What's New This Week? Crocus! Yep, here we are in the middle of February, over a month away from the first day of spring and we have Crocus blooming. Not just starting to show some green but in full bloom. An even stranger thing is we have a Fuchsia in a pot that is just sitting in our back yard blooming away. We've been waiting for the leaves to die back on a bunch of plants so we can do our winter pruning but they are all starting to show signs of spring without ever loosing all their leaves. Very strange indeed.
Everybody keeps talking about global warming and we are starting to believe it is happening. I guess we'll just go cut them back and see what happens.
For many of you in the country you are still getting winter and L.A. and Southern California are getting hammered with rain but here in the Great Northwet it looks like spring has sprung.

     Since we are talking about dental stuff and presidents we must talk about George Washington and his teeth. Did you know that his teeth were made out of wood? Well they weren't! That's been a long time fable that just ain't true. They were made out of hippopotamus ivory and cow's tooth, carved by hand, and held in his mouth with metal springs. Here's a very informative site all about George's teeth, www.americanrevolution.org/dental.html. Here's a picture of George's false teeth from the Virtualology™ Museum of History, www.presidentgeorgewashington.com.

If you have a favorite site please send it to us so we may share it with the rest of our readers. Send it to duckmaster@runnerduck.com.

Apple Smile

     Sister Susie was over to celebrate her birthday last weekend and was talking about these neat teeth they made in school to discuss dental care. We thought they'd make a pretty fun project.

Remember we have all of our past projects archived on our web site at www.runnerduck.com. Just click on the Projects or Kids Only Eggs.

      Most children don't like to brush their teeth but this creative book makes the job of teaching them a lot easier. Check out "Brush Your Teeth Please" by clicking on the book cover below.

     We thought it would be fun to share a musicians joke with you this week. If you like it let me know because I have a whole bag of great musician jokes.

A woman tells her husband that he is a hopeless drunkard and if he does not go to see a doctor for help she is going to leave him.

The man resists but after relentless nagging he gives in and goes to see a doctor.

The doctor gives him a complete examination and tells the man that he can't find anything wrong with him other than his being an alcoholic and if he does not stop drinking he should not come back to his office for any reason.

The man is at a loss as to what to tell his wife and staggers from saloon to saloon trying to find some strange illness that he could tell her that he has.

Staggering drunkenly on his way home he passes a music store and sees a sign in the window through his drunken stupor and reads out loud, "SYNCOPATION."

That's it! He will tell his wife that he has a bad case of syncopation.

Honey, he tells her I have syncopation. The wife says she never heard of it and goes to look it up in the dictionary and reads, SYNCOPATION: ERRATIC MOVEMENT FROM ONE BAR TO THE NEXT.

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      What do you do when you brush your teeth? Put the tooth paste on your brush, turn on the water, brush your teeth, rinse and turn off the water, right? Wrong! What you should do is put tooth paste on your brush, get it wet, TURN OFF THE WATER, brush our teeth and rinse. Just think that if you brush your teeth three times a day for two minutes each time every person in your house would save about 27 hours of running water. I'm not sure how that converts to gallons but it's got to be a bunch.

If you have a conservation tip please send it to conservation@runnerduck.com and we'll post it in our newsletter.

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The Church Gossip

Jezebel, the church gossip and self-appointed supervisor of the church's morals, kept sticking her nose into other peoples business.

Several residents were unappreciative of her activities, but feared her enough to maintain their silence.

She made a mistake, however, when she accused George, a new member, of being an alcoholic after she saw his pickup truck parked in front of the town's only bar one afternoon.

She commented to George and others that everyone seeing it there would know that he was an alcoholic.

George, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and just walked away. He said nothing.

Later that evening, George, quietly parked his pickup in front of Jezebel's house and left it there all night.

We can all thank Wayne P. for this joke and getting the better of Jezebel.

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   THIS WEEK'S FREE RECIPE

• 3 Tablespoons Butter
• 3 Tablespoon Corn Syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 2 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar, sifted
• 2 10 ounce jars Maraschino Cherries with stems
• 12 ounce package Milk Chocolate Chips
• 3 Tablespoons Shortening

Combine Butter, Corn Syrup, Vanilla and Salt
Add Sugar and beat well. If too thick, knead.
Divide fondant in half.
Roll into two 7" logs.
Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 - 1 1/2 hours.
Cut the logs into 1" pieces and cut each piece into four quarters.
Place into your palm and flatten each piece.
Wrap around a Cherry to cover.
Place on a piece of waxed paper, cover and freeze 30 minutes.
Melt the Chocolate Chips and Shortening together.
Dip the Cherries in the Chocolate, shake off the excess.
Place on waxed paper and chill for 20 minutes.
Store in the refrigerator.

Now post a guard outside the refrigerator because these will go really fast.

Remember, if you have a recipe you'd like to share please send it to marilyn@runnerduck.com.

     Every month we post a new recipe on our web page. Be sure and check out the February recipe at the RunnerDuck Kitchen Store.
We'd be happy to post your favorite recipe there or in our newsletter and give you credit. Just drop a line to marilyn@runnerduck.com.

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Tooth Fairy Keepsake Box

     Some people don't believe in the tooth fairy but if you do here's a great place to put your tooth and for the tooth fairy to put your reward. When the day comes that you're not loosing any more teeth it makes a great little keepsake box.

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Here's what you'll need;

• 2" X 3" 3/4" Maple
• 2" X 3" X 1/4" Maple
• 1/4" dowel, 7/8" long
• 1 1/2" X 2 1/2" piece of felt

Cut a 3/4" piece of Maple 2" X 3" for the box.
Cut a 1/4" piece of Maple 2" X 3" for the top.

Mark centers for two holes, centered 1" from each end.
Drill two 1 1/2" holes into the box within 1/8" of the bottom.

Align the top and box pieces and tape them together.
Mark one corner 1/4" from each side for the hinge.
Drill a 1/4" hole through both the top and box within 1/8" of the box bottom.

Cut a 1/4" dowel 7/8" long. Sand it smooth to make it go in the hole a little easier.
Do not hammer the hinge into the top. If you do it could split out the side (speaking from experience). You want it snug but not force fit.
Glue the hinge into the top with a tiny amount of dowel sticking above the top. You'll sand it off later.

After the glue dries, sand the top flat.
Radius the edges of the top using an 1/8" round router bit.
Sand and stain the top and box.
Twist the top hinge into the box. A little wax might make it work easier. You don't want it too loose though.
Cut out a piece of felt to fit into the holes in the box. Glue it into place.

That's it! Now have your toothless child put their teeth in it and wait for the tooth fairy to come do it's thing.

If you have a project that you would like to share please drop us a line and we'll help get it published in the RunnerDuck review. We are looking for woodworking, gardening, crafts and kids projects so send us your thoughts at projects@runnerduck.com .

     We had a lot of fun with all the dental stuff this time and we hope you enjoyed it as well. Just remember that you only get one set of permanent teeth so take really good care of them.

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