Old Man's War by John Scalzi

So I have been watching Sword & Laser on youtube.com lately. (You should go check it out!)
 So I have finally decided to read the book for January 2013 with them and keep a diary!


January's book: Old Man's War by John Scalzi

Day 1 - read up to page 63 (paperback)

I have no idea what to expect next. I am really curious about how these old men & women are going to be fighting a war. I found it sad they would never see their families again. I couldn't do it. Before I read that Leon died in his bunk, I thought he was going to be one of those pain in the ass characters who seems to be getting in John's way.

New Recipe!

I created a new dip!

Ingredients:

2 8oz packages Cream Cheese

1 4oz bar of White Chocolate (I used Ghirardelli)

8oz Cranberries

Directions:

Melt the bar of white chocolate, after melted mix it into the cream cheese.

Fold in cranberries.

Enjoy!!!!!

Suggestions: 

Serve with crackers, pretzels, or what ever you want! :D

Use craisins (dried cranberries) instead of fresh cranberries.

Add in some powdered sugar to make it sweeter.

It was tart, which I liked so its a personal preference.

Football Thursday, Friday, Saturday....

I love football!

 I really do, but sometimes I have to do something while I watch a game. 

So today I figured I have all these frames, and things I want to do with them so why not?

I gathered all my stuff and hauled it upstairs

(so I could keep an eye on the dogs).

I picked up some card stock while I was at Walmart earlier today. 

I have all these Subway art for different holidays

 bookmarked on my computer.

So I got to working in Picasa to print them out. 

I didn't recreate them as my own & will include links to where I got them for you! :D

Picture Frames: 

The Ornate Black 2x3 & White 5x7ones I got at Hobby Lobby 50% off! Major Deal!!

I <3 Deals!!

Ok. Here is what I did: 

I downloaded the printable of "baby you're a firework" (The Letter 4)

I used Picasa to print it off. 

I wanted it to be 2x3 to fit in a frame. 

I also printed off multiple copies on the same page (just in case)

(I tried for 9 but I had the printer configured wrong, so I only got 6)

I used the Fiskars paper cutter.

To cut it down from 8.5x11 to 2x3

The final product!!!

Here is another one I did!

You can find it at Deviant Art

Here they are together!

Here is one I did for New Years!'

You can find it at  Custom Printables

I have more that I did,

but I think that is enough for now! :)


Do you need to do something while watching football? What do you do?

Blinging Out a Mirror!

I have this full length mirror that I've had forever! It been kinda dingy and I didn't want to buy a new since it still works! So while on Pinterest I've seen where people have embellished mirrors, frames, or whatever.
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So yesterday I went to Wal-Mart (cause its the only store my town has!), and got 

an new hot glue gun, and floral gems. I used the Sapphire mix. 

Which has a smoky gray, dark blue, and vibrant teal. I had also picked up a Mini Silver package too.

I used the Mini silver to do the corners, and the rest was the Sapphire mix.

So this was work in progress! 

This is the finished product!! I'm so excited! I just hope it stays up!!

Couple of notes: 

Hot Glue Guns are HOT! 

Please be careful! 

I burnt 2 fingers doing this pretty badly!

~Stephanie

Friday Finds!

Here are some of the Pins I've pinned through out the week!


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Onsie!

Here is a picture of my cousin's new baby girl! They even put her in the onsie I made for them!!

(I've decided to start blocking any child's face)

She was 2 days old!!

Hi! Its an Update!!!

Ok so I forgot about posting on the blog! So to catch up:

1. Three new babies! Two are cousins & one is a neighbor! They all loved their onsies!

2. O is back home from Iraq, L was a little leery the first day, but warmed up to him right away!

3. Thanksgiving came & I made the whole dinner (except my mom did make the sweet potatoes)

4. I went home for a week & got to hold a brand new baby!!

5. I think I realized that I'm an adult and I don't really like it while I was home. It was actually a painful realization and personal.

So some things I've found on pinterest lately that I love:

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And I will leave you with some humor:

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