Whatcha Been Readin?

I've been spending some time over at squidoo reading some of the pages people have written. And there are some pretty interesting articles on so many topics over there. So I thought I would share my five favorite articles from squidoo today.

Best Books About Marie Antoinette by sstanley53


This article has a great list of books about the partier extraordinaire named Marie Antoinette. Not only does it have a great list of books about her life, it also has some interesting trivia about her. Like her favorite perfume, and who created it.







Hiking The Appalachian Trail: What You Really Need to Know by Ramkitten

Hiking the Appalachian Trail has always sounded really cool to me. Ok, the key word is sound in that sentence. I know that while I might think I want to do this I won't. I only like camping one night. Then I'm ready for a hotel. She hiked it, and provides loads of practical advice to anyone who is thinking about making the hike.






How to do Pin Up Hair Styles by babygirlboutique

My faithful readers all know that I love rockabilly, and pretty much anything vintage. This article is full of information on how to recreate those pin up hair styles.
Including video tutorials which are always helpful.









How to Dress Like Bernadette from The Big Bang Theory by Best-Deal

This is so much fun to read. It's all so obvious, but it is so much fun to read. If you're a fan of The Big Bang Theory, you'll probably like this. It has load of pictures of Bernadette, and her wardrobe.








Memorial Day Activities for Families by thepreschooltoolbox

This article is full of activities that your children can do for Memorial Day. But it points out the most important thing about Memorial Day; Teach individuals to respect freedom.









That's my reading list for now. Check out these articles and let me know what you think of them.

Also don't forget to check out the Shawn St. Peter Photography Giveaway there's only one day left to enter.

Music to blog by Our Father by The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi

Woohoo! I'm A Winner

No, I don't live in Florida. So unfortunately, I am not announcing that I am the powerball winner. So what did I win? I will tell you the story of what I won and how I won it.

One day I visited this blog called Etsy Giveaways. It's a really cool blog where individuals submit giveaways that involve Etsy shops. It includes what you have to do in order to win the giveaway, and it includes the link to the blog that is hosting. So on that I day I visited A Wild Tonic. It's a nice blog where Lauren shares a little bit about her life, and her shop on Etsy. She had a contest. I entered. And this is what I won from Lauren's shop on Etsy.

 

A Wild Tonic Etsy Shop

 

Isn't that just the coolest? I know that you all want to be winners too. Sadly, you can't win the prize I won, but you can win the Shawn St Peter Photography Giveaway. Click the link and enter and you could be a winner too.

 

Music to blog by Shining Light by Ash

 

Guest Blogger Captain

I couldn’t resist! It was just dangling there. So I batted it. It moved so I batted it again. In my enthusiasm for batting at that dangling piece of paper I bumped into something. I didn’t mean to. It’s just when your batting at something in the air it’s kind of hard to control your body. And as I am reminded on a regular basis, I am a big boy. And well the stand holding that wonderful piece of green fabric I was batting at kind of kept moving back and forth. Then it moved back and forth more. And then I noticed it was moved towards the floor towards me. Naturally, this frightened me since that stand was a lot bigger than me. So I jumped out of the way. And then there was that noise that followed. I heard my pet human exclaim “What did you do?” All I could do was sit there, and look at her. She actually thought it was my fault. I finally looked away in disgust, because it wasn’t my fault that it fell over, and she had no concern about how much that all frightened me. So my question to my fellow felines is how do I deal with a human who has doesn’t seem to understand my feelings and blames me when something falls over? Please provide me with some advice I need it badly.

Fantastic Things That Have Happened This Week

I walked outside this week and caught the wonderful scent of lilacs. I love how they smell. I always start looking around for the lilac bush as soon as I smell them. 

While I was driving down the road there was a beat up old red truck with a parrothead sticker on the back. It was just so fitting. Parrotheads just don’t care about appearances; they care about having a good time.

Seeing the cat wake up and spring into action as soon as he saw a piece of string dragged across the floor. Honestly, he never has that much energy.

Going to an estate sale and finding the cutest little purse in the history of mankind.

 

Cleaning off a shelf, and finding that Christmas present I bought for a friend. It was perfect timing since I needed to take a get well present to her.

Music to blog by Aloha by Leo Addeo & His Orchestra

 

Cherry Muffins

Need something for breakfast or  just a sweet little snack try these yummy for my tummy cherry muffins.

First throw a couple cups of flour in a bowl. Then add 1/4 cup of sugar. Then add a small jar of maraschino cherries minus the juice(save that for later), a teaspoon of baking soda, and a pinch of salt. Mix it up.

Now add 3/4 cup of milk, 1/4 cup of vegetable oil, 3 tablespoons of the cherry juice, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 beaten egg. And mix it all together.

Distribute the batter evenly in muffin pans. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes at 375 degrees.

And you'll have one yummy for my tummy cherry muffin to eat.

Don't forget to enter the giveaway for a chance to win a set of prints with a value of up to $45.00

 

 

Music to blog by OH! by Sleater Kinney

 



Shawn St Peter Photography Giveaway

I’m so lucky to present you all with a giveaway from Shawn St Peter Photography. Shawn will provide one lucky winner with one set of two 8 x 10 prints from his shop. That’s up to a $45.00 value including shipping.

Shawn has a love of photography, and he does a great job of creating artwork that make you look twice. But at the same time it fits in with your home décor.

Some of his work focuses in on vintage sports.  The photos are wonderful, and they are perfect for anyone who has a father who is a sports fan. Remember Father’s Day will be here before we know it.

 Baseball Scoreboard

He has other prints that are perfect for a boys room. I love the pictures with dinosaurs. The photos are just so much fun.

Dinosaurs on the Run

And then there are the pictures for a little girls room. I love the soft ballet theme of these pics

 

 

Vintage Ballet Slippers

Shawn has a wide range of items available in his shop, and there is something there to fit most people’s tastes.

So here’s what you need to do to enter the giveaway.

Follow this blog by bloglovin or by email.

Visit Shawn St Peter Photography on etsy and favorite one item in the shop.

Pin one item that you like in Shawn’s shop on etsy to pinterest

Favorite Shawn St Peter Photography’s shop on etsy.

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Wednesday Want List

Since there is a new Star Trek movie this week I thought I would share my newest geeky wants from Star Trek.

 

 

1. 1960's Star Trek Shirt Frankiesteinz

2. Star Trek Head Scraf OhHoneyHush

3. Star Trek Fan Shirt Brittfaceness

4. Captain Kirk Pincushion fatcatcrafts

5. Star Trek Ladies Uniform SnowflakeHoops

6. Spock Cameo Necklace GeekCameosEtc

 

Music to blog by Luck of the Draw by Bonnie Riatt