Another cute idea!

And here we have another cute DIY idea, hot chocolate, marshmallows and peppermint candy, in baby food jars.  You’ve got to love youtube tutorials! lol 😀

Last minute present or hostess present

Christmas cookies in a jar! Nice hostess present if people still do them. 😉 The link has a lot of different cookie recipes that you could put in a jar. 😀 last minute idea time!

Cookie idea

and a cute way to put it together! 😀

wallpaper image

That I used for my background here!

I saw that a few people liked it, but never received any emails. So here you go, just in case you’re shy.

oooh nails! Holiday designs!

Even if you think you can’t do a design, you might be surprised. Look through these pretties. There’s a design that you might like? And it would be a great idea to have a nail party, everyone works on everyone else’s nails, great idea. And you could toss in one of those baking cookie things too, that way everyone gets cookies and pretty nails. 😀

The cookie party, you invite people to your house, they bring a cookie recipe and the ingredients, or they bring the already finished cookies with the recipe. Then everyone takes cookies from each other putting them on a plate, with the recipes. And viola-cookies for you and the recipe to make them yourself at home. Yeah, I’ve done this for years. Fun stuff! You just have to ensure everyone brings a different cookie, otherwise you end up with a plate of sugar cookies-not bad, but ya know. 😉

so now onto the nail designs. They are pretty cute and some even easy! 😀 I stuck with the red and white, as most girlies already have these two colors to use! that way, no extra money is spent! 😀

hello

so I’m going through my reader of blogs here on wordpress, and while I would love to reblog the daylights out of all you. I’m not going to.  I will put up a list of the blogs that are writing/covering current topics much better than I.

I on the other hand…will be the less serious blog, I am finding it very difficult to keep a positive outlook currently. News everywhere is getting worse IMO. And ugh! it’s taking it’s toll on me.

so. I’m going to be that goofy weirdo relative that everyone thinks is completely wacko but oh so much fun! LOL 😀

starting soonish… once I get out of this funk! I need some Bootsy baby! if I’m going to be in a funk, let’s listen to some funkalicious music! oh yeah!

The wisdom of Dumbledore

If you’re a Potterhead you’ll know how in times of distress, the only man you would want to be with is Albus Dumbledore. The wise old Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizandry, somehow has all the right words to say. Every time your head is clouded with confusion or grief, you’ll remember an Albus Dumbledore quote and be assured everything is going to be alright.

Albus Dumbledore has taught us life lessons that prove we’ll never meet a man as prudent, practical, and sensible as him. The flowing white beard is symbolic of all the wisdom in the world the wizard has gained in his lifetime. If you ever feel low, here are 20 quotes from Albus Dumbledore that can brighten your day.

“After all to the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”

 

“Do not pity the dead Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love.”

 

“Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.”

 

“Those who have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.”

 

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”

 

“It is important to fight and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then can evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated.”

 

“Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right.”

 

“It is our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

 

“It’s the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.”

 

“It is my belief that the truth is generally preferable to lies.”

 

“Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

 

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”

 

“Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.”

 

“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”

 

“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”

 

“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”

 

“For in dreams we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let them swim in the deepest ocean or glide over the highest cloud.”

 

“It is a curious thing but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.”

“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.”

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IOTD

Calendar day; December 8, 2014

Monday, the 8th of December, 2014 is the 342th day in 2014 and in the 50th calendar week.

General Events:

Youth Day in Albania
December 8, 2014 in Albania

This is a public holiday in Albania which is dedicated to the youths of a country. This is an official national holiday in Albania since 2010.

Where is Youth Day in Albania?
Nationwide Albania

Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day
December 8, 2014 in the World

Created in 2007 by the Koala Wallop online community, Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day is an annual event which combines elements of performance art, humour and plain old fun.

As the name suggests, the basic premise of the day is to pretend to be a time traveler, either from the past or from the future, who has somehow ended up in the present day.

For maximum effect, this role play should involve friends and a full costume, should take place in public places and should involve conversations complete strangers.

Get a group of friends together, dress up as time travelers from the future, ask strangers what year it is and respond in horror. Take on the character of a lone time traveler from the past and pretend to be amazed by all forms of modern technology. The possibilities are almost endless.

Where is Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day?
Worldwide

Take it in the Ear Day
December 8, 2014 in the World

Take it in the Ear Day is a bizarre day of unknown origin. is on all sorts of crazy holiday calendars and websites, but no one knows how it started or what it means. One web site said maybe we are just all spelling it wrong…add an “r” to the beginning of ear.

There is, however, a nifty tee-shirt you can buy commemorating the event. Perhaps tee-shirt designers are the ones behind TIITE day.

Most likely a day to listen to others. Listen to people at work, to friends on the phone and family

Where is Take it in the Ear Day?
Worldwide

National Brownie Day
December 8, 2014 in the USA

National Brownie Day takes place on December 08, 2014. A chocolate brownie is a flat, baked square or bar developed in the United States at the end of the 19th century and popularized in both the U.S. and Canada during the first half of the 20th century. The brownie is a cross between a cake and a cookie in texture.

Brownies come in a variety of forms. They are either fudgy or cakey, depending on their density, and they may include nuts, frosting, whipped cream, chocolate chips, or other ingredients. A variation that is made with brown sugar and no chocolate is called a blondie.

Brownies are common lunchbox fare, typically eaten by hand, and often accompanied by milk or coffee. They are sometimes served warm with ice cream, topped with whipped cream or marzipan, or sprinkled with powdered sugar. They are especially popular in restaurants, where they can be found in variation on many dessert menus.

Where is National Brownie Day?
Nationwide USA

Historical Events on 8th December:

1609 – Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room, the second public library of Europe.

1659 – Mexican border town Ciudad Juárez is founded by Fray García de San Francisco.

1863 – Abraham Lincoln’s Amnesty Proclamation and plan for Reconstruction of South

1869 – Timothy Eaton founds T. Eaton Co. Limited in Toronto, Canada.

1895 – Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri’s out

1914 – Boers rebelling against the British have recently suffered several defeats; today, one of their leaders, General Beyers, accidently drowns

1915 – John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” appears anonymously in “Punch” magazine

1923 – German-US friendship treaty signed

1936 – Anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua

1941 – US & Britain declare war on Japan, US enters WW II

1941 – President Roosevelt delivers “Day of Infamy” speech to US Congress a day after the bombing of Pearl Harbour

1949 – Chinese Nationalist government moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa

1952 – 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)

1966 – US & USSR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space

1974 – Greek monarchy rejected by referendum

1984 – Europe & 64 developing countries sign Lome III treaty

1987 – US President Reagan & Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles

1991 – The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum.

2002 – The Caribbean Community Heads of Government meet with the Government of Cuba and declare the date to be “CARICOM-Cuba Day” – To celebrate diplomatic ties between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba.

2004 – The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.