Tony has requested some chocolate
covered pretzel sticks after seeing some
of the snowman ones I did.
I've made them before as gifts with
sprinkles, crushed cookies, nuts, crushed peppermints,
crushed cereal, etc.
12 ounces chocolate bark or chocolate chips
2 Tablespoons shortening
Melt in a pot over low heat and dip or
spoon over desired food.
You could also cut the pretzel rods in
half and make smaller ones.
Give them as gifts. Put into clear party sized
bags from Dollar Tree with some curling ribbon
or
how about a candy jar full of them to give as a gift.
Just ideas not my own pics.
from taste of home
.
At the moment the pretzel rods are about
$1.67 at Kroger and the baker's chocolate
bark is $2.50 for white or chocolate which
comes in about 8 blocks of chocolate.
The problem I had been having with making them
is finding a way to stand them when drying.
I might search around for some thick styrofoam
and poke holes in the bottom to stand them in
while drying in the fridge.
--------------------------------------------------------------
8:25am
Well me and mom did our good deed this morning.
The bus arrived 5 minutes early causing one of
the neighbor kids to miss the bus.
We asked his grandma if
she would like us to take him to school since
we were already in the car, so we did.
----------------------------------------------------------
.
.
Meijers just posted their ad for a sneak
peek into next weeks sales.
I wanted to tell ya about them having
a Bachmann Pacific Flyer/ Thoroughbred Train set
for $40.00.
(plus I get another 10% discount because my oldest son works there! So $36.00 for me, yeah!)
This is an HO scale.
Includes: Diesel engine, 2 freight cars and caboose, 47" x 38" oval of snap-fit E-Z Track® with 12 pieces of curved track, 1 piece straight track, and 1 straight plug-in terminal rerailer, power pack and speed controller, plus illustrated instruction manual.
I have a child that LOVES trains.
So while I am not an expert with model railroads,
I do have more knowledge than your average Joe,
I do know they can be quite expensive.
I think we've been to every train show,
museum and train rides there are in central Ohio
to Hocking Hills!
A decent battery operated train set can run about $20 to $30
so this electric powered set is a very good deal!
Bachmann is a dependable name when it comes
to model railroading!
I priced them elsewhere online and saw them
going for $60 to $90.
Once I get the basement finished and set up
as a rec/family room, we plan on setting up
a train table for Christopher.
Actual train pieces and parts for buildings
and scenery can be very expensive.
One year my friend Kendra gave us TONS
of Christmas village buildings and accessories.
While I don't have enough room to display them all
at Christmas time, I saved them all for use on
the train track display we will build.
So if your son is into trains like mine is
start looking for those Christmas villages & accessories
to be marked down after Christmas and give
them another use other than for Christmas.
It can be much cheaper than shopping
at an actual train or hobby store!!
-----------------------------------------------------
11:45am
.
Just got done making
a total of 18 chocolate covered
snowman pretzels.
They still need their fruit roll up scarves.
I think I'm gonna reconsider making 50+
of these for the kids school since
they are time consuming.
These will go in family, friend's & neighbor's
goody bags.
--------------------------------------------
12:00pm
.1st 5,000 Get Free Tide Stain Release Pre-Treat Spray (NOON EASTERN) » Deal Wise Mommy www.dealwisemommy.net
Sorry these are gone!
I just barely got mine, whew!
Went to sign up for one for mom
and that quick it said all 5,000 were gone.
---------------------------------------------------
I had gone to Speedway this morning
and got my step-dad a newspaper.
While standing in line I noticed the paper
was $2.00. I thought geesh the newspaper
went up! Then I checked the date and it
was last Sunday's newspaper from 5 days ago!
There was still a stack of them leftover for sale.
Needless to say I switched it for today's paper.
I can't figure out why they still have
the Sunday paper out for people to buy.
--------------------------------------------------
This weekend we'll be putting up outdoor Christmas lights.
We're a little behind with getting that done.
Got all the Christmas lights and yard ornaments out
and ready to go.
Do you think the extension cords were with them all
or can be found? Heck no.
Now I have to go out and buy outdoor extension cords, grrr.
Where can I go to buy a couple cheap ones???
----------------------------------------
5:45pm
Got supper done with
the black & bleu burgers,
sooo good, served with onions,
cheese slice, horseradish, pickles, mayo & ketchup.
and a side of steak fries.
While cooking supper I got my two carts
set up and ready for baking. I am so loving
this idea! It frees up my counters.
It's like a rolling baking pantry on wheels.
I'm gonna use the top & bottom racks
as cooling racks for my cookies,
that's why I didn't put anything on them.
And I told the kids, if it's on the cart
don't touch or eat it!!
.
.
.
Here's what all is on my carts:
cookie mixes, coconut, caramels, chocolate chips,
candies, sprinkles, spices, extracts, nuts, marshmallows,
baking cups, cereal, bark chocolate,
brown paper lunch bags & ribbon.
----------------------------------------
Why is it when you seem to hit 40
that the things you usually do, now hurt more to do
or if you get a simple injury it is more severe than before.
Today I ran my knee into the door jamb of mom's
truck this morning when getting in.
I'm used to bangs and bumps, getting a bruise
and healing. Not this time. My upper knee cap
hurts allot to the touch. I can't win. Guess with
getting older you have to be more careful with what
you do.
I ain't saying nothing to doc about it Tuesday when I visit him.
He'd be sending me out again for more xrays.
And after this visit I don't want any more visits
for awhile.
Today I had one doctor bill come.
It was for my foot xray. Would have cost $261 but
with insurance I pay $24.00.
I still have another xray I got for my chest
to check for pneumonia, which I still don't
know the results of 2 weeks later.
Then all the other hospital bills I haven't gotten yet. So it's only getting started.
I am hoping that between this week and next to get
my prize money from Downy. That would be nice
right about now.
When younger I would stub my toe so many times
I lost count, step on nails, and pull other foreign objects
from my feet and have no problem from running around barefoot.
Hit 40 and drop an empty bucket on your foot and get a little
cut and risk the chance of having your toe cut off.
Getting old sucks!!
covered pretzel sticks after seeing some
of the snowman ones I did.
I've made them before as gifts with
sprinkles, crushed cookies, nuts, crushed peppermints,
crushed cereal, etc.
12 ounces chocolate bark or chocolate chips
2 Tablespoons shortening
Melt in a pot over low heat and dip or
spoon over desired food.
You could also cut the pretzel rods in
half and make smaller ones.
Give them as gifts. Put into clear party sized
bags from Dollar Tree with some curling ribbon
or
how about a candy jar full of them to give as a gift.
Just ideas not my own pics.
from taste of home
At the moment the pretzel rods are about
$1.67 at Kroger and the baker's chocolate
bark is $2.50 for white or chocolate which
comes in about 8 blocks of chocolate.
The problem I had been having with making them
is finding a way to stand them when drying.
I might search around for some thick styrofoam
and poke holes in the bottom to stand them in
while drying in the fridge.
--------------------------------------------------------------
8:25am
Well me and mom did our good deed this morning.
The bus arrived 5 minutes early causing one of
the neighbor kids to miss the bus.
We asked his grandma if
she would like us to take him to school since
we were already in the car, so we did.
----------------------------------------------------------
.
.Meijers just posted their ad for a sneak
peek into next weeks sales.
I wanted to tell ya about them having
a Bachmann Pacific Flyer/ Thoroughbred Train set
for $40.00.
(plus I get another 10% discount because my oldest son works there! So $36.00 for me, yeah!)
This is an HO scale.
Includes: Diesel engine, 2 freight cars and caboose, 47" x 38" oval of snap-fit E-Z Track® with 12 pieces of curved track, 1 piece straight track, and 1 straight plug-in terminal rerailer, power pack and speed controller, plus illustrated instruction manual.
I have a child that LOVES trains.
So while I am not an expert with model railroads,
I do have more knowledge than your average Joe,
I do know they can be quite expensive.
I think we've been to every train show,
museum and train rides there are in central Ohio
to Hocking Hills!
A decent battery operated train set can run about $20 to $30
so this electric powered set is a very good deal!
Bachmann is a dependable name when it comes
to model railroading!
I priced them elsewhere online and saw them
going for $60 to $90.
Once I get the basement finished and set up
as a rec/family room, we plan on setting up
a train table for Christopher.
Actual train pieces and parts for buildings
and scenery can be very expensive.
One year my friend Kendra gave us TONS
of Christmas village buildings and accessories.
While I don't have enough room to display them all
at Christmas time, I saved them all for use on
the train track display we will build.
So if your son is into trains like mine is
start looking for those Christmas villages & accessories
to be marked down after Christmas and give
them another use other than for Christmas.
It can be much cheaper than shopping
at an actual train or hobby store!!
-----------------------------------------------------
11:45am
.Just got done making
a total of 18 chocolate covered
snowman pretzels.
They still need their fruit roll up scarves.
I think I'm gonna reconsider making 50+
of these for the kids school since
they are time consuming.
These will go in family, friend's & neighbor's
goody bags.
--------------------------------------------
12:00pm
.1st 5,000 Get Free Tide Stain Release Pre-Treat Spray (NOON EASTERN) » Deal Wise Mommy www.dealwisemommy.net
The Tide giveaway start today at noon EST. They will be giving away 5,000 Tide Stain Release Pre-treat Sprays!
Sorry these are gone!
I just barely got mine, whew!
Went to sign up for one for mom
and that quick it said all 5,000 were gone.
---------------------------------------------------
I had gone to Speedway this morning
and got my step-dad a newspaper.
While standing in line I noticed the paper
was $2.00. I thought geesh the newspaper
went up! Then I checked the date and it
was last Sunday's newspaper from 5 days ago!
There was still a stack of them leftover for sale.
Needless to say I switched it for today's paper.
I can't figure out why they still have
the Sunday paper out for people to buy.
--------------------------------------------------
This weekend we'll be putting up outdoor Christmas lights.
We're a little behind with getting that done.
Got all the Christmas lights and yard ornaments out
and ready to go.
Do you think the extension cords were with them all
or can be found? Heck no.
Now I have to go out and buy outdoor extension cords, grrr.
Where can I go to buy a couple cheap ones???
----------------------------------------
5:45pm
Got supper done with
the black & bleu burgers,
sooo good, served with onions,
cheese slice, horseradish, pickles, mayo & ketchup.
and a side of steak fries.
While cooking supper I got my two carts
set up and ready for baking. I am so loving
this idea! It frees up my counters.
It's like a rolling baking pantry on wheels.
I'm gonna use the top & bottom racks
as cooling racks for my cookies,
that's why I didn't put anything on them.
And I told the kids, if it's on the cart
don't touch or eat it!!
.
.
.
Here's what all is on my carts:cookie mixes, coconut, caramels, chocolate chips,
candies, sprinkles, spices, extracts, nuts, marshmallows,
baking cups, cereal, bark chocolate,
brown paper lunch bags & ribbon.
----------------------------------------
Why is it when you seem to hit 40
that the things you usually do, now hurt more to do
or if you get a simple injury it is more severe than before.
Today I ran my knee into the door jamb of mom's
truck this morning when getting in.
I'm used to bangs and bumps, getting a bruise
and healing. Not this time. My upper knee cap
hurts allot to the touch. I can't win. Guess with
getting older you have to be more careful with what
you do.
I ain't saying nothing to doc about it Tuesday when I visit him.
He'd be sending me out again for more xrays.
And after this visit I don't want any more visits
for awhile.
Today I had one doctor bill come.
It was for my foot xray. Would have cost $261 but
with insurance I pay $24.00.
I still have another xray I got for my chest
to check for pneumonia, which I still don't
know the results of 2 weeks later.
Then all the other hospital bills I haven't gotten yet. So it's only getting started.
I am hoping that between this week and next to get
my prize money from Downy. That would be nice
right about now.
When younger I would stub my toe so many times
I lost count, step on nails, and pull other foreign objects
from my feet and have no problem from running around barefoot.
Hit 40 and drop an empty bucket on your foot and get a little
cut and risk the chance of having your toe cut off.
Getting old sucks!!
