Black Friday Sales and Ads

With Thanksgiving right around the corner all the merchants are busily readying themselves for the Black Friday shoppers! Following are some links you may find helpful in planning your shopping day and scoring some great bargains. I have even read where some retailers are starting their sales early. My daughter and I love to wake up early on Friday morning and try to score some good deals. I don't know if we'll be doing that this year. We'll just have to wait and see :) Walmart Ad Scan Staples Black Friday Ad Scan JC Penney Ad Scan Kohls Ad Scan As soon as I find Target's and the rest of the most popular ones I'll post those too. Happy bargain hunting! Patty  All these links were obtained from Black Friday Ads.net

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Making Pretty Glass Bottle Arrangements

I don't know about you but I love to make pretty arrangements out of ordinary things. This past summer while I was home convalescing from my ailments, I decided to try some simple projects but I just never got around to posting them on my blog. One of them was making small pretty arrangements out of Starbucks painted bottles. Now, I don't drink coffee, but here's where freecycle.org came in handy: I simply put out a request for someone who drinks those Starbucks frappuccinos to save the empty glass bottles for me and I'd be glad to pick them up.  Well a sweet lady emailed me saying she had a big box of them for me :) So here's what you'll need: *Several of those Starbucks frap glass bottles or any pretty shapped glass bottles *any type of paint (I used plain white latex paint) *ribbon and any other embellishments *fresh or silk flowers First I took all my bottles and soaked them overnight in warm, soapy water to remove all traces of...

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Kid's Homework Space-Room Redo

Happy Friday everyone! This is a project  that has been long overdue! My little guy's homework space! When we first moved into this house, his room, which he shared with my older son was covered in hideous wallpaper. We removed that and painted it a celery green color. Well after my older son moved into his own room I decided the little guy needed a room revamp and so this project was born :) Here is a before pic: My little guy is always doing his homework downstairs in our dining room, but he is easily distracted, as most nine year old boys are, so I decided to make him his very own space to do his homework. I started by painting his room in a calming blue-gray color, courtesy of the folks over at Dutch Boy paint. This shade is called Surfin USA-how fun is that? I then sketched out how I wanted his space to look on a piece of paper. It always helps me to jot down ideas as they happen so I won’t forget later on. I have a notebook in which I ke...

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One Stop Christmas Hop Giveaway

I wanted to give everyone a heads up on a really cool Christmas giveaway that I'll be participating in a few weeks. It's called the One Stop Christmas Hop Giveaway. I'll be giving away a $30 Kohl's giftcard. The cool thing about this is that many, many, bloggers will be participating so when you come enter mine, you'll be able to enter all of theirs too! Yay! More chances to win cool prizes :) So come back on the 29th and let the fun begin! One Stop Christmas Blog Hop 

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Kid's Homework Space-Guest Post

Hey everyone! Today I am guest blogging over at   The CSI Project   "Create Something Inspiring!" A very cool blog where I am showing off my little guy's new homework space :)  Hop on over there to read all about it and while you're at it enter to win 2 gallons of Dutch Boy paint. The same kind of paint I used on his room :) 

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Foodie Fridays {Juicy Fall Off The Bone Turkey}

Since the holidays are just around the corner I thought I'd post my turkey recipe. I've been cooking my turkey this way for years. It's something that I've been perfecting since I was 23 years old and I cooked my first family Thanksgiving :) Ever since then my family has always wanted our turkey cooked this way. I don't stuff it with dressing. And you can substitute the white cooking wine with more olive oil if you'd like. Make sure you use the Reynolds Oven bags and follow the directions on the box for your size turkey. Your turkey will be moist and aromatic plus very tasty. Enjoy: First, here's what you'll need:   Reynolds Turkey/Oven Bag 1 tbsp flour 2 Bunches of Cilantro 1 Medium White Onion 3-4 cloves of garlic 1/2 cup White Cooking Wine  OR you can sub. with the Non-Alcoholic Version or more olive oil 1/2 cup Pure Virgin Olive Oil 1/4  cup Kikkoman's Teriyaki with Garlic Sauce Basting Brush Preheat Oven to 350 d...

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Thankful Thursdays {It's Not That Bad}

 I read the news everyday. Online. I don't get the real newspaper anymore. Don't have to. I get it delivered to me - straight to my inbox via email and since I work for a government entity I get to read all about the local and state governments goings-ons. Sometimes the news aren't all that great. Sometimes I don't want to read them at all. Do you feel that way too? I just want to shield myself from the world and just craft :) "But it's important to be involved", I tell myself. Otherwise, this place, this great country of ours, would go down in flames, so to speak. "Well, it's technically not YOUR country", the little voice in my head tells me. Well you see, I'm an immigrant. Yep. The dreaded "I" word. Green card and all. No, not an illegal ((shudder)). But you see, I tell the little voice, this IS my country. I'll let you in on a little secret. Anytime we're at a public event, especially when I'm with my children, ...

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