Easy Chicken Stock at Home

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Creamy Peanut Butter Cup Bars

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Split Pea Soup - Naturally Gluten Free

A delicious, savory gluten free recipe 
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Valentines Day Gift From The Heart

Create a memorable photo collage box for the special someone in your life
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Frugal Living Tip: Save Money on Cold Medicine with Vitamins??

You just left a meeting where everyone was sniffling, sneezing and coughing.  Germs flying everywhere.  It is certian that within three days you are going to be joining the masses with the same cold and taking expensive cold medication just to get by. 

WAIT!  Do something about your cold before it starts.  When you know that exposure has happened, pull out a bottle of Vitamin C supplements.   A bottle with 90 500mg capsules will cost less than $5 at drug stores and mega retailers.  Take two pills, twice a day for two days after exposure to boost your immune system.  Even better if your supplement is Vitamin C with D combo.  It will prime your body to fight off the infection before it settles in.  Take at the first symptoms of a cold to cut it in half too!

End Ear Infection Cycle without Drugs!

How I ended the ear infection cycle in my son without drugs!
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Frugal Living Tip: Remove bloodstain with hydrogen peroxide

A clumsy fall left not only your childs knee scraped, but his pants with a bloodstain.  The last thing you want is to throw out a perfectly good pair of jeans.  Save them by mixing together one part water to to parts peroxide and putting it on the blood.  Allow to foam and dab up with a paper towel.  Repeat as needed to remove the blood.

Fun Soap Crayons

Instructions on how to make fun soap crayons

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Review: Celebrating Home Petit Jar Candle Crisp Cotton Breeze

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Make Money through Home Crafting and Creating

Make Money Through Home Crafting and Creating
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Simply Sacred Cleaning - Laminate Floor Cleaning

My parents put in beautiful laminate floors.  They are always shiny and brand new looking.  I asked my parents how they stay so lovely and the answer surprised me.  It wasnt some expensive product or lots of hand scrubbing!  It was simply dampmopping with this mixture:

1 Gallon of Very Warm Water
1/2 Cup of Vinegar
2-3 squirts of liquid dish soap (scent of your choice)

If streaks appear in your floor, add another 1/4 cup of vinegar to the mixture and mop again.  It should leave a streak free shine.

Its all about perspective

Browsing around some artistic websites today, beauty smiled at me.  There is an instillation going on about perspective using beautiful illustrating cuttings.  

Through life, we often find things that look black and white on the surface.  Look deeper.  When a situation is examined through all sides, true color is revealed.  Before you know it, what was once straightforward is now brimming with color.

Remember that as you walk through life.  It is truly all about perspective.  Your first impression is not always correct.  The full story is not always revealed until all aspects have been explored.

Make sure to allow your depth to shine through in all your creative endeavors.

Jazzed up for Creativeness

Right now my house is (semi) clean.  My children are just about to go back to school after their long Christmas break.   I am getting jazzed up to do some crafting, creating and projects.  I have already started on creating some beautiful new painted new pendants.  I have videoed part of the process to share when completed. 

I am trying to let my spirit soar with continuing to make space in my life for new projects.  Clearing out some of the old stuff that hasn't been touched for long enough there is an inch of dust to accumulate.  Think of old projects that brought joy to me that can be shared with you and my boys and new projects to add to my life. 

There is a lightness coming over me that is quite enjoyable.  I hope to encourage this feeling in any way possible.

Thank you for coming on this journey with me.

Freebie! Puffs

Just found out about a great deal.  The first 15,000 to visit their website get a simple of Puffs Tissues by mail.  Sign up now and quick!  With cold and flu season here, stock up with as many tissues as you can get.

Frugal Living Tip: Check Your Cars Manual

Did you know many vehicles manufacturers reccomend that oil gets changed at 5,000, 7000 or even 10,000 miles rather than 3,000 miles??  That can save a lot of money in oil changes over the lifetime of a vehicle.  Check your manual or look it up online to see what is reccomended for your vehicle.

Frugal Living Tip - Freezer Soup

Take an empty large plastic container and start putting the spoonful or two of vegetables that are leftover after a meal.  Store in the freezer.  Any time that you are roast a chicken or turkey, throw the extra juices in the plastic containers.  Keep layering all those wonderful leftovers in the freezer containers until they are full.  Do not worry about seperating the vegetables.  Mix them up.  Bits of meat can go in there too if you desire.  Just avoid putting fatty bits.  When you have one or two full containers, put them on the stove for a simple base for a soup! 

If you have saved up enough drippings, you will basically just be able to thaw out a wonderful chicken veggie soup from your freezer.  Add just a bit of salt or pepper.  Maybe some onion or garlic (powder or fresh for either).  Save up all summer when veggies are more plentiful, and you can have plenty of soup base all winter long. 

Affirmations for Weight Loss

Welcome to a New Year!  2012 comes with a new set of challenges, new hopes and new dreams. 

One of the top New Years Resolutions is to improve our diets and loose weight.   Excercise more, eat leass and just get healthy in general.

One of the main problems that we face, especially if you have more than just 10 pounds to loose is an internal, emotional struggle.  It is not a physical strugle, but mental. Long term negitive habits, poor eating habits and sedintary lifestyles need to be first overcome on an emotioanl and mental level.  Once your mindset has changed to more positive messages, loosing weight and improving health will not be the struggle that is always has been. 

One way to achieve this simply is through affirmations.  Choose the best affirmation for your situation.  Take time out of your schedule three times each day to repeat your affirmation at least three times.  After a week to a month, you should see positive changes in your mental outlook regarding health, food and weight loss.  Before long your confidence to allow your creative spirit to soar.

I feel good because I eat healthy foods.
I enjoy eating a healthy diet.
I no longer need to eat out of bordom or for emotion reasons.
I am on the journey to my goal of health and fitness.
I can achieve health, fitness and a healthy weight.
My body is loosing excess weight and excess baggage every day.
I am becoming physically and mentally more healthy every day.
I feel lighter and slimmer.
Food no longer controls my life.
I eat to live, not live to eat.
I enjoy the tastes of healthy foods over processed foods.
Eating a balanced diet leaves me happier.
I am beautiful.  I am allowing people to see the beautiful person within.
Each day I am changing my life for the better.
My dream of a lighter, healthier sense is coming true.
I am strong enough to limit  my temptations.  Cravings do not control me.
I am able to treat myself without going overboard.
My dream is becoming a reality.