Business Card Giveaway, Metamorphosis Monday and The Best Meatloaf Ever!

Have you been wanting to get some business cards? Maybe some with your blog name or maybe your Etsy Shop? Well, I have a great giveaway for you! U Printing has offered one of my Peeps this great giveaway- 500 Business Cards

2 x 3.5”, 2 x 2” (square card) or 1.5 x 3.5” (slim card) (I love the slim cards!)

14 pt gloss cardstock, 14 pt matte cardstock or 13 pt recycled uncoated cardstock

Full Color Both Sides; Offset Press; 3 Business Day Printing Shipping: FREE UPS Ground Shipping Eligibility: Limited to US Residents only. Must be 18 years old and up.

All you have to do~

Be a follower of my blog (look in the upper left corner of my blog)

That's all you have to do! Just leave me a comment and let me know that you follow me. If you want more chances to win you can do any or all of these~

1)Follow me on Facebook ~ leave me a comment
2)Update your Facebook status with this giveaway ~ 1 comment
3)Blog about this giveaway~3 entries~leave 3 separate comments

That gives you a total of 6 chances to win! I'll leave this giveaway open until April 18. I want to thank U Printing for offering this great giveaway!









I wanted to share a weekend project that the kids helped me with. I'm linking up to Metamorphosis Monday over at Between Naps On The Porch. And I'm also linking up to What's Your Sunday Scoop? Weekend Wrap Up Party , I Made The World Cuter Today over at Making The World Cuter and Made By You Monday at Skip To My Lou. Be sure and check out all the other ideas on these blogs!








Ok, those were all of my poor flower pots that I have out in the front yard. I love that they are old! They were all in the old barn when we bought our house. One of them I'd painted in cow spots years ago. They were all begging for attention!




Chauncey hauled them all out to the shop where him and Sloan cleaned out all the dead flowers, washed the pots off and then Chauncey painted them black. He even got around the inside so it would look nice! I made a stencil with some freezer paper. I found a Fleur de lei on Google images, then I enlarged it and printed it out onto the freezer paper. Then I cut it out with an exact o knife and my sweet hubby helped me tape it on each pot and he sprayed it with white paint. We had to do a little touch up with the black spray paint.


The kids helped me plant all the new flowers we picked out. They did a really good job!



These are my favorites. I love the one in the middle. My daughter Jennie gave it to me when she moved from Washington. We planted some herbs in the middle of the bigger pots.


This one is kind of hard to tell, but it's a little teacup pot. I had two of these from last year, but I made the mistake of leaving them outside all winter, and they froze and fell apart. So this year I'm going to be more careful and bring them in for the winter.




I found this recipe the other day over at Santa's Gift Shoppe and you know me, here it is! She has a really fun blog, not just Christmas things, so be sure to stop by and visit!

The Best Meatloaf Ever
(makes 2 Lg. Loaves)

3 lbs. ground beef (or 1 1/2 lb. gr. turkey &
1 1/2 lb. gr. beef...lean..whatever you want)
1 lg. onion, chopped finely
1 (8oz.) box stuffing mix (any flavor)
1 8oz. can of tomato sauce
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 c. fat free, light or reg. sour cream
1 packet of dry ranch dressing
2 tsp. minced garlic
1 tsp. oregano
1 egg

Sweet Sauce (Topping)

2/3 c. ketchup
1/2 brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp. prepared mustard

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl.

You can use your mixer to combine everything!

Divide into 2 loaf pans and bake for 1 hour. Drain any fat from pans and top with topping. Bake 30 minutes more.

Lamp Makeover, A Giveaway, And Tastes Like Lasagna Soup

Today I'm linking up with Between Naps on The Porch for Metamorphosis Monday and Skip To My Lou for Made By You Monday. I found this simple little lamp at DI, but when I brought it home my sweet hubby said it needed to be fixed a little before it would hold a lampshade. I found a nice plain white lampshade at Walmart on sale for $1.50. My sweet hubby painted the lamp hammered gold, and I got to work on the lampshade.



So here is my lamp after-wards. I love how it turned out!

Today I'm doing a giveaway from Yoplait Yogurt and My Blogspark.

They sent me a coupon for a package of Yoplus yogurt, which is wonderful and creamy and on the go lunch container with utensils, an insulated lunch bag, and a pedometer.

Preview

The lunch container is really nice and will be very handy for picnics this summer! They are offering the same thing to one of my followers!

So to enter my giveaway, all you have to do is follow my blog. If you are already following me, just leave me a comment telling me you are, if you want to follow me, just click on the follower button on the top left of my blog and then leave me a comment telling me you're following me. Easy Peasy!

This Giveaway will end Thursday, March 18, 2010.


If you'd like to get a coupon for a $1 of a package of YoPlus Yogurt, you can go here!

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I found this recipe the other day over at Sweet Basil and knew right away that my family would love it! Chauncey keeps begging for soup when it's cold out! I added the hint that Sweet Basil gave on her blog along with the recipe.

Tastes Like Lasagna Soup

1 lb Hamburger
1 Onion, Chopped
1 Green Bell Pepper, Chopped
3 Cloves Garlic, Minced
1 (32oz) Box Low Sodium Chicken Broth
2 (14.5 oz) Cans Petite Diced Tomatoes
1 (15 oz) Can Tomato Sauce
1 tablespoon Brown Sugar
2 teaspoons Italian Seasoning
1/2 teaspoon Salt
2 Cups Broken Lasagna Noodles
3/4 Cup Fresh Grated Parmesan
Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Baguettes to serve with soup

In a large Dutch Oven, combine hamburger, onion, bell pepper and garlic. Cook over med-high high 8-10 minutes stirring occasionally until meat is browned. Drain well.

Stir in broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, brown sugar, Italian seasoning, and salt. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes. *I always add a little extra broth to mine because the noodles absorb so much of it**Add noodles and simmer until the noodles are tender. Add Parmesan cheese.

Pre-heat broiler. Ladle soup into oven safe bowls, top with cheese and place under broiler until cheese is melted.





Be sure to check out Honey Bear Lane for a giveaway for a cute apron skirt!

Also check out Where Women Create for another giveaway!

And you could win a camera at Have An Epiphanie!

Win your choice of Apron from Flirty Aprons Ends 03/26
Audrey's Giveaways!