• T-shirt washed and dried. The problem with a lot of cheap blank t-shirts is that they shrink.
• Foam Roller. Just buy cheap ones because they don’t last long anyway.
• Fabric Printing Ink (textile ink). You’ll find it at craft shops. I highly recommend the brand PERMASET
• Baking Paper. This is to put between the t-shirt and the iron when heat sealing.
• Cardboard and masking tape for securing the t-shirt.

Put your cardboard inside the t-shirt making sure that the t-shirt is mildly stretched out. Using the masking tape stick the acetate stencil in to place. See image below.

Next mix up the ink color that you want to print. I would recommend that you buy only the small containers of ink because it goes a real long way. I normally buy the primary colors (blue, red, yellow) and black and white ink. I then mix up my own colors from there. Mix the ink on a plate (or something similar) and repeatly roll the foam roller over it until you have loaded up the roller. Remember lumps of textile ink are bad so spread it out.

The first roll over the fabric should be reasonably light. You will notice that the acetate sort of sticks down after the initial roll so you can start applying more pressure. Do a lot of passes over the stencil to build up a nice even coat the textile ink. If you are using the Ben Harper Stencil be sure to roll from right to left only. See image below.

If you have a hair dryer, I find that a 2-3 second blast of heat now helps. You want to remove the stencil before the ink dries completely. Take extra care!

Finally, when the print is dry to the touch, you need to heat seal it. Leave the cardboard in the t-shirt, place a place of baking paper over the print and iron. You’ll have to check the ink label for details of how long to iron for.

Wear your new t-shirt with pride! They also make great gifts!!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and become as addicted to printing t-shirts as I have. If you have any questions or suggestions please contact us.

take the risk

No one hears about how much money one can make investing in real estate. That’s probably because it is a little well-kept secret. If everyone knew about it, everyone would be doing it, right?
Wrong. Much like starting your own business, investing in real estate requires entrepreneurial skills and a vision. Which is why not everyone is jumping on the real estate bandwagon.

Not everyone is willing to take the additional risk that real-estate investing entails. And these are the same people or renters that will make you rich. The little secret is that there are hundreds of individuals who choose to procrastinate for every one individual who has a vision and chooses to take the risk with investing in real-estate.

what lies ahead?

When I initially started investing in real estate, I really didn’t have a clear vision. The only thing I was sure of was that I wanted financial freedom. Of course, achieving these goals did not come without a price, and only afterwards did I develop a plan and vision of where I was headed.
Investing in real estate requires a lot of time; you need to deal with a vast array of tenants — good ones as well as bad. Just like a business, you also have to deal with operating and fixed expenses — such as heating and electrical bills, as well as renovation costs.

On the other hand, I don’t have to wear a suit and tie all day, and run around doing someone else’s bidding. You see, to me, that’s big. My dress code consists of shorts and a shirt 6 months out of the year, unless I’m on vacation of course — then it’s 10 months out of the year.

If I want to go out of town for a few days, I go. I don’t have to ask for vacation time. While I’m out of town, my rents keep ticking away 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, whether I’m on the job or not. And those loans keep amortizing. The magic is happening just the same.

the benefits

Aside from being your own boss, having the freedom to travel while earning profits, increasing your net worth, and having a place of your own to call home, there are greater benefits of investing in real-estate:

1. Cash Flow
Cash is the difference between your income and your expenses on a piece of property. You can have a positive or negative cash flow. Obviously, you’ll feel a lot better if the cash flow is positive.

Some people prefer to reduce debt as quickly as possible and sacrifice a little, and keep a negative or zero cash flow. My advice on cash flow is this: Never use all of your positive cash flow with rapid debt reduction. You will be walking a thin line. By keeping a strong positive cash flow, you will have more options and space to maneuver.

2. Appreciation
Appreciation is the increase in value of a property. There are 2 kinds of appreciation. The first is from economic conditions beyond your control, such as inflation. But you wouldn’t gain much from this type of appreciation since the gain is offset by the higher cost of living.

The second kind of appreciation is market appreciation. This kind of appreciation, you can control . When you improve a property (through renovation), you are, in effect, forcing its value higher. You can purchase a piece of property in need of repairs and bring it back up to neighborhood standards or slightly higher. This will give you a property that is much higher in value.

3. Leverage
Leverage is the ability to borrow a percentage of the value of a piece of property. Real estate, in comparison to other investments, offers a very high degree of leverage. In some cases a couple buying a single-family home can obtain 95% financing. This allows individuals to purchase real estate with little, if any, of their own money. What other investments offer such a high degree of leverage?

4. Amortization
With leverage, or the use of other people’s money, comes a repayment schedule. Your outstanding balance is being reduced with every payment you make. Part of each payment goes to interest (applied first), and part of your payment goes to principal. The principal reduction is called amortization — reducing debt. Hence, amortization can make you wealthy — slowly and steadily.

5. Tax Advantages
Owning real estate with the goal of making profit allows you to deduct interest payments and other expenses come tax time. But, don’t be fooled into buying real estate for the tax advantages; buy real estate because it makes economic sense to do so.

Owning a real-estate business is a great way to achieve your financial freedom. What could be more worthwhile than taking up real estate as either a full-time business or even a hobby? The benefits are definitely there.

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Understanding of New Commands: Less than 5 repetitions.

Obey First Command: 95% of the time or better

1 Border Collie
2 Poodle
3 German Shepherd
4 Golden Retriever
5 Doberman Pinscher
6 Shetland Sheepdog
7 Labrador Retriever
8 Papillon
9 Rottweiler
10 Australian Cattle Dog

Excellent Working Dogs

Understanding of New Commands: 5 to 15 repetitions.

Obey First Command: 85% of the time or better.

11 Pembroke Welsh Corgi
12 Miniature Schnauzer
13 English Springer Spaniel
14 Belgian Tervuren
15 Schipperke, Belgian Sheepdog
16 Collie, Keeshond
17 German Shorthaired Pointer
18 Flat-Coated Retriever, English Cocker Spaniel, Standard Schnauzer
19 Brittany
20 Cocker Spaniel
21 Weimaraner
22 Belgian Malinois, Bernese Mountain Dog
23 Pomeranian
24 Irish Water Spaniel
25 Vizsla
26 Cardigan Welsh Corgi

Above Average Working Dogs

Understanding of New Commands: 5 to 25 repetitions.

Obey First Command: 70% of the time or better.

27 Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Puli, Yorkshire Terrier
28 Giant Schnauzer
29 Airedale Terrier, Bouvier Des Flandres
30 Border Terrier, Briard
31 Welsh Springer Spaniel
32 Manchester Terrier
33 Samoyed
34 Field Spaniel, Newfoundland, Australian Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Gordon Setter, Bearded Collie
35 Cairn Terrier, Kerry Blue Terrier, Irish Setter
36 Norwegian Elkhound
37 Affenpincher, Silky Terrier, Miniature Pinscher, English Setter, Pharaoh Hound, Clumber Spaniel
38 Norwich Terrier
39 Dalmatian

Average Working/Obedience Intelligence

Understanding of New Commands: 25 to 40 repetitions.

Obey First Command: 50% of the time or better.

40 Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier, Bedlington Terrier, Smooth Fox Terrier
41 Curly-Coated Retriever, Irish Wolfhound
42 Kuvasz, Australian Shepherd
43 Saluki, Finnish Spitz, Pointer
44 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, German Wirehaired Pointer, Black & Tan Coonhound, American Water Spaniel
45 Siberian Husky, Bichon Frise, English Toy Spaniel
46 Tibetan Spaniel, English Foxhound, Otterhound, American Foxhound, Greyhound, Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
47 West Highland White Terrier, Scottish Deerhound
48 Boxer, Great Dane
49 Dachshund, Stafforshire Bull Terrier
50 Alaskan Malamute
51 Whippet, Chinese Shar-pei, Wire Fox Terrier
52 Rhodesian Ridgeback
53 Ibizan Hound, Welsh Terrier, Irish Terrier
54 Boston Terrier, Akita

Fair Working/Obedience Intelligence

Understanding of New Commands: 40 to 80 repetitions.

Obey First Command: 30% of the time or better.

55 Skye Terrier
56 Norfolk Terrier, Sealyham Terrier
57 Pug
58 French Bulldog
59 Brussels Griffon, Maltese
60 Italian Greyhound
61 Chinese Crested
62 Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, Tibetan Terrier, Japanese Chin, Lakeland Terrier
63 Old English Sheepdog
64 Great Pyrenees
65 Scottish Terrier, Saint Bernard
66 Bull Terrier
67 Chihuahua
68 Lhasa Apso
69 Bullmastiff

Lowest Degree of Working/Obedience Intelligence

Understanding of New Commands: 80 to 100 repetitions or more.

Obey First Command: 25% of the time or worse.

70 Shih Tzu
71 Basset Hound
72 Mastiff, Beagle
73 Pekingese
74 Bloodhound
75 Borzoi
76 Chow Chow
77 Bulldog
78 Basenji
79 Afghan Hound

Myths that lead to wasted time, frustration and if are taken blindly as truth, can really set back your progress in the gym. Don’t believe everything you hear when it comes to exercise and weight gain, do the research yourself.

Lets take a look at some of the most common weight gain myths:

High repetitions burn fat while low repetitions build muscle.

Progressive overload is needed to make muscles bigger. Meaning that you need to perform more reps than you did for your last workout for that particular exercise. If you perform the same amount of reps at each workout nothing will change on you, also “if the weight doesn’t changes on the bar nothing will change on you” You need to become stronger

Definition has two characteristics, muscle size and a low incidence of body fat. To reduce body fat you will have to reduce your calories; the high repetition exercise will burn some calories, but wouldn’t it be better to fast walk to burn these off? Better still; use the low reps to build muscle, which will elevate your metabolism and burn more calories (less fat).

Vegetarians can’t build muscle.

Yes they can! Strength training with supplementation of soy Protein Isolate has shown to increase solid bodyweight. Studies have shown that athletic performance is not impaired by following a meat free diet, and people strength training and consuming only soy protein isolate as a protein source were able to gain lean muscle mass.

Strength Training will make you look masculine.

If it is not you’re intention to bulk up from strength training you won’t. Putting on muscle is a long hard slow process. Your strength-training regime coupled with quality food will determine how much you will bulk up. To bulk up you also require more food. Women don’t produce enough testosterone to allow for muscular growth as large as men.

By working out you can eat what ever you want to.

Of course you can eat whatever you want, if you don’t care how you want to look. Working out does not give you an open license to consume as many calories as you want. Although you will burn more calories if you workout than someone who doesn’t, you still need to balance your energy intake with you energy expenditure.

If you take a week off you will lose most of your gains.

Taking one or two weeks off occasionally will not harm your training. By taking this time off every eight to ten weeks in between strength training cycles it has the habit of refreshing you and to heal those small niggling injuries. By having longer layoffs you do not actually lose muscle fibres, just volume through not training; any size loss will be quickly re-gained.

By eating more protein I can build bigger muscles.

Building muscle mass involves two things, progressive overload to stimulate muscles beyond their normal levels of resistance and eating more calories than you can burn off. With all the hype about high protein diets lately and because muscle is made largely of protein, it’s easy to believe that protein is the best fuel for building muscle. However muscles work on calories that should predominately be derived from carbohydrates.

If I’m not sore after a workout, I didn’t work out hard enough.

Post workout soreness is not an indication of how good the exercise or strength-training session was for you. The fitter you are at a certain activity, the less soreness you will experience after. As soon as you change an exercise, use a heavier weight or do a few more reps you place extra stress on that body part and this will cause soreness.

Resistance training doesn’t burn fat.

Nothing could not be further from the truth. Muscle is a metabolically active tissue and has a role in increasing the metabolism. The faster metabolism we have the quicker we can burn fat. Cardio exercise enables us to burn calories whilst exercising but does little else for fat loss afterwards.

Weight training enables us to burn calories whilst exercising but also helps us to burn calories whilst at rest. Weight training encourages muscle growth and the more lean muscle mass we possess, the more fat we burn though an increased and elevated metabolism.

No pain no gain.

This is one myth that hangs on and on. Pain is your body signaling that something is wrong. If you feel real pain during a workout, stop your workout and rest. To develop muscle and increase endurance you may need to have a slight level of discomfort, but that’s not actual pain.

Taking steroids will make me huge.

Not true, strength training and correct nutrition will grow muscle. Taking steroids without training will not make you muscular. Most steroids allow faster muscle growth through greater recovery, while others help increase strength which allows for greater stress to be put onto a muscle. Without food to build the muscle or training to stimulate it nothing will happen. Most of the weight gain seen with the use of some steroids is due to water retention and is not actual muscle.

Strength training won’t work your heart.

Wrong! Strength training with short rest periods will increase your heartbeat well over a hundred beats per minute. For example, performing a set of breathing squats and you can be guaranteed that your heart will be working overtime and that your entire cardiovascular system will be given a great overall body workout.

Any intensive weightlifting routine that lasts for 20 minutes or more is a great workout for your heart and the muscles involved.

I can gain muscle and lose fat at the same time.

Wrong. Only a few gifted people with superb genetics and on steroids can increase muscle size while not putting on body fat. But for the average hard gainer, they have to increase their muscle mass to its maximum potential and then cut down their body fat percentage to achieve the desired shape.

In conclusion, simple basic principles that apply to all weight and muscle gain such as progressive overload, variable frequency of reps and high intensity workouts are the way to go.

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STEP 1: Take the children to see Santa Claus, who can often be found outside shopping areas giving treats to children.

STEP 2: Expect neighborhood children to sing “kalanda” (Christmas carols) on Christmas Eve and offer their good wishes to you. Have dried figs, walnuts, almonds and - most important - coins on hand to offer the youngsters who come to your house.

STEP 3: Prepare a holiday feast for Christmas Eve. Serve traditional foods and wine with baklava for dessert.

STEP 4: Bake loaves of “Christopsomo” (Christ bread), a sweet bread formed into shapes of your choice. You can also decorate the loaves with symbols that reflect your family’s trade. Serve the bread with dried figs.

STEP 5: Display a wooden bowl with a piece of dangling wire holding a sprig of fresh basil wrapped around a wooden cross; this is the Greek symbol for Christmas. Keep fresh water in the bowl to keep the basil alive.

STEP 6: Immerse the basil and cross in holy water once a day and sprinkle drops in every room of your house to keep the sprites, or “killantzarin,” away. These sprites are known to slide down the chimney between Christmas and Epiphany (January 6) and play mischievous pranks on your family.

STEP 7: Remind your children to hang their socks over the fireplace, where small gifts will appear.

STEP 8: Serve vasilopita, or Christmas cake, on December 31. Bake a florin (gold coin) into the cake. Whoever finds the coin in his or her piece of cake will have good luck in the coming year.

STEP 9: Exchange gifts on January 1, which is St. Basil’s Day. Also perform a renewal ceremony on this day by replacing all the water in your jugs with St. Basil holy water.

Tips & Warnings

• Remember that St. Nicholas is considered the patron saint of sailors in Greece; he is said to save them from shipwrecks.
• Instead of giving large numbers of gifts to family and friends, many people in Greece give small presents to hospitals and orphanages.
• Greece is a country made up of many ethnic and religious groups, so Christmas traditions are diverse and cannot be generalized. The steps above represent a sampling of local traditions that may or may not be appropriate for your personal celebration of Christmas.

I have found this kickass link that lets you track any cell phone you want in the world!!! It is a free service and you can spy on whoever you want. Last night my wife went out for a few hours with her friends, and was horrified when I told her exactly where she went, heh. I wish I would’ve kept this secret for a little while longer Oh well. Check it out and tell me what you think.

Check it out here -www.phonetrace.org

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Be sure to avoid the high street or stuff that she is likely to see on the Net. There’s nothing worse for a girl than finding out just how much you’re worth, from the price tag of a gift you spot at a local store. It’s not so bad if it’s reassuringly expensive, but spotting a cheap gift you just received, ends up making you feel equally cheap!

Less cash, more effort
The thing is, with a little effort and imagination, that needn’t happen — it’s more down to laziness than a lack of cash. Your cheap gift needn’t look cheap if you shop around for something unusual and put an extra effort into how you wrap it.

Here’s our checklist of how to make the best of a low gift budget…

1. Stay off the beaten track when looking for an inexpensive gift
Like I said already, you don’t want her to find out the price that easily! Also, it shows more effort than if you wandered down the local high street with your cash. In my opinion, you’re better off looking on the Net — you would be surprised how far you can make just £15 stretch.

Handmade jewellery is surprisingly good value these days. Silver is remarkably cheap and you can buy designs on the Net that she’ll never come across on the High Street. See our handpicked selection of jewellery gifts for some examples.

Little Treats — you know those little nik naks that you don’t really need, which you would never buy yourself — make good inexpensive gifts. We’ve dozens of them listed in our gift selection. They start from under ten pounds.

Gadgets and gizmos. Be careful here because you are buying a gift for her and not for you. In amongst all the boyish stuff there are some girly gifts and they are not necessarily all expensive. Check out our Trend-setters section for handpicked trendy gifts suitable for girls. Also try this retailer iwantoneofthose.com, which is one of the most popular stores listed on our site.

2. Put an extra effort into finding a gift for HER
No matter how much you’re spending, a gift that shows you really know her is going to delight her. You can spend a fortune on something totally inappropriate and not score any favours. Conversely, you can spend very little on an inexpensive gift that is just so right for her that she adores it and you!

The secret is to think about her for twice as long as you would spend browsing endless shops for gifts! What’s she into? what are her ambitions, aspirations, etc? Then scale the ultimate gift down to something cheap that fits within your budget.

If you’re strapped for cash short-term you can always allude to something better in the future. For example, buy her the soundtrack and hint at taking her to the musical, or get the travel guide and slip in an IOU for next spring. Creativity and a bit of romance will really help you out of a financial tight spot around her birthday or your anniversary.

3. Wrap the gift well
Whatever you give her — from a book, to an experience voucher, to a teddy bear — make sure you wrap the thing properly and give it graciously.

• Make a good job or wrapping your gift. Use plenty of bows and ribbon and decent wrapping paper.
• Give it properly. Don’t apologise first. Don’t mention the gift’s cost or be overly apologetic about it and don’t say that the woman in the shop thought you would like it!
• Leave her in no doubt that you chose it and are giving it because you love her.

Apart from the obvious toxic effects, you should realise you’re suffering the effects of a mild overdose of a depressant drug and your nerves are reacting accordingly, and you have also flushed a signifnicant quantity of vitamins and nutrients from your system causing a degree of metabolic shock that your body is struggling to compensate against. This is why hangover symptoms often include disorientation and “the jitters”.

Some drinks give you worse hangovers than others due to the actions of impurities called Congeners. While it’s the ethyl alcohol (ethanol) that gets you drunk, amyl alcohol, butyl alcohol, methyl alcohol, propyl alcohol, and isopropyl alcohol is also found in most drinks to varying degrees, and the concentration of these Congeners will go a long way to determining the severity of the hangover.

Vodka and gin (clear liquors) are generally lower in congeners than whisky, rum and bourbon, due to the filtering process involved, and hence usually give a less intense hangover. Unfortunately the congeners also give flavor, smell and appearance to alcohol.

Another contributor to the hangover is the “freshness” of the alcohol since the natural oxidation product of ethanol is also acetaldehyde. Finishing off an already open bottle of red, or drinking beer that’s been in the boot of your car for a week, will provide you with a ready made supply of acetaldehyde so you don’t have to wait for your liver to make it in order to have a really good hangover.

Most hangover “remedies” simply attend to one or more of the symptoms and don’t really provide a cure as such. The hangover won’t stop until the alcohol is out of your system:

• Berocca - Puts the vitamin B back in, as well as the big glass of water it’s mixed with. It’s probably best to do this before you go out.
• Coke - Fizz for the nausea, liquid for the dehydration, and a caffeine and sugar hit to make you feel a bit more lively.
• Coffee - Same as Coke but without the bubbles to help ease the nausea. Try it with honey instead of sugar since the fructose is absorbed quicker than the sucrose in normal sugar, and it’s better for you.
• Ginseng - It’s been noted that since caffeine is a diuretic like alcohol, it can actually make the dehydration worse, so try the herbal equivalent instead.
• Vegemite On Toast - Something in your stomach is good, and salty is even better. Plus you get a Vitamin B top up. The same reasons also make peanut butter a good choice, but the oily nature might make some sensitive stomachs feel a bit yucky. If you do try try this one, skip the butter and just have dry toast.
• Cold Pizza - Who knows, but it seems to work.
  Asprin - Simply attends to the headache and does nothing for the level of alcohol in your system. Don’t take them before you go to bed.
• Bananas - Sugar in the form of fructose, and potassium, which is one of the things you lose lots of when you drink. Bananas are also a natural antacid to help with the nausea, and are high in magnesium which can help relax those pounding blood vessels causing that hangover headache. For a variety of reasons try a peanut butter, honey and banana sandwich on white bread.
• Vitamin C - Another thing the alcohol takes out that you’re advised to put back in as soon as possible. Orange juice, tomato, a 600mg Vitamin C tablet - doesn’t matter, just do it.
• A Hot Bath - The heat will sweat out the toxins that are causing all the problems. You’ll feel a bit woozy at first but go with it and you’ll feel better afterwards.
• Chocolate Milk - This one was sent in by Michael and sounds like it’s worth a try - “Regarding your hangover remedies, I would like to suggest chocolate milk. The store bought kind seems to work best, due to ease of attainment (unless you blew all your money at the bar hoping to get lucky), quietness (no loud banging of the teaspoon trying to mix the homemade stuff), and ease of use (the opening is the perfect fit when you have the jitters and no messy clean up). The suggested minimum dosage is the pint ( 1/2 litre) size, though the new quart (litre) can be used for extreme episodes. Other than the rehydration factor, I find that chocolate milk offers the tummy a soothing coating for the nausea. It also repletes some of the vitamins your body is now woefully lacking. The sugars (lactose & sucrose) and salt seem to be the perfect balance of the carb/salt fix. Many women can attest to the beneficial, relatively inexpensive, and legal effects of chocolate against depression, whether physiological or psychological. Last, the flavor seems to do wonders for that ghastly “did I try to mop the floor with my tongue?” taste in your mouth. So, on your way home, stop by your convenient convenience store, head on over to the cooler, grab one more “cold one” (chocolate milk, that is), and bring it home for the morning. Your mother shall compliment you on at least one healthy drinking habit.”

Here’s a few tried and proven ideas for hangover prevention:

• Don’t drink. (doh!)
• Take a Berocca before you start drinking. This gets a reserve of Vitamin B into you.
  Alternate fruit juice or water in amongst your drinks to avoid dehydration later on. Avoid fizzy or sugary stuff. The purists reckon that about 200ml of water is needed to effectively counteract each 30ml of alcohol.
• The alcohol in carbonated drinks is absorbed more quickly than in non-carbonated drinks.
  Reduce the amount of sugar you consume with your alcohol. The forced metabolism of sugar AND alcohol by your body will accelerate the depletion of B vitamins and make the hangover worse.
• The 2am pig-out. Pizza or pasta is usually best since cheese and carbohydrates are a good source of amino acids. Actually food is a good idea all round - before, during and immediately after drinking. Food doesn’t absorb alcohol, but it does increase metabolism, activates alcohol absorption, and increases the speed with which the body processes alcohol.

And here are a few remedy cocktails. At least they won’t make you feel any worse:

Poor Man’s Bloody Mary
5oz Tomato Juice
3oz Light Beer
Salt
Pepper
Lots and lots of lime juice
Dash of Tabasco sauce
Mix and scull.

Bloody Mary
1.5 oz vodka
Dash of lemon (or lime) juice
Worcestershire sauce
2 or 3 drops Tabasco sauce
Pepper, salt and celery salt
5 oz tomato juice
Over ice in a tall glass add spices, then vodka.
Fill with tomato juice and stir.
Garnish with celery stick and lime wedge.

Fruit And Stuff
1 banana
1 small can V-8
6 large strawberries
2 tablespoons honey
1 cup orange juice
1-2 cups milk (or soy milk), to desired consistency
¼ tsp. salt
dash of nutmeg
Mix together in a blender and drink.

Bloody Mary Variations
Use gold tequila instead - Deadly Mary
Use tequila instead - Bloody Maria
Use gin instead - Red Snapper
Add chilli pepper and beef stock - Bloody Bull
Use V8 juice instead of tomato juice - Vege Mary
No Alcohol - Virgin Mary

Aunt Emma’s Hangover Cocktail
1 large can of tomato juice
3 Tablespoons vinegar
1 lemon
4 slices of onion
3 Tablespoons of sugar
4 stalks of celery
2 teaspoons of Tabasco sauce
salt and pepper to taste
Mix ingredients in a container, let stand overnight.
Strain and serve.

Prairie Oyster
Olive oil
Tablespoon tomato ketchup
1 egg yolk
Salt and pepper
Tabasco
Worcestershire sauce
Vinegar or lemon juice
Rinse a cocktail glass with the olive oil and discard oil.
Mix all ingredients except egg yolk.
Place the egg yolk in carefully.
Serve with a small spoon and a glass of ice water.

Banana Cow
1 crushed ripe banana
2 level tablespoons powdered sugar
3 oz milk
1 1/2 oz rum
Plenty of cracked ice
Mix together in a blender and drink.

Van Diemen
2 cups of Ovaltine
Chocolate topping
2 cups of castor sugar
3 tblsp of golden syrup
1 pkt of pineapple jelly crystals
2 cups of hot water
2-3 cups of milk (full-cream)
Combine Ovaltine, sugar, topping, 3/4 milk, hot water and golden syrup.
Microwave on high for 2 minutes, adding rest of milk and stirring after 1 minute
Add 1/2 of jelly crystals and microwave on high for 30 secs
Add rest of jelly and a bit more hot water. Microwave for 1 minute.
Pour into cups. Refigerate. Serve with custard.

Many people have been waiting to see what Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 was gonna look like. Well, fine folks… you are good to go. Woo Hoo! Halo 3! Halo 3 Trailer

But still, there are many other factors that dictate the success and smooth flow of a married relationship.

Here are several tips and guidelines that would help you improve your marriage and make it last.

1. Keep an open and free communication. Regular and light talk between you and your partner would lead to a better understanding of both sides. As much as possible, have that line of interaction open, and do not be shy or hesitant to speak out what the two of you have in mind.

2. Work hard to make the relationship count. That means, you have to reach a consensus into executing several tasks, be it home chores or whatever. Division of labor would make the two of you feel like really equals.

3. Have a fantastic and always exciting sex life. Sex is basically making love. It is the key to establishing an intimate bond between a married couple. It is the outlet of intense and over-flowing love so make it as superb and as spectacular as possible. By the way, you would surely enjoy it.

4. Understand. Expand and flex your capacity to understand your partner’s shortcomings. Speak out and resolve the matters as partners. Two heads and better than one, as they say.

5. Be sweet. Whenever you have the opportunity, show your partner how you love him or her. Saying nice and sweet words like ‘I love you’ would not hurt. In fact, it could lead to many other exciting events or activities. It can be an onset or start up for a sultry and fun-filled, head-exploding sex.

Overall, you could improve your marriage if you would sincerely and truly want it. Aim to improve your marriage, and for sure, your instincts would follow suit.
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