Throw an Ah'mazing #BirthdayParty for your Ah'mazing kid!! : ) #HappyBirthday! #Birthday #CandyBuffet!

Everyone loooves playing Ellen's Head's Up Game, at a party - is hilarious, you'll have all your guests laughing! : )

Here mah' Birthday Girl! lol!  EVERYone looves their Birthday, and it's soo much fun when the Birthday Girl, or the Birthday Boy, no matter what age they are, feels extra-special, on their extra-special day!  It's The BEST, right?  When you see you' person, so-to-speak, all super-duper happy, that's a great treat for everyone, because a parent wants to make their child happy, and the child loves to BE happy, am I right? lol!  Yeah, me know me right! hahaha!  

And here's ME on my 52nd Birthday - I just celebrated it - can you see mah' Pisces Fish Dress??  lol!  I put it on, every single year, for mah' birfday pictures - my beautiful daughter, Cara (da Birthday girl above me!) got me this little Pisces Dress, years ago, and me loves it! It makes me laugh, every time I put it on, with the fish swimming in different directions.. wonder if me gots a better pic of it?  Will go look ...

Oh, and can you see, down in the bottom corner of my Birthday Table, my fancy Birthday Tree I made for myself? lol!  I made it with 52 'stems' and 52 'crystals', to celebrate my 52nd Birthday - and you can sort of see the cherry Blossom Tree I made for myself too - and that had 52 stems and 52 crystals, too - lol!  You can see, we loooove our Birthday Celebrations!

Oooh, I couldn't find the pict'yah I was looking for... must be in my other 'puter... will have to try to remember to bring them over to this computer... but here I am in my absolutely favourite dress - I looove this little black dress - it's my go-to dress for everything - lol!  That's me at the Butchart Gardens, in March, when they have the Spring Prelude Gardens, which we love, in Victoria, BC, Canada.  I loove to go to the Gardens on my Birthday - I love to go for a lovely walk in the gardens (any gardens, whichever is the closest and the nicest - lol!), see the ocean, whenever possible, or a large body of water, if I'm living inland (we almost always live close to an ocean or the mountians - my two favourite things... endlessly pretty!), and I want to eat something delicious - preferably, eat a LOT of things that are delicious - hahaha!  And, of course, spend my Birthday with people I love!  Now that makes for a great birthday, doing whatever it is you truly love to do, with the people you truly love to do that with! : ) Happy birthday!! 

We've thrown some ah'mazing birthday parties over the years, but here's a quick and super-easy way to throw a great birthday for the one you love soo much! 

You can throw a completely personalized birthday party that your beautiful child (mine is gonna be 27, soon!!  Yahoo!!) will remember for years to come. How to do it? With personalized birthday party supplies from Birthday Express, of course! They make customizing your designs and party supplies simple, so there's more time to party! Here's how easy it is:

1. After you've found the party theme you want, click the "Personalize Image" and "Personalize Text" buttons to get started.
2. Next, upload a photo of your child from your computer. You can even link to your Facebook or Instagram profile to grab photos!
3. Then, effortlessly change your photo's size, location, and rotation.
4. You can also finish things off with your own custom text - choosing from your favorite font, color, and size.

Personalized Party Supplies - Choose from hundreds of kids' favorite birthday themes - from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Superhero Comics, and Secret Agent, to Ladybugs, Dora the Explorer, Mermaids, and more! Personalized images can be uploaded into invitations, tableware, centerpieces, banners, favor boxes... anything and everything one would need for a personalized birthday party theme. You can also combine personalized party supplies, such as plates, with other party supplies, like Disney Princesses or superhero party supplies. Birthday Express even has customizable birthday party supply packs for baby's 1st birthday, girls parties, and boys parties. Each pre-designed box comes with complete party essentials for a group of 8 to 16 (or higher - lol! Who still loooves their Disney Princesses?? Or anything Disney?? We all do! haha!).

Personalized Party Banners - What's a personalized birthday party without a colorful and customized birthday banner?! You can make any birthday unique by creating a banner with a special message for the birthday child, then picking the font and font color your message will appear in. Once you?re done, you can even preview your design to make sure it looks exactly how you want before you order it. Birthday Express' personalized birthday banners are made of heavy duty vinyl so they are durable enough to withstand serious kids-play and all types of weather. Banners also feature metal grommets for easy hanging indoors and out and come in a variety of themes and sizes. 


Personalized Party Favors - What's a party without party favors? Simply select the box that matches your theme, add your favorite photo, and an original message. Then, fill the personalized party favor boxes with goodies for a truly personalized box of treats! For example, you could fill a favor box for a girls party with chapsticks, mini nail polishes, gum, nail files, and mini lotions, etc..





It's never been easier to create a customized birthday party for your child. The only hard part will be picking the personalized party supplies from Birthday Express that your child will love the most! 

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Wow, talk about Romantic Candles!!  Can you imagine how much more romantic it would be if there's a GIFT inside the candles for you?? haha!  I looove it! Brilliant!

Otay, how amazing is this?? lol!  Hilariously enough, I feel like I can smell the Lemon candle, right now! haha!  The Power of Suggestion, Baby! How exciting is that, to get a surprise gift in every candle??  What a great gift (for me?? lol!) = so much fun! : )
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How to Make Peeling the Shells off of Eggs Super-Easy #Eggs #BoiledEggs #EasterEggs - How To Boil Easter Eggs : )

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How to Make Peeling the Shells off of Eggs Super-Easy.....Add Baking Soda to Your Boiling Water - is sooo cool!

Add 1 heaping Tablespoon of Baking soda to your big pot of Boiling water, let it foam, then gently place the eggs in, one at a time, with a large metal spoon. ( A soup spoon, nothing fancy - lol!)

AND, give your Boiled Egg a good shake in a glass or jar of water (cover the top - lol!), the peels should come right off, and start from the bottom (now we're here - Thanks, Drake! Haha!) of the egg, where the little dint in the egg is... the egg shell will peel off - and, of course, tap the boiled egg all around, too! 

How To Tell If It's A Good Egg, or if your eggs have gone bad - When you place the eggs, one by one, on a big spoon, into the boiling water, if the egg floats to the top - Bad Egg - if it just stays in the bottom, that's a Good Egg! 

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Why not try a little something to make it sooo much easier to peel your boiled eggs?  and it is super-exciting when you first add the baking soda - it'll foam right up, momentarily, then literally, simmer down (do you hate that phrase from all the teachers having said that in your classes, all your life?? lol!) to a normal boil.....

Then, carefully set each egg in the boiling water, with a large spoon...

I thought it might be helpful to see the Boiled Eggs at various stages... we're at Sea Level (we are, for sure, right by the Sea, on the ocean, and, well, errrr, aaahhh, at Sea Level, but we used to live in Calgary, so the timing is different at different elevations - so is a good idea to take your eggs out earlier, if your eggs cook faster at a different elevation... same thing goes for baking, and whatnot... lol!)

Anyhoooo, the Boiled Eggs at the top are 7 minute Eggs, then 8 minutes Eggs, then the 10 minute Eggs.  So, really, it's however you happen to love your eggs, or whenever you remember you were making some boiled eggs! lol!

Yumm, this makes me hungry!  And Eggs are soo good for you... I know there's a whole debate about whether it's okay to eat the yolks, and it's totally okay, very good for you. And, tastier, for sures. 

Adding Baking Soda to the boiling water for your Boiled Eggs, though, is great for Easter, when you might be rolling your Easter Eggs with the family.. sometimes it's soo hard to get the egg shell to break, and it can be frustrating for little ones (and the big ones, too - hahaha! - Not sure how many times we've ended up throwing our Easter Eggs up against a tree, try to get the shell to break - naturally - lol!

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And here's how we like to have our little boiled egg sandwiches - yum!  I like a slice of Havarti on the sandwich, sometimes, too - all very healthy... and sometimes we just like to have the boiled eggs on their own, and I add a wee bit of butter and salt - yum!  A nice little treat : )




How to Make Peeling the Shells off of Eggs Super-Easy.....Add Baking Soda to Your Boiling Water - is sooo cool!

Add 1 heaping Tablespoon of Baking soda to your big pot of Boiling water, let it foam, then gently place the eggs in, one at a time, with a large metal spoon. ( A soup spoon, nothing fancy - lol!)



Rolling your Eggs at Easter : )
 http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2011/04/easter-traditions-roll-your-eggs-at.html

Easter - we looove Easter - so lovely!
Easter Sunrise Services can be so lovely : )
http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2012/04/happy-easter-we-went-to-easter-sunrise.html

We love to Roll Our Eggs on Easter - a fun tradition for the whole family : )
http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2011/04/easter-traditions-roll-your-eggs-at.html

If you want your beautifully decorated Eggs to last forever, just learn to blow them... you need to make a little hole at the top and the bottom, poke a toothpick through the yolk, and you're well on your way... rinse and decorate : )
http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2012/03/blown-and-painted-easter-eggs-theyll.html

Make cute little Marshmallow Bunnies with the kids : )
http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2011/04/easter-crafts-marshmallow-bunnies.html







  My favourite books to start with, with Louise Hay - You Can Heal Your Life - brilliant, and it really WILL change your life... and Meditations for Daily Living - think that's the right title  - is so lovely, you'll love it - all very heartwarming, very clarifying... and Louise Hay has a tiny little book, I Can Do It - looove it, you'll love it, too... I love all of Louise's books... so lovely and life-changing : ) http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2014/11/you-can-heal-your-life-by-louise-l-hay.html

The Bachelor Chris Finale - And the Winner is.... Whitney? Or Becca? Or Britt and Kaitlyn?? Or, All of the Above? hahaha!

So, Bachelor Chris Soules chose baby-voiced Whitney.  The girl who definitely, for sure, knew she wanted to get married and have children, immediately.  I dunno, was kinda yicky for me to watch, last night - not sure why.  I think I thought Bachelor Chris really loved Becca, my personal choice for him - hahaha!  I thought she was soo cute, and who cares what the whole family thinks of someone's choice?  what's that all about, having the entire family in on the decision?  I don't get that.  I would NEVER let my family choose who I was going to be with, or I'd end up with some stooopido old boyfriend my mother liked.  Nooooo... yuck.  If you ever run into a situation where he puts that much faith in his choice of a partner, run the other way.  Unless you happen to like his family, too, in which case, do whatever makes you happy - well, that's the bottom line, anyway, do whatever makes you truly happy, family support, or not. 

Here's little Becca - I really liked Becca - so nice and normal, very pretty, not in a giant rush to 'land a man' - yick.  But I did NOT like when Becca was brought out on stage, and Chris was asked soo many times, with Whitney right in the back room, if he really shouldda chosen Becca??  Whaaat?  That was so disrespectful to both women - I did not like that, at all - booo!  What is that, trying to break up Chris and Whitney on National TV - for what?  More ratings?  Women don't like that. And I thought, for sures, they would make Becca the new Bachelorette, if she wanted the option.

Da Bachelor Chris' One True Love - Corn! lol!   Just throwing this picture in, because it made'a me laugh! hahaaha!

So, now they're gonna pit Britt against Kaitlyn, for the MEN to decide who is gonna be the next Bachelorette?  But they're phrasing it, Who is the best one to marry??  Yuck!  I do not like that, at all - what the hell, that seems like THE worst decision in Bachelor History, right? hahaha!  No.  That just seems horrible - surely they'll get enough backlash from all the women who watch The Bachelor, to say what a bad idea this is, right?  It seems particularly cruel, or something - it's kind of hard to put my finger on why I find it so offensive... I thought they were gonna just let both girls stay through the whole process - that would be more interesting, since then we could see them talking about the process, having lots of laughs, each of the women finds someone fun to date, and potentially marry, right?  Wouldn't that be a nicer approach? 

Jus' a little joke from Britt looking lovely and 'fresh', first thing in the morning - hahahaahaha!

Wow, how skinny is Kaitlyn?  This seems way too thin, in this picture, so maybe it's doctored up... she looked good on Jimmy Kimmel, last night - so did Britt....

And the whole thing with Jimmy Kimmel on The Bachelor, and all the running jokes with Bachelor Chris Soules on Jimmy Kimmel - hioarious - best part of The Bachelor, this season, for me - lol!  Me luv'a da Jimmy Kimmel! lol!

Oooh, and here's the funniest thing from last night's Bachelor Finale - ooh, I looved when Jimmy Kimmel came on the actual Bachelor Finale, and gave Chris and Whitney a beautiful gift - Juan Pablo, a lovely cow : )  Me laugh!  But, in case you missed this bit on Jimmy Kimmel, here it is - soo funny, Jimmy Kimmel as the sound guy for The Bachelor's kisses - hahahaha! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzLX3HL4mN8 - when he has to carry everything out, himself, and he doesn't know why no one ever helps him - and he drops that horn, the security guard totally doesn't help - hahahaahaha!  Now THAT'S comedy! hahaha!

True Fun Love!!

So, why do they keep putting this li'l crazy on camera?  Ashley, maybe?  I can never remember her name, and she might be in the same boat.... poor kid - I feel for her - either, she's in need of some serious help, or shocked to be on camera, or just shocked, in general... but something is amiss with this poor kid... and now they want to put her on Bachelor in Paradise?  Hmmm... seems highly questionable, but maybe it's all just an act?  Who ever know,but I am suuuure that the other virgin, also an Ashley?  Now me canny remember any of their names... so much for 15 minutes of fame - lol!  But the Kardashian look-a-like virgin.... she was cute on Jimmy Kimmel, too - showed her real personality, and see they've all let go of all of the over-the-top make-up... Britt was barely recognizable on Jimmy Kimmel, last night....

Soo, we'll see what happens, now, if Chris Soules really does marry Whitney, (and she was looking for a new set of parents, people she could call Mom and Dad? Yuck!!  That's soo creepy...)
Anyway, I guess I wish them all luck, especially the girls who are out there looking for love - and all the guys, too... Love for Everyone!! Dat my real wish! lol! My favourite books to start with, with Louise Hay - You Can Heal Your Life - brilliant, and it really WILL change your life... and Meditations for Daily Living - think that's the right title  - is so lovely, you'll love it - all very heartwarming, very clarifying... and Louise Hay has a tiny little book, I Can Do It - looove it, you'll love it, too... I love all of Louise's books... so lovely and life-changing : ) http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2014/11/you-can-heal-your-life-by-louise-l-hay.html