I have a teenager and a preschooler, so I am always washing stinky boy's clothes!  A couple months ago I started noticing I had a smelly washing machine.  I tried to run it empty with just some detergent to see if that would help, but it didn't.  I was very happy to receive Smelly Washer to try out.  It's an all natural cleaner that removes mildew odors from towels, clothing, and your washer too!

To use you just add a level cap full to the hottest setting and run the regular setting on your washer.  One bottle can do up to 24 treatments (1 year supply).  Some cases may need more than one cleaning.

I tried running a cycle with Smelly Washer and the first time it didn't take the smell away.  So, I did it again and allowed it to soak overnight and then run the cycle.  That did the trick!  The funky smell was gone!  I was very pleased with the results.  I now have a good smelling washing machine!

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Kid Rock (My favorite rooster)

Y'all know I love my chickens more than anything!  They are so sweet and beautiful and fun to watch! 

Edward (A mini version of Kid Rock)

But since around July I haven't gotten more than an egg a week, if I'm lucky.  I have over 20 hens so there is something wrong with this picture.

Carrie

Turns out, since they have been free-ranging, they apparently forgot all about their nesting boxes.  We found piles of eggs under my husband's old car, under some wood, and under his shed in a rabbit hutch.  We are trying shutting them up for half a day to see if we'll get the eggs.

I let them free-range because I love seeing them all around the yard.  Plus, it saves money!  Those chickens can eat a 50 pound bag of feed in 3 days!  I can't afford that all the time.

Simone

Which is why I was super excited when my cousin showed up with a truck load of day old bread.  He gets a good deal on it and buys a lot.  Luckily, he is willing to share the bread with me!


I got so much bread that I was able to fill my nearly empty deep freezer to the top. 


I also filled my refrigerator and the small freezer on the fridge!  So, the chickens are set for awhile! 


My chickens and I are thankful for this blessing!  Thanks Buck!

How many ways can Hunter ride his 4 wheeler?


 
 Forward of course!


Backwards too!


Sidesaddle while standing up?  I think there are a few more that I didn't get pictures of.  Hunter is a fearless child!


He's a cowboy baby!  In a diaper and cowboy boots, lol!

So sorry, I forgot to draw for this until today!

The winner of my pink Digital Photo Keychain giveaway as chosen by random.org is comment #12- Buttercup!  Congratulations Buttercup!

When I was in high school, every Friday night you would find me at our school's football games.  I loved cheering our team on to victory.   Well I've been out of school for......forever now, lol and hadn't been to a game since then. 

Me and AJ taken a few months ago

My cousin/adopted daughter, AJ, made the middle school cheerleading team this year.  Last night we went to the game to see her cheer.  I totally forgot my camera, so I don't have any pics to show off.  Hopefully, I can get some later.  AJ looked really cute in her uniform and led the girls in cheering.  She was awesome!  I am so glad she's more outgoing than I was at her age!  I would've been too scared to even think about trying out for cheerleading. 

It was the first time Mitchell and Hunter had ever been to a football game.  I don't think Mitchell understood the game that good, because he's never really watched football on TV, either.  We sat right in the middle, in front of the cheerleaders and Hunter enjoyed copying their cheers.  He clapped and pumped his fists up in the air trying to copy them.  One of the girls was even flirting with him!  Our team lost the game, but we still had a great time!

Recently I had the chance to review Love, Charleston by Beth Webb Hart.  It's about friendships, faith, and family set in contemporary, historic Charleston, SC.  It centers on three women who are not only related, but also great friends.

Della, Lish, and Ann are each going through different trials in their lives.  From marriage problems to postpartum  depression, the friends help each other face their problems while testing their faith and spirit.

There are several stories going on at once.  I think that was what confused me at first and why it took me so long to get into the story.  From reading the back of the book, I thought there would be a little more romance.  But, mostly there are just the hard problems of life that have to be dealt with.

Since it deals with such hard topics,  Love, Charleston wasn't an easy read.  But, in the end I did enjoy the message about following God's plan for our lives. 

This book was provided to me from Book Sneeze in exchange for a review.

 Yesterday my son, Mitchell, and I watched several documentaries about 9/11.  We started a couple of years ago and it's become a tradition for us, as a way to remember.  Mitchell was in preschool when it happened 9 years ago, so he doesn't really remember anything about it.  What he's learned has been from me talking about it and all the videos and DVDs we have.  In remembrance of 9/11, I am posting the lyrics for  Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) by Alan Jackson.

Have you ever wished you had a certain picture with you to show someone?  That has happened to me a lot of times.  I mean, there are only so many pictures you can keep in your purse or billfold.  That is why I was so happy to review a Digital Photo Keychain.


These keychains come in a variety of colors from silver to red to pink.  I was lucky enough to review a pink Digital Photo Keychain, which thrilled me because y'all know pink is my favorite color.  Here is a little information about it:

• 1.5 inch 128x128 LCD display;
• 4.8 MB internal memory which can store about 72 pictures;
• Auto / manual picture slide show, slide time adjustable.
• Manual switch between picture and time display
• Time display including date, week, hours, minutes and seconds.
• Time manual adjustable or sync with computer via software.
• Picture format: JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF;
• Picture size automatically cut by software.
• Input / output picture via photo View software which contains in the attached CD
• Built-in rechargeable battery
• Charged / data downloaded via 5 pins USB cable 

I love that it's so small and can go anywhere with me.  It holds a ton of pictures and they are easy to put on and take off of it.  The pink Digital Photo Keychain is only $9.99!  What a great deal!  The photo quality was pretty good also.  You can see a few of the pictures I took off of it with my camera.



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I hope everyone is having a great Labor Day weekend!  We grilled out a couple times this weekend.  I love it when the hubby cooks on the grill cause it means I don't have to, lol!

I know several of my bloggy friends were taking vacations this weekend.  I wanted to sneak off and go with y'all, but I just stayed around the house.  I hope your trips were fun!

I remember when I was young my mama always said that "in her day" they used to always work on Labor Day and give their pay for the day to the orphanage.  I always wondered if that was just where she worked or everywhere?  Have any of you ever heard of that?  Just curious.  There are so many things that I think of now, that I wish I had asked my mama or daddy about, but now it's too late.