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Home Ec Eyes of Newt, Bat Wing Soup, Balls of Bones and of course Witches Brew are all favorites on a Halloween Buffet! But do you know how to make them? LOL You are all in luck! Professor Torrie, our Chef extrodinaire of Potions, Feasting and Tricky Treats is here to tell you how! This month she will be giving recipes, even a possible picture and ideas of how to set your Halloween table so that every single Ghoul, Ghost and Monster will envy your family! The first half of the month their will be a buffet of foods from appetizers to dessert and potions to try out! Then she will be given hints even Martha Stewart wishes she had for setting up a great part…

Welcome to the class everyone. As you are driving around your neighborhoods I am sure that you see the lawn decorations and some of you may wonder: How is that done? Well I am here to help you out! I have several patters and how to guides to get your front lawn decorated and ready for all those trick or treaters! Now we are going to start off with a ghost! I have several other patters that you can work on, curtsy of Lowes, that include Spiders, candy corn, and mummies among other things. This is your pattern. If you want to make a bigger ghost then head on down to the copy store and enlarge your pattern! http://images.lowes.com/animate/hallowe…

I went to work today and guess what was waiting for me...... That's right, Happy Mail!!! ;D A beautiful poetry book and a notebook for all my scriblings and mini m&m's AND........ Wait for it........ WAIT FOR IT........... [glow=yellow,2,300]TWINNIE SOCKS!!!!! [/glow] they're pink... I think La Nice liked my dungeon a bit too much ROFL *licks the Twinster up all over* Thank you!! ;D

So I am having a bummer of a day, car broke down, etc. So I go to check my mail and there is package in there. I jump up and down when I see the name on it and than I use my keys to rip it open. Yes I was in my car but I had to see it, so I sat parked in front of someone else's driveway and looked through it. *G* I screamed and so did my daughter when we saw what was inside. My shawl which is super warm and soft feeling: Me in said shawl: http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b347/Jaydena/Duncan137.png?t=1254797308[/img] Jackie's barbie clothes which she is totally in love with: http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b347/Jaydena/Duncan140.png?t=1254797364[/img] …

Hello all! I am adding a little thread for Kin U this year for us to chat and play and... well, stuff! Most colleges have Student Unions or Rec Halls, the purpose of which was to provide a comfortable area for students to get together and watch TV or play a game. So we're creating the Rec Union here at Kin U! This is the home of all things Halloween that you will find on TV, as well as random online Halloween themed games (that don't fit in anyone else's curriculum, anyway!). If you see something I missed, PLEASE feel free to toss a post in! I'll also be starting the Official Kin Sanctioned Watch Night television shows. I'll do my best to keep them to…

Well, look who just made my day! :D I got surprise Happy Mail from Twinnie today; it's the Happy Mail that Twinnie was supposed to send to the winners of the Poetry Contest in May. :D I totally forgot about that, so I really WAS surprised when it showed up! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D I think I just about bounced out of my skin, I was so happy and excited! :D *huggles Twinnie* And I love what she sent me too! Pictures..... Here's the book she sent me as well as a journal for my poetry: Here's everything I got except the M&Ms and socks (journal, book, note, and pen!): AND, of course, the socks! I was needing new Twinnie socks, and…

*bounces in, orange and black tissue paper streamers streaming behind her, a princess crown perched on her head, scary black and orange socks on her feet, munching on candy corn* Oh boy! OH BOY! It is October! You know what that means Kinster’s! KINTOBER IS HERE! *grins and tosses out candy corn* LOL When your Elegant Eldest and her Sistertwin are leading the madness and are lovers of this month and holiday…watch out! Great things happen! We are going to have a busy month here! Be sure to check the boards everyday, post and get involved! Trust me..*grins* you will not want to miss a thing! [glow=red,2,300]KIN U's October Interim!![/glow] …

*hugs and smooches* Happy Birthday to my knight in shining armor. *smiles* Your cake, a castle of your own! Your present, a shield to protect you, as you would protect me. *clears her throat and edits the crest until it's right, then weaves fire and spirit into it for strength* I hope your birthday is all that is wonderful, love. You deserve no less. *hugs tight*

History So why do we carve a pumpkin? Dress in a costume? Even expect people to just give out candy? These questions and many many more will be answered this month with Professor Kelly and Professor Mashinshin in Horrors of Ancient Civiliztion! Expect a lot of information, to learn some new things and maybe even have more questions than you imagined as they teach about the History of All Hallows Eve, the Samhain holiday, how different cultures and countries celebrate this holiday and explore the Superstitions and Traditions of Halloween! The month starts of with the History of All Hallow’s Eve! Do you know what it is?

Art Hello! Halloween and the Harvest offers an incredible opportunity to be creative! Kin U is not going to let this pass us by! How could we with so many talented and crafty people in our midst! *grins* There will be four different projects this year, one for each week! AND…four different Prof’s from our Art Dept to teach! YIPPEE! Be sure to check the Orientation thread and the Art Thread title for what project is going on! If you have a special Halloween craft you want to share…feel free! Although please wait till the end of each week, or after all the directions for the week’s project has been posted please to avoid confusion! First up, we h…

Divination Welcome to Divination, course number 113 in Kin U’s Halloween Stravaganza! *grins* What is Divination? If someone on the street asked you., what would you say? I thought about it, and most likely I would say, something that tries to tell the future. Would I be right? We’ll be finding out during the following weeks! We have an exciting course laid out for you! Myself, Dean Lor and possibly one other professor will be here to introduce us to just a few of the ways people use Divination! This first week, I will be your Prof, and we will be learning about Runes! During the month you will also be introduced to the Tarot; Lor will explore Pal…

Architecture How many of you have been to a Haunted House? Was it fun? Scary? Lame? Did you know that there is even a whole niche in the Archetectural profession for designers of Haunted Houses? There is! This month, Professor Torrie and Twinnie are going to give you the steps and ideas of how to make your own Backyard at Home Haunted House! *grins* Starting off though, we will be discussing a bit about how they came to be and why they are so popular! This will require some craftiness, some scavaging and your imagination! With those three things you will be amazed at what you can create! Now…tell us about the Haunted Houses you’ve been too!

LOL just for fun and pure silliness...let's see if we can come up with 101 ways to use a pumpking! 1. Jack o Lantern

Professor Holly Wassaling steps up to the podium in front of a crowd of excited and chattering students. Holding her hands up, the sparkling jingle bell’s on her wrists ring out, bringing everyone’s attention to the front and quiet falls….. Hellloooo!! Welcome to the Kin University’s, Interterm of Halloween Week courses!!! Kin University will be hosting a variety of seminars about this fabulous holiday of bewitchment, spooks and scariness! Our group of Professor’s will be facilitating discussions that uphold our motto of P.O.K.E: Pursuit of Kinstyle Education! If you will look in the Trick or Treat bags under your chairs you will find a brochure about ou…

*bounces, claps and laughs and dances everyone in the Kin into a Snoopy Dance* Oh BOY! We are going to have a SOCK exchange this month! Can you believe it? How fun is this!?! Well..*nods and grins* more fun than just about anything! *grins* Here's what we'll do.. First..sign up here by Friday September 18th! (that gives you two weeks) Second...you will get the name of your sock reciever on Saturday the 19th! Third...go SOCK SHOPPING! Now really, you cannot say that won't be a blast! lol! Fourth...put your socks and a note in a padded envelope and mail them off! Fifth...*GRINS!* Wear the NEW SOCKS YOU RECIEVE on Twinnie Sock Day on September …

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That's right, it's DM's birthday! Stop by the birthday forum a few blocks North of here (In the Special Events forums) and chat about how DM has affected your life! :D

Hey kinsters, I'm so sorry i havent been around lately, basically my computer was broke! I'm kinda going through some stuff right now so dont think you'll see much of me for a while I just dont want to do anything right now. Just wanted to let you all kno i'm ok. snuggels May

*grins, hugs and pulls Ursula into a happy snoopy dance with her* THANK YOU! *grins* I got a wonderful happy mail surprise today from our wonderful Ursula! It is the coolest card, with a perfect teacup cutout on the front! It has flowers on it and a little teabag string with an angel on the tag hanging out of the cup..then when you pull the cup out of the slot..*grins* there are like two victorian sister's grinning and gossiping like they might have at a tea in days gone by! It is just so unique and lovely! Then inside there is a teabag of green tea! with a quote by Nancy Reagan... A woman is like a teabag. You never know how strong she is, until she…

We'll start with the cake... Then we'll start the party off right: And you know we can't forget the flowers... I love you, sistermine! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Hello everyone! I know that most of you are on the WT org also but I thought I would post this here just in case. Come join us for Lor Appreciation week! Ok it is truly MoN Appreciation but to us she is Lor! http://forums.dragonmount.com/index.php/topic,46557.msg1225696.html#msg1225696 Feel free to come play with us and keep a look out the rest of the week for more fun!

Come on, come all, it's the Kin Birthday exchange. I am so excited to announce that the Kin will be exchanging tea cups and your favorite tea. It's cheap and it's easy to send. I know I just saw really amazing tea cups and matching saucers for 1.98 cents at TJ Maxx and Ross is another good place to look. So if you are interested please post here.

I wanted to start a thread, but I don't have any ideas, So this is a discussion about discussing possible things to discuss.

The reason I know you folks at all is the books. Five days ago a News post announced the release of the 1st chapter of the next book, and I just noticed today. Sheesh! i really gotta pay more attention. :o

http://shopping.aol.com/clothing-accessories/shoes?ncid=AOLCOMMshopDYNLsec0001&icid=main|htmlws-main|dl6|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fshopping.aol.com%2Fclothing-accessories%2Fshoes%3Fncid%3DAOLCOMMshopDYNLsec0001 This struck me as odd(As many of you know my feelings on "Toe" socks. So they've gone one step further. O_o

Hear ye! Hear ye! Announcing the new September… SOCKTEMBER!! LOL Don’t look for the calendar companies to start having Socktembers, but here in the Kin, we certainly will! Somewhere in time you’ll hear baby Kinster’s asking…”Elegant Eldest how did September become Socktember?” and gee, I wonder how she will explain that one?!? *grins and wiggles her toes in fuzzy, fluffy socks*. Well here is the real scoop folks, we missed out on Twinnie Sock Day on September 4th because I dropped the ball in between things going on..and many of you have said well, let’s do it later in the month! So OK! We will! And here is what we’ll do…. Celebrat…

It's that time of year again! The smell of crayons, new paper, erasers, glue and the sounds of kids and parents arguing about this or that backpack and the 'ouch' yelps of three ring notebooks snapping on fingers fill the air of stores and supercenters! The sad thing..not all kids, students and teachers get to experience that! Money just isn't available for school supplies, clothes sometimes even lunch! It is a sad fact and situation of our society! Lor and I came up with the idea of doing a School Wish List! Just like the ones we do at Christmas, when we tell what WE want..with one exception...the wish isn't for things wanted..but for things needed for scho…

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Fail to plan, Plan to fail! That's a good rule to keep in mind as the holidays approach us! :)That's not to say that spontinaity isn't great! LOL Sometimes the best things are spontaneous! We(Council) have been talking about the Holidays coming up. We seem to always get really busy, have lots going on, and kind of do things, not at the last minute, but right up to the minute! So we thought we would through this out the all of the Kin to discuss. Adopt a Kinster We started the Adopt a Kinster program last year in our December plans. It was a disorganized, really developed as we went along and for all that, turned out pretty well! A Kin Paypal …

Hi everyone! I forgot to post this..and our dearling Mmeeshal reminded me! *grins* Thank you love! Ok for this month's checkin, since we are chatting about school here and there...here is my question: If you could study ANYTHING you wanted to..what would it be? Signed in..(8-22): Twinnie Jade Dragon mmeesh Myst Torrie Lor manny Taei Mashin Kelly Kyn Ursula