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Orange glaze for store bought cheese cake

12 mandarins
2-3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon corn starch
1 can of mandarin sections
1 small cheese cake (about 6 inch)
1/2 teaspoon salt, to taste

Juice all clementines and keep the juice pulp free.

in a small sauce pan, combine juice, sugar and cornstarch. Bring to a boil, stirring until thickened and clear. Add salt and continue to stir. Add liqueur.

Cool to room temperature. Spoon cooled glaze on cake and arrange sections along edge of cale.

Chill until ready to serve.

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Next Drawing – December 6th

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Enter To Win – A Booklet of 20 Holiday Stamps

Enter Here to win a booklet of 20 holiday stamps.

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17 Best Places to Play Free Mini Games Online

What are the best places to play free online games? This is my list of favorites and it is also a place to get you started. I found 17 links that feature a wide range and types of free online games. Most of them are mini games and should be available in every geographic region. I really hope that you can add favorites to the list and help it grow. Let’s have some fun together.

http://www.addictinggames.com/index.html – Just like the name, addicting games, I’m totally addicted to the site. It is part of my mini break from work. There are so many choices to choose from. Of course, my favorite is puzzle games.

http://www.miniclip.com/games/en/ – The games are divided into two big sections – players challenge games and normal games. It is also a perfect place for game developers to submit their own work. Multiplayer games are also available online.

http://www.freeonlinegames.com/ – Simple games remind you those games I used to play when I was a kid. You can find lots old games here developed in the 80s or 90s. My favorite games here are Dirt Bike, Drag Racer V3, and Electric Man …

http://www.games.com/ – One of the biggest online game communities. Home to over 1,300 online and download games and tons of players. You don’t need to worry about looking for players online to play with for your favorite games.

http://www.freearcade.com/ – One of the biggest multiplayer games resources online. If you are a big crossword puzzle fan, this is a right place for you.

http://www.fupa.com/ – Pacman is one of their “signature” games and it is also my favorite. Other than that, more than 12,000 games are available to play and download. You also gain points while playing and compete with your friends in your group.

http://www.1001onlinegames.com/ – I love the action games they have. I just found out a game called Horsey Racing on their home page. Absolutely a FUN game!

http://www.fishflashgames.com/ – This is a place you meet friends and play games at the same time. Most games here are love games. If you are interested, try it out.

http://www.onlineflashgames.org/ – You can easily download games or play online. You can also manage all of your favorites and check out the most recent games in your member account. Dress up games are also available for girls. J

http://www.yogames.net/ – This is one of the best places to find funny games and also my favorite stress relief place.

http://www.playedonline.com/ – My friend recommended me this link, but I haven’t really tried it out yet. Let me know what you think when you get a chance.

http://www.net-games.biz/ – If you are a big fan of racing games, this is your home. Hundreds of different racing games range from motorcycle to jet, even human race. You can also participate in the game community and meet more friends.

http://www.pogo.com/ – The most popular game here is Monopoly which is my favorite. I used to beg my sisters and my parents to play with me and I had to wait until the best time. Now, I can play whenever I want. They also offer enter to win prizes. Have fun and good luck!

http://www.2dplay.com/index.htm – This is a brand new link to me as well. I will definitely give it a try. Let me know what you think.

http://www.smashingames.com/ – Lots racing and smashing games here for you. If you are a car racer, this is the place you have to stop by. Game developers are also welcome to submit and share your work with the community.

http://www.gamehouse.com/ – Tons of fun games. They even have Scrabble. You can either play online for free or buy the membership for $6.99 for exclusive games and benefits.

http://gamesville.com/ – This is the most active site out of all (I think). Every time I stop by, I can always find something new to play. Check out Bejeweled Twist, they have it on there.

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Get 50 free personalized Christmas cards

I’d love to be one of those moms who can manage a full time job, play with her children several hours a day, keep the house clean, cook dinner and send Christmas cards every year. But if you’ve been to my house, you saw the dust bunny in the corner, ate something frozen, and you’ve definitely never gotten a Christmas card from me.

This year, though, blogger Freebies 4 Mom (www.freebies4mom.com) is disseminating a great Internet code for 50 free personalized photo cards through the Web site SeeHere.com. You can choose a 4×8 or 5×7 photo card, making the value of this offer close to $40. Shipping is free and you are not required to input a credit card number. To get the free cards, use the code freebies4mom -1109. The code expires on Nov. 30.

Be warned though: The program to design your card is difficult to muddle through, so sit down at the computer knowing you’re going to need some patience.

I’m pretty excited about getting my cards in the mail – maybe I can find someone who will address the envelopes and mail them for me, too!

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10 Links to Watch Your Favorite Movies Online for FREE

This is an updated list of free movies you can watch online. We’ve listed 10 major websites that feature from documentaries to dramas, from Hollywood to International, from musical to cartoon. You can totally watch all of them online at any place and at time. Hopefully, this free list can get you started and enrich your movie experience. Have fun!

www.youtube.com/movies
I’m also a fan of YouTube. And I just found this site couple weeks ago. You can find a series of full-length movies online.

www.documentaryheaven.com
Documentary Heaven was set up early July 2009 to provide the public with a vast collection of documentaries spanning across every genre out there. We intend on continuously updating the site on a daily basis to bring you nothing but the very best.

www.hulu.com
Hulu is an online video service that offers hit TV shows, movies and clips at Hulu.com and other online destination sites — anytime in the U.S.

www.nosubscriptionrequired.net
The Internet’s Largest Entertainment Sites Aggregator of Movies, TV, Documentaries and Cable Sites.

www.watch-movies-online.tv
Archive, Large Collection of Free Full Length Movies

www.surfthechannel.com
SurfTheChannel.com was launched in early October 2007 with the aim of indexing links to “all videos, everywhere” and listing them in easy to navigate pages. Quite a task considering the millions of videos online!

www.filmannex.com
This site has one of the largest selections of online films for you to watch or download. See films from independent filmmakers and directors from all over the world, and download or stream to your PC, laptop or iPhone.

www.legaltorrents.com
LegalTorrents is an online digital media community. Legaltorrents.com has high quality open-licensed digital media and art. You can also find a section for movie specifically

www.quicksilverscreen.com
This is properly one of the most popular movie sites online. This sites allows people to share the movie they uploaded and they also puts torrents online as well.

www.snagfilms.com
SnagFilms is committed to finding the world‘s most compelling documentaries, whether from established heavyweights or first-time filmmakers, and making them available to the wide audience these titles deserve.

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Have A Green Holiday

Christmas is coming to town!!! Have you thought of having a green holiday this year? Check out my list here and to see what you can do to have an eco-friendly holiday with your family and save some money in the meantime.

• Purchase presents from thrifty stores or make your own. If you are not too good at making them, you can always make your own gift bags out of cloth or used newspaper. Be creative, be free.
• Give reusable grocery shopping bags as gifts
• Home made gifts of organic food – cheap, healthy, eco. Last year, I made some gluten-free bread, fair trade chocolate truffles, and home dried jerky.
• Get your dinner from your garden, such as potatoes, cranberry and etc.
• Purchase fair trade products as gifts, such as coffee, chocolate truffles, and etc.
• Purchase gifts for couples instead of individuals.

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20 Places to Watch Free Movies Online

Where to watch free movies online? Here’s a list that will get you started. We’ve listed 20 sites that feature a wide range of films. Classics, international, film noir, documentaries, indies — they’re all here. Most of these films should be available in every geographic region. However, there will be some exceptions. This is just a start, and I’m really hoping that you (yes, you!) can add your favorites to the list and help it grow. The more you contribute, the more we all benefit.

General Films/Movies

Internet Archive – Feature Films: This archive of feature films contains some important classics from the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s. We’ve featured ten good ones in a previous post. (You’ll find here films by Elia Kazan, John Huston, Fritz Lang, Howard Hawks and others.) We’ve also mentioned that the Archive hosts a nice collection of film noir flics. You can access the Archive’s full movie library here.

Australian Screen Archive: The Australian National Film and Sound Archive provides free and worldwide access to over 1,000 film and television titles – a treasure chest of down-under video 100 years in the making. Thanks Peter for that tip.

BestOnlineDocumentaries: As one reader previously told us, “This site is a bit out of date and some of the links are broken, but it’s still a great compilation of online documentaries.” For more documentaries, you should also see Snagfilms mentioned below.

Classic Cinema Online: This site nicely pulls together hundreds of classic films, ranging from Action to Westerns and even old cinema shorts and news reels. A good tip from Lifehacker.

Crackle.com: If you’re looking for mainstream movies, here you go. This is Sony’s online movie play. You get free films here. But my guess is that there’s some geo-blocking that comes with this. Can anyone verify? (Note: one of our readers has also suggested the UK-based Blinkbox, which seems to offer another platform for more mainstream films.)

Creative Commons: The folks who gave us the Creative Commons license host a wiki where you can find a good number of freely available films. Handy and worth keeping an eye on. I’d also suggest keeping tabs on CC’s Video blog.

Europa Film Treasures: Thanks to Europa Film Treasures, you can spend hours looking back through an archive of European film. Theses films range from “comedy to science fiction, from westerns to animation, from erotic to ethnological movies.” Highly recommended by our readers.

Film Annex: This site has one of the largest selections of online films for you to watch or download. See films from independent filmmakers and directors from all over the world, and download or stream to your PC, laptop or iPhone. The films are ad-supported. If you click here, you can watch Charlie Chaplin’s 1918 film, Shoulder Arms.

Free Documentaries Online: The name says it all.

Free Documentaries.Org: Specializes in showing provocative documentaries for free…

Hulu: Unfortunately Hulu limits its programming to a US audience  (a policy that really needs to change), but it’s the 800 pound gorilla in the US, and there are some decent films here (see some picks here), so I’m grudgingly listing it. Sorry in advance Stephen…

Legal Torrents: Pretty much what the name says. Legaltorrents.com hosts high quality open-licensed (Creative Commons) digital media and art. This link takes you to their movie section.

NFB.ca: NFB.ca is a web site where you can watch films produced by the National Film Board of Canada. It offers access to 100s of documentaries, animated films and trailers. You can also access this collection via a free iPhone app.

QuickSilverScreen: This site essentially puts torrents online and lets you watch films posted by other users, including many new films. It’s hard to believe that this site is entirely kosher, but it’s very popular (one of the top 3,000 sites on the web) and hardly a closely held secret.

SnagFilms: SnagFilms “finds the world’s most compelling documentaries, whether from established heavyweights or first-time filmmakers, and makes them available to a wide audience.” You can watch full-length documentary films for free. Currently includes over 550 films. And, as one reader notes, “The best part … is you can give back to the charitable foundations behind each one of the documentaries.”

Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive: This online catalog “provides access to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive. The Archive serves as a comprehensive informational and archival resource worldwide for moving image materials pertaining to the Holocaust and related aspects of World War II. ”

The Auteurs.com: Though this site typically offers arts films on a pay-per-view basis, it does feature a series of free films. Each month, a free film is featured (see example here). The site also hosts free international films restored by Martin Scorsese’s Word Cinema Foundation, mentioned right below. And you can find another set of free films here.

World Cinema Foundation: The WCF, created by Martin Scorsese in 2007, has restored a series of classic international films. You can watch them for free online.

YouTube Movies: YouTube hosts a series of full-length movies. Right now, they’re showcasing Bram Stoker’s Dracula, which you can watch here. There are likely some geo-restrictions here.

YouTube Screening Room: The Screening Room presents high quality, short independent films to YouTube users and promises to roll out four new films every two weeks. The collection includes some Academy-Award winners and other quality films. More info here.

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Appropriate Gifts for Baby Shower

•    Gift certificates for baby toys, diapers, baby accessories, such as carriers, umbrella strollers …
•    Gift certificates for baby clothing
•    Picture frames or a nice photo album for the best memories
•    Baby monitor
•    All natural baby bath products (shampoo, wash, lotion, powder) and bath toys
•    A nice blankets and bedding
•    Decorations for the room
•    Children’s books, such as Dr. Suess Books, Full of colorful pictures.
•    Car seat (You have to have one in order to bring baby home from the hospital)
•    Holiday Ornaments with baby’s name (if you know)
•    Nursing bra will be a perfect gift for the mom

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