There's just a couple of days left in the Vision Forum New Year's Clearance Sale, and everything in the store is still 25-50% off.
But the deal just got BETTER because between now and January 31, every order of $100 or more will include a free copy of the hit movie, Fireproof!
Place fruit, pineapple, cherries, grapes, strawberries, edible flowers, mint leaves, etc... to fill about a third of the pan. Pour just enough punch or water to cover the fruit. Don't fill past the fruit, it will cause the fruit to float; you want it all to be settled in the bottom.
With this ring after the fruit and first layer were frozen in, I added a bunch of ice cubes and filled the rest with water.
Let the ring sit at room temperature for 20 minutes and it should slide right into the punch bowl. You can also set it in water for a few minutes.
1 bottle ketchup
1 cup brown sugar
1 can chunk pineapples
3-4 T Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 cup vinegar
In a sauce pan, on medium heat, add all ingredients. You can adjust to your taste by adding more sugar or vinegar.
Once it is hot, add:
1-2 T Corn Starch, this will thicken the sauce a little.
Let simmer for 10 minutes.
Add a bag of cooked meat balls. Let simmer for at least 30 minutes to allow flavor to penetrate the meatballs.
1 c. sugarHere are a few pictures from the wedding reception we catered this weekend for 150 people. The reception was held in the beautiful home of the Groom's parents.
Punch
Pineapple-Almond Punch
Children's Table- Goldfish crackers, Gummy Bears, Chocolate Dipped Pretzels, Orange Slices, PB&J Sandwiches.
Shrimp
Chicken Salad Croissant
Goat Cheese with Fruit/Nuts
Marinated and Un-marinate Cheese, Crackers
Vegetable Display
Fruit Display
Sweet and Sour Meatballs
Pigs in a Blanket
Mints, Roses and Leaves
Room with the Groom's Cakes.
Groom's Cakes, Strawberry, Chocolate and New York Cheese Cake.
Fruit and Vegetable Displays
Food Table
Sheet cake with the family initial on it for extra servings.
Dining Room with Wedding Cake
Wedding Cake, serves 125
One of my wonderful 'Servers'...Emma :o)
How to make decorations from Royal Icing.
Here is a very interesting article.
Oh the mess of things we make when we reject God's plan.
Pill inventor slams ... pill
He described families who had decided against reproduction as "wanting
to enjoy their schnitzels while leaving the rest of the world to get
on with it."
The fall in the birth rate, he said, was an "epidemic" far worse, but
given less attention, than obesity. Young Austrians, he said, were
committing national suicide if they failed to procreate. And if it
were not possible to reverse the population decline they would have to
understand the necessity of an "intelligent immigration policy.
"Somebody above suspicion like Carl Djerassi ... is saying that each
family has to produce three children to maintain population levels,
but we're far away from that," he said.
Over on our Teaching Good Things site we have begun a series on teaching responsibility. This is a month long series, don't miss it!
We are also doing a give away! Hop on over there an get entered, even if it is not something you'd like you could give it as a gift!
This month I will be giving away a custom made crocheted name. You can choose from block or script letters, and the colors beige or white.
Because this is custom made it will not be shipped until the end of February.
Giveaway ends January 31 at midnight.
He (God) has done such great things for us, and he has shown so much good will towards
us, that to pay him reverence seems not so much the call of duty as the natural
impulse of love.
~Spurgeon
This is some wise advice from a friend of ours who deals with this stuff every day.
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With the 2008 coming to a end and the new year upon us, some might think
that cyber attacks where a thing of the past... which I wish was true
but is not..
I would like to point out a couple of "tech tips" concerning cyber
attacks which are on the raise.
At work I'm seeing more spam/junk email, viruses and other cyber attacks
than in previous years. (one of my geek things I have to do is review
daily reports so that is how I keep in touch with the cyber attack
levels) Just within the past 2 months, I have seen more viruses infect
computers at the bank then I have in 8 years combined.....
The following tech tips are good reminders for your home computer use.
...Tech tips....
..Email..
..Internet..
- Pop ups... be very very careful about pop ups, if you just click
once an infected pop up could infect your computer with 'malware'
- Downloads... remember that downloading anything from the
internet should be a work related function and from a legit website
- Strange website names... take notice of the website address and
watch out for .edu,.org and third world nations, ending websites. (i.e.
.en, .fr, .uz, .pl)
- Personal info, you should never give your personal information
out over the internet unless you trust that website. I would never do it
unless that webpage had a SSL security certificate which would show up
as a 'key lock' in the bottom right of the internet browser
- watch out for websites that auto redirect you to a different
website
- if it is too good to be true on the a website, then it is a
gimmick, don't believe everything that you read online
- malware and adaware are hot buttons in the internet security.
These are normally transmitted by a pop up or a fake web site that
requires you to click on it.
A local bank internet banking website was hacked last month and had amalware root trojan virus that was being hosted on their website.. I say this only as a reminder that it is huge thing going on right now and it is important to be mindful of what/how you do online.
Another real life geek story, is just the increased amount of spam/junkemail, the bank that I work at gets about 11,000 incoming emails a day and of that only about 1,200 of it is good email.. of course these levels of spam are in a corporate environment but the amount of this being pushed/sent over the internet is on the raise.
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I can tell you the amount of spam to our website has skyrocketed. I delete hundreds of spam comments each day.
I just thought all of you should be reminded of these things, just like I do. Also, go over these things with your children, often!
This is what we came up with last night for our name challenge. We had a lot of lively discussion while choosing our traits.
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B-Benevolent………………Giving to others needs without expecting in return.
R-Resourceful……………..Making the most if what we have. Finding value in things other discard.
O-Obedient to Christ……Continually learning more about Christ and obeying His commands.
D-Dependable…………….Always keep your word. Go the extra mile to finish all tasks. Serve others.
O-Overcomer………………Never indulge in self pity. Call on God's grace to find ways through a problem.
C-Content…………………..Being thankful for where God has placed you; being satisfied with what you have, not doubting God's providence.
K-Kindhearted…………….Take your thoughts captive. Believe the best in others. Using words and actions that put others first.
