The Twelve Days of Blogmas, Day One: Giveaway & Snow Stories

                                         

              Update: Giveaway is now closed! Thank you, everyone who participated! 

  Well, today's the day. This year, I am going to do the "Twelve Days of Blogmas" challenge, where I will post something Christmas-y, or winter-y every day on the twelve days leading up to Christmas. 

    Tomorrow, we are supposed to get up to 3 inches of snow! It started flurrying back in November, but it didn't stay nearly long enough (I love snow). So I am really excited at the possibility of having a few inches of snow!

The most it has ever snowed here was 2 feet! My brother was so little at the time, he wasn't't allowed to go outside! But that was a long, long time ago, and it hasn't been that deep since.

My little sister has never even seen snow, because last winter she was too tiny to go out, so I'm wondering what her reaction will be.

    Oh, I almost forgot! Not. Because 'tis the season to be jolly, let's end this first day with a giveaway! We've got some awesome prizes, guys! 

My mom and I found a really nice book, that has a mix of a bunch of Christmas stories from different authors. And it's even hardcover, my favorite kind of book!

Treasured Stories of Christmas, compiled by Sarah Anne Stuart.

Treasured Stories of Christmas

And what goes best with a good book on a cold, snowy night? A cup of something hot! So, the prize includes a mug full of freshly roasted coffee, from my dad's coffee roasting business, Bon Aroma Coffee. 

                      

Coffee fresh from the roaster
Bon Aroma Coffee

                              

And of course you're wondering how you can win this stuff. All you have to do is comment! If you comment, I will enter you, unless you specifically say, "I am commenting, but I do not want to enter." (But who in their right mind would do that?)

This contest ends on Friday, December 18th, at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, and I will announce the winner sometime before lunch on Saturday, the 19th.

That's it for today! Don't forget to come back tomorrow for Day Two!   ~Caitlyn O.

Turkey, Colds and Vinegar Tea

 Hey hey hey!! I have not posted in SO long. My apologies. But I have something fun I want to do for December! We all got a cold from my four-year-old cousin when they were here for Thanksgiving. My aunt told me about something that really helps a sore throat- Vinegar Tea.

                                                    RECIPE:

You will need: Hot water, apple cider vinegar, and honey.

Pour hot water into a mug, and add one and a half tablespoons of apple cider vinegar. Add honey to taste. Stir well, and drink.

This helps SO much! I was shocked! 

My aunt and uncle raised a few turkeys this year, and they brought one along for Thanksgiving.

Guess how much it weighed? Comment and guess! I'll comment and tell the answer after the twentieth comment!

It was delicious!! We also had mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, peas and carrots, sweet potato casserole, ribbon salad, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, mixed berry pie, and ice cream. 

                                                                             

  

Au revoir!

CAITLYN O.

Wait..... It's September?!

     Hello!!!! I feel like August just flew past! Do you? But August was, well, pretty unlucky for us. 

    First off, my brother had a poison ivy rash from head to toe. Then, we found a bullseye rash on his arm, and he was at the doctor three times. All this happened about two weeks ago. 

    Then, two weeks ago,Tuesday, August 26, my sister was scootering down the hill, and a car went past, and scared her. She tried to stop, but fell, and rammed her left arm into the ground and broke it. Daddy took her to Med Express, and they put it in a splint and a sling, and yesterday, she went to a specialist, and got a plaster cast.    

    On last Saturday, the baby..... did something, and no one knows what happened, but there's a huge gash in her tongue. Or was. It's almost better now.

    Now, the climax. Monday morning, Daddy took me in to do blood work. Since we were in town anyway, we stopped at the library to pick up a DVD (Anne of Green Gables) that we had ordered. But. The DVD would not start. We tried for 30 minutes to get it to start, on the computer, the laptop, everywhere. Fine, I thought. I'll just make soft pretzels instead. 

But this makes really small batches, so I made four batches, and that filled two cookie sheets. Anyway, I had about two pretzels left to shape, when I knocked a cup off the counter, and it shattered. I decided that I would quickly finish my pan of pretzels, and then clean it up. Well, you can probably guess what happened. I forgot that I had broken a cup, turned to wash my hands, and stepped into the mess. I cut my heel up pretty bad, and I'm not even going to put in a picture of my heel, because it looks so gross it's unbelievable. One of my friends almost threw up when I showed her the picture. I didn't walk till Wednesday, at least not without the help of my lovely crutches. It's pretty much better by now, but if I walk too much, it starts to hurt again. 

    Well, wish us luck. I'm just waiting for the house to burn down, or something. Bye!! 

    

     Hey guys. I have not posted in forever! Sorry about that! We started school on Monday. Why is it that the first day, you love school but the next 179 days are agony? It makes no sense! 

    I got a ukulele on Saturday, and have been plinking around the house all day ever since. I can play, "You Are My Sunshine," but that's about the extent of my repertoire ;) 

    I got new ink for my fountain pen. The second most satisfying sound in the world is the sound of a fountain pen scratching across paper...... Ahhhhh.

    The most satisfying sound in the world is...... my typewriter!! I  have an old fashioned one, one you don't plug in or anything. I love it so much. There is only one problem. If you mess up, the only thing you can do is put X's across it.

    My little sister does not know what to think of us doing school. Of course, she doesn't remember last year. She wasn't even one then. This morning, she just walked in circles around the house, and cranked. She fell of a chair, which added to her displeasure. She scribbled on our school work, and chewed an eraser off a pencil. We have those twisty erasers, and there was an extra one, and she got it. But that wasn't enough. Oh no. She HAD to have three of them in her hands, or she threw a major tantrum. She's so funny and cute and fat😍. She'll get used to us sitting around the table every morning. I hope. 

    In other news, I have been reading "The Witch of Blackbird Pond," by Elizabeth George Speare, and "Anne of Ingleside," by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The witch of blackbird pond is not about an actual witch; it's about a girl back in the 1700's. She could swim, so everybody thought she was a witch🙄. It's a really good book. And, of course, Anne of Ingleside is the sixth book in the Anne of Green Gables series. 

      Have you started school yet? Have you ever read The Witch of Blackbird Pond, or Anne of Ingleside? Have you ever written anything with a fountain pen or typewriter? Do you play any instruments? Comment below, and tell me!