What do the no. 1, 2, 3..and all no. in between including 100, add up to? Read On!

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Mar 112011
 
I am a BzzAgent and opted to take a campaign for Educator.com.  No, don’t leave now…this is all too cool!  Educate yourself about Educator.com…you may need it someday!  In fact, use the promo code below to try Educator.com for one month FREE!  I briefly looked over the site until tonight…and tonight…well…I became very excited to learn the site has lessons on HTML!  


                                   

I have wanted to learn HTML for some time now, but I hate the thought of taking a course at our local community college for the mere fact…I hate leaving the house if I don’t have to…seriously, I’m not kidding!  Nothing gets done when I leave, nor; can I count on my son’s evening LNA showing up for her shift, which really makes planning my life difficult.  In addition, I do the night shift for my son and sleep while he’s at Easter Seals.  So while I am sitting here waiting for my next que to go into him…what a perfect time for me to learn something I’ve wanted to for a long time now…and in peace and quiet!  Plus I am not spending money on auto expenses, on a respite worker, childcare for my daughter, or the fee the school would charge, which would be more than a years membership to Educator.com.  And sure, I could find a free online course, but then what happens if I really don’t understand something…I have no one to ask.

Anyway, I just attended my first lesson…  I couldn’t help myself when I discovered the course!  I am determined to finish the entire course over the next week.  I am loving it!  The sub-topics under the main course heading tell you exactly how long the next topic is going to be and what it’s about, so one can plan their time accordingly.  I can pause when I need to and replay as needed.  So whomever wants to interrupt me…go ahead…I am good!  I’ll replay to my heart’s content should I need to.         


Educator.com offers lessons in mathematics, starting with math basics to pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, up to AP Statistics (okay..I’ll never care to learn this, but someday…I might need to help my daughter with it).  There are Chemistry lessons, Physic Lessons, Biology Lessons, several Computer Science Lessons, and a topic all about Math Magic. The courses are taught by instructors who use white boards.  This means you can see in writing, exactly what the instructor is teaching right in front of your eyes; and you see the instructor too. There’s also a discussion area right under the video screen you’re watching. 


And then, there’s a section called Math Magic. Math Magic is really cool…it’s all about tips on how to remember measurements, division, adding to X etc.  I can’t wait to show my daughter today when she gets home from school!  Would you believe if you add up all the numbers starting with no. 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on… up to and including 100…they all add up to 5010?  In addition, would you believe there are two SIMPLE ways to arrive at this answer? You’d be pretty amazed at how the answer is arrived at. I might have to tell you someday…I don’t know if I can keep it inside me! In the meantime….


Whom would I suggest this site to?  

  • Any student struggling in math or science
  • Any student getting ready for the SAT’s
  • Any student that needs to digest information a little at a time and might need to have the topic repeated to get the jest of what’s being taught
  • Any student who finds it hard in the classroom where asking for help from the teacher is tough
  • College students  
  • Adults who are looking to expand their horizons on topics they are interested in
  • Parents who have to teach themselves about the subject before being able to help their kids  
  • Home Schooled children
  • Teachers



Educator.com offers free lecture samples to try out.  For now though…try them for free using code: BUZZFA626.   And should you not have this code…how much would you expect to pay for this service that includes:



















Yes, you see correctly!  $35.00 a month/$240 annually.
  
That’s quite the deal if you have several members of your household who could use this site.  Even if you don’t, think about how much it would cost you for a tutor just for one member of     your household. 


Lastly, If you are interested in becoming one of their teachers go here for more info.  I am off now to educate myself more on HTML :-).


      Thanks for reading and make it a great weekend!
      

Uglies

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Mar 102011
 
Okay…so I am reading my emails and come across this one that references an “Uglies” recipe. Of course, a recipe with a name like that, I had to read more. They actually aren’t that pretty to look at, but sound pretty tasty and easy!

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 pound ground beef chuck
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 1/2 cups barbeque sauce
  • 1 (10 ounce) package refrigerated biscuit dough
  • 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease 8 muffin cups.
  2. In a large skillet or frying pan, cook ground chuck with onion and garlic powder until evenly brown; drain off the grease. Stir in the barbeque sauce and simmer for another 3 minutes.
  3. Roll out each biscuit on a floured surface so that each biscuit is 6 inches across. Put the biscuit in the muffin tin and fold up sides to create a cup shape. Fill each biscuit fill almost to the top with the meat mixture; top with cheddar cheese.
  4. Bake in preheated oven until biscuits are baked, cheese is melted and tops are golden brown, about 15 minutes.

These are freezable…make…bake…freeze!

Crafters…check out these handmade bows…they are “Green”

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Mar 092011
 
These are made from old magazine pages!



So…guess what!  I am going to start saving old magazines now :-).  If you read my post on the recycled CD craft…you know I’ve been saving old CD’s for a long time too!  I love crafting and I save way too many things…thinking…I might be able to use this some day.  Needless to say, I am possessed by adding more to my already huge collection…I just can’t seem to help myself !! 


Anyway if you like to sew, crochet, knit, craft…etc.  I have a newsletter I receive that’s my favorite.  I have bookmarked a TON of the project pages and some day…I know I will get to some of them.  


You can get the newsletter too: Click Here  In fact when signing up, you get to pick and chose which newsletters you’d like to receive.  Be smarter than me though…create your account and save all your projects right on their website.  I just realized I could do this (save on their site) about a month ago.  Oh well…I’ll just go through my bookmarks and do it the hard way.  At least this collection of craft projects aren’t sitting in my crafting room taking up space 🙂


Follower Appreciation :-)

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Mar 082011
 

To all my new followers…I wish to let you all know how much I appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to visit my blog and become a follower, or like my FB, or Twitter page.  And, thank you to all of you who have continued to follow me from earlier on.  

Make it a great week!
 

Do you get 111?

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Mar 072011
 
This year we will experience 4 unusual dates…. 1/1/11, 1/11/11,
11/1/11, 11/11/11 ….

Think that’s weird. . . take the last 2 digits of the year you were born
and add the age
you will be this year !!!

IT EQUALS…… 111 ……….


Received this in my email first thing…Of course, I wasn’t awake quite yet, so I had to do the math on the PC.  Yup…worked for all four of us and the dog…always came up with 111.  Do you ever wonder how someone comes up with these tidbits?  Do you think they sit around all day playing with numbers?  I can’t help but wonder!

Taking A Flight any Time Soon? Check out this EBATES offer for today!

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Mar 062011
 
I so wish it were me who was taking a trip somewhere…this is actually a FANTASTIC deal!  Imagine a second ticket to your destination only for $40 worth of product…can’t beat that unless you can fly free. Talk about a win-win!

Kodak Gallery is offering a companion airfare ticket of up to 110 destinations providing you purchase $50 at Kodak Gallery…PLUS get 20% cash back today when you click thru Ebates.com…bringing your purchase down to a mere $40.

To see the complete offer details go to Click Here

Do you Shred? Protecting your Identity is crucial…

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Mar 052011
 
Identity theft is growing at an alarmingly increasing rate.  I have personally known someone who was a victim to identity theft and it was literally a nightmare for them to restore their identity.

One of the ways people steal other’s identities is by searching through their trash. Think about it…credit card companies send you a bill…that bill has your account number on it.  Social Security sends you award letters and notifications….all with your social security number on them.  There are so many documents out there with information for these nasty thieves.  You throw out a credit card….there’s your name, your credit card number, and the CVV code on the back, one uses often times when purchasing on the Internet or over the phone.

Let Fellows assist you with your Spring cleaning of all your documents. You can help protect yourself by shredding documents and even credit cards!  Fellows has a shredder that does just that (I accidently put a credit card through my last shredder…I killed it 🙁 ).

Fellowes P-12C Cross-Cut Shredder with SafeSense has impressive features:  

To read more about the product go to website, and while you’re there, check out the great reviews. This product can be found at Target.

Disclosure: As a member of the One2One Network, we are working with them and Fellows and all opinions are solely of an FCS team member.

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