Having a Mental block on your Blog? Here is a bloggers suggestion.

Do you have a blog? Are you having troubling with something to write about? They say you should write on your blog on a daily basis. If you are lucky to have followers or subscribers they will look for things to read and if you don't post anything regularly your followers will be bored and leave.

Sometimes you just need a push or an idea. Try Plinky . You have answers and they have questions. It's a free site that you can sign up to and have a question sent to your email on a daily basis. Today's question is, "What are the 3 most significant historic events that have occurred in your lifetime?" Now that question could lead to quite a few paragraphs. I suppose depending on your age, *smirk*, some of us would have more to write about than others.

How to Work and Make Money from home

In the last month I have been learning quite a bit about social networking online. I have had a twitter account for quite some time but never really used it until this past week. To get noticed you have to network with people. There are a lot of programs out there to assist you with getting the exposure you are looking for when it comes to Internet business. Social media such as Facebook and Twitter can be used to get followers to your business. Whether you blog or you just need people to get to your website it certainly can be done and for free. I don't plan on making millions by any means, at this point I am enjoying the learning process. My wordpress blog is connected to my Facebook and Twitter and MSN accounts so that when I make a new post it is automatically posted to said accounts. This blogger site allows me to post to said accounts but I have to do each one at a time which I hope they will change as I personally like this blogger site a bit better. I signed up to Adsense and have the ads on this site now. In the month of March I made $10.04 from people coming to my site and clicking on the ads. I am brand new and just getting started and learning as I go along. I have been reading and trying out all the programs to understand how they work and how they can work with each other. The process has allowed me to check out some viable companies. I am currently in the process of checking out people's websites on twitter. Checking them out to see if they are things I am interested in. See who I have what in common with other people. If I like it, I send them a "tweet" letting them know, "Hey @soandso I checked out your website and liked it, look forward to more." I am in the process of networking to gain followers and to find out who I want to follow on Twitter. There are many programs to assist you with managing your Twitter account. I have tried 3 now and must say I am not happy with any of them just yet. All are free, of course they have the pro versions of each which would then have a monthly cost associated with it but for me in my learning phase I am not wanting to put any money out at this time. If I find one that I like I will definitely pass along my findings. 
Facebook has been a pretty good source to get feedback on my blog as it is comprised of my friends and family as my contacts. I have not advertised on the site, just made posts to come check out different posts I have created here. I will check out the advertising and again post my findings here.
I am still very new and have a lot to learn and from a newbie's point of view sharing what I have been able to find I hope will help others in their quests. I hope others will share with me as well.
Until we meet again

Todays Creation in the Kitchen - Banana Chocolate Pudding Pie.

Sliced Bananas lined bottom of cooked
pie shell

 Well I had some pie crust left over in the fridge from my tarts the other day and I needed to make something with it. I didn't feel like making an apple pie as apples are not in season right now and I just didn't feel like peeling all those apples.

Chocolate Pudding over the Bananas

I glanced over to the fruit basket in the kitchen and noticed the bananas. I thought banana cream pie! Well, I checked my pantry and found vanilla and chocolate pudding mixes. Vanilla or Chocolate, mmm, both are great with banana. I chose chocolate. I also noticed I had one package of whipped topping mix.

Finished Product.

I got the crust rolled out. Baked it in the pie plate. Lined the bottom with sliced banana, made the pudding, four cups of milk later, wow, and then topped it off with the whipped topping. The kids loved it and so did I, I must say. Very simple to make and oh so yummy! You could use a graham cracker crust if you like and use any instant pudding mix. Quick and easy desert.

The Best Pecan Tart Recipe

The original recipe was for Butter Tarts but I changed it as I am not a big fan of raisins.

• 2 tbls. Butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg well beaten
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/4 cup corn syrup (optional)
• 1 cup pecan halves or peices

I place pecan peices in tart shells so that each shell has the same amount of pecans. Mix the other ingredients together. The optional corn syrup makes them more on the runny side, so it is really your personal preference. I always use the corn syrup. Tablespoon filling into each tart. Enough to make a dozen. Bake at 425 degree oven for 10 - 12 minutes.
*Another alternative would be to use 1/2 cup chopped walnuts with 1 cup raisins instead of pecans*

Best Pecan Tarts Ever!

I made these pecan tarts yesterday. I started out by making my own crust which I have had enough experience with that it is perfect every time. It really is easy, you just have to follow the recipe exactly. I am really surprised now adays that younger people don't have a clue about short forms for Tablespoon (Tbls) and Teaspoon (tsp). They know all the lingo with the shortforms for texting which is great for their social media, but what about something that is useful when cooking in the kitchen? Oh right, these younger folks really don't do cooking in the kitchen. It has to be prepackaged and heat it up in a microwave!

I got my recipe from my mother who always had perfect crust. I thought it had secret ingredients that made it so perfect but low and behold, I bought a no name brand pound of lard and there printed right on the box, the exact same recipe!

I tried several times to make these tarts and repeated was frustrated with the results. It wasn't that they didn't taste good, it was that I could never get them out of the pan. Visually they were a mess! I finally figured out what the problem was and the fix was rather easy.

Knowledge is everything, isn't it?!

I was putting too much filling in the tarts. The shells shrink when they cook and the filling expands, hence my problem with filling overflowing and sticking to the pan. I tend to want to overdo things and always think more is better when cooking but it really isn't.

If you want one, just ask :-)

Now to go and enjoy one of these with my tea. :-)

Wonder if your content is being copied and pasted from your Blog?

I have recently come across a website http://www.tynt.com/ that keeps track of your copy and paste from your blog. There is a bit of controversy over copy writing other people which is bad, but if they keep the original post that links back to your site then its good. Tynt does this for you. When someone copies your content from your blog and pastes it into theirs it adds a link "if you want to know more or read more" which brings the reader back to your blog. A neat little trick. You have to add a bit of HTML coding into your template but trust me, I am not very knowledgeable about such things and I did it without a problem. Tynt walks you through the process. Check it out, its free. Please leave a comment if you have used it as I have only just started using it today.

My Most Quotable Movie Is....

I absolutely love quoting from movies! My oldest daughter and I quote all the time to each other. It brings back memories and times that we have shared together and also brings relevance to some situations that we find ourselves in, usually with great hilarity. I think from our last visit together we started watching our favourite movie and it is so bad now that we know every line in the movie. I won't bore you with what movie it is, unless you figured it out from the photo, or you could ask me ;-)