We are headed to look at a 40 acre lot in Bennington Vermont in the next week- might be the perfect place for a small farm!

First, a question- has anyone cooked a whole chicken in the crock pot? If so, what the heck does the skin turn into? Our local market had whole organic chickens on sale for 90 cents a pound, so obviously I bought ten chickens :) I have been loving the ease of the crock pot, but dont know if I can cook a whole chicken in there and I can only imagine ( Read more... )

About a year ago a friend of mine was deployed to Iraq for his first tour. During that time I became involved with an organization that helped support our deployed troops. Shortly after I stumbled upon a group within the organization (Soldier's Angels) that supported deployed ladies. Ladies of LIberty is a group that supports females deployed to ( Read more... )

Adam Lambert just blows me away every single week. That note he hit at the end? WHAT?! I am so in love with him, haha. The whole time he was on stage tonight all I could think about was him singing in a Tim Burton film... did anyone else get that vibe?!

I let the girls stay up late when AI is on. They can stay up until Adam is on and then bed, haha ( Read more... )

Any American Idol fans out there ( Read more... )

Do you have 5 minutes to write a letter? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHJCg1a_Bjs

That simple sentence is all you have to share. What are you waiting for??

This past year I have been lucky enough to support a dear friend who was serving his first deployment to Iraq (he is still there and will *hopefully* be home at the end of January after 16 months ( Read more... )

Im just curious what, if anything, you and your family are doing to live a "greener" life. Im always looking for ideas on new things to try! Here is what we do now ( Read more... )

If you go to www.letssaythanks.com you can pick out a postcard- drawn by kids across the country- add a message and xerox will print it and mail it to a soldier who is currently serving overseas. Its free and you can do as many as you want, the cards are very cute and there are different messages you can pick from!!!

Before I forget, I was just curious about something. My girls love Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus (Ive never been a huge fan, find it kind of annoying, haha. I enjoy the Jonas Brothers music much more). I guess recently Miley has been dating a 20 year old model and she is only 15 (well I guess she turned 16 the other day). Thoughts? Would you let ( Read more... )

So I am finally using my slow cooker today! I put everything in it this morning, but this was the first second I had to sit down.

The lid on my slow cooker doesnt fit flush inside the ceramic insert- if that makes sense, lol. It doesnt sit tight like the lid of a pot. Is it supposed to be like that?