DIY PLAY DOUGH WITH KIDS - THEY LOVE IT

DIY PLAY CLAY 

ALMOST EVERY kid loves a good play time with the handmade/homemade play dough..especially if they made it ' all by them selves', I have recently done this one with my own children,  a few cookie cutters and , READY SET GO... this is how you do it : 

Tools you will need:

A large pot
large stirring spoon
large dry surface for kneading the dough 

and well... a stove top lol... the ingredient list is quite simple as well and you may find you already have them stocked in the kitchen... all you will need is:

Play Dough Recipe:

1 cup white flour

1/2 cup salt

2 tablespoon cream of tartar (find it in the spice section)

1 tablespoon oil

1 cup water

food coloring


What you will want to do next is mix all the dry ingredients into the pot, then slowly add the water and food coloring mix ( add the food coloring into the water, the more you add the darker the color in the dough will become), and mix well
Then you want to put the stove top burner to medium heat and stir constantly.
-DO NOT LEAVE ON BURNER IT WILL RUIN IT AND BE IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEAN OUT-

The dough will become harder to stir, and you will need to use those mommy muscles at this point!
Stir until the dough turns into a large solid clump and you can no longer stir it, and remove from heat.

at this point I recommend you have a pre floured surface, such as a cutting board or counter top, and knead the dough for approx 5 minutes or until it doesn't have the sticky feeling anymore,
(Kids love doing that part, so let them do it, you're arms will be tired from stirring anyway lol  but be careful, as it will be hot to touch for a few minutes )
keep adding small sprinkles of flour as needed to get it to the right texture.
and then YOU ARE DONE!
I will be putting up the video of my children making the dough, they had so much fun and 1 week later they are STILL entertained by it.
TIP: Grab some cookie cutters from the dollar store ( little boys love the gingerbread man cut outs to make little action men from the dough) 

A HEALTHY MOMMY IS A HAPPY MOMMY!

Hey guys, 

  

    If you have been following me on youtube, you will know that I have just announced a new channel, I will be featuring my daily food and fitness progression.   It will be a vlogging channel where I hope to do some 'juice feasting' and exploring some alternative health options.  People seem to think that as long as you eat 'HEALTHY' that you will be ' HEALTHY'... well the real question is, What is healthy to you?    

               

           My grandmothers view of healthy is a nice juicy pork chop, smothered in canned mushroom soup and milk, with a side of starchy white potatoes, which are then boiled to extreme temps and then smothered in animal fat (also known as gravy) accompanied by a few boiled carrots!   YUMMY. ?? 

             Everyone has a version of healthy, and a lot of people seem to take the 'society exit' to things..by saying things like ... " well, its whole wheat not white so its good for me?"  well exactly my point!  What is ' Healthy'?     

           
On my  Second channel I am going to be experimenting for you! And you can follow my daily food logs on youtube and watch my progress day by day, maybe it will be inspiring for you? or maybe you can just be a supporter to help the others on there health journey.

You can see the video here...

             I am not doing this for the sole purpose of loosing weight, I want a life style change for my self and my family.
I will be posting new healthy recipes and alternatives to help both my self and anyone else who is following me , to make our transition easier.   These processed foods and unnatural ingredients have cause a lot of health problems for a lot of people. My children are exposed to more food commercials and false advertising then any other generation before it! I don't want them to have this unhealthy view on life or food or anything for that matter, and I fear that if my life continues in this downward spiral of unhealthy living and poor body choices that my children might pick them up and pass them to there children.
This is NOT  a ' diet' it is a life style change and It isn't healthy for our minds to continuously be convincing it's self that we need to do it just for the weight loss, while this is still a goal of mine.. it's not to fit into that ' cute little black dress' or to ' look better in my underwear' it is to FEEL better, awake, energized, emotionally and physically!
I am going to start up a second blog to accompany my second channel and It will be to keep track via blogging, for those of you who are not interested in following on Youtube.

this is my intro to those of you who are interested, this is featured on my main channel letting you guys know a bit about what I plan on doing in video. :) hope you enjoy



   CHANNEL INTRO

SECOND BLOG

SECOND CHANNEL

Talk to you all soon, happy eating :)

ORGANIZATION AND EASY DIY MOMMY SOLUTIONS

HELLO EVERYONE WHO IS READING THIS LONG AWAITED BLOG POST,

 I'm back , the holiday season has come to end for the most part, aside from the great  NEW YEARS EVE, event that I do not usually partake in...well...because I like to sleep? lol,  I will be keeping up with my blogging from now on !!  I just finished up with vlogmas on youtube, and if you would like to check those out you can click right here on THIS link :)

With the new year coming I have found my self thinking more and more about those RESOLUTIONS we all find our selves making around this time of year, and I have decided without debate that I MUST de-clutter and become a more organized human!  I have been looking on pintrest for some creative new 'simple living' decor and storage ideas and I have found a few I am going to share with you all.. with a bit of design diy and some decor..this is an awesome storage for short people lol...

I found it HERE

But I don't think this would work for my space, but I was thinking great for a kids room??

I have been looking for ways to improve on my ebay/etsy/online stock room, and I am thinking something simple like the link below, but maybe in a clear style bin? or colored bins for a better 'shelf apeal. ?? Hmmm


I found this HERE

after awhile of stumbling through the land of pintrest I started thinking about how to improve this big empty,'imaginationLESS' (not a real word )  playroom we have downstairs...it is white and plain and boring and we just have toys and books in totes as 'toy boxes..so I saw this...

I found this HERE

 And I am already mapping out the blueprints in my head as I type! this I think will be at the top of the 'HONEY DO' list!

Right in the next room over you would walk into my VERY dark and dungeon like laundry room
everything is CRAZY and I have miss match baskets! The whole house must think we have a laundry fairy , who magically sorts, washes and folds all the laundry I have one sloppy side 'folding table and piles of clothing that I have to sort! this made me think of  a few ideas to make it easier on our laundry fairy', and maybe give those ungrateful little slave drivers a hint .. ehhh LOL jk. but seriously.. great idea...

I found this HERE




which brings me to some much needed kitchen issues that need to be addressed, although I do have a large pantry and another one close by with a door...I have to admit, when it comes time to put away those pots and pans... I am a big FAIL! I just had matching up the sizes and stacking them like janga blocks EVERY time I need to put away or use a pot.  So it ends up just being a sloppy pile of metal and glass lids, which just avalanche out onto my feet every time I need one...  WELL let me tell you.. I just found the solution! ...
 

you can find these pins HERE and HERE

I have found so many amazing things on pintrest to help me find some organizational INSPIRATION, and I can't wait to get started on a fresh start on many paths in my life, health,fitness and all that good stuff! I will post my before and afters as I go, and will probably be making some video progression on my Youtube channel as well, so be sure to stop in and check it out, I would love to hear from you guys and see some of the organization pins you might have found!

Talk to you soon! <3

SlackinATOR - WILLING AND KNOWINGLY CHOOSING TO BE LAZY/raw food/healthy eating!

Define ''SlackinATOR''.. someone who WILLINGLY and KNOWINGLY, chooses to be lazy and not complete projects they once SWORE to stick too!   (eg. Blogging,upkeeping on videos etc.)
Hello FELLOW ATTIC PEOPLE,
Well  WELL WELL...as you can tell I have been away for a bit longer than I had hoped, I was hoping that I could blog EVERY SINGLE DAY...but as usual I didn't stick to it! BUT I will BE BETTER, I WILL BE BETTER ( repeating and CAPS LOCK, apparently will help resolve this issue) 

      With the new year creeping in, I thought I would just brush up on my goals this upcoming year and even the next few weeks as I ease into my extreme dieting ways. I call it 'DIETING' but what that means to me is  'DIET' as in what I want to eat ALL THE TIME, FOREVER!  not ' DIET' until I hit a goal!!  if this is confusing... let me simplify.
       Once upon a time I was a raw foodest.. not always 100% but for a while I WAS 100%. and my eating habits were always good.  I used to have friends over for wheet grass shots... not whiskey shots! lol   I felt good, looked good...my skin was clear my head was clear!!  I can't say ANY of that any more...so my goal is to get back to being healthy and fit!  I have put on about 25 pounds in the last few years and IT FEELS HORRID it was brought on by some traumatic events and some depression where I just kind of ''let go'' of my self I need a life style CHANGE!

 I thought I would share some  recipes I used to love and use..and I will be recreating these in some upcoming videos on my second channel ''AtticAnatomyTV' on youtube! so check it out if you have some time.

Fist my all time 'GO TO MEAL' its quick and delicious! I just LOVED/love it! my kids do too and its so simple..and with a high powered blender you can get it just a tad big warm OR STEAMING hot!

GREEN PEA AND AVO SOUP :
-1 cup of peas  ( or as desired)
-1/2 avocodo ( or all for extra creamy)
-Bottled or purified water for texture (the more you add the thinner the soup)
- sea salt to taste ( I use pink sea salt for extra minerals)
-garlic cloves OR powder...cloves are better but with this recipe I prefer powder! also to taste

AND THAT'S IT, at the end of making the warm soup, I like to place some extra green peas in a bowl of warm water while I am preparing the soup..and add them after I'm done blending for texture.



second favourite is this wonderful recipe I actually think I found this one on youtube YEARS ago..but I can't remember who it was... smoothie girl?? its best if all produce is organic.

PINK SMOOTHIE
- 1 cup cashews
-1 cup sstrawberry
-water for texture, if wanted
-1 whole carrot
- 1 1/2 of a beet
-1 cup coconut milk

 I meant early on in writing this to add some pictures of my rrecipes..but my computer WONT LET ME LKJDKLFAJSKDLFJASFJA GRRRRRR! LOL so I will stop at two..and check my channel for some  recipes and to join the healthy me and better food journey with me .  see you soon Attic people!

EBAY MADDNESS and Stay at home MOMMY, christmas SAVINGS !! whoot whoot

  Hello my fellow Attic people,

        For those of you who don't know me yet, I am a stay at home mother of 3, Last year I had to quit my job, after my free child care was no longer available. I tried placing them in the cheapest after school daycare program I could find, and upping my hours at work, unfortunately I only made min wage at 10 something an hour, and part time hours at as little as 12 hours a week  in some cases.     This cost me a LOT, for TWO HOURS after school care each day for 5 days was .... $950.00!!!! By the end of the month I was negative - $250.00.  not including the expense of gas to travel back and forth.
         This is when I decided I needed to MAKE MONEY FAST!  I listed a few items local, and on eBay...after my first Item sold I WAS SOOOOO excited, that I decided to keep listing more... soon a month later I had made over $500.00 and was only listing small random items occasionally...!!! Although I am just learning still, and I am NOT a top rated seller ( which is my goal) I  realized that I can make more staying home then I could EVER make outside of the home on a minimum wage budget!!
          So as some of you may know from my YOUTUBE channel, I have been spending a LOT of time buying, and listing on ebay and other sites local to me !  I have been debating making my channel (in additional to my other videos during the Holiday season, ) into a list of Christmas sales from December 1'st to 24th, as a countdown to 'christmas fund' accumulation calculation ( hhahaha next dr.suis right here! )... in simple terms LETTING YOU SEE HOW MUCH I MAKE but I'm still deciding on this.
         We all spend a little to much MONEY on Christmas whether we try not to or not, it always seems to put people in a financial bind for the following months afterwards. SO my goals for this year, ( lets call it a PRE new years resolution shall we)  is to EARN as much as we SPEND by December 24th!  by purely using my online outlets, such as ebay,amazon,kijiji, and other local sites on facebook!  budgeting has always been a weak point with me and I'm sure most of you can relate,ESPECIALLY during the holidays!. This past few years I have been VERY diligent with my spending and earning points, I have been keeping up with bills and have little debt accumulated. I hope to have 0% in the new year.   That being said If this goes well, I will be able to spend January deciding on which bank to open a family savings at, INSTEAD of deciding which bill to pay ''NEXT MONTH'' !
 
 Maybe some attic people can join as well! we can have a MERRY OL' TIME , HAHAHa .. I know not funny!
                    talk to you soon and happy hunting!

12 DAYS OF THRIFTING :)

HELLO PEOPLE OF THE ATTIC :)

 
 So since I spend nearly every day thinking or actually going thrift shopping, whether it be for sale items or personal! I thought why not do a 12 days of thrifting blogger post, I'm going to show you 12 things I thrifted and the prices, If I can remember them.. nearly my entire house hold has been furnished with second hand items, thrifted, founded or GIVEN things. so I thought why not do a 12 days of thrifting blog once a month!  lol I could probably dedicate once a week in reality...but here it is:

1. Set of Victorian style lamps that light up from the top..AND inside the base! you can either have both on, or just either or... I got BOTH of these for under 8 dollars at a local thrift store! STEAL! ( I did have to glue the base back on to one of them.. but they included the shades as well.

2. Tiny tin sail boat, mounted on wood! I love ships or boats, anything that is related to the sea or water.. I'm not sure why, but I have acquired QUITE a few ship items and you will probably see a bunch in this post as well... this one has a pearly finish to the sails as well I THINK I found this at a yard sale and it has a sticker on the bottom for $2.00 , LOVE IT

3. Vintage globe, This item was a gift..and I have ALWAYS wanted one. when I was a child my dad had a globe.. I remember staring and twirling it for hours just reading every single word. this item was gifted to me last Christmas and was found at Value village (large thrift store) it cost :  but for me it was free :)

4.Christmas snow globe, this is sooo cute, I think everyone has this secret love for snow globes... they are in nearly every single Christmas movie new and old, so that is probably why! BUT I found this at a local thrift store, and I believe I paid 3.00 for it.

5. Botanical lamp shade, I found this at a thrift store called ' Beyond the Blue box', the lamp shade that originally went to the lamp, broke! so I happened to find this one and it was $1.50 BUT they were having a half off certain items sale and this was one of them ... so it cost me $0.75! YA... you read that right! lol I love this so much.

6. Vintage picture frames, I have many of these around my house, and the thrift store I mentioned above... Beyond the blue box, does certain items by the pound.. and this is one of those items.. so I don't know for sure how much I paid PER item because I never just by one weighted Item, BUT I would say it probably cost me 50 cents OR LESS. ! 

7. Creepy dolls, these aren't for every one's taste but I just LOVE them!  they are cracked up and dirty, they both have original clothes on and have hand painted faces , I love thinking about who owned them or even who MADE them. And how much they must have adored them when they were given to the first child. I feel the same way about old books...someone loved them dearly at one point in time! and now they are mine :) I found these at a yard sale this past summer and they were 4.00 dollars !  

8. Pillar candle holders, this trio of candle pillars was a very exciting find.. although they were  A BIT out of my ' thrifty budget' ( I like to get the BEST deal when I thrift to get that extra rush LOL ) they cost me $8.00 for the set if I remember correctly and that was for all three! I love them

9. Unique handmade wine rack, this I found at a flea market, it was amongst a junk yard of outdoor items, it was meant to be a gift and I was going to stain the wooden knobs and paint the steal. But before I was able to gift it, my dad let me know it wouldn't work for the size of the table ( meant for my step mother)  but it cost me $5.00 which is INSANE for what it is and the quality is amazing.

10. Vintage pipe set, I found these recently at  yet again another local thrift shop, and they were an AMAZING find, I will never find a deal quite like this for a while, I ended up keeping a few for decor and listing the humidor and selected pipes online! but I just love these SOOO much! They cost me .... $5.00 FOR EVERYTHING in the picture, including , humidor,all the pipes in the box and the box!!!! that's crazy.

11.Music sheets, this would be more for my fellow craters or fellow music lovers I got these for the intention of putting them in frames and displaying them as art work, but also for the left overs and ''no name'' music sheets I wanted to modge podge some tables, or furniture pieces. These probably all together over time cost me 10.00 total?  I have been gathering them over the years.. I may find my self listing some as well.  actually I did a table once.. I will leave a picture

12. Antique Vanity, this is one of my precious items, I love it so much it sits in my main living area, it was also one of my best finds price wise this beautiful vanity cost a grand total of 30 dollars! and was purchased from value village!  YES 30.00 dollars, value village has a deal when you drop of donations you get stamps on a card, once you reach a certain amount of stamps you get a discount! we applied it to the already crazy deal! and got this lovely refurbished antique vanity

Thats

I will try and do more of these...I just LOVE talking about my thrifted items :)
Ps. I put up a new video today.. if you are interested.



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NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO

BE WHO YOU ARE!

Hello fellow Attic people,

 Today on a deeper note... would like to talk about self being,self worth and self confidence!
 I have many subject matters that boil my blood, But this is one topic that nobody can say they haven't faced from time to time!
        I come from a small tight knit community as (I am sure some of you can relate) with that comes pre conceived ideals about what and who you should be.  I think it is EXTREMELY important to stay as close to who you are as you can... I know this can be a hard thing to do , or even sometimes except but you are going to be the ONLY person in the world that can make this decision! 
        I think that the hardest time period to do this is when we are young and impressionable all though its still a battle you must conquer most of our lives,  its easy to get caught up in the  ' DO IT THIS WAY' mentality ! we believe in our under developed teenage brains that what other people say is true because they are 'outside looking in', which get all to confusing because this is a concept that actually can be applied to other walks of life. 
            I know this topic can be over talked about, so much so that it kind of misses the marker a little too often. all you have to remember is that when it comes to being you, JUST DO IT!  say stupid things, be funny, be smart, be bold, be EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING you desire! because when your time comes to an end... the only one reflecting on the life you lived!  IS YOU!  
           You and I will cross paths with may people over our short time on earth, and if everyday you let one little person OUT OF THE BILLIONS on this planet, get you down or convince you that you shouldn't, couldn't or can't do something! that's ONE DAY you can never get back!  Be happy, be kind and try to remember to BE WHO YOU ARE! :)

             TODAYS YOUTUBE VIDEO: HERE