Greatest Play in Baseball

Thanks Jim for sharing this one!

Have a blessed week every one :)

xo

Crafty Bloggers

So many of my favorite bloggers are quite crafty. They are always coming up with something new........or something old.

Many of the items I would never attempt.......at least not yet.

But....

There is one item I've decided to try my hand at.

Home made laundry soap.

It sounds so easy, so few ingredients, and its cheap.

I've got the ingredients and then I realized.......I don't have an old pot to put it in.
I certainly don't want to go buy a new pot, nor do I want to use any of my cooking pots since I use all of them in the winter time.

I think it's time to check out the Goodwill and Salvation Army......perhaps Big Lots have some cheap pots.

I'll check out the garage sales as I roll along, surely someone has some super cheap pots to make soap in.

I tell ya, this is going to be some fun :)

xo

Children are so funny!

Tennessee Ernie Ford.....remember him?

This is a clip showing Ernie and his children. They will crack (what an old slang word that is with a new meaning in this day and age) you up!!

Kindle

When the Kindle came on the scene I couldn't see what all the fuss was about.

I love books..........and go into any library and you can just smell that wonderful aroma of books :) Growing up I loved the library.....I could spend all day there, every day, if I could.

So when the Kindle came on the scene I had absolutely no interest in same. I also wondered why anyone would want a Kindle over a book. Seriously :)

A while back I took advantage of free downloadable books. I did this only because they were free. Who wants to read books off the computer.......that was my thought at the time but.....as I say....they were free.......who can turn down free :)

I also thought the print would be so small that I would have mega trouble reading them.

Much to my surpirse I found I could zap the print to a size I could easily see! So....I read a book from my computer and loved it. So much so that I thought I would check out the Kindles. Perhaps they weren't so bad after all......I could slip it into my purse and any time I was at a "boring" place (like in the dentist's waiting room) I could pull out my Kindle and read a great book. Something more interesting than the magazines.

So I started to look into getting a Kindle.

Surely they can't be all that expensive.

After all they've been around for a while.

A long while.

And prices always come down after some time.

Ummmmmmm

No!

$359.00

I don't think so!



xo

A real blast!

I sat on my porch last night and watched the huge display put on by my neighbors. There's just something this year that has hit the hearts of everyone and they showed it by their "over the top" fireworks :)

My sweet Miss C (my choc. lab) was calm thru it all. I'm not saying she particularly liked it but it didn't send her into any fear mode. She even came to the front door and sat while I was outside watching the fun :)

Everyone else in my family was at one of the many concerts going on. It was all family oriented so the kids attended with their parents. At one time I would not have missed a great concert but.......now.......I enjoy the comforts of air conditioning way too much, lol :)

Hope you enjoyed your 4th celebration as much as I did. We have so much to be thankful for :)

xo

New makes a huge difference

I replaced my Maytag refrigerator this week. Not because I wanted to but because I had to. It was ten years old and stopped working properly at five. For some unknown reason every time I buy a Maytag of anything it breaks down at year five. I've made some expensive repairs which didn't repair anything so I've babied it along these last five years.

Actually I thought very little about the problems......I just worked around them. I think we all do that with things we don't want to replace. Now that the new one is in and working the way all frigs should I realize what poor shape the Maytag was in.

The delivery men were very nice and in a round about way did me a big favor. I've been wanting a different type of storm door but since the one I have (which is all glass) has nothing wrong with it I've never made the change. While taking out the old and in with the new.......they damaged this door beyond repair. So now I'm thinking.........get the door you've been wanting all these years :)

The old furnace was replace the day after the frig and what a huge difference it's making! The temp is set and it rarely comes on. The new thermostat is programable.......and after seeing the look on my face the installer totally programed it for me :) Isn't today's technology grand, lol.

It's taken some time to get all this done but it has definitely been worth it.

Have a safe and happy Independence Day!

xo

Ice cubes can be helpful

We had quite an electrical storm complete with wind. We lost our power so I ended up in the cool basement. I have an area that I've made into a living room.

So I got out the candles, picked out a good book, and got confortable.

When the electricity is out during a really hot day (the heat index was about 110) I am always concerned about the contents of my refrigerator. In the winter I can pack everything and set it outside......not so in the summer.

So, I always keep ice cubes in a container in the freezer. If the cubes melt and refreeze I know to throw everyting out. This is also a good idea when leaving town, one never knows if the electricity went out during that time.

Fortunately my cubes didn't melt :)

xo

P.S. There's a bill before the House right now. Many people are calling their Representatives, if they can't get thru at the DC level they are calling their local offices, to let them know NOT to vote for the Cap and Tax bill.

If this bill passes our utilites will increase 50 plus percent.

My utility provider has already warned their customers about the price increase because of this bill. Hope your provider let you know what to expect.

P.S.S. Another bill (1500 pages) passed without being read. 219 for, 212 against. Now we have to call our Senators, that is if you are against this bill.

The question is

"Are women born this way"?

I think so :)




xo

IT WAS LOST AND NOW IT'S FOUND!

I can't believe it! I tell you....I....CAN'T.....BELIEVE......IT!!!

I found my little red recipe box!!!

This box is 35 years old and has all my old recipes in it!




I am replacing the furnace and must get my basement organized again so the people can have a clear path way to and from the furnace. So I am going thru all the boxes in the basement. This is an excellent time to get rid of stuff I no longer use or want. I'm on my last box and what do I find??!!

My little red recipe box! In the very last box! Isn't that the way it always is?

I am sooooo delighted!

I'm finding my old favorite receipes! It's like finding an old friend! (And my friends are looking their age, lol)

This Family Supper Casserole was one of many of my girls favorites. I remember it well.....it was soooo good!

This bread receipe was our favorite! I loved making home made bread!

Raisin Spice Cookies! YUM! The girls loved these....made them a lot in the winter time!

Another YUM!

I am so glad to find this recipe for Hamburger Summer Sausage. This stuff is soooo good. A beautiful lady I worked with gave me this receipe. She made this up for us every Christmas and since we all begged big time she gave us the recipe!

I guess you can tell how excited I am to find all my old, old recipes! I can't wait to start cooking them up again......what fun......what memories!

Have a blessed day, my friends!

xo

P.S. I just can't believe I actually found my little old red recipe box, lol.

Kyleigh

This is the sweetest picture of Kyleigh :)

I think she's signing to us......."Hey, Mom! Dad! I can hear much better now!"

xo