Sea Of Cats Art Page

Good Morning dear readers,  I was trying to do a page for Halloween of just cats.  So here's my page. I gesso'd it with white gesso and then dipped the cat stamp in pink acrylic paint and rubber stamped the page.  After drying, I put another layer of gesso over the cats and proceeded to paint them.  The black cat was done using a black paint marker it almost obscured his eyes until scratched some of the paint away.  I did some cats in orange acrylic paint unfortunately some of the ink ran a little so I switched to painting the cats with oil pastels in various colors still had some runny ink.  So I finished by rubber stamping the cat stamp on card stock and cutting them out and gluing them to the page. I also put a bubbles rubber stamp around the edges.Then put the finishing touches of leopard print duck tape under some of the cats and wrote in black oil pastel the sea of cats.  Enjoy do you have trouble with ink running.  What did you do?

The Return of Cookie Club

Good Morning dear readers, its that time again time for Cookie Club.  This is where I get to share new and old cookie recipes with you.  I don't know a lot of people locally so this is why I love sharing these recipes with you for the holidays.  This recipe also qualifies for the murder mystery genre.  It came from Christine Wenger book "Do or Diner".  You can even say its frugal because a lot of the ingredients can be found already in your pantry.  I've altered the recipe to fit my families needs.  So lets get to the recipe and here's what you'll need:

2 mixing bowls
1 metal spoon

2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cups butter melted in the pot
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. almond extract or any flavor you like i.e. vanilla or peppermint
1 egg
1 cup chocolate chips
you can add a cup of nuts which I omitted
1 cup confectioners sugar

First bowl add flour and salt together and sift
Second bowl add butter and sugar together
Add extract  and egg to wet mixture
Mix dry and wet ingredients together
Add chocolate chips and nuts(if your adding them) and stir with a strong spoon very thick mixture.
Here's a little trick I learned last year so the dough wont be sticky put in the freezer for 20 minutes
take out of freezer and roll into 1 inch balls
place on greased cookie sheet
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and cook for 15-20 minutes
Let cool slightly
Place in plastic bag with confectioners sugar and shake until covered
remove and Bon Appetite

Happy Halloween-Frankie and the evil Halloween Mask

Happy Halloween everyone I apologize for the picture quality frankie was not cooperating when came to getting shots of him with the mask. Whenever conor brings it out frankie is all over it like what is that thing that is eating my boy. Remember to keep your pets inside because their are sick people out there that hurt cats especially on Halloween.

Holiday Crock Pot Breakfast Casserole

Good Morning dear readers,  here's the first recipe I promised for this week.  I've been looking at breakfast recipes for the upcoming holidays.  I wanted something that I wouldn't have to babysit all day.  You can cook this on low and let sit for 8 hours or cook on high for 3-4 hours which is what I did.  I took a recipe from Taste Of Home and altered it to my tastes.  This turned out great.  I love the flavors.  So here's what you'll need to recreate this recipe.

1 lb diced cooked ham

1 cup chopped green onions

1 sweet chopped red bell pepper

1 teaspoon oregano

1 bag frozen shredded hash browns

1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

6 eggs

1 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon salt

black pepper to taste

Grease a 5 qt. crock pot.  Mix milk, eggs and spices together set aside.  Mix onions and peppers together set aside.  Put a layer of hash browns in crock pot.  Then layer with ham and vegetables. Repeat layers and then pour egg mixture over top.  Let cook in crock pot for 3-4 hours on high setting.  Serve with fruit and milk makes a nice meal.  Perfect for those busy holiday mornings.

Pssst...........I have a secret

Good Afternoon dear readers, I have a confession to make I'm a binge watcher.  What's a binge watcher you ask?  Someone who watches consecutive shows either streaming or DVDs usually 2-5 episodes.  It is my guilty pleasure, especially since I don't have cable.  My family will make it a family time event and discuss the shows afterward.  Some of the shows I love to watch are: Grimm, Stargate, Bones and Sanctuary to name a few.  I will especially have to get the last season of Grimm because I can't stay awake.  Don't you just love technology.  Here's a list of some shows for binge watching.  What are your favourites?

1. Big Bang Theory

2. NCIS New Orleans

3. How To Get Away With Murder

4. Game Of Thrones

5.  Elementary

Okay everyone lets add to this list.

CVS Trip-Saved 98% on Laundry and Dish Soap

Good Evening dear readers, I've been trying to get this posted because tomorrow is run around day.  This shopping trip was also a teaching trip for my older son.  I'm letting him do some of the shopping because its hard to get around with my knee lately.  Better he learn how to save money using the rewards cards now while he's young and starts college.  This trip had two transactions in it.

Here's the breakdown on first transaction

Did the buy 5 bags candy for $15 get $5 back--used $1.50/3 Hershey coupon

2/$4 candy corn and pumpkin corn

2 liter Coke .99 used coupon from machine $.24

1 Box Honey Nut Cheerios @ $1.99

Cadbury Scream Egg           @ $.88

Total Before coupons/sales/discounts  $35.80                   After coupons/sales/discounts $21.22

Saved a total of  41%

2nd   Transactions

3-Xtra Laundry Soap  @ $1.49 each

2-Palmolive liquid dish soap @ $.89  each

Total before coupons/sales/discounts  $12.73                  After coupons/sales/discounts  $.67 

Saved a total of  98%    (used $6 in ecb's)

I apologize the photos of the first group were just to blurry but here's the soap

Some of Frankies Best Photos

                                                          Give me a can and you can have this back.

                                                                         
                                                  Is this my best side mom?
                                                       

                                                            My boy put this on me aahh children.

                                             not exactly a great shot but he was to funny