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I have fond memories of Halloween in my childhood home. My sister and I would of course put on our costumes and go home-to-home proclaiming "Trick or Treat!" and collecting enough candy to thoroughly rot our teeth. Then we would return home to sit on the floor in front of the television still in our costumes and watch Disney's animated version of Washington Irving's, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

As we got older my sister became more creative and began concocting elaborate haunted houses and parties Halloween food from those parties are in my Halloween Recipe Collection.

I can remember a year where we had a guillotine that had a wooden blade that would come sliding down to "behead" the damsel that was unfortunate enough to have been drafted for the role of Marie Antoinette. That year we also had a bowl full of slimy eyeballs that were nothing more than skinless grapes, yet felt both very convincing and disgusting when you were blindfolded & asked to put your hand in the bowl. One of my favorite effects was a bubbling witches cauldron that she filled with lemonade and 7-Up and colored with green food coloring. After the punch was poured into a black plastic bucket, she dropped in dry ice to make it boil, bubble and smoke.

My sister is six years older than I, and the Halloween parties that she would host for our friends had to be not only fun for my playmates, but they had to impress her cool older friends too - that included over-the-top Halloween food! Many of the recipes in my Halloween Recipe Collection began as our first attempts to impress other ghosts, ghouls, and beasts.

Now that I am older and have a child of my own, I am always looking for new ways to create something special for her Halloween and I am very thankful that I had a creative sister for starting me on the road to the fun foods in my Halloween Recipe Collection! I hope that some of the recipes will inspire you.

Darren Borror is an accomplished chef and niche author. To learn more about Halloween Recipe Collection, please visit Peppercorn Press for current articles and discussions. Peppercorn Press is your one-stop site for everything you need in the kitchen. Our one and only goal is to bring you the tools, knowledge, and products you need to make every day in your own kitchen a complete success!

Whether you are new in the kitchen, or a certifiable "foodie" you will find something here to peak your interest or assist with common, and not-so-common problems. These pages are a veritable pantry, stocked full of helpful hints, tips, tools and of course....recipes.

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Girls, are you still working on thinking up the best Halloween costumes idea with your partner? Choosing between Greek Goddess Halloween costumes and Vampiress Halloween costumes? If you are in that situation, do not be worried because most of my friends are in the same situation too.

It is good that you now have the costumes and just need to wait for the last day of October but there is still some time for you to get a very good Halloween costume. I am going to give you some ideas right now so you may get your Halloween costumes by the end of today.

There are lots of choices for couple's costumes. If you two want to wear traditional couple's costumes, you may want to disguise as Frankenstein and his bride. They are the horror characters that people love very much.

For those who are going to be the bride of Frankenstein, you can buy an extremely long wig from most of the online Halloween costumes stores. It is also suggested that you pay attention to bolts lowered brow prosthetic. With some make-up, you will totally make yourself become that absolutely terrible appearance.

Another idea is to dress up like Vampire and Vampiress. They are also classical and horror characters. You will have lots of choices. You can choose to buy either an expensive one or just a lower-priced one. Of course there are some differences. The more you pay, the more detailed your Halloween costume will be. And you usually will be more unique because most people do not want to spend too much money on buying Halloween costumes. But I can say it is worth doing so because being unique and the focus of the crowd on Halloween parties is wonderful.

If you do not like the horror characters, you may want to consider putting on Greek Goddess Halloween costumes. The costumes are simple. You may only need a chiton and some props. You can even make one for yourself if your sewing skill is good. Other suggestion will be Mark Anthony and Cleopatra as well as Spartan and Queen Gorgo from the movie 300. I personally do not want to disguise as the latter one because the level of popularity will definitely be lower than the previous year's.

You can also be funny characters. How about dressing up something like "Lock and Key", "Bacon & Eggs" or "Ketchup and Mustard"? I would say they are fantastic and I can guarantee you will have lots of laughs around you on Halloween.

As I mentioned above, some people are not willing to pay too much money on Halloween costumes because they think that the costumes are rarely worn. You may be concerned about the same thing too. If you are, I also have some ideas for you. You can choose to buy the costumes of Caribbean Pirates. You can wear them at all festivals. Is it more cost-effective for you? It must be yes but the fact is that they are very common. You may not have too much fun with them.

Now you have some ideas and you may even have a target. I strongly recommend you to buy the Halloween costumes online. The reason is most people have bought their Halloween costumes from the real Halloween costumes stores already. Your target costumes may be out-of-stock now. So surf the Internet. It will be more possible for you to get the costumes.

I do not know which kind of costumes you are going to wear. But if you want to buy Greek Goddess Halloween costumes, I have an idea for you. You may find lots of choices on Greek Goddess Halloween Costumes 2008.

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When November rolls around, just the thought of getting started on holiday greeting cards makes me groan. Not only is it about finding the time to do them, it's the cost. By the time you're done with cards, envelopes, photos and letters for each recipient, you can easily be into it for hundreds of dollars. That's why more and more of us are dropping out of the greeting card game for the holidays.

In my case, where once I might have sent out a hundred cards when I was first married, now I can barely address, stamp, and mail twenty. The other objection being heard more frequently is quite simply the waste of paper since most greeting cards end up in the garbage or recycling. So, to send Christmas cards or to not send Christmas cards-that's the dilemma.

The alternatives are to drop the tradition altogether (suitable for the humbugs among us), to send an E-card (the only truly "green" solution), which really only works for the computer savvy, or to continue sending cards following a few cost-cutting, eco-friendly, and time-saving tips.

Send Christmas postcards. The postage is about half the cost (27 cents vs 42 cents) of sending a regular size card and envelope, plus you consume less paper.

Create your own postcards using recycled cardstock. From one 8.5x11 sheet you can create two 4x6 postcards. To get four postcards, trim to 4.25x5.5. Add a Christmas motif to the front of the postcard using your laser printer and some classy clip art or digital photo, or rubber stamp an image right onto the card. On the back of the card print your message and the address information.

Order personalized photo Xmas postcards from an online store like Photoworks.com. The finished cards are shipped to you for addressing and mailing. Just upload the photos you want to use, drag and drop photos into suitable layout, add your holiday cheer and you're done! Takes about twenty minutes! Personalized Christmas postcards cost just under $1.25 each for 50.

Send photo cards. These are the ultimate time-savers because they do double-duty as a Christmas greeting and as a frame-able photo gift. The beauty of these cards is that they are less likely to be thrown away, hence a bonus for eco-friendly households. Choose an alternative Xmas color palette, such as brown and blue, light green and pink to give you more options for using the card later in a frame. Or, use a photo without the usual Christmas trimmings, like Santa hats and stockings, to get more mileage out of your photo. Try a happy winter scene for example or studio style black and white family portrait.

The cheapest option is to order photo cards printed on photographic paper (like Fugi paper or Kodak paper). They're flat like a photo print, not folded, but you still need to mail them in an envelope. Costs range from $0.80 to $1.00 each. For more upscale cards, you can find flat photo cards printed on matte cardstock starting at around $1.39 each. For conventional folded photo greeting cards, expect to pay around 2.50 each. However, in many cases you can customize both the inside AND outside of the card with your own photo and personalized greeting. If you think of these photo cards as being both card and gift at the same time, the cost is reasonable.

Leanne Tremblay is a successful freelance technical writer and publisher of several successful web sites. She has a special interest in cardmaking including rubber stamping, photo Christmas cards, photo greeting cards for birthdays and other holidays, and photo gifts for all occasions.

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Traditionally, Halloween night has been an occasion for kids, and often for their parents as well, to dress up in fancy costumes and go trick or treating about the houses in the neighborhood. And nowadays, it appears that the family pet is not to be deprived of its share of the fun, and is also brought along to add to the familial spirit of the festival. From taking the dog or the cat along, it is but a simple step if you want to make the pet a full-fledged participant in the revelries: why not dress the pet up in a pet Halloween costume? The idea may appear to be a bit weird or even funny but consider: firstly, Halloween is the night that you are licensed to be weird; and secondly there are scores of festivals and competitions organized all over the USA at which people dress up their pets for fun and games. So then there's no reason why your pet can't put on a Halloween costume and join in the fun.

Pet Halloween costumes are in fact getting increasingly popular and are readily available at all the major pet stores and even departmental stores like Wal-mart and Target have separate sections for pet Halloween costumes. Since this is still a niche market, the costumes are somewhat expensive, but depending on the sum you wish to spend you can choose anything from simple dresses to those which are not a whit any less elaborate than the most complicated human Halloween custom. So you can dress up your cat, dog or pet iguana as a princess, a fairy, a devil, or for that matter even a cow. The choice is simply amazing. But when purchasing that costume, be sure to size it correctly. Since the pets are not generally used to wearing dresses, much less elaborate ones, a costume which is a bit too large can cause the pet to trip up, or it may even manage to wriggle out of it.

In consideration of this last problem, it may not only be simpler but also more effective to make your own pet Halloween costume. You are likely to find all the items you require already in your house. A simple pet Halloween costume need be nothing more than a hat! So for that perfect Halloween dress for your pet, get yourself an old hat and attach a Velcro strip, two pieces of string or even a belt, whatever is handy, to act as a fastener. But before the actual show time, it might be a good idea to get the pet accustomed to wear the hat. Provided it has had some practice, the pet shouldn't try to get it off, and all would be well. You could also try and add some accessories to the plain hat, such as a pair of sunglasses or a bandanna. The super-pet is sure to impress the neighbors and get a little extra candy on the night.

You could also try some more elaborate Halloween costumes for your pet. So for instance, you could coordinate the costume for the pet with the ones that your children are wearing: if your child is in a puppy costume, how about having your dog dress up as a mommy, nurse or a nanny. Or if the dog is rather small, you could dress it up as a baby in swaddling clothes and make your child play the role of the nurse with a pram. The range of things you could do to make your pet a part of your Halloween festivities are boundless: by your effort, imagination and creativity you are sure to come up with a great Halloween costume for your pet.

If you would like your dog to look at his best this Halloween, or any other special occasion, do consider the Batman Dark Knight Pet Costume, it's a really fun costume that can only add to your dogs character and his enjoyment of the Halloween parties this season. Here's a site with the best prices for the Batman Dark Knight Pet Costume.

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People know that the American Independence on the Fourth of July was brought about by an intricate piece of paperwork named the declaration. Yet, it is not just some piece of ordinary paper like a typical school essay for that matter. Rather it is an emblem that represents the country's firm commitment to its views on freedom and liberation. It showed that certain people stood up proud and strong claiming what they believe was right.

As a symbol, it serves as a representation of something a lot bigger. The signatories of the declaration wanted to have a document that will elaborate to all American citizens the much needed values and ideals that the country needs. They wanted everyone to know that this declaration was a result of the cumulative efforts of a certain number of dedicated and brave individuals. This was a summary and at the same time an emblem of all ideas that the people back in 1776 had fought so hard that they even placed their lives for the sake of the country. It was an unbelievable and almost impossible task to make something like this during their time because it was an act of rebellion and is a ground for treason by the leaders of the British Monarchy. It was actually a crime to take part in the signing and it was plainly shear courage and motivation that kept them moving. Thus, every time you look at the Fourth of July Declaration of Independence, you should first imagine all the hardships and all the sweat and blood that made the making of this document possible. Both the leaders and the people are expected to see this "paper" as a sign of the objectives and as a testimony of the responsibility that each citizen has to achieve the goals that are needed to be addressed up to this day.

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Halloween costumes make for wonderful props for make believe while celebrating this holiday season and everyone enjoys dressing up and masquerading as someone or something else, even if it is for only one day of the year. The most important thing about dressing up in a Halloween costume is to be comfortable, safe and enjoying yourself.

When considering the perfect Halloween costume, you will want to look around to find out what type of Halloween costumes are popular for this year, since every year brings new ideas for costumes and masks. Then you should decide what type of theme you would like to follow for picking your perfect costume. You will find there is a wide assortment of Halloween costumes for adults, children, infants, couples and teenagers.

Choosing your Halloween costume theme is a personal choice, whether you chose to masquerade as a cartoon character, ghouls and goblins, famous people and movie stars or something more traditional, you can pick the perfect Halloween costume and be the life of the party.

You can make a Halloween costume yourself if you like, which can be both creatively entertaining and fun, you can buy or even rent Halloween costumes, however you should keep in mind that when buying or renting a costume for Halloween that if you wait until the last minute, the choices for good costumes are already gone, so it is in your best interest to shop early in the season. The most important thing about picking the ultimate Halloween costume is to find one that is comfortable for you to wear and move around in, while wearing it to your Halloween costume and masquerade festivities.

Making your own costume can be lots of fun, since you allow your imagination to run freely. One cute idea for children is to take various colored, blown up balloons and a clear plastic garbage bag. Cut holes for the head and arms and then secure the bottom around the straddle, after filling the bag with balloons and they can go as a gum ball machine. A mummy is easy to make when using an old sheet, torn into strips and then wrapped all around the body. A trip to the thrift store can offer many ideas for costumes, from fairies, scarecrows and hobos. Children love dressing up like mom and dad, so you might consider allowing them to wear something from your closet.

When picking the perfect Halloween costume, always consider safety first, such as wearing flame-retardant materials and masks that do not obstruct a clear view of the area around the person wearing a mask. Also, you should make sure that when out trick or treating that children wear some type of reflective material and carry a flash light, so they are easily seen by passing motorist. When its cold out, make sure your Halloween costume is large enough to accommodate wearing warm clothing underneath, while if it is warm weather, your costume should not be so thick and bulky as to cause uncomfortable overheating while wearing it.

Halloween is a mysterious and interesting time of the year for make believe and masquerade, whether you are a child or an adult, whether you choose to be ghoulishly creepy or whimsically charming, above all stay safe and have a wonderful Halloween when wearing your ultimately perfect Halloween costume. You're now on your way to having the ultimate Halloween.

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Making a list of gratitudes is an exercise that holds renewed power each time it is repeated. One can never be too conscious of everything there is for which to be grateful. So make a gratitude list today... and make another one next month, or maybe next week, or maybe tomorrow. Don't take ANYTHING for granted... start the list with "being alive," and "being ME." List EVERYTHING there is to be grateful for... NO Assumptions! NO Expectations!

While you're working on your list, let me share mine: I'm grateful to be alive and ME in this instant. I'm grateful for everything that has ever occurred to bring me to this moment of being exactly who I am today. I'm grateful to my distant ancestors who survived eons of sameness punctuated by moments of terror... who fought saber tooth tigers and barely survived each winter in order to pass down the genes that make me who I am today. I am grateful to my father's father who sailed from China alone as a young boy in the hold of a sailing ship, bringing my genes from desperate hunger to the opportunity of America. I am grateful to my father's mother and her ancestors who brought their part of my biological inheritance from Holland to "New Amsterdam." I am grateful to my mother's parents who brought their share of my genes from an unhappy Germany to a new beginning in Connecticut. I am grateful to my parents for choosing to bring me into the world - 17 years after my only sibling, and at an age when most couples of their generation had completed their childbearing. Just genetically, my chances of being ME are infinitesimally small.

I am grateful for everything my parents did and didn't do. I am grateful for the unconditional love I received from each of them. I am grateful for the lessons of my father's heavy drinking, and my mother's fear of strangers. I am grateful both for the joy of my mother's generous readings and other attentions to me, and for the pain my isolated early childhood later caused me. I am grateful even for the bullying and other painful experiences of my youth, as each one made me the person I am today. I am grateful for every success and every failure I have ever had... every new love and every divorce... every promotion and every firing... every smile and every tear.

There is simply nothing NOT to be grateful for.

Jonathan Huie is an author of self-awareness books and free inspirational email publications. Visit http://www.sail7.com to sign up for daily and weekly free email publications, and browse the library for past issues of the emailings and free articles on happiness, joyful living, forgiveness, gratitude, celebration and similar topics. Jonathan's current book project is SAIL: Simply An Inspired Life (co-authored with Mary Anne Radmacher - author of Live Boldly and Lean Forward Into Your Life), to be published by Conari Press in late 2009.

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Christmas lights are the most difficult to pick through after a years worth of storage. Save your self the hassle by taking time to wrap the Christmas lights in an efficient manner now, before boxing everything back up! Keep in mind that Christmas lights, especially the less durable indoor ones, are really only meant for 90 days of usage. Try to replace your Christmas lights at least every third season. The most inexpensive way to do this is to buy a set or two of Christmas lights at each post-season sale

There are a few techniques for successful Christmas light storage. One idea is to purchase boxes specifically manufactured for Christmas light storage. These generally look like file boxes that come with many flat surfaced pieces to wrap each string around. Perfect for avoiding tangled messes, and you can organize the way you put the strings in each slot, whether by color or size or indoor/outdoor usage.

But then again, if you want to be creative and economical, you can use items already in your household for Christmas light storage. If you have plastic bags, cardboard boxes, or empty wrapping paper tubes, then go ahead and make use of them to carefully store your Christmas lights.

Here are some suggestions that have proved most useful for Christmas light storage:

Wrap each string of lights individually, and fasten in several places with bread strings. You can store each string in its own plastic bag, and keep them all together in a cardboard box. Label the box Christmas lights and if you end up filling more than one box, write 1 of 2 or however many there are. This is a huge help, especially if you have a lot of outdoor Christmas lights!

Another idea is to use empty wrapping paper tubes. Cut a small slit in each end of the tube, you then thread one end of a set of lights through a slit. Wrap the lights along the tube until you reach the end, and thread that end through the other slit. This is a very safe and convenient way to keep the string from tangling.

You can use this same concept with a square of cardboard. This may be a shape easier for you to store, also. Just make sure both ends of the string are secure in the two slits, so your Christmas lights dont end up unraveling and getting tangled anyway!

Anne Clarke writes numerous articles for websites on gardening, parenting, recreation, education and dcor. Her background includes teaching and gardening. For more of her articles about Christmas decor, please visit Christmas Lights.

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For a novice event planner, nothing is more daunting than the question, "Mom, can I have a Halloween party?" There are Halloween decorations, costumes, recipes and activities to plan, which can be a big task. To throw the best party, try to keep the group small (10 is ideal) and organize Halloween fun games. Whether you're planning for a teenager, a pre-teen or a young child, there are a number of fun and affordable games to keep the entertainment rolling!

Halloween party games for younger kids can range from silly Halloween fun and getting-to-know-you games, to spooky ghost story telling and puzzle solving. An easy first game is "The Name Game," where index cards with monster or Halloween character names written on them are affixed to the back of each guest.

Then the person asks another guest "yes or no" questions until the right answer is guessed. Some kids love "pumpkin golf," which is a homemade golf game made out of a cardboard ramp, a carved pumpkin with an extremely large smile and a mini-golf set. "Ghost hunter" scavenger hunts always go over well for grade school children.

First wrap lollipops up like ghosts using white tissue paper and a black magic marker. Then hide them around the house and write clues about where they could be. To make it more competitive, create teams, such as "the witches," "the goblins" or "the werewolves," and have each team race back to place their lollipops into a bin as they find them, awarding a special prize to the winning team.

Or you may want to put a letter on each ghost that will form ten different Halloween words and award prizes as the kids guess them. You can also turn on "The Monster Mash" and have kids dance like monsters, freezing when the music is stopped. This will definitely have them cackling at the Halloween fun! Check out "Party Game Central" for more do-it-yourself ideas.

If you'd rather buy a few games than make them, then here are some Halloween party suggestions. Little kids will love the "Halloween Role Play Game," which can be purchased for $4.99 at Oriental Trading and plays up to six kids. The game includes a 10" spinner, 6 each of 8 assorted character cards, 6 "surprise" cards and instructions. They'll spin, pick a card and do an action, such as making bump sounds with their feet, talking like Frankenstein, doing the Monster Mash and acting like they've been zapped! Oriental Trading also has "Halloween Bend Game," which is an awesome seasonal version of Twister that kindergartners to teenagers will love! "Color Your Own Halloween Bingo" is another great game you can purchase for almost any age.

"Inflatable Halloween Limbo" or the "Inflatable Spider Ring Toss Game" are sure to add Halloween fun to your child's party. Ouija Boards are always creepy Halloween fun for teens. "Halloween Jenga" may be more your speed, with red and black blocks, custom rules and a special glow-in-the-dark die. If you roll a "pumpkin," then the direction of play is reversed; roll a "haunted house" and remove any piece or roll a "bat" and you can only remove an orange block. The Harry Potter "Scene It" DVD game is another fun one, testing kids of ages 8 and up with trivia from the Harry Potter movies.

One of the best Halloween Party games for adults is the "murder mystery dinner." Each party member will receive an advance invitation with instructions on the role they'll be playing. In your kit, you'll receive instructions on Halloween recipes to cook, what Halloween decorations to set up and even how to dress. Usually, character booklets, scripts and CD or DVDs will guide you through the plot to discover whodunit. A few recommended murder mystery games include: "Lethal Luau Murder Mystery Party Game" with a Hawaiian theme, "A Taste for Wine and Murder" with a Hollywood theme or "A Murder on the Grill" with a summer of 1950s theme. All are from Bepuzzled.

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