Mother's Tried She Needs Her Rest

A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween. ~Erma Bombeck

If there's no chocolate in heaven, I'm not going. ~Author Unknown

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. - Doug Coupland

Our House -- The Munster's Tribute {Enjoy the Show}

Voter Fraud: There's Even An App. For That

OUR GOVERNMENT

HAS GOTTEN TOO BIG

FOR IT'S BRITCHES...

There's been lots of talk this election season about voter fraud? What does voter fraud actually look like and what should average citizens be on the look out for when voting? To help answer that question, I've posted some articles below:

Michelle Malkin » The Left's voter fraud whitewash Oct 27, 2010 ... My column today builds on Monday's voter fraud round-up and spotlights left-wing efforts to demonize citizen election watchdogs. ...

Pajamas Media Must-read and share: J. Christian Adams compiles a voter fraud watch primer.

A must-download:

American Majority Action’s voter fraud app. Use it!

I Am America -by Krista Branch

Pay no attention to the people in the street
Crying out for accountability
Make a joke of what we believe
Say we don’t matter ’cause you disagree
Pretend you’re kings, sit on your throne
Look down your nose at the peasants below
I’ve got some news, we’re taking names
We’re waiting now for the judgment day

[Chorus]
I am America, one voice, united we stand
I am America, one hope to heal our land

There is still work that must be done
I will not rest until we’ve won

I am America

[Verse Two]
You preach your tolerance, but lecture me
Is there no end to your own hypocrisy
Your god is power, you have no shame
Your only interest is political gain

You hide your eyes and refuse to listen
You play your games and abuse the system
You stuff your pockets while Rome is burning
I’ve got a feeling that the tide is turning

[Chorus]
I am America, one voice, united we stand
I am America, one hope to heal our land

I will not give up on this fight
I will not fade into the light, I am America

[Bridge]
You stuff your pockets while Rome is burning
I’ve got a feeling that the tide is turning

[Chorus]
I am America, one voice, united we stand
I am America, one hope to heal our land

[Chorus]
I am America, one voice, united we stand
I am America, one hope to heal our land

I will not give up on this fight
I will not fade into the night, I am America

Krista Branch – I Am America. I am America, one voice, united we stand. I am America, one hope to heal our land. There is still work that must be done. I will not rest until we’ve won. I am America. You preach your tolerance, but lecture me. Is there no end to your own hypocrisy. Your god is power, you have no shame. Your only interest is political gain.

Complete Full Text, Written Words, Reader, Lyrics, Song, Words And Text By Krista Branch – I Am America.

Slow Cooked Flavors for Fall

16 quick stews - Photos - Sunset.com
Slow-cooked flavors in 45 minutes or less ...

Featured: Speedy Chicken Posole with Avocado and Lime
This dish, using canned hominy, takes a fraction of the time needed for regular posole. Serve with warm corn tortillas.

Recipe: Spicy Chicken Posole with Avocado and Lime






15 favorite soups and chowders - Sunset
Warm up with Carrot Soup with Crab, White Beans and Chard, Chicken Tortilla, and more

Featured: Carrot Soup with Dungeness Crab
Serve this lively soup, a fine showcase for Dungeness crab, to brighten up a winter day.


Get the recipe

Live Life Loud!

Vintage 70s indie-hippie ethnic red handbag
$38 Etsy
From swingingretro

Description -This beautiful vintage bag is made in tomato real leather.It has six lovely pockets all around and wonderful designs that adorn the bag in a fun way.The leather lace which closes the bag is a little bit damaged (little cut in one part) but the rest is in perfect vintage state.Soft, light and unique!

Recycled cashmere scarf -- red rosettes -- ruby, garnet, tomato, cherry, blood
$45 Etsy

by RagingWool

Description: The past few weeks have found me in my own little slice of heaven. Stacks of recycled cashmere sweaters, a rotary cutter, and my sewing machine. It's like yoga for me. This scarf is nothing but red. Every shade from tomato to blood. Vivid and rich. The scarf is embellished with a single rosette made from cashmere scraps. They are secured to a bit of black and white houndstooth wool (recycled) for stability. Vintage button seals the deal.

The scarf is 72 inches long -- a full 6 feet! Long enough to double up. Super luscious.The scarf can be machine washed (really!) and laid flat to dry. It's already been through a whole cycle so you'll see no shrinkage, only additional softness and loft. You have to feel it to believe it.

Rainbow Memory Wire Bangle
$17 Etsy
From lizbriggsdesigns

Description: Before I start, I need to say that when I bought these beads three years ago I double checked to make sure they were made in Italy not in China. The wholesaler explained that the canes of glass were made in Italy and sent to China to be made into beads, which explain the price I paid for them as opposed to Italian glass made totally in Italy.

That said I love the beads so much I don't feel it is an issue, but I would never intentionally mislead anyone.The depth of colour of the Moretti Glass is so beautiful that I don't think the pictures do it justice. With this bangle I have also used some Kazuri beads, porcelain beads and lampwork beads.The memory wire is of the highest quality and should not loose it's shape. If due to rough treatment this does occur you can fix it by winding it a bit smaller than original and putting an elastic band around it over night. Alternatively you can gently bend it back to shape.

Hawk Nelson - Live Life Loud

Someone throw your hands up
If you wanna take a chance, then
You gotta sing a little louder
Let’s wake this crowd up

Someone throw your hands up
If you wanna take a chance, then
You gotta sing a little louder
Let’s wake this crowd up

I got a hankerin’ for something special
Tonight’s the night it becomes official
Don’t stop the rock, hold both your hands up
S-show these people how to shake things up

I’m not sittin’ down ’til I’m older
And I’m not shuttin’ up ’til it’s over
Raise your hands and shout if you’re with me
Then once we start it won’t make a difference

If you wanna live life loud, throw your hands up
If you wanna scream and shout, lemme hear you
Takin’ all the fakers out if you’re with me
Everybody work it, just keep living

Wow oh oh, wow oh oh, wow oh oh

I started figurin’ with good intentions
Listen up now, give me your attention
Don’t make a sound if you don’t believe me
You won’t wake up, you’ll just keep living

I’m not sittin’ down ’til I’m older
And I’m not shuttin’ up ’til it’s over
Raise your hands and shout if you’re with me
Then once we start it won’t make a difference

If you wanna live life loud, throw your hands up
If you wanna scream and shout, lemme hear you
Takin’ all the fakers out if you’re with me
Everybody work it, just keep living

Wow oh oh, wow oh oh, wow oh oh
Every time that I close my eyes,
I catch a glimpse of the west coast sunrise
And I can tell you you’re just as beautiful

Someone throw your hands up
If you wanna take a chance, then
You gotta sing a little louder
Let’s wake this crowd up

Someone throw your hands up
If you wanna take a chance, then
You gotta sing a little louder
Let’s wake this crowd up

If you wanna live life loud, throw your hands up
If you wanna scream and shout, lemme hear you
Takin’ all the fakers out if you’re with me
Everybody work it, just keep living
Wow oh oh,
Wow oh oh (Just keep living)
Wow oh oh

Small Enough

Needle Felted Dog, Puppy, Yellow Lab


This Cute little puppy was carefully needle felted by fiber artist Teresa Perleberg. He is solid wool. The inspiration for this piece comes from my general love of animals and the opportunity to sculpt them and try to capture their cutest qualities.

He measures 3 inches by 3 inches and has glass eyes.

Etsy Shop: bearcreekdesign $55

Black and Ivory Portrait Cameo Cuff Bracelet
Etsy Shop CameoObsession $15

What a great way to wear a cameo! This cuff bracelet is gold plated and holds a 25x18mm black and ivory resin portrait cameo in the center. The bracelet fits up to about 7 1/2". This is one of my favorites!

Small Wine Cork Christmas Tree
Etsy Shop 4EyesAndEars $12.99

These miniature wine cork Christmas trees will add fun and whimsy to any holiday decor. Made from recycled wine corks and adorned appropriately with a wine colored satin ribbon. The 'tree topper' is crafted from stacked vintage buttons and the trunk is a wooden branch recyled from my garden.The tree is freestanding for your mantle or tabletop or it will hang from the attached sawtooth hanger. However you use it, it'll be sure to add festive "Cheers!" to your holidays.

Makes a great gift for any wine lover or the host of your next Christmas Party.Each tree is completely handcrafted and one of a kind.

This size measures approximately 6" high x 4" wide x 1-3/4" deep and uses 13 wine corks.







Small Enough - Mindy Gledhill

Oh great God
Be small enough
To hear me now
There were times when I was crying
From the dark of Daniel's den
I had asked you once or twice
If you would part the sea again
Tonight I do not need a
Fiery pillar in the sky
Just want to know you're gonna
Hold me if I start to cry

Oh great God
Be small enough to hear me now
Oh great God
Be close enough to feel you now
(Oh great god be close to me)
There have been moments when I could not face
Goliath on my own
And how could I forget we marched
Around our share of Jerichos
But I will not be setting out
A fleece for you tonight
Just wanna know that everything will be alright
Oh great god be close enough to feel me now

All praise and all the honor be
To the god of ancient mysteries
Whose every sign and wonder
Turn the pages of our history
But tonight my heart is heavy
And I cannot keep from whispering this prayer
Are you there?

And I know you could leave writing
On the wall that's just for me
Or send wisdom while I�m sleeping
Like in Solomon's sweet dreams
But I don't need the strength of Sampson
Or a chariot in the end
Just wanna know that you still know how many
Hairs are on my head
Oh great God (Are you small enough)
Be small enough to hear
Me now

Spooktacular Halloween Crafts

Batlicious treats for the foyer...

Mini-Treat Bags and Tree
Follow these easy, DIY Halloween craft instructions
Playful pennants, store-bought bats and an array of pumpkins invite guests to check their broomsticks at the door and... Read Full Story




Smile for the camera and say "yummy mummy chicken bone"

Halloween Crafts- Felted Mummy Doll at WomansDay.com
Halloween Crafts: Felted Mummy Doll. Stitch up life-like dolls of the walking dead for a dose of last-minute Halloween décor ...

The Halloween spirit can be preserved in these inexpensive and reusable mummy dolls. Use felted fabric, some old gray buttons and black and red floss to customize each mummy doll's ghastly facial expression!




Finally a use for orange and black garland...

Halloween Tree craft: make this spooktacular halloween tree to ...
Make this Halloween Tree and decorate it with your favorite ornaments, spiders and cobwebs every year. It all starts with a dead branch - the deader the better ...



Our Halloween Treat Basket is a personal-size, trick-or-treat party essential. The technique is Victorian paper-weaving with an aged paper treatment that begins with a single brown paper bag. Fringed with black crepe paper, this is a design reminiscent of the 1890s.

To see more vintage designs ideas like this one please go to:

Halloween Crafts: Instructions for creating decorative crafts and ... Halloween crafts and cards - with the look of Halloween of yesteryear.

Girls Night In: Swap Parties!

Girls' Night: Casserole Swap Night MyRecipes.com
Help friends fill their freezers with this comfort food by hosting a casserole swap.



Girls' Night: Throw a Kitchen Gadget Swap Party MyRecipes.com
Those kitchen gadgets you would normally throw away after spring cleaning, put them to another use. Host a swap and exchange them for something you will actually use.



Suggestions for a Girls Night In: Swap Party are endless! Here are several more fun ideas for your consideration:

Recyle Kid's: Clothing, Toys, Halloween Customs, Games, Musical Instruments,
Thanksgiving: Side Dish or Dessert Swap
Fashion Accessories Swap: Hats, Jewelry, Scarfs, Handbags
Home Decor Swap
Paper Swap: Books, Magazines, Giftwrap, etc.
Coffee, Tea & Spice Swap
Board Game Swap
Ball Swap: Football, Basketball, Golf, Tennis, etc.
DVD Swap
White Elephant Yankee Swap

Smart Marriages

"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother." --Theodore Hesburgh

"My dad told me on the day of my wedding, 'Never go in a place that you wouldn't take your wife.' -- Unknown

"What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility." --Leo Tolstoy'

"The first duty of love is to listen." --Paul Tillich

"Marriage is the hardest thing you will ever do. The secret is removing divorce as an option. Anybody who gives themselves that option will get a divorce." -- Will Smith (11 years into his second marriage)




Sanctus Real - Lead Me

On YouTube Coolram 52 writes:

"I attended a men's breakfast at my church last month. The speaker challenged the men to be leaders of their families. Nothing new there, we know we're supposed to do that. But he gave a special challenge. He told us to take time each day and read the Bible to our wives. Yes, we study the Bible together, but he told us to be disciples to our wives and just pick out a Bible passage and share it with her. I thought that was such a cool notion, and I have been doing it every day. It's been very special. What better way to lead than to share God's Word. This song speaks about a man's role in leading his family. It's an awesome responsibility. I hope this song moves all of you men out there. And I hope it touches the women, too, to let you know that we as men care deeply for you." --

The song was written by Chris Rohman, Jason Ingram, and Matt Hammitt.

Halloween Costumes Kids Can Make

Halloween Costumes: Come-Clean Washing Machine Costume Funny ...
Have a load of fun making this unique costume; another great Halloween costume idea from FamilyFun.com. Kids can't resist airing their family's dirty laundry in a cool appliance that's loads of fun to wear.





Fortune-teller Costume
Dress up your trick-or-treater as a fortune-teller, complete with glittering, battery-powered crystal ball.


Browse the Gallery of Costumes
For more cute creepy, sweet, and scary ideas check out these ideas:

Inspired by Rugs

Featured here is beautiful hand-tufted HSN Scallop Floral Wool Rug (4'9 x 7'6) from Overstock.com. This pretty french inspired blue scalloped floral rug would look lovely in this child's bedroom:




House Beautiful

A Sweet Child's Room
Designed by Meg Braff, this child's room is wrapped all over in Cowtan & Tout's Floral Toile in blue. Wall color is Ralph Lauren Bellflower Blue, with glaze. Featured in the May 2006 issue of House Beautiful.








Who doesn't love pink and green? Here's a hand-tufted Giant Flowers Green Wool Rug (5' x 8') that I found on Overstock.com that might actually look good in this living room below:





Real Simple © Inside-photo/H&L-Martin Hahn / Getty Images

Decorating With Patterns Real Simple
Don’t be afraid of prints: A touch of pattern, from florals to graphic numbers, can add instant style to your home.









Here's a lovely hand-tufted Alexa Pino Collection Scroll Vines Brown Rug (7'6 x 9'6) from Overstock.com If you love drama then this rug might look nice in a foyer with walls painted white with just a hint of green.

Top Design 2: Nathan Egan for DecorPad

Picture perfect design. What's not to like about this room?

Neoclassical Elegance

Photography by Bruce Buck, Architectural Digest

Interior Design by Kathryn Scott Design

Studio Text by Penelope Rowlands/Published November 2009

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Don't you just love the exterior of this house?

If you would like to see more rooms please go to:

French Impression: Art Notebook: architecturaldigest.com
Restrained Neoclassical Elegance

with a Parisian Accent for a Brooklyn Town House

Fall Entertaining Ideas

Thanksgiving tabletop ideas - Tabletop Ideas - Food & Entertaining ...
A classic harvest-themed table runner with a rich watercolour effect will help you celebrate the season. Featuring pumpkins, oak and maple leaves and persimmons, this linen-cotton runner is just the thing you'll need to set a fantastic fall table. $49 US, Pottery Barn.




Feathered Turkeys Pottery Barn
These decorative turkeys are carefully handcrafted of natural materials.



Pomegranate Lidded Bowl Pottery Barn
This attractive stoneware bowl is hand molded and fired with a reactive glaze that brings out the detail of the pomegranate design..


Traditional Home

Maine Cooking School, with Recipes
Sweet Potato and Green Apple Soup
Slicing the sweet potatoes into “planks” allows more surface for caramelization when roasting. Try this technique when serving sweet potatoes as a side dish.

Perfect for Halloween Kid's Party

Perfect for a Halloween kid's party. How about these Mummy Dogs -- Hot dogs are all wrapped up in a classic recipe for Halloween...or anytime a chuckle is in order.



Jack-o’-Lantern Pizza
Kids will love veggies when you make jack o’-lantern faces with the veggies on top of yummy pizza!





Taco Monster Mouths
Turn cheese slices, olives, and tomatoes into snaggle-toothed grins for these Halloween tacos.



Spooky Brownies
Spooktacular fun and scrumptious eating are coming your way! Gather your goblins to sharelots of baking tricks and treats.





MAKE TIME FOR CHANGE

Frigidaire and Jennifer Garner are teaming up to support Save the Children and help make sure that more children have access to nutritious foods this holiday season and all year long. You can join us by setting a place at our virtual kids' table.

When you do, Frigidaire will donate $1* to help kids in need and you'll be entered for a chance to win the daily prize, $50 toward your holiday spread, and the grand prize, a new Frigidaire Professional® freestanding gas range.

And make sure to check out our great kid-inspired holiday recipes - they're sure to be popular with your own kids' table crowd!

To enter please go here: maketimeforchange.com.

A Cottage In The Woods

Laurey W. Glenn, Article by Robert Martin,
Southern Living's 2009 Best New Cottage

Cow Rock Cottage

"If ever there was a home that perfectly harmonizes with its setting, Southern Living's 2009 Best New Cottage, affectionately known as Cow Rock Cottage, is it. Literally built with sticks and stones collected from its Cashiers, North Carolina, location, this storybook refuge takes on its loveliest look in the fall, when the changing leaves create a brilliant, colorful backdrop that blends beautifully with the colors and materials of the house. "



Love these lanterns....



All that's missing in this photograph is a cozy quilt. . .





"Reflecting its forested location, the house is decked out in a variety of natural materials―from rough-hewn cedar siding and poplar-bark shakes to stacked indigenous fieldstone..."
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If you'd like to learn more about Cow Rock Cottage please go to: New Cottage - 2009 Southern Home Awards by Southern Living ... -




"Tennessee 1923" by Composer Hans Zimmer for the motion picture "Pearl Harbor."

Mama's Way or Your Way?

Southern Living, October 2009

Mama's Way or Your Way?
One recipe is from scratch and the other is easy enough for your busiest day.


Mama's Way: Classic Apple Dumplings
Made from scratch, with fresh Rome apples, tender homemade dough, and rich, spiced syrup, Classic Apple Dumplings are definitely worth your time and effort.

Why We Love Mama's Way
Tender, homemade dough
Rich spiced syrup
40-minute bake time

Recipe: Classic Apple Dumplings



Your Way: Quick Apple Dumpling Bundles
Short on time? You can still enjoy the flavors of this classic, comforting dessert. To make Anne’s Quick Apple Bundles you only need 6 ingredients, including refrigerated piecrust, frozen spiced apples, and jarred caramel sauce.

Why We Love Your Way
Only 6 ingredients
Uses a refrigerated piecrust
20-minute bake time

Recipe: Quick Apple Dumpling Bundles