Just have not had time to get back to all that gave a great idea for the girls this summer.

So -- THANKS -- I knew I could count on the Blogging family to help me out!!

All wonderful ideas!!

Thanks again,

Cathy

Good Morning !!

I am looking for a unique / fun craft for 10 through 12 year old girl

Things to keep girls busy during the summer.

Any ideas out there in blogland ??

Thanks!!

Okay--- Calling All Crafters !!

I would like to get a craft together for the Mom's in the family.

what is something unique?

I like to give flowers -- always -- but what can be something really different ??

One bright, beautiful Sunday morning, everyone in tiny Jonestown wakes up early and goes to their local church. Before the service starts, the townspeople sit in their pews and talk about their lives and their families.

Suddenly, at the altar, Satan appears!! Everyone starts screaming and running for the front entrance, trampling each other in their determined efforts to get away from Evil Incarnate. Soon, everyone is evacuated from the church except for one man, who sit calmly in his pew, seemingly oblivious to the fact that God's ultimate enemy is in his presence. This confuses Satan a bit. Satan walks up to the man and says, "Hey, don't you know who I am?" The man says, "Yep, sure do."

Satan says, "Well, aren't you afraid of me?" The man says, "Nope, sure ain't."

Satan, perturbed, says, "And why aren't you afraid of me?" The man says, "Well, I've been married to your sister for 25 years."

1 You spend more money on blank tapes than you do on rent.

2 None of your tapes have names on them, just dates.

3 You recognize "DOSESBUDSHROOMZX" as both a statement and a question.

4 You furnished your entire apartment with the "Free Funky Stuff" from Sony or Maxell tape offers.

5 You prefix every noun with "Kind", or "Ice cold".

6 You spend more money at the post office than at the gas station.

7 You still have the parking tag from NYE 1976 hanging from your rear view mirror.

8 On forms you list your occupation as "?".

9 GDTRFB, SSDD, BIODTL, FOTD, SOTM, LTGTR, NFA, and WALSTIB all mean something to you.

10 At any given moment you can compute how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds it's been since ALLIGATOR has been played.

11 Someone asks you what you do for fun, and you just smile real wide.

12 The first entry on your MCI Friend's and Family list is 415-457-6388.

13 You got #12.

14 Your car windows look like stained glass from being covered colored stickers.

15 You think $1 for a grilled cheese sandwich is pretty damn cheap.

16 You've figured out the correlation between the date and the # of beats to start BIODTL.

17 You're boss notices members of you're family only become deathly ill when there happens to be a dead show within a 1000 mile radius.

18 You know how "the song" goes...

19 The bus came by, and you got on.

20 Whenever you walk through a parking lot you instinctively hold your right index finger in the air.

21 The compass in your car is calibrated so that it always points to the Oakland Coliseum.

22 You can install a new cylinder head on a '68 VW microbus with your eyes closed.

23 You have more tie-dyes than neck-ties.

24 You find it amazing that some people fill balloons with AIR.

25 You try to convince your grandmother Aoxomoxoa is an accpetable play for a Scrabble triple word score.

26 Your dog is named Bertha.

27 Your KID is named Althea.

28 You spend New Year's Eve with your cassette deck instead of your wife.

29 You're license plate spells "HEY NOW".

30 You've learned to DUCK.

31 You wonder if Dupree's Diamond News is going to have a swimsuit issue this year.(WARNING: Thinking about this one may ruin your appetite.)

32 Your stock portfolio includes 50 shares of the HANES BLACK T-Shirt division

33 You consider a "Miracle" to be a ticket to tonights show.

34 You can't leave the house without wondering where the tickets are.

35 Left unoccupied your hand instinctively taps the beat to Not Fade Away.

36 You actually are in search of the Eternal Buzz.

37 You're still waiting for that second verse of the Dark Star that they started back in May of '73.

38 You swear the guy walking by you at the football game just said "doses."

39 There are 10 people still shacking up at your house from the summer 1990 tour, and you don't know any of them.

40 You consider veggie burritos gourmet.

41 You know the words to Truckin' better than Bob. (OK, I guess this doesn't necessarily mean your a deadHEAD...)

42 You can remember an Other One that wasn't followed by Wharf Rat, or a Throwing Stones that wasn't followed by Not Fade Away.

43 You try to claim gas to and from Dead shows as an income tax deduction.

44 You know the Zip code for San Rafael, CA by heart.

45 You have the postal rates memorized.

46 Your copy of Deadbase has long since broken out of it's binding and the ink is beginning to wear off the pages.

47 You spend all morning looking for this killer Playin' Jam that you think is on this tape from '72,probably the fillmore, and you know it's a Maxell with the label on upside down, but it doesn't have a case, and you know the tape starts with Sugaree but the last time you think you saw it was in '83 and it was under your friend Brian's refrigerator, or maybe it was just a filler on that Alpine Valley '89 show, which you think you probably listened to in that dude's bus on the way to Deer Creek this year, but his phone number is on the back of the ticket stub that you think is stuffed in your Soundboard copy of 7/8/78 set II, and you have NO idea where that is, so you pull out Deadbase and start looking for every show since '71 that even had a Playin' but by '77 or so you forgot what you were looking for because you got wrapped up in the Nice version of He's Gone where Mickey starts playing the beam with dead cat, etc. etc.
(If this sounds like something that happens to you every day, you know you're a deadhead)

48 You're beginning to wonder if Bob's ever going to retire that Tamalpais Chiefs shirt.

49 Lately, It occurs to you just exactly What A Long Strange Trip It Has Been.

Got any good fruit recipes?

Pies , Bars or actually anything.

I want to show my Mother your recipes -- she is collecting recipes that she can make and take  to social functions, church, etc.

Thanks !!

New clothes introduced during the 70s included

Angel Flight Suits
Coordinated disco suit with jacket, vest, and flared pants. Your shirt had to be a shiny satin with the large collar.

Angel Sleaved Blouses
Loose cut, oversized blouses with "bell bottom" sleeves. All Cotton. I bought my sister one during the height of disco and she never took it off, except to tan.

Army Jackets
Actual olive-drab army jackets (which could be purchased at an Army/Navy store were very big at my high school, especially amongst the stoner males. They were frequently worn with ripped jeans or jeans that dragged on the ground.

Bamboo purses
The purse was in a square shape made out of vinyl with a drawstring top. Came in different colors, mostly tan, black, red. The outer base and side frames were huge brown bamboo rings. And the strap was made out of smaller brown bamboo rings interlinked together.

Banana Jeans
Instead of the buckle in the front, it was in the back, right below the small of the back & they were very high waisted, usually denim.

Bead Chokers
70's version was a bit cheapo looking compared to the chokers now, mostly because they were hand made. Small beads in a elastic cord and knotted so it became a tight necklace around the neck. Circa 1974-75

Bell Bottoms
Denim tight at the top and baggy at the bottom

 Blue Jean Purses
Old blue jeans made into a purse. Cut off legs, sew up bottom use the extra leg material to make the strap, attach a button to close the purse embroider flower designs and add studs for decoration.

Blue Jean overalls
Popular - at least in California. Standard overall design but not meant for working.

Capris
Short cut off jeans about knee length

Cheese cloth
Shirts, dresses, skirts anything was made from cheese cloth, it was crinkly so you didn't need to iron it. It used to shrink sometimes just on the first wash sometimes with every wash. If it was cream coloured you had to soak it in cold tea after washing to keep its colour.

Corduroy!
Originally known as the "poor man's velvet" on its invention in the 18th century, this fabric is made with the warp higher than the weft, producing an eye-catching look similar to velvet, but much, much cheaper. Corduroy enjoyed enormous popularity in 1970's men's clothes and was made into suits, blazers, leisure suits, shirts, and jeans ("cords"). Popular colors were various shades of tan and brown, burgundy, and bottle-green. I recall that a green, three-piece corduroy suit with flared trousers was one of my favorite formal items when I was a child. The fabric also appeared made into women's skirts, but on the whole it was thought of by designers as a men's material. Corduroy suffered greatly from its association with the 1970's - items made in this fabric vanished after 1981 and have been impossible to find until right now - Fall 2000.

Denim Jeans Converted Into Skirts
Ripped out the inseam and stitched floral print material in the middle to make it a skirt

Dingo Boots
About 1977 these were the craze, usually worn with *Gaucho pants( these were just below the knee and usually corduroy) Most of the boots had rubber souls.

Dittos Jeans
These were the first must-have label jeans. They came in a large array of colors and styles with names like "Hi-rise". They were so popular (at least in southern California). After this, many other "label" jeans/clothing became popular. I would LOVE to get my hands on a pair of these. I keep trying e-bay and other sites.

Down jackets & Vests
Big, puffy jacket. Made you look huge! Colors I remember were bright green, orange and blue. Nerd city, but tres cool back then! Mine was a cheap version!

Fringed Suede Vest/Jacket
If you could afford one, a suede vest or jacket with long fringes around the middle and/or bottom made quite a fashion statement!

Frye boots
Hideously ugly and expensive "cowboy" style boots worn by girls when I was in high school (mid 70s) Often worn with the equally hideous gauchos!

Gabardine Pants
Tight, usually corderoy pants that had a belt buckle in the front. Think John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever

Glitter socks
These were knee-high socks with glitter. I had a pair in the late 70s that were blue striped with silver glitter.

Goucho Pants
A coulotte type worn by high school girls that went below the knee, usually colorful, sort of a Mexican look. Usually worn with high leather boots that lace up. Early 70's look.

Granny Gowns
These were long dresses worn mostly by pre-teen girls and most of them had a floral print design.

Gypsy Tops (England)
A light cotton top, gathered at the neck line and bottom, bright colours. The string at the neck usually had little bells on the end. Worn with a matching midi-length skirt, elasticated waist with a tie cord and beels on to match the top, frilled at the bottom.

Halter Necks.
Bright halters or just plain black. Perfect worn with a wrap-around frilled jacket!

Halter top
Thes shirts were like normal tanktops BUT went around your neck..they came in an array of colors but the glittery disco ball effect was the most popular.

Hang Ten satin jackets
Pink, blue and maybe green. They were huge in the disco era ( late 70's). They had white and the jacket color stripes around the sleeves and the collar.

Hip Huggers
How quickly we forget. Those bell bottoms with the "waistline" striking just below the belly button. Double front zippers were pretty fashionable,one on each side.

Hotpants
Very short dressy shorts,usually plush velvet, with a wide,usually white ,belt,to match your white go-go boots.

Leather Purses with Beaded Fringes
Leather purses resembling a pouch with a drawstring with fringes around the edges decorated with multicolored beads.

Marshmellows
They were platform shoes, that had white laces and a thick (THICK) white "marshmellow" heel. They came in different colors (light blue, red, pick).

Maxi Dresses
Full length dresses for parties, etc, like a bridesmaid's dress, worn with choker and crochet shawl, usually a fitted bodice and A-line skirt

Mood Rings
A ring which was suppose to decribe what mood you were in by your body heat. Ex: Black= Bad Mood!

Moon Boots
Winter boots with platforms that looked like something Neil Armstrong would have worn - except for the colours.

Narue Jacket
Navy blue double breasted type Jacket/with the big buttons very large pointed collar.

Oxford Shoes
Oxford shoes made a comeback in the mid to late 70's. The style was to wear them with colored knee socks and jeans rolled up to slightly below the knee.

Painters Pants
They came in white or baby blue...maybe more colors...a lot of pockets and a loop for hanging (a hammer?) something on the side of one leg....

Patchwork
Patchwork jean, overalls, shirts, and skirts. sometimes denim, cotton or velvet.

Peasant Skirt
A trendy knee-length skirt with a swinging movement. The most popular colors were black, white, beige, tawny, tan, pink, blue, red, purple, gray, burgundy( definately bungundy) and pea green.

Petticoat
White cotton underskirt with broderie anglaise trimmed frill, worn under another skirt but longer and therefore visible. Also trend to trim hem of a skirt with similar decoration to simulate the sae effect. Lasted one season only in 1978

Pin Striped Pants
Flared material pants with a fine vertical, single or double dotted line running through the pant. Usually in navy bllue or dark brown.

Platform Shoes
Shoes with a sole of at least 6 or 7 inches high. Made you look taller than you really were.

Platform boots
Completely different to platform shoes - came up to the calf and were lined with fur. Very comfy - cosy!

Polyester Leisure Suit
That flashy gleam of synthetic, complete with wide lapels, top shirt-button undone to reveal just the right amount of of chest hair and gold chainage, accompanied by a strong whiff of Canoe. Think Warren Beatty in "Shampoo." This was the uniform of the 70s lothario.

Pom-Poms
Pom-poms on sweaters on furry hats, maybe even on ponchos were present in the 70s.

Poncho
A blanket like cloak with a hole in the middle for the head to go through. The patterns were based on American Indian styles, colourful or with alternating coloured stripes. Sometimes made with natural hand spun wool. Some came with tassles at the bottoms or pompons. They were long covering your thighs.

Prism Necklace, Ring
These were usually in the form of a sphere,sparkled, multi-colored and very, very cool. They hung from a silver ( cheap lol) chain or were worn as a ring, also silver.

Puka Shells
If you didn't have a set of Pukas (a choker) real or plastic you wern't from the 70s

Ragcity Blues
We called them zip around pants because it had one one zipper going from one end to another. Another style this company mad were the tie up pants. They had bother ones that tied up in front and ones that were both .

Rock Concert T-shirts
Ordinary t-shirts with a logo picture of a rock star or a rock band or trademark of rock band.

Rugby Shirts
They were long sleeve shirts with horizontal wide stripes. They came in a variety of colors . But the most popular seemed to be alternating blue and yellow stripes.

Safari Shirt
Womens taylored dress shirt with pointed collar,twin botton neck closure,patch pockets,2 botton sleeve all incorporating oversize bottons.Popular 1969 into the early 70's.

Satin Jackets
They were usually in blue, pink, red, or green, and had stripes or just plain. They were similar to baseball jackets, very sporty, and very cool.

Shellsuit
Like the racing car drivers suits. Shiny and lightweight in material usually pastel shades and very flattering. A zip had the full length at the front. More seductive if the zip came down to ceavage level.

Sizzle Dress
Short button down dress and underneath matching short pants (elastic around the legs)similar to hotpants. Style was in fashion 71-72.

Sizzler
Very short dress with matching panties. The dress was suppose to just short enough that you could see the bottom of the panties. I had a brown with with polka dot with a collar that was with with brown polka dots. The panty was the same color as the collar-white with brown polka dots.

Starsky Cardigan
As worn by Starsky on the TV cop show "Starsky and Hutch. A handknitted cardigan in a cream colour with a brown horizontal pattern banded around the middle.

Tank Top
A sleeveless, usually with a low round or v neck, tight fitting jumper worn over a tight fitting shirt with long pointed collar.

Tartan
the Scottish rock band the Bay City Rollers brought on a fashion for tartan garments that made high school look like the Highland Games for a seeason

Tiddies
Multi layered sandals....with tubing for staps....started in Pasadena Texas I think....they were originally called something else, I can't recall what...but you could purchase them in your size, with as many layers as you wished. The more the squishier !! Then you could custom fit them by taking the tube fittings apart and shortening them if you needed to. The original logo escapes me as well, but they eventually went to Tiddies....with two, well...obviously...bosoms as the logo ! I never figured out why that was...but I suppose because they were soft and squishy

Tie Dye
Any shirt or pants or any article of clothing that was put into a tub with colors and was streaked with multipule colors.

Toe Socks
Socks with pockets for each one of your toes - usually in rainbow colors.

Toes in Socks
These were a fashion disaster. The socks have toes in them like gloves, only each toe was a different color

Toughskins
A SEARS brand of jeans that were reinforced at the knees and came in assorted colors. The POORMAN'S Levi's

Track Shorts
Sports shorts that are really short, with double white stripes at the sides and tiny slits at the sides

Treds (shoes)
I dont know if every country had these but here in Australia we had 'Treds'. I think that is how you would spell it. They were sort of sandals I suppose but the bottom sole was made out of old car tyres.

Trench Coats
Coats that are 3/4 length with long sleeves, buttons at the front, two-front pockets, and a belt which ties around the coat.

Tube Socks!
Don't forget the knee socks with the double row of red/blue/black stripes! Very sporty!

Tube Top
Basiclly an elastic-like material worn as a top by women (particularly teen girls)it was worn without a bra and coverde the area from just above belly button to the top of the breast leavin midriff, top of back and shoulders bare and the breast prominantly displayed. I was a teenaged boy and during the summer we did nothing but admire the lovely females!

Waffle Stompers
These were boots (generally dark colored) with intricate waffle iron type soles on them

Wallabies
They were these shoes that were very popular. The soles were rubbery and would sometimes seem to melt. They were tan and had a lace and two lace holes. Tan suede shoes with crepe-rubber soles, a lace and two lace holes. A little like a desert boot crossed with a moccasin.

Window Pane Jeans/ Satin Pants
Window pane jeans were the jeans that had 3x3 raised squares all over them, they only came in bell bottoms no pockets. satin pants to go with your satin jacket, mine had draw strings at the bottom so you could "cench" them together or just wear them flared.

Wraparound Pants and Skirts
These were so popular in the mid 70's. The pants were made of cotton, in alot of different colors, and they were put on the back of your legs, then somehow wrapped around the front part, and then you tied them, the skirts just wrapped around from one side to the other.

Yo-Yo's
Platform shoes w/holes in the middle of the soles!

In a recent news broadcast,
it was announced that Lorena Bobbitt's sister, Louella,
was arrested for an alleged attempt to perform the same act on her husband
as her famous sister had done several years ago.  
Sources reveal the sister was not as accurate as Lorena.

She allegedly missed the target
and stabbed her husband in the upper thigh
causing  severe muscle and tendon damage.  
The husband is reported to be in serious, but stable condition,
and Louella has been charged with



A Misdewiener!

You know darn well you're going to send this on to somebody.

I was surfing the net and found some interesting information on a list of toys from the 70's.

Very interesting!

Long list too -- so

Check it out and have fun with it!

http://www.inthe70s.com/generated/toys.shtml

When you shop in the nostalgia store by necessity.

When it's Halloween,  people comment on your cool hippie costume,
and you're not wearing a costume.

When you can't figure out why they're playing Dylan on the oldies station.

If you have two old pairs of Levi Bell Bottoms, that you never wear, hanging in your closet
that you just visit from time to time like a shrine.

When pot is something you have just above your belt.

When acid is something you take Maalox for.

When your hair keeps getting shorter from the top down.

Your feet stick to grape jelly on the kitchen floor..... and you don't care.

When the kids are fighting, you threaten to lock them in a
room together and not let them out until someone's bleeding.

You can't find your cordless phone, so you ask a friend to
call you, and you run around the house madly, following the
sound until you locate the phone downstairs in the laundry basket.

Your idea of a good day is making it through without a child leaking bodily fluids on you.

Popsicles become a food staple.

Your favorite television show is a cartoon.

You're willing to kiss your child's boo-boo, regardless of what body part it happens to be on.

You're so desperate for adult conversation that you spill
your guts to the telemarketer that calls and HE hangs up on YOU!

Spit is your number one cleaning agent.

You buy cereal with marshmallows in it.

You count the sprinkles on each kid's cupcake to make sure they're equal.

You have time to shave only one leg at a time.

You hide in the bathroom to be alone.

Your kid throws up and you catch it.

You cling to the high moral ground on toy weapons; but your
child chews his toast into the shape of a gun anyway.

You find yourself cutting your husband's sandwiches into cute shapes.

You're up each night until 11 PM vacuuming, dusting, wiping,
washing, drying, loading, unloading, shopping, cooking,
driving, flushing, ironing, sweeping, picking up, changing
sheets, changing diapers, bathing, helping with homework,
paying bills, budgeting, clipping coupons, folding clothes,
putting to bed, dragging out of bed, brushing, chasing,
buckling, feeding (them, NOT you), PLUS swinging, playing
baseball, bike riding, pushing trucks, cuddling dolls,
rollerblading, basketball, football, catch, bubbles,
sprinklers, slides, nature walks, coloring, crafts, jumping
rope, PLUS raking, trimming, planting, edging, mowing,
gardening, painting, and walking the dog.

You get up at
5:30 AM and you have no time to eat, sleep, drink or go
to the bathroom, and yet ... you still managed to gain 10 pounds.

American Idol

Who is going home ??

What is your prediction ??

Peace !!!

The V sign is a hand gesture  in which the first and second fingers are raised and parted, whilst the remaining fingers are clenched, palm facing outwards. Originally considered a "Victory" sign (for V as in victory), it also is used to mean "Peace", a meaning that became popular in the United States during the peace movement of the 1960s.

Not to be confused with ---

"Bunny ears" – used with palm near someone's head

THANK YOU ---  j.a.y.n.e --- GREAT BLOG TEMPLATE !!!

I know it is way too early for such a serious question !!

I am interested in writing children's short stories  and need to know if anyone in blogland has any  suggestions .

Is there any list out there of places that accept these stories and how would I find  reliable information on the subject?

thanks,

Cathy

Subject: Importance of Walking
   
Walking can add minutes to your life. This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $5000 per month.
     
My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. Now she's 97 years old and we don't know where the heck she is.
   
The only reason I would take up exercising is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks. Haven't lost a pound. Apparently you have to go there.

I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing.
 
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.

The advantage of exercising every day is that you die healthier.
  
If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.
 
.....And last but not   least,

You could run this over to your friends but why not just e-mail it to them!

Listen to Aol's Radio featuring XM and it will take you back to a GOOD place !!

Rock ----- Southern Rock !!

Rock and Roll Baby !!!

Born on the Bayou

Creedence Clearwater Revival

legs --- zz-top ---- http://music.aol.com/video/legs/zz-top/1128164

'Freebird (In Concert)' Video | Lynyrd Skynyrd ---

http://music.aol.com/video/freebird-in-concert/lynyrd-skynyrd/1102407

Great music to get you moving -- I gotta get exercise some how !!