I am having a great time learning how to use my distress oxide inks. Here's a great blog post about using distress oxide inks. https://blog.closetomyheart.com/2020/11/10/distress-oxide-ink-techniques-and-ideas/ This link explains the differences between distress inks and distress oxide inks and offers some great ideas for using them. https://www.scrapbook.com/articles/distress-inks-and-distress-oxides
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Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon from https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/new-immigrants/prepare-life-canada/provinces-territories.html This may not seem like exciting information to you but when I was young we only had two territories (Nunavut is the newbie) and Newfoundland and Labrador was just called Newfoundland.
Who doesn't love a delicious baked potato? Plain or stuffed with butter and chives, sour cream, chili, broccoli, cheese sauce . . . or whatever tickles your fancy? My real question is do you eat the skin? Here is my go to recipe for baked potatoes https://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.com/2019/04/baked-potatoes.html
You may recall that Challenge #8 was organizing your paper cosmetics. I have a rather large collection although I am pretty sure there are lots of you with even more. But mine ARE organized. So I am more than ready for Challenge #9 . . . Books and Magazines Inspiration for scrapbook pages is everywhere. But what is the best way to organize it so that it's actually USEFUL? First consider cutting up your magazines and idea books, and only saving the ideas that you really plan to use. Magazines and idea books that just sit on your shelves aren't really useful. It can take hours to go through your books to find the one layout you remember. Having your ideas in a condensed form, arranged in a way that makes sense to you is much more effective. If you are able to cut up your magazines, here are some ideas for arranging them: theme (holidays, birthday, babies, pets, travel etc) number of photos used in the layout journaling ideas colours quotes techniques Now that you've decide...
How can I say I enjoyed a book about war and an American general? Because it is a well crafted story which carries you through the career of General Pershing, a man who has been somewhat neglected by history. Pershing began his Army service in the Philippines, Mexico and Cuba. This served as a critical training ground for Pershing. When President Roosevelt promoted him to general in 1906, Pershing, who had been one of the army's oldest captains, was now one of its youngest generals. Pershing became a legend in his own time and was the first man to be appointed General of the Armies. To rescue France and England, Pershing used the lessons he learned in other theatres of war to establish an aggressive strategy against the Germans that incorporated overwhelming numbers and comprehensive engagement. Not only were there honor and order in his methods, there was victory. Attentive to the last detail, rigid in his expectat...
Alyssa Ashley Reid (born March 15, 1993) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in 2011, following the release of her single "Alone Again". Reid was born in Edmonton, Alberta, and raised in Brampton, Ontario. Her family moved around Canada often. Reid stated that it gave her the life experience she needed to enter the music industry. She wrote her first song at the age of 7 and started vocal lessons at the age of 9. From then on, she has continued to develop her voice into what has become a singular vocal style. (from Wikipedia)
Canada consumes more mac and cheese annually than any other country! The product known as Kraft Dinner (or KD) in Canada, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner or Kraft Mac & Cheese in the United States and Australia, and Macaroni Cheese or Cheesey Pasta in the United Kingdom is a nonperishable, packaged dry macaroni and cheese product by Kraft Foods, traditionally cardboard-boxed with dried macaroni pasta and a packet of processed cheese powder. It was first introduced under the Kraft Dinner name simultaneously in both Canada and the U.S. in 1937. The product's innovation, at the time of the Great Depression, was to conveniently market nonperishable dried macaroni noodles together with a processed cheese powder. The product is prepared by cooking the pasta and adding the cheese powder along with additional perishable and/or refrigerated ingredients such as butter (or margarine) and cow's milk. The product is thus a simple-to-prepare, affordable, and meatless family dinner. K...
I do love a good sweet potato . . . plain or in a casserole . . . I've even had it with the melted marshmallows on top. Pork Tenderloin and Sweet Potatoes https://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.com/2019/12/pork-tenderloin-and-sweet-potatoes.html Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallows https://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.com/2019/04/sweet-potatoes-with-marshmallows.html Chicken and Sweet Potato Bake https://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.com/2018/07/chicken-and-sweet-potato-bake.html Sweet Potato Muffins https://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.com/2018/03/sweet-potato-muffins.html Sweet Potato Pecan Casserole is a personal favourite https://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.com/2017/10/sweet-potato-pecan-casserole.html
How does it feel to know we are nearly done? Your crafting space should be looking a lot better by now. I bet you aren't opening 15 different containers while trying to find that one item you need anymore. Time for Challenge #8 It is time to organize our "paper cosmetics": paints, inks, embossing powders, mists, and other products that add that little something special to our pages. If you do mixed media or art journaling I bet your stock of paper cosmetics is pretty substantial. Let's get started. SORT : First go through each of these items and make sure your colours haven't expired. Are ink pads still juicy? Are lids still intact? Do paints still mix together when shaken? Are your chalks still intact enough to use? Sort all of your paper cosmetics into TOSS, KEEP, SELL, DONATE PURGE : Throw out the TOSS items. Bag up and assign a price and your initials to the SELL pile, and put them immediately in your garage sale bo...
The longest border in the world is the Canada-USA border . . . Canada – United States 8,893 Kilometers The longest international land border in the world between two countries, Canada and the United States, is officially known as the International Boundary. The extensive boundary also includes the border that Canada shares with Alaska. A total of thirteen U.S. states and eight Canadian provinces and territories are located along the border. Throughout history, the border has undergone several changes with various treaties being signed. However, on April 11, 1908, the Treaty of 1908 was signed between the United Kingdom and the United States to survey and delimit the boundary between the two North American countries through the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes. This information came from this very interesting article . . . https://wowtravel.me/the-12-longest-land-borders-in-the-world/
I've read Memoirs of a Geisha (1997) by Arthur Golden several times in the past few years and really enjoy it. I have no idea how "real" it is or if the author made up a lot of the things he wrote about becoming a geisha and about Japan at the time of the novel. I did not read it for historical accuracy. I read it for the first time because it was recommended to me by quite a few people. I read it each time since just because it is a good read; quite a lyrical style in fact. Memoirs of a Geisha is the story of a little girl, sold off by her father, who is trained to be a geisha. Her life is not luxurious but rather strenuous, difficult, sad and harsh. Reading the back story and then reading glamourous paragraphs about her as a geisha are the two sides of her story. The one time I read the book was for an informal book club I belonged to with several friends. I was host of the month we discussed "Geisha". ...
Alysha Brilla is a Canadian musician. Born in Mississauga, Ontario and raised in Brampton, Ontario, she started singing in her early teens in local bands and at festivals. In 2010, she was signed to Lava Records/Universal Republic. Brilla was a featured performer at the 2010 Kitchener Blues Festival and Gala. Brilla writes all of her own music and lyrics. She cites her influences as Amy Winehouse, Bob Marley, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, Joni Mitchell, and Indian and African Music. She took a production co-op in high school and was accepted to Seneca College's Production degree, but opted to study Jazz at Humber College. All of her releases have been self-produced. In 2010, she signed a contract with U.S. label Lava/Universal Republic Records. She moved to Los Angeles and began recording and collaborating with American producers Brian West, Rick Nowels, and Sam Farrar. She left the label in 2012 and started her own Sunny Jam Records and has released all of her alb...
lit·er·a·cy /ˈlidÉ™rÉ™sÄ“,ˈlitrÉ™sÄ“/ Learn to pronounce noun the ability to read and write. Similar: ability to read and write reading/writing ability reading/writing proficiency learning book learning education scholarship schooling letters Opposite: illiteracy competence or knowledge in a specified area. "wine literacy can't be taught in three hours" Choose language Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Bangla Basque Belarusian Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese Catalan Cebuano Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Corsican Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian Icelandic Igbo Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Kazakh Khmer Kinyarwanda Korean Kurdish Kyrgyz Lao Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luxembourgish Macedonian Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Mongolian Nepali Norwegian Nyanja Odia Pashto Persian Polish ...
This is probably the best pot roast I have ever made. Hubby is not a big meat eater and he had TWO plates . . . LOL. Served with cabbage salad and beet relish. The only thing I did different is that I put a lid on and cooked it in the oven. https://www.soscuisine.com/recipe/braised-brisket-beef-alcohol-free Quantity : 6 servings Preparation : 15 min Cooking : 2 h 30 min 410 calories/serving Ingredients 4 carrots, cut into large pieces 400 g 4 potatoes, whole or halved 800 g 3 turnips, cut into large pieces 500 g 3 stalks celery, cut into large pieces 200 g 2 onions, finely chopped 400 g 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1.2 kg blade pot roast 3 1/2 tbsp butter, unsalted 45 g 1 1/2 tbsp canola oil 23 mL 1/2 cup beef broth 125 mL 1/2 cup water 125 mL 3 tbsp tomato paste 45 mL ground pepper to taste [optional] 1 pinch salt [optional] 0.1 g Before you start A pressure cooker will reduce the cooking time from 2½ h to 40 min. Method Prepare the vegetables: peel the carrots, potatoes a...
I have lost track of how many times I have read this book. It is a fascinating story which earned the the author, Pearl S. Buck, a Pulitzer Prize. Buck is also a Nobel Prize winner. That Buck lived in China is very obvious in her understanding and descriptions of the places, people and their lives. The novel is about Wang Lung, a poor man, and his family who live through one of the most exciting and terrifying of times in China, the early twentieth century. I feel like I know and understand the characters. To me, that is the sign of a great novel.
Allison Louise Crowe (born November 16, 1981) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, whose home is Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. Crowe began performing professionally in 1996 at the age of fifteen, doing regular sets in coffee-houses and bars of Vancouver Island. Her recording debut came in 2001 with the EP Lisa's Song + 6 Songs. Her first full-length albums, Secrets and Tidings, were released in 2004. (Tidings was originally released in EP form in 2003.) Allison Crowe: Live at Wood Hall, a double concert album, was released in July 2005. Of Scottish, Irish, and Manx descent, Crowe grew up surrounded by jazz, classical music, and rock. She discovered additional influences, such as Ani DiFranco, Pearl Jam, Tori Amos, and Counting Crows. On Amazon.com's downloads, she has simultaneously been in the top three on the Rock Singer-Songwriters, Hymns, Blues, Jazz, Broadway, and British & Celtic Folk charts. She accomp...
Vinland (pronounced "Winland") was the name given to part of North America by the Icelandic Norseman Leif EirÃksson about year 1000. Archeological evidence of a Norse settlement in North America was found in L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada in the 1960s. Whether this was the Vinland of the Norse accounts is the subject of debate. Landing at L'Anse aux Meadows reenactment 2000 Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. When Hal and I toured the east coast last year we wanted to go to L'Anse aux Meadows but to take the ferry, drive there, see the site, drive back to the ferry, and return to Nova Scotia could have taken as much as 3-4 days and we only had two weeks for our vacation. We will go back one day. If you'd like to learn more about this topic, please check out this link . . . https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/canadaweb/factfile/Unique-facts-Canada2.htm