Planted more in the garden

My husband built a raised bed and filled it full of dirt.
I planted black simpson seeds, imperator carrots, purple
radish, and beets. I have some seeds in a covered peat pots.
Hubbard squash, more lettuce, marglobe tomatoes, rutgers tomato,
golden yellow crookneck squash, hale jumbo melon, white sweet spanish onion,
cucumbers and basil.

I Planted my Onions

I know it might be too late.
But there out there now.

Check out
http://www.organicgardening.com/feature/0,7518,s1-5-16-1754,00.html

Tomorrow I am putting in lettuce, yep, I am late on that one as well.
http://www.organicgardening.com/feature/0,7518,s1-5-16-251,00.html

Whoa, Free Garden Plans
http://www.gardeners.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-Gardeners-Site/default/Link-Page?id=kgp_pp

Make a simple wire compost bin
http://organicgardening.about.com/od/compost/ht/wirecompostbin.htm

Keep your scraps for your compost bin
http://www.wikihow.com/Transport-Compost-Materials-from-Your-Kitchen-to-Your-Compost-Bin

AMomsLove News: Easter Celebrations

Easter Coloring Pages


http://www.amomslove.com/parenting/easter-coloring-pages.html





Free Offer: Crafting and Recipe Booklet for Easter


http://www.amomslove.com/frugal-mom/free-offer-easter-crafting-and-recipe-144-page-ebook-hop-into-spring.html





Easter Home Page


http://www.amomslove.com/holidays/easter-2.html





Family Traditions


http://www.amomslove.com/holidays/easter/family-traditions-for-easter.html





How to Teach Your Children the Most Important Thing about Easter


http://www.amomslove.com/holidays/easter/how-to-teach-your-children-the-most-important-thing-about-easter.html





Easter Fun for Little Ones


http://www.amomslove.com/holidays/easter/easter-fun-for-little-ones.html





Reflections for Easter


http://www.amomslove.com/holidays/easter/easter-reflecions.html





How to Decorate Easter Eggs


http://www.amomslove.com/holidays/easter/how-to-decorate-easter-eggs.htm





Mommy! Daddy! Why Does the Easter Bunny Bring Us Candy?


http://www.amomslove.com/holidays/easter/mommydaddywhy-does-the-easter-bunny-bring-us-candy.html

Print Easter Coupons for Big Bunny's Basket

http://www.amomslove.com/printables/print-eastercoupons.html

Valentine Ideas

It's that time of the year...when we show our sweetheart how
much we care. Here are some ideas for you garnered from 11 years
of publishing an online magazine.....lots of good stuff here.

Click here for Valentines Ideas on AMomsLove.com
.

 

See Body Beautiful this Weeken d

January 21st through January 25th
The Body Beautiful
YOUR INNER VAGABOND Lawrenceville. 412-334-3126.

http://www.yourinnervagabond.com/blog/

A multi media performance featuring works by several local artists. Tickets available at the door. Through Jan. 25. Wed.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 3 p.m.

Read the review on the Post Gazette

http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/onstage/default.aspx

Rachel Shaw

What we Had for Breakfast on Frigid Morn

I found this great recipe on Project Foodie....

from The Heartstone Inn BandB

(By the way, the rooms look gorgeous and are very

reasonably priced.)

The Heartstone Inn’s Apple Cheddar Bake

It was so easy to make!

I didn't have Bisquick so I put two cups

or flour in a mixing bowl, added 1/2 tsp. salt,

1 tbsp. of sugar, 1 tsp. of baking powder and

2 tbsp. of oil..mix all together....check out

the recipe here: Click Here

The Clarion House B&B

We moved our daughter back to college this past weekend and

stayed at a very nice B&B. The Clarion House B&B boasts original woodwork from Cook Forest, gorgeous stained glass windows, a beautiful and comfortable sitting room next to the bedrooms, where we watched The Steelers beat The Chargers.

Clarion is a beautiful town full of Victorian houses and a great coffee shop that has musicians, poets (etc.) performing.... Very beautiful town.

New Years Resolutions

RESOLUTIONS

Lose weight by limiting size portions

Read my bible and take notes in my journal

Wake up being grateful for life

Exercise

Do dishes every night

Organize my bedroom

Organize bills

Paint kitchen and put up border

Paint hall, put rugs on stairs and hall up

and down

Paint Living Room, get drapes and sectional

Organize sunroom, make into an office, put up curtains

Paint bathroom

Finish upstairs little bedroom

(Graphic by http://www.momof9splace.com/freegraphics.html )

Happy New Year!

We are having sweet and sour meatballs
Ceasar Salad
chips
salsa
cheese curls


The kids made noise makers with
paper plates taped together
and filled with beans.
They made New Years paintings
witht the date and handprints
They are going to do a fish toss
and got little grab bags fromt he dollar store.

We will be using our noise makers, silly string
and horns to ring in the New Year.

Kids cleaned and Decorated Living Room!

I came home last night and the girls (Bridgette and Kelly)
had cleaned the Living Room completely and put up the tree,
Put the lights on and decorated the mantle! Will have pics
later.

Anyone have any ideas for dinner tonight..night before night
before Christmas?

Week before Christmas

Well, we just got our tree today.
We went to a Seabee Christmas Party this past weekend (Sat.)
I was and still am sick. I went to the dinner and we left
right after I stayed in the hotel room. The next morn Bern
went down for breakfast and brought some up to me in the room.

I have been sick since..it is now Wed. Have not done any decorating
or anything:) Just a wreath on the front door...a couple of flowers on the
back door and some in a vase in the foyer.

I need to do Christmas shopping as well. We did something different this
year....we put our wish lists on google docs....everyone can go there for ideas
of what to buy one another...try it:
http://docs.google.com/

Thanksgiving 100 mile Greener Pastures

Thanksgiving

If you can't do a 100 mile Thanksgiving..

(http://amomslove.blogspot.com/2007/11/100-mile-thanksgiving-dinner.html)

that is buy everything grown within 100 miles...

try to look at where the fruits and vegies you are

using are grown and buy the ones that are as close to you

as possible.

Check out all the links I have found:

100 Mile Diet Thanksgiving Stories..

http://100milediet.org/category/thanksgiving-stories

Nice Ideas here:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/11/treehugger_100m_8.php

From The Daily Green (article about organic wine)

http://www.thedailygreen.com/healthy-eating/green-thanksgiving-44103008

Decorating....

By the way I am going to go out in my yard and collect some dried stuff for

decoration....be careful of berries that might be poisonous (would you believe that I have rosemary and parsley still growing in my garden..not after today's snow,tho)

http://www.delish.com/entertaining-ideas/holidays/thanksgiving/get-ready-for-thanksgiving

Oh my goodness, love these stone walls!

http://www.delish.com/entertaining-ideas/holidays/thanksgiving/handcrafted-thanksgiving-holiday-decorations-111408?click=main_sr

Back to our Roots

http://coolfoodscampaign.org/thanksgiving/

Calculate the Greeness of your dinner

http://www.eatlowcarbon.org/

Check out AMomsLove Thanksgiving Home Page

http://www.amomslove.com/hol-home-thanksgiving.html

Six Ways to Save Money this Thanksgiving

http://www.amomslove.com/hol-thanksgiving-savMoney.html

Decorate for Thanksgiving

http://www.amomslove.com/hol-thanksgiving-decorate.html

Decorate Naturally

http://www.amomslove.com/hol-thanksgiving-dec_natural.html

Some of the things may not be on the ebay site...just do a curent search for

them.

Halloween

The kids decorated the yard this year...
some grave stones under an old maple tree....the
biggest tree on the road.
a purple and orange sign that reads "Turn Back Now!"
A humongous orange and black sign saying "Happy Halloween"

Here are a few articles on amomslove magazine for Halloween:
Home Page
http://www.amomslove.com/hol-home-halloween.html

http://www.amomslove.com/hol-halloween.html
"Thoughts of Halloween often conjure haunting visions of buckets of candy, trays of caramel apples and oodles of other sugary snacks. "

Plan a Party
http://www.amomslove.com/hol-halloween-planparty.html

Ebook to buy
http://www.ilovehalloweencostumes.com/

Quick Homemade halloween Costumes
http://www.ladypens.com/quick-homemade-halloween-costume-ideas/

Buying a Spy Cam to Protect Your Child

Ok, so you have thought about putting in a spy cam to watch your nanny/babysitter or to make sure your child is safe, but perhaps you aren't sure which company to choose.

mySpycam has several pros that will help make your choice easy:
First the price is good. You can get a good quality product from $99 - $500+.
Next, the quality of the lenses in the cameras and DVR's is extremely sound.

Also, the customer service is excellent. There is livechat on the site and of course you can always phone with any questions. Then, if you are not happy for any reason, just send the spy cam back and they will refund your money, no-questions asked guarantee! You can't beat that policy for making you feel good about your purchase.

mySpyCam shipping is through UPS, so you know you will get your product safely and in a timely manner. You can always use the UPS package tracker. (Plus, their shipping is also discrete....they ship in an unmarked boxed!)

They are the only company that provides you with a video tutorial to actually SHOW you how to install your spy cam. Besides, mySpy Cams are very easy to install.

The company takes pride in the products that they carry! The cams are of the best quality. They actually shop around looking for the best quality manufacturers, now that's something that doesn't happen everyday.

The cams can be used wireless (just like your laptop) and also may be seen via the internet. They are very easily obscured (hidden) because they look like everyday items, this means they are very hard to detect, things such as alarm clocks, baby wipes, etc are actually the spy cams.

Now, why would you want to buy a spy cam? Well, first of all just to give you peace of mind. You will not be guessing whether or not your nanny or babysitter is treating your child the way he or she should, you will KNOW!

Are you wondering, though, exactly HOW a spy cam works?
1) you connect the spy cam to a battery or a power supply and hide it.
2) you connect the wireless receiver to a battery or power supply and conect it to a recording device such as the VCR, DVR (digital video recorder) or to your computer if you want to view it from another place that has internet access.
3) and then, you tune the receiver to detect the video that the spy cam is transmitting.

There are two main types: wireless spy cams, and self-contained spy cams (spy cams that have everything you need, including the recording device in one unit.)

As you can see this company has thought of everything to provide you with the best service and the best product you can buy at the best prices!

Here are a few testimonials to read:
“The customer service was outstanding! I couldn’t ask for a better experience!”
- Yolanda R. El Paso, Texas

“I’m an idiot with electronics, but the camera I got was so easy… I just put the battery in and that was it! I can now watch my little girl while I’m at work!”
- Carrie F. Santa Clarita, CA

“I got the alarm clock cam to see if my girlfriend was cheating… she wasn’t! I was just paranoid. It was super easy though and I now use the spy cam to watch my house when I’m away.”

You can get your spy cam from Manny at My Spy Cam (905) 509-2226

Watching The Olympics, oh no and The Steelers???

I am getting geared up to watch the opening cermony of The Olympics.

Yay!

wait a minute, the steelers are playing tonight...Chuck says, mom, I just want to see the first play.

Bummer, why would the steelers be playing when the olympic opening is going on:(

Weekend Getaways

Sometimes life is overwhelming.You get sooo busy you can't focus on anything.That means it's time for you to get away from it all.If you haven't tried a weekend/midweek getawayyou should!

Just make sure you don't take your laptop (unless it's part of your relaxation process or you promise to only do FUN, exploratory, surfing type things from which you can learn something new, add something different to your mindset)

Do take along a book you would like to read...one that you are truly interested in.....or one that will open up old rusty pathways and refresh and revitalize them.

Take along a sketchbook or journal...you can start your first novel or sketch the surroundings in a leisurely manner.

This is just a great way to get yourself out of a rut that seems to have insurmountable sides. Once you return and feel refreshed you can look at your problem and come up with solutions you may never have realized if you had remained in the middle of the crisis.Every good manager knows that his charges need to get away to renew their perspectives.

Try Gaitlinburg

http://www.mountainchalets.com/

My oh my! Sandbridge

http://www.sandbridge.com/rental/house.html?ID=23&User=SANDB1650&Avail=&Stay=

You'll have a ball here...

http://www.pibinfo.com/lodging.html

Reasonably priced cabins

http://www.cheap-romantic-getaways.com/

Island Realty - Anna Maria Island

http://www.islandreal.com/bre/properties/beachy-villa-vista-116-45th/

 

http://quietrees.blogspot.com

 

Vacation Menus and Rules

We will be going on vacation in August
We'll be going to a cabin in the woods on a river.
There will be three families involved, so we
have set up a menu, a list of what we need to bring
and some chores.

I thought I would share it with you as you might be
able to use it.

August SEE CHORES AT BOTTOM note breakfast schedule

2013 Vacation Menu
You are responsible to buy the ingredients for your meal TO FEED APPROX. 15.

Meal One - Bridgette and Kelly (10th)
Corn, Mashed Potatoes
pork chops
Ice Cream

Meal Two - Gretchen (11th)

Steak, Green Beans, Buttered Noodles
Strawberry Shortcake

Meal Three - Mom (12th)

Lasagna
Coffee Cake

Meal Four - Rachel (13th)

Spaghetti

Meal Five - Julie (14th)

Chicken Breasts breaded in the oven
Stuffing stove top
green bean casserole
brownies


Meal Six - Chuck, Peter, Dad, Joey (15th)

Hamburger/Hot Dogs
Baked Potatoes
Baked Beans

Meal Seven - Mom (16th)

Chili/Corn Bread
Salad
Fudge/Strawberry sundaes


Breakfast
Schedule:
Day one: Gretchen, (waffles)
Day two: Rachel (oatmeal)
Day three: Julie (french toast)
Day four: Mom (pancakes)
Day Five: Bridgette (scrambled eggs or over easy)
Day six: kelly (egg mcmuffins)
Day seven: eat cereal

Pancakes
Waffles
Cereal
Eggs
Bacon
Oatmeal
French Toast

Lunch
Salami
Ham
Turkey
Cheeses
Peanut Butter
leftovers
Jelly
Fruit

Beverages

Soda
Ice Tea
Milk
Juice
Wine
Beer
Water
Each Family SEE OTHER DOCUMENT TITLED "WHAT TO BRING"
(gret,rae,julie,mom,kids whatever they can)
must bring:
Bottled Water, Bread, muffins, bagels,snacks,napkins,paper towels,
Soda or something to drink for all, milk, One Box of Cereal,
toilet paper, oatmeal, bisquick, bacon, GAMES

Chores:

Sweep kitchen floor every day (do if you are cooking that day)
Wipe down counters, kit tables, stove, fridge
Sweep great room floor every other day,
wipe off end tables.
Clean downstairs bath tuesday (WE WILL PICK STRAWS FOR THESE CHORES)
clean upstairs bath tuesday
Make bed every day!!!!!!
clean up after dinner....your meal you clean up
Clean up after breakfast....your meal you clean up
If you snack at night YOU MUST CLEAN UP THE KITCHEN
AND THE GREAT ROOM!!!!
CLEAN UP MEANS WASH ALL POTS/PANS DISHES,CUPS,GLASSES AND
PUT AWAY!....INCLUDING THOSE IN LIVING ROOM ARE
OUTSIDE...DECK, RIVER AREA, PARKING AREA
pick up soda cans, paper, bottle caps, cigs, any trash whatsoever...doesn't
matter who put it there....YOU pick it up!
Each nite before going to bed clean up! INCLUDE DORM AREA VIDEO GAME PLAYING
Each morn before coming downstairs CLEAN DORMITORY AREA!

Quiz for Chores: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YxWWOU6MdKEzK502bykCQLWFexFopyUNcVUccyEzYJo/edit#slide=id.i0



Check this article out on AMomsLove.com for more printables.MOM AND DAD ARE ON VACATION TOO!

Midweek Getaway

This past week B. and I took a mid week break.

We drove up to Cook Forest and stayed in a place

we haven't been in for quite some time...it is under

new ownership.

http://www.hominyridge.com/

We stayed in Suite 2....It sits up in the trees.

It's as if you are staying in a tree house.

We arrived Wed. night and for dinner went to

Vince's Tavern

It was bike night. B. had steak and I had

a beef roast sandwich, both were very good.

http://www.vincestavern.com/

We retired back to the suite....I sat on the deck reading

my book. B. sat inside reading his....we both enjoyed the

quiet of the woods outside.

Fourth of July

For Fourth of JulyMenu for the Fourth:
http://www.amomslove.com/hg-recipes-july4.html
Printable Menu:
http://www.amomslove.com/printable_july4th.html
July 4th Party
http://amomslove.com/hol-july4party.html
Fourth of July Safety

http://www.amomslove.com/par-safety-4thjuly.html"

Of all the holidays throughout the year, the Fourth of Julytypically presents the greatest risk of fire danger and injuries foradults and children."Tell us some of your ideas for Fourth of July and geta free packet of dried OREGANO from AMomsLove Gardens!

http://p081.ezboard.com/famomslovefrm5.showMessage?topicID=34.topic

Picnic Checklist
http://amomslove.com/print-picnic-list.html

Contest!
Great summer activity for your child...Have your child make a documentary video of a summer event in your hometown. Instructions on how to make a documentary video are on the site. They can win $250!
http://www.summerinmytowncontest.com/

Fourth of July Links
http://www.amomslove.com/news-july4.html

Lots of support links, lots of recipe links.
Southern Summer Picnic Menu
http://amomslove.com/hg-recipes-picnic.html

Simple Picnic Menu
http://amomslove.com/hg-recipes-memorial-menu.html

Printable Menu
http://amomslove.com/printable_memorialday-menu.html

Don't forget our Mom-Child Activity Calendar is back
http://www.amomslove.com/calendar.html
Today's Activity..Bake some cookies.

Art Festival/Fathers day

,

Well, we did make down to the Arts Festival last evening.
Some very nice stuff
check out booth number 43 from Conifer, Colorado
http://www.artsfestival.net/artistsmarket/mixed-media/

and booth 92 bradford, pa
http://www.artsfestival.net/artistsmarket/painting/

We met our grandson, Damon and took him home

Today was fathers day.
this morn our daughter, Julie and her boyfriend, Joey, gave Bernie
a painting:

they stayed up all night painting it!

Then, our daughter Rachel called us and said they wanted to take B. for breakfast so we

met them at First Watch....very deelicious. I had something with avacodos, hmmm; Bernie had French toast. Rachel and Peter gave Bernie a photo of Liam:

I really like the frame....We then all went to Barnes and Noble and read books...I took Liam to play with the train in the back.

B. and I left and went home....I dropped B. off and went onto supermarket and bought some steak....

Gretchen callled and she came over She brought a very nice card and a strawberry pie from eatnpark.

We at a very good steak, sweet potatoes, green beans and corn on the cob.

On Saturday Sam left B. a very cute card:

and before Bridgie went to Bonnaroo she made B. this very nice box-