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- How are you?
- Everything all right?
- Like to hear from you.
- Love to see you soon.
- Obviously I miss you.
Lets start off this week's edition with some regional news directly from our Argentinian Correspondent, who is none other than our very own Daphne.
In April, the Residents Club for the people from Salta Province (N. Argentina) living in Mar dal Plata, organized a cultural act to celebrate a new anniversary of the founding of Salta city, something in fact that they do every year, and usually get numerous public attend. These pictures were taken from there, the first being 3 couples carrying out a traditional dance. The second is of male " malambo dancers" a dance that needs fast footwork and strong ankles. These men are wearing baggy pleated pants that fit into the special boots used for this kind of dance. These men are following the same choreography, but it is often done in turn, each in competition trying to do better than the one before. It is really lovely to watch. There were also folk singers present and a historian who gave a lecture on the foundation of Salta, as well as the showing of a brief video of the province. Hugs, Daphne.
Did you enjoy this????? Please take a moment to let Daphne know that ... sort of a hint to get more of the same, but shhh don't tell her, its our secret, lol.
Who will be so kind to provide our Regional News for next week's edition?
Remember last week I talked about the wonderful Book Review Club being run by our wonderful Barbara from Rockford, Illinois ... here is a sample review
I have recently finished a second reading of a book by Colleen McCullough (authoress of "The Thorn Birds"). It is a slightly futuristic story, but not of the far fetched type, set in 2032/3 when another ice age seems to be setting in, longer colder winters, short very hot summers, fuel is scarce, water has to be cared for, and the whole world over families are limited to one child. In places the whole towns have to be relocated further south in winter months and people are now no longer free to decide when and where to go. All these cause unrest and conflict and many suicides. The government decides to come up with someone who can help the people, by feeding several thousand names into the computers and giving them certain qualities to look for. Only one name is picked, neither specially religious, certainly not political, overflowing with charism. He gives them practical advice about their actual problems, goes amongst them on walking trips even in dead winter, and soon becomes idolized and messianic. His own health is deteriorating quickly but he isnt aware of it. The end is pretty dramatic with only a handful being aware of it, but he managed to change the desperate way the people were thinking. Daphne from Argentina
Do be sure to check out this incredible Book Review Club as well as all the activity that is going on in our other google groups ... our main one and our Online Bible Study Group facilitated by Becky from Maryland.
Dynamite example of what a great group the WWWCOF really is and proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that there is no I in TEAM!
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Bigsis Pat's Report Page for May
This month's page is spectacular, Bigsis Pat from Ontario, Canada has really outdone herself with this site! Isn't she amazing?
The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
- Henry Van Dyke, Fisherman's Luck, 1899
Due to the absence of the newsletter you may have missed seeing March and April's Trivia Pages. I do apologize for this so seize the opportunity and put some time aside now to have a look at them. Masterpieces!
Perhaps you are wondering about who our members are .... check out the updated Meet the Members pages .
I hope you have been taking the time to keep in touch with
Pami from New York ... our Queen of Free. She needs our love and support.
I've been busy trying to find out about some freebees, etc. to share with you and I have come across some contests and special offers through Homebasics that you might like to check out. I think they might only be available for our Canadian members but hey its a start. Do you have anything to add to this section of our newsletter?
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Take a moment to email those celebrating their special days and share in their celebrations!
Be sure to check out our WWWCOF's Celebration Calendar! If your special days are not listed let Bigsis Pat know and she will be sure to get them included!
Jami from Maryland, USA does a great job of reminding us who is celebrating what and when on google so be sure to check in for the cake cutting ceremonies!
Please advise of any broken links.
Remember Jeanette from the Land Down Under has set up a trivia challenge on FunTrivia.com for us so please join in on the fun. New questions will appear each day, and everyone can compare scores at the link above throughout the day. Try to answer questions quickly, because the quizzes are timed. The best cumulative scores at the end of the month go into the hall of fame. See you there!
Start thinking about what you would like to appear in next week's Global Express and email it to me today. Thank you everyone for your love and support.
Everyone is so great and so helpful in this group ... that is what makes it great. Thank you so much!
YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2006 when ...
- 1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
- 2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
- 3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
- 4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
- 5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.
- 6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.
- 7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.
- 8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
- 10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.
- 11. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.
- 12. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.
- 13. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.
- 14. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list.
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Check out Charla's Prayer Request Page. You can click on the Prayer button, to go there now. Charla has an email link on her page for you to send in your Prayer Requests. Email addresses are included for those requesting prayers. So please take a moment to visit. Do be sure to send any updates as to needing prayer or changing prayer or thanking God for his healing directly to Charla from Florida so she can make the necessary changes to her Prayer Request site.
In this issue...
- Ruby
- Department of Vital Statistics
- Reunion News
- March, April & May Reports
- Planet Kryzys
- Google Groups
- Pursuit of Excellence
- Fun & Games
- Cookbook
- Messages from Members
- Crafts
- Prayer Requests
- Member Celebrations
- Friendship Anchors
- Free Samples
- Bragging Rights
- Regional News
: Send us a picture and a brief story of things your family has been celebrating to share here with all the members!
Looking for more pictures of other members and their families?? Take a moment to visit the WWWCOF Photo Albums and enjoy! Would you like pictures of your family published in our albums ... email it to Bigsis Pat our Department of Vital Statistics Director and she will be happy to incude it.
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Check out our craft photos and videos.
Great time to say thank you once again to these two fabulous gals who put so much effort into our previous Craft Corner: Jayne and Loretta. We really appreciate everything you did and hope you and all our other members are able to help Jen with the newly established Kraft Room.
Do be sure to take a moment to email them and say hello from your corner of the globe!
- Well let me add to the newsletter this week. Tuesday Am had to check on a
toilet overfow in the other building. (I am Asst Mgr. here) and as I was
going out the door I tripped and went down hard on my right knee. Boy
did it hurt but could still get up and walk, so went and took care of
everything. By the time I came back could hardly walk. Had my mom
take me to emergency at the hospital and I fractered my knee cap. Can
not put pressure on it. Now I'm home. Hopefully not to bad won't know
till Tuesday. It's hard to sit at home. Also have new kitty. Washington Pat
- Hello. We had nice weather for the May Bank holiday. I went out (for my meaga
2 hours off) with my camcorder (ask Daph about that) filming SPRING. I have of
course missed some bits; ie daffildiles and othe early flowers in bud and at
their best, frogs spawn rather than the tadpoles which was hard to film any
way, but many of the trees are in beautiful blossem and breaking out in
young leaf, I got some film of some sand martins but I haven't looked at what
I've yet (probably a load of junk and only a few mins of anything decent.
Im no professional by any standards.)
I shall be leaving my post where I am currently working in two weeks time,
to go to a different department of the same company to work in the
comminuity, and HOPEFULLY get a better qualification, NVQ (s), 1 & 2 are Not
Very Qualified 3&4 Now very qualified Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.
I hope to in the not so distant future go to university to get a degree in
Nursing. (Ruben is my inspiration, hope he can live up to it!)
I think I am a role model to both my niece Lorrine and sis in law Jackie but
not sure to what extent is good. My niece, fine she followed my footsteps in
becoming a St John member, then went into catering (good for her ... I was
into catering but couldn't hack it) and has taken my advise on other more on
personal issues
but my sis in law (?) I moved , Ken and Jackie moved, I got work in care
(alway have worked in care) she does the same. I don't want kids; neither
does she. I bought a caravan and live in it and they want a c/van. Now Im studying
further and what do you think she wants to too ! mmmmm It a tough one. I
will of course support her. ANYONE who betters their standard of education is
good; but why the same subject as me why not follow her own instincts. Well I have only 6 mins left so will close for now,
Oh I nearly forgot
thanks for the post cards, where do I send mine? & and glad to hear that my
raffle got to its destination ok.
Take care Sylvie from Jolly Old England
- Jodie and Lucy, made it home safely ... Jodie, is still not feeling well from the viral thing she had and has to go see another Orthopedic DR next week ... I have been so darn ill with the same virus Jo, has / had ... will tell you more when I feel better ... take care
Love Arlene from the US of A!
- HI everyone,
I wanted to know if any of you have Celiac Disease? I have it. I have
been into working on the wheat/gluten free lifestyle and diet.
I feel like a million dollars. I just wondered if anyone else is doing
battle with this crazy thing?
Thanks Becky from Maryland, USA
- Interesting Facts with Interesting Comments sent our way from Lena from Ontario, Canada
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- Extremely happy to see the Global Express once again.
BigSis Pat from Ontario, Canada
- The ABC's of Friendship Sheena from The Bahamas
Did you know that we have a postcard exchange happening? If you did not sign up for this one do be sure to get your name on the list for the next one. Becky from Maryland co-ordinates these for us and they are great fun.
One of the sections of our Pursuit of Excellence challenge is all about Physical Challenges.
- 1. Establish a physical fitness program, tailored to your needs, to help you reach a higher level of health. Complete physical fitness activities regularly.
- 2. Establish a goal of improvement, particularly in terms of eating and sleeping habits.
- 3. .........
- 4. .........
- 5. .........
- 1. Bring your weight to an appropriate level.
- 2. Acquire greater proficiency in a specific athletic or recreational skill, such as swimming, diving, golf, tennis, basketball, bowling, skiing, skating, cricket, football, or other activities of your culture.
- 3. Acquire greater proficiency in a occupational or homemaking skill, such as carpentry, antiquing, knitting or typing.
- 4. Significantly improve your personal attractiveness through bodily health and vigor, an optimistic attitude, personal charm and friendliness, good grooming, and modesty of dress. (Consider posture, voice, and disposition.)
- 5. Participate regularly in an organized athletic or recreational sports activity.
- 6. Participate in an individual or a group activity that is new to you, such as cycling, back-packing, camping, hiking, culling, or some other physical activity appropriate in your culture.
- 7. Participate in groups organized for recreational activities. Emphasize improvement of physical proficiency through group interest and effort.
- Medical consultation is recommended when a significant change in physical exertion is contemplated.
- Handicapped persons may participate by selecting other goals within their physical capacity.
Not sure who is busy working on this section but recently while visiting the Dairy Goodness site I came across this very sensible guidleline that I thought was good inspiration and a help to you.
Making smart food choices is as easy as following Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating. Canada's Food Guide is a great way to get all the nutrients needed to be healthy. The best part is that one can enjoy one's favourite foods. However, it is important to aim for variety and moderation. Trying foods with various tastes, textures and colours can give some punch to healthy eating. There is no such thing as good foods or bad foods - just smart food choices. The number of servings needed every day from the four food groups and other foods depends on a few factors such as age, gender, body size, and activity level. The right balance of food and activity helps to maintain a healthy body weight.
With reminders to:
- Enjoy a VARIETY of foods.
- Emphasize cereals, breads, other grain products, vegetables and fruit.
- Choose lower-fat dairy products, leaner meats and food prepared with little or no fat.
- Achieve and maintain a healthy body weight by enjoying regular physical activity and healthy eating.
- Limit salt, alcohol and caffeine.
A healthy weight can improve your well-being and increase your chances of living a healthy life.
PEN PAL CLUB
How are things going with you and your penpal. Are you getting to know them a whole lot better? Is there anything you would like to share with us about them?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy and enough money to buy me gifts. lol lol lol
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Daphne, our Cookbook Queen chooses a recipe every week for us to try from our Circle's very own collection, which you can view here. This week seeing as Pami has to go in for such a disageeable surgery, she has chosen one of Pami's recipes for this weeks Recipe of the week:
Aunt Hattie's Pineapple Cheeescake
Pami of NY/ USA says: This cheesecake is best made the night before you want to serve it and that they love it as a dessert for Chicken with wine sauce.
Filling:
- 2 8oz blocks of cream cheese
- 1 /2cup sugar 1 Tsp vanilla extract
- 3 Tbl 4 eggs
- 1/4 Tsp salt 1 Can crushed drained pineapple
- 1 Cup unwhipped heavy cream
Blend sugar, flour, salt, cream cheese,and vanilla. Add egg yolks one at a time. Mix well. Add pineapple and heavy cream. Fold into cream cheese mixture. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour on top of graham cracker crust in.
Enjoy!
Please email Daphne with your personal "critique" of this recipe for publication in next week's newsletter.
P.S. We continue to accept favourite recipes and/or cookery tips to add to our cookbook so email your favourites to Daphne today!
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The WWWCOF Cookbook consists of the following sections:
- Main recipes from our Recipe Circus and members
- About 200 of those and others put into Spanish
- Members special favourites, Seasonal or Regional recipes (dedicated to Claudia)
- The kitchen help and tips section
CAUTION: Be prepared to laugh out loud...I laughed till I almost cried as I could just see this happening!
All hair removal methods have tricked women with their promises of easy, painless removal - The epilady, scissors, razors, Nair And now ... the wax.
My night began as any other normal weeknight. Come home, fix dinner, play with the kids. I then had the thought that would ring painfully in my mind for the next few hours: "Maybe I should pull the waxing kit out of the medicine cabinet." So I headed to the site of my demise: the bathroom.
It was one of those "cold wax" kits. No melting a clump of hot wax, you just rub the strips together in your hand, they get warm and you peel them apart and press them to your leg (or wherever else) and you pull the hair right off. No muss, no fuss. How hard can it be? I mean, I'm not a genius, but I am mechanically inclined enough to figure this out. (YA THINK!?!)
So I pull one of the thin strips out. Its two strips facing each other stuck together. Instead of rubbing them together, my genius kicks in so I get out the hair dryer and heat it to 1000 degrees. ("Cold wax," yeah...right!)
I lay the strip across my thigh. Hold the skin around it tight and pull. It works! OK, so it wasn't the best feeling, but it wasn't too bad. I can do this! Hair removal no longer eludes me! I am She-rah, fighter of all wayward body hair and maker of smooth skin extraordinaire.
With my next wax strip I move north. After checking on the kids, I sneak back into the bathroom, for the ultimate hair fighting championship. I drop my panties and place one foot on the toilet. Using the same procedure, I apply the one strip across the right side of my bikini line, covering the right half of my *hoo-hoo* and stretching down to the inside of my butt cheek (Yes, it was a long strip) I inhale deeply and brace myself .... RRRRIIIPPP!!!!
I'm blind!!! Blinded from pain!!!! .... OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!! Vision returning, I notice that I've only managed to pull off half the strip. CRAP!!! Another deep breath and RRIIPP!! Everything is swirly and spotted. I think I may pass out ... must stay conscious ... Do I hear crashing drums???
Breathe, breathe ... OK, back to normal.
I want to see my trophy - a wax covered strip, the one that has caused me so much pain, with my hairy pelt sticking to it. I want to revel in the glory that is my triumph over body hair. I hold up the strip! There's no hair on it. Where is the hair??? WHERE IS THE WAX???
Slowly I ease my head down, foot still perched on the toilet. I see the hair. The hair that should be on the strip. I touch. I am touching wax.
CRAP! I run my fingers over the most sensitive part of my body, which is now covered in cold wax and matted hair. Then I make the next BIG mistake ... remember my foot is still propped up on the toilet? I know I need to do something. So I put my foot down.
DANG!!!!!!!! I hear the slamming of a cell door. *Hoo-Hoo*?? sealed shut! Butt?? Sealed shut! I penguin walk around the bathroom trying to figure out what to do and think to myself "Please don't let me get the urge to poop. My head may pop off!" What can I do to melt the wax? Hot water!! Hot water melts wax!!!
I'll run the hottest water I can stand into the bathtub, get in, immerse the wax-covered bits and the wax should melt and I can gently wipe it off, right??? WRONG!!!!!!!
I get in the tub - the water is slightly hotter than that used to torture prisoners of war or sterilize surgical equipment - I sit. Now, the only thing worse than having your nether regions glued together is having them glued together and then glued to the bottom of the tub...in scalding hot water. Which, by the way, doesn't melt cold wax.
So, now I'm stuck to the bottom of the tub as though I had cement-epoxied myself to the porcelain!! God bless the man who had convinced me a few months ago to have a phone put in the bathroom!!!!! I call my friend, thinking surely she has waxed before and has some secret of how to get me undone. It's a very good conversation starter - "So, my butt and who-ha are glued together to the bottom of the tub!" There is a slight pause. She doesn't know any secret tricks for removal but she does try to hide her laughter from me. She wants to know exactly where the wax is located, "Are we talking cheeks or who-ha?"
She's laughing out loud by now ... I can hear her. I give her the rundown and she suggests I call the number on the side of the box. YEAH!!!!! Right !! I should be the joke of someone else's night.
While we go through various solutions. I resort to scraping the wax off with a razor. Nothing feels better then to have your girlie goodies covered in hot wax, glued shut, stuck to the tub in super hot water and then dry-shaving the sticky wax off!!
By now the brain is not working, dignity has taken a major hike and I'm pretty sure I'm going to need Post-Traumatic Stress counseling for this event.
My friend is still talking with me when I finally see my saving grace.... the lotion they give you to remove the excess wax. What do I really have to lose at this point? I rub some on and OH MY GOD!!!!!!! The scream probably woke the kids and scared the dickens out of my friend. It's sooo painful, but I really don't care. IT WORKS!! It works!!
I get a hearty congratulation from my friend and she hangs up.
I successfully remove the remainder of the wax and then notice to my grief and despair .... THE HAIR IS STILL THERE ....... ALL OF IT!!!!!!!!!!
So I recklessly shave it off. Heck, I'm numb by now. Nothing hurts. I could have amputated my own leg at this point.
Next week I'm going to try hair color ......
Now thats funny . Notttttttttt
Looking out for you and your health! A public announcement message from our Smile & Chuckles Expert ... Rosinafrom Nova Scotia, Canada
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Check out what is happening in Ruby's life here at her site. You can leave messages for Ruby and /or get on her visiting list on her site Daphne has also put in a translator in the pages in both Spanish and Portuguese.
Ruby has her own games section where you can play countries and capitals hangman, tic tac toe, a variety of Ruby's own jigsaw puzzles among others, and Ruby would love you to stop by for what she calls her "chocolate milkshake break time". Have fun!
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