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Your wedding will no doubt be the most romantic day of your lives, it's a celebration of love and commitment. But it's also the biggest party you'll probably ever throw. So pull out all the stops and make it a night to remember. We've researched the top wedding experts to find their best ideas for throwing a fun and unique reception, while maximizing the romance and tugging at the heartstrings of your guests. Whether you use one or 10 of them, we hope you will find at least a few new and creative ideas to make your reception even more fabulous.
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Kitchen WisdomStuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of an ice cream cone to prevent ice cream drips.Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, for Pete's sake! You are probably lying on the couch with your feet up eating it anyway!To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.Buy Hungry Jack mashed potato mix. Keeps in the pantry for up to a year.When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won't be any white mess on the outside of the cake.Go to the bakery!A must read for climate change enthusiasts
Earth on the Brink of an Ice Age (An article from today’s Pravda) The earth is now on the brink of entering another Ice Age, according to a large and compelling body of evidence from within the field of climate science. Many sources of data which provide our knowledge base of long-term climate change indicate that the warm, twelve thousand year-long Holocene period will rather soon be coming to an end, and then the earth will return to Ice Age conditions for the next 100,000 years. Ice cores, ocean sediment cores, the geologic record, and studies of ancient plant and animal populations all demonstrate a regular cyclic pattern of Ice Age glacial maximums which each last about 100,000 years, separated by intervening warm interglacials, each lasting about 12,000 years.As Promised - My Beauty Stash
And as promised, it's not much to look at! My everyday makeup: CoverGirl Exact Eyelights in Black Ruby, Prescriptives Virtual Skin Foundation in Camellia, Aveeno Radiant Skin Moisturizer, and Revlon Color Stay 12 Hour Eyeshadow in Sterling Rose Part 1 of my eyeshadow obsession: Clinque eye palette (Blackberry Frost (duo), Plum Potion, Sugar Sugar), Jillian Dempsey for Avon in Ice Shimmer, Avon 8 in 1 in Water Colors, and Clinque eye palette (Sugar Sugar, Disco Pink, Lucky Penny, Coffee Shop Part 2 of my eyeshadow obsession: Clinque Colour Surge in Double Date, Clinque Colour Surge in Ash Violets (top), Clinque Color Surge in Rose Wine (bottom), Estee Lauder Pure Color Quad (Copper Penny, Pink Ice, Sand Box, Cinnamon), and Avon Smooth Mineral Shadow in Exquiste (small round container) My lip gloss obsession (oh and my one lipstick): CoverGirl Outlast Lip Stain (color not listed), Revlon Creme Gloss in Pink Cami, Clinque Glosswear in Mystic, mark duo Pro Gloss in Swell and Pro Glimmer in Peek, Avon Ultra Rich Color Gloss in Pink Rose, Maybelline Lip Plumping Gloss (color not listed), Prescriptives Custom Gloss, Avon Beyond Color Plumping Lipstick in Rose, Carmex (I don't go anywhere without it), and CoverGirl Fruit Spritzer in Berry Splash My nail polishes: Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in Milles Fleurs, Revlon in Twinkled Pink, Avon in Viva Pink, Finger Paints in What An Exhibition!, China Glaze in Avalanche, and Maybelline in Amped Aubergine Last but not least, my brush collection. Oh, if I ever lose those tweezers, I will die.Are You A Martha or A Maxine?
Are you a Martha or Maxine? *Martha's Way Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips. *Maxine's Way Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, for Pete's sake!The Pulse of Summer: Blender Drinks Are Back
The Pulse of Summer: Blender Drinks Are Back http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/dining/25blender.html?th&emc=th By PETE WELLS Published: June 25, 2008 YOU may regard the electric blender as a helpful household appliance. For your bartender, it is a tool straight from the devil. “You’d be hard pressed to find a barman who takes his work seriously who works in a joint with a blender,” said Duggan McDonnell, an owner of the bar Cantina in San Francisco.The price of dissent on global warming
****PUBLIC POST**** The price of dissent on global warming By David Bellamy Nov. 25, 2008 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24700827-7583,00.html WHEN I first stuck my head above the parapet to say I didn't believe what we were being told about global warming, I had no idea what the consequences would be. I am a scientist and I have to follow the directions of science, but when I see that the truth is being covered up I have to voice my opinions.Do Novelty Products Encourage Underage Drinking?
* PUBLIC POST * For discussion. Flasks under fire RETAIL | Cutie designs, labels stress booze -- proof positive the containers encourage minor girls to drink, groups say January 23, 2009 BY CHERYL V. JACKSON cjackson@suntimes.com Anti-juvenile drinking forces are calling on a Hoffman Estates-linked accessories company to stop selling flasks at its stores across the country.Food - What's In A Name
Beef Wellington - A national hero for defeating Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, Arthur Wellesley was made the first Duke of Wellington. He loved a dish of beef, mushrooms, truffles, Madeira wine, and pate cooked in pastry, which has been named in his honor. ** Peach Melba - Chef Auguste Escoffier created a dessert of poached peach halves, vanilla ice cream, and raspberry sauce in honor of Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba.Down Right Delicious Apple Fritters (done 2 ways)
Yesterday I made mom some of these delicious Apple Fritters.
She loved them just as much as I did and it was the very first time I have ever made them!
Their like an apple version of french toast, but better.
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