January 2011

No Manic Mondays

by Nicci on 01/31/2011

”Don’t count the days-make the days count”

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New Years Eve rolled around I was able to get a little crafty for the occasion. I was ringing in the new year, but also celebrating my cousin’s birthday. This was the perfect time to make a fun masquerade mask.

Midnight Masquerade!

I checked out my favorite store, The Dollar Tree, for inexpensive craft materials. Kirstyn came over later and we got started on designing our masks.

Materials used:

$1Store feathered mask
$1Store glitter glue
rhinestones of any color ($3 a pack from Hobby Lobby)
chopstick ( we scored last minute, finding some in my kitchen drawer)
hot glue gun (borrowed from a friend)

Total: $5 Masquerade Mask!

Good Times!

My favorite craft blogs:

My next craft adventure will be crocheting again and making a tunnel scarf.

What was your last craft adventure?

Have a great Monday!!

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Spice It Up With Rosemary

by Nicci on 01/12/2011

I definitely had a crisis last Friday afternoon, after checking my email to see a reader say ”where has your blog gone… I just discovered it?”

I freaked out, for a moment and then I immediately called my hosting services. After some frustration and tearing up, on the phone with a customer service agent, my domain was fixed.

I started tearing up while thinking about all the posts, comments and fun moments I’ve shared on the blog, with friends and family. Apparently, the developers at Go Daddy said a plug-in may have locked up my blog post, all side bars were still visible. Scary thing is, I haven’t logged into my dashboard in weeks or updated plug-ins. I can see all past and present blog posts through Google Reader, so what was the deal? I’ve only updated the blog earlier this week, through Windows Live Writer and now I’m scared to use writer again…Eeccck!

Last week I mentioned, I planned to save money this year. I’m excited to say, I am now ”car payment free” meaning more money in my pocket to save!

Food from last night:

Roasted Rosemary Sweet Potatoes over Rice and Grilled Pork Chops

I love cooking with rosemary and adding it to omelette’s, pasta sauces and seasoning meats.

Welcome Back!!

Please excuse my spammy tweets last night, but I was too excited for the season premiere of ”The Game”.

I’ve loved this show from season one and was very disappointed in the CW network for cancelling it, but BET listened to the dedicated fans and brought this show back to TV, after almost two years of being off the air. Now, if only we could get Girlfriends back on the air…then everything would be fabulous.

Early Bird Fitness: