Movie Review: Overboard

Movie Title: Overboard. Comedy. Rated PG. A perfect summer movie. A spoiled rich woman, Joanna (Goldie Hawn), who treats everyone unkindly, has a carpenter, Dean (Kirk Russell), build a closet for her on her yacht. While sailing one day she falls off the yacht. Because she's not a very nice wife, her husband doesn't bother looking for her. However, the carpenter finds her. Joanna has amnesia and doesn't know who she is. Since she wasn't very nice to him, Dean takes advantage of the situation. He tells her she's his wife. Joanna, who doesn't know the first thing about cooking or cleaning, has to cook, clean and take care of Dean's unruly kids. It's pretty funny. Check it out. Kids eight and older should like it.

Help for Ant Invasion

1) Do you get ants in your dog's food dish? If so, then get a bowl bigger than your dog's food dish. Fill this bowl with a few of inches of water. Put food dish inside bowl of water. The ants don't like going over water to get to dog food.

2) Do you have trouble with ants on your counter? This trick has worked for me. Make a thin circle of salt around where you see the ants coming in. The ants don't like crossing through salt.

Read the back of your over the counter medicine

Here is tip I got from a pharmacist. Make sure you look at any over-the-counter medicine and RX medicine for possible side effects. Then if your child has a side effect you’ll know what it is from. Also, if your child has had one of side effects before you can discuss this with the doctor before giving the medicine. Also, see how old your child needs to be to take the medicine and what dosage they should have. Many over-the-counter medicines are not for children two-years-old and younger.

Movie Review: Crocodile Dundee

Movie Title: Crocodile Dundee. Comedy. Rated PG-13. Note the PG-13, it's not for young kids. Has scary crocodile scene and risqué humor. I saw this movie when it first came out and again maybe six years later, and lately. When it came out I thought the movie was cute. When I watched it again for this review I saw it was somewhat outdated and a tad slow moving (I actually had to restrain myself from cleaning a spot in the rug so I could give the movie my full attention since I was going to review it). Some movies can be outdated and still be a classic; this is not one of them. Also, maybe I've been spoiled by watching Animal Planet. Seeing a movie where the hero saves someone from a fake looking Croc doesn't do much for me now. However, the premise of the movie is solid. A rugged Australian outdoorsman who has never been to a big city goes to New York City.

The story starts off with pretty New York City journalist, Sue, going to the Australian outback to interview a safari business owner, Mick (Paul Hogan). He supposedly had a dangerous encounter with a giant crocodile in the wild, but lived to tell the tale. After following Mick to the river where the tale in happened, Sue convinces him to come to New York. This is where the movie is supposed to rise on the funny meter. A country boy adapting to a big city. The movie has its moments but I wouldn't tell people they should see it. When it first came out I did. But like I already wrote it’s dated. I wouldn't cross it off your movie rental list if it's already there. You might like it. I know I did almost twenty years ago.

How to Keep Spiders out of your House

I've done this to keep spiders from coming in through window cracks. Clean outside of the window, plus all around it, including the ledge, with soap and water. Dry areas with old shirt/rag. Next spray a wax dust cleaner on ledge and all around window. I was told this tip by someone who said spiders don't like slippery services. This does help for whatever reason.

Ice Cream Pie Recipe

This ice cream pie recipe is as easy to make as 1, 2, 3, 4. Kids love this tasty dessert and they can help make it!
What you need: Small package of chocolate cookies with cream centers; ice cream of your choice; chocolate syrup; half a stick of real butter (1/2 a cup); can of whipped cream (or a bag of it with a roseate tip); pie pan; mixing bowl; two spoons; heavy duty freezer bag; rolling pin; toothpicks; cherries (optional); sprinkles (optional); and aluminum foil.

What to do:
1- Put cookies in heavy duty freezer bag. (You want to make enough crumbs to fill bottom of pie pan one inch thick.) Seal freezer bag. Roll over it with rolling pin again and again. Add butter. Mix together with spoon. Now fill bottom of pie pan with crumbs. Next place whole cookies straight up all around edge of pan. This is nice for serving purposes because each person can have a slice of pie as big as one or one and half cookie edges.

2- Put ice cream in mixing bowl and let ice cream soften. (Do NOT mix by using a regular mixing bowl because the consistency will not come out right.) Keep hitting middle of ice cream in bowl with a hard wooden spoon to soften it. The edges will melt. Do not use this liquid. Put it in a cup and place in freezer or let your child drink it. When ice cream is soft enough put in pie pan and smooth over nicely. Your child can make funny designs in ice cream with a toothpick. Or they can sprinkle candy sprinkles on pie.

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3- Using the whipped cream make small quick dots all around edge of pie. Make one dot in direct middle of pie. If you know how to use a bag of whipped cream create small rosettes all around pie pan. Place one rose in middle.

4- In the dot/rose in the middle of pie place a cherry (ones with stems are nice). Drizzle chocolate syrup in an overlapping O pattern, from mid cherry to edge of whipped cream dots. Go all around pie. When done place cherries in each and every whipped cream dot/rosette. To keep ice cream pie nice looking until you eat it, put toothpicks in pie and cover with aluminum foil. Toothpicks make sure foil does not mess up ice cream pie. Place ice cream pie in freezer until ready to eat. Enjoy!

4th of July Arts and Crafts: Lincoln Penny House

Good Luck Lincoln Penny House.
What you need- 2 brown pieces of construction paper, crayons, scissors, stapler, glue and a penny.
Draw the frame of a house on one construction paper. Cut it out. Trace cut out on other construction paper. Cut this house out as well. Draw a door and windows on one house. Cut door so you can open it when it is laid on top of other brown paper (cut door on three sides). Cut windows the same way. Put plain house under house with door and windows. Staple papers together on edges. Underneath the cut out door glue a penny on it. For underneath window flaps draw a dog or children. Or draw a lantern or a candle under window flap. Child can also draw a US flag on front of house.