I love getting packages that I am not expecting! I don't like having to pay for shipping though. Today, the mail carrier stops by, I go out to find out a package as forwarded from my old address, and I have to pay 9.02 for the package... EEK. I was really tempted to tell the carrier to return to sender because the last time, I paid for postage it was a on a freebie. So I asked her if I could see who it was from. She held the box up and a HUGE Squinkie sticker showed... Darn it, I cannot tell them to send this back. So, I pay the money, get inside open the box and I am shocked with what I see! A TON of squinkies from the boys line! mmhmm I have yet to show my daughter, she will freak once she sees them. I seen, the Skull Cavern set, cars, spiderman, and some others I am clueless about. As soon as she gets her schooling done, I am going to kick her out, and get some pictures! That is one thing I can say, my daughter will play with these even though they are boy toys. I … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2011
what do dreams mean
Do you ever wonder what your dream means? I dream almost every night, my husband on the other hand hardly ever dreams. Or he does and doesn't recall them. I know most my dreaming revolves around things that have happened recently. For instance, last night we were talking about bears. When we lived in Tennessee the area we were in, wasn't bear area. When we moved back to Michigan we entered bear area. Now, not many bears have been seen in this direct area we are in, when we went up north a bit we seen bear crossing signs. I thought it was a bit funny to see the sign, and I was praying those bears stayed in the woods. Anyhow we were talking about bears last night, and I guess when I went to sleep I had bears on my mind, because I had a dream that a baby bear was outside. I tried to get my camera to take a picture because I new noone would believe me. However, by the time I got back the bear was gone. I woke up startled, a bit. Then went back to bed, and started to … [Read more...]
getting back into playing
My husband is a very musical person, me on the other hand I love to listen to it, but I cannot keep rhythm. I remember the first time I heard him sing, I got chills. He is very passionate when it comes to playing any musical instrument. He currently owns, a violin, an acoustic guitar, and an ocarina. He isn't the best at the violin, but I think that is because of me. Whenever he would go to play I would get a bit annoyed and make him stop. I can only take so much screeching. Today when we were at my sister's house, he heard her husband play the guitar for the first time, and it got him excited. He was telling me now he has someone he can actually play music with. I can picture it now, Friday nights will be sitting around listening to them play music together. My husband was in a small band when he was younger, as he got older he no longer had the time. I am hoping he will start back into playing again, because I know it is something he loves doing. Next he will be wanting to … [Read more...]
Gooseberry Patch FREE Pumpkin Cookbook (Kindle)
I am a freebie junkie. I mean it pays for be frugal. With Halloween, and Thanksgiving fast approaching you do not want to miss out on the FREE Pumpkin Cookbook! This is for the kindle, however, you can download a kindle reader on your computer! Head on over to amazon and download your free Gooseberry Patch Pumpkin Cookbook! Hurry no idea when this one expires! … [Read more...]
accepting products for the 2011 holiday gift guide
Can you believe Christmas is less than 100 days away! It seems like just last week we were taking the trees down, and packing up all the decorations. Dizzy Mommy Chronicles is currently accepting products for our 2011 Holiday Gift Guide. If you would like to see your product featured in the Dizzy Mommy Chronicles gift guide, please contact me for more details. Featured in the Guide Only: This option will get you in the guide, and will include a paragraph about your product, retail price of product, location where product can be purchased, as well as any discounts you would like to offer my readers. (Please note: I will need to receive a full size sample of product or there will be a fee. Contact me for more details.) Giveaway: A giveaway is not required to be featured in the guide, however, If you are interested in sponsoring a giveaway as well as being featured, a review will be done on the product as well. What I Will Need From You! I will need from you an image of … [Read more...]
Stop Intruders
Having a self hosted wordpress blog allows you to have several awesome plugins. I love being able to see who is trying to gain unauthorized access to my blog. One of my all time favorite plugin for wordpress, is the limited login plugin. Having this plugin lets me protect my blog from the "password scanners". Usually, they try a few times give up and move on, however, the other day I noticed someone trying to gain access and they were temporary banned, following day same thing. After I had seen 4 failed attempts, I decided it was time to just ban this person. Today I go in and look at my ban logs, this person has made 10 attempts to gain access. They want in bad, to bad they are not getting in, I think it is time to change a few settings, and make it ban after the first failed attempt. After doing some research I found this to be an Amazon ip address, and I may have to contact them to let them know someone is misusing their TOS.I dislike those that try to be destructive of … [Read more...]
pregnant and ran away with boyfriend.
As I was on facebook last night, one of my friends posted something, and I had to share. I do not know where this originally came from... A mother passing by her daughter's bedroom was astonished to see the bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then she saw an envelope propped up prominently on the center of the bed. It was addressed, "Mom." With the worst premonition, she opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands: Dear Mom: It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new boyfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with Dad and you. I've been finding real passion with Ahmed and he is so nice-even with all his piercings, tattoos, beard, and his motorcycle clothes. But it's not only the passion Mom, I'm pregnant and Ahmed said that we will be very happy. He already owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. He wants to have many more children with me and that's now one of my dreams … [Read more...]
Tasty Thursday: Steak Fingers
Have you ever had that meal that made you go back for more even if you were not hungry. I have had that meal many times, even though I know I should say no more, I say just a little more. Steak fingers is another recipe my sister taught me to make many years ago. Steak Fingers Recipe Family pack of cubed steak (trust me you will want left overs on this one) Flour Eggs Milk Peanut oil Seasons to taste. Cut the cubed steak in strips once you have them all cut, mix milk and eggs to make a egg wash. Mix some flour with the seasons you would like, I usually just do salt, pepper, and garlic. Heat up some peanut oil in a frying pan, we use peanut oil, because it cooks more even. Now dip your steak in egg, then flour, then put it in the pan. Make sure the oil is hot or this will not do right, cook each steak a few minutes on each side, then place on a plate with paper towel to help gather some of the grease. Continue cooking until you have them all cooked up. Serve … [Read more...]
what do you think of the death penalty
I have always been a strong believer of one should have to pay for their crime. I have also been a believer of the death penalty. I feel some crimes need to be handled by death. Don't get me wrong, I don't feel everyone should be sent to death for wrong doing. However, I feel strongly of a person to be sent to death for harming a child in away that is unforgivable. Such as Casey Anthony, maybe she shouldn't have received death, she should however have spent more time in prison. She is the reason her child is gone, whether it was by her hands or by her stupidity. Within the past few hours, Georgia put a man to death, when there WAS NOT enough evidence to say this man committed the crime. Millions of people around the world, protested, asked to re-look into this case. The judge refused, the state refused, this man was left out to dry. Did Troy Davis commit the crime he was accused of, or was this one of those "we will pin the crime on someone to close the case deals." Troy Davis … [Read more...]
do you know the benefits of pumpkins?
With Halloween not far away, it means we will be getting our children pumpkins to carve. But wait! Before you throw away those seeds, read below. Below you will find some benefits of pumpkins, and ways you can incorporate them into your daily diet. ChicagoHealers.com Practitioner Dr. Helen Lee, DC offers the following nutritional benefits of pumpkin and its seeds. Nutritional Benefits of Pumpkins: 1. Vitamins: Pumpkin and its seeds contain nutrients such as vitamin C, E, iron, zinc, magnesium, potassium, both beta & alpha carotenoids (anti-oxidants which help prevent cell damage), and lutein (support healthy eyes). 2. Organ Health: The nutrients in pumpkin and its seeds help support the health of your kidney, bladder and prostate. 3. Sickness Prevention: Helps with minimizing osteoporosis, increases digestive health by helping with parasites & tapeworms, and lowering cholesterol. 4. Protein: Pumpkin seeds are high in protein. 5. General Benefits: Pumpkin seeds help … [Read more...]
