Candy Stick Lane

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Pleasant Surprise at Kmart...resulting in this GIVEAWAY!

On the way home from the LOOOOOOOOONG day at work today - I stopped by Kmart in hopes that I would find a cozy electric blanket to snuggle up with while me and my laptop played...NO SUCH LUCK - they are all sold out of electric blankets?! Seriously! Oh well, so to compensate for the lack of - I decided to get some patterned tights, and 4 extra pillows to make laptop propping more comfy - HA! So while I'm in the checkout line I constantly survey the magazine rack...being a magazine junkie as well...and what do my wandering eyes spy...OMG its Martha Stewart's Holiday Sweets special issue -

ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW! I thought I had missed it in all the Christmas hubb bubb - it was supposed to be off the stand on 1/4 but by some twist of fate Kmart had 2 of these babies waiting there unnoticed JUST FOR ME! so I grabbed them both - 1 for me and 1 for YOU! (and yes yes - if you're wondering - I'm a Martha Junkie to!)
So lets do a sweet and simple giveaway my dears! The only thing you need to do is comment - any comment you like - of course I always love to hear suggestions, and ideas and funny stories - but it's not necessary - just make sure somewhere in the comment you leave me a way to contact you if you are the winner! I will take comments for a week or two - we'll see how many we have after a week and Ill decide! Smooches!

I totally heart Nail Polish!

I have forever loved nail polish -and painting my own nails - it seems like art work to me - a small piece of art work that you get to see all day while your doing your daily chores, especially fab when typing! LOL! - ya know Im all about color anyway and the more color I can wear at once the better...enter polish, lipsticks and shadows! I didn't know how many of you knew about my cosmetic obsession, or shared the obsession - lol (your secrets safe - I wont tell a soul)So lets dive in (ps - you can click on any of the pics to go to opi's website for more info)
- if any of you are my friends on facebook you already know I've added several shades to my polish collection over the last month - I fell completely in love with OPI's Alice in Wonderland Collection so I picked up all four shades as soon as it came out

t-absolutely alice is my fav...its the blue glitter....

From left to right : Off with her Red, Thanks so Muchness, Absolutely Alice and Mad as a Hatter

and then they KILLED me with the new Hong Kong Collection that came out on my birthday! All the shades are awesome and look GREAT on short squared nails - great shades for this summer! Kerry got me the Tiny Takeouts mini with 3 shades and a clear coat and then I got the full sizes of suzi says feng shui and jade is the new black.

And this is what I'm anxiously awaiting - the Forever Shrek collection coming soon! EEEEK!

Ive always been an OPI fan but as of late becoming an Essie fan! Their polishes are FANTASTIC. Especially there good to go top coat!!! I paint my nails right before I pass out at night and I haven't had sheet marks since I started using it! It dries in seconds and doesn't peel!

I have a few Essie shades in my collection but my SIL Heather just sent me my FAV-O from their winter 09 - its called Mint Candy Apple! YAY! isnt it retro - i LOVE it! (you can see another goody she sent....1 yard wonders - Im sure there will be lots of upcoming posts about that! Smooches!

If there are any fellow polish junkies in the building and you don't know about All Lacquered Up ' a Nail Polish Fanatic's Resource' -you must follow her blog - its a fantastic resource and lots of fun with reviews and upcoming shades and specials!

Saturday, February 6, 2010

My Beau's

Wanted to share a couple of pics from the Daddy Daughter Dance that my brother Jon attended with Isabel this weekend :)....I love my handsome brother and is Isabel GORGEOUS or what?!

(((((((SNOW)))))))

Hi Sweets! I have been offline (except via my phone) for the last 4 months and OMG!!! I thought I was gonna DIE! But as of 2 days ago I'm back online with a brand new laptop and Im so Excited!! Ive been up until 2am almost every morning playing and catching up!

So! lets see...whats new here - we have been buried under snow for the last 2 months - we just had a new storm roll through on Friday and there is another coming on Tuesday - sheesh! They have taken 2 days of the kids spring break (((UGH)))) I hate it when they do that! I wish they would just let them make it up on Saturday or take it off their summer break. We are actually going on vacation this year!

I've become completely addicted to the movie Julie and Julia. I rented it 3 times then bought it when I got paid and its pretty much been going non stop on my dvd for weeks. I just put the settings on repeat. The kids know it- line for line! LOL! So Roman - the 8 year old - says to me last week "mom, if butter is so bad for you how did Julia live to be 92 and Paul 94?" :) So I had to think for a second b/c im the one preaching to not eat so much butter - but what I realized is that we dont eat butter - we eat margerine - which is only a couple of molecules away from being plastic. So I've started a new 'real food' campaign in my house - no more rubber or plastic food!

And in that spirit I thought I'd share one of the real recipes that my kids LOVE they would absolutely eat it 7 days a week! I've been making it for 10 years and its the best broccoli and cheese on the planet - no plastic butter or rubber cheese - its all real and all in the microwave! DE-LISH!

Ingredients: 2 bags broccoli Florettes
1 stick butter
1 large bag colby/jack cheese

-put 1 bag of broccoli into a casserole dish/slice butter up on top of it/ then add the 2nd bag of broccoli on top
-cover with plastic wrap and microwave for 10 minutes/let set for 2 minutes when finished
-drain water from broccoli(very important)
-toss in 3/4 bag of cheese - mix it in well then top with the remaining 1/4 bag of cheese
-re-cover with the plastic wrap and microwave another 10 minutes
YOU'RE DONE!
(it will be super hot when its finished to let is set for a couple minutes)

By the way...if there are any Julie and Julia fans in the house - I found the recipe for the delicious looking bruchetta that Julie fixes for herself and Eric the night she decides to actually start a blog. You can see the recipe here!

AND I just bought Julia Childs book 'My life in France' last weekend and so far it's a GREAT read!

...and just for fun - and Valentines Day...look at thes adorable hearts I've been making! I doing homemade Valentines this year and these little cuties will be the front! If you crochet - this is for you - they take less than 2 minutes to create! Ive made all size and with all types of yarn!

Chain 4
Make 3 Triple Crochets in First Chain Stitch
Then 3 Double Crochets
Chain One
Triple Crochet
Chain One
*Then do the mirror image on the other side*
3 Double Crochets
3 Triple Crochets
Chain 3
Slip
Pull through and tie off! Its that simple! and Super Fast!
Thank you to Little Birdie Secrets for this fantastic pattern!

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

IM BAAAAAAAAAACK!

Whew! After 4 months of NO internet! Im back - as of 5pm today! Just in time for the super bowl! WOOHOO! I was so excited I made a valentines treat for my Etsy shop that you can see below!...ok Im headed back to the sewing machine! XOXO