Snowmom

Here are some things that count for miles. ******** These are as you can count them, 1 mile will = one mile. Biking, swimming, walking, and such. ********* These will be counted as 1 hour = one mile ********* will be down and up 10 times = one mile ******** These will be counted as 30 minutes = one mile weights, jumping rope. ******** You will have to be the judge of these. We have been counting 1 hour as a mile, but, sometimes it isn't so. Therefore, I'm letting you be the judge of these. ************ For the week of, November 1 – 7, I did 34.71 miles. 11 was on the treadmill and bike. For the week of November 8 – 14, I did 30.15 miles. 6 is all I got done on the bike this week. ********* Ok, who will be ??? ********* Who is going to join us? Anyone who wants to start exercising or walking or whatever, count your miles and add them up this week and post them next week when either Momo or I make the walking post.

Momo, don't feel bad, I have gained so much in the past year. I have tried so hard and all I seem to do is gain. I'm sure you will be fine. We all have to have a day we have something special. Here are some things that count for miles. These are as you can count them, 1 mile will = one mile. Biking, swimming, walking, and such. ********* These will be counted as 1 hour = one mile ********************* will be down and up 10 times = one mile ******** These will be counted as 30 minutes = one mile weights, jumping rope. ******** You will have to be the judge of these. We have been counting 1 hour as a mile, but, sometimes it isn't so. Therefore, I'm letting you be the judge of these. ************ For the week of October 25 - 31, I am saying I did 34.382 miles. 16 were on the treadmill and bike, so that is good. ********* Ok, who will be ??? ********* Who is going to join us? Anyone who wants to start exercising or walking or whatever, count your miles and add them up this week and post them next week when either Momo or I make the walking post.

I just sent you all a message with the names and addresses. I know that Midnightmom may not be able to get hers here so am sending it by US Mail too, so she will get the list. Have fun making all of these ornaments now. I think it is fine that if probably fine, Christy.

Hi Trudy, No, you are not to late as I figured if you made it by this morning you were fine. We had company this week end so I didn't get on here at all yesterday. I do need your address for the exchange though. Snowmom

Glad you were able to sign up Christy. I have you added to the list.

MRS. S. NEWSLETTER OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF 2015 http://www.prnewswir...-300155865.html ****************************************** 4. Humor Me: http://www.amazon.co...11390551&sr=8-2 Posted 22 July 2011 - 10:29 PM I recently came across 2 more bits of info on vacuum sealing jars. #1 If you have one of those canistertype vacumm seal containers....you can vacuum seal any store bought jar that has the built in sealing lid inside the lid. For example a pickle jar... Just fill the jar with dried food and put lid on..then place it into the larger canisterand vacuum seal the canister. When the canister has sealed, release the pressure on it and the jar inside will have a good sel also. This is great as it frees up Mason jars for canning!!! #2 My second discovery was finding this tool to remove lids from canning jars.. I am sure it will come in handy as some lids are very hard to remove. Amazon sells it as well as Miles Kimball http://www.amazon.co...11390551&sr=8-2 Posted 22 July 2011 - 10:29 PM I recently came across 2 more bits of info on vacuum sealing jars. #1 If you have one of those canistertype vacumm seal containers....you can vacuum seal any store bought jar that has the built in sealing lid inside the lid. For example a pickle jar... Just fill the jar with dried food and put lid on..then place it into the larger canisterand vacuum seal the canister. When the canister has sealed, release the pressure on it and the jar inside will have a good sel also. This is great as it frees up Mason jars for canning!!! #2 My second discovery was finding this tool to remove lids from canning jars.. I am sure it will come in handy as some lids are very hard to remove. Amazon sells it as well as Miles Kimball http://www.amazon.co...11390551&sr=8-2 ************************************** 7. Nature's Bounty: http://www.scienceal...out-electricity She also posted: Posted 25 October 2015 - 09:10 AM oops, from Science Alert site, sorry. My bad.. It looks pretty easy to build from the description. Article : This clever new refrigerator keeps food cold without electricity Good job, science! BEC CREW 24 OCT 2015 facebook_x3.png 11.7k twitter_x3.png 31 It’s easy to take that hulking great white beast of a machine in our kitchens for granted, but for the 1.3 billion people in the world who are living without electricity, a working refrigerator is not an option. So a team of students in Canada has invented a cooling device that not only works without any electricity whatsoever, it’s also cheap and portable, making it ideal for those in remote and rural areas who struggle to keep their produce fresh. "We thought it would be good to decrease the amount of food waste in the world, and we came up with this design because it's easy to build and the materials are relatively cheap," one of the students, Michelle Zhou from the University of Calgary, told CBC News. Dubbed the WindChill Food Preservation Unit, the device connects an air tube to an evaporation chamber, which connects to a sealed refrigeration chamber that looks a lot like an esky, the contents of which are cooled through the process of evaporative cooling. It works by passively drawing in warm ambient air through the funnel, which is fed into a pipe that’s been buried underground. This already starts to cool down the air before it's fed into coiled cooper pipe that’s been immersed in water in the evaporation chamber. The evaporation process is helped along by a small, solar-powered fan. The water evaporating around pipe chills the air inside, and this is then fed back underground before entering the refrigeration chamber. The invention won first place in the student category of the 2015 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, which asks researchers and students to come up with improvements to the global food system inspired by nature. The University of Calgary team says its invention was inspired by everything from coral and kangaroos to bees and elephants - think siphoning air in via elephant ears and keeping things cool underground like termite tunnels. The next step will be to improve the design to achieve a consistent 4.5 degrees Celsius temperature in the refrigeration chamber, which is what’s needed to keep food from spoiling. "Anywhere from a quarter to half of the world's food goes to waste every year, and in rural populations - about 70 percent of the people in rural Africa don't have access to electricity," team member Jorge Zapote told CBC News. "So this at the moment uses a tiny bit of electricity from a solar panel, but the end design is to use zero electricity. So this could really help people in those areas." Arby was so much easier to remember.  :; ************************************* 10. Country Homesteading http://www.appliance...nby-dtt420.html ************************************* 11. Pinching Pennies: http://mrssurvival.com/forums/index.php?showforum=17 http://mrssurvival.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=52190 Have you tried to find replacement parts lately? by: Momo Posted 23 October 2015 - 11:28 AM Yesterday was the third time in a few days that I failed in my attempt to buy a replacement part for a fairly new item. I went to the original store where I bought a light fixture about 2 years ago. They stock no parts. This is a big box home improvement store. DH pressed the call for help button which I told him would be a waste of time..which it was. The elderly gentleman (older than DH who is 78) came over and had no idea about lighting. At least he did walk over, unlike the other 12 employess wandering around aimlessly with nothing to do. The store was nearly empty of customers on a Thursday morning. How do these stores make any money with few customers and so much idle help? Of course the scooter also died on me and it was the only one working. The other two scooters had big out of order signs on them. DH had to go out to the car and get my wheelchair to get me out of there. Of course he was limping badly by the time we got in the car, since he has severe nerve damage and bad circulation in his legs. (PAD plus a failed graft)) When I got home I called the manufacturer who is checking to see if they can get me replacement sconces. I will not be holding my breath waiting for a return call! LOL. Don't even get me started about my 4 phone calls to Blue Cross to request a claim form. I first called in July...and still no form. ************************************ 12. The Homeschooling Haven: http://mrssurvival.com/forums/index.php?showforum=26 http://mrssurvival.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=51157 ************************************ 13. DIY http://mrssurvival.com/forums/index.php?showforum=15 http://mrssurvival.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=49860 advice for a few years from now by: out_of_the_ordinary Posted 01 March 2015 - 11:01 AM We will be homeschooling DD when it's time. I was just wondering if anyone has suggestions of things to be buying now for later (she's 14 months old, so we have some time). I know the obvious stuff, like stocking up during the back to school sales on paper, folders, pencils, ect. And I've been slowly trying to build the home library kids section and reference section. The budget is tight, but little by little. Just was wondering if there was anything else....I'm guessing that whatever program we'd use, it would be better to wait a few years. Any advice is appreciated! *********************************** 14. Holiday and Gift Central: http://mrssurvival.com/forums/index.php?showforum=21 http://mrssurvival.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5952 THE WELL LIT CHRISTMAS TREE by: Guest Posted 29 November 2003 - 06:30 PM Lighting is a critical part of decorating your tree. To get a designer effect you need to add many more lights than average. You will get big results for the dollars you invest. I recall a time when I tossed 2-3 light strings loosely around the tree and thought I was doing pretty good .....well after seeing the differences of professional lighting, I'll never go back. Here's how to create the great look you see in commercial sights and magazines: You will need 1 string of 100 lights per foot of tree, i.e.: a 6' tree needs 6 strings of 100 lights-600 lights all together! This is a fairly reasonable investment at $3-5 per strand (watch for periodic sales throughout Christmas- at any given time someone usually has them on special.). With proper care and storage they can be used for 3-4 years. If your tree is over 5' tall it is a good idea to get a tree cord. These handy items are now sold at most drug and discount retailers. They are green and have sets of plug ins along the cord. Why do you need so many plugs when mini lights draw so little power? Don't miss reading this next part.....(it will save endless frustration) You can never, never ( I mean it!) plug in more than 3 strings of 100 lights together. While they do not draw that much power there are tiny fuses in the plug of each string that will immediately burn out if any more power than that goes through them. You will have lights that burn with very little maintenance if you follow this rule. Your lights will also work better if you start of by buying them bundled in small boxes rather than on plastic racks. When removed from the rack, lights often get wires broken or bulbs pulled just loose enough that half the string will not work. If this is all that is available plug them in while you are removing them from the rack so that as soon as there is a problem you will find it. Now that you have your materials here are some tips for getting the job done. This is going to take some time so put on some nice holidays music, get a cup of hot cider or cocoa and some comfy clothes. Long sleeves are a good choice to keep from getting poked by the tree as much....and if your tree is flocked-don't wear a sweater....trust me. I feel it is simplest to start at the tip and work your way down. Keep in mind that you always want to end with the pronged plug going down the tree toward your power source. Plug all your power together and make sure your lights are burning while you are putting them on. This assures an even coverage and also will alert you the moment that a bulb is knocked loose...half or all of the string will usually go out. Some strings will go half out during the process, if they do not respond right away or go out again after being fixed, it is usually best to remove them and return them to the store for a replacement....you might be able to make them work for the moment but, undoubtedly, they will give you trouble along the way and aren't the holidays already stressful enough? To begin drop the plug down into the top of the tree so it will be hidden and then begin to wrap the branches in a spread out manor. To tightly wrap them you will need even more lights. If you are wrapping an artificial tree you need to wrap each branch or it will look patchy. While your at it, you might as well light it in sections so that after the season is over you can put each section in a plastic bag and you won't be relighting the same tree each year. They should be good for 3-4 years. After that the bulbs will probably be getting fairly thin... If you will be using a very dense fresh tree you would wrap every other branch. For sparser Nobles, you will probably need every branch wrapped. To gauge how you are doing when you are just about 2/3 down the tree, you should have a little more than half of your lights left to go (this is because the bottom branches really take a lot more than the top portion of the tree. The key to good tree lighting is that the cords of the lights hug the tree branches and are not immediately noticeable. Come out to the end of the branch and then wrap 2-3 times on the way back to hold the first bit of cord fast to the branch. When you get in towards the trunk where it isn't very noticeable, go across to another branch. Putting lights back into the inside of the tree gives it a lot of depth and creates a beautiful display. by Julie Ann Bennet *********************************************** DID YOU KNOW???? This is about Mississippi Facts and Trivia 1. In 1963 the University of Mississippi Medical Center accomplished the world's first human lung transplant and, on January 23, 1964, Dr. James D. Hardy performed the world's first heart transplant surgery. 2. Borden's Condensed Milk was first canned in Liberty. 3. In 1902 while on a hunting expedition in Sharkey County, President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt refused to shoot a captured bear. This act resulted in the creation of the world-famous teddy bear. 4. The world's largest shrimp is on display at the Old Spanish Fort Museum in Pascagoula. 5. The first bottle of Dr. Tichener's Antiseptic was produced in Liberty. 6. The world's largest cactus plantation is in Edwards. 7. Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, on January 8, 1935. 8. H.T. Merrill from Luka performed the world's first round trip trans-oceanic flight in 1928. 9. In 1884 the concept of selling shoes in boxes in pairs (right foot and left foot) occurred in Vicksburg at Phil Gilbert's Shoe Parlor on Washington Street. 10. The first female rural mail carrier in the United States was Mrs. Mamie Thomas. She delivered mail by buggy to the area southeast of Vicksburg in 1914. 11. Historic Jefferson College, circa 1802, was the first preparatory school established in the Mississippi Territory. Located in Washington the educational institution is also the site where tradition holds Aaron Burr was arraigned for treason in 1807, beneath what became known as Burr Oaks. 12. William Grant Still of Woodville composed the Afro-American Symphony. 13. Burnita Shelton Mathews of Hazelhurst was the first woman federal judge in the United States and served in Washington, the District of Columbia. 14. Dr. Emmette F. Izard of Hazelhurst developed the first fibers of rayon. They became known as the first real synthetics. 15. The first nuclear submarine built in the south was produced in Mississippi. 16. In 1871 Liberty became the first town in the United States to erect a Confederate monument. 17. Mississippi was the first state in the nation to have a planned system of junior colleges. 18. Leontyne Price of Laurel performed with the New York Metropolitan Opera. 19. Mississippi is the birthplace of the Order of the Eastern Star. 20. The rarest of North American cranes lives in Mississippi in the grassy savannas of Jackson County. The Mississippi Sandhill Crane stands about 44 inches tall and has an eight-foot wingspan. 21. Guy Bush of Tupelo was one of the most valuable players with the Chicago Cubs. He was on the 1929 World Series team and Babe Ruth hit his last home run off a ball pitched by Bush. 22. S.B. Sam Vick of Oakland played for the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. He was the only man ever to pinch hit for the baseball great Babe Ruth. 23. Blazon-Flexible Flyer, Inc. in West Point is proclaimed to make the very best snow sled in the United States, which became an American tradition. It is called The Flexible Flyer. 24. Friendship Cemetery in Columbus has been called Where Flowers Healed a Nation. It was April 25, 1866, and the Civil War had been over for a year when the ladies of Columbus decided to decorate both Confederate and Union soldiers' graves with beautiful bouquets and garlands of flowers. As a direct result of this kind gesture, Americans celebrate what has come to be called Memorial Day each year, an annual observance of recognition of war dead. 25. The largest Bible-binding plant in the nation is Norris Bookbinding Company in Greenwood. 26. After the Civil War, famed hat maker John B. Stetson learned and practiced his trade at Dunn's Falls near Meridian. 27. In 1834 Captain Isaac Ross, whose plantation was in Lorman, freed his slaves and arranged for them to be sent to Africa, where they founded the country of Liberia. Recently, representatives of Liberia visited Lorman and placed a stone at the Captain's gravesite in honor of his kindness. 28. The world's largest cottonwood tree plantation is in Issaquena County. 29. David Harrison of Columbus owns the patent on the Soft Toilet Seat. Over 1,000,000 are sold every year. 30. The first football player on a Wheaties box was Walter Payton of Columbia. 31. Greenwood is the home of Cotton Row, which is the second largest cotton exchange in the nation and is on the National Register of Historic Places. 32. The oldest game in America is stickball. The Choctaw Indians of Mississippi played the game. Demonstrations can be seen every July at the Choctaw Indian Fair in Philadelphia. 33. The International Checkers Hall of Fame is in Petal. 34. Natchez was settled by the French in 1716 and is the oldest permanent settlement on the Mississippi River. Natchez once had 500 millionaires, more than any other city except New York City. 35. Natchez now has more than 500 buildings that are on the National Register of Historic Places. 36. The Natchez Trace Parkway, named an All American Road by the federal government, extends from Natchez to just south of Nashville, Tennessee. The Trace began as an Indian trail more than 8,000 years ago. 37. The Vicksburg National Cemetery is the second largest national cemetery in the country. Arlington National Cemetery is the largest. 38. D'Lo was featured in "Life Magazine" for sending proportionally more men to serve in World War II than any other town of its size. 38 percent of the men who lived in D'Lo served. 39. Mississippi suffered the largest percentage of people who died in the Civil War of any Confederate State. 78,000 Mississippians entered the Confederate military. By the end of the war 59,000 were either dead or wounded. 40. Pine Sol was invented in 1929 by Jackson native Harry A. Cole, Sr. 41. The world's largest pecan nursery is in Lumberton. 42. Greenwood is called the Cotton Capital of the World. 43. Belzoni is called the Catfish Capital of the World. 44. Vardaman is called the Sweet Potato Capital of the World. 45. Greenville is called the Towboat Capital of the World. 46. Root beer was invented in Biloxi in 1898 by Edward Adolf Barq, Sr. 47. Of Mississippi's 82 counties, Yazoo County is the largest and Alcorn County is the smallest. 48. The Mississippi River is the largest in the United States and is the nation's chief waterway. Its nickname is Old Man River. 49. At Vicksburg, the United States Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station is the world's largest hydraulic research laboratory. 50. At Pascagoula the Ingalls Division of Litton Industries uses leading-edge construction techniques to build the United State Navy's most sophisticated ships. At the state's eight research centers programs are under way in acoustics, polymer science, electricity, microelectronics, hydrodynamics, and oceanography. Thanks to: Ron Collins, Greg Maxedon, Source: 'Mississippi', published by the office of the Secretary of State ***************** This is about Missouri Missouri Facts and Trivia 1. Missouri is known as the "Show Me State". 2. The 'Show Me State' expression may have began in 1899 when Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver stated, "I'm from Missouri and you've got to show me." 3. The first successful parachute jump to be made from a moving airplane was made by Captain Berry at St. Louis, in 1912. 4. The most destructive tornado on record occurred in Annapolis. In 3 hours, it tore through the town on March 18, 1925 leaving a 980-foot wide trail of demolished buildings, uprooted trees, and overturned cars. It left 823 people dead and almost 3,000 injured. 5. At the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, Richard Blechyden, served tea with ice and invented iced tea. 6. Also, at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, the ice cream cone was invented. An ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a waffle vendor to help by rolling up waffles to hold ice cream. 7. Missouri ties with Tennessee as the most neighborly state in the union, bordered by 8 states. 8. The state animal is the Mule. 9. St. Louis; is also called, "The Gateway to the West" and "Home of the Blues". 10. Warsaw holds the state record for the low temperature of -40 degrees on February 13, 1905. 11. Warsaw holds the state record for the high temperature recorded, 118 degrees on July 14, 1954. 12. State bird--native Bluebird March 30, 1927 13. State insect--honey bee July 3, 1985 14. Mozarkite was adopted as the official state rock on July 21, 1967, by the 74th General Assembly. 15. On July 21, 1967, the mineral galena was adopted as the official mineral of Missouri. 16. The crinoid became the state's official fossil on June 16, 1989, after a group of Lee's Summit school students worked through the legislative process to promote it as a state symbol. 17. On June 20, 1955, the flowering dogwood (Cornus Florida L.) became Missouri's official tree. 18. The "Missouri Waltz" became the state song under an act adopted by the General Assembly on June 30, 1949 19. The present Capitol completed in 1917 and occupied the following year is the third Capitol in Jefferson City and the sixth in Missouri history. The first seat of state government was housed in the Mansion House, Third and Vine Streets, St. Louis; the second was in the Missouri Hotel, Maine and Morgan Streets, also in St. Louis. St. Charles was designated as temporary capital of the state in 1821 and remained the seat of government until 1826 when Jefferson City became the permanent capital city. 20. The first Capitol in Jefferson City burned in 1837 and a second structure completed in 1840 burned when the dome was struck by lightning on February 5, 1911. 21. Kansas City has more miles of boulevards than Paris and more fountains than any city except Rome. 22. Kansas City has more miles of freeway per capita than any metro area with more than 1 million residents. 23. Jefferson National Expansion Memorial consists of the Gateway Arch, the Museum of Westward Expansion, and St. Louis' Old Courthouse. During a nationwide competition in 1947-48, architect Eero Saarinen's inspired design for a 630-foot stainless steel arch was chosen as a perfect monument to the spirit of the western pioneers. Construction of the Arch began in 1963 and was completed on October 28, 1965.The Arch has foundations sunken 60 feet into the ground, and is built to withstand earthquakes and high winds. It sways up to one inch in a 20 mph wind, and is built to sway up to 18 inches. 24. Saint Louis University received a formal charter from the state of Missouri in 1832, making it the oldest University west of the Mississippi. 25. In 1889, Aunt Jemima pancake flour, invented at St. Joseph, Missouri, was the first self-rising flour for pancakes and the first ready-mix food ever to be introduced commercially. 26. The tallest man in documented medical history was Robert Pershing Wadlow from St. Louis. He was 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall 27. Creve Coeur's name means broken heart in French, comes from nearby Creve Coeur Lake. Legend has it that an Indian princess fell in love with a French fur trapper, but the love was not returned. According to the story, she then leapt from a ledge overlooking Creve Coeur Lake; the lake then formed itself into a broken heart. 28. The most powerful earthquake to strike the United States occurred in 1811, centered in New Madrid, Missouri. The quake shook more than one million square miles, and was felt as far as 1,000 miles away. 29. Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis, Missouri is the largest beer producing plant in the nation. 30. During Abraham Lincoln's campaign for the presidency, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat named Valentine Tapley from Pike County, Missouri, swore that he would never shave again if Abe were elected. Tapley kept his word and his chin whiskers went unshorn from November 1860 until he died in 1910, attaining a length of twelve feet six inches. 31. President Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, May 8, 1884. 32. The first train of the Atlantic-Pacific Railway, which became the St.Louis-San Francisco Railway, or "Frisco," arrived in 1870. 33. Callaway County was organized on November 25, 1820 and named for Captain James Callaway who was killed in a fight with Indians near Loutre Creek. 34. Missouri was named after a tribe called Missouri Indians; meaning "town of the large canoes" 35. Situated within a day's drive of 50% of the U.S. population, Branson and the Tri-Lakes area serves up to 65,000 visitors daily. Branson has been a "rubber tire" destination with the vast majority of tourists arriving by vehicles, RVs and tour buses. Branson has also become one of America's top motor coach vacation destinations with an estimated 4,000 buses arriving each year. 36. Charleston holds the Dogwood-Azalea Festival annually on the 3rd weekend of April. "Charleston becomes a blooming wonderland." 37. Jefferson City, Missouri, the state's capital, was named for Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States. 38. Missouri's oldest community, Saint Genevieve, was founded as early as 1735. 39. In 1812 Missouri was organized as a territory and later admitted the 24th state of the Union on August 10, 1821. 40. In 1865 Missouri became the first slave state to free its slaves. 41. Hermann, Missouri is a storybook German village with a rich wine-making and riverboat history that is proudly displayed in area museums. Built in 1836 as the "New Fatherland" for German settlers, the town has achieved national recognition because of its quality wines and distinctive heritage. 42. Auguste Chouteau founded Saint Louis in 1764. 43. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls, writer of Little House on the Prairie grew up in Missouri. 44. "Madonna of the Trail" monument in Lexington tells the story of the brave women who helped conquer the west and is one of 12 placed in every state crossed by the National Old Trails Road, the route of early settlers from Maryland to California. 45. Soybeans bring in the most cash for Missourians as a crop. 46. Missouri Day is the third Wednesday in October. 47. On Sucker Day in Nixa, Missouri, school closes officially and the little town swells to a throng of 15,000 hungry folks. All craving a taste of the much maligned but delicious bottom dweller fish loathed by almost everyone else. 48. Point of highest elevation: Taum Sauk Mountain, 540 meters (1,772 feet) 49. State folk dance: square dance 50. State musical instrument: fiddle Thanks to: Charles Andrew Humfeld, Gene Kerr, PMary25491, Scott Peterson, Seatac57 Montana Facts and Trivia 1. Montana has the largest migratory elk herd in the nation. 2. The state boasts the largest breeding population of trumpeter swans in the lower United States. 3. At the Rocky Mountain Front Eagle Migration Area west of Great Falls more golden eagles have been seen in a single day than anywhere else in the country. 4. North of Missoula is the largest population of nesting common loons in the western United States. 5. The average square mile of land contains 1.4 elk, 1.4 pronghorn antelope, and 3.3 deer. 6. The Freezeout Lake Wildlife Management Area contains as many as 300,000 snow geese and 10,000 tundra swans during migration. 7. At Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge it is possible to see up to 1,700 nesting pelicans. 8. The Montana Yogo Sapphire is the only North American gem to be included in the Crown Jewels of England. 9. In 1888 Helena had more millionaires per capita than any other city in the world. 10. 46 out of Montana's 56 counties are considered "frontier counties" with an average population of 6 or fewer people per square mile. 11. At Egg Mountain near Choteau dinosaur eggs have been discovered supporting the theory some dinosaurs were more like mammals and birds than like reptiles. 12. Montana is the only state with a triple divide allowing water to flow into the Pacific, Atlantic, and Hudson Bay. This phenomenon occurs at Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park. 13. The notorious outlaw, Henry Plummer, built the first jail constructed in the state. 14. No state has as many different species of mammals as Montana. 15. The moose, now numbering over 8,000 in Montana, was thought to be extinct in the Rockies south of Canada in the 1900s. 16. Flathead Lake in northwest Montana contains over 200 square miles of water and 185 miles of shoreline. It is considered the largest natural freshwater lake in the west. 17. Miles City is known as the Cowboy Capitol. 18. Yellowstone National Park in southern Montana and northern Wyoming was the first national park in the nation. 19. The town of Ekalaka was named for the daughter of the famous Sioux chief, Sitting Bull. 20. Fife is named after the type of wheat grown in the area or, as some locals contend, by Tommy Simpson for his home in Scotland. 21. Fishtail is named for either a Mr. Fishtail who lived in the area or as the area Indians prefer for some of the peaks in the nearby Beartooth Mountain Range which look like the tail of a fish. 22. The Yaak community is the most northwestern settlement in the state. 23. Montana has the largest grizzly bear population in the lower 48 states. 24. Near the Pines Recreation Area as many as 100 sage grouse perform their extraordinary spring mating rituals. 25. The first luge run in North America was built at Lolo Hot Springs on Lolo Pass in 1965. 26. Combination, Comet, Keystone, Black Pine, and Pony are names of Montana ghost towns. 27. Virginia City was founded in 1863 and is considered to be the most complete original town of its kind in the United States. 28. Montana is nicknamed the Treasure State. 29. The bitterroot is the official state flower. 30. The density of the state is six people per square mile. 31. The highest point in the state is Granite Peak at 12,799 feet. 32. The most visited place in Montana is Glacier National Park, known as the crown jewel of the continent. It lies along Montana's northern border and adjoins Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada, forming the world's first International Peace Park. 33. Buffalo in the wild can still be viewed at the National Bison Range in Moiese, south of Flathead Lake and west of the Mission Mountains. 34. Montana's first territorial capital, Bannack, has been preserved as a ghost town state park along once gold-laden Grasshopper Creek. 35. The Old West comes to life through the brush and sculpture of famed western artist Charlie Russell at the Charles M. Russell Museum Complex in Great Falls. The museum contains the world's largest collection of Russell's work, his original log-cabin studio and his Great Falls home. 36. The Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman gained fame through the work of its chief paleontologist, Jack Horner. Horner was the prototype for the character Dr. Alan Grant in the best selling novel/movie, "Jurassic Park." 37. Montana's rivers and streams provide water for three oceans and three of the North American continent's major river basins. 38. Just south of Billings, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and his troops made their last stand. Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument features the Plains Indians and United States military involved in the historic battle. 39. The western meadowlark is the official state bird. 40. The first inhabitants of Montana were the Plains Indians. 41. Montana is home to seven Indian reservations. 42. Every spring nearly 10,000 white pelicans with a wingspan of nine feet migrate from the Gulf of Mexico to Medicine Lake in northeastern Montana. 43. The Going to the Sun Road in Glacier Park is considered one of the most scenic drives in America. 44. The state's official animal is the grizzly bear. 45. The state's motto Oro y Plata means gold and silver. 46. Montana's name comes from the Spanish word mountain. 47. In Montana the elk, deer and antelope populations outnumber the humans. 48. Glacier National Park has 250 lakes within its boundaries. 49. Hill County has the largest county park in the United States. Beaver Creek Park measures 10 miles long and 1 mile wide. 50. Competing with the D River in Lincoln City, Oregon for the title of the world's shortest river, the Roe River flows near Great Falls. Both rivers lengths vary from 58 feet to 200 feet. The source for this small river is Giant Springs, the largest freshwater spring in the United States. Thanks to: 7mbuell, Joel & Katrina, Travel Montana Nebraska Facts and Trivia 1. Nebraska was once called "The Great American Desert". 2. In 1927, Edwin E. Perkins of Hastings invented the powered soft drink Kool-Aid. 3. J. Sterling Morton founded Arbor Day in Nebraska City in 1872. 4. The state nickname used to be the "Tree Planter's State", but was changed in 1945 to the "Cornhusker State". 5. State insect is the honeybee. 6. State motto: Equality before the law. 7. The goldenrod was declared the state flower on April 4, 1895. 8. The Naval Ammunition Depot located in Hastings was the largest U.S. ammunition plant providing 40% of WWII's ammunition. 9. The Lied Jungle located in Omaha is the world's largest indoor rain forest. 10. Nebraska is the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich. 11. Spam (canned meat) is produced in Fremont. 12. Nebraska has the U.S.'s largest aquifer (underground lake/water supply), the Ogalala aquifer. 13. Nebraska has more miles of river than any other state. 14. The Union Pacific's Bailey Yards, in North Platte, is the largest rail classification complex in the world. 15. Nebraska is the only state in the union with a unicameral (one house) legislature. 16. Nebraska was the first state to complete its segment of the nations mainline interstate system, a 455 mile stretch of four lane highway. 17. Nebraska is both the nation's largest producer and user of center pivot irrigation. 18. Nebraska's Chimney rock was the most often mentioned landmark in journal entries by travelers on the Oregon Trail. 19. The 911 system of emergency communications, now used nationwide, was developed and first used in Lincoln, Nebraska. 20. Nebraska has more underground water reserves than any other state in the continental U.S. 21. Marlon Brando's mother gave Henry Fonda acting lessons at the Omaha Community Playhouse. 22. Lincoln County is the origin of the world's largest "Wolly Mammoth" elephant fossil. 23. Weeping Water is the nations largest limestone deposit and producer. 24. Mutual of Omaha Corporate headquarters is a public building built with 7 floors underground. 25. The Nebraska Cornhuskers have been to a record 27 consecutive bowl games and 27 consecutive winning seasons 26. The University of Nebraska Cornhusker football team has produced more Academic All-Americans than any other Division I school. 27. In Blue Hill, Nebraska, no female wearing a 'hat that would scare a timid person' can be seen eating onions in public. 28. The world's first college course about radio personality Rush Limbaugh is taught at Bellevue University in Nebraska. 29. Origin of Nebraska's Name: From an Oto Indian word meaning flat water 30. Nebraska's Motto: Equality Before the Law 31. Nebraska's State Gem is the Blue Agate 32. The largest porch swing in the world is located in Hebron, Nebraska and it can sit 25 adults. 33. The world's largest hand-planted forest is Halsey National Forrest near Thedford, Nebraska 34. The world's only museum dedicated to Fur Trading is located at Fort Atkinson near Blair. 35. The famous architect, Edward Durrell Stone, designed the Stuhr Museum near Grand Island, Nebraska. 36. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln weight room is the largest in the country. It covers three-fourths of an acre 37. Chevyland USA near Elm Creek, Nebraska is the only museum dedicated to a single line of cars. 38. The largest Kolache Festival in the world is located in Prague, Nebraska 39. Cozad, Nebraska is located on the 100th Meridian where the humid east meets the arid west. 40. In Nebraska in 1986 for the first time ever two women ran against each other for governorship of a state. 41. The cost of the Nebraska Capitol building was $ 9,800,440.07 in 1932. The construction job came in under budget and the building was paid for by the time it was completed. 42. Union Pacific Railroad's museum is headquartered in Nebraska. 43. Buffalo Bill Cody held his first rodeo in North Platte, Nebraska July 4, 1882. 44. In 1950, Omaha became the home of the College World Series. 45. There are five army forts open to the public in Nebraska: Atkinson, Kearny, Hartsuff, Sidney, and Robinson. 46. Sidney, Nebraska was the starting point of the Black Hills Gold Rush. 47. Antelope and Buffalo are counties in Nebraska named after animals. 48. Dr. Harold Edgerton of Aurora, Nebraska is the inventor of the strobe light. 49. Kearney, Nebraska is located exactly between Boston and San Francisco. 50. Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town in Omaha, Nebraska in 1917. Thanks to: Nancy Schreiner, Diane Robinson, Mike Kuhn, Scott Peterson, Stephanie Hamilton, rbrummers5 Nevada Facts and Trivia 1. In 1899 Charles Fey invented a slot machine named the Liberty Bell. The device became the model for all slots to follow. 2. The Reno Ice Pavilion is a 16,000-square-foot rink once dismantled and moved to Reno from Atlantic City, New Jersey. 3. Bugsy Siegel named his Las Vegas casino "The Flamingo" for the long legs of his showgirl sweetheart, Virginia Hill. 4. The Imperial Palace on the Las Vegas strip is the nation's first off-airport airline baggage check-in service. 5. Bertha was a performing elephant that entertained for 37 years at John Ascuaga's Nugget casino located in Sparks. She was 48 years old when she died. 6. There were 16,067 slots in Nevada in 1960. In 1999 Nevada had 205,726 slot machines, one for every 10 residents. 7. While Samuel Clemens took the penname "Mark Twain" as a reporter working for the "Territorial Enterprise," he began his writing career as a reporter in the Midwest some years before moving to Virginia City in 1862. 8. Pershing County located in Cowboy Country features the only round courthouse in the United States. Update: {the Bucks County Courthouse in Pennsylvania, constructed in 1960, is considered round. Now there are two.} 9. In 1931 the Pair-O-Dice Club was the first casino to open on Highway 91, the future Las Vegas Strip. 10. In March 1931 Governor Fred Balzar signed into law the bill legalizing gambling in the state. 11. Once the highest concrete dam in the world, Hoover Dam offers guided tours and a museum of artifacts of the construction and its workers. 12. In Death Valley, the Kangaroo Rat can live its entire life without drinking a drop of liquid. 13. Construction of the Nevada State Capitol located in Carson City was proposed on April 14, 1870. Carson City is one of the smallest state capitals in the country. Update: {With current growth, may now be 14th smallest.} 14. The ghost town of Rhyolite still pays homage to early pioneers and their dreams. Remains of the depot, glass house, bank and other buildings are on display. 15. In Tonopah the young Jack Dempsey was once the bartender and the bouncer at the still popular Mispah Hotel and Casino. Famous lawman and folk hero Wyatt Earp once kept the peace in the town. 16. The first recorded white men in the Elko area were fur trappers who trapped beaver in the area starting in 1828. 17. The first community college in Nevada opened in Elko in 1967. Great Basin College was the forerunner of a statewide system associated with the University of Nevada. 18. Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park is constructed around the fossilized remains of ancient, mysterious reptiles within a well-preserved turn-of-the-century Nevada mining camp. 19. The ichthyosaur is Nevada's official state fossil. 20. Austin's oldest church, St. Augustine, requires the establishment's bells in the tower to be rung by pulling a rope located in the men's restroom. 21. Nevada takes its name from a Spanish word meaning snow-clad. 22. Most of the state is desert but the Sierra Nevada mountain range near Reno and the Ruby Mountains near Elko has snow for half the year. 23. Locals use terms like The Sagebrush State, The Silver State, and The Battle Born State as nicknames for Nevada. 24. Nevada is the seventh largest state with 110,540 square miles, 85% of them federally owned including the secret Area 51 near the little town of Rachel. 25. Nevada has more mountain ranges than any other state, with its highest point at the 13,145 foot top of Boundary Peak near the west-central border. 26. Grammatically, the proper term for the mountains is the Sierra Nevada not the Sierras. Robert Conrad almost called one of his television series High Sierra Rangers but changed it to High Mountain Rangers. 27. Wayne Newton owns a home in the Las Vegas area, and it was a real location for the film "Vegas Vacation." 28. The longest running show in Las Vegas is the Follies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino. It opened in 1959. The production numbers in "Showgirls" were written specifically for the Paul Verhoeven film and shot in the Horizon Hotel at Lake Tahoe. The bulk of the movie used locations located at the Luxor and the Forum Shops at Caesars. 29. You see the name Hughes on numerous locations and developments. Howard Hughes bought up considerable Nevada property before he died in 1976, including the following hotels and casinos: Castaways, Desert Inn, Frontier, Landmark, Sands, Silver Slipper, and Harold's Club. Part of the Hughes legend was recounted in Jonathan Demme's "Melvin and Howard." 30. Misfits Flats off Highway 50 near Stagecoach takes its name from the John Huston film. Huston used the privately owned area to film a complicated wild horse round up with Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift and Eli Wallach. 31. Nevada is the largest gold-producing state in the nation. It is second in the world behind South Africa. 32. The state has about 50,000 miles of paved road, much of it featured in films like "Vanishing Point," "Breakdown," "Rainman," and "Lethal Weapon 4." 33. Hoover Dam, the largest single public works project in the history of the United States, contains 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete, which is enough to pave a two-lane highway from San Francisco to New York. The dam face was used in an amazing stunt for Roland Emerich's "Universal Soldier" and has been seen in such films as "Viva Las Vegas" and "Fools Rush In." 34. The Virginia City steam train still operates and was featured in the Imax project "Mark Twain's America." The "steam train" is a modern-day tourist train and does not link back to the original Virginia & Truckee RR which had its last run to Virginia City in 1938. 35. The state's Highway 50, known as the Loneliest Highway in America, received its name from "Life" magazine in 1986. There are few road stops in the 287 mile stretch between Ely and Fernley. 36. Frank Sinatra once owned the Cal-Neva at Lake Tahoe's Crystal Bay. It is possible to stand in both Nevada and California inside Cal-Neva's building. 37. Nevada's smallest incorporated city is Gabbs located about 140 miles southeast of Reno.Update: {Gabbs, what was Nevada's smallest city was disincorporated on May 8, 2001} 38. Nevada tribes include the Shoshone, Washo and Paiute. Tribal lands have been used in such film projects as "Misery," and "The Greatest Story Ever Told." 39. The Las Vegas Strip is actually under jurisdiction of Clark County and can be seen in just about any film set in the city. 40. Nevada is the only state with an entire museum devoted to the life and time of entertainer Liberace. 41. Writer and commentator Lowell Thomas called Elko the last cowtown in America. Elko is the home of the annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering. 42. Area 51 is acknowledged with State Route 375 officially christened "The Extraterrestrial Highway" in a ceremony featuring the director and cast of the movie "Independence Day." The highway runs between Alamo and Tonopah. There is a tiny restaurant stop at the Little Ale' Inn at Rachel. 43. The only Nevada lake with an outlet to the sea is man made Lake Mead. 44. Camels were used as pack animals in Nevada as late as 1870. 45. To drive from Los Angeles, California to Reno, Nevada the direction traveled is to the west. 46. Construction worker Hard Hat's were first invented specifically for workers on the Hoover Dam in 1933. 47. Las Vegas has more hotel rooms than any other place on earth. 48. Las Vegas has the majority of the largest hotels in the world. 49. The longest morse code telegram ever sent was the Nevada state constitution. Sent from Carson City to Washington D.C. in 1864. The transmission must have taken several hours. 50. Virginia City is the home of the Nevada Gambling Museum. Thanks to: Nevada Film Office - Updates and corrections courtesy of Guy Louis Rocha, Nevada State Archivist ***************************************************** Remember to set your clocks back one hour on the 1st. of November. I hope you all have a great Fall. Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas everyone. Again I am so about this being so late, but, with the computer going down 2 times, and all I just couldn’t get it in sooner. For reading this News Letter.

This is great, there are two more signed up. ArmyOfFive4God sent me her address and is joining as well as windmorn. Only a few days left to sign up. We are getting our first snow of the season. I am just not ready for this.

I know it has been a couple weeks since I was on, but, with the computer in the shop for a while, I just didn’t get in here. ********** Here are some things that count for miles. These are as you can count them, 1 mile will = one mile. Biking, swimming, walking, and such. ********* These will be counted as 1 hour = one mile ********* will be down and up 10 times = one mile ******** These will be counted as 30 minutes = one mile weights, jumping rope. ******** You will have to be the judge of these. We have been counting 1 hour as a mile, but, sometimes it isn't so. Therefore, I'm letting you be the judge of these. and ************ For the week of October 18 - 24, I am saying I did 30.50 miles. 5 were on the treadmill and bike, so that is good.  ********* Ok, who will be ??? ********* Who is going to join us? Anyone who wants to start exercising or walking or whatever, count your miles and add them up this week and post them next week when either Momo or I make the walking post.

Just look what I started. First my computer goes and now Midnightmom and Mt_Rider are having problems. Wishing you a, Too.

Thank you all for joining again this year. I will send a PM to Christy and hope she gets it. Thank you Ann for letting me know. We will plan on her joining us in the exchange so that will make at least 5 of us. Start making those Ornements. Have a great day.

Wanted to let you all know there is a place to sign up for the Christmas Ornament Exchange in the "Homemade Memories". Don't wait to sign up as I need all names and addresses by November 1st. I know, this is short notice, but, with all the computer problems I have had I just got it back yesterday. Snowmom

I just got my computer back so have not gotten this done sooner, so sorry. Think Christmas. It is time to think about our Christmas Ornament Exchange, right, that is just what I said, time to work on our Christmas Ornament Exchange. I know, I am very late with this post but I hope everyone will see it and sign up. Please know we need to get them out before Thanksgiving if we can. This is the way it works. You sign up here by November 1st, and send a PM me with your names and address. When I have all the names and addresses, I will send you a list of everyone on the list and you will make 1 ornament for each person on this list. In other words, if there are 10 people on the list, you make 10 ornaments, if there are 15 you make 15 and so on. Most of you know how this works. I will try to get the list to you by November 7th. We need to get things started right. Are you all ready to sign up for this exchange???? Who will be the first one to sign up? We should get these ornaments sent by November 15th if possible. This gives you only a short time this year to make and send them out. By sending them out this early, everyone should get the ornaments by Thanksgiving and we want everyone to have the ornaments to add to their tree. Please: If you do NOT intend to make and send ornaments out, do NOT put your name on the list. Now we will all get started and have fun doing this exchange. I know there are some who look forward to this exchange each year. Find something you want to make, and get started, as you know there will be people joining this exchange. Please don't wait until the first of November and think about what you want to make, get them done soon. Snowmom

I am so sorry, but, my computer is in the shop and I don’t know when I will be getting it back. It kept saying my windows was not the correct one, so we got a new one and it wouldn’t let me do anything at all. So, when I get the computer back, I will get the Winter News Letter done and on line as fast as I am able to. Next week we have two out of town appointments, so I am in hopes to get it back on Friday. On Thursday, I go to Fargo for my pace maker check-up. The other appointment is for Old Pine. Just thought some of you might be wondering where the Winter News Letter was/is. So, I will say Happy Birthday to all I have missed and to those coming up.

********** Here are some things that count for miles. These are as you can count them, 1 mile will = one mile. Biking, swimming, walking, and such. ********* These will be counted as 1 hour = one mile dancing for some reason, some of my pictures are not showing. ********* will be down and up 10 times = one mile ******** These will be counted as 30 minutes = one mile weights, jumping rope. ******** You will have to be the judge of these. We have been counting 1 hour as a mile, but, sometimes it isn't so. Therefore, I'm letting you be the judge of these. ************ For the week of September 20 =26, I am saying I did 25.74 miles. ********* Ok, who will be ??? ********* Who is going to join us? Anyone who wants to start exercising or walking or whatever, count your miles and add them up this week and post them next week when either Momo or I make the walking post.

Momo I haven't checked it out to close, but, what I did see looks ok to me. I still don't have my FTM back as it sould be, I have the program installed but, can't find my file. Not sure where to go from here.

Oh, sassenach/Arby, I was born in Nebraska, where are you going to be??

Thank you all for your comments. Thank you for your and . It all started with me and my neck I guess, but, all are better now. Lets see, that was when, April or so. Old Pine had to have veins in his right leg cleaned out and then he had a cataract removed from his right eye. He has just 3 days left to put drops in his eyes. Our DD had to have a knee surgery, but not a replacement. There was some torn meniscus in it and they had to get it out as some had broken off and it went into the knee.

********** Here are some things that count for miles. These are as you can count them, 1 mile will = one mile. Biking, swimming, walking, and such. ********* These will be counted as 1 hour = one mile ********* will be down and up 10 times = one mile ******** These will be counted as 30 minutes = one mile weights, jumping rope. ******** You will have to be the judge of these. We have been counting 1 hour as a mile, but, sometimes it isn't so. Therefore, I'm letting you be the judge of these. ************ For the week of September 13 - 19, I am saying I did 26.67 miles. ********* Ok, who will be ??? ********* Who is going to join us? Anyone who wants to start exercising or walking or whatever, count your miles and add them up this week and post them next week when either Momo or I make the walking post.

I know it has been a while since I have been in here. Since the first of August, there has been 3 surgeries in the family, Old Pine had two and our DD had one. My computer went down and hard drive hit the dust. I was without it for a couple weeks and now I have it, but, not all my programs are able to be put back on. Some are no longer useable on my computer now. I have a lot of recipes and such on “Word Express” and I can’t get it now. So, I will either look the recipes up and do them on my other program or go without them. But, I have a lot of other information that I won’t be able to access. If anyone has FTM and knows how to get my files back on, please let me know, as I have the program, but, can’t find any of our family information. I don’t want to have to type it all in again as there are so many and it would take me sooooo long. I know I haven’t kept you up to date, but, have been busy. Oh yes, the 14th and 15th of August, we had an All School Reunion, and Old Pine and I are very much involved in all of that, so that has taken time. There was a wedding in the family and we weren’t even able to get to it. I’ve seen pictures on Face Book so at least we have that much. With Doctor appointments and trying to keep everything done here, I just haven’t gotten on line much. On the 8th of September, Old Pine and I celebrated our 53rd Anniversary, you didn’t know we are that old, did you. Ha Ha. You know what they say, “You are only as old as you feel”. Now that I have caught you all up to date, I am in hopes to start getting back to posting miles next week I don’t think we have any appointments next week and hope to keep it that way.

Ann, you are doing good, keep up the good work. ********** Here are some things that count for miles. These are as you can count them, 1 mile will = one mile. Biking, swimming, walking, and such. ********* These will be counted as 1 hour = one mile ********* will be down and up 10 times = one mile ******** These will be counted as 30 minutes = one mile weights, jumping rope. ******** You will have to be the judge of these. We have been counting 1 hour as a mile, but, sometimes it isn't so. Therefore, I'm letting you be the judge of these. ************ For the weeks of July 26 - August 8, I walked 70.16 miles, and most was on my fit bit yet. I'm sorry I didn't get in here last week. We has such a busy week, it really started with Saturday, as we took Minnie in to the board and groom to stay. Sunday we went to church, had lunch, came home and got ready to leave for Fargo, as we spent the night there. Monday, we spent most of the day at the hospital as Oldpine had surgery. Our DD and I came home for the night and Tuesday we were in Fargo again as he was able to come. He is fine now. On Wednesday, we had to go to Bemidji as he had an appointment with an eye doctor and he will be having cataract surgery at the end of the month. Man, Thursday we had to go to town and pick Minnie up from the Board and Groom place and get a few things. Friday, was another busy day and Saturday I had laundry to do. I was hardly on the computer to post my fit bit stuff. Miles can add up going to and from the hospital 3 or 4 times a day and we did a bit of shopping as well. This week is another busy week, but I know I won't be getting near the miles as the past two weeks. We have a meeting this evening and Friday, and Saturday we will be having our evening meals out as this is the week of the All School Reunion in town where we graduated 54 years ago now. Boy, time really goes by faster and faster. There is also a wedding on Saturday and we won't be able to attend that. Soon it will be our 53rd anniversary. ********* Ok, who will be --------------------------------------------

Thank you all for the comments. Yes, I have had shared recipes in the past. I use the same recipe for the Clover Leaves that I do for bread and buns. This is a recipe that my mom gave me before or shortly after I was married. Bread ½ cup luke warm water 1 tsp sugar 2 pkg. yeast Mix in small bowl and set aside In a large bowl, put, ½ cup sugar 2 tsp salt ½ cup shortening 2 ½ cups HOT water Mix well and add 5 cups of flour. Stir this in well and add the yeast mixture. Add 4 cups more flour, one cup at a time and mixing well between cups. It might take a bit more than the 4 cups, but not a lot. Kneed and let raise to double the size. I use the Large Mix and Fix Tupperware Bowl, I think that is what it is called, it should take about 1 hour or just under an hour. Then punch down and let raise again. Put into the pans, loaf, or muffin tins. Let rise about an hour and then bake until golden brown. Loaf will take about 35 - 45 minutes at 350º and Buns and Cloverleaf Rolls will take about 15 - 20 minutes at 350º As for the power going out, the storm was worse several miles from us. We did get a little lightening and only 1 or 2 claps of thunder, but not a lot. There were a number of places that were out of power for as long or longer than we were. From what I understand, it was most of the county and counties to our east were affected as well. They had several power companies helping them get the work done. You know, we have had a lot worse storms here than that night and never lost power, so this was really different. We have lost power in the past several times but, never more than a few hours. Once again, for checking this thread out.

For those who are interested, this is what I got in the fair this year. Chocolate Cake, now they have combined all cakes in one. Senior any other pantry. Cupcakes in the open class. Senior is for anyone over 70 years old. Senior Bread. Bread, buns and rolls. Refrigerator Cookies, No Bake Cookies, Senior Cookies, and the white ones are for the Drop/Rolled/Pressed/Soft Dough Cookies I don't think I have ever had a White Ribbon on either of these before. Pumpkin Bread, Nut Bread and Banana Bread. Any other Kitchen Accessories, Christmas Ornament, (I had to make one in a hurry, as the one I had made last fall couldn't be found), magnets, (the hats), I had 2 Homemade Soaps, one in the Open Class Craft and one in the Senior Craft Class. Yes, we canned some Pizza Sauce, so the first one is Pizza Sauce and we had Apple Jelly, Blueberry Jelly, Chokecherry Jelly, Raspberry Jelly, Plum Jelly and I put a Raspberry in the Senior Class too. For some reason they don't care for the Plum Jelly. The last jar is Turkey and Broth. The first picture is our Minnie and I put it as the Candid Picture the other picture is in as Black and White. Here we have Herbs. The box is 5 Herbs, then we come to Basil, Chives, Dill, Oregano, Parsley and Sage. Not in that order though. Fall Colors, All White and Artificial Floral. Holiday , Miniature, and Mug. No ribbons on the rest of these, just a "Thank You". City Scape, Any Other, Animal and Nature, you can't really see it, but, it has a double rainbow. Adding the picture of the rainbow and the picture that is above it in the above picture. This is a different view of the pump and flowers. Land Scape, Action, Portrait and Close-up. That bunny was so good at just setting there. These are Marigold and Lily and Small Basket. The Marigold and Lily are the only real flowers I put in this year. I am in hopes to have some different ones next year. I also got a blue ribbon on my Jerky, but, that didn't get brought home. Yes, I forgot it at the fair as there was so much going on, and it was not in my eye sight. We had lost power here for around 36 hours, it went out Sunday night July 12 about 9:50 PM and didn't come back on until between 6:30 and 9:30 on Tuesday morning. This was the week just before the fair. The fair starts on Wednesday and ends on Sunday. Therefore, I didn't get any candy made nor did I do a decorated cake. There were a number of things I had wanted to do on Monday. We have never been without power that long before. We spent Sunday night at home and Monday night at a motel in town. We had just gotten our grandson Sunday afternoon, so this was really an experience for him.

Momo, you are really doing great. Ann, remember, to count you miles working in the garden. You too are doing so good. ********** Here are some things that count for miles. These are as you can count them, 1 mile will = one mile. Biking, swimming, walking, and such. ********* These will be counted as 1 hour = one mile ********* will be down and up 10 times = one mile ******** These will be counted as 30 minutes = one mile weights, jumping rope. ******** You will have to be the judge of these. We have been counting 1 hour as a mile, but, sometimes it isn't so. Therefore, I'm letting you be the judge of these. ************ For the week of July 19 - 25, I walked 27.83 miles, and all was on my fit bit yet. I will try to get info, pictures in the Homemade Memories forum sometime today or soon. ********* Ok, who will be ---------------

I do hope you are all feeling well and are able to do a bit of walking now. ********** Here are some things that count for miles. These are as you can count them, 1 mile will = one mile. Biking, swimming, walking, and such. ********* These will be counted as 1 hour = one mile ********* will be down and up 10 times = one mile ******** These will be counted as 30 minutes = one mile weights, jumping rope. ******** You will have to be the judge of these. We have been counting 1 hour as a mile, but, sometimes it isn't so. Therefore, I'm letting you be the judge of these. ************ For the week of June 28 - July 4, I walked 26.11 miles, July 5 - 11, I walked 17.51 miles, July 12 - 18, I walked 23.82 miles and all was on my fit bit, of course there were a couple days that we were at the fair and so I did get in a bit more walking. It was so hot that week that I went in when I took my stuff in, then the next day to see what I got and again on Sunday to pick my things up again. One day soon, I hope, I will get down to walk and/or ride so should get more miles in. Also, maybe I can drop a pound or two or more. : ********* Ok, who will be

********** Here are some things that count for miles. These are as you can count them, 1 mile will = one mile. Biking, swimming, walking, and such. ********* These will be counted as 1 hour = one mile ********* will be down and up 10 times = one mile ******** These will be counted as 30 minutes = one mile weights, jumping rope. ******** You will have to be the judge of these. We have been counting 1 hour as a mile, but, sometimes it isn't so. Therefore, I'm letting you be the judge of these. ************ For the week of June 21 - 27, I walked 29.59 miles and again it was all on my fit bit. I keep thinking that one of these days I am going to get downstairs and riding and/or walking, but things keep getting in the way. The County Fair is just 2 weeks from now so have a lot to get done for that. So once again, I won't be going down to ride and/or walk until after that. I don't have many projects done, so have to really hurry these next couple weeks. ********* Ok, who will be ???