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elcome to the October 8th, 2004 Edition of the (Bigsis Original Design) Online Newsletter In this issue... Random Acts of Kindness: Weather Updates Messages from members News and Announcements Member Questions & Answers Tips & Recommendations Swaps Recipe Crafts Fun Tests & Quizzes Reader Feedback Fun Featured Site Mystery Member Hi everyone! This weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving and I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. The first North American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1578 when the English Navigator, Martin Frobisher, held a formal ceremony in Newfoundland. He did this to give thanks for surviving the long sea journey, and other settlers arrived in Newfoundland, and the tradition was continued by them. In 1879, Parliament declared November 6th a national holiday of Thanksgiving. Over the years this date changed, and on January 31, 1957, Parliament declared the second Monday in October of each year to be "A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed". Most families in Canada celebrate Thanksgiving with a special dinner for family and friends. The dinner usually includes a roasted turkey and pumpkin pie. Thanksgiving provides an opportunity to look at pioneer life, and it is an ideal time to celebrate the importance of Canadian farmers for all Canadians. Many families use to have special meal, and go around the table expressing their thankfulness for during the past year. It is a special day for children to spend with their Canadian grandparents, and to appreciate the abundance in everyone's lives. Many friends and family members use to get together to convey their thankfulness for the past year. Also coming up on Sunday, October 10th is Mother's Day in Argentina so a very Happy Mothers Day to all our wonderful members in the Argentinian Chapter of the WWWCOF! I recently stumbled across this informative website about Argentina that I thought you would enjoy! Be sure to read all about these and many other interesting October happenings on the Celebrations Trivia Page. Jordan McNicholl Last Saturday I packaged up a cute little teddy bear and sent it off to Jordan from Canada! I hope it brings a smile to his face. His new little "friend" will arrive with a wardrobe too....a sweater for Halloween, one for Christmas and a lovely USA Flag one. I hope someone takes a picture of Jordan with this delighful little bear so we can publish it in the newsletter or on PhotoIsland. Has anyone else sent off a teddy bear to Jordan? Please visit Jordan's CarePage to read the latest news. If this link does not work properly, copy and paste the entire URL below into your browser's address window. http://www.tlcontact.com/ServeCarePage?cpn=JordanFromIndy&uniq=311523 To the Top Messages from Members Hi everyone.I would like to thank everyone who sent me prayers.I tried answering them but there were so many .I would just like to say thanks for the sssssoooo many freinds out there . it was overwhelming THere were people i knew and some i didnt /But your prayers were answered.I am feeling better and going to watch and take care of myself [ill try lol]the good lord jesus was watching over me too. HUGS to all Maxine I would like to thank my good friend Marie aka Peachy for joining me in with this great group of people thanks Maxine To the Top Reader Feedback Rosina shares these thoughts: Mike and Joan were having some problems at home and were giving each other the "silent treatment". Then Mike realized that he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 am for an early morning golf match with some buddies. Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and so lose the "war"), he wrote on a piece of paper, "Please wake me at 5:00 am." The next morning Mike woke up, only to discover that it was 9:00 am and that his friends would have left for the golf course without him. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn't awakened him when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed. The paper said "It is 5:00 am. Wake up." Men simply are so not equipped for these kinds of contests! To the Top FEATURED SITE Fran shares a Virtual Bubble Wrap site with us. Bubble Wrap® has been a source of fascination for people of all ages since its invention. Now, finally, there is a Bubble Wrap web page dedicated to this most entertaining packing material. To the Top Mystery Member The correct answer to our mystery member is Cheri La Bombard. Be sure to email Cheritoday and say hello! Next week, a new mystery member. Be sure to stay tuned! At any time you think you know who this member is please email me! The clues can be found throughout the Circle of Friends Community site or from the surveys that have been distributed. If you think it might be you..........you never know it could be!! Good Luck and......... Have Fun! If you have not completed your WWWCOF Survey yet please take a visit over to the Survey Page where you can easily complete and submit it online. To the Top Crafts Crochet Clown Do you remember this cheerful clown? I think Paton's came out with the pattern so very long ago. It is a great bazaar or country fair item that works up quickly and is a great use of all your leftover wool. Use a 6 mm (US J or 10) crochet hook. The more colours you use the prettier the clown but do be use to use at least 3 different colours. Body Circles: Chain 6. Join with ss to form ring. Chain 3 * YOH and draw up a loop through ring as high as the Chain 3 (YOH and draw through 2 loops) twice. Repeat from * 23 times more. Ss in top of chain 3. This should make a circle approximately 2 3.4 ins (& cm) in diameter. Darn in ends. If you are using only three colours make 20 circles with your main colour and sixteen of each of the other two. Fifty two little circles in total -- I find it looks the nicest if the circle at the end of each arm, the end of each leg and the top of the neck (just under the head) are all the same colour. Head: With a light cream, beige or white chain 3. Join with ss to form ring. 1st round: 6 sc. in ring. 2nd round: 2 sc in each sc of previous round. 3rd round: *2 sc in 1 sc, 1 sc in next sc. Repeat from * to end of round. 4th round: *2sc in 1 sc. 1 sc in each of the next 2 sc. Repeat from * to end of round. 5th round: *2 sc in 1 sc. 1 sc in each of the next 3 sc. Repeat from * to end of round. 30 sc in round. 6th round: 1 sc in each sc of previous round. Repeat 6th round 7 times more. 14th round: *Draw up a loop in each of the next 2 sc. Yoh and draw through all 3 loops on hook, thus decreasing 1 sc. 1 sc in each of next 3 sc. Repeat from * around and around until about 12 sc remain in round. Fasten off. Stuff lightly. Gather up hole and sew firmly. Hat: With one of your bright colours chain 3. Join with ss to form ring. Working 1 round even after each round to make work pointed, work lst, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th rouonds as given for head. Work 1 mor round even on the 30 sc. Turn and work 3 rounds for brim. Ss in next sc. Fasten off. Sew to head on a slant. Embroider face (eyes, news and mouth). Only takes a quick couple of stitches to create the eyes, nose and mouth. To Make Up: Cut 2 pieces of elastic, one 10 ins. (25 cm) long for arms, the other 15 ins. (38 cm) long for body and legs. Mark centre of each piece and sew together, then sew firmly to head. Threading on the circles. Thread 3 over the 4 ends for the neck. 10 over each sorter ends for arms. 9 over both long ends for body and 10 over each remaining ends for legs. Sew buttons to each end of elastic to prevent slipping. I hope you have fun making these joyful little clowns. You could even colour co-ordinate them to suit the season. Reds and greens for example for Christmas, Oranges, Browns and Yellows for Halloween and pastels, mauves, pinks etc. for Easter, etc etc. Abbreviations sc= single crochet; yoh = yarn over hook; st = stitch; in(s) = inch(es); cm= centimetre; mm = millimetre; g = gram; ch= chain; ss = slip stitch Bea would like to share the Crafty Visions' Newsletter with us. Do you have a favourite craft that you would like me to publish in an upcoming issue of the newsletter. Do be sure to email it to me. Be sure to check out all the wonderful craft ideas in the WWWCOF Craft Site and add your own favourites or email Crafty Jayne who will be happy to add them to our ever growing collection. To the Top

News & Announcements Just wanted to let you know that I have submitted two stories to the Our Canada magazine. One is the Bob Odette/Tilbury Times article about Reunion 2004 and the other one is my Mother-in-Law's Herstory. Please keep your fingers and toes crossed for me that these articles get published! To the Top Swaps Hello every one are we all ready for our next swap. The swap for October is going to be a spoon swap (you know the little coffee spoons or souvenir spoons) and being this is the month of October and Halloween is just around the corner also in this swap will be any thing that has the theme of Halloween. The sign up started October 1 and deadline for sign up will be October 15 and Deadline for mailing out your swap will be October 31st. If you have any questions please email the Swap Queen, Ruth. Also when emailing me please include your full name, home address and email address. Thank you!! This help me to give out the right addresses to your partner, also help me keep up a list of names so I have them for future swaps. So every one lets enjoy this wonderful swap. Happy Halloween!! Swap Queen, Ruth. Anyone received their tea towel yet -- love to hear about it or see pictures. Be sure to stay in touch with your partner throughout the swap. Let each other know when you are sending your parcel and when you receive theirs. Be sure to contact your partner by email before you send out your swap hello; confirm their mailing address, etc. -- do not send out your swap until you have heard back from your partner. Remember if you sign up for a swap and do not send a parcel to your partner you will not be able to swap again and you will miss out on all this fun!! Watch this section for our International Swap Information. For more information please email our Swap Queen, Ruth. These exchanges are a lot of fun, they are inexpensive and are a great way to get to know some of the fantastic people who belong to this wonderful circle. So every have a wonderful time doing these swaps. Here are some words of wisdom from our Swap Queen, Ruth. SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING? *A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. *A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. *A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue. *A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. *A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. *A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. *A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. *A snail can sleep for three years. *Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. *All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. *Almonds are a member of the peach family. *An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. *Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age. *Butterflies taste with their feet. *Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10. *"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". *February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon. *In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. *If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. *If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights. *It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. *Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors. *Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. *No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. *On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag. *Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. *Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. *Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. *"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right. *The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. *The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. *The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. *The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet. *The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid. *The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). *There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. *There are more chickens than people in the world. *There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous *There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious." *There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins. *Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. *TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. *Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. *Women blink nearly twice as much as men. *Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself. Now you know everything or just about! To the Top Members Questions & Answers Q: Cranberries? What are the health benefits? A: Last week in one of our MSN Messenger chats the topic of Cranberries came up. A growing body of medical science reseach is revealing that cranberries do indeed play a very important role in keeping your body healthy; particulary in maintaining urinary tract health. In partnership with the National Kidney Foundation, Ocean Spray launched a public awareness campaign to bring you the most recent findings on urinary tract health. For more information and helpful tips, call the Ocean Spray Consumer Helpline (1-800-662-3263) to request a copy of this free brochure on urinary tract health. DISCLAIMER: Replies to questions reflect personal opinions and beliefs and should not be taken as anything more. To the Top Tips & Recommendations Emails and Viruses As you know my computer crashes on a regular basis because of viruses that I receive in my email box. I have noticed that a lot of you are still sending emails to multiple recipients in the "To" box. Please, please, please DO NOT do this as you expose the recipients email address to all sorts of people you would never suspect! The only way to send out email to multiple recipients is to put your email address in the "To" box and add everyone else's to the "bcc" box and then send it. Try it PLEASE as it really does help to prevent the spread of viruses! DISCLAIMER: Tips reflect member suggestions and are not verified by the WWWCOF. To the Top Send an Anita's Designs Friendship Flower! powered by iPowerWeb

Past Issues of Newsletter August 6/04 August 13/04 August 20/04 August 27/04 September 3/04 September 10/04 September 17/04 September 24/04 October 1/04 Recipes CANDY BAR PIE Thought you might like this recipe. Haven't try it yet but going to soon. Snickers are one of my favorite candy bars. Ruth 5 Snickers candy bars (2.07 ounces each), cut into 1/4-inch pieces 1 pastry shell (9 inches), baked 12 ounces cream cheese softened 1/2 cup sugar 2 eggs 1/3 cup sour cream 1/3 cup peanut butter 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips 2 tablespoon heavy whipping cream Place candy bar pieces in the pastry shell; set aside. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add eggs, sour cream and peanut butter; beat on low speed just until combined. Pour into pastry shell. Bake at 325 for 35-40 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack. In a small heavy saucepan, melt chocolate chips with cream over low heat until smooth. Spread over filling. Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight. Cut with a warm knife. Yield: 8-10 servings. and here is another one from our Swap Queen, aka Ruth CARROT APPLESAUCE BREAD 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon ( in place of cinnamon I used apple pie spice) 1 cup applesauce 1 cup carrots 1/2 chopped pecans In a mixing bowl, combine oil and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Combine flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon or apple pie spice; gradually add to the creamed mixture alternately with applesauce. Stir in carrots and pecans. Transfer to greased loaf pan or 9x9 baking dish. Bake at 350 for 55-65 minutes for loaf pan and 45-50 minutes for 9x9 pan until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Yield: 1 loaf. Do you have an apple recipe for us to enjoy? We would love for you to add it to all the wonderful recipes being collected in the WWWCOF Cookbook or email The Recipe Lady aka Claudia who will be happy to add them for you. To the Top Remember to take a moment to enjoy looking at some pictures Pat, aka Bigsis, is continually publishing online for us. More Photo Albums for your enjoyment! Member Albums To the Top Fun Tests & Quizzes Pat, aka Bigsis would like to know what your ice cream flavour is? Take the quiz by clicking here. Pat, aka Bigsis is "Neopolitan ... not satisfied with just one flavor. They say variety is the spice of life and this shines through in your Ice cream of choice! Just don't eat all the chocolate and leave the strawberry and vanilla behind!" I took the test and like Pat, aka Bigsis I, Sharon am Neopolitan! Does anyone have something they would like to share with us in this section. Look forward to hearing from you. DISCLAIMER: This section is indended for member amusement purposes only and the WWWCOF accepts no responsibility for individual outcomes, lol. To the Top JUST FOR FUN A little light relief from David The Three Bears Baby Bear goes downstairs and sits in his small chair at the table and he looks into his small bowl. It is empty. "Who's been eating my porridge?" he squeaks. Papa Bear arrives at the big table and sits in his big chair. He looks into his big bowl, and it is also empty. "Who's been eating my porridge?" he roars. Momma Bear puts her head through the serving hatch from the kitchen and yells, "For Heaven's sake, how many times do we have to go through this with you idiots?" "It was Momma Bear who got up first." "It was Momma Bear who woke everyone in the house." "It was Momma Bear who made the coffee." "It was Momma Bear who unloaded the dishwasher from last night, and put everything away." "It was Momma Bear who went out in the cold early morning air to fetch the newspaper." "It was Momma Bear who set the damn table. "It was Momma Bear who put the friggin cat out, cleaned the litter box, and filled the cat's water and food dish, and, now that you've decided to drag your sorry bear-asses downstairs, and grace Momma Bear's kitchen with your grumpy presence, listen good, cause I'm only going to say this one more time 'I HAVEN'T MADE THE DAMN PORRIDGE YET !!'" David Please take a moment to visit my website To the Top I do hope you have enjoyed this newsletter, and I hope each of you have met new friends. I would like to close this week's newsletter with this very interesting article that I received from TerryLynn. IRAQ - VERY INTERESTING - DID YOU KNOW? 1. The garden of Eden was in Iraq. 2. Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq, was the cradle of civilization! 3. Noah built the ark in Iraq. 4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq. 5. Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq! 6. Isaac's wife Rebekah is from Nahor, which is in Iraq. 7. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq. 8. Jonah preached in Nineveh - which is in Iraq. 9. Assyria, which is in Iraq, conquered the ten tribes of Israel. 10. Amos cried out in Iraq! 11. Babylon, which is in Iraq, destroyed Jerusalem. 12. Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq! 13. The three Hebrew children were in the fire in Iraq (Jesus had been in Iraq also as the fourth person in the fiery furnace!) 14. Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq. 15. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq. 16. Ezekiel preached in Iraq. 17. The wise men were from Iraq. 18. Peter preached in Iraq. 19. The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called Babylon, which was a city in Iraq! And you have probably seen this one. Israel is the nation most often mentioned in the Bible. But do you know which nation is second? It is Iraq! However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible. The names used in the Bible are Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia. The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The name Iraq, means country with deep roots. Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country in the Bible. No other nation, except Israel, has more history and prophecy associated it than Iraq. And also... This is something to think about! Since America is typically represented by an eagle. Saddam should have read up on his Muslim passages... The following verse is from the Koran, (the Islamic Bible) Koran (9:11) - For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah; and there was peace. (Note the verse number!) Hmmmmmmm?! God Bless you all Amen ! 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