New Blog at Jammin' Along

Hey everyone....

We are finally ready to move north!

Yep!  Way north...Arizona to Washington.

So once again I've started another blog.  Why??

Well it's time for a NEW start and I changed my 

login name & email. 

This one is for our outdoor adventures!

What will you see???

The Pacific Northwest, hiking, geocaching

and our future Lance 825 TC.

Please join me over at:

http://jamminalong.blogspot.com

Jammin' Along

feel free to leave a comment 

and become part of my 

Mile Marker Club!

and remember...

Keep those wheels jammin' along!

New Blog...

To ALL my friends and fellow followers....

I have started a new blog for my crochet interest.

I would love to have you follow me there also

but if it's not your cup of tea...I understand.

I will continue this blog since we do plan to 

RV/Camp in the future and I will need a place

to share my fun & pics.  Although this blog

will be slow going for a while, I do hope

you stick around.  Thanks for the support!!! 

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Snowflake Monday

I still have to tuck the tails 

and block it but my first

SNOWFLAKE

is done!!!

I'm still one week behind since there's 

5 Mondays in the month of January

but I'll get caught up this week.

Once I'm ready to block I'll do a 

write up on that too!

Happy Hooking!

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Snowflakes!

Gosh will I ever quit adding more to my plate?

I've decided that I need something small

in between larger projects like my afghans...

So I've decided to make snowflakes that will

hopefully smother my tree for 2011.

Haven't decided if I'll do one every Monday 

or just do them as I feel the desire.

This pic is the cover of a book for sale 

on the net but there's lots of

"FREE"

patterns available also!

Now if I can just keep the 

holiday spirit all year long!

Happy Hooking!

Seed Stitch Scarf

The scarf on the right is the Seed Stitch.

I really like the way it turned out.  NO holes!

This one will also be going to

The Special Olympics

for Arizona State!

I've also added labels (tags) to my crochet 

posts so they're easier to look up.  After I 

got a few things going I thought some 

organization should be in order.

To find the labels look on the right side

of my blog just below Archives.

I've separated them into groups:

Special Olympics Scarf

Afghans (Gift) these are personal ones

Project Linus ~ These I give away to Charity

Flannelghan ~ this is based on style or pattern  

Thanks for looking!

Special Olympics Scarf

First scarf done!

This one will go to Arizona along with

a second one.  Then 2 for Washington.

It was fun sitting around crocheting

all afternoon working on this project.

I'm really excited for the kids who

 will be receiving these gifts this year.

2011 Winter Olympics Scarf Project

Scarves For Special Olympics ~ Official Site

Scarves For Special Olympics ~ Blog

Scarves For Special Olympics ~ Facebook Page

I found another Charity I can donate to if I can make the deadline.  

Keep your fingers crossed that I can get one or two done in February.

The official colors are Red Heart Yarns

886-Blue and 512-Turqua. 

Special Olympics Athletes Model Scarves for 2011

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and

Happy New Year!!!

Whew where did December go?

Between the holidays and moving 

(yes on Christmas Day) it's 

hard to believe the new year is upon us.

I hope everyone had a safe and

wonderful Holiday Season!

I'm happy to be mostly unpacked 

and back to crocheting.

On the hook for Project Linus

another ripple from 

Attic24 ~ Neat Ripple Pattern.

Cheers!  I've got some crocheting to do!

Nuts!

no not hazelnuts or pistachio nuts

NO more like Bicycle Nuts!

You see yesterday we had RAIN

all day and it was heaven!

Today we had left over FOG!

And this guy thinks it's safe

to ride in the fog on streets

that don't have a bicycle lane

all the way through?

NUTS!!!!

Homemade Laundry Detergent

Homemade Laundry Detergent!!!

20 Mule Team Borax ~ $2.67 (WalMart)

Pink Zote Soap ~ $.97 (WalMart)

Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda ~ $3.99 (Ace Hardware)

Whopping Total = $7.63

You will need a few more bars of soap since most

recipes only call for a cup each of the 

borax and washing soda.  Therefore making the 

boxes go a looong way!

20 Mule Team Borax, Washing Soda & Zote Soap

The hardest ingredient to find is the Arm & Hammer Washing Soda.

You can also substitute Zote with Fels Naptha, Ivory Soap (plain) 

or homemade soap if you choose. 

Zote divided into thirds

This soap is soft and easy to cut or grate

Melting the zote with water, then add borax & washing soda

Add water to a large bucket along with melted Zote

This was fun and easy to make.  

I did both types, dry and liquid.  

You can get the recipes off the internet.  

There's no specific way to make

either one as each area of the country 

differs because of water hardness.

Some even call for baking soda but I didn't add any at this time.

Dec. 7th 1941 ~ Pearl Harbor

These pics were taken 5 yrs. ago...

hard to believe our son is now serving in the military

and our daughter is finishing high school this year.

This was our favorite part of the trip!

I could go back just for the history and

remembering our Men and Women.

Mix it with Curly, Larry and Moe

Nellie (my blogger friend) inspired 

me to post this video...

If you love Vanilla Ice, 

Jim Carey &

In Living Color

then you definitely need to watch 

this 2 minute clip!

Just a little history for some of you folks 

who don't know who Vanilla Ice is...

He's a rapper from the 80s

when it was first hitting the scene.

The guy made MILLIONS! 

from this song and album!

And NO he didn't blow it 

or snort it.

Instead he put it safely in the bank

and YES now he's a 

MULTI-MILLIONAIRE!!!


Word to your mother...


and a little trivia for you
Carrie Anne Inaba (Dancing with the Stars Judge)
Jennifer Lopez (J'Lo)
were both Fly Girls on In Living Color

Turkey Day!

Happy Thanksgiving

to all my

Blogging Friends!!!

Part 2 ~ New Rice Cooker

Part 1 ~ The Rice Cooker

Green Sauce & Red Sauce

The base is refried beans & cheese

Steamed Rice from the "New Toy"

Layer of Green Sauce!

Wrap it good!

Top with Red Sauce!

And for the final taste test....

Let me first say I'm not a big mexican food gal

but I got to say...

FABULOUS!!!

New Toy Update...The Rice Cooker

Zojirushi Rice Cooker

Micom NS-VGC05 (3 cups)

So what does Micom mean?

It has its own brain!  So how cool is that?

Zojirushi NS-VGC05 Micom 3 Cup Rice Cooker

Who would have thought there's so much to learn about Rice!

Rice in the husk, bran layer, chaff, albumen, germ...

brown rice, semi-brown rice, white rice, rinse-free Rice

Types of Rice

Three Ladies Jasmine Rice

We stopped at Lee Lee's Asian Grocery Store

to pick up our #25 lbs bag of rice and I must

say, when we walked in the front door

I about died!  The smell of

FISH

about knocked me out!

Steve and Emily said my lips turned white 

and they were worried about me!

But the trooper I am roughed it out

and purchased my rice for $20 then

high tailed it outathere!

Measuring Cup & Paddle

Which by the way is not a "true" cup

it's actually 5.8 oz (green) and 6.1 oz. (clear)

After you rinse the rice (in the same bowl) then

fill water to the appropriate water line.

Select the correct setting and

push the cook button.

Then it's music to my ears!

Literally!

It plays "twinkle twinkle little star"

BINGO!

You have YUMMY Rice!

The handy dandy steamer!

Sunbeam Steamer

The finished product!

Wanted to show size compared to other

appliances to give you a feel of how 

little counter space it takes.

If you remember a previous post

I talked about the ice crusher, magic bullet and

MOCHA FRAPS  (<-- click me)

I make for my treat!

Ice Crusher & Magic Bullet (left) Rice Cooker (right)

So if you're wondering about purchasing a rice cooker...

YES!

I highly recommend it to everyone!!!

Part 2 ~ The Burrito

Lastly my boys eating rice.  <-- clicky

Carl & EB

Check out the tongue on EB... LOL!