To those of you who are regular viewers of my blog I just

wanted to explain that I will not be on the computer for a while

because of medical reasons...

I will however be back to this as soon as I can so I hope you

all will check back from time to time...I enjoy this blog very much

and have a lot of fun posts to share as soon as things

settle down here....

JOHNNY APPLESEED CAKE

Here is one of those so simple kind of cakes...

only 3 ingredients and looks so delicious...

I can't wait to try it soon...

I'm thinking you could also easily make this recipe with

sugar free ingredients too...that's what I will do...

....here is the recipe...

as I said, very easy and quick to make this one...

I like any dessert with apple pie filling in it....

I bet you could use it with different kinds of pie fillings too

and it would be great...

http://www.mrfood.com/Cakes/Johnny-Appleseed-Cake-3282

PRINTABLE WORD SEARCH SILVERWARE HOLDER

When I have guests for dinner I really enjoy dressing up the

table with fun things having to do with whatever the occasion or

holiday is at the time.....one of the things I like to do is create silverware

holders....this one is especially fun because I added a word search

puzzle to it that guests can do while waiting for dinner to be served....

just print, fold and secure with glue or tape...I like to use the double sided scotch tape

that is sticky on both sides...

...then just fold a napkin and put that along with your silverware inside

the pocket, don't for get to add a pen or pencil so they can work the

puzzle...(I left a little blank strip on the right side for clipping a pen on)

....hope lots of people have fun with this..after all...it's free!

....here is the printable...

Word Search Silverware Holder

BOLOGNA ROLLUP

I think most of you have probably seen this recipe before, but

since we recently celebrated 'bologna day' I thought I would post

it on here anyway....maybe some of you have forgotten how easy it

was to make and how good it tastes...just a food reminder I guess!

I like this one...but then I like all of the quick and easy little

Pillsbury kind of recipes...I sometimes wonder what we did before

crescent rolls came along....they sure have made kitchen work easier...

I may have brought his up here before but I often think about how

much easier cooking and baking is now compared to my mother and

grandmother's days...they would not have believed some of the things

available now...such as a 2 ingredient cake...they made everything from

scratch and would never have thought you could make a cake this way....

my mom did start using ready-made pie crusts but I remember when she

worked so hard making pies because everything was from scratch...

the interesting thing of it all is they never complained...that's just how things

were back then and they accepted it because it's all they knew...if I bake

something that takes more than 10 minutes or less to prepare for the pan

I am complaining about how 'this is taking so long' or 'why did I bother with this'

or, 'boy my back hurts from this!'  Back then they just did it and that was

that !  What I am getting at is that they were much stronger people than

we are I think...I feel like I am strong in a lot of ways but not like my

mother and grandmother were....they were amazing....

...now on with this great little recipe...

All you need is:

1 can Crescent Rolls

4 slices of bologna

4 sticks string cheese

1 egg

...you can get the instructions here...

http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/bologna-and-cheese-roll-ups/da69e8ec-9bcb-4d7a-b605-155c7d4b31e7

SPOON MONSTERS

Here is a cute and fun craft idea...

turn wooden spoons into little monsters!

What a fun craft to do with your kids or

grandkids....I can think of all kinds of funny

monster faces to put on them...

....here is where I found this one..

http://suzyssitcom.com/2013/10/jar-o-monsters-just-in-time-for-halloween-fun.html

NATIONAL BOLOGNA DAY

Today is....

National Bologna Day!

First of all I have to admit, I think I have always spelled the word

'b o l o g n a' wrong!  I always thought it was 'b a l o g n a'....

...and I have always wondered how it got that 'a' at the end of it....

as it's pronounced, one would think it would be 'ie' or 'e' or something

like that....but I guess it all just makes the word more interesting...

I love bologna, Oscar Meyer of course...it makes a great sandwich

with mayonnaise....and I have used it in many other ways which I  might have

already said on here...one of my husband's favorite suppers is sliced

ring bologna, fried potatoes and a little onion all mixed together in the pan...we have that often....

I also like to chop it up and brown it and mix it in macaroni and cheese or

scrambled eggs....and it's really good with mashed potatoes and cheese....

I could go on forever, I think it's one of the best foods for making in a variety of ways...and

it seems all the recipes that use it are really quick and simple to make...we love that

part don't we?

After this post I think Oscar Meyer should give me a bunch of bologna, right?

I mean this is a pretty good ad for them!

...but seriously, I'm sure the other brands are delicious too....

I'm just a picky eater, if I like a certain brand of something I stick with it....

So I just had to do something for this holiday...

introducing...

 da daaaa.....!!

Mr. Bologna!

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CHEESECAKE DIP

Yum! Cheesecake Dip...

this would be so good with the strawberries she has in her

picture and lots of other fruits too....

I think it would even be good if you dip graham crackers in it...

would give you the taste of cheesecake along with the graham crust....

....it is pretty too...it would look so nice on a holiday

table.....

So easy to make too....only 3 ingredients....

enjoy!

....here is where I found this one....

she has lots of other fun things too so have fun looking around her blog...

http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/best-cheesecake-dip-only-3-ingredients

HALLOWEEN FLASHLIGHT

What a cute idea this is.....again I wish I had thought of

this back in my daycare years....

it's such a simple idea too !

...all they did is cut Halloween designs out of felt

and put it on the front of a flashlight...it says to use the kind of felt

that is sticky on one side but I'm thinking just regular felt would stick

enough without that...

...this doesn't have to be just for Halloween....

it would be fun with other holiday designs too like a Christmas tree or

star or bells...lots of fun ideas for this one...

...here is where I got this from...

http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/halloween-flashlights-easy-diy-craft

MUMMY HOT DOGS

I saw my niece had this posted on Pinterest last night and

I thought it was so cute I had to put it here on my blog too...

this is about the cutest idea for Halloween food I have seen yet...

and so easy to make with simple ingredients....

I can think of many little ones that would love to see these on

their Halloween supper plate...can just picture their faces !

So fun...

...this also brings back memories of my mom making hot dogs

for supper when we were kids before sending us out trick or treating...

I wasn't fond of boiled hot dogs but for some reason that night they

always tasted so good !  (now I only eat them fried or grilled)...

...have fun with this cute little project !

...you can find the easy instructions here...

http://www.ourordinarylife.com/2013/10/hillshire-farm-ball-park-beef-mummy-dogs-recipe/

PAPER BIRD

I love making birds to set around the house...

my sister has a collection of beautiful bird houses and birds so

I guess it kind of runs in the family !

This one looks so cute, and easy to make too...

I like that you can use any design of paper you want and you could

even make different ones for holidays...there are so many great

scrapbook papers available now....I have fun shopping for them

at Hobby Lobby as they have a big selections of them...

Have fun making this little guy...

here is where you can print out the template...

http://hoppinup.blogspot.com/2010/11/paper-bird-tutorial.html

MONSTER COOKIE STICKS FOR HALLOWEEN

Every day that I think I might go without posting something on

here I come across an awesome recipe or printable or something

that I just can't wait to post for all of you to see...

What a neat idea this is...decorated Cookie Sticks...

these are for Halloween but they would be great for every other

holiday too....the Christmas decorating ideas for these are endless...

I think this is a great idea for cookies and I can't wait to try them....

I found these on a blog called  'the decorated cookie'

and she has a lot of other great ideas so when you go there

look around....it's a fun website!

...here is the link for the recipe and decorating ideas....

enjoy!

http://thedecoratedcookie.com/2012/10/monster-cookie-sticks-for-halloween/

SCARECROW MATCH GAME

Today my little scarecrow guy makes another appearance...

in the form of a matching game!

When we were kids we used to lay out a whole deck of cards

upside down and find matches...we had fun with that game...

although it took a long time just to set up the 54 cards before

we could start...

This is a quick and simple little matching game that

will be fun even for little kids...

Just print both pages and cut apart...

turn each card upside down and find two with matching outfits...

whoever gets the most when they are all picked up

wins the game!

...click here for the printable pages...

Scarecrow Cards page 1

Scarecrow Cards page 2

CARROT FRIES

Good morning world...

hope it's a good day for all..

I'm not getting on the computer a lot right now as there is a lot

going on to take care of, but I'm still here and hopefully will

be back to posting something each day again soon....

I wanted to put this recipe on here because I think it looks

so good....I can't wait to try it myself...it would make a great

side for any meal but I think it would be something different and unique

to serve with a holiday meal...

All you need to make these carrot fries is 4 ingredients:

Carrots

Chili powder

Salt

Olive oil or Coconut oil

....here are the instructions to make these...

http://www.cheaprecipeblog.com/2013/04/carrot-fries-recipe/

RECYCLED BREAD TAGS

The ideas people come up with just amaze me sometimes...

how many times have you gone to throw away one of those little

plastic bread bag tags and thought twice about it and tossed it into

a drawer to save instead?  I have done this numerous times....

thinking sometime, somehow there will be a reason I wish I had one

of those...so I kept it...

....this lady has come up with a great idea for them and I can't

wait to make some of these...how cute!

...after you design them you can use them to close up treat bags, 

cookie bags....anything...every little thing like this adds a little more

fun to a holiday gift....for any holiday...

I just love these, hope you all do too...

thank you Amanda for sharing...

...here are the instructions for these cute little things...

http://craftsbyamanda.com/2010/09/recycled-bread-tag-monsters.html

MUG RUG (Crochet)

I have so many rolls of left-over yarns stuffed here and there

around the house....I always think there will be something that

I can use them for and I just hate to throw something like that away...

well...now we are getting close to the time that I like to make a few

little things to donate to the church's fall sale...so I decided to use up

some of it on an easy and quick little project for that...just as I was trying

to decide what to make I started coming across little 'Mug Rugs'

around the internet...and what great timing!

....so I sat down and came up with a fast and cute version of

my own...now I am going to town with my little Mug Rugs and

having fun doing them as I watch TV ....it's a nice little break from

everything else and they go so fast you can see your accomplishments

accumulate quickly...I have about 10 sets done already...

I have seen patterns for some that are about 10 inches long for the

purpose of putting your coffee or cocoa mug on them with a 

snack alongside...but I wanted mine to just be little things big enough

to set your cup on...so here is my pattern....

Materials:

Crochet hook size K

4 ply yarn of choice (I use Red Heart)

Buttons and Beads (one per Mug Rug)

1.  Chain 12, turn.

2.  Sc in each of next 10 chains, ch 2, turn. (11 sc).

3.  Double crochet in 2nd sc from hook and next 9 sc., ch 2, turn (11 double crochet)

4.  Continue in this pattern until you have 8 rows of double crochet. End row 8 with 1 sc., turn.

5.  Sc all around 4 sides with ( sc, ch 1, sc,) in each corner.

6.  Hide ends and sew on button or bead of your choice.

That's it, I hope this is easy to follow. If there's any question feel free to ask...enjoy!
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For the church sale I found that they fit just right in a Ziploc sandwich bag so I packaged a set of 2 together this way...

HOMEWORK HOUND (so cute!)

I thought this was pretty cute...

a puppy envelope to put homework in so 

it doesn't get lost...

after it's done it could be used to put inside the

school bag to keep the homework right there easy

to find each day....

.....instructions are here....

http://www.highlightskids.com/crafts/homework-hound

ANIMATED NEON HALLOWEEN ALPHABET

Here is the same alphabet that I put a color rotation on....

it kind of gives it that eerie Halloween look don't you think?

I like how it turned out....

again...if you want to save just right click on each letter you want 

and be sure to save it as a .gif file to keep the animation...

...take as many as you want and enjoy !

CANADIAN BACON & EGG BISCUITS

We are under tornado watches and warnings up here right now...

very unusual for North Dakota in October...I guess it has happened

but I myself do not remember any at this time of the year....

rotating tornadic clouds have just passed over us here in the city and

are heading north so I am a bit worried about family members who

may be in line with them next....

anyway...I was looking at Pillsbury.com for a recipe for the Jr. sized

biscuits since I had some on hand and didn't know what I wanted

to use them for...I came across the recipe they have where you use

two biscuits with scrambled eggs, sausage and cheese between them...

this sounded good and I was about to make it but then also remembered

that I had a whole package of round slices of Canadian bacon on hand too...

so I changed the recipe a bit and they turned out great!  I don't know if

anyone has created this one before or not but this is how I made mine...

I am going to try these with other fillings too...

I think they would be good with any kind of meat such as

ground beef, shredded pork, tuna, whatever you have on

hand would work fine....

You will need:

1 can Pillsbury Biscuit Jrs  (I'm sure any size would work fine)

4 eggs (scrambled)

5 slices Canadian Bacon

Shredded Cheddar Cheese (I used sharp Cheddar)

1. Press 5 biscuits into about a 4 1/2 inch circle.

2. Place 1 slice Canadian Bacon on each one.

3. Put the scrambled eggs on top of bacon.

4. Add shredded cheese to taste on top of eggs.

5. Press the other 5 biscuits large enough to fit over the top of each filled one and seal the edges all

    around.

Preheat over to 375 degress.  Bake for 15 to 18 minutes.

(NOTE: I served these with hash browns and it was a delicious meal)

PHIL'S PHOTOS

New photos have been added to

Phil's Photos today, October 11, 2013.

Take a look and hope you all enjoy them....

here is a sample....

HALLOWEEN TIC-TAC-TOE GAME

Here's a little Halloween Tic-Tac-Toe game printable

that I designed last night.....I love making these little holiday

things to share....hope somebody out there enjoys them!

There is a link to the .pdf file below the sample....

You may see my little scarecrow show up on more things

during this Halloween season...I have him in an animated file

that I will be sharing soon....just for fun to use in your emails and blogs if

you would like him.....

(NOTE: on my computer the entire background to this printout looks
gray, but it is white in my files and on the .pdf so it shouldn't use
as much ink to print as one would think from this picture).

Halloween Tic-Tac-Toe Game

ANIMATED HALLOWEEN ALPHABET

I have two animated Halloween alphabets that I am going to share on here...

I hope you all like them and will have fun using them...

...they should work on pretty much any blog and also in most emails....

a lot of people like to use them to spell out their name or initials as their signature

at the bottom of their emails....

....I am posting the entire alphabet here and if anyone wants it you should be able to

just right click on them and then be sure you save them as a .gif file to keep them

animated....you can take all of them or just the letters that you want...I am posting

them as 26 individual files.....

....this large 'K' is a closeup example of what they look like so I can post it on pinterest...
animations are below...

....have fun with these and I will add the second set in a few days....