Cats Playing Patty-cake, what they were saying...

Wicked cute kitties... loved this and had to share!

Thanksgiving Dessert I Made....

I made some Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars for Thanksgiving this year... Here is how I did it....

Keep in mind, my camera is broken so these had to come from my crappy camera phone.. but oh well.. you can still see it... just not as sweet and clearly...

Two bars of cream cheese...

Sugar... Sugar... Sugar...

One can of pumpkin... which smells AMAZING!!!! ...

Three Eggs...

Three tablespoons of Confectioners Sugar...

Pinch of Pumpkin Pie Spice... (which runs 6.50 per small ass jar)

Pinch of Salt...

Get the chocolate chips out so you can melt them... and snack on a few... (hee hee)

Pour it in the baking dish so you can add the melted chocolate...

Before it hits the oven for baking...

The final product...

I love horses... and beautiful poems... this is a two-fer..

The poem reads:

"Somewhere in time's own space there must be some sweet pastured place
where creeks sing on and tall trees grow, some paradise where horses go,
For the love that guides my pen, I know great horses live again." ~ Stanley Harrison
I just LOVED that poem so I had to share...

Have a good one!

I love the Ellen Show...

How cute and talented is this cute girl?

Interesting facts about when to eat fruit... I had no idea!

We all think eating fruit means just buying fruit, cutting it up and popping it into our mouths. It's not that easy. It's important to know how and when to eat fruit.

What's the correct way to eat fruit?

IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUIT AFTER A MEAL! FRUIT SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.

Eating fruit like that plays a major role in detoxifying your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.

FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.

Let's say you eat two slices of bread, then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it's prevented from doing so.

In the meantime, the whole meal rots and ferments, and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach, and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.

Eat your fruit on an empty stomach, or before your meal! You've heard people complain: Every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet, etc. This will not happen if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. Fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas. Hence, you bloat!

There's no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruit becomes alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruit, you have the Secret of Beauty, Longevity, Health, Energy, Happiness and normal weight.

When you need to drink fruit juice drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT the concentrated juice from the cans. Don't drink juice that has been heated. Don't eat cooked fruit; you don't get the nutrients at all. You get only the taste. Cooking destroys all of the vitamins.

Eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit-fast to cleanse your body. Eat fruit and drink fruit juice for just 3 days, and you will be surprised when your friends say how radiant you look!

KIWI: Tiny but mighty, and a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E and fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange!

AN APPLE a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants and flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C, thereby helping to lower the risk of colon cancer, heart attack and stroke.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits and protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.

EATING 2 - 4 ORANGES a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent and dissolve kidney stones, and reduce the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. Also a key source of lycopene, the cancer-fighting oxidant. Also found in watermelon: Vitamin C and Potassium.

GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene, good for your eyes.

Ooops...

I hate it when I change my background and all my widgets get all screwed up.. that is VERY annoying! But I must change my background every so often out of boredom... and since I LOVE OWLS, I thought this was appropriate! Bear with me as I change around the widgets... I will do that when I have time... work is calling! Enjoy your weekend people!!!

So I was reading this blog called.. Girls Gone Child..

And I came upon this post... it was pretty touching... wanted to share...

"My Nana sent this to my mother last week who then sent it to me. It's twelve minutes long but worth every minute. Alice Herz-Sommer (107 years this month) is the oldest living Holocaust survivor, but more than that she is the personification of light and what it means to love life despite its best efforts to challenge with darkness. The capability of human beings is staggering. For Alice, it was music that saved her and never stopped. Creativity is hope. Optimism wins. Dusk is the magic hour.

'Only when we are so old are we aware of the beauty of life.'

Happy Birthday, Alice.

73. Alice Dancing Under the Gallows Trailer; Directed by: Malcolm Clarke

GGC

"

Burlington Vermont...

Went to Burlington this past weekend and only got to take a handful of pics unfortunately because my piece of crap camera shit the bed on me again!! SCREAM!!!!

My pics are in no particular order...

Cute bike I came across while walking down Church Street in Burlington.. thought it was cool.

Eating at Ken's Pizza...

Lake Champlain CHOCOLATES!!!!! YUMMY!

Girls playing guitar and singing in the street....

Loved the beautiful trees...

Hi there! Notice the badass coat I'm wearing... it's my love!

Cute store called Stella... and a park bench... lovely...

Love me some Speeder and Earl Coffee!!

Pretty streets...

Leunig's Bistro... Had lunch there a few times... it's a fave of mine! Cute tables close together giving it a cozy feeling... or was that the martini I was drinking at 1:30pm? lol

A snowboarding competition in downtown...

Lots of people came out to watch...

Snow started to wither away after a while...