Are you tired of Winning the Lotto??? links to surviving WTSHTF ALSO!

I am soooo tired of winning all these online lotto's! I must be the luckiest person around..Well on second thoughts,maybe not.I would wage a bet you are winning them too!Every time i check my email,i have won at least 1.and i check it several times a day.Most of them are from africa or the uk, but some are from other areas.Millions i have won i tell you..and all i have to do to get the info is tell them my name,age ,dob,address,phone # ...and they will ''secretly '' tell me what to do next! If you have not figured it out yet,you must not have an email addy..or at least never use it..I am talking about online scams! i recieved one yesterday that appears to have come from KRAFT FOODS! i alerted the co. and sent them the copy.i have yet to hear back from them.so please all of you out there...be alert..Do not give out information at all to any of these..if you have actually won a lotto,you will know about it.And i am pretty sure thay will not have a yahoo or hotmail email account! i am pretty certain of that...

here a few links to some places i have visited tonight..I love the idea of living off the grid(meaning not giving all that hard earned cash to the electrical companies),canning,preserving ,being frugal etc...I also am a believer in that we as a country is in for a fall..How bad,i don't know..how long,not sure about that either.But are hard times coming? DEFINITELY!
So it is a wise choice to maybe think on this and maybe be a little prepared in case it does...At the very least your family want starve...tHATS WORTH A LITTLE HARD WORK AND RESEARCH...anyway maybe you will find some of this helpful...i have...

betty


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tHIS SITE is filled with all kinds of helpful info and links for everything from food supplies to home health needs and emergency first aid..lots of natural remedies! All kinds of info on healing...wouldn't hurt everyone to know some of these! Tea Tree Oil: Safely Kill Infection While Numbing Pain
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How to Build a decent Wilderness Survival Kit..
A Wilderness Survival Kit is an absolute must if you spend any time away from civilization (hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, etc). There are commercial kits available out there for purchase, but building your own helps you to think about the what-ifs involved in living off the land, and also the opportunity to tailor the kit to your skill sets and tastes. I detail one of my relatively comprehensive kits below. I have listed each item and explained some of the various uses for each as well.
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Learn necessary skills here, from knot tying and wayfinding to communications and urban survival. Some of the medical and military books also have great survival information.

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tHIS IS A GREAT BLOG! A REALLY NICE FORUM WITH A LOT OF INTERACTION.check it out....
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OFF THE GRID! lots of great links and advise here as well...such as ..
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Wild foods like rosehips for example, contain a lot of vitamin C and can be eaten year round, they’re not that hard to find even in the dead of winter. Other foods are better in the spring, summer or fall. Learn which wild foods you can expect to find in your area, the best time to harvest them and where they can be found.
Personal sanitation will be critical. You will need to keep yourself clean to stay healthy. Wash your hands often to avoid transmitting germs to your face and eyes and to each other. Don’t use the same hand towels among the different people in your group if you can help it.

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THATS IT FOR TONIGHT FRIENDS..MAY GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US...
BETTY

My Traditional Thanksgiving Desserts!

Well it is far enough along into November i can now say ''HAPPY HOLIDAYS''~~~~
Thanksgiving will be here before i know it so i am beginning to get the recipes ready for shopping! Somethings are just ''got to have's'' while others i like to be surprizes..darrell,rita and zack along with jeff have their favorites that i always like try and make .mom has a few she likes as well as my siblings ...So ,i was hunting my fav southern recipes and thought i'd share a few as well as beneath these i will also add a few new contest links! so make sure you don't pass them up....

RED VELVET CAKE!!!!
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 1/2 oz red food coloring
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon soda
1 tablespoons vinegar
PREPARATION:
Cream shortening; beat in sugar gradually. Add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition. Make paste of cocoa and food coloring; add to creamed mixture. Add salt, flour and vanilla alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Sprinkle soda over vinegar; pour vinegar over batter. Stir until thoroughly mixed. Bake in 3 8-inch pans or 2 9-inch pans for 30 minutes at 350°.

AND FOR THE FROSTING! SEVERAL IDEAS HERE..
1 C. Milk
1 1/4 C. granulated sugar
1/4 C. flour
3/4 C. Shortening
1 tsp. vanilla
Combine milk & flour & cook until thick (like a white sauce) Stir constantly. Set aside to cool. Cream sugar & shortening until light and fluffy. Add vanilla & cooled cream sauce. Beat until icing becomes stiff.

AND HERE IS FROSTING I PERSONALLY USE...
Icing


1/2 stick butter
8 oz cream cheese
1 lb box of powdered sugar
dash of salt
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 c chopped nuts
Mix icing ingredients together until light and fluffy. Frost and fill cake.
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MISSISSIPPI MUD CAKE
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/4 cups strong brewed coffee
1/4 cup bourbon or brandy
5 1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, at room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
unsweetened cocoa powder
sweetened whipped cream or ice cream, for serving
PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 275°. Sift the flour, salt, and the baking powder together ensuring it is mixed in well.
Combine the coffee, bourbon or brandy, chocolate, and butter or margarine in the top of a double boiler.

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/4 cups strong brewed coffee
1/4 cup bourbon or brandy
5 1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, at room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
unsweetened cocoa powder
sweetened whipped cream or ice cream, for serving
PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 275°. Sift the flour, salt, and the baking powder together ensuring it is mixed in well.
Combine the coffee, bourbon or brandy, chocolate, and butter or margarine in the top of a double boiler.

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/4 cups strong brewed coffee
1/4 cup bourbon or brandy
5 1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, at room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
unsweetened cocoa powder
sweetened whipped cream or ice cream, for serving
PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 275°. Sift the flour, salt, and the baking powder together ensuring it is mixed in well.
Combine the coffee, bourbon or brandy, chocolate, and butter or margarine in the top of a double boiler.

Heat until the chocolate and butter have melted, stirring occasionally.
Pour the chocolate mixture into a large bowl. Using an electric mixer on low speed, gradually beat in the sugar. Continue beating until the sugar has dissolved.

Raise the speed to medium and add the sifted dry ingredients. Mix well, then beat in the eggs and vanilla until thoroughly blended.

Pour the batter into a generously greased 3-quart bundt pan that has been dusted lightly with cocoa powder or flour. Adjust rack so cake will bake in top half of oven. Bake for about 1 hour 20 minutes, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.

Let cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then unmold onto a wire rack. Let cool completely.

When cake is cooled, dust lightly with cocoa powder. Serve with sweetened whipped cream or ice cream, if desired, or drizzle with chocolate or vanilla glaze.
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Cherry Cheesecake

What you need:

2 cups of graham crackers
2 cups of sugar
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
6 tablespoons of butter PLUS another stick, melted
4 packages ( 8 ounces each) of cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup of all purpose flour
1/4 cup of lemon juice
7 eggs slightly beaten
2 cups of heavy cream
1/2 cup of evaporated milk
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1 can ( 21 ounces) of cherry pie filling
What you do:

On bottom rack of your oven, place a 13x9- inch pan filled halfway with water. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine graham crackers , 1/2 cup of sugar, cinnamon, and 6 tablespoons of butter. In a ten inch springform pan, press crumb mixture on the bottom of the pan and halfway up the sides of the pan.
In a large bowl, with an electric beater, beat cream cheese and remaining sugar for 3 minutes or until smooth. Beat in remaining butter , flour, and lemon juice. Gradually beat in eggs, cream, milk, and vanilla until smooth. Pour into prepared pan and place on the middle rack.
Bake the cheesecake for 1 hour. Decrease the temperature to 300 degrees and bake an additional 30 minutes or until almost set in the center. Turn off oven without opening the door and let the cake stay in the oven for another hour. Cool on a wire rack. Cover and refrigerate overnight. To serve top with cherry pie filling.
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5 CUP FRUIT SALAD!!!
This is sooooo easy the kids always have helped me with it but it is always a table favorite! try it....

Ingredients:
1 cup sour cream
1 cup coconut
1 cup pineapple chunks, drained
1 cup mandarin oranges, drained
1 cup miniature marshmallows
Stir and chill about one hour. (((((told you it was easy!))))

for a variation also try adding chopped nuts of any kind,,i like pecans,almonds or hickory!
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Autumn Harvest Pie

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups sliced pears
2 cups sliced apples, peeled
1 cup whole cranberries (pre-cook according to directions on bag)
1 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
Combine all of the above items, mix well and pour into your favorite pie crust. Top with the this topping:

Topping:
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
4 tablespoons margarine

Cut in margerine through mixture until crumbly and spread all on top of the pie mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes until bottom crust is brown.

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Pecan Glazed Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 16 ounce can solid pack pumpkin
1 can evaporated milk, 12 ounces
1 cup brown sugar, divided
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 frozen pie crust
1 cup pecan pieces
1/4 cup butter, melted
Preheat oven and baking sheet to 375 degrees. In large bowl, using a wire wisk, mix together eggs, pumpkin, milk, 3/4 cup of the sugar and pie spice. Place frozen crust on baking sheet. Pour filling into crust. Bake 40 minutes. In small bowl combine remaining 1/4 cup sugar, pecans and melted butter. Crumble over top of partially baked pie. Bake an additional 30 minutes, or until knife inserted come out clean. Makes 8 servings.

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old fashioned Lemon Pie

Ingredients:
1 8 or 9 inch baked pie crust or graham cracker crust
3 egg yolks or 3 egg whites
1 14oz. can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated)
1/2 cup lemon juice from concentrate
2 cups whipped topping
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In bowl beat egg yolks or whites with condensed milk and lemon. Pour into pie crust.
whip 3 egg whites until firm and frothy..this is your topping the way i do it...bake 30 minutes or until whites turn lightly brown..
another variation is bake the pie without topping and then cool and chill ,add whipped topping!either way it is mouthwatering!!!better than any bought pie!

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i am going to try this recipe this year,,found onine ..i left the writers name intact..

Carrot Cake with Secret Cream Cheese Frosting
From Terri Che/Reynolds, Georgia
Every year at Christmas, my mom makes a carrot cake that is just a little different. It's the frosting that puts this cake over the top.
Carrot Cake with Secret Cream Cheese Frosting

1 box spice cake mix
1/4 cup oil
1 cup grated carrot
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 eggs
1 1/3c water

Mix all ingredients. Pour into greased floured 13 x 9 pan, bake at 350F for 35 minutes. Cool.

Secret Cream Cheese Frosting

1 8oz pkg cream cheese
1 c toasted chopped pecans
1 tsp. instant coffee powder
3 tsps water
1 box confectioners sugar

Mix all ingredients. If too thin add more powdered sugar. Too thick, add water 1/2 tsp at a time to spreading consistency

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we’re getting in the holiday spirit and giving away extra goodies over the next few weeks.
From now until November 24th, we will be posting various contests. To enter the contests you just need to:

Add a comment on the contests you want to enter. PLEASE note: You need to enter each contest individually so we know who wants to be entered in what contest. So make sure you click over to each contest and leave your comment there.
Either link back to this post and .............
read more click button above!!!!
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WILL ADD MORE TOMORROW!!!HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!

The Changing American Family

just setting here this morning ,thinking on a few things..mainly how much things have changed in just 40 years...the time i can remember..

i think on morals...
i was raised to say thank you and yes mam and no sir..you said the blessing at every meal and when you laid down at night,you had your prayer talk with god...if you needed something ,you asked for it..you did not just take it..if you borrowed something,you returned it and took care of it while it was in your care..
i tried as well to raise my 2 kids that way as well..my sons dad died before he was born in 1980. i was 17. a story for another time. remarried 2 years later to my daughters dad..10 years later we got a divorce,a very abusive situation, a story for another time... so the kids had half their life with a single parent..tried to be mom,dad and friend,which WAS not smart-just be which ever parent you are-be a friend when they are grown,until then -BE PARENT;
still tried to instill as much moral and unconditional love as possible...
I think on family...wasn't anything else like being at my grandparents ,taught me most of values,mom too, to trust .love , and most of all that they would be there for me no matter what as long as god allowed them...
now i am raising my grandson -age 2 and 1/2 full time and my 5 year old grandson i split time with the other nanna...i am glad they are here,i know where they are,what they need ,so i don't have to worry about things like that....
but what worries me is that i am seeing more and more of this..the problem is not that these babies /kids are being with us,the problem is they are missing out on a family structure..no mom and dad when they want to see them.it is nannas,aunts,foster, that tuck them in at night..what has happened in our culture??? seems it is more important to a growing # of young people to remain childless-but at the same time-making babies....Now don't get me wrong...these kids should be with the ones that will take best care of them...what i am asking is ,,,what in the hell has happened to the ticker inside you that just makes you fall in love when that little one looks at you and smiles??????? it is suppose to just warm your heart from the inside out.....NOT allow you to leave it....i just do not understand....

i am grateful i am allowed in this life to be as close to my 2 grandsons as i am..i am grateful for the friendship of my grandsons other nanna. we are proud to have them...but we can't do the things other grands do...we can't ''spoil and send em home''...we have to be the disciplinarian , it is not part time ...and as we get older i can't help but think on years to come..these bodies age quickly i am afraid
well , time to go...the little one beckon's ....