Monthly Archives: September 2010

Friendly Friday 10/1/10

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Welcome to Friendly Friday!

Remember, YOU can host the link list on your blog too! Just click “Get the code here…” at the bottom of the list. The code is different every week, so be sure to get the new code when hosting Friendly Friday on your blog. Hosting the list is a great way for everyone to get even more traffic to their blog.

Thanks for joining the Friendly Friday celebration hosted by Christi at Frugal Novice, Xenia at Thanks, Mail Carrier and Charla at Healthy Home Blog! We invite you to join us every Friday to make more friends in blogville, get more blog followers and follow other great blogs out there.

To join in the Friendly Friday celebration, include your family-friendly link in our list, follow the hostesses in the first 3 spots and then start blog hopping! Visit other blogs on the list and comment to give them some blog love. Then take a minute to follow them through Google Friend Connect – this is a good way to keep up with other blogs, but also lets us show support to each other! Please DO NOT list your giveaways here, links must be to either your homepage or your Friday posting with your blog title. All others will be deleted.

When people comment on your blog and let you know they’re a part of Friendly Friday, return the favor and follow them back. This way everyone gets traffic and followers out of participating, and it’s a win-win situation. We would love for you to also grab our Friendly Friday button and post it on your blog and/or in a post – the more bloggers that find out about Friendly Friday and participate, the better!

Spotlight on Friendly Friday Followers! We love your participation and want to show it! In addition to gaining followers, each week we’ll select three blogs at random and will feature links and a write-up for those blogs in the content of next week’s Friendly Friday post. There are so many seriously wonderful blogs out there, and this will be a great way to highlight some of those each week. Say hello to the lucky chosen 3 for this week (and feel free to stop by and give them a little extra love):

Do you ever think to yourself that My Life Ain’t Always Beautiful? Melissa does and shares it with her readers through her sweet and creative writing, tasty recipes, fun crafts and entertaining pictures. Together with her Hubby, Munchkin Prince, Munchkin Princess, adorable new kitten Lucky and angel baby Andy Leigh, you’ll find out that even thought their life ain’t always beautiful, it’s filled with love.

Combine an energetic 2-year-old and a teething 4-month-old and a great collection of product reviews and giveaways and what do you get? Life at Mommy’s Little Dino’s! Kari fills her blog with adorable pictures of her boys, personal posts of their adventures and the great shopping deals she has found. You won’t want to miss what these Dinos are up to next!

Just reading the title The TRUTH about Motherhood instantly grabs your attention, doesn’t it? Truthful Mommy writes a brutally honest blog that deals with the issues that affect us all. We’re all thinking it, so it’s about time someone put it out there! Motherhood is filled with the good, the bad and the ugly and one visit to The TRUTH about Motherhood and you’ll find out that you’re not alone on this wild ride that our children put us on!

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Central Market FREEBIES through October 5, 2010

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This is a ready-made meal and would make a whole meal for us, but if you wanted to then you could get some frozen veggies and cook them in no time at all.  Here are the freebies for this week:

Buy this:

  • Central Market Rotisserie Chicken

Get these free:

  • Family Size Caesar Salad
  • French Baguette

That saves you $7.68, and you can feed your whole family for the price of the chicken and maybe a veggie.

Menu Plan Monday 9/27/10

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Fall is definitely in the air, although technically it’s still summer.    The funny thing in Texas is that even though it actually felt cold today, it’s suppose to be up in the 80’s on Tuesday.  We’ll probably have more days in the 90’s before fall actually arrives.  Enough about the weather. Let’s see now…what’s our menu for the week?

MONDAY:  Rotisserie chicken from Walmart, Sauteed Yellow Squash in Herb Butter, green beans

TUESDAY:  “Healthified” Impossibly Easy Chicken ‘n Broccoli Pie (use some of the rotisserie chicken)

WEDNESDAY:  Rotisserie Chicken Soup, again using leftover chicken

THURSDAY:  Salmon Patties, corn, lima beans

FRIDAY:  Chicken Alfredo with Broccoli (Our son is supposed to come home this weekend and this is something he likes.  However, this is subject to change if there is something he really has a taste for.)

Relaxing on the Beach

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I’ve read on several blogs during the last month about people wanting to rent one of the Outer Banks beach rentals.  That sounds so relaxing to spend a weekend on the beach and just mellow out and chill.  Some weeks are so hectic that it’s nice to get away and not have the phone ring (or at least put your cell phone on silent mode) and not have any laundry or housework.  I think everyone could benefit from that every once in a while!

Friendly Friday 9/24/10

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Welcome to Friendly Friday!

Remember, YOU can host the link list on your blog too! Just click “Get the code here…” at the bottom of the list. The code is different every week, so be sure to get the new code when hosting Friendly Friday on your blog. Hosting the list is a great way for everyone to get even more traffic to their blog.

Thanks for joining the Friendly Friday celebration hosted by Christi at Frugal Novice, Xenia at Thanks, Mail Carrier and Charla at Healthy Home Blog! We invite you to join us every Friday to make more friends in blogville, get more blog followers and follow other great blogs out there.

To join in the Friendly Friday celebration, include your family-friendly link in our list, follow the hostesses in the first 3 spots and then start blog hopping! Visit other blogs on the list and comment to give them some blog love. Then take a minute to follow them through Google Friend Connect – this is a good way to keep up with other blogs, but also lets us show support to each other! Please DO NOT list your giveaways here, links must be to either your homepage or your Friday posting with your blog title. All others will be deleted.

When people comment on your blog and let you know they’re a part of Friendly Friday, return the favor and follow them back. This way everyone gets traffic and followers out of participating, and it’s a win-win situation. We would love for you to also grab our Friendly Friday button and post it on your blog and/or in a post – the more bloggers that find out about Friendly Friday and participate, the better!

Spotlight on Friendly Friday Followers! We love your participation and want to show it! In addition to gaining followers, each week we’ll select three blogs at random and will feature links and a write-up for those blogs in the content of next week’s Friendly Friday post. There are so many seriously wonderful blogs out there, and this will be a great way to highlight some of those each week. Say hello to the lucky chosen 3 for this week (and feel free to stop by and give them a little extra love):

Blogging about fashion, fun, baking and decorating ideas are some of the things Rebecca writes about at I Just Cherish Today.  She is madly in love with her husband and started her blog to showcase building their first house together and decorating it.  But it has turned into so much more with her theme being to cherish each day and the opportunities that are right in front of us.

Over at The Frugal Free Gal, you will find a very frugal military wife and stay-at-home-mom to a two year old daughter.  She loves using coupons, finding good deals at thrift stores and getting things for free or almost free.  She gives God the credit for giving her financial wisdom these past few years.  By being frugal, she can help others in need in the future.


Teresa at Grammy Girlfriend has been married to her wonderful husband for 38 years and has two children, two children-in-law and four grandchildren who call her Grammy.  She loves her family, blogging and so many other things, and she writes about all of these as well as her beautiful Christmas and  fall crafts which include a fall wreath she plans to post about soon.

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Things I Love Thursday: Priceless Treasures

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For Things I Love Thursday, I’m going to show you some special things inside my china cabinet.  On the left hand side is a platter from my parent’s very first set of dishes, the pink depression glass vase was my grandmother’s, the cut glass bowl that the pink vase is sitting in was my great-grandmother’s bowl, and the cake plate on the right was also my grandmother’s.  (My grandmother admired this hand-painted cake plate in a store window soon after she and my grandfather were married.  Her new mother-in-law was with her at the time.  My grandmother was thrilled at Christmas time when she unwrapped her present from her in-laws and there was this beautiful cake plate.)

Exercise Program

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I’m fairly close to my desired weight, so I don’t need quick weight loss pills.  However, like I wrote before, I definitely need to increase my exercise program.  So far this week, I’ve walked twice which is fairly good and I plan to walk one or two more times.  I try to do stretches every morning and maybe even throughout the day.  I’ve added in some sit-ups and might start doing some push-ups (not one of my favorites).  That’s the extent of my exercise program right now.

Acne

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You would think that as we get older we wouldn’t have to be concerned about acne and which facial acne products to buy or maybe even body acne products.  But since acne is affected by our hormones and we have to deal with hormones our entire life, it’s really no surprise that we might get an occasional flair-up from time to time.  Some people rarely have this problem and some have it often.  Each person just has to see what works best for them.

Healthy Habits

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As we get older, our bodies start changing.  We’re not able to do all the things we could do when we were in our twenties.  When we’re in our thirties, human growth hormones start declining to a considerable degree and diminish throughout the rest of our lives, so that by the time we’re in our forties and fifties, these hormones are greatly reduced.  That’s just one of the reasons we should develop healthy habits while we’re young to help get us through the years to come.

A Beautiful Way

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It used to bother me a few years ago when I would look in the mirror and see new wrinkles, and so I would use wrinkle eye creams and facial moisturizers.  Although I still use those things, it doesn’t bother me near as much when I see new wrinkles.  That’s just a part of me now, of who I am.   I know people who have wrinkles, yet they have such a beautiful and caring spirit that I don’t pay much attention to the wrinkles.  I focus on what’s in their heart that shines through in a beautiful way!

Weddings @ The Mansion at Elfindale in Springfield, Missouri

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………. <PART ONE ……. PART TWO…….PART THREE >

The Mansion at Elfindale is such a beautiful bed and breakfast in Springfield.  There are also wedding services available in their chapel and reception area as well.  While we were standing on one of the covered porches at the Mansion, we could look across and see the chapel which is connected to the Mansion by a brick covered walkway.


Once inside, we were surprised with the beauty of the chapel which is absolutely perfect for a Springfield wedding. It has a center aisle which is very important to most brides. The stained glass windows, arched cathedral ceiling, and imported marble flooring at the altar are impressive.

The covered walkway from the chapel to the Mansion leads to an area that is perfect for a wedding reception as seen pictured below.  This room was originally the State Dining Room but later was transformed into a ballroom with a fireplace.  The owner purchased a magnificent fireplace mantel for this room at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904, imported from France with dolphins carved into the beautiful wood.  That is why it is known as the Dolphin Fireplace and the room is referred to as the Dolphin Room today.


There are several suites in the Mansion which would be nice for honeymoon bed-and-breakfast lodging, but I think the most romantic would be the Tower Suite.  It is situated on the third floor and contains three rooms plus the bathroom.  Two of the rooms are actually in the tower.


Upon entrance to the suite, my eyes were immediately drawn to the first tower room. Through the passageway, you can see a sitting area with beautiful lace curtains and a desk.

Once you enter the sitting room, you see this impressive winding staircase leading to the top of the tower. The view from this room is great but a fourth story view is even more inviting!


The view from the top of the tower is impressive. Looking over tops of trees, you can see the small lake which is on the property. This room is perfect for relaxing in the morning with a leisurely cup of coffee and maybe even watching the sun rise.


From this fourth story tower room, you can easily see the original school built on the property as well as many other places.  By the way, some people like this suite as a retreat away from the busy, hectic life they live. This is also a place where people can retreat and refocus on what is important in life.


This Springfield bed and breakfast also makes great accomodations for the wedding party, relatives and guests attending the wedding from out-of-town. There are 13 luxurious bed and breakfast suites, each suite distinct with its own personality and charm.  For more info: Weddings in Springfield, MO, @ The Mansion.

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