... never enough Charlie and Lola

New Charlie and Lola Colorform sets were just delivered to Tuesdays and Thursdays a few hours ago :

plus, we also took delivery of our first Charlie and Lola puzzle!

In the process of doing inventory this week the shocker was how many of the Giggling Charlie and Lola dolls we sold. WOW, if the puzzles and colorforms only do have as well we'll have a great year!


As we do major clean up at Tuesdays and Thursdays, Charlie and Lola can be found in our eBay store.

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Magnetic Asana Yoga now at Tuesdays and Thursdays

Taking fridge magnets a notch above the usual, Greggo Magnets creates themed magnet sets for the artist and intellectual just waiting to express themselves on everyone's favourite home appliance!

The Yoga set contains 63 colourful square pieces including the basic as well as more advanced poses. The die-cut sqaures are printed on a 7"x9" sheet - ready for you to pop out and create your own yoga routine.

Because of the choking hazard presented by some of the smaller pieces, this set is suggested for children over the age of three years. Find more fun magnet sets in our store - or while we're renovating the website find them in our eBay store:

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Mixed-Up Romance Magnetic Poetry

The passion! The desire! The heaving bosom! If you love a torrid romance, now you can create your own with the Magnetic Poetry Mixed-Up Romance Novel Kit. Festoon your fridge or file cabinet with turged and heart-rending emotion...then have fun mixing up your story into something hilarious and new! The romantic possibilities are endless.

The latest additon to our collection of Magnetic Poetry just arrived - just in time to set aflame the cold steely hardness of your fridge! (Get your mind out of the gutter! LOL!)



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The Power of Secret Attractions

There has been a great deal of chatter about the Law Of Attraction in the last several months ever since Oprah cast her empowering glance toward Rhonda Byrne's book "The Secret." In a nutshell, the Law of Attraction, which is 'the secret,' states that if you really desire it, the Universe will provide it for you.

If this were 100% true my doorbell would ring in a few moments, with a driver whisking me off to catch a private jet to Maldives where I would spend an incredible week with Thandie Newton. That's not going to happen no matter how much efforts I focus my thoughts on that outcome.

The power in the Law of Attraction has more to do with a positive attitude, and establishing our goals and desires in the positive. By re-reading Dr Norman Vincent Peale's 1952 classic "The Power of Positive Thinking" I realized that 'The Secret' is no more than a re-telling of what has already been written. Peale actually references the Law Of Attraction in his book although not to the degree Byrnes does. His explanation of the Law is more Christ centered, citing in several places "Through Christ All Things Are Possible." (I find it ironic that right-leaning Christians tend to criticize The Secret but have no problem putting that bumper sticker on their car.)

Once past all the skepticism, and there should be some skepticism when reading both Peale and Byrnes, there is actually a great deal of knowledge to be gained from both. At risk of sounding like one of those late 80's / early 90's motivational posters, Attitude does change Altitude.

When we are with co-workers or social settings, how many of us gravitate toward the person complaining about their children or bunions? We like to be around positive people, they inspire us, motivate us, and generally make us feel good. And positive people want to be around other positive people. Who is more likely to get the job, the one whose interview is awash in a tale of misfortune ("I'm up to my eyeballs in student loans are REALLY don't know what I'll do if I don't get this job") or the one who acts as if they already have the job and can clearly present their vision of what they will contribute to the bottom line.

In establishing goals for ourselves, a shift to the positive can make a world of difference. Focusing on negatives only empowers negatives. The best example is weight loss. Part of the reason why people fail at their goal of weight loss is that their focus is on the weight, they empower the weight by acknowledging it even in the wording or their goal. A more positive goal would be "have a kick ass body that stops traffic (without standing in front of it)." When thinking about finances we've been taught to think about eliminating debt - why focus on the debt? Once the debt is gone you'll be at zero. Focus instead of wealth, think about the money that will be flowing into your account and things you will do with that money. Focusing on wealth creation, and all of the positive things we can do with it, is much more postive that empowering our debt burden.

The Secret and the Law of Attraction really are the Power Of Positive Thinking.

And it works.

First Snow!

The first snow of the year turned into something quite substantial - and Jeero had a blast!

Pumpkin Bread Pudding Recipe from Caprial Pence

Back in the 1990's I discovered Caprial Pence. She has had her own PBS series and has also hosted Caprial and John's kitchen with her husband. She has authored several cookbooks including American Bistro Fare.

One of my favourite American Bistro Fare recipes, and one that I have made several times (so much so that I no longer need the recipe) is Pumpkin Bread Pudding. It's a great twist on the classic Pumpkin Pie and sure to become a favourite everywhere.


1 baguette, diced (I have found that a variety of day old white bread works well too)
1 cup toasted pecans (a few times toasted chopped filberts have gone over really well)
2 1/2 cups half and half
3/4 cup Pumpkin Puree (the Libby's in the can works great)
3/4 cup sugar (white sugar is fine, but everything tastes better with Turbinado sugar)
1/2 cup brown sugar
5 eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablesppon crystallized ginger (rough chopped ginger, so that the pieces about the size of M&M's seems to be what produces the best results)
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (grate your own - the flavour will be amazing!)
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

Preheat over to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

The original recipe calls for a 10-inch springform pan, but I have found that well greased 8 or 9 inch square baking pans work well too. Place the diced bread in the pan, sprinkle the toasted pecans over the bread as evenly as possible.

In a medium bowl mix half and half, pumpkin, and 3/4 cup sugar. Then add brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, ground and crystallized ginger, nutmeg, and allspice.

Pour this mixture over the bread and mix well. Let stand about 20 minutes so the bread can absorb the pumpkin mixture. Give it a quick mix again just before placing it in the oven.

Bake for 45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Caprial's recipes have made many of my Ordinary Days Extraordinary so without hesitation, I highly recommend heading to your local book seller to check out American Bistro Fare as well as Caprial's other books.

Tuscan Blood Orange Solid Perfume now at Tuesdays And Thursdays

TUSCAN BLOOD ORANGE solid perfume by Pacifica

Blood orange is loved for it's absence of bitterness with rich, juicy flavor and bright raspberry and strawberry notes. Italian sweet oranges flesh out this naturally beautiful essence.

Pacifica perfumes are formulated with natural to be paraben-free and vegan using the highest quality botanical ingredients and our signature Pacifica fragrance blends with essential oils. Pacifica body care and candle products are all made in the USA.


So what's so deal with blood oranges? A favorite of many orange connoisseurs, the blood orange, with its sweet, deep red flesh, is believed to be the result of a mutation that occurred in 17th-century Italy.

Grown for centuries in the Sicilian region, the orange plays a very important cultural role in Italy. Oranges are used in foods, drinks, liquors, and celebrated at festivals. A red streaked sky at sunset is known as a "blood orange sky." The scent of oranges also evokes images of Tuscany, the heart of medieval Italy. Boasting enchanted towns such as Florence, Pisa, and Siena, Tuscany is littered with castles, the ruins of walled villages, and landscapes doted with orange trees that can be detected in the slightest of sea breezes. Additionally, the blood orange is used as an antidepressant, aphrodisiac, and in various tonics.


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Happy Christmas - BA Style !

Something about the way the world's favourite airline wishes us a Happy Christmas that makes even the most ordinary commerical breaks extraordinary!

Hot Hugs by Aromahome now at Tuesdays And Thursdays

Hot Hugs by Aromahome are made with the highest quality supersoft fabrics. These adorable animals contain an easily removable natural wheat filled tummy insert. The tummy insert has been infused with lavender and camomile pure essential oil to help soothe and calm your little ones at bed time. Simply heat the insert in a microwave to enjoy a lovely warm cuddle. As well as being great huggable hotties they also make terrific toys.

The fun packaging makes them a perfect gift, so give someone special to you a lovely Hot Hug. Inserts are made with 100% cotton.

Product is filled with natural wheat grain and pure essential oils Outer cover can be removed and cleaned per instructions Follow heating instructions on packaging and on calico wheat bag; In time aroma may need replenishing, add a few drops of pure essential oil onto the cushion after heating.

When seated, the Hot Hugs are about 11 inches tall.

Hot Hugs are made in California and the United Kingdom. So far all of the merchandise we have received has come from California, so in addition to finding a great gift, you can feel great about supporting jobs and industry in the US!

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Crazy Mates - A Pirate Version Of Crazy Eights

Crazy Mates Card Game

 It's Crazy Eights With a Piratey Twist! Classic Card Games for Modern Kids Crazy Mates includes 48 cards and rules of play for 2 games - a basic game and a challenge game. All hands on deck for a fun filled game where losting is winning and the first one to shout "shiver me timbers" is the winner!

Find more fun games and other pirate themed gifts in our store.

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Magnetic Poetry Italian Edition

Magnetic Poetry World Series Kits are the international versions of the popular American phenomonen. Each was created by native speakers of the respective language, and care was taken to bring out the poetic delights of their mother tongue for natives and learners alike.

Available now at Tuesdays and Thursdays

Velvetten Rabbit Gift Set Now At Tuesdays And Thursdays

The Velveteen Rabbit is a children's novel written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit and his quest to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since.

Our Velveteen Rabbit is designed with elegantly simple lines, a shimmery velveteen coat, soft creme anglaise colored spots, and a snow-white belly. Pink satin ears, button-thread whiskers, sparkling eyes with embroidered trim, hand-stitched details, and a silky chenille tail complete this masterpiece.

This complete package holds a Velveteen Rabbit soft toy and a smaller soft cover version of the original The Velveteen Rabbit book, perfect for easy presentation.

The Velveteen Rabit is surface washable. Air dry, rabbits do not enjoy being tumble dryed.

The rabbit stands about 8 inches tall - his ears add about another 1 or so to his height.

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Garden Fairies Jigsaw Puzzle In A Collectible Tin

Our challenging 100-piece puzzle comes in an irresistible (even to adults!) hinged storage tin. (Only the storage tin is metal, by the way.) The artwork is great and the puzzles are fun!

Julia Breckenreid illustrated the poppies, dragonfly, butterflies, and fairies of the Garden Fairies Collectible Tin Puzzle. 100-pieces to put together with your friends.

100-piece puzzle measures 18 x 12"

Storage tin measures 7-1/16 x 6 x 2"

For ages 6+

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Curious George Valentine Fun Pack

One of the things that many of our customers soon realize is that we at Tuesdays And Thursdays do things a little bit differently than other companies - that's because we know, with a little planning, the most ordinary days can be made extraordinary.
We know we have some hard core Curious George fans amongst our customers - that's why we started carrying the Curious George Valentine Fun Packs as soon as they were available. Most retailers are not going to start offering these until sometime after their Christmas rush - PISH! We've got 'em, we know you love Curious George, so here they are!Adorable tote-style Valentine Fun Pack: Each sturdy paper tote with acetate window includes twenty 4 ¼" x 4 ¼" valentine cards (5 each of 4 designs), a Teacher’s card, 21 envelopes, and 30 stickers. Kids will love decorating these cards for schoolmates and delivering them to class in these original carryalls!
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The Downside Of Public Transportation

You know, my mother once told me that whenever I take the bus there will always be one weirdo on the bus.
Strange, every time I have taken the bus I have never seen a weirdo.

Piatnik Jigsaw Puzzles - Now A Part Of The Fun At Tuesdays And Thursdays

The jigsaw-puzzle was invented more than 200 years ago, initially for purely pedagogic reasons. In 1767, in order to familiarize his pupils with the geography of their country, the English teacher, John Spilsbury, cut up a map into several pieces, to be re-assembled again by his protégés. Spilsbury`s idea was successful and was soon copied by teachers teaching other subjects.
With time, the teaching aid turned into a popular sparetime activity. Pictures of idyllic scenes, landscapes and picturesque buildings were glued on wooden boards, which were then sawn into several pieces in order to re-assemble them again. This explains the English name "jigsaw" puzzle! The first puzzles were made of cedar-wood or mahagony. Later on soft woods were used and, finally, plywood.


Not until the 1960's were puzzles made of cardboard produced which are as good a quality as expensive wooden puzzles. This new production method suddenly made it possible to produce puzzles everybody could afford. Many different puzzles began to appear and started what could be called a real puzzle boom. Nowadays millions of pictures are punched into small pieces every year in order to be reassembled again by patient puzzle players. PIATNIK puzzles are made of a special high-quality cardboard and sold worldwide.


Piantnik Puzzles are now a part of the fun at Tuesdays And Thursdays!

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The Hungry Caterpillar Hand Puppet - Now Available At Tuesdays And Thursdays

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Peter Rabbit Blocks - A Beatrix Potter Classic at Tuesdays And Thursdays

Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit is there with his blue jacket in one scene, with Flopsy and Mopsy and Cotton-tail, plus Jemima Puddle-Duck, Tom Kitten and Benjamin Bunny.

Enjoy these sweet illustrations, which have been bringing delight to parents and small children since 1902! The block set contains 9 2-inch cubes, with each side forming the parts of six different puzzle pictures. They're also fun to use as building blocks! Comes packaged in a sturdy box with sliding drawer. Made for ages 3+.

The Peter Rabbit Puzzle Blocks are available at Tuesdays And Thursdays.

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Albert Einstein is having fun at Tuesdays And Thursdays

Albert Einstein Little Thinker Are you tired of all those cute but essentially brainless "beanie" dolls? The folks over at the Unemployed Philosophers Guild were too, so to offset that trend they designed the "Little Thinkers" line of beanie toys. Let the Little Thinkers add a little culture and humor to your life - or even to the students in your life! 11" tall and oh, so smart! Now available at Tuesdays And Thursdays!

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Words We Love : Ubuntu

“Your pain is my pain, My wealth is your wealth, Your salvation is my salvation.”
- African expression of "Ubuntu"

Pumpkin Bread Pudding Recipe From Caprial Pence

Back in the 1990's I discovered Caprial Pence. She has had her own PBS series and has also hosted Caprial and John's kitchen with her husband. She has authored several cookbooks including American Bistro Fare.

One of my favourite American Bistro Fare recipes, and one that I have made several times (so much so that I no longer need the recipe) is Pumpkin Bread Pudding. It's a great twist on the classic Pumpkin Pie and sure to become a favourite everywhere.


1 baguette, diced (I have found that a variety of day old white bread works well too)
1 cup toasted pecans (a few times toasted chopped filberts have gone over really well)
2 1/2 cups half and half
3/4 cup Pumpkin Puree (the Libby's in the can works great)
3/4 cup sugar (white sugar is fine, but everything tastes better with Turbinado sugar)
1/2 cup brown sugar
5 eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablesppon crystallized ginger (rough chopped ginger, so that the pieces about the size of M&M's seems to be what produces the best results)
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (grate your own - the flavour will be amazing!)
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

Preheat over to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

The original recipe calls for a 10-inch springform pan, but I have found that well greased 8 or 9 inch square baking pans work well too. Place the diced bread in the pan, sprinkle the toasted pecans over the bread as evenly as possible.

In a medium bowl mix half and half, pumpkin, and 3/4 cup sugar. Then add brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, ground and crystallized ginger, nutmeg, and allspice.

Pour this mixture over the bread and mix well. Let stand about 20 minutes so the bread can absorb the pumpkin mixture. Give it a quick mix again just before placing it in the oven.

Bake for 45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Caprial's recipes have made many of my Ordinary Days Extraordinary so without hesitation, I highly recommend heading to your local book seller to check out American Bistro Fare as well as Caprial's other books.

Pepto Bismol Haiku

Nausea Heartburn

Indigestion, An Upset

Stomach Di’rhea

Tuscan Blood Orange Perfume by Pacifica

TUSCAN BLOOD ORANGE solid perfume by Pacifica

Blood orange is loved for it's absence of bitterness with rich, juicy flavor and bright raspberry and strawberry notes. Italian sweet oranges flesh out this naturally beautiful essence.

Pacifica perfumes are formulated with natural to be paraben-free and vegan using the highest quality botanical ingredients and our signature Pacifica fragrance blends with essential oils. Pacifica body care and candle products are all made in the USA.


So what's so deal with blood oranges? A favorite of many orange connoisseurs, the blood orange, with its sweet, deep red flesh, is believed to be the result of a mutation that occurred in 17th-century Italy.

Grown for centuries in the Sicilian region, the orange plays a very important cultural role in Italy. Oranges are used in foods, drinks, liquors, and celebrated at festivals. A red streaked sky at sunset is known as a "blood orange sky." The scent of oranges also evokes images of Tuscany, the heart of medieval Italy. Boasting enchanted towns such as Florence, Pisa, and Siena, Tuscany is littered with castles, the ruins of walled villages, and landscapes doted with orange trees that can be detected in the slightest of sea breezes. Additionally, the blood orange is used as an antidepressant, aphrodisiac, and in various tonics.


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Magnetic Poetry College Edition : Now Available at Tuesdays And Thursdays

A perfect gift for any college-minded person from incoming freshmen to experienced grad students, the College Kit enlivens any matriculate message board with scholarly words like lecture, roommate, pizza, dorm, degree and cram.

Find the College Edition, as well as a wide variety of Specialty Magnetic Poetry Kits at Tuesdays And Thursdays.

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Suntan Target Uglydoll now at Tuesdays And Thursdays

New for 2008 and Available now at Tuesdays and Thursdays

A Corridor Of Coulour In Upper Montclair NJ

Part of the charm of Upper Montclair is its connection to the past, and simpler times. Small family owned restaurants, a traditional Hardware Store where you can find about anything, and small shops with treasures personally selected by the people who work in the store and know the community.

The train, actually a commuter train carrying passengers to and from New York and Jersey City, still makes its way through Montclair several times a day. The deep bellows of the train horn echo through the neighborhoods regularly - signalling the arrival of Mom, or Dad, or perhaps just letting us know that its still there.

Something about the train horn, and the train itself is magic. Trains always have had that magic - especially for boys of all ages. Perhaps thats why no matter how many times I have passed over the same crossing I look to my left, and then to my right - hoping to see a bit of that magic in the distance making its way down the tracks.

This is a view from the grade crossing at Bellevue Avenue looking southeast.

Finding A Colorful Soulmate at Tuesdays And Thursdays

Life is too short for matching socks, especially when you can wear these fun and beautiful socks! Multipatterned and colorful mismatched socks for children, adults, and now babies from Vermont's Socklady.

Marianne Wakerlin, the Socklady is the founder and owner of Sol Mate Socks. The company is named after her mom, Sunny, who taught Marianne how to knit. Marianne continued to knit for the next 40 years, but it wasn’t until she started knitting socks that her real passion was born.

"I found it exhilarating, designing a pair of socks that didn't match and were knit in random patterns with multiple colors. I loved my finished socks!" Within a few years Marianne had knit over one hundred pairs of socks for family and friends, and she decided to turn her hobby into a business. Her colorful and complex patterns are knit in the USA at a family owned knitting mill, hand finished and mismatched.

Solmate Socks are a part of the fun at Tuesdays and Thursdays

Cookies ! Journal at Tuesdays And Thursdays

What better place to keep all your favourite cookie recipes than in a Cookie Monster mini-journal ? It's small size is perfect for small hands to treasure, and when the kids are all grown up - you can pass their cookie journal from their childhood on to them.

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Words We Love : Raconteur

Raconteur


noun

a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly

In keeping with our goal of making ordinary days extraordinary, from time to time we will be adding more new, interesting, and sometimes forgotten, words to the Tuesdays And Thursdays blog roll. Look for more of them in the coming weeks!

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Greggo Magnets Join The Fun At Tuesdays And Thursdays

Taking fridge magnets a notch above the usual, Greggo Magnets creates themed magnet sets for the artist and intellectual just waiting to express themselves on everyone's favourite home appliance!

The die-cut images are printed on a 7" x 9" ;sheet - ready for you to pop out and express your own magnetic personality.

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Words We Love : Maverick

Mav”er*ick\ n. In the southwestern part of the United States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild;—said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who neglected to brand his cattle.


In keeping with our goal of making ordinary days extraordinary, from time to time we will be adding more new, interesting, and sometimes forgotten, words to the Tuesdays And Thursdays blog roll. Look for more of them in the coming weeks!


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Jeero Wants You To Change Your Batteries

Jeero is really into this changing batteries in smoke detectors thing – I’m not really sure, but he’s really into it. So heed the advice of the International Association Of Fire Chiefs and change your smoke detector battery when you change your clock!

Crazy Mates - A Pirate Version Of Crazy Eights Now At Tuesdays And Thursdays

Crazy Mates Card Game

 It's Crazy Eights With a Piratey Twist! Classic Card Games for Modern Kids Crazy Mates includes 48 cards and rules of play for 2 games - a basic game and a challenge game. All hands on deck for a fun filled game where losting is winning and the first one to shout "shiver me timbers" is the winner!

Find more fun games and other pirate themed gifts in our store.

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She's got Moxy !

Moxy’s got a lot of moxy. She’s a real get up and go Ugly, with far more energy than he older brother OX. Why the big antennas? Moxy uses them to pick up signals from all over. Just the other day, OX gave the signal for them to remove any chocolate based substances from the fridge. Moxy is very curious about YOU. What’s up with you? Why don’t your toes point towards each other? Please discuss.

Moxi is the latest Ugly Doll in our collection.Available now at Tuesdays and Thursdays

Curious George Valentine Fun Pack Now At Tuesdays And Thursdays

One of the things that many of our customers soon realize is that we at Tuesdays And Thursdays do things a little bit differently than other companies - that's because we know, with a little planning, the most ordinary days can be made extraordinary.
We know we have some hard core Curious George fans amongst our customers - that's why we started carrying the Curious George Valentine Fun Packs as soon as they were available. Most retailers are not going to start offering these until sometime after their Christmas rush - PISH! We've got 'em, we know you love Curious George, so here they are!Adorable tote-style Valentine Fun Pack: Each sturdy paper tote with acetate window includes twenty 4 ¼" x 4 ¼" valentine cards (5 each of 4 designs), a Teacher’s card, 21 envelopes, and 30 stickers. Kids will love decorating these cards for schoolmates and delivering them to class in these original carryalls!
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Words That Should Be In The Dictionary : KateMoss

Note the unique spelling of this verb, unlike traditional English spelling, the third consonant is capitalized as a reference to the origin of the word.

KateMoss – verb – to throw up, to vomit, to pray to the porcelain God; from the 1990’s supermodel Kate Moss who was believed to have actively engage in bulimia, now used to describe any act in which stomach contents are expelled.

After a wild Halloween and too much candy, our Jack-O-Lantern KateMossed all over the guest ensuite

Piatnik Jigsaw Puzzles - Timeless Fun At Tuesdays And Thursdays

The jigsaw-puzzle was invented more than 200 years ago, initially for purely pedagogic reasons. In 1767, in order to familiarize his pupils with the geography of their country, the English teacher, John Spilsbury, cut up a map into several pieces, to be re-assembled again by his protégés. Spilsbury`s idea was successful and was soon copied by teachers teaching other subjects.
With time, the teaching aid turned into a popular sparetime activity. Pictures of idyllic scenes, landscapes and picturesque buildings were glued on wooden boards, which were then sawn into several pieces in order to re-assemble them again. This explains the English name "jigsaw" puzzle! The first puzzles were made of cedar-wood or mahagony. Later on soft woods were used and, finally, plywood.


Not until the 1960's were puzzles made of cardboard produced which are as good a quality as expensive wooden puzzles. This new production method suddenly made it possible to produce puzzles everybody could afford. Many different puzzles began to appear and started what could be called a real puzzle boom. Nowadays millions of pictures are punched into small pieces every year in order to be reassembled again by patient puzzle players. PIATNIK puzzles are made of a special high-quality cardboard and sold worldwide.


Piantnik Puzzles are now a part of the fun at Tuesdays And Thursdays!

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