SOMETHING AWESOME...

Hello blog,

I have missed you but there were a few things I needed to do:

[x] Get control of my health
[x] Get my spirit/soul in a better place
[x] Find a career that makes me want to get up and go to it
[x] Finding something AWESOME everyday

Things I'm still working on:

[] Smiling naturally (family says there is always a frown on my face... I use to smile all the time)
[] daily Journaling
[] balancing family, work, play




Thinking of something AWESOME has become a daily thing in my life and I actually look forward to it. So I wanted to share this on my blog

1000 awesome things blog

TED.COM -AWESOME CREATOR, Neil Pasricla

Halloween Treats

Halloween is a few days away and I cooked up some goodies from the Woman's Day Halloween Magazine. I served them at my October/Halloween Craft Party. They turned out pretty good and the kids just like sugar!

My menu for the party :
Creamy chicken & pasta soup (my recipe)
severed toes in bandages
Haystack-Creatures-Recipe
Jack-o-lantern sandwich bites
Skeleton Cupcakes
Witch's wicked punch

Cowgirl cookies (recipe below)

HAYSTACK CREATURES: fun to make but, I would have used semi-sweet chocolate.

SKELETON CUPCAKES: My daughter made these and it was really hard to find yogurt covered pretzels and cutting his little arms were painful , as you can see we gave up!

Severed Toes in Bandages: Love them my favorite, one recommendation boil the little smokies first to get rid of excess grease.

COWGIRL COOKIES aka Cowboy Cookies

I've made these cookies as gifts in a jar for the holidays for last two years. This recipe is from the Pioneer woman.

1 1/3 cup all purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup & leveled
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup cooking oats
3/4 cup m&ms
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup white sugar
1/3 – 1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 slightly beaten egg
1/2 cup butter (melted slightly in the microwave)
1 teaspoon vanilla

Stir all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Use the back of a large spoon to work it all together. You may even need to use your hands to get everything incorporated. Then roll the cookie dough into 1 1/2 inch balls, place on a Parchment covered baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven. makes about 26-28 cookies .

If you like to see other cool recipes for Halloween at Woman's Day check here

Lazy Sunday

Well its 3:oopm I have not done a dog gone thing but surf the net. I did find some really cool Etsy shops if you are into fabrics.

Riley Blake- Just Dreamy

Owls and More from the Timless Treasures collection

Riley Blake -All Star

Michael Miller's Lava collection

and My favorite Heather Baliey's Nicey Jane collection all 40.

FABRICBYTHEYARD

Piper's Girls

Fabricworm also has a web store as well as a brick and mortar which I plan to visit the next time I'm California. As you can tell this was my favorite. The owner even has a cute video too.




The Blog lead me here to The long thread which has more cool Christmas stuff...100 Holiday Crafts

Well its time to start dinner hoped you enjoyed your weekend and started on your Christmas Crafts.

COOL FIND: HOLIDAYS CRAFTS

A DIY HOLIDAY





Best buy for the holidays...
Have you started on your Christmas crafts? If not this class is for you, most of the ideas are under $5.00. They are easy and you can do them with your kids. There are a bunch of useful downloads, cute holiday decorations and great stocking stuffers. The class cost $20.00 and runs until December 31.

LOVE THIS CLASS!

Just thought I would share. Happy Saturday!

Happy Easter to all

How Ever you celebrate!

I was at my doctor's office and over heard a young couple talking about how Easter came to be. The young man said "I wonder how Easter started". The young lady stated "it's always been Easter silly". I giggled thinking to myself I know what my beliefs are, but what's the detailed story of Easter. There are always two stories of most holidays religious and pagan (commercial). I believe the religious….. I also have children so we celebrate the commercial too. So I thought the cool finds site
today should give you information about Easter and fun things to do.

I also found few other cute sites for kids…

http://www.easterhumor.com/

http://www.freekidcrafts.com/kid_easter_craft_ideas.html

I hope everyone has a great day.

I hope everyone has a great day.

Images above credit: webweaver

Cool Finds

Surfin the Internet I find cool sites. Not all are useful to my family but still pretty cool. Since I'm surfing anyway I thought I would post them to my blog, in hopes that it may help a few passing by. I'd like to post one site a week on Saturday or Sunday.
So here the first cool find.

Cool Finds

This is for the Families with young childern, SAHM and or Home Schoolers....

So I'm surfing the net and I come across this site that offers a themed monthly activity guide with recipes, experiments and a recommended reading list for children ages 3-12. My kids are all over 12 years old, but I love idea. So if you are a family with young childern, SAHM or Home school your kids the Book of Days maybe a helpful resource of great activities for your children. I think it could make a great gift also, you could also include one of the books on the reading list.

There blog is pretty cool too.

P.S. I downloaded a copy to review and I think I'll give a gift to someone special and see how she likes it. I'll let you know the out come.