Sunday Mornings....

Good Morning. Hope your day has started great. I am catching up. I feel like all I do is run run run and I never catch up. But today I have great intentions. November is almost over. Craft fair planning is in full swing, as well as Christmas shopping. My girls are in full holiday readiness, wanting to decorate. I keep telling them we have to get through Thanksgiving first, but I have to admit, I am already pining for Christmas music and decking the halls. I have the decorations on standby and am anxious to get to it. However, I will be patient. This week will be another busy one and I will be sure to clean clean clean so that I have a fresh slate when I am ready to start.  I hope you have a wonderful week. 

Smile

: )

Happy Sunday Morning...

Happy Sunday. Just cruisin the web before I have to get movin on todays chores. Had a great day scrapbooking yesterday with some friends but nows time to catch up on my house. Hubby and the girls had a good day hanging at home so now its time to clean up. We finally got some much needed snow and it really gets me in the mood for the holidays. 

Hope your day is great. 

: )

(p.s. love this pic from Greengate)

 

Wintery Thoughts...

Hello, Hope your day is going great, just wanted to take a quick Pinterest break. We have a busy day today so I wanted to post these fun ideas. I am heading out to scrapbook. Can't wait. 

Hope your Saturday is wonderful!

Turkey Crafting

Happy Friday. Today the girls and I are looking forward to some fun crafts. I love all these Turkey crafts. I really want to make the pins for me and my girlfriends. Fun. 

But first we are going to do some toy purging. Thats always fun. But I think my girls are ready to do it. All I have to do is use the... " well we need to make room for any new stuff you get at Christmas".. that usually works. 

Have a great day!!

Election Day

Hello, Happy Election Tuesday. Hope everyone is able to get out and vote. I think we will be having red white and blue sprinkled brownies tonight with ice cream. Yum. Can't wait to find out our election results!!

 

Its a great day to be an American!!!!

 

Have a great day!

Time to Breathe....

Halloween is over, November is here. We have another daylight savings time set back behind us. Now time for shorter days. I feel like I can finally breathe. My life is no less hectic, but I always feel like November is my calm before the storm. My time to calm down, settle into the season.  We are still busy with school stuff, 4H stuff, Craft fairs and everyday life, but still, things feel calmer. Today is a day for laundry and catching up on my crochet project. A scarf. I will post later. Until then, enjoy this yummy recipe I am going to attempt today. 

Have a great day!

 

Pull-Apart Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Bread with Buttered Rum Glaze
(Adapted from Willow Bird Baking)
Ingredients
Bread
2 Tbsp unsalted butter
1/2 cup milk
2 1/4 teaspoons (1 envelope) active dry yeast
3/4 cup pumpkin puree
1/4 cup white sugar
1 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups bread flour
1 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp fresh ground nutmeg
2 Tbsp unsalted butter
Buttered Rum Glaze
2 Tbsp unsalted butter
1/8 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp milk
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 Tbsp rum *
*The recipe I used called for just a 1/4 tsp of rum but I really wanted to be able to taste the rum, so I upped it to a full tablespoon. It was just right for my taste, adding a nice warmth to the glaze. If you’re not into rum you can sub a teaspoon of vanilla extract.

~ Apples, Apples, Apples ~

I love apples. My mom brought these up during her last visit.  I was so excited. So my good friend and I got together a few weeks ago and cut, peeled, sliced, cooked and then froze a case of apples. Now today, I am going to de-halloween my house and cook up some yummy apple sauce that she taught me. Ahhh, cant wait to smell the yumminess. 

Have a great day!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Today is a very very busy one for us. I get to divide my time between two classes, dress up, provide snacks and help with games. The little one will be trick or treating among the local assisted living centers and the big one will be having a costume parade. Both have parties and fun festivities. I cant wait. 

I love this holiday!

Hope your day is great!

BOO!

~ Spooky Spider Chandelier ~

One of the fun things we did while decorating this year was a Spider Chandelier. We took a hula hoop from the dollar store, black streamers, black ribbon and a large bendable spider, and just wrapped and tied it all around the hula hoop. The pictures do not do it justice though. It turned out really great. It would be even better with lights, but I couldn't figure out how with the area it is hanging in. My girls love it and are inspired to do one for every holiday. 

Have a great day!

; )

~Halloween Decorating... Spider House~

Our theme every year is always the same. What can I say, we love spiders.  My girls start begging for spider webs in September. (Probably thanks to the retail establishments : ).

We threw in some pumpkins and mice as well.

Happy Monday!

Mummy Dogs...

Yummy! I love theme food. 

Boo! 

Today we are heading to a Fall Festival. Fun!!!

Hope you have a very bootiful Saturday.

; )

Pumpkin Carving...

Can I say how happy I am that my girls are at the age where they can clean out and carve the pumpkins. Thanks to age appropriate carving tools and kits. I love this. Especially for my big girl. She loves to carve the more intricate patterns. I love it. 

We are in Halloween push mode now. Its all on for this holiday. 

Hope your day is great!

; )

Mercury Glass

Hello, happy Sunday! I have been quietly drinking my coffee this morning, looking at Pinterest and have decided that I need more mercury glass in my holiday decorating. I love the old glittery appeal of it. I have a few pieces. But some larger statement items would be great as well.

This weekend we have been doing a lot of different things. We have done some more decorating, carved some pumpkins, did some baking and have really gotten a jump on our Craft fair preparations. 

I actually feel like I accomplished alot. Now to relax a little before another busy week. 

Have a great day!

; )