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Gobble, Gobble facts

11/26/2013

 
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The date of what is typically recognized as the first Thanksgiving is not precisely known, though it occurred between September 21 and November 9, 1621. The Plymouth Mass. Pilgrims dined with the Wampanoag Indians.

A Calvinist Thanksgiving actually did occur in 1623 and did not involve sharing food with the Native Americans. But in the fall of 1621 the feast lasted three days. Approximately 50 Native Americans attended this feast which included Massasoit and Squanto - the Pilgrim's translator. 52 Pilgrims attended the first Thanksgiving, including John Alden, William Bradford, Priscilla Mullins, and Miles Standish. According to Edward Winslow, a participant in the first Thanksgiving, the feast consisted of corn, barley, fowl including wild turkeys and waterfowl, and venison. Mashed potatoes, popcorn, milk, corn on the cob, and cranberries were not foods present on the first feast table. Rather Lobster, rabbit, chicken, fish, squashes, beans, chestnuts, hickory nuts, onions, leeks, dried fruits, maple syrup and honey, radishes, cabbage, carrots, eggs, and goat cheese are thought to have made up the first Thanksgiving feast. And the pilgrims didn't use forks; they ate with spoons, knives, and their fingers.

Side Note:
While it is now a Thanksgiving staple, pumpkin pie was not served at the first Thanksgiving, nor was it invented by the Pilgrims. The first recipe for pumpkin pie wasn't published until 1685, when it appeared in Robert May's The Accomplisht Cook. The first recipe for the pumpkin pie we enjoy today appeared in 1796, in American Cookery by Ameila Simmons. Mmmm...pie...

Another side note:
While most Americans think of the Pilgrims as celebrating the first Thanksgiving in America, there are some claims that others in the New World should be recognized as first. For example, in Texas there is a marker that says, "Feast of the First Thanksgiving – 1541."

History

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  • The first national celebration of Thanksgiving was declared in 1775 by the Continental Congress. This was to celebrate the win at Saratoga during the American Revolution. However, this was not an annual event. Prior to 1863, the President of the United States would make an annual proclamation of which day Thanksgiving would be held. 

  • In 1863, two national days of Thanksgiving were declared: One celebrated the Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg. The other began the Thanksgiving holiday we still celebrate today. Sarah Josepha Hale, an American magazine editor, persuaded Abraham Lincoln to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday. She is also the author of the popular nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Abraham Lincoln issued a 'Thanksgiving Proclamation' on third October 1863 and officially set aside the last Thursday of November as the national day for Thanksgiving.
  • In 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving to the third Thursday of November, to stimulate the economy by lengthening the holiday shopping season.
  • In 1941, Congress stated that from then on, Thanksgiving would take place on the fourth Thursday in November, ensuring that all Americans would celebrate a unified Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November every year.

Plus, did you know turkey was the first meal enjoyed by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin when they were on the moon.

Now you can be the talk of your dinner table this holiday — a perfect turkey tidbit to impress holiday dinner guests.

And here is a Gobble, Gobble funny...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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Which action hero are you?

11/12/2013

 
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Click for the test below, to find out.

Male

Female

No big surprise, but I'm Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Yah, I'm good if given a pointy object.
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Mandela Effect, but with Castro...

11/5/2013

 
Wow! I just went through another "Mandela Effect". This time it was with Ariel Castro. But according to this article he's about to serve life in prison. 

 I remember a month or two ago that he hung himself in jail and died. No Joke! CNN still has a story on it. And the three girls that were held captive by him said "it was in God's hands now."

Does anyone remember this? It was all over the media.
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What the hell? Did a dimension that merged with another screw-up and forget to check the internet. Wouldn't that be funny.
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Happy Hauntings!

10/30/2013

 

Happy Halloweeeeeen!

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This is one of my favorite holidays. A day where a person can be as creative as they want.
Here is a website that has a directory of Haunted Places. You can check your area for a fun place to go on the 31st.
Also, here is an interesting article about the case that inspired "The Exorcist".
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Funnies :)

10/28/2013

 

I wonder how police on bikes arrest people.
"Alright, get in the basket."

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Homemade Glycerin Soap

10/24/2013

 
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You know me, all-about-the-homemade.

This one is kind-of fun, especially around the holidays, and so easy!

Ingredients

Glycerin
Petroleum jelly
A mold




Liquid food coloring
Scented oils *optional*

Textures *optional*
–sold in large blocks at crafts stores  
–large jar
–A clean milk or juice carton can work. I will be using this mold as my example. (The carton should be made of cardboard, so you can tear it from the solid soap)
–Or ice cube tray
–Or a candy mold
                                                                                                  
–Like vanilla, cocoa butter, evergreen, lilac, sage. But not all together :)
–fine glitter, fine sand, crushed oatmeal, potpourri  

Directions

-Cut the top of the milk carton off, wash it thoroughly, and coat the inside of the carton with petroleum jelly. Be sure to coat the corners.
-To melt glycerin, cut them into smaller cubes to fit in a microwave safe bowl. Heat glycerin on high in the microwave, stirring at intervals every 15 seconds until it is completely melted.
-Start with one or two drops of food coloring, and stir thoroughly. Use something like a coffee stirrer. Gradually add the drops until you get the desired color.
-Pour the melted glycerin into the milk carton. Tap gently to make sure there are no bubbles trapped in the carton. Let it cool completely for about 2 hours. Tear the cardboard away when soap is set and using a bench scrapper, slice the block into individual bars.
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If you want layers like the bars above; cut the carton long ways. Make your 2 types of soaps and let them set in stages in the carton so they stay separated when the soap solidifies. For example, the soap above probably took a total of 6 hours to solidify, 2 hours for each layer.

Optional Stuff*

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-After you add the food coloring, you could then add, ¼ tsp at a time scented oils. Stir thoroughly. You could also use lemon or orange zest to add a scent. Or small amounts of heavy cream.
-If you add a heavy substance like oatmeal or sand, let the soap set a bit, so the added ingredients do not sink to the bottom of the mold. And gently stir the ingredients through the soap.


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-Also, you could add small amounts of fine glitter. Stir thoroughly.
The way they made this flame effect was to let both yellow and red soaps cool quite a bit before pouring the red onto the yellow in the mold. And then carefully dipping a knife through the red into the yellow, to make "flames" into the yellow soap.

-You can choose also sorts of items for this  next option.
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You could take fine sand, or oatmeal, or sesame seeds, or stripped fresh evergreen leaves, or even powder cinnamon, black lava sand; 
*Either mix it through the soap or
*Heavily coat the petroleum jelly on the inside of the carton with it. Then, pour the glycerin into the carton and let it dry. When you peel away the carton the soap will be coated with a cool scrubbing agent.

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There are soo many ideas you can do, just search the web. And yes, that is a bag of soap with toy fish in the middle. Cute, right?
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Funnnies!

9/19/2013

 
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So, this one time, I was eating salad...
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Crazy Cool Cats

9/8/2013

 
Have you seen this? This is absolutely cool, and absolutely crazy. As a cat owner this is just amazing to me.
How'd you like to see these putty 'tats clawing up your furniture :)
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Creative Cleaning Ideas

8/31/2013

 
If you are out of an item, like furniture polish, you can skip the trip to the store. It is possible to clean your home using what’s already in it. Plus these item are all natural so there aren’t any hazardous (cancerous) chemicals being introduced to your home. Not that I need to mention, it’s also cheaper...
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All-purpose cleaner
¼ cup vinegar
1 gallon hot water


Mix these to create an effective all-purpose cleaner. Put it in a spray bottle to make it easier to use.

Disinfectant
½ cup Borax
1 gallon hot water
Few sprigs of thyme (optional) –add the sprigs for 10 min. then strain and let the water cool.


Borax is a natural mineral that kill bacteria, mildew, and mold. Again add it to a spray bottle for use.

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Oven Cleaner
1 tblsp. Baking soda
½ tsp hot water


Make a paste. Sponge onto stains and wipe clean.

Toilet bowl cleaner
sprinkle baking soda into the toilet bowl
add less than a ¼ cup of vinegar


Brush and scour the toilet bowel. It will clean and deodorize it.

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Tub, sink, and tile cleaner
½ a lemon
Borax


Dip the cut end of the lemon into the borax. Rub the area with the lemon then rinse and dry with a soft cloth.

Furniture polish
Option 1: With a soft cloth wipe with a bit of mayonnaise.
Option 2: Rub the furniture with a cloth that has been dipped in cool tea.
Option 3: Mix 2 parts olive oil with one part lemon juice. Apply to furniture with soft cloth and wipe dry.

HAPPY CLEANING!

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You can only think what everyone else is thinking.

8/15/2013

 
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Funnies

8/1/2013

 
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Funnies

7/15/2013

 
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Instead of thinking outside the box...
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...get rid of the box.
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Tree House!

7/6/2013

 
I love tree houses. Especially ones that you can actually live in.
Here are some pretty cool ones.
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Happy 4th of July Everyone!

7/2/2013

 
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It's more than independence, it's grilling delicious barbeque, eating watermelon, and burned marshmallows. It's running around the backyard with sparklers and making the stinky-ash worms grow on the stone walkway.

And last but not least, watching dad illegally shoot fireworks off from the backyard.
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Stay Safe! There is nothing worse than a 4th where a person loses a hand or worse.

Needless to say, this idiot deserves to get his ass blown off.
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Every year the police would come by with a warning, but by that time, we were usually done.

Little did I know, but a crowd of people would gather on our front yard every year to watch the show from our backyard. My dad had some pretty big fireworks but he was very careful.

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Funnies

6/24/2013

 
We are ignorant to think that when aliens visits earth one day that they will want to meet with us. Hmmm, this reminds me of a movie...
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