I read about blog for choice day over at Sleepless Nights and am sad I missed “the day”, better late than never right? So here I go! I am a very pro choice and cannot believe that so many are okay with giving up their freedom to choose. Freedom is what this country was built […]
Moist roasted chicken recipe- Salt cocoon locks in flavor
I saw this recipe done on television back in November 2008, I tried it and was delightfully surprised with how easy and unique this recipe is! Who knew roasting a whole chicken was this fun, easy and insanely delicious? The added bonus is that you can make several more chicken meals with the remains of […]
Wordless Wednesday- Nothing is Impossible!
Ever think something is impossible and that you are destined to loose/ fail etc? The impossible is sometimes possible! Just watch this, don’t worry it’s a happy story! [youtube LU8DDYz68kM Lion and buffalo battle]
Credit and how they are screwing you.
I saw a documentary last night that I highly recommend every American sees, it is called Maxed out. The movie basically illustrates how much of a struggle it is to get out of debt and it’s also illustrates how lucrative debt and debt collection is for creditors and collectors. This movie made me very, very […]
Adventures of traveling the pacific coast highway- Pt. 1 Smores
I just found a company, Trusted Tours & Attractions, that offers popular sightseeing tours and vacations online. I read that you could win a hand held GPS just by signing up for their online newsletter so I signed up and began browsing their available tours. I found a tour of San Francisco that reminded me […]
The Good Household Tip Meme- Garbage disposal cleaner
Okay I wasn’t tagged for this meme but I did see it on Witchypoo‘s blog and also on Teeni’s blog so I decided to take it upon myself to share my tip! Garbage disposal cleaner- You know how your garbage disposer gets that gross smell and sometimes a slimy film? Don’t but store bought cleaners […]
A fun twist on folding clothes
I found this site that has a great video on folding t-shirts I tried it out and it works great! Makes folding laundry a bit more entertaining… I enjoy the little things, this guy likes the little things too! I found a variation of the t-shirt fold but it is for long sleeved shirts and […]
Laughter can be the best medicine…
I was browsing Bix this morning checking the status of my contest entries and I found the funniest video: [youtube 5P6UU6m3cqk Greatest baby laugh] This baby just has the best laugh, it made me laugh and it got me to thinking about how important it is to have a good laugh. It really can improve […]
What is in your fridge??
I snapped a photo of my fridge in response to Corrin’s post from a while back about fridgewatcher.com. Our fridge is one that seems to always bee full. We live miles from a grocery store and it snows here so we keep food stocked in case we are stuck and unable to get to the […]
Can Washington prevent a recession?
N came home for dinner last night and told me about the announced plan to offer “tax-rebate checks of at least 300 dollars per taxpayer, with some seeking as much as 800 dollars per person or 1,600 dollars per household”. They think giving people money to encourage them to spend more will fix all the […]
Shameless self promotion…
I have never won anything except in raffles that were held at drunken work parties where you ended up winning an extra large logo work shirt that you knew you would never wear. I stand corrected! Several hours later I won the Teeni’s Tiny Shameless Plug Award! Woho!! So I won a web award and […]
Happiness is…
Everywhere you turn someone is talking about how to achieve what you want or how to be happy. Books like The Secret and Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships all talk about how those things you choose to surround yourself with can have a major impact on your happiness and success and they […]
Baby finches at 6 weeks old- an update and video.
I am posting this update on my baby zebra finches for the 3 families that will be adopting them in the near future. As of today the baby finches are 6 weeks and 1 day old. They have been in a separate cage from their parents for 8 days now and are eating on their […]
Wordless wednesday- Life is good!
You broke your toe? Want to buy a house?
Well, things have been interesting her around the house. We are having dialog with the owners of the home we are renting. Some of you may recall me writing about how the home owners dropped the price on the house we are renting, again and wanted to make sure we knew about it. We had […]
Help me win a MacBook!
I could really use my readers support today! I made a video for a contest by Packet8/ Mobile Talk, you can view the video in my earlier blog post. I really need support in the polls for the contest, if you visit the contest page you can vote for my video and help me win […]
Oh, boy… We have 5 NEW finch eggs!
If you guys are sick of reading about my finch saga please let me know…. For some reason it’s the highlight of almost every day. Today we checked the nest to find 5 eggs in the clutch now. Our finches are on their third attempt to reproduce now and we were hoping to delay the […]
The economy and house prices….
Well, today the owners of the place we are renting made us another offer.. You see when we first agreed to rent this place we were in the middle of contract negotiations and we were interested in buying a home but were not finding anything at the right price. We agreed to rent on a […]
The birds got free and other crazy pet stories…
Well today was quite an eventful day! The school district called another snow day so I didn’t have to teach again today. I slept in a bit and then got up and let the Alexandria Maybelle (our bunny) run around the house. She was jumping and running in her cage and it seemed like she […]
I have many free craft project ideas for you
I wanted to take a second to share a series of craft project articles I have published recently ans some that were published way back when and deserve some attention. If you are crafty or if you are looking for tutorials on certain crafts you are in the right place! I have tons of projects […]