and the winner is...

Using a random count generator that I googled yesterday, based on the #'s 1-5 which is the amount of people who both commented and subscribed...lol (Great big base to choose from huh?)

I got #2 as a winner - and #2 = Allie from "THIS YELLOW HOUSE" :)

So congratulations Allie - I'll be sending you off an email asking for your information shortly to send you off your little prize!

Thanks so much to everyone who played along - it was neat to read your comments and suggestions  - here are the results from our little survey!

Out of the (5) new subscribers:

3 of you found my website very interesting
2 of you found my website moderately interesting

3 of you found my website very appealing
2 of you found my website moderately appealing

Content requests were in this order:
Tips & Tuts 100%
Projects 60%
Pictures 40%
Lifestyle 40%
Recipes 40%
Painting, Scrap booking, Faith, and links to other blogs were lowest at 20%

only 25% of you were likely to share your comments on the blog, 75% of you were only moderately likely - so since I got 100% for the freebie, I would say "them's good odds!"

25% of you said it was extremely easy to find what you were looking for on my blog
25% of you said it was very easy to find what what you were looking for on my blog
50% of you said it was moderately easy to find what you were looking for on my blog

50% of you were very likely to suggest my blog to others
50 % of you were moderately likely to suggest my blog to others

25% of you were extremely satisfied with my blog, and it's content
75% of you were moderately satisfied with my blog, and it's content

So there ya have it :) The survey will remain open for now, so that I can continue to collect valuable feedback about the course, and direction of the blog - as well as make sure it's relevant to my readers.

So excited to see Allie and feature her this coming weekend sometime! :)

Hurry up come on what are you waiting for?

GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS!

COME ON I know you love a freebie!! What could be better than something for free?

k - maybe HE'S better than a Freebie... And not just because he's "Magic Mike" -which I confess I will NEVER see because well...


 Good Christian women who keep their hearts, minds and eyes pure for their "(albeit non-existent) husbands" do not go to the movies and drool over naked men gyrating all their manliness for the world to see.  More on that here - Mrs. Gore's Blog  - and another topic for another day. But his face... now I can appreciate that God gave this man a beautiful face :)

My goodness how on earth did I get so off topic?!?!?!? 

Well the reason that I was posting, at 11pm at night, when I REALLY should be in bed is to remind you that there IS a freebie going on here :) On Friday, using a random online tool I will be choosing a winner from my readers for the $10 Tar-jay (that's yankee speak for Target) gift card :) How EXCITING is that?

Oh I know, visions of laundry detergent or that expensive coffee creamer, or maybe a new nailpolish are running through your heads right now :) So... what are you waiting for?

All the details are on my Blog at the "How bout a Little Freebie" Post - and you can sign up there. I seriously can't wait to meet my FIRST winner and I am thinking a fun little 'feature' of the winner would be awefully fun - don't you all too??? 

So come on! What are you waiting for? Join Join Join! Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe!

Gimme some LUUUUUUV GIRLS :) 

How about a little freebie?

***EDITED NOTE* 08/31/12 - the survey link at the bottom wasn't working, but I didn't know it. I've updated and edited it, and it should work just fine now. Please take a moment to fill out the survey and then leave me a comment! Thanks! ***

Well, I'd love to give away something for free.

Sponsored by me (Since I have no advertising on this site).

You see, I need something from you.

I need feedback.

Coconut Pineapple Cake; Jasey's Crazy Daisy

I think the beauty of Pinterest is the ability to stumble upon things you normally wouldn't find, simply because you wouldn't ever have looked in a place you didn't know existed.  Tonight, I'm making this fabulous cake for dinner guests I'm having over. It's cooling in the fridge, and I'll do the frosting later this evening, but man the whole house smells fantastic.



If you're looking for that last end of summer fabulousness (or, for my gal pal's from down under, a new take on Spring Entertaining ) to share with friends - I recommend this yummy, yummy cake from Jasey :)

enjoy!
~ Kisha


Jasey's Crazy Daisy: Coconut Pineapple Cake:
One of my grandfather's favorites, it's a tender coconut cake, dotted with just the right amount of coconut and pineapple, soaked with a slightly sweet creamy pineapple coconut glaze for moistness, and frosted with real sweetened whipped cream. Not only do I love it's flavors, I love how versatile it is. As a layer cake, it is impressive, however, for less formal occasions, I simply bake it in a 9x13 cake pan, and call it good. Still pretty and oh-so-yummy, but without all the fuss.

weekend madness

This has been quite the week/weekend, but I'm beginning to really understand that I do, in fact, do too much. For a long time that just seemed like the pace that life should be led. And I convinced myself that I was truly living life, and now it's become habit, and it's hard to say no. Slow down. Enjoy the small moments. It's hard for me! I only have one life to live, and time is spent, whether i'm productive or not, I can't get those minutes back. There'll be plenty of time for rest in heaven right?

ah, maybe. Well to be fair, some of these pictures are not from this weekend. Like this fabulous table top smores display. A  few weeks ago, Tye, his girlfriend Iri, her mom and I went to Taste, in East Aurora, and had a fabulous little hang out evening. The kids got smores, Tye got a cookie dough cheesecake, and Carmen and I both got the carrot cake. oh man, so good. I mean the company. The company was so good. lol No, the desserts too! 

This n that

You guys will forgive me if I don't blog on the weekends right? Especially if it's because I'm just too stinkin busy living life? Yeah, I knew you were all cool like that. All four of you that read this anyway :)

Even though my boy was away for the weekend I had a lot going on. Saturday and Sunday I spent the majority of the days working on my special project, which I hinted at a few weeks ago, but haven't posted yet. Don't worry it's almost ready. Hopefully by this weekend. It's going a bit longer than I'd hoped for but, then, most projects do with me!

I figured I'd give you a little teaser anyway :) See the picture? Well the back is part of my kitchen table. I've completely redone it and LOVE the new color. But, this is all you get, you'll just have to wait until it's complete for the "rest of the story" - as they always say. (who is "they" anyway?) 

I love summer

And today is about as summery a it gets. This weekend is gonna be awesome!

Thought it was time for a new profile pic

Sooo I've updated! :) First time in about 3 years... whew... I think I actually look younger... hahahaha oh wow. Well anyway - off to the gym! Have a great day everyone!

Hahahaha yeah

Yeap this about sums it up! lol haven't been as successful as I'd like to be getting to the gym. I'm only averaging about 1x per week but I figure that better than no times per week!

Blog app?

Ok now we are in trouble! Who knew there was a 'Blogger' ap? That I can blog from my phone? I'd bet a ton of my craft friends knew this already! Haha since I got my new phone I almost never access the web from my laptop anymore - except for paying bills and such but now... To be able to randomly post pics and all sorts of goodies? Now we are definitely in trouble! :)

I made the leap

I did it, I finally went ahead and bought Siri and I love her. I never thought I would own a phone that could do all the amazing things that she can do, and I'm really enjoying learning everything that she can do. Here's a cool video that kind of explains everything she can do.



haha can you see why I'm having so much fun?

Kisha

Quality time with the nephews :)

had a great day today spending time with my nephews :) We grabbed some lunch at Mighty Taco, and then went to the movies and by popular vote (as in 3 against 1) we saw the newest Chipmunk's movie. It was actually pretty cute. I would own it. I was more xcited for the previews though and the new Madagascar movie coming out! Sooo exciting!!!!

Logan, Malik, and Riley :)

The twins and I, Riley on the left, Logan on the right.
Can't believe they will be 14 this year! 

And my peanut. He'll be 13 this year, and that's crazy too.
Why do they get so old so fast? 

Chris Rice - when did you fall...

Have I ever mentioned how much I love this song? So much fun! I imagine I will dance to this at my wedding some day :) The video is kinda fun. Never watched "Dr. Who".... so the aliens thru me for a loop, but the video is well done for the song!

And tonight's viewing pleasure...

Dominic the Donkey! HAAHHA Oh my gosh I heard this in the car today on the way to church, and it had me CRACKING up! Sooo funny! ok it's really terrible but I love it!

Kisha

sing off...

just sittin here... hangin out with my kiddo, watchin "Sing off" which is sooo much fun this season! I especially loved the all girl group whcih was formed from girls from different groups from different seasons. WOW now that is something to contend with :)

In the mean time... I had my first date in about 10 years last night. Another Wow. Waiting on God's timing sure can pay off. What a gentleman he was! My friend and I drove to a church we love to visit in Fredonia, and he drove (2) hrs to meet us there. Poor guy got a ticket for a dead tail light on his way out there, which delayed him another 25 minutes....but we did get to spend about 30 minutes or so in the service, and then we went to Timmy Ho's for tea, hot cocoa, and conversation.

Can I admit here, I was way more nervous than I thought I would be? All I could do is pray I didn't sound like an idiot. I have no idea what we talked about, and I can't remember anything I said. I was given 11 yellow roses. He said it was supposed to be 12...but we got gyped. That's ok. Do you have any idea how long it's been since I've gotten roses? I think we're off to a good start! LOL  
We might even see each other this weekend again. Exciting!

ok on to other news.

There are jams for sale - see the link on the side if you're interested in anything but email me first. Apricot is gone, and cherry is a limited supply.

And it's scarf season! So pre-orders are appreciated, but if you would like any for Christmas presents lemme know! :)

That's all folks!

Apple Picking!

Two saturdays ago I joined friends out at Baker Farms to do some apple picking! YUM. Lisa and Riley Jo came to which is great - since Zoey and Riley are the best of friends. Here's some super cute pics of the little ladies at work! :) Kisha

Checkin out the local Produce :)


Zoey hangin out in the bounce house while we wait for all of our friends to come :)

We've got our baskets, we're ready to go!


First picking! This is hard work, getting those apples off the trees!

I did it! :)

just something REALLY funny!

Do you remember this from growing up? What a RIOT!

I'm a fruit! LOL

and not the one I thought I'd be!

You Are an Orange

You have a zest for life, especially for anything colorful, wild, or dramatic. You have a unique take on the world, and you're not afraid to be a little funky. You are a bit reserved toward people who don't know you well. You have a thick skin, which can protect you from anything that goes wrong in your life. Once someone does get to know you, they totally get and appreciate you. Your friends see you as a bright person with a refreshing take on life.

Yum. Yum. Yumm and YUMMMOOOO

oh my gosh. take a look at this.

Ok are you wondering yet what it is? Well... I will not keep you in suspense and I will tell you! Tonight Tyler and I ran some errands - we ran over the clothes I bought for Zoey to my sister, and we ran over to Lisa & Sam's to deliver the KB tickets & parking ticket for Sunday. Well by the time we were leaving Lisa's house (8:30) it's easy to say we were both STARVING. So we hit up our entertainment book and found some coupons for a pizzeria we'd never tried before. Tony's Pizza.
We went up and had a really hard time deciding to order, so we went with a custom specialty pizza. If you don't know, Ty and I have a hard time ever agreeing on food. He's very plain, and I like to change it up a bit so just getting a regular pizza is never an option. However, tonight we were in luck because they had TONS of options to choose from. We finally settled on a half and half - custom! Tyler got a Chicken wing pizza, and I had Quatro Fromaggio - all on the same pizza! LOL
Hands down, this pizza was the best we'd ever had. These guys KNOW what they are doing with a pizza.. it was soooo good. Mine was a garlic butter sauce base, topped with Mozzerella, cheddar, spoonfuls of seasoned ricotta and then topped with grated romano. And I know... I know a lot of people cannot handle the texture of ricotta - but I LOVE it and this pizza.... sooooo goood. Man I can't say enough about it :) Tyler absolutely loved his also - which was also a Garlic butter sauce base, topped with Mozzerella and cheddar and then massive amounts of chicken finger chunks which had been dipped in wing sauce first. I did steal a bit of his chicken and it was yummy too!

*sigh*... I am NOT sharing my pizza with Kevin (at the office) nope - not this time - sorry!

Kisha

how fast do you type? I think every time you do this - you'd get better at it, but for now, this is where I'm at :)

Kisha

76 words

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