What A Steal!

Guest post of the week by Brittany Booker

Vacation homes are a great way, in my humble opinion, to get the most out of your vacation buck. We’ve got three kids and we used to spend a fortune renting out two hotel rooms for a week at a time but about 10 years ago I started finding us vacation rentals instead – they’re literally a fraction of the cost! I actually like it a lot better, too, because they often have a lot of amenities a hotel wont…for example, they’ve all got functional kitchen which makes it easy for me to cook dinner one or two nights which saves us money and many of them have pool or porches and things like that. The last one we stayed in had EXPERTSATELLITE.COM satellite which meant we could watch movies by the fireplace at night when we were done at the beach and the kids really loved that. The best part is that they all usually get their own room but if not, the girls share one and our son gets the other. It’s perfect!

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.

Blueberry Harvest and Blueberrry Pie

 Don't forget to link up to my Marvelous Mess party.... I'll be choosing one project to feature on my sidebar for a week!! 

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

I shared this recipe at these funky linky parties:
Show and Tell@ Blue Cricket Design
Sundae Scoop

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