Carol,

Since you are the baking expert do you have a recipe for Chewy Coconut Macaroons?  I remember them from somewhere, probably Mom, but the only recipe I have is for the fluffy type with egg whites.

Thanks.

Phil

   I'm sure there are those among us who would be amused at your description of me as the baking expert, but how about this recipe?

http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/chewy-coconut-macaroons/Detail.aspx

   Thanks, Phil!

http://www.northpole.com/Kitchen/Cookbook/   

   YUM-YUM! Thank you so much, Sweetie-Pies!

The Places You'll Go

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..."

~Dr. Seuss~

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Flu

Ten things good about having the flu:

10. No one wants to come near you.

9. You can legally take sedatives.

8. You realize guests on daytime talk shows have worse lives than you do.

7. You get away with being rude, obnoxious and surly.

6. You can smell like a zoo and nobody complains.

5. You can schlep about the house unwashed and in your housecoat all day.

4. No matter how bad you feel, it's still better than how you felt after last month's tequila 'n' gin party.

3. Star Trek re-runs.

2. Your dog is allowed on the bed.

1. You get to pass the virus on to those you really dislike.

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RANDOM TIDBITS

Sharks are able to feel vibrations in the water using a line of canals that go from its head to its tail. Called a "lateral line", these canals are filled with water and contain sensory cells with hairs growing out of them. These hairs move when the water vibrates and alerts the shark to potential prey.
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In some form, sharks have been around for about 400 million years. Even before dinosaurs roamed the earth, sharks hunted through the oceans. They're such good survivors that they've had little need to evolve in the last 150 million years.
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Sharks have the most powerful jaws on the planet. Unlike most animals' jaws, both the sharks' upper and lower jaws move. A shark bites with it's lower jaw first and then its upper. It tosses its head back and forth to tear loose a piece of meat which it swallows whole.
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Each type of shark has a different shaped tooth depending on their diet. A shark may grow and use over 20,000 teeth in its lifetime! If one tooth is lost, another spins forward from the rows and rows of backup teeth.
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A shark's skin is made of denticles instead of ordinary fish scales. The denticles are constructed like hard, sharp teeth and help to protect the shark from injury.
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Baby sharks are called pups. There are three ways that sharks are born: eggs are laid, eggs hatch inside the mother and then are born, or pup sharks grow inside the mother. Sharks can have from 1 to 100 babies at a time, depending on the type of shark.

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You Won't Get Your Money Back

"You won't get your money back," she said.

If I had to paint a picture of stately elegance, it would have been as if she jumped from the canvas of my mind into real life.

She was the teacher.

You won't get your money back.

The words pierced me as though she were talking to me.
She wasn't.
She was talking to another student.

It was like one of those high-powered bullets that can go through several people and a car without even slowing down.

You won't get your money back, kept echoing off the walls of my head like a BB in an empty corn flakes box.

To most of the students in the class, it was just a statement.
It was more than that to me.
I saw a whole attitude of life in that simple statement.

Maybe it was her.
Often it's not what you say, but who says it.
She was the teacher.

She spoke softly yet underneath you could feel she had a depth of knowledge and wisdom that didn't come from her Yale degree. It was polished by Yale, but didn't originate there.

You won't get your money back.

A student had asked the teacher, "What if I don't produce anything in this class? What if I freeze up? What if I come away from this series of workshops and have nothing? What if I draw a blank?"

They were honest questions.

The class was about creativity and that's something that no one can force.

It was possible that you could draw a blank. What if you did?

The teacher said, "If you do draw that blank, you won't get your money back."

I always choose my teachers carefully, for you become a part of what they are. I felt very comfortable with this choice.

She reminded me so much of life.
She was full.
She was a grandmotherly type with sparkling hair like spun silk.

She was someone's grandmother I was sure. Though she had a degree from Yale, she spoke with wisdom more like a grandmother than a college professor.

I could hear the grandmother wisdom dodge and duck its way around the fine parchment of the Yale degree and silently shout to ears that hear more than sound, "If you miss out on what you've paid for, life won't give you your money back."

We've all paid for the class of life. The minute the doctor eased our heads out of our mother's womb, we got a full scholarship.

Your joy is all paid for.
Your adventure is all paid for.
Your tingles, thrills, and exciting moments of discovering every wonder imaginable are all paid for.

We are all students in the class of life.
Some of us will get more out of it than others.
Some will nod off and miss most of what life has to offer.
Some will cut class and leave early, never to return.
Some will get distracted and miss the main points.
Others will soak it in, learn, grow, and glow.

There are those that will get more than their money's worth, every minute in every class in an ever-unfolding adventure.

Another group spend their time watching a clock that freezes motionless like a shy freckled faced girl when eyes fall upon her and stare.

You are in class, get all that you can.

If you miss out,

You won't get your money back.


~A MountainWings Original~

   Thank you, Shari!