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Sunday, October 08, 2006

Long ago and far away.....


Long ago and far away, i dreamed a dream one day-----
And now that dream is here before me,
long the skies were overcast,
but now the clouds are passed---
you're here at last.
Chills run up and down my spine.
Alladin's lamp is mine.
The dream i dreamed was not denied me.
Just one look and then i knew---
That all i longed for long ago was you.


Those tomorrows waiting deep in your eyes
In the world of love you keep in your eyes
I'll awaken whats asleep in your eyes
It may take a kiss or two.
Through all of my life
Summer, winter, spring and fall of my life.....
All i will ever recall of my life,
is all of my life with you.

Friday, October 06, 2006

SCORE SERIOUSLY SOFT LIPS


To make sure your lips are alwaz flake- free.....

1. Exfoliate your lips with a scrub to eliminate those dry rough patches. just make sure not to swallow the scrub. you can use a baby tooth brush to apply it as it is softer.

2. Dab on a lip balm before you apply lipstick.

3. The thin skin on your lips is very sensitive to sun. Keep the rays away by applying a balm with SPF15 during the day.

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Miniature Party




If there's one thing your average six- to nine-year-old would like better than a really, really big birthday bash, it would have to be a really, really small one. For this party, go ahead and scale everything down. The kids will marvel at the incredible shrunken details, from the tiny entryway to the world's smallest cake.

TEENY TINY INVITATIONS
An invitation that arrives in a 2-inch envelope is hard to turn down—especially if you have to read it with a magnifying glass. To make one, print the party information by hand or on a computer using letters that are approximately 1/4 inch tall. Then take the invitation to a copy shop and reduce it to as small a size as you can while still keeping it legible. Stuff the mini invite into a small store-bought gift envelope (available at stationery stores). Place it into a larger envelope along with a small, flat magnifying glass, if desired, and mail.

DOWNSIZED DECORATIONS
Cut this birthday party down to size by setting up a miniature party room. For a shrunken entranceway, begin by covering the door frame with a large piece of cardboard (buy a flat sheet from a mail supply or moving store or use a panel from a refrigerator box). Cut a door that's just big enough for the guests to crawl through. Use tempera paint to decorate the cardboard to look like the front of a small house, adding construction paper or colored tape trim. Inside the room, set up any kid-size furniture you own or can borrow, tiny toys, and small cardboard boxes draped with bandanna tablecloths. Decorate the room with mini balloons and a tiny birthday banner.

MICRO MENU
When planning your menu, think small. Anything mini will do, such as tea sandwiches,or mini pizzas, drumsticks, or hamburgers, either store-bought or homemade. Serve the meal on plastic doll- or tea-set plates and pour punch into bathroom-size paper cups. For dessert, serve each party guest a Teeny Tiny Cake.


MINIATURE FUN & GAMES

Kids this age love a good challenge, especially if it tests their newly found dexterity. In addition to the
following miniature contests, you might play marbles or penny soccer, or host a gumball-on-a-spoon relay race.


MINI TREASURE HUNT : Send kids on a hunt for a tiny treasure chest—a shoe box filled with small surprises,
such as dollhouse miniatures, gumball machine toys, polished rocks, worry dolls, beads, and scaled-down candies or
stickers. (Nothing in the chest should be bigger than your thumb.) Write the clues in tiny letters and hide
them in small places, such as a dollhouse, jewelry box, or mini muffin pan. Partygoers should use a magnifying
glass to read the clues. Once the treasure is found, divvy things up so each child has an equal number to take home.


MINI BILLIARDS : Craft a mini pool table out of a shoe box and a slightly larger lid. Turn the box upside
down and tape small paper cups on the outside of the box at each of the four corners. Cut a 1 1/2-inch slit over each corner
of the lid, set it on top of the box, and bend the flaps into the cups. Glue on green felt. Now rack gumballs with
a pipe cleaner triangle and break with wooden pencil cues.


TEENY TINY CONTESTS : In their final challenge, invite partygoers to a round of miniature feats. Have them try to
blow the world's smallest bubble with bubble gum or soap, take the tiniest bite out of a cookie, or write a sentence
in their smallest yet legible print.


THANK-YOU NOTES
Just have your child send something small, of course. If you think ahead and buy twice as many small invitation envelopes, you can use these for your child's thank-you notes. But this time, instead of an invitation tucked inside, guests will find a tiny picture painted by the guest of honor with a small note written on the back.

PARTY FAVORS
In addition to the prizes found in the Mini Treasure Hunt, let guests craft take-home miniatures out of emptied match, raisin, or jewelry boxes. They might make dump trucks with button wheels, tiny beds with cotton ball pillows, or wagons with pipe cleaner handles. Package the party favors in small paper bags that have been decorated with tiny stickers.





Disco Dance













Preteens love to dance, preferably at home alone in front of the mirror. But invite a group of them to a disco-themed birthday dance with a funky seventies dress code, and they'll strut their stuff in public (even in view of the opposite sex). So crank disco CDs,and watch dance fever sweep the floor.



RETRO INVITES
Pack the dance floor by sending out homemade invitations. To fashion one, cut miniature bell-bottoms out of an old pair of jeans. Glue them onto construction paper folded into cards, decorate with glitter glue, and write down all the party particulars, including a request to wear seventies gear (bell-bottoms, platform shoes, and leisure suits).

DISCO DECOR
Create a Disco Dance Club by hanging silver and gold ceiling-to-floor streamers in your garage or family room.Rent a mirrored disco dance ball from a party supply outfitter or make your own from a beach ball covered with reflective stickers.


SEVENTIES DRESS-UP
Have a costume box on hand with seventies garb for the kids who thought they were too cool to dress up but wish they had when they see how much fun everyone else is having.


SEVENTIES EATS
Set up a mini buffet beside the dance floor for grazing dancers. Since many middle schoolers actually think about eating healthy, put out stuff like carrots, celery, cheese sticks, grapes, and pita pockets that can be stuffed with cold cuts. Pack a cooler with sodas, fruit drinks, and bottled water. For dessert, dig into the Smiley Face cake.



RETRO FUN & GAMES
Preteens don't need a structured party plan — dancing all night to the infectious disco sounds will probably be enough. Still, we've provided a few classic seventies games just in case the music dies down.


DISCO PHOTO SESSION : Set up a painted board for guests to pose behind and take their picture with an instant camera before they step onto the dance floor. To make the board, paint a large piece of Fome-Cor (available at art supply stores) and glue on stars and a disco ball, both cut from aluminum foil. Paint on hip dancers
and cut out face holes for posing guests.


DANCE, DANCE, DANCE : Invest in a few discount disco dance party CDs and the Saturday Night Fever sound track.Every party has cheerleader types who dance everywhere anyway, so let that crew get the party started with a few well-known dance tunes. Pretty soon, even the most die-hard dance-phobes will be out there shaking some booty.


TWISTER : Keep the seventies theme going off the dance floor with a game of Twister.


LEISURE SUIT RELAY : Even the coolest preteens still like to get goofy, so take a break from the dancing and step outside for a Leisure Suit Relay using the box of clothes you've collected. Divide the group into two teams and give each one a complete outfit. Each team member has to put the outfit over his or her own clothes, then run 15 yards and transfer the outfit to the next kid in line. The team that dresses and undresses first wins.


THANK-YOU NOTES
At club closing time (just before the parents arrive), take a group photo. Order multiple copies and write thank-you messages on the back.


PARTY FAVORS
Set up an area for kids to craft their own party favors. Buy cheap magnetic photo frames, glitter glue, tiny fake gems, and stickers and set the kids up to decorate frames for the Disco Photo Shoot photos. The magnets on the back will allow them to hang the pictures in their school lockers. While they're in craft mode, let them decorate pet rocks with fur and googly eyes to take home too.