Sunday, February 20, 2011

The Big win and a Big Thank you!

First off, thank you to all of you who have signed up for my giveaway and who have been and became my followers! Its all about friends!!!! I want to announce the winner of my giveaway................
 And the winner of my giveaway is................. Linda from Parker's Paradise! Congratulations Linda on winning my 100 followers giveaway! You can Thank my daughter she reached in a box and pulled out your name!!!! She was so proud of herself!!!! If you would email me your name and Addy I will get this shipped out to you! Thanks for a wonderful Giveaway turnout ladies!!!!
Secondly, I would like to give a huge shout out to Brenda At Rusty Thimble!!!!!!!!!! I am excited to be the winner of your bunny giveaway! I for some reason cannot log into anything google related so I cant thank all the nice people who commented on my winning! So, thank you for telling me congrats ladies! Big Huggers!!!! I'm on a friends computer on my blog!!!! Its irritating the Internet works but not my blog! But anyway congratulations Linda!!!!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Come get 10 extra enterys to my giveaway

Hello to all of you. I am in the mist of setting up a new selling blog with a wonderful Prim Crafter! She does not have a blog yet but I'm gonna help with that! If you hop on over to this link and become a follower I will enter you 10 more times into my giveaway! I will then put a #10 by your name so I know your following our selling blog. We don't have any posts yet because its under construction but we will in the next day or so!!!! Thank you for all your support!!!!
http://flickeringcandleprimitives.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Making the best out of all this snow







Hello to all my blogging pals. Boy o' Boy we sure got pelted with a ton of snow! Even Thunder Snow! We live in IL and right in the heart of this storm we were!!!! I've never seen anything like it!!!! So, my children and I were making the best out of this mess! We made our Snow Ice cream but, I didn't go with the recipe I posted the other day I went with one of PAULA DEANS recipes for Snow Ice cream and the kids LOVED IT!!!! My oldest girl wanted more!!!! Here are some pics of the snow and our Snow Ice cream!!!!

Monday, January 31, 2011

Continued SNOW Post!!!! Bad weather on its way!!!!

I know we have 18inches and up coming our way so if snowed in these are a few supplies that you should have on hand!!!!Canned and other non-perishable food we can eat without heating or that we can easily heat in the wood stove. Suggestions include cereal, granola bars, canned fruit, canned soup and beans, powered milk, nuts, etc. Throw in some chocolate if you want to be a hero. And if you have a baby who’s on formula, don’t forget to store some extra of that, or no one will be happy.
Manual can opener. Because your electric one isn’t going to do you much good when the power is out and using a knife can be a bit dangerous, I've found.
Matches and dry wood and kindling. Use only if you have a wood stove or fireplace, please.
Flashlights and extra batteries, and candles. Necessary only if you want to see your family members at night or if you want to avoid walking into furniture and walls.
Gallons of drinkable water.
Toilet tissue. No explanation needed, I hope.
Old-school NON-CORDLESS phone. This will allow you to have phone capabilities even if the power goes out and your cell phone doesn’t work. Of course, if phone lines go down, too, you're out of luck.
Battery-operated radio. Again, necessary only if you want to know what's going on in the world. Sometimes, I don't want to.
Several-days supply of important medications. For us, this includes children’s ibuprofen and Benadryl, because I do NOT want to experience H1N1 or an allergic reaction without pharmaceuticals.
Important phone numbers, such as who to call to report a power outage and your supervisor’s cell phone number. Maybe add your mother to the list if she worries like mine.
Plenty of extra blankets and quilts. Unless you prefer shivering. Your call.
Instant coffee. I once went four days without caffeine because of a blizzard. It wasn’t pretty.

Board games to keep family members from going crazy from boredom without Wii.
All this important info can be found at the site below!!!!

Continue reading on Examiner.com: What you need when you're snowed in: Must-have home blizzard supplies - Denver Mountain Living | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/mountain-living-in-denver/what-you-need-when-you-re-snowed-must-have-home-blizzard-supplies#ixzz1CcspmvKk

Sunday, January 30, 2011

More Snow On The Way For us, And a Snow recipe!!!!

Good evening to you all. I have been watching the weather and ugggggg!!!!! More Snow on the way.................... I don't know about you but I'm OVER SNOW!!!! I like snow on Christmas time and then it can just go away!!!! I'M COLD!!!! I guess over the next three days where we live is supposed to get 10 inches of snow????? MAN, I don't think I'm ready, AGAIN!!!! So, we are going to make the best out of the situation and my kids and I and there grandma are planning on making SNOW ICE CREAM..... MADE WITH FRESH FALLEN SNOW AND SOME SIMPLE INGREDIENTS....
   THE RECIPE IS AS FOLLOWS IF YOU FELL LIKE TRYING IT WITH YOUR KIDS OR GRAND KIDS!!!!Ingredients


1 gallon snow

1 cup white sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

2 cups milk

Directions

1.When it starts to snow, place a large, clean bowl outside to collect the flakes. When full, stir in sugar and vanilla to taste, then stir in just enough milk for the desired consistency. Serve at once.
This is a recipe I got off of www.allrecipes.com
I hope you all stay warm and have a nice rest  of your Sunday!!!!
             Big Prim Hugs Casey

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Some valentines creations

 I hope you're all having a relaxing Sat. Boy its cold here!!!! I have been doing some going through some of my old decorations and crafts I've made over the years and thought I would post some of them for your enjoyment! Maybe to inspire........

 I took a old Annie doll and added some valentine elements out of boredom. I made a rusty wing angel, I got this Valentine heart from goodwill I do believe.
 The Hearts that are wrapped in tulle are store bought cookies dipped in smell good wax to preserve them!!!! I put them under my Valentine tree every year so that it looks like little Valentine packages under there!!!! I'm fixing to get my butt in gear and make a trip outta town to a hobby lobby, because I am "OUT" of craft supplies I can't really create anything new and it STINKS!!!! Hope you all have a nice weekend!!!!
                Big Prim Huggers Casey