Thursday, July 29, 2010

Zing Zang Zoom Circus

Last night we took Monkey to the opening party, preshow, and Zing Zang Zoom Show.  I'm wiped today but it was worth it.  I learned a few things.
  1. Make sure your camera battery is charged prior to going to family events.  I was able to get like 7 pictures before my camera went out and had to settle for crappy iphone pics.
  2. Never put an almost 2 year old in a new cute white shirt and then take her to the circus. 
  3. Get an SLR camera ASAP!  PERIOD!
  4. I don't care how good it looks I am not spending $12 for a bag of cotton candy, $9 for a snow cone, or $25 for a stuffed animal. 
Ok moving on, we started out at the opening party where we got to eat and meet the performers and get their autographs.  This is a seperate purchase from the circus tickets and only about 50 spots are available.  The kids are given a swag bag that has a hat, coloring book, crayons, clown nose, and a huge program book, not pamplet, not flyer, but a real book.  It's beautiful.  That's what the perfomers signed.  I saw this stuff in the gift shops and all of it combined was over $50 worth of stuff so we were pretty excited about getting it. 
Meeting Ring Master Alex

Muscle Man Shawn
After the opening party and meet and greet and food we went to the PreShow where the elephant Asia painted a masterpiece, the clowns clowned around, and performers performed and you got to be on the ring floor with them.  Our seats were awesome, front and center so we just sat and watched this show.
Then the Zing Zang Zoom show started and it did not dissapoint!  The opening act though was by our very own Poppa.  That's right thanks to his lovely bride (ME) volunteering him to Muscle Shawn he got pulled into the act.  They (he and 3 other suckers dads that got pulled in) played musical chairs with the clowns and of course the dads won and then they sat in 4 chairs in a certain way and leaned back on each other's lap and the clowns pulled the chairs out from under them and they stayed up, it was pretty cool.  He's a good sport that Poppa!



I think Monkey's favorite part were the elephants, she loves elephants and moves her arm up and makes a roaring sound to mimic them.  Yes I know elephants don't roar, tigers and lions roar, don't judge her, she's 2 ya'll. 



They had some amazing acts but like I said earlier, camera died, suck at taking pictures anyways, and I need a nap so take what you get people. I kid.  :)  They had horses, zebras, tigers, performers, dancers, lots of magic, and the most amazing dog show.  One dog looked like our dog Maximus and when the dogs left Monkey was a little sad and wanted to go find her Mam mam (what she calls Maximus).  He's smart and and all but back flips he can not do! 

Hope ya'll get to go to this show, it's amazing and well worth the drive and money, well the cotton candy isn't worth the money but that's my cheapness coming out.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Talkin Tuesdays Link Up and Follow Party

Welcome to another Talkin' Tuesday. BUT, we are changing things up, at least for this week. We enjoy the concept of getting to know each other one topic at a time and don't want to get too far away from that. However, it's the summer and we're all busy. So why not take a break and Let's just link up!
Feel free to include a snippet about your blog's theme as well. You can post one or two links if you want.
Please take a button and add it to the end of your current post- or your link will be deleted.

BreeBee's, Ten Talents &; Texas Monkey&;  Belly Charms: We follow back and ask that you follow the hosts and anyone else you enjoy.




Thursday, July 22, 2010

Blogmania Twitter Party

Blogmania bloggers are all about building relationships - between our blogs, our cherished readers, the online community and business owners. We value each other's opinion as we all are endeavoring to make the best choices for our home life. So it seemed natural to partner up with The Lane Real Estate Team and Breebee's blog to bring you our first ever twitter and blog blast party.

The Lane Real Estate Team is all about building relationships through communities - specializing in Kennewick Homes for Sale. And Bree is a blogger - and a mom - trying to think outside of the box and help build community ties in NW Columbus OH via her Kid event website! Our other twitter party sponsors also offer items to help strengthen and maintain relationships - from stationary to hand stamped sentiments.

Our Party Theme: "Building toward Blogmania with The Lane Real Estate Team" JoeLane


Info on the Blog Blast:
If you post on your blog(s) our announcement between now and the twitter party you will be entered to win $100 cash. If we reach 500 blogs there will be two additional $50 drawings, totaling 3 winners! You can email me,breejanderson@gmail.com or blogmaniapr@gmail.com for the HTML code for blog(s) links and some posting specific OR me at texasmonkeyboutique@gmail.com and I will provide you an HTML code.

Please return with your specific blog post links on Bree's Blog, under her Twitter Party PAGE tab.

Info on the Twitter Party:

Aug 22nd 9:30-10:30pm, Sunday, EST we will party!

There is a custom tweet grid and a linky for early RSVP. RSVP'ing early also enters you into special drawings. You do not have to RSVP to tweet and win but the 'extra' will not be available.

You can win both the blog blast and at the twitter party!


RSVP at BreeBee's:



Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Dear So and So

It's time for our weekly therapy session with Dear So and So. I don't know about you but as much as I LOVE having a long weekend it really seems to throw my week off. I'm extra tired this week, cranky, behind in my work, and bloated! So I'm in dire need of this therapy session.

Dear Older Apparently Educated Woman at the Flea Market:
UM WOW!  You are probably in your late 50's, dressed nicely and appeared to be professional and educated.  BUT when you opened your mouth I was reminded to never judge a book by it's cover.  I have heard older generations complain about the younger generations not being educated or taking school seriously and being slackers but you my dear lady friend have put your generation to shame.  Real conversation Ya'll.
Lady:  I need to get 52 tin stars to go on the barn mural I'm painting of the American flag. 
Husband:  Why do you need 52?
Lady:  Because there are 52 states.
Husband:  No there are 50 states.
Lady: No there are 52.
Husband: I assure you there are 50
Lady: No there are 50 mainland states then Alaska and Hawaii
Husband: Excuse me sir (owner of metal tin booth) Can you tell me how many states there are?
Sir:  I don't know
Me:  WOW! AWESOME!
Lady:  Well I'll just get 54 just to be on the safe side.

Dear Gross Lady:
I can't tell you how bad you grossed me out.  I too have been in your shoes, just finished eating, have food stuck in my teeth and no floss.  Heck I've used random objects to pick stuff out of my teeth before, paper, straws, but you went way overboard when you proceeded to pluck a hair from your head and floss your teeth with it.  I do believe that constitutes you as being a little crazy!  The least you could do is go to the bathroom. 
Totally grossed out,
Me

Dear Wanna Be Milfs at the water park:
It was one thing to see you parading around the wave pool like you were doing a photo shoot but it was a whole nother ball game you using two inner tubes a piece to lay out on.  One for your legs and one for you body.  Little kids came up and asked you to use one as there were no more available and I could not believe it when you told them no.  I did however get quite the chuckle when one of the lifeguards came over and requested you give one up. HA.  Oh and you may think that I'm just jealous of you but I assure you that while I too have extra weight I'm so not jealous of your muffin tops and boobies hanging to the knees thus the title wanna be Milfs.  Keep trying girls.
Love
Me snickering at you

Dear Self:
Please please stop procrastinating on every project, task, work load at hand.  It is really getting old and it causes you to do things like rush to get Monkey's birthday invitations in the mail and address, stamp, and toss in the mail slot WITHOUT the actual invitation in them.  It was so fun waiting around for the mailman to come by and request that he let you retrieve those said envelopes, come back and start over.  Really!?
So frustrated by you,
Me

Dear Readers:
You rock, now leave me some comment love and tell me what your Dear So and So's are!

Happy Hump Day Ya'll.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Ladybug Party - Centerpieces

As I continue planning and prepping for the upcoming birthday party next Saturday I realize that I have not planned for centerpieces.  What the heck is wrong with me people?  Yeah I don't know either!
But seriously I need help with ideas for centerpieces.  I'm thinking I need 2 maybe 3 maybe 4.  Last year I did ribbon topiaries



Um have you ever made one of those? They are very neat and get lots of compliments but take FOREVER and I would have needed to start on those bad boys eons ago. So um no. Next.


I of course want it to look FAB and pop and make a bold statement and on the larger scale on size but I am cheap frugal so it needs to be budget friendly. 
I thought about making something like this but in red and black colors but those little styro balls are pricey and that will take a while and I need something a little more time friendly.

Cute though!?
Then I thought about lime floral centerpieces but I can't make those until right before the party and let's face it I'm running around like a chicken headless now, can you imagine moments leading up to the party so yeah um No, next.


So Pretty though!
 
Then I saw this idea and thought hey, that's simple, easy on the budget, makes a statement but need about 2 weeks to grow the grass so that one's out.
 
And I don't even know what this is but I likey!

Ok, yes I know what it is, it's tree branches in a container with tissue flowers and I do love it, HMMM maybe this could work although it's 115 degrees outside and I don't have a tree in my yard which means I'll have to venture out to find some and I only have one container like that ok I'll keep looking.

This is kind of cool.  Why yes my friends that is a jello filled vase centerpiece. 


I do love the idea of using tissue paper as filler and Lord knows I have it coming out of my well you know where. 

Don't have tissue paper?  Just use cellophane.



Or How about coffee beans?


These are all so pretty and unique and fun but just can't seem to find what I'm looking for. Any ideas or suggestions? 

Happy Tuesday Ya'll

Talkin Tuesdays Link Up and Follow Party




Welcome to another edition of Talkin' 2sday. This is a place where we can link up 2 things (like a blog and twitter) and accompany that with a sentence to fit the topic.

We ask that you:

Please follow the 4 hosts. BreeBee's, Ten Talents & Texas Monkey&  Belly Charms and at least 2 other links on the link up, more if you have time. (We follow back.)

Feel free (but not necessary) to do a post to expound on your sentence if you want, however do leave our button on your current post or in your sidebar.

This weeks topic is from our guest Denise at My Melting Pot. WHAT ARE YOUR TALENTS AND HOW DO YOU USE THEM? We all have wonderful qualities so enjoy thinking the best about yourself today and type up what you do good!

Monday, July 19, 2010

Ladybug Party - Invitations

This year for Monkey's birthday party the theme is Ladybug.  We don't call her ladybug or anything I just thought it was a cute idea and knew I could do a lot with it.  I began last year after her 1st birthday party was over which you can see HERE.  I learned a lot from that party and wanted to get a jump on things. 

One thing I learned was to spend the money and hire a professional to take the photos.  (If you're using them for reasons like building a following for a party blog, or entering the party in contests, etc) So this year we have hired someone and I'm so excited about that.

I also learned that it's ok to let others help and do stuff for the party.  I'm the type of person that wants a professional type of party without paying a professional to do it.  But I'm not a professional so I got a little help this year that I'll share in later posts. 

In gathering ideas I just googled ladybug birthday party and so many sites and blogs and pictures came up and I started a file and saved ideas I came across that I liked in it.  Then when I really started planning it out a few months ago I already had this massive file to pull from!  Saved me a lot of time. 

One of the ideas I came across was invitations cut out to look like ladybugs and the wings opening to reveal the details.

I should have started these last year with how long they took me.  I did them before I got my cricut so hand cutting each circle took forever and then assembly was even longer but I love how the turned out and think they were worth it! 


I played around with the wording until I got what I wanted. 
It reads:
Our Little Lady is Turning 2
And She wants to get buggy with you
So fly on over to eat and play
Because it's Casey Marilyn's Special Day

Address
The Infestation Begins at 11:30AM
A feast, games and cake will be waiting on all Buggy Friends.
We Hope To Spot You There.
Head gardeners: Casey and Shayna
Regrets only : email and phone number.

I also have the bad habit of remembering people to invite after the fact or invitations coming back due to wrong address and not having enough time to mail it again so I always make a jpeg invitation that I can email them if that happens which it already did so I've emailed this one to a few people that I had the wrong address for.

Well those are the ladybug invitaions, over the next few days I'm sure you are going to grow tired of looking at all things ladybug but it's so much easier to do in different posts rather than one big one.  Got any parties you're planning?  I'd love to hear about them.

Happy Monday Ya'll. 

Friday, July 16, 2010

For Your Friday - Hawaiian Falls Giveaway

WhooHoo it's Friday people and you know what that means, it's all about you! What's more fun than you? Well maybe some giveaways, tips, recipes, things I think you will enjoy, advice, and more. I'd love to have you as a new follower but only if you are interested in crafts, DIY projects, humor, honesty, tutorials, and fun.

First I want to say Congrats to Cheryl Ray who won last week's Zing Zang Zoom giveway.  My first winner D'Ann K informed me her family was not going to be able to attend so we drew again and Cheryl won! 
I've got some more fun giveaways lined up so keep coming back. 



This week's For You Friday is a giveaway.  If you live in the DFW area I have a family 4 pack to Hawaiian Falls tickets a  $100 value. 
With rides like The Torpedo, Pineapple Express, and The Pipeline, adults and older kids are sure to get their fill of excitement. Have younger kids? Splashwater Harbor, Waikiki Beach, and Keiki Kove will keep you shaded and entertained.

Parking is always free at Hawaiian Falls. I love that! You can rent lockers, cabanas, huts, even bring in your own cooler with food and drinks for $5. I don't know about you but I can not wait to go to Hawaiian Falls. Hawaiian Falls Water parks is your destination for fun for your entire family! Attractions will thrill a 2-year-old to an 82-year-old! Hawaiian Falls offers a SAFE and AFFORDABLE place to enjoy your family and friends… From the lazy river to the wave pool to the thrilling new Torpedo Ride, Hawaiian Falls is perfect for birthdays, play groups, church outings, & family gatherings!



My family is going this Sunday to cool off and enjoy the day and I want one of my subscribers and readers to enjoy family time as well.
IF you don't win but still want to go to this fun park then I've got some coupon goodies for you, just click HERE to get them.

Don't live in DFW area?  That's ok, it's still in your best interest to subscribe because we have many exciting giveaways, contests, sweepstakes, freebies, tips, recipes, crafts and more for moms and dads and kids. 
Just a little teaser, coming up we have a giveaway for a MP4 Player with color screen, Speaker System for your MP4 or  IPOD/IPHONE and a $15 ITunes Gift Card.  This is a $100 value so you won't want to miss out but only subscribers are available to win.

Mandatory Entry:
To Enter the Hawaiian contest all you have to do is subscribe to Macaroni Kid and leave a comment here that you are a subscriber.

Additional Entries:
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  • Tweet Hawaiian Family 4 Pack giveaway for DFW Families just subscribe http://nedallas.macaronikid.com/subscribe/ #mackiddallas (2 Entries)
  • Fan Us on Facebook (1 Entry)
  • Blog about the Giveaway (3 Entries)
Be sure to Leave a comment for each one you do. 
Good Luck!



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The only thing I request is to let me know why you've decided to follow me, that lets me know you read my posts, looked around and made a decision, not just clicked follow to add numbers, it also encourages me to come visit your blog, follow back and come back often.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Blogmania Sponsor and Giveaway Peek

Can you believe how close we are to Blogmania Event?  What!? You don't know what Blogmania is?  Then you must go right now HERE don't worry I'll wait........ See, one of you will win an amazing "It's My Party" Prize Package nearing $200 worth of goodies. 

I'd like to welcome The Two Savy Sisters a mom of 2 adorable boys.  She is owner of this awesome shop and of course blogs about it to so go follow her HERE  At this shop you will be blown away by the cuteness and uniqueness you'll find.
She has everything for hand crafted and personalized stationery, note cards, custom party designs by way of invitations, party favor tags, banners, thank you cards, cupcake toppers, and more.


Adding to the Blogmania list of goodies one lucky winner will receive is this awesome party package that The Two Savy Sisters has put together for us. 

  • Invitation Design - Customized 5x7 design, available as jpeg or pdf file.
  • 2" Party Circles - Customized with child's name, age and happy birthday
  • 5" Party Circles-Cake Sign- Customized with child's name and age.
  • Birthday party 7 inch door Sign
  • Happy Birthday Banner
  • Fancy Labels blank
  • Favor Tags 2" - thank you for coming
  • Personalized thank you cards
  • Large Pennant Banner
  • Small Pennant Banner (high chair bunting)
  • Water Bottle Wraps
Enjoy choosing from the many designs in their shop and have your guests ooh and aah over all of it. She has many boy and girl packages to choose from and they are so unique and so adorable.  This is a $25 value.




Can't wait til September to have a party then go HERE to her shop or follow her HERE on Twitter and be sure to fan here on facebook HERE.

Happy Tuesday Ya'll.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Dear So and So

Dear Certain Parents:
I know we all need a break at times and want to sit back and relax and chillax with friends but please keep in mind that you are still a parent with responsibilities like oh I don't know like watching your kids!  It's one thing to let them roam and play while you sit back and keep an eye on them and enjoy adult conversation.  It's a whole other story when you have no idea where they are and not even attempting to look for them, mean while other moms are having to step in and be a parent and tell them things like please don't knock over tables and chairs, please don't take items off my vendor table and run off, please don't ride your mud covered bike and scooter into the middle of the vendor booth area knocking little children down and please don't start fights with other kids you're playing with.  I do not show up to work an event and man my booth all to also look after your kids.  I'm going to be putting a sign in my booth from now on that states all unattended children will be put to work in my shop. :)

Dear Prince of random African Country:
Please stop sending me spam and congratulating me on winning millions and just needing me to claim it.  I am so curious to see if there really is anyone that falls for these scams and I guess there are since you keep trying them on me but I assure you that I am no sucker or fool, well at least not yours.  In the words of President Bush, Fool me once shame on me, fool me twice shame.... sham.... sh.... Well you're not gonna fool me again.  Yes people, he said that!  Awesome.

Dear Office Deli:
You suck big time!  The few times that I forget my lunch or don't feel like getting out I think to myself well I'll just go down stairs and maybe you've changed or gotten better only to be disappointed time after time!  Is it really that hard to make a sandwich all the way?  You either forget the cheese or the lettuce or even the meat!?  WTH!  Seriously people, get with it oh and could you maybe add some better options besides candy and chips?  Some of us do care about what we eat!

Dear Self:
Building deli sucks, stop going down there thinking it will change.  It's been 4 years, it's not changing and you are a sucker to keep falling for it.  See I told you I may be a sucker but I'm not Prince Naynayla's sucker!

Dear Readers: 
You don't suck, you rock, what are you're Dear So and So's for the week? 

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

New Blogmania Sponsor - Mel's Little Zoo

Can you believe how close we are to Blogmania Event?  What!? You don't know what Blogmania is?  Then you must go right now HERE don't worry I'll wait........ See, one of you will win an amazing "It's My Party" Prize Package nearing $200 worth of goodies. 

I'd like to welcome Mel's Little Zoo a stay at home of 3 monkey's and you know how I just love monkey's so you know I love this shop.  It has everything a mom needs to plan a birthday party or any party for that matter, from custom made invitations to dresses for the birthday girl.  So cute. 

Adding to the Blogmania list of goodies one lucky winner will receive is this awesome party package that Melissa has put together for us. 

  • Cupcake toppers (PDF File)
  • Baggie Tags (PDF File)
  • Thank You Tag (PDF File)
  • Party Favor Tags (PDF File)
This is a $15 value and we ordered the Ladybug Package for Monkey's 2nd Birthday Party.  I can't tell you how cute it is in person and Melissa worked with me getting exactly what I wanted.  And now one of you will benefit from this awesome shop.

Don't have girls or don't want Ladybug?  That's ok she will swap it out for any design in her shop oh and yes she's going to customize it for your own little monkey with name and info! 

Can't wait til September to have a party then go HERE to her shop or follow her HERE on Twitter.

Happy Tuesday Ya'll.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Talkin Tuesday Link Up






Welcome to another edition of Talkin' 2sday. This is a place where we can link up 2 things (like a blog and twitter) and accompany that with a sentence to fit the topic.

Would you like a TOP position on this link up next week?

We ask that you:


Please follow the 4 hosts. BreeBee's, Ten Talents & Texas Monkey& Belly Charms and at least 2 other links on the link up, more if you have time. (We follow back.)


Feel free (but not necessary) to do a post to expound on your sentence if you want, however do leave our button on your current post or in your sidebar.


This weeks topic is:


(1) to tell us a little something about yourself and


(2) what topic would you like to talk about next week? If we pick your topic you will have dibs at the lead spot next week!

Friday, July 9, 2010

For You Friday - Zing Zang Zoom Giveaway

WhooHoo it's Friday people and you know what that means, it's all about you! What's more fun than you? Well maybe some giveaways, tips, recipes, things I think you will enjoy, advice, and more. I'd love to have you as a new follower but only if you are interested in crafts, DIY projects, humor, honesty, tutorials, and fun.


This week's For You Friday is a giveaway.  If you live in the DFW area I have a family 4 pack of Ringling Brother's Zing Zang Zoom tickets for Wednesday, July 28th show a $120 value. 
Through the mystery of magic and the mastery of skill, audiences will be spellbound as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents ZING ZANG ZOOM®, a thrill-filled, mind-blowing circus spectacular where family fun is no illusion offering hours of exciting family entertainment for about the price of a movie ticket. Magical Zingmaster Alex and his assistant, Levitytia, lead audience members through an extraordinary world of fantasy that celebrates the uplifting spirit of the circus and also wards off the cynical Mr. Gravity and his team of Heavies who try to bring everyone down all at ZING ZANG ZOOM, the 139th Edition of The Greatest Show On Earth®

We will be at this show and excited to offer a Macaroni Kid subscriber the chance to win this family 4 pack.  The winner will be notified on Monday, July 12 and announced in our newsletter. 

Don't live in DFW area?  That's ok, it's still in your best interest to subscribe because we have many exciting giveaways, contests, sweepstakes, freebies, tips, recipes, crafts and more for moms and dads and kids. 
Just a little teaser, coming up we have a giveaway for a MP4 Player with color screen, Speaker System for your MP4 or  IPOD/IPHONE and a $15 ITunes Gift Card.  This is a $100 value so you won't want to miss out but only subscribers are available to win.

Mandatory Entry:
To Enter the Zing Zang Zoom contest all you have to do is subscribe to Macaroni Kid and leave a comment here that you are a subscriber.

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  • Blog about the Giveaway (3 Entries)
Be sure to Leave a comment for each one you do. 
Good Luck!



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Thursday, July 8, 2010

Candy Sprinkle Necklace by Texas Monkey

For Thursday's Tutorial I want to share with you how to make Candy Sprinkle Necklaces.  A girl can never have too much jewelry or shoes in my opinion.  They are staples in fashion and in my wardrobe and no matter how blah I may be feeling or how up and down my weight may be, I can always shop for shoes or make jewelry and immediately feel better.  I was in the middle of filling an order for bottle cap and scrabble tile necklaces and thought, man I really need something different to offer even if I just do it for gifts or for fun.  The next few weeks I would browse sites, aisles of stores to try to have an Ah Ha moment only to come up short.  But one day when I was decorating some cupcakes for my daughter's school it hit me, Why not make candy sprinkle necklaces!  And so it began and now I want to share with you how you can make your very own to share with your friends, your daughters or yourself. 
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First thing is gather your supplies.
Materials Needed:

  • Envirotex Lite

  • Candy Sprinkles

  • Candy or Ice Cube Molds (Must be silicone)

  • Bail

  • Ribbon or chain necklaces

  • Super Glue
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 If you notice in the pic I tried the plastic molds, these do no release the Envirotex so use the silicone only.  I chose to do hearts with a mixture of color sprinkles and stars with red, white, and blue sprinkles in light of Memorial Day and July 4th coming up.

Start by mixing your Envirotex Lite according to the packages directions.
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Next just pour your mixture into your molds and then sprinkle your candy into the molds with the mixture.


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Now is the waiting process, you'll need to let it set for 72 hours so that it hardens. At that point, you're just going to pop them right out of the molds.  File the edges to be flat and smooth if needed.

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Take your bail and super glue it to the back of each candy sprinkle charm.
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Simply string your necklace through the bail and stick a fork in you because you're done!  Real easy uh!  I used a ball chain for the star and colored ribbon necklace for the heart.
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Now go find someone to give this to and watch them squeal with delight.  Or better yet adorn yourself with one and watch people try to figure out how you made it. 
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Hope you enjoy making these.
Happy Thursday Ya'll

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Dear So and So

It's time for our weekly therapy session with Dear So and So.  I don't know about you but as much as I LOVE having a long weekend it really seems to throw my week off.  I'm extra tired this week, cranky, behind in my work, and bloated!  So I'm in dire need of this therapy session.

Dear Country Boys from Texas floating the River this past weekend:
I am fully aware of how Texans are partial to their beer and when it gets down to the last few, tend to guard them with their life and when you throw Country Texans in the mix well that scenario can get entertaining heated fast!  So as much as I was enjoying relaxing and chilling with Poppa on the river soaking up some sun and letting our cares and woes float down ahead of us, I must admit that I was equally entertained by your show that you put on for all of us.  It was funny watching Cowboy #1 take Cowboy #2's last beer but it was down right hilarious listening to your fight.  I love how you both kept laying there looking like you were relaxed in your inner tube but the words coming out of your mouth clearly said otherwise.  I gathered you were too drunk to get up and do anything about it but not too drunk to say something about it.  I swear if I hadn't known that it was a beer that this fight was happening over I would of thought you were fighting over stolen money which according to Cowboy #2 was the same thing, or I would of thought you were fighting over a girl which Cowboy #1 brought up.  I think you both made all of Texas proud by fighting and standing up for your beer and your right to drink your beer.  I feel like this could have been one of those Real Man of Genius commercials!  Thanks for the laugh boys!

Dear young lady that wished America a happy 2010th birthday for July 4th:
WOW!!  That's about all I have to say.  I don't know whether to feel sorry for you, embarrassed for you, or just frustrated, but hearing things like this along with watching young clerks at stores not be able to count back change is just so sad!  I have lots of thoughts on this but I'll refrain, this is after all a PG-13 blog. :)

Dear Older Overweight Woman at the mall:
I think embracing your size, height, body, is wonderful and wished more people could and would do it.  I love how bigger women can look just as sexy and confident as smaller women.  BUT what I don't find sexy, confident, or attractive is when you are about 200 pounds overweight probably in your mid 40's and wearing a tube top and mini skirt to a public place like the mall.  Normally I'd like to tell women, embrace what you have and work it girl but there comes a point in life that working it just isn't working!  I think adding the fact that I can't really even call the mini skirt a skirt at all as I could see your bum cheeks and when you bent over we could all see your Who-Ha.  So not pretty or cute on any size woman!  But you really loss me at the tube top barely covering the girls let alone the stomach area.  I understand you are trying to make a statement that you are proud and confident but I hate to tell you that's not the statement you are making.  I would think that the smaller children crying and running from you and the older children pointing at you would have been a clear message but no, you clearly do not see what we see as you walked into Hot Topic and proceeded to purchase more revealing and too tight clothing!  I'm all for dressing up to feel and look sexy but this girlfriend ain't it!

Dear Poppa
I'm so very proud of you!  You've worked so hard on your summer class, working long hours studying so that you can graduate earlier.  You are setting such a great example for Monkey and I love you for that!  I know we are both so happy that tonight is the end of this horrible hard class and look forward to the few days of rest until your next one begins next week!  Maybe I'll do some laundry or something to thank you. Oh who am I kidding we both know that pile will get bigger until we both have no socks or underwear at which point I'll run to Walmart and buy us some new ones. :)  Instead I'll make you a cake.

Dear Laundry: 
Seriously can you not throw yourself in the wash, change yourself over, fold and put yourself away?  I mean you sure can grow to enormous heights all on your own and in record time, you'd think you could do a little bit more to contribute to the household.  Really getting tired of looking at you.  Good thing the housekeeper comes tomorrow or you'd be in big trouble mister!

Dear Readers:
You Rock, Now tell me what are your Dear So and So's?

Happy Hump Day Ya'll

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Talkin Tuesdays Link Up and Follow Party


Welcome to 2sdays! Hosted by Bree Bee's, Texas Monkey, Belly Charms and Ten Talents.

What is this 2SDAYS besides another link up and another MeMe? Well it's more than just that.
This is a fun, DOUBLE-link up, where we get to know a little about each other AND follow our new friends. You can link up 2 urls- like blog, twitter, facebook or even etsy!

List 2 things you would like to share regarding this past July 4th holiday (or this weekend in general)- you can rhyme, 'sing it', simply type it - but feel free to have FUN with it.


Here are the rules: 

  • Follow the 4 hosts. BreeBee's, Ten Talents, Texas Monkey, and Belly Charms
  • You have the choice of leaving the 2 sentences in the Link Name, (1 in the blog URL and 1 for your twitter, etsy, or facebook URL) we've made it long enough where you can save yourself from writing a new post and just leave it here. OR Write a new post on your site with the 2 Sentences.
  • Grab a button for your post or your sidebar.
  • Follow at least 2 other blogs or Twitter or FB link ups.
  • Visit and follow as many blogs, twitters, and facebook pages as you'd like leaving lots of comment love.
  • Have Fun!
The goal is to HAVE FUN, meet new people, spread the word about each other and continue to making wonderful blog connections! We appreciate any tweeting support to welcome other to this link up as well!
So what are my 2 things:


1.  For the 4th of July, my family rented a lake house down in New Braunfels and went tubing down the Guadalope River.  OMG that water was COLD!  It was a blast though and all the thunder storms that the weather man was calling for never showed, the sun came out and it was perfect!  

2.  We stayed Friday - Sunday but packed enough clothes and food to stay near 2 weeks.  Why do I always overpack?  It would have saved me a whole lot of time and money if I would have just thrown in my bathing suit and a pair of short and shirt since that's what I stayed in the whole time.  I brought home nearly as much groceries as I took down.  Upside is at least I don't have to go grocery shopping for a few days.





So what are your two things that you did over the weekend?






Friday, July 2, 2010

For You Friday - Truffles

WhooHoo it's Friday people and you know what that means, it's all about you!  What's more fun than you?  Well maybe some giveaways, tips, recipes, things I think you will enjoy, advice, and more.  I'd love to have you as a new follower but only if you are interested in crafts, DIY projects, humor, honesty, tutorials, and fun. 

So for this week's For You Friday, how about a yummy and very easy recipe.  We're heading to float the river and rented a house down in New Braunfels this weekend and so I needed a simple recipe that would get eaten up and this is what I did.


Oreo Truffles.
Ingredients
1 8oz package of Cream Cheese (softened)
1 package of Oreo Cookies
2 packages of Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate, or your preferred melting chocolate

Finely chop your cookies using a food processer. Take out about a 1/2 cup of the cookie crumbs. Then mix in your cream cheese and 3 cups cookie crumbs until well blended.

Shape your mixture into 1 inch balls. I use a mellon baller for this part.  Dip in melted chocolate; place on waxed paper-covered baking sheet. Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs.

REFRIGERATE 1 hour or until firm.

Tips:
To easily coat truffles with the melted chocolate, add truffles, in batches, to bowl of melted chocolate. Use 2 forks or toothpicks to roll truffles in chocolate until evenly coated. Remove truffles with forks or toothpicks, letting excess chocolate drip back into bowl. Place truffles on prepared baking sheet; let stand until firm.

Additions:
Sprinkle truffles with colored sugar or sprinkles in addition to, or in place of, the cookie crumbs.

Enjoy this yummy goodness and make sure to put some back for yourself as they will be gone in no time. 
Oh this makes about 48 truffles.

Now if you're new here or stopping in from one of the awesome Friday Follow Blog Hops like New Friend Friday or Friday Follow or Blog Frog Hop or Social Parade.
The only thing I request is to let me know why you've decided to follow me, that lets me know you read my posts, looked around and made a decision, not just clicked follow to add numbers, it also encourages me to come visit your blog, follow back and come back often.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Thursday's Tutorial - Firecracker Favors

I was looking for some cute favors to make for our July 4th events this weekend and came across this adorable idea on Family Fun and wanted to share it with you here.

Don't be nervous -- these fireworks aren't the exploding kind. In fact, they're meant to be grabbed (and eventually eaten!). Made from candy rolls, they add a sparkling touch to a Fourth of July party.


Materials
Roll of candy like Life Savers
Colored tape
Foil party picks



Instructions

For each firecracker, remove the outer wrapper from a roll of candy. Wrap the inner lining with colored tape.

Insert foil party picks into the center of the roll, snapping off part of the pick if needed to get the correct length.

I know that everyone who gets one of these will just ooh and aahh over them. 
Here's another link for making these at UCreate.
How cute!!!! 
Happy Thursday Ya'll. 
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