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FTD® Good Neighbor Day® 2013<br />
Celebrate Friendship & Local Heroes<br />
The 19th annual FTD® Good Neighbor Day® will take place on Wednesday, September 11, 2013. Hundreds of FTD Florists across the U.S. and Canada are planning exciting local events, making philanthropic donations and helping to spread friendship and kindness to their neighbors through the distribution of free floral bouquets. This year's event is extra special since it falls on Patriot Day, so some FTD Florists may also be celebrating local heroes. <br />
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FTD florists have celebrated FTD® Good Neighbor Day® since 1994, encouraging all neighbors to help create a friendlier, more caring and compassionate world through the gift of flowers. That's why customers are encouraged to keep one flower for themselves and give the others away — brightening the day of many other people.<br />
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<div><br></div>We created a few fun shirts and had loads of fun! <br>
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Little princess did this one all by herself!<br>
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My attempt! Not as good as a five year olds! </div><div><br>
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Well, it was a holiday weekend so I am way behind. Monday was the last day of the <a href="http://www.nuggetribcookoff.com/">BEST OF THE WEST rib cookoff</a> so dinner was served. BTW <a href="http://www.famousdaves.com/">Famous Dave's</a> won so if you have one in your area go check them out and tell them CONGRATULATIONS! </div>
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And I actually made it to the store this week! Yea!!! So back to dinners at home...</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I made a few changes to the recipe, but overall still the same and the family loved it! It was definitely a </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/cberry7701/sucess/"><span style="font-size: small;">SUCCESS!</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> ( you can check out all my tried and loved Pinterest Favorites here)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">WEDNESDAY: Currently in the crockpot is </span><a href="http://myfrugalfamily-cheryl.blogspot.com/2012/01/beef-stew-ala-cheryl.html"><span style="font-size: small;">Beef Stew</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">THURSDAY: </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/41869471509194493/"><span style="font-size: small;">Tuscan Garlic Chicken from the Recipe Critic</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Friday : Homemade Pizza</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sunday: </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/41869471509196015/"><span style="font-size: small;">Inside Out Hot Wings</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> with homemade French Fries from the </span><a href="http://creolecontessa.blogspot.com/2012/12/inside-out-hot-wings.html"><span style="font-size: small;">Creole Contessa</span></a></div>
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The kiddos and I are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our new Nerf Cyber Hoop! If you haven't heard of this yet, you gotta check it out! Its the nerf basketball all grown up for the IPAD generation. <br />
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Wouldn't it have been cool to actually keep score during a Nerf hoops contest as a kid or even watch highlights of your most spectacular Nerf accomplishments? Now we can!!!!<br />
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Hasbro's Nerf N-Sports Cyberhoop come with an iOS app! Just download the app and it not only tracks stats and keeps score, but also provides color commentary of the action, records your Nerf contest in both still photos and video, and constructs an actual highlight reel. The app has built in share capability so that your child can share his accomplishments and even lets you play against other players. Or if you have two, it has the ability to connect both together for two player action! <br />
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Since I haven't received mine yet, I can't attest to it, but we are anxiously awaiting its arrival. In the meantime, as a <a href="https://www.bzzagent.com/">bzzzagent</a> not only I am receiving the new Nerf Hoop for free to try out but I was offered a link to a <a href="http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=whtjfud72567701&bt=vi&o=113461&c=HB&p=cQrIpVhP">Coupon</a> for $8 off that I can share with friends! These are supposed to retail for about $20 so $8 off makes an awesome deal and a great idea for birthday or putting away now for Christmas shopping! Hurry these high value coupons go quickly. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is one of those meals, creamy parmesean sauce with sundried tomatoes, sauteed mushrooms and artichoke hearts...Yumm!!!!</span></td></tr>
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1) Melt a half stick of butter in a large skillet. Add 2 cloves of minced garlic and 8 ounces of sliced mushrooms. Saute. Add 1/2 a jar of marinated artichoke hearts and 1/2 a package of sundried tomatoes, sliced. Mix well. Remove from pan and set aside. </div>
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2) Add 2 tbsp. of olive oil to the pan and heat til ripples appear. While warming, Put salt, pepper and galic powder on 3 whole boneless, skinless chicken breasts and slice (across the grain) . Add to pan when the ripples appear. Gently cook until no longer pink in the middle about 6 minutes. Remove from skillet and set aside. </div>
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3) Melt the other half of the stick of butter in the skillet, mix in 1 cup of heavy cream and 1 cup of milk ( whole for creamier, skim for a thinner sauce). Gently warm. Add 1 cup of grated parmesean cheese and mix til melted. Add salt, pepper, parsley and garlic to taste. </div>
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But we made it we have survived the morning of the first day BACK TO SCHOOL!</div>
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We battled the crowds this weekend looking for the perfect first day of school new outfits!</div>
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The perfect bookbags were found! First grader is too excited! Middle schooler is nervous what the new school will bring. </div>
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I am going to be bringing you a Silhouette cut file this week, (Hopefully) and a tutorial to make a sweet sign for your entry way! Thanks for bearing with me through the move!</div>
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Yup, my son's electric scooter was riding the five miles down the road in the back of my SUV and evidently it wanted out very badly because when I opened the hatch it jumped right onto my waiting foot. I was extremely blessed that it did not break anything, but four days later, I still cannot wear shoes. and now the toes and sides of my foot are demonstrating beautiful shades of red, blue and purple. <br />
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If my room was not grays, blacks and whites, I would probably to this one, put it in a frame and use the <a href="http://pinterest.com/cberry7701/cricut-silhouette/">silhouette</a> to put the Always Believe in Yourself on the front glass with vinyl. What do you think?<br />
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I am absolutely amazed! Olive Garden shares over 100 of its recipes on their <a href="http://www.olivegarden.com/Recipes/">website</a>!!!<br />
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I love to attempt copycat recipes to save the money instead of going out and while some are successful, some aren't even close. But these are not copycats, they are from Olive Garden on their <a href="http://www.olivegarden.com/">website.</a> <br />
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In our part of the country it is almost back to school time. The kids go back on August 12th. <br />
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This week we are planning for a few new meals. We are in the process of moving so we are between two houses. I tried to choose items to try that are not so labor intensive. <br />
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Here in the high desert of Nevada, the winters can be dry and brutal but the summers are worse! Our temperatures are not bad like Vegas, but with days averaging just above 100 degrees constantly, the skin stays dry. You can put moisturizer on 10x a day and still have dry flaky skin! <br />
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Cut 8-10 inches off of the bottom. Set aside (we'll get to it later). Now take your remaining fence post and cut the curved top off - about 5 inches. Set aside. Now that you have the remaining section of the board take a pencil and draw some branches for your tree. As you can see they do not have to be perfect, just a wonky, leaning, tall triangle. Take your saw and cut these out. While you are cutting, go ahead and cut a star out of the top of the board that we cut out. Also, if you want your tree to lean a little like mine did, just angle the top alittle. When all your cuts are done, rough sand the whole lot. Once again perfectly smooth is not your goal, death by splinters is! Paint as desired . Nail the first cut board at 90 degrees to the bottom of your tree (see the tree next to mine from the side). This could be done before painting to allow your tree to stand while you are painting, giving you access to both sides. </div>
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So to decorate for Christmas I had my husband cut some letters out of wood. I know they are not perfect, but with each project we do he is getting better! If you are after perfection you can purchase a wooden or cardboard letter J and Y from your favorite craft store. I sanded and gave them a quick coat of red paint. </div>
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To make the O, I took small candy canes and made hearts by putting them together and placed these in a circle on a parchment covered baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for about 5-10 minutes just watch it. Early on it makes a cute heart wreath for valentines day, a few more minutes and you get this ! I love how you can still see the swirls. Now set this aside. WARNING! It's is extremely fragile. On my first attempt, my daughter decided to help mommy and pick it up. It ended up in two pieces. The beauty of this project is if it breaks, back on the parchment paper and back in the oven for about 15 minutes. A little pressing where it broke and back to cooling. Once it has cooled, cover it with a coat of clear spray paint. I attached a ribbon to the wreath and each letter for hanging! Then I thought "well that looks a little plain". So I added a bright red bow. </div>
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This is a nice full one, but that's about half a tablecloth of each color for less than a quarter of the wreath. But back to the Christmas wreath, you can see how I left it loose so I could lay it flat around the outside of the form. Then I took some cool, glittery, blue snowflakes and some silver poinsettias (removed from the stem) and glued them right onto the tied part of the wreath. Put a hanger on the back and you are all set! After a few months in the wind and snow I had only lost one flake so I will glue it back on to be ready for next year! </div>
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Wow, It has been long while since I posted this topic, but I still do it on a regular basis. I put the menu on my little board in the kitchen and even my five year old looks at it and asks someone to read it for her. So here is my plan for this week...<br />
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I'm only listing 5 meals a week because I know my family and life gets in the way! We eat out way too much! So some of these may carry over but if for some reason we stick to the plan and need the other two meals, I'll either do one of my old stand bys or checkout something from <a href="http://pinterest.com/cberry7701/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>! There are always plenty of ideas there!</div>
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This is a scrumptious little dish that I found on <a href="http://pinterest.com/cberry7701/boards/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> !</h2>
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I made too many for my pan so, I had to send some to my daughter!</div>
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I used 16 lasagna noodles, cooked</div>
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To assemble simply lay the noodles flat spread on some Alfredo sauce. Top with shredded chicken and mozzarella. Do this sparingly or you won't be able to roll them. Roll them up and place seam side down in a greased baking dish. Top with remaining sauce and cheese. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes to warm. Serve with some garlic bread and a fresh salad! I would love to show you the finished product but is vanished almost immediately after hitting the table.</div>
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The pin that I originally saw that gave me the idea was at <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/41869471508931567/" target="_blank">Key Ingredient.com</a>. So go check out the site and give them some love too!</div>
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But when she was in school I had big plans to make all kinds of stuff for her and her sorority house! Well best laid plans with me usually fail. I pinned all kinds of cool stuff on <a href="http://pinterest.com/cberry7701/delta-gamma/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>, does that count?!?</div>
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I want to share this simple little silhouette project that I did make for her so that other sisters can enjoy!</div>
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I simply painted a piece of scrap wood that I had sanded. Cut out the letters and anchor out of vinyl with my <a href="http://pinterest.com/cberry7701/cricut-silhouette/" target="_blank">silhouette</a>. Attached, traced with a fine black sharpie and added a cute bow to give it some dimension.</div>
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As my boards will attest, I have 106 <a href="http://pinterest.com/cberry7701/boards/" target="_blank">Boards</a> that house 13, 740 <a href="http://pinterest.com/cberry7701/pins/" target="_blank">pins</a>! How does that happen! If I do one thing a day it will take me almost 38 years to try all those things... That's not even taking into account the other <a href="http://pinterest.com/cberry7701/likes/" target="_blank">5811</a> items that I have liked, but need to check the sites. What's a woman to do? <br />
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I love the idea of feeding fresh fruits and vegetables to my family that I have grown myself, unfortunately my black thumb often gets in the way as it did this year. I live in the high desert of Nevada, this is a totally different ballgame then the fertile soils of the east coast that I grew up with. So to beat the hard sand desert, I built this lovely raised garden similar to this one from <a href="http://www.superhealthykids.com/healthy-kids-recipes/how-to-make-your-own-garden-boxes.php" target="_blank">Super Healthy Kids</a></div>
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I was able to keep them alive for about four weeks, but they never grew any bigger. I got a whopping 4 green beans and 6 strawberries off of my plants before my hose got disconnected while I was away and no one realized when they were watering for me that my plants were dying. Oh well, I still have these awesome boxes that I can try to grow again in later. Right now with 100+ degree heat I don't think I would survive out there let alone my poor plants. </div>
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I have ignored my blog again, for almost a year!!! How does the time fly so fast? <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I went to a jewelry party at a friends house earlier this year and ended up making that obligatory purchase of this necklace for $68.00!!! Wow, what was I thinking, so I went home kicking myself for stupid spending!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So the next thing I did was go to Michaels and get a kit to make my own Jewelry. For less than $10 after the forty percent off coupon, the kit made two necklaces, two bracelets and two pairs of earrings. The best bargain by far, but very time consuming to make!</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">This is Lil Princess, she is standing on about three feet of packed snow and the snow that she is in is what fell Friday Night!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">Sorry for no sledding pics, but evidently I took all videos to not miss any of the flips and spills!</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">One of my daughters was in Vegas for the weekend and another was in North Carolina, Vegas was 60 - 70 degrees and NC was in the 80s. Old Man Winter, Spring is supposed to be here not winter just getting here!!</span></em></div>
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I had no idea who St Patrick was. I know the saints are generally associated with the catholic church. And that is one church that I have never attended. I did pass out in one, but that's a whole other story that is not entirely unique as I have heard of many people passing out during their long wedding services. But it was just a few weeks ago that my pastor was talking about how hard it is to explain the trinity to believers yet alone get nonbelievers to understand. So I was searching the Internet for some St Patrick's day inspiration and stumbled across this and thought it was too good not to share.<br />
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