Here are the seasonings used in the above recipe:
1/2 teaspoon dried dill
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
Friday, June 15, 2012
Cheesy Gift
Instead of a cream cheese ball, a cream cheese gift - how fun! I found this in a FAMILY FUN magazine as well, I believe but when I tore it out of the magazine, the identifying features were gone.
So, just like you are making a cheese ball, mix the ingredients together and then reform into the rectangle shape - just reuse the cream cheese box lined with plastic wrap. Use diced red pepper as the decorative wrapping paper and a scallion for the bow.
Here are the seasonings used in the above recipe:
1/2 teaspoon dried dill
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
Here are the seasonings used in the above recipe:
1/2 teaspoon dried dill
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
Summer Games
As promised, here are some fun summer game ideas! I found these in the FAMILY FUN magazine from June 2008. I'm pretty I'll plan these to be used at my husband's staff picnic in a couple weeks, assuming it will be hot outside!
(#1) Frozen T-Shirt Contest
Gather up as many t-shirts as you will have contestants, soak with water, wring out, fold, and stack on a cookie sheet with waxed paper separating them, and place in the freezer. Hand out the shirts for a race to see who can get the frozen shirt on first!
(#2) Fill It Up
Have teams of two ready to fill up a cup holding a ping pong ball. Have the team members stand six feet apart and, using spray bottles, spray water into their team members cup until the ping pong ball floats out. Be sure to have buckets of water handy for refills!
(#1) Frozen T-Shirt Contest
(#2) Fill It Up
Christmas Ideas
As promised, here are some fun ideas for Christmas - all taken from the December 2007 / January 2008 FAMILY FUN Magazine:
(#1) Terra-Cotta Nativity
Every time I see this I think that I am going to do this with my kids for the next Christmas. Every year Christmas goes by without me even thinking about it! This was published in the December 2007/January 2008 edition of FAMILY FUN Magazine.
Here are the abbreviated directions:
Paint 2 small terra-cotta pots and a small saucer. Use wooden knobs as the heads, drawing the faces on with a fine-point marker. Glue the heads to the pots/cloth.
(#2) Pieces on Earth
This is from the same page in the December 2007/January 2008 FAMILY FUN as the Terra-Cotta Nativity. Use some old puzzle pieces to paint as elves, gingerbread men, or reindeer and glue the accessories on. How cute!
(#3) Pop Down to Christmas
I love bubble wrap - what a simple and fun way to countdown to Christmas! Just cut out the bubble wrap in the shape of a Christmas tree. Glue cut out and decorated paper circles to the 24 circles for a pop for each day!
(#1) Terra-Cotta Nativity
Here are the abbreviated directions:
Paint 2 small terra-cotta pots and a small saucer. Use wooden knobs as the heads, drawing the faces on with a fine-point marker. Glue the heads to the pots/cloth.
(#2) Pieces on Earth
This is from the same page in the December 2007/January 2008 FAMILY FUN as the Terra-Cotta Nativity. Use some old puzzle pieces to paint as elves, gingerbread men, or reindeer and glue the accessories on. How cute!
(#3) Pop Down to Christmas
Wow!
I have really ignored this blog for a while.
I am very excited about Pinterest and have been trying out some new ideas - from decorating to cleaning to landscaping. I realized I had been keeping my own version of a Pinterest book for several years. I have ideas in there I tore out from magazines: family games, party ideas, crafts, home ideas, etc. So, in an effort to consolidate my Pinterest board online with my dated notebook that has been ignored for far too long, I have scanned some of the pages from my book to post here and then pin on Pinterest. I hope you enjoy the following posts about summer games, Christmas ideas, and more!
Friday, September 23, 2011
Sonicare
We LOVE our Sonicare toothbrushes! I have always heard great reviews of the Sonicare toothbrush. I have even had dentists, orthodontists, and periodontists recommend it to me (and my kids). I wanted one but just wasn't willing to spend that much money on a toothbrush! But when Target had a sale AND I had a coupon AND there was a rebate I took advantage of it! Now all four of us have our own Sonicare toothbrushes! We love them! They have been worth every penny and more! We just went for our six month dental cleaning after only using them for one month and received rave reviews on our dental care! (My son told the dentist he has a "secret tool"!) 
There is a timer (once you turn it on, it goes for two minutes and then automatically turns off) to be sure you actually brush long enough - big plus! But the biggest plus:
There was a visible difference in my son's teeth after one day!
There was a visible difference in my husband's teeth after two days!
There was a visible difference in my teeth and my daughter's teeth after just one week!
(Yes, that is a lot of exclamation marks - but, WOW! We LOVE our toothbrushes!)
Now let me warn you, as the instructions did: The first time you use it, it really tickles and is uncomfortable - your gums and lips get all tingly. You want to stop before the two minute timer is done. That is okay. The next time you use it, it is much better - you at least know what to expect. By the second full day of using the Sonicare, you notice the "tinglies" but it is not an issue. After that, it is all just routine and completely comfortable.
Oh, another warning: make sure you keep your lips closed unless you want beautiful splatters all over your bathroom! :)
There is a timer (once you turn it on, it goes for two minutes and then automatically turns off) to be sure you actually brush long enough - big plus! But the biggest plus:There was a visible difference in my son's teeth after one day!
There was a visible difference in my husband's teeth after two days!
There was a visible difference in my teeth and my daughter's teeth after just one week!
(Yes, that is a lot of exclamation marks - but, WOW! We LOVE our toothbrushes!)
Now let me warn you, as the instructions did: The first time you use it, it really tickles and is uncomfortable - your gums and lips get all tingly. You want to stop before the two minute timer is done. That is okay. The next time you use it, it is much better - you at least know what to expect. By the second full day of using the Sonicare, you notice the "tinglies" but it is not an issue. After that, it is all just routine and completely comfortable.
Oh, another warning: make sure you keep your lips closed unless you want beautiful splatters all over your bathroom! :)
Friday, August 19, 2011
Thunder Dog
I received this book from Thomas Nelson Publishing as an "Advance Reader's Copy Uncorrected 
Proof." What a treat! This is Michael Hingson's story of his escape from the 78th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. With Michael's calmness, his guide dog Roselle's confidence, and his faith in God he makes it down the 1,463 steps safely.
Not only was this a great first-person point of view from an event none of us will forget ten years ago, but about his bond with his guide dogs, and how the author has made and is continuing to make the most out of his life. This book is also very educational in terms of learning about the blind. Michael does a thorough, yet not degrading, job of explaining how he (and the blind in general) would like to be treated. In fact, at the end of the book there is a section titled "The Courtesy Rules for Blindness." There is also a "Glossary of Terms Related to Blindness" at the end as well as an article by Kenneth Jernigan titled "Blindness: A Left-Handed Dissertation."
The "dissertation" explains Michael Hingson's attitude toward his blindness - not as a disability at all. In fact that what people think about blindness, the myths, the attitudes of the sighted, etc. is the true "problem."
Proof." What a treat! This is Michael Hingson's story of his escape from the 78th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. With Michael's calmness, his guide dog Roselle's confidence, and his faith in God he makes it down the 1,463 steps safely.
Not only was this a great first-person point of view from an event none of us will forget ten years ago, but about his bond with his guide dogs, and how the author has made and is continuing to make the most out of his life. This book is also very educational in terms of learning about the blind. Michael does a thorough, yet not degrading, job of explaining how he (and the blind in general) would like to be treated. In fact, at the end of the book there is a section titled "The Courtesy Rules for Blindness." There is also a "Glossary of Terms Related to Blindness" at the end as well as an article by Kenneth Jernigan titled "Blindness: A Left-Handed Dissertation."
The "dissertation" explains Michael Hingson's attitude toward his blindness - not as a disability at all. In fact that what people think about blindness, the myths, the attitudes of the sighted, etc. is the true "problem."
Thursday, July 14, 2011
100 Questions & Anwers About Multiple Sclerosis
This book was much deeper and "text-bookier" than I need for understanding. In fact, I am still processing this book... wondering why there is such a slant about using steroids... is there an alterior motive? Is 
this really all fact? Is opinion talking over the fact? But this reading has given me more (educated?) questions to ask my neurologist.
It talks about the negative use of oral and IV steroids... which I have known and have experienced the side effects. However, this book also says that high dose steroids may result in serious muscle damage and that "IV steroids were shown to actually induce the death of brain nerve cells. Another treatment, ACTH - also called corticotrophin - (a treatment I had never heard of until this book), "has the opposite effect" and "have an anbolic (protein building) effect." BUT, "Many neurologists favor the use of steroids as being convenient, disregarding the lack of adequate controlled trials in MS." This book even states that "corticotrophin remains as the only FDA-approved treatment for attacks (relapses) of MS." Really? Then why haven't I heard of it? Why hasn't my doctor mentioned it? Lots of questions... still processing...
this really all fact? Is opinion talking over the fact? But this reading has given me more (educated?) questions to ask my neurologist.It talks about the negative use of oral and IV steroids... which I have known and have experienced the side effects. However, this book also says that high dose steroids may result in serious muscle damage and that "IV steroids were shown to actually induce the death of brain nerve cells. Another treatment, ACTH - also called corticotrophin - (a treatment I had never heard of until this book), "has the opposite effect" and "have an anbolic (protein building) effect." BUT, "Many neurologists favor the use of steroids as being convenient, disregarding the lack of adequate controlled trials in MS." This book even states that "corticotrophin remains as the only FDA-approved treatment for attacks (relapses) of MS." Really? Then why haven't I heard of it? Why hasn't my doctor mentioned it? Lots of questions... still processing...
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