DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

   Another neat recipe I found while looking for some cool and interesting Halloween ideas and inspiration.  This is brought to you by  snowybliss.blogspot.com.   A really cool cake for that next Halloween party or get together.  Good luck! And the inside is even better... because I made a P o l k a D o t C a k e ! I've had this idea in my brain for awhile. It turned out pretty good. But I think after my first attempt I'd tackle it a bit differently next time. I'll give you my thoughts on that after the directions. Here's how I did it. I have this little nifty cake pop maker. It's fun, especially for the kids. It doesn't make the decadent bakerella cake pops, they are actually more like a donut hole. But they are quick, easy and so far fail proof. Anyway… this is how I made the polka dot cake . Step 1 I made the cake balls with the cake pop maker. Using the recipe that comes with the machine, adding orange food coloring. I honestly wonder i...

   Here's another pumpkin carving tutorial I think most of you will like!  It comes to us from http://www.chopcow.com/ .  Go ahead and carve one of these.  It will keep all other pumpkins at bay.    I thought I would try my hand at carving the popular cannibalistic pumpkin that I've seen so many times before. Just as I was starting out, I realized that this was a good opportunity to document it with my camera. So below is a little tutorial I put together for anyone who might want to try this out. It's not too difficult if you are just patient and take it slow. STEP 1: The first thing you want to do before setting out on this is to get the proper tools and items. This includes the following: 1. Large Pumpkin 2. Tiny Pumpkin 3. Washable Marker 4. Large Knife 5. Smaller Steak Knife 6. Large Spoon 7. Small Spoon STEP 2: Take your washable marker and draw out the face on the big pumpkin. Make sure to measure the circumfrence of the tiny pu...

    An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) consisting of a 2.4-mile (3.86 km) swim , a 112-mile (180.25 km) bike and a marathon (42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi)) run , raced in that order and without a break. Most Ironman events have a strict time limit of 17 hours to complete the race, where the Ironman race starts at 7 AM, the mandatory swim cut off for the 2.4-mile (3.9 km) swim is 2 hours 20 minutes, the bike cut off time is 5:30 PM, and all finishers must complete their marathon by midnight.    The name Ironman Triathlon refers to both the original Ironman triathlon and the annual Ironman World Championship . Also called Ironman Hawaii, the world championships of the event, held annually in Hawaii since 1978 (with an additional race in 1982), are now preceded by a series of qualifying events. Ironman Triathlon became known for its grueling length, harsh race con...