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100th Post-aversary!!!

Wow I can't believe this is my 10oth post! Who knew there was so much in my head that needed to be released? Although I am sure some of it might have been better kept to myself . I thought it would be fun to do a little look back.

I have found it so interesting to see what readers like or respond to the most. For example, my most read post is definitely the Snickers Salad. I am starting to learn that simplicity is key to a successful post but what fun is life if you can't complicate it a little?

 

My first post had kind of a lot going on with a President's Day Muffin Tin Meal and both children's book reviews and an adult book review. I was really proud of it even thought I think less than ten people have read that post. So if you missed it, here is a link to my first ever post!

 

My favorite post has to be Nature Color Art. It got a lot of good responses and was totally spontaneous. Have you ever seen the cartoon Phineas and Pherb? This was my Phineas and Pherb moment where I said "Boys! I know what we're gonna do today!" I also realized the need for more activities related to boys and that lead me to start my Scout Mom Bog. 

 
 
Thank you so much to all my readers and all the fabulous blogs that have featured me! I started this journey because I felt like something was missing from my life. I love my children and my husband more that words can say  but I have always been a creative soul with a love for words. This has provided me with the opportunity to be a better wife and mother by challenging me to use my God given talents in a new way. I hope you are still reading when I hit my 200th post.

I would love to hear what your favorite post has been. Leave me a comment!

Becky @ Fakin It 

This is Not a Cooking Blog: Snickers Salad

 
I never had any intention of this being a cooking blog. Mostly because I am a LOUSY COOK. That being said, at least you know that most of the recipes I feature here are pretty much fool proof. It seems that all my crafting ideas have been devoted to my Cub Scout blog Scout Mom and since we have to eat, I have just been taking pictures of what I make for this blog. Anyways, I promise to share some more craftiness here next week but until then, let me present to you, the super fabulous, not really healthy:

SNICKERS SALAD

 
Shopping List:

6 Granny Smith Apples

8 Regular Sized  Snickers bars

1 container Cool Whip

1 small pkg instant vanilla pudding

Chop your apples into bite-sized pieces. You can leave the skin on. 

 

Chop your candy bars into bite-sized pieces. They cut a little easier if you chill them in the frig first.

Mix together the defrosted Cool Whip with the pudding mix and then add chopped candy and apples. 

Make within a few hours of serving. Although this can keep for a couple of days in the fridge, the "sauce" gets a little watery and is not as pretty.

Enjoy! 

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Three Ingredient Strawberry Sherbert- the Way Grandma Makes It

Let me tell you about strawberry picking this last week. My wonderful father-in law called and thought it would be something fun to do with the kids. I agreed, and was anxious to emphasize the educational components. Like how produce isn't just born on the shelves in the grocery store. And how even though you (my kids) lost the thrill of the adventure after about 10 minutes, there are people who do this for a living all day long, every day in much hotter weather than we had.

 Cue the music: Strawberry Fields Forever by the Beatles

 

Those were my good intentions. But here's what really happened. I sorta got burned out after ten minutes too until I realized that if you crawl along the ground and lift up the plants, you can find the really good berries. Sounds simple enough right? Except I was wearing shorts and my knees on the bare ground hurt as I trudged along. That didn't stop me from ordering my kids down on all fours to do the same. Plus, not only was I wearing shorts but I was wearing low waisted shorts that were too big in the waist, thus giving anyone behind me an eye-full. Did  I mention that my shorts were a super light tan, almost white? Yeah, so when I needed a break and sat down on that somewhat exposed behind, I sat on a strawberry leaving a big red splotch where no woman wants a big red splotch. Grace and poise have never been my strongpoints. But it was all worth it! Check out my loot!

 Now, what to do with all those beautiful berries? How about Grandma's super simple three ingredient strawberry sherbert!

 Pour 4 cups berries in Cuisine Art or blender. Add 2 cups sugar and 2 cups buttermilk. Puree.

Pour into freezable containers and place in freezer. For smoother sherbert, blend one more time after it as all been frozen then refreeze.

You can use a melon baller to make nice little scoops and I added a sprig of pinepple mint which freshens the flavor even more. 
 

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Patriotic Father's Day Sun Dial

Happy Father's Day to all the amazing Dads and Grandpas!

We have been studying Astronomy over at my other blog Scout Mom which gave me the idea to make a sun dial. Since Father's Day was just around the corner and my DH is an outdoorsy guy, I thought this would be a great gift for him. Then he wouldn't need to come back inside to check the time. My boys said that their dad's favorite colors were red and blue and since fourth of July is also coming up, we decided to make it a patriotic red, white and blue.

 
Supplies needed include a terra cotta pot, wood circle, wood stars, dowl rods and E-600 glue.

 Center pot on top of wood circle and trace the smaller circle at the bottom of the pot.

Move the wood circle to the top of the pot right side up and drill a hole big enough to fit dowel rod.

We spray-painted the pot, circle and dowel red and then the stars white. We let that dry overnight before continuing.

Day 2 it was raining so we had to paint in the garage. We used blue and white acrylic paints.

  
The blue stripes on the disc represent north, south, east and west and also 12:00, 3:00, 6:00 and 9:00. The 12:00 stripe should be facing north to get the dial to work correctly. Turn the pot upside down and squirt E-600 glue around the top edges then press the circular disc down on top.  Slide the dowel down through both holes and fill in the space with a little more glue to hold that in place. Next you need to put a stipe of glue on the back center of each star and place them back to with the dowel inbetween.

 
Whether your Dad is your HERO, or you think he is a Super Star, this will make a great gift!

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How to Make Bookmarks by Recycling Food Boxes

I love that my kids are so excited to join the library summer reading program. The kickoff was today but we were pretty busy so it is the first thing we are going to do after we get up in the morning. My oldest C will actually be volunteering at the library once a week. How is it possible that I have a child old enough to be doing volunteer work without me?

Tomorrow is trash day and we had a lot of boxes in the recycling bin this week. I decided to combine our trash and love of reading into bookmarks for all those summer books we will be checking out.

 
These are the boxes I started with but we were having so much fun, I went and got more.

To make cutting simpler, I tore open the sealed edges and flattened the boxes. Then I just picked an image or a part of image I liked and cut it out in the shape of a rectangle. I did not keep all the bookmarks the same size.

Once I had all my pieces cut, I punched one or two holes, depending on how I wanted it to look, and then threaded through a piece of ribbon.

Since my youngest, L, was my main helper with this, she got first pick and chose Kung Fu Panda. He came off some fruit roll-ups and I think he turned out pretty cute.

 I am completely in love with the Diet Coke bookmark and of course keeping it for myself. I might even have my hubby laminate it at work so it doesn't get too bent out of shape.

 
 All in all we ended up with 20 bookmarks. I used yarn on most of the others so I wouldn't use up all of my ribbon supply.

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