Month: December 2009
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Let God Arise
ASL interpretation of the song "Let God Arise" by Chris Tomlin
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story of Chanukah
A description of the story of Hanukkah and a brief overview of how the holiday is celebrated.
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Button Magnets
1. Choose several buttons that you'd like to turn into magnets. (Those with flat backs work best.)
2. Then, apply glue to the front side of your first magnet; and affix a button to it, holding it in place until the glue takes hold.
3. Repeat with your remaining buttons and magnets.Tips:
1. Button magnets make great gifts. Make up a few extra sets to use as last-minute gifts.
2. Keep an eye out at yard sales and flea markets for vintage buttons that you can turn into magnets.What You Need:
* Buttons
* Magnets
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Decorative Switch Plate
Make a cool decorative switch plate that you can customizeWhat you'll need:
* Fimo or Sculpey clay in desired colors
* Rolling pin or dowel rod or plastic pipe
* Wax paper
* Cutting surface
* Craft knife
* Metal light switch plateHow to make it:
1. Knead clay per manufacturer's instructions to make it smooth and pliable.
2. Tear off a sheet of wax paper and lay out on craft area.
3. Roll out clay on wax paper until thin. Check size needed for height and diameter of switch plate.
4. Place wax paper with clay on cutting surface.
5. Using straight edge and craft knife, cut top and bottom edges to fit switch plate.
6. Carefully pick up clay and lay over, smoothing as you go, the switch plate.
7. Use craft knife to trim side edges to fit switch plate.
8. Use craft knife to cut the openings on the switch plate.
9. Knead and roll out any additional colors to create designs for the switch plate. Cut out using the craft knife.
10. Press lightly into place on the clay covered switch plate.
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New Holland State of Mind
Now this song is about a little town outside of Lancaster City, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. YOu might have heard of us...you most likely haven't...but now you have!
NEW HOLLAND STATE OF MIND lyrics by: Matthew Beson
Im outta that East Earl
Now Im down on Jackson
Rollin. Through borough
Holland boy forever
Passing by dem Amish
Not much that you can miss
Yea I aint clean or crisp
In this town amid
All of this farmland
Surrounding your land
Gotcha wondering
Whens the smell gonna end
New developments
Growing like settlements
People moving in
Like hotel residents
There aint no night life
We sleep before twilight
A train passes by
Once in a while at midnight
Waking up old people
With its blasting whistle
Stopping all the traffic
But there aint no traffic
We got a shopping center
And 3 gas stations
Plus 2 dollar stores
So theres no wasting
And 1 Main street
You never heard of dis town where I live
So heres your chance cuzIn NEW HOLLAND
Farming town with cows, crops and buggies
Theres nothing left to do
Youre in NEW HOLLAND
In these streets you wont see much people
That might not inspire you
This is New Holland
Holland, New HollandBuggies slowing traffic
There aint nothing graphic
We got a few cops
In case of something drastic
We had a theater
Then it was a nightclub
The Ritz shutdown
Then it was a club again
Please come back again
And visit our town
Takes a few seconds
Just to take a look around
Talk a walk through downtown
It even makes me frown
There used to be a school here
But it got broken down
All the way to ground
But they built another
Outta city limits
But this is a small town
And that dont phase me
Im gonna break free
From this town
That always smells of horse pee
Travel to the Westside
And you will see
We have a Sheetz, a Subway
And a Mickey Dee
Then that the burger girl Wendy
Go ta Blockbuster
And rent a DVDIn NEW HOLLAND
Farming town with cows, crops and buggies
Theres nothing left to do
Youre in NEW HOLLAND
In these streets you wont see much people
That might not inspire you
This is New Holland
Holland, New HollandEvery October
New Holland comes popular
With lights and life
Farmshow spectacular
Funnel cake, corndog
Cigarette fume fog
games and prize
carnival thrill ride
3 days straight
NH is alive
But Sunday morning
Everything is bye
The games and fun
smoke and trash
Are Gone
Like Enronsmoney and cash
But this town moves on
At a slow steady pace
Praising a center
That took years to place
In the worst location
And awkward spot
About 10 miles
From any kids block
But thats my opinion
You should come and see
What New Holland
Holds in store for ye
This is Mobo signing off
Cuz New Holland
Is the New spotIn NEW HOLLAND
Farming town with cows, crops and buggies
Theres nothing left to do
Youre in NEW HOLLAND
In these streets you wont see much people
That might not inspire you
This is New Holland
Holland, New Holland -
Small is beautiful
Are you comfortable with the size of your house?In developed countries family size has been generally shrinking, in some countries family homes have grown in size, notably in the United States where the average size of new single family homes grew from 1,780 square feet in 1978 to 2,479 square feet in 2007.
I think that is crazy. There are so many people paying to heat rooms that they never use or many uses once every blue moon all as a status symbol or because they "need" the room. When my grandmother was a child no one would have ever thought that she "needed" her own room. They lived in a farm house with her parents and 12 brothers and sisters. They only needed 3 bedrooms. One for the boys, one for the girls and one for the parents.
The advantages of a small home exceed basic economics; such houses change the way people live and are attractive for people who want to lead a less cluttered and complicated life.
Why do people think they need so much more room now then they did 100 years ago?
Blessings of a small place...
1. Fewer places for things to get lost.
2. You can sweep quicker
3. The heating bill is lower.
4. No room for furniture you can't afford anyway.
5. Families spend more time together
What Do You Think?
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Jewelry or Dresser Box Craft
Materials Needed:
* Craft Sticks
* Wooden Craft Knobs
* Craft Glue
* Paint and Paint Brush - (optional)Instructions:
If you want your box painted, it is easiest to paint each craft stick before you glue them together, especially if you want the sticks different colors.Start out by making the bottom for the box. Lay 12 craft sticks evenly, side-by-side on your work surface. Spread glue on one side of another craft stick and lay it perpendicular on top of your row of 12 sticks, along one of the edges where it will lay across all 12 sticks. Glue another craft stick similar to the first on the other edge of the row or sticks. Repeat these steps to make a lid for your box.
Now you can start building up the sides of your box. Put a dab of glue on both ends of two different craft sticks. Set each of these, glue side down, so the ends rest on the ends of the two craft sticks you glued on to the bottom of the box. Now dab glue on the ends of two more craft sticks and lay them so the glued ends rest on top of the two you just glued on. Continue alternating craft sticks until your box grows to the height you want it.
For a nice finishing touch, glue a wooden craft knob on top center of your lid. You can also glue 4 beads to the bottom corners of the box to give it legs.
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Temperature
A few questions about temperature
1. Do you use an air conditioner or central air or something like that in the Summer?
2. What Temperature range do you try to keep the house at during the Winter?
3. What Temperature range do you try to keep the house at during the summer?Why do you chose these temperatures? etc
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