{funny friday}

Some Psychology

A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need.
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

halloween {party} food ideas

Campfire Cooked Apples 

Description: A delicious and simple campfire treat.

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Ingredients:

One Apple per person

Light Brown Sugar

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Preparation Directions:

1. Cut the core out of the apples.
2. Place an apple on a piece of aluminum foil.
3. Fill the empty core cavity with brown sugar.
4. Wrap apple in aluminum foil.
5. Repeat steps #2 - #4 for each apple.
6. Place apples in campfire and cook for about 15 to 20 minutes until tender.
7. For cooking at home, pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 15 to 20 minutes until tender.

 

Monster Toes

Description: All too many Halloween party treats are high sugar foods, that will have you scraping the kids off of the ceiling. Monster toes are not sugary. The kids will love to munch on a few tasty toes. 

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Ingredients:

Ingredients:

1 package cocktail wieners

1 package 6-inch tortillas

ketchup and mustard

toothpicks

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Preparation Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cut a toenail shaped wedge into the end of each cocktail wiener.
3. Cut tortillas into strips, about 4 inches long and 3/4 inches wide.
4. Soften the strips in the microwave between a damp paper towel for 15 to 30 seconds.
5. Roll each wiener in a tortilla strip, keeping the side with the "toenail" exposed.
6. Place on a baking sheet, with "toenail" up.
7. Secure the the tortilla strip with a toothpick.
8. Bake for 7 to 8 minutes.
9. Remove from oven and allow to cool a little.
10. Remove toothpicks.
11. Fill the toenails with ketchup or mustard.
12. Serve while still warm. 

Boogers on a Stick

Description: As Halloween party treats go, Boogers on a Stick is real snotty. And, these little boogers taste good. They will go fast.

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Ingredients:

Pretzel sticks

Cheese Whiz (or Velveeta)

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Preparation Directions:

1. Melt the Cheese Whiz in the microwave, according to the directions on the jar. Allow it to cool slightly.
2. Add green food coloring to the Cheese Whiz until it is a "booger-green" color.
3. Dip an end of a pretzel stick into the Cheese Whiz.
4. Pull it out and allow to cool for a few seconds.
5. Continue to dip it until it is a lumpy, booger size.
6. Place it on a plate and allow to cool.
7. Repeat this step for as many as you want to make.  

Tip:  Have a couple friends help you to make them. But, don't eat them all.! You need to save some for the Halloween party.

You can use Velveeta instead of Cheese Whiz, if you prefer. 

Worms in Mud

Description: This is so quick and easy, you'll wonder why you didn't think of it or make it before. It will be a big hit at your Kid's Halloween Party.

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Ingredients:

• Chocolate Pudding Mix (Regular or Instant)
• Gummy Worms

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Worms in Mud Recipe:

• Make the Chocolate pudding by following the directions on the box.
• Add in Gummy Worms and stir.
• Immediately pour into individual serving cups.
• Chill as directed on the pudding box instructions.

 

Peanut Butter Ghosts

Description: Here is a Halloween party treat that is as much fun to make, as it is to eat.

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup of peanut butter
• 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
• 3 tablespoons margarine, soft
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 16-ounce can vanilla frosting
• mini chocolate chips, 2 per ghost

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Preparation Directions:

1. Mix together peanut butter, sugar, margarine, and vanilla.
2. Take a ball of dough and shape into a ghost shape that is about two inches high.
3. Place the ghost, standing up, on a cookie sheet.
4. Continue to make ghosts with the dough.
5. Put frosting into a micro-wavable bowl. Microwave frosting 10-15 seconds until warm and runny.
6. Remove frosting from microwave and stir.
7. Use a toothpick or a fork, and pick up a ghost by stabbing into the top of it.
8. Dip the ghost into the warm frosting. Place frosted ghost back onto the cookie sheet.
9. Press two chocolate mini chips into the ghost for the eyes.
10. Put the Ghosts into the refrigerator to harden.

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{head ornaments}

I made her the hairbow for halloween and just so happens she wears it the same day she's supposed to dress like an Indian for drug free week at school....so she has two ornaments on her head! The hair bow was super easy I just used a lighter to seal the ends of ribbons, used a needle and went through center of ribbon (some I folded over to make it {fluffier}), and after tying a knot keeping the ribbons together..just sew to a pony tail holder or metal clip.. I've come the conclusion the thick pony tail holders stay in better than metal or alligator clips. 

{pumpkin} carving tips

http://wls.wwco.com/garden/pumpkin.html

http://homecooking.about.com/od/howtocookvegetables/a/pumpkincarving.htm

http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/perfect-pumpkins-710086/

http://www.getcarvingquicker.com/CarvingTips.htm

http://www.delish.com/entertaining-ideas/holidays/halloween/pumpkin-carving

http://www.doityourself.com/stry/pumpcarvingtips

http://crafts.kaboose.com/pumpkin-carving-tips.html

{trivia tuesday}

1. The average American dog will cost its owner $14,600 in its lifetime.
2. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball
3. If Bill Gates was a country, he would be the 37th richest country on earth
4.  The first toilet ever seen on television was on “Leave It To Beaver.”
5. 2 out of 3 adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.
6. Clinophobia is the fear of beds!
7. A toothbrush within 6 feet of a toilet can get airborne bacteria from flushing.
8. McDonald's is the world's largest distributor of toys!
9.  Rubberbands last longer when refrigerated.
10.  Whispering is more wearing on your voice than a normal speaking tone

{decorate} a pumpkin

Need and alternative to pumpkin carving? here's a perfect idea. I think we may be doing this in addition to carving..since we are not doing what most other people are doing for Halloween...{maybe} we'll just stay home decorating pumpkins!

Supplies:

• Pumpkin
• Assortment of HERSHEY'S Candies (HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates, REESE'S Peanut Butter Cup Miniatures, YORK Peppermint Patties, TWIZZLERS PULL-N-PEEL Candy, etc.)
  
• Confectioners' glue:
• 4 teaspoons all-natural egg whites (meringue powder, such as Just Whites-TM dried egg product)
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 3 cups powdered sugar, sifted

Instructions:

1. Create faces or patterns by gluing HERSHEY'S Candies onto your pumpkin. It's easy, clean and safe!
2. To make Confectioners' glue:
3. Gently stir together egg white powder and water according to directions on the egg white powder package or until completely dissolved. Beat in powdered sugar until thick and smooth. Use immediately!
4. Completed craft is for decorative purposes only and candy should not be eaten!

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{meaning}of Halloween

Halloween (or Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday observed on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holiday All Saints' Day, but is today largely a secular celebration.

History

Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes that while "some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia, it is more typically linked to the Celtic festival of Samhain, whose original spelling was Samuin (pronounced sow-an or sow-in)".The name is derived from Old Irish and means roughly "summer's end".A similar festival was held by the ancient Britons and is known as Calan Gaeaf (pronounced Kálan Gái av).

Snap-Apple Night by Daniel Maclise showing a Halloween party in Blarney, Ireland, in 1832. The young children on the right bob for apples. A couple in the center play a variant, which involves retrieving an apple hanging from a string. The couples at left play divination games.

The festival of Samhain celebrates the end of the "lighter half" of the year and beginning of the "darker half", and is sometimes regarded as the "Celtic New Year".
The ancient Celts believed that the border between this world and the Otherworld became thin on Samhain, allowing spirits (both harmless and harmful) to pass through. The family's ancestors were honored and invited home while harmful spirits were warded off. It is believed that the need to ward off harmful spirits led to the wearing of costumes and masks. Their purpose was to disguise oneself as a harmful spirit and thus avoid harm. In Scotland the spirits were impersonated by young men dressed in white with masked, veiled or blackened faces. Samhain was also a time to take stock of food supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. Bonfires played a large part in the festivities. All other fires were doused and each home lit their hearth from the bonfire. The bones of slaughtered livestock were cast into its flames. Sometimes two bonfires would be built side-by-side, and people and their livestock would walk between them as a cleansing ritual.
Another common practice was divination, which often involved the use of food and drink.
The name 'Halloween' and many of its present-day traditions derive from the Old English era
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