Pretty Flower

Not much has been going on around here in my little corner of the world this week. I've had 4 days off of work...Which I'm super excited about....but not super excited to see my next paycheck is all. In those 4 days I've done a whole lot of nothing...which I'm very good at for the record. The weather's been pretty iffy around here too so Laci and I haven't been able to get out for as many walks as I'd like but beggars can't be chosers right?

I'm in the process of thinking up another giveaway...I had so much fun with the first one I figured what the heck. I don't know what's all going to be included yet, so please keep checking back for updates.

I've been trying a whole bunch of new recipes recently...Most of which are up in printable format on my other blog The Country Girl Cooks and Talks Money. Of the recipes that I've tried so far no duds yet. Which makes me really happy. I'll have some more of the photo "how to's" up shortly.

Did you know that Bed Head makes a pet care line the Bath and Body Works carries exclusively online? Here's the link if you want to check it out.

Also, I'm looking for any and all titles/authors to reading material. I'm going to be spending a lot of time at my local libary while I'm saving up to get brakes put on my car and extra "fun" stuff like that.

My New Addiction and De-Cluttering....

So I got a $25 iTunes giftcard for Christmas and I spent the whole thing and then some on audiobooks. As I'm writing this post I'm downloading Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (soon to add Gods and Generals to the list too), I've also downloaded Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks, P.S., I love you by Cecilia Ahern, and Dirty by Megan Hart.

I'm in the process of trying to de-clutter my room (which I really need to get back to) and so far I'm sucking pretty miserabley at it. There is soooo much junk laying on my floor right now that I'm actually embarassed....I can not believe I have soooo much stuff. Most of which I really don't need, which will either be going into trash or into my bags to go to Goodwill or St. Vincents (which take up most of my closet and a corner of my room right now). I've got 3 laundry baskets of laundry I need to do and actually put away this time (getting it done isn't the problem, putting it away is the problem). I'm in desperate need of a paper shredder and we don't have one that actually works.

It's colder than HELL here in Wisconsin AGAIN! I think I heard that with the wind chill figured in for Wednesday night it was supposed to be between -35 and -45 degrees below 0. I heard that the high for Thursday is supposed to be -6 degrees but with the wind chill factor it's supposed to feel more like -20 to -35 degrees. I can hardly wait....Have I mentioned that I am NOT a big fan of winter?

Pride and Prejudice

I started reading Pride and Prejudice yesterday afternoon and so far I'm loving it. I've never read any of the classics really so I'm super excited about being drawn into this book. Jane Austen is on my list of "cool" authors now!

Starting next Friday I will be restarting my weekly blessings. I haven't been feeling very blessed the last couple of weeks so I haven't posted any blessings. Between putting our dog down, me getting hurt, and spending a fortune to get my car to just run again (my AC compressor has completely seized) not feeling very blessed at all. I guess the upside to the car thing is that I'm driving around in a really NICE Lincoln Zeyphor...I'll take a picture this morning when the son comes up and share with you all.