Popcorn and Aliens ~j

THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2014

Today's Writing Prompt: Best Time

What was the best time you ever had, your favorite memory?

How can I possibly pick a single favourite memory? I have been very lucky and have many to choose from. Hal's birthday supper this past weekend with the kids, grandkids, and grandmothers was pretty darn awesome. So I guess my favourite memory is the most recent . . .

I managed 3 blog for January 30th:

http://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.ca/2014/01/pp-adorable-little-aliens-and-spaceships.html

http://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.ca/2014/01/guess-what-we-are-doing.html

http://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.ca/2014/01/please-vote-for-us-in-cutest-couple.html

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday

National Popcorn Day

Escape Day

1933: Adolf Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany by President Hindenburg.

1948: Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse.

1957: The United Nations (UN) General Assembly calls on South Africa to reconsider its apartheid policies.

Vanessa Redgrave, actor (1937)

Gene Hackman, actor (1930)

Boris Spassky, chess player (1937)

January 30 – Feb 3, 2006 -- International Development Week (first week of February)
International Development Week highlights the contribution of Canadians to international development, and raises public awareness of this contribution’s importance to developing countries

Comments

A Taste of Canada ~ Fiddleheads

I do enjoy fiddleheads. They have a green bean-y, asparagus-like, pea-ish taste and they are just fun to look at. From Chateline Magazine: HOW-TO It’s Almost Fiddlehead Season! Here’s How To Cook This Springtime Veggie Properly Fiddleheads are a Canadian delicacy, but undercooking them can lead to food poisoning by Amy Grief Updated Apr 9, 2019 Fiddlehead season is short, so when you see the adorable green curlicues at your grocery store or farmers’ market, buy them while you can. Before chowing down on these little springtime delicacies, there’s a few things you should know first since fiddleheads can cause food poisoning if they’re not cooked properly. What are fiddleheads? These tightly curled coils are ostrich fern fronds. They start appearing in late April and early May in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and are usually found in forests, marshes and by rivers and streams. Taste-wise, fiddleheads, which are popular amongst food foragers, are...

Week #2 Challenge: Paper . . . and I mean ALL of your paper.

Annual Organization Challenge Week #2 How did you make out with last week's challenge? Did you find your work table? Here's this week's challenge: Your challenge this week is to S.P.A.C.E. your paper - - and I mean ALL of your paper: cardstock, patterned paper, specialty papers, and all those SCRAPS! SORT: Bring all of your paper to one area. Sort it all into piles: KEEP, SELL, DONATE, TRASH PURGE: bag up, and assign a price to paper bundles that you want to SELL at a garage sale or online, and put the bags in the garage sale box. Throw out the TRASH pile. Bag up the DONATE pile and immediately make arrangements for drop-off/pick-up or put in your vehicle. ASSIGN: separate your paper into categories that make sense to you. For example, you may want to divide it simply into cardstock and patterned paper. If you have a huge stash of paper, you may want to divide it by colour, theme, or manufacturer. **Another way to...

Journal Prompt ~ One Thing You Do Really Well

Name one thing you do really well . . . One thing I do really well is solve crossword puzzles.

In My World

Search This Blog