Happy Halloween

I thought for today I'd show you each child in their costume. So here is the first one, this is Little A in his Knight outfit. Something tells me the hat, isn't staying on. I'd love to see your children's costumes? Share your link in the comments. (only those doing halloween costumes please)Sorry it is sideways, I can't flip it.For this next one, it's BabyGirl in her Tinkerbell and yes I realize

Bloggy Giveaway: Lands' End Sherpa fleece

I've got another bloggy giveaway for ya'll that I hope you will love. The winner will get her pick between the Women's Half-Zip Pullover or the Women's Sherpa Fleece.Info on the beautiful Sherpa Fleece and half-zip up sherpa fleece, which comes in a variety of colors:- Sherpa Fleece: our thickest, coziest fleece. Our thickest fleece- Feminine fit- Cotton/jersey lined for comfort- Half-zip style

Sorry for the Talking Guy

To my dear readers:Very sorry about the invisible talking guy, I am looking into it but have no clue where he is. Any help would be great. I'm sure I'm not the only one that's had this happen to now, or at least hope not.

Bloggy Giveaways: Baskets of Indulgence

For my next Bloggy Givaway you are just going to want to indulge in it. Everyone likes a healthy snack, even if you have to indulge a bit. But what's a woman's favorite thing to indulge in? Chocolates and a spa treatment of course, now not every woman can afford the luxuries of a real spa, however with this special giveaway she can treat herself nice right at home. Not to mention it is free to

Bloggy Giveaway: Lands' End Lunchbox

We got to review the cutest little lunchbox recently from Lands' End, BabyGirl loved it so much she has had her lunch in it every day...unless of course I make her clam chowder. Days she is without it it is nearby where she can see it. I thought this would be the perfect item for another bloggy giveaway, don't forget to check out the others.One lucky winner will get a Lands' End lunch box, there

Bloggy Giveaway: Savoring Moments

Bloggy Giveaways is at it again and you'll find a ton of them around the net this week. I decided to go ahead and do a few for ya'll this week. Here is the first one, which is great for those Wine Lovers out there.Have ya ever heard of Pillsbury Savorings Flaky Pastry Bites? Oh these are mouth-watering yummy. I tried the cheese and spinach which tastes great, kids didn't like the idea of the

Wordless Wednesday

Little A speaking on the phone. He's actually using my lap top desk and he's got his notebook and pen right beside him. You telling me he isn't ready to take on the world? Happy WW ya'll!

~* My Bench--Yes It's Black...lol *~

Thank you all so much for your kind comments on my last post regarding my black picture frame and the black shelf. I'm really loving how they all turned out.

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For weeks now I have contemplated painting the bench on our porch, which was made by my dh back in high school (25 years ago!!!). I received a pleasant surprise when my dd and I returned home last night. I saw that the bench had been moved from the porch, but I didn't know what happened to it. Turns out that dh decided to paint it for me! That really touched my heart that he would do that...I guess he's not that tired of black....Yet!

Thanks for stopping by dear friends!

ATTENTION: Strawberry Quick is NOT Candy

With Halloween so close I wanted to warn all parents that there is something going around that you should be on the look out for. It is called "Strawberry Quick" and NO it is NOT candy. I can't stress this enough,but am worried that once your children go back to school friends may have this, it is a drug.This drug does look like the candy candy known as Rock Candy and it is colored. This is a

Kids say, "Mom's Insane!"

The kids and I were talking about the upcoming Halloween and I told them I needed some ideas for this year's Halloween Menu. In the past we've always made a list (menu) of Halloween food ideas and that is what I made.You know stuff like this:Eyeball soupbrains and puss (for breakfast)blood and wormsmaggotsturds in kitty litterNow doesn't that sound yummy? They (girls) just freaked out and said, "

~* More Black...Again!*~

Good Saturday Morning blogging friends! I took pictures of my latest black painting projects and decided to show them to you today...I thank you for putting up with me and my latest love of black paint.

I am amazed how much the shelf shows up on the wall now...I love it, though I'm not 100% sure about what I have on the shelf...we'll see what happens there.

I'm also really pleased how the picture turned out...I think it makes the fern really stand out now!

I'm going to be doing some reorganizing in my bathroom closet. I found the organizing tray at Burlington Coat Factory...I bought two of them for right now, but I believe I may get more...they are really nice and the price is right, too, at $5.99.

Thanks for stopping by...have a wonderful weekend!

~* A Litte Bit of This and That *~

Good morning, dear blogging friends! I'm glad some of you let me know that you signed up for the Gooseberry Patch cookbooklets! I'm excited...how about you? I also appreciate your kind comments on my living room tour. I still have several more pictures of the living room to post. They are pictures of horses and horse figurines. I'll probably post them at the beginning of next week.
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I updated my other blog, "Home Is Where The Heart Is...2". I hope you'll stop over to read what I have to say and to look at my pictures.

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I'm working on painting a couple of more things in my home black.

After I painted the BATH letters black, it seemed as though the picture above, which I got at Goodwill for .99 cents blended into the wall, so I'm painting it black.

I decided to paint this shelf black, too.

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Well, that's all for now...I'm off to bake some Coffee Bars that my friend, Lesa, posted about on her blog...YUMMY!

I'm Not a Witch, Just Weird

You Are 35% WitchIt's unlikely that you're a witch. At least, no one thinks you are.You may still be interested in witchcraft, but you're by no means a stereotypical witch.While you don't seem all that witchy, people may think you're a bit weird.You're definitely a little offbeat. No one really knows what to make of you sometimes.Are You a Witch?

Wordless Wednesday

We went to the Oktoberfest in our little town and the girls both got to ride the horses. This is BalletGirl (age 8) and behind her is BabyGirl (age5) walking beside her is daddy. Happy WW ya'll!Visit more at WW and 5minutesformom.

Tuesday Giveaways

Okay this should be a pretty nice size list for ya'll and hopefully next week I'll have a few myself for you to enter. Remember if I somehow missed you just comment so others will see or email me personally at homemom3@gmail.comMom Advice is giving away a Build-A-Bear Workshop Game for Nintendo Wii but you have to tell her one reason you want this game and/or what your favorite Wii game is. You

Share Your Turkey Story

MomCentral let me know about a little competition Electrolux is doing with Kelly Ripa. Ya know the really funny chic that sits besides Live with Regis (and Kelly) in the early morning hours? Well she's cooking up turkes now and wants to know your stories. For those that don't know Electrolux will be donating $20 to Ovaraian Cancer Research Fund for every Turquoise washer and dryer they sell. Wow.

Las Vegas Boy Found

Cole Mason Puffinburger was kidnapped from his home on October 5th, his mom and her boyfriend tied together and a nation-wide hunt began for him. The good news is he was found late last night, Saturday, October 18th in Las Vegas. Someone saw the little boy walking the streets NE of the Las Vegas Strip. My guess is his kidnappers released him and figured he'd either find his way home or he

~* Free Gooseberry Patch Books *~

I was surfing the web and found out that you can receive these books free! Last year I got the Family Favorites Recipes and now they are offering Fall Favorites. Click Here to sign up for your free books. On the form you have the option of getting both books or just one.

If it's free it's for me!

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Have a great weekend, dear friends.

Amber Alert: Las Vegas Boy

There's been very little update on the 6-year-old boy named Cole Puffinburger since it was announced that he'd been taken from his home yesterday morning. Police are getting tons of calls but nothing has panned out.Here is what is coming out:Relative of Boy Kidnapped by Police Impostors Reportedly Ran Drug CartelPolice seek 'person of interest' in kidnappingAs you can see by the titles they do

Amber Alert: Las Vegas 6-year-old boy

A Las Vegas, 6-year-old little boy was grabbed this morning when his home was broke into by two hispanic men said they were police. These two "police" tied up the boys mother and her boyfriend and then kidnapped the boy and left. Cole Puffinburger (age 6)3 feet, 11 inches tallweighing 48 poundsblond hairblue eyes.He was wearing a black shirt, a black zip-up jacket, blue jeans and white shoes. If

~* The Living Room Tour - Part 2 *~

I decided to give you an up close and personal look at some of the items in our living room. All I can say is thank goodness for high speed internet or it would have taken days to upload these pictures. I hope you all enjoy the second part of the tour.

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This coffee table was made by my dear husband when we were first married. Our dd loved walking around this coffee table when she was a baby. There are alot of marks on it from her, but I don't mind because she antiqued it!

This old suitecase belong to my dear dad. I have old photo albums stored in it.
I bought this house new at one of the little shops in Ligonier. The "Be Thankful" figurine is from my friend, Trish.
This is a picture of my dear husband and his three older brothers...it's one of my favorites...my dh is the littlest cowboy. I got this picture frame at the thrift store.

I bought these HOME tealights at Big Lots...they were very cheap!

Old bottles from my dear dad line my window sills.

I picked up this basket at our church's annual bazarr. I have my Country Living magazines and some of my Country Sampler magazines in it.

An old picture of my great grandma in front of her log house and a fall birdnest from another favorite store called "Collections by Marty".

A clock, old glasses, old books, and a pocket watch from my grandpap.

Candle holder from the thrift store...I paid $2.00 for it. I have two of them on my wall.

A not so old lamp with some old spurs.

Wooden candle holders from the thrift store. I paid 25 cents a piece for them. I was thinking about painting them black!

A wooden plate from another favorite store called the WOW Outlet. They have great items at great prices. An angel tea light from my dear friend, June, who is like a second mother.

Thanks for stopping by for the tour.

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Sarah wanted to know if I have a western theme in the living room. There are quite a few items that are "horse themed" in the room (I seriously could do another post on those items), several paintings and a number of horse figures from Montana Silversmith...my dh is a cowboy at heart!

Wordless Wednesday: Hiding in Trees

Believe it or not there is a squirrel in that tree, you can barely see him due to the shining light. But we had to do it quickly. Happy WW!Visit the others that are participating at the HUB and 5Minutesformom.

~* The Living Room *~

It's been awhile since I've done an actual house tour so I thought I'd start this again. Here are pictures of our living room. We do not have a TV in this room so this is a nice quiet place to relax. I love to look at my decorating magazines while sipping a nice cup of hot tea.

Thanks for visiting me and for your comments on my last post...have a wonderful day!

Tuesday Giveaways

Babylune has a few giveaways going on and this first one ends tonight. It's a Surprise Giveaway, I can't tell ya what it is but I can say you'll love it if you are a brand new mom or a mom of a little baby. This one you must tell me which halloween costume is your favorite and here you'll tell me if your baby was the opposite sex what would you have named him/her?Win one of two Halloween Goodie

~* New Goodies *~

Good Monday morning...I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Mine was pretty good. Friday I went to our town's Fort Ligonier Days. There was plenty of food, crafts and people. There were a lot of neat craft items, but nothing that really caught my eye. I was, however, on the lookout for a night light for in my kitchen...lo and behold I found the perfect one...it's black and it's punched tin.

Saturday and Sunday was spent with the family...we went out to eat Saturday evening. Sunday we went to church and after church we went for a nice drive to see all of the beautiful trees in their glory...I did not have my camera (kicking myself).

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Several weeks ago I went thrifting and I found this little urn. For it being so small it is really heavy! I'm not sure what it is made out of. I was thinking about painting it black, but I don't think it looks that bad the color it is...what do you think?

As always, I appreciate your visits and comments...Have a wonderful day in the Lord!

Fun with the Family

What have we been doing lately you ask? Simple is hanging out, it doesn't matter if it is at home, playing video games, board games or kicking the ball out front. We've been having time together and it's been a lot of fun. When we aren't home we stop at the park and just let the kids have at it. I even caught Daddy playing kickball with SoccerBoy last weekend, that is until we all joined in and

Lifestyles Giveaways

Don't forget that I have a blog giveaway every day over at www.babylune.com as well as many other bloggers there. Check out my Suri throws a fit, Things Kids say and other posts to see what it looks like. There are a ton of prizes to be given away and only one week left. I have 5 from this week and 5 more next week. Hurry and sign up.

Spot Shot Blog Tour

Imagine getting a kit to pour chocolate syrup all over your lovely carpet. Would you? While many of us would freak and scream oh no, I took the test. Unfortuntely my camera is NOT working with this loaner computer. I had really hoped it would. I did do the test and it worked. What worked I can imagine some of you stating.MomCentral gave me the chance to try out the new Spot Shot. The company sent

~* Awards *~

I am so over-whelmed that I was given these awards and I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Teresa of Diddle Daddle Designs gave me the Kreativ Blogger Award.

and Kim from We Speak of Him gave me the I Love Your Blog award and the Super Commenter Award. You ladies are so sweet!

Again, I can't thank you enough for this honor.

~*More Black Projects*~

Thank you for your sweet comments about my last post. I'm having so much fun painting things black...I hope you all don't tire of seeing my black projects because I have a few more. I'm not really sure what this wooden thing is, but I've been using it as a disguise on my washer to hide the ugly hoses. Of course, I do have to look at the hoses when I'm washing clothes, but at least they can be hidden should we have guests that need to use the powder rom.

I put this basket of pipberries there, too.
Here is a picture of the cupboard in my powderroom. As you can see, the black tiles I recently painted are on the middle shelf. Now that I'm looking at this picture the basket in the lower right corner looks a little out of place...or is it just me??? Do you think I should paint it black, too?

I purchased black plate holders at Wal-mart to lift them up a bit. I didn't like the look of how all three black items on the shelf were the same level...it needed some height variation and the plate holders solved that problem.On the top shelf is a sign that says "HOME". I made this myself. The frame was from a yard sale. It cost me .25 cents. The frame was light green and I painted it black. I used scrapbooking materials, but I'm not sure I'm satisfied with the look of it...I mean it's okay, but I think it needs some embellishment.

This frame was a thrift store find. It was gold, and then I had painted it white, which didn't work for me so I painted it black and added the scrapbooking materials. It did have a small picture of a bird in it, but I wanted something different.

Thank you for stopping by to look at my latest projects...have a blessed day, my friends!

October Giveaways (Tuesday)

An Ordinary Life is giving away the most precious Rose Petal Cottage and I just had to post about it here. Hey, if my daughters knew I had a chance to win this and didn't try they'd hang their head in shame. She's also giving away a $50 gift card to Bruno Jamais Restaurant Club in New York and three of those products from Sothys she lists in this post. American Cheerleader is giving away 5 Edward

Save-A-Lot Winners

Kellyi usually spend about $150 a week on groceries. i get two newspapers to clip coupons from and i shop all the sales. sometimes i even hop from grocery store to grocery store to get the best deals.btw, i featured your giveaway on The Post Parent. here's the link.http://theposhparent.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2186509%3ABlogPost%3A3252LidarksideI only shop items when they are on sale, and

~*Another Project Using Black Paint*~

Hello blogging friends...hope you all are doing well today! I've been busy looking for things to paint black and this is one of my recent projects. I found these metal tiles at Wal-mart in the clearance section last year. Again, I never did anything with them. Was thinking that they be great with old pictures mounted on them and that is just what I did. I figured that painting them black would work better with my decor so I slapped on a coat of paint (I found two tiles).

They're nice in white, but much better in black!

I scanned two old pictures of my dh and his brothers and mounted them on scrapbooking paper. Next I mounted them on the tiles. I'm really happy with the results. Sorry that the pictures are a little dark...I was trying to get a closeup.

This last picture shows them on a shelf in a cupboard that is in our powderroom.

Thanks for stopping by...I love the company. And, if you want to see the bench I'm thinking of painting, then go to my other blog to see the picture I posted. Have a great weekend!

Dial Complete Winner is....

Random Integer GeneratorHere are your random numbers:124Julie Vineyard said... I have 5 children so we go through a lot of soap! My favorite is the pear. I love the scent!Wow, with that many children I'm sure this case of Dial Complete will definitely help out. If you would please email me at homemom3@gmail.com with your shipping address I'll send it the correct people.

Calendar Crazy

How many of you HAVE TO HAVE A CALENDAR? I mean with school back in session, teacher/parent meetings, deadlines, school schedule, sports, etc. Ya know the list is endless now. Am I right?There is a new site called, "Glubb" and it lets you organize all this. It's free online so as long as you are the type that is always online this is perfect for. Course if you are a coach, party planner or even a