Kelly's Korner - Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater

Hey, All

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Well, Saturday is Halloween and all the little ghosties and goblins will be out swarming the
 neighborhoods in search of loot.  We have quite a few little devils, minions, superheroes and princesses come to our door.  In the olden days (when I was a kid) we would get homemade treats a lot.  Unfortunately, in this day and age, that isn't possible to do with trick or treaters today.

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But that doesn't mean you have to deprived yourself of those pumpkin goodies.  The stores have been going overboard with pumpkin flavored yummies.  While I am not a big pumpkin fan, there are a few things I do like.

My nephew got married this past weekend, and instead of a wedding cake, my mom and I made cupcakes and decorated them.  There was chocolate, lemon and pumpkin spice cupcakes and they were a hit.  Mom did the chocolate and lemon ones and I did the pumpkin spice.  They were very easy.  I used a package of Betty Crocker Spice cake mix and added a can of pumpkin to it - easy, right?  I baked them a little longer than called for as the pumkin adds more bulk and moisture.  Then topped it with cream cheese frosting (followed the Philadephia Cream Cheese recipe found on their website) and decorated with a icing rose and leaves.  They were a hit!

On last year's blog, I posted a recipe for pumpkin-raisin-oatmeal cookies and I'm going to make more this week.  Yum!

What is your favorite pumpkin recipe?  I'd love it if you'd share - or just send the goodies!

Trick or Treat!

Friday Morning Videos: Halloween Edition: KTVQ Billings, Montana - Joe Gehl & Maytag Repairman

In the spirit of Halloween, here is a news clip of late Maytag Man Gordon Jump appearing at a Halloween event in Billings, MT.



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Kelly's Korner - Things that go bump in the night

Hey, All,

Tis the week for all the ghoulies and ghosties to be slinking through the neighborhoods in search of tricks or treats - but what if what is bumping in the middle of the night is your appliances?

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First, get up and see where it's coming from (if you can unglue yourself from under the covers).  If it's not spewing water or spurting flames - go back to bed.  It will hold until you have to get up.  If it's spewing water, turn the machine off and unplug it and get the water cleaned up.  As long as there is no more water coming out of it, you're good till morning and you can call your favorite tech.

If it is spewing flames, don't call on Saint George, call 911 and get everyone out of the house!  Without endangering yourself and others, if you can put it out with an extinguisher, fine, but still call the fire department - flames may be hiding in walls and other places and they will make sure everything is safe.  It is not wise to have your washer, dryer or dishwasher running while no one is home - that's when the little goblins decide to wreak havoc.

It's always a good ideal to have your appliance repair company come do regular maintainence on your appliances and with the holidays coming up it's best to get it done as soon as possible to avoid the holiday rush - yes, there is a holiday rush with appliance repair!  Either those goblins choose the worst time to invade or there are alot of procrastinators out there that have to wait till the last minute to fix their appliances for the holidays.

Have a spook-tacular week!

Halloween Costume Ideas

The arrival of fall means Halloween is coming soon. Here at W.L. May this is a big holiday. We all let our hair down one last time before we begin the rush that is the holiday season. We traditionally celebrate by having a costume contest and a lunch. If you have a similar event that would like your participation you may need to come up with a costume.

Over the years, as you might imagine, appliance parts have been used for costume pieces several times that I can recall. Years ago, a couple of amazingly good storm trooper costumes were fashioned from washing machine and dryer parts. Sadly, I have no pictures of that costume to share with you.

Shannon from our accounting department had  a great Electric range costume last year. If you have several old parts, a big box and a can of spray paint, this would be a an relatively easy and quite flashy costume. Here is Shannon modeling her creation:

A few years ago one of our warehouse guys showed that dead appliance parts can make for an excellent robot costume. Here is a shot of that outfit for your consideration and inspiration.

Appliance parts salvaged from repair jobs can be assembled into an easy, yet impressive costumes. Just remember that if you are inspired to make a kids costume, that the child has enough mobility and that their vision isn't obstructed by the costume. Also be very careful about jagged edges. Some sheet metal parts can give you a nasty cut. Safety first! Have a fun Halloween!

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Kelly's Korner - Happy Halloween!

To all my ghouls and ghosties,

Fall is definately in the air and it has been an absolutely gorgeous one!  The trees are so many different colours, the days sunny and nights have been crisp.  Very little rain here in the Portland area and the local pumpkin patches are doing a booming business.

Speaking of pumpkins, my baby sis is a HUGE pumpkin fan and I've been flooding her FB page and email with all kinds of recipes for all kinds of pumpkin goodies.  Personally, I can live without it - blech!  But I do have a very simple recipe for pumpkin cookies that even I like - and you can throw it together while you're cooking dinner and have fresh cookies for desert.



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Kelly's Super Simple Pumpkin Cookies

1 box spice cake mix
1 can pumpkin

Optional:

2 cups oatmeal and/or lots of raisins or chocolate chips or all three

Just mix together and drop on baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes (time may vary due to different ovens and size of cookies.

You can't get much easier than this!  Hmmm, gonna have to stop at the store....YUM!

Have a spooktacular Halloween!