I am a Bzzz Agent. If you aren't you are really missing out. I get to try out new products and rate them. I have even gotten to try out different medications, like allergy meds, that worked great. And it didn't cost me a dime. I didn't even have to pay for shipping.
The latest thing I have gotten to try is the 24 hour lash boosting power serum. The first time I told my husband, he said, "I didn't know you had eyelashes!". So, I guess it is really great I got to try this out.
I have issues with eyelash fall out and they are really blond at the end, so they are hard to see. This stuff is a miracle! I loooove it! My lashes are so much healthier, longer and there is so much less eyelash fall out! Yeah my lashes! What can I say? It doesn't take much to make me happy. ;0)
So, you really have to get this stuff!! If you have eyelash "issues" like me, this stuff is miraculous. It costs about $21 but my lashes have never looked so good! My kids actually notice that I have them now. That has got to mean something....
I will be posting some organizational tips tomorrow. I haven't gotten a lot done in my house, but I organized my earring, bracelets and makeup! Yeah! Now I can actually find things!! I feel like a whole new woman!! See you tomorrow!!
I just got rid of this stuff about 2 months ago. Gee, I haven't even had it since I was a kid.... but I keep getting it now. Yuck!! I have an appointment soon and, if I am lucky, I can just get the shot in the bottom instead of taking the medicine. Swallowing is not currently my forte. I should be back in a couple of days, but right now I think I need to sleeeeeep. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........ oh! Sorry! I will keep up with your guys' blogs, but might not update mine for a coupla days. Hopefully I can get through this without infecting all the kids. Oh, dear!!
This is such a delicious recipe for biscuits. If you prefer biscuits without sugar, you can just omit that. We found that these are good with anything... especially jelly (the kids' favorite!!). Faith made this batch and I think she did a great job!! This is a recipe I got from our pastors wife when I was a teenager. There is nothing quite as homey smelling as fresh baked biscuits and homemade bread. Enjoy!!
Angel Biscuits
1 pkg active-dry yeast
2 T lukewarm water (very warm for dry yeast)
5 C. all purpose flour
1 t baking soda
3 t baking powder
2 T sugar
1.5 t salt
1 C vegetable shortening
2 C buttermilk - works with regular milk as well. Just add 1 t to every C of milk to make buttermilk substitute
Dissolve yeast into warm water. Sift dry ingredients into large bowl (or fluff with a fork if you want to cheat!!). Cut in shortening with pastry blender. Add buttermilk, then yeast mixture. Stir until thoroughly moistened Turn onto floured board and knead for 1-2 minutes. (No rising). Roll out to desired thickness (1/2 inch is best) and cut into rounds. Brush with melted butter and bake on an ungreased pan at 400ºF for 15 minutes or until lightly browned. These bakes biscuits freeze beautifully.
Note: After mixing, dough may be refrigerated in a plastic bag or in a covered bowl until ready to use. (Keeps well for 2-3 days). If using plastic bag, leave some room for expansion. These may be readied for baking the day before and kept refrigerated until 1 hour before baking, allowing time to attain room temperature.
This year has brought about a lot of change for me and our family. The economy has been awful and we have been affected by it in a negative way.... which just stinks!! So, it is with great hope I look forward to this next year.
My main goal will be to try to keep my house a little neater, a little prettier and spend more time with my family. Sure, I would love to lose 20 pounds... or 30... ok!! I get it!! I could stand to lose more... but darn it if I don't like to cook and I tend to do that well. Maybe I should make my new years resolution to burn more food so I eat less. Hmmmm... interesting. Science experiments.... although I think I have enough of those in my fridge right now. Oooooohhhh!!! Another new years resolution!!! I must stop my ongoing study of various molds and how they grow on food. Hmm. That is just gross. TMI, I know. ;0)
Overall, my goal will be to make my home a more joyous place. More comforting. A safe place. Lately it seems to have been a busy place... and I don't dig on that too much. I want to be a more gentle person, but being of Irish decent... that becomes a war with my genetic makeup. LOL! I always loved Miss Melanie from "Gone with the Wind". The character I most admire and the one I am least like. I am soooo a Scarlett.
Anyway, I am rambling on and saying absolutely nothing. Earnest Hemmingway would look with disgust on my writing. Haha!! I can't help it if I am more like Victor Hugo!!
I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year and that you don't drink too much. Seriously, a hangover is not a good way to start the new year. I think it will be Martinelli's for me this year.
Sooooo...... HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!
I hope that everyone is having a great Christmas!! I know my kids are!! They got a Wii this year and I am not sure they will be sleeping for the next week...!!!
I promise to start posting again, but have a whole lot of food to finish up here. I can give you all the run down in a few more days...
MERRY CHRISTMAS!! from our family to yours!! ;0)
I have been gone for waaaay too long. But... to be fair... everyone got sick. And then they got sick again. Then something else came through. This past Friday, my daughter Faith had a tonsillectomy and an adenoidectomy. She has had a real hard go of it, but she can breathe again. The Dr. said that her tonsils were the size of golf balls and they were also infected, so I know she will be feeling much better. These next 2 weeks might be a little difficult for her though.
One thing I got done while I was sick, and before my husband got sick, was to re-stage the mantel. I have always had a very hard time making my mantel look nice. I am very good at grabbing a bunch of stuff and throwing it up there and pretending it looks good. Well, it usually doesn't. But I think it looks much better now. Please give me your honest opinions... because I know I can always use ideas and guidance. I seem to have a mental block when it comes to the mantel. I am also having issues with the mantel as far as pictures go. It absorbs all the light when I try to photograph it and looks so dark. It really isn't that dark, but the rocks!! It's the rocks!! Augh!! That is ok, because I love the rocks. Really, they are why we bought this house. We bought it for the stone fireplace. And I am so excited that it is almost cold enough to light a fire. I might even fudge on that a little bit. I am really dreaming of hot chocolate and a roaring fire.
The weather today would work really well with my fireplace dreams. It is cold and rainy. Before Christmas, we are going to add some trim and moulding to make it look nicer. Oh my!! I have my 5 year old and my 3 year old bring in a whole bunch of clothes down the hall. Apparently they are packing to go to Pearl Harbor. Methinks we have watched too many WW2 movies lately... let me know what you think... and show me your beautiful mantels!! Sharing ideas is one of the best parts of blogging!! And I will go figure out how to take pictures of my fireplace without it looking like a dungeon.....
Every time I say that, I feel like playing disco music. And maybe dancing like John Travolta. I don't think it's that weird.... do you???
We are all still alive. Mr. Hunny and I got it the worst, and for that I am glad. We can suck it up a lot better than the kids can. I still have an intense cough and sore throat, but I finally got some energy back. You know how it is. You are scared to use the bathroom because every one has been so sick, including you, and you just don't have the energy to clean it. I finally got both bathrooms and the kitchen scrubbed and sanitized yesterday. I am not sure I would have been able to had I not had some good dance music to listen on my iPOD. Turn it up and pretty soon I am the only one here. I am sure my kids all think I am crazy singing Lady Gaga as loud as I was, but they won't complain. I made a real dinner and you are no longer scared to sit in the bathroom. All good things.
Monday Faith goes on her very first field trip. Gabe goes on Tuesday (not his first). Jacob will get to go in October. I can't even begin to describe the excitement for that boy. A bus ride to a pumpkin patch. Surely he must be going to heaven. ;0)
I actually managed moving some furniture around while I was sick. Actually, I managed and my husband moved it. Don't worry, he wasn't sick yet. But he was the next day, so it all worked out. I even managed to take pictures. I have planned for 4 days to post it, but have been trying to get things cleaned up. Kind of a priority when we had... dare I say it.... the SWINE FLU!! Aaaahhhh!!! But, we all lived and now there is one less ailment to worry about. Yeah. With 5 kids, a single cold can last months. Seriously. We haven't been to church in about 2 or 2.5 months. Boy do I miss it. So do the kids, but I can't take them when they are sick just because I want to go. Really. I wanted to, but couldn't be that thoughtless to everyone else there. Plus, they know where we live. Not such a good thing... ;)
So, hopefully I will get the post tomorrow. Although the next 2 weeks we have about 13 appointments. The first time I have needed an organizer. Fun stuff. I don't like being busy. Not like that anyway.
I hope everyone had a great weekend and I hope you can avoid the swine flu. Very much so not fun. Can't say it enough...
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