WELCOME BACK: Four days to go and it'll all be over. We hope that you have an absolutely
wonderful Christmas and Santa is really good to you. We are off to Marilyn's
family Christmas this Saturday in Eatonville, Wa, at her dad's new house.
Then Christmas Eve we have Ken's family over for pizza, white elephants and
gift exchange. Christmas day it's just Marilyn, Ken and Ginger, our old
puppy. How ever you celebrate we hope that it's the best ever! Here's our Christmas card to you this year. It's our grandson Camden who's a little over two years old and his dog Samson.
Here's some late breaking news. We just found out that we are going to be grandparents again. Jenni, Ken's daughter is pregnant with number two. Congratulations go out to her and her husband Matt. We think we are pretty well prepared for Christmas. All the presents are bought, all the decorations are up and all the cards have been sent. I think that's pretty good with four days still to go. What's that you say, you haven't got all your cards off or you forgot a couple. Well don't despair we have a deal for you. On our home page about a third of the way down there is a link to free cards from 123 Greetings. You can find the card you like and pre date it for delivery on Christmas Eve or Christmas day. We know, it's not as nice a traditional paper card that you can put on the fireplace mantel but in a pinch it's better than nothing. The nice thing about these cards is there is absolutely no obligation, pressure sales and they are FREE, our favorite price, no postage! I don't know about the rest of the country but we've been getting hammered with the rain and winds. All the way from Northern California to the Pacific Northwest El Nino has helped generate unseasonably heavy rains and wind. Ken's brother in the Mendocino area got over 12" this week with some parts north getting more than 24". If only all of this would have converted to snow in the mountains it would be fantastic skiing. Unfortunately it's been rather warm with all the rain. With freezing levels well above 3,000 feet not a lot of good skiing snow has accumulated.
We will be adding some new artists to our crafts page after the first of the year. Be sure to be watching for these exciting new additions. Until then remember to check out Ron Godin's rustic Adirondack art. It is really something to see. Just go to www.runnerduck.com/crafts.htm and see what he has for you. You are logged on to this newsletter as [[-Email-]] and receiving it because you are a friend of mine or a friend of theirs. If you would like to be removed from receiving this newsletter just send an email to unsubscribe@runnerduck.com leaving the Subject and Body blank.
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What's New This Week? I (Ken) have got a new Sidewinder 2 feedback joystick and Microsoft Flight
Simulator Pro 2002. Since then not much has gotten done around the house or
on this newsletter. It's amazing how much time can be consumed by a simple
little program. Well it's not that simple of a program. I've been taking the
flying lessons and I'm about ready to tackle landing. I'm not much of one
for gaming but this is a real kick. It's amazing how you can get into it and
almost feel like you are really flying. If you've always wanted to learn to
fly but haven't had the time or money this is a pretty neat alternative.
It's not too late to ask Santa ya know? I also got Links 2003 by Microsoft
and it's great also but the Flight Sim has put it in the back seat for the
moment.
DigiTalkThe virus comes from movies when you are running an older version of Flash Player. You should be up to version 6. If you are then you have nothing to worry about, at least from Flash movies. If you have version 5 then I would highly recommend updating to the latest. Here's how you check it. Open Internet Explorer and click on Tools, Internet Options..., General Tab (Temporary Internet Files section) Settings..., View Objects. Right click on Shockwave Flash Object, select Properties and verify version. If it's less than six then upgrade. Not all Internet Explorer versions have these tabs. If you can't find the version of Shockwave on your machine then just go to the Macromedia site, www.macromedia.com and download the latest version, it's free. SITE OF THE WEEK
No doubt many of you will be getting new digital cameras for Christmas. You'll be shooting pictures like a Pavarotti and downloading them to your computer like crazy. One thing you need to think about is how you are going to manage those pictures.
You could always go out and buy a great organizing program like ACDSee for about $50 to $80. It really works great and is used by millions. We found an alternative to that which is free. Granted it doesn't do anywhere near all the stuff that ACDSee does but hey, it's FREE. MARILYN'S CORNERHoliday Projects
With only a few days till Christmas I am really busy and thought rather than create something new, how about checking out some of our past Holiday projects for kids and family. With time running short these might just be the perfect thing to finish off the Holiday look.
Reindeer Tree Ornament, www.runnerduck.com/kc_deer_ornament.htm
Candy Reindeer Tree Ornament, www.runnerduck.com/kc_candydeer_ornament.htm
Christmas Pins, www.runnerduck.com/kc_holiday_pins.htm Pretzel Log Cabin, www.runnerduck.com/kc_pretzel_cabin.htm We really hope you enjoy Marilyn's Corner and look forward to all the fun things she brings you each week. If you have a fun project that would be suitable for our newsletter we'd love to share it with our readers. Just contact marilyn@runnerduck.com and we'll do the rest. Remember we have all of our past projects archived on our web site at www.runnerduck.com. Just click on the Projects or Kids Only Eggs.
You may be out of time to get any Christmas presents delivered by anything other than Santa Clause but anytime you need a present for a child we highly recommend Amazon.com. Here is a direct link to their web site. And remember when you buy something at Amazon using this link we get a couple of cents and believe me every penny counts! The Tempos News and CD of the Week
Well the music season is over for The Tempos in 2002. We have no more parties or concerts until next year. We'd like to say thank you to everyone for a great year. Have the happiest of Holidays and we'll be seeing you next year!
One of the most famous groups in all of jazz was Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. This CD that was first recorded in 1985 at the famous Sweet Basil sets off the New Years celebrations in a great way. This is one of those "must haves" if you want some great jazz for your New Years party, or any time of year for that matter. Give a listen to "New Year's Eve at Sweet Basil: Art Blakey and His Jazz Messengers", you'll love it!
JOKE OF THE WEEK
We can thank The Tempos singer, Diane, for this rather blond joke ;-)
A young redhead goes into the doctor's office and says that her body hurts wherever she touches it. The RunnerDuck Goodies StoreCONSERVATION TIP
A lot of people seem to have trouble reading things off of the computer screen so they print everything. That is a big waste of paper (trees) and ink (money). We'd like to suggest only printing the things that really need to be saved in hard copy. If you need to print just part of what is on the screen, select the text and the under "File", select "Print". There is usually and option to "Print Selection". This will only print what you want and leave the rest. If you have a conservation tip please send it to conservation@runnerduck.com and we'll post it in our newsletter. |
Cake Ingredients
Cake;
Frosting;
Your guests are going to love it.
Remember, if you have a recipe you'd like to share please send it to marilyn@runnerduck.com.
Every month we post a new recipe on our web page. Be sure and check out our December recipe at the RunnerDuck Kitchen Store.
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