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Gma Storey's Daily Bulletin

Posted On 11/28/2010 10:52:39

REMINDERS FROM GOD:

Hebrews 11:6
(6) But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
New King James Version Change Bible versions

Notice that Hebrews 11:6 reads, "he who comes to God," and I Peter 2:3-4 uses a similar phrase. "Coming to God" means that one approaches nearer to God, seeks Him, or he walks with Him. It signifies fellowship with Him.

The Bible shows three stages of coming to God. The first is at God's calling when one begins to draw near. It results in justification and the imputing of Christ's righteousness. The second is more continuous, occurring during sanctification, as a person seeks to be like God, conform to His image, and have His laws written, engraved, into his character. The third stage occurs at the resurrection when the individual is glorified.

John 6:44 clarifies our first coming to God: "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day." Nobody comes to God, no one seeks the God of the Bible, until he becomes aware of his need of Him. Nobody comes to God until he realizes he is far from Him and out of His favorâ€”in fact, he is under God's condemnation and separated from the quality of life called in the Bible "eternal life." God reveals a measure of these things through His calling.

The Parable of the Prodigal Son illustrates this (Luke 15:14-19). The son did not return or draw near to his father until he was aware of his need. This sense of need motivates us to seek God and draw near to Him. This sense of need is a gift of God's grace working on a person's mind and is initially given when God summons the individual to approach Him.

Ephesians 4:17-24 covers the second coming to God:

This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness on their heart; who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But you have not so learned Christ. If indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

Verse 30 adds an instructive, albeit sobering, thought: "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption." The Holy Spirit mentioned here is God Himself, who is hurt, sorrowed, by our sinful neglect of His gift. Once He bestows this sense of need, it is a continuous impulse unless we stifle it by neglecting to follow through, as those in the book of Hebrews were doing.

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WORD FOR THE DAY:

alÂ·beÂ·it /?l'bi?t/ [awl-bee-it]

â€“conjunction
although; even if: a peaceful, albeit brief retirement.
even though

late 14c., a contraction of al be it "al(though) it be."
[C14 al be it, that is, although it be (that)]
albeit (??l'bi??t)

Origin:
1350â€“1400; ME al be it al(though) it be

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The Pastor's Ass
The pastor entered his donkey in a race and it won.
The pastor was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again, and it won again.
The local paper read:
PASTOR'S ASS OUT FRONT.
The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the pastor not to enter the donkey in another race.

The next day, the local paper headline read:
BISHOP SCRATCHES PASTOR'S ASS.
This was too much for the bishop, so he ordered the pastor to get rid of the donkey.
So the pastor decided to give it to a nun in a nearby convent.

The local paper, hearing of the news, posted the following headline the next day:
NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN.
The bishop fainted. When he came to, he informed the nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey, so she sold it to a farmer for $10.
The next day the paper read:
NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10.
This was too much for the bishop, so he ordered the nun to buy back the donkey and lead it to the plains where it could run wild.

The next day the headlines read:
NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE.

The bishop was buried the next day.

The moral of the story is...
Being concerned about public opinion can bring you much grief and misery. . . Even shorten your life.

So be yourself and enjoy life.
Stop worrying about everyone else's ass and you'll be a lot happier and live longer!
Have a great day!

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I was in the six item express lane at the store quietly fuming. Completely ignoring the sign, the woman ahead of me had slipped into the check-out line pushing a cart piled high with groceries. Imagine my delight when the cashier beckoned the woman to come forward looked into the cart and asked sweetly, 'So which six items would you like to buy?'

Wouldn't it be great if that happened more often?
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Because they had no reservations at a busy restaurant, my elderly neighbor and his wife were told there would be a 45-minute wait for a table. 'Young man, we're both 90 years old, ' the husband said ..'We may not have 45 minutes.' They were seated immediately.
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The reason Politicians try so hard to get re-elected is that they would 'hate' to have to make a living under the laws they've passed.
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All eyes were on the radiant bride as her father escorted her down the aisle. They reached the altar and the waiting groom; the bride kissed her father and placed something in his hand. The guests in the front pews responded with ripples of laughter. Even the priest smiled broadly. As her father gave her away in marriage, the bride gave him back his credit card.
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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
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Three friends from the local congregation were asked, 'When you're in your casket, and friends and congregation members are mourning over you, what would you like them to say?'

Artie said: ' I would like them to say I was a wonderful husband, a fine spiritual leader, and a great family man.'

Eugene commented: 'I would like them to say I was a wonderful teacher and servant of God who made a huge difference in people's lives.'

Al said: 'I'd like them to say, 'Look, he's moving!'
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Smith climbs to the top of Mt. Sinai to get close enough to talk to God. Looking up, he asks t he Lord... 'God, what does a million years mean to you?'

The Lord replies, 'A minute.'
Smith asks, 'And what does a million dollars mean to you?'

The Lord replies, 'A penny.'
'Smith asks, 'Can I have a penny?'
'The Lord replies, 'In a minute.'

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A man goes to a shrink and says, 'Doctor, my wife is unfaithful to me. Every evening, she goes to Larry's bar and picks up men. In fact, she sleeps with anybody who asks her! I'm going crazy. What do you think I should do?'
'Relax,' says the Doctor, 'take a deep breath and calm down. Now, tell me, exactly where is Larry's bar?'
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John was on his deathbed and gasped pitifully. 'Give me one last request, dear,'he said.
'Of course, John,' his wife said softly.
'Six months after I die,' he said, 'I want you to marry Bob.'
'But I thought you hated Bob,' she said.
With his last breath John said, 'I do!'
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A man goes to see the Rabbi. 'Rabbi, something terrible is happening and I have to talk to you about it.'

The Rabbi asked, 'What's wrong?'
The man replied, 'My wife is poisoning me.'
The Rabbi, very surprised by this, asks, 'How can that be?'
The man then pleads, 'I'm telling you, I'm certain she's poisoning me, what should I do?'
The Rabbi then offers, 'Tell you what. Let me talk to her, I'll see what I can find out and I'll let you know.'
A week later the Rabbi calls the man and says, "I spoke to her on the phone for three hours. You want my advice?'
The man said yes and the Rabbi replied, 'Take the poison'

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Cappuccino Doughnuts

Topped with creamy icing and a dusting of cinnamon, a coffee-flavored Cappuccino Doughnut is the ideal accompaniment to the frothy beverage that inspired it. Powdered buttermilk can be purchased at grocery stores and specialty-food stores nationwide.

Ingredients

3 1/4 cup(s) all-purpose flour
2 tablespoon(s) all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon(s) baking powder
1 teaspoon(s) baking soda
1 teaspoon(s) powdered buttermilk
3/4 teaspoon(s) cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
2/3 cup(s) milk
1/4 cup(s) unsalted butter, melted
1/4 cup(s) instant espresso powder
2 large eggs, beaten
3/4 cup(s) sugar
1 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract
4 1/2 cup(s) vegetable oil for frying
1 recipe Creamy Frosting

Directions

Make the batter: Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, powdered buttermilk, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl and set aside. Combine milk and butter in a small bowl; add espresso powder and stir until dissolved; set aside. Whisk together the eggs, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl until thick -- about 2 minutes. Using a wooden spoon, alternately incorporate the flour and milk mixtures into the egg mixture until well combined. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.
Make the doughnuts: Turn the dough out onto a generously floured work surface. Flour the dough and roll it out to about 3/4 inch thick. Cut doughnuts out of the dough using a 3-inch doughnut cutter and transfer them to a baking sheet. Gather dough scraps, reroll, and repeat cutting doughnuts until all dough is used. Chill doughnuts for 30 minutes.
Fry the doughnuts: Heat about 4 inches of vegetable oil in a large deep skillet fitted with a thermometer over medium-high heat until oil reaches 350 degrees F. Fry the doughnuts three at a time for about 2 minutes per side or until golden. Remove doughnuts with a slotted spoon and drain on a wire rack. Repeat with remaining doughnuts. Once cooled, top doughnuts with Creamy Frosting, sprinkle with cinnamon, and serve immediately.

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Creamy Frosting

Try this creamy frosting on our Cappuccino Doughnuts.
Yields: About 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients

4 ounce(s) cream cheese, softened
4 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup(s) confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup(s) heavy cream

Directions

Combine cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in a large bowl with mixer set on medium speed. Add the sugar and beat until mixture is light.
Add the heavy cream and beat mixture until fluffy. Use immediately or refrigerate for up to 12 hours

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Apple Cider Doughnuts

A great-tasting variation of our Cappuccino Doughnuts â€” whip up a batch no matter the season.

Ingredients

1/4 teaspoon(s) nutmeg
2/3 cup(s) apple cider
Cappuccino Doughnuts ingredients
1 tablespoon(s) cinnamon
3 cup(s) sugar, mixed with above cinnamon

Follow directions to make Cappuccino Doughnuts
Add 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg to the flour mixture. Replace the milk with apple cider and omit the espresso powder.
Sugar the hot doughnuts by combining 1 tablespoon cinnamon with 3 cups sugar in a large closeable container and placing them, one at a time, in the sugar mixture and shaking to cover.
Serve immediately or keep in an airtight container for up to 2 days

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Cappuccino Doughnuts

Ingredients

Directions

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Creamy Frosting

Try this creamy frosting on our Cappuccino Doughnuts.
Yields: About 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients

4 ounce(s) cream cheese, softened
4 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup(s) confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup(s) heavy cream

Directions

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Best-Ever Apple Cake

Serves: 12 Edit

Yields: 12 slices
Prep Time: 30 min
Cook Time: 1 hr 20 min
Oven Temp: 350

Ingredients

3/4 cup(s) chopped pecans
3 cup(s) all-purpose flour
2 cup(s) sugar
2 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon
4 large baking apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
1 tablespoon(s) baking powder
1 teaspoon(s) salt
4 large eggs
1/2 cup(s) vegetable oil
1/2 cup(s) (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1/4 cup(s) orange juice
2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract

Directions

Heat oven to 350Â°F. Spray a 10-inch removable-bottom tube pan with nonstick spray. Sprinkle pecans evenly on bottom of pan.
In a large bowl, mix 2 tablespoons of the flour, 1/4 cup of the sugar, and cinnamon. Add apples and toss to combine.
In another large bowl, mix remaining flour, remaining sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add eggs, oil, butter, orange juice, and vanilla extract. Beat until batter is smooth.
Pour half of the batter (about 2 cups) into prepared pan. Top with half of apple mixture. Spoon remaining batter over apples and top with remaining apples, placing them 1/4 inch in from the tube and the border of the cake.
Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cake cool in pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Run a paring knife around the sides and center of cake and turn cake out onto wire rack. Invert cake onto another rack to cool, apple side up.

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Lightest, Fluffiest Doughnuts

Serve the doughnut holes with spiked dipping sauces: For Raspberry-Chambord, mix 1/4 cup raspberry preserves and 1 teaspoon Chambord. Chocolate sauce is simply made with 4 ounces melted bittersweet chocolate, 3 tablespoons KahlÃºa, and 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla.

Ingredients

1/2 cup(s) whole milk
1 tablespoon(s) whole milk
1/3 cup(s) olive oil
1/2 cup(s) water
4 1/2 teaspoon(s) active dry yeast
3/4 cup(s) sugar
1/4 teaspoon(s) sugar
1/2 cup(s) sour cream
2 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
2 teaspoon(s) salt
2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
4 1/2 cup(s) all-purpose flour
4 cup(s) vegetable oil, (add more as needed for frying)
1/2 cup(s) confectioners' sugar

Directions

Make the dough: Coat a large bowl with vegetable oil and set aside. Gently warm 1/2 cup milk and oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Combine the water and yeast in a large bowl, stir to dissolve, and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon sugar. Let stand for 5 minutes. Add the warm milk and oil to the yeast mixture and stir to combine. Add the remaining sugar, sour cream, eggs, yolks, salt, and vanilla and stir to combine. Add the flour gradually. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Place it in the prepared bowl and turn to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm, draft-free place until doubled in volume â€” about 2 hours. Punch dough down, re-cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 or up to 12 hours.
Make the doughnuts: Turn the dough out onto a generously floured work surface. Lightly flour the dough and roll it out to about 3/4 inch thick. Cut doughnuts out of the dough using a 3-inch doughnut cutter and transfer them and their holes to a baking sheet. Gather dough scraps, reroll, and repeat cutting doughnuts and holes until all dough is used. Chill doughnuts and holes for 30 minutes.
Fry the doughnuts: Heat about 4 inches of vegetable oil in a large deep skillet fitted with a thermometer over medium-high heat until oil reaches 350 degrees F. Fry the doughnuts three at a time until golden â€” about 2 minutes per side. Remove doughnuts and holes with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining doughnuts and holes.
Make the glaze: Combine the remaining milk and confectioners' sugar in a small bowl and stir until smooth. While doughnuts and holes are still hot, dip them in the glaze and transfer to a wire rack until glaze is set and doughnuts are cool. Serve immediately.

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Myra's Quick Apple Pastry

1 can of Apple Pie Filling
1/4 cup brown sugar or white
2 tbsp ground Cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
stick butter
phillo dough

1 glass 4 x 6 or 8 baking dish

Heat oven to 375 degrees F.

In small bowl mix the apples and the spices.
take butter and generously butter the baking dish on the bottom and up on the sides. Melt butter. Take and layer the fillo dough spreading small amount of butter on the layers just to dampen them.
after the fourth layer place the apples in the center of the dough and dot with some of the butter, and top with five layers of the fillo dough, make sure the dough is tucked under against the apples and bring the bottom layer of dough up over top dough
pour butter to seal, and then sprinkle top with sugar, place a couple holes in top to give pie vent holes for air to escape.

PS: I use anytype of pie filling when making this. works well with them all. Even chocolate. and then ice it with choc icing hmmmm good lol I also make it with french vanilla and layer it bake it and ice with chocolate makes a great mock chocolate eclair!

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Sweet-Potato Doughnuts

Try this variation of our Lightest Fluffiest Doughnuts. This moist, fluffy confection has a lightly delicate flavor: just the cure for a sweet-tooth craving.
Be the first to rate this recipe

Yields: 15 doughnuts and 15 holes

Ingredients

8 ounce(s) mashed sweet potato
1/4 teaspoon(s) allspice
1/4 teaspoon(s) mace
1/2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon
1 cup(s) maple syrup
1 teaspoon(s) lemon juice
1 cup(s) toasted, chopped walnuts

Directions

Follow the directions for Lightest Fluffiest Doughnuts, but replace the sour cream with 8 ounces mashed sweet potato.
Add allspice, mace, and cinnamon to the batter. Prepare the doughnut batter and fry as instructed above.
Combine 1 cup maple syrup and 1 teaspoon lemon juice in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook until reduced to 3/4 cup -- 15 to 20 minutes.
Coat hot doughnuts and holes with glaze and sprinkle with 1 cup toasted, chopped walnuts. Let glaze set and serve immediately. Will keep in an airtight container for up to 2 days.

Nutritional Information
(per serving)

Calories 350
Total Fat 23g
Saturated Fat --
Cholesterol 61mg
Sodium 303mg
Total Carbohydrate 30g
Dietary Fiber 1g
Sugars --
Protein 6g
Calcium --

Lightest, Fluffiest Doughnuts

Ingredients

Directions

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Oxy-morons

THIS SHOULD PUT A LAUGH OR SMILE IN YOUR DAY

O x y m o r o n s

1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?

2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?

3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?

4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?

5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?

6. Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?

7. Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?

8. Why do "tug" boats push their barges?

9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?

10. Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?

11. Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?

12. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?

13. Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?

14. Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?

15. Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?

16. If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it?

17. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

18. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

19. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?

20. Why is bra singular and panties plural?

21. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?

22. Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?

23. How come abbreviated is such a long word?

24. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?

25. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

26. Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one?

27. Christmas - What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?

28. Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?

I dunno, why do we?

SCROLL DOWN

God Saw you hungry & created
McDonalds, Wendy's, and Dairy Queen.

He saw you thirsty & created
Pepsi, Juice, Coffee and Water.

GOD saw you in the dark & created Light .

GOD saw you without a Good looking ,
adorable, FRIEND.........
So He created ME

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On July 20, 1969, as commander of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot (and body) on the moon.

His first words after stepping on the moon, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," were televised to earth and heard by millions.
But just before he re-entered the lander, he made the enigmatic remark "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky".
Many people at NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival Soviet Cosmonaut.
However, upon checking, there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programs.
Over the years many people questioned Armstrong as to what the 'Good luck, Mr. Gorsky' statement meant, but Armstrong always just smiled.
On July 5, 1995, in Tampa Bay, Florida, while answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 26- year-old question to Armstrong. This time he finally responded.
Mr. Gorsky had died; so Neil Armstrong felt he could now answer the question.
In 1938, when he was a kid in a small mid-western town, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit the ball, which landed in his neighbourâ€™s yard by their bedroom window.

His neighbours were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky.

As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky.
"Sex! You want sex? You'll get sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"

True story!

Tags: Religion, Recipes, Jokes, Quotes, tidbits

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QUILTING WITH A REGULAR SEWING MACHINE

Posted On 11/27/2010 10:41:51

QUILTING WITH A REGULAR SEWING MACHINE

I grew up with quilting being done all around me. My Grandmother who I spent most of my youth with was a quilter. She taught me how to sew, so I could help her sew those tiny little pcs together. When I was old enough to cut out material, I was cutting out those blocks of material for her. She also made rugs out of material. No piece of clothing from the family went into the trash for she would cut it up into the proper size and into a quilt or a rug it would go. the zipper and buttons and any lace and trim went into a seperate box for a craft, or another garmet she would be asked to make. Grandma threw out nothing for there was always some thing down the line she would use it for. lol OBTW I still have some of those treasured items, lace, buttons, etc. and her old pedal sewing machine. Treasures of my childhood, Treasures of the past. I even have a quilt she made carefully saved in a air tight bag, and a quilt my mother made in another. This one she had embroderied spokewheels all over in a planned design and had embroderied the different families names inside them, and then different friends names in each of them. It won the State Fair in Columbus, Ohio exhibit the year she entered it. Just a piece of Meigs County Ohio History I have safely kept and proud of it. Maybe when I die it will get into the Meigs County History Museum as I have requested in my will. As well as the old photos I have that belong in the 1900's and has peoples names on it.

Quilting. another part of the past, so much easier to run to the store and buy one, but not as much history in a quilt when it is made with your familys clothing. Mine has my grandparents, my deceased babys clothing/blanket in it, my parents and some of my clothing as a child, and some of my boys old shirts/jeans in it. . what a memory trip.

I also have used my sewing machine to make a MEMORY QUILT out of photo graphs sewen together cloth with pictures on it, to tell a story. they can be hung up or just like a small lap blanket.

HEY I just gave you all some idea for This years Home Made Christmas Present, you still have time to make one. . so get busy lol

Blessings to all, and enjoy the website I am sharing below and the how to:

&nbs

How to Quilt With a Regular Sewing Machine

from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit
Are you wishing you owned a long arm quilting machine so you could quilt your own quilts? Have you priced a long arm machine and found it to be way way out of your reach? If so, then get a load of this cool quilting method! It's called "batting buddy", but you can do the same thing for free at home without purchasing the expensive templates that quilt shops want you to buy. The idea is to sew each quilt square as if you were foundation piecing. The only difference is that you'll be sewing each piece directly to the back of your quilt through the batting. Follow these instructions to learn how.

Steps

Choose a simple block shape to sew. Diagonals work well, as do crazy quilt designs. Keep in mind that you'll be limited to straight sewn lines in your designs (as you would have in a foundation pieced block).
You'll need two sizes of squares, one an inch (2.5cm) bigger all around than the other. The beauty of this is that you can do all of your cutting with a rotary cutter using your regular cutting rulers if you like. The large squares will be used for the backing fabric. The small squares will be used for your batting and top pieces. The squares used in this example were 7 inches (17.78cm) and 5 inches (12.7cm) square respectively, making the larger square two inches (5cm) longer per side.
Center a batting square on the "wrong" side of your larger backing square. You're now ready to place the first block pieces on the top.
- Place the first block piece on the batting, face up. If you want adjacent blocks to line up exactly, make a cardboard "starting point" template to line up your first block with.
- Place the second block piece face down with the seam edges lined up with the first piece.
Sew the seam. Sew it through both block pieces, through the batting, and through the backing, like a giant sandwich.
Press the seam open and place the next block piece in the same manner, lining up the edges, sewing the seam, pressing open, until you reach the edges of the block. Stop each seam at the edge of the batting.
- Note: If you're using a poly batting, take care to press with a cool iron, as a hot iron will compress a poly batting. Cotton batting is best for this project.
Turn the inch (2.5cm) wide, unquilted border section of the block sandwich under the block out of the way. Trim any fabric which protrudes past the batting edge. If you're careful, this can be done with your rotary cutter and a ruler as well.
Repeat for all four sides. You have made one block. Create the rest, and then start to join them together as follows:
- Place two blocks backing side to backing side, with edges lined up. Feel carefully to ensure that the batting edges line up.
- Sew a seam down the inch (2.5cm) wide flap(s) just barely outside of the batting. Take care not to catch the batting into the seam, as this will make the finished seam bunch up.
- Press the seam open from both sides.
- From the front side, fold or roll the inch flaps under themselves and pin in place.
- Top stitch both of the folded edges down.
Sew rows of blocks together in this manner.
Sew the rows together, stitching the flap edges together, and then pressing them open and top stitching the entire row. The maximum length of fabric under the neck of your machine at any time will be 10-12 inches (25.4cm to 30.48cm); this is very manageable for a "regular" machine.
Roll the outside edges over and top stitch to finish the edge.
- The back of the blocks will already be quilted. No need to go through the whole quilt frame and long arm rigamarole!

Video

This video explains how to use the Martelli Stitch in the Ditch Binding Foot for top stitching and with a double needle to get a professional finish to your quilting and sewing projects.

Tips

Use a table to the left of the machine to support the weight of the completed part of the quilt as you sew.
This works best with thin batting, but thicker batting can be used if desired.
So long as you sew blocks into strips, and then add the strips to your quilt one at a time, you will have no more than the width of one strip under your machine at one time.

Warnings

Pressing each seam open is essential for a good looking quilt.
Poly type batting will compress and/or melt if your iron is too hot.

Things You'll Need

Fabric
Scissors and/or rotary cutter and mat
Sewing machine
Quilt Batting, preferably cotton

Related wikiHows

Article provided by wikiHow, a wiki how-to manual. Please edit this article and find author credits at the original wikiHow article on How to Quilt With a Regular Sewing Machine. All content on wikiHow can be shared under a Creative Commons license.

Tags: SEWING, QUILTING, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

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Gma Storey's Daily Bulletin

Posted On 11/27/2010 07:06:26

REMINDERS FROM GOD:

Ephesians 4:17-24 covers the second coming to God:

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WORD FOR THE DAY:

alÂ·beÂ·it /?l'bi?t/ [awl-bee-it]

â€“conjunction
although; even if: a peaceful, albeit brief retirement.
even though

late 14c., a contraction of al be it "al(though) it be."
[C14 al be it, that is, although it be (that)]
albeit (??l'bi??t)

Origin:
1350â€“1400; ME al be it al(though) it be

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The next day the headlines read:
NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE.

The bishop was buried the next day.

The moral of the story is...
Being concerned about public opinion can bring you much grief and misery. . . Even shorten your life.

So be yourself and enjoy life.
Stop worrying about everyone else's ass and you'll be a lot happier and live longer!
Have a great day!

Three friends from the local congregation were asked, 'When you're in your casket, and friends and congregation members are mourning over you, what would you like them to say?'

Artie said: ' I would like them to say I was a wonderful husband, a fine spiritual leader, and a great family man.'

Eugene commented: 'I would like them to say I was a wonderful teacher and servant of God who made a huge difference in people's lives.'

The Lord replies, 'A minute.'
Smith asks, 'And what does a million dollars mean to you?'

The Lord replies, 'A penny.'
'Smith asks, 'Can I have a penny?'
'The Lord replies, 'In a minute.'

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Cappuccino Doughnuts

Ingredients

Directions

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Creamy Frosting

Try this creamy frosting on our Cappuccino Doughnuts.
Yields: About 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients

4 ounce(s) cream cheese, softened
4 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup(s) confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup(s) heavy cream

Directions

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Apple Cider Doughnuts

A great-tasting variation of our Cappuccino Doughnuts â€” whip up a batch no matter the season.

Ingredients

1/4 teaspoon(s) nutmeg
2/3 cup(s) apple cider
Cappuccino Doughnuts ingredients
1 tablespoon(s) cinnamon
3 cup(s) sugar, mixed with above cinnamon

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Cappuccino Doughnuts

Ingredients

Directions

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Creamy Frosting

Try this creamy frosting on our Cappuccino Doughnuts.
Yields: About 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients

4 ounce(s) cream cheese, softened
4 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup(s) confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup(s) heavy cream

Directions

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Best-Ever Apple Cake

Serves: 12 Edit

Yields: 12 slices
Prep Time: 30 min
Cook Time: 1 hr 20 min
Oven Temp: 350

Ingredients

Directions

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Lightest, Fluffiest Doughnuts

Ingredients

Directions

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Myra's Quick Apple Pastry

1 can of Apple Pie Filling
1/4 cup brown sugar or white
2 tbsp ground Cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
stick butter
phillo dough

1 glass 4 x 6 or 8 baking dish

Heat oven to 375 degrees F.

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Sweet-Potato Doughnuts

Try this variation of our Lightest Fluffiest Doughnuts. This moist, fluffy confection has a lightly delicate flavor: just the cure for a sweet-tooth craving.
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Yields: 15 doughnuts and 15 holes

Ingredients

8 ounce(s) mashed sweet potato
1/4 teaspoon(s) allspice
1/4 teaspoon(s) mace
1/2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon
1 cup(s) maple syrup
1 teaspoon(s) lemon juice
1 cup(s) toasted, chopped walnuts

Directions

Nutritional Information
(per serving)

Calories 350
Total Fat 23g
Saturated Fat --
Cholesterol 61mg
Sodium 303mg
Total Carbohydrate 30g
Dietary Fiber 1g
Sugars --
Protein 6g
Calcium --

Lightest, Fluffiest Doughnuts

Ingredients

Directions

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Oxy-morons

THIS SHOULD PUT A LAUGH OR SMILE IN YOUR DAY

O x y m o r o n s

1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?

2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?

3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?

4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?

5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?

6. Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?

7. Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?

8. Why do "tug" boats push their barges?

9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?

10. Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?

11. Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?

12. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?

13. Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?

14. Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?

15. Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?

16. If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it?

17. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

18. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

19. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?

20. Why is bra singular and panties plural?

21. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?

22. Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?

23. How come abbreviated is such a long word?

24. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?

25. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

26. Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one?

27. Christmas - What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?

28. Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?

I dunno, why do we?

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God Saw you hungry & created
McDonalds, Wendy's, and Dairy Queen.

He saw you thirsty & created
Pepsi, Juice, Coffee and Water.

GOD saw you in the dark & created Light .

GOD saw you without a Good looking ,
adorable, FRIEND.........
So He created ME

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On July 20, 1969, as commander of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot (and body) on the moon.

His neighbours were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky.

As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky.
"Sex! You want sex? You'll get sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"

True story!

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Gma Storey's Daily Bulletin

Posted On 11/27/2010 04:20:07

REMINDERS FROM GOD:

Jeremiah 31:31-34
(31) "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judahâ€” (32) not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the LORD. (33) But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. (34) No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."

The ultimate fulfillment of this process will culminate when we are completely composed of spirit, and God's law will be our first nature, not just second nature. But, while we are in an embryonic stage, the process has already begun in us, incrementally, as God gradually displaces our carnality and sin, replacing it with His Holy Spirit, leading to righteous behavior and godliness. Actually, no human being is completely converted, but many people are in various stages of conversion.

Conversion, then, is a life-long process in which we move from a reactive approach to lawkeepingâ€”motivated by rewards and punishmentsâ€”to a proactive approachâ€”motivated by a deeply placed inner desire to yield and comply to the law's principles, knowing intrinsically from experience that they work for the good and harmony of all. (Proactive is a term author-speaker Steven Covey uses to distinguish internal motivation to do or accomplish something as opposed to external motivation.)

As the process of conversion begins, God must use carrots and sticks to keep us moving in the right direction. The blessings and curses of Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28 served as carrots and sticks to encourage righteous and godly behavior in our Israelite forebears. God uses carrots and sticks in the early part of our callingâ€”for instance, the carrot of the Place of Safety and the stick of the Tribulationâ€”and literally drives us into a frantic study of prophecy. Carrots and sticks have motivated our educational system in the forms of gold stars, grades, praise, trophies, extra homework, and detention.

Recently, Dr. Alfie Kohn, in his book, Punished By Rewards, questions the long-term effects of external motivators, such as grades, financial incentives, gold stars, or tokens, to sustain learning behavior. He supplies some surprising evidence that carrots and sticksâ€”reflecting the philosophy, "Do this and you'll get that"â€” actually become detrimental in the long run, diverting the focus away from the learning outcome onto the reward or punishment. Dr. Kohn, Dr. Jerome Bruner, and a host of other educators suggest that internal motivators, such as satisfying curiosity, imitating role models, and attaining competency, work better to motivate over the long term than do G.P.A.'s, scholarships and grants, and other external incentives.

To illustrate this, one of the supreme tragedies in the music world occurred when the government of Finland supplied composer Jean Sibelius a guaranteed pension and a large mansion in the woods near Jarvenpaa. After this huge reward, an external motivation, not one musical ideaâ€”not one note!â€”emanated from his pen. Likewise, our spiritual growth and maturity will become stunted if our motivation for righteous behavior is externally determined rather than internally determined.

To an individual truly endowed with God's Spirit, the laws cranked out yearly in Washington, DC, our state capitals, and our local city halls should strike us as juvenile and elementaryâ€”or as one minister would call itâ€”knee-pants stuff. Consider the carrots and sticks used by lawmakers to control litter: up to $1,000 fine for littering, or a sign reading, "This segment of highway adopted by Yourtown Jaycees."

These examples ignore the heart and core of the problem. Until the law gets from stone-tablet pages of the Scripture, or the statute books of a local, state, or federal assembly, into our hearts and mindsâ€”unless the motivation for doing what is right comes from the inside outâ€”we are no more converted than a donkey. On second thought, a donkey at least behaves as it is programmed to act.

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WORD FOR THE DAY:

misconstrue â€¢ miss-kun-STROO â€¢ verb :
to understand or explain wrongly : misinterpret

Example sentence:

According to the candidate, her comments about the city's schools were misconstrued by the media. "It's now been 10 years since humans deciphered the digital code that, in a very real sense, defines us as a species. It's hard to overestimate the significance of that achievement -- but easy to misconstrue what it means and where its true promise lies." --From an opinion piece by Dr. James P. Evans in Newsday , June 27, 2010 Did you know? In the 14th century, English speakers acquired the closely linked words "construe" and "construction."

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One day a blonde went to a sea food restaurant and saw the tank where they kept the lobsters.
She took pity on these creatures and hid them in her purse.
Later she went to the woods to set the poor animals free.

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TEXAS ROAD HOUSE SWEET YEAST ROLLS

3 tablespoons yeast
1/2 cup warm water
2 cups milk- scalded and cooled to lukewarm
3 tablespoons of melted butter - cooled
1/2 cup sugar
8 cups flour
2 whole eggs
2 tsp. salt

Soften yeast in warm water with a teaspoon of sugar. Add yeast, milk, sugar and enough flour to make a medium batter. Beat thoroughly. Let stand until light and foamy.
Add melted butter, eggs and salt. Beat well. Add enough flour to form soft dough. Sprinkle small amount of flour on counter and let dough rest.

Meanwhile, clean and dry bowl; grease clean surface of bowl. Knead dough until smooth and satiny. Put in greased bowl; turn over to grease top. Cover;
let rise in warm place until double in bulk. Punch down. Turn out on floured board. Divide into portions for shaping; let rest 10 minutes. Shape dough into desired forms. Place on greased baking sheets. Let rise until doubled. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10-15 minutes (until golden brown).
Baste immediately with butter. Yield: 5 to 6 dozen

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Golden Coral Crab Meat Salad

3 pounds imitation crab meat
1 cup chopped green onion
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1/2 cup ranch dressing
1/2 cup heavy mayonaise

Separate (by hand) the pieces of crab.
Put all ingredients together and mix well
If it sets over night in the refrigerator the ingredients will blend.

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Golden Corral Bread Pudding

Ingredients:

3 Cups French bread cubed and partially dried
1/2 Cup melted butter
2 Cups whole milk
2 eggs beaten
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 Cup brown sugar (dark)

Scald milk and butter together. Remove and set aside. Beat eggs, add
brown sugar and cinnamon. When milk is cool enough add egg mixture
making sure that the egg mixture does not curdle. Add bread cubes and
stir carefully, do not beat. Place in an 8"x11" well-oiled pan. Place
in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes, check with
toothpick. When done set aside.

White Sauce:

1 Cup whole milk
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 Cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon flour
dash of salt

Mix all ingredients together and bring to a boil for 3 - 4 minutes,
stirring constantly. Set aside for 5 minutes, pour about 1/2 mixture
on warm bread pudding and place the remainder of sauce in a serving
bowl for those who desire that little extra. Best served warm, but
great at room temperature.

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Scottish Beef and Potato Pie

Active Time: 40 Minutes
Total Time: 1 Hour 5 Minutes
Yield: Makes 6 servings

INGREDIENTS

For the Beef and Potatoes:
1 pound boiling potatoes
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 medium onion, chopped
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 pound ground beef sirloin or top round
1 cup beef broth
2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

For the Sauce:
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1 cup grated sharp white cheddar cheese ( about 4 ounces)
1 large egg yolk
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Pinch of grated nutmeg

DIRECTIONS

TO MAKE THE BEEF AND POTATOES:

Peel and slice the potatoes into a 3/8-inch-thick pieces. Put the slices into a pan with cold water to cover, add 1/2 teaspoon of the salt, bring the water to a boil, and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. Drain and set the potatoes aside. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
In a skillet over medium-high heat, heat the oil and sautÃ© the onion until lightly golden brown, about 10 to 12 minutes. Stir in the flour with a wooden spoon and cook for 1 minute. Add the ground beef and break it up with the spoon. SautÃ© the beef for 10 minutes, scraping the bottom of the skillet with the wooden spoon. When the flour and beef are brown, pour in the beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, the remaining salt, and the pepper. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, until thickened. Set aside while you make the sauce.

TO MAKE THE SAUCE:
Whisk the butter, flour, and milk together in a nonreactive saucepan. Heat to a boil, whisking constantly and vigorously, until the sauce is smooth and thickened. Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, whisking frequently. Remove the sauce from the heat, and whisk in a 2/3 cup of the cheese and the egg yolk. Season with the salt and nutmeg.

TO ASSEMBLE THE PIE:
Spread the meat mixture in to a 9-x-9-inch casserole, then cover the meat with the sauce. Top the sauce with the potatoes, overlapping the slices to make a scalloped pattern. Cover with the remaining cheese and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until lightly brown. (For an extra-brown top, run the pie under a hot broiler.) Let the pie set at room temperature for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

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CAJUN FLATBREAD

3/4 tsp. active dry yeast
1 c. warm water
2 1/2 c. unbleached flour
1/2 tsp. salt
Tub-style safflower butter
2 tsp. olive oil
Black pepper
White pepper
Cayenne pepper
Paprika

Dissolve yeast in the cup of warm water. In a bowl, combine flour and salt; add dissolved yeast. Knead by hand or by machine until smooth. Place dough in a bowl greased with safflower butter, turning once to coat top. Cover and let rise in a warm place 1 1/2 hours or until double in size.
Punch dough down. Put back in bowl and let rise again until double in size, about 1 hour. Punch down again. Roll dough to to 1/2-inch thickness. Transfer to nonstick pizza pan. Drizzle olive oil over pizza. Sprinkle lightly with seasonings (about 1/8 teaspoon of each). Spread oil and seasonings with hands to coat evenly.

Bake in a 400 degree oven for 20-25 minutes or until crust is cooked. (Bake on a pizza stone if available). Slice into wedges. Makes 14 slices.

SHORTCUT SUGGESTIONS: In place of homemade dough, use a heart-healthy, uncooked crust purchased from a local pizza parlor. Be sure it's made with olive oil or an unsaturated, nonhydrogenated oil such as safflower, soybean or corn oil. Do not use a crust made with hydrogenated shortening, lard, palm oil or coconut oil. Consider purchasing several crusts at one time to keep in the freezer.

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Here is a riddle for the true intellectual. Try to come up with the answer on your own.
The answer is at the bottom of the email for those who are unable to think this one through.

Here's the riddle:

At the exact same time, there are two 35-year-old men on opposite sides of the earth.
One is walking a tight rope between two skyscrapers at the 85th floor.
The other is getting oral sex from an 85-year-old toothless woman.
They are both thinking the exact same thing... What are they both thinking?

Don't look down!!!!!

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Fritz Kriesler and Rachmaninov had a recital in Carnegie Hall once.
In the middle of the music, Kriesler got lost and turned around to ask Rachmaninov, "Where are we?" Rachmaninov said, "Carnegie Hall, sir!"

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Elsie: "Mummy! if I wuz a fairy I'd change every-fing into cake, an' eat it all up."

Mother: "I'm afraid such a lot of cake would make you sick."

Elsie: "Oh! but I'd change myself into a Nelephant first."

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At the Boston Immigration Station one blank was recently filled out as follows:

Nameâ€”Abraham Cherkowsky.

Bornâ€”Yes.

Businessâ€”Rotten

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Why Dogs Turn Around Three Times Before Lying Down
By: Alex Lieber

According to American humorist Robert Benchley, a dog teaches a boy three things: fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

If you've ever wondered why dogs turn around several times before flopping down on the floor, the answer is simple genetics. They've been genetically programmed to trample their sleeping areas in the wild so that the grass is tamped down to make a comfortable resting place.

Although your dog have the finest dog bed money can buy, he still feels the urge to circle before lying down, even in the comfort of the modern home. It's nature at work. Nature is the reason dogs gobble their food. The most successful survivors were able to eat fast before other members of the pack could grab a share. Wild dog cousins didn't know when his next meal would come, so being the fastest gorger was a real advantage.

A fair question to ask is whether these innate traits will ever disappear? The answer is, only if we want them to. The natural evolution of dogs has been superseded by centuries of deliberate breeding. Dogs exhibiting strong retrieving instincts, high intelligence, and friendliness, for example, have been selectively bred with other dogs showing the same traits to create the retrievers of today. Likewise, undesirable traits can be bred out of dogs, if we so desire.

Because there's no reason to eliminate the habit of turning around three times before lying down, dogs will probably keep making sure their doggy beds are tamped down to their satisfaction, even though the practice is now unnecessary.

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Some years ago, Stan married an attractive woman, Aggie, half his age, in a small coastal Newfoundland community.

After several months, Aggie complained that she had never climaxed during sex and according to her Grandmother all Newfoundland women are entitled to a climax once in a while.

To resolve the problem, they went to see the Veterinarian since there was no trustworthy doctor anywhere in Burin.

The Vet didn't have a clue, but he did recall how, during the hot summer, his mother and father would fan a cow that was having difficulty breeding, with a big towel. This would cool her down and make her relax.

He told them to hire a strong, virile young man to wave a big towel over them while they were having sex. This, the Vet said, would cause the young wife to cool down, relax, then climax.

The couple hired a strong young man from St. Lawrence to wave that big towel over them as the Vet suggested.

After many efforts, Aggie still had not climaxed so they went back to the Vet. The Vet said for Aggie to change partners and let the young man have sex with her while Stan waved the big towel.

They tried it that night and Aggie went into wild, screaming, ear-splitting climaxes, one right after the other for about two and a half hours.

When it was over, Stan looked down at the exhausted young man and in a boasting voice said:

"And that, me son, is how ya waves a fockin' towel!"

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THE HEART ATTACK

A blonde gets home from work early & hears strange noises coming from the
bedroom.

She rushes upstairs only to find her husband naked lying on the bed, sweating
and panting.

'What's up?' she asks.

'I think I'm having a heart attack,' - cries the husband..

The blonde rushes downstairs to grab the phone, but just as she's dialling, her
four-year-old son comes up

And says, "Mommy Mommy Aunty Shirley is hiding in the wardrobe & she has no
clothes on"

The blonde slams the phone down and storms back upstairs into the bedroom right
past her husband..

Rips open the wardrobe door and sure enough, there is her sister, totally
naked and cowering on the floor.

'You rotten Bitch', she screams.

'My husband's having a heart attack, and you're running around naked playing
hide and seek with the kids!!'

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After joining the Navy, my husband underwent a physical. During the exam, it was discovered that, due to a bum shoulder, he couldn't fully extend his arms above his head. Perplexed, the doctor conferred with another physician. "Let him pass," said the second doctor. "I don't see any problems unless he has to surrender."

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Fable of the porcupine

It was the coldest winter ever. - Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together to keep warm. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions. After awhile, they decided to distance themselves one from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen. So they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. They learned to live with the little wounds caused by the close relationship with their companions in order to receive the heat that came from the others. This way they were able to survive.

Moral of the story: The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person's good qualities.

Another moral of the story is: Just learn to live with the Pricks in your life!

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Stress

A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience,
Raised a glass of water and asked;
'How heavy is this glass of water?'

Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.

The lecturer replied, 'The absolute weight doesn't matter.
It depends on how long you try to hold it.
If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem.
If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.
In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.'

He continued,
'And that's the way it is with stress management.
If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later,
As the burden becomes increasingly heavy,
We won't be able to carry on. '

'As with the glass of water,
You have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again.
When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.'
'So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you're carrying now,
Let them down for a moment if you can.'
So, my friend, Put down anything that may be a burden to you right now.
Don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.

Here are some great ways of dealing with the burdens of life:

* Accept that some days you're the pigeon,
And some days you're the statue.

* Always keep your words soft and sweet,
Just in case you have to eat them.

* Always wear stuff that will make you look good
If you die in the middle of it.

* Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be
"Recalled" by their maker.

* If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

* If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again,
It was probably worth it.

* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to be kind to others.

* Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time,
Because then you won't have a leg to stand on.

* Nobody cares if you can't dance well.
Just get up and dance.

* When everything's coming your way,
You're in the wrong lane.

* Birthdays are good for you.
The more you have, the longer you live.

* You may be only one person in the world,
But you may also be the world to one person.

* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

* We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp, some are pretty
and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different colors,
but they all have to live in the same box.

*A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery
............on a detour !

Have an awesome day and know that someone has thought about you today

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Las Vegas Churches

I TRULY DID NOT KNOW THIS!

Las Vegas churches accept gambling chips

THIS MAY COME AS A SURPRISE TO THOSE OF YOU NOT LIVING IN LAS VEGAS , BUT THERE ARE MORE CATHOLIC CHURCHES THAN CASINOS.

NOT SURPRISINGLY, SOME WORSHIPERS AT SUNDAY SERVICES WILL GIVE CASINO CHIPS RATHER THAN CASH WHEN THE BASKET IS PASSED.

SINCE THEY GET CHIPS FROM MANY DIFFERENT CASINOS, THE CHURCHES HAVE DEVISED A METHOD TO COLLECT THE OFFERINGS..

THE CHURCHES SEND ALL THEIR COLLECTED CHIPS TO A NEARBY FRANCISCAN MONASTERY FOR SORTING AND THEN THE CHIPS ARE TAKEN TO THE CASINOS OF ORIGIN AND CASHED IN.

THIS IS DONE BY THE CHIP MONKS.

YOU DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT COMING DID YOU?

GOTCHA!

Now it's your turn to tag someone else!

Have a great day!

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Gma Storey's Daily Bulletin

Posted On 11/24/2010 06:40:36

"Wonderful things are happening. Do not limit Me. The way will unfold."

Our Daily Devotional:

Got a Light?

John 1:9-12: NIV: The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
We who are called born again, are the bearers of the true light; and we are, as John, the ones who bear witness of that light. We are His very own?bought with a price. Such as we are now His, the evidence of His light should be visible within our faces, our actions, and our lifestyles. But the light of Christ in us sometimes seems a dimly lit flicker. His Light "shines in the darkness." Does our light shine in the darkness? "The world did not recognize him." Does the world recognize us? Are we characterized as any lost person in this world, or is there a difference that sets us apart as children of the true Light? It is uncomfortable to be light in darkness, but our comfort is not what is important. It is uncomfortable for us to be light when it keeps us from being accepted by others, but which is more important?to be accepted, or to see others accept Jesus because of His Light in us?

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
- John 10:16

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Vocabulary Word for the Day:

precentorprih-SEN-ter

DEFINITION
noun

: a leader of the singing of a choir or congregation
EXAMPLESHe was deeply devoted to our congregation, and served as precentor at the church for the last 20 years of his life.

"Congregations were led in song by a precentor, who would choose a tune to fit a psalm, then sing each phrase for the congregation to repeat after him." -- From Barrymore Laurence Scherer's 2007 book A History of American Classical Music

DID YOU KNOW?

The history of "precentor" leads to the Latin verb "praecinere," meaning "to lead in singing," which was formed by adding the "prae-" prefix to the verb "canere" ("to sing"). "Canere" is also an ancestor of the English word "chant," as well as the source of the Latin noun "cantor," which was also borrowed into English and is used both as a synonym of "precentor" and for an individual in a synagogue who sings or chants the liturgical music and leads the congregation in prayer.

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CONFUCIOUS QUOTE: I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.
- Charles Baudelaire

We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.
- Tom Stoppard

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

SUCCESS TIP # 898 "Life is like a combination lock; your job
is to find the right numbers, in the right order so you can have anything you want."

THINGS TO PONDER: What would a chair look like if your knees bent the other way?

You might be a REDNECK if...
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How to Make Pumpkin Pie from FRESH PUMPKIN

There is nothing like a homemade pumpkin pie to share with

family and friends. Learning the proper steps on how to make

pumpkin pie from scratch is well worth the effort, for no

shortcut method can match the flavor and texture of

homemade pumpkin pie.

Described below are the necessary steps for making a

traditional pumpkin pie from scratch using homemade pumpkin

puree (rather than using canned pumpkin puree or a pumpkin

pie mix). The homemade puree can be used for preparing

most any pumpkin dessert recipe, as well as in pumpkin cakes,

pumpkin bars, and pumpkin bread recipes calling for fresh or

canned pumpkin puree is an ingredient.

Selecting the Pumpkin
When selecting a pumpkin for making a homemade pumpkin

pie, be sure to choose a small pumpkin that is a variety

specifically grown for eating, such as sugar, cheese, or milk

pumpkins. They may also be called pie pumpkins and generally

weigh from 2 to 4 pounds. Do not select the Jack-O-Lantern

variety, which is not as sweet and has flesh that is tough and

stringy. Select one that has good orange coloring and is heavy

for its size. It should be firm, free of blemishes and have its

stem intact. Pie pumpkins will yield approximately 1 cup of

puree per pound of pumpkin.

Once the pumpkin has been purchased, it can be stored in a

cool, dry area for approximately a month. Do not store in

temperatures below 50Â°F. Do not refrigerate fresh pumpkins

or wrap in plastic.

Pumpkin Preparation
Wash the exterior of the pumpkin with cool water to remove

any dirt and debris from the outer surface.

Remove the stem from the pumpkin and cut the pumpkin in

half lengthwise.

Scrape out the seeds and stringy fibers from the center of

the pumpkin using a metal spoon. Discard the stringy fibers

and if preferred, the seeds can be saved to make roasted

pumpkin seeds.

Leave the pumpkin in halves or cut into quarters if desired.

Preparing Homemade Pumpkin Puree

Preheat the oven to 350Â°F.

Coat the cut surface of the pumpkin halves with vegetable oil.

Place pumpkin halves cut side done in a roasting pan. Add 1

cup of water to the pan.

Place the pumpkin in the preheated oven and bake for 60 to

90 minutes.

The pumpkin should be baked until the flesh is very tender.

Poke with a fork to check for doneness.

Note: The pumpkin halves can also be cooked in the

microwave. Place the halves in a microwave-safe dish, add 1

cup of water and cover. To fit properly in the microwave-

safe dish, the halves may have to be cut into smaller pieces.

Place in the microwave oven and cook on high for 15 minutes.

Test for doneness by poking with a fork. If not completely

tender, return to the microwave and continue to cook for 5

minute intervals, checking tenderness after each interval.
When the pumpkin has cooked to proper tenderness, remove

from the oven and place on a cutting board or cooling rack.

Allow to cool until it can be handled comfortably.

Scrape the flesh out of the pumpkin halves and discard the

skins. Place pumpkin flesh in a large bowl.

Mash the pumpkin by hand using a potato masher. Mash until

all the pumpkin is a smooth consistency.

Another method that can be used to puree the pumpkin is to

mix it with a hand mixer. A blender or food processor can

also be used.

Drain moisture from the puree by placing it in a sieve lined

with paper towels or a double layer of coffee filters. Be sure

the sieve is placed in a bowl to catch the liquid as it drains

from the pureed pumpkin.

Cover the puree with plastic wrap. Place in the refrigerator

and allow puree to drain for at least 2 hours. Drain overnight

if possible.

After draining, the puree should be about the same

consistency as commercially canned pumpkin and can be used

in any pumpkin recipe calling for canned pumpkin.

If the puree will not be used immediately, place it in an

airtight container and store in the refrigerator for 24 hours.

For longer storage, freeze the puree in measured quantities.

Mark the container with the date, contents and quantity.

Freeze up to 3 months.

Making Homemade Pumpkin Pie

The recipe below is for a traditional pumpkin pie. The pumpkin

puree can also be used in any pumpkin recipe calling for

commercially canned pumpkin. A 15 oz. can of pumpkin is

equal to 1 3/4 cups of pumpkin puree.

Traditional Homemade Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients:

1 single pie crust, 9 inch
1 1/2 c. pumpkin puree
1 1/2 c. heavy cream
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 c. light corn syrup
3 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
whipped cream for serving

Have the single 9-inch pie crust prepared and chilled. Preheat

oven to 350Â°F.

Combine flour in with the brown sugar and stir until they are

evenly distributed.

Add the brown sugar and flour mixture to the pumpkin puree

and heavy cream. Beat until well blended.

Add the salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Stir into pumpkin

mixture.

Add corn syrup and beat until well blended.

    Add the beaten eggs and vanilla to the mixture.

    Beat the eggs and vanilla into the mixture until thoroughly

mixed.

Pour pumpkin filling into the unbaked pie shell.

Place the pie in the preheated oven and bake for 50 to 60

minutes.

Check after 30 minutes to see if it looks like the crust is

going to brown too much. If so, place a piece of foil over the

pie. Remove the foil for the last 10 minutes of baking time so

crust will finish browning.

To check for doneness, insert the tip of a table knife in

about 1 inch from the center of the pie. The knife will come

out clean if the pie is done.

Or, gently shake the pie and if about an inch of the center

jiggles a little, the pie is done. The center will set from the

heat of the pie after it is removed from the oven. If more

than just the center jiggles, continue to cook and check for

doneness at 5 minute intervals.

When the homemade pumpkin pie is done, remove it from the

oven and allow it to cool completely before serving. Serve

with a spoonful of whipped cream on each slice.

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Storing Pumpkin Pie

Refrigerate:
Whole and leftover homemade pumpkin pie should be stored

in the refrigerator. Allow the pie to cool completely

(approximately 2 hours) and then cover with plastic or place

in an airtight container. The pie can be stored in the

refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Freezing:
It is not recommended to freeze baked pumpkin pies.

Freezing can affect the quality of the pie, causing it to

become watery when thawed. The filling can become heavy

and no longer have a custard-like texture. It would be better

to freeze the pie crust and the homemade pumpkin puree

separately and then preparing the pie just before it is

needed. Thaw pie crust and puree in the refrigerator.

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Honey Baked Ham with Cloves

Ingredients

-   1 cup honey
-   1/3 cup butter
-   3 tablespoons dark corn syrup
-   3/4 teaspoon dry mustard (high quality)
-   2 tablespoons orange juice
-   1/4 cup whole cloves
-   1 ham of choice

DIRECTIONS

Score ham with a sharp knife in a diagonal pattern. Repeat scoring, diagonally, in the opposite direction to create a crossing pattern. Insert whole cloves at the crossings.
Preheat oven to 325Â° F.
Place ham in roasting pan fat side up; the melting fat will baste your ham. Turn ham over half way through baking to avoid uneven salting from the brine in the meat. If roasting a ham that is not precooked, bake for approximately 20-30 minutes per pound. If the ham is precooked, follow the label directions for cooking times.
While ham is roasting, combine all ingredients in a small sauce pan. Cook over medium heat and bring to a full boil, stirring frequently. Reduce heat and cook one minute.
Remove ham from oven prior to the last 30 minutes of baking. Cover ham with glaze. Glaze ham every 10 minutes during last 30 minutes of baking.
Serve remaining glaze with ham.

Tip: Baste ham with pan drippings while glazing.

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HOW TO COOK A TURKEY

Deciding how to cook a turkey can be difficult, especially with all the options that are available. Here you will find a listing of different ways to enjoy cooking a turkey.

Deep Frying Turkey

The optimum cooking temperature for deep-frying the turkey is 350ÂºF. When the turkey is placed into the hot oil, the temperature will drop rapidly; therefore, it is important to preheat the oil to 375Â°F so that less time is required to restore the oil to the proper cooking temperature.
When the temperature of the oil has returned to a range of 325Â° to 350Â°F, the cooking process should be timed. The cooking time is figured as 3 minutes per pound plus 5 minutes. Be sure to monitor the temperature of the oil throughout the cooking process, increasing or decreasing the heat when necessary.
It is important that the temperature of the oil remains near 350ÂºF for proper cooking. Do not allow the temperature to drop below 325ÂºF because if the oil is cooler than this, the turkey will not cook properly and it may soak up too much oil. If the temperature of the oil is excessively high, the exterior of the turkey will burn before the interior is cooked thoroughly. Keep in mind that many oils have a flash point of 425Â°F, which if reached, increases the risk of fire.
When the turkey is fully cooked, it will float and the exterior will be nicely browned.
While wearing long oven mitts, attach the lifting hook to the basket handle or the loop on the turkey stand, and slowly lift the turkey from the hot oil. Allow the basket to hover over the top of the cooker so that some of the oil will drain from the turkey into the pot. It may be necessary for two people to lift the turkey and hold it over the top of the cooker while the oil drains from the turkey. Some turkey deep-fryer models include a clip attachment on the rim of the pot that allows the basket to be attached to the rim, eliminating the need for the basket to be manually held over the surface of the cooker for drainage. When using a propane gas cooker, the burner must be switched off before removing the turkey.
The turkey must be checked for proper doneness using a meat thermometer. The breast should reach 170Â°F and the thigh should reach 180Â°F. If the turkey is not done, return it to the hot oil and cook it for an additional 5 minutes.
After the turkey is removed from the cooker and the oil has been drained from the bird, place the basket or turkey stand on the baking sheet or pan that was previously lined with newspaper or paper towels so that additional oil may be drained.
Leave the turkey in the basket and wrap it loosely with foil. Allow it to rest for at least 15 minutes before carving. The resting period allows the juices to be reabsorbed back into the meat.
After the resting period, remove the turkey from the basket or turkey stand, then carve it and serve.

Roasting a Turkey Roast the turkey uncovered at a temperature ranging from 325Â°F to 350Â°F. Higher temperatures may cause the meat to dry out, but this is preferable to temperatures that are too low which may not allow the interior of the turkey to cook to a safe temperature. Some cooks prefer to roast the turkey at temperatures as high as 450Â°F to 500Â°F for the first 30 minutes in order to brown the surface. The heat is then reduce to 325Â°F for the remainder of the cooking time. It is important to keep the oven door closed as much as possible while the turkey is roasting to maintain a constant temperature within the oven.
Basting a turkey provides a crispy, golden skin, but it does not add moisture or flavor to the interior of the turkey. Basting should be kept to a minimum so that the oven door is not opened too often. The more times the oven door is opened, the longer the cooking time will be because of heat loss within the oven.
Aluminum foil can be tented over the turkey near the end of the cooking time to keep the skin from becoming too brown.
Use a meat thermometer to determine the proper doneness, which is at least 170Â°F for the breast and 180Â°F for the thigh. After removing the turkey from the oven, the temperature of the meat will increase by about 5Â° as the turkey rests. It is important that the turkey is not overcooked, because the breast meat may dry out quickly.
After the turkey is removed from the oven and before the turkey is carved, allow it to rest at least 20 minutes so that the juices settle within the meat, which provides the meat with more flavor and tenderness and will also make carving much easier. More or less time may be allotted depending on the size of the turkey. Large lifting forks, such as those shown in the picture at the right, should be used to remove the turkey from the roasting pan.
After the turkey is placed on a large, clean cutting board, it should be tented with aluminum foil to retain heat while it is resting. Click here for complete instructions on How to Roast a Turkey.

Grilling Turkey The purpose of indirect heat cooking on a grill is to allow whole turkeys or thick pieces of turkey to cook thoroughly while preventing the surface of the meat from burning. Indirect heat cooking is often done in conjunction with direct heat cooking. Large turkey pieces can be seared over direct heat and then the cooking process is finished using indirect heat to slowly cook the meat to the correct doneness.

Removing the skin from the whole turkey or individual pieces before grilling increases the risk of the meat becoming too dry. The skin provides protection against excess moisture loss so it is best to leave the skin on during grilling and it can then be removed before serving. If the skin must be removed before grilling, the surface of the meat can be brushed with some olive oil to help keep it moist.

When selecting a whole turkey for indirect grilling, it is best to choose one that is not too large. A 16-pound turkey is the largest size that is safe to grill. The grilling process does not raise the internal temperature of larger turkeys quickly enough to destroy harmful bacteria within a safe time period. A smaller turkey is also easier to handle when moving and turning it on the grilling surface. Allow 15 to 20 minutes cooking time per pound when using a covered grill. A meat thermometer should be used to make sure the internal temperature of the turkey reaches the proper degree of doneness.

Indirect Heat Grilling on Charcoal Grills

When grilling with indirect heat on a charcoal grill, the coals can be pushed to one side of the grill and a pan is placed on the opposite side. The pan is used to catch fat as it melts and drips from the meat as it cooks, reducing flare-ups. Turkey meat (pieces or whole) is placed on the section of the grill that is above the drip pan and away from the coals.
Alternate methods for arranging the coals include pushing half the coals to one side of the grill and the other half to the opposite side with the drip pan placed in between or the coals can be placed in a ring, surrounding the drip pan. The grill is covered and the turkey is cooked to the appropriate doneness

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Grandma Curtis's Holiday Salad

1 16 oz sm curd cottage cheese
1 16 oz cool whip
1 sm pk french vanilla instant pudding
1 14 oz can of pineapple tidbits
1 10 oz can of mandarian oranges

mix coolwhip, pudding thoroughly, add the cottage cheese,
drain juices off of the pineapple and oranges and add the fruit.
mix gently til completly mixed. Chill in covered container overnight for better flavors.

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Lemon-Garlic Shrimp & Vegetables

4 servings
Active Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients
4 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
2 large red bell peppers, diced
2 pounds asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1-inch lengths
2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 pound raw shrimp, (26-30 per pound), peeled and deveined
1 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
1 teaspoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Preparation
Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add bell peppers, asparagus, lemon zest and 1/4 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until just beginning to soften, about 6 minutes. Transfer the vegetables to a bowl; cover to keep warm.
Add the remaining 2 teaspoons oil and garlic to the pan and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add shrimp and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Whisk broth and cornstarch in a small bowl until smooth and add to the pan along with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring, until the sauce has thickened slightly and the shrimp are pink and just cooked through, about 2 minutes more. Remove from the heat. Stir in lemon juice and parsley. Serve the shrimp and sauce over the vegetables.
Nutrition
Per serving: 227 calories; 7 g fat (1 g sat, 4 g mono); 174 mg cholesterol; 14 g carbohydrates; 0 g added sugars; 28 g protein; 4 g fiber; 514 mg sodium; 670 mg potassium.

Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin C (210% daily value), Vitamin A (80% dv), Folate (53% dv), Iron (25% dv).

1 Carbohydrate Serving

Exchanges: 2 vegetable, 3 lean meat, 1 fat

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PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE WITH WALNUT & OATS CRUST

2 hrs
10 servings

INGREDIENTS:

Crisco Original No-Stick Cooking Spray

CRUST
1/2 cup Crisco Butter Shortening
OR 1/2 stick Crisco Butter Shortening Sticks
3 teaspoons water
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup Pillsbury BEST All Purpose Flour
1/4 cup quick oats
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts

FILLING
4 (8 oz.) packages (2 lbs.) cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons Pillsbury BEST All Purpose Flour
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
5 large eggs, at room temperature
8 ounces pumpkin pie filling

DIRECTIONS:

CRUST

1.HEAT oven to 325ÂºF. Lightly spray 9-inch springform pan with no-stick cooking spray.

2.CREAM together shortening, water, cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar. Slowly add flour, oats, and walnuts. Mix well.

3.PRESS mixture into the bottom and one inch up the sides of pan. Bake 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

FILLING

1.HEAT oven to 450ÂºF.

2.BEAT together cream cheese and sugar until fully combined. Add flour, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Mix. Add eggs one at a time, mixing just enough to incorporate each egg. Do not over mix.

3.FOLD in pumpkin pie filling. Pour mixture into prepared crust. Bake 10 minutes. Lower temperature to 225Â°F and bake an additional 1 hour and 40 minutes.

4.TURN oven off, slightly opening oven door to allow cheesecake to cool to room temperature. Refrigerate cheesecake overnight (or at least 4 hours).