Bzz Agent Glade Expressions

I am a Bzz Agent on BzzAgent . I get free stuff to try out and share my opinions on. This glade spray was free. I could choose my scent I opted for Cotton & Italian mandarin. It's a refillable spray bottle. You simply unscrew the bottom and replace the inside instead of buying a whole new bottle. It looks like this...

Then you take the outside wrapper off and it's pretty home decor. It looks like this...

It smells so good. Fresh and clean and not heavy at all yet the scent still lingers.

Scentsy

My friend Tammy sells Scentsy. I'm not sure if you have heard of it. If you have you most likely already love it and you need no convincing to how good it is. If you haven't one sniff and you could be hooked like the rest of us. Either way here's a link to the lady you want to be buying from... https://tamarademers.scentsy.us/Scentsy/Home 

She asked if I would review these and write a blog about what I thought. She gave me a choice of the different design plug-ins I could pick  and told to me choose any scent I wanted.


Here's what she gave me: A plug-in warmer, bar of wax, small piece of wax, catalogs and a magnet with her info on it.

I chose a Lacewing plug in warmer

and a tray of Honey, Do! wax.

I took everything out of the box and got ready to assemble.

All I needed was a small screwdriver to secure the plug to the ceramic holder. It has a 15 watt blub and an on-off switch. The directions say to use one or two pieces of the bar so I started with one. It smelled so good. It's not small like say a glade plug in is. It costs a bit more, but you do get what you pay for. It's much better than any wax melt warmer I've used and the wax is better too. It makes the whole house smell good instead of just one small space or room. Plus it's much prettier, there are more designs and there are 80(!) scents to choose from.

Tammy also gave me a small sample of a scent called Luna. It smells good! No wonder it's her favorite.

Thanks to Tammy for the opportunity to try this. Hope you get lots of sales from this blog.
Now go buy some Scentsy!

Cooking & other things...

I think I cooked enough food last week to feed about 40 people over the course of 5 or 6 meals....Thank God for my freezer. I was busy with other projects too...some are hits and some are misses.

Here are some of the good ones....with pictures....


                                                 Chicken pot pie "hot pockets"

                                                           Jolly Rancher Vodka Step one:

                                                                   Jolly Rancher Vodka
                                                                      Step 2: let soak:

                                                                  Jolly Rancher Vodka
                                             Step 3: stir a bit then enjoy...I mix mine with Sprite.

                                                                 Breakfast Burritos

                                                                         Cupcakes

                                     
                                                       Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings.

                                                   Sweet & Sour Chicken with fried rice.

                                                               Bird Seed Wreaths.
                                                        (setting over night in the fridge)

                                                 Practice run at Pastel Deviled Eggs for Easter.

                                                           Greek yogurt, frozen blueberries
                                                            and a bit of honey popsicles

                                                                  Crispy Baked Kale

                                                          Cupcakes in ice cream cones

                                                                      spicy beef stew
                                                (serve over rice, mashed potatoes or noodles)

                                                          Homemade mozzarella sticks

                                                               Crab Mac & Cheese

                                                            skillet chocolate chip cookie

Tattoos

I love tattoos, full sleeves (and more) on men...a few here and there on a woman. My husband, not a fan. He doesn't care who has them and  he doesn't judge, they just aren't for him, but on his wife I can understand that being a different story. That being said I want about 7-9 more tattoos. I only have 3 now.
My next one will be this (It's our wedding date in roman numerals) :


XI V MMIV

probably bigger depending on where I put it. 

Then I want a ladybug, an angel, an owl, interlocking hearts, a saying up my spine( ripple in still water ), a music note and let it be (on my wrist)...that's all I know for sure. Each having a special meaning. (luck, my grammy, my great-grammy, love, joe's favorite song, music=love, and remind myself to relax a bit)


What tattoos do you have or want?

the bitch is back in town

Well I have been drinking and yet ignoring my blog. bad, bad girl lol ...things like pinterest and life...mostly, pinterest have gotten in the way. I have however been thinking about starting a food(ie) blog. I have been cooking, canning and creating up a storm.... here are some examples.


                                                                   Gryo's with bbq chips

                                                                    Strawberry cake

                                                                        Doggie Treats

                                                         Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Jalapenos

                                                                   Blue Moon Cupcakes

                                                Lemon Sugar Scrub(for super soft hands)

                                                                Cheesy Taco Pasta

                                                                       Strawberry Jam

                                                                Crock-pot Apple Butter

                                                                     Bird seed wreath

The End?

I haven't been blogging because I've been drinking mainly Sangria. (see last blog)

However I am going on a diet and this means...gasp! No wine. No wine means- No wine blog.
An average bottle of red wine has 550 calories. Cutting that out should be easy. That along with exercise and hopefully I can lose 20 pounds by September for our Tennessee vacation.

Sangria! Sangria!

A local winery, Cherry Valley Vineyards, is having Sangria Sunday every Sunday until October. We went last Sunday, and I want to go back as often as I can. You can buy a cheese plate and a pitcher of sangria for $18. There is also, of course, wine tasting. There is live music inside and outside. You hang out on the vineyard grounds. There are tables, chairs, benches and a pavilion. It's like a big backyard. I enjoyed the sangria so much I got the recipe online and make my own, with some tweaks. They had red and white, I made the red.

I used a semi sweet red wine, Franzia chillable red in a box (only $12 for 5 liters). wash, cut up and add 2 apples. same with 2 oranges and 1 lemon (1 lime too, if you want) but squeeze the citrus juices into the wine before cutting and adding the citrus fruit. Simple and delicious! They add whiskey at the winery but I don't. I'm not sure if it's actually considered sangria or if it's just wine with fruit...but I like it.

Happy Friday

The Seven Brothers

Tonight I tried the second bottle I got from California Wine Club. It was Sauvignon Blanc. From the same vineyard as yesterday's wine, Robledo. Don't forget to use momblog-11 at checkout to get the discount.

I served it with fish, squash, eggplant, and rice. It was good with food, not so good alone. It's crisp and dry. Fruity and not sweet. I'd most likely drink this one in the summer. It would probably good with munster cheese and an apple.

For sure I am more of a red wine fan. However if you like a white wine this one could very well be your new favorite. Try it out!

Robledo Red Blend

I mentioned in an earlier blog that I'd be getting wines from California Wine Club. Please visit their site, you can get these wines for $13 shipping. Just enter the code momblog-11. These wines that I got to try came from Robledo Family Winery. I received a white and a red. Tonight I drank the red. The label is awesome.

It's called Robledo Los Bracerous 2005 Red Wine Blend. It's a rich, thick, dry wine. If you don't like dryness in your wine I wouldn't suggest it.  I however love it!

Tonight I had a glass while cooking and with dinner itself. It was great both ways. I served it with chicken, brown rice and yellow squash.

It was the first wine I've ever had with Tartrate crystals in it. They won't hurt you and all you have to do is decant the wine. They are there for flavor. 

Cheers! and Thanks again to Jon Boring from the California Wine Club.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

My tradition is to make corned beef and cabbage. This year, I've given up red meat for Lent. I'm cooking cabbage, potatoes and carrots in beer. My husband is having sausage & onions (in beer) and mac and cheese. He's not a huge fan of cabbage or potatoes. Or corned beef for that matter.

I'm drinking a Liberty Creek Cabernet Sauvignon. It's good. Nice, dry and an overall good Cabernet. It should go well with the meal. It's good by itself also.

Since we're not drinking green beer, I am drinking out of a green wine glass. Joe will most likely have a tequila and oj. Cheers!!!!

Joe has off tomorrow and it's gonna be about 60 degrees. He wants to fish and we may also hike and have a picnic.

Tomorrow night I'm having Girl's Night In at my house. I bought 2 bottles of Apothic Red Blend (see last blog)..Donna and Lynann are coming. I also bought blue tortilla chips, pita chips, hummus and cheese dip.

Apothic Winemaker's Red Blend

I'm on a diet (but I won't give up wine just yet) ...and gave up red meat for Lent. So it's fish and chicken here lately. Wine goes well with it.

Tonight I had a 2009 Apothic Winemaker's Blend Red Blend from Sonoma, California's Apothic Vineyard. It was really good. It's a mix of Zinfandel, Merlot and Syrah. I bought it on sale for $8.99, down from $10.99. It has tastes of dark berries and hints of chocolate. I was almost surprised I liked it because I don't like Merlot.

I cooked salmon, brown rice, yellow squash and broccoli. This wine was a good compliment to it. I had some while I cooked and it was good alone too. I'd pair it with a mild cheese and some whole wheat cracker for snacking.

My wine rack runneth over

So here in Pennsylvania they are taking certain wines and spirits off the shelves. See article here.
The clearance prices are fantastic...I've never tried some of these wines and at prices starting at $2.99 I have tried a few. I currently have 11 bottles of wine in the house.

I better start drinking/blogging because 2 more bottles are on the way...For FREE!!! Many Thanks to Jon Boring at the California Wine Club for that. Check them out.  I'll be receiving a Red Blend and Sauvingnon Blanc. Can't wait to try them. The wines come from a small California vineyard.

Princess Grace Kelly (dog blog)

I don't have much new wine news, although I'm working on that. I have Cupcake Chardonnay and Tisdale Pinot Noir.

In other news, we adopted a dog. Her owner died of cancer. About 2 weeks ago Joe said "We should look for another dog". I agreed but said "Not a puppy".

She came to us as Princess and is now answering to Grace. Her name is actually now Princess Grace Kelly. But it's like if Mom's mad the whole name is coming out...luckily we haven't had a reason to get mad at her.

It was fate that this dog came into our lives. I believe in things like that- Angels, God, Fate, Signs...etc.

I'm not happy about the fact that her owner died but I am happy she's here. Happy that we can take good care of her. She's such a good dog. Her and our first dog ,Layla, get along great. They walk on separate leashes but next to each other, ride in the car together and Layla sleeps on the couch with Grace next to her on the floor.

I took her to the vet on Thursday. She has a Urinary Tract Infection, Lyme disease and needs vaccines. The vet said we'll treat one thing at a time as to not overload her immune system. So I give her the meds daily for the UTI and after her 2 week check up we will start the Lyme disease treatment then after that the vaccines.

We would have taken her no matter what, at any cost, she's our family now.

Liberty Creek

Tonight I choose a Cabernet Sauvignon. I bought Liberty Creek. It's from California. It could easily be an "everyday" wine especially at the $8.99 price (for 1.5 liters) and for it's great taste. It has a bold smell and taste. I taste cherry more than berry and nut more than oak. It goes well with red meat or like I like to make red meat "substitutes" like ground turkey or chicken.

I wish I had a steak to cook tonight to go with this wine but I'm making sausage sandwiches. It should go well with that.

I'm really glad it's Superbowl weekend. Even if it means I need to find a new sport to watch, I can't wait until Sunday at 6. I bought a bunch of snacks and have beer to drink. Boneless wings, doritos, bbq chips, cheese, pepperoni, pizza rolls and spinach & artichoke mini bread bowls and Yuengling. Not sure who's coming over but they won't go hungry.

GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!!!

Tisdale

Tonight I'm making a new recipe for dinner. It's like chicken pot pie but with biscuits instead of crust. I got the recipe from a friend and a serving of it to try. It was yummy.
Right now the chicken is cooking in the crock pot and I am opening a bottle of wine. It's a lovely snow day here today. Soon I'll cut up the chicken and start on the pot pie. I'm gonna put on Taylor Swift's new cd and enjoy the rest of the afternoon.

The wine I opened is a 2007 Tisdale Pinot Noir. It's a nice mix of cherry and berry flavors. Not too dry at all. I have colby jack cheese and an apple to go with it for a snack later.

Enjoy the storm!