Just funin' ya !

It's vitally important to our existence that we know our alter ego names. So participate, please...do 'em all or pick a few, and lemme know what you come up with. Good times.

To find your ROCK STAR NAME take your first pet & current car:
Sandy Camery

To find your GANGSTA NAME take your favorite ice cream flavor and your favorite cookie:
Cherry Garica Wafer

YOUR DETECTIVE NAME? Your favorite color and favorite animal:
Lavender Bunny ( is James Bond recruiting ?)

Want to know your SUPERHERO NAME? Just add the word "The" plus your 2nd favorite color, and your favorite drink:
The Skyblue Dr. Pepper

Your NASCAR NAME. Take the first names of your grandfathers:
Pat James

If I ever go into WITNESS PROTECTION you can find me with this name. Your mother & father’s middle names:
Lou James

TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME? Just take your 5th grade teacher’s last name and add a major city that starts with the same letter:
Hall Hamptons.

Of course, if you find me in witness protection I will assume it was because you were using your SPY NAME. Add your favorite season/holiday to your favorite flower:
Summer Morning Glory.

Find your CARTOON NAME by taking your favorite fruit, and an article of clothing you’re wearing right now, then add "ie" or "y":
Mango Terry

Your ROCKSTAR TOUR is heading across the northeast...it's called "The” + Your fave hobby/craft, your fave weather element + the word “Tour”:
The Scrappin Cloudless

the great adventure: ~ My Husband Rocks! ~ Sacrificial Love

the great adventure: ~ My Husband Rocks! ~ Sacrificial Love

My Hubby Rocks !

My Hubby Rocks !
After returning from Calf. Mike spent a lot of time home with us.
It was so nice to have his help and company !
And, wouldn't you know the first hour he went back to work, I had to call him home.
Feeling terrible in bed, I couldn't get up to lift Titus out of crib!
But, Mike came home made them eggs and helped to start their day while I loaded up on drugs to get on with the day. He was so sweet to put his family first, again.

I am always greatful to have my God-given family. It never gets old, and when I start to grow weary of cleaning little boys and their messes, I remind myself of the days I was alone, with noone to care for. And, say this with a full heart as Titus shoves his Daddy's work shoes onto my lap !

S.B. won the Pay-it-Forward !

Wordfull Wednesday

Love to post encouaging pictures, even if they're swiped !

Not Me Monday

Not Me Monday.........

I did not jump in the car to spend night at Mom's Friday night.
We did not giggle about everything and nothing all night, then sleep in until 9 !
Nor, did we shop all her local thrift shops on Super Saturday sales :)

Neither did I let my Hubby go on week long trip without a Birthday gift for Wednsday.
Maybe I don't think that I'm staying home, while he enjoys the Santa Anna warm winds, is enough of a Birthday gift.

And, I'm not attemping to train my 14 month old to quit his bottle habit, while Hubby is not here to "give in" to the cries of a disgruntled, scrunched up baby face.

Pay it Forward

I Won !
A blog fun of pay it forward from He,Me&Three. Luv her Stunt Man for all his hard work,te-hee.

Okay now, it's my turn to pay it forward, so join in the fun.
Just leave a comment,
that you are willing to pay it forward if you win,
and I'll do the drawing, Thursday Jan.15th.
If you win I'll be letting you know by your blog comment form.....

And, up for grabs is a $25.00 giftcard to TGIF, so come on let's pay!

Need a Tip ?

Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to
pick the little 'stringy things' off of it. That's how the primates do it.

Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store.
If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.

Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminium foil.
It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!

Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.
Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.

Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.
It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.

To really make scrambled eggs or omelettes rich add a couple of
spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.

Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste
of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.

Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm.
This keeps the crust crispy.

Easy Devilled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.

Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.

Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water.
The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.

Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers, put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet newspapers.

Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.

No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket.It will keep the mosquitoes away.

Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper.
The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.

Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.

Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and... ta da!... static is gone.

Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup.
Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.

Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car.
When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!

Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily.

Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth.
It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair.

Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it 'home,' can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!

Do you have any tips or tricks that work for you? Have you tried any of these....do they work?

Thank you Cathy at semihappyhomemaker !

Not Me Monday

Not Me Monday, and I'm at it again !


I am not urging my 6yr. old to be the new kid in the class, as he compliants about not wanting to go to school. "Get on that bus"! Is not what I'll be shouting in front of the well seasoned Mom's, as he's crying and shaking. I will not whip out my camera and attempt to get a good shot, of his first day. No we are not late-bloomers neither one of us ........

Bread

Because Suzanne was "sweet" enough to pass this on to me;

Decadent Sweet Milk Bread

Description:
This makes a soft sweet loaf of bread. It can be totally made in a bread machine, however, I just used the machine to make the dough.

Ingredients:
1 cup of water
½ cup of sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon of butter
3 1/3 cups of bread flour
2 teaspoons of yeast

Directions:
Put ingredients in bread machine and set for dough cycle. When complete, remove and separate into three sections. Roll each out like snakes and mesh ends together. Braid and press ends together. Place in baking dish and allow to rise for 25-30 minutes. (Here's a little trick: before braiding your bread, heat your oven to 175 degrees and then turn off. Put your braided bread in the warmed oven to rise.) Brush melted butter or egg white on top after rising. Bake at 340 for 30-45 minutes, until top is golden brown.

Note: If you want a better crust, heat some water in the microwave in an oven safe dish until near boiling. Then put in the oven......

And, because I scored a Oster Breadmachine from freecycle, today.

Windstorm & more Thriftin'

Please don't ask about the pose......this is a Pottery Barn canvas bucket $19.00, Noah is using for Lego storage......$1.00 at Salvation Army. We has a massive windsrtorm, this is my personal aftermath, front doormat, antique jug and Christmas wreath went down.