Monthly Archives: January 2008

House Fairy

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Do you have a hard time getting your child to clean their room? Or maybe you just want to make it fun and magical and exciting. I came across the House Fairy’s website and while I haven’t paid for a membership yet I’ve tested her out on my son Jayden and it works! To have them not knowing when the House Fairy will show to check on their rooms keeps them on their toes! The house fairy at my house leaves fun little surprises. Chapsticks, pencil, sometimes some coins for the piggy bank. It’s been a fun time and I’ve loved that we’ve made things exciting for him. He even cleans the sink after brushing his teeth! He doesn’t want the house fairy to see a dirty sink. And if I leave the living room messy at all before going to bed Jayden will remind me that the house fairy is going to think that this is just a mess! It’s fun. And it really helps!! I think I’m actually going to get a membership so he can see all the videos and stuff. $10.00 is nothing for the results I’ve already seen!

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New Years Resolutions

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It’s that time of year again. A time where we all make a bunch of goals that we usually don’t make. Last year I didn’t make one. This year I decided what the heck… I’m making some and determined to keep them!

I’ve been pondering over what I wanted my resolution to be all day. I’ve read other’s blogs, I’ve taken account what friends are doing and this is what I’ve come up with:

On Becky’s Blog she talks about focusing on one word and I think this is a great idea. Choosing a word and focusing on it and incorporating it into your life. I like that. So I’ve chosen a word. And it’s a word that I believe will be a great asset and challenge in my life. It’s Faith. I’m starting to go back to church and I think Faith plays a major part in that. Faith plays a major part in my marriage, my parenting, my family. So, I’m going to focus on Faith for the entire year of 2008.

I’m also going to start writing down weekly goals. And keeping track of them on my blog. These goals can vary every week therefore I’m not feeling obligated on focusing on one certain thing all year long. These goals can range from house cleaning, cooking, marriage, church, parenting… all kinds of topics.

One resolution I’d like to keep is starting to do scripture study every night before bed. Even if it’s preparing for the week’s lesson at church just spending quality time w/my scriptures, prayer and our Heavenly Father every day.

I love to hear other people’s ideas and goals, so please comment and let me know what your resolutions are or comment with a link back to your blog talking about your resolutions.

Cleaning the Oven

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This is my first time ever participating in Tammy’s Kitchen Tip Tuesday. This week instead of giving a tip we are requesting a tip on something in the kitchen we need. I need a tip on cleaning the oven. Over the Thanksgiving holiday my mom’s boyfriend cooked an apple pie. And I guess it dripped down onto my oven. I then went to cook chicken one night and there was smoke coming out of my oven…. NOT GOOD! So, I ended up eating at Subway that night. Then one night I was hosting a dinner party. I was having some friends and the missionaries over for dinner and I was making Enchilada Pie. I had prayed oven off on the bottom of the oven earlier and tried cleaning it off, but I guess I wasn’t as successful as I thought I was because while I was putting the Enchilada Pie together with my oven preheating I looked down to see flames in my oven…….HOLY $*&^% If my husband was not home my house would be burnt down. At the sight of flames I screamed, turned around grabbed my baby, ran to the stairs and yelled for Jayden to get his butt down here the house was on fire… grabbed the phone and was getting ready to dial 911 while running out of the house… when my husband says, “Amanda, calm down I put it out.” So I guess my husband grabbed the water hose thingy on the sink and sprayed the fire and put it out…. I’ve heard that’s not really a smart thing to do, but whatever it worked. I called a friend of mine that was coming to dinner at my house and she came and picked up my enchilada pie and baked it for me. So, that was a few weeks ago and I have yet to use my oven. So, somebody please tell me what a good way to clean the bottom of your oven.

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