Father's Day Card

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

I made this card for my husband who is an amazing father!  My children are so blessed they have a loving, generous, funny, and cheerful dad who is able to blend the roles of fatherhood and friend effortlessly.  My husband is my inspiration.  One would never guess that he didn't grow up with a father or has been on his own since the tender age of 15. He is very grounded, easy going, and always puts our needs ahead of his own. One would think he had a remarkable dad as a role model.  I love that our children are growing up in a happy home with a dad who takes a keen interest in their lives and guides their moral values.  I can only hope that the  boys will be as great a father as their daddy.

The image of dad is from The Graphics Fairy's  May 23, 2012 post of Retro Father's Day Images.
God bless Karen for being so generous with her time and blog. I am so grateful for her free graphics.  
I took the image of the man being served breakfast and cropped it until I got his image of the head.  The expression is just perfect.

 Inside of card without the tags.

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I used Nifty Fifties Cricut cartridge for "daddyo".

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies for daddy.

The tool box card sings a song about Dad can fix anything with duct tape.

Supplies:  My Mind's Eye Life Journaling Sheet #1, Core dinations Pine Needles Distressed paper, Bottle Cap Stickers, Jolee's Boutique dimensional trophy sticker, 7 gypsies Little Tags, Cricut cartridge Nifty Fifties, Eyelet Outlet eyeglasses, Stickles Platinum, and I cut one crown from Jolee's Boutique crown border sticker.

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Don't Throw Those Stale Cookies Away

I had a moment of weakness and bought a box of Pepperidge Farm cookies because they were on sale and I had a coupon. PF makes exceptional cookies but their packaging leaves much to be desired.  Once the plastic has been ripped there's no good way to seal it besides wrapping the entire box in Press-n-Seal. Humidity got to my cookies and made them stale. Humidity...bleh. I've never heard anyone say "I had a good hair day because of the humidity" nor "Leave the package of chips open because humidity makes them taste better."  I was sad that I had to throw an almost full box away because it's such a waste of money.

As I was about to throw the box into the trash I had an idea to try to dry out the cookies in the oven.
I thought to myself, "If moisture made them stale then perhaps heat will dry them out and make them crispy again."

I placed the cookies on an oven-safe dish and put them in the oven at 200 Farenheit for 10 minutes. I left the cookies in the oven until it cooled down. Much to my delight I discovered they were crispy and yummy again.

Beware of Castoreum

Yesterday while watching The Dr. Oz Show I was surprised to learn some very disturbing information from the segment "What's Hidden In Your Food?"  Guest Bruce Bradley revealed hidden ingredients that could be in our foods unbeknownst to us but allowed by the FDA. Bruce exposed that the FDA allows up to 20 maggots in a 3.5 oz of canned mushroom, fruit flies can be cooked into your tomato sauce, and raspberry-flavored hard candy contains castoreum which is juice from the anal glands of beavers.  Yes, you read that correctly.

The FDA allows this because by definition these are natural ingredients.

The term "natural" applies broadly to foods that are minimally processed and free of synthetic preservatives; artificial sweeteners, colors, flavors and other artificial additives; growth hormones; antibiotics; hydrogenated oils; stabilizers; and emulsifiers. Most foods labeled natural are not subject to government controls beyond the regulations and heath codes that apply to all foods.  http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dockets/06p0094/06p-0094-cp00001-05-Tab-04-Food-Marketing-Institute-vol1.pdf

Obviously, the FDA and I have different definitions of the word natural when it comes to food.  My point of view is just because an ingredient is not processed doesn't necessarily mean it's a natural food.

I can almost understand why there are maggots and fruit flies with the mushrooms and tomatoes because bugs  live in the garden.  I'm just wondering what genius said, "By jove! I got a great idea! Let's take the juice from the anal glands of beavers and put it in candy to enhance the flavor."

I got a better idea - how about actually putting raspberry in raspberry candy to enhance the flavor?
I also want to know where the manufacturers are getting the anal juice now that skinning beavers isn't common practice.

Yummy!  Contains natural ingredients from beaver anal glands.