Did you know? #3

Did you know...

• when lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius, which is 54,000 degrees fahrenheit.

• a giraffe is able to clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue.

• the Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs.

• that 90% of an iceburg are underwater.

• lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute.

• an ostrich's eye is larger than its brain.

• that at a time, armadillos have 4 babies that are all the same gender.

• if you say the alphabet without moving your lips or mouth, all the letters will sound the same.

• an average person will spend 25 years of their life asleep.

• reindeer hair is hollow inside, like a tube.

• cows don't have upper front teeth.

• everyday is a holiday somewhere in the world.

• the coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity.

• there are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.

• an octopus' pupil is rectangular.

• 8% of people have an extra rib.

• 42% of men and 25% of women don’t wash their hands after using a public toilet.

• the electric chair was invented by a dentist.

• crocodiles can't move their tongue.

Thanksgiving Break

I had a week off from school for Thanksgiving. It was a nice break because it was long. I had a lot of good things to eat. I ate way to much on Thanksgiving Day. My mom was the one that did all the cooking for the family. I had to wake up early to help put the turkey in the oven. It was worth waking up for because the turkey was so good. After we ate I just sat around and talked to my family. It was a good time. After that day was over I got to go hunting. I saw a lot of deer but none that I wanted to shoot because they are to small. I had a blast hunting. I like the way it feels when you know there is a deer coming your way it gets your hart racing. It can just never be a big one that you want to shoot. Well that is a little information about my break and the fun things I did. So what did you do? We may have did some of the same things you never know so let me know.

Crafting Ideas

Are you looking for more crafting ideas? All of the ones below are made from recycled products. Try them and you might like the outcomes! Please, let me know if you make one and post a picture so we all can see what you made. Have fun with it! :] Here's the list:

Real Fall Leaf Wreath

Pretty Magnets

Snowman and Christmas Tree

Sweater Rose Wreath

Multi-colored Yarn Ball Wreath

Spook-tacular Recycled T-shirt Tote



Soft Iced Pumpkin Cookies

Thanksgiving is a few days away! Make these cookies for your family and you surely will hear everyone say, "yum".

Ingredients


(makes approximately 3 dozen cookies)



2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cups white sugar

1 cup canned pumpkin puree

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract



Icing Ingredients

2 cups confectioners’ sugar

3 tablespoons milk

1 tablespoon melted butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

dash of cinnamon (if desired)


Directions


Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt, then set aside.

Cream  1/2 cup of butter and white sugar. Add pumpkin, egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla to butter mixture, and beat until creamy.

Mix in the dry ingredients until well blended.

Drop on cookie sheet by tablespoonfuls; flatten slightly.

Bake in preheated oven to 350 degrees F for 15 to 20 minutes. Cool on wire rack.




Glaze Directions

Combine confectioners’ sugar (a.k.a. powdered sugar) milk, melted butter and vanilla. You may have to add a bit more milk to achieve the right consistency for drizzling.

I added a dash of cinnamon for just a little hint of that cinnamon flavor.

Drizzle over cookies with fork. You will run out of icing if you cover all your cookies as much as I did. I made a full batch of icing and and I left about 10 without icing at the request of my hubby but had no leftovers.  Mmm…icing.

I got this from HERE.

Did you know? #2

*Thanksgiving was held twice in 1815.*

The first US Thanksgiving was held between 21 September and 11 November 1621 in Massachusetts by 50 Plymouth Pilgrims and their 90 Wampanoag neighbors. After that, Thanksgiving was held fairly randomly. Thanksgiving days were proclaimed annually by the US Congress from 1777 to 1783 which, except for 1782, were all celebrated in December. George Washington declared Thanksgiving in 1789 and 1795, and John Adams in 1798 and 1799. James Madison declared Thanksgiving twice in 1815. None of these were celebrated in the autumn.

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Amazing Cake Pops: Wilton Style

Ingredients


cake mix (your choice, pound cake version)

1 pkg instant pudding

4 eggs

1 cup water

1/2 cup oil



Wilton ready-to use icing (your choice of flavor)

Wilton candy melts

Wilton cookie treat sticks



Toppings of your choice such as sprinkles and nuts (if desired)



Directions

For the cake ball recipe, Wilton recommends using the pound cake version for a regular cake mix. Mix together 1 box cake mix, instant pudding, eggs, water and oil. Bake and cool following mix directions.


1 layer of a 8 inch cake or 1/2 of a 9×13 cake or cake scraps. This is approximately 4 cups of crumbled cake. Crumble cake into very small pieces.


Add 1/2 cup of icing.


Mix with hands to moisten and blend them together. It may be a bit messy but produces the best results.


Shape balls and firmly pack them into any shape you desire. Adjust the size to whatever you prefer!




■Small: 1 tablespoon (approximately 1 and 1/4 inch)

■Medium: 2 tablespoons (approximately 1 and 1/2 inch)

■Large: 3 tablespoons (approximately 1 and 3/4 inch)


Place on cookie sheet lined with wax or parchment paper. Chill until firm, approximately 2 hours in the refrigerator or if in a time crunch you can put them in the freezer for about 15 minutes.

Dip the end of the cookie stick in melted candy and insert into ball. Chill to set so your cake ball will stay on the stick when you dip the entire ball into candy coating.


Dip chilled pop into melted candy and coat completely.




Tip: If your shape is fragile, swipe the backside with melted candy, chill to set and place on cooling rack. Pour melted candy over the top to coat. Very easy with decorating bag.


Lightly tap sides on melting pop to remove excess.

Tip: If your cake pops start to move on the stick, place remaining non-dipped pops in the fridge for a bit to harden them up again. If you are doing a lot of cake pops, try starting out with only half of them out at a time.


Dip in sprinkles, nuts, mini chocolate chips or toasted coconut (or whatever else you can dream up). Insert into styrofoam piece to keep upright and chill to set.



Tip: If you are only dipping them in melted candy, chill immediately after dipping or you may leave a white shadow on your finished piece. This happens when candy isn’t properly chilled, causing the fat in the candy to rise to the surface. It will create a white film but still tastes the same. You can always cover it up with sprinkles!

 
The possibilities are endless! You can also use shaped silicone moles or pans to give you more defined shaped treats. Watch for more of those ideas here on Oh My! Sugar High.



I feel like going home and cooking this myself!



To see more information, like pictures and the site I got this recipe from, click here.

Quote of the Week!

This quote means that you need to watch everything that you say and do because that

can make you the person that you are today. Each day you find a new thing

inside of you that is truly amazing. Everybody needs to watch what they say and do because you don't know what the future as for you. Your character really does reflect your destiny. Your actions, habits, and words are all apart of your character. What you chose to do or say can get you in trouble or give you a very nice fortune. Be a role model to people don't say bad words or have bad actions. They world out there needs more people to show others what the difference is between right and wrong.

Watch your thoughts; they become words.

Watch your words; they become actions.

Watch your actions; they become habits.

Watch your habits; they become character.

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

By: Frank Outlaw