The young Anne Frank looks out a second-floor window down at a wedding party below.  The wedding occurred on July 22, 1941, months before the Franks fled their apartment and moved into hiding from the Nazis in what became later known as the Secret Annex.  See the video below.  According to the Anne Frank House, the video has been made available to the public through the benevolence of the couple, who recognized the onlooking girl in their wedding video from over 60 years ago must be the young writer.  At the time they were married, the bride lived next door to the Franks on the second floor.

The release of the video has created a stir around the Internet as viewers who have read the diary, seen film adaptations of it, or who simply know the history of the Frank family during the Holocaust, see the young girl move, toss her hair, look about at her neighbors, and glance back into her apartment on film.  The short video image presents a lively girl who is aware of her surroundings and wants to see it all–everything readers of the diary would expect to see in its writer.  The image is a moving reminder of what the Jews suffered during the Holocaust as well as a fitting celebration of Anne Frank and her accomplishments in this, her 80th birthday year.

Anne aspired to become a journalist, writing in her diary on Wednesday, 5 April 1944:

Anne Frank died at the age of 15 from typhus in the German concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen, seven months after her arrest and only two weeks before British and Canadian troops liberated the camp.

This weeks Giveaway – Fun new tape products from Scotch.

A Scotch Pop-Up Tape dispenser and 3-pack of refills

and the NEW Scotch Donut tape dispenser with 3 rolls of tape.

Check out my product review of these products on the Home Page.  I love them so much, I decided to give some away to a lucky reader.  I think you’ll love them too.   Just enter below.  This contest ends at 11:59 July 26.

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This week’s giveaway – Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader DVD Game(Parker Brothers)

Suitable for ages 8 and up.  See if YOU are smarter than a 5th grader.

Just leave your info below (we won’t publish it) and Good luck!  Check back next Monday, July 20 to see if you’re the lucky winner.

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Breakfast Burritos – Just chop up some hard boiled eggs and mix with some cooked spanish rice and some grated cheese. Wrap it up in a tortilla.  Heat  in the microwave and top with salsa.

BLT & E Sandwiches – Just add some sliced hard boiled eggs to the traditional BLT for a yummy twist.

Fried Rice – Just add come chopped up eggs and ham to your favorite fried rice recipe (a box is fine, Liz) and serve with soy sauce and fortune cookies.

Egg Salad Sandwiches -  You know the drill here, but for an extra twist to the flavor, add some ranch dressing in place of some of the mayo.

Chef salad – This meal only uses a few eggs, but I’m stretching to find meal 5 here, so give me a break.

Enjoy

-Kate

Seriously, her menu plans were exactly what I needed.

I discovered on taco night that the Birds Eye Southwestern-style frozen rice is quite tasty, and definitely a perfect have-on-hand side for all that is Mexican.

I used one of my frozen meal nights on the second day, but got back on track for breakfast last night.

So here we are at Friday. While Ms. Thang goes on her date with her husband, I’m gonna have to cook. Again. As in three of four nights slaving over the hot stove versus frozen chicken strips or grilled sandwiches. (Enter the whining…)

But worse than that, I didn’t stop to think about the prep side. In order to pull off dinners, I’ll have to keep going to the grocery and buying things from a list (yeah, yeah, I know, I said if she told me what to get, I’d go to the store and get it.  But that was a desparation deal, made in the growls of a hungry stomach.)

Which brings me to today. I’d pretty much set my heart on the scalloped chicken. But alas, it requires a trip to the store, and a four-hour cook time (minimum). So I can either go to the store now, or have pasta night today. That will still mean a trip to the store, but for some reason, fixing pasta seems less daunting.

But if I go with pasta, there will be no left-over chicken to toss in it, because I didn’t fix the chicken yet.

It occurs to me that I could go to the store and buy for those two meals today and use my second “anything goes” night.

Then I remembered what Kate said about pulling out something she “happened to have on hand.” After perusing the cabinets, I’m wondering if anyone has any recipe ideas for a can of gravy, a packet of biscuit mix, poptarts, long-grain rice and marshmallows…