Beginning Quilt

I've always wanted to learn how to quilt, but I have always been a little overwhelmed by the idea of starting. I really got brave after finding the blog crazymomquilts.blogspot.com. She is an amazing quilter. I've even emailed her with questions I have about quilting and she always has great answers. She never makes me feel like it's a dumb question.

Then I started searching online. I found this great pattern. It's a baby blanket. (Actually it makes three baby blankets) I finally decided to dive in. You can download this pattern for free. (yeah!) Here are the three blackets I made my my siser's kids. I thought it would be fun for each of them to get a gift when baby #3 is born. All I have done is pieced the quilts. I haven't backed them or quilted them yet. What do you think for a first time?

I haven't decide who gets what quilt yet. My sister might have to help me decide. Happy quilting!

FHE 2009

A friend of mine sent me PDF file of 48 FHE lessons that coordinate with the 2009 primary theme “MY ETERNAL FAMILY”. It is a wonderful resource. If any of you would like me to email you the PDF file, please let me know. Even if you think your children are too young for these lessons now, you can always use them in the future. You can follow the schedule of the primary, or use them as you see fit. Email us at fun4mommies@gmail.com

Food Storage Helper

A friend of mine sent me a link to this website. It is a free website that you use to help you rotate your food storage. This is what the website has to say about it.

"My Food Storage currently* has a very basic feature set- it keeps track of food expiration dates. You enter food items and their expiration dates, and My Food Storage will send you email reminders as you approach those expiration dates giving you enough time to use up your food storage as well as replace it.

My Food Storage was created to be an easy-to-use, "set it & forget it" type of application that will help you remember to rotate your food ensuring that you have fresh food storage."

I think this is great!!! I know I need food storage for not only emergencies, but to save money so I can buy a lot when prices are low, but I'm lousy at getting it all together. I know I find cans of food all the time that I have bought years ago. (Some from when I was first married. Yikes!) What a great organizing tool for the naturally unorganized, like me. If any of you try this site, let me know what you think of it.

Check it Out: www.myfoodstorage.info

One Cookin' Mama

When reading one of the many blogs I am subscribed to, I came across a link to an amazing blog. That is if you love to crockpot like I do. (I suppose crockpot isn't a real verb, is it?)

A Year of Crockpotting

She has a tons of great crockpot recipes. I can't wait to try some of them! I think using your crockpot is such a time save. Throw everything in in the morning and come home to a great diner.

Plus, if you or any of your family members have celiac, all her recipes are gluten free. This is wonderful! I was diagnosed with celiac (Lucky for me it was a misdiagnosis and we dicovered the realy problem a year later) and it is tough to find good gluten free food that your whole family wants to eat. (Note: If you are eating gluten free, she reminds you to check all your labels because manufacturer change ingredients without warning.)

Storynory

I just found a great website I wanted to share with you all, storynory.com. It is fantastic. they have tons of audio books for children that you can download for free. They have fairytales, classic, and even some original stories.

Here is how to download them onto your computer so you can burn them on a CD. (I only share because R had to tell me how to do it) When you pick a category then pick a story, the script of the story is there. above the script is a play button, so you can play the story from you computer while following along in the story. Above the play button it says "Download the audio" (or something close to that. It's different for every story) You want to right click on that (or control-click for a Mac). Click on "Save As" or "Save Link As." This should allow you to download it onto your computer.

What a great thing to listen to in the car. I'm planning on making a CD for B and S to listen to next time they come down. Plus, I bet you have children's book of many of these stories. You children can follow along with the book. Don't worry if the story isn't quite the same. Your young children will love to follow the pictures.

Thanks Storynory!