Success!!

Well, finally I have some time for my little spot on the web and hopefully some time to whip up some yummy looking desserts! I really missed posting about my happenings and life in general but you know how it goes, you have to take care of your responsibilities first and then you can play.


I am very happy to say that I completed my course with the end result being an "A". Can't get any better than that. I hope, from my example, that my daughter will try to focus more on her studies now that she see's it is possible to do more than one thing at a time and still come out on top. I worked really hard for that grade and in the process found that I have a great interest in China.


China, as I learned, has gone through tremendous changes and until this course, I found I knew very little about it as a country. I experienced a range of emotions while taking the course and it has changed me. I often wonder why history in general is become something of the past in our nations primary schools, evidenced by the fact that when I was still living in the state of New York, my daughter would rarely have any homework regarding even US History. My father had even commented on how the days of sitting at the dinner table talking about that days events and telling past stories of how it was when he grew up or even how his dad grew up.



I really feel that understanding what a country, not just our own, had to go through to make it to where they are today is instrumental in tolerance. It's a fact that the majority of people all around the world have the same hopes and dreams that any of us in the US have. Raise our families the best way possible and offer our children the best educations possible. Even if, at 16 years old, our children think school is a waste of time.


Opening our eyes and recognizing that people are people no matter where they come from is a step towards understanding. China is not just that place where all our things come from. This is the most common statement you will hear regarding China. In fact, beyond that and the Great Wall of China, most know little about this great Country and the long extensive history it has.




Every place has a history that is filled with negatives and positives. I appreciate what my professor brought to the table. It is very useful information that makes you think and then sort of re-evaluate things in general.



I hope to return to China in the future so that I can see the wonderful places I read and learned about thanks to this course. The Great Wall is breathtaking and the Forbidden City makes you feel transported in time. Shenzhen, while I was there, was a bustling place of business and construction projects. I found out through my course that it was one of the first places that China transformed into a "special zone" when trying to attract foreign investors. Who knew? I certainly did not.



Everyplace has some type of story to tell, well......China has a story too.

it's FINALS time !

It's sad that my course in Chinese History is ending :(. But all good things must come to an end and I have to do my final soon which means, less time on my blogs. So, I won't be around consistently the next few weeks because I really must study.

I will be in an out but not enough time to really post much. So with that I leave you, my dear little spot on the web and hope you don't miss me too much.

And to my fellow TWD'ers....I will miss you but I will be back in full force after I get my 100 ( I hope) on my final :o). So click the link up there already and go see how this weeks pick turned out for everyone!

So please, if you are reading this, check out the wonderful Fruit Gallette's that the Tuesday's with Dorie Crew has whipped up for this weeks recipe! It was specially chosen by none other than, Michelle of Michelle in Colorado Springs! Thank you Michelle and if I get time tonight..it's still Tuesday somewhere in the world, I will try to make your tasty sounding selection. :o)

stain removing power in a pink bottle

I was just about to call it a night and my daughter asked me to check my comments one more time. I complained how tired I was and how early I have to get up to send my two little darling..yeah ok...boys too swimming in the morning. To take a gander at these love STAIN MAKERS...you can see them on my family style blog that is about to undergo a make over! The main comedians of my said blog "Why is there toilet paper on the ceiling?", are Muhammad and Omar...Moe and Omie for short...long story trust me.

Anyhow after reading the last couple of comments Prudence Pennywise asked about the stain remover I love! So here you go...I did a google search for the product and the main one I found was a UK site. I am unsure if they carry it in the states since the only Vanish I ever heard of was a toilet bowl cleaner. Hmmm...don't think that is what you had in mind lol.

So here is the link and perhaps the will ship you some for a fairly reasonable price. Let me tell you this much. My daughters friend got this stuff called Carrot all over her nice white sun dress...Carrot, by the way is a nice cook your skin till golden brown sun tanning aid. Heh...yeah...so she asked me, Aaliyah....can you get this out? I looked...and said yep!

You know those white outfits the men in Saudi Arabia where? Well, this how their wives keep them sooooo white!




I use a spray on liquid for some tougher stains and I add a scoopful of the powder for my whites. If the powder is sold out there is also a liquid form. Here is what the bottle looks like in a household with a 5 year old and a 3 year old.

my small army lined up and ready for stain fighting action!

Ok, so it's more than a bottle lol. The biggest bottle is safe for use on colors as well as whites! But the other too are stictly for WHITES ONLY...ask my blue shirt about how well I read directions. :) Told you I dye shirts a lot ! lol.

Hope it helps you out and hope you can either find it where you live or have it shipped at a reasonable cost.

i am tired

Ok my fellow Tuesday's with Dorie gang. I have not finished commenting on all the posts but I just left my last comment for the night at Anne Strawberry. I will pick up tomorrow and complete my world wide tour from aSweetPeace and end with Living the Life.

All posts that had their posts up before and after the above mentioned blogs have already been commented on :) yeah me!

I will check back regularly for some possible late postings as I love to look at all the posts and yeah it's alot of reading but I have found a lot of comedians in the bunch and my side hurts from laughing. I wonder if I am losing that cobbler I just ate? Do I care really...Nahhhh. lol. See you tomorrow. It's late for me.

a thought

A man was walking with a group of men along a road. While walking they came upon a dead animal. All of the men were commenting on how awful it smelled to how ugly it looked. One man said, "But look at how white it's teeth are."

Even if something isn't appealing...it's wonderful to find one nice quality.