Making a few things for the freezer!

Gluten Free Bread - 4 Loaves Sliced and frozen

Gluten Free Flour Tortillas

Easy Taco Bake

Berry Muffins

Pumpkin Chocolate Scones - Still looking for a good recipe for these... Share

Recipe for Gluten Free Sandwhich bread

Makes 2 loaves

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups warm water
4 tbsp yeast
4 tbsp sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
4 tbsp oil
2 tsp salt
3 cups Brown Rice FLour
3 cups Tapicoa Flour
1 tbsp Xanthan Gum

Directions:
Combine warm water with yeast and sugar. Mix well and allow to rest for 5 mins or until proofs.
Pour yeast mixture into bowl of stand mixer and add eggs, sugar, oil and salt. Mix until smooth.

In seperate bowl combine Brown Rice flour, Tapicoa Flour, and Xxanthan Gum, mix well.
With mixer on stir begin to add the flour to the wet mixture. Once all the flour has been added, turn mixer on HIGH and beat for 3 1/2 mins. (Very important to beat to get air into the bread.)

Grease 2 loafs pans. Pour dough evenly into pans and smooth top of dough with spatula. Cover and let rise for 20 mins. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake for 10 mins uncovered and then cover with foil and bake for 30 more mins.

Enjoy!

To freeze bread slice and store in ziplock bag. Take out and toast bread for best result! Share

Esty Store - Baby Slings

HandMade by Cole

Baby Sling with Rings

Style is Cream White with floral Fully Adjustable and Pleated Shoulder

Have you seen the slings I make? I love them! Hands free baby lovin!

I don't know what I would do without mine sometimes!

Go check them out here!

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Childrens Place Coupons AND Free Shipping!!!!

Remember the coupons and good deals I posted about the other day!
Well now you can score some FREE Shipping on top of that 15% off to score some sweet deals!

Use code  FSFEB201013 to score FREE shipping!
And you can also stack with coupon code FAMILYA9 to score an additional 15% off!

Don't forget to make these deals even better by getting 3% back by going through Ebates!
Just go on over here and login or register, then in the search box type in The Children’s Place. Share

The Swag Bucks 3.0 launch, New Info, and a code for new Swaggers!

There are a few changes with Swagbucks.com!

To celebrate Swagbucks.com 2nd Birthday on February 25th they will be launching Swagbucks.com 3.0 with some very special new features and a TON of Swag Code giveaways through the blog, twitter and facebook that will give you plenty of opportunities to earn FREE bucks!

1) More ways to earn Swag Bucks every day: With Swagbucks.com 3.0 users will be able to earn by having their toolbar visible on their browser and also by simply viewing our 'No Obligation' special offers. This means that in addition to all the regular ways to earn, the more you are engaged with Swagbucks.com, the more you will earn!

2) New look home page and Swag Store & rewards store: Swagbucks.com 3.0 will include a revamped, cleaner interface that will provide a better user experience.

3) Launch of the Swagstakes Portal: As you may know we currently run about a dozen on-going sweepstakes (called Swagsttakes) at any given time. With the launch of 3.0 we are going to have a brand new, fully stocked Swagstakes portal in which there will be dozens of Swagstakes running at all times! Some contests will be limited entry (meaning a set number of entries will be offered) so the odds for a user to win are greater. The tentative list of items that will be offered during initial launch should include: $100 Amazon Gift Cards, Sony Bravia 32" TV, Amazon Kindle, Apple iPod Touch, Flip Ultra HD Camera, Panasonic Blu Ray with Remote, Apple iPad, Sopranos Complete Series Box Set, Rachel Ray 10 piece cookware set, Playstation 3 system + games bundle, Canon Powershot Camera, Seinfeld Complete Series DVD box Set, Viziio 22" LCD TV and plenty more!

4) Starting today you will notice that your Swag Bucks in your account will be multiplied by 10 (as will the prices in the store, so for example, if you had 45 bucks in your account you will now have 450 SB; The Amazon which was 45 SB will now be 450 SB). NO prices are being raised on prizes (it will all be proportional - so have no fear about that), but what this split of the SB will allow us to do is to award bucks to users in ways that were not before imaginable (such as being logged into the toolbar, and viewing our special offers).

To start create your new account here. Put in the following code for you extra Swagbucks!

New User CODE: NICHOLESCODE1

New users to start out with 60 Swag Bucks with this code!!! Share

Gluten Free CornBread

I think I have got this GF/CF cooking down a bit more! (After many many not so good meals with it for awhile!) I made this batch of cornbread tonight to go with some chili and it turned out quite good!
So here ya go!



G/F Cornbread

Mix:
1 cup milk or rice milk or soy milk or buttermilk or water
1 egg or 2 egg whites
¼ cup oil
¼ cup sugar

In a separate bowl, mix these dry ingredients with a wire whisk:
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup rice flour (brown or white or a combination of both)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ to ½ teaspoon xanthan gum
¼ to ½ teaspoon salt

Combine the wet and dry ingredients and mix gently but well for about one minute, then pour into a 8 or 9 square baking pan that has been sprayed or oiled. Bake at 400F for 25 minutes. Serve warm, directly from the pan, or let cool for 5 to 10 minutes. Share

Childrens Place Coupons

The Children’s Place has some great deals for your kiddos! 

You can snag lots of items for just $2.99! Plus, you can use coupon code FAMILYA9 to get an additional 15% off!

Remember shipping is a flat rate of $5 no matter how much you order, so order a few items to make shipping worth it.
To make these deals even better you can get 3% back by going through Ebates! You’ll get 3% Cash back from your The Children’s Place purchases! Just go on over here and login or register, then in the search box type in The Children’s Place.










Or if you want to shop in store you can use this great printable coupon from here for 15% off your next The Children's Place purchase. Share

A few pics and videos from our CA trip

In sunny Ca...

In snowy Ca...

Joshua with his Great Grandparents

Joshua and I with them again.

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Mommy Cards

How TOTALY CUTE are these! I think I'm gonna order some! What a great way to have your info on hand instead of going thru your purse for a pen and scrap of paper when you want to give out your # to a friend or a new acquaintance! Love it!
Go here to order these and design your cute mommy cards! Share

Some great deals!

Walgreens Deals off Hip2Save.com


Boogie Wipes
and
15% off and Free 8/10


FREE bottle of Excedrin!
Just head on over here and answer the question, but do NOT choose Excedrin for your answer (this is the only way you’ll be able to score the FREE coupon). You will then be able to fill in your mailing info and coupon for a FREE bottle of Excedrin (up to a $5.99 value) will be mailed to you!

You can get yourself 3 boxes of Coffee or Tea and a Gevalia Stainless Steel Travel Mug for just $3 shipped! Yes, just $3 for all of that! I have done it and loved it!

Just go over here and select the coffee or tea you’d like to try.You’ll then just need to fill in your billing & shipping info.

Please note that once your order is processed you’ll be automatically enrolled in Gevalia shipments. This isn’t a big deal, since there is NO commitment! After your $3 order arrives you can cancel with no further obligation… meaning you will NOT ever be billed again or sent anything more!
If you decide that the Gevalia Auto-ship program is not for you, just call this number-1-800-438-2542 and cancel. That’s it! Awesome!
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Joshua pulling up to stand....

And of course he decides to learn this just before our trip to CA..... lol
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1/2 way done

I would totaly not consider going outside to sit in the sun with only half of my body facing it due to a 1/2 of my body sun burn from sat (we had a yard sale).... Yah I guess I sat the wrong way most of the day...

To bad its raining out....

I'll just have to sit inside and sip a cuppa java and enjoy my hubbys day off work. Share

Did you say a Yard sale?

Here in South Texas, the weather turns nice every few days... and if that nice day happens to be a saturday than be sure you will find a yard sale or two already.

Well thats what this crazy gall and her sisnlaw did this saturday! Yup, we had a spur of the moment yard sale! And I must say we didn't do to bad for only a few hours of our time on a saturday morning! Love it!

My husbands office is now mostly cleared out of the items being stored in there, got rid of alot of stockpile items from shopping with coupons and I made some good money in the process.

Have you ever had a yard sale??? Oh how I love them!

So if you happen to see a crazy gal slamming on the breaks at the notice of a small little sign with an arrow on it on the side of the road... you just might think of me! :-D Share

Fighting sleep

Joshua did NOT want to take a nap yesterday.... I left him to

cry it out and this how he ended up falling asleep. :-)

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Life with a crawler

A few Notes to self:
Please sweep floor more often so baby dosn't eat off floor.

Make sure when you leave the door open you expect to find your kid messing with whatever is in that room that is NOT kid proof.

When baby proofing get down on his level to see what he sees... like those cool computer cords.

He WILL wear you out! :-)



Oh yah it's fun, life with a crawler! I wasn't ready for it becuase it meant my baby is growing up faster than I would like but its fun!

How I love being a Mommy and enjoying these new phases in my little sweet guys life! Share

A story...

How's that story go?

Met a handsome man...

Get married...

Gain a few lbs...
Get pregnant...

Say you won't gain a bunch of weight...

You gain all that weight...

Plus some...

Have baby...

Lose a ton of weight right off... (ok maybe I cheated a bit becuase I had a VERY hard recovery and circumstances that made me lose alot more I think than the average woman after birth in the first few weeks)

Nurse baby alot to lose more weight... (j/k, it did come off, just not from nursing more on purpuse)

All baby weight gone...

A FEW other lbs gone...

Hit stand still...

Even though your STILL nursing...

Start working out to start losing weight...

Yups thats my story!

And I REALLY don't want that to be my next story... (well starting after the get married part, I've got a keeper!)

So I'm hoping to lose a few more lbs before more kids!

Oye!

Can I do it?

..............

guess we shall see... Share

Uncle Tom's idea of playing with Toys

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A 2 week Menu

Our two week menu with some links...
Because its easier to find my recipes this way! :-D

Dinners:

Monday - Breakfast Tacos

Tues- Spaghetti and Chipotle Sausage Meatballs w/ Veggies and fresh Breadsticks

Wed- Home-Style Vegetable Beef Soup

Thur- Homemade Fishsticks w/ Fresh oven baked french fries

Friday- Meal at Bible Study

Sat- Leftovers

Sunday - In town

Monday - Ground Beef n' Potatoes Tacos
Tuesday - Basic Ham and Bean Soup

Wed- Italian Pasta Dish w/ Homemade Bread and Green Beans

Thur- Chicken Tacos w/ Beans
Friday- Bratwurst w/ Hashed Potatoes 'n Onions
Sat- Leftovers
Sunday - In Town Share

Running noses, sucker bulbs, and Mt. Laundry

Oh how I despise the little bulb they give you at the hospital....


But oh how it helps....

But when you have to hold your kid down, and hear them scream bloody murder when you even come CLOSE to them with it, to suck snot out of there nose so they can breathe it can be a moment of complete and utter dislike for that thing... and for snot of course....

If you haven't been able to tell you we have caught a cold and it has not been fun at all. I was pretty much miserable yesterday and had a baby who was feeling the same. Poor guy has had his nose cleaned, suckered, and wiped so many times its raw...

He slept pretty good once he went to bed last night. (The night before he was up all night so neither of us got much sleep.)

He woke up to eat around 6 am to eat and once he ate he threw up EVERYTHING all over me. I'm thinking his stomach was not feeling it with all the congestion so he got sick as he hasn't got sick again. But poor baby crashed on me once I got us cleaned up and slept till 8:30 or so.

He is now crashed out on the couch next to me, you can tell he's not feeling to great cause he just kinda feel asleep without me putting him down in his crib.

And since he's crashed out next to me I kinda can't move...so I sit here staring at this... dare I post it?

Anyone want to come fold laundry?

Hope we get over this soon!

Gonna go surf some recipes for our menu for the next 2 weeks...

I leave you with this:

A video of him the other day before nap time. He was SO sleepy but was laughing like a silly boy!
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