tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53249666606437452492024-03-21T02:43:31.616-05:00Homemade This and ThatWhere things are created by necessity on a whim...Janellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280529131739112118noreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324966660643745249.post-35735822112862846832012-10-02T09:14:00.001-05:002012-10-02T09:14:18.143-05:00Home Redo -- Master Bedroom<div style="text-align: center;">
Ok, we finally got our bedroom redo pretty much finished, just in time for our out-of-town guests to stay in last week! As a reminder, <a href="http://homemadethisandthat.blogspot.com/2012/08/redoing-bedroom-floors.html">here's how it looked before</a>. Ugly, ugly, ugly.</div>
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Please excuse the darkness of these pictures, but here it is now!</div>
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This is taken while standing in front of my closet. In this picture, you can see the support bar coming down. We still plan to enclose that in a wood pillar. The yellow room straight ahead is our bathroom.</div>
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Here's toward the bed. I see now that I didn't have pillows on it yet. Whoops!</div>
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Here's in the bathroom. Yes, we have a piano in our bathroom. This bathroom is ridiculously huge and open to the main bedroom, so humidity isn't a problem. I LOVE my piano!!</div>
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When we were redoing the bathroom, I wanted to get rid of the ugly light fixtures they had. I wanted something more rustic looking. I couldn't find anything I liked that wasn't super expensive. Finally, on a whim, I checked the outdoor light section at Wal-Mart and found these lights. They look like lanterns, are adorable, and were only $15 for two of them!!!</div>
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I HATE windows in a bathroom. Our neighbor's back patio is right outside our bathroom window. One night, while I was showering in our GLASS shower, my cat pulled down the curtains. I was determined after that to cover the windows. I found this great window cling pattern at Lowe's. It goes great with the gold walls.</div>
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Here's looking back into the main room from the bathroom. You can see my husband's desk to the left, my sewing table to the right.</div>
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Janellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280529131739112118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324966660643745249.post-23749110504740789112012-09-22T19:03:00.000-05:002012-09-22T19:03:11.627-05:00Fragrant Home<div style="text-align: center;">
I LOVE to have my home smelling good. Now that my daughter seems to have outgrown her asthma issues and fragrance sensitivities, I've been enjoying some fragrance again.</div>
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I think I've maybe said before how much I love my candle warmer. I'm talking about one of those ones that you lower the large jar candle down into and it melts it without having to light the wick. However, my brother (who is a firefighter) told me last week not to use it again. He said that he has run calls where the candle's glass has shattered and the candle warmer started a fire.</div>
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He told me instead to use the wax warmers that uses a small lightbulb. (I'm behind the times--you all probably already have one of these, right?) So we went to Wal-Mart that night and bought one (ours is the Better Homes and Gardens brand). It was a mere $12 for a small one. Isn't it pretty?</div>
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You just turn on the bulb and put a wax cube in the top. Here is an unmelted cube.</div>
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Not long after you put it in the dish at the top, it's melted. This one little cube is enough fragrance for the whole upstairs of my house.</div>
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The wax cubes are only $2 for a six-pack, and there are a couple of brands. We've had good results from both of these. The center fragrance is called "Fireside," and so far, it's my favorite!!!</div>
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I'm so going to get another one of these for downstairs!! I'm loving the fall fragrances right now. What are your favorite fragrances in your home?</div>
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Janellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280529131739112118noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324966660643745249.post-67435123742278158992012-09-19T15:12:00.001-05:002012-09-19T15:12:14.947-05:00Our new boy<div style="text-align: center;">
So, I told you all that we recently lost our dog, <a href="http://homemadethisandthat.blogspot.com/2012/08/were-all-bit-blue.html">Darby</a>. We were going to wait a few years until we were settled in our new house to get another dog. I guess God had other plans for us. And who am I to argue? </div>
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So meet our new baby, Hurley.</div>
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He's a decent-sized dog, a two-year-old boxer mix.</div>
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Who can resist this mushy face?</div>
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He's a big lover, but is already protective of the kids, which I LOVE. Here's his favorite place to lay, though: ON my feet.</div>
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Ok, so I had already posted my <a href="http://homemadethisandthat.blogspot.com/2012/08/t-shirt-storm-x-men.html">sketch and Storm sewn together</a>, but I haven't posted the final thing.</div>
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We are now well into the "bers." You know, SeptemBER, OctoBER, NovemBER, DecemBER. This is by far my favorite time of year. I LOVE autumn, I LOVE crisp, chilly weather, I LOVE curling up on the couch with a mug of hot coffee and a fleece blanket.</div>
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This time of year always makes me crave chili--even before it's cold out. I went to make chili today and halfway through realized that I'm out of chili seasoning. I have a cabinet full of dried spices, so I decided to make my own. It turned out super yummy, so I thought I'd share.</div>
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We had to put our dog down yesterday, so things have been pretty melancholy around here today.</div>
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He wasn't old--not quite seven, actually--and he was the most perfect dog we ever could have dreamed of.</div>
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Would you believe, of all the things you may have to put a dog down for, we had to put him down because of allergies? Not our allergies, or our kids' allergies, but his own. You'd think I have allergies down to a fine science by now. We tried all sorts of different allergy medications, grain-free diets, steroids shots, etc. But nothing worked, and it got to the point where he was scratching all of his hair off and making himself bloody. He was too good a boy and too loyal a companion for us to let him live with that suffering.</div>
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We're moving!! No, not today, or tomorrow, or even next year, unfortunately. We're moving in two years. And I CAN'T WAIT!! The country girl in me is dying to get back out to the country again. To run through the fields and watch my kids run through the fields--not just because they're visiting my parents, but because it's our own land. And now it is. My parents are giving us a chunk of their land, and my kids will of course have their run of the entire thing. Woods, ponds, creeks, fields...the same ones I ran through as a child. Am I waxing nostalgic? Why yes, yes I am.</div>
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You can see the pole, where the electric is already run back here. The house will nestle right up against the woods.</div>
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Here's one of the creeks back in the woods. You can tell both the creek and the trees have suffered from this super hot and super dry summer.</div>
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I'm a cloth diaper user. I LOVE cloth diapers! These are not your grandmother's cloth diapers. The cloth diapers nowadays are just as easy to use as disposables, are just as easy to wash as your regular laundry (though have a system all their own), and are waaaaaaaaay cuter than anything you throw away!!!</div>
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While playing in the <a href="http://www.diaperdecisions.com/pages/greatclothdiaperhunt.php">Great Cloth Diaper Hunt</a> earlier this month, I learned about <a href="http://www.greenbeesdiapers.com/Nursery-Bedding">Green Bees diapers</a>. They're a one-size pocket diaper, fitting a child from 8-35 pounds. You can't beat the price, so I decided it was worth it to order one and try it out. I'm so glad I did!! I ordered mine from <a href="http://www.bottomsandbeyondboutique.com/">Bottoms & Beyond Boutique</a>. (I also found her through the Great Cloth Diaper Hunt, and she has great shipping prices!)</div>
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Janellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280529131739112118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324966660643745249.post-4806039647961225602012-08-21T18:58:00.002-05:002012-08-21T18:59:34.732-05:00T-Shirt: Storm (X-Men)<div style="text-align: center;">
Yes, folks. It's another t-shirt! I hope you like <a href="http://homemadethisandthat.blogspot.com/search/label/t-shirt">these</a>, because I'm enjoying making them.</div>
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One of my nieces will be turning 8 next month. She asked me to make her a shirt with Storm, from The X-Men.</div>
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As usual, I started with a sketch. This one was harder for me, I think because she's a rather voluptuous woman. As my friend, Jenine, said, I want to keep her "kid-friendly." However, I still wanted her to have some feminine curves. I think I accomplished both. Here's my sketch:</div>
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Here's the result. I haven't sewn her down to a shirt yet. Once I do, I think I'll do lightning bolts from her hands with a yellow, shimmery fabric paint.</div>
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A friend of mine gave me a whole case of plantains! WOO HOO!!! They were already ripening, so I waited until they were very ripe and sweet before I cooked them.</div>
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First I sliced the plantains, poured oil into a skillet so they were halfway submerged, and lightly fried them over medium heat. They're sweet and delicious, even eaten by themselves!</div>
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Janellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280529131739112118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324966660643745249.post-42225718858623354432012-08-13T19:51:00.001-05:002012-08-13T19:51:07.730-05:00Master Suite Progress<div style="text-align: center;">
We've been working on doing brown paper flooring in our master bedroom and bath room. It's coming along beautifully! It's actually really fast, when you have the chance to work on it. We're about halfway done, but have only worked on laying it 2 days.</div>
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When we moved into this house, the room that is now our bedroom had gross carpet in it. The bathroom had another, even grosser carpet (I think <i>any </i>carpet in a bathroom is gross).</div>
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This is the bathroom. That medicine cabinet <i>on</i> the wall is the type that's supposed to be set back <i>into</i> the wall. And it was so high, I could barely see my eyebrows when I looked in it (which isn't saying much, since I'm only 5' tall).</div>
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To make it even better, before they painted it pink, they had this wallpaper:</div>
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Ok, so it has been a way-crazy week. However, I've still managed to squeeze in enough time to make my 13-year-old niece's t-shirt! </div>
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She loves Luigi from Super Mario Brothers. However, it's rare to find a shirt with just Luigi on it, as Mario seems to be the most popular character of the two. So when I asked her what or whom she wanted on her shirt, she immediately answered Luigi on a purple shirt.</div>
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Most of my characters on my shirts are kind of cartooned-down-versions of the real characters (see some of my other t-shirt creations <a href="http://homemadethisandthat.blogspot.com/search/label/t-shirt">here</a>). Since Luigi is already cartoonish, I pretty much simply copied exactly what he looks like and made him in felt.</div>
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Here's my sketch:</div>
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Here's the final result!</div>
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I love making <a href="http://homemadethisandthat.blogspot.com/search/label/t-shirt">character t-shirts</a>. One of my 14-year-old nephews asked me the other day if I would make him one. He decided that he'd like me to make Link, from The Legend of Zelda.</div>
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I started, as always, with a sketch of Link, his sword, and his shield. His shield was kind of difficult to decide which details I wanted to leave in and which would come out good in felt. </div>
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My kids are forever wanting to buy things. In order to buy things, they need money. We don't do an allowance, and birthdays are only once a year. They've been desperate to earn money. My son came to me the other day, asking me to pull his tooth. The way he was talking, it was so loose it would soon be falling out of his mouth. I'm still not sure it's really loose at all. But he was hoping to put it under his pillow to get more money towards whatever the snake hook he's really, really wanting (his favorite show on Netflix is The Jeff Corwin Experience).</div>
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I told my hubby that before the kids start getting some crazy ideas of how to knock teeth out, we need a way for them to earn money. And maybe we can get some stuff done around the house at the same time. Win-win!! </div>
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We came up with a list of chores that need to be done around the house--most on a weekly basis. We then came up with money amounts that job is worth (turns out we're pretty cheap).</div>
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I cut 3x5 cards in half and wrote the chores out (along with instructions and needed materials) on them. I slid them into those baseball card protector sheets and put them in the family control journal that's on the counter--the same binder that holds the <a href="http://homemadethisandthat.blogspot.com/2012/07/new-chore-system.html">family schedules</a>.</div>
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Some examples are: Cleaning the front door will earn you 20 cents (I make our glass-cleaner, etc. No yucky chemicals I have to worry about). Putting away toys from behind and under the couch and using the hand-vac under the couch cushions will get you a quarter. Picking up dog potties from the yard gets you a dollar (not really a bad deal if it's really done weekly--he only goes once a day). When it's all added up, it totals just over $4 a week. Not too shabby for us to get some of these odd jobs done that we never seem to get around to. After all, how often do you wipe your window sills? And they're excited to have a less painful way to earn money. After all, you only have so many baby teeth...</div>Janellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280529131739112118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324966660643745249.post-73118908602327429102012-07-19T16:53:00.004-05:002012-07-19T17:05:13.062-05:00Family Schedules<div style="text-align: center;">
My chore system is constantly undergoing renovation. With the number of people in this house, things can get out of hand quickly. As the children get older and are able to do more, our expectations of them change. Each child has their own chore chart (I'm working on making the little ones' charts out of pictures).</div>
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You can see here that some things are marked off. As I said, this is ever-changing. We see what works and what doesn't, and I can just change it on the computer and print out a new one whenever.</div>
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This is a VERY flexible schedule. The times are very approximate. The JOY part is important in two ways. One, it's a big mantra around here to keep Jesus first, Others second, Yourself last. Others should be treated with respect, etc. Another thing is that every chore needs to be done with the proper attitude--a joyful one!!! I don't want grumbling and snarky remarks.</div>
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If they do all their chores for that day correctly: in a timely manner, done to my satisfaction, done with the correct attitude, they get a sticker on a piece of paper on their bedroom door. They LOVE picking their stickers out of my big sticker box. Each sticker gets them 15 minutes of iPod play, to be done with a timer and on their own time.</div>
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So far, this system is working out well--both for them and for us. I don't have time to make sure everybody is on task every moment of the day. I got tired of asking "Did you do..." just to hear "I forgot." Now it's all on paper, so no forgetting. All the charts are kept in a binder on the small counter beside our refrigerator.</div>
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My kids draw pictures and make things for me ALL THE TIME. And they expect me to save and treasure every single one. I do treasure them, but I don't have the inclination (or space) to store all of those papers and things.</div>
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The solution is simple: take pictures!!</div>
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Star Wars is a big theme around here. My 7-year-old son drew these:</div>
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In case you missed some of those details, here's Princess Leia. See the buns?</div>
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And here's Yoda. I love the frownie faces. And the stick legs with ball feet.</div>
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He's not alone in his Star Wars fixation. My 4-year-old son did this one of Darth Maul. He was so proud of how he turned out. Fierce.</div>
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Some things the kids want to keep on paper, not just the computer. They typically do those things into composition books. My seven-year-old son is currently writing his own reptile book, complete with drawings. =) My nine-year-old daughter is currently writing her own comic book, again in a composition book:</div>
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How do you store your kids' projects?</div>Janellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280529131739112118noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324966660643745249.post-73730904347011739102012-07-13T16:46:00.002-05:002012-07-13T16:50:38.313-05:00Vintage Treasures<div style="text-align: center;">
I've spoken a couple of times about my <a href="http://homemadethisandthat.blogspot.com/2012/05/mothers-day.html">grandma</a>, who has Alzheimer's. Several of us grandchildren have gotten some of her belongings. My sister had gotten some of her sewing goodies and recently passed a bunch of them on to me!!</div>
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One of the first things I saw were these old tins.</div>
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So, many Wal-Marts have destroyed their fabric section by no longer carrying fabric on the bolt (though I was told by a Wal-Mart worker that they'll be bringing the bolts of cloth back, though she didn't know when). The other day, our local Wal-Mart was getting rid of some bolts of fabric they still had--at $1 a yard!! Yes, you read that right, ONE DOLLAR A YARD!!!!</div>
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It wasn't paycheck week, so I couldn't go as crazy as I would have liked. So I took a deep breath and grabbed a few of my favorites:</div>
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You can't really tell the color right of this one. It's a nice, tan polyester--darker than it looks here. I practically saw the Jedi robes for Halloween jumping out of this one at me! I can't wait to get started on those! I emptied this bolt, about 4.5 yards.</div>
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I got two yards of this silky sheer. I'm thinking scarves for Christmas?</div>
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I totally can't do any kind of clothing project for my girls without making matching hair clips. So when I worked on <a href="http://homemadethisandthat.blogspot.com/2012/07/lengthening-dresses.html">lengthening their dresses</a> recently, I of course had to put the fabric scraps left over to good use.</div>
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First I tried to make a fabric daffodil, as shown in the first tutorial <a href="http://craftystaci.com/2012/03/14/fabric-daffodils3-ways/">here</a>, at <a href="http://craftystaci.com/">Crafti Staci</a>. Can you say FAIL?!?!?!?!?! Mine totally didn't turn out good, unless I was trying to make a wilted, lopsided daffodil. If that was the case, then I totally nailed it! Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.</div>
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I had already cut all of my left over scraps into 4" squares to make the flowers above. I guess I suffer from a horrible case of over-confidence. After all, the tutorial didn't look too difficult. I'm sure the tutorial isn't the problem here. =)</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I glued these down onto ribbon-lined hair clips. </span>They took a total of about 2 minutes. And that, my friends, is a total WIN!!!</div>
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A dear lady at church recently bought matching dresses for my older two girls. These dresses are GORGEOUS!</div>
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Some things are more challenging than others when you have a large family. One of those challenges is cups. So many times a day you hear, "Which cup is mine?" Or "Where did my cup go?" Or "Who moved my cup?" Or "Can I get a new cup?" My youngest is too young to worry about cups yet, but when you take my 5 other children and have them use 2-3 cups in a day, that's 10-15 cups in <i>one</i> day-- just for the kids!</div>
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Then I heard about <a href="http://www.drinkbands.com/">Drinkbands</a>. They are silicone bands (no latex! YAY!!!!), come in packs of 9 gorgeous colors, and help everybody keep track of their cup.</div>
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(In case you're wondering, yes, those are Polaner All-Fruit jars we use as glasses. They make PERFECT drinking glasses--especially for the kids. They're a nice, strong glass, they don't break easily, and if they were to break, they are abundant. The little ones are the perfect size for the littles, and the large ones are even a good size for adults.) =)</div>
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Drink bands also add a grip so that the glass isn't slick, even when wet. Plus, the kids had fun choosing their colors. Right now, the glasses go on the counter in between meals. This weekend, my hubby is going to build a rack we can set them in so that they're not easily tipped. (If you haven't seen his handiwork, check out my <a href="http://homemadethisandthat.blogspot.com/2012/06/hanging-fruit-basket.html">hanging fruit basket</a> he built for me on a whim.)</div>
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To make things even simpler, Drinkbands can stay on the glasses and go right into the dishwasher!! We ordered one package of the small size, but I think we'll soon be ordering a package of the large size, as well. </div>
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I know I'm sounding like a commercial, but I'm not trying to. Drinkbands doesn't even know that I'm writing this blog post. I just like passing on the word about products I really like. My life is busy and chaotic enough. Anything that helps to streamline things and make it easier is a bonus. Drinkbands are a big bonus around here! </div>
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We just bought another 50-lb bag of hulled buckwheat groats. While trying to decide what to make for breakfast, my hubby found the most awesome <a href="http://ohsheglows.com/2011/07/11/raw-buckwheat-breakfast-porridge/">recipe for raw buckwheat porridge</a> at <a href="http://ohsheglows.com/">Oh She Glows</a>. It's gluten-free, involves no cooking, takes minimal effort, and is delicious!</div>
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The texture is a little bit different than most foods I'm used to, but it was delicious! The kids also loved it! This is way better than boxed cereals in the morning, it's cold and refreshing for these hot days of summer, and it's super healthy. I'm sure it would be just as delicious cooked for a winter porridge.</div>
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Tomorrow, I may throw in some coconut and walnuts. YUM YUM!!</div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">ETA: We made another batch last night to see if it stores well in the fridge. It DOES!!! So you can even make it the night before and serve it in the morning. Yay!!!!</span></div>
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<br /></div>Janellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280529131739112118noreply@blogger.com1