Sharleece's Past Weekly Mixers/Social Activities Revisited for Memorial Day

Revisit the below Weekly Mixers and Social Activities for Memorial Day fun:

1. Grab a few friends in your area rent a video or take an introduction belly dancing class. I thought that would be a fun social activity for this week. Enjoy.

2. Billard's Challenge. Invite your friend's to a pool/billard tourament, charge something for attendance allowing the overall winner to win the pot, or loser of each round buys the winner a drink (alcoholic or nonalcoholic). Either way have fun.

3. This week's mixer Badminton Backyard Barbecue: invite friends; grill hamburgers, hot dogs and ribs; serve potatoe salad, chips and dip, and cole slaw; and play the game. If you want, charge admission. Enjoy.

4. This week's weekly mixer is Pizza and basketball. Grab a group of friends attend a local basketball game ( high school, college, city or state team), then enjoy a social pizza event. Enjoy.

5. Invite friends to go bowling and drinks(alcoholic and/or non-alcoholic) afterward. Enjoy each other company and memorial day.

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Sharleece's Potato, Broccoli, and Cheese Soup

Ingredients:

3 russets or 5 red potatoes without skin,
1 stalk of broccoli,
1 block of colby jack cheese,
3 cups of milk,
1 cup of vegetable broth,
2 tablespoons of sour cream.

Instructions:

Cut potatoes into cubes; grate cheese; boil the potatoes and broccoli until tender like potatoes for mashed potatoes about 30 to 40 minutes on medium to medium high heat; reduce heat; add milk and vegetable broth, while stirring the potatoes and broccoli; add 1 tablespoon of sour cream and grated cheese until melted, and serve warm with a dollop of sour cream and chives on top as garnish. Enjoy.

How to know when a building should be condemned.

There are several ways to know when a building that you are thinking about renting, buying, and/or investing in needs to be condemned:

1. the building has rats or mice;
2. the building has fleas;
3. the plumbing meaning feces and urine backs up in the bathroom sink and shower/tub;
4. the plumbing meaning feces and urine backs up in the kitchen sink; and
5. the kitchen sink goes glub, glub, glub everytime that you flush the toilet.

What do you do next besides do not move in or move out if you are already in the building?

1. Contact the Department of Health. The Department of Health may require that you continue to live in the building for one more month if you are living there, while the property manager or owner correct the problem in the first 10 days. The second two weeks will involve a court hearing to condemn the building and bring a lawsuit against the property management for not complying with Health and Safety standards.
So, give your property management the correct treatment for his/her mistreatment, and save someone else the pain and suffering. Report unsafe conditions.

Sharleece's Waldorf Salad

Ingredients:

5 apples
1 cup of strawberries
1 cup of grape grapes
1 cup of dried cranberries
1/2 cup of sunflower seeds (optional)
1/4 cup of plain yogurt
1/2 cup of miracle whip salad dressing

Directions:

Dice apples, slice strawberries, cut grapes into thirds, mix all the ingredients together, and serve in a large bowl. Enjoy.

How to teach your toddler to call 911.

I know two years old is a little young to teach a child to call 911; however, you never know when you are going to be a home alone when tragedy strikes and the only person that you can depend on is your toddler.
I taught my toddler at age two to call the police by first teaching her to count to ten (Reference the blog, "Preparing your toddler for kindergarten."). After I taught her to count to ten, I taught her the three numbers 911. At this point, a parent could rest easy if the child is using the house phone, because the emergency operator already will see your address. The problem arises if the toddler has to use the cell phone, but that is another whole issue to be discussed in another blog. Lastly, be carefully after teaching your toddler how to call 911, weekly visits from your friendly neighborhood police officer may not be uncommon.

Sharleece's Tropical Crisp

Ingredients:

2 cans of pineapples
5 kiwis
2 cups of shredded coconuts
2 capfuls of vanilla
3 cups of oats
1/2 cup of brown sugar
1/2 stick of butter
1 can of left over pineapple juice


Instructions:

Preheat oven at 350 degrees. Mix oats, brow sugar, butter, and pineapple juice in a bowl. Add half of the mixure to the bottom of a baking dish. Mix the vanilla, pineapples, kiwi, and shredded coconuts in a bowl. Add to the same baking dish. Put the rest of the oats mixure on top of everything in the baking dish. Bake at 35 degrees for about 35 minutes. Take out, cool, and enjoy.

Latest hotel disaster- Relax Inn in Fort Wayne, IN 3527W. Coliseum Blvd

Lately, I took a vacation to tour more of Indiana's most desirable and undesirable places to stay and I discoved another disaster- Relax Inn. Why?

1. Cleanliness - I walked in it looked clean, but smelled horrible;
2. Wifi - The free wifi did not work most of the time;
3. Harassment - the staff was always in everybodies business;
4. Attitude - originally the maid did not want to do anything, no one wanted to do anything but boast and treat customers like trash;
5. Television - did not have enough channels; and,
6. the overall experience is that it was a disaster.

Truckers keep trucking and everyone else. DON'T STAY THERE