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Magic Reindeer Food Recipe |
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Written by Jean Polly
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Thursday, 18 December 2008 15:56 |
 Kids love this here at Fudd Hollow Farm. It's just raw oatmeal, colored sugar crystals, and some imagination! If you don't have an empty jar to layer the ingedients like sand art, just use a plastic snack bag.
Magic Reindeer Food
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Last Updated on Saturday, 20 December 2008 10:59 |
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Hanukkah and Christmas Sites |
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Written by Jean Polly
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Thursday, 18 December 2008 01:50 |
 Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas! I've started putting up the website listings for Hanukkah and Christmas, about 20 or so in this first wave, there will be more tomorrow, including the baby and toddler ones. Enjoy!
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Last Updated on Saturday, 20 December 2008 10:59 |
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Welcome to our visitors from Germany! |
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Written by Jean Polly
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 07:38 |
 I really enjoyed being part of the program "Das Will Ich Wissen" and "meeting" Markus Lanz and and Jorg Pilawa! You can find more about the origins of Surfing the Internet in the "About me section of the site. 3DFlags.com has terrific animated flags, don't you think?
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Last Updated on Saturday, 20 December 2008 10:59 |
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MoshiMonsters.com |
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Written by Jean Polly
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Friday, 07 November 2008 00:00 |
 In this colorful world, kids create and name their own animated "monsters." Every creature begins with an empty "room," which quickly becomes the center of activity.
Players can decorate their rooms with exotic wallpaper and unusual furniture (I love my sludge fountain!) from shops like "Yukea" and "Bizarre Bazaar." Kids interact with their pets, feeding them and playing with them. (My monster even purrs when I scratch her ears!)
The room also has a clothes closet for outfits and accessories, and a garden, busy with bugs and birds. It's there that one plants special flower seeds in hopes of attracting a moshling, which is a sort of monster pet. Note well: certain species of moshlings prefer particular plots of flowers, so you'll have to check the online forum for the "secret" combinations to plant if you want a really choice moshling.
Of course all this landscaping and decorating costs money, I mean "rox," and you earn rox by playing games in the Puzzle Palace. There is a "Daily Challenge" you can only play once a day, and many other games you can play as often as you like, although you will only be "paid" for playing once a day. The games are mostly of the "Brain Age" type: they involve letters, numbers, words, shapes, and colors. As you play, your monster watches from the sidelines. (Mine either jumps for joy at a high score, or bawls loudly if I'm not even trying!) The games change too: if you're struggling, they get easier, if you're really good at one, it ups your challenge level.
There is no live chat feature in the game, although players can leave notes to each other on the public pin board in each monster's room. The messages are filtered and monitored, as are posts in the forums.
It seems to work very well and handily walks the line between "wide-open but risky" social networking and "locked down but way short of fun." It appeals to many age groups from reading age and up, and there is even a forum for (ahem!) adult players! Be sure to "friend" me if you visit. Look for Netmom!
MoshiMonsters.com
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Last Updated on Saturday, 20 December 2008 11:00 |
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Written by Jean Polly
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Sunday, 01 February 2009 14:57 |
 February 2 is halfway between winter and spring here in the Northern hemisphere. Everyone wants to know if Spring will come early or late. On Feb. 2, we turn to a rodent to predict the weather.
In the U.S, the honor goes to Punxatawny Phil, of Gobbler's Knob, Pennsylvania. At the website you can watch video of past predictions, download some coloring pages, and try the recipe for "Groundhog Cookies."
Not to be outdone, Canada has its own weather prediction Marmota monax, Wiarton Willie. At his site, you can see him on the live webcam, check the groundhog jokes, try some puzzles, and (of course) find out what he forecasts!
But there are many other weather rodents out there!
A history of Groundhog Day says that the custom originally came from Germany, and its first appearance in America was in this diary:
February 4, 1841 - from Morgantown, Berks County (Pennsylvania) storekeeper James Morris' diary..."Last Tuesday, the 2nd, was Candlemas day, the day on which, according to the Germans, the Groundhog peeps out of his winter quarters and if he sees his shadow he pops back for another six weeks nap, but if the day be cloudy he remains out, as the weather is to be moderate."
According to the old English saying:
If Candlemas be fair and bright,
Winter has another flight.
If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,
Winter will not come again.
From Scotland:
If Candlemas Day is bright and clear,
There'll be two winters in the year.
From Germany:
For as the sun shines on Candlemas Day,
So far will the snow swirl until May.
For as the snow blows on Candlemas Day,
So far will the sun shine before May.
And from America:
If the sun shines on Groundhog Day;
Half the fuel and half the hay.
Try this cool make-it-yourself peek-a-boo weather woodchuck and make your own prediction!
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Last Updated on Sunday, 01 February 2009 15:42 |
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Net-mom's Internet Safety Key: E-mail Fraud
 Not everything in your email box is for real.
You may receive mail that looks like it's from someone you know or from a company you do business with, but it's not.
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Net-mom's Internet Safety Key: Social Networking
On MySpace, Facebook, and other social networking sites, you may be tempted to tell everything about yourself: what movies, bands, books, and products you like. Don't!
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Net-mom's Internet Safety Key: Chat Rooms
| On the Internet, anyone can pretend to be anyone else. That other kid you're talking to may really be an adult. How can you know for sure? YOU CAN'T. |
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Net-mom's Internet Safety Key: Choose Good Passwords
| Want a very strong, secure and hard-to-guess password? Choose a password that no one else will know. Find out how. |
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Net-mom's Internet Safety Key: Protect Passwords
Keep your user name and passwords to yourself. Using a computer in a school or library? Be careful! Who's looking over your shoulder?
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Net-mom's Internet Safety Key: Stay Skeptical
Stay skeptical. Don't always believe what you see or hear. Some sites are totally wrong-- want to see a few?
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