Friday, October 31, 2008

Bookworm Friday



According to Barnett, the Green Editor for KNTV in San Francisco, human beings are saturating their bodies, their children's bodies and their homes with noxious waste, pathogens and carcinogens. Barnett recounts having her blood and urine tested to illustrate how toxins have deeply embedded themselves—her results show positive for bisphenonol A (linked to birth defects and reproductive problems) and perchlorate (an active ingredient in rocket fuel found in contaminated food). The book is divided into seven clean-it-up chapters full of solid information and helpful tips aimed at greening different areas of your life, such as how to best filter household water. Barnett's well-written environmental call-to-arms is passionate and authoritative; her findings correlating childhood illnesses with ordinary—and highly toxic—cleaning supplies is alarming. However, readers will likely find Barnett's claims slightly suspect for the fact that her sensible advice is compromised by her relentless endorsement of Shaklee products (her husband happens to be the Shaklee CEO).

I saw this book at the store and picked it up, We are attempting to go "Green" here on the mini farm..I did pick up some good ideas from this book but I was disappointed by her attempts of pushing her Husband's products at me. Who knows... the products that she is pushing may really work but you can only order the products on-line and not buy them in stores.

Have you read any great "Green" books? Have you tried any "Green" Products that you like?

Thursday, October 30, 2008

A New Collection~Thrift Finds and Shoe Love





I have started a new collection of Blue Splatterware coffee mugs..I have this pot rack above my kitchen island..I haven't decided what to do with it yet but I think that this is a cute start..14 rings on there and 2 mugs down!! I found the second mug at Goodwill yesterday for 79 cents, makes me happy..lol..

While at Goodwill my mom and I found the kids some great clothes, some still with tags on them..at good prices too! These are jeans for all 3 kids ready for the wash.

Now I'm not a shoe gal, Boots for the barn and sneakers but I found these at this upscale consignment store that we peeked into and I'm in LOVE!! They are Eastland and you just slip your foot inside and very soft and cushiony!! I'm thinking an addition of great thick fun socks, I want Blue...lol..

Any ideas on where to find knitted socks in a size 9?

I had so much fun yesterday but sadly didn't find anything that jumped out at me for my library/comp. room.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Whatcha Working On Wed.






When we bought the house one of the things we feel in love with was the built in bookcase, It is such a small room so I also have my computer in here. It is untouched..as in no decorating as begun is here YET!! It is BLAH..so today I'm making it my mission to make it pretty! I'm organizing the books, the majority of them are my DH's but look on top..my prized book collection..NANCY DREWS!! I have the original series from 1-54..I'm always on the hunt for the rest of the series in the original yellow binding..these were my mom's and she passed them on to me..then my Aunt mailed me her series..so I have 2 incomplete series 1-50somthing...I re-read these every summer..We think that the ugly green wall stuff is original to the house to..wonder is I could paint over it? Anywhos...I'm looking for ideas for this small space..I know ya'll have some...share..lol..

I had mail love yesterday..VocalPoint sent me 4 StarKist coupons to share..$1.00 off a StarKist Tuna Pouch. If you'd like one please mail me your addy and I'll get this mailed off to ya.

I also saved $20.00 on my grocery shopping trip with my coupons..WOW..I'm now trying to see if I can beat that..lol..

Have a Great Wed. I'm running to Goodwill and some Thrift to see what I can do for this room!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Horse'in Around~Winter Prep






Yesterday our neighbor came over with a surprise, see that cute light that is personalized with a brown horse and black dog? He made it for us since DH wouldn't take any money for helping out with a computer problem. I ADORE it, it lights up at night and has the softest glow! We are blessed to have such kind neighbors, they called many times when the heater almost caught on fire to see if they could help out.

This is what we have been working on these past 2 weekends, extending the horse fence up to the barn so that this winter we don't have to walk down that steep hill. You can see the white electrical wire going down the hill, we are hoping that it stops HOSS from jumping the small fence. We have to finish a small section here by the barn door and move/re-install the gate, this is where I'll be this weekend..lol..at least this winter we are prepared and hopefully able to deal with letting HOSS out and the never ending mud.

It's very cold here today and spitting freezing rain, HOSS and Pipen are snug inside the barn and the kids are snug on the couch watching "Dragon Tales"..It's a gross day and It's making me sleepy!

Monday, October 27, 2008

A Broken Toe Weekend and I Won




So last Friday Crystal was home cuse of a stomach bug, in fact we were all home and lounging around in our PJ's all day. Around dinner time she went into the laundry room to throw something away, she slipped and jammed her toes into the door jamb and the corner of the wall..she got up and her toe was all twisted around and she said she couldn't feel it, I almost fainted..lol..ran to get DH who was sleeping and he thought it was just out of joint...After a run to the E.R. and an X-Ray, She BROKE her toe! She has to use a special shoe called a boot and has to go to a bone specialist in 3 weeks to make sure that it has mended together properly. She has to stay off of it as much as possible, we are trying school today but I'm on stand-by if she is in to much pain she may come home. She was bored all weekend laying in bed watching Disney...She wanted to be outside with us. We had to work on the fence for HOSS, more winter preperation!

I have WON the coupons for Dog Treats that I posted about a couple of weeks ago. My dogs will LOVE these!! THANK YOU!!

Any ideas on how to get smoke smell out of a dresser? We have noticed a heavy cigerette smoke smell when we open Abigails dresser and now her clothes have a faint smell to them. We do not smoke and this is bothering her.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Bookworm Friday



I have finished this book this afternoon while the kids took a nap..OMGOSH..It had me crying!! It's a book about forgiveness and Family...It's a MUST READ!! Please read it for yourself and have a box of tissue's handy!

Abigail's Painted Dresser and a New Find





Here is Abigail's painted dresser, We sanded and scrubbed this dresser that we got for FREE from Freecycle...I LOVE Freecycle!! We only had about 5 drawer pulls so we painted those up her fav. color Purple..We still need to grab some more.. She is so happy! The color is Meijers Antique White.

We found her desk at a garage sale for $10.00...This piece is still waiting to be painted and we are going to match the nobs to the dresser.

The matching lamps my MIL bought..They fit better in Abigail's room then my Buffett in the kitchen.

I hope that everyone enjoys their Weekend. We have plans to finish the fence up to the barn. Please hold the rain off for us..lol..

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Whatcha Working On Wed.




Morning All, Blogger is giving me fits this morning, I had some more pics to share but I can't upload them for some reason.

I have joined a Coupon Club here in my town and have received 3 envelopes packed with good coupons and most of them I use, I have went thru the envelopes and am ready to pass these on to the next person now but since we are slow starting up, there is no one to ship these too, only the 2 of us so far.

We have finished painting Abigails dresser and it's now in her room, did take a pic and will share later..It is white with purple knobs, We need to run out to Wal-Mart later and grab about 4 more and paint them but for now she can at least open her dresser. Her desk which we bought at a garage sale is also on the list to get painted to match her dresser..

Remember I said we ALMOST had a fire here Sunday morning and the whole house was covered in heavy smoke? Well, the heating guys came out to look at it, the same ones that put in our new A/C last summer. They openly admitted to DH that something was wired wrong and something on our new A/C is fried too...We are beyond upset...They came out on Monday, told DH that they were coming back out on Tues. and they didn't show or call!! DH took today off again to call them and talk to the manager...We are using 2 space heaters in the house and it was so COLD last night!

Here is a question, because of the smoke..my fabric stinks...I had 2 orders to send off and now the pillows stink..What do I do? Is there a way to remove the smell or e-mail the ladies and tell them that I have to re-do their order? I'm so upset about this,, It's a heavy smoke/chemical smell.

I'll try to re-post pics later.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

My new Siggy!!

I'm playing around with my siggy! How Pretty!







Another Give-Away!

Dani over at http://danisaves.blogspot.com/2008/10/coupon-bag-giveaway.html is giving away this Fab. Coupon Holder! She has a Etsy store that you have to check out, http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6312189....My Fav. is the Pink Posh Coupon Bag.