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I Wish You Enough

What do you wish for? Are you always wishing for more? In this gift book, I Wish You Enough, Bob Parks has seven wishes for his readers. Based on a family’s tradition of saying goodbye by saying, “I wish you enough,”the author takes each part of the poem they recite to each other and adds inspirational stories of his own to each wish. The seven wishes are enough sun, rain, happiness, pain, gain, loss and hellos. Each section also contains a stunning photo and a related bible verses. The book has 121 pages and is suitable for anyone. It would make a great gift for graduations or any other occasions. There is also a page that can be personalized. This book reminds us to be grateful and satisfied with what we have and to appreciate the important moments in life.

I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com;http://BookSneeze.com; book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255

Stuff I Don’t NEED, but want

I know the difference in wants and needs and believe me I have more than I need, but here’s a little wish list I created while surfing the web! Snow days cause you to do these things.

What do you think, see anything you NEED?

This jewelry is me, my camera is on my shoulder and I carry one in my purse. I have so many photos I don’t know what I have!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34352422

A Cute Camera Bag

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=37244526

Cricut Create Bundle with 2 Cartridges and Tool Kit

Item: 248-478

From the Home Shopping Network, it’s such a good buy at 249 and free shipping and I’m just a wanna be scrap booker. I have some of the supplies, but just can’t get started!

News Flash—this item with one cartridge is one sale Feb. 14 & 15 at Big Lots for $99.

My friend, Kim, is saving for one of these, she may not be able to resist this sale!

The iPad from Apple

www.apple.com

Watch the video, you will want one too. They start at $499 and go up. One new application they will have is iBooks. It will be part of iTunes and you can order a book and get it instantly. I haven’t wanted an e-book reader because I want to hold the “real” book, but the iPad is so light and slim I think I could enjoy reading on it. The battery life is supposed to be 10 hours, another plus for the Ipad!

Confession

My good friends Misty and Patti are farmers. They grow crops and have livestock and poultry! They will tell you that it takes a long time to gather the eggs. Here's the thing, their farms are virtual. They play Farmville and last week I was laughing at them when they had a conversation about their harvesting. I wasn't laughing behind their backs, I was making fun of them right to their face! They have tried to get me join them on Facebook, but I have resisted...so far. Both of them freely admitted to being slightly addicted.

Then, later in the day when I was looking for some apps to download to my ipod, I came across one called Tap Farm. Since it was free I put it on. Next thing I knew I had 24 patches of ground and was harvesting tomatoes, strawberries and wheat! I wanted chickens and cows. And I don't even like chickens. I don't know what happened. I can't remember where I am going, but I don't forget that it is time to harvest my crops. I was very excited this morning to reach a level that allowed me to plant grapes.

Maybe it's payback for making fun of my friends. Last night I even had a dream that I owned mules and was teaching them to plow! This dream was surely the result of all my virtual farming. So, what do you think, should I give in and join them? You can let me know what you think, but right now I have some strawberries to pick!

Shopping for Valentine's Day?

Need a Valentine's Day gift that won't blow away in the wind, fill you with sugar, wilt, or add to the clutter of the 84,000 stuffed toys you already have? Then check out this post on the K-8 computer lab blog. This gift might even make you smarter!

3 Things I Forgot this week

1. Where I left my glasses

2. My lunch

3. Where I was going--drove right by it


There may be more than three things, these are the only ones I can remember!

Am I the only one with a mind full of fog?

Print your Christmas pictures

Snapfish is offering 50 prints for 50 cents. Use the coupon NEWYEAR50. It is good until January 7.

What did you get for Christmas?

Hi everyone. . . are you still there? No one has posted in a month. I felt like I had hijacked this blog since most of the posts were mine with Patti, Cyndi and Misty throwing one in occasionally!

What did you get for Christmas?

Share with me!

I'm going to make a few posts to show you some of my presents. I never know what my children will give me, sometimes it's something I never expected like the skeet thrower and shot gun shells my son-in-laws gave me last Christmas. They wanted me to shoot with them!

Here's one of the items I received this year. It's a little grill for sliders (baby hamburgers).

I tried it out at lunch today.  It made perfect little burgers.  It comes with a tool to measure out the meat, which you roll in a ball and place on the griddle.

 

We like cheeseburgers, so I put some cheese on and let it melt.   Dinner rolls were our buns.  The instructions suggested using hot dog buns cut into thirds, which I will do next time because the dinner rolls I used were too large.

The burgers were great and then there was the cute factor!  But the clean up with this appliance was tough even though I sprayed it with cooking spray.  It doesn’t come apart so you have to wipe it out.  I finally used a toothpick to scrape out the little ridges in the lid!

Come on over, I’ll make some for you!

Too Cute not to Share

Yesterday, my favorite boy had his 3rd birthday party and I wanted to show you what we found for him. . . kiddie size cornhole boards!

Spirit of Tennessee Cookbook

With Lynne Tolley and Pat Mitchamore’s Jack Daniel's Spirit of Tennessee Cookbook you get a history lesson along with some great traditional Southern recipes. The photos are coffee table quality and reflect much of the Lynchburg’s history and the landscape of middle Tennessee.

The recipes in the book have basic ingredients that one would have in the pantry. Not all the recipes have Jack Daniels whiskey as an ingredient, but most of the ones that do would not be affected if you left it out. The dessert and cakes and pies sections alone are worth having the book. Spread throughout the sections, are well-written anecdotes and stories for the reader to enjoy, especially if you are a Southerner. Some of the stories about hog-killing or cooking possums may make city folk a little squeamish. If you don’t know how to whittle there is a whole section to help you learn.

This cookbook would make a great addition to your collection or combine it with a bottle of Jack Daniels to make a great gift. I reviewed this book as part of the Thomas Nelson’s Book Review Blogger program. http://brb.thomasnelson.com/