When you look at all the new places to eat in Elizabethtown you wonder Which is the best place to eat?
You have a new Steak house coming soon and with the Cheddars opening the choices have gotten even greater.
Elizabethtown has so many great places to bring your family to enjoy yourselves.
I for one enjoy eating at Chedders you get a lot of food for a really great price. Useally have enough to take home a doggy bag. And O'Charlies is another.
So let me know where you like to go and why? I look forward to seeing where others find the place to be.
Ok now is the time for you to get involved. we need your imput on the web site. What are your likes or dislikes.
We need your feed back. Your opinion counts.
What If you could go back in time? Would you? If you could change things would you? What date would you go back to?
These are the questions that come up sometimes within a conversation. I don't know if I would want to go back in time. But I think If I could go back to the time before I was even thought of. I think I would go back to the good old wild west days. Life was so much simpler then than today. Oh I'm sure they had their own set of problems.
Just look at the difference from them till now. They had horse and buggy to get around. we have the Mustang GT with horse power. They had to dig a well and fetch their water. All we have to do today is get up off the comfy couch and turn the faucet knob. There is so much that has changed from then to now.
So my answer to thees questions.I would go back in time. I would change some things. So tell me what you think Tell me if you would go back in a time machine.
I spend money on allot of things that are not really needed.
For example I spend money almost daily on eating out at some fast food place. making them richer and me poorer. Yes a person need to eat to survive. I just think its faster for me to just pick something up.
I spend allot of money on my pets. They now each have their own dog beds. They all have new collers and I spend at least $20.00 a month on a plug-in with a pheromone to calm them. Lets not forget all their treats that I feel they need daily.
Now lets look at shampoo and conditioner. Tell me why I think I need to have 3 to 4 different brands at one time. I only use one at a time. If I am in the store and I see something new I think to myself.. Hmm that smells nice I think I will get it. I am sure I have enough to last a while.
Moving on to the next the big thing for women Shoes.. I must have at lest 20 or more pairs of flip flops. One for every color of the rainbow. Not to mention the other pairs I have . From boots to mules. At least another 20 plus pairs. And look at more shoes almost on a daily basis.
Now lets get to the big one. Clothes. I have bought clothes that I still haven't worn. But I say it's ok because I got it on sale. I have clothes that hangs in my closet that I haven't worn in months and I keep buying more.
Before long I will have to buy a bigger home with bigger closets to support my buying habit.
So come on Share with me what you spend your money on. Or just let me have it for what I spend my money on.
Here are a few gift Ideas you can use for any occasion.
Bath Bombs / Bath
Fizzies
Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons citric acid (you can get this at a pharmacy)
2 Tablespoons
cornstarch
1/4 cup baking soda
3 Tablespoons coconut oil (or any other
emollient oil like almond, avocado or
apricot kernel oil)
1/4 teaspoon
fragrance oil
3-6 drops of food coloring (if desired)
Paper candy cups
Directions:
Place all of the dry ingredients (first 3) into a bowl and mix well.
Place coconut oil into a small glass bowl and add fragrance and food coloring.
Slowly add oil mixture into dry ingredients and mix well. Scoop up small
amounts of the mixture and shape into 1" balls.
Let the balls rest on a sheet of waxed paper for about 2 to 3 hours, then
place each ball into a candy cup to let dry and harden for 24 to 48 hours.
Store bombs in a closed, air-tight container. To use, drop 1 to 3 bombs into
warm bath water.
Movie Gift
Basket
Place the following in a popcorn tub or dollar store colorful bowl
Microwave popcorn
A couple boxes of movie theater candy
A bottle of
their favorite soft drink
A classic DVD or a movie rental gift card
Other gift ideas: Home made beauty aids, bath salts or a Rubber band
airplane.
Homemade
Playdough
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 cup water
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
2
teaspoons cream of tartar
Food coloring by drops
Directions:
Place contents in a pan and stir. Cook over low heat, stirring until a ball
forms.
Add food coloring and mix thoroughly until desired color. Cool on foil. Store
in covered container.
Soap
Crayons
Supplies:
One ice cube tray
Liquid food color
2 Tablespoon hot water for each
crayon
1 cup soap flakes
Small bowl
Spoon
Directions:
For each color, put two tablespoons of hot water and one cup of soap flakes
into a bowl.
Add as many drops of food color to the mixture as you wish. Stir the soap
mixture until it thickens. This takes time, so be patient!
Press spoonfuls of the first color of soap into the sections of the ice
tray.
Mix enough soap in other colors to fill the ice tray, following the above
directions again.
Let the soap crayons dry for one or two days. Gently bang the ice tray to
loosen the crayons.
Pack them in a box for gift-giving.
Handmade Fleece
Blanket
Directions:
Get 2 different patterns of fleece the same size (small enough for baby).
Cut slits about 2 inches in and 1 inch apart from one another all the way
around the edges and then knot each slit to the other piece. It creates a seam
with no sewing and they're cute and warm.
Simmering
Potpourri
Supplies:
1 oz. can cinnamon sticks, broken into small pieces
1 (1.12 oz.) can whole
cloves
1 (1.25 oz.) can whole allspice
Directions:
Combine all ingredients. Place 1 heaping teaspoon and 1/2 cup of water in
simmer pot and heat.
You can also dry orange peels and add these to the mixture.
No matter who your giving this gift to it seems to mean more because its homemade and came from the heart.
Merry Christmas!
With the Holiday Season rolling around your little one has asked for a Puppy or Kitty for Christmas. Just think of a few things before you do this.
Do you live in an Apartment or a house? How often are you going to be home.
You may want to consider getting a puppy from the animal shelter. There are animals that need a good home .
Also if you wait till after the Christmas holiday there tends to be pure bread Puppy or Kittens that end up in the shelter. Some people find that they can't care for the animal and drop it off at the local animal shelter. So please check with your local animal shelter if your thinking of getting a new addition to your family.
What is your favorite dish for the holidays?
I for one think there is nothing better than bananna pudding. I also like homemade cranberry sauce, with a splash of orange
Please share your thoughts on what you like the best at your holiday meal.
Ok lets get this off our chests who is the better gift wrapper? The man or the woman?
The sign a man wrapped your gift.
. The wrapping paper is wrinkled or the edeges are folded crooked , the bow doesnt really go with the color of paper being used. The box is taped with duck tape. Or better yet they just leave it in a department store bag and ball the bag around it and there its all done.
The sign a woman wrapped your gift.
The wrapping paper is flat and folded in a straight line. You don't see any tape because she was smart and used double sided tape. The bow matches the wrapping paper perfectly. And if she doesn't have the time to wrap that special gift she finds the right gift bag uses tissue paper .
So when you receive that gift think of this one thought If ythe gift is wrapped so well you hate to open it. Well She probly wrapped it.
Have a safe and Happy Holiday.
It is so nice that every year that one of our local town of Vine Grove host Dickins of a Christmas. The festivities actually started on Thursday 12-1-11 Where they hosted a Chili Supper a concert by "Testify". followed by an acution for the Christmas for the children program.
On Saturday 12-2-11 festivities will straiting at
5p.m.- 7p.m. Local businesses will have an open house downtown.
5p.m.-7p.m. Santa and Mrs.Claus will be in Jenny's Park to hear the childrens requests.
5p.m.-7p.m. Horse-drawn carriage ride will be available .
6:15 The community will come together for a candle lighting ceremony. The city will provide complimentaty marshmallows for roasting and apple cider. The evening will end with a community Christmas sing-a-long
Then on Saturday 12-3-11 All activities will be at the Brown street School behind Vine Grove City Hall
Mrs Claus will arrive at 8a.m. where you can have breakfast with Mrs Clause from 8a/m.-10a.m. in the cafeteria
adults will cost $5.00- Kids 10 and under will br $3.00
Santa will arrive by Fire Truck at 9:30 a.m.
Arts & Craft Vendors from 9.am. to 4 p.m.
And there will be musical entertainment from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the gym.
It's great to see the community come together and have the old time home spirit. That seems to be lost in all the big town , with people always in such a hurry.
If you were thinking of moving to a small town I would consider Vine Grove.
At what age do you think a child should be told there is no Santa? I for one don't think that you should tell them they really start questioning the Idea of a Santa. You tell then to early and it takes something way from that childhood innocents. They grow up so fast . And what does it really hurt. Let them be a child for as long as they can.
