Oh my! It has been one of those days
Been a long time a coming, it's headed this way
I know you agree, we have the same thing to say...
"Oh Calgon! PLEASE come and take me away!"
From the minute I woke and my feet hit the floor,
Everyone needing something, and then wanting more,
"How do you spell this?" "Where do I find that?"
Wait, did I just eat a doughnut?! No wonder I'm fat!
"No, you can't, well, maybe, alright, O.K.,"
"Oh Calgon! PLEASE come and take me away!"
I had the day planned, I wrote it all down,
But the schedule I made, is nowhere to be found,
I'm a stay at home mom, I should have plenty of time,
Ya, for dishes, for laundry, but none of it MINE!
My house is a mess, but my family is fed
It's only 1:00! Ugh! I'm ready for bed!
As I look to God, the prayer that I pray..
"Lord please, let Calgon, come and take me away!"
Then I start to think about a 9-5 job,
But realize, that's just more $ the government can rob,
I love being home, I just really need a break,
From the crazy, the chaos, from the moment I wake
A quiet, long bath at the end of the day...
"Ahh, Calgon, you CAME, and you took me away!"
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Angi's Advice
Years ago, i used to put together a newsletter i called angi's advice. i gathered tips, recipes, stupid trivia etc.... from a bunch of different places and pulled out things i thought we could use. i recently came across my newsletters on my computer. it's been awhile, so i am going to "reprint" them. hope they are useful to someone! hey, maybe even me!!!
Household tips are what these are, I have searched near and I have searched far
I gathered the ones I thought we could use, Hopefully with these tips you can not loose.
Out of muffin cup papers? I cut squares of wax paper and line each tin. It works great, and the muffins are even easier to remove.
To remove odors from the microwave, place a bowl of water with three slices of lemon inside. Cook on high for 30 seconds .
To add a hint of garlic flavor to your salad, rub halved cloves around the inside of the bowl. Your salad will taste delicious.
To remove scorch marks from your iron, rub it with a damp cloth dipped in salt. The marks will come right off so they don’t end up on your clothing.
To thread a needle easier, spray the end with hair spray.
To keep birthday candle wax from melting into the cake, place them in mini marshmallows and the marshmallows into the cake.
To soften butter in a hurry, shred it with a grater. It will soften in no time.
To keep from tearing when cutting an onion, cut it near the stove with the vent fan on.
To get rid of that crusty build up around faucets, soak paper towels in vinegar and wrap around faucets for 10 min. then just wipe away.
To freshen the smell of a room in a hurry, add cinnamon to the vacuum bag. It will scent the room as you clean.
Making oatmeal? Coat the container with a nonstick spray to prevent a sticky mess being left.
Sanitize your dish drainer basket by occasionally popping it in the dishwasher cycle.
Tired of fighting your plastic wrap? Stick it in the freezer, it will be easier to handle and to tear.
Line your pantry with plastic place mats, so if anything spills or drips, it’s easy to clean up.
To keep raisins plump and moist, store them in the refrigerator.
To sharpen your vegetable peeler, use a scouring pad to clean it. The pad will sharpen it.
To clean the dust off of candles, use a cotton ball and a little rubbing alcohol.
Use an old shower curtain as a cover for outside furniture or wherever you would need a tarp
If your going to be wearing a pearl necklace, do not put perfume or moisturizer on your neck, it will dull the beads.
To cut celery quickly with no strings, use a clean pair of kitchen scissors and cut at a slant.
To keep the top of your nail polish bottle from sticking, rub a little Vaseline on the threads.
Easy way to fill a pastry bag, stand it upright in a glass, with edges folded over the rim of the glass and fill.
This winter when static is a problem in your home, fill a bottle with one part liquid fabric softener and five parts water and mist over carpet.
Place a coffee filter between china cups to prevent them from scratching.
To keep fresh mushrooms from going bad too quick, place them in a brown grocery bag and then in your refrigerators produce drawer.
Having a romantic time for two with wine? Put a couple frozen grapes in each glass. It keeps white wine cold and adds a treat at the bottom.
A cheap jewelry cleaner for silver is Alka-Seltzer. Place jewelry in a cup of water with two Alka-Seltzer, wait 5 min., rinse thoroughly and dry with a soft cloth.
When making all those holiday cookies, first put the rolling pin in the freezer for a couple minutes to help keep the dough from sticking to it.
Paint pours out of the can more neatly if you first put masking tape over the edge to keep it from spilling into the ridge of the can.
Before you jump into the shower, fill your sink up with hot water and set your lotion bottle in it. When you come out of the shower you will have nice and warm lotion waiting.
Got scuffs on those black suede shoes? Try rubbing them with a sponge lightly moistened with cool, black coffee.
Use a little baking soda to remove dirt, wax etc...from fresh produce. Just sprinkle a little on, scrub and rinse.
Boost the absorbency of your towels by adding a cup of white vinegar to the rinse water once a month.
To entertain a child while waiting at a restaurant, have them study the table and it’s contents, then have them close their eyes while you remove something. When they open ask them to guess what you took.
Household tips are what these are, I have searched near and I have searched far
I gathered the ones I thought we could use, Hopefully with these tips you can not loose.
Out of muffin cup papers? I cut squares of wax paper and line each tin. It works great, and the muffins are even easier to remove.
To remove odors from the microwave, place a bowl of water with three slices of lemon inside. Cook on high for 30 seconds .
To add a hint of garlic flavor to your salad, rub halved cloves around the inside of the bowl. Your salad will taste delicious.
To remove scorch marks from your iron, rub it with a damp cloth dipped in salt. The marks will come right off so they don’t end up on your clothing.
To thread a needle easier, spray the end with hair spray.
To keep birthday candle wax from melting into the cake, place them in mini marshmallows and the marshmallows into the cake.
To soften butter in a hurry, shred it with a grater. It will soften in no time.
To keep from tearing when cutting an onion, cut it near the stove with the vent fan on.
To get rid of that crusty build up around faucets, soak paper towels in vinegar and wrap around faucets for 10 min. then just wipe away.
To freshen the smell of a room in a hurry, add cinnamon to the vacuum bag. It will scent the room as you clean.
Making oatmeal? Coat the container with a nonstick spray to prevent a sticky mess being left.
Sanitize your dish drainer basket by occasionally popping it in the dishwasher cycle.
Tired of fighting your plastic wrap? Stick it in the freezer, it will be easier to handle and to tear.
Line your pantry with plastic place mats, so if anything spills or drips, it’s easy to clean up.
To keep raisins plump and moist, store them in the refrigerator.
To sharpen your vegetable peeler, use a scouring pad to clean it. The pad will sharpen it.
To clean the dust off of candles, use a cotton ball and a little rubbing alcohol.
Use an old shower curtain as a cover for outside furniture or wherever you would need a tarp
If your going to be wearing a pearl necklace, do not put perfume or moisturizer on your neck, it will dull the beads.
To cut celery quickly with no strings, use a clean pair of kitchen scissors and cut at a slant.
To keep the top of your nail polish bottle from sticking, rub a little Vaseline on the threads.
Easy way to fill a pastry bag, stand it upright in a glass, with edges folded over the rim of the glass and fill.
This winter when static is a problem in your home, fill a bottle with one part liquid fabric softener and five parts water and mist over carpet.
Place a coffee filter between china cups to prevent them from scratching.
To keep fresh mushrooms from going bad too quick, place them in a brown grocery bag and then in your refrigerators produce drawer.
Having a romantic time for two with wine? Put a couple frozen grapes in each glass. It keeps white wine cold and adds a treat at the bottom.
A cheap jewelry cleaner for silver is Alka-Seltzer. Place jewelry in a cup of water with two Alka-Seltzer, wait 5 min., rinse thoroughly and dry with a soft cloth.
When making all those holiday cookies, first put the rolling pin in the freezer for a couple minutes to help keep the dough from sticking to it.
Paint pours out of the can more neatly if you first put masking tape over the edge to keep it from spilling into the ridge of the can.
Before you jump into the shower, fill your sink up with hot water and set your lotion bottle in it. When you come out of the shower you will have nice and warm lotion waiting.
Got scuffs on those black suede shoes? Try rubbing them with a sponge lightly moistened with cool, black coffee.
Use a little baking soda to remove dirt, wax etc...from fresh produce. Just sprinkle a little on, scrub and rinse.
Boost the absorbency of your towels by adding a cup of white vinegar to the rinse water once a month.
To entertain a child while waiting at a restaurant, have them study the table and it’s contents, then have them close their eyes while you remove something. When they open ask them to guess what you took.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Recipe Book
So the background story is that I was visiting my friend and she had this adorable little recipe card holder/binder like thing. sooo cute! so i wanted to make one myself. i got the paper and such that i wanted (well actually it was gifted to me :-) ) and today i was looking through a 3 ring binder and thought, well it is bigger than her recipe card sized one, but it just means i can hold more than one recipe on each page, maybe even take a picture of each dish when it's done and add it to the page. so at any rate, the below is what i came up with:
The Front......
The Side......
The Back......
The Front......
The Side......
The Back......
The First Section Page, obviously breakfast.......
Another Section page.....
The Sweets Section Page....
Yet another Section page.....
Yep, you guessed it, another Section Page.....
The Last Section Page.......
Another Section page.....
The Sweets Section Page....
Yet another Section page.....
Yep, you guessed it, another Section Page.....
The Last Section Page.......
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
my list of things to learn how to do
there are so many things i want to know how to do and how to do right. i am constantly getting books from the library to read up on things, however i often chicken out for fear of failing i guess. here are the most recent Top Ten list of things i want to learn how to do and this blog is to document my "attempts" at doing them.
the search begins....
A store with the word "ice" in it, close enough.....
A rainbow striped bathing suit, i did NOT expect that to be found at build a bear! haha!
Just an fyi, bath and body does not allow pictures taken inside their store....can't figure out why, but, don't plan a pic in there!
a shoe with a face on it, they each found one with the help of the sales person! :-)
i must say, the sales people in the mall were all great and some even excited to help them out, here they were looking for a watch that glowed in the dark, once found, the lady took it out and let them hold it for a picture.
a music cd....again frankie posing his disgust of the particular cd.....
i'm sure over time i will have to come up with more free to low cost things to do, for now, we love to go to the library, go bowling for free, just sign up at kidsbowlfree.com, go geocaching (check that out at geocaching.com) which is free except for your gas and swim in our pool at home. we also have had fun doing some fairly inexpensive crafts at home, but that is for another blog.....
- canning/preserving my garden's harvest
- composting
- homeschooling
- raising good kids in a crazy generation of kids
- more on geocaching (we've started on this journey, but i want to take it to the next level)
- sewing harder projects than a pair of coulots.
- build a chicken coop and raise chickens
- learn how to crochet successfully!
- spend less and save more
- become as self sufficient as possible
One of my most recent "spend less and save more" lessons came about last friday. we had planned for over a month on going geocaching with friends of ours. however when the day came, the weather forcast was 94 and humid! not a good day to go geocaching. so i racked my brain to come up with an idea that the kids would have fun AND was cheap-free. well i came up with an activity that was free and indoors but we did spend $ on lunch. i kept thinking, too bad there isn't a bunch of geocaches in the mall, however the muggle factor is too high, however again, that doesn't mean we couldn't have a good old fashioned scavenger hunt there (get how my mind works, well a little, but anyway). so i pulled up a list online of all the stores currently in the mall and made a list of things i thought would be in certain stores. the funny thing was they found several things in places i never would have expected them too! the following is some pics of the day. the kids had a blast, it was alot of walking which wore them out and we quit when they were too tired to keep going cuz there was no set time frame. i highly suggest if you follow in our steps, also making a long list, that way they won't run out of things to look for. but if by chance they do, you can always add to the list with things you see while they are searching. we also took a picture of each find to make a cute scrapbook later. we started by eating lunch at the food court so that bellies were full and kids were happy. 
the search begins....
A store with the word "ice" in it, close enough.....A rainbow striped bathing suit, i did NOT expect that to be found at build a bear! haha!
Just an fyi, bath and body does not allow pictures taken inside their store....can't figure out why, but, don't plan a pic in there!
a shoe with a face on it, they each found one with the help of the sales person! :-)the item: a card with an old man on it....they found 2 and frankie posed as one!
i must say, the sales people in the mall were all great and some even excited to help them out, here they were looking for a watch that glowed in the dark, once found, the lady took it out and let them hold it for a picture.a music cd....again frankie posing his disgust of the particular cd.....i'm sure over time i will have to come up with more free to low cost things to do, for now, we love to go to the library, go bowling for free, just sign up at kidsbowlfree.com, go geocaching (check that out at geocaching.com) which is free except for your gas and swim in our pool at home. we also have had fun doing some fairly inexpensive crafts at home, but that is for another blog.....
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