tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11749641843232231242024-03-14T02:50:59.906-07:00Unionvale Mom's SpotAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758361039967874497noreply@blogger.comBlogger239125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174964184323223124.post-57852427191604875172013-03-30T15:34:00.000-07:002013-03-30T15:34:20.915-07:00Mom Fashion: Custom Styling Option with eShakti #reviewAre you ready for a new spring dress? I know a lot of the country is still dealing with snow and the ensuing slushy mess, but here is Oregon we are finally seeing springtime weather. This weekend we are seeing 70' days. Spring cleaning and new dresses go hand in hand. Thankfully <a href="http://www.eshakti.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eShakti </a>has an awesome collection of Spring Dresses that can be customized, changing the length of the dress, or a slightly different neckline, different sleeves, and even removing the embellishments for the dress. I received a customized Spring Dress to review and share our experiences.<br />
Last spring I <a href="http://unvlmom.blogspot.com/2012/06/mommy-fashion-done-vintage-thanks-to.html" target="_blank">reviewed a dress</a> for eShakti and everyone loved it. This year my family (husband and boys) are the only ones that have seen it so far. I am wearing it for Easter activities on Easter Sunday to show it off.<br />
I decided to go accessory shopping to pick up a few things to go with the dress (sunglasses, bracelet, shoes, etc) without overpowering the dress.<br />
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This dress features chambray cotton, shirt dress styling, pleated skirt, elastic back waist, and side pockets. The original dress was knee length and had different sleeves. I had the dress lengthened and the keyhole tied sleeves added. I like the length of the dress and the shirt styling of the top. Since I am not a size 6 and I'm somewhere in the middle height wise, I'm having trouble getting totally comfortable in the waist length (I'm finding that with just about everything this season though.)<br />
I love how quickly the dresses are altered and shipped. When I received my dress the DHL driver who delivered it was running late and I was his last drop for the day, he was really nice about it being so late in the evening (something like 7:45 pm). I told him about the company and he said he would tell his girlfriend about it. I really love when the delivery drivers show some interest in the packages they are handling.<br />
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So as I'm sitting here typing this post, I comfortably wearing the dress (go for everyday living) and noticing a couple of the details in the styling; the gold buttons are actually buttonholes not just decoration (although I can't see using them since the elastic in the back makes it crazy easy to get in and out of), also the darts in the bust line of the dress are gentle enough in shaping that I don't feel crazy self conscience.<br />
The color is a nice washes chambray rather than a dark denim which I appreciate and the chambray fabric is lightweight enough to not get crazy hot it.<br />
This dress will be a fun addition even through the summer.<br />
If you have never shopped with <a href="http://www.eshakti.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eShakti</a>, their vintage style is fun, functional, and modest without seeming to old fashion, and since most of the the lengths can be altered you can adjust to fit your personality. New this season they even have a bridesmaid line of dress (many of those dresses can be worn after by just removing the underskirt).<br />
Prices with eShakti are realistic not over the top; you can find dresses for under $75 easily. Lately, I've had trouble finding something I feel comfortable in that won't break the bank, so shopping with eShakti is a nice change.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758361039967874497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174964184323223124.post-39575944195027612262013-03-25T18:51:00.000-07:002013-03-25T18:51:08.154-07:00Share a smile with Tyson #NuggetSmiles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Sometimes eating isn't fun, but sometimes it is a ton of fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i> With a <a href="http://www.tyson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tyson</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NuggetSmiles&src=typd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#NuggetSmiles</a> Plate of course.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The next trick is to get the kids to smile as the eat off the fun plate!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The boys weren't sure about the idea of making faces on a plate or even making faces out of their dinner. (They take dinner way too seriously!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Anyway, we headed to our local Safeway store to pick up a few things, coupons in hands and a list this time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This isn't a healthy option by any means but I had a coupon for Diet Dr. Pepper and had a craving for it so bought 2 , 2 liter bottles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Bonus! We found the Tyson Chicken Nuggets on sale for only $4.99 a bag! They were easy to find in the store, they had their own end cap display in the meat section. Love when I find a deal on something fun to dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We decided to have a little fun with dinner, Chicken Nugget silly salads!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Salad plus tomatoes plus Tyson Chicken Nuggets and a variety of other toppings creates fun for dinner!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The adults got in on the fun too! Salad greens for facial hair, tomato nose, and kalamata olive with yellow pepper eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">What kid doesn't like to play with his food? <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TysonChickenNuggets" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chicken nuggets</a> smile with a pickled beet nose, tomato eyes, and finished off with romain lettuce eye brows, looks like a happy dinner!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Check out the rest of our adventure with Chicken Nuggets in our <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/106569043656920568678/albums/5859434212724941905?authkey=CNDYlbCjsLWE9wE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Plus Album</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">With 3 proofs of purchase you can get your own #NuggetSmiles plate and have fun creating you own edible faces with nuggets and imagination.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758361039967874497noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174964184323223124.post-34574023061324090152013-03-07T07:00:00.000-08:002013-03-07T07:00:11.335-08:00What is your Dream Job? #31DayMarch<span style="font-size: large;">Dream Job?</span><div>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2kgjqPjIZSA/UKq6Ja7Y6jI/AAAAAAAAF9M/Dj_v-ACF4a4/s1600/Kidfresh+shop+015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2kgjqPjIZSA/UKq6Ja7Y6jI/AAAAAAAAF9M/Dj_v-ACF4a4/s400/Kidfresh+shop+015.jpg" width="400" /></a> <span style="font-size: large;">I'm going it! I love blogging! I love meeting new people, working with awesome brands, trying new products, seeing new films, sharing my opinion, reading other's thoughts. I really couldn't ask for a better job.</span><div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758361039967874497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174964184323223124.post-59640907185598496132013-03-03T07:00:00.000-08:002013-03-03T07:00:04.250-08:00What makes me Happy #31daymarchWhat makes me happy?<br />
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a.baby belly laughs<br />
b. seeing my boys get it during school<br />
c. a successful dinner with new dishes<br />
d. quiet time in church<br />
e. snuggling with my boys<br />
f. spending time with my husband.<br />
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"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself." from The Prophet by Kahill Gibran<br />
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I'm sure there are many people that will disagree with me, but this quote has meaning to me.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">5 Random facts about Unvlmom</span></b><br />
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<b>1. I shared my birthday with my grandfather. 1/3/74 to his 1/3/07 (it was a Thursday both years)</b><br />
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<b>2. I was in the Chess club in elementary school.</b><br />
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<b>3. I love to cook, but hate to do the dishes. </b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Thankfully we found Milk on sale as well as cereal bars, yogurt, cereal, and even some vegetarian bacon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My awesome little helped loaded all the groceries onto the conveyor belt for the cashier, glad he was there to see exactly what was available and what he got since he is my picky eater. I was also glad he could see the prices and the value of those various items as we shopped the store. I usually just type in my phone number as soon as the cashier starts my order, but since my guy was with me and I wanted him to see the values I waited until the last minute to put my number in. </span></div>
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L'OREAL's new <a href="http://www.lorealparisusa.com/en/Products/Makeup/Face/BB-Cream/Magic-Skin-Beautifier-BB-Cream.aspx?shade=Light" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MAGIC Skin Beautifier B.B. Cream</a> says it is a 4 in 1 product that primes, perfects, hydrates, and corrects. Retailing for $10.95 for a 1.0 FL. OZ. <br />
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After 2 weeks I noticed my skin was drier than before causing the make to look caked on although skin an even color even my husband said it looked like I was wearing make-up which is not the goal. I want it to look natural. I did find that the coverage of certain issue spots was effective while not making it obvious that I was trying to cover something up. I've spent most of my make-up years searching for a good color and I have to say that L'OREAL provided a good color with this product, a basic color. I will continue to use <a href="http://www.lorealparisusa.com/en/Products/Makeup/Face/BB-Cream/Magic-Skin-Beautifier-BB-Cream.aspx?shade=Light" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MAGIC Skin Beautifier B.B. Cream </a> on occasion but will be adding a stronger moisturizer before applying. </div>
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Broccoli with cheese sauce, brown rice cooked in beef broth, and a Top Sirloin steak medium grilled on a hot BBQ topped with shitaki mushrooms and red onions in a balsamic reduction. It was pure heaven and since the broccoli and onions came from a gleaning project, the rice was given to us, etc.... the total meal for all 4 of use was less than $20. (steaks priced out at around $8.00) (beef broth was made from neck bone this past fall and stored in the pantry and the cheese sauce was a simple sauce of milk, butter and a small bit of cheese, not super heavy).</div>
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I warmed up 2 <a href="http://www.morningstarfarms.com/recipe-search.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spicy Black Bean Burgers</a> to create a simple healthy lunch wrap.<br />
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A layer of loosely chopped lettuce, a couple grape tomatoes, 2 <a href="http://www.morningstarfarms.com/recipe-search.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spicy Black Bean Burgers</a> , a bit of crumbled feta cheese , and a squeeze of fresh lime.<br />
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2 cups shredded chicken (I used frozen chicken I had packaged earlier this month from a rotisiery chicken I bought)<br />
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2 cups grated cheddar cheese divided<br />
1 small can green chilies (mild for family)<br />
1/2 cup sour cream<br />
1/2 cup salsa (I used homemade but you can use your favorite)<br />
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Nathan helped me make dinner tonight to show of the recipe<br />
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I love my old school grater especially for cheese. This bowl is the other half of the cheese from the recipe , it will be used for topping.<br />
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Combine everything except half the cheese and the salsa or enchilada sauce<br />
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I usually end up with 6 enchiladas, I will often double the batch and freeze one tray for later.<br />
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Top with salsa or enchilada sauce<br />
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Cover enchiladas with the other half shredded cheese.<br />
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Place in a 350' oven and bake for 20 minutes (mostly just to heat everything up and melt the cheese)<br />
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Each of the boys will eat 1 , Mike will eat 2 1/2 and I will eat 1 1/2. When the boys get older I'm sure it will be a double batch when I make them.<br />
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Serve with salad for a complete meal!<br />
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Are you reading to go meatless on Monday? Since we have a few days left this week and then the weekend, start thinking about all the fun meal options with a Meatless Monday.<br />
Monday the boys and I will go meatless with <a href="http://www.morningstarfarms.com/recipe-search.html" target="_blank">MorningStar Farms Grillers</a>. I am going for some spice with Spicy Black Bean Grillers. My favorite way to make them up is to create a griller wrap with a soft tortilla , some salad, a little cheese and a griller warmed up and cut in half., top it all with some sour cream or ranch dressing and you are ready with an easy Meatless meal on Monday or any day of the week.<br />
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Stay tuned as I share our Meatless Monday with you next week featuring Spicy Black Bean Burgers.<br />
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I am so excited to share this awesome Marriage Challenge from <a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/">WomenLivingWell.org</a><br />
Week 1 is simple Take the Initiative and praise your husband.<br />
Courtney suggests simple things such as praise your husband in front of the kids, send him encouraging text messages, offer to say prayer at dinner and praise God for your wonderful husband, if your husband is on Facebook post a public praise on his wall or post a status update praising him.<br />
After I thought about that a little more, I would like to suggest Twitter as another way to praise him publicly While my husband is not on social media, I can still praise him on social media and on my blog.<br />
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I love this man, he has known me for more than 20 years, and stuck with me for the last 10 years of a crazy roller coaster ride we call marriage.<br />
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He was there beside me the entire time bringing our first child into this world.<br />
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He was beside me and acted as my voice when it came to bringing our second son into this world.<br />
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He holds me together when I seem to be falling apart at the seams and he lifts me up when I step out of my comfort zone knowing that it will bring us closer as a family.<br />
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He even tags along and drives so I can attend blogging events, I don't know many guys willing to go stand around and listen to a bunch of bloggers talk about food.<br />
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When you are taking a picture of yourself in the mirror I really don't want to see your camera, so I thought I would post how to take a self portrait.<br />
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This is similar to what people post on Facebook or Instagram all too often. I don't care what kind of phone or cover you have, sorry.<br />
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By turning your phone around and looking at the lens instead of the picture you will be taking you change the dynamic of the shot completely.<br />
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If you are worried about what the picture will look like you can see a reflection of the picture in the mirror. This also saves the embarrassment of showing off your bathroom counter.<br />
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You end up with a shot of you and that was the goal to begin with.<br />
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My son helped illustrate this by taking the pictures of me taking pictures of myself. I took the 2 self portraits using incandescent setting on my Samsung Galaxy Prevail II Boost Mobile phone. I don't have the newest latest greatest phone but I make it work without showing it to everyone else in photos.<br />
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Try this and show yourself off rather than your camera.<br />
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p.s. this works well in dressing rooms too!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758361039967874497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174964184323223124.post-60489598643743023852013-01-04T14:42:00.000-08:002013-01-04T18:47:39.351-08:00iChoose2 Love My Life <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am an iBloom ambassador and received a copy of the book iChoose2 Love My Life as a benefit of this program. Over the next 52 weeks I am going to share with you this journey and hope you will come along and join the journey.<br />
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This amazing book will guide you on this journey but believe me you won't be alone. Between the book's amazing words and the knowledge that there are amazing women praying along with you on the journey I am comforted knowing this book is more than another self help book.<br />
Not only is the book amazing , but the community that goes along with the book is amazing.<br />
You can join in with the group for an upcoming <a href="http://ibloom.co/2013party/" target="_blank">New Year's Party </a><br />
I want to tell you so much more about this book , but I also want you to join me on this journey. In the next few days I will be posting again my responses to the first week's assignment on this journey.<br />
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If you do nothing more than join us for the <a href="http://ibloom.co/2013party/" target="_blank">New Year's Party </a> Tuesday January 8th at 8 pm EST I will be happy. There are 2 options for the party. The free option if you already have the book or you can RSVP and purchase the book for only $10.00<br />
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At first my husband and I were convinced this was just another self help book setting me up to fail (I've done a lot of these books over the years), but as I read the first few weeks (I wanted to get a feel for the book) I really felt the power of the prayers that went into this book. I'm sure that sounds cliche' but really the comfort I felt as I started reading the book and giving more thought to the journey is a powerful thing.<br />
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I decided to put up my antique ornaments for the Christmas season, but I didn't have enough to fill an entire tree so I searched out some vintage style ornaments.<br />
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The blue pine cones were a clearance find end of season last year, I think I got them for under $2.00.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758361039967874497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174964184323223124.post-44653596772532363972013-01-01T08:00:00.000-08:002013-01-01T08:00:07.622-08:00Mom Fashion: Winter RedHappy New Year!<br />
Thought I would continue with the Mom Fashion series with a color theme, Winter Red.<br />
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I have to tell you a little secret, the skirt in the photo is more than 10 years old. Mom and I bought the skirt (actually I think Mom bought it for herself) from <a href="http://www.lanebryant.com/" target="_blank">Lane Bryant </a>at least 10 years ago. This fall Mike took me shopping on our anniversary and bought me the blouse at the <a href="http://outlet.lanebryant.com/" target="_blank">Lane Bryant Outlet</a>. I love the detailing on the sleeves, the cut out design adds a bit of fun to the shirt. Also the elastic band along the bottom of the blouse lets me wear it in a variety of ways. The blouse goes perfect with long skirts and slacks but is also fun to dress up a pair of jeans with.<br />
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I am grateful the Winter Red color is the same at <a href="http://www.lanebryant.com/" target="_blank">Lane Bryant </a> year to year. (I have another shirt from <a href="http://www.lanebryant.com/" target="_blank">Lane Bryant </a> that is the same color red that my sister in law gave me, something she purchased 5 plus years ago.)<br />
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I'm still looking for a new style for my hair and as usual I paired the dress with my basic black heels (a purchase from Fashion Bug 2 years ago on a clearance rack for $11.00)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758361039967874497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174964184323223124.post-81525181373493663002012-12-27T19:07:00.001-08:002012-12-27T19:07:53.392-08:00Mom Fashion , the little black dressAs promised this will be a regular posting. Mom Fashion is something I've been thinking about for a while. If I spend just a little more time on what I am wearing and my outward appearance I feel more prepared for the day. Even something as simple as doing my hair a little different can really make my attitude, who knew???<br />
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For my extended family Christmas I decided to wear my new little black dress. Now keep in mind, I'm not little figured woman. This Mom is an average height 5' 6" and a plus size figure, while I'm not proud of it, it is what it is.<br />
This dress was part of our clearance store closing adventure earlier this month.<br />
I really like the length and the details around the neckline.<br />
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I added a simple silver and black necklace and used a silver bar clip to pull my hair up after I curled it with hot rollers.<br />
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I ended up with a lipstick that was pinker than I wanted but I don't think it looked too bad. I did a simple neutral color (brown shades) on my eyes and didn't bother with any foundation. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758361039967874497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174964184323223124.post-71680203004426243852012-12-26T19:26:00.002-08:002012-12-26T19:26:17.890-08:00Get organized with eMeals to help plan your meals<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758361039967874497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174964184323223124.post-6122533442668853142012-12-18T17:50:00.000-08:002012-12-18T17:50:26.960-08:00Kitchen Science with Salts of the World part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A couple of weeks ago I won a <a href="http://shop.thespicelab.com/SALT-Collections/c14/index.html?osCsid=f18f19d24e09577ee3565a47bc33466d" target="_blank">collection of Salts of the World </a>during a twitter party. I was pretty excited as I don't win during twitter parties usually.<br />
The package arrived last Friday and has been patiently waiting for us to start using it.<br />
My husband tells me that when I start playing in the kitchen I am like a scientist at work perfecting my next experiment, especially after this summer and all my fermentation fun. When the salts arrived in test tubes we had a good laugh over the forth coming experimenting.<br />
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Today I had Pot Roast on the Menu so I took a roast out of the freezer and thawed it for a few hours on the counter and then into the crock pot it went. I seasoned it with The Hawaiian Red , Italian seasoning without salt (good for when you want to play with salt flavors)2 small yellow onions , a a toe of Elephant garlic adding about 2 cups of water and covering it.<br />
As I continued to work on my blogging and social media work for the day, I was continually distracted by this amazing smell coming from the kitchen.<br />
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I decided to continue the same salt flavor through the rest of the meal using some to season the potatoes for mashed potatoes and a touch to seasoning the gravy, I will also add a pinch to our veggies.<br />
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There are 6 different salts in the rack, so I figure I will share a different recipe for each one.<br />
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While I was given the salt rack as a prize during twitter party, this post and the forth coming posts are in no way sponsored and are something I decided to share with <a href="http://www.unvlmom.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mom Spot</a> readers.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758361039967874497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174964184323223124.post-21768154734050387562012-12-18T08:00:00.000-08:002012-12-18T08:00:01.366-08:00Menu Monday on Tuesday<br />
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Since the blog joined several other blogs in a moment of silence Menu Monday is on Tuesday.<br />
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Monday: Curry Cashew Chicken Salad<br />
Tuesday: Pot Roast and Potatoes<br />
Wednesday: Chili Mac<br />
Thursday: Chicken Noodle Soup<br />
Friday: Tillapia and Curry Rice<br />
Saturday: Oven BBQ Chicken Drumsticks and Potato Wedges<br />
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Hope you have a yummy week<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758361039967874497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174964184323223124.post-85775357323760892732012-12-18T07:30:00.000-08:002012-12-18T07:30:03.697-08:00Mom Fashion, something newI've posted a couple of fashion things within my blog but I have decided to share more often and call it Mom Fashion.<br />
What inspired this?<br />
My husband took me shopping at Fashion Bug the other day as they are going out of business and he thought it would be a nice trip.<br />
I managed to find a sparkly shirt and 2 dresses. I normally wear long dresses on the conservative side, but both dresses are short (just below my knees) and not as conservative.<br />
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We attended a Christmas Caroling dinner party Sunday evening with church friends and I decided to dress it up a bit.<br />
So here I am.<br />
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I love the fun color pattern and the beaded neckline. I added a fun necklace and basic black heels to the outfit and wore my hair down. </div>
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I was happy with the fit of the dress as it covers up some areas that need a lot of work, but there it is in all honesty. I'm just being real.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758361039967874497noreply@blogger.com3