VOTE! And check out this interesting quiz to help you decide...

I found this neat online quiz you can take to help you decide, or just give you a better idea of what the candidates believe on the issues, or which side you're really on! It was a good insight into my thoughts on political issues and left me and my husband feeling satisfied with our decisions. There were several questions that I answered with more than just a "yes" or "no". And it was not suprising but very interesting that my results showed that I was not 100% one way or the other but a big percentage of one party, some of another, and even some of a few more! And that I sided with one candidate on some issues, but with the others on different issues.

So if you haven't voted yet, or even if you have, go take this quiz- you won't regret it! Especially since voting is such an important responsibility and maybe this will help you.

Take the quiz HERE

Have you voted yet?

Black Cat Cookies

Feelin' like an awesome mom today 'cause I made 4 dozen Black Cat Cookies for my kids' Halloween school parties tomorrow!

I discovered this recipe online about 4 years ago when I was looking for something that was festive and made from simple stuff I had on hand. It easily became a fun tradtition and they are pretty tasty too.

For the recipe, you can go HERE.

Rebecca's Easy Chicken and Dumplings

For Soup:
Cube 1 very large chicken breast, or 2 -3 small ones into 3 cups of water in a pot. Cover and boil 20 min.
Add 2 cans cream of chicken soup, celery salt and pepper to taste, 1 cup frozen veggies, and dumplings. Cook about 6 min. uncovered. Serve soup in bowls with dumplings on top, and enjoy! Serves 6 adults.
For Dumplings:
Combine 2 cups flour, 3 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 cup cold butter, 1 cup milk. Drop by large spoonfulls on top of soup. They will still look moist on the outside after cooking but are done when cooked inside. Makes about 12-16. (This is actually my drop biscuit recipe and you can use this for yummy biscuits in the oven at 350' for 12 min also!)

A tasty costume! {Felt KitKat Halloween Costume}

Karen had a request this year for a KitKat Costume.  She let that big idea simmer for a bit, ate some chocolate and snipped some felt and turned this little number out.

She found a picture on line and printed it out full size.

Then she split it into 4 pieces and enlarged it.

She taped it to a sunny window and traced it onto felt. She had bought about 1/3 yard cream felt and 1 yard red felt.

She snipped and zigzagged on the sewing machine. Done!

Halloween Pinwheel Wreath

Karen made another cute pinwheel wreath, this time for Halloween. She gave us a rundown of the specific products she used if you would like to make this same one. Click on this post to see the original with directions and you can use any paper you like! The possibilities are endless.

Karen writes:
I used black foam core board from the dollar store. I got (3) 11.5" x 1" wreaths out of each board. The paper came from paper cottage. Used my 40% coupon and picked up Black Brads from Hobby Lobby. 

The ghost/polka dot was by Pebbles  751328 Ghost Ln.

The dots and numbers was by Pebbles751330 Witchy Ln.

The word paper was by BazzillBasics Hallowords 303998

Super cute! Thanks Karen. What Halloween crafts have you made lately?

October Decor 2012: China Hutch {Part 4 of 4}

Enjoy these fall decorating pretties :)

October Decor 2012: Odd Ledge and Chalkboard Art {Part 3}

This ledge drove me nuts-o until a friend of mine gave me this huge chalkboard she had made for her kids. I let my kids mess with it for a while in the backyard but when we cleaned up the yard it had to go. I finally came up with this wild idea to put it up there. I asked some friends opinions and I think they think I'm crazy but I love it :) I do agree with them though that it will look better framed with some moulding or something.

I had such a fun time drawing on it, practicing my "pretty" writing. This idea was inspired by one of my favorite blogs, Dear Lillie and you can see her version HERE.

I just added some faux apples I garage saled years ago and my faux pumpkins from Michaels to what I already had up there and changed some stuff around.

I added some burlap around these candles just like the $30 ($30?! Really?!) faux burlap ones you can buy from Pottery Barn HERE. I love the warmth it adds with that lovely fall brown color!

Stick around for my 4th and final post of October decor!