Sunday, August 21, 2011

Nursing Scrubs with Cute Style


http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/Scrubs-for-Women/Original-Scrubs/

Though I am not a Nurse or CNA, I used to work in a hospital and I saw a lot of scrubs in my day. I took a lot of notice of the scrubs around me. Some were cool. Others not so much. :-) It seems to me like men usually get the better end of the deal when shopping for scrubs and they stick to the solid colors. I haven't seen many men in puppy dog or fruity prints. Personally, if I were to choose a scrub, mine would be solid. At the site Blue Sky Scrubs I saw many good quality scrubs.

Love the color of the Turquoise scrub. I am also a big fan of the pocket stitching.
At Blue Sky Scrubs you can find great quality custom scrubs. Tailored just for you!!
I love the funky hat fabric selections they offer. From Parisian Pixie to Bravado.....you'll find the unique hat you've been looking for:



Give Blue Sky Scrubs a try....I have no doubt you'll be pleased with the style and quality!!

This post was brought to you by your friends at Blue Sky Scrubs. All opinions are my own and all words were written by me.



Friday, August 19, 2011

Blueberry Harvest and Blueberrry Pie

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The Blueberries are here in Maine. Big time. :-) We always buy our blueberries in bulk from an organic farm called Red House Farm. We, along with family and friends, bought a bulk order of 190lbs of blueberries. Can you imagine??
Here is what one box of blueberries looks like (and it's half full!!):
Here are the rest of the (emptied) boxes:
Most of the berries were picked up immediately. We froze quite a few for people who couldn't pick them up right away. Here is a fun view of our freezer:
Good thing we have a chest freezer, is all I can say. When we get these berries, we freeze most of them and eat them throughout the year. Some, we use to make frozen Blueberry Pies to eat at a later date!! Instead of a craft article today, I am going to give you an easy blueberry pie recipe!!

You'll Need:
4 cups Blueberries
2/3 to 1 cup Sugar (depending on your taste preference)
1/4 cup flour
1 tablespoon Lemon juice
1. 5 Tablespoons of butter
2 pie crusts

~Mix dry ingredients in medium size bowl and mix thoroughly.
~Add four cups blueberries to dry and coat them entirely.

~Pour them into a pie shell
~Squeeze lemon juice of the blueberries. (For pies that will be frozen and eaten over winter....switch the lemon juice for cinammon....it makes it perfect for that time of year!!).
~Place little pads of butter over the top of the pie.
~Put other pie shell on top of blueberries and press down sides to seal it. It might not look as fancy schmancy as Martha's but it'll get the job done. :-)
~Pop some holes in the top for ventilation and pop that sucker in a gallon ziplock bag. Zip up most of the zipper....leaving a little space of you to suck the air out. Put it right in the freezer (don't put aything else on top of it until it is frozen solid).
~When you are ready to bake this pie....cook it at 425 until the top is golden. I judge by the smell, not the time!!!

This is what we try to do in our house during the major fruit harvest. Especially blueberries and apples. We get an over the top amount of fruit, make a ton of uncooked pies, and freeze them for later....then when we want a quick and fun dessert all fall/winter/spring we've got fresh pies ready to be chomped!! Or, you could bring it to a party during the holidays!!

I make a whole bundle of these during any fruit harvest
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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Fotobounce: Share Your Photos With Security

I have taken a lot of vacations in the past couple of years. Lots of family time and SO much fun....I would love to share all the pictures of our trips with all of my friends and family. There are times when I take a picture and think, "I've GOT to send this to Mom....." or any other variation on that theme. Everybody loves looking at pictures and seeing what other people are up to. 

Have you read my Who, Moi?? tab up above?? In it, I tell you that I have OCD. Not the silly oh-I-need-to-fold-my-socks-just-right OCD but the kind that makes me check the locks constantly and doubt myself everyday. So.....something that really gets my OCD all revved up is having *everyone* see my photo's. I feel like I can't share pictures on Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket.....because it freaks me out that the whole world can see them and not just the people that I intended.


Enter Fotobounce
Fotobounce is a photo sharing site that gives you control over who see's your photo's. It is local to your computer, not part of some web photo storage site. You can invite only family and friends, if you please. Or, lots of people. But, you decide!! Fotobounce will even help by importing email contacts.

Here are some of my favorite fun facts:
*You can send emails invites with sneak peeks of the photo's you want to share.
*Great Security!! Fotobounce encrypts all photos with 128bit SSL....so, only the people you intended can see the photos. 
*You can see whether your friend/family "Bouncers" are on/offline like skype!!

Fotobounce also offers a handy "Face Recognition" feature that will tag the faces it knows accurately in your albums. Not only does it help to tag them....but if you were to decide to put some photo's on Facebook, it would transfer the tags and save you the time!!
 You can download Fotobounce for FREE for PC or MAC!!

All in all, I am completely happy with Fotobounce. It has helped to ease my mind....and in my book....that is BIG. I heart Fotobounce. :-) 

You can find Fotobounce here:
http://fotobounce.com/
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I was compensated for this review by Fotobounce. All words/opinions are my own!!!