Getting the Munchies ... so Toast !

Total Time: 9 hr 0 min

Prep: 20 min

Inactive: 8 hr 0 min

Cook: 40 min

Yield: 6 to 8 servings

Level: Easy

• Ingredients

• 1 loaf French bread (13 to 16 ounces)
• 8 large eggs
• 2 cups half-and-half
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• Dash salt
• Praline Topping, recipe follows
• Maple syrup

Directions

Slice French bread into 20 slices, 1-inch each. (Use any extra bread for garlic toast or bread crumbs). Arrange slices in a generously buttered 9 by 13-inch flat baking dish in 2 rows, overlapping the slices. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, half-and-half, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and beat with a rotary beater or whisk until blended but not too bubbly. Pour mixture over the bread slices, making sure all are covered evenly with the milk-egg mixture. Spoon some of the mixture in between the slices. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.

The next day, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Spread Praline Topping evenly over the bread and bake for 40 minutes, until puffed and lightly golden. Serve with maple syrup.

Praline Topping:

• 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and blend well. Makes enough for Baked French Toast Casserole.

 

About Wicca and Witchcraft

A Christian speaks about Wicca & Witchcraft :

 I am a Christian and not a Wiccan. A Christian is one who has been baptized in the name of the Father, and Holy Spirit, and who has made a personal, free-will decision to commit himself and all his or her life to our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ. Both of these things are true of me. I am a member of St. Mary's Eastern Orthodox Church, Calhan, Colorado. In this paper, I am not speaking as agent for any church, but I am, entirely on my own responsibility, speaking the truth in love, as we Christians are supposed to do.

A Situation of Strife and Shame:

There are many Christians today who believe that anyone who is not a Christian is doomed to an eternity of suffering in hell. Any decent person, believing this, would be compelled to try to save as many people from this fate as possible. But is this belief correct? Jesus Christ, having noted the faith and righteousness of a Roman centurion, a Pagan, proclaimed:

"Assuredly I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 8:10-12)

If we accept these words as true, and surely we should, then it is clear that heaven will contain many who are not Christians, and hell will contain many who are! Clearly, throughout the Gospels, Jesus Christ sets forth the criteria for entrance into the kingdom of heaven, and those criteria include love, kindness, forgiveness, and a refusal to judge others:

"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." (Matthew 6:14-15)

"For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the same measure you use, it will be measured back to you." (Matthew 7:2)

"But go and learn what this means: `I desire mercy and not sacrifice.'" (Matthew 9:13)

"Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven." (Luke 6:36-38)

Is it not clear? Anyone who fails in these things, will calling himself a Christian save him? Anyone who obeys God in these things, will being unbaptized condemn him? Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven." (Matthew 7:21)

Yet it is not by good works that we earn our way into heaven, because there is no way we can earn the free gift of God's mercy and grace, which alone can save us. But it is clear that it is not by faith, in the sense of sharing the Christian faith, that we are saved, either. The faith which saves us is not faith in the goodness of our works, nor faith that we have the right theology and/or belong to the right church. Rather, it is faith in God, and in His mercy:

"So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy." (Romans 9:16)

But the Wiccans, you will say, do not have faith in God. Yet by their own theology, they certainly do. Those who call them Satan-worshippers are entirely wrong. They do not worship Satan, or even believe that Satan exists. Instead, they worship a Goddess and a God whom they understand as manifestations of a higher and unknown Deity.

Now if you are a Christian, this will sound familiar to you, and it should. In the Bible we find the following:

"Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, `Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, The One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you" (Acts 17:22-23)

The Wiccans worship the Unknown God, as manifested to them in the form of a Goddess and a God. Therefore, our Bible tells us they worship the same God we do; and if they do not know this, we should know it!

For those of us who are unable to simply stand on God's Word, and must prove to themselves the truth of what it proclaims the holy Apostle John has given us the method for doing this. You have only to attend any public Wiccan ceremony, and test the spirits which are there, to see "whether they are of God" (1 John 4:1). You will find that, while the power manifested there may be less than what you have experienced as a Christian, that power is clearly the power of God.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, these people of Wicca have been terribly slandered by us. They have lost jobs, and homes, and places of business because we have assured others that they worship Satan, which they do not. We have persecuted them, and God will hold us accountable for this, you may be sure, for He has said, "Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me." (Matthew 25:40)

Let us, from this point onward, repent of our misdeeds and declare that henceforth we shall obey Christ our God, and not judge others or condemn them, so that He will not have to judge and condemn us for our sins.

All lies ( from a Poetry Webpage )

It's all lies,
everybody talks crap in this global ' he says - she says ',
every person cracks a smile but fakes it , It's all lies
I often think about my home and friends - the real ones -
and get homesick
It's all lies, politics promise ' justice for all '
no one has your back , everybody disappears too quick,
when you're standing against the wall.
All lies, everybody is corrupt here,
and it turns out that Money's all that matters
It's all lies,
when you see you Life running through your hands
without even a chance to climb up the social ladder
It's a dirty world, filled lies
All that's left for you is pain.
Dump it out, it's all lies, as your heart sinks
lost in this emotional rain
Police is notyour 'friend and helper', it's all lies
your status is getting screwed in this society,
no one helps to make it better, it's all lies
and it's getting worst day by day
applause,the curtain opens once more for a play
It's all lies, on TV and in Rap Songs, all these words are lies
If I had wings then I would fly away
It's all lies, no one wants to tell the truth anymore
the reports and stories, all lies, I can't take it nomore
Everything you say now, it's all lies,
it hurts like hell because I can feel it
I wish you'd tell me how to win this fight,
and I wish I could lie, now that I'm about to lose,
but I know that I'm right
It seems as if only lies can bring you further in this life, they say
let's proof them wrong, what do they know anyway?
Don't listen to what they preach, look inside you,
and you will see the difference
you will find the truth, without a question
these tears we cry, they are real
it's real, the feelings that I have within me
the pain I feel, this love, my emotions,
this Light and the hope I've got in us are true !

Freaky Angel ( my Try to Poetry )

every time,

this time we had,

was a great time

...it gave someone news

news, that you learn for life

and not for the moment

you can lose

and with every time

it got a little bit more freaky

but ey, people come and go

a lot of those freaks 

are in my head

and one of them

is you 

everybody knows the other

during love

with all the good and bad sides

in all the good and bad times

we are all for one

and one for all

hard and strong,

unfair it seems, is our world

the rainbow was our life

but as the leaves are falling down

and the weather is changing

so I guess is time

and time changes everything, even us

people come and go

but you stay with me

you come with me

you are my love ,

my freaky angel

we've been together

for the longest time

continue with all the games

that we play

my love, my demon, angel love 

please come with me

what awaits is eternity

follow me and stay  :)

Welcome to our beautiful World !

The world ends,

 but we party like it's Halli-Galli
All goes to waste

but we jump around like it's Dalli-Dalli
Everyone mentions the current Clima,

catastrophic junks
meanwhile,

 we run around in our Bikinis and Swimming trunks.
I want more Fast-Food,

who the hell needs Rain Forests
as long my Bankaccount is steady

and the Oxygen all around me lasts
No one's cautious anymore,

 but in a hyped Hamma Mood

 Sofar people had all sorts of Deceases,

 but Hossa, everybody's feeling good
And should the Reactors blow up,

we'd all add just a bit more shine

 Supa, radioactive Nook!!
Everywhere are Cameras,

 Big Brother's watching, what a show
I don't care you's got my Data,

 as long as I've got my own Video
Thanks to State Security

I'm able to fall into a very deep Slumber
Everyone's got a Chip Implant and counts Sheeps, yay

Tell me, what's your SleepNumber ?
People are Happy ,

show their whitest Smiles
Lyposuction's done,we can achieve so much today,

 for a Hand full Change,
so suck your Stomach in, the Nose sits perfect, too
bathe in Anti Wrinkle Creme and stand straight, Boo

to line up Execution style, hail to me and you !
Everything's perfect, all lies whatever the News Channel says
I always practice Recycling because my Car drives on CFC-Gas
bah Humbug, don't tell me that the worlds Oil's run thin
there's enough for everyone when, thanks to BP,
even the the local Ducks can take a 'Black Gold'- swim
Mother Earth feels lighter,

 and keeps to spin faster
Oh Goodness,

 we'll find a second Planet in our Basement, ...no Disaster.
Seriously, why worry when our minds could be at ease ?
Let's keep spend our times by playing PC- Games
and wait for Tuesday's upcoming DVD-Release. :)

 

 

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The Key Arena and the Trans Siberian Orchestra

Mal was auf English :

For months I have been wanting to see the Trans Siberian Orchestra. I am quite sure that everyone has heard them before. They are those that flipped a bunch of Christmas Songs and Classicals and turned them into rocking Metal.
Well, I've always liked the Songs, all of them, and the stories told along with them. So yah, I am a FAN !
And I have to thank my Sweetheart for making this wonderful Evening possible.
It was besides that the very first Evening him and me had a Datenight out since we've moved to Washington.
The Concert was held at the Key Arena in Seattle and started at 8pm, so we had to leave the House around 6pm to avoid traffic, find parking and ofcourse get to the Arena on time. So since we speak of Parking, now a quick Note : IT IS SIMPLY OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE - EVENT PARKING 20 USD !!
But ey, I guess that's big Cities for you.
So we got ready until 6pm and waited for our Babysitter to come, after a few last Instructions we left.
Pheeew was I excited, it was the first big Thing since the Babies.... :) It started raining on the way to Seattle.
We got to the Arena and had to get checked. Checked? YES checked, just like at the Airport: No Cameras, no Weapons, no canned drinks, ect . After all that we finally  got to the 2nd Floor, Section 228, Row 7, places 15 and 16. A little bit after 8.15pm was when it officially started.

>>> TO BE CONTINUED ! <<<

Erster Schultag

Am ersten Schultag fuer dieses Jahr war ich ganz baff. Ich brachte meine Jungs zur Schule um dann zu sehen wie selbstaendig sie doch schon waren. Ich stellte mich den Lehrern vor und sprach mit ihnen. Jetzt muss ich sagen, dass ich absolut stolz auf meine Zwei bin : Innerhalb von zwei Jahren haben sie relativ gut Englisch gelernt - nicht zu vergessen dass weder Erin noch Brendan vorher ein Wort Englisch sprachen !! Beide Jungs waren komplett im Deutschen Schulsystem und lernten erst hier...  im ' Kindergarden ' und jetzt bereits in der zweiten und dritten Klasse.

Ich erinnere mich noch an den allerersten Schultag hier, als beide sich an mich klammerten um wieder mit mir nach hause zu gehen. Beide weinten sie dann, doch dieses Jahr stand ich allein da. Kaum gingen die Tueren zur Cafeteria auf rannten beide Jungs auf ihre Freunde zu um ihnen von den Abenteuern waehrend der Sommerferien zu berichten.

Ein " Bye Mom  ! " war alles was ich bekam, zu mehr war keine Zeit, also ging ich alleine nach hause und wartete dort bis 14.30 Uhr... dann hoerte ich wieder ein " Hi Mom, love you !! "  !!