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Month: March 2007

Cadbury Egg & Peep Virtual Tour

Posted in Holidays, and Homeschooling

Spring has sprung and Marshmallow Peeps and Cadbury Chocolate Eggs are everywhere! Take a virtual field trip to see how they’re made! Recommended Websites: This is the OFFICIAL Website of Marshmallow Peeps! It’s full of flash and animation designed to make your mouth water for Peeps. When you get to the site, place your cursor over “About Peeps” on the menu bar at the top of your screen. A drop down menu appears that includes: *Peeps Fun Facts — For example, did you know the amount of Peeps chicks and bunnies eaten at Easter could more than circle Earth’s circumference?…

Dyson Slim Contest

Posted in Commercial Break

Yes, that’s right — you can enter to win a Dyson Slim vacuum over at 5 Minutes for Mom. It’s simple. Just head on over to 5 Minutes for Mom and sign in to Mr Linky with your name and url. Then advertise the contest on your blog. That’s it! Just make sure you enter by April 4th by 1pm EST. Have fun and good luck!!!

Favorite Ingredient Friday: Chicken Popovers

Posted in Gluten Free, and Homemaking

Now these aren’t truly popovers, but it’s what we’ve always called them. This is something that I came up with when my husband and I were first married, and they were a hit. Ingredients: 2 Chicken breasts (once again, you can use your favorite cut)2 pats of butterItalian seasoningSaltPepper Directions: 1. Place the chicken breasts between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and pound thin.2. Divide each chicken breast into 2 halves.3. Place pat of butter inside of chicken breast and sprinkle with italian seasoning4. Fold edges of chicken into the middle to cover pat of butter and seasoning.5. Place chicken,…

Frugal Friday: Plant Swap

Posted in Homemaking, and Thrifty Ideas

If you’ve looked over my blog, you know that I’ve been doing a lot of planting and work in my yard. About a week ago, a new group in our area was started for swapping/sharing plants. I thought this was a wonderful idea, and joined the group. Today, I picked up at least 10 Rose of Sharon plants for free. One of the ladies lives very close to me and was giving them away. She says that I can have as many as I want for free. Wow! There have been many things listed on the group. I’ll be getting…

Interesting Conversations

Posted in Family, and Thoughts

Munchkin was having a good time playing in the dirt. So much fun, that honestly, she reminded me of these elephants rolling around in the dirt and throwing it up in the air. Needless to say, she was covered in dirt when this conversation took place. Me: “Would you like to help me plant these veggies?” Munchkin: “Sure, but would you move the dirt, so I can just set them in. Then you can put the dirt over them?” Me: “Why?” Munchkin: “Because I don’t want to get dirty.” A few days earlier, this conversation took place. Munchkin: “Mommy, do…