Chugging along on the goal train, I was searching for stationary online and decided I like the idea of free stationary (well free until you print from your printer with YOUR ink...). Sweet deal! I looked for Easter stationary and found a few cute ones:
From Cloudeight Stationary:
"Butterfly Egg"
Or Eastertide's Bunny Visit
Even cuter... Easter Love
From Mint Printables:
I like the Easter Chick stationary. It's pretty darn cute.
Last but not least:
I've had great success and just thought of Microsoft Office Online - where I can find stationary (amongst many other ideas) for Easter stationary. Some of their designs are so neat and clean. I can download easily from the site and it sends it quickly...and best of all... it's FREE! :-)
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Tuning in at Home
Nope, not with music nor a tuning fork but tuning the ol' cars. Sadly, I could only find 2 sites that I liked.
E-How: How to Tune Up a Car
Precision Tune: Car Care Tips
E-How: How to Tune Up a Car
Precision Tune: Car Care Tips
Raspberry Research
I am not sure if the same process listed below for blueberries should be used for raspberries, but I did find some valuable information at The Garden Helper, the University of Main Cooperative Extension, and the Alaska Master Gardeners Association is always a fabulous help.
My parents have a T trellis in their backyard for berries. The site from the U of Maine lists several other trellis forms I might look into depending on the landscaping of our future yard.
Blueberries
Blueberry bushes like acidic soil and I like me some delicious blueberries..I plan to plant blueberries and raspberries on our property...wherever that may be..?!? So I just ran across a brilliant idea to get some blueberry plants to grow.
wikiHow: How to dig swales
They are called swales. They look very easy to maintain after a bit of hard digging. We wouldn't need a big swale. I would want to make sure we didn't build one where a nasty run-off would create somewhere downslope - say on the house foundation. I am intrigued. I'll have to look into it more later.
wikiHow: How to dig swales
They are called swales. They look very easy to maintain after a bit of hard digging. We wouldn't need a big swale. I would want to make sure we didn't build one where a nasty run-off would create somewhere downslope - say on the house foundation. I am intrigued. I'll have to look into it more later.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Berry Picking and Hiking
Berry Picking Guide to obtain:
Alaska's Wild Plants by Janice J. Schofield
Idea taken from the site alaskatrekker.com
Another book I own and plan to use this summer is Hiking Alaska by Dean Littlepage
Because I Wanna Get Physical, Physical
Yeah Let's Get Physical...
Recumbant Bikes:
Stamina Magnetic Fusion 4545 Exercise Bike
& an upright I am interested in NordicTrack SL 700 Exercise Bike
Compost Bins and Rain Barrels Oh My
Here is an entry to my family blog I listed which talks about resources for rain barrels and compost bins: Tree-Hugging Tuesday
I watched many a cartoon in my young days. One particular cartoon with caveman entitled The Flinstones had fun dinosaur appliances in the characters homes.
I watched many a cartoon in my young days. One particular cartoon with caveman entitled The Flinstones had fun dinosaur appliances in the characters homes.
One in particular I thought was funny was the pig trash compactor. Hilarious. I decided to investigate and see what living thing I could use under my kitchen sink and looky what I found:
I remember seeing something back in my TV-Martha Stewart watching days about making your own worm compost bin. I found the instructions online. I am not sure if the bin leaks. Looks questionable to me. I know, how dare I question Martha, right?! I might try one of these for a compost bin. Hope it works!
Handy Habit Helper
Goal bookmark! A good habits helper. Love this idea..
I am using this to help me with drinking my 8 glasses of water, not yelling at the children, etc.
It lists 3 months of dates - more than I need for some of my goals, but still can be used. I am excited to use this and it is small so it can tuck in my wallet, purse, church bag, on my fridge, in my book club read, etc. easily!
I am using this to help me with drinking my 8 glasses of water, not yelling at the children, etc.
It lists 3 months of dates - more than I need for some of my goals, but still can be used. I am excited to use this and it is small so it can tuck in my wallet, purse, church bag, on my fridge, in my book club read, etc. easily!
Scripture Study Charts
LDS Scripture Bookmarks:
This site (lds.about.com) has bookmarks (which I LOVE to use) for all the books I intend to get through in my 1001 days!
The Book of Mormon
Doctrine and Covenants/ Pearl of Great Price
Old Testament (double sided)
New Testament
And in Excel form!
This site (lds.about.com) has bookmarks (which I LOVE to use) for all the books I intend to get through in my 1001 days!
The Book of Mormon
Doctrine and Covenants/ Pearl of Great Price
Old Testament (double sided)
New Testament
And in Excel form!
Questions for My Elders
20+ Questions Ideas:
Why did your parents select your name for you? Did you have a nickname?
When and where were you born?
How did your family come to live there?
Were there other family members in the area? Who?
What was the house (apartment, farm, etc.) like? How many rooms? Bathrooms? Did it have electricity? Indoor plumbing? Telephones?
Were there any special items in the house that you remember?
What is your earliest childhood memory?
Describe the personalities of your family members.
What kind of games did you play growing up?
What was your favorite toy and why?
What was your favorite thing to do for fun (movies, beach, etc.)?
Did you have family chores? What were they? Which was your least favorite?
Did you receive an allowance? How much? Did you save your money or spend it?
What was school like for you as a child? What were your best and worst subjects?
Where did you attend grade school? High school? College?
What school activities and sports did you participate in?
Do you remember any fads from your youth? Popular hairstyles? Clothes?
Who were your childhood heroes?
What were your favorite songs and music?
Did you have any pets? If so, what kind and what were their names?
What was your religion growing up? What church, if any, did you attend?
Were you ever mentioned in a newspaper?
Who were your friends when you were growing up?
What world events had the most impact on you while you were growing up? Did any of them personally affect your family?
Describe a typical family dinner. Did you all eat together as a family? Who did the cooking? What were your favorite foods?
How were holidays (birthdays, Christmas, etc.) celebrated in your family? Did your family have special traditions?
How is the world today different from what it was like when you were a child?
Who was the oldest relative you remember as a child? What do you remember about them?
What do you know about your family surname?
What stories have come down to you about your parents? Grandparents? More distant ancestors?
Are there any stories about famous or infamous relatives in our family?
Have any recipes been passed down to you from family members?
Are there any physical characteristics that run in our family?
Are there any special heirlooms, photos, bibles or other memorabilia that have been passed down in your family?
What was the full name of your spouse? Siblings? Parents?
When and how did you meet your spouse? What did you do on dates?
What was it like when you proposed (or were proposed to)? Where and when did it happen? How did you feel?
Where and when did you get married?
What memory stands out the most from your wedding day?
How would you describe your spouse? What do (did) you admire most about them?
What do you believe is the key to a successful marriage?
How did you find out your were going to be a parent for the first time?
Why did you choose your children's names?
What was your proudest moment as a parent?
What did your family enjoy doing together?
What was your profession and how did you choose it?
If you could have had any other profession what would it have been? Why wasn't it your first choice?
Of all the things you learned from your parents, which do you feel was the most valuable?
What accomplishments were you the most proud of?
What is the one thing you most want people to remember about you?
More ideas for questions at begatchat, lineages, and pbs.org/americanfamily.
Why did your parents select your name for you? Did you have a nickname?
When and where were you born?
How did your family come to live there?
Were there other family members in the area? Who?
What was the house (apartment, farm, etc.) like? How many rooms? Bathrooms? Did it have electricity? Indoor plumbing? Telephones?
Were there any special items in the house that you remember?
What is your earliest childhood memory?
Describe the personalities of your family members.
What kind of games did you play growing up?
What was your favorite toy and why?
What was your favorite thing to do for fun (movies, beach, etc.)?
Did you have family chores? What were they? Which was your least favorite?
Did you receive an allowance? How much? Did you save your money or spend it?
What was school like for you as a child? What were your best and worst subjects?
Where did you attend grade school? High school? College?
What school activities and sports did you participate in?
Do you remember any fads from your youth? Popular hairstyles? Clothes?
Who were your childhood heroes?
What were your favorite songs and music?
Did you have any pets? If so, what kind and what were their names?
What was your religion growing up? What church, if any, did you attend?
Were you ever mentioned in a newspaper?
Who were your friends when you were growing up?
What world events had the most impact on you while you were growing up? Did any of them personally affect your family?
Describe a typical family dinner. Did you all eat together as a family? Who did the cooking? What were your favorite foods?
How were holidays (birthdays, Christmas, etc.) celebrated in your family? Did your family have special traditions?
How is the world today different from what it was like when you were a child?
Who was the oldest relative you remember as a child? What do you remember about them?
What do you know about your family surname?
What stories have come down to you about your parents? Grandparents? More distant ancestors?
Are there any stories about famous or infamous relatives in our family?
Have any recipes been passed down to you from family members?
Are there any physical characteristics that run in our family?
Are there any special heirlooms, photos, bibles or other memorabilia that have been passed down in your family?
What was the full name of your spouse? Siblings? Parents?
When and how did you meet your spouse? What did you do on dates?
What was it like when you proposed (or were proposed to)? Where and when did it happen? How did you feel?
Where and when did you get married?
What memory stands out the most from your wedding day?
How would you describe your spouse? What do (did) you admire most about them?
What do you believe is the key to a successful marriage?
How did you find out your were going to be a parent for the first time?
Why did you choose your children's names?
What was your proudest moment as a parent?
What did your family enjoy doing together?
What was your profession and how did you choose it?
If you could have had any other profession what would it have been? Why wasn't it your first choice?
Of all the things you learned from your parents, which do you feel was the most valuable?
What accomplishments were you the most proud of?
What is the one thing you most want people to remember about you?
More ideas for questions at begatchat, lineages, and pbs.org/americanfamily.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Bridal Veil Falls **w00t**
Last year, I had the brilliant (if I don't say so myself) idea to kayak to a place entitled Bridal Veil Falls for our anniversary. Cheesy, yes! But the idea was so intriguing I looked into it. The problem: Jesse was attending school and we didn't have the time to go. This year is a must though. This year we need to go on our "mini-vacation" because NEXT year we will for sure be going on a cruise. Hubby dangled the reward of a cruise in front of me if I lose my 50+ pounds I yearn to! Woohoo cruise here we come. Sadly, it's been three months and I GaiNeD 5 pounds. Well, I look forward to losing the 50 + and 5 pounds now.
The illustrious falls are located in Valdez.
They are gorgeous!
Jesse and I always wanted to be one of the bandana-headed, earthy couples out there on the lakes and creeks paddling around enjoying one another's company for years now. This is the year.
How to Use Old Clothes in a New Way
Taken from WikiHow:
Make a quilt.
Make a dog bed. Cut up flannel shirts and stitch pieces together to form two squares (size determined by the size of the dog). Fill with cotton batting.
Take old silk or rayon shirts and cut a square of fabric approximately twelve inches by twelve inches. Place a [bottle of sparkling cider, etc.] in the center. Fold the bottom corner up. Roll the bottle in the fabric, tie the top with ribbon to secure, and insert dried flowers or gift tag in the pocket the folded corner has created. You now have a last-minute hostess gift.
Cut up a blouse, preferably with a small print, to wrap nice soaps. Use as a hostess gift or in guest bathrooms.
Turn into an heirloom. If the item of clothing has any sentimental value--baby clothes, for instance--use it as the cover for a scrapbook or photo albums.
Use brightly colored, sturdy fabric as a border for an ordinary lampshade or picture frame. [Make sure the fabric is not flammable!]
Use a large piece of cloth to cover a corkboard -- the corkboard will retain its function but will liven up a dull surface.
Clean with them. If you're really in need of dust cloths or bandages, chop, chop !
Cut strips of it and use them as headbands or wristbands or maybe even a choker or ankle bracelet.
Use pieces of old jeans to tie your hair back.
Sew patches of old shirts onto some jeans.
Make scarves. They probably won't be warm, but they'll look cool.
Make New Clothes! take an old T-shirt(preferably with no graphic)and you can turn it into a tube top, a halter top, or you could even cut from the bottom of the arm holes straight across to make a skirt!
Tips:
Keep similar fabrics together, especially if re-purposing the clothes for quilts, coverlets, and dog beds.
Finally, before arriving at someone's house with a wrapped bottle or little basket of soaps, be really sure the gift isn't butchered from a piece of clothing he or she gave once gave your for your birthday or Christmas.
Somebody might notice that your new accessories are in fact your shirt and give you odd looks.
Make a quilt.
Make a dog bed. Cut up flannel shirts and stitch pieces together to form two squares (size determined by the size of the dog). Fill with cotton batting.
Take old silk or rayon shirts and cut a square of fabric approximately twelve inches by twelve inches. Place a [bottle of sparkling cider, etc.] in the center. Fold the bottom corner up. Roll the bottle in the fabric, tie the top with ribbon to secure, and insert dried flowers or gift tag in the pocket the folded corner has created. You now have a last-minute hostess gift.
Cut up a blouse, preferably with a small print, to wrap nice soaps. Use as a hostess gift or in guest bathrooms.
Turn into an heirloom. If the item of clothing has any sentimental value--baby clothes, for instance--use it as the cover for a scrapbook or photo albums.
Use brightly colored, sturdy fabric as a border for an ordinary lampshade or picture frame. [Make sure the fabric is not flammable!]
Use a large piece of cloth to cover a corkboard -- the corkboard will retain its function but will liven up a dull surface.
Clean with them. If you're really in need of dust cloths or bandages, chop, chop !
Cut strips of it and use them as headbands or wristbands or maybe even a choker or ankle bracelet.
Use pieces of old jeans to tie your hair back.
Sew patches of old shirts onto some jeans.
Make scarves. They probably won't be warm, but they'll look cool.
Make New Clothes! take an old T-shirt(preferably with no graphic)and you can turn it into a tube top, a halter top, or you could even cut from the bottom of the arm holes straight across to make a skirt!
Tips:
Keep similar fabrics together, especially if re-purposing the clothes for quilts, coverlets, and dog beds.
Finally, before arriving at someone's house with a wrapped bottle or little basket of soaps, be really sure the gift isn't butchered from a piece of clothing he or she gave once gave your for your birthday or Christmas.
Somebody might notice that your new accessories are in fact your shirt and give you odd looks.
Bento Lunches
I found a fabulous idea for no plastic baggies in the lunches!!
Hostess of Lunch in a Box has wonderful ideas and links listed all over for bento lunches like this:
The above picture is a creation by Wendy Copely at Wendolonia.com!
Another more fancy bento box version on Biggie's site:
The organizationalist in me is drooling!
Three ideas for stained glass from Warner Stained Glass:
Blue Suncatcher
Red California Poppies
The Tree of Life
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Shoe Lacing
In looking for a template so I can punch holes and let the kids lace cards for practice, I came across a site called Ian's Shoelace Site that has 33 different ways to lace a shoe! How fun is that?
My favorites are:
and Lattice Lacing
Then I found an idea online to make shoe lacing cards for practicing at The Savvy Source:
Trace your child's feet in his or her tennis shoes onto tagboard or cardboard and cut out the outline of the shoes. Then, mark eight spots on the shoes and punch out holes in these spots using a hole punch. Lace the cardboard cut-outs as you would your child's tennis shoes, and use them to help your child practice tying shoes.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Yummy Granola
A granola I would like to try soon!
Mmmmmmmmm....
I found the recipe at The Kitchen Sink Recipes (scroll down the site page to find the recipe).
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