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Black Cat Cookies

1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1/3 cup water
2 eggs
1 package chocolate cake mix
M&M's plain chocolate candies
Red hots or similar cinnamon candies
   
Beat together peanut butter, eggs, and water. Gradually add cake mix. Mix well. Form dough into 1-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten balls with bottom of glass dipped in sugar. Pinch out 2 ears at the top of the cookie. Add M & M's for the eyes and red hots for the nose. Press fork into dough to form whiskers. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with a length of 31 days. In the northern hemisphere, October is commonly associated with the season of fall.

October begins in western tropical astrology with the sun in the sign of Libra and ends in the sign of Scorpio. Astronomically speaking, the sun actually begins in the constellation of Virgo and ends in the constellation of Libra.

In Latin, octo means "eight," reflecting the fact that October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar.

It is really coming down hard this morning!!Thank goodness it waited till after I took my son to school and got in the house!!It is well needed rain.I love the sound of the rain hitting the roof.I hope everyone is having a good week.Take care!!!!

Boo Bites
Prep Time: 30 min.
Start to Finish: 1 Hr. 30 min.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) margarine or butter
30 large marshmallows or 3 cups miniature marshmallows
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup REESE'S Creamy Peanut Butter
1/3 cup HERSHEY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
4-1/2 cups crisp rice cereal
Instructions:

Line cookie sheet with wax paper.

Melt butter in large saucepan over low heat. Add marshmallows. Cook, stirring constantly, until marshmallows are melted. Remove from heat.

Add corn syrup; stir until well blended. Add peanut butter and chocolate chips; stir until chips are melted and mixture is well blended. Add cereal; stir until well coated. Cool slightly.

With wet hands, shape mixture into 1-1/2 inch balls; place balls on prepared cookie sheet. Cool completely. Store in cool, dry place. About 4 dozen bites.

Reprinted with permission
Copyright 1999 The Hershey Kitchens


Halloween Recipes @ Holidays on the Net (www.holidays.net)

Published: September 24, 2007 10:30 am            

Lessons from Powerball Jack

By Don McNay
McNay's Musings

“Looking for love in all the wrong places.”

— Johnny Lee



Five years after hitting the Powerball, Jack Whittaker admitted that he doesn’t have any friends.

Jack doesn’t have a lot going for him. He has run through millions of dollars, been involved in more than 450 legal actions, had his granddaughter die of a drug overdose, had his wife file for divorce and has been a public embarrassment.

It took years of blowing money on booze and strippers, but Jack seems to be wising up.

I read an interview where he offers other lottery winners some sound advice.

Jack’s best tip was to not start giving money away. “The more you give away,” he said, “the more they want you to give. And once you start giving it away, everyone labels you an easy touch and they are right there after you.”

Jack found out that money can’t buy you love.

People come into money unexpectedly and think their newfound money will buy them respect.

Instead, it buys them a lack of respect. A person with a soft touch is seen as a “mark” by con artists or “friends” with an entitlement mentality.

Those wanting handouts try to befriend the Jack Whitakers of the world. They figure a guy like Jack won’t miss a million dollars or so.

People who didn’t like you before you had money won’t suddenly start to like you when you are rich. They may like your checkbook, but they won’t like you.

At some level, Jack figured it out early on. He walked into strip clubs with hundreds of thousands of dollars. The strippers may have appealed to various parts of Jack’s anatomy, but they were only concerned with Jack’s wallet. Jack knew their motives, but he didn’t care.

Now, the money is gone and so are his fast-money “friends.” I hope Jack enjoyed it, but it doesn’t sound like he did.

Jack understands that he screwed up big time stating, “I’m only going to be remembered as that lunatic who won the lottery.”

He is absolutely right.

He set up the Jack Whittaker Foundation, which built churches and gave out college scholarships. He made a positive impact on a lot of people, but no one is going to remember that. They are only going to remember all his screw-ups.

If Jack had been smart, he would have given a big, tax-deductible, chunk of money to the foundation.

Then he could have told all the beggars and borrowers wanting money that they needed to qualify for a foundation grant. The foundation would have decided which cause was worthy and which was not.

I doubt that strippers would be on the list.

If Jack’s friends needed to borrow money, that is what banks are for. Every city has one. Banks understand the criteria for making a loan and the likelihood of it being paid back.

Banks know a lot more about lending than individuals do. When people ask me for a loan or try to borrow money from my clients, I send them to a bank. Banks are in the lending business and I am not.

When Jack became the personal banker for his friends, he lost his money and his friends.

I understand why people give money to friends and relatives. They love the people and want to help them.

They are using the wrong device to show love.

There is a scene in the movie, “Oh God,” where a televangelist told his flock, “I want to talk about the kind of love where you reach down in your pocket and dig deep!”

Like the movie character, too many people equate love with receiving gifts and too many people equate showing love with how much money they spend.

Powerball Jack learned about love the hard way. Before he won the lottery, he had a wife and a granddaughter. His wife left and his granddaughter is dead. As Jack admitted, none of his “friends” from the strip club are hanging around anymore.

He learned that by looking for love in all the wrong places. He lost the real love he had at home.

Amazing Microwave Fudge

2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups brown sugar, packed
3/4 cup butter
1 cup evaporated milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup semisweet or milk chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Line bottom and sides a 9-inch square baking pan with lightly buttered waxed paper or aluminum foil. Set aside.
Mix first 5 ingredients together in large microwave safe bowl. Microwave on HIGH for 15 minutes.
Remove from microwave oven and quickly beat in vanilla and flour. Stir in chocolate chips, peanut butter and nuts, stirring until chocolate has melted and mixture is blended well. Allow to cool at room temperature to firm.
Lift from pan; peel away waxed paper and cut into squares.
Makes about 1 1/2 pounds fudge.

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
Robert Byrne

In Croatian, September is called Rujan, meaning red month (leaves turn red before falling).
In Czech, September is called září, meaning glow or shine.
In Finnish, September is called syyskuu, meaning autumn month.
In Polish, September is called wrzesień, month when calluna flowers emerge.
In Tigrinya and Amharic, September is called meskerem which is also the month when the yellow flowers of the same name blossom marking the beginning of the New year according to the ancient Christian orthodox calendars of Eritrea and Ethiopia as well as the start of the greatest harvest season in most parts of both countries.
In Turkish, September is called Eylül, (Arabian - eylûl), syriac-Arabian 'aylûl' means 'Grape'. Thus the meaning might be "Grape Month". Another, more likely, possibility might be from the Hebrew month Elul.

Strained Eye Balls

Serving Size: 6 hungry sickos. Recipe by: Lucy Munroe.

Ingredients:
6 Eggs
6 oz Whipped cream cheese
7 oz Green olives - with pimientos
Red food coloring
Directions:

Place the eggs in a saucepan and cover them with cold water. Cook over high heat until the water begins to boil. Then turn the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. Place the cooked eggs in cold water. When they are cool enough to touch, crack the eggshells all over by rolling them on a hard surface. Peel away the shells carefully and cut the eggs in half widthwise. Remove the yolks from the eggs and fill the holes with cream cheese. You won't need the yolks for this recipe. Press an olive into each cream cheese eyeball, pimiento facing up, for an eerie green iris and startling red pupil! For a final touch, dip the tip of a toothpick in red food coloring and draw broken blood vessels in the cream cheese.

Good morning everyone.It is a chilly 58 degrees this morning!I had a hard time falling asleep last, night so I took a sleeping pill and now I am groggy this morning.My 5 picks for today are in the pick 3 forum.Good luck and have a great day!!

Well,I am not rich.I didn't win the powerball.I have my family and my health so at least I am rich in that way.It is a rainy,chilly morning here.I actually had to put on a sweater this morning.This weather is odd.It is suppose to warm back up this week.I hope everyone had a nice weekend.It is back to work for me tomorrow.

It is a rainy morning.I was planning on sleeing in but I took my son to school and couldn't get back to sleep.It is so peaceful to have the house to myself.The only sound is of the rain falling on the roof.Here are 4 numbers to watch for today:800 227 860 976 Everyone take care and enjoy what the day has to offer!!!

Well,the weather has finally cooled down.I love this kind of weather.The heat was really getting on my nerves!It was just too hot!I have had a rough week at work.I am off tomorrow and I plan on relaxing.i hope you guys and gals are having lots of luck with your numbers!!