Diane Smith, Realtor
     
     Class Harlan Real Estate15 West State Street Doylestown PA 18901 
     
215-290-4038-Direct
    
Diane@DianeSmith.org
     215-348-8111 x48
            PA License #RS281342  

     "Fun Facts, Trivia, Useful and Not So Useful Information"
                                                                                                    
*Updated Weekly*

              Motivational Quote of the Week

Every day do something that will inch you alittle closer to a better tomorrow.
                                                                                                        Doug Firebaugh

 

     Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
                                                                                                                                                                           Leon J. Suenes

                               
            
               Useful Tip of the Week
               

1. Sign up for every free customer rewards program you can. Even if you rarely shop at that place, having a rewards card for that place will eventually net you some coupons and discounts. Here’s the basic game plan for maximizing these programs: create a Gmail address just for these mailings, collect every card you can, and then check that account for extra coupons whenever you’re ready to shop.

2. Make your own gifts instead of buying stuff from the store. You can make food mixes, candles, bread, cookies, soap, and all kinds of other things at home quite easily and inexpensively. These make spectacular gifts for others because they involve your homemade touch, plus quite often they’re consumable, meaning they don’t wind up filling someone’s closet with junk. Even better – include a personal handwritten note with the gift. This will make it even more special than anything you could possibly buy down at the mall, plus it saves you money.

3. Master the thirty day rule. Whenever you’re considering making an unnecessary purchase, wait thirty days and then ask yourself if you still want that item. Quite often, you’ll find that the urge to buy has passed and you’ll have saved yourself some money by simply waiting. If you want, you can even keep a “thirty day list” where you write down the item and the day you’ll reconsider it, but I prefer just to keep this one in my head – that way, I often just forget about the unimportant things.

4. Write a list before you go shopping – and stick to it. One should never go into a store without a strong idea of what one will be buying while in there. Make a careful plan of what you’ll buy before you go, then stick strictly to that list when you go to the store. Don’t put anything in the cart that’s not on the list, no matter how tempting, and you’ll come out of the store saving a bundle.



 
           Cool Websites to Check Out

           The Complete Review
            www.complete-review.com

            New York Public Library's Digital Gallery
             digitalgallery.nypl.org

        Flavorpill
         www.flavorpill.net

     


             "Brain Teasers, Riddles, Trivia, Brain Exercises, Games" 
      Answers Below 


A man lives in a small house with a farm as his back garden and has a river beside his house. On the other side of the river is a shop. One day he visited the shop. he bought a chicken and Fox for his farm and bought a bag of corn to feed the chicken on.The man can only take one thing and himself across in the boat. With out killing any animals or letting another animal eat an item or animal, how will the man get across?

Each day a lady gets the lift from the 12th floor to the ground level so she can go to work. When she comes home however she only goes up the lift to level 8. Why is this and it is
not to keep fit?


Answers:

1) Bring the chicken across, bring the fox across, bring the chicken back across, bring the corn across and bring the chicken across
2) Because she is a Little Person and can only reach the button upto floor 8.




   "Random  Facts and Things to Try"

      The typical porcupine's body is covered in 30,000 razor sharp quills.

        The reality TV series Jersey Shore is called "Macaroni Rascals" in Japan.

      Recycling a 3 foot stack of newspapers can save one whole tree.

 


                                                                                  "Recipe of the Week"                                                                                

Peanut Butter Candy

                                       Peanut Butter Easter Eggs Recipe                                        

Ingredients

  • 1 (16 ounce) package confectioners' sugar
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 8 (1 ounce) squares semi-sweet chocolate
  • 1 tablespoon shortening

Directions

  1. In a mixing bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, peanut butter, butter and milk (if needed for moisture) until blended. Shape mixture into two 1/2 pound eggs or make a bunch of smaller eggs. Freeze eggs for 1 hour.
  2. While the eggs are freezing, cut semi-sweet chocolate into small pieces and place in top of double boiler with shortening. Melt over medium heat, stirring frequently until smooth. Stick a long-tined fork in top of each peanut butter egg, dip it in melted chocolate to cover then drain on waxed paper. When the eggs are cooled and set, decorate the eggs to suit your fancy.