Rave....MEDIEVAL FAIRE

rholland63.blogsspot.com    Well it was an excellent morning. Low humidity about 65 degrees. A great day for a park and a walk. I did both. My first time at  Fort Myers Lakes Regional Park. Subject Medieval Faire . under 12 -5 bucks.. others 15.00.

I got there before it open for a close parking spot. NOT NEEDED.

The last Faire that I attended was 20 years ago in Marin County, California. It was 3-4 times bigger than this and much warmer day.

My first observation was only 2 Sheriffs wow. What a difference in security. The next was LOT & LOTS of participants..  At this time of day the volunteer out numbered  me the public.

It was a nice affair they had period rides ,real horses, (Clydesdale) many vendors . Stages for entertainments.

Over all this was great. I am spoiled. Things I have done & seen have been HUGH compare to here. But for a day of fun check this out. Have a good one.

NOTE: a disappointment was the lack of Dragons !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RAVE...BLUEBERRY PANCAKES

rholland63.blogsspot.com       AHHHHH BLUE BERRY PANCAKES.... HERE IS MY SIMPLE AND DELISH RECIPE

2 Cups of Bisquick mix
3/4 cup of milk
1/4 cup of sour cream
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
2 eggs

mix together...more milk for thinner cakes
fold in 6 oz. or so of fresh blueberries

Set aside
Heat skillet coated with spraying oil and or bacon fat. ( all GREAT cooks keeps a stash in the fridge)
Then cook to desired donnes . Use REAL MAPLE SYRUP and butter wa laa

GREED in the disguise of Arts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rholland63.blogsspot.com.                      It was at hot  72 degrees and very humid Saturday morn. I needed to exercise my legs.

So after all the hoopla and advertisement I went to the Cape Coral Festival of the Arts. ( 29 years strong of money grabbing)      Which really means COME GIVE US YOU MONEY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was a Rotarian and City supported event. It was meant for you to come and BUY stuff. Rings, wall hanging, fanny packs. Lets not forget food coffee, donuts etc. You know the grill..
In some of the booths on  delicate items a sign  stating. " If your kid or you break it you bought"

It is a TERRIBBLE times in our culture that all we do is buy buy buy.

EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS ABOUT MONEY.  You name it money is it. AS much as I HATE RELIGION  & the the concept of gods.. The quote of ' MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL IS EVIL'
is so true.If you need to help someone , money, need to cut a program, its a money issue.
And to be sexist...... female of the species are the worst. Buying shoes just because they are .PRETTY,
Website just for shopping for crap. WOW so many sick women. and a few sicko  freak of men.
If I am wrong on this observation. I CHALLENGE YOU, PROVE IT.

Rave of Farmers Markets, Arts & Crafts, Renaissance Fair

rholland63.blogsspot.com,     Well here is a great thing about January  in SW Florida. ALLLLLL the farmers market that are abound. Every day of the week you can locate one. They have fresh peppers, ears of corn, potatoes, lettuce, olives. and my favorite  HONEY..... good for tea, baklava, and to pour on your honey's honey pot to slowly lick it off mmmmmm good.

Renaissance Fair where you get your mug of meg and turkey drumstick.

Arts & Craft fair......And if so incline help the starving artist.  BUT from my observation these artist are not starving or poor. BIG prices credit cards,(amex) driving SUV and Mercedes.

But a day of entertainment never the less.  ENJOY  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Props to TERVIS

So what is Tervis................  Tervis is a company , in Florida ,that designs & manufacture cups in the USA. They are microwaveable and have a life time warranty.

Today it was cold and I needed to warm up my coffee. I placed my Tervis mug in my microwave for 1 minute 30 seconds. When I retrieved it the outside of the cup was cool to the touch. No visible damage and the coffee was heated to the correct temperature.  YEAAAAAAAAAAAAA

So if you need a good tumbler give them a try,  www.tervis

BAD GOVERNMENT

Wal-Mart Success vs Washington (not a joke) YOU NEED TO READ THIS

PLEASE READ ALL!  It is factual and hard to believe.

Even if you do not read it all the way to the end...

1.Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every
hour of every day.

2.This works out to $20,928 profit every
minute!

3. Wal-Mart will sell
more from January 1 to St.
Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all
year.
 4. Wal-Mart is bigger
than Home Depot + Kroger + Target +Sears +
Costco + K-Mart combined.

5.Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the
world's largest private employer, and most speak
English.

6.Wal-Mart is the
largest company in the history of the
world.

7.Wal-Mart now sells
more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and
keep in mind they did this in only fifteen
years.
 8.During this same
period, 31 big supermarket chains sought
bankruptcy.

9.Wal-Mart now
sells more food than any other store in the
world.

10.Wal-Mart has approx
3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super
Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five
years ago.

11.This year 7.2
billion different purchasing experiences will
occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is
approximately 6.5
Billion.)
 12.90% of all
Americans live within fifteen miles of a
Wal-Mart.

You may think that I
am complaining, but I am really laying the
ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should
hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to fix the
economy.

This should be read and
understood by all Americans… Democrats,
Republicans, EVERYONE!!

To
President Obama and all 535 voting members of
the Legislature It is now official that the majority of you are ineffective:

a.. The U.S.
Postal Service was established in 1775. You have
had 237 years to get it right and it is broke.

b.. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 77 years to
get it right and it is broke.

c.. Fannie Mae was established in
1938. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke.

d.. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 48
years to get it right; $1 trillion of our
money is confiscated each year and transferred
to "the poor" and they only want more.
 e.. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had
47 years to get it right and they are broke.

f.. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 42 years to
get it right and it is broke.

g.. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our
dependence on foreign oil.  It has ballooned to 16,000  employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. 

You had 35 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.

You have
FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our
throats while overspending our tax dollars.

AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED
WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM??

Folks,
keep this circulating. It is very well stated.
Maybe it will end up in the e-mails of some of
our "duly elected' (they never read anything)
and their staff will clue them in on how
Americans feel.


AND
We have lost our minds to "Political Correctness" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're "broke" & can't help our own Seniors,
Veterans, Orphans, Homeless etc.,???????????

In the last months we continue to provide aid to Haiti ,
Chile , Japan and Turkey ..And Pakistan
........previous home of Bin Laden. 

Literally, BILLIONS of DOLLARS!!!

Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' receive no
extra aid nor do they get any special breaks-- beyond shopping
discounts... AND Congress wants to freeze Social Security
payments...

You do know that Congress voted themselves a pay raise
for 2013??? Google this--it's true!!!

99% of people won't forward this.

I'm one of the 1% -- I Just Did.  Now it is your turn.

Eye Candy- so -so Coffee

A RANT.....I have seen it advertised for a while. It was 58 degrees I was driving by and tried it. I am not impress. The novelty of gurls in skimpy out fits. Eh ok. Prices were reasonable. TOOOOOOOOO many choices. I just want a coffee and sugar with cream. My coffee though very hot was mediocre at best. NO sugar- corn syrup & NOT milk or half & half
something else.
So if you need some eye candy a and fast cup of joe this is for you.
Otherwise  Mcdee's is fine.

SCRUBBING BUBBLES

My first rave of the new year, Bathroom cleaner. I have been bombarded with the product of Johnson's Scrubbing Bubbles Bathroom cleaner commercials. Well I was out of cleaning stuff and Costco was selling the the stuff.. My first time using it. And lo & behold this stuff works as advertise WOW.. I just followed  the directions and my bathroom almost cleaned itself.  YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH. I hope to have more raves this year