Gone for a week

Due to the passing of a very dear friend i will be gone for most of a week. So there will not be a daily post, but i will have my laptop and try to get 1 or 2 post in if possible.

Things you need to know

Bed Sheets
After drying my sheets, I put both of the neatly folded sheets and one of the pillowcases in the other pillow case.
The next time you change sheets, you just take out the one pillow case with the sheets and the other pillow case inside.
No need to look for matches.

Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm.
This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza.
I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.

Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal the bag and mash till they are all broken up.
Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up, mixing thoroughly.
Cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze the mixture into the egg.
Then simply throw bag away when done – easy clean up.

Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes.
You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount.
You also eat fewer sugar/calories per serving.

Reheating Refrigerated Bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water.
The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.

Newspaper Weeds-Away
Start by putting in your plants. Work your normal nutrients into your soil.
Wet newspapers, put layers around the plants overlapping as you go, cover with mulch and forget about weeds.
Weeds WILL get through some gardening plastics. They will NOT get through wet newspapers.

Broken Glass
Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken pieces of glass – the fibers catch ones you can’t see!

No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket.
It will keep the mosquitoes away.

Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper.
The cayenne pepper doesn’t hurt the plant and the squirrels won’t come near it.
To keep them from eating all of your bird seed, add red pepper flakes to the seed.
The birds aren’t bothered by it, but the squirrels hate it!

Easier Thank You’s
When you throw a bridal/baby shower, buy a pack of Thank You cards for the guest of honor.
During the party, pass out the envelopes and have everyone put their address on one.
When the bride/new mother gets ready to write out the thank you notes, they’re all addressed!

New Bike
If you purchase a new bike for your child, place his/her picture inside the handle bar before placing the grips on.
If the bike is ever stolen and later recovered,
You can remove the grip and there is your proof who actually owns the bike.

Flexible Vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge, add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum hose.
It can be bent or flattened to get into those narrow openings.

Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress.
The same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose.
Place the pin in seam of slacks and – voila! – static is gone.

Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill it with hot water.
Dump out the hot water, but don’t dry the cup.
Next, add your ingredient (such as peanut butter) and watch how easily it comes right out.

Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car.
When the windows fog up, rub with the eraser! It works better than a cloth!

Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs.
It’s a lot cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth.
It’s also a great way to use up the conditioner that you bought but didn’t like when you tried it in your hair…

Good-bye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass and fill it to ½” with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dishwashing liquid – mix well.
You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!

Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants.
They eat it, take it “home” & can’t digest it… so it kills them.
It may take a week or so (especially if it rains) but it works…
and you don’t have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!

Sand Gone
Take baby powder to the beach.
Keep a small bottle of baby powder in your beach bag.
When you’re ready to leave the beach sprinkle yourself and kids with the powder.
The sand will slide right off your skin.

Everybody needs a laugh

The Burglar and Jesus

A burglar broke into a house one night.

He shined his flashlight around, looking for valuables; and when he picked up a CD player to place in his sack, a strange, disembodied voice echoed from the dark saying, “Jesus is watching you.”

He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off, and froze. When he heard nothing more after a bit, he shook his head, promised himself a vacation after the next big score, then clicked the light on and began searching for more valuables.

Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnect the wires, Clear as a bell he heard, “Jesus is watching you.”

Freaked out, he shined his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice. Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a parrot.

Did you say that?” he hissed at the parrot. “Yep,” the parrot confessed, then squawked, “I’m just trying to warn you.”

The burglar relaxed. “Warn me, huh? Who in the world are you?” “Moses,” replied the bird. “Moses?” the burglar laughed . “What kind of people would name a bird Moses?” “The kind of people that would name a Rottweiler Jesus.”

New wallpaper added today

New wallpaper(s) rotated into my wallpaper page, go have a peek and grab one if you like.

Web site of the week

InviteShare

Looking to beta test software but can not get you hands on a invite try InviteShare.com. Also share you invite and get rewards. As of now InviteShare has invites to about 40 beta software and websites.

http://www.inviteshare.com/index.php

Aint it the Truth

An old man, a boy & a donkey were going to town. The boy rode on the
donkey & the old man walked. As they went along they passed some
people who remarked it was a shame the old man was walking and the boy was
riding.

The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changed
positions.

Then, later, they passed some people who
remarked, “What a shame, he makes that little boy walk.”

So they then decided they’d both walk! Soon they passed some more people
who thought they were stupid to walk when they had a decent donkey to
ride.So, they both rode the donkey. Now they passed some people who shamed
them by saying how awful to put such a load on a poor donkey.

The boy and man figured they were probably right, so they decide to carry
the donkey. As they crossed the bridge, they lost their grip
on the animal & he fell into the river and drowned.

The moral of the story?

to please everyone, you might as well… Kiss your ass goodbye!

BONUS TRUTH: fits with the above insight.

The head of a large corporation was asked “What is your formula for
success?”
He answered I don’t have a formula for success but I have one for failure
and that is; ” Try to please everyone “

Free use web site of the week

WPClipart

WPClipart is a collection of high-quality public domain images specifically tailored for use in word processors, and optimized for printing on home/small office inkjet printers. There are thousands of color graphic clips as well as hundreds of illustrations and photographs. As of Friday, 06/29/2007 there are 17,889 images. http://www.wpclipart.com/index.html

Freeware game of the week

Real Stock Game

Real-Stock Real-Stock is a stock-market simulation game aimed at investment professionals, as well as beginners.  With its slick and intuitive interface, Real-Stock is user-friendly, powerful and realistic game.

Real-Stock is an interactive stock-market simulation allowing its participants to trade on any stocks found on either the Toronto or New York stock markets.

Moreover, it is important to mention that whenever the markets are open, all stock values will automatically be updated in real-time on Real-Stock.  This makes Real-Stock the most comprehensive and realistic on the Web!

I’ve just download this and i am really impressed, so if you want to learn more about the stock markets and how they work this looks very nice. You can test with stock that maybe you like and track them just for fun or you can play against others. A GREAT learning tool.

http://www.realstockgame.com/en_index.html

Hot news

Online Radio Is Saved; SoundExchange Will Not Enforce New Royalty Rates on Sunday

About time somebody got some common sense.

Read more here at Wired news -

http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/07/breaking-news-o.html

Everybody needs a laugh

Two cannibals, a father and son, were elected by the tribe to go out and get something to eat. They walked deep into the jungle and waited by a path.
Before long, along came this little old man. The son said, “Oh dad, there’s one.”
“No,” said the father. “There’s not enough meat on that one to even feed the dogs. We’ll just wait.”
Well, a little while later, along came this really fat man.
The son said, “Hey dad, he’s plenty big enough.”
“No,” the father said. “We’d all die of a heart attack from the fat in that one. We’ll just wait.”
About an hour later, here comes this absolutely gorgeous woman. The son said, “Now there’s nothing wrong with that one dad.
Let’s eat her.”
“No,” said the father. “We’ll not eat her either.”
“Why not?” asked the son.
“Because, we’re going to take her back alive and eat your mother.”