There are plenty of ways to celebrate Mothers Day.  All you need to do is open your e-mail or google Mothers Day for the latest and greatest ideas and inspirations.  So, instead of trying to sell you something, although would love to do that to!  I thought I would share some experiences I’ve had and what Mothers Day means to me.

Even though I’m a mother, I always think of my own Mother on Mothers Day.  While I’d love to have my whole family over my house; I realize that my parents are getting older it’s really tough for them to get around.  So, I’m thinking that we can cook and meet at my Mom’s and do something fun for her.  Next idea: do I just make it about my Mother and her Mothers Day or do I celebrate my sisters as Mother’s too?  Wow, this keeps getting more complicated!  LOL! 

I have a vision of us all at Mom’s together, preparing her gardens and planting some new perennials or annuals on her behalf.  Maybe we can install a bird house or two on the sunny side of the house.  I can have my nieces and nephews help – killing two birds with one stone as they need to do something for their Mothers.  I can get the men to prepare and serve the food and they can do something for their Mother or Mother in Law.  And, we as Mothers can enjoy our Mother and spend the day together!

Sounds like a plan.  Now all I have to do is e-mail and call the 25 odd people in my family to get it going YIKES!

Wish me luck! 

And, while we’re wishing – I wish all the Mothers out there – a wonderful, joy filled Mothers Day!  

P.S. if your interested in some awesome personalized gift....check out our site: www.SewMuchToSay.com

a few Mothers Day favorites - laundry garland, family pillow and Mom t-shirt to name a few.  Enjoy!

 

A return to blogging

Blogging isn't easy for us. We spend most of our time working and caring for our families. As I'm sure most of you do as well. But, for the life of me I can't figure out why we shy away from this. God knows I love to talk! However, talking and writing are two very different things.

So, my New Year Resolution was to get better at reaching out to the internet community and talk to customers, fellow entrepreneurs or anyone else with common interests.

Since we're talking about New Year's, this year is special to me. The Chinese Zodiac is the Dragon this year, and guess what? I'm a Dragon. So I'm feeling especially lucky. So to start the year off right, I had a close friend over for dinner last Saturday and we had Chinese food. We made spring rolls, ribs, pepper steak and chicken with broccoli. My favorite part was the homemade fortune cookies. Surprisingly - It was EASY! Really fun and everyone got such a big kick out of them. Here's the recipe I used:

Fortune Cookies I

Rated: Submitted By: Aleta Photo By: ShrinkingViolette Servings: 6

"Write your own fortunes and place them in cookies. Great for parties."

Ingredients:

1 egg white 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 pinch salt

1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour 1/4 cup white sugar

Directions:

1.	Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Butter a cookie sheet. Write fortunes on strips of paper about 4 inches long and 1/2 inch wide. Generously grease 2 cookie sheets.
2.	Mix the egg white and vanilla until foamy but not stiff. Sift the flour, salt, and sugar and blend into the egg white mixture.
3.	Place teaspoonfuls of the batter at least 4 inches apart on one of the prepared cookie sheets. Tilt the sheet to move the batter into round shapes about 3 inches in diameter. Be careful to make batter as round and even as possible. Do not make too many, because the cookie have to be really hot to form them and once they cool it is too late. Start with 2 or 3 to a sheet and see how many you can do.
4.	Bake for 5 minutes or until cookie has turned a golden color 1/2 inch wide around the outer edge of the circle. The center will remain pale. While one sheet is baking, prepare the other.
5.	Remove from oven and quickly move cookie with a wide spatula and place upside down on a wooden board. Quickly place the fortune on the cookie, close to the middle and fold the cookie in half. Place the folded edge across the rim of a measuring cup and pull the pointed edges down, one on the inside of the cup and one on the outside. Place folded cookies into the cups of a muffin tin or egg carton to hold their shape until firm.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2012 Allrecipes.com

Printed from Allrecipes.com 1/27/2012

I found this on Allrecipes.com and it couldn't have been easier.

I wish everyone a wonderful 2012 filled with love, family and plenty of homemade fortune cookies!