Twin Cities Halloween 2021

  Here are a few fun events for Halloween fans of all ages.

EVENTS FOR FAMILIES

North Loop Halloween Party
Oct. 30, 5 – 7:30 pm
Nordic Plaza, 729 Washington Ave. N.
Candy, costume contests (kids, adults and pets), and the movie “Hocus Pocus” at 6:15 pm

Minneapolis Halloween Race
Oct. 30, 8:30 am
Father Hennepin Park
5K, 10K and Half Marathon, finishing medals, awards for top finishers in age groups

Halloween at Midtown Global Market
Oct. 29, 5 – 7 pm
920 E. Lake St.
Trick-or-treating, storytelling, costume contest, Halloween crafts

Bike-O-Ween!
Oct. 30, 9 – 9:45 am
Lake Nokomis
Bike decorating kits, Halloween bike course, donuts, coffee and juice

EVENTS FOR ADULTS

Hewing Studio 54 Halloween
Oct. 30, 9 pm – 1 am
Hewing Hotel, 300 Washington Ave. N.
’70s disco party, cocktails, hearty appetizers, Candy Bar with retro treats, costume contest

The Sinful Table Culinary Cabaret
Oct. 31, 6:30 – 10 pm
The Copper Hen, 2515 Nicollet Ave.
4-course dinner and cabaret show

Flip Phone XXL: Halloween
Oct. 30, 9 pm
First Avenue, 701 1^st Ave. N.
Kylie Sonique Love (winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race) and costume contest

First Avenue’s Annual Halloween Party and Costume Contest
Oct. 31, 8 pm
First Avenue, 701 1^st Ave. N.
Music and DJ, cash prizes

Halloween Bar Crawl
Oct. 30, 4 pm – midnight
The Pourhouse, 10 S. 5^th St. (check-in)
No cover, drink specials, photographer, costume contest, after party

What do you put in Easter Eggs?

What do you put in Easter Eggs?

If you have kids - or participate in an Easter egg hunt of any kind - you know that there are a lot of creative ideas about what to put in the eggs.

Here are the ideas I have collected:

• Money (Coins)
• Jelly Beans
• Peanuts/Pistachios
• Erasers
• Trinkets
• Compliments
• Motivational quotes
• Clues to find the next egg or the Easter Basket
• Slips of paper that have reasonable rewards (skip a chore, lunch date with mom, pick a meal...) 
• Tickets for a drawing for the big prize
• Quiz questions to earn points and points=prizes
• Each egg has an exercise ( push ups, jumping jacks, etc.) they have to do before going to the next egg. Prize if they do the most or all the exercises.
• Use REAL eggs

Do you do an adult Easter egg hunt? What do you put in those eggs?


What does the bunny put in the eggs at your house?


Read about Easter: Luke 23:1-56, Luke 24:1-12


#Easterbunny #EasterEggs #EasterTreats #EasterEggHunt #eastereggsubstitutes #EasterEggs

Holidays celebrated around the year’s end:

Holidays celebrated around the year’s end:

Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Pancha Ganapati, Mawlid, and Bodhi Day.

Christmas is an annual Christian festival on December 25th commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, which is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast.

Hanukkah, also called Chanukah, is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and fried foods. It starts on the 25th of the Jewish month of Kislev.

Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration that honors African heritage in African-American culture and is observed from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a feast and gift-giving.

Pancha Ganapati is a five-day Hindu festival celebrated from December 21 through 25 in honor of Ganesha.

Mawlid is the observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad which is commemorated in Rabi' al-awwal, the third month in the Islamic calendar

Bodhi Day is the Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day that the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama (Shakyamuni), experienced enlightenment, also known as bodhi in Sanskrit and Pali.


Did I forget a year's end holiday that you celebrate in the USA? Please message me and I would be happy to add it here!

Furniture for Everyday Life

{PROMOTIONAL - I am not compensated for sharing this though I did find it helpful/interesting enough to share.}

Furniture.com

Over at Furniture.com, we not only create a one-stop-shopping experience for furniture across the country and offer a handy local sales finder, but we also have a Tips and Trends Blog. We have a variety of posts that talk about decorating for an active family and picking the best fabrics for your busy home. 

Life is hectic enough, so let us help your readers create spaces that work for their families:

https://www.furniture.com/tips-and-trends/kids-and-pets-designing-a-family-friendly-family-room

https://www.furniture.com/tips-and-trends/easy-to-clean-furniture

The site also features a collection of furniture perfect for anyone on a budget. All the pieces featured are available for under or around $100. You can find the Furniture Under $100 Collection here:

https://www.furniture.com/collections/furniture-under-100

Happy shopping!

Fun with Life Science

Life Science is So Interesting (and sometimes gross)!

Spring always makes me think of all the things coming back to life - particularly outdoors - and so I rounded up these awesome life science links for you!  And don't forget, April 22nd is Earth Day!

Fun Life Science Links!

• On-line Insect Database
• Welcome to the Monarch Watch!
• National Marine Fisheries Service
Science Museum of Virginia
• Daytona Beach Museum of Arts and Sciences
• The Sierra Club
• The Virtual Body - learn about the body with an interactive, 3-D map!
• The Heart: A Virtual Exploration
• Funology - The Science of Having Fun!
• Interactive Skeleton - Click The Bones You Wanna See.
• NYE LABS - From the Bill Nye TV show.
• Virtual Dissection Kit - This site is very cool! It allows you dissect many different animals on-line.
• The Yuckiest Site on the Internet

Would love to hear your favorite life science resources in the comments!

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Computers and the Internet

Computers - for Kids

Kids love technology!!

How do computers work - links to check out:

• TypingPal Online  - the best course to learn typing...online!
• Intel
• How Microprocessors Work How Computers Work Surf
• Swell Island  - Adventures in Internet Safety. This is a great site to teach kids and parents about internet safety including avoiding viruses and maintaining privacy.
• Children Programming  - This page has information on computer books and software to help children learn about computers, programming, and creating multimedia programs.

 

The easiest Rubik's Cube solution is available in many languages. Learn it quickly memorizing only a few algorithms.

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What to Watch - for Kids

What to Watch - for Kids

We all love TV but in demand and YouTube have become a hot trends.

Here is someold school kids TV you child try searching up online:

• Barney the Dinosaur and Friends
• Big Idea! - Home of Veggie Tales
• Cartoon Network
• the Disney Channel
• Disney's ToonTown Online
• Nickelodeon Online
• PBS Kids
• Nickelodeon
• Nick Jr.
• Disney Playhouse
• Cartoon Network
• The Discovery Channel
• Animal Planet
• The Dilbert Zone

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Help and Resources for Aspiring Young Writers

Writing 101!

Here is Help and Resources for Aspiring Young Writers:

Information for Young Writers

• The Word Detective is the free on-line version of an internationally-syndicated newspaper column answering readers' questions about words and language (primarily word and phrase origins) since 1953. More than 180 previously-posted columns are available in our fully-indexed archive, and reader questions are encouraged (with the exception of any question concerning "gry")
• flatstanley.com
• Children's Literature Web Guide
• Jane Austen Information Page
• Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Mark Twain on the Web 
• Children's Book Council
• Starfall - A site for young readers to improve their skills through simple games.

REFERENCE

• Bartlett, John. 1901. Familiar Quotations - Look up a famous quote with this great search feature.
• Children's Literature Web Guide
• Library of Congress
• Myths and Legends of Indigenous Peoples
• On-line Books OneLook Dictionaries - 5,990,011 words in 963 dictionaries indexed.
• Project Bartleby: The Public Library of the Internet
• Roget's Thesaurus
• Merriam-Webster Online Webster's Dictionary - On-line and searchable.

MAGAZINES BY and/or FOR KIDS

• American Girl
• Homeschool Gazette This site encourages Christian homeschooled youth (ages 5-14), in reading and creative writing skills.
• Scholastic
• Sports Illustrated for Kids 
• Time for Kids

STORIES AND BOOKS ON-LINE

• A Little Princess - by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• The Call of the Wild - by Jack London
• Ballads of a Cheechako - by Robert W. Service
• Alice Through the Looking Glass
• Wacky Web Tales - Write your own interactive story on-line!
• Cinderella
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• The Internet Public Library KidSpace

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Games To Play

Game Time!

Tired of being cooped up all winter? Check out these games to pass the time.

How many of these games have you played before?

• Wholesome Learning Fun for Kids!
• WebKinz.com - online pets
• www.neopets.com
• Up to 10 - the fun place to learn online!
• PopCap Games
• PrimaryGames.com
• Frostyz.com
• Pogo.com
• Monopoly.com
• Practice SCRABBLE® online 
• Yahoo - Computer Games
• MiniClip - Free Games and Shows
• Club Penguin
• Sudoku

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I don't endorse any of these sites or links... Use at your own discretion/risk.

Fun with Math

Math Can Be So Much Fun!

Is math tough for you? Do you love math? Check out these links for helpful math tips, games and fun facts.

Math Resources:

• Math.com - Online Mathematics Glossary - This site contains useful mathematics terms and their definitions.
• Ask Dr. Math!
• E-Tutor - This site provides valuable resources for activity-based learning.
• MathWorld - the web's most extensive mathematics resource
• The Geometry Center
• American Mathematical Society
• Counting Money and Coins -  list of online games, worksheets, and activities related to money and coins from HomeSchoolMath.net

Fun Math Games:

• Cool Math for Kids
• 7up Number Games (requires flash)
• Games from MathisFun.com 
• U of M Gallery of interactive on-line geometry - Interactive puzzle games (doesn't work in all browsers)

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Geology fun

Geology

Curious about Geology? How do we learn about what's inside the earth? Curious about volcanoes and hot springs? Check out these links for Geology photos and fun facts.

Geology Facts and Fun

• Cascades Volcano Observatory
• Ask An Earth Scientist!
• Geology Hotlist
• Charlotte, The Vermont Whale

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Weather fun for kids

Weather

Curious about the weather? What is coming up? What is the history? What are the seasons like? Check out these links for weather fun.

MN Weather Facts and Fun

• Twin Cities, MN - National Weather Service Weather Radar
  
• Twin Cities, MN Weather History
• Facts and Figures about MN Climate
• MN Seasons

Nationals Weather info:

• Web Weather for Kids
• Real-Time Weather - Meteorologists can access a host of temperature, moisture, wind and other surface data prior to its being interpreted by forecasters.
• The Daily Planet
• Current Weather Conditions for U.S.
• The Weather Channel® On The Web - Resources from the Weather Channel On-line.
• Weather Page from USA Today
• Alaska Climate Research Center and National Weather Service Alaska Region

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Did You Know? - Household Tips #LifeHack

Did You Know? - Household Tips #LifeHack

History Fun For Kids

History

Curious about history? How do we learn about history? Who were famous people in history? Check out these links for history photos and fun facts.

History Facts and Fun Primarily about American History

• The Real Story Behind the Wheel
• What is a caveman?
• U.S. History Timeline
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• Explore American History with American Girl
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• Official home of the US Senate
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• Abraham Lincoln Research Site
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• Alexander Graham Bell's Path to the Telephone
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• The American Civil War Homepage
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• American Studies Cultural Maps - The Age of Discovery: Maps of America to 1700 On-line.
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• The Civil War, 1861-1865 Time Line - Great pages with many photographs.
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• The Constitution of the United States
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• Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit
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• Declaration of Independence
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• The History Net
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• Frank Lloyd Wright - recognized as the 20th century's greatest architect.
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• Leonardo Internet - with a Leonardo da Vinci Museum on-line.
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• Notes and Photographs On the Invention of the Airplane
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• Oregon Trail Information Center
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• Papers of George Washington
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• The World of Benjamin Franklin - from the Franklin Science Museum.
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• U.S. Historical Documents - including the Federalist Papers & much more!
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• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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• 1492 Exhibit 
• Ancient History Sourcebook - This page is a compendium of human history and the stories of many ancient cultures.
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• Women in World History

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Hand & footprint angel

I found this great project- two hand and footprint Angel- online but there was no place to source it to. 

The quote says "Let us run with patience the race that is set before us." It is a verse from the Bible. Hebrews 12 1.

I love this Angel so much I attempted to have my children do it.

I lightly sketched with pencil where the heart and the Halo would go. My seven-year-old took it from there...

If you are having your children do this project, I would suggest paper that is wider than a standard 8 1/2 by 11 sheet.

May you enjoy this project as much as my daughter did and cherish it as long as I will!

Rich in Every Way, EBC message, August 13/14 2016

If you couldn't make it to EBC this weekend...

Did you know these jobs had such high median salaries?

Did you know these careers had such high median salaries?

Glassdoor created a list of 11 jobs that have a median salary over $100,000 (and they included links to job openings in these field in their post).

So here is their list without all the "explanation" text or long video to watch. :-)

1. Equity research associate -median pay $100,000
2. Physician's assistant -median pay $100,000
3. Nurse practitioner -median pay $101,000
4. Regional sales executive -median pay $103,000
5. Drilling engineer -median pay $116,000
6. Geophysicist -median pay $119,000
7. Special agent -median pay $125,000
8. Dentist -median pay $130,000
9. Airline pilot -median pay $134,000
10. Software architect -median pay $139,000
11. Reservoir engineer -median pay $143,000

Thinking about changing careers?
(BTW, I don't see real estate agent on that list but if you wanted to work with me, you could do quite well.)

In an earlier post from Glassdoor they listed the 25 Highest Paying Jobs in America for 2016 where everyone on the list had had a median base salary over $100,000.


1. Physician
2. Lawyer
3. Research & Development Manager
4. Software Development Manager
5. Pharmacy Manager
6. Strategy Manager
7. Software Architect
8. Integrated Circuit Designer Engineer
9. IT Manager
10. Solutions Architect
11. Engagement Manager
12. Applications Development Manager
13. Pharmacist
14. Systems Architect
15. Finance Manager
16. Data Scientist
17. Risk Manager
18. Creative Director
19. Actuary
20. Data Architect
21. Tax Manager
22. Product Manager
23. Design Manager
24. Analytics Manager
25. Information Systems Manager

All of these jobs require higher education to some extent.

Working with me is about wanting specialized higher education, constantly growing and rolling with the punches without quitting. Do you have the dedication, drive and grit to be on my team?

Fun with Geography

Geography

Curious about maps? Topography? How do we learn about places in the world? Check out these links for maps, photos and fun facts.

Geography Facts and Fun with Maps!

• World Map Viewer
• How far is it?
• State Shaded Relief Maps
• PCL Map Collection
• Altapedia™ Online - contains key information on every country of the world. Each country profile provides facts and data on geography, climate, people, religion, language, history and economy.
• U.S. Naval Observatory - This will give current time for the U.S. zones as determined by the Naval atomic clock.

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Real Estate Comics

Inspirational Quotes to Keep You Going