Showing newest 8 of 14 posts from October 2008. Show older posts
Showing newest 8 of 14 posts from October 2008. Show older posts

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University T-shirts laced with great humor enjoyed by all, make the perfect t-shirt as a holiday gift for anyone!

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Grab some great holiday gifts at discounted prices for family and friends. Union Eight shopkeepers offer the finest quality gifts at reasonable prices, and many have lowered prices on their most popular apparel and gifts for your gift giving pleasure.


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Christmas Present

It was the day after Christmas at a church in San Francisco. The pastor of the church was looking over the cradle when he noticed that the baby Jesus was missing from among the figures. Immediately he turned and went outside and saw a little boy with a red wagon, and in the wagon was the figure of the little infant, Jesus.

So he walked up to the boy and said, "Well, where did you get Him, my fine friend?"

The little boy replied, "I got him from the church."

"And why did you take him?"

The boy said, "Well, about a week before Christmas I prayed to the little Lord Jesus and I told him if he would bring me a red wagon for Christmas I would give him a ride around the block in it."




The top 18 ways to confuse Santa Claus

1. Instead of milk and cookies, leave him a salad, and a note explaining that you think he could stand to lose a few pounds.

2. While he's in the house, go find his sleigh and write him a speeding ticket.

3. Leave him a note, explaining that you've gone away for the holidays. Ask if he would mind watering your plants.

4. While he's in the house, replace all his reindeer with exact replicas. Then wait and see what happens when he tries to get them to fly.

5. Keep an angry bull in your living room. If you think a bull goes crazy when he sees a little red cape, wait until he sees that big, red Santa suit!

6. Build an army of mean-looking snowmen on the roof, holding signs that say "We hate Christmas," and "Go away Santa"

7. Leave a note by the telephone, telling Santa that Mrs. Claus called and wanted to remind him to pick up some milk and a loaf of bread on his way home.

8. Set a bear trap at the bottom of the chimney. Wait for Santa to get caught in it, and then explain that you're sorry, but from a distance, he looked like a bear.

9. While he's in the house, find the sleigh and sit in it. As soon as he comes back and sees you, tell him that he shouldn't have missed that last payment, and take off.

10. Leave a plate filled with cookies and a glass of milk out, with a note that says, "For The Tooth Fairy." Leave another plate out with half a stale cookie and a few drops of skim milk in a dirty glass with a note that says, "For Santa"

11. Take everything out of your house as if it's just been robbed. When Santa arrives, show up dressed like a policeman and say, "Well, well. They always return to the scene of the crime."

12. Leave out a copy of your Christmas list with last-minute changes and corrections.

13. While he's in the house, cover the top of the chimney with barbed wire.

14. Leave lots of hunting trophies and guns out where Santa's sure to see them. Go outside, yell, "Ooh! Look! A deer! And he's got a red nose!" and fire a gun.

15. Leave Santa a note, explaining that you've moved. Include a map with unclear and hard-to-read directions to your new house.

16. Leave out a Santa suit, with a dry-cleaning bill.

17. Paint "hoof-prints" all over your face and clothes. While he's in the house, go out on the roof. When he comes back up, act like you've been "trampled." Threaten to sue.

18. Instead of ornaments, decorate your tree with Easter eggs. Dress up like the Easter Bunny. Wait for Santa to come and then say, "This neighborhood ain't big enough for the both of us."


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Welcoming A New Baby

Having a new baby in the family may be one of the tougher things your older child has to deal with. However, it may eventually be one of the greatest gifts you can give them.

How can I prepare my child ahead of time for their new baby sibling?
Here are some things you should do to help prepare your older child:
  • Tell your child about your pregnancy when you tell your friends. Your child needs to hear about it from you, not from someone else.
  • If you plan to move your child to a new bed and/or bedroom, do so well before the baby arrives, so your older child doesn’t feel displaced by the baby. This also goes for any other major changes, like weaning, toilet training, and starting preschool or child care.
  • Check with your hospital about sibling preparation classes and hospital tours.
  • Bring your child to prenatal visits so they can meet your birth attendant.
  • Give them a realistic idea of what to expect when the baby first arrives. You will be tired, and the baby will take lots of your time. The baby will not be able to do much at first, except eat, sleep, poop, pee and cry. The baby will not be a playmate.
  • Visit friends with a new baby, if possible.
  • Read books about pregnancy, birth, newborns, and baby siblings with your child (see below for some suggestions). Give them a chance to ask questions, voice concerns, and vent feelings inspired by the books.
  • Look at pictures/video of your older child’s birth and babyhood. Tell them about their birth and what they were like as a baby. Tell them how excited you were when they were born, and how everyone wanted to see them and hold them.
  • Have your child practice holding a doll and supporting the head. Teach them how to touch and hold a baby very gently.
  • Let them participate in preparations in any way possible. Give them choices, such as choosing the baby’s coming home outfit from two acceptable options.
  • Should your child be present for the baby’s birth? Many families have found this to be a very positive experience, but it is not necessarily right for every family. If you do decide to have your child at the birth, make sure you have an adult caregiver whose only job is to be there for the child. Prepare your child thoroughly, by watching videos of births with them, bringing them to midwife or OB appointments, and talking with them about what it may be like. It may be nice to give them a special, age-appropriate job, such as cutting the umbilical cord or putting on the hat.

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Quotes About Baby

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone


Babies are such a nice way to start people. ~Don Herrold


A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase. ~Author Unknown


It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge. ~Phyllis Diller


Where did you come from, baby dear?
Out of the Everywhere and into here.
~George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind


Every child begins the world again.... ~Henry David Thoreau


Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your nose for a horn and make loud "snort" noises.) I don't know why parents don't do this more often. Usually it makes the kid laugh. Sometimes it sends him into shock. Either way it quiets him down. If you're a parent, acting like a rhino has another advantage. Keep it up until the kid is a teenager and he definitely won't have his friends hanging around your house all the time. ~P.J. O'Rourke


Always kiss your children goodnight - even if they're already asleep. ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.


It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams


It sometimes happens, even in the best of families, that a baby is born. This is not necessarily cause for alarm. The important thing is to keep your wits about you and borrow some money. ~Elinor Goulding Smith


Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething. ~Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson, 1894


A soiled baby with a neglected nose cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of beauty. ~Mark Twain


The moment a child is born,
the mother is also born.
She never existed before.
The woman existed, but the mother, never.
A mother is something absolutely new.
~Rajneesh


There are three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in attractive containers; and the cat can't get it. ~Irena Chalmers


Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other. ~Ed Howe


...a little child, born yesterday,
A thing on mother's milk and kisses fed...
~"Hymn to Mercury" (one of the Homeric Hymns), translated from Greek by Percy Bysshe Shelley


Children are one third of our population and all of our future. ~Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health, 1981


Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky. ~Fran Lebowitz


A crying baby is the best form of birth control. ~Carole Tabron


A baby is a blank cheque made payable to the human race. ~Barbara Christine Seifert


A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on. ~Carl Sandburg


People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one. ~Leo J. Burke


Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories. ~John Wilmot


If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family. ~Lawrence Housman


Babies are always more trouble than you thought - and more wonderful. ~Charles Osgood


Spread the diaper in the position of the diamond with you at bat. Then fold second base down to home and set the baby on the pitcher's mound. Put first base and third together, bring up home plate and pin the three together. Of course, in case of rain, you gotta call the game and start all over again. ~Jimmy Piersal, on how to diaper a baby, 1968


If you were to open up a baby's head - and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should - you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. ~Dave Barry


Adoption is when a child grew in its mommy's heart instead of her tummy. ~Author Unknown

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I'm Cute, Mom's Cute, and Dad's Lucky!
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Why is it hard for an older child to adjust to a new baby?
There are many things that can contribute to a difficult adjustment:
  • Research indicates that a child’s personality has the most effect on how they react to a new baby.
  • Children with the closest relationships with their mothers show the most upset after the baby is born.
  • Children with a close relationship with their father seem to adjust better.
  • Your child’s developmental stage may affect how well they can share your attention. Often two-year-olds have lots of trouble getting used to a new baby, because their needs for time and closeness from their parents are still great.
  • Stress on the family can make your older child’s adjustment harder.

To get a sense of how your older child might feel about the addition of the new baby, imagine this:
Imagine that your partner puts an arm around you and says, "Honey, I love you so much, and you're so wonderful that I've decided to have another wife (or husband or partner) just like you." When the new wife (or husband or partner) finally arrives, you see that (s)he's very young and kind of cute. When the three of you are out together, people say hello to you politely, but exclaim ecstatically over the newcomer. "Isn't (s)he adorable! Hello sweetheart... You are precious!" Then they turn to you and ask, "How do you like the new wife (or husband or partner)?"

How can I help my child adjust to the new baby once it’s here?

  • Set aside special time for your older child. Each parent should spend some one-on-one with the older child every day. It’s amazing how much even just 10 minutes of uninterrupted one-on-one time can mean to your child (and help their behavior!). Let your child choose the activity, and you follow their lead.
  • Listen—really listen—to how your child feels about the baby and the changes in your family. If they express negative feelings, acknowledge them. Help your child put their feelings into words. Never deny or discount your child’s feelings.
  • Make sure it is very clear that absolutely no hurting is allowed. Give your child other ways to express bad or angry feelings they may have toward the baby. For example, they could draw an angry picture of the baby, or act out their wishes with dolls, or roar like a lion.
  • “Baby” your child, if that’s what they seem to crave. This may help stave off regression in areas that are less acceptable to you. There is a tendency to suddenly expect your child to become more independent when you have a new baby. If you expect less independence, you are more likely to get more!
  • Have the new baby and older child exchange gifts.
  • Have some special “big brother” or “big sister” gifts to give your child as friends and relatives start showing up with baby gifts, so your older child won’t feel left out.
  • Remind visitors to pay attention to your older child, and not just the baby.
  • Make sure the older child has some special, private space, and things of their own that they don’t have to share with the baby.
  • Give them special jobs that they can do to help the family and help with the baby’s care (but don’t overdo it—take your cue from your child on this).
  • Let them participate in the baby’s care—baths, dressing, pushing the stroller, etc.
  • Point out the benefits of being an older child, like choosing what to eat, being able to go the park and play, and having friends.

Great Coffee And Coffee Mug Gifts

Admittedly, I love coffee ... all kinds of coffee. So naturally, I am always looking around to find the best coffees to indulge my taste buds in that rich dark delicious goodness. Not only do I love a great cup of coffee, but like sipping my nectar from some of the best coffee mugs in the marketplace. Ole' SagArt did the research and we've got some of the most outstanding coffee mugs for you and your family or friends. They are perfect holiday gifts for anyone!

On one of my coffee queries, I found this site CoffeeReview that gives an overall rating of some of the best coffees in the world. I was in heaven, and soon discovered I have missed out on some of the best rated coffees. Tell me it ain't so!

Some of the descriptions of the coffee rated there, will make your mouth water. Here's some examples:

PT's Coffee Roasting Co.
Sweet-toned, crisply balanced aroma: milk chocolate, cherryish fruit, a hint of freshly tanned leather. In the cup silky mouthfeel, bright acidity, distinct cocoa, orange and berry notes, dry yet lush. The flavor notes carry with depth, elegance and great persistence from short finish through long. Oh, I gotta get me some of that!
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Terrior Coffee
Richly and sweetly bright aroma with aromatic wood, peach-toned fruit and cocoa notes. In the cup quietly acidy, elegantly crisply sweet, deeply floral, with distinct peach-toned fruit and hints of cocoaish chocolate that carry into a long, flavor-glistening finish.

I don't know who writes these coffee descriptions but ... I think I'm in love!
Sweetly bright aroma, with tight-knit complexity: flowers, cocoa, honey, aromatic wood. In the cup lightly syrupy in mouthfeel, sweetly and lushly acidy but superbly balanced, with deep-toned night floral notes, orangy citrus and continued hints of cocoa and aromatic wood. Rich, flavor-saturated finish with a very slight astringency essentially lost in flowers.

Are we still talking about coffee? That description just transported me to a tropical isle filled with cocoa, honey, citrus and flowers. Nice trip. Think I'll stay awhile.
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Johnson Brothers Coffee Roasters
Buttery aroma: nut, flowers, dry berry. Rich acidity, medium body. The elegantly pungent berry note cuppers call black currant dominates in the cup, but supported by a profound underlying sweetness that gives the berry a dark chocolate depth. Flowers revive in the fine, rich, flavor-saturated finish.

Don't know about the rest of you, but I've just found what I want for Christmas. Great coffees and cool mugs to fight off the winter chill. Life just doesn't get any better than that!

Holiday Dips and Shopping Tips

Oh my gosh, is it that time of the year again? Yep, it's time to start planning for those holiday get-togethers and putting together that shopping list for party foods and holiday gifts. There never seems to be enough time to get it all done, so we've posted some of our favorite holiday party dips and some great holiday gifts for your family and friends.

Warm Spinach Dip
Ingredients:
1 cup Miracle Whip or mayonnaise
1 - 10 0z. package frozen spinach, thawed and well drained
1/2 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
1 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 garlic clove, finely minced
1/2 small onion, finely minced

Directions:
Mix together all ingredients and pour into a pie pan or shallow baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes until it is lightly browned. You can serve it with your favorite toasted bread, vegetables or crackers. Great for parties.


Chili and Cheese Dip

Ingredients:
2 cans refried beans
2 cans (16 ounce) chili or 4 cups homemade
2 packages (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened
8 green onions, chopped
green chiles to taste (fresh or canned)
1 large jar of salsa--your favorite kind
8 ounces shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
8 ounces shredded Cheddar

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix the cream cheese and refried beans together and spread into a 9 x 13 lightly sprayed baking dish. Spread the chili over the bean mixture evenly. Pour the salsa evenly over the chili. Sprinkle the green onions and chiles over and top with the cheeses. Bake for 30 minutes or until cheese is bubbly. Notes: I make more chili than I need for a meal and use the extra for the dip. You can even freeze it and thaw the day you make the dip. I also use black refried beans for a nice change from the regular type. Serve with tortilla chips.


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Pizza Dip
Ingredients:
1 cup ricotta cheese
1 cup sour cream
1 cup shredded Mozzarella Parmesan cheese blend
1 envelope Knorr's garlic and herb sauce mix
3 1/2 oz. sliced pepperoni, diced

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all ingredients and place into an oven-proof baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Serve with tortilla chips, toasted bread of your choice, bagel chips or crackers.



Just For Mom

Mom, one of the sweetest words representing the most coveted titles that we place upon the woman who is so important in our lives. In honor of her, we celebrate our Mother in all her goodness, strength and support we are blessed to receive from her. We walk in Mother's garden where love blooms eternal.

A mother's love determines how
We love ourselves and others.
There is no sky we'll ever see
Not lit by that first love.

Stripped of love, the universe
Would drive us mad with pain;
But we are born into a world
That greets our cries with joy.

How much I owe you for the kiss
That told me who I was!
The greatest gift--a love of life--
Lay laughing in your eyes.

Because of you my world still has
The soft grace of your smile;
And every wind of fortune bears
The scent of your caress.



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Behold the mother with her newborn child!
An icon of a hope that never dies.
Death may label all we cherish lies,
Yet this love lies too deep to be defiled.
We clear an inner field where fate has smiled,
Letting play the pleasures of surmise,
Holding back all contrary replies,
As though our thoughts might turn the winters mild.
Despite the well-known travesties of time,
Each time a child is born we dream anew,
For only thus our losses are regained.
Though we must share the destiny of slime,
No passion in our palette is more true
Than that which cradles innocence unstained.

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For me, two mothers aren't one too many:
One's for real, and one's for other things.
Remember: there are those who haven't any,
Missing their one chance at angel's wings.
You're the one most free to mother me,
Giving without worrying I'll be spoiled.
Often my real mother "has to see,"
Dreading I might get my future soiled.
More than just an aunt, what's in your heart
Opens doors within where I can go
To learn the difficult and gentle art
Happiness embraces those who know.
Each moment that you love me makes me whole:
Rare is she who can so grace a role.

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How much I love you I can't say:
It's more than words can hold.
You're all at once my rich, red clay,
My potter and my mold.

Yours the words that shaped my voice,
The spirit within mine.
Yours the will that shaped my choice,
My fortune, and my sign.

How lucky I was to have had you
At the core of me!
Wise and good, you always knew
Just what I could be.

And so I came to be someone
Whom I could be proud of.
For this I give my swollen sum

Of gratitude and love.

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