Giveaway

Dont' forget to enter this GIVEAWAY at My Third True Love.  It ends tomorrow !!!!

You can win one of my bird calendars in printable file form. What does that mean ???

You can print it as many times as you like...this is a WONDERFUL gift.  You can give this to your friends, neighbors and kid's teachers.  It never runs out, just keep printing.

You get to choose which design you want. The Vintage Bird Calendar above, or The Standing Bird Calendar below.

If you do not win you can buy your own here and here.

If you prefer not to print your own calendar there is always the pre-printed version and these are available in the shop now here and here

They are all being offered at a special introductory price now...who knows how long this will last...get yours now.

Good Luck.

see ya'll

HELLO....Hello....hello.......hello.........

ok....I mean...I know I am...I mean I was...a very slack blogger.  I am going to try to to better.  Somebody leave a comment for crying out loud...I am beginning to wonder if all the inactivity on this blog as of late has disabled the comments.....please....somebody talk to me so I know I'm good.  Just say hi.

Edited to add:   Thanks for talking back...I see you I see you.........you ladies are fabulous !!
thank ya

Three Keepers

Fall puts me in a cooking mood and Pinterest makes looking for new recipes simple and even fun.

I have three really good recipes to share with you, you should really try all of these...they are so so good.   Also, my 7 year old ate them all and if you have kids you know why these are now keepers.

Chicken Broccoli Supreme is divine.  Over the years I've tried a handful of broccoli casseroles, they were all mediocre.

Not this one it's scrumptious !!

I did omit the poppy seeds though, those were sure to turn Chloe off.

 Chicken pot pie.  I can not say enough about chicken pot pie.  I love this dish, I have had good ones and awesome ones and it's for certain I have never had a bad one. 
Chicken Pot Pie Crumble is a twist on a traditional crust type chicken pot pie.  The topping is made separately, you bake it in the oven before you put it on the dish.  The crumble topping is so so good, I was eating it as I was putting it on the pie.  If you love chicken pot pie be sure to give this one a try.
The only tweak I made was I added a bit of corn.

Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup.

Oh so good.  Creamy, filling and tasty.  I have a stove top version of this very same soup, this one is a crock pot version and I like it better.  The chicken cooking in the crock pot all day makes it so tender and delicious.  Great for chilly nights, eat with crusty bread or some crackers...yum.  I omitted the celery.

I hope you try and enjoy all of these delicious fall recipes.

se ya'll

My Week of Instagram

My week of Instagram

1. Freshly sharpened pencils for mega amounts of homework.
2. Rain...thankful for dirty cars and puddles and wet bottoms of my blue jean legs this week we needed it.
3. Homework time, sometimes it is easy going, sometimes it is a battle. This day was a battle.
4. Lunch at the What-A-Burger Drive In...one of my favorites.
5. Our granny weenie, Lei Lei, she loves to lay on the shag run in my studio. I caught her watching me work.
6. My adding machine at work Chloe thinks I am the coolest because I can use this baby without looking.  I rock !!
7. Vintage fabrics need I say more.
8. Cutest idea for a pumpkin.  Meow !!
9. Fun stools at Chloe's gym.

A Couple Fails and a Couple Scores

First things first this morning Chloe and I went to Nana's to deliver some frogs to MeMaw.

Weeks ago while at Nana's, Chloe discovered several frog families, or maybe they

were just one family, frogs do lay multiple eggs don't they? 

Either way she found a mess of frogs.

 At that time some of the frogs were contained in this bucket just so Chloe could

"play" with them.

They were black and slimy.  Chloe named them all and then she put them back where

she found them.

Out intentions today were to take a few to MeMaw (my grandma).

When she heard Chloe had found frogs she wanted 3 for her pond.

We were sad to find today that all the frogs had left for higher ground.

It has rained here, pretty much downpoured, for the last 4 days.

The little trough at the bottom of the hill was full of water

and I suppose they could not stay in that much water ???

Which makes me wonder what MeMaw thinks they were going to do in her pond ???

Mission aborted.

And what do you do when you can't deliver frogs, you make muffins, or cupcakes. 

I had seen this recipe  on Pinterest

Pumpkin muffins.

So simple all you do is mix a yellow cake mix and a can of pumpkin.

Too good to be true.

These were boring and tasteless.

If  not for the cream cheese icing they would have been tossed, I'm sure.

Mom suggested maybe they would be better with some pumpkin pie spices thrown in

I think she is probably right.

While at Target picking up muffin ingredients we picked up a cute hat

who needs frogs or cupcakes when you have this cute Minnie Mouse hat.

After much fun at Nana's we had to head home, remember

I had carpets to clean.

We had the most ominous skies today.

I know that looks like a tornado, but it was not....good thing too there

was not a ditch in sight.

Here she is, my sidekick for hours today, I do I do I do love my carpet cleaner though.

It's so easy to use and judging by the murky brown water it sucks up

it does a good job.  How on earth does carpet that is vacuumed weekly get so icky ?

While I cleaned I watch Licensed to Drive a good ole 80's flick, do you remember it ?

I was going to marry Corey Haim I am sure, well only if Kirk Cameron or anyone from Duran Duran

turned me down.

 Little Daisy LOVES the carpet cleaner.

The hum puts her right to sleep.

Lei Lei, the other dog, gets under the couch....the hum scares her to death.

Daisy stays very close by.

It was a lovely productive Saturday for us all.

Hoping yours was.

see ya'll

Weekend

Strike a pose and have a great weekend.

Hoping to make some fall-ish cupcakes and clean my carpet.....really I just want to rip all the carpet out and throw it on the sidewalk....truth be known.

Must give the 4-leggers a bath and think about some new "chores" for Chloe
she has outgrew getting the mail and checking the 4-legger's water bowl.

See ya'll

Don't forget to enter THIS GIVEAWAY !!!!