Winner

The WINNER of the Candy Land Game is..........

comment #1

Team Hudgins said... Candy Land was my FAVORITE game as a child!! I tried to talk anyone and everyone who walked into my house to play it with me! I'm excited to see the new edition;)


Congratulations!!!!

I have emailed the winner and if no response in 48 hours I will draw another winner.

Thank you Myblogspark and hasbro for sponsoring this giveaway.

Merry Christmas

I just wanted to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas. 

I was woke up this morning by my 6 year old saying,"I heard footsteps on the roof, it was Santa Claus" she runs out to the front room and is in total amazement at all the presents under the tree, it just made me think how I love days like this. After being awake for awhile she finally goes back to sleep around 5 and now I am sitting here waiting for everyone else to wake up.

Now we have all of our family visiting from Oregon this weekend, so a total of 17 1/2 (baby on the way) people in my house. Which means 9 kids with presents under the tree.  Now sometimes in can be a little loud and hectic in the house but I wouldn't change it for anything.

Can't wait for all the kids to wake up!!!!!

Meal Plan Monday 12/20

Monday-Elk Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Cream Corn
Tuesday-Beef Stroganoff, Salad
Wednesday-My moms chicken fried Steak YUM
Thursday-Lasagna, Salad, Garlic Bread
Friday-Chili and cornbread
Saturday-Christmas Dinner-Ham, Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Fruit Salad, Broccoli and Cheese, Rolls, Stuffing and PIE
Sunday-Leftovers

Menu Plan Monday 12/13

Monday-Meatballs and Mac and Cheese
Tuesday- Sandwiches
Wednesday-Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans
Thursday-Christmas Party
Friday-Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, baked apples
Saturday-Spaghetti, Salad and garlic bread
Sunday-At the girls school from 12-6 for basketball so we have to eat there

Candy Land Game Giveaway

This past weekend I had a Candy Land Party view details here

So thanks to Hasbro through MyBlogSpark I get to offer one of you your very own Candy Land Game.

Mandatory Entry:Share with me your memories of playing Candy Land


2 Entries: Follow my blog via Google Friend Connect

5 Entries: Blog about this giveaway and leave link

Each of the following are only worth 1 entry:   

• Subscribe to my feed via email
• Follow me on Networked Blogs
• Post my button on your blog (leave link)
• Follow me on Twitter
• Tweet about this giveaway linking back to this post(leave live link) can be done once daily Use this hash tag #myblogspark

US ONLY!!!!

GOOD LUCK!!!

 

Giveaway ends December 27th 11:59PM PST

Disclaimer: I did receive the Candy Land game for review from Hasbro through MyBlogSpark, all opinions are 100% mine.

Candy Land Party

This past weekend we had a Candy Land Party at our house. It was so much fun and the kids had a blast playing the game, I think they must have played at least 4 times. Ages ranging from 3-10.

Now I was so impressed with the improvements they made to the game as were the other adults we all said Wow when we opened the box to set the games up.

New Version

Old Version

They have added a few more characters amd places like: Grandma Gooey, Princess Frostine (used to be Queen), Duke of Swirl, Chocolate Mountain, Ice Palace, Licorice Lagoon, Gingerbread House, Peppermint Pass, Gummy Hills, Gummy Pass, Ice Cream Slopes, Cupcake Commons

And also took out a few details from the older version like:Molasses Swamp, Gloppy, Ice Cream Sea, Gramma Nut, Peanut Brittle House, Rainbow Trail, Licorice Castle, Gumdrop Mountains, Gumdrop Pass, Jolly, Mr. Mint, Peppermint Forest, Plumpy, and Gingerbread Plum Trees.

Old Version

Now keep in mind the new version is from 2010 my old version was from 2001.
The new version has so much more details, it looks fantastic.

Hasbro provided me with the product and the information through MyBlogSpark

Giveaway to follow HERE

Advent Calendar

So I'm a little late in posting this but I recently decided to make our Advent calendar this year, I found an idea for one in one of my all time favorite cookbooks The Gooseberry Patch.

What you need:



16X20 Frame
Red Fabric to cover the back
1 1/2 inch wide ribbon
card stock-Christmas themed
Green card stock
White paper
Hot glue gun
Red Marker


Directions:
Take out the glass on the frame and cover the back with the red fabric, use the glue gun to stick in place.
Next cut out 4 pieces of ribbon that will go from top to bottom and again glue it in place.
Now you are going to cut out 24 pieces of cardstock 2X2 inches. Then you will use the envelope pattern.

Then again glue around where you folded the cardstock and stick to the ribbon
Next you will cut out 24- 1X1 inch green pieces
And again glue beside your pockets
Now cut out 24-1/2X1/2 white paper pieces
Glue onto green paper
Next take take the red marker and number all the white pieces of paper from 1-24.
Now for the fun part fill with treats

WINNER

The winner of the Glee Gum Giveaway is.......

comment #3


thepricklypinecone said... I follow with GFC.
Entry 2

Congratulations!!!

The winner has been emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or I will have to choose another winner.Thanks Glee Gum for sponsoring this giveaway.

I used random.org to choose the winner.

Baby #5

That's right we are EXPECTING Baby #5 in May.  May 30th to be exact but we will probably have the baby May 26th since I get to pick the date I want to see my new baby.  I know most people think we are crazy I on the other hand can't wait actually I wish this didn't have to be our last, now that is probably crazy.

So we found out in September that we were going to have another baby and at first I was shocked for 3 days to be exact and my husband was so happy. I had only been off birth control pills for about 3 weeks when I conceived. We knew we wanted another baby we just thought it would take a little longer like it did with our 1 year old, it took almost 3 years for her.

The minute my husband found out he said we aren't telling anyone until a month before you are due, which would have been doable because all of our family lives in Oregon, I would have been able to kinda hide it during Christmas, but then we had this great idea that I might be able to find out what we are having the week of Christmas and then we could just tell everyone at Christmas but I just couldn't hold in in any longer, so we told everyone over Thanksgiving weekend. I like I thought most were excited for us and a few told us we were crazy but whatever WE ARE HAPPY so I think that is all that really matters.

Now the big question is...What are we going to have? Another girl to add to our family or maybe that long awaited boy that my husband could enjoy doing MEN things with.

And now I have to think about what I am going to change the name of my blog to.

WINNERS

The WINNERS of the Country Bob All Purpose Sauce are............

comment #16

Marvelous Mommy said... Follow CB on FB #2



comment #20

floating said... I want to try the Country Bob's Baked Beans

Congratulations!!!!!!

I have emailed the winners and they will have 48 hours to respond or I will have to choose another winner.
Thank you Country Bob for sponsoring this giveaway.

Giveaway Ending tonight Bonus Entries

The Country Bob Giveaway is ending tonight and I have so few comments, I wanted to give extra entries to people today ONLY if you enter the Country Bob Giveaway you could get 5 EXTRA Entries into the Glee Gum Giveaway.

just say extra entry country bob.

SO PLEASE ENTER its really good sauce.

Glee Gum Giveaway

How Glee Gum got started? In 1992, the concept for Verve was born when we visited an economically depressed chicle-producing community in Northern Guatemala. Up until then, we had never really thought about how chewing gum was made. When we realized its origins, we learned that prior to the synthetic resins, chicle was the basis of the entire industry. Our goal was to support chicle-harvesting by purchasing chicle. With this goal in mind, Verve was born

Glee Gum is all natural chewing gum made with sustainably harvested rainforest chicle. It comes in SIX great flavors: cinnamon, peppermint, tangerine, bubblegum, spearmint, and triple berry. Glee Gum is the #1 healthy alternative to synthetic chewing gum and bubble gum! With no artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners (no aspartame), or preservatives, it's easy to chew Glee-fully!

Glee Gum also offers activity kits for children are fun and educational. They are great for science classes, birthday parties, scout troops, and home schools. Kids can make chocolate, chewing gum, or gummy candy and learn a lot in the process!

Now I received the Make your Own Chewing Gum kit to try out with my kids and they had a blast, we made peppermint flavored gum and they just had so much fun doing it.

To WIN: Glee Gum has offered 1 of my readers their choice of  (Make Your Own Chewing Gum, Gummies or Chocolate).

Mandatory Entry:Go to their Website and tell me something you learned that I haven't already told you about.

2 Entries: Follow Glee Gum on Facebook

2 Entries: Follow Glee Gum on Twitter

2 Entries: Follow my blog via Google Friend Connect

5 Entries: Blog about this giveaway and leave link

Each of the following are only worth 1 entry:   

• Subscribe to my feed via email
• Follow me on Networked Blogs
• Post my button on your blog (leave link)
• Follow me on Twitter
• Tweet about this giveaway linking back to this post(leave live link) can be done once daily

US ONLY!!!!

GOOD LUCK!!!

Giveaway ends December 5th, 2010 11:59 pm PST

A winner will be chosen by random.org. I will email winner and they will have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen.

Disclaimer: I did receive product for review. All opinions are 100% MINE.

Black Friday Ads #5

Only 7 days left until Black Friday  :)

AJWright

BJ'S

Burlington Coat Factory

Cabela's

Craft Warehouse

Kmart

Walmart

Old Navy

So yesterday I got my shopping list all organized with what I need from each store and then hopefully I can go back after all the madness and just look around because I need to find Christmas decorations and lights for our house, that is alot of lights and my husband said I have to buy the led ones so that even makes it harder to find a good price.

Norah Jones Review

Norah Jones CD is a is a star-studded collection of Norah Jones collaborations spanning her entire career.  The result serves as a kind of parallel history to her four albums, which have sold over 40 million copies worldwide. 

The track listing for …Featuring is as follows:

1. Love Me – The Little Willies 
2. Virginia Moon – The Foo Fighters featuring Norah Jones
3. Turn Them – Sean Bones featuring Norah Jones
4. Baby It's Cold Outside – Willie Nelson featuring Norah Jones
5. Bull Rider – Norah Jones and Sasha Dobson
6. Ruler Of My Heart – Dirty Dozen Brass Band featuring Norah Jones
7. The Best Part – El Madmo 
8. Take Off Your Cool – OutKast featuring Norah Jones
9. Life Is Better – Q-Tip featuring Norah Jones 

10. Soon The New Day – Talib Kweli featuring Norah Jones
11. Little Lou, Prophet Jack, Ugly John – Belle & Sebastian featuring Norah Jones
12. Here We Go Again – Ray Charles featuring Norah Jones
13. Loretta – Norah Jones featuring Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
14. Dear John – Ryan Adams featuring Norah Jones
15. Creepin' In – Norah Jones featuring Dolly Parton
16. Court & Spark – Herbie Hancock featuring Norah Jones
17. More Than This – Charlie Hunter featuring Norah Jones
18. Blue Bayou – Norah Jones featuring M. Ward 

I was given the opportunity to listen to this CD and its such a relaxing CD. There are some really great songs on this CD and of course my favorite is #4 Baby it's cold outside. 

Disclaimer: I did receive the CD from one2one network to review.

 

WINNER of Boogie Wipes

The Winner of the Boogie Wipes Giveaway is.........

comment 26


 ColleenMarie82 said...Joined the Boogie Bunch

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

I have emailed the winner and she will have 48 hours to respond or I will have to choose another winner.
Winner chosen by random.org

Meal Plan Monday 11/15

Monday-Elk Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Broccoli
Tuesday-Hamburgers, fries and pineapple
Wednesday-TOWN
Thursday-Sandwiches, corn on the cob and watermelon-7 kids
Friday-Fish Sticks, Mac and Cheese and salad
Saturday-Lasagna, salad and garlic bread
Sunday-Chicken Fingers, fries and corn

NEW WINNER for Crazy Dog T-Shirts

So unfortunately  I had to choose another winner for the Crazy Dog T-Shirts Giveaway and the lucky person is.......

comment #25

lollimom said...http://twitter.com/#!/hjkllkjh/status/29320741021







CONGRATULATIONS

I have emailed the winner and she will have 24 hours to get back to me.

Black Friday Ads #4

Here are the newest ones so far:

Best Buy

Meijer

Toys R Us

JCPenney

Radio Shack

Target

Macy's

AAFES

Bealls Florida

Best Buy

ALSO A NOTE: The sale starts on Thursday @ 10PM @ Toys R Us

Country Bob's Giveaway

When I came across Country Bob's website I knew it was something we had to try. I couldn't wait to try it either, so the other night I had my husband cook some elk meat and we all tried it out even my kids.Oh my gosh it was the best steak sauce I have ever tasted REALLY.

About Country Bob's
"In 1968 Country Bob perfected the sauce of his dreams. After years of giving the sauce to friends and family he began to sell it in 1977. The reaction was overwhelming just as it is today. Almost everyone who tries Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce becomes a lifelong user. And why not, it is the perfect complement to practically any meal set on your table.

Along with our All Purpose Sauce we have expanded our product line to include BBQ Sauce, Seasoning Salt and Spicy All Purpose Sauce."

I found this recipe on their website that I am going to try this week too.

Country Bob's Meatloaf

 

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs lean hamburger
1/4 cup chopped onions
12 crushed saltine crackers
2 eggs, beaten
1 T Country Bob's Seasoning Salt
1/4 tsp pepper
3/4 cup Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce (or may substitute Spicy)
1/4 cup milk

 

Methods/steps

Mix all ingredients together, place in baking dish, shape in loaf, pour a little more Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce on top and bake at 350 degrees for one hour.

 

Sounds yummy doesn't it.

To WIN: Country Bob's has offered 2 of my reader 2 bottles each of Country Bob's All purpose sauce.


Mandatory Entry:Go to their Website and tell me a recipe you would like to try.

2 Entries: Follow Country Bob's on Facebook

2 Entries: Follow Country Bob's on Twitter

2 Entries: Follow my blog via Google Friend Connect

5 Entries: Blog about this giveaway and leave link

Each of the following are only worth 1 entry:   

• Subscribe to my feed via email
• Follow me on Networked Blogs
• Post my button on your blog (leave link)
• Follow me on Twitter
• Tweet about this giveaway linking back to this post(leave live link) can be done once daily

 

GOOD LUCK!!!

Giveaway ends November 22nd, 2010 11:59 pm PST

 

A winner will be chosen by random.org. I will email winner and they will have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen.

Disclaimer: I did receive product for review. All opinions are 100% MINE.

Winner

The WINNER of the CSN Store $45 Giveaway is..........

comment #91

abby said... Follow you on twitter: uberabby2


CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

I have emailed the winner and she will have 48 hours to respond or I will have to choose another winner. Also thanks to CSN for sponsoring this giveaway.

I used random.org to choose the winner.

Black Friday Ads #3

Here is your weekly list of new ads out for Black Friday

Gander Mountain

Bass Pro Shops

Lowe's

Kohl's

Fred's

BOOGIE WIPES GIVEAWAY

I had the opportunity to try out Boogie Wipes and it couldn't have been at a better time of the year. It seems likes when school starts the kids start bringing home coughs and colds and it drives me crazy but now we have Boogie Wipes and they can't complain about their nose hurting every time it gets wiped.

About Boogie Wipes:

Often referred to as The Boogie Moms®, friends Mindee Doney and Julie Pickens developed the first ever saline nose wipe called Boogie Wipes® as a solution for their kids’ sore, red, runny noses.  Using the idea, their business backgrounds and mompreneurial spirit they formed Little Busy Bodies, Inc in May, 2007.  After an intensive research and development process, hiring a chemist, surveying consumers and interviewing manufacturers, in December, 2007 they sold their first pack of Boogie Wipes.  Sales went on to reach $1 Million their first year of business.  Little Busy Bodies now operates out of Beaverton, OR and employs 12 full-time employees (9 moms) including Julie as CEO and Mindee as CMO. The company tripled their revenue in 2009 at $3.4 Million. They now offer 11 saline nose wipe products to 50,000 retail stores across the US and Canada including; Wal-Mart, Target, Walgreens & Toys”R”Us. Their adult line of nose wipes, Achooz, will launch this spring.

Boogie Wipes has a Fall promotion going on right now called Save The Sleeve. Its a fun place for kids and it helps them learn to use their boogie wipe instead of their sleeve. There are also some gross facts that your kids just might find interesting.

My thoughts: I had all the kids try the wipes even if they didn't have a runny nose and they said they loved them, they were so soft and they especially loved the grape flavored.

To WIN: Boogie Wipes has offered ONE of my readers (2) packs of 30-count wipes (fresh, grape, menthol, or unscented– combination varies) 


Mandatory Entry:Go to their Website and tell me that I haven't mentioned already.

2 Entries: Follow Boogie Wipes on Facebook

2 Entries: Follow Boogie Wipes on Twitter

5 Entries:  Join their Boogie Bunch

2 Entries: Follow my blog via Google Friend Connect

5 Entries: Blog about this giveaway and leave link

Each of the following are only worth 1 entry:   

• Subscribe to my feed via email
• Follow me on Networked Blogs
• Post my button on your blog (leave link)
• Follow me on Twitter
• Tweet about this giveaway linking back to this post(leave live link) can be done once daily

 

GOOD LUCK!!!

Giveaway ends November 17th, 2010 11:59 pm PST

 

A winner will be chosen by random.org. I will email winner and they will have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen.

Disclaimer: I did receive product for review. All opinions are 100% MINE.

 

WINNER

The WINNER of the CRAZY DOG T-SHIRT Giveaway is........

Comment #14

Let's Just Give It Away said... I like the "freind on Facebook" shirt.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
I have sent an email so the winner will have 48 hours to respond or I will have to choose another winner. 
Thank you Crazy Dog T-shirts for sponsoring this giveaway. 

Wow

What an exhausting weekend, but I would do it all over again any day to be with family and friends for a weekend.

We left Thursday night at 6:00 in hopes that the kids would sleep most of the way which they did from about 9:30 on. So that was really nice. Sometime during the drive I had to pull over on the side of the highway to give something to the baby and our dog decided to jump out without me knowing. So we got about 2 miles down the road and my husband was like where is Rose. So everyone started looking for Rose and she was no where to be found. So I had to drive another mile or so to find a u-turn spot and we raced back to where I had stopped and she was just sitting there waiting for us. It was a very hectic few minutes the kids were crying and all I could think about was that if the dog wasn't there we were going home my oldest daughter would have been in a horrible state seeing as how is was her dog. Whew. We made it to my moms at about 2:30 in the morning and went straight to bed.

Friday we left the kids with my mom so my husband and I could go and see my friends new cafe that she opened and then we had to get the kids ready for trick or treating in downtown Corvallis. We only did one street because the kids started complaining about all the walking and their feet hurt......and then back to the cafe to see what we could do to help out.

Saturday I got to go shopping with my sister in law and the hubby got to go hunting while the kids hung out with my mom again. Then we had birthday party to attend for my little niece. Next we took my husbands father and mother out to dinner for his dad's birthday. And then back to the cafe.

Sunday we had to go home which I so did not want to do, if the kids didn't have school I would not be in Idaho right now.

We can't wait to go back at Thanksgiving time.

Black Friday Ads #2

I will be out of town tomorrow until Sunday so I won't be able to post the new Black Friday Ads so here is the only one that has been posted since my last post.

Ace Hardware

Click HERE to see the other ADS.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

Fall Goodies #10

Black Cat Dippers with Pumpkin Pie Dip

Sorry camera still not working, this is from Taste of Home

So the kids had this for snack yesterday and oh my gosh all I kept hearing was how good the dip was it was really funny.

Recipe

• 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
• 1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 package (15 ounces) refrigerated pie pastry
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon milk
• Black paste food coloring
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add the pumpkin, confectioners' sugar, pie spice and honey; beat until smooth. Cover and refrigerate until serving.
• Roll out each pie pastry directly on an ungreased baking sheet to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-in. cat-shaped cookie cutter, leaving at least 1 in. between cutouts. Remove excess dough and reroll scraps if desired. Beat the egg, milk and food coloring; brush over cutouts. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over cutouts.
• Bake at 400° for 6-7 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. Serve with pumpkin dip.

EAT AND ENJOY

Halloween Books to Read #5

SKELETON HICCUPS

"Skeletons are a little less scary when they have the hiccups. This particular skeleton can't seem to shake them--not in the shower (nice fuzzy bat slippers!), not while brushing his teeth (woops! there goes the bottom jaw!), not while polishing his bones, carving a pumpkin, raking leaves, or even when playing baseball with his friend Ghost. Ghost, instead of Boo-ing! away his buddy's hiccups right away as we might expect, advises Skeleton to hold his breath and eat some sugar and drink water upside down. When he finally does Boo! it still doesn't work. But when Ghost finds a mirror and holds it up to Skeleton's face, he sees his reflection and screams in fright! The hiccups jump away, hic, hic, hic. While it's novel to see a skeleton eating sugar, drinking water, showering, etc., it may be tricky to find the right audience for this unusual picture book that's more about hiccups than Halloween. (Ages 4 to 8)" from Amazon

My Thoughts-First of all let me start off by saying I really hate skeletons, I think they are horrible decorations, I have never been able to understand why people would buy kids clothes with skulls and things on them I just in no way find that adorable. Anyways as far as the book goes my kids loved it. Every page has hic, hic, hic on it so I would read the words and the kids would make the hiccup sounds it was really funny and this is such a cute book.