Inkheart-My thoughts

I don't think that it was a bad movie. But it did reminded me a little of "Rosecrantz and Guildenstern are dead." How with in the movie the pages of the script "Hamlet,Prince of Denmark" was being flown about, after the seen was finished. In Inkheart there were words from the book written on each of the characters body, from the very book they were taken out of.

Of course everything ends "happily ever after." Everyone got what they want/and or need. The computer graphic's were good. Very imaginative. But I thought that the story line a bit weak. They could have done so much more. But it was much better then "Bedtime stories."

I also thought that Rowan Atkinson would have played a much better villain! Of course I saw "Black Adder" I also read the scrips.

Potions, Spells, superstitions

I have found this in one of my moms books. "loved from the Heart of the Home." Pg 46 is laughable. Read this.

Pin ivy to your breaston, new year's Day- you will marry the next man/woman you speak to.(Don't just be talking to anybody)

Humm this is for the vindictive woman: If he had been unfaithful-to gain you back he must gather hair from the face of a wolf (including whiskers)-then burn them & drink the ashes in a shot glass full of sour milk. If he lives, you may forgive him & be confident of his fidelity

I think that Puck from Midsummer Night Dream used this one: Make a tea from heartesase brush cool liquid over eyelids of sleeping loved one. He/she will love the first one he sees. Drink tea to cure heartbreak.

How many will try this? Believe me I won't: To be forever beautiful at exactly sunrise on the first of May go outside roll naked in the dew

Attention brides! You want to read this!: If you find a small spider in the folds of your wedding dress you will never be poor.

Now tell the truth how many believe in these housewives superstitions?

Trooper and the Juggler

This is funny!

A New Mexico State Trooper pulled a car over on I-25 about 2 miles south of the New Mexico/Colorado state line.

When the Trooper asked the driver why he was speeding, the driver answered that he was a magician and a juggler and he was on his way to Albuquerque to do a show that night at the Shrine Circus and didn't want to be late.

The Trooper told the driver he was fascinated by juggling, and if the driver would do a little juggling for him, he wouldn't give him a ticket.

The driver told the Trooper that he had sent all of his equipment on ahead and didn't have anything to juggle.

The Trooper told him that he had some flares in the trunk of his patrol car and asked if he could juggle them.

The juggler stated that he could, so the Trooper got three flares, lit them and handed them to the juggler.

While the man was doing his juggling act, a car pulled in behind the patrol car. A drunk from Espanola got out and watched the performance briefly, he then went over to the patrol car, opened the rear door and got in.

The Trooper observed him doing this and went over to the patrol car, opened the door and asked the drunk what he thought he was doing.

The drunk replied, 'You might as well take my $#^*@ to jail, cause there's no way in *&^$!@ I can pass that test.'

Conspiracy

There is a conspiracy going on in my ward. It's against me! Of all people! I'm still single so the Bishopric took it upon themselves to get me married, along with the Relief Society. It is so absurd it's embarrassing. During their bishopric meetings they actually talk about what guy would marry me and the quality's he should have! What should I do, apostatize?? No I won't, it would probably make them work harder. You'd think they would have something better to talk about then setting me up! Believe me it doesn't help when that my older brother Jeremy is in the bishopric in my ward.

All of this makes me so infuriated, all I want to do is cry. Married couples believe me, there is not a single out there that needs this type of embarrassment. Like I have said before singles, don't worry about being single, people are doing it for you.

My mom has been doing this for 10 years. Once she tried to set me up with someone she met over the phone. Now she has backup.

Confession: I have loved someone long before I have realized it. I have known this good man with flaws for over 10 years. Problem? I never talk, or see him. I don't even know where he is at, or how to contact him. So how can it work? Yes it is that hopeless. I have dated other people. I just haven't met anyone that will make me "forget" this one good man. When I think that I can move on, I would run into him. I end up not knowing what to say to him and feeling embarrassed.

Mormon Football

With the supper bowl is just around the corner, I thought this would be a fun Mormon analogy.

Mormon Football Plays:

*Quarterback Sneak - Church members quietly leaving during meeting.

*Draw Play - What the kids do with the program during Sacrament.

*Half-time - Sunday School

*Bench warmer - Those members who do not sing, pray, participate, or apparently do anything but just sit and warm the bench.

*Backfield-in-Motion - People in the back of the Chapel going to the rest-room or water fountain during the meeting.

*Staying in the Pocket - What happens to a lot of tithing that should have been paid three weeks ago.

*Two-minute Warning - The point at which the concluding speaker says, "In conclusion, I would like bear my testimony" and you start to gather up your children and belongings.

*Instant Replay - The speaker loses his notes and falls back on repeating what he just said.

*Sudden Death - What happens to the attention span of the congregation if the meeting goes into "overtime".

*Trap - You're called on to pray while you're dozing.

*End Run - Getting out of church quick, before you have to speak to that long winded gossip.

*Halfback Option - The decision of 50% of the congregation to skip Sunday School.

*Sacked - Being asked to speak in Sacrament meeting before you can escape.

*Blitz - The rush for the parking lot following the closing prayer on Fast Sunday.

Aebleskiver

What is an Aebleskiver? A holiday in Denmark often begins with a breakfast of puffy fried cakes called Aebleskiver. The flavorful dough may be fried with a piece of apple inserted into the center or served with apple sauce or apple butter-the cakes takes its name from it's fondness for apples. You can use whatever fruit you want it is just as good.

This Danish Aebleskiver pan is 6-12-inch diameter cast iron pan with seven round indentations. So you must season it before use and don't use soap. It will ruin the pan. To season rinse with hot water, then rub it with cooking oil then bake or put it over a medium flame until the oil starts to smoke. Keep this up after every use.

Recipe :
2 cups flour
1 tea salt
1 tea baking soda
2 cups of buttermilk
3 eggs separated

Sift together flour, salt, and baking soda. Add buttermilk and egg yolks. Beat eggs whites until light and fluffy, forming soft peaks. Gently fold egg whites into batter.

Ooh look what I have found

The Language of Flowers

In the 1700's it was common to communicate though flowers. Why? I don't know. Maybe they didn't know how to speak?? I don't think that is it. But why would people spend their time trying and figure out what flowers mean?? Their flowers! They look and smell nice right? Well not to people in the 1700's. This is what they decided the flower lingo is.

Rose: All mean love. Dedicated to the goddess of Love. Cabbage roses are ambassadors of love. Rosebuds means young love.

Tulips: is an declaration of love

Peach Blossoms: I belong to you

Lilacs or Lavender: New love

Heartsease: Think of me

Lemon Blossoms: Promise I'll be true to you

Lily of the Valley: Happiness and anew

Forget-me-not: True love

Sweet peas: Bon Vouage

Ranunculus: You sparkle with Charm

Marigold: The symbol of Fertility

Honeysuckle: Sweet Natured

Zinnia: Thinking of you

Columbine: Would question the sanity of the Receiver as in "Are you nuts?"

Tansy: This mans war

Have you seen this one??

This video clip is in b&w but wow. The elk gets so close to the hunter. I think he is a hunter. He holds so still he looks like a statue, and the elk passes him by. Just watch.

Energetic physical action

I have put up a new blog. It is a community blog, as in different authors will be posting not just me.
We will bounce ideas off of each other to spice up our daily routine's.

This blog will be devoted to getting in shape and all around looking and feeling good and to encourage each other to stay motivated. The site is called Energetic physical action.

Check it out.

The Freedom Factor

I never do this because I have my Good Reads widget on my side bar. All you need to do is to click on the book and you can see my review of the book's I have read. I was so impressed with this book I wanted to put it up.

The Freedom Factor by Gerald N. Lund

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
"Suppose that the Constitution was never ratified."

Bryce leaped up. "But it was ratified!"

Gorham shook hes head. "Not hear it wasn't."

Bryce stared, his jaw slack. "IT can't be!" he whispered.

"Well." Gorham said slowly, "it is. you are now in an America that has never had the Constitution."



Nathainel Gorham, an original Founding Father, visits young Bryce Sherwood, a rising aide to a Washington senator and a key player in an attempt to pass an amendment that would eliminate the checks and balances built into the Constitution. When Bryce refuses to change his position, Gorham transports him into a would where the Constitution was never ratified



IN this strange world of oppression and fear, Bryce begins to learn the true meaning of the Constitution and the price of freedom. But will he be able to pay that price? Will it cost his the love of Leslie Adams and her family?



Fans of Gerald Lund everywhere will enjoy The Freedom Factor, a gripping novel of courage and love.



Wow this was so good! It had everything conspiracy, mystery, romance, history,fiction, poetry, and science fiction. What could be better then read something like that? It had it all I also see a parallel from the book to our own government.




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Seagull taking chips

A seagull in Scotland has developed the habit of stealing chips from a neighborhood shop.

The seagull waits until the shopkeeper isn't looking, and then walks into the store and grabs a snack-size bag of cheese Doritos.

Once outside, the bag gets ripped open and shared by other birds.

The seagulls shoplifting started early this month when he first swooped into the store in Aberdeen, Scotland, and helped himself to a bag of chips. Since then, he's become a regular. He always takes the same type of chips.

Customers have begun paying for the seagulls stolen bags of chips because they think it's so funny.

My WOW!! news minute

Last weak a family in my ward gave me a Violin. They wanted to sell it. No one was playing it so why have it?? But the family said that he will not sell to his friends and just gave it to us. So now I have 3 Violins. Two acoustic and once electric. I so need a amplifier for that one. Just think I can blast my neighborhood while playing Bach, or my be Phantom of the Opera, how about Carmen? (Ahahahahah!)

So the first thing I could think of is: "what am I going to do with 3 Violins??????" My great puzzlement of the year so far! So my mom said that she would love to learn how to play the extra violin. So of course I have been teaching her. She is not half bad ether.

Will I took out the violin that was given, to inspect it look at the condition it was in and to find out what company made it. Violins will have a card glued on the inside the violin to tell it's make and year. This violin did not have one. So I took it in to Riverton Music to see if they can tell me anything about it. It comes out they don't know ether, they think that it was bought over the net. So now I think that I 'm going to take it into a wonderful, professional violin maker in Salt Lake. I am hoping he can tell me more about it, and if this violin needs any work that needs to be done.

So now I have 3 violins and no viola. That is another instrument that I can play, and I don't have one. But somehow I ended up with 3 violins. Wow!

Magic pill for losing weight!

I so was not going to put this up but people keep telling me about different product pills to loose weight.

The question is. Is this possible? Will yes and no. There are pills out there that promises if you take me you will loose it! Isn't that like "if you build it they will come?"

Dangers
#1-YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE PILLS ARE GOING DO TO YOUR BODY!!!!!! I well repeat: You don't know what those pills are going do to your body!

#2- If you loose the weight to fast by a pill chances are medical problems down the road.

#3- Again loosing the weight that fast with a pill you are robbing your body of nutrients, and once you will loose the weight you will put it back on.

#4- You will be on those pills for the rest of your life!

Now a few years ago I had a back injury. It took a year for the muscle in my back to heal, six months to start working out that muscle. During that time I put on the weight that I had to get off. So this is what I did, and still do. Now I had to mold my work out routine to fit me. Along with my back I have had other injuries.

How your body works is that if you eat to much your body will turn that food into fat not energy like it is suppose to. So eating the traditional 3 meals a day will make the food you well eat into body fat. Why your stomach well never stop digesting. So if you have nothing in your stomach it will eat the fat that is on your body, and eventually eat your muscles. This is call starvation mode. So your body will find another source for the energy it needs. But when you eat again, (say dinner) your body well take that food you have just ate and put it into fat, and store it on your body for the next time you go into starvation mode. That will be two hours after your eat.

This is what I do:
I eat as healthy as I can just enough for two hours, then I eat again, I try and keep the calories low. But I must confess I don't count calories, or points, or use slim fast. I eat regular everyday food. Just small portions. With doing that and working out, I am about a size 2-4. Now I take one day a week and I eat whatever I want, how much I want, when I want, and I don't work out. The best day I found to do this is on Sunday. I also drink plenty of water.

All what you need to do is just eat as healthy as you can; just enough for two hours then eat again. As for working out try doing some kind of cardio work out one day then the next day do some kind of resistance training. By doing this not only will you build muscle mass but also bone density and strength. But take one day a week and do nothing and eat anything you want when you want. This works.

Now I hear people complain to me that it is hard to do this at their desk at work. All I tell them is eat some nuts or eat a nutritional bar. You can do that, people do that all the time. You just don't see it. I had a teacher who would drink Pepsi while she would teach her class.

Another confession. I am not perfect at this. During holidays I am going to party with my family, I am going to be apart of the calibrations. I am not talking just during the Christmas season, I am talking about every holiday, including birthdays.

That is my soapbox for now. I hope it will help.

Stress Relief

Got the urge to bust something? Wanna relieve some stress?????

Click here!

My SIN Andria will need this with all of the teenagers she is with all day long.

Try the manic mode. It's great!

Just Enjoy!

Rick sent this to me. Sometimes I don't know what is going on in that mans head.

The Smith's were proud of their family tradition. Their ancestors had come to America on the Mayflower. They had included Senators and Wall Street wizards... They decided to compile a family history, a legacy for their children and grandchildren. They hired a fine author. Only one problem arose - how to handle that great-uncle George, who was executed in the electric chair.

The author said he could handle the story tactfully. The book appeared and in it was found the following passage: "Great-uncle George occupied a chair of applied electronics at an important government institution, was attached to his position by the strongest of ties, and his death came as a great shock."


Customer: Is this tea or coffee?
Waitress: What does it taste like?
Customer: Turpentine.
Waitress: Then it's coffee. The tea tastes like kerosene.




Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with "quick"?


A guy was visiting his friend in the hospital
who was "all torn up."

"What happened?" he asked.

"Well, we were hunting the Mumba snake.
It has yellow and black stripes, and likes to
sun itself lying across a pathway in the jungle.
You catch it by grabbing the tip of it's tail with
one hand and quickly running your other hand
up the length of it's body so you can grab it
behind the neck."

"Go on," the friend urged.

"Well, I stealthily sneaked up to the tail laying
across the jungle path, grabbed it by the end
and rapidly moved my other hand upward ...
just as the procedure goes."

"So why are you so banged up?" the friend asked.

"Have you ever goosed a tiger?"




Every young girl looks forward to the bride side of life.


It was a full auditorium. Halfway through the author's talk,
she began to feel sick. In a calm voice, she announced that
she had left a few pages of her speech offstage, in her bag.

She walked off slowly and, as soon as she was out of sight,
ran to the bathroom where she immediately threw up.

She was just about finished when someone came into the bath-
room to tell her that her label mike was still on.




A man called the government office where I work and requested an estimate of his benefits upon retirement.
After I gave him the information, he went on to inquire about his wife's benefits. I asked if she had ever worked.
"She has worked all her life making me happy," he replied.
That was nice, I commented, but had she ever contributed to a pension plan?
"No," he said. "We made an agreement when we got married. I would make the living and she would make the living worthwhile."


After four karate lessons, I can now break a two-inch board with my cast!



My mother says she never holds grudges, but then will
blindside you with something that happened years ago.
Last week she said, "You know, you really hurt me on
your birthday."

And I was like, "Which birthday was that?"

So she replied, "The first one.
You have a really big head you know."



A tough old cowboy counseled his grandson that if he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gun powder on his oatmeal every morning.

The grandson did this religiously to the age of 103.

When he died, he left 14 children, 30 grand-children, 45 great
grandchildren, 25 great-great grand children, and a 15 foot hole where the crematorium used to be.




~~~Thought For The Day~~~




A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs----jolted by every pebble in the road.


Isn't Disney World just a people trap operated by a mouse?

If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet soup?

The Mom song

Oh yea my mom said a lot of these things to my brothers and I while we were growing up.




Now to make all the Dad's feel better I have the dad song.



Brings back memories.....

Draper temple tour

From the pic's the new temple within Draper, it looks like a nice temple and I do want to tour it. But I need to say that I waiting for the temple that no one can spell. The Oqurrh, Oqurah, Oqurrah, how about Oquirrh Mountain Temple one of those are bound to be right. I vote for the latter. Oh well we don't go to the temple for spelling test. Any way it is pronounced O'-ker.

My poor SIL Andria she would go around and tell people how to spell and to use the correct grammar.

Love ya Andria!!

Sponsor an Executive

I love this!!!! Total satire. HAHAHAHA!!!

Scattergories

SCATTERGORIES
Rules: IT'S HARDER THAN IT LOOKS! HIT FORWARD,( copy and paste) ERASE MY ANSWERS, ENTER YOURS, SEND IT ON TO 10 PEOPLE INCLUDING THE ONE THAT SENT THIS TO YOU. USE THE 1ST LETTER OF YOUR NAME TO ANSWER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. THEY HAVE TO BE REAL PLACES, NAMES,THINGS.NOTHING MADE UP! TRY TO USE DIFFERENT ANSWERS IF THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU HAD THE SAME 1ST INITIAL. YOU CAN'T USE YOUR NAME FOR THE BOY/GIRL NAME QUESTION.


Have Fun!!

1. What is your name: Hollie
2. A 4 Letter Word: Home

3. A Boy ' s Name: Hans
4. A Girl ' s Name: Heidi
5. An Occupation: Herder of sheep
6. A Color: Hyacinthe blue (its a color!)
7. Something you wear: hat
8. A Beverage: hot cocoa
9. A Food: hot peppers
10. Something found in the bathroom: hot stem (keep it clean!)
11. A place: Hawaii
12. A Reason for being late: Hot date, out late!
13. Something you shout: Hey You There!!!

The hardest part is finding 10 people that will play with you!!!...............Live life to the fullest and enjoy the time spent with love ones!!!!!

How to go home from Work

I so wish I could do this. But not in the winter, too cold!

The Golden Saloon

A guy comes home completely drunk one night. He lurches through the door and is met by his scowling wife, who is most definitely not happy.

"Where in tarnation have you been all night?"

"At this fantastic new bar," he says.
"The Golden Saloon. Everything there is golden. It's got huge golden doors, a golden floor , the works!"heck, even the urinal's gold!"

The wife still doesn't believe his story and the next day checks the phone book, finding a place across town called the Golden Saloon. She calls up the place to check her husband's story.

"Is this the Golden Saloon?" she ask

when the bartender answers the phone.

"Yes it is," the bartender answers

"Do you have huge golden doors?"

"Sure do ."

"Do you have golden floors?"

"Most certainly do."

"What about golden urinals?"

There's a long pause, then the woman hears the bartender yelling,

"Hey , Duke, I think I got a lead on the guy that peed in your saxophone last night!"

My own to-do-list

My SIL Andria put up a to-do-list for this year from a magazine. Well that was quite interesting to-do-list. If you would like to see that list click on My Meandering Musing. So if you don't mind I'm going to make up my own. You know those resolution's that we never keep!

1-Smile in the face of adversity!
a- I don't do that very well. I usually complain instead.
b- I so hate it that they are their only to set you up for the next one.

2- Stop reading mindless, stupid, fluffy books.
a- why do I do that? I don't know
b- you never get anything out of them anyway.
c- they are way to easy to figure out!

3- Remember that everyone on the road who cut you off is your brother/sister
a- we all belong to the great human race.
b- we are all related to Adam and Eve
c- there is a book that I have read "The Disgusted Driver's Handbook"by Wayne Allred. The book this book is all satire.
d- there is a chapter that tells you how to cope with construction, will come in handy if you live in Ut.
e- another one is if you are really lost or just have a question of any kind ask Officer Don.
e1-Q&A for officer Don, taken from within the book:

- Dear Officer Pato,
My right turn signal has been stuck signaling a left turn since November of 1966. How can I fix this problem?
- Signed, ------from Delta

-Dear Dip,
Next time you stop, just get out of your car and pick up a hammer or a big rock and smash in that light. Odd are that no one will care any way because in case you haven't noticed, no one ever uses their signals any more.

None of these I'll ever keep, for the exception of 3 I need to remember that all the time.

Happy Birthday Jeremy my brother!!!

Single

Now there have been a lot of singles that I know cannot get over that fact that they are single. Why is that? You can't control someone else feelings. So why cant singles stop going around and whining and crying about being single? It's like they are abscessed with being single. Like it is gong to destroy there lives. It's not.

Now I have had bad dates before, like everyone else. I remember one guy I was talking to looked at me in horror and said:

"OMG (gosh)! You are smart! To smart for your own good!"

At one time I would consider that a big complement but now not anymore. I was talking to Kay. She asked me if I was single and of course I said:

"Yes, and I know I screwed myself. Guys do not like intelligent girls. Why? I don't know know."

Explanation #1-
I did such a bad thing I actually studied, and paid attention during school. What was I thinking??? Apparently not much. I thought that my future depend on how well I did in school. Little did I know.

Explanation #2: Guys do not like smart women. I have been told numerous times (mostly by men) that I am to smart for my own good. What ever that means. But to those men. You have no clue how dense I really am.

So I have concluded to not worry about being single. What's the point?? Everyone else is worrying for me, so why should I spend the time and energy on it?

So singles out there don't worry about it, to many people out there are doing that for you! Move on with you're life the best you can. I am. Besides it is not attractive to hear the same people complain about being single, every time you see them. I don't even like it when I hear it from strangers!

Sunday, holy cow! After my nephews blessing (more accurately after church), everyone went to my brothers home to have dinner. I could have slapped the hand of my brothers brother-in-law. I mean he would pick at food, lick his fingers and touch everything with the fingers he just licked, and the food was not on his own plate!!! AAAAAH!! Who does that? Talk about disgusting! I'm sorry but that is so unacceptable, you do not do that. I could not eat, any of that food. So I went to my own fridge and had a salad a big salad.

Comedy Gymnastics

The gymnastics season starts. Go RED ROCKS!!!! So I had thought that I would put this up. A friend have sent me the uneven bars routine by Paul Hunt a couple of years ago. But I like the balance beam routine, and thought that I would put it up. Besides this proves that "Real Men wear Toto's"



Also I'm putting up the Floor exercises by him. Sorry I'm not putting up the uneven bars routine.

Jeremy is right! New Year! New Hopes!

My cousin Shelly, and my auntie Jeanie came over yesterday. Shelly has a step daughter who has a very low level of autism. We all started to have a conversation about autism, and how people with out disabilities react to people with disabilities.

Within my ward people don't know how to treat my nephew, or my brother. That is very understandable. When people don't have someone within their family who doesn't have any disabilities; they don't know how to treat people who live with such disabilities. They don't know what to do or how to talk to them. But within reality they are just like us. Like I have said before, they have feelings. If they get cut they bleed. They want to love and be loved. They want friends. It is just taking that first step to bridge the gap. That starts with us.

Public awareness is increasing. There are schools, they are expensive, but nevertheless they are there. There are walks for autism, to rise funding for more research not only for autism but other disabilities, and candidate's have address the issue of disabilities. But I must say this research they are doing are not for the different disabilities themselves but for pacifically the development of more tools to help these people with different disabilities who very in age. This is not necessarily a bad thing, unless you want a "cure" for your child who might have Down Syndrome, Autism, Muscular Dystrophy, and others.

With all the research my family and I have been doing; we are lead to believe the neuropsychologists. They have determined that Autism is in fact caused by increased neuro-pathways in the brain, and it is genetic. The brain can be retrained. I have seen that, but my question is can it be cured? Can the brain with increased neuro-pathways be a normal brain, is it possible? Now remember that the brain controls everything, but the heart, the heart can beat on it's own.

So the with this New Year comes new hope. I will not expand on these just list them. For a complete explanation please go to Scothoser's Corner

1- Resources for Parents and Teachers be available.
2- Myths, falsehoods, and criminally negligent information will be squashed!
3- Medical Insurance will be provided as assistance for parents of autistic children and other disabilities.
4- Finally, I would like to see 2009 be the age of acceptance for children with autism, and other disabilities.

These are our hopes with is New Year