Mother's Day Gift Idea's! - Don't Forget May 14th 2017

We LOVE Mom and want to spend lots of money on her, but alas, funds are tight and we must make due. Besides if your Mom is anything like mine, she would rather less money more love! Here are some in expensive ideas for your Mom this Mother's Day!

Chocolate Covered Strawberries – This is a simple one you can have your children contribute to. It is quick, easy and fairly mess-free.Needed, strawberries and hardening chocolate, I always use Dolci-Frutta. Fairly reasonably priced and always yummy. Clean the strawberries and dry. Put down some wax or parchment paper to lay out your strawberries to dry after dipping.  Dip your berries in as much or as little chocolate as you want. Let them harden and you are finished. Put them in a Tupperware container or run to your local craft store and find a wooden or paper box you can decorate. 

This is the basics, if you want to be an overachiever, you can create a strawberry bouquet using wooden skewers and a vase.  I would love to see your final products, so send them to me!! Here is a YouTube Link to help!

Mom's Spa Day – A little more expensive but if you shop smart you can pull this off without wrecking your budget.  The idea is to create a 'spa day' experience for your Mom at home. Now there is the quick and easy version of this and then there is the over achiever version.

Quick and Easy –

A soft cozy large body towel

Scented bubble bath

A smutty romance

Two candles (unscented)

Small box of chocolates

Gift Bag

Load everything into the gift bag

Throw in your mother's day card and some tissue paper.

Finished

Mother's Day Overachievers –

A soft cozy large body towel

Loofa

Favorite scented bubble bath, body wash, and body lotion

A smutty romance

Small box of chocolates

Green Apple (this is totally optional, all I know is when I have gone the real spa a Green apple tastes decadent after a long soak.)

Two scented candles that compliment the favorite fragrances

An inflatable tub pillow

Purchase a decorative hat box from the local craft store or a nice study basket

(I prefer the hatbox because after opened Mom can put the lid on and use for future bath fun or something else.)

Purchase a roll of clear cellophane

Pretty colored ribbon to match your towel

Load everything into the hatbox. Use your talents to make it pretty and all display like.

Wrap the whole thing in cellophane and tie with a ribbon.

Here is a step by step guide on Wiki-How

Viola!

Then you can go super easy with the whole gift card inside a card. Is it a cop out? Probably, but it is the ONLY way to ensure your Mom gets exactly what she wants/needs. You cannot lose with any of these on Mother's Day:

Bath and Body Works

Starbucks

Kindle (yes, you can purchase a gift card for your Mom's Kindle!) and remember she doesn't have to have a Kindle. The Kindle eBook App is available for tablets, phone and computers!

A local spa or masseur

Manicure / Pedicure

Any Maid Service (Merry Maid, Molly Maid and the Maids all have gift certificate options and are all over the country)

Last but certainly not least, a good old fashioned love letter is always an excellent call on Mother's Day!. If you are not a person who writes, here are some cheats for you.

Love Letters.com – whole list of love letters for Moms. Read some and take what fits you best for your Mother's Day note.

Hallmark.com -  Read the cards for inspiration. Why not just buy the card? It means more if it is handwritten. With everything printed and digitized in today's world a handwritten note is appreciated and treasured, especially on Mother's Day.

Quotes About Mothers – Again you can peruse for inspiration or jot a few down on some nice stationary.

Brainy Quote

Curated Quotes

How ever you decide to celebrate your Mom always be sure it comes from the heart! After all, she is your Mom!

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Food Love - Slow Cooker Sticky Chicken Wings

So my son says to me, Mom make some chicken wings for dinner. I took the challenge foind a recipe and they were YUMMY~
Served with Sticky Rice and coleslaw.
Dinner Success~ Thanks you Damn Delicious.
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Ingredients

3 pounds chicken wings

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1 tablespoon sesame seeds

2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves

For the sauce

1/3 cup reduced sodium soy sauce

1/3 cup balsamic vinegar

1/3 cup brown sugar, packed

1/4 cup honey

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 teaspoon Sriracha, or more, to taste

1 teaspoon ginger powder

1 teaspoon ground pepper

1/2 teaspoon onion powder

Directions:

In a large bowl, whisk together soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, honey, garlic, Sriracha, ginger powder, pepper and onion powder.   

Place wings into a slow cooker. Stir in soy sauce mixture and gently toss to combine. Cover and cook on low heat for 3-4 hours or high heat for 1-2 hours. 

In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water. Stir in mixture into the slow cooker. Cover and cook on high heat for an additional 10-15 minutes, or until the sauce has thickened.   

Preheat oven to broil. Line a baking sheet with foil.  Place wings onto the prepared baking sheet and broil for 2-3 minutes, or until caramelized and slightly charred.  Serve immediately with remaining sauce, garnished with sesame seeds and cilantro, if desired.

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Fiction Friends - Through It All by Muoh Joanne

Through It All

By  Muoh Joanne

When Cassandra Peters returns to Nigeria to mourn her father’s death, she is hurt, confused, and in pain. She has but one intention—to be done with it all and return to the comfort of her medical practice in the United States as quickly as possible. That is, until she meets Lucas and then gets more than she bargained for.

Lucas is a man with a dark past. Young, enigmatic, and fiercely protective of his adopted family, he seems to have no space for anyone else in his heart. Yet he finds himself inexplicably drawn to Cassie, and she finds herself falling in love with the man who infuriates yet thrills her.

But just when it seems that these two are set to capture happiness, Lucas finds his past catching up to him. A deep tragedy sets in, and Cassie finds her world crumbling around her yet again. Against all odds, will Lucas get the redemption he seeks? And will Cassie embrace the love she so deserves?

Excerpt

“Why is it so hard for you to share your problems with someone  else?” His pain was evident in his eyes. “Why can’t you lean on me?”

 

He rubbed his eyes. “If you can’t trust me, I wonder where we’re going.”

He jogged down the stairs and took the twins’ hands.

She couldn’t let this go on. She couldn’t hurt him. She couldn’t stand knowing she had hurt the one man she was head over heels in

love with. “Lucas!” She raced down the stairs.

Everything seemed to happen in a blur. She saw the speeding car out of the corner of her eyes and watched in horror as Lucas let go of Nadie’s hand to twirl and face her. 

She was rooted in shock as she watched Nadie get hit by the speeding car as she crossed the road after Lucas let go of her hand. Cassie heard a scream and realized it was hers. She covered her mouth with her hands as she looked at Nadie’s awkwardly positioned and bloodied body. She watched the car speed off.

Lucas ran to Nadie while people gathered. Someone picked up Natalie and turned her face away from Nadie’s body.

“Cassie! What the hell are you doing standing over there?” Lucas yelled.

That was all she needed to get her adrenaline pumping. She was back to being a medical doctor. She knew what she had to do. Oh God  please keep my baby sister safe! She pushed her way through the throng. 

She heard her aunt frantically asking someone to call an ambulance.

~

Link on Amazon UK

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Link on Barnes and Noble

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Link on Indigo (Canada)

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Harry's Love Letters Hacked! By M LeMont - A Fascinating Piece of Fiction

HARRY'S LOVE LETTERS HACKED!: A NOVEL: I Won't Pay Those Bastards a Dime. Silver Rain is Falling.

By M LeMont

Blurb This book takes on-line romance to a whole new level. Provocative, Romantic, Shocking, and Scandalous. A gift to women who are unhappy, and stuck in a boring, unaffectionate and non–romantic relationship, or marriage, and who have lost touch with reality of what true love really is.

 Review

A Fascinating Piece of Fiction - Raw, Sexy and Honest

This sensual, funny, sexy read is almost voyeuristic in nature. The author lets us peek into the hearts, minds, and passions of two people caught up in an emotional love affair. 

The book is laid out as a timeline of Direct Messages and Email conversations between the pair. That are later discovered, exposing the emotional affair that has developed. 

The two characters, Ann and Harry start out as colleagues. An appreciation for mutual talent, intellect, and sense of humor develops and a spark ignites. 

The slight keyhole you are given by the author is, to me, fascinating. You know nothing about the characters except what is written in the letters and messages to each other. This forces the reader to look for clues, read between the lines and creates anticipation for the next interaction. It also drives the book forward at a furious pace. 

It is a tale many of us know, and many have found ourselves in a similar plight. Attraction to someone besides our chosen mate. A realization of something missing from our lives now being fulfilled by someone else. Those very realistic and conflicting emotions are conveyed with elegance and beauty within the exchanged letters. The intensity of emotion leaves the reader at times breathless and uncomfortable. This is not meant as a negative but as a nod to the author for his insightful descriptions and ability to seek truth in a muddle of words. 

Some may not care for the central themes of extra-marital communication or what is commonly known as an emotional affair. That being said, if you read the book as it is, a work of fiction, an experiment in looking at the motivations of why we do what we do, why emotional affairs happens, it is a fascinating and raw piece of art.

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