There were no guesses, so there is no winner for the game this time. It was a photo of my husband’s toes sticking out of his cast. (He broke his leg on Thanksgiving.) Maybe it was the photo? I will post a new photo later and we will try again.

Look for another post by tonight!

Chaos

Happy New Year! Of course I have plenty of goals for this coming week, not to mention this new year, but that is for another post. Today is about Freebies and one of my New Year’s goals is to have a new WP theme for this site. I thought I would share with you a few places for free WP templates where I am looking:

• Smashing Magazine 100 Amazing Word Press Themes
• WordPress’s Own Theme Library
• Theme Lab
• EZ WP Themes
• Six Revisions

I’m also looking here in case I want to purchase one:

• Theme Forest (link not working at the moment)
• Template Monster
• The Faery Tale (I’m leaning towards here)

Would you like to help me pick a new theme?

Chaos

There wasn’t a winner for last week. No one sent in a guess.

I’m going to blame it on the holidays and allow one more week. One guess per person, deadline January 5th 12midnight EST, winner chosen from all correct answers using random.org. See last week’s post for photo.

Have fun!

Ha… you thought I was going to forget, didn’t you?

Here are the new rules: You have until Tuesday, December 29, 2009 to respond. One guess per person. Prize is a $5.00 gift certificate to Amazon.com again. Have fun!

P.S. I ran out of time yesterday. I was going to rant about the reasons I am so fat. I’ll have to save that for another Tuesday. *smiles*

Hi,

Ready to listen to some great music? It’s all about me today.

Unwritten

Home Life

I Don’t Want To Be

No More “I Love You’s”

Every Kinda People

New York Minute

That’s it for me tonight. Sleep well!

Hi,

No, this post is separate from the Music Monday post that I’ll put together later. I wanted to share that I put the domain name Creative WAHM up for sale on eBay. Here is the listing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140369060637

I originally purchased it in 2007 with the intention of creating an advice site for women wanting to work from home. But year after year, I got distracted from it and never made it into anything. I have had sites up there, but my attention was continually pulled elsewhere. So, if you are a Creative Work At Home mom and would like to start building a website, here is a great Christmas present you can buy for yourself. If it isn’t the right fit for you, please consider passing along the link. Perhaps someone you know or a friend of a friend would be interested.

I appreciate you taking a look!

Chaos

Oh man… I messed up my posting streak.  That’s okay… I’ll try to fit them all into this post. *grins*

For Free-For-All Friday:  First, I re-found a really great message board: http://forums.online-sweepstakes.com/. They were very helpful with my Wordless Wednesday Game. With their advice, this Wednesday’s game will run for a full week.

Malwarebytes is my favorite spy-ware scanner and it is found here: http://www.malwarebytes.org/.

Did you know that Wal-mart gives away freebies? http://instoresnow.walmart.com/In-Stores-Now-free-samples.aspx.

For So Many Goals Saturday: My goals are simply to get the house ready for the holiday. Christmas Eve we are going to start a few traditions just for us. Don’t ask, because Brendan and I have no clue yet. Then we are having an open house for family and friends Christmas Day and then again on Saturday. The kids are home from school for Winter break, so I will be taking my fair share of generic Ativan and doing the 30/30 thing until then. Maybe cut back on sleeping. Yeah… that might work.

For Spiritual Sunday: We can touch on the “Reason For the Season”. As non-Christians, Jesus is not the reason for us. I think it has been pretty well proven that, assuming he existed, he was born in June. Christianity was trying to convert the Pagans so they created as many holidays near the old holidays as possible. Winter Solstice became Christmas. But, I don’t have a problem celebrating his birthday at anytime actually. Just as I appreciate being able to honor Martin Luther King and wish we did the same for Einstein’s birthday along with Gandhi’s day. When we have been so blessed to have such amazing people who have touched the world in a positive manner, they should be celebrated. What about Mother Teresa and Darwin? Their contributions to the world should also have a place among all of commercialization.

I might wish someone a Merry Christmas if I know they are Christian. I might say Happy Yule if I know that they are Pagan. Usually I will stick with Happy Holidays. Though I do like October Wife’s Happy Retail Commercialization Day as it is the most honest these days.

Well, it is finally cool down here… 58*F. So, I’m going to enjoy having my windows open and taking care of things around here.

Chaos

Hi everyone!

A huge thank you to those that played my first week. I hope you enjoyed it. I’m looking forward to next week.

Ready to see the original photo?

The winner is WaltzingDog!!! Congrats! Don’t get spending your big prize all at once, you hear? *grinning* Thank you very much for participating. I will get your gc out to you tonight.

Chaos

Hi! I’ll be posting the winner to the “Wordless Wednesday Game” at 5pm EST today.  You have until then to make a guess. A winner will be chosen from any correct answers. I thought I would get Tutorial Thursday going though in case someone needed a last minute Christmas idea. They were big hits the year I made them. I hope you enjoy it!

No-Sew Fleece Blanket Tutorial ©2009 Melissa Olivero

*Please note that while this tutorial was written wholly by me, I am not the originator of this idea. These are the steps I used to create the item.

ITEMS NEEDED:

•  Rotary Cutter
•  Large Cutting Mat
•  Medium Cutting Mat
•  Ruler
•  2 coordinating fleece fabrics at 1 1/4 yards each (1 yard & 9 inches)

1. Put your two pieces of fabric together with the good sides facing outwards. Double check that they were cut at the same length & width and correct if needed. Some people may prefer to pin them together at this point. Lay out on your large cutting mat.
2. At each corner, cut out a 6″ square. Lay that fabric aside. Hopefully you’ll find a use for these squares in a future project.
3. On each of the four sides, make a 6″ length cut at every 1″ to create a fringe.
4. Once all sides are completed, you’ll need to double knot it all the way around. When I was first taught to make these, I was told that a single knot would be sufficient. I had a 3 year old at the time though, had given the blankets to other children and learned that you need to double knot. You’ll want to do a combination of an underhand knot and then an overhand knot. The end result should have one fringe strip laying on the opposite side fabric. As in the photo shown above, the white strip is tied to show on the print side while the print fringe shows against the white side.
5. You are done.