bluebonnets revisited 04/24/12

I did update this to my original post, but thought I would combine the 2 & give it its own post.

I had a laptop that died a long while ago, I gave it to my techie friend to try & retrieve my pics & such, well he had my computer from like 2005- 2011. He forgot he had it & then he wasnt in my life for a few yrs. He gave  me a disc with all the files he retrieved. It also  had a disc of pics that I had created in the computer bag. Tonight I thought I would see what was on one of  the discs. I found my 1st set of bluebonnet pics which was from 2004. I know I'm bad Alex was 4 yrs old & 1st time in the bluebonnets. Drakeston was only about 2.5-3 months old. This was actually in town, across the st from where Alex had just gotten a haircut. We were headed to the mall to get easter bunny pics. 

I had really ugly hair & glasses, but was skinnier back then.

& here are some blubonnet pics from 2012

pinterest & pampered chef dinner 04/24/12

I worked locally today, & we didnt have any baseball games, just practice, that means I got to try out a pinterest recipe tonight.

http://pinterest.com/pin/100557004150030330/ bacon wrapped chicken rollups originally posted by blogchef:

http://blogchef.net/bacon-wrapped-chicken-recipe/

It was super yummy. My Dad usually doesnt like the meals that are prepared & usually just complains, but tonight he told me twice it was excellent! The boys on the other hand who are 12 & 8 didnt like the cream cheese. I expected the cream cheese to melt a lil more & be really creamy, but it kinda maintains it original texture & doesnt really melt, but it was still really yummy.

I think our oven is going out & it doesnt cook as fast as it should. I cooked mine for 40-45 mins where the recipe said 30-35 & then i only did 7 mins on the broiler, but by this time we were getting hungry & impatient & the yummy smell was infiltrating our noses. I probably could have left it on the broiler a few extra mins, not all of the bacon got crisp

A long while ago my mom & I attended a pamper chef party. We each bought a large microwave cooker & tonight was the 1st time either cooker was used. I washed the potatos,cut them up, I didnt even peel them, covered them in water, placed them in the microwave cooker, put the lid on & then microwaved for 5 mins at a time til it was done. It was my 1st time cooking potatos so I didnt know how long they should cook. Mine cooked about 15-20 mins. I then used another pampered chef tool I dont know what its called, but I think you use it to ground hamburger meat.  Its black has a nice handle & a rounded x on the bottom. I mashed it up, put the leftover cream cheese in the center & lots of butter,some paprika & some of the liquid that came off the chicken, so butter cream cheese, chicken stuff & bacon grease.

go give it a try.

thought I would blog on my new computer

In Nov, my house was broke into, they stole my laptop,camera,gps, & keys. I had to wait til tax time to replace everything. I had to shop around & see what I wanted. I have been using my family's internet & computer, so im excited to have internet again at my house even though im not at my house yet. I picked up the new computer last night, spoke with a techie friend & she said she would help me get it going & install & remove stuff today (wed). She comes over spends about an hr fixing it up for me, she leaves. I start surfing the web, then I realized it was too quiet so I opened up pandora, & there was no sound! I txt my friend who had already left & went home, she remote accesses my computer & we learned that the speakers were showing as working but not actually working. I had to go back to office depot they played with it for a few mins & said they had another in stock so they just exchanged it for me. So new computer take 2.

baseball season is keeping us busy, & I dont feel very good, so thats all for now in the blog world.

I am having a dove chocolate tasting party on 04/27/2012 @ 7:15pm-9:15pm let me know if you want more details, through comments or email or visit my site http://mydcdsite.com/jenniferfarrell

taking pics in bluebonnets, a tx tradition

Well Ive been wanting to go get some bluebonnet pics, since they 1st started blooming in mid-march. This was not the easiest of tasks this yr. I had to replace my camera that was stolen in Nov. I was trying to be thrifty & thought I was getting a good buy & saving $20 by getting it at Sam's( a wholesale club). It turns out that it was $20 less cuz it didnt have all the features. It was missing the feature I wanted. I return that camera & begin searching again for cameras. I went to best buy 3 different times, & looked online. The original time I guess I overlooked this particular model I thought I had 2 choices $150 that didnt have the zoom & the features or $300 which had everything but I wasnt sold on the price. So I went to walmart, Target, & then Sam's. After Returning the camera I go back to Best Buy. This is when I found the 3rd model which was $200, it had all the features, & zoom & was a good price. Turns out everyone wanted that camera since it was 2 days before easter. They had to order me in one instead of just taking one off the shelf. A week later the camera finally came in. I ended up with a canon  powershot sx150 is . 


On Friday I was wanting to go out since the boys have a half day of school. I ended up misplacing the batteries & the shirts I wanted the boys to wear. I finally find the missing items, but by then daylight was gone. Sat turned into a sleep day since half the family went to relay for life from6p-6a friday night. Sunday we went after morning worship service, got some shots but the the boys werent being cooperative, went back after afternoon service & got some more. 


I guess I got more shots than what I originally thought I did.


here is my slideshow of picshttp://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f354/farrellcat/?action=view&current=1f316ed5.pbw&ps=1&t=1334535876




& no I didnt just add a cute lil girl to my family, i took my friend with me the 2nd time we went out so we could get shots of the 3 of us together. Its her little girl. My friend Jennifer said she mustve been posing for you, cuz she never sits that way. I wanted to get a pic of jennifer & mariah together but Jennifer was camera shy.


Sorry the fonts changed up, I copied something from facebook & blogger wont let me change the font. I keep highlighting & selecting a font but nothing changes.

I told the boys if they would cooperate I would take them to Orange Leaf afterwards. We enjoyed some cotton candy frozen yogurt with some sour worms on top.

edited 04/24/12

I had a laptop that died a long while ago, I gave it to my techie friend to try & retrieve my pics & such, well he had my computer from like 2005- 2011. He forgot he had it & then he wasnt in my life for a few yrs. He gave  me a disc with all the files he retrieved. It also  had a disc of pics that I had created in the computer bag. Tonight I thought I would see what was on one of  the discs. I found my 1st set of bluebonnet pics which was from 2004. I know I'm bad Alex was 4 yrs old & 1st time in the bluebonnets.

I picked up my new camera yesterday, so at Alex's baseball game I was trying to learn how to use it. Just playing around & clicking I took 151 pics in a 2 hr time. I was trying to learn the feature of color popping.

this pic is regular colors

 this is just with the blue

 and now the red

 a close up of the items I was grabbing color from

 red pop

 blue pop

regular color again

a pinterest inspired creation

Ok this project started a whole lot of other projects for me. Its started me cooking. this is the pin I found on pinterest:

here is the blog link or you can find her pin in my receipe board on my pinterest page jennifer farrell.
http://clairsfairytale.blogspot.com/2012/01/ultimate-menu-board.html

Here is my version, with the colors I like. This paper is not Close To My Heart. It was just some pattern paper my mom had avalible. If I had been at my house when I created this it would have been in CTMH paper. The battery on the phone/camera was low, so I couldn't get a better light.

 ingredients: 11x14 frame. 2 12x12 papers of 1 pattern & part of another pattern piece of paper. 2 boxes the same size. (mine were a curad bandaid box, & a zyrtec allergy medicine box.) The original that I patterened mine from used 2 8ct boxes of crayons. a piece of ribbon,some glitter,paint, & a hot temp gluegun. 7 clothes pins.

receipe cards: 4 sheets of 12x12 paper for each color used. I used 7 colors, a different color for each day.

I painted my clothespins with some left over purple paint I used on a bookshelf a few yrs back. I took a scrap of each color & adhered it to the clothespin. I cut the recipe cards 2x4.5. I cut 52 of each color. That way I can have enough for the whole yr.

Cut 1 inch off the side of the 2 patterened papers that are the same, cut about 3 inches to fill in the gap of the 11x14 frame. Use the ribbon to cover the seam where you pieced the paper together. I used the cricut to cut menu.Run the letters through the xyron sticker maker, be sure you do the side that will have glitter on it 1st & glitter it then run it back through so it will have sticky on the back to stick to the paper.Use the 2nd pattern to cover the boxes.

I have 7 catergories of receipes pinned on my pinterest board: beef its what's for dinner,why did the chicken cross the road, pork the other white meat, one fish 2 fish red fish blue fish, potatoes/soups, breakfast & crockpot.

Im gonna cross label my crockpot cards with the same color of the main ingredient, so we will know what we will need for that receipe.

I also made a box to match with the leftover pattern paper that made the background of the board. it holds the receipe cards perfectly. It was a plastic container that once held hills bros cappuccino sugar free french vanilla powder mix in it.(p.s. we didnt really like the contents, but I held onto that box for a long time thinking it would be perfect for some future project. We actually threw out much of the powder cuz it never got used.)

wow, i finally could access my blog screen

There was a toolbar in my way & I finally figured out how to make it go away. I wanted to post yesterday. So here I am now.

I GOT MY DOVE CHOCLOATE DISCOVERIES BUSINESS KIT IN!!!!!! I had an extra day off yesterday , Legend & I were outside & the fedex man pulled up. I was surprised I wasnt expecting a package. He delivered my chocolate kit, opened up to a lot of goodies.

I forgot to take pics but I can when I get my new camera today.

My friend who works at American Classifieds ran me an ad for both Close To My Heart & Dove Chocolates. The ad started this week & I got a call yesterday with someone interested in what I do for Dove Chocolates. It could be something good from it. We are playing phone tag so its in limbo.

Laura Miller a close to my heart consultant who also is a Dove Chocolatier posted in our CTMH community board about 2 yrs ago, telling us about the exciting company she had joined which was Dove Chocolates. I had been thinking about it & considering it ever since. Well in March she made some more comments about the exciting stuff going on in Dove Chocolates & the big things that were coming. We had a conversation & I asked her everything I could possibly think of. I told her I would become a consultant, & that I shouldve joined her when she 1st started 2 yrs ago. Well now she is going on the 1st incentive trip with Dove Chocolates to Punta Cana all paid & includes her husband who is all paid for as well. I am setting a goal to go with her on the next incentive trip. She now has a team that has 126 chocolatiers on her team.

She told me TX was an undeveloped Dove Area & I told her I was going to do Dove Chocolates as big as TX. So heres to the start of my latest journey that I jumped into with blind faith & trust.

www.dove-chocolate-discoveries.com/sites/jenniferfarrell

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