Wednesday Wisdom

Some people can take an ordinary day, and swirl a ribbon of happiness around it,
making a gift for all who pass their way.

don't you just love those people!!!

Questions Questions, I've got Questions

What is REALLY up with Twitter?

and my big question of the day is…. WHY would I want to twitter????

I’m busy enough as it is trying to work and keep house and make stuff and then find interesting things for MY blog… let alone read all my Blog bff’s AND THEN just happen to run into MANY MORE blogs to read and get ideas about…

So please help me understand, WHY anyone would want to twitter

-also don’t get that to enter a ‘blog’ contest I have to “follow” them on twitter. Doesn’t that take time? And energy to read and update and follow on the computer on twitter??????

Who has that kind of time?

As long as we are posing questions (that I don’t have answers to)

Here’s another one.

Now that I’ve found the blogging world…. How do you have time for all the great blogs out there?????

I have sooooooooooo many bookmarked on my Explorer

Then now I’m using Firefox more.. more are bookmarked on THEM

THEN there’s all the blogs I follow... And the blogs I ‘really follow” (meaning my peeps… and you know who you are)

I am afraid of finding MORE great blogs out there but then afraid of what I am missing out on.

Guess it all boils down to

1. Time maintenance
2. Priorities.

Sill looking for an answer about that Twitter thing though…

weekend projects

There are not enough hours in a day NOR are there enough days off during the week!!!!

I have been trying to get my craft room cleaned.. (along with the rest of the house) and in order to SEE the mess (ok the mess is obvious) I needed more light.
First my before and after shot.... This was an old "spice" rack at the thrift shop for a dollar.
after, a GREAT ribbon holder (all the ribbons on the bottom row were $1.00 at a florist shop going out of business.) I just spray painted it black. Black my new favorite color.

Now on to -- let there be light-- I got this at Home Depot in OR... and Mr. Produce wired it for me while I was at church...(and yes I could make all sorts of references to Light and goingtochurch but I'll let that be for now)
Let There Be Light
yum halogen lights!!
Then for over the desk... to lighten up my paperwork.... found this Saturday at a garage sale for 5.00....
oh yeah, I need my light.

Food Fun Friday- Blessing Mix

Today you're in for a treat- literally
Today..... we are making the THANKSGIVING BLESSING MIX.
This is a fun quick yummy gift for friends, neighbors, VT's, YW, scouts.... whomever you would like to bless with your snackity goodness.
These are the ingredients we will need.
there really isn't a set recipe... but if you need something to go by.........
4 C small pretzels
4 C Bugles
2 C Candy Corn
1-2 C M&M's
32 Kisses
2 C dried fruit, (small like raisins or craisins)
2 C sunflower seeds (or peanuts)

Put them in a bowl, toss then divide them into little sacks or baggies or boxes and then put this cute poem with them.
( bare with me.....I am still learning this bloggedy blogg blogg stuff )

Thanksgiving Blessings Mix

Each ingredient in this snack mix symbolizes something associated with the Thanksgiving season.

Cornucopia – or the Horn of Plenty – a symbol of our harvest abundance

Arms folded in prayer … a prayer of Thanksgiving

Corn- food was so scarce that settlers survived on just a few kernels of corn a day

Dried fruits were a harvest gift of our bountiful land

Seeds are a promise of a bounteous harvest for the next season

Sweet memories of those who came before us.

Kisses from the love of family and friends that sweeten our lives.

Wednesday Wisdom

He who gives money gives much.
He who gives time gives more.
He who gives himself gives all.
Thomas S. Monson

Recovering from the weekend

It was a fun fast paced weekend.
First we dropped King Elliott off at Nana's to help her hand out candy in the neighborhood. We then drove down south and saw Mr. Produce's mother. 89 and going strong, she loves to be warm, hence the winter coat and hat. We had a lovely lunch at a fun soup and sandwich place in Centralia and then a stroll around K Mart.
We did a lot of driving the next day and truly enjoyed the beautiful fall weather! This was Mt. St. Helens... cool
More of MSH
Then we spotted Mt. Rainier, but could never get the perfect picture of it.

Food Fun Friday- Pumpkin goodies

Being from Half Moon Bay..... October is Pumpkin Season!!!

I have so many yummy recipes... (especially Mary's pumpkin roll-ups)
well.. I thought I'd try a new one, a really simple one...
Pumpkin Spice Bars
It is from www.oneshetwoshe.com
(luckily I hid this piece because they are ALL GONE... and I just made the bars LAST NIGHT.. Mr. Produce thought they were yummy)

1 box of spiced cake Mix
1 15oz can of Pumpkin (NOT pumpkin pie mix)
1 Cup chocolate chips

Mix with a mixer, beat together the cake mix and pumpkin. Add the chocolate chips and mix by hand.
350 degrees for 20 minutes.

(*I mixed the whole thing by hand. *I only put 1/2 cup of chocolate chips. *I put it in a 8X10 pan..it might fit in a 9X13, might not. *I cooked it longer.. like 30 minutes and it still turned out like pudding. I left it out overnight and it was fine in the morning ...well what was left of it!!!!)

EXTREMELY EASY and yummy

and then..... I saw these plump little babies on Emily's blog here and MAN-O-MAN those pumpkin cupcakes look good!
But I settled for her cookie recipe... and here you go:
pumpkin choc chip cookies

1 c brown sugar

1 c pumpkin

1/2 c oil

1 tsp vanilla

2 c flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/4 tsp ginger

1 c choc chips

*bake at 350 on a greased cookie sheet, 12-15 min