Valentine Cupcakes

These are quick and easy. Bake using your favorite cupcake recipe. And then go crazy with the sprinkles!

Cupid's arrow hits the mark with these heart-shaped treats. To create the heart shape, place a small marble or a 1/2-inch ball of aluminum foil between each liner and one side of the tin (a great job for kids). This will push the paper into the batter to form the notch in the heart.

Thrifty Finds

I don't think I have shared these items with you yet. I purchased these before Christmas and just never got around to posting them. I found this sweet plate with a Bless This House saying. I love the pink flowers and looks lovely in my living room. The seashell collection is going to my classroom for my students to examine up close with loupes. I have a Science center in the classroom and they love looking at objects up close and writing about them.

We have had a busy weekend with a basketball game, baseball practice and other errands that we needed to get done. I thought I was running from one place to the other all weekend.

Hope you had a fabulous weekend!

Friday Fill In

1. I'm looking forward to going to California this summer to visit my girlfriends.
2. San Francisco is a place I always wanted to visit and haven't made it there yet.
3. I've fallen in love with flavored water.
4. Six of one, is always good for great fitting t-shirts.
5. Addiciton is all around us in one form or another.
6. The kids crack me up!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to starting my new book, tomorrow my plans include a basketball game, running errands and Sunday, I want to go to church and then finish my Valentines for work.

Thursday Thirteen~Shows at Disney

Ok, I'm almost done talking about Dinsey for awhile. Well, until I start making my scrapbook and then we will relive all those special moments. I know I'm a Disney Freak! For todays Thursday Thirteen I want to share a list of shows or movies that don't move that I think are so enjoyable and a must for your trip to the magical place. I've grouped them by park. Enjoy!

Magic Kingdom:
1. Philamagic~A great 3-D movie that has characters from lots of Disney movies and great special effects.
2. Country Bear Jamboree~Most people think this show is hokey but I love it. Your foot will be tapping to the country tunes played by the Bears.
3. Tikki Room~We couldn't get to this one on our past trip. The birds are very entertaining.

Epcot:
4. American Adventure~A great history lesson on our country's progress.
5. Talk with Crush~Our first time to do this one and we will go back. Crush can some how see who he is talking with and has some really good questions.

Disney Studios:
6. Lights, Motor and Action~A great car and motorcycle stunt show. The boys were on the edge of their seats. Very loud and fire explosions, what every boy likes!
7. Beauty and the Beast~A great mini version of the show.
8. Voyage of the Little Mermaid~A great mix of real characters and puppets.
9. Indiana Jones~A fun stunt show.
10. Muppets 3-D~I love the Muppets and this movie is great!

Animal Kingdom:
11. Flights of Wonder~A informative bird show.
12. Finding Nemo~A very interesting presentation of Nemo.
13. Festival of the Lion King~The show rocks! It has everything from dancing, music and gymnastics.

February Pay It Forward Book Exchange

For this month I am giving away one of the first books I received in a book exchange. I really enjoyed this book. I discovered that my local library had a copy of a movie made from this book. I watched the movie after reading the book and I will say I enjoyed the book far more than the movie. So if you win you could check you library and do the same, compare the two. I enjoy doing this with books. So do you want to know the title? Here it is!

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

From Amazon:

Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain wants to become a writer. Trouble is, she's the daughter of a once-famous author with a severe case of writer's block. Her family--beautiful sister Rose, brooding father James, ethereal stepmother Topaz--is barely scraping by in a crumbling English castle they leased when times were good. Now there's very little furniture, hardly any food, and just a few pages of notebook paper left to write on. Bravely making the best of things, Cassandra gets hold of a journal and begins her literary apprenticeship by refusing to face the facts. She writes, "I have just remarked to Rose that our situation is really rather romantic, two girls in this strange and lonely house. She replied that she saw nothing romantic about being shut up in a crumbling ruin surrounded by a sea of mud."
Rose longs for suitors and new tea dresses while Cassandra scorns romance: "I know all about the facts of life. And I don't think much of them." But romantic isolation comes to an end both for the family and for Cassandra's heart when the wealthy, adventurous Cotton family takes over the nearby estate. Cassandra is a witty, pensive, observant heroine, just the right voice for chronicling the perilous cusp of adulthood. Some people have compared I Capture the Castle to the novels of Jane Austen, and it's just as well-plotted and witty. But the Mortmains are more bohemian--as much like the Addams Family as like any of Austen's characters. Dodie Smith, author of 101 Dalmations, wrote this novel in 1948. And though the story is set in the 1930s, it still feels fresh, and well deserves its reputation as a modern classic. --Maria Dolan --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Here are the rules to enter. Yes, there are some rules!

If you win this book you must host a giveaway on your blog. If you don't have a blog then you will give the book to a local shelter, library, etc.

You do not need a blog to participate. If you don't have one just please leave your e-mail so that in the event you should win I can get a hold of you.

You need to leave a comment to this post by Sunday, Febraury 17 by midnight. I will randomly draw a name on Monday and post the winner here. Also, I will contact the winner by e-mail or blog.

Please click over to Overwhelmed with Joy to see the many other book exchanges happening this month.

Thanks for playing and Good Luck!

Bloggy Giveaway

Congratulations to Ducky Girl! She is the winner of the Yankee Candle tarts.



Thank you to everyone that stopped by and entered a chance to win.

Friday Fill In

1. Once I was lost.
2. I'm sick of being sick.
3. Today at work I had fun with my students.
4. What's all the hype over Britney all about?
5. If I make a mistake I try to fix and learn from it.
6. When I woke up this morning, I thought BRRR it's cold.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a movie from Netflix, tomorrow my plans include brunch, basketball game, baseball practice and a birthday party at Itz and Sunday, I want to go to church and then to our friends house for a Super Bowl party.