Crowdtap and Free Pants!

OK, so I have a lot of time while I'm at work some days to surf the web.  I participate in a few legit survey sites and they are fantastic. Who doesn't love free money?  Well, I recently found Crowdtap.com and am in love.  I've had to do quite a few surveys before I actually qualified for a product review, but it finally happened.  Last week I was sent 4 gift certificates (1 for me and 3 for friends) for FREE workout pants from Old Navy. The only catch is that I had to review the product after I received them.

Awesome, right? If you want to participate follow this link to get started! As for the pants themselves, they were super comfy and will be perfect for working out.  I got ones similar to the photo above and my friends got the long pant variety!  Thanks to Crowdtap and Old Navy!  I will be sure to let everyone know when more samples come around!

On another note, I forgot to upload the rest of the herb garden photos onto my flash drive so hopefully I will get to that tomorrow!  Be on the lookout for a new cooking post soon though!

Sorry, Friends!

It's been a few days... or weeks.  Did you miss me? I hope so!  Well, I'm happy to say that I have been on vacation (only last week, I have no excuse for the week before)! The husband and I went to Vegas with my baby sis and parents to celebrate her 21st birthday (which was in September, but this was her first break from school/work).

I promise I will update with some photos soon even though I didn't take nearly as many as I usually do :( . It was a great week though. We stayed at the Signature at The MGM and I highly recommend it.  The husband and I stayed there on our honeymoon and had to go back!  We had a junior suite room complete with a small kitchen and a bathroom the size of my bedroom at home.  My parents had the one bedroom suite which was bigger than the main floor of my own house!  No, we are not rolling in money these days. The Signature was originally built as 3 towers of condos/timeshares right around the time the economy went South.  This is a plus for anyone wanting a nice hotel room now because they book them for around the same price as a regular room if you know where/when to look!

Anyway, we did venture out of our rooms and did plenty of sight seeing and lounging by the pool. We also spent two evenings with the husband's cousin and his wonderful girlfriend.  We don't see them often so it was nice to catch up a bit. So there you have it, my pathetic excuse for not posting for two weeks.  To redeem myself I am going to start posting a tutorial for a little indoor herb garden on the crafting page.  Head over there to check it out!

Chicken Pot Pie

A simple comfort food recipe posted on the cooking page.  Have a great day!

Dinner!

Check out the cooking blog for an easy, yet wonderful, dinner tonight!

I'm Crafty

Head on over to the Crafting page for the first artsy post!  It's a quick project that you can do anytime, even while watching TV. Let me know what you think!

With the gloomy weather, I got a few crafty projects started this weekend, so keep an eye out for more to come including spiral bangle bracelets, interchangeable ribbon necklaces, and an indoor herb garden. 

It was an otherwise uneventful weekend, so I don't really have any exciting news. I do have a few new recipes to post and will be working on those in the coming days!

We are currently experiencing technical difficulties...

Blogger has been down for almost and entire day and all I've wanted to do this morning is make my FIRST crafting post.  I tought a class to some awesome ladies down at Petals last night and now they are the first in the area with what I hope will be a new fashion trend!

I'm kind of nervous about spending my time on a post right now, because many recent posts that bloggers have spent time on have been deleted.  They say they are working to restore the posts, but until I see my Veggie Pizza recipe back online, I amd going to take a little break!  Hopefully I will be back with you this weekend and will share a new recipe and craft then.

Finally!

I'm definitely a summer girl. I really should consider moving south someday.  With that being said, I couldn't be happier that the warm weather is here in the Midwest!  I even got my first tan line of the year yesterday (ugly as it is, right around my neck along my t-shirt line).  Guess it is time to break out the sunscreen!!!

To get in the summer spirit, I recently made a veggie pizza.  This is one of my favorite snacks and everyone seems to love it.  Check out the cooking page for the recipe!