Christmas 2011

I did experiment on my family this Christmas.  I have an attic full of Christmas decorations.  I limited them to a Christmas tree, nativity set, 1 snowman and a door wreath.  I usually put out many snow globes, wind up this and thats, miniature trains, miniature trees, angels, snowmen, snow houses, lights, and on, and on, and on.   It did prove one thing.  It did not matter what was in the house but who was in the house.  Lots of love and fun.  This grandma (Memaw) is very happy this year.  I do not have to put much away!

OLIBELLA

The idea of "Olibella" was developed in 2008.  Olibella is a salt scrub for your hands and body.  After many trials and errors, the recipe for Olibella was finally produced.  Olibella is a combination of sea salt, olive oil and a variety of fragrances.  The incredible softness of this product is unbelievable.  Sea salt has many healing properties and olive oil is the ancient secret of all the Mediterranean women, back to the time of Cleopatra.   The fragrances also produce from a calming feeling (like lavender) to an envigorating feeling like tea tree oil. 

Olibella was named after my granddaughters Olivia and Bella................."Oilbella"  Bella is beautiful in Italian and Olivia is Olive for Olive oil in Italian.  Thus the Mediterranean name and logo of the Italian Flag. 

We knew that Olibella softened the skin.  That was the main reason for its creation. Over the years we found Olibella has been beneficial for many, many other things as well. 

• Removes callouses from heels elbows
• Promotes healing of eczema
• Relieves the itch of dry skin
• Kills germs
• Removes sticky labels
• Removes magic markers/paint from skin
• Removes tar from cars.
• Cleans and deodorizes sinks and bathtub

*Olibella is not recommended for the face, as salt is an eye irritant.

PINK LEMONADE SPARK SMOOTHIE

5 STAWBERRIES

2 ICE CUBES

1 TBLS WATER

1 PACKET OF PINK LEMONADE SPARK

12 ICE CUBES

1 CUP OF WATER

Blend the strawberries 2 ice cubes and 1 tbls water in the blender till smooth. Poor in 8-10 oz glass. Add one packet or 1 scoop of pink lemonade in blender with 12 ice cubes and 1 cup water. Add on top of blended strawberries.

Quote of Today

Quote of the day:


'Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater. If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby. If you give her a house, she'll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal. If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart.

She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her. So, if you give her any crap, be ready to receive a ton of shit.'

WHERE DID THE BUNNY GO?

Here is a funny Easter story................My son, Scotty, around the age of 16, came home after being out for quite a long while.  I said, where have you been?  He said I was out getting a tattoo. I said, I do not believe you.  He said, yes! I did.  I got a tatoo of a bunny rabbit.  Again I said, I do not believe you and I do not see a tattoo anywhere.  So where did you get a tattoo?  He said, on my (a__) bottom.  I said, now I know I don't believe you!!  He said well, I did.  Okay, okay, I said, show me the bunny then.  He dropped his drawers, and there was the "moon", with no bunny.  I said, I do not see a bunny!  He turned his head and looked down at his (a__) and said, Whoops he must have gone in the hole!.   Joke on mom!

Low Carb Enchilada Bake

I love Joseph's flat bread.  I am always trying things to use them to replace bread, but this time, I used them and replaced flour tortillas.  Oh this was soooooo good that I decided to post it.  I was going to just put it on Facebook but decided to blog on it. 

Pride of the Farm Taco Flavored Turkey
Joseph's flax, wheat bran Flat Bread (Lavish)
1 Onion
1/2 Green Pepper
1 can of Rotel tomatoes and green chilis
1 8 oz of Mexican Taco Cheese
1 cup of tortilla chips
Sauer cream (optional)

Brown turkey with onions and green pepper.
Add about 1/2 cup to flat bread
Roll up and place in a baking dish
Spread Rotel over all tortillas
Add cheese (save 1 cup) for later

Bake 350 for 1/2 hour. 
Add 1 cup of tortilla chips to top
Cover with remaining cheese
Broil on high for 2 min. 

Dollop each serving with sauer cream

SAVING MONEY DURING HARD TIMES

On the today show this morning they were talking about how you could save up to $4,000 a year by not buying name brand products. I think this is very important in this economy. I have been doing this for years, so now how am I going to find even more savings? They tested families by fooling them and replacing the store brand in the name brand box. 95% could not tell the difference. Also they said the ingredients were of the same quality.

I do not save coupons. I do not know how these people do it. They come out of the store and their groceries cost only 50 cents. I just wonder why we are not all doing this. I know I tried. I really did, but I ended up with crap in my house that we all did not eat, or use, or should not have eaten because it was all non-healthy foods. I spent hours and hours clipping coupons filing, etc., of “stuff” like $1.00 off of Tide. Yes, that was an amazing savings. The Tide cost $5.00 and I ended up paying “only” $4.00 for this amazing product. They have us all fooled! No-name brands cost only $2.50 for the same amount. Where is the savings??? Did you know that if you add a ¼ cup of ammonia to your laundry (Ammonia is so low cost, it is almost free) and it boosts the cleaning agent that you are already using. Oh by the way the ammonia smell does not stay on the clothes.

Personally, I think there are some coupons are great, like diapers or coupons like oil changes, and restaurants. I guess you would have to make that choice on your own, but I think it is a waste of time and more savings are out there by just buying no name brands. It is just my opinion. I sure would like to pay 50 cents for $250.00 worth of groceries, but I think it is unrealistic.

So where will I get my savings now that food prices are going up and up? We thought about getting a cow for milk. Too funny but a good thought. We are going to try to can our own vegetables. I think with both of us being retired that we will have the time to do this. Wish us luck!

Send me your ideas on how you are saving these days and I will try to post it.

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Retirement

Your life map is so clearly laid out in front of you; yet the last piece of the puzzle – retirement – is a fuzzy and often incomprehensible anomaly.

With people living longer and striving for earlier retirements, the very definition of retirement is evolving. No longer is it merely a way to stop working and basically wait for death to come; that would take too bloody long and be a bore. Now retirement takes many different shapes and forms:

Starting a new business

Part-time consulting

Travel

Volunteering

Reading, writing, resting

Getting fit

Watching grandkids

Farming

Gardening


…whatever you can imagine and whatever you want.