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Cake on Crack

Due to popular demand, I am posting the recipe for “Chocolate Cherry Bars” mentioned by Peter in an earlier post. This is an anonymous recipe that i received at my bridal shower in September 2002. I believe that it is from the Lyttle family, but I’m not 100% sure. Happy baking!

Chocolate Cherry Bars

Bars:

* 1 pkg. devil’s food cake mix
* 1 21-oz. can cherry pie filling
* 1 tsp. almond extract
* 2 eggs, beaten

Frosting:

* 1 cup sugar
* 1/3 cup milk
* 5 T. margarine
* 1 cup chocolate chips

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 13″x9″ pan. In large bowl combine all bar ingredients; stir until well blended. Spread in pan. Bake until toothpick in center comes out clean (25-30 mins) In small saucepan, combine sugar, milk and margarine; mix well. Bring to a boil. Boil 1 min.; stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in chocolate chips until smooth. Pour and spread over warm bars. Cool 1 1/4 hours or until completely cooled.

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It is true, World Wide Wood has molted and regrown a new and improved skin! There is no need to adjust your monitors.

We decided that after a year and a half it was probably time to give the ole website a new look. Cleaner, fresher, just different. A couple weeks ago we asked for suggestions for change and have attempted to incorporate these suggestions.

Anyone who knows me well will know that I don’t usually deal well with change. I get attached to things (backpacks, sneakers, pillowcases, websites) and go through heart wrenching episodes while I transition to the new.

I hope you enjoy the new look and layout. If there are any out there, like me, who need to revisit the old look you can see it ***here|http://prwdot.org/index.old.php***

cut to the chase

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Something like three months ago I sent a cover letter and resume to “Zoo New England” for a position in their education department at the Stone Zoo and the Franlkin Park Zoo. I knew it was a long shot, but at this point in the game it seemed worth a try.

So, this afternoon I received an email from them. The content of the email will be self-evident once you see the subject line. Here goes:

“Subject: Rejection Letter”

Woah! Don’t be afraid to let me know how you really feel! C’est la vie!

a flaw in the system

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I have a pet peeve when it comes to fast food resturaunts and thier pricing schematics. Here’s the deal. Yesterday, I drove through McDonalds wanting some McNuggets and a small Diet Coke. I had a moment to look over the menu-board and was faced with a frustrating decision. The two items that I wanted were the same exact price as a ‘combo meal’ containing the McNuggets, a Large Coke and a Large Fries. More food for the same money. hmmm.

My good sense of Value tells me that I should order the combo meal. For the same price I get much more lunch. I would be the first to jump on such an offer in many other settings; ie, buy 3 tires get one free, or buy-one-get-one-free boxes of cereal. However, this time I was trying to be healthy and not eat all those french fries!

Yesterday’s experience reminded me of one I had a while back. I wanted a bagel and a small hot chocolate at Dunkin Donuts. I went in and ordered. The kid at the counter, being nice-doing his job, let me know that it was actually cheaper if I bought the large cocoa with the bagel (again a combo meal deal). I didn’t want the larger drink and ended up paying MORE for less! How aggrivating!

I wish that I could say that I didn’t understand why places do this, but I do. People respond well to marketing that offers them more for less. And the combo meals are easier and quicker to order. It would just be nice to spend money in correct proportion to the amount of food actually purchased. How frustrating to be penalized for wanting less!

Copy Cat

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Monkey See, Monkey Do…

LAYER ONE
* Name: Rebecca Ann
* Birthdate: January 10
* Birthplace: Concord, Massachusetts
* Current Location: Beverly, Massachusetts
* Eye Color: Hazel (Brown/Green)
* Hair Color: Brown
* Righty or Lefty: Righty
* Sun Sign: Capricorn
* Innie or Outtie: Innie

LAYER TWO
* Your heritage: English, Italian and Swedish
* The shoes you wore today: Blue Hawaiian Print Converse Chucks Sneakers
* Your hair: Long and super straight by nature
* Your eyes: Change colors…kind of like “mood eyes”
* Your weakness: small children (they melt my knees!)
* Your fears: police lights in the rear-view mirror
* Your perfect pizza: Hawaiian (ham and pineapple)
* One thing you’d like to achieve: raising terrific kids

LAYER THREE
* Your most overused phrase on IM: “ha!”
* Your first waking thoughts: “what day is it?”
* The first feature you notice in the opposite sex: eyes
* Your best physical feature: my smile
* Your bedtime: varied, but around 10 or 10:30
* Your greatest fear: Housefires
* Your greatest accomplishment: being a wife
* Your most missed memory: Oh, there are so many…

LAYER FOUR
* Pepsi or Coke: Coke
* McDonald’s or Burger King: McDonald’s
* Single or group dates: both
* Adidas or Nike: Like I can afford either!
* Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
* Chocolate or vanilla: Vanilla
* Cappuccino or coffee: Coffee stunts your growth!

LAYER FIVE
* Smoke: No.
* Cuss: No.
* Sing: Constantly
* Take a shower everyday: Absolutely
* Have a crush(es): Sure
* Who are they: Sean Astin, Ewan McGregor (teehee!)
* Do you think you’ve been in love: Yes
* Want to go to college: Been there, done that.
* Like high school: Not particularly
* Want to get married: I’ve been married since October 26, 2002
* Believe in yourself: yeah. I can be whatever I want to be!
* Type with your fingers on the right keys: On the ‘correct’ keys. Yes.
* Think you’re attractive: Um… that’s a relative term.
* Think you’re a health freak: I’d like to be
* Get along with your parents: Yes
* Play an instrument: Yup. the Piano

LAYER SIX: In the past month, did you…
* Drink alcohol: Yes, a very weak Cape Codder (made by my cousin,’Becky-style’)
* Smoke: No
* Do a drug: No
* Make Out: Yes (with my Peter of course!)
* Go on a date: Yes, again, see above
* Eat an entire box of Oreos: No
* Eat sushi: No
* Been on stage: I was a bridesmaid, does that count?
* Been dumped: No
* Gone skating: Yes
* Made homemade cookies: No
* Been in love: Yes
* Gone skinny dipping: No
* Dyed your hair: No
* Stolen anything: One heart

LAYER SEVEN: Have you ever…
* Played a game that required removal of clothing: No
* If so, was it mixed company: n/a
* Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: No
* Been caught “doing something”: ummm…I picked all the green blueberries off a neighbor’s bush once. I’m still being reminded of it!
* Been called a tease: yes
* Gotten beaten up: Yes
* Shoplifted: No
* If so, did you get caught: n/a
* Changed who you were to fit in: I never wanted to put that much effort into fitting in. If people didn’t like me as me why hang with them.

LAYER EIGHT
* Age you hope to be married: Already am, was 23 at the time.
* Numbers and Names of Children: n/a
* Describe your Dream Wedding: lots of family
* How do you want to die: Without pain and in my sleep.
* Where you want to go to college: n/a
* What do you want to be when you grow up: a Mom
* What country would you most like to visit: Egypt, Sweden, Japan, Russia, etc…

LAYER NINE
* Number of men I have kissed: One
* Number of boylfriends Ive had: One
* Number of drugs taken illegally: 0
* Number of people I could trust with my life: Several
* Number of CDs that I own: >15

“Shave My Poodle!”

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(a fictional conversation with actual outcome)
Jennifer: “10 bucks if you bid on that ugly orange chair.”
Rebecca: “Okay.” [raises her bidding number 14 and wins the chair]

Viacom and World Wide Pants’ show, ***Ed|http://www.nbc.com/Ed/index.html***, came to an end recently much to the chagrin of myself and Jenn. Luckily for us there was a way to soothe our pain.

This weekend in Norwood, New Jersey, more specifically at Stuckeybowl, there was an auction of all things Stuckey. The producers put up for sale all the props and such that were used on the set of “Ed”. It was quite an experience to get to go inside the building where most of the scenes were filmed and to see so many of the props, furniture and signs that were in the tv show.

Anywhoo… I came home toting a cute orange leather chair from Ed’s office [screen shot ***here|http://www.stuckeyville.com/show/gallery.asp?EID=59&action=thumbs***. first row, second from the right, see it?] and Jennifer scored a nice stained glass window from Ed’s house. Cool. One thing to note is that when I came home on Sunday I checked out ebay and found ***one item|http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4002233424&category=18839*** listed that had been sold at the auction on Saturday…Very Sneaky!

For photos with captions do the clicking thing…….***here|http://gallery.prwdot.org/ed_auction***

!!!bonus material!!! Thanks to ***Michelle|http://mikao.blogspot.com*** for pointing out that I hadn’t included a ‘real’ picture of the chair…oops! Click on the gallery link above and you’ll now find a pic there!

3/4ths left to go!

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We here at World Wide Wood are sending out a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Miss Melanie Anne Lyttle. May the last 75 be just as much fun!

Let’s Celebrate!

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I would like to wish our good friends, Jeremy and Angela, a very happy One Hand Day. In just five days they will be Mr and Mrs.. HORAY!!!

Any Ideas?

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Howdy, Loyal Readers!

Peter and I have been toying with the idea of redesigning this here website. It’s not that we think there’s anything wrong with how it is now, it just feels like it might be time for a change.

We are looking to you for suggestions. What do you like about World Wide Wood? What don’t you like? Is there anything that you’d like to find here? Do you visit any of our links? Would you like us to add different links? Do you like the red?

Okay, I think you get the idea. Drop us an email or leave a comment and let us know what you think. And be standing by for the new and improved World Wide Wood.

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