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Friday, October 8, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Happy Hump Day!
Hi all! Hope you had a good Wednesday, whatever it is you ended up doing today. I finally got my rear in gear to clean up some things, and after I was finished I felt a lot better about how those areas of the house looked and I felt somewhat accomplished. I did not, by any means, cross off everything from my to-do list, so I will just pick up tomorrow where I left off today.
One thing I managed to cross off my list today was to go to the craft store. I have been wanting to create something that I could try to sell and give profits from the sale of that item or items to the American Cancer Society. I know people who have either conquered or are fighting breast cancer, and since this is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it prompted me to think of this. So today I headed to the craft store and bought some pink beads and some hoops for wine charms (along with a few other supplies). The weather here has been really dreary recently, as I mentioned before, so I haven’t felt like doing much, so I’m hoping tomorrow’s nicer weather and these new supplies kick starts me into crafting and getting quite a few other things crossed off my to-do list.
We never made it to Ocean City, NJ this past weekend because my mom’s legs are still bothering her, and it was probably a good thing in the end anyway since I started to not “feel well” Saturday morning. She would have been miserable and after the weekend I had, I might have been even more miserable than her! So, since I’m now feeling better and this weekend’s weather is supposed to be gorgeous (78 and sunny!), hubby and I will be going on our own without my parents. I like to go every year to walk the boardwalk, visit the shops, and eat junk I shouldn’t have. The one thing I look forward to the most is eating dinner at Ike’s Seafood. I saw them on a Food Network show once, so we decided to find them and try it out. Best crabcakes and fries/chips ever! Unfortunately, I didn’t get to eat there when we went last year because we got to them a lot earlier than they were opening for the day, and we couldn’t really sit around and wait for them to open. Since we’re going in the off season again this year, I’m anticipating a late opening of Ike’s again, so we will adjust our departure time and such so that we can actually eat there for dinner this year. And the weekend after that we’ll be going to the PA Renaissance Faire, as long as the weather holds out. That was going to be the Sunday activity this past weekend too, but then I wasn’t feeling well and the weather forecast kept changing, and again, my mom has a ticket to go too and wasn’t up to walking around.
So anyway, look for some new items coming – I’m hoping to make tomorrow a very productive day!
Monday, October 4, 2010
Link Ups and Updates
So, I was apparently wrong about my new blog design. In yesterday’s post announcing my new design I stated that it didn’t quite look like I thought it would. I also don’t have a widescreen monitor on my desktop computer, so when I looked at it on the laptop, it did look like it was supposed to! :) That made me very happy, because I really liked how the whole background looked, and was a little disappointed when I wasn’t seeing it on the other monitor. So, if you have a widescreen monitor, you will see the appropriate/full background design, otherwise you might only see a portion of it, which does not do it justice.
I linked up my Artfire shop and my blog today to this blog party/blog hop/whatever you want to call it (I get confused about what to call these types of things):
If you haven’t seen Sumo’s Sweet Stuff’s blog, check it out now. It’s really cute, and she does a lot of cool, creative stuff.
I did get in contact with my doctor’s office today, and I got started on some antibiotics, so hopefully it helps and gets rid of this issue quickly. I have never gone through this before, and really hope I never have to again! And the last update is that this crappy rainy weather here needs to go – my knees have been sooo stiff and achy since the beginning of last week, and it’s really getting to be bad. I know we needed the rain, but I think we got enough last week…now we have another 3 days of rain in store!
Hope all of you have nicer weather wherever you may be!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
New design!
So, I finally picked, tested and applied a new design to my blog! If you’re reading through Google Reader, as I tend to do, go check it out! This one might not be permanent either, as I would really like to learn and figure out creating one from scratch on my own someday, but thanks to The Cutest Blog on the Block, I got this free background to pretty up my blog. I always love seashore/seashell stuff, so that’s why I picked it. It doesn’t quite look like it did in the sample they provided, which I really liked a lot, but some of it shows, enough to make it nicer than the kind of drab theme I had before.
I’ve had a pretty lazy weekend – but I haven’t been feeling my best, and even though today was much better than yesterday, I still need to call my doctor tomorrow. I won’t go into it much more than that on here, so if you really need to know TMI, feel free to ask (but leave your e-mail address, because I won’t explain in comments on here either)! I wanted to make these Caramel Apple Cookies this weekend, but that hasn’t happened yet, and probably won’t now until I get in touch with the doctor tomorrow and figure that whole issue out. I’m cutting down some of the calories though by making mine with the Splenda Brown Sugar Blend and regular granulated Splenda, as well as egg substitute, so when I do have them made and taste-tested, I will let you know how mine came out and will try to come up with the calorie counts. Thanks Smashed Peas and Carrots for sharing this recipe – they made my mouth water and I can’t wait to try them!
So, what do you think of the new design? And how about those cookies?? If that isn’t a fall recipe to love… :)
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Scrapbook Saturday
I didn’t get to do a Scrapbook Saturday post last week. Honestly, I don’t even know what happened to my day last weekend. I think I was just lazy and not on the computer much on Saturday, so I was going to do it Sunday, and then didn’t get the chance to then because we were at my grandmother’s a good portion of the morning/afternoon. But anyway, here’s my page for this week:
Friday, October 1, 2010
Giveaway!
Not from me, but it caught your attention, didn’t it?!? But there seriously is a giveaway going on. I waited a little too long to do this post (mainly because I wanted to mention it in earlier posts, and I totally forgot – sorry!), so I’m not sure who will see it in enough time to be able to enter themselves, but if you don’t see it in enough time to enter, you should still check out her blog and her other sites (Avon, photography, Etsy shop)!
Laura, at Army Wife Life is hosting a giveaway featuring two different items. She is a great photographer, so one item up for grabs is a beautiful blossom print, photographed by herself, and she is also an Avon rep, so the other item to choose from is a new perfume pendant with Fergie’s new scent hidden inside. Both items are beautiful! She has a few ways to get entries into the giveaway (this method being one of them!), but the deadline to enter is midnight tonight, so hurry up – but again, if you see this too late, sorry! Still check out her other sites!
Giveaway post is linked here.
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