Pioneer Woman Giveaway

If you covet this mixer like I covet this mixer, then you should hop, skip and jump over the Pioneer Woman website.  Ree is giving away 2, yes two, of these badboys!!  

photo courtesy of the Pioneer Woman

In a word ...

...  stifled. 

In more words... not feeling the creative groove.  But, I have found some interesting blog posts by some interesting bloggers that I thought I would share this morning.

Random moment:
Don't you just want to
hug this little guy?







Okay... as promised before the elephant distraction... here are some great links... 


Creative Cheap Valentines Day Ideas  by Balancing Beauty and Bedlam
I LOVE this post and this blog.  Jennifer (the blog hosetss) is always sharing great, creative and inexpensive ways to bless your kids, family, home, friends and yourself.  If you don't click anything else, click this one!



The Many Uses of Baking Soda by Good Life Eats
It's inexpensive and oh so versatile.



Custom Children's Mural Giveaway  by Boufe e Bambini
If you are expecting (ahem Misty) or a baby, or grandbabies even and would love to win a custom mural for your nursery, you need to see this!



Sweet Valentine Treats  by Southern Hospitality
A couple recipes to share with your loved ones on Valentine's Day



Pasta ai Quattro Formaggi by the Pioneer Woman
Because I love pasta.  I love cheese.  And I love Ree Drummond's blog.  (She's kind of my hero)


Happy reading.  Hope you are having an excellent day.  May you bless and be blessed.

ACK!

Yesterday, I prepared the dough to make these Chocolate Chip Cookie Sweet Rolls. 

Yes, click the link and go see what they are supposed to look like.

I'll wait.

They look awesome right?  Amazing even.

Today I took my dough and made my rolls. 

Awesome?   Not so much.

Amazing?  Not really close. 

ACK!  Help me PW!

At least they should taste good.  I.hope.

I'll let you know once I bake them.

Hmph!




I remember now why.I.hate.baking.

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SQUEAL!

I am so excited about this arriving today!!!  I actually squealed.  I did.  It was a little embarrassing. 

Seriously, if you like cook books, (to say that I like them is a small understatement as I have shelves and shelves of them), go buy this cookbook NOW!  It is gorgeous and the recipes are amazing! 

The Pioneer Woman Cooks
Go.

Now.

You won't regret it.



Oh and FYI: Amazon.com is seriously the cheapest way to buy new books. I have not yet found anything that beats it. And just to give you an idea how awesome it is, I ordered these on Monday, chose free shipping (which they say is 4-5 days), got a shipping confirmation on Tuesday then received them today (Wednesday). OMGosh Becki! I am sooooo cooking something from this beauty today!

Darin is really going to wish he wasn't on a diet right now!

~*poof*~

Amazingness - the Fruitloopgirl Challenge

Completely and totally inspired by this lady:  The Pioneer Woman
If you have never heard of her, or checked out her website, go... now...  or maybe after you read my post.  =)   And especially: The Tasy Kitchen  which is the Pioneer Woman's amazing cooking/food/recipe site.  She is pretty amazing and has inspired me to tap into myself and find a little bit of my own amazingness.  I know it's in there somewhere!

So after spending a little time perusing those sites I feel challenged.  And here I go:

I have all these things that I love to do.  But they all compete with my time and generally I push them aside.  So each week, I will set aside time for at least two of following then post on either this blog or my crafting/hobbies blog, Brain Noodles, as appropriate.

• Crocheting
• Cooking something completely new
• photography (I don't claim to be a photographer, but I love to play with my camera!)
• writing
• paper crafts
• sewing (once I get my sewing machine repaired) 

Ideally, I would love to do one each day, but I have to be realistic and not set myself up to fail.   For those who know me well, I am open to ideas, and having you check up on me!  Seriously, email me, Facebook me, comment here, or phone me and ask me what I am working on next. 

I also challenge you all to make time to do the things you enjoy and then share your amazingness with us.  Please leave me a comment and let me know if you are interested in taking up a challenge of your own.  I will support you in any way I can!


~*~ poof ~*~