Celebration of Life Day January 22, 2017

DIANE'S CORNER ... Celebrate Celebration of Life Day

Celebration Of Life Day is when we take a step back and truly appreciate our children and grandchildren. Granted, some may do this on an everyday basis, but it’s an opportunity to look at our young ones’ lives from a different angle, think about what it is that makes them truly special, and of course, to lavish treats upon them if we so wish, be it an ice cream or a trip to Disneyland.

It can be easy to forget that our children and grandchildren are people in their own right. You’ve helped them to discover themselves over the years, but you can’t take all the credit. Their life choices are ultimately down to them; sometimes they’ll do you proud, and other times, as is the case with us all, they’ll make mistakes. So be the one who’s there to offer congratulations, or encouragement to pick themselves up when they fall. And above all else, as cheesy as it may sound, show that you love them.

GUERRILLA CROCHET PHOTOS

Word of the Day

homebody
Definition:	(noun) One whose interests center on the home.
Synonyms:	stay-at-home
Usage:	He was not merely a homebody, but a true agoraphobic who lived in fear of the outside world.

Idiom of the Day

honey-do list  — A list or collection of tasks or jobs one has been requested to perform or undertake, especially household duties or jobs, given to a person by his or her spouse or romantic partner.

History

Johan August Strindberg (1849)

Strindberg was a master of the Swedish language and an innovator of dramatic and literary styles. He achieved renown with the novel The Red Room, in which he satirized hypocrisy in Swedish life. It helped initiate Swedish realism and revealed his remarkable style, which he developed in an impressive assortment of novels, plays, stories, histories, and poems.

Dinagyang

The Dinagyang is a dancing-in-the-streets carnival on the island of Panay in Iloilo City, Philippines, held a week after the Ati-Atihan in Kalibo and the Sinulog in Cebu. Like these festivals, Dinagyang venerates the Santo Niño, or Holy Infant. In Iloilo (pronounced EE-lo-EE-lo) the participation of tribal groups adds to the festival's color, but, unlike the exuberant Kalibo crowds, the spectators in Iloilo are quiet.

Over Half of Primates Now Facing Extinction, New Report Says

A new report reveals that primates are facing an impending "extinction crisis," with 60% of all primates now at risk of extinction. 
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1666 - Shah Jahan, a descendant of Genghis Khan and Timur, died at the age of 74. He was the Mongul emperor of India that built the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz-i-Mahal. 



1874 - A patent was issued to Samuel W. Francis for the spork. 



1879 - James Shields began a term as a U.S. Senator from Missouri. He had previously served Illinois and Minnesota. He was the first Senator to serve three states. 



1930 - In New York, excavation began for the Empire State Building. 



1938 - "Our Town," by Thornton Wilder, was performed publicly for the first time, in Princeton, NJ. 



1947 - KTLA, Channel 5, in Hollywood, CA, began operation as the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River. 

1953 - The Arthur Miller drama "The Crucible" opened on Broadway. 

1963 - The Drifters recorded "On Broadway." 

1968 - "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In", debuted on NBC TV. 

1973 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws that had been restricting abortions during the first six months of pregnancy. The case (Roe vs. Wade) legalized abortion. 

1981 - A picture of John Lennon naked appeared in his obituary issue of Rolling Stone. 

1997 - The U.S. Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the first female secretary of state. 

2002 - Marc Chagall's work "Study for 'Over Vitebsk" was found at a postal installation in Topeka, KS. The 8x10 oil painting is valued at about $1 million. The work was stolen a year before from the Jewish Museum in New York City. 

2003 - It was reported that scientists in China had found fossilized remains of a dinosaur with four feathered wings. 

DAILY SQU-EEK

If You Were Born Today, January 22

You are highly intelligent, although your viewpoints are not always understood and your thinking is often far ahead of its time. Easily bored and quickly distracted, you can be impatient at times if others are not as quick or clever as you. While broad-minded overall, you can also be quite stubborn in your thinking. Work and daily routines need to change, even in small ways, in order to keep you interested and challenged. Many of you have a strong travel itch. Famous people born today: John Hurt, Graham Kerr, Francis Bacon, Diane Lane, Sam Cooke, Michael Hutchence, Linda Blair.

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• NASF KICKS OFF ON THE PLAZA AT CADILLAC COMMONS

33rd Annual North American Snow Festival

Feb 3, 2017 at 6:00 PM - Feb 4, 2017 at 11:59 PM

• Live Music
• Yard Games
• Food & Retail Vendors
• More to announced

We’re teaming up with Porterhouse Presents this year and we’re taking things up a BIG notch! With 20 years of experience collaborating to organize award winning music, food and fundraiser events, Porterhouse is bringing the first ever party to the new Cadillac Commons. You can expect lots of new events and family entertainment!

SILENT DISCO – 

Dance like never before with over 1000+ wireless 3 channel LED lit up headsets with Silent Disco Presents offering fun Teen and Adult dance parties with a special Prince & Bowie Tribute, the top hits of the 80’s, 90’s and current pop hits!

KIDS TENT & GAME ZONE –

Old School Arcade, Yard Games, Tipis, Winter Story Time, Hot Chocolate, Smores and more on the Plaza for youth and all ages!

OTHER NEW EVENTS INCLUDE – Friday Night Snowmobiler’s Ball and Kick off Concert, Saturday’s 1st Annual Winter Beer and Music Festival, Snow Drone Demos, Tethered Hot Air Balloon & Dog Sled Rides, Outdoor Movies at The Pavilion,  Frozen Princess Tea Party, Nighttime Silent Disco Glow Blowing, Citywide After-parties, Food Truck Rally featuring wood fired foods, BBQ, Pizza and Paella, & MORE!

RACETRACK IS LOCATED AT 2562 SOUTH 23 RD. BOON, MI

further information ... North American Snow Festival

3. WE'RE SO PROUD FOR YOU
A co-writer received this seal in the mail earlier this week. 
CONGRATULATIONS WHITE HOUSE CARD


Nice embossed seal and message:

Congratulations on your 50th wedding anniversary. An enduring marriage like yours is truly golden. Your support for each other through the joys and challenges of your half century together is an inspiration to us all. 

We send our best wishes to you on this wonderful occasion.

Sincerely,
Barack Obama 

Michelle Obama

FOR YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND'S
50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, PATTY ...
HIP, HIP, HOORAY and CONGRATULATIONS

Pictures of the day


The 3DO Interactive Multiplayer is a home video game console platform developed by The 3DO Company. Conceived by entrepreneur and Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins, the 3DO was not a console manufactured by the company itself, but a series of specifications, originally designed by Dave Needle and R. J. Mical of New Technologies Group, that could be licensed by third parties. Despite a highly promoted launch and a host of cutting-edge technologies, it was discontinued in late 1996, three years after its first release.

Guy Takes to the Sky to Watch  All New Year’s Fireworks at Once

For an unforgettable New Year’s celebration, Sky-Life took their ultralight aircraft high above the city of Radom, Poland

knit

thanks, Dawn
Adult Cat Hat pattern by Knit Kritters

				Adult Cat Hat pattern by Knit Kritters The child sized version of this pattern is featured in my book “Knit Beanies: Easy to Make, Fun to Wear”
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thanks, Marcy
Vex Cowl pattern by Katherine Rogers

				Vex Cowl pattern by Katherine Rogers This is a stranded colorwork cowl, knit in the round in two colors. You may increase or decrease the size (height or circumference) by using a heavier yarn and a la...
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DROPS socks in garter st in ”Big Delight”. Worked diagonally. Size: 35-43

				Red Sand - Knitted DROPS socks in garter st in ”Big Deli... Welcome to DROPS Design! Here you'll find more than 90.000 free knitting and crochet patterns, beautiful yarns at unbeatable prices and a craft community to share ...
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Triforce blanket pattern by Marina Guseva

				Triforce blanket pattern by Marina Guseva Triangles pattern is simple and can be remembered easily. Triangles can be made bigger or smaller. The hardest part is hiding ends :)
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knit - VALENTINE'S DAY
thanks, Sheri

cotton heart blanket square knitting pattern

crochet

Lazy Stripe Beanie pattern by TheCrochetZombie

				Lazy Stripe Beanie pattern by TheCrochetZombie This beanie was born from my original Patch Beanie design. I love how the striping slants slightly to seem like it is being a little lazy. This beanie gives a speci...
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crochet
thanks, Nicki

African Flower Baby Booties pattern by Marjolein Loomans

				African Flower Baby Booties pattern by Marjolein Loomans I love the african flower designs and thought it would be cute to have african flower baby booties
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Vintage Fingerless Gloves pattern by Dorianna Rivelli

				Vintage Fingerless Gloves pattern by Dorianna Rivelli This pattern is available for FREE
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A Perrrrfectly Wonderful Kitty Bag pattern by Carol Ventura

				A Perrrrfectly Wonderful Kitty Bag pattern by Carol Vent... The base of this cute little bag is crocheted first, then since the diameter of the base is not increased, the edges spiral upwards to form the sides. For more info...
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crochet - VALENTINE'S DAY

thanks, Bertha

Heart Nesting Baskets

RECIPE

thanks, helen

Baked Spaghetti

need:

1-lb beef

1-8oz cream cheese

1-lb spaghetti

1- jar spaghetti sauce

1-tsp Italian seasoning

1-tsp garlic seasoning 

  (other things may be added to your taste, onions, etc)

1-bag of sprinkle cheese (as much or little as you like, I am a cheese lover)

9x13 baking dish sprayed with pam/ baking temp 350 for 30 minutes

cook spaghetti according to box directions, 

        drain: 

        mix 8 oz cream cheese (cut into small pieces)

        add seasonings

I mix in a large bowl until completely mixed

brown/drain beef then add jar spaghetti sauce

baking dish sprayed with pam ---- now layer 

--  first put 1/2  beef with sauce on bottom of dish

--  add spaghetti mixture

-- pour rest of beef mixture over spaghetti

--sprinkle cheese over mixtures

pop into 350 deg oven for 30 minutes 

enjoy!!!

CROCKPOT RECIPE

Candied Kielbasa Recipe

SWEETS - VALENTINE'S DAY
thanks, Maria

Two-ingredient strawberry fudge

sheknows

Strawberry fudge is simple and easy to throw together with this two-ingredient recipe. This dish is sweet and full of strawberry flavor. We cut our fudge into heart shapes, but you can easily cut it into squares as well.

Yields 8 x 8-inch dish

Ingredients:

• 12 ounces white chocolate, melted
• 1 container whipped strawberry frosting
• Sprinkles (optional)

Directions:

1. Line an 8 x 8-inch baking dish with parchment paper, and set it aside.
2. To a medium mixing bowl, add the melted white chocolate and whipped strawberry frosting. Stir until completely combined.
3. Stir a few sprinkles into the chocolate-frosting mixture, if desired.
4. Add the mixture to the prepared pan, and refrigerate for at least an hour before cutting.

ADULT COLORING

CHILDREN'S CORNER ... crafts

Finger Cymbals

				Finger Cymbals This crafty little musical project, made out of everyday recycled items, is sure to have your little ones dancing.
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PUZZLE

Tulip Orange Jigsaw Puzzle

QUOTE

CLEVER

thanks, shelley

EYE OPENER

Why is there an r in Mrs. when it’s pronounced misses?

Gloria Steinem who, in the 1970s, helped popularize “Ms.” as a marital-neutral abbreviation for women.

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You may have wondered, if you’ve ever thought about it, why there is an “r” in “Mrs.” when it’s generally spoken as “missus” (also sometimes spelled “missis”).  “Mrs.” first popped up as an abbreviation for “mistress” in the late 16th century.  At the time, “mistress” didn’t popularly have the negative connotation it often does today, namely referring to a woman other than a man’s wife who he has an affair with.  Instead, back then “mistress”, deriving from the Old French “maistresse” (female master), was just the feminine form of “mister/master”.  “Mistress” itself first popped up in English around the 14th century, originally meaning “female teacher, governess”.

By the 16th century “mistress” referred to any woman, with neither “mistress” nor “mister” referencing one’s marital status.  It wasn’t until around the late 17th century that the marital status distinction began coming into play.

Once “mistress” popularly took on the alternate definition of a married man’s lover on the side, people almost universally stopped pronouncing “Mrs.” as “mistress” due to the negative implication.  This change began as early as the late 17th century and by the early to mid-19th century, the “mistress” pronunciation nearly completely disappeared in favor of the more socially acceptable “missus”, which was itself just a contracted version of the now taboo “mistress”.

Interestingly, at least from a language evolution standpoint, while “mistress” started out being completely respectable and eventually was sullied, the alternative pronunciation “missus”, that we still use today, actually was somewhat frowned upon until around the 18th century.  Before this, “missus” itself was considered a vulgar form of “mistress”.

Around the same time “Mrs.” showed up in the late 16th century, the abbreviations “Ms.” and “Miss” popped up, both also being short for “mistress”. Unlike the other two, “Ms.” quickly fell out of favor and “Miss” and “Mrs.” were much more commonly used until the late 20th century when “Ms.” once again became popular.
In the early 20th century, “Mrs.” was firmly entrenched as an abbreviation for a married woman and “Miss” was used for non-married women, but there was no widely accepted abbreviation for a woman whose marital status was unknown.  As such, “Ms.” was suggested as a way to refer to such a woman in writing, as noted in the 1901 Republican of Springfield, Massachusetts issue:

There is a void in the English language which, with some diffidence, we undertake to fill. Everyone has been put in an embarrassing position by ignorance of the status of some woman. To call a maiden Mrs. is only a shade worse than to insult a matron with the inferior title Miss. Yet it is not always easy to know the facts… Now, clearly, what is needed is a more comprehensive term which does homage to the sex without expressing any views as to their domestic situation, and what could be simpler or more logical than the retention of what the two doubtful terms have in common. The abbreviation “Ms.” is simple, it is easy to write, and the person concerned can translate it properly according to circumstances. For oral use it might be rendered as “Mizz,” which would be a close parallel to the practice long universal in many bucolic regions, where a slurred Mis’ does duty for Miss. and Mrs. alike.

Despite this very public suggestion and several similar ones through the next half century, this usage didn’t widely catch on at first.  This all changed in the 1970s when Ms. Magazine was first published.  At this time, a friend of the co-founder of the magazine, Gloria Steinem, heard someone suggest “Ms.” as a title for all women, whether married or not, and Steinem decided to use it as the name of the magazine.  After this, “Ms.” finally started to see the light of day, being the female equivalent of “Mr.”, which “Mrs.” had actually originally been.