Don't forget to go get your free crunchy beef taco at Taco Bell today between the hours of 2pm - 6pm. Click here for more details.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Free taco TODAY at Taco Bell
Don't forget to go get your free crunchy beef taco at Taco Bell today between the hours of 2pm - 6pm. Click here for more details.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Giveaway: Glade Flameless candle
Again, I'm giving away two items in this round of Bloggy Giveaways. To see the first item, click here.
The second item I'm giving away is a Glade Flameless Candle (retail $9.99), the Clean Linen fragrance.
The Glade® Wisp® Flameless Candle combines continuous puffs of fragrance with a warm, flickering glow, letting you enhance the mood in any setting. Place it in your living room, bathroom, bedroom or anywhere you'd like to create a more inviting space. The Glade® Wisp® Flameless Candle looks so real, you'd never know it wasn't a real candle.If you would like to win this giveaway, please leave a comment telling me in what room you'd place this candle AND why. Please make sure you leave your email address in your comment or in your Blogger profile so I can contact you if you win. I'll have RANDOM pick a winner on Friday night, Oct. 31 (All Saints Eve!), and will announce that winner on my blog the next day (& via email).
There's alot more giveaways to enter!
More giveaways at the Bloggy Giveaways Quarterly Carnival!
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Giveaway: B&BW Wallflower & file
I try to do this twice a year because I enjoy entering the giveaways and LOVE giving something away to a reader, old or new. I've actually won a few items in the past and it's a fun feeling! So, this go around, I'm giving away two separate items (see the second item in another post).
The first item being given away is a brand new Wallflower pluggable home fragrance set from Bath and Body Works, as well as a new emery board (fingernail file) from B&BW (retail $12.50). The fragrance, Cinnamon Stick, would be perfect in your home for the upcoming Christmas holidays. Once the fragrance runs out, you simply buy the refills from B&BW in any fragrance you'd like! I have one of these in my kitchen (Coconut Verbena is my favorite because it smells so clean) because it's not overpowering and does the job of creating a pleasant smell.
If you would like to win this Wallflower and file, please leave a comment telling me what your favorite fragrance is (it doesn't have to be a B&BW fragrance) AND in what room you would place your Wallflower. Please make sure you leave me your email address in your comment or in your Blogger profile so I can contact you if you win. I'll have RANDOM pick a winner on Friday night, Oct. 31 (All Saints Eve!), and will announce that winner the next day (& via email).
There are plenty more giveaways to enter!
More giveaways at the Bloggy Giveaways Quarterly Carnival!
Publish blog entries for kid's keepsakes?
I've seen many blogs referring to the publishing company of BLURB as a way of binding their child's artwork in one place as a keepsake. I think this is a great idea and I will possibly be placing an order with BLURB in the future for my own children's masterpieces.
But, it got me to thinkin'.
Can I do the same thing with my blog posts? I've been blogging since 2005 (when I only had one child! Imagine the time I had to write lengthy posts as opposed to my "picture only" posts now!) and would love to get my blog entries bound according to child and year. That way they each would have a permanent book of personal thoughts from their mom to read when they are older. Doesn't that sound awesome?
Guess what? Blurb can do this for me, too! However, I read that BLURB might not support Blogger (it likes TypePad and LiveJournal) so I'm not sure what my project would look like but it's fun to know that there's a company out there that does this sort of thing.
Ok, now I must open a new tab and go to Google to find other companies that like Blogger so I can merge all 1076 of my blog entries.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Decorated glass jars
I love making crafts from items we already have in the house. Makes me feel efficient and creative. Of course, I steal ideas from other blogs so I guess that makes me a creative-craft-thief. Once again, here's another craft idea - this one discovered on Makes and Takes.
I've had a bag of random items sitting in a box under my bed just waiting for their final resting place....clear rocks, shells, & glittery neon flat squares (? don't have a clue where they came from). The empty jars screamed for them so we got our hot glue gun ready and went to town decorating spaghetti and pizza sauce jars.
Andrew decided the jar was the perfect place for his new set of colored pencils.
I've had a bag of random items sitting in a box under my bed just waiting for their final resting place....clear rocks, shells, & glittery neon flat squares (? don't have a clue where they came from). The empty jars screamed for them so we got our hot glue gun ready and went to town decorating spaghetti and pizza sauce jars.
Andrew shows off his final result.
Andrew decided the jar was the perfect place for his new set of colored pencils.
This is what Abigail was doing while we were decorating our jars.
Aren't her feet cute with all those squares stuck to it? Oh yeah, it was LOADS of fun sweeping up all those squares....especially the ones stuck to the dried sticky juice drops.
Aren't her feet cute with all those squares stuck to it? Oh yeah, it was LOADS of fun sweeping up all those squares....especially the ones stuck to the dried sticky juice drops.
Luke got in on the crafty action after waking from his nap. He decided he wanted a jar covered in shells we collected from our trip made two years ago to Panama City Beach, FL.
He also put his set of colored pencils in his jar.
When finished, all three kiddos sat at the table and drew
(scribbled) on large pieces of cardstock paper.
(scribbled) on large pieces of cardstock paper.
The Office: Crime Aid (episode 5)
My favorite quote from Thursday night:
"Mike gave me a list of his top ten Springsteen songs. Three of them were Huey Lewis and the News, one was Tracy Chapman Fast Car. And my personal favorite: Short People."
Saturday, October 25, 2008
TipNut.com Softies projects
Another great list of softies projects by TipNut. Click here to view TipNut's current listing of fun sewing projects and tutorials. Gosh, I really hope I can get a sewing machine for Christmas. My fingers are itching for some stitching.
Mark & Kathryn Richt adopt
Well, I honestly must say that I'm not posting this information or video just because The University of Georgia is my favorite NCAA team. I grew up a Bulldog (thanks to my dad) and still love to cheer them on to victory (Hunker down, Silver Britches!). I grew up and graduated with Mike Bobo, Offensive Coordinator at UGA, so my ties to UGA are thick and proud. However, my ties to UGA aren't as strong as my desire to one day adopt a child(ren). That's why I was moved to tears when I saw this video of Mark and Kathryn Richt and their journey in adopting two children from the Ukraine back in 1999.
(Thanks to Justin Taylor for this video)
(Thanks to Justin Taylor for this video)
Friday, October 24, 2008
To vote or not to vote
Abraham Piper poses a great question over on his blog, 22 Words.
Are there reasons for not voting other than "I don't care" and "Both choices stink"?Make sure you read the comments. Interesting.
Glade Flameless coupon
Click here to print a BOGO (buy one get one free) coupon for Glade Flameless candles. They are on sale this week at Walgreens for $5.99. I belive there was another coupon in a past Sunday insert for another few dollars off, which you could use on the same transaction since you're "purchasing" two. You could break even or make some money off this deal!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Free Bath & Body Works
Bath and Body Words has released another great coupon. Sounds too good to be true but, believe me, it is definitely true. Remember this past spring when I posted about all the goods I got for free at B&BW? Well, I'm not going to go overboard like that again....but I do intend on using this coupon at the two locations here in town. (That way I can get both of the free items.)
So, all you have to do is purchase ANY item in the store (I usually choose the $.99 nail file) and then present the coupon to receive a new Wallflower scentport OR a pluggable diffuser starter set. Click here to print your coupon.
THE RAVEN (& more)
Autumn paper wreath
Here's the craft that's taken us three days to complete: An Autumn Wreath!
First, trace and cut a circle from cardboard (you could use a cereal box). I used a side of a packing box and then traced two of my stainless steel mixing bowls to make the perfect circle.
Paint newspaper with fall colors and then cut into strips of any length.
Glue the strips to the cardboard circle in any order.
Show it off for the camera and then hang!
First, trace and cut a circle from cardboard (you could use a cereal box). I used a side of a packing box and then traced two of my stainless steel mixing bowls to make the perfect circle.
Paint newspaper with fall colors and then cut into strips of any length.
Glue the strips to the cardboard circle in any order.
Show it off for the camera and then hang!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Thanks, Maja
Maja, you are so sweet. Thank you for sending all your fabric scraps to me...and in super fast speed! I love all of it and can't wait to show you what I do with them.
Don't know how to title this one
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Abigail reading a book with Meme. Abigail is getting to know her grandmother well. We're glad she lives only 15 minutes away!
The kids are working on a craft that can't be accomplished all in one day. Paint has to dry, paper has to be cut, crumpled and then glued. The weather has been beautiful in the afternoons. It's a mixture of hot sun with a cool breeze. Abigail and Luke worked side-by-side yesterday as they painted newspaper. When finished, Luke's left arm was painted solid orange and Abigail had red paint in her hair (and all over her face). Wish I had taken a picture of that!
Abigail reading a book with Meme. Abigail is getting to know her grandmother well. We're glad she lives only 15 minutes away!
The kids are working on a craft that can't be accomplished all in one day. Paint has to dry, paper has to be cut, crumpled and then glued. The weather has been beautiful in the afternoons. It's a mixture of hot sun with a cool breeze. Abigail and Luke worked side-by-side yesterday as they painted newspaper. When finished, Luke's left arm was painted solid orange and Abigail had red paint in her hair (and all over her face). Wish I had taken a picture of that!
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