Happy Friday!  By now most, if not all of the presents have been unwrapped and the excitement may be waning a little.  There may be a present or two that you are not quite sure what do to with, if one of those is a fruit cake, let me offer a few suggestions.

Enjoy!

1. Place your fruitcake in a safe place, leave it for ten years, then re-gift.
2. Fruitcakes make great doorstops.
3. Fruitcakes make excellent book ends.
4. Fruitcakes can be used as blocks.
5. Fruitcakes can be used to repair sections of your deck or driveway.
6. Use it as a weight to hold down your portable basketball goal, this will prevent the goal from tipping over during periods of high winds.
7. If you get two, drill a hole through the middle of each one (hammer drill is recommended) attach securely to a study metal p[ole, use as dumbbell.
8. If you own a pickup truck, place fruitcakes in the truck bed to add weight for traction in the snow.
9. Fruitcakes make excellent boundary markers for your driveway or yard during snowy months they hold their shape no matter how many times you or the snow plow run over them.
10. If you cannot use it during the winter months, just hang onto it until spring and use as a boat anchor.
11. Break it into smaller pieces (jackhammer recommended) and use like pumice to clean pots, pans and porcelain.
12. Break it into smaller pieces (jackhammer recommended) and use as rocks for your gas fireplace.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

“Reality is like a fruitcake; pretty enough to look at but with all sorts of nasty things lurking just beneath the surface.” ~ A. Lee Martinez