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Happy Valentines Day!
Please check back again soon, thanks !


Donna's Day Homepage - Creative Fun
From her TV show - creative ideas, activities, & projects
(Please see the recipe below for "Chocolate roses")
Visit Lady Lynns Hugs
Virtual Smiles and sentiments for sending across the e-miles

 
My Top 20 List of Big Name Freeware/Shareware Sites
  Best-Of-WebDailydemo  -  Demoland  -  Download.com  - 
Fantassia Freebies  -  Filemine   -  Filepile  - Freeware32 
Freeware Hall Of Fame  -  Freewarehome  -  Gamecenter  - Happypuppy  -  Jumbo.com  -  Nonags  -  Only Freeware  -  Passtheshareware.com  -  PCWin  -  Rocketdownload.com  -  Shareware.com  - Tucows and Tucows Free Theme Packs
Rocketdownload has download fun for your Valentines Day! Your choice of a dozen romantic & fun screensavers and a few games!
Kids Domain Valentines Holiday coloring pages, crafts, word searches, mazes, graphics and music. Kid Safe Site.

Favorite Holiday Beverage Recipes (Non- and *Alcoholic)
Snow Ice Cream - Add 1/2  c. sugar to 1 c. cream, and flavor  with 2 tsps. vanilla or lemon; if lemon juice is used, more sugar will be required. Stir in newly-fallen snow until thick as ice-cream. Any kind of fruit juice may be used instead of cream or lemon. In any case the recipe is best if the snow is added just before serving.
Eggnog Lite - Ginger ale, spices, and citrus juices enliven old-fashioned eggnog, making a fabulously refreshing and lighter version. Whisk 3 lg. eggs in a large bowl until frothy. Mix in 1 quart orange juice, and 1/4 c. lemon juice, 2 T. sugar, 1/4 tsp. cinnamon, 1/8 tsp. ginger, and a dash of nutmeg & cloves, or substitute the spices with 1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice. Spoon 1/2 gallon of softened Vanilla ice cream into a large punch bowl, stir in the egg mixture until well combined. Refrigerate if not serving immediately. Before serving, pour in 1 quart of ginger ale. 
Crockpot Hot Cocoa (for a Group) - A welcome treat on a cold winter day! 
In saucepan, combine  1 1/2  c. sugar, 1 1/4  c. cocoa and 1 tsp salt and slowly add 3/4  c. hot water, mixing well. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils. Boil and stir 2 minutes. Pour into crockpot, add 1 gallon of milk & 1 tsp. vanilla; heat to serving temperature, stirring occasionally, best NOT to boil. Serve with marshmallows or whipped cream, if desired.
Bubbling Jade Punch - Dissolve 2 packages (3 oz.) lime gelatin in 2 cups boiling water; stir in 4 cups cold water, 12 oz. can (un)frozen lemonade concentrate, and 2 cups pineapple juice; chill, but not too long or it solidifies!!  Add 2 liters of ginger ale before serving.
*Home-made Kahula - Boil 4 c. water, 3 c. sugar and 1/4 c. instant coffee, or brew 4 cups of strong coffee and add the 3 c. sugar & dissolve. Let cool (1-2 hours). Add a Fifth of Vodka and 1 Tbsp. vanilla. Stir and chill, best served the next day. (Even better after a week!)
*Polar Bear - Mix 1/2  gallon vanilla ice cream, 3 shots whiskey, 2 shots rum, and 1 shot brandy or amaretto  together in a large bowl. The ice cream will get soft, store in the freezer.
*Irish Coffee - Into a 6-8 oz. stemmed coffe glass or mug, mix 1 and 1/2 teaspoon sugar with a jigger (1 and 1/2 oz.) Irish Whiskey, add hot strong black coffee to within 1/2" of top, stir, and top with whipped cream.
*Better-Than-Bailey's - Mix in order, 2 Tbs. boiling water, 1 Tbs. instant coffee, 1 can sweetened condensed milk, 1/2  pint whiskey, 1 small carton heavy cream, chill and enjoy over ice!
*Wassail - 1 gallon Apple cider, 1 lg can (1/2 gal?) Apricot nectar/juice, 3 c. Dark rum,  1 1/2  cups brown sugar -- firm pack, 1/4  c. Lemon juice, 6 Sticks cinnamon -- 3" each, 3 Oranges,
 1 1/2  tsps Whole cloves. Combine cider, nectar, rum, brown sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon
sticks in a large Dutch oven. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 1 hour. Stud quartered oranges with cloves, and add to cider. Let brew at least 1 more hour. Serve hot.

Kevin Palivecs Camalott
is a magical world full of free Dragon cartoon clipart, graphics, 
and Malathars Midi Jukebox, on a wonderfully fun, creative, 
Award winning site.  Malathar and his friends 
will keep you surfing this site again and again!

Surf over to the Enchantress' "Land of Enchantment"
which features a forum for many and varied Artists to Subsite 
Beautiful images, Web Art & Graphics, Artistic Wallpaper, Animals, 
People, Holiday, Fantasy, Unicorns, Faeries, Angels, Mideval, 
Native American, Sci-Fi, Abstract, Fractals,  and much, much more! 
 Visit the Enchantress, you'll lose track of time at this site!
Wander around in the Music Hall at Suzies Castle
she has not only a beautifully designed site, but midi files galore!
Here you can find a large variety, including Big Band, Celtic, Classical, Country, Easy Listening, Inspirational, Oldies,Patriotic, Themes, and Rock n Roll
 
{ Now here's a little freebie for your site from me!
Insert the following as a tag or html into your own webpage, 
and *viola* you'll have your favorite tune on-site in an instant! 
NOTE: Replace the gold with your page, and the blue with your midi}
<embed SRC="http://me.mydomain.com/mysong.mid"
                   HIDDEN=TRUE AUTOSTART=TRUE>
Thanks to the *WOW* Graphics Webring
home to some incredibly talented and dedicated digital artists 
who truely prove that the Web is not just all techno- and flash !

Like Ann-S-Thesia who designed this great Holiday set, 
and Moyras Web Jewels, who designs beautiful baroque template sets, 
a pixel artiste with an impressive array of intricate digital designs. 
Please follow the links on this page to see more of their talent and variety! 
If you love their sites, be sure to check out their *WOW* ring friends!

 

The Golden Rule :
Please remember to add one of the artists logos 
to the same page as you use their work! 

 
Moyra's Web JewelsThou shalt honor the artists, writers, and creativesWeb Prestige - Think before you link to graphics on anothers site!
Please, come back soon to see my New favorite free web stuff !
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Chocolate Roses
Hi! Megan saw this recipe on "Donna's Day"  I went to the website (http://www.ktca.org/donnasday/ )
and it was so COOL and so EASY I just had to pass this one on - you gotta try it!! 
Great for anyone with kids, fun for us big kids, too!
 (P.S. Pass it on! ;-)

Chocolate Roses : American pastry chefs invented the recipe and use this delicious edible clay to make garnishes and unique decorations. Here is their secret!

Ingredients: 10 ounces of chocolate chips (or chopped chunks)           1/3 cup light corn syrup

Melt chocolate in a microwave for 1 minute. Stir. If chocolate is not melted, return to the microwave for 30 seconds at a time until smooth. (If you don't have a microwave, place the chocolate in the top of a double broiler over hot water and stir until melted.) When chocolate is melted, add corn syrup and blend. It will "ball up". Pour mixture onto a waxed paper sheet. Spread the chocolate with your fingers until it's about 1/2 inch thick. Cover loosely with waxed paper and let it stiffen for at least a couple hours or overnight. The chocolate will become very pliable like "clay".
Making a Chocolate Rose: Have the kids roll (10) pea to marble-sized balls out of the chocolate clay. Place the balls on a waxed paper sheet, about 1 inch apart. Place another waxed paper sheet on top. Press each marble into a flat disk (about the size of a quarter). Use some pressure! To form the rose: Remove 1 disk and curl it into a "teepee" shape, narrow at the top and wider at the bottom. Wrap the next disk around the opening of the teepee and the third disk at the back of the teepee. This is the rose bud. Keep adding disks which look like "petals". Continue to layer to create a rose in bloom.

Roses can be used as edible decorations for a cake or to create a basketful of blooms. They will harden after a few days and can be saved by storing in a cool, dry place.

Since this recipe is the consistency of modeling clay, you can mold any shape you want.

Note: Chocolate can be substituted with almond bark, or colored candy disks for different colored flowers
Important note: Adult supervision and participation is required for this activity.

Here it is on a 3X5 "recipe card" (.jpg) you can right click, save image, & print out. 

Happy Valentines Day!