tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29223329190129740992024-03-14T02:58:19.156-05:00Every bit of RandomEvery bit of Randomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11299447857350444100noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2922332919012974099.post-79805405403832303162012-09-24T13:24:00.001-05:002012-09-24T13:24:13.408-05:00Me<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joys_of_amy/8020518958/" title="Me"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/8020518958_f5f32d78df.jpg" alt="Me by aka_aimes" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joys_of_amy/8020518958/">Me</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joys_of_amy/">aka_aimes</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p>Every bit of Randomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11299447857350444100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2922332919012974099.post-82766457165300507362012-06-23T20:19:00.000-05:002012-06-23T20:19:26.695-05:00Strawberry Banana Pudding<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'd decided to make my banana pudding and had some strawberries to use up. So I added a layer fresh sliced strawberries with the banana layer. Turned out great and everyone in the family loved the added flavor.<br />
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1 large pkg vanilla pudding<br />
3 c 1% milk<br />
1 tub Cool Whip Light<br />
3 med. bananas<br />
1/2 1b fresh strawberries<br />
1 box vanilla wafers<br />
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Make vanilla pudding as directed on the box.<br />
Mix in tub of cool whip.<br />
Slice up strawberries and bananas.<br />
Layer bowl with wafers, pudding mixture, and fruit.<br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Refrigerate</span>.<br />
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<br />Every bit of Randomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11299447857350444100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2922332919012974099.post-34053541853462218372012-06-23T19:54:00.000-05:002012-06-23T20:09:12.458-05:00Symphony Bar Pie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zZPevuMY2nc/T-ZbOGz8gbI/AAAAAAAAAC0/jhmxAVMGw3Q/s1600/synphony+bar+pie.png" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zZPevuMY2nc/T-ZbOGz8gbI/AAAAAAAAAC0/jhmxAVMGw3Q/s200/synphony+bar+pie.png" width="200" /></a>Quick and easy, just how I like it. This pie is a hit wherever I take it.<br />
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1 Giant Symphony Bar (with almonds and toffee)<br />
1 Tub Cool Whip Light<br />
1 Graham cracker crust<br />
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Melt Symphony chocolate bar in the microwave. <a href="http://www.noobcook.com/how-to-melt-chocolate-using-a-microwave-oven-step-by-step-photos/" target="_blank">(How to melt chocolate)</a><br />
Stir in half of the cool whip tub.<br />
Pour into graham cracker crust and spread even.<br />
Spread the remaining cool whip over the chocolate mixture.<br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Refrigerate.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I take a tooth pick, dip it into any leftover melted chocolate, and swirl it into the top of the cool whip.</span><br />
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<br />Every bit of Randomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11299447857350444100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2922332919012974099.post-7121106540907112322011-09-24T13:33:00.000-05:002011-09-24T13:33:11.097-05:00Baking soda clayYeah! Clay you can make at home with you kids. Mold it, bake it, and paint it.<br />
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Common sense you can actually search by age. But alas, none for xbox. Only for wii and nentendo DS.<br />
<a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/reviews?media_type=29233&recommended_age=4">http://www.commonsensemedia.org/reviews?media_type=29233&recommended_age=4</a><br />
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This is an article that points out some younger children's games.<br />
<a href="http://deborahpercy.suite101.com/xbox-360-video-games-for-toddlers--preschoolers-age-3-4--5-a283324">http://deborahpercy.suite101.com/xbox-360-video-games-for-toddlers--preschoolers-age-3-4--5-a283324</a><br />
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Wii has sooo many pre-school games. Which is great, if we had a wii. Seriously xbox needs to get with it.Every bit of Randomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11299447857350444100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2922332919012974099.post-69301160977029159162011-09-13T14:48:00.000-05:002012-09-16T13:51:39.606-05:00Click for Babies<a href="http://clickforbabies.org/index.php">Knitting To Prevent Infant Abuse</a>: Start Knitting Now To Prevent Infant Abuse. Each and every day infants across North America are shaken and abused because of crying. Knit infant caps to be donated to hospitals for the new born babies. <br />
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<iframe src="http://clickforbabies.org/blogbuttons/blogbutton1.html" frameborder="0" width="150px" height="300px"></iframe>Every bit of Randomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11299447857350444100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2922332919012974099.post-17776998928255103372011-09-13T14:44:00.000-05:002011-09-13T14:44:51.669-05:00Dump truck hits car, crashes into buildings<a href="http://www.katv.com/story/15243469/dump-truck-hits-car-crashes-into-buildings-in-nlr#.TkQe-h87IrY.blogger">Dump truck hits car, crashes into buildings in NLR - KATV Channel 7 - The Spirit of Arkansas:</a> This was my aunt and two little cousins in the SUV that was hit. They're all out of the hospital and doing good now. Every bit of Randomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11299447857350444100noreply@blogger.com0101 W D Ave, North Little Rock, AR 72116, USA34.786026 -92.26052634.784396 -92.2629935 34.787656 -92.2580585tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2922332919012974099.post-58525297589875850952011-09-13T14:39:00.000-05:002014-01-23T19:24:58.940-06:00The special thing from the store<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My daughter who is three, was going on and on last night about wanting that special thing we bought at the grocery store. "What thing?" I said, "That special thing.", "The animal cookies?", "no the special thing from the store!".</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Then she pulled a dinning room chair up to the kitchen cabinets and just stands in the chair looking around the cabinets for whatever that special thing is that we bought. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This morning we figure out it's Pop tarts she wanted. Since we rarely buy Pop tarts, she didn't know what they were called. She just knew they were special. </span>Every bit of Randomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11299447857350444100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2922332919012974099.post-1732110184271824072011-09-02T21:36:00.000-05:002011-09-02T21:36:17.011-05:00Craft your autumn wedding accessories<img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-8048 aligncenter" height="214px" src="http://blog.lionbrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/monogram-letters.jpg" title="monogram letters" width="150px" /> I love the monogram letters. <img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050" height="212px" src="http://blog.lionbrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/wedding-favor-bags.jpg" title="wedding favor bags" width="152px" /> Love the favor bags.<br />
<img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8049" height="189px" src="http://blog.lionbrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/lace-vase-cozy.jpg" title="lace vase cozy" width="155px" /> hmmmm not so much. <img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053" height="178px" src="http://blog.lionbrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/RingbearerPillow.jpg" title="RingbearerPillow" width="168px" /> Beautiful old south.<br />
<img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052" height="220px" src="http://blog.lionbrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/flower-accessories.jpg" title="flower accessories" width="153px" /> Love it for everyday. Not for a wedding<br />
<img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055" height="164px" src="http://blog.lionbrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/AmigurumiBunnyTopper.jpg" title="AmigurumiBunnyTopper" width="145px" /> Adorable, but where would you put it in a wedding. Not formal enough for me.<br />
Every bit of Randomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11299447857350444100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2922332919012974099.post-73139762434913486762011-08-07T21:43:00.001-05:002011-08-07T21:49:59.376-05:00Literary definitions<div class="std" style="list-style-type: none;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Paranormal romance</span></strong></div><div class="std"><ul><li style="list-style-type: none;">Paranormal romance is a sub-genre of the romance novel. A type of speculative fiction, paranormal romance focuses on romance and includes elements beyond the range of scientific explanation, blending together themes from the genres of traditional fantasy, science fiction, or horror. ...</li>
</ul></div><div style="color: #551a8b;"><cite><span class="bc"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal_romance&sa=X&ei=y0Y_ToKVLciFsAKl9aA9&ved=0CCsQngkwAA&usg=AFQjCNEPmcYDTjtPTP4R3hVbuR8_kHmFcw"><span style="color: #0e774a;">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal_romance</span></a></span></cite></div><div></div><ul><li style="list-style-type: none;">A sub-genre of romance that focuses on a world-view that is different from the norm. One or more of the main characters in the romance has supernatural abilities. Often, the hero or heroine is an immortal. Typical types of characters in paranormals include vampires, werewolves, or witches.</li>
</ul><div style="color: #551a8b;"><cite><span class="bc"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.firstcoastromancewriters.com/%3Fpage_id%3D494&sa=X&ei=y0Y_ToKVLciFsAKl9aA9&ved=0CC0QngkwAA&usg=AFQjCNG7vJNammRRflY3SNJhH3NgwB5ZlQ"><span style="color: #0e774a;">www.firstcoastromancewriters.com/</span></a></span></cite></div><div></div><ul><li style="list-style-type: none;">Romance novels with a supernatural element. Since many urban fantasy books contain romance, we tried to use this category for books where the romance is a primary storyline, rather than a secondary plot.</li>
</ul><div style="color: #551a8b;"><cite><span class="bc"><a href="http://www.urbanfantasyreads.com/index.php"><span style="color: #0e774a;">www.urbanfantasyreads.com/index.php</span></a></span></cite></div><div style="color: #551a8b;"></div><div style="color: #551a8b;"></div><div style="color: #551a8b;"></div><div class="std" style="list-style-type: none;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Urban fantasy</span></strong></div><div class="std" style="list-style-type: none;"><br />
</div><div class="std"><ul><li style="list-style-type: none;">Urban fantasy is a subset of fantasy defined by place; the fantastic narrative has an urban setting. Many urban fantasies are set in contemporary times or contain supernatural elements. However, this is not the primary definition of urban fantasy. ...</li>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="60%"><div style="font-size: small;">noun <span class="speaker-icon-listen-off" id="dictionary_speaker_icon_1"></span> </div><div><span style="color: #767676;">short stories, plural</span></div><div class="std" style="padding-left: 40px;"><ol><div>
<li style="list-style-type: decimal;">A story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel </li>
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</ul><div style="color: #551a8b;"><cite><span class="bc"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn%3Fs%3Dshort%2520story&sa=X&ei=Y0s_TqW8H7CfsQLS-MUG&ved=0CDMQngkwAg&usg=AFQjCNFgilz6CxbImud6Vb_L6LKOG3bdiw"><span style="color: #0e774a;">wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn</span></a></span></cite></div><div></div><ul><li style="list-style-type: none;">A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas (in the 20th and 21st century sense) and novels or books. ...</li>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">nov·el·ette</span></strong></span> <br />
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<tr><td valign="top" width="60%"><div style="font-size: small;"><strong>noun</strong> /ˌnävəˈlet/ <span class="speaker-icon-listen-off" id="dictionary_speaker_icon_1"></span> </div><div><span style="color: #767676;">novelettes, plural</span></div><div class="std" style="padding-left: 40px;"><ol><div>
<li style="list-style-type: decimal;">A short novel, typically one that is light and romantic or sentimental in character </li>
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<div class="std"><ul><li style="list-style-type: none;">a short novel</li>
</ul><div style="color: #551a8b;"><cite><span class="bc"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn%3Fs%3Dnovelette&sa=X&ei=pko_TuuoM_KCsALE79jEBw&ved=0CDEQngkwAg&usg=AFQjCNFwp4kBQ9HNGV9DDWvXyD2oCp9L3g"><span style="color: #0e774a;">wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn</span></a></span></cite></div><div></div><ul><li style="list-style-type: none;">A novelette (or, rarely, novelet ) is a piece of short prose fiction. The distinction between a novelette and other literary forms, like a novella, is usually based upon word count. ...</li>
</ul><div style="color: #551a8b;"><cite><span class="bc"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelette&sa=X&ei=pko_TuuoM_KCsALE79jEBw&ved=0CDMQngkwAg&usg=AFQjCNHIoJHw8k7DVKIGtNAgAJpZOdyvzQ"><span style="color: #0e774a;">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelette</span></a></span></cite></div><div></div><ul><li style="list-style-type: none;">A story shorter than a novella and longer than a short story, 10,000-20,000 words long.</li>
</ul><div style="color: #551a8b;"><cite><span class="bc"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.katspace.org/fandom/fandef/&sa=X&ei=pko_TuuoM_KCsALE79jEBw&ved=0CDUQngkwAg&usg=AFQjCNFsYvw4Ksr4QJhFHs0YagItdgsclg"><span style="color: #0e774a;">www.katspace.org/fandom/fandef/</span></a></span></cite></div><div></div><ul><li style="list-style-type: none;">A work of between 7,500 and 17,500 words</li>
</ul><div style="color: #551a8b;"><cite><span class="bc"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.dailywritingtips.com/33-writing-terms-you-should-know/&sa=X&ei=pko_TuuoM_KCsALE79jEBw&ved=0CDcQngkwAg&usg=AFQjCNEe88UWTHnRf1yhmiTB3aZLgp82zg"><span style="color: #0e774a;">www.dailywritingtips.com/33-writing-terms-you-should-know/</span></a></span></cite></div><div></div><ul><li style="list-style-type: none;">A fictional work of between 15,000 and 25,000 words.</li>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">no·vel·la</span></strong></span> <br />
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<tr><td valign="top" width="60%"><div style="font-size: small;"><strong>noun</strong> /nōˈvelə/ <span class="speaker-icon-listen-off" id="dictionary_speaker_icon_1"></span> </div><div><span style="color: #767676;">novellas, plural</span></div><div class="std" style="padding-left: 40px;"><ol><div>
<li style="list-style-type: decimal;">A short novel or long short story </li>
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</ul><div style="color: #551a8b;"><cite><span class="bc"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn%3Fs%3Dnovella&sa=X&ei=GUw_TsmXAsiIsQLQtIzfBQ&ved=0CDAQngkwAg&usg=AFQjCNGOvh5-GEnbFrR15KJBktPYtiDx8w"><span style="color: #0e774a;">wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn</span></a></span></cite></div><div></div><ul><li style="list-style-type: none;">A novella (also called a short novel) is a written, fictional, prose narrative longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000. ...</li>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="60%"><div style="font-size: small;"><strong>noun</strong> /ˈnävəl/ <span class="speaker-icon-listen-off" id="dictionary_speaker_icon_1"></span> </div><div><span style="color: #767676;">novels, plural</span></div><blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"><div class="std" style="padding-left: 40px;"><ol><div>
<li style="list-style-type: decimal;">A fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism <div class="std" style="padding-left: 20px;"><ul><li style="color: #767676; list-style-type: none;">- the <strong>novels</strong> of Jane Austen</li>
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<li style="list-style-type: decimal;">A book containing such a narrative <div class="std" style="padding-left: 20px;"><ul><li style="color: #767676; list-style-type: none;">- she was reading a paperback <strong>novel</strong></li>
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<li style="list-style-type: decimal;">The literary genre represented or exemplified by such works <div class="std" style="padding-left: 20px;"><ul><li style="color: #767676; list-style-type: none;">- the <strong>novel</strong> is the most adaptable of all literary forms</li>
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<li style="list-style-type: none;">fresh: original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"</li>
<li style="list-style-type: none;">a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels"</li>
<li style="list-style-type: none;">pleasantly new or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort"</li>
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<ul><li style="list-style-type: none;">(novelist) one who writes novels</li>
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<ul><li style="list-style-type: none;">A novel is a long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century.</li>
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Using <span class="catHeading"><strong>Bernat Mosaic Self Patterning Yarn in </strong></span>AmbrosiaEvery bit of Randomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11299447857350444100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2922332919012974099.post-54537786782733077642011-06-02T23:26:00.000-05:002011-06-02T23:26:20.467-05:00Learn something new everyday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today, playing Google Chrome Alchemy, I learned a new word. Golem- <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">an animated </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphic" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Anthropomorphic">anthropomorphic</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> being, created entirely from inanimate matter. </span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem</a> </span><br />
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