely publishes them, when I hit publish, the first time around. And like usual it is showing an error, because it is suppose to auto save, but shows an error every time. I hope they fix it soon. You would think something connected to g-mail would work a little better. And when I go in to edit a post, it shows up on the view blog page, but when I try to edit it again, it is the old post, not the one I edited. UGH.
Like for instance: today is Tuesday 3.18.08, yet it is posting as Monday 3.17.08.
Like for instance: today is Tuesday 3.18.08, yet it is posting as Monday 3.17.08.
OK
My daughter wants to know why I always say, Okey Dokey. I don't have a clue how to spell that. So apparently that and the word crap are used too much by me, esp. when my daughter notices I use them too much. Oh well, hard to teach an old dog new tricks. I have been saying them both too long, to think not to use so much anymore.
Daughter
One day, a week or two ago, my daughter was asking me all about Buffalo's. I don't know much about them, but tried to answer her questions. She was mainly interested in what they would do to us, if we saw one. "Would they eat us?", was one of the questions she was most interested in the answer. I was wondering why she had this interest in buffaloes, of all things. Then it occurred to me that a huge snowstorm had hit Buffalo, NY, and I made some commit on how awful Buffalo was the day before.
:)
:)
Stuff from Haley 3/18/08
Yesterday my husband and I were walking when he told me about a conversation that he had with my daughter when he was taking her to school. She told him that I had used two very bad words. The one that rhymed with "duck" and the one that rhymed with "well". And I said them both "two days in a row". (Both words are in the song 'Girlfriend' a song we were singing, she, however, much better than her mom, does not sing those words).
So my husband, being who he is, told her, "Why don't you tell your teacher." Hoping I would get a note sent home. But instead, she told him, "No, I am going to tell GRANDMA and GRANDPA".
:)
So my husband, being who he is, told her, "Why don't you tell your teacher." Hoping I would get a note sent home. But instead, she told him, "No, I am going to tell GRANDMA and GRANDPA".
:)
Fun with the Mail Today
The difference between Scott's two sons:
We got several pieces of mail for both of them.
My son got an invitation to attend a medical summer camp for high achievers and a notice that he will be invited to The National Society of High School Scholars.
My stepson got a Red Man chewing tobacco advertisment.
We couldn't help but laugh, because the mail certainly knows who is who. Got to love it. We love both of our sons and are proud of both of them, and are just happy if they are happy (even though we dish out advice, that is rarely followed), but it is just so funny how different they are.
We got several pieces of mail for both of them.
My son got an invitation to attend a medical summer camp for high achievers and a notice that he will be invited to The National Society of High School Scholars.
My stepson got a Red Man chewing tobacco advertisment.
We couldn't help but laugh, because the mail certainly knows who is who. Got to love it. We love both of our sons and are proud of both of them, and are just happy if they are happy (even though we dish out advice, that is rarely followed), but it is just so funny how different they are.
Family Watch Dog Site
From forwarded e-mail:
To find sex offenders in your neighborhood.
http://www12.familywatchdog.us/
(Makes me feel good about the area I live in, nothing real close to my house)
To find sex offenders in your neighborhood.
http://www12.familywatchdog.us/
(Makes me feel good about the area I live in, nothing real close to my house)
Unlocking car by phone
From forwarded e-mail:
For those of you who have a car that can be unlocked by that remote
button on your key ring: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare
keys are home, and you don't have "OnStar," here's your answer to the
problem!
If some one has access to the spare remote at your home, call them on
your cell phone (or borrow one from someone if the cell phone is locked
in the car too!)
Hold your (or anyone's) cell phone about a foot from your car door and
have the other person at your home press the unlock button, holding it
near the phone on their end.
Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to
you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if
you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can
unlock the doors (or the trunk, or have the "horn" signal go off, or
whatever!)
(Editor's Note * It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car
over a cell phone!) Distance doesn't seem to be a factor.
For those of you who have a car that can be unlocked by that remote
button on your key ring: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare
keys are home, and you don't have "OnStar," here's your answer to the
problem!
If some one has access to the spare remote at your home, call them on
your cell phone (or borrow one from someone if the cell phone is locked
in the car too!)
Hold your (or anyone's) cell phone about a foot from your car door and
have the other person at your home press the unlock button, holding it
near the phone on their end.
Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to
you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if
you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can
unlock the doors (or the trunk, or have the "horn" signal go off, or
whatever!)
(Editor's Note * It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car
over a cell phone!) Distance doesn't seem to be a factor.
Mosquito Spray
From forwarded e-mail:
Mosquito spray.....
I can't wait to try this in the summer!
I was at a deck party awhile back, and the bugs were having a ball biting everyone. A man at the party sprayed the lawn and deck floor with Listerine, and the little demons disappeared.
The next year I filled a 4-ounce spray bottle and used it around my seat whenever I saw mosquitoes. And voila! That worked as well. It worked at a picnic where we sprayed the area around the food table, the children's swing area, and the standing water nearby.
Mosquito spray.....
I can't wait to try this in the summer!
I was at a deck party awhile back, and the bugs were having a ball biting everyone. A man at the party sprayed the lawn and deck floor with Listerine, and the little demons disappeared.
The next year I filled a 4-ounce spray bottle and used it around my seat whenever I saw mosquitoes. And voila! That worked as well. It worked at a picnic where we sprayed the area around the food table, the children's swing area, and the standing water nearby.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Girls Night Out Permission Slip
APPLICATION FOR A NIGHT OUT WITH THE GIRLS
Name of Girlfriend/Fiancé/Partner/Wife:
I’m going out.
Signed: (me) _____________________________
Humidity in Home
From Good Housekeeping
Test the humidity in your home:
Place ice cubes in a glass of room temp. water and let it stand. Beads should form on the outside of the glass within five to 15 minutes. If they don't, the room is too dry. To remedy, set out pretty bowls of water or keep a pot of it simmering on the stove. Also, mist plants.
Test the humidity in your home:
Place ice cubes in a glass of room temp. water and let it stand. Beads should form on the outside of the glass within five to 15 minutes. If they don't, the room is too dry. To remedy, set out pretty bowls of water or keep a pot of it simmering on the stove. Also, mist plants.
Hair Dye
From Brenda:
Add one tbsp shampoo to hair dye, takes better hold, which helps cover and last longer.
Add one tbsp shampoo to hair dye, takes better hold, which helps cover and last longer.
Boys Night Out Permission Slip
APPLICATION FOR A NIGHT OUT WITH THE BOYS
Name of Boyfriend/Fiancé/Husband:______________________________
I request permission for a leave of absence from the highest authority in my life for the following period:
Time of return
Date:
Time of departure:
NOT to exceed:
Should permission be granted, I do solemnly swear to only visit the locations stated below, at the stated times. I agree to refrain from hitting on or flirting with other women. I shall not even speak to another female, except as expressly permitted in writing below. I will not turn off my mobile after two pints, nor shall I consume above the allowed volume of alcohol without first phoning for a taxi AND calling you for a verbal waiver of said alcohol allowance. I understand that even if permission is granted to go out, my girlfriend/fiancé/wife retains the right to be pissed off with me the following week for no valid reason whatsoever.
Amount of alcohol allowed (units) Beer _______ Wine ________Liquor ________ Total_______________
Locations to be visited_________________ _______________ ___________________
Females with whom conversation is permitted ______________________________________
IMPORTANT – STRIPPER CLAUSE: Not with standing the female contact permitted above, I promise to refrain from coming within one hundred (100) feet of a stripper or exotic dancer. Violation of this Stripper Clause shall be grounds for immediate termination of the relationship.
I acknowledge my position in life. I know who wears the trousers in our relationship, and I agree it’s not me. I promise to abide by your rules & regulations. I understand that this is going to cost me a fortune in chocolates & flowers. You reserve the right to obtain and use my credit cards whenever you wish to do so. I hereby promise to take you on an unlimited shopping spree, should I not return home by the approved time. On my way home, I will not pick a fight with any stranger, nor shall I conduct in depth discussions with the said entity. Upon my return home, I promise not to urinate anywhere other than in the toilet. In addition, I will refrain from waking you up, breathing my vile breath in your face, and attempting to breed like a (drunken) rabbit.
I declare that to the best of my knowledge (of which I have none compared to my BETTER half), the above information is correct.
Signed - Boyfriend/Fiancé/Husband: ______________________________________
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Request is: APPROVED DENIED
This decision is not negotiable. If approved, cut permission slip below and carry at all times.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Permission for my boyfriend/fiancé/husband to be away for the following period of time:
Date:
Time of departure:
Time of return:
Signed – Girlfriend/Fiancé/Wife: _______________________________________________
Name of Boyfriend/Fiancé/Husband:______________________________
I request permission for a leave of absence from the highest authority in my life for the following period:
Time of return
Date:
Time of departure:
NOT to exceed:
Should permission be granted, I do solemnly swear to only visit the locations stated below, at the stated times. I agree to refrain from hitting on or flirting with other women. I shall not even speak to another female, except as expressly permitted in writing below. I will not turn off my mobile after two pints, nor shall I consume above the allowed volume of alcohol without first phoning for a taxi AND calling you for a verbal waiver of said alcohol allowance. I understand that even if permission is granted to go out, my girlfriend/fiancé/wife retains the right to be pissed off with me the following week for no valid reason whatsoever.
Amount of alcohol allowed (units) Beer _______ Wine ________Liquor ________ Total_______________
Locations to be visited_________________ _______________ ___________________
Females with whom conversation is permitted ______________________________________
IMPORTANT – STRIPPER CLAUSE: Not with standing the female contact permitted above, I promise to refrain from coming within one hundred (100) feet of a stripper or exotic dancer. Violation of this Stripper Clause shall be grounds for immediate termination of the relationship.
I acknowledge my position in life. I know who wears the trousers in our relationship, and I agree it’s not me. I promise to abide by your rules & regulations. I understand that this is going to cost me a fortune in chocolates & flowers. You reserve the right to obtain and use my credit cards whenever you wish to do so. I hereby promise to take you on an unlimited shopping spree, should I not return home by the approved time. On my way home, I will not pick a fight with any stranger, nor shall I conduct in depth discussions with the said entity. Upon my return home, I promise not to urinate anywhere other than in the toilet. In addition, I will refrain from waking you up, breathing my vile breath in your face, and attempting to breed like a (drunken) rabbit.
I declare that to the best of my knowledge (of which I have none compared to my BETTER half), the above information is correct.
Signed - Boyfriend/Fiancé/Husband: ______________________________________
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Request is: APPROVED DENIED
This decision is not negotiable. If approved, cut permission slip below and carry at all times.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Permission for my boyfriend/fiancé/husband to be away for the following period of time:
Date:
Time of departure:
Time of return:
Signed – Girlfriend/Fiancé/Wife: _______________________________________________
Faith
From "Complete Idiots Guide to Faith"
People choose faith not because it promises better days ahead but because it brings meaning to today and provides the foundation for a much bigger view of life than simply what's happening in my world during my lifetime. Faith encourages us to see things from an eternal perspective. It's not like Little Orphan Annie singing hopefully that "the sun'll come out tomorrow." Faith isn't about believing that "tomorrow is another day" or trying to find the silver lining in the clouds that come our way. Faith means knowing that even if the sun doesn't come out tomorrow, God loves us and is still watching over us. It's knowing that there's nothing in those clouds but thunderstorms, our lives are still in God's hands, and God is still in control. Faith is knowing that you are valued by God. Even when life doesn't make sense, he won't let you go.
People choose faith not because it promises better days ahead but because it brings meaning to today and provides the foundation for a much bigger view of life than simply what's happening in my world during my lifetime. Faith encourages us to see things from an eternal perspective. It's not like Little Orphan Annie singing hopefully that "the sun'll come out tomorrow." Faith isn't about believing that "tomorrow is another day" or trying to find the silver lining in the clouds that come our way. Faith means knowing that even if the sun doesn't come out tomorrow, God loves us and is still watching over us. It's knowing that there's nothing in those clouds but thunderstorms, our lives are still in God's hands, and God is still in control. Faith is knowing that you are valued by God. Even when life doesn't make sense, he won't let you go.
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