trouble anyone?

I am having some issues with the ol' blogster...I can comment on some and not others.
I have given my awards and cannot even pass it on to the winners!
Just wondered if it was me or......gremlins in blog land~

Awards!

THE RULES!




1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.


2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.


3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.


4. Have faith that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers.


5. And most of all - have fun!


Thank You to Dawson Cattle Company for this award!  Stop by and visit her...she and her family are so sweet to read about.

My top 5 picks (in random order)


Elephant Juice
Check out this blog, Laura is soooo creative on many levels.  She is an awesome photographer, momma & wife.  I love seeing her work~best thing...she is from my town!

Flower Mama
This gal is a sweetie!  She has 2 beautiful babes, a hard working husband, she loves Jesus and can make you laugh out LOUD!  We met thru our blogs and I have had the privilege of meeting her in person.  We try to meet up when we can when I make a trip to the BIG city!

Crystal Cattle
A Kansas State Grad, Beef promoter, photographer and neat gal.  Check out her blog as she always has great information to share...the latest in politics in agriculture to the coolest accesories in turquoise!

Mountain Mama
This gal is a jewel, I'm certain of it.  She and her sweet family have lived in the mountains and recently moved back to the midwest.  Check out her blog and see how BIG her heart is for God.  I really hope to meet her someday...in person!

Everyday Blessings
Stop by Amy's blog.  She always has the best scriptures posted and wonderful words of wisdom.  She and her husband are in the early stages of empty nest syndrome.  Stop by and tell her hello...you will be glad you did!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

Okay.

The winner of the cookbook does not get a chicken dinner

Unless they want to make one. 

I think you could with the new cookbook

I am soooooo excited to announce the winner.

She has entered in my give-a-ways before

She has never won

I am always sad that everyone can't win

I decided to google Random Number Generator to choose the winner

I really wanted to make up a little rhyme or poem to announce the winner

But.  My brain is not rhyming.  I think its frying. HA HA

Ok, not so funny 'eh?

Drum Roll please.......................................
(random information, I was a drummer in high school)

JENNIFER T.

What's cool about that is...she lives in my town. 

I see her every now and again.  We like to scrapbook. 

She does cute stuff.  She also has 2 boys. 

YAY Jennifer!!  I'll be in touch and get your cookbook to you!

Thanks everyone for the food ideas and for stopping by.

Bedroom Re-do

We have been in our home now for 7months.

The first painting and fixing up was done in the

boys' bedrooms.  They both got paint and new bedding.

Their rooms look great.  Except for the celery green shag

carpet.  But hopefully in the next year we can carpet the whole

house.  Then we did the bathroom conversion into a master bath

with a tile shower.  WE LOVE IT.  It's wonderful.

We ended up with the smallest of the 3 bedrooms so we could have the

"master bath".  When we moved in we just kind of "stuck" our

furniture in and called it good.

We decided to tackle the painting and re-arranging on New Year's Eve.

Did I mention that EVERY wall in this house is/was glossy STARK white?

Well, except for the walls with DARK paneling on them.

Ahem.

Anywhoo.

You can see the difference the paint makes.

It was hard to believe that New Year's Eve it

was warm enough to open windows while we painted!

Helped the drying process a lot.

JB is the trimmer/I am the roller. 

He is much neater with the paintbrush,

I'm a roll and slop kind of gal!  lol

This is the kind of, sort of, finished project. 

The bed is not centered in front of the window.  I have decided

I'm starting a new trend.  The off-centered look.

If we center the bed...I have ZERO room to get out! 

The hideous light above our bed will be gone and a ceiling fan installed

the green carpet will go away...eventually.  I haven't hung anything on the walls yet. 

Will do that soon.  Despite of all that.  I am so happy with the outcome.

My new comforter(out of the clearance bin) is great.

Another checkmark off my list of things to do!

New Year. Giveaway. Re-gift.

It's a new year and what's a new year without a give-a-way?
Have you ever had a give-a-way?
Have you ever given away a gift you received?
Have you ever re-gifted on your give-a-way?



I have not.



But I'm about to change all of that.  I'm not opposed to it, ya know, as long as its NOT USED!

I received many wonderful things for Christmas gifts.  One in particular could not be returned and I already have one.



No it's not going to be used.



It's nothing weird.  I promise.


It's a.........................................







PW COOKBOOK
(the first one)





Surprise!  I already own this cookbook so I have no need for 2 of them...I thought the best way to decide where it should go would be a give-a-way!  (btw, I have approval of the gift giver to re-gift this.  I also am not opposed to re-gifting.  That said, try not to REGIFT the gift to the giver) {smile}



Let me know what new recipe you want to try next and you are entered!  I need some new supper ideas for the new year.  I will pick a winner Thursday evening and announce a winner on Friday.   If you are NOT a follower, please join CowPies & MudPies for 2012! 

buStEd

"What is busted?", you say.

Well, let me say it has something to do with

my brand new(2 months old)

shower door.

We have been enjoying our new master bath

since it was finished around the first of October

It's wonderful.

There was one little thing that was a problem, one of the shower doors needed adjusted

The floor/rug was always a little damp.  The shower door just needed to be adjusted down a bit.

So, my hubby takes it out/off the track to adjust it

I am in the kitchen, cooking supper.

I am pretty far from the bathroom.

The boys are in the basement.

All the sudden I hear a "crash"

Like someone had shot out a window in the house.

JB is hollering.

The boys run upstairs to ask what happened.

I find him standing in the bathroom in a sea of glass.

His hands are cut up and his shirt is covered in glass too.

I am so shocked, I'm nearly speechless.  If you know me,

I'm rarely speechless{grin}

Let's just say that it was a dee-zas-ter.

He was standing there holding the door, getting ready to put it

back on the track when it just E*X*P*L*O*D*E*D in his hands.

Another fine picture of the problem.  Only sideways.  I am tired and frustrated with

trying to get my pics to stay turned the right direction.  When I download them and fix them in picasa

they NEVER stay when I download them to blogger. {boo-hiss on that}

I spent over an hour just scooping up broken glass.  I had 2 paper bags nearly half full of it.

I had to throw away my brand new {on sale} shower rug that I really liked.

Once I got it scooped up...I started in with the sweeper.  I do like my Rainbow sweeper.

I swept, swept again, and then swept some more.

Then I did it all again.  I was a little nervous to even stand in the shower again. 

Oh yeah, and the grout cracked all along the base of the shower. 

My new door should be in by Jan 4th, yes I'm talking 3 weeks without the door.  Not what

I was thinking, but...

It's Christmas Eve!

Wishing you and your families a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!  May your travels be safe, your fellowship be full of joy and peace.  Have a wonderful time friends!


Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.  Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.  Know that the Lord is God.  It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.  Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.  For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Psalm 100(NIV)