Chocolate Pinks

No, not flowers. Mini Cupcakes!!

I made these awhile back. When I first got my vintage green handled spatula, included in the picture. Hence the peaks in the frosting. Mini cupcakes are too fun to make, and eat!  How can you really go wrong with cute  and chocolate?!
Also, pictured is my Petalware plate. Made in the 1930s by Monax, a glass manufacturing company that made glass lamp shades. The plate is actually glass, not china. I love the stripes, so very 30s. Unfortunately, they are not very plentiful and very pricey. My collection might just consist of one plate and two saucers.

From Hersey's 1934 Cookbook

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Johny Storage Dark

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Johny Storage Dark blogger template is a dark blue free magazine style blogger template for portal news blog with automatic recent per category. It's a 2/3 column blogger template with right sidebar, 3 column footer, magazine style blogspot template, automatic featured content slider, automatic slider carousel, ads ready, pagination for blogger ready, dropdown menu, tab view menu, clean design template, and more. This template designed for portal news blog with daily updates. New feature : Static Page ready.

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My Google Code was banned, there's so many script that I put in there can't be opened. But I already fixed it with the updates ones, you can re-download this template or you can change some script in this post, and I suggest you to save any javascript in this template with your own Google Code or another file hosting for better result. Read this tutorial to save Javascript in to your own Google Code.

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Johny Storage Blue

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Johny Storage Blue blogger template is a light blue free magazine style blogger template for portal news blog with automatic recent per category. It's a 2/3 column blogger template with right sidebar, 3 column footer, magazine style blogspot template, automatic featured content slider, automatic slider carousel, ads ready, pagination for blogger ready, dropdown menu, tab view menu, clean design template, and more. This template designed for portal news blog with daily updates. New feature : Static Page ready.

Template Name : Johny Storage Blue
Author : Maskolis
Url Instruction : Creating Website
Designer : Creating Website
Url Designer : creatingwebsite-maskolis.blogspot.com

Update Templates

My Google Code was banned, there's so many script that I put in there can't be opened. But I already fixed it with the updates ones, you can re-download this template or you can change some script in this post, and I suggest you to save any javascript in this template with your own Google Code or another file hosting for better result. Read this tutorial to save Javascript in to your own Google Code.

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Johny Storage Red

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Johny Storage Red blogger template is a red light free magazine style blogger template for portal news blog with automatic recent per category. It's a 2/3 column blogger template with right sidebar, 3 column footer, magazine style blogspot template, automatic featured content slider, automatic slider carousel, ads ready, pagination for blogger ready, dropdown menu, tab view menu, clean design template, and more. This template designed for portal news blog with daily updates. New feature : Static Page ready.

Template Name : Johny Storage Red
Author : Maskolis
Url Instruction : Creating Website
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My Google Code was banned, there's so many script that I put in there can't be opened. But I already fixed it with the updates ones, you can re-download this template or you can change some script in this post, and I suggest you to save any javascript in this template with your own Google Code or another file hosting for better result. Read this tutorial to save Javascript in to your own Google Code.

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Kettlebell Set: Handy and Practical For Exercise

ByCameron Dennard

Have you finally found the ideal fitness equipment that suits your needs? While a lot of equipment is designed for increasing strength and endurance, they can be expensive and take up a ton of space at home. While rowing machines, treadmills and elliptical bikes are excellent for building stamina, they don't develop strength. Joining a gym sounds good, but can you make it there consistently? Depending on where you live, the weather may not allow you to travel to the gym on certain days. So, what's an alternative? How about a kettlebell set.

Kettlebell workouts are unique because they not only are fat-burning, but they also build strength and endurance. Russians have used this piece of equipment for a long time because of its ability to enhance power. The kettlebell then started to be utilized by Russian soldiers and Olympians to help them train and perform at a higher level. So what's not to like?

A kettlebell is almost like a cannonball with a handle attached. An overlooked benefit of kettlebells is increased hand/grip strength as you do exercises such as cleans, snatches, and jerks. It really is an ideal piece of fitness equipment because of how versatile it is. Owning a set allows you to workout whenever you want without ever having to leave your home.

There are many types of kettlebell sets that you can buy nowadays. One is the popular and traditional cast-iron kettlebell set. It usually comes in three different weights: 10 pounds, 12 pounds and 14 pounds. The set is ideal for women who want rapid fat loss and tone. Of course, this amount may be more than enough for men also.

As you continue to progress and build strength, you can also easily increase the amount of weight by getting a heavier kettlebell. A 22-pound set might be ideal for a lot of men who are already active and looking to add bulk. There are several steel competition kettlebell sets that meet the International Union of Kettlebell Lifting Standards. Currently, a kettlebell set is normally color coded according to weight and has polished handles for easy handling.

No matter what kettlebell set you choose, make sure to consult a doctor first before trying a strenuous program. Those who have a current condition are strongly encouraged to do this. Buying a kettlebell workout video is also advised so you can learn how to use it properly.

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Vertical Leap Training

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Google Pagerank'ım 2 Oldu!

Evet başlıkta bahsettiğim gibi google pagerank'ım 2 olmuş. Aslında hiç beklemiyordum öyle boş boş otururken birden wmaracın'dan siteyi ölçtürmek geldi içimden hemen girdim ve ölçtüm gerçekten şaşırdım. Ama daha ne başarılara el atacağım bekleyin ve görün bunlar başlangıçlar. Ayriyeten alexa dünya sıralamamda yaklaşık 400.000 e düşmüş; alexa ülke sıralamam ise 5.000'den 3.000'lere düşmüş. Google indexim 366 ya çıkmış. Yandex indexim baya çoğalmış bir kaç hafta önce 45 olan index şuanda 119 olmuş google görsel indexim zaten iyiydi onda fazla bir artık yok oda 1.560 olmuş. Sayfa hız skorum da biraz düşüş yaşanmış eskiden %86 olan hız şuanda 78 e düşmüş durumda bununla ilgileneceğim...



Detaylı bilgilere buradan veya buradan bakabilirsiniz.

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How Much Running Is Required to Train for a First Half Marathon?

Running a first half marathon is a great way of getting fit, losing weight and maybe even earning some money for a good cause. But how much training is required?

The answer depends on two things - how fit you are at the beginning of your training, and how fast you want to compete the 13.1 mile course. Both need to be considered together. Starting from a low level of fitness but trying to run the course in less than 90 minutes is going to take a LOT of training.

It's generally reckoned that to achieve that sort of time, you will need to be running in the region of 50 miles per week. And starting from a low fitness base it will take quite a long time to get up to that level. A useful rule of thumb is the 10% rule - increase your total running distance by no more than 10% from one week to the next if you want to minimise your risk of getting injured. Most injuries are caused by increasing the intensity or distance run each week too quickly. The 10% rule helps prevent runners from getting carried away. So if you can run 10 miles per week now (spread over 3 or more runs, obviously) the most you should try next week is 11 miles. Keep to this simple rule and you should be able to avoid over-training, and keep uninjured for your first half marathon.

So, if you haven't run for years, you are looking at 6 or more months hard training before you are able to do the kind of weekly distance that will be required to run 13.1 miles in under 90 minutes. On the plus side, that would probably be fast enough to get you in the to 2% of finishers - and that includes the elite runners! Most of us would rather set a less demanding target - maybe just completing the distance, or aiming for less than 2 hours, which would still get you in the top third of finishers for the Great North Run in the UK.

Either way you should be looking to build up to running at least 3 times a week, spread out over the whole week, steadily increasing the weekly distance as you go. It's very tempting to try and get all of your training done in one or two sessions a week. However, that is not only a good way of getting injured, but it's also bad for your body. You don't tend to build up the muscles you need so much and you don't lose so much weight. Consistent, regular exercise is the key to good results. Missing a day is OK. Missing 5 days in a row is going to make it so much harder to achieve you goals.

Find out more about training for a half marathon at www.erunningweightloss.com/halfmarathontraining

Rob Knowles used to be a sedentary, overweight office dweller. He still wastes his days trying to earn an honest living in an office, but he did take up running, he lost some weight and now he just won't stop going on about it!

© 2012 Rob Knowles

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Downloading Your Workouts

I was in the gym last Friday and two guys training there were doing a leg work-out they got off the Internet. They were leg pressing with just three plates on each side, a weight so light it wouldn't even qualify as a warm-up, but they said they needed to reach 30 reps, at least according to the plan they were following. I started inquiring about the makeup of the workout, when one of the guys down-loaded it for me on his smartphone. Sure enough, the mass-building routine started off with leg extensions, but did a drop set of 100 reps before going to a multijoint move (leg presses) for sets of 30. Then it was on to standing leg curls before other multijoint, hack squats. The order of the workout made no sense; the reps were too high to elicit a mass-building effect, and the routine was littered with intensity-boosting techniques that seemed randomly placed.

With thousands of websites providing free workout advice, chances are if you're going online to get your workouts you're rolling the dice with your muscle gains. One guy approached me about a year ago and told me he was writer of the year for a popular bodybuilding website, so I checked over his recent submissions and I honestly threw the heap of papers into the reject pile. My hunch is that the site he wrote for was more attuned to selling supplements than it was in providing good advice. So the bottom line is that tons of websites offer free training advice and articles on working out, but most of the workouts don't really work, those sites are there for one reason and that is to really sell their supplements and products. Most of the time you can get signed up with a gym and at little to no cost a professional trainer can get you on the right path to true and in most cases a faster muscle building system. The trainers can also give you advice as to how much and what kind of supplements you need to take while you work out, because most of the supplements usually don't work or can cause long term problems on your body. If you can't afford a gym membership then talk to somebody who has been lifting weights for a long time and look at how they look from doing so and in most of the time they usually can give you advice on a very effective way on how to build muscle just by working out at home.

To learn more on how to build muscle fast and safe, along with the right products to use, go to betterfitnessandbeauty

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Around the Hood

This post is a little random, but here are a few things I have seen around the hood in the last few days.

-Maybe you can't see this very well, but when I went running last weekend, I saw this (it's a guy running away from me, on the wrong side of the road). As we determined, he should be running toward traffic. I wanted to say something to him! And this is the perfect road I am talking about, because you pretty much have to run IN the road, since there is no sidewalk and barely a shoulder to run on.

- Temescal Park, where you can swim! In fresh water. Although I bet it's mighty chilly right now! But people were there, swimming laps. It made me re-think the fact that I should probably be going swimming, at least once a week. It was so nice! I have the goggles and suit; I just need to work up the motivation!

- Another one of those "gosh darn them" moments. This car, parked on the sidewalk, where I had to run around it. There were plenty of parallel parking spots on the street. Right next to this driveway, in fact.

- As seen in Safeway. You probably can't read it very well (click on photo to zoom) but it says: "Warning, the red wine vinegars and balsamic vinegars on these shelves contain lead, a chemical known to the state of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm." So why are they on the shelves? Anyway, no matter, I purchased the one on the right.

- As runners, we talk a lot of the taper, and "taper madness". Well, if you come on down to my hood, you can get "taper madness"...or "fade madness", "afro madness" or many other fun afflictions. Or a haircut. (I wonder if they do those little z's?)

- Gordon Biersch garlic fries and a ballgame. The only thing better is that and a beer (not shown).

What's going on in your neighborhood? Where is your closest place to swim outside? What do you indulge in when you go to the ball park?

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