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2017-04-02T18:07:00.000-07:00

Science Quotes and Earth Day Quotes

Slogans for March For Science or School Projects

Greetings, There have been many protests going on around our nation and the world. Voices have been heard! It's a beautiful, wild and somewhat unhinged time to be living in.

We are not a political blog! But we are all about the quotes! So this blog is celebrating great slogans.

Here are some great quotes we have found for the upcoming March For Science, plus what we thought of:

Hey planet...It's your Earth Day - behappyzone


Earth Day Quote March For Science

Science Not Silence

Impossible is not a scientific term

Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist. -Indiana Jones

I breathe; therefore I march. -behappyzone

Science Matters

March For Science

Future Scientist


Future Scientist MarchForScience

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. -Louis Pasteur

Never fear; a scientist is here. -behappyzone

Keep calm and March on!

The more we explore
The further we soar!

Schools need more tests…lead soil tests, that is! -behappyzone

You only have one Mother Earth -behappyzone

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow. -Edward Teller
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known -Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan Science Earth Day

Climate change is real

So bad, even introverts are here!

The Earth is everything

Save Science

Science is golden

Protect us not polluters

Wanted: Lab Assistants --No Experience Needed
Call 202-225-3121 and tell your representative to fund Science
Lab coat earned! -behappyzone

We heart Science

Save the Earth...
It's the only planet that has cats!

Cats Planet Earth Science

Have you hugged a scientist today?

Think like a proton. Always positive.

Feel free to add your quote to the comment section below!
For motivational quotes, please visit our website: www.behappyzone.com

Power to the people!
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2014-12-01T05:08:00.001-08:00

Maya Angelou Mason Jar Quotes Craft

A Gift Mason Jar of Inspirational Maya Angelou Quotes

Includes: Top 20 Inspirational Maya Angelou Quotes

We can all use a little inspiration! Maya Angelou was the queen of motivation, so we thought she would be a great subject for our Quafts series (Quotable Crafts):

Maya Angelou Quotes In Mason Jar

You will need:

*mason jar (any size)

*card stock

*hot glue or you can use sticker paper

*gray string

*any kind of print software program

*pic of Maya Angelou

For the outside of the quote card: On white card stock--I used a print program’s mailing label template and added a black rectangle border around it. The label was 3.69” x 1.19” in size.

I put my pic of Maya Angelou in the left corner. Then added the words, "Inspiration with Maya Angelou" in black and highlighted the words in a gray rectangle box.

Inside quote card: I used gray paper and a blank page from a print program. I made a smaller black rectangle border: 3.5” x 1”.

I typed the quote inside the box. Glue or use sticker paper to combine front and back of the two labels into one. Fold in fourths.

Crafts Maya Angelou Quotes Page for Mason Jar

To decorate the jar: I made a black rectangle in a blank page of a print program. I sized it to the flat part of the front of the jar. I added the same pic, but a bigger size of it. And added white text: "Inspiration with Maya Angelou".

Lastly, I made four black circles. Inside each black circle was a smaller gray circle. Two of the circles I added the text: "Maya Angelou quotes". The other two circles the text: :"Take as needed:". I cut out the four circles. I glued the two circles together (to make them sturdier) adding gray ornament string between the two glued circles.

Maya Angelou Inspirational Quote Mason Jar Gift Craft

Top 20 Maya Angelou Quotes

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

-Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. -Maya Angelou

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. -Maya Angelou Quote

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. -Maya Angelou

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances. -Maya Angelou

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise! -Maya Angelou

No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. -Maya Angelou

Open Heart Maya Angelou Quote

I've learned that whenever

I decide something with an open heart,

I usually make the right decision.

I've learned that even when I have pains,

I don't have to be one.

I've learned that every day you should

reach out and touch someone.

People love a warm hug,

or just a friendly pat on the back.

I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

I've learned that people will forget what you said,

people will forget what you did,

but people will never forget

how you made them feel.

-Maya Angelou

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art. -Maya Angelou

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. -Maya Angelou

Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant. -Maya Angelou

Be present in all things and thankful for all things. -Maya Angelou

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed. -Maya Angelou

How important it is to celebrate our heroes and she-roes! -Maya Angelou

I am a Woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal Woman,

that's me.

-Maya Angelou

It’s the fire in my eyes,

And the flash of my teeth,

The swing in my waist,

And the joy in my feet.

I’m a woman. Phenomenally

Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you've got. Love it with a passion! -Maya Angelou

Life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it. -Maya Angelou

Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.

-Maya Angelou

This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before. -Maya Angelou

If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be!

-Maya Angelou

You can't use up creativity

The more you use

The more you have

-Maya Angelou

Taking the lid off the jar for inspiration!

This is a great way to take the lid off the jar for inspiration!

Check out our webpage for more quotable crafts!: inspirational crafts

Make a general quote jar too! Here are some motivational quotes for the New Year to come!

Your visit is always appreciated.

Get Quafting!

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2014-11-29T14:58:00.000-08:00

Christmas Party Game

Your Letter To Santa

Great Party Game For Adults & Children!

When was the last time you wrote a letter to Santa?

Why should the kids have all the fun.

If it's been more than 7 years since you wrote your last letter to Santa,

this game is for you!

Christmas Santa Letter Game

*Give a Santa Letter to each guest to fill out in secret.

*Please note: You are not signing your name at the end, you are putting a nickname. Examples: Santa’s favorite, Your #1 fan, Your snow angel, etc.

*Collect all the letters and shuffle them up. Give each person a letter to read out loud so one person doesn't have to read all the letters. Randomly pick someone to read first. The letter they read is now referred to as letter #1.

*After the first letter is read, have each guest write #1 on a blank sheet of paper and put who they thought wrote the letter. Then continue clockwise for the next person to read letter #2.

*After all letters are read and secretly guessed, the person who read letter #1 will read again the letter to refresh everyone’s memory. Then the 1st letter reader will say who they thought wrote it. Then clockwise again, the next person will say who they thought wrote letter #1. The author will be revealed as you go around the room and someone says that they thought they wrote it because, well, they did.

*If you guessed correctly on who wrote letter #1, then you give yourself a point.

*Continue until all the authors have been revealed and points scored.

*Give out small prizes to anyone who guessed all authors correctly. Prize suggestion-bag of Christmas candy.

*Give out a bigger prize to the funniest letter to Santa. Prize suggestion: A frame for the letter and a bag of candy.

Sample Santa Christmas Letter:

Dear Santa,

How are things at the North Pole. I bet Mrs. Claus has been busy making eggnog. I have been very okay to rotten this year. Well, except for the one time when I was actually good. I would really like to find a Rob Lowe bust under the tree. Also, please bring Joe a Sweet Brown t-shirt or two. I will leave you and Rudolph some carrots for you Santa and cookies for Rudolph. Next year I promise not to improve. Merry Christmas, Your Favorite.

Text of Letter:

Dear Santa,

How are things at the North Pole. I bet Mrs. Claus has been busy __________. I have been very _____________this year. Well, except for the one time when I ____________. I would really like to find a _____________ under the tree. Also please bring (another person) _____________a _______________ or two. I will leave you and Rudolph some ______________ and ________________.

Next year I promise to _____________.

Merry Christmas,

_________________(nickname)

Feel free to share your Santa Letter in the comment section below!

Santa Letter Christmas Cheer Quote Party

For inspirational Christmas quotes, please visit our new Christmas page: http://www.behappyzone.com/christmas-quotes.html

Merry Christmas

-Poems & Quotes Finder
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2014-10-20T04:59:00.000-07:00

Top 5 Ways on How to Celebrate Halloween Throughout the Year

“It was always said of Scrooge that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us!" - Charles Dickens.

Many try to keep the Christmas spirit throughout the year, but what about those whose favorite holiday is Halloween??? What are we to do???

5 Ways To Celebrate Halloween and Famous Quotes

1. Celebrate Halloween by using Halloweenean language on an ongoing basis:

*When life gives you lemons don’t spin it, admit it! Wrong order at the drive-thru and you didn't notice till you got home? Expecting flowers and dinner for Valentine’s Day and you got an electric mixer. Well….

Charlie Brown Halloween Quote Top 5 Reasons

Yup, you got a rock!

*New nick-name for friends, acquaintances and those briefly encountered - call them “pumpkin“.

* Don’t cuss! If you must, try using "son of a witch" or go "Zombie off"!
And don't forget this classic put-down: "Your mummy wears army boots!"

*But if you really need to let off steam, try howling at the moon. I always feel better after a good howl :)

2. Eat Halloween Treats (Food & Drink) All Year Long!

*Oh yes, they sell candy corn all year long!

Candy Corn + Peanuts = Pay Day Candy Bar

*Treat yourself to a fun size candy bar once a day.

*Monster Mash once a week!

Halloween Quotes Top 5 Food & Drinks

Cocktail - The Monster Mash

1. large size green slushy

2. 1 shot of sour mash whiskey

3. 2 red eyes (freeze cherry Kool-Aid) in round ice cube trays.

Make many and put them in a punch bowls. Feel free to change the color of the eyes with different flavors of Kool-Aid.

Serve with ghoulash...

3. Dress Up at least once a month in Halloween Costume!

If you are not daring enough to dress up as a pirate for no reason at all, then find or makeup reasons to do so.

*Dress up as a Pilgrim or Santa to help out an organization during the Holidays.

*Join the local theatre. Who knows maybe the will do "Pirates of Penzance"

*Do plays at home with the kids-endless costume dress-up.

*Have themed days at work: beach day, favorite football, etc.

*Go to the supermarket or bar as the opposite sex or a famous person.

Top 5 Ways To Celebrate Halloween Quotes and Posters

4. Watch Old Scary Movies or Read Horror Books

Vincent Price, Alfred Hitchcock, Bella Lugosi, Stephen King, Poe, H P Lovecraft, Mary Shelley, Lon Chaney, Ed Wood, Boris Karloff, Bram Stoker, just to name a few!

"It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open."

"I am alone and miserable; man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me. My companion must be of the same species and have the same defects. This being you must create."

-Mary Shelley (Frankenstein)

Oh My!

5. Year Round Halloween Decor for your House

*Although a black cat is not decor but a pet, when you have one you tend to buy black cat knickknacks. Your friends buy you black cat trinkets as well. Your house soon becomes a domicile dedicated to the witch's favorite sidekick. If you love Halloween, a black cat is a purrr-fect year round reminder.

Halloween Decoration Decor for your House

*Castles do not require dusting:
The cobwebs in my house just became decorations! Thanks Halloween!

*Stock up on pumpkin scented candles and light them throughout the year - they smell so good.

*Decorate with the candy corn that is found later in the couch cushions. Go batty...one day your candy corn art may be famous.

Brew up a little Halloween every day of the year!

Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.”
― William Shakespeare

For other famous quotes, please this page of our website: famous motivational quotes

I witch you a Happy Halloween, pumpkins
-Poems & Quotes Finder

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#Halloween #quotes #Scary #Horror #Movies

2014-08-31T08:38:00.001-07:00

Song Parody: Promote Your Blog & Writer’s Block

A shout out to Weird Al Yankovic who inspired me to try to write song parodies as a kid to even now! You are the best!

Beyonce Knowles - Put A Ring On It Lyrics

Song Parody - Beyonce - Promoting your blog

All the groovy guests, all the groovy guests

All the groovy guests,

If you like this blog, you should Stumble Upon it

Don’t let this blog go to the way side, share it

If you like this blog, you should Stumble Upon it

Beyonce Song Parody Promote Your Blog

Beat It by Michael Jackson Song Parody

Writer’s Block Song - Weird Al Yankovic Style

You want to be a writer, with lots of great fans

So blog it, but no ideas to be had

Weird Al Yankovic Michael Jackson

Just blog it, blog it, blog it blog it

Take a plunger and unclog it

Kids are loud. The cat and dog are in fight.

It doesn’t matter if the cat is wrong or right.

Just blog it, blog it

You have the recipe to your Aunt Ethel’s fudge

And you want to lose weight but your scale won’t budge

So make it, photograph it and let us all indulge

Just blog it, just blog it

You like to add goat’s milk in your long hot bath

You help with the spelling, but are lost with the new math

You’ll write it, then we’ll read it

Then we’ll join you in your life path

So blog it, the no brainer idea you had

Just blog it, blog it

Kids are loud The cat and dog are in fight

It doesn’t matter if the cat is wrong or right

Just blog it, blog it

Blog it, blog it, blog it

Just blog it, blog it, blog it, blog it

Writer’s block goin’ be defeated

Showin' how funky and strong is your fight 10

It doesn't matter who's wrong or right 9

Just blog it, blog it

Blog it, blog it, blog it

Sharing is caring! Your share would be greatly appreciated:

If you like this blog, you should Pinterest it

If you like this blog, you should Pin it

Don’t let this blog go to the way side, share it

If you like this blog, you should Pin it

Other Song Parody Blogs:

Hostess Twinkies Comeback (<-link) to the tune of I Believe In Miracles (You Sexy Thing)
Rosie O'Donnell Song Parody To Grease The Movie And Musical Sandra Dee
Over The Hill Birthday Songs for the 70th Birthday (Beverly Hillbillies Theme Song), the 60th birthday (song parody of I Am Woman) and 50th Birthday (The Monkees Theme Song)
How an idea becomes a USPS Stamp -- In celebration of Jimi Hendrix getting a stamp, a song parody of Schoolhouse Rocks' I'm Just a Bill
50 Ways To Leave Your Stress --A Zen-ful song Parody of Paul Simon's song 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
+ others if you want to go trolling through our other blogs!

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Motivational Love Pride Quote

For great motivational quotes to help inspire you out of your writer’s block: motivational quotes

Thank you to all the Groovy Guests who visited this blog!

-Poems & Quotes Finder
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2014-08-13T07:40:00.001-07:00

Huge Collection of Inspirational Quotes: Heaven, John Lennon, Friendship +

If you haven’t visited our website (sponsor of this blog) or it’s been awhile, this is a great time to as we have four new pages!

Inspirational Quotes About Death - Grief and Bereavement

This page includes coping with a recent death, the beauty of the fact our loved ones are in heaven, how to Memorial, Remembering and Accepting. Lots of quotes and posters. Check out this page quotes on death

Departed Loved One In Heaven Quote

Long Inspirational Quotes in Free Form and Posters

This is a great quote by Maya Angelou:
I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life. I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life."

I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Visit our website for more long quotes

Inspirational Long Quote Poster

If you have a painting in you, paint.
If you have a song to sing, sing.
Don't judge your creation.
Just create it.

Banish doubt & fear and
step out of your own way
if you have to.

Write if you're a writer &
invent if you're an inventor.

Do what you were born to do.
Only then you will know
a remarkable life.
-Toni Sorenson

Famous Friendship Quotes

From our Famous Friendship Quotes page:

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate. - Charles Dickens

Because You Are My Friend:

When you're sad, I will dry your tears.

When you're scared, I will comfort your fears.

When you're worried, I will give you hope.

When you're confused, I will help you cope.

And when you're lost, and can't see the light,

I shall be your beacon shining ever so bright.

This is my oath; I pledge till the end.

Why you may ask?

Because you are my friend.

For more great quotes to celebrate friendship

Famous Friendship John Lennon Quote

John Lennon Quotes and Birthday Beatles Song Story

This page includes great posters, amazing John Lennon Quotes and a Birthday Story that you can customize to for your Beatle’s Fan Birthday. Using loads of Beatles Songs, the story was written using song titles. Here is an opening sample of the story:

It was Another Day In The Life of Jack. Working Eight Days A Week, Driving The Long and Winding Road, Across The Universe, to the tin foil factory (where he worked).

You’d think he was living Back In The USSR.

So don’t Ask Me Why, after A Hard Day’s Night, this Nowhere Man, decided All Things Must Pass,
And Like Dreamers Do, and With A Little Help From His Friends (Here, There and Everywhere)

he… to finish the story go here Beatles Inspired birthday story.

Keep your collection of
favorite quotes close.
They will give your spirit a
positive boost whenever
you need it!

Thank you for your visit!
-Poems & Quotes Finder

#death #Heaven #JohnLennon #InspirationalQuotes #FamousQuotes #Quotes

2014-08-10T07:25:00.000-07:00

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Poetry Day

Attention-Attention: Exercise your freedom of bad rhyming speech -- August 18th is Bad Poetry Day! Maybe you are a poet? Maybe you just don’t know it? Oh my!

Bad Poetry Day August 18th Bad Poems

Bad Poetry Day is August 18th

Origins: A group of old high school chums decided to write bad poetry to send to an ex-teacher. Awesome!

I thought I would share with you my bad poetry since I have a challenge for you later on. So here is my poetry writing history:

Rare Gold Star Poetry

I retired from poetry writing at my zenith. I was in elementary school and got a rare gold star for my poem, "A Skinny Black Cat." Always stop while your on top, especially if you really do not have any talent for poetry writing.

A Skinny Black Cat

I once had a skinny black cat
And all it did was sit on a mat
It broke in the house
And ate a five foot mouse
Now that cat is fat, fat, fat!

Night Time Cold Medicine, Sylvia Plath and Bad Poetry

Coming out of retirement - The back story:

I was researching with a terrible cold (I'm a little wired on the nighttime cold medicine--sometimes that happens) quotes and poems for my Facebook page. That when I discovered Sylvia Plath. I was hooked from the first quote.

The combination of Sylvia swirling in my head, nighttime cherry cough syrup and the fact that my parents moved from the buffer zone of over a 100 miles away to 2.3 miles down the road a year ago March 17th, culminated in the following poems that I bravely submitted to Poetry Magazines.

Yup, this is what happened:

Sylvia Plath Bad Poetry Day Poems Poster

These are the best and tamest of the group of eight poems that wrote that night:

Sylvia Rose And So Did I

I try to write but nigh
My voice gets stifled in your lies
Until one night I got a visit from Ms Plath
And she sent you to the grave before my eyes
Sylvia rose and so did I
Now you will have to endure both our wrath

Original Poem - Poetry

You deemed everything manual labor
Making your coffee-manual labor
Getting the mail-manual labor
Throwing away your trash-manual labor
Doing the dishes-manual labor
Even clearing your dirty dishes from
your nightstand-manual labor

Seeing what’s on tv-manual labor
Fetching your shoes-manual labor
Finding your lost stuff-manual labor
Doing anything you don’t want to do
-manual labor

And you told me you were retiring
from manual labor
You deemed everything manual labor
Doing anything you don’t want to do
-manual labor
You loving me-manual labor

Princess
You think you are cool
Having everyone waiting on you
But we think you are cruel
And are waiting on you
to die

Poetry - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

The Good:

So what happens if you are celebrating bad poetry day and the unthinkable happens? That’s right a good poem accidentally gets written. Yikes. Well I suggests, sending it to our website for possible publication

Submit Your Poems Dirty Harry Quote

So do you feel lucky poet?

Follow this link: submit your poems to submit your poem and for further information on publishing terms. Please only send us poems that are written and owned by you. We will do our best to accept as many poems as possible!

Lewis Carroll Quote Good Poetry Poems - Bad Poetry Day

The Bad and Ugly Poetry:

Leave your bad poetry you write to celebrate the fine day in the comment section below!

Love short poems? Read some famous haiku poems and some inspirational thought haiku.

Find time to rhyme!
-Poems & Quotes Finder

#SylviaPlath #poetry #badpoetry #badpoetryday #poems

2014-08-05T14:43:00.003-07:00

Dedication to Peanut Butter Quotes and Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe

Song Parody It's Garry Shandling's Show

for my Peanut Butter Blog:

This is my peanut butter blog

The blog to peanut butter

Dreamed of peanut butter and now I have this crazy blog

I’m really just getting started,

How would you like a blog to peanut butter

This is the blog to peanut butter

The opening quote is coming next

Then a cookie recipe that takes three ingredients

We’re almost to the part where I will drool

Then we’ll have a peanut butter blog

This was the opening to my peanut butter blog!

Duct Tape Peanut Butter Quote Emergency Kit

I Love Peanut Butter Quote:

Nothing comes between me and my peanut butter... nothing. Not even chewing gum in my hair! -Jackie Bishop

Easy 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe:

Ingredients:

1 Cup (over flowing) of peanut butter

1 egg

1 cup of sugar

Mix the 3 ingredients with a spatula and chill for 30 minutes. Roll in balls and put on baking sheet. Then take saucer and put a layer of white sugar on it. Take fork and lightly coat in sugar. Then press down on cookie in one direction. Coat fork again and press cookie down in the opposite direction. The famous criss-cross pattern!

Easy Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe Quotes

Bake for 8 - 10 minutes in a preheated 350 deg. Oven

Makes 18 cookies. Why 17 cookies are only shown? I take the fifth or was it the 18th amendment. Consult my lawyer either way!

Easy 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe Quotes

5 Peanut Butter Quotes -Let’s Celebrate Peanut Butter:

-There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex. -Billy Joel

-There are only three things in my emergency kit: duct tape, peanut butter and a spoon! -Jackie Bishop

-Who needs a girlfriend when you have a dog and peanut butter? -Quote

-Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter. -James A. Garfield

-If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream. -Barry Goldwater Quote

I Love Peanut Butter Quote Poster

I Love Peanut Butter Quote Poster:

If anyone ever tells you you put too much Peanut Butter on your bread, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life!

This is the Ending to My Peanut Butter Blog:

Recommended reading while eating Peanut butter: Happy Encouraging Poems on our website.

Our Fans are the peanut butter to our jelly! Thank you!

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#Peanutbutter #Peanutbutterquotes #Peanutbuttercookies #Recipe

2014-08-02T13:37:00.005-07:00

Happy Birthday Party Game- Favorite Songs

Personalize Birthday Party Game with your Guest Of Honors Favorite Music

This was originally played at a 50th Birthday party so the main music group was 80’s music. Personalize this game to your music lovers likes.

NOTE: It is not necessary to know the person’s favorite song. Just his or hers general likes and dislikes.

For each player including yourself and birthday honoree, make a group of 11 pre-printed (2” x 2”) cards of song’s you know the birthday boy loves, but some he just likes okay, and a couple he may hate. Plus also a card that says 3 points on one side and is blank on the other. Put each group of cards in alphabetical order by song title.

Have the guests (including birthday honoree) arrange the cards face down in the order they believe is the honoree's favorite to least favorite song.

On the blank side of the 3 point card, have the guest put what they believe is his favorite song that is not in the game. Place the card so that 3 Points is showing, not the answer. This is the tie breaker answer.

Birthday Party Music Cards, Each gets a stack (paperclip part of photo) and arrange face down favorite to hate song, with 3 point favorite write-in answer.

After the guest has put in order (faced down the order of the best to worst song and filled out their 3 point card, then the person who is to the left of the birthday person will go first (for each round) and flip over the first card which should represent the birthday person's favorite song. Then the next person will flip over their card. The birthday person will go last and flip over the correct answer. All those who got it right will keep their card, all those who got the answer wrong will discard the incorrect card to the middle discard pile.

At the end of the game, before the three point card is revealed, see if there is a winner. That would be the person who has the been able to keep the most cards. If there is a tie, then the three point card comes into play. Have the tied players flip over the write-in answers. Whichever answer the birthday boy likes best will be the winner.

Suggested prize for the game winner: At the crafts store, you can get make your own buttons (pin-back). Have a young picture of the birthday boy with the words “I know ____(his name) along with some candy.

Here’s what our birthday honoree’s list of songs in order of like to dislike:

Birthday Music Game Cards

Favorite- Talk Dirty To Me - Poison, 2nd Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol, 3rd Girls, Girls, Girls by Motley Crue, 4th Desperate But Not Serious by Adam Ant, 5th Modern Love by David Bowie, 6th Safety Dance by Men Without Hats, 7th Jessie’s Girl by Rick Springfield, 8th Only in My Dreams by Debbie Gibson, 9th Brady Bunch Theme Song, 10th Like A Virgin by Madonna, 11th I Write The Songs by Barry Manilow 3 point answer: Wild Side by Motley Crue.

What is funny, is that everyone guessed Billy Idol’s Dancing with Myself as #1 except the birthday guy. Boy did we argue with him!

Birthday Party Card Game For Music Lovers Fun

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2014-07-27T10:26:00.001-07:00

Memory - Bulletin- Gratitude Board Craft

From Memory Board to Gratitude Board to Pizza Pan Craft

The Back Story:

As all cold Januarys, I do less and am not my usual happy self. I don’t go out unless I have to or am dragged out by my friends for movie night. I am definitely my most ungrateful in the early part of each year.

It was early in the year of 2008 when the following quote came into my life for the first time. My bestie, my sister & I were watching our first movie of the New Year “A Love Song for Bobby Long” starring John Travolta. I cannot recommend the movie, but I highly recommended the quote that I first accredited to Bobby Long, but later found it was a Robert Frost quote.

Gratitude - Craft Inspired Quote:

Happiness Gratitude Quote Board Memory

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length -Robert Frost

At the same time I was happily obsessed with this quote, I found a memory board, which I call a bulletin board, on sale at Aldi’s. So I decided to buy the board, hang it in my kitchen, and put mementos of all the little fun things we do through out the year, starting with a photo from the movie “Bobby Long”, as it was our first of the New Year movie night. This became my gratitude board!

Gratitude Board 2013

Gratitude Board aka Memory Board or Bulletin Board

Top 5 Gratitude Quotes:

If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily. -----Gerald Good

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today & creates

a vision for tomorrow. -Melody Beattie

Gratitude is an opener of locked-up blessings. ~Marianne Williamson

Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel. -Quote

For each new morning with its light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food, for love and friends,

For everything Thy goodness sends.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Gratitude Board Craft -- Pizza Pan

Gratitude Board Quote Craft

There is always Dots Candy on my gratitude board as they always throw them out in the Homecoming Parade.

This was always a big score for my older sister, so we always grab them for her when she's not with us!

So at the beginning of 2009, I wondered what to do with 2008 tickets, pictures, game pieces, little mementos, etc. that I had on my Gratitude Board to clear the way for another year of fun! Looking at the colors of my kitchen, I decided to hot glue mementos of my 2008 memory board to a new pizza pan. I had to drop some of the mementos from the list, cut some down to a smaller size and even use the borders of the pan. To make it hangable, I hot glued a coke tab to the back of the pizza pan. I hang the gratitude pans in my kitchen too.

Gratitude Quote

It really helps to know that there is always happiness around the corner. The more I look for it and the more grateful I am, the more I seem to have in store!

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2014-07-20T04:20:00.000-07:00

Back To School Time - Savings

Go Back To School and Save Money Literally!

It's back to school time. Hooray! It's about time, right?

So here is what you need to learn from your kids!

KEY: Teacher=one of your kids depending on each kid's specialty.

Back To School - Math The Savings Angles

Subject: Math -- Back to School Savings:

*Are you making too much of a recipe because you do not know how to half the ingredients, or are you making too little because you can not properly double or make a batch and a half (YIKES!!)? Have your Math Teacher teach you fractions and measurements. Save money by making the right amount of food correctly!

*Do you have a working budget and putting savings back each month? If not, have your Math Teacher show you how to graph your incoming assets versus your outgoing bills. Include everything. This will show you where you can save money.

Subject: Science -- Back to School Savings:

Plants and vegetation--Have your teacher school you in the science of plants. Tomatoes are one of the easiest plants to grow (doesn't take much space either). You will learn that one plant yields many tomatoes. A couple of plants and you won't have to buy tomatoes for months! Don't forget to branch out!

Subject: Art -- Back to School Savings:

*Make cheap, but original decorations for the house. Also make gifts, instead of buying.

*A great way to stimulate the brain. Staying healthy is a huge money saver.

Back To School Time - The Art Of Saving

Top 5 Ways To Become A Teacher's Pet

*Raise your hand often (to answer a question, not to get a drink of water).

*Listen intently with a bright, shining smile on your face!

*Volunteer a lot!!! To help grade papers, clean erasers, etc.

*Bring in the Teacher gummy bears!

*Let the Teacher stay up past 9:00 pm on a school night!

Subject: Music:

Not really a money saver, but we heard you sing with the windows down.
Please ask your music teacher to help!!!!

Subject: Physical Education -- Back to School Savings:

*Savings $$--No need for a gym membership! Remember when we were kids running around the yard, bicycling through the neighborhood, or jumping rope? We called it play and we could do it all day long. Now that we're adults we call running, bicycling, and jumping "working-out" and we find any excuse to avoid it. But Exercise doesn't have to mean countless, grueling hours in the gym.... to read the rest click our website article on Exercise Motivation For Those Who Hate The Gym

Subject: Vocabulary -- Back to School Savings:

*Have your English Teacher open up a whole new world with Vocabulary! Your creative writing will soar to a new zenith! Also, no need to cuss which makes an uneasy situation even more tense. Get imaginative in your frustration and all might end up laughing! Savings: Your increased knowledge of words will help you become a Jeopardy contestant earning you at least $1,000!!!

*A better vocabulary = job promotion? Dress to Success & Expound to Impress!

Back To School Time

Put Your Head Down On Your Desk & Be Quiet!

*Okay, this is suppose to be a punishment when the class has been unruly. Secret: the teacher wants to play video games that night and wants to grade your papers while at school. Benefit: this forced quiet time is a great stress reliever. Let your mind either wander to an exotic spot and have a mini-vacation, daydream or create! Savings: High stress = high medical bills. Low stress = good health!

Social Causes:

*Kids --(oops I mean) Teachers always come home (er, to school) enthused about a social cause. Why not get inspired too. Looking brightly at the future and making a difference is not just for those under 10. If your teacher is hyped up about becoming ecologically responsible, join in. This will greatly reduce your household cost. Don't let the water run while brushing your teeth, use a water filter instead of plastic bottles, turn off all electricity when not in use, buy used instead of new (new to like new clothes for 50 cents to $1 at garage sales--this is not a myth), etc. Going green means saving the big time green!

Cue the School Bell:

Now go out there and buy your notebooks why they are still a quarter and start learning/saving! Soon you will have your college fund in the bank.

Remember, a mind is a terrible thing to waste, so check our our Mind Power Page that will help you keep your brain focused for those long lectures ahead of you. Just follow this link: Increase Your Brain Power

Best of luck in the school year!

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2014-07-16T02:32:00.000-07:00

Antique Roadshow The Over The Hill Birthday Edition

Antique Roadshow Birthday Skit for the 50th Birthday

A couple of years ago, my sister and I did a skit for my best friend's 50th birthday. He had no idea that he had entered the Antique Roadshow Zone. He had a blast, and participated as the skit went along, adding funny comments on the way. This is a great idea to take and personalize for any old timer’s birthday.

FYI: quicker than Jack Robinson is an actual old time saying meaning of course-fast!

Signs made in PrintMaster:

Hung on the wall:

After 50

Everything That Doesn't Hurt

Doesn't Work

Caution, Middle Age Meltdown

I Used To Be A Man Of Vision,

Before The Meds Cleared it Up!

I Get Enough Exercise

Just Pushing My Luck

It's your 50th B-day Party

You Can Cry If You Want To

Antique Roadshow Over The Hill Birthday Skit

Paula bringing in the Birthday boy….

Appraiser: Be careful. It looks frail. You might chip it or break it’s hip. Hi, I’m Lorraine Madison, a new addition to the Antique Roadshow, specializing in antique oddities. And this is Paula from Terre Haute, Indiana. Do you know what you have brought in today, Paula?

Paula: I have no clue, but if you specialize in antique oddities, I'm sure I'm in the right place!

Appraiser: Very true. How exactly did you come in possession of this oddity?

Paula: It seems like around 20 years ago, my sister asked if I could give it a ride home, and it’s been collecting dust ever since.

Appraiser: Do you have any idea how old it is?

Paula: No, but my guess would be 100 or 200 years old????

Appraiser: Well, with all the moaning and groaning it made when it was moving up here, I can see how you would think that. But you can actually count it’s age by the large wrinkles under the eyes, just like you would a tree with it’s rings. (Counting Wrinkles) 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years old! Just as I suspected.

Appraiser: What you have here is a Jack Robinson. It got it’s name from the quickness it came and went in the stores. Let’s put it this way, the Edsel, the Pet Rock, and plastic cat poop had more appeal to the American public. It was pulled faster from the shelves by the manufacture quicker than you can say Jack Robinson. There was always a rumor that one actually sold.

Over The Hill Birthday Decoration Antique Roadshow

Paula: So it’s a rarity, that must make it valuable?

Appraiser: Well it does have quite a lot of condition problems. Believe it or not, at one time it did have a full head of red hair!

Paula: (looking stunned) Noooooooo!

Appraiser: Yes, (brings out a magnifying glass, examines top of bald head, to show a remaining red hair or two) If you look carefully… no I guess I was mistaken. (Picks dirt off head, that appraiser had thought was a red hair.) And it looks like it could use a professional cleaning. Blowing (imaginary) dust off of scalp. Oh my.

Paula: What do you suggest as an insurance value?

Appraiser: Do you really think you could get anyone to insure a 50 year old Jack Robinson? And if you could, imagine how high the insurance premiums would be?

Paula: How true! Is there any auction value?

Appraiser: Well he is a pretty good guitarist. You probably will have to massage the pre-arthritic claw first and maybe get some new strings for the guitar, but it all should work. And if you step back and squint (both appraiser and Paula stepping back and squinting). Maybe a little further back. (both stepping back again). Try covering one eye and squint harder with the other (both doing). There, he still is quite handsome! (With one hand over one eye, standing back far, and squinting with the other eye, both Paula and appraiser nod their head in agreement). (Then going back over to the Jack Robinson).

Appraiser: Taking it all in consideration, I would have to put an auction value of priceless.

Pose for camera.

Check out our other over the hill birthday celebration of Song Parodies including one to the theme of 'The Beverly Hillbillies': Over The Hill Birthday Song Parodies Link!

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2014-07-13T16:49:00.001-07:00

Rosie O’Donnell The View Song Parody

Rosie O’Donnell Song Parody Grease The Movie

It was announced earlier this week that Rosie O’Donnell was rejoining The View. This was my cue to dust off an old song parody I made up years ago when she had her talk show. I was a fan of her show where she often talked of Ring Dings & musicals. One night this came to me, a song parody of Sandra Dee from Grease The Movie.

Rosie O'Donnell Grease The Movie Song Parody

Rosie-O

(Setting)

Rosie O’Donnell on the end of her bed with a tray of Italian food.

Eating. Then music starts.

Knocks over her tray and slowly climbs on bed.

Look at me, I'm Rosie-O

Belly full of spaghetti-o

Won't go to bed 'til I'm properly fed

I can't; I'm Rosie-O

Oh Fudge! Hey, chocolate pie

I like my meringue til it’s knee high

With graham cracker crust

A shovel’s a must
I gave my heart to chocolate pie!

I don't do broccoli (no)

Or cauliflower (no)

I'd rather eat my hair (ick)

I’ll get ill from one carrot stick

(barf, barf, barf)

Keep your filthy paws

Off my S’Mores

Would you pull that crap with DeGeneres

Grease The Movie Song Lyrics Rosie O'Donnell Parody

As for you Ring Ding Cake,

I know what I wanna do

You got your cream

So rich I will scream

I'm just so hungry-O

Elvis, Elvis, don’t let me be!

Share that peanut butter-banana sandwich with me!

Elvis don’t be cruel

Now I’m starting to drool

(Gives up on Elvis trying to share his sandwich)

(Goes back to her tray starts to put food back on it)

Hey Ragu, I am Rosie O

Grease The Movie Quote

Love Song Parodies, Check out our other blogs:

*Have a friend turning 50, 60 or 70? Three song parodies for the over-the-hill birthday-er: Parody of Beverly Hillbillies, The Monkee's Theme Song, and I am Woman: Over The Hill Song Parody Link

*Love Hostess Twinkies: Song Parody from I Believe In Miracles / You Sexy Thing: Twinkies Song Parody Link

*How does a stamp become a stamp? Song parody to SchoolHouse Rock: I'm just a bill: How to get a stamp approved song parody link

*Zen - How to Release your stress. Song parody of "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover": 50 Ways to Release Your Stress Link

*Know a Flower Power Girl. Here's a Song Parody to Delta Dawn: 70's Song Parody

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2014-07-10T14:56:00.000-07:00

Hot Steamy Love Poetry - Women Writers

Sex, Love and Poems Back In The Day!

It seems like every generation thinks they discovered good sex! You know, steamy, make your toes curl, your eyebrows itch, hot, hot love. The newest generation may think they have made up new moves & loving hasn't been loving until they came along and got it on.

Sorry. I hate to inform you, but the steam has been hissing long before you were born. Check out these early poets. They found their passion and made it happen!

Sappho approx 615 B.C - 550 B.C.

Sappho Hot Love Poems Women Writers

You came and I was

longing for you.

You cooled a heart that

burned with desire.

-Sappho

Veronica Franco

1546–1591

Veronica Franco Steamy Love Poem

So sweet and delicious do

I become, when I am in bed

with a man who, I sense,

loves and enjoys me, that the

pleasure I bring excels all

delight, so the knot of love,

however tight it seemed before,

is tied tighter still.

-Veronica Franco

Emily Dickinson 1830 - 1886

Wild Nights by Emily Dickinson

Wild Nights - Wild Nights!

Were I with thee

Wild Nights should be

Our luxury!

Futile - the Winds -

To a Heart in port -

Done with the Compass -

Done with the Chart!

Rowing in Eden -

Ah, the Sea!

Might I but moor -

Tonight - With Thee!

Sara Teasdale 1884 - 1933

Sara Teasdale Hot Love Poem Kiss

Joy by Sara Teasdale

I am wild, I will sing to the trees,

I will sing to the stars in the sky,

I love, I am loved, he is mine,

Now at last I can die!

I am sandaled with wind and with flame,

I have heart-fire and singing to give,

I can tread on the grass or the stars,

Now at last I can live!

When people say it's important to learn from our history, I am pretty sure they are talking about these passionate-poetresses. So go out there and throw it down so good, that you have a burning desire to write about it. May future generations learn from you!

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2014-07-08T08:27:00.001-07:00

Christmas Story Movie Craft Game

A Christmas Story The Movie Craft & Quotes

There are only two kinds of people in this world: those who like The Movie, “A Christmas Story” and those who don’t.

Well my brother falls into the latter group and has to suffer every year as our family watches and discuss the movie to obsession. Last year, I made him a “Christmas Story-The Movie” shooting gallery with Nerf pellet guns included. It got a lot of use!

Christmas Story Movie Craft Game

The box is an empty ornament display box I found at Wal-Mart.

I got images off the computer of Christmas Story characters and assigned a value to them in my PrintMaster program. Cut them out and laminated them to make them shining, then glued green card stock to back of the pictures to make them more sturdy.

I hot glued little rings which I picked up in the jewelry department of a local craft store to the backs of the photos. Dug grooves in the box and put the ringed photos on two dow rods. Then placed the dow rods into the grooves. Easy-peasy craft!

A Christmas Story Movie Quotes:

Ralphie: I want an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle!
Mom: No, you'll shoot your eye out.

The Old Man: Aaah! "Fra-GEE-leh!" It must be Italian!
Mom: Uh, I think that says FRAGILE, honey.
Dad: Huh? Oh, yeah.

Randy: I can't put my arms down!
Mom: Well... put your arms down when you get to school.
Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] My kid brother looked like a tick about to pop!

Randy: Meatloaf, smeatloaf, double-beatloaf. I hate meatloaf.

The Old Man: All right, I'll get that kid to eat. Where's my screw driver and my plumber's helper? I'll open up his mouth and I'll shove it in.

Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] Only one thing in the world could've dragged me away from the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window.

A Christmas Story Movie Quotes

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2014-07-07T02:06:00.002-07:00

Spud Buds

Mash Up Potato Skins and Best Friends

Potato Skins Recipe and Friendship Quotes

My first Mashup and it’s about potatoes how iron-ic is that! Segway to--Potato Fun Fact: Potatoes are a great source of iron providing 10% of the R.D.A.

Mostly in the skin. That’s more iron-y!

Potato Skins are like a good friendship, they may be messy, but they are fuel for your day

Potato Skins Recipe with Friendship Quotes Mash Up

Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. -Sicilian Proverb

But they will also tell you that your skin(s) is beautiful!

Main Ingredients to Spud-Buds

-Best Buds--Your best friend to cook, drink and share memories with. "It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

-Best Spuds--4 Already baked potatoes. Sliced long ways, with most of the potato scooped out. Leave approx. ¼” of potato next to skin. You can use the potato scooped out for future potato patties.

Mixture Ingredients:

Friendship isn't a big thing-it’s a million little things. So true & true of our dish, as well. Though the following are all ingredients used in small amounts, they can be combined to make a power punch of flavor!

Mix together: 2 1/2 Tbsps vegetable oil, 1 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese,
1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp garlic powder & a dash of pepper

The Endgame Ingredients:

(Put on during the last 2 minutes of cooking)

4 Slices of cooked & chopped bacon

2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese

1/3 cup of green onions

Endgame Friendship Quote:

Friendship Quote Mash Up Friends

Directions to Spud Buds - Potato Skins and Friends

*Brush the mixture (see above) all over the hollowed out potatoes (also above)

*Place upside down on greased baking sheet

*Bake at 450 for about 10 minutes:
-This is a good time to make up a top 10 list with your bestie about friendship. Use your past experience. Example: 10. A real friend will go with you to White Castle at 2:00 am without complaint or question….Make sure you end your top ten list with this as #1: A homey will always be up to an 8 minute dance party! (see below)

*Turn over potato (right side up)
-A true friend is one who thinks you are a good potato even if you are half-baked.

*Bake for another 8 minutes
-Dance Party!!!!

My Bestie -
Who helped make the
potato skins & sloppy joes!

*Equally divide up the Endgame ingredients and sprinkle over potatoes.
Measurement does not have to be perfect:
-The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another’s little lapses.-Storey

*Bake 2 minutes -- until cheese is melted
-Take 2 minutes to read this cheesy, heart melting quote to each other:
A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. -William Penn

*Top with sour cream, if desired!
-The best rule of friendship is to keep your heart a little softer than your head!

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2014-07-04T03:48:00.002-07:00

Positive Affirmations

Inspirational and Motivational

Article from our website:

Want to make changes in your life? Positive affirmations give you the inspiration
to make real and lasting changes.

Positive Affirmations Inspirational Quote Poster

Affirmation: I Believe In Myself

They turn your mind to a positive perspective and fortify you

to meet the day with all its triumphs and challenges.

Inspirational Affirmation:

I see endless
opportunities
before me!

Negative thoughts and a negative self-image demage

self-esteem and can be a major roadblock in your quest for success.

Law Of Attraction Affirmation Quote

Counteract with this
Positive Affirmation Poster:

Wonderful things
unfold before me~

The more you put yourself down, the harder it is to get back up.

But positive affirmations can help you start changing your outlook on life.

Positive Affirmation:

I feel radiant and full of energy!

Positive daily affirmations are just the beginning of the many actions

you can take to start changing your life. But they can be a meaningful (and fun!) part.

Success Affirmation Motivational Quote

Tell yourself again and again that you are able to do something, and you will start doing it.

Positive Affirmation:

If it is to be,

it is up to me!

Positive affirmations get you ready for action.

With the energy and motivation they provide, you can begin building a happier life.

Best of all, they are fun!

Love Pride Affirmation

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2014-07-02T05:51:00.000-07:00

Creative Writing Game - Writer’s Block Game

Creative Writing Game

Writer’s Block Game

Write the voice inside you - Sylvia Plath

I write only because there is a voice within me that will not be still.

-Writing Quote by Sylvia Plath

For Game you will need:

Paper, pen, scraps of paper and a writing surface for each guest

Plastic cups

A picture

A master list

A master list is a list of 8 -10 phrases, names, words, etc. that all participants will use to create their story.

Creating a master list: Pin up a photo and ask questions about the photo. Here is one for a sample:

Example:

Writer's Block
Creative Writing
Game Photo

Ask a question and have each guest put their answer in a plastic cup. Ask the next question, put answers in a different cup. Do not reveal the responses until 8 - 10 questions have been answered. Guest can also help you come up with questions.

Sample questions (Using above picture):

What is my name?

What do I do for a living?

What line do I use as a pick-up line in a bar?

What’s my nickname?

What will it say on my tombstone?

What is my favorite food? Book? Quote?

Guest questions? Etc?

Only after all questions are done, then read all the answers to what is my name? How fun and creative did your guests get? After you read all responses, put the names back in the cup and randomly select one. Everyone will put the name picked on their master list. Then read all the answers to the question, “What do I do for a living?” Then put answers back in cup and randomly pick one for master list. Repeat until you get full master list.

Sample Master List (still using above Gator picture) for Writer's Block - Creative Writing Game:
(only write answers not what is in parenthesis)

Vinny (what is my name)

Plumber’s assistant (occupation)

Have rose will travel (pick-up line)

Big Teeth, Little Feet (nickname)

Nobody believes I was a homely child (saying on tombstone)

Jeno’s Pizza Rolls (favorite food) + 4 more. Shortened example

Now each person (using the same master list) tries to make up a story using all words or phrases on list. Only rule: Can not make up a story about the picture.

Write your own story in life.

Here are some ideas, using our example master list. Note stories can not be about alligators:

Idea: A story about a person or person in the room:

Yes, it was Paula’s 14th blind date in a row, but she was feeling pretty luck as she sprayed on her Have Rose Will Travel perfume all over her built like a plumber’s assistance body. She quoted her favorite affirmation as she stared in the mirror: Nobody believes I was a homely child. Suddenly, the door bell rang..

Idea: Write an Famous person’s autobiography:

Call me, Abraham Big Teeth-Little Feet Lincoln as that is my true, full name. I was named after my great grand-pappy, a smooth talking plumber’s assistance, who four score and seven years ago went a calling on my great grandma, Milly-Vinny-Lee, a mime singer/dancer. He….

Idea: A poem:

Ode to a Jeno’s Pizza Roll

Vinny-Vinny is my name

And eating Jeno’s Pizza Rolls is my game

It not only puts hair on my chest, woo-hoo

But hairs on my Big Teeth-Little Feet too

Yes, Vinny-Vinny is my name

And eating Jeno’s Pizza Rolls is my game

It….

Have each player read their stories!

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2014-06-30T05:06:00.000-07:00

Barney Fife -Andy Griffith Show Quotes

Barney Fife - Zen Master Quotes

Fife, Barney Fife--Bachelor, Deputy, and Zen Master????

I have heard people describe Officer Barney Fife as a neurotic, a nervous Nellie, a jitterbug even! But those who have judge Officer Fife in this manner simply have not truly listened to the deep words of wisdom and calmness that come out of his mouth. For if you dissect Fife’s quotes, you will see that he is a true Zen Master!

*Zen is doing one thing at a time. All your energy is focused on the current task only! Master Barney realizes this as is evident in the following quote:

“If you ride with your mouth open in the wind and put your tongue against the roof of your mouth, its impossible to pronounce a word that begins with the letter 's'“

*A Zen Master remains peaceful at all times. They do not believe in anxiety. If stress starts to come upon them, they just……

Nip it. Nip it in the bud. - Barney Fife

*Zen Masters are one with Nature. You are the sun, the trees, the bird soaring to be free of jinxes:

“Fly away buzzard, fly away crow, way down south where the winds don’t blow. Rub your nose and give two winks and save us from this awful jinx.” Zen Master Barney Fife

*A Zen Master will fully concentrate on every day task or routine - no matter what that might be:

“ Oh, I don't know... I could go up to the pickle factory. They always need a brine tester.”

*A Zen Master knows to just go with the flow of the Universe. Even if the Universe happens to have a whim:

Zen Master Fife: [Barney trying to keep Andy from going home to dress for dinner]
Well, it's a whim. Are you going to question a whim? You question a whim and you take the fun right out of it!

Sheriff Andy Taylor Quote: Well, would it kill the whim if I just take a shower and put on some clean socks and underwear?

Deputy ZM Fife: Sure it will! It's not a whim anymore if you put on clean underwear!

Sheriff Andy Taylor: I don't understand it. But I guess a fellow shouldn't question when he's getting a free supper.

Zen Master Barney: That's right! Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Can you let me have $5? (For a new meditation mat, we assume...)

Only concentrate on one thing at a time--The Way Of The Zen

*In the practice of Zen one reduces, shortens, condenses everything. Stick to the basic truths and rules:

“Now here at "The Rock" we have two basic rules. Memorize them so that you can say them in your sleep. The first rule is... Obey all rules. Secondly, do not write on the walls, as it takes a lot of work to erase writing off of walls.” -Zen Master Barn

*Zen Masters do not concern themselves with material possessions, the latest trends or fashion. He does not have a closet full of clothes. What he has, he has! Just the basics:

“What`s the matter, haven`t you ever seen a man take off a dress before?”- ZM Fife

*A Zen Master is cognizant that anxiety is like a prison and…..

“Boys, when that steel door slams shut, that`s the end of the happy days. No more fishin`, no more ball playin`, no more peanut butter sandwiches.” -Deputy Master Barney Fife Quote

*The Art of Zen is about being grounded as well as being in tuned with the laws of nature: As is unmistakably clear in one of our favorite Zen Master’s quotes:

“A dog can't get struck by lightning. You know why? Because he's, he's too close to the ground. See, lightning strikes tall things. Now, now if they was giraffes out there in that field, well then we'd be in trouble.”

*Zen Masters have great characters: are humble and rarely troubled or thin-skinned.

If there’s anything that upsets me, it’s having people say I’m sensitive. -Master Barn

Ultimate proof that Officer, Deputy Barney Fife is a Zen Master

Zen Master Barney knows that we cannot know

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2014-06-26T05:15:00.000-07:00

Groovy July Celebration Days

Celebrate July 4th and The First Week of July

Happy July! Let's find the joy in every day!!! To help out, this blog will get you started with Real Holidays for each day of the first week of July!

July 1st--Canada Day. Considered also to be Canada's Birthday!

--Also July 1st is International Joke Day-- I think I only made up one joke my entire life and that was in third grade. Here it goes: How do you know cats are smarter than dogs? You never heard of corn-cats before, have you!

July 2nd--World UFO Day. This day is set aside to try to get the government to recognize that there are aliens. July 2nd correlates with the sightings (???) at Roswell.

July 3rd--Disobedience Day. There are two schools of thought for this day. Set aside July 3rd to be as disobedient as you can. Or, contemplate what needs to be changed and peacefully protest.

July 4th--Independence Day for the US and Sidewalk Egg Frying Day!!!!

Happy Independence Day!!!

Happy Sidewalk Egg Frying Day!!!

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July 5th: Work-a-holics Day

July 6th National Fried Chicken Day!! Eat Fried Chicken.
Fun fact: The most eggs laid by a chicken in one day is seven.

July 7th:
Chocolate Day!!!!

Eat chocolate.

Fun Fact:
76% of Americans say
the ears of the chocolate bunnies
should be eaten first!

Hold on, Hold on, July 5th Work-a-holics day???? Weren't we suppose to be finding the joy of each day??? But that's the only Holiday I could find for that day.
Soooooo Let's Have A.....

First Annual - Unofficial - Have A Groovy Day, Day - July 5th:

How to celebrate the First Annual-Unofficial Have A Groovy Day, Day?

Anyway you wish, as long as you do it with some groove and class.

Some Suggestions:

*Dance - preferably 'The Hustle', in public, for no reason. You may be responsible for the very first 'The Hustle' Flash-mob!

*Give at least three friends and one stranger the two thumbs up signs.

*Perform a random act of kindness-How groovy is that!!!! Far-out!!!!

*Lead the neighborhood kids in song: "If you are groovy and you know it clap your hands" 2nd verse-stomp your feet. 3rd-nod your head, and 4th verse-do all three!

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Let's go out there a make the week joyous: Have a piece of cake for Canada! Make someone roll their eyes at your corny joke. Write a letter to your Congress person on Alf's or E.T's behalf. Be a rebel with a cause! Cook eggs in the morning for your neighbors on the sidewalk and fire up a sparkler in the evening to light their way home. Do the Hustle. Eat fried chicken (it's a bad week for chickens). Leave some room in your tummy for chocolate and room in your heart for the unimaginable. And most importantly, don't wait to July 5th to ....

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2014-06-22T14:52:00.000-07:00

Writing-Hitting The Wall

Writer’s Block

1st--Preventive Medicine!

*Do not post a blog everyday. I made that mistake early. You can write everyday, if that is your method. But do not set this back breaking, pressure cooker task of always having a fresh blog out there. I post a blog two or three times a week.

*Find guest bloggers! Whether it be a talented friend who has never blogged or a fellow blogger you meet in FB land, this can be a great back up system for you.

*When you are in the creative mood, stop everything and write!

2nd--Take lots of pictures.

SNAP a picture: Any time you make a special recipe, do a craft project, see art in a broken glass in the rain, a flying butterfly, have a party, or do anything unusual with the family like when you mix football and basketball at a reunion or make a paper airplane and have a contest to see who can fly it the longest. If it’s a bit unusual, rare, a thing of beauty, artsy, etc, snap a picture! You will find future blogs in these photos!

3rd--Gather old projects from the closet, attic or junk room!

I used a poem I wrote in grade school in a blog and a song I wrote over 10 years ago! It’s old to you, but new to us. Although the project may be completed, it will be an exercise in mental activity and fun to tie it in with your blog’s general theme. Not that all posts need to follow your blog’s general theme. It’s nice to give the reader a little variety!

4th--Have a master list of things to add to a blog

*All you need is a simple idea and then consult your master list to find enough to fill in and have a fun blog: Add game. Add puzzle (word search and others). Add a skit or song. Write a poem. Add a recipe. Have a word list (Shakespeare’s titles, famous TV shows, cereal brands) and make a story out of the word list. Add a mysterious picture. Add a Top Ten List. Add a quiz. Add fun facts. Add inspirational quotes. Use the word groovy.

**Example** If you had a food blog:

*Add a game--Have your party guests play charades with the ingredients in your dinner recipe. Explain the rules, play it at home and take pictures and add to your blog!

*Add puzzle--Have a healthy brain power recipe, perhaps something with fish in it. Make a scramble (or jumble) puzzle from the list of ingredients needed for the recipe as an extra brain power boost for the reader!

*Add a song: Change the words of “I've been working on the Railroad” to "I've been squeezing fresh orange juice”

*Write a poem:

Ode To A Root Beer Float

Oh come to me Root Beer Float

Full of cream and fizz

Oh come to me Root Beer Float

Before I wake the kids

*Mysterious photo: Butterfly.

Blog subjects could be:

The Metamorphosis of Monday’s Mundane Meatloaf to …

“Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee Cream Cheese and Cayenne Pepper Dip Recipe"

*Add Top 10 List

Top 10 reasons to top it (anything) with Sour Cream! 10. It’s the whip cream of casseroles. 9. It’s before Labor Day, so it’s fashionable! 8. It’s…..

*Add a quiz:

If you are making cookies with M&M’s in them: Quiz??? What is your favorite color of M&M’s? Make a list up of what each color of the M&M represents. If your favorite color of M&M is blue, then you are a person who….

*Add fun facts:

Peanut Butter--The Fun Facts--

Peanut Butter can be used to take the gum out of your hair! What nut first figure that out?

*Add Inspirational Quotes -- For example - Quotes for a Making Egg Salad Blog --

A true friend is someone who

thinks that you are a good egg

even though he knows that

you are slightly cracked. - Bernard Meltzer

What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to

throw an egg at an electric fan. - Oliver Herford

5. Try writing something little every day, whether it’s for a current blog or not. When you try something you haven’t done for a while, like throw or catch a ball, shoot pool, shoot a basket, at first you are bad, but the mind starts remembering the coordination needed. Then in little time, you are exponentially better. You can do it without thinking about it. The same with writing. The brain starts remembering the rhythm of your writing, vocabulary of past and new words you Thesaurus in. In little time, you are a genius!

6. When in the midst of Writer's Block: Put your blog you are stuck on somewhat out of your head. I get 90% of my ideas in the shower. Also, making posters for a blog jump starts the creative process. I am just thinking about the beauty and not the words themselves. Also, sometimes I have ideas I want in, but can’t figure out the writing, it’s easier for me to put it in a poster with picture and fewer words. I can cross that idea off the list as it’s in the blog now!

7 The easiest thing to do is to write what you know about, and are passionate about.

In Conclusion:

Writer's Block--Writing A Blog Out of Nothing at All

Use your photos, past projects, your master list, your little, fun pieces you practice writing with, your friends (guest blog), fun motivational quotes, dust off an old poem or a family recipe, and recycle from old blogs!

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Well my groovy ones, I hope this helps you out!

Write-On!

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2014-06-22T10:35:00.000-07:00

Blog Hop!

A big thank you Paula - Buenos Aires from Happysnappy, A Storyteller with A Camera for starting me on my first blog hop way! Her blog is a must visit!

1. What am I working on?

I have a great idea (I think) for a homemade, I Love Lucy Game! I have been hee-hawing on buying the Snickers candy and other few supplies needed for the game, as I am currently kinda tapped for funds and dieting. While trying to talk myself into dipping in my savings (that’s a tough sale), I thought of some other half-formed Lucy game ideas, so I am thinking about making it a three part blog series, with the one game using Snickers (the best idea) last. Gives me time to scour for coupons.

2. How does my work differ from others of its genre?

My main work is with quotes and poetry. I also have always made up games to play with my friends. I love a good party! So I like to intermingle both if I can. I write on subjects I know about and am passionate about. You can always find a good quote or two to add to any blog subject, that way you can experiment and kinda stay in bounds with your niche.

3. Why do I write/create what I do?

That’s easy! That little buzz, euphoria, high, happy feeling you get when you wrote something well. Most of us are using our blog to help our family financially. So it’s like we are forced to be creative or produce, which is a good thing. I have all kinds of creative projects I never get around to (free-box art, Mother Teresa cross-stitch). I must write my blog. I must stretch my mind. It’s great for the brain and you get a great high when you hit the sweet spot of writing.

4. How does your writing/creating process work?

*If I need an idea, take a shower.

*How to implement the idea?--Walk with my sister - steal her best ideas. Oops I meant brainstorm with her.

*Writer‘s Block - start making posters for the blog! You are not worried about the wording, just the beauty. And more thoughts flow.

*Hand write and rewrite with no distractions in a well lit room.

*Consult your master list: add recipe, add game, add puzzle, add skit, use the word groovy, etc

*Type up and use the Thesaurus in Word document

*Combine posters and writing in blogger and go get it proofread.

****In alphabetical order as they are all so groovy, here are three of my favorite blogs****

http://fitnessfashionista.com/

Danielle takes us though her journey as she loses weight. Sometimes humorous, always informative, you get a full dose of motivation to get up and move! I like that she keeps what works for her and tries new ideas to stay on goal. So you can learn from her success and her mistakes! Journaling your exercise is a great way to stay on track. Fitness Fashionista is one smart cookie. Oops, better go back for a quick visit!

http://itsanordinaryblog.com/ tag line is: Life, Parenting, & Everything In Between. This is true, but I think the tag line should be finding the funny! Whether it’s being stiffed for babysitting fees or a movie review, Holli Ann recounts with such smart fun humor that I smile every time the picture of her and her family starts downloading on my computer. It’s a riot, itself.

Sample: “Overall, on the It’s An Ordinary Blog movie review scale from one to ten where one is the worst, five is the best, and ten is the worst again I give “A Million Ways To Die In The West” a 8.95945021 with an emoticon based sub-ranking of “That was equivalent to dealing yourself first in a game of poker which, I’m pretty sure, gets you shot in the old West.”

http://www.theinnercircle64.blogspot.com/ Also takes you on his personal journey through life. Including his struggles since his wife died. Michael is honest, compassionate, grateful and extremely smart. You will get his story, warts and all. He writes raw and unfiltered, as if he is compelled to get everything to pen, out in the open. He seems fearless in his writing, so you see his full heart. He shares with us his letter to his wife on what would have been their 10th anniversary. I have never read such an amazing letter. I really can not do this blog justice. In my opinion, this blog is a beautiful masterpiece.

Highest recommendations all four blogs! They are:

Thanks for visiting my Blog Hop! It was a lot of fun!!!!

May all your nights be filled with Chicken Dinners
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2014-06-20T06:28:00.000-07:00

Hostess Twinkies Comeback Anniversary!

July 15th Hostess Twinkies Comeback Song Parody and Quote

On July 15, 2013 the greatest comeback ever was upon us! Yes, the Hostess Twinkies made it’s long awaited, much anticipated comeback! Do you remember what you were doing on the day the Twinkie was reborn?????

I do, I was inhaling Twinkies wishing they were already frozen - my favorite way of eating a Twinkie. Did I get a frozen one after my long, difficult starvation diet of no Twinkies? Heck no!

Sugar Induced -- Sugar Buzz Quote:

Veni, Vidi, Vici

I came, I Saw, I ATE TWINKIES

What happened during my Twinkies feast? Well I got my sugar buzz on and start singing! Note to all writers out there: Have writer’s block~~~Cure~~~Sugar buzz!!!!!!!! Twinkies to the rescue! If you are a professional writer, keep your Twinkies purchase receipts, consult your tax professional, as Twinkies may be a write-off!

Hostess Twinkie Comeback Sugar Buzz Song Parody

To the tune of: I Believe In Miracles (You Sexy Thing) by Hot Chocolate:

I believe in miracles

Since you came back on the shelf

You creamy cake goodness

Creamy cake goodness

I believe in miracles

Since you came back on the shelf

You creamy cake goodness

Creamy cake goodness

Miracles right before my eyes

Your Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling

got me hypnotized

Don't stop what ya' doing

What ya' doing to me

My Tab cola lying next me

Washing down the sweetness you bring to me

Been a long time coming only just begun

Doing all the things that makes my heart sing

Keep doing what you're doing, you creamy filled thing

How did ya' know I needed you so badly

How did ya' know I gave my money gladly

Yesterday I was one of a lonely people

Now I gave $5 for a box

I’m hooked & looking for things to hock

I believe in miracles

Since you came back on the shelf

You creamy cake goodness

Creamy cake goodness

Only yesterday I was on my own

Just another day later my mind was blown

With sugar hallucinations & delusions

The crinkling of the wrapper makes me scream

I know I'm close to having cakey goodness with cream

You’re doing all the things that makes my heart sing

Keep doing what you're doing you creamy filled thing

How did ya' know I needed you so badly

How did ya' know I gave my money gladly

Yesterday I was hoping to put some in the freezer

Now you’re lying next to me

I only have less than three

But, I believe in miracles

Since you came back on the shelf

You creamy cake goodness

Creamy cake goodness

Please note: I did not get any compensation from Hostess for this blog. I begged them for free coupons, but they ignored my emails. If they could not get back with me to tell me they love my song and quote or give me a coupon because they are too busy making future Twinkies, then we are still ALL good!

Twinkies Eating Terminology:

Do you EAT Twinkies or do you?

Attack Absorb Bite Chew

Chow Down Cram Devour Digest

Dine Dispose of Feast Feed

Gobble Up Gorge Graze Ingest

Inhale Lunch Masticate Munch

Nibble Nosh Pick At Scarf

Snack Sup Swallow Whole Wolf

Thank you Weird Al Yankovic for all the inspiration over the years!

Well I am off, as I bought a new box of Twinkies so I can have photos! Shucks!

The freezer calls!

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Join me won't you!

May your day be filled with sweetness,

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2014-06-18T05:32:00.000-07:00

Bad Karma, Good Karma, Or Another Solution

Bad Karma To You!

Karma refers to a work or deed. In addition, it also takes in account the intent of the person who performed this action or deed. If the intent was good, then future happiness by means of good Karma will follow. If the intent was bad, then misery or bad Karma will follow the individual.

It seems more and more I either hear or see Facebook posts how bad Karma should fall on one’s head for the apparent bad thing another has suffered. Cut someone off in traffic, cut my hair too short, not pay back a loan, a bad text, didn't bake the cookies you promised me. I think I watch too many court TV shows.

Karma is suppose to be our equalizer or champion. You belittled me, cut me off in traffic, wronged me, cheated me…. Karma is going to get you!!!! Bad Karma!!!!

Karma is not my champion! May I strive for love and peace be my champion one day.

Isn't wishing someone bad Karma, bad Karma?

A good book that I know says (and I paraphrase): Love all. Even criminals and evildoers can manage to love their friends or close acquaintances. Big deal! It is one who is righteous that can find love in their heart to love all.

So someone has done you wrong, is that basis to wish harm to them? Have you never either on purpose or by accident hurt or offended another? Do you wish the person you harmed or even me (as if you are allowed to judge, why can I not judge you), to wish ill upon you? And I wishing ill upon you, is that not reason for me not to be judge then and now evil must fall upon me. Where does it end this cycle of negative, hateful energy.

Then do you complain that the world is getting more ugly, more evil, mean, hateful, etc? What about the endless cycle of judgment, evil Karma slinging that you and I and whoever first offended you just started? Why can’t we interject love, calmness or peace when someone unjustly offends, harms, or wrongs us? Do we turn the cheek and turn hate to love???? Or should we add to the cycle of hate and violence????

To love means loving the unlovable.

To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable.

Faith means believing the unbelievable.

Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless

Gilbert Chesterton

Okay, you say what about good Karma? What do you have against good Karma?

I have two issues. One is if you tout your good deed. Good deeds should be done with privacy. If you help your brother up from a fall, you should not tell everyone how your brother has fallen and you lent a hand. Your brother deserve privacy in his time of need. The good deed will be more appreciated if it is done in confidence.

Okay, what if I do my act of good Karma in privacy. What is your beef then?

Just think of how peaceful, serene and nice the world would be if doing good acts, nice things, random acts of kindness was something automatically done. Not something done on occasion for a reward, but something that is ingrained. In my opinion, it should not be taught early on: do a good deed and get your reward. How about: good deeds, it’s just like breathing. You do it and you don’t even think about it. It’s just apart of life.

I like the commercial that tells us if we use one less trash bag a month, then together we take enough plastic out of the landfills that it would have covered a mountain. Just think if we took 1% of our daily time to be nice when we wanted to be angry or hurtful to others. Then together we could make our world exponentially nicer!

Let's go out there and make some ripples!

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2014-06-16T04:18:00.000-07:00

Sausage Gravy Corn Chowder Broccoli Soup Recipe

So How Did Sausage Gravy Corn Chowder Broccoli Soup Come About???

--The Back Story

I was recently apart of a small pot-luck which was centered around soup. One of the older ladies made corn chowder. It was amazingly delicious! I was sure it was a traditional, been in the family for generations, secret recipe. It was that good! I being a generally uncouth person, went ahead and boldly asked for her traditional, family-oriented, secret recipe. She pulls out of her bag a copied recipe from Facebook!

Original ingredients: Milk, Can of cream corn, Can of mushroom soup, Frozen corn, Shredded hash browns, Ham, Onion, Parsley flakes, Butter, Salt and Pepper.

After a week of gathering ingredients I was ready to make the soup. However, I did have exchanges from the original recipe: No salt (I only use salt on watermelon and the front step in winter). Instead of ham, I used half a roll of sausage. Also, put in broccoli instead of parsley flakes (same color???). Oh and no crock pot. Mine quit working about three years ago. Why, no ham? Why no parsley? Why no crock pot?

First batch: Good, but not as good as the nice lady’s at the pot luck. My soup was a little thinner and that extra boost of yum factor was not there. I figured she gave me the exact copy of the recipe; however, she probably made changes too. She most likely used whole milk instead of my 2%, and what lady over the age of 60 does not use more butter than the recipe calls for?

Second batch: Didn't talk myself into the whole milk purchase or adding more butter (dieting). I did lose the frozen corn, and added extra frozen broccoli (love broccoli; corn id okay) Much yummier. Not quite as good as the one had at the pot-luck, though, and it was still too runny. The milk and sausage together reminded me of sausage gravy. LIGHT BULB.

Motivational Soup Quote!

Third batch: Gravy up the milk! (well kinda). And SGCCBS was born!

Ingredients to Sausage Gravy Corn Chowder Broccoli Soup

2 & ½ cups of milk

1 can of cream corn

1 can of condensed cream of mushroom soup

1 & ½ cups of chopped broccoli (small pieces)

1 cup of shredded hash browns

½ of roll of sausage -mild

½ small union chopped

2 tablespoons of butter (almost)

2 tablespoon of flour

Pepper uncooked, sprinkled lightly over bowl of soup

Directions:

In skillet, fry up sausage adding in this order as you get them ready: hash browns, onion, and broccoli.

Cook until sausage is just done.

Transfer over to soup pot.

In skillet you just fried the sausage in, add enough butter to have around 2 table spoons of grease in pan. Add two tablespoons of flour and cook for just about a minute. Will look a light tan. Then add 2 of the 2 ½ cups of milk. You are only going to cook for a minute or two until flour is dissolved well in milk. Not making it into a gravy.

Then add mixture into your soup pan along with cream corn, mushroom soup, and the other ½ cup of milk. Stir well.

Cook on low heat (do not want to scorch milk) with lid off (to thicken soup), stirring occasionally. Cook for about 45 minutes until the soup is nice and thick and corn is done. Add a dusting of pepper to top of bowl when serving.

Song Parody Facts Of Life TV Theme Song

SGCCBS=Sausage Gravy Corn Chowder Broccoli Soup

You buy the sausage, you skip the ham

You use what you can, and there you have

SGCCBS

The SGCCBS, The SGCCBS

There's a time corn gots to go and no

Parsley Flakes to worry about

The SGCCBS, The SGCCBS

When the soup never seems

To be thickenin’ up to your dreams

And suddenly you’re figuring out

The gravy is what is about, rue, rue!

It takes a lot to make soup right

When you're making The SGCCBS (making The SGCCBS)

Making The SGCCBS (making The SGCCBS)

Making The SGCCBS

Admission: I guess if you had one of those crock pots, it would be great to take to a pot-luck for storage and heat.

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