BritAnnia
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Honey flavoured candy?
Book about bees or recent decline of?
Fruits from trees pollenated by bees?
Books of homeopathic honey cures?
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When my lot were young I bought art smocks that were based on the backward shirt idea but a plasticky material with knitted cuffs and collar. Paint bled through ordinary shirt fabric when my kids used them. I bought the plastic ones in the UK years ago but I've seen similar things here over the years in school supply stores, online stores and even places like walmart and toysrus from time to time.
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Jean, I felt the same way. The book had been sitting on my shelf for years but I avoided it thinking it would be a slog to read. Now I've finished reading I am munching some popcorn and waiting for the show(discussion) to begin.
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krazzymommy...
I am a member on shelfari but haven't ever added my library. (I use librarything). I'm going to try importing my library, then I'll see if I can work out how to find you.
Frontier Mom & lionfamily... we are reading the same book but we've not started the discussion yet so some of us are also commenting on what else we're reading lately. There's still time for you to read The Woman in White before discussion starts in January :)
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I read A Confederacy of Dunces earlier this year. If it's chosen as a group read here I'll just refresh-read if necessary as the discussion moves along.
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How about some adding some curry powder and throwing in some cooked veggies and/or meat. Serve over rice. yum!
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One of my favourite reads this year was I Am The Messenger - Markus Zusak. I really enjoy Zusak's work.
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I highly recommend Libera they are an English boys choir from London.
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Glad that part worked, hope the laptop's okay. You can blame it on me if you need to "But Brit said to..." :D
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Try holding down the power button for 5 or more seconds, that might shut it down.
I'm NOT knowledgeable about pc's at all, I don't know if this will damage anything... I only know it's how mine shuts down using the power button.
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It's mashed potato mixed with cooked cabbage, salt and pepper. You can also add other meat or veggie leftovers if you like. Throw it all into a hot frying pan and brown it up a bit. Not much different to a potato pancake really.
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Potato bread, cottage pie, shepherds pie, bubble & squeak, potato pancakes. We rarely have mashed potatoes leftover.
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Well we *were* gonna have a family gift of a wii system but due to obsessive video game behaviour of a certain few who shall not be named ;) Dh returned the wii a few days ago. We had to laugh at the reaction of the lady at the customer service desk. She just could not fathom someone returning a wii. :blink:
Now I've gotta start shopping at a time I thought I was done.
dd(18) Bomber/Puffer jacket
ds(16) Unsure... probably a new cellphone. He accidently melted his by setting it down on a radiator at a friends home. Oops!
ds(13) New bike. His bike was stolen a few months ago after he left it out at the front of the house overnight.
They also each get some sweet treats in their stocking and a book I have chosen for them.
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Dell.. because dd's boyfriend works there :D
Of course we don't actually own a Dell. My dd's laptop is very cheap Acer, mine is an even cheaper Compaq, both were purchased pre-boyfriend. :lol:
Seriously... we're both happy with our laptops but they're each only a few months old. Is there any other deciding factor, such as software included or where you'll purchase the laptop? (Some offer their own warranty over and above the manufacturer warranty.)
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As my dh reminds me each October and Christmas time, I am boring with my wants. They're most often books, sometimes movies, rarely anything else. :D
Specifically my list this year includes:
Harpers Magazine either a single issue so I can check it out, or a subscription.
1001 Books to read... book (on sale at Amazon, good time to buy!)
HG Wells book (any of the titles I don't already own)
North & South DVD
3rd season Hamish Macbeth DVD set
Foyles War DVD's
Journey CD
I would be happy with any one of these items.
I've even suggested Dh bravely choose me a book/movie/cd he *thinks* I'll enjoy based on things he already knows I like. He almost hyperventilated at that. :lol:
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I'm done. Yay! Anyone else have the contemporary comments in the back? Interesting to read the reviews of a select few from the 1860's.
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That's my concern too, that I'll lose comprehension of what I'm trying to read if I speed up. I just wish I could read faster so I can read more More MORE! :blink:
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I counted the words on a page of the book I mentioned in my original post, it's just over 400 words. That took me right about one and a half minutes... so there's clearly room for improvement. I think I'd like to get to at least 400 words a minute, average book I can then presume 1 page = 1 minute.
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I had no idea until I saw this post. I quickly switched the evening news on but it's all the same old talk about Christmas shopping *sigh*
I'm checking newsites online now, it looks horrendous :(
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No joke around here! I buy a few large turkey's this time of year to use through out the coming months. They're cheaper than chicken. ;)
Roast, eat some, freeze the rest in meal size portions for use in pies, soups, enchilada's... whatever. Make stock from the carcass. It's good stuff.
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WOW! *thunk* that's the sound of my brain clunking to a complete halt ;)
I read a lot but I don't think my speed has improved since my teens. Any tips?
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Did you time yourself? I know what you mean about having a stack of books to be read. I'm the same with too many books not enough time and my dh asked me last night if I'd considered learning speed reading.
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I wouldn't. My dd has one with similar material combo and I sponge clean it then fluff in the dryer on cool or air.
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How fun is that, she's really absorbing what she reads.
I don't know that I do that with books but when I was about 14 I spent a week in Yorkshire with my Grandmother and her extended family. By the end of the visit I was throwing a lot of Aye's and lass's into my speech. *UGH* I just cringe about it now thinking how riduculous I sounded! :blush:
If you give Christmas goodies to friends...
in General Education Discussion Board
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One year my children made snowman cookies from store-bought white covered oreos.
All you need is a really small amount of melted chocolate and orange coloured white chocolate for decorating. Or you can also use icing instead, something that sets hard such as royal icing.
Dab a dot for each eye and multiple dots in a curve for the mouth, in the middle put a carrot shape (just a dot that's pulled sideways to a point) for the nose. They were so easy to make and looked great.