Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Ultra Creamy Mac and Cheese Casserole-----Paula Deen

 

Ingredients

Directions

Not Yo’ Mama’s Banana Pudding



 

Ingredients

Directions

60 Questions

60 Relationship Questions

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  1. How do you feel about how much time you spend together?
  2. Would you say that your partner understands what you are feeling?
  3. How important is it for you to equally divvy up chores?
  4. How much alone time do you need?
  5. How content are you with the amount of non-sexual affection in the relationship?
  6. The two of you are hitting the great outdoors. What would you prefer to spend the day doing?
  7. What would you prefer to do on a Saturday night?
  8. How would you rate your kissing?
  9. Do you think you and your partner share the same values?
  10. Do you think a couple’s finances should be together or separate?
  11. Do you think you and your partner share the same values?
  12. Where would you choose to live right nowthe city, the suburbs, a small town, or somewhere rural/isolated?
  13. Given the realities of your current life, how often would you like to have sex?
  14. What kind of vacation would you enjoy most?
  15. When it comes to “the baby question,” how do you feel? Do you want kids?
  16. How important is physical chemistry to you?
  17. What is the best gift your partner could give you?
  18. How do you feel about traveling outside the country?
  19. What’s the main way you show your love?
  20. If your partner had close friends of the opposite sex, how would you feel?
  21. How big of a role does spirituality or religion play in your life??
  22. When you and your partner disagree, what do you say to resolve it?
  23. How do you feel about physical fitness?
  24. What do you do when your partner feels sad?
  25. How do you feel about your exes?
  26. How do you feel about your partner’s exes?
  27. How do you think you and your partner handle fights?
  28. How important is sex to you?
  29. How do you like to spend your free time?
  30. How do you feel about what your partner does for a living?
  31. How does your partner feel about what you do for a living?
  32. How do you respond when your partner is very late to meet you?
  33. Do you know about the first time your partner had sex?
  34. When do you think it’s the right time for people to meet each other’s parents/families?
  35. When life gets you down, how do you deal with it?
  36. When there’s nothing to eat in the fridge, what do you do?
  37. What are the most difficult topics for you to share with your partner?
  38. What makes you feel most loved?
  39. How do you feel about being interrupted?
  40. How do you want to be treated when you’re down or depressed?
  41. Whose death would hit you the hardest?
  42. Would you take a more interesting job for a steep pay cut?
  43. What do you think happens after you die?
  44. How do you express your creative side?
  45. If you could do anything for work and not worry about money, what would you do?
  46. What do you do when you can’t go to sleep?
  47. Who was your childhood best friend?
  48. What’s your relationship with your parents like?
  49. Do you like being the center of the attention or prefer to stand back?
  50. What’s your greatest fear?
  51. What was your favorite year of life?
  52. What’s your favorite book?
  53. What do you do when you have to have a hard conversation with someone?
  54. Where in world would you most like to visit?
  55. What’s your hidden talent?
  56. What was your favorite subject in school?
  57. Do you avoid conflict with your partner?
  58. Do you like to get the good new or the bad news first?
  59. What, if any, holiday traditions do you have?
  60. Do you set goals for yourself?

Relationships Questions


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  1. What is the (1) thing you will not tolerate in a relationship?
  2. What specific type of woman are you are looking for?
  3. What level of commitment are you looking for in a relationship?
  4. What is your dream and where are you in achieving that dream?
  5. What role does spirituality play in your life?

Pecan Pie -- Delicious

 Delicious Pecan Pie

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3 eggs - mix
1/4 cup - melted butter
3 cups - brown sugar
1 or 2 tsp of vanilla
1 cup - dark corn syrup

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Put nuts pecans in bottom of pie pan

Cook 45-50 minutes

Let it giggle in middle
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Pie Crust

1 1/2 cup -- flour
1/4 tsp  -- salt
1 1/2 tablespoon --- sugar
1/4 cup --- lard  Cisco
3 tablespoons ---  butter

ice cold water
1/2 scoop  -- use ice cream scoop

Put in refrigerator about -- 30 minutes
Roll out
Put flour on rolling pin  

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Revelation 14:14-20

 

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Revelation 14:14-20 King James Version (KJV)

14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great wine press of the wrath of God.

20 And the wine press was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the wine press, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Sunday, July 8, 2018

Colonies of North America


The Thirteen Colonies and neighboring polities in 1748
In the 1730s, Parliamentarian James Oglethorpe proposed that the area south of the Carolinas be colonized with the "worthy poor" of England to provide an alternative to the overcrowded debtors' prisons.



New England colonies

Middle colonies

Southern colonies

American Colonies' Population


Population of the American colonies
Year Population
1625 1,980
1641 50,000
1688 200,000
1702 270,000
1715 435,000
1749 1,000,000
1754 1,500,000
1765 2,200,000
1775 2,400,000













The colonial population rose to a quarter of a million during the 17th century, and to nearly 2.5 million on the eve of the American revolution. 

Perkins (1988) notes the importance of good health for the growth of the colonies: "Fewer deaths among the young meant that a higher proportion of the population reached reproductive age, and that fact alone helps to explain why the colonies grew so rapidly." 

There were many other reasons for the population growth besides good health, such as the Great Migration


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Between 1625 and 1775, the colonial population grew from roughly 2,000 to over 2 million, often displacing American Indians.

In the 18th century, the British government operated its colonies under a policy of mercantilism, in which the central government administered its possessions for the economic benefit of the mother country.

Slavery was introduced during the colonial period. The Thirteen Colonies had a high degree of self-governance and active local elections, and they resisted London's demands for more control.

The French and Indian War (1754–63) against France and its Indian allies led to greater tensions between Britain and the Thirteen Colonies.

In the 1750s, the colonies began collaborating with one another instead of dealing directly with Britain.

These inter-colonial activities cultivated a sense of shared American identity and led to calls for protection of the colonists' "Rights as Englishmen", especially the principle of "no taxation without representation".

Grievances with the British government led to the American Revolution, in which the colonies collaborated in forming a Continental Congress which declared independence in 1776 and fought the American Revolutionary War (1775–83) with the aid of France, the Dutch Republic, and Spain.

Thirteen Colonies

Thirteen Colonies
Part of British America (1607–1776)
as
Colonies of England (1607–1707)
Colonies of Great Britain (1707–1776)
1607–1776
Flag
Flag of Great Britain (1707–1776)
The thirteen colonies (shown in red) in 1775.
Capital Administered from London, England
Languages
  • English
  • German
  • Dutch
  • French and other minor languages
  • Indigenous languages
Religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
Judaism
American Indian religion
Government Colonial constitutional monarchy
Monarch
 •  1607–1625 James I & VI (first)
 •  1760–1776 George III of the United Kingdom (last)
History
 •  Roanoke Colony 1585
 •  Virginia Colony 1607
 •  New England 1620
 •  King Charles II charter for Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1663
 •  New Netherland falls to the English 1664
 •  Treaty of Utrecht (1713) 1713
 •  Province of Georgia formed as 13th colony 1732
 •  United States Declaration of Independence 1776
 •  Treaty of Paris 1783
Population
 •  1625[1] est. 1,980 
 •  1775[1] est. 2,400,000 
Currency
Preceded by Succeeded by
Pre-colonial North America
New Netherland
United States
Today part of  United States

13 Original Colonies




The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the east coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries that declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States of America.

The Thirteen Colonies had very similar political, constitutional, and legal systems and were dominated by Protestant English-speakers. 

They were part of Britain's possessions in the "New World", which also included colonies in Canada, the Caribbean, and the Floridas.

Wednesday, July 4, 2018

GOD Bless America


Independence Day Customs

Customs

An 1825 invitation to an Independence Day celebration

Independence Day is a national holiday marked by patriotic displays. Similar to other summer-themed events, Independence Day celebrations often take place outdoors. According to 5 U.S.C. § 6103, Independence Day is a federal holiday, so all non-essential federal institutions (such as the postal service and federal courts) are closed on that day. Many politicians make it a point on this day to appear at a public event to praise the nation's heritage, laws, history, society, and people.


Families often celebrate Independence Day by hosting or attending a picnic or barbecue; many take advantage of the day off and, in some years, a long weekend to gather with relatives or friends. Decorations (e.g., streamers, balloons, and clothing) are generally colored red, white, and blue, the colors of the American flag. Parades are often held in the morning, before family get-togethers, while fireworks displays occur in the evening after dark at such places as parks, fairgrounds, or town squares

The night before the Fourth was once the focal point of celebrations, marked by raucous gatherings often incorporating bonfires as their centerpiece. In New England, towns competed to build towering pyramids, assembled from barrels and casks. They were lit at nightfall to usher in the celebration. The highest were in Salem, Massachusetts, with pyramids composed of as many as forty tiers of barrels. These made the tallest bonfires ever recorded. The custom flourished in the 19th and 20th centuries and is still practiced in some New England towns.

Independence Day fireworks are often accompanied by patriotic songs such as the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner"; "God Bless America"; "America the Beautiful"; "My Country, 'Tis of Thee"; "This Land Is Your Land"; "Stars and Stripes Forever"; and, regionally, "Yankee Doodle" in northeastern states and "Dixie" in southern states. Some of the lyrics recall images of the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812.
 
Fireworks on Independence Day in Goleta, California

Independence Day

Observance

  • In 1777, thirteen gunshots were fired in salute, once at morning and once again as evening fell, on July 4 in Bristol, Rhode Island. An article in July 18, 1777 issue of The Virginia Gazette noted a celebration in Philadelphia in a manner a modern American would find familiar: an official dinner for the Continental Congress, toasts, 13-gun salutes, speeches, prayers, music, parades, troop reviews, and fireworks. Ships in port were decked with red, white, and blue bunting.
  • In 1778, from his headquarters at Ross Hall, near New Brunswick, New Jersey, General George Washington marked July 4 with a double ration of rum for his soldiers and an artillery salute (feu de joie). Across the Atlantic Ocean, ambassadors John Adams and Benjamin Franklin held a dinner for their fellow Americans in Paris, France
American children of many ethnic backgrounds celebrate noisily in 1902 Puck cartoon
  • In 1779, July 4 fell on a Sunday. The holiday was celebrated on Monday, July 5.
  • In 1781, the Massachusetts General Court became the first state legislature to recognize July 4 as a state celebration.
  • In 1783, Salem, North Carolina held a celebration with a challenging music program assembled by Johann Friedrich Peter entitled The Psalm of Joy. The town claims to be the first public July 4 event, as it was carefully documented by the Moravian Church, and there are no government records of any earlier celebrations.
  • In 1870, the U.S. Congress made Independence Day an unpaid holiday for federal employees.
  • In 1938, Congress changed Independence Day to a paid federal holiday.


The Fourth of July

Independence Day (colloquial: the Fourth of July; July Fourth; the Fourth) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.







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Displays of fireworks, such as these over the Washington Monument in 1986, take place across the United States on Independence Day.
Also called The Fourth of July
Observed by United States
Type National
Significance The day in 1776 that the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress
Celebrations Fireworks, family reunions, concerts, barbecues, picnics, parades, baseball games
Date July 4
Next time July 4, 2019
Frequency annual

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