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Red Heart Drawing (click me)

Yep! Check it out....

Red Heart is having a drawing

and you need to enter asap!

Good Luck!

Snowflake Monday (3rd)

YA!  I got another one done!

However I will be doing this one again since

my very beginning branch cluster was 

off center.  Also I'm trying really hard to 

loosen my stitches which is coming along slowly!

You can find the pattern here...

Snowcatcher 

Something Sunday!!!

I've been thinking a lot over the last year about my 

"old" blog & "new" blog.

How can I incorporate them, make them fun, 

and share parts about me!

If I kept my new blog only crochet 

(which I originally was going to do) 

how boring that would be, 

yet if I talked about others things

 I may loose some of you.

So I've decided to have specific days.  

Starting with.... Something Sunday!

This will showcase something different, 

fun, or picture perfect but 

doesn't have to be crochet specific!

Smile! You've found your Cache

Gosh and to think I missed this one first time around

Small Cache but not a Micro!

Pretty Clever Spot

Proof that I was here....

I haven't invested in a GPS system yet

but maybe sometime in the future 

if I stick with it.  We'll see.......

Special Olympics Scarves

YUM! YUM! YUM!

Arizona and Washington

are officially done!!!

And I mean tails and all

DONE! :)

This makes me want to just jump on in...

can you believe that pile is only 4 scarves?

The middle scarf turned out real cute!

It's a seed stitch going long ways

with tassels on the end!

I really had fun making these and feel 

blessed to be able to donate to such

an Awesome Project!  :) :) :)

Thanks for letting me help!!!

Part 2 ~ New Rice Cooker

Part 1 ~ The Rice Cooker

Green Sauce & Red Sauce

The base is refried beans & cheese!

Steamed rice from the new toy!

Layer with green sauce!

Wrap it good!

Top with red sauce!

And for the final taste test...
Firstly, I'm not a big 
mexican food gal but I got to say.....

FABULOUS!!!

New Toy ~ The Rice Cooker

Zojirushi Rice Cooker

Micom NS-VGC05 (3 cups)

So what does Micom mean?

It has its own brain!  So how cool is that?

Who would have thought there's so much to learn about Rice!

Rice in the husk, bran layer, chaff, albumen, germ...

brown rice, semi-brown rice, white rice, rinse-free rice.

Three Ladies Jasmine Rice

We stopped at Lee Lee's Asian Grocery Store

to pick up our #25 lbs bag of rice and I must

say, when we walked in the front door

I about died!  The smell of 

FISH

about knocked me out!

Steve and Emily said my lips turned white

and they were worried about me!

But the trooper I am roughed it out

and purchased my rice for $20 then

high tailed it outathere!

Measuring Cup & Paddle

Which by the way is not a "true" cup

it's actually 5.8 oz. (green) and 6.1 oz. (clear)

After you rinse the rice (in the same bowl) then

fill water to the appropriate water line.

Select the correct setting and 

push the cook button.

Then it's music to my ears!

Literally!
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You have YUMMY Rice!

Wanted to show size compared to other

appliances to give you a feel of how

little counter space it takes.

If you remember the previous post

I talked about the ice crusher, magic bullet and

MOCHA FRAPS (<-- click me)

I make for my treat!

So if you're wondering about purchasing a rice cooker....

YES!

I highly recommend it to everyone!!!

Part 2 ~ The Burrito....

Coming soon!!!

Mocha Fraps...

I've decided to pull a few posts over from my other blog...

some of you followers who crossed over have seen this before

but for those of you who are new....Enjoy!

They're not about crocheting but FOOD! So I do believe

you'll be fine with that since it's something homey, LOL!

Today I'm going to show you how I make my Mocha Frap...

BEWARE!

These things are sooo addictive!

For starters, I buy my frap mix online from 

JL Hufford

called Big Train Blended Ice Coffee (in mocha flavor).

When you spend X amount, shipping is free!

So I buy 5 bags at once and they come in a box like this...

My cost...$90.95

but 5 bags last a long time.

I drink one (sometimes 2) a day.

If I watch myself...one bag lasts a month.

That's less than $20 a month.  Try spending that 

at Starbucks and see how far you get.

Once the bag is opened, I store the powder mix in a small bucket.

It takes 1 1/2 scoops per drink.  Be sure to request a 

scooper in the comments section if you decide to order.

Sometimes they throw one in the box and sometimes they don't.

Next I crush my ice cubes in my ice crusher

(picked this up from Costco).

Add my milk & frap mix first then 

top with my crushed ice.

I add the ice slowly and 

pack it down each time.

Fill it to the top!

Blend!!!

On my Magic Bullet!

And there you have it!

I like to save the green & blue straws 

til last since green's my favorite color!

Enjoy!

ps. If you want to substitute the milk for Starbucks Frap Drink

they taste really good too!

but it does add more cost and calories.

Both I'm trying to avoid.

Cheers!  Happy Drinking ;)