My to do list:

Well this week and next week I have a lot of stuff to do:
So in no particular order:

- Make Bo some gymnastic pants
- Finish hemming curtains for my bedroom
- Work on making a baby gift
- Finish baby shower invites
- Address and mail 45 baby shower invites
- Work on baby shower party favors
- Work on baby shower menu
- Make baby shower bingo game
- Attend Pampered chef meeting
- Plan Black Friday Vendor Fair Open House (at my house)
- Start planning Christmas lists/gifts
- Go shopping for Baby Shower Decor
- Get Ready for Pampered Chef Vendor Fair next weekend
- Clean house for Halloween party on Saturday
- Close Pampered Chef Catalog show
- Prep for Pampered Chef Show
- Put laundry away
- Do more laundry
-Drink lots of COFFEE!!!!

Childrens Museum Part one...

You might be asking... What is on Bos face? Well they had a self face painting station, so Bo drew on his face!

Joel loved the hand puppets!

Gone Fishing!

TWINS GAME!!!

Jason and his cousin Jared at the game!

Jared made an awesome sign!

This was an awesome play!!! You had to be there. Bases loaded and Delmon Young hit a
GRAND SLAM!!!!

JOE MAUER warming up!!!!

I am in need of a recipe...

So yesterday was one of those cool, fall days and Chicken and Dumplings sounded really good. The problem? I have never made Chicken and Dumplings. So I found a Paula Dean recipe online and thought that it would be a good one. The only changes that I made was I added peas and carrots and did not put celery in. I made the dumplings just like the recipe said and the only difference there was that I used wheat flour instead of white flour. Ok now the soup turned out great! It had really good flavor and was hearty. The dumplings however did not turn out. They ended up being little wheat disks that were not good at all. Could using wheat flour make it turn out bad? So now I am looking for a good chicken and dumplings recipe! Do you have one you can recommend? I would love to try it!

Joel's adventure with Powdered sugar.....and mud!

I thought it was a little to quiet...

Aren't I cute!

Then we walked outside while I was cleaning up the sugar and walked right into the mud...

A rained out Air Show......

Bo loved to climb in the planes!

All Buckled in!!!

Let's go look at that one mom?

Waiting in line to go into the plane!

Soaking Wet. Joel was sleeping so Jason was with him under the planes wing.

Hopefully next year the Air show won't get rained out.

Bo likes Air Planes...

This morning Joel woke up at 7:30, so I brought him downstairs for a bottle and I watched a baby story. Bo soon followed by about 8:15-30 and the first thing he asks for is his airplane. He said "Mommy wheres a airplane" he then proceeds to walk around the house looking for his air planes. All of a sudden he come running down the hall screaming with happiness saying"Mommy look there it is!" He hasn't stopped playing with them all morning. By the way, Gail, Bo loves the airplane you guys got him for his birthday!

Ok Let's try again!

So, lately I have been out of our somewhat normal routine and it is bugging me. I need to get back in the swing of things and in order to do that it is going to make for a very long day.....Usually when the boys wake up I get them ready for the day feed them breakfast put on some cartoons and then I check my email, Facebook and Pampered Chef stuff. Then I work my way to the kitchen and do dishes or I pick up the living room or start laundry etc... By this time Joel is ready for a nap, so I make him a bottle and lay him down. I then go take a shower while Bo is playing in the toy room or watching mickey mouse. Once I am ready, it is lunch time so I make Bo and myself lunch and then he goes down for a nap around 1 or 2. The rest of the afternoon I check email stuff again, work on another chore or do something crafty. Then of course I have the days where I have a bunch of running around to do or a play date for the boys to go to etc... Then comes getting ready for dinner and once dinner is done and we eat, we either go for a walk, watch TV and relax, or we are hanging out with people. That is our typical week. Now of course I have Pampered chef shows, Jason does Boy scouts and we have the occasional date night. But this past week has been so out of whack that it is hard to get back into the swing of things and that is my frustration right now. I don't even now how it got out of whack in the first place? GRRR. Plus now I am having to start getting ready for our trip up to Minneapolis! I can't wait! But for now that means more laundry, cleaning and packing. Anyways, I am going to revamp my blog to not only share craft ideas and family photos, but also how I am feeling, recipes and meal plans, ideas, wishes, Pampered Chef specials, random trivia, photos and the sort! So I hope you enjoy the changes that are going to take place. For now here are a couple photos of the FAM!!!

WOW it's been awhile...

Well good news! Jason got me a camera for my birthday! So now I have pictures to go along with the stories I have! YAY. So You may be bombarded with pictures and stories from the past few weeks. Plus I have a few recipes people have been asking me for. So Enjoy! If there is something that you want me to blog about feel free to leave a comment!

Breast Cancer Awareness Quarters Auction!

Pampered Chef
Breast Cancer Awareness Quarters Auction!

May 7, 2009
6:00 pm
Knights of Columbus
Collinsville, IL

All Proceeds go to making strides against Breast Cancer

Bring your friends and your quarters for a night of fun!
We will be auctioning NEW Pampered Chef products ranging in price from 25 cents to $1!!!

Can't Attend???
Submit a $40 order before the auction and receive one of our rubs for free (a $5.50 value) submit an $80 order and receive 2 rubs for free!
Visit my website to place your order:
http://www.pamperedchef.biz/abindewald

Spaces are filling up fast so
Call me today to reserve your table!
618-406-9478
ajbindewald@gmail.com

Contact me for more details!!!

Pampered Chef!

I am sooo excited to tell all of you that I became a Pampered Chef consultant! I have used and loved the products now for several years so I decided to become apart of what I love. Now don't get me wrong I still love to stamp and scrapbook, but I also love to cook and this is a great way to learn easy new exciting recipes! Plus these days people are more interested in cooking at home instead of eating out all the time. Anyways if you or anyone you know would like to host a home cooking show or a catalog show and earn free stuff while helping me get my business off and running, please let me know! What could be better, food and friends!

Click on the link below to visit my website!

http://www.pamperedchef.biz/abindewald?page=home

Oh WOW!

I am really sorry guys, I have been so bad about updating my blog. Although I must say it isn't totally my fault. My mischievous son Bo lost my camera. I have no idea where it is. I have torn this house apart looking for it. Jason thinks he might have thrown it away. He went through a time where he threw everything away and we think the camera might have been one of the things that got tossed. So I am need of a new one, it's really frustrating not have a camera. I feel like I am missing so many photo memory opportunities. Anyways, I was able to get some pictures from family members so tomorrow I will be working on posting those!

Starbucks Via!!!

I signed up to get my free sample and am excited to try it!!! So read on and sign up yourself if you would like to try it!

Introducing Starbucks VIA™ Ready Brew – Instant coffee, The Starbucks way.

Today at 9:18am

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Starbucks VIA™ Ready Brew is made with the highest-quality, ethically-sourced Arabica beans. We’ve found a way to microgrind them in a way that preserves all their essential oils and flavor – trust us, you won’t find anything like Starbucks VIA™ anywhere else.

As a fan of Starbucks, we want you to be one of the first people to try Starbucks VIA™. Stop by starbucksVIA.com to order a sample. Supplies are limited – so make sure you come by soon.

Crimped Envelope Card!

I tried this new technique this week and loved it! It was so easy and simple to do, this is not my card, but here are the directions and I will post a photo of my card in the morning! Have fun and happy stamping!

Create a pouch out of a regular envelope.

Supplies

• A2 size Envelope


• Paper Trimmer


• Crimper


• Adhesive


• Stamps>>(Gina K. stamp set A Year of Flowers used here)


• Cardstock (for insert)

Step-by-Step

1. Step 1

   Seal the envelope.
   
   Use your paper trimmer to cut 1 1/4" from one of the short sides of the envelope.
   
   The narrow piece will be the topper and the larger piece will be the crimped pocket portion of the card.
   

   

2. Step 2

   Decorate both pieces with stamps, keeping in mind that the bottom piece will be crimped and the images may be slightly distorted.
   

   

3. Step 3

   Place the larger piece into the crimping tool with the opening to the side, and crimp.
   

   

4. Step 4

   Add stamped/cut images, die cuts and embellishments as desired.

   

5. Step 5

   To create the insert, cut a piece of card stock to 4" by 4 1/4".
   
   For a layered look, cut additional pieces slightly smaller.
   

   

6. Step 6

   Stamp and embellish insert as desired.
   

   

7. Step 7

   As a variation you can scale the project down to create gift card holder.

   

Your turn! Have fun!

Misc. pics.

My brother kevin.

I thought this was a really cool Candy Castle!

The adults our for lunch at a pub in the Birkshires!