Twinkling, uh, I mean, TINKLING Tuesday...

THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER!

I will now share with you what I had to use my extra special Fedex pak for. Some of you will recall that I had 5 kidney stones a while back. (If you missed that post, you can read it here.) Well, in order to find out what my kidney stone was made of, I had to give a 24-hour urine sample. Basically, pee into a container every time you pee for a 24-hour period, then send them a sample of it. In case you're wondering what kind of container I had to pee into, here it is:



And yes, it did have to be refridgerated! I had to put a jug of urine in my fridge. Luckily, that wasn't the night the queen was coming over for dinner, cuz I think that would've made a very poor impression. I know it made a definite impression on my 11-year-old. He really had no appreciation whatsoever for the jug of pee in our fridge. In fact, he didn't even find it funny when I told him I was going to wash and re-use the jug to make orange juice in. Sheesh, some people!

So, from the jug I had to fill up 2 little vials, with pretty blue lids, with my pee.


And then put those little vials, with pretty blue lids, into a special ziploc bag and into a little cardboard box.



And into my special Fedex pak and off to Fedex to be delivered to the lab.

So, ladies and gents, what have we learned from this little exercise in medical sampling??? If you want to avoid, at all costs, putting pee-pee in your refridgerator, be sure to drink plenty of water, so that this doesn't happen to you.

Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow.

Banana Pancakes

Wow, I was just looking up a recipe for Banana Pancakes to cook for breakfast and found out that Jack Johnson has a song called 'Banana Pancakes'! It's a pretty sweet song. (And yeah, like you need ANOTHER reason to like Jack Johnson.) I mean, he DID do the soundtrack to Curious George...

Quilt Giveaway

Okay, it's not ME giving away a quilt. Are you kidding? If I was to actually get a quilt made all by myself, you'd probably have to pry it from my cold dead hands to get it away from me! I found the link to this blog on Currently Crafting and decided to check it out. Three reasons you should too:

1) She's giving away not 1, but 3 quilts!

2) She makes and sells soap, which is something I aspire to do. Maybe not sell it, but at least make it on a more regular basis.

3) She remodeled her kitchen and has the most awesome farmhouse type sink!

So, check her out, here's the link: Old Red Barn Co.

I feel like the CDC!

I get to handle all this stuff, and I don't have a PhD or nothin'! Did you know that Fedex even made such a thing? I'm not going to tell you what these are for until I have to use them, then I'll be sure to blog about it, cuz I know you'll be sitting on the edge of your seats until then! I just wanted to give you a sneak peek!

Yummy!

Hey y'all! I added a new blog to the sidebar called Chickens In The Road. She has lots of farmy stuff and yummy recipes that I think would make great Christmas gifts! I'm linking to a few that I just came across. AND, she's located in West Virginia, which is where I was born, so I thought that was pretty cool too!

Caramel Apple Jam & Spiced Applesauce

Pumpkin Butter

Homemade Vanilla: Big Bottle & Small Bottle Method

I would like to try all 3 of these. I recently bought some pint and 1/2 pint canning jars, so I have plenty of jars for canning the jam and butter, along with my salsa I plan on making.

Mindless Monday, Electoral Edition

I Stamp, Therefore I Am.

One of the crafty things I like to do, but don't do too often is stamping. I scanned in a copy of the Halloween card I made this year. I think it's pretty cute!