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MAKE YOUR OWN HALLOWEEN POLKA DOT CAKE!

   Another neat recipe I found while looking for some cool and interesting Halloween ideas and inspiration.  This is brought to you by  snowybliss.blogspot.com.   A really cool cake for that next Halloween party or get together.  Good luck! And the inside is even better... because I made a P o l k a D o t C a k e ! I've had this idea in my brain for awhile. It turned out pretty good. But I think after my first attempt I'd tackle it a bit differently next time. I'll give you my thoughts on that after the directions. Here's how I did it. I have this little nifty cake pop maker. It's fun, especially for the kids. It doesn't make the decadent bakerella cake pops, they are actually more like a donut hole. But they are quick, easy and so far fail proof. Anyway… this is how I made the polka dot cake . Step 1 I made the cake balls with the cake pop maker. Using the recipe that comes with the machine, adding orange food coloring. I honestly wonder if you

DIY CARVING A CANNIBALISTIC PUMPKIN, ALSO PROTECTS YOUR HOME FROM CHILDREN AND SMALL DOGS!

   Here's another pumpkin carving tutorial I think most of you will like!  It comes to us from http://www.chopcow.com/ .  Go ahead and carve one of these.  It will keep all other pumpkins at bay.    I thought I would try my hand at carving the popular cannibalistic pumpkin that I've seen so many times before. Just as I was starting out, I realized that this was a good opportunity to document it with my camera. So below is a little tutorial I put together for anyone who might want to try this out. It's not too difficult if you are just patient and take it slow. STEP 1: The first thing you want to do before setting out on this is to get the proper tools and items. This includes the following: 1. Large Pumpkin 2. Tiny Pumpkin 3. Washable Marker 4. Large Knife 5. Smaller Steak Knife 6. Large Spoon 7. Small Spoon STEP 2: Take your washable marker and draw out the face on the big pumpkin. Make sure to measure the circumfrence of the tiny pumpkin and make the the

IRONMAN TRIATHLON FROM KONA, HAWAII!

    An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) consisting of a 2.4-mile (3.86 km) swim , a 112-mile (180.25 km) bike and a marathon (42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi)) run , raced in that order and without a break. Most Ironman events have a strict time limit of 17 hours to complete the race, where the Ironman race starts at 7 AM, the mandatory swim cut off for the 2.4-mile (3.9 km) swim is 2 hours 20 minutes, the bike cut off time is 5:30 PM, and all finishers must complete their marathon by midnight.    The name Ironman Triathlon refers to both the original Ironman triathlon and the annual Ironman World Championship . Also called Ironman Hawaii, the world championships of the event, held annually in Hawaii since 1978 (with an additional race in 1982), are now preceded by a series of qualifying events. Ironman Triathlon became known for its grueling length, harsh race conditions, and television