Monthly Archives: December 2008

Quick Dinner Rolls

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There’s nothing like the smell of dinner rolls baking in the oven.  Here’s a quick recipe for homemade rolls:

  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 package rapid rise dry yeast
  • 2 eggs, beaten

Combine milk and butter.  Heat to 125-130 degrees.  Mix 3 cups flour, sugar, salt and yeast together. Add to milk and butter mixture.  Add eggs.  Knead together with rest of flour and let stand covered with cup towel over bowl for 10 minutes.  Make into rolls and place in greased pan.  Let rise to double in size (keep out of drafty areas).  Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes.

Surefire Flashlights – the Best Flashlights in the World

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When I’m in a situation where I need a flashlight, I want one I can depend on. Surefire flashlights are made by a tactical technology company that supplies police and anyone who is wanting a reliable, powerful flashlight with the best flashlights that can be found.  They have no shadows, dark holes, rings,  or hot spots.

We know several families who have a child who became a policeman/policewoman.  They are helping to make sure people are safe and are putting their lives in harms way at times, and they deserve the best equipment to help keep them safe.  If you know someone, too, who works in the police department they might be intested in the best flashlight available.

Chocolate Kiss – Peanut Butter Cookies

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I wish I could tell you these cookies have no calories or fat, but I can tell you they are delicious!

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter
  • 2 cups Bisquick baking mix
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • sugar (for rolling the cookies in)
  • 36 milk chocolate Kisses (or milk & white chocolate Kisses), unwrapped

Heat oven to 375 degrees.  Mix milk and peanut butter in large bowl until smooth.  Stir in baking mix and vanilla.  Shape dough into 1 1/2 inch balls.  Roll in sugar.  Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.   Bake 8-10 minutes or until bottoms of cookies just begin to brown.  Immediately press chocolate Kiss into the top of each cookie.

Enter Contest at eBillme.com

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Have you done your holiday shopping yet? Or are you one of those people who do their shopping a week or two before Christmas? Some people start shopping as soon as Christmas is over, some start during the summer, and some seem to enjoy last minute shopping.   If you’re just now doing your shopping, then consider eBillme.com where you can save time and money.  In fact, they are having a contest, and why not go check them out and register for the contest?   And if you still have shopping to do, I hope you find just the gifts you are looking for!

If you do register, I would very much appreciate your referring my blog for the blogger’s contest.

Peach Pie Salad

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Holiday times are the perfect occasion for special salads.  Families usually have their traditional salads they fix every year, but if you’re looking for something a little different, here’s a salad recipe for peach pie lovers:

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 can peach pie filling
  • 1 can mandarin oranges, drained
  • 1 can pineapple chunks, drained
  • fresh strawberries
  • bananas, sliced
  • grapes

Combine the pie filling, mandarin oranges, and pineapple chunks.  Chill.  Just before serving, add the fresh strawberries, bananas and grapes.  Enjoy!

InsuranceBureau.com

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When you own your own car, you have to have car insurance. We recently had someone run into us while stopped at a red light.  Their insurance paid for the repair to our mini-van’s bumper and also for me to have my neck adjusted.  This goes to show you never know when you’re going to need insurance!

When shopping for insurance, you need to check out the reliablity of the company and get the best price on premiums.  InsuranceBureau.com is just the place to go for both of these things.  They do not sell insurance but instead try to educate buyers with unbiased information.

Baby J is Going to Have a Little Brother

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Our daughter had a sonogram recently, and the news is out. They are expecting another boy in April. Baby J will be 20 months old when the new baby is born, so that means they will have two in diapers at the same time. Fun, fun!! We are excited, and of course all of the grandparents are excited. I think Baby J will make a good big brother once he makes the adjustment to having a baby in the house.

Brightstorm.com Helps Improve SAT Scores and Grades

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Brightstorm helps high school students improve their grades and their test scores on the SAT.  Using online video courses, creative teachers present the material in a clear manner and highlight key information.  This makes it easier for students to understand the subject mattter.  Study guides, practice problems, and interactive quizzes guide them through their homework so they will be ready for the SAT or a test in the classroom.

There is no cost for registration and no credit card is necessary.  After registering, students can sample 19 courses free before they make a decision on which teacher-created courses to purchase.  What’s really neat is that students can choose which teacher they like.  They go at their own pace, choose their own order, fill in gaps in their knowledge, and master critical concepts.  Sounds like a great program to me!

At Brightstorm, “Great learning starts with great teaching.”

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Four Foods On Friday 58

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#1.  Does your family usually eat meals in the kitchen or somewhere else?

We always eat in the kitchen.  It’s nice having one meal a day where we’re all together.

#2.  Who usually does the dishes in your house?

Me and the dishwasher.  I wash the pots and pans and the dishwasher does the rest!
#3.  What’s your favorite small appliance or tool in the kitchen?

Hmmm…depends on what I’m making.  I like all my appliances.  My favorite tools would probably be my “Come-apart Kitchen Shears” and my avocado slicer.
#4. This one’s for my son. Share a recipe for chili.

I don’t have a recipe for chili, but I would like chili made with turkey.  I found this recipe that sounds good:

Simple Turkey Chili

Ground Breaking Research for Menstrual Blood Stem Cells

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The National Institutes of Health and Cryo-Cell International, Inc., have joined together in partnership to research menstrual blood stem cells as a possible treatment for breast cancer.  This exploratory research will use cutting-edge techniques to track stem cells using MRI, magnetic resonance imaging which is a non-invasive method.  What is really great is that even though up to now there has not been a way to do long term tracking of stem cells in a non-invasive way, there’s a good chance that will change.  Not only will using an MRI be able to track the menstrual blood stem cells in their relationship to breast cancer itself but it also could help in finding the best breast cancer therapy.

Treating Diseases is an area where cord blood stem cell transplants have been used to treat more than 70 diseases.  Thousands of lives have been saved around the world and that is so awesome!  And all of this is done in a noncontroversial way.  The possibility of helping countless future lives is endless.  Not only is this used for cancer but also for inherited metabolic disorders, deficiencies of the immune system, hematopoetic cell disorders,  and inherited erythrocyte abnormalities to name some of the diseases.

Cyro-Cell offers banking of babies’ cord blood.  They are the best established family cord blood bank in America, serving over 160,000 families worldwide with well trained child birth educators available for consultation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Our Black Friday Shopping Experience

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We had a great time shopping on Black Friday.  I met our daughter and one of her best friends at Old Navy at 4:30 AM.  We stood in line and enjoyed talking.  When the doors opened at 5, it was very orderly going into the store.  Next, we headed to Super-Target for the doors to open at 6.  The line was enormously long.  We heard one lady in line next to us talking about her horrible experience at Wal-Mart.  She said people were rude, one lady threatened to “mace” her, and some were shoving.  There’s no excuse for that kind of behavior.  We were blessed to encounter only nice people.  After getting the bargains at Target, we proceded to Mimi’s for a nice breakfast, then on to Lifeway Christian Bookstore.  We finished our shopping at Baby’s R Us and then to the mall briefly.  We had a wonderful time and it really was a lot of fun.  The best part was being together in the wee hours of the morning, talking and laughing!

FormalTux.com

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For those of you who are or have been looking at tuxedos, FormalTux.com has a great selection and also has a line of discounted tuxedo jackets and pants.  Whether a tuxedo is needed for a wedding, formal event, or concert, it is great to own a tuxedo for whatever event requires formal attire.  My husband owns his own tux because he plays in an orchestra, and it is definitely worth the investment.