Shout Out Sunday

One of my favorite magazines is Real Simple.

It's has alot of tips, reviews, and organizing ideas.

I recently went on their website and was impressed.

What I am not impressed with is smells around my house.

I really dislike air fresheners you spray in the air unless they are water with some sort of essential oil in them.

There are many places in the home that I have no idea how to freshen..that was until now...go here to find out how to keep many places in your home smelling clean and crisp.






The year end of school is right around the corner.

I like to give the teachers an appreciation gift of some kind to thank them for putting up with teaching my child through the past year.

Little Birdie Secrets has some great ideas posted for teacher appreciation gifts.






A few weeks ago I tried out a recipe for homemade popcorn chicken.

Due to financial restraints and the fact that a restaurant is soooo not desirable as the only adult tagging along four children 6 yrs and under...I thought I'd whip up a batch of my own popcorn chicken.

And in my 6 year old's own words....

"This is the best popcorn chicken I have ever had!"







If you have not heard about the Twitter war against Ashton Kutcher and CNN then you must go read this article to see all the good things coming out of it.

I really am starting to like that guy.





Yesterday was my Mom's birthday.

She passed away 7 years ago.

She would have been 57.

I remember when I just started to follow Gray's Anatomy on TV and in this episode George's Dad has just died from Cancer (like my Mom).

He states exactly how I feel...it was the biggest AHA moment of my life and sometimes when you can summarize a feeling you have it helps you deal with it a little better...this scene did that for me and I will always remember it.

Miss you Mom.