PREP: 10 minutes (Ready in 25 minutes) MAKES: 6 servings (2 tablespoons dip and 1 breadstick each)1 can (7oz) refrigerated breadsticks (6 breadsticks ( Read more... )

CHOCOLATE GREMLINS
PREP TIME: 15 minutes (not including chill time) MAKES: 24 cookies

1 cup butterscotch chips
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
2 cups Fiber One cereal (I'm thinking pretzel sticks would be good as well)
48 miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
optional: slivered almonds and black icing gel1- In a 2-quart saucepan, heat ( Read more... )

Hot Dog Mummies Prep time: 30 minutes (ready in 50 minutes) Makes:12 sandwiches1 can (11oz) refrigerated breadsticks (12 breadsticks ( Read more... )

Here's a recipe with Spiders and what really bugs me about it is the spiders only have six legs each. I'd have to fix that when I make them ( Read more... )

Ganked from elionwyr, those of you with four legged furry feline friends might be interested in these! There's also a "freaky looking mutant octopus" option :o)

For wingedcorset and anyone else interested.
Ganked from the October issue of Better Homes & Gardens.

( Cooked fresh pumpkin puree for recipes... )

Saw Kirk Hammett, guitarist for Metallica, blow through the airport last night while I was waiting for Mom and Phyllis.

The news was talking about the diseases that the hurricane hit areas will have to contend with, except they didn't name any specifically so I asked my personal infectious diseases expert what was in store for them and off the top of her head she named: malaria, 'all kinds of hepatitis', typhoid, e coli and 'other flesh eating staph infections ( Read more... )

Bodie took an unexpected a sudden and drastic turn for the worse last night so we had him put down this evening.
He went exactly as I wanted him to, at home with me holding him in my lap, kissing his wonderful, soft forehead.

As a child, I used to love to go through my Mom's button box. There were buttons from outfits she'd made, mended and bought. There were buttons I'd never seen on any garment in the house and buttons that looked like they belonged on a fairy princess. Over the years, the button box came to be mine and I still love to go through it and reminisce. It' ( Read more... )