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April 5, 2015
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Important News |
| Broadcast Schedule |
| Today!!! Sunday, April 5, 2015 |
| 3 PM PST/6 PM PST |
| No Story Writing We'll write again on April 12 (delayed a week due to Easter) |
| 6 PM PST/9 PM EST |
| No VacaChat Broadcast.
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| Upcoming!!! Sunday, April 12, 2015 |
| 3 PM PST/6 PM PST |
| Story Writing Please join us to write our story: Zorro as the Easter Bunny? |
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| Our Furred, Feathered, and Scaled Babies |
| We will soon have a new feature on the VacaNews
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featuring all our animal family members. Send them to
vacachatb@gmail.com. Make sure
you include your chat name and your pet's name. You can also include
your real name and location if you want to. I've only gotten photos from a few people. (The new page will be posted sometime this week.) Surely more chatters have pets that they'd like to show to the world! |
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| Hello Vriends, | ||
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Happy Easter, everyone! I hope you are all able to spend some
time with family, or in a way that suits you best for the
holiday. Myself, I sobbed my way through the end of Ben Hur this
morning (the color version with Chuck Heston) while Mary was off
singing. Now we've been cooking up some roast beef, and I've
made the Jello salad, and all that. And the hot cross
buns--Yummy...
We had been promised some rain today, but so far it has amounted to about five minutes of light rain. Hopefully it will put some snow up into the mountains, anyway. This upcoming week I should be getting the second 3D printer loaner. I have been working to try to get my vapor chamber done, because pretty much everything I made in the first go-around is in serious need of a bath. An acetone vapor bath, that is! The printing process makes for a lot of horizontal ribs that are rather unsightly on sculptures. The use of vapor is just about the only way to get those smooth. Saturday morning we had a very nice (but brief) lunar eclipse. I got a few good pictures by driving out towards Fairfield, then on the way back I stopped off at my favorite place--the Lagoon Valley. It was nice to take some photos and watch the motorized paragliders buzzing around. That sure does look like a lot of fun! I will show some of the shots I got on the chat next weekend. But until then, I should get back to the kitchen and check on the progress of our dinner. Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding--Yum!! Have a great week, and hope to see y'all next Sunday! |
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| Chatter News |
| Sharoot | Sharoot's featured pictures can be found
at the end of each newsletter, under Photos of the
Week. She says that since they are located at the end, then "Sharoot's
the Caboose!" Today Sharoot shares a pictures of a recent trip to a BIG backyard. She also shares more about her Harris's Sparrow that visited a few months ago. You can read about that here. |
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| ChatterChopz | ChatterChopz and DotRot are proud to announce the completion and publication of a book all about CC! It's entitled Unexpected Lessons From My Daughter: The Blessings of Parenting a Special Needs Child. If you want to read it, it is available in both Paperback and Kindle formats. It's got dozens of photos of CC, from birth to present. You can view it or purchase it here: http://goo.gl/RjCFT3 (At present, Amazon has discounted the paperback version by over $4!) If you DO read the book, please leave a review at Amazon. The more reviews I get, the more likely Amazon is to promote the book. | ||
| Elsalynda | Elsalynda's latest column entitled Nature in the
City: From Waltham to Crystal River and Back, is available online here: http://waltham.wickedlocal.com/article/20150325/NEWS/150329656 Make sure you check out the photo of a rare Bohemian Waxwing in Waltham accompanying the article!!! Elsa also tells us that she has had a poem selected for publication. She says she is very excited to be a part of this book and feels like a poet in good company, with known authors. Her poem on Great Horned Owls has a page with a beautiful photo opposite. Her writing group helped her with this piece. The book, Secrets of Wisdom by Joyce Gerrish, is now available at Amazon. |
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| We'd love to include more news of VacaChatters. If you have something you'd like to share (something about you or your family) or if you know of exciting news about another chatter that they're just too shy to share, please send it to us! (We won’t run it without that chatter’s permission, however.) | |||
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| ChocoMare |
Ruthrings sent us this news on March 28: "I
don't know which of you have Susan [ChocoMare]on Facebook, but you may
know her husband was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia several months
ago. I would guess he's only in his 50s. She went home from work
Thursday and he was coughing terribly and so confused he could hardly
open the door. They finally went to the ER and it's downhill from there.
. low sodium, dehydration, then seizures, then ICU, and now comfort
treatment only and Hospice!!! I feel so bad for her!!! Please pray for a
peaceful conclusion for both David and Susan." And then we received this news on March 29: "David died overnight, but this is what Susan posted on Facebook a few minutes earlier. Wow! I don't know why God hasn't released his body yet....but perhaps there is just one here in this ICU who needs to see that we, who are in the Lord, do not grieve as those who have no hope. We grieve with THE Hope, The Blessed Assurance that one day, when our tent is folded, we will see Him face to face. And just maybe they'll ask, "How...tell me how you have joy despite the tears?" And I can smile thru those years and say "May I introduce you to my Lord?" |
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| KSBorn | KSBorn was in regression for lymphoma and breast cancer. It has since returned and she's going for Chemo now. She and her doctors are attacking it vigorously and she needs our prayers. She needs our prayers for healing, for the Lord to guide her doctors, and for the peace and strength as she undergoes the treatment. | ||
| VacaDude and his cousin, Kevin | UPDATE: WONDERFUL NEWS!!!!! "Our family got some news this last week from my cousin Kevin, and it was wonderful: the latest tests show that he is in full remission!! So I'd like to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers; it meant a lot to me and to Kevin. If you could extend a few of those prayers to his mother Irene, I would really appreciate it. In a cruel twist of fate, Kevin's mom was diagnosed with lymphoma--very similar to Kevin's--that was located in her abdomen. Last I heard, she was responding well to the chemo. Apparently it made for some lively chemo treatment sessions--mother and son in together! They have always been a fun family, and I really hope Irene pulls through as well." | ||
| TheDaddyBird, | TDB is now in the rehab facility.
Believe it or not, he didn't qualify for the rehab we WANTED him to
get—he was doing too well! After a rocky start at the facility he did
qualify for, he's doing much better. He's receiving physical therapy
(for the hip), cardio therapy (for the bypass) and pulmonary therapy
(for his COPD). It's all a delicate balancing act. The physical therapy
taxes his lungs which makes him short of breat which raises his heart
rate which taxes his heart. They're trying to keep everything at an even
keel, but still get the therapy he needs. Please keep him in your
prayers. CC has been a real trooper and a big help through all of this. I am VERY proud of her. |
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| Marilyn Crabb | UPDATE:
Hi! I survived six months of chemotherapy. I'll have my breast
tumor and left axillary nodes removed on Friday, Feb. 13. Radiation will
be next. Please pray that the surgeon does a good job and all my cancer
is removed! My screen name was/is MarilynLA on UStream. (Marilyn from Los Angeles) |
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| Littleguys | UPDATE:
The latest news from Littleguys:
I have been limping a lot over the past two years. Pinched
nerve. Over a year ago, I put my foot down and insisted we
find out why. Not the joints. X-ray, then MRI showed that
the discs that I slipped years ago, one is flat and the
other bulging, plus I have the "not unexpected" arthritis in
the vertebrae where the nerves come out of the spinal column
and go down the leg. Taking care of it all got delayed.
The doctors wanted to treat the Breast Cancer first, even if
it were only Stage Zero since, as they put it, cancer can
kill and pinched nerves won't. Caused weight gain, since I
can't walk as much as I used to...LOL
Anyway, finally got to go back to the doctor about my back. Three options. First one, surgery, no one wants. Second is to inject something, I think it was a type of cortisone. Third option, I start tonight, taking a pill every night that is supposed to calm down the excited / inflamed, screaming nerves.
Keep your fingers crossed, and prayers coming. I really
need to be able to get out and walk more to get rid of this
weight, and show my horses in halter classes.
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| Caboval | Joey has gone to the Rainbow Bridge. Please keep Caboval in your prayers. | ||
| Elsalynda | Keep Elsalynda in your prayers as she struggles with health, computer and weather related issues. | ||
| GentleDoe | Please pray for me, my house, Section 8 assistance &
a resolution to this situation. My sister has POA for my father now. My
mother had it until my sister had him sign it over to her prior to her
taking him out of the assistive living home & into her home. (She now
owns half her home & dad the other half.) Dad had my home & my parent's
home put in his name alone, now my sister has POA. She has threatened to
put mom in a home & she wants me out of both the house I rented from my
father & my parent's house. I need a house to be able to keep my birds. While my birds are usually quiet, if anything disturbs them they can be quite loud. My 5 birds & 2 bunnies are the only family I have other than my human family. My mother & I have not been able to see or speak to my father since August of last year, 2014. My mother wakes up calling for my father. This is taking its toll on my mother's already fragile health. My health is also struggling but I cannot allow it to be known because I am the only one to stay & care for my mother. My mother would not last long in a home with little if ay visitation. Thank you all of the Vacafamily and Vriends for the prayers. Hope to get to check in for a few minutes, I've just recently got the internet again. |
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| Shari in Memphis | Has anyone gotten any updates from Shari? | ||
| Thank you for your prayers and good thoughts for owl our wonderful VacaFamily members! If you have any prayer requests, updates or news of answered prayers, please let us know. Email us with the information so it can be included in the next newsletter. | |||
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| A
Message from Zorro |
StoryTime News |
StoryTime Archives |
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| Recipe of the Week |
| A Message from Zorro |
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Zorro the Mouse here. I hope you are all having a lovely
Easter day. Maybe with some chocolate-covered
Tauntzlets? We do not have any chocolate around here
today, but there is a yummy pecan pie waiting for later.
That is a rare treat!
I got to go out to the Lagoon Valley with the Dude yesterday. For the most part, I stayed in the car. There are lots of birdies that hang out in that park. A lot of them are looking for something to eat. Most of the time, it is stuff like crickets and worms and stuff. But some of the bigger birds...let's just say that it was probably best that being a mouse--I just stay in the car. I've tried running across fields from time to time, and you just never know what might come along and scoop you up! Well, I hope you can all make it for some Storytime writing next Sunday, and then I can do the reading at the chat. And who knows what the Dude and I might be able to cook up with the printer?! Until then, Cheezerschnocks! |
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| Yours Most Whiskerly, Zorro |
| StoryTime News |
| Next StoryTime | Coming Soon!
Sunday, April 12 3:00 PM PST/6:00 PM EST |
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| Title | Zorro as the Easter Bunny?? | ||
| Invitation | We need story writers! Please consider dropping in and checking out the fun we have writing the stories. Honestly, it's not at all difficult to join in and you'll surely be glad you did. | ||
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12 frozen Rhodes dinner rolls
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cup melted butter Zest of 1 orange ˝ cup sugar GLAZE: 1 cup powdered sugar 2 tablespoons orange juice 2 tablespoons milk
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Place frozen rolls in a greased 9x13 inch baking
dish. Cover with greased plastic wrap and let thaw according to package
directions. (This usually takes 4 to 5 hours depending on the
temperature in your kitchen. You can even thaw them in the refrigerator
overnight!) Preheat oven to 350°F. Pour melted butter evenly
over the tops of thawed rolls. In a small bowl, mix together the orange zest and
sugar. Pour sugar mixture evenly over the buttery tops of rolls Bake, uncovered, 18 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven
and let stand 10 minutes before glazing. While rolls are baking, whisk
together all the glaze ingredients in a small bowl. Pour glaze all over
rolls. Serve warm! Yields: 12 rolls
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Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9x13" pan with nonstick spray (line with
foil prior to spraying -- it makes the brownies easier to remove) and
set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together the cocoa and melted butter. Stir in sugar until combined. Stir in eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each. Stir in vanilla. Fold in flour JUST until you no longer see flour streaks in the batter. Gently fold in the hot fudge sauce. Spread half of batter in prepared pan. Evenly place Oreos over the surface and cover with remaining batter. Bake for about 20 minutes, until a knife inserted in the center comes out with fudgy crumbs but no raw batter. Let brownies cool for 30 minutes. In a microwave safe bowl, heat caramel bits and cream, stopping every 30 seconds to stir until smooth. Pour over brownies and spread evenly. Top with Peeps before caramel sets. Let brownies cool to room temperature. For easy cutting, chill in the refrigerator before slicing and serving. |
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| Owl Cams |
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Other Nature Cams | Video Picks of the Week | Inspiration | ||||||
| Other Bird Cams |
| Owl Cams |
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| Puffins | |||||
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Shetland Islands Puffins | http://www.shetland.org/puffincam/ | |||
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Sea Island, Maine |
http://explore.org/live-cams/player/puffin-burrow-cam | |||
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Sea Island, Maine |
http://explore.org/live-cams/player/puffin-loafing-ledge-cam These pages also contain links to numerous other nature cams. |
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Southwest Florida Eagles
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi6DdvVbbi8 | ||
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Black Eagle |
http://www.africam.com/wildlife/black_eagle_webcam | |||
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Decorah Eagles |
http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles | |||
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Berry College Eagle Cam |
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/berry-eagle-cam | |||
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http://www.pixcontroller.com/eagles/index.htm | ||||
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PA Falcon Cam |
http://www.pacast.com/players/falcon.asp | |||
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Commerce Tower Peregrines |
http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/wildlife-cameras/peregrine-falcon-web-camera Cam not live now but should be returning soon. |
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Pitt Peregrine Falcon |
http://www.aviary.org/PF-NestCam1 | |||
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Gulf Tower Peregrine Falcon |
http://www.aviary.org/PF-NestCam2 | |||
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Emily
Falcon Cam |
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/emily-falcon-cam | |||
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RFalconCam |
http://rfalconcam.com/rfc-main/ | |||
| Talking Birds | |||||
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Watch the Birdie |
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/Watch-the-Birdie | |||
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Disco |
https://www.youtube.com/user/MsJumpinJude/videos | |||
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California Condor San Diego Zoo Safari Park San Diego, California |
http://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/cams/condor-cam | |||
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KC Zoo Penguin Cam |
http://www.kansascityzoo.org/penguincam |
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Whidbey Island Back Porch other assorted birds |
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/katersch | |||
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Hellgate Ospreys |
http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/27/Hellgate_Ospreys/ | |||
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Ostrich Chicks |
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http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ostrich-egg-cam-live | ||
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Streaming Bird Cams |
http://www.beakspeak.com/ | |||
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| Pandas | |||||
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San Diego Zoo Pandas |
www.sandiegozoo.org (click
on live cams)
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http://www.ustream.tv/sandiegozoo. Zoo's
blogs: http://blognew.sandiegozoo.org/category/animals-and-plants/giant-pandas/ |
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Giant Panda Cam |
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/webcams/giant-panda.cfm | |||
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Kansas City Polar Bears |
http://www.kctv5.com/category/244581/nikita-berlin-polar-bear-cam | |||
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Brown Bears and Salmon |
http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls (lots of other cams at this site, as well) |
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Black Bears |
http://www.bear.org/website/live-cameras/live-cameras/holly-bears-den-cam-live.html | |||
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Golden Paw-Prints Classic Golden Retrievers Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/golden-retriever-puppy-cam All the pups have gone to their forever homes. Camera is shut down until the next litter is born. |
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San Diego Zoo and Safari Park |
http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/ | |||
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The Pet Collective |
http://www.thepetcollective.tv/livestreams/ | |||
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Critter Chat Cams |
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Friends of Felines Rescue
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www.ustream.tv/ffrc | |||
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Little House |
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CC's Page of Links (scheduled for updating) |
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| Help in Identifying Birds | |||||
| Try www.whatbird.com It's helps identify lots of birds. | |||||
 Secrets
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| Meet Zeus | |||||
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| Some Interesting Information About Someone We All Know Well | |||||
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| International Space Station Links | |||||
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broadcast the Dude talked about the websites where one can view the
spacestation and the view that the astronauts have. Here are the links: This one has the map, but no chat. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/HDEV/ This site has a chat room. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/iss-hdev-payload |
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from windbeneathwing. Swimming owl caught on video http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/12/05/swimming-owl-caught-on-video/ |
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| Video Picks of the Week |
Owlz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcBlEJRDYUQ
Tom Hanks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZWLWxpBv5g
Gamarjobat
So bad, yet so good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVG7dfH5DL0
Kitten Stuck In the Middle
(This looks just like, Scruffy, the little feral kitten that we've been socializing. He thinks he's a dog.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go43XeW6Wg4&feature=youtu.be
Most Stubborn Cat Ever
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/5sy1MDHZ27M?rel=0&%3bshowinfo=0
Russian Circus Cats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODKNlhVW_GU
| Inspiration or Things to Make You Think |
Inside New York City's Most Secret Basement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLPOmtI4W9I
Bruno Mars - Count On Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9O5_Q-oLrs
Emma, the Pig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HIrFgDSKQQ
Never Leave the Playground
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eICg4CMd2jU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_YdPNgByOE
Typewriter Artist
https://www.youtube.com/embed/svzPm8lT36o?feature=player_detailpage
Video Tricks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2lNz1LqYyQ
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Fun Animations and Pictures |
Photos of the Week |
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Zorro's Word of the Week | ||||||
| Just for the Fun of It |
Kyle's Jokes of the Week |
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Paper Owls
Perfect for younger children
http://zen-teen.com/2012/08/10/hoot-hoot-owl-paper-craft/
Flaky Owl Cookies
http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/ominous-flaky-owls/650e0089-4288-4c3a-8404-6dfc6256feb7
Choco-Owls
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/choco-owls
Printable Owl Craft
http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/50548/printable-owl-craft
Peanut Butter Owl Cookies
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/peanut-butter-owl-cookies
Rice Cake Owl Snacks
http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2012/08/rice-cake-owl-snack.html
| Fun Animations and Pictures |
| Photos of the Week |
From the Dude
I thought you might enjoy this photo of the conjunction from the other night.
Sharoot's Caboose
Sharoot shares,
"My husband took this at Brick Pond Park. His mate is there too. Hope we'll have baby pictures to send you later…"
| Kyle's well known among his friends for his "triple
groaner" riddles and jokes. Now he shares them with VacaFamily. Enjoy! |
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"A 95-year-old man has officially become the world's oldest pilot.
He's also become the first pilot to fly at 25 miles per hour." -Conan O'Brien |
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What animal drives an automobile?
The road hog.
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What did the father porcupine say to his son just before spanking
him?
This is going to hurt me more than it's going to hurt
you.
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| A little boy came home eating a big candy bar.
Seeing the candy bar, his mother remembered he had already spent all his
allowance money. Surprised, she asked him where he got it. "I bought it
at the store with the dollar you gave me," he said. "But that dollar was
for Sunday School," his mother replied. Smiling, the boy said, "I know,
Mom, but the Pastor met me at the door and got me in for free!" |
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On my birthday, my friends Tina and Marge wanted to cook something
special for me, and they suggested Wiener Schnitzel. But it's not my
favorite, so I said, "Don't fry for me, Marge and Tina!"
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| Zorro's Word of the Week |
CHOUSE
Pronunciation: \CHOWSS\
noun
Definition of CHOUSE
cheat, trick
EXAMPLES
In Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities, the miserable Mr. Cruncher fumes,
"If I ain't … been choused this last week into as bad luck as ever a poor
devil of a honest tradesman met with!"
"The 18th fairway Saturday afternoon bore a scene only accessible in a
gentrified sport
such as golf; Polson's Jaylin Kenney bookended by Erin Tabish and Katie Fyall of Whitefish,
all three girls calm and cordial as could be, each likely secretly hoping to chouse a collapse out of the other."
— Mark Robertson, Lake County Leader & Advertiser (Polson, Montana), October 9, 2013
DID YOU KNOW?
"You shall chouse him of Horses, Cloaths, and Mony," wrote John Dryden in his 1663 play
Wild Gallant. Dryden was one of the first English writers to use chouse, but he wasn't the last.
That term, which may derive from a Turkish word meaning "doorkeeper" or "messenger,"
has a rich literary past, appearing in works by Samuel Pepys, Henry Fielding, Sir Walter Scott,
and Charles Dickens, among others, but its use dropped off in the 20th century. In fact, English speakers
of today may be more familiar with another chouse, a verb used in the American West to mean
"to drive or herd roughly." In spite of their identical spellings, though, the two chouse
homographs are not related (and the origin of the latter is a source of some speculation).
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MollyTheOwlBooks
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