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today is for decorating and cleaning around here. but this is too cute not to share. my favorite is the kids in the cabinets and the spinning at the gym. 🙂 my washer broke (AGAIN) last friday. my laptop has been unusable since saturday. i have been feeling VERY out of my element without it. i have pics of the africa shirts i made….but i can't load them anywhere so they won't be for sale tomorrow because i can't send them. (don't forget to shop the Water4Christmas etsy shop on friday) i have pictures of a lovely thanksgiving but it will be later that you get to see those too. i brought 8 baskets of laundry to my moms for thanksgiving. i did them all. the toilet overflowed twice since we've been here. my grandma fell this morning without her life alert necklace on. i ate too many sweet potatoes today. i am going to bed now. with a non-fat-sugar-free-peppermint latte in my hand. good night. sorry this is the most boring post ever. are you shopping for any special deals tomorrow? (p.s. erin condren is 50% on friday….)
I too am washing machineless ;( Not boring…we love you pics or not. 🙂 never boring! I came and dropped the family off at my inlaws for the night and then went shopping until 3 am, crashed on their couch for two hours and then went back out to get the cheap rug at Home Depot that I wanted. The sad thing is that when I went back out with my husband to grab something this afternoon they had almost the same stuff still at Target. It’s ok, the chase is part of the fun! i went this morning at 6 a.m. too. it rocked. target still had everything that was on my list. sorry about your washer. that is bad news for a family of seven. hope the latte helped. 🙂 Meg, I just went through your HomeSweetHome. Those are some great shots! I love your style. I swear looking at them put me in a better mood. Not boring Meg, still love your blog. We love our technology don’t we? No washing machine is really tragic. Can you imagine it really wasn’t that long ago that mommies didn’t have washing machines?….Yipes! Just to make me sound really old, I remember when we got our very first dryer! Hope your shopping was fun. I am still in my jammies and NOT going shopping 🙂 Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful. boo on the washing machine and laptop! I hope you get them fixed soon! Glad you had a good Thanksgiving! My dishwasher is on the fritz…blah for not worthy appliances. 🙁 I would cry too without my computer … just so you know. 🙂 lol, we live very similar lives. good to know I’m not the only one. Our dishwasher has been broken for a month – it broke right when two of our friends moved in with us while their house is being built!! Yeah, I cried as well. I hope your stuff gets fixed soon! Have fun shopping…I don’t think I’m brave enough for that! Oh NO! Washing machine interruptions are the WORST! Sounds like an exhausting week!! Enjoy yourself tomorrow! Happy Thanksgiving, Meg! Thanks for always brightening my day with your blog (even if pictures aren’t present). Even without pictures, I still love your blog. 🙂 Hope your laptop and washer get fixed SOON! A Mom just can’t survive without either of those things, in my opinion. 🙂 I went to walmart to see what a Black Friday was like. I was there at 10 pm, and the parking lot was full. I was completely appalled at the behavior of the majority of the people. i was getting a barbie for my daughter and a lady asked if they were on sale. i said no, and she laughed at me. Really? My sister and I went to Ihop and had a blast. I bought the majority of my gifts on amazon right there eating eggs and drinking coffee. I snort when I laugh too!!! I may have just shed a tear because you can’t upload your pics of your africa shirts…
do you like to cook dinner? i remember sitting at a home kitchen party and hearing the women around me complaining about how much they hate to cook, and that's when i realized i did not. BlogHer asked if i would try out a recipe from Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise and Bobby Flay. i read the recipe and thought "hmm… i don't think i have ever cooked with mayonnaise. how can that be?" now i was on a mission:
i found the cutlets. and i grabbed the Hellmann's and got busy.
i mixed the mayonnaise and mustard and seasoning together with a whisk.
then brushed both sides of the cutlets with the mixture.
next, i dipped the turkey into a bowl of bread crumbs and seasonings.
i made sure it was completely coated.
then in my skillet with heated canola oil, i added the turkey. i cooked it for 3 minutes on one side and then flipped it for another 2-4 minutes, until it was crispy & cooked all the way through.
oh my goodness…my kitchen was smelling SO GOOD at this point. while the turkey was cooking, i started on some potatoes.
and some asparagus on the inside grill on my cooktop.
and in 15 minutes…this meal was ready.
i tasted the turkey…a bit unsure since i had never had it before. (i have had turkey, just not turkey cutlets.) Hellmann's Mayonnaise made the turkey juicy and crispy!
this recipe is EASILY a new family favorite. A Bobby Flay Recipe Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes 4 servings 2 cups panko or plain dried bread crumbs 3 Tbsp. finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1/4 cup Hellmann'sÆ or Best FoodsÆ Real Mayonnaise 2 Tbsp. Dijon mustard 1 tsp. poultry seasoning 4 turkey cutlets (about 1/2 inch thick) 4 Tbsp. canola oil, divided Combine bread crumbs, parsley, salt and pepper in large shallow dish; set aside. Combine Hellmann's or Best Foods Real Mayonnaise, mustard and poultry seasoning with wire whisk in small bowl and season, if desired, with salt and pepper. Season turkey, if desired, with salt and pepper. Brush 1 side of each turkey cutlet with mayonnaise mixture, then coat in bread crumbs. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium- high heat and cook 2 turkey cutlets, bread side down, 3 minutes or until golden brown and a crust has formed. Turn over and cook an additional 2 minutes or until turkey is thoroughly cooked. Repeat with remaining oil and turkey. Hellmann'sÆ wants to encourage you to take a break from the holiday hustle and bustle to join in a light-hearted Turkey Challenge each week at Hellmanns.com. Cast your vote for your favorite and enter the sweepstakes for a chance to win one of four $250 grocery gift cards each week. If there are more than 10,000 entries, the prize value doubles to a $500 grocery gift card!* *No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. The Hellmann's Turkey Challenge is sponsored by Conopco, Inc., d/b/a Unilever. Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. & D.C., 18 & older. Begins 12:00 a.m. ET on 9/12/11 & ends 11:59 p.m. ET on 12/5/11. For official rules, visit Hellmanns.com. so exciting. …………………………………………………………………………………………… Hellmann's and BlogHer are giving away a $100 gift card to Cooking.com. for a chance to win, leave a comment today here letting me know your favorite turkey dish to enjoy in November. you may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods: ï leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post. ï tweet about this promotion, adding @hellmanns to the end of your tweet, and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment on this post. ï blog about this promotion and leave the URL to that post in a comment on this post. ï for those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules to learn about an alternate form of entry. rules: no duplicate comments. this giveaway is open to U.S. residents age 18 or older. winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail. you have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected. the Official Rules are available here. For more opportunities to win, visit the Hellmann's Round-up page on BlogHer.com to read other bloggersí reviews!
Looks great, nice plating, I’ll start my cooking experimentation to try different flavors of turkey I’m so jealous for this. Turkey Paninis the day after Thanksgiving! Turkey, Cranberries, Stuffing all in one delicious sandwich! YUM! My favorite turkey dish would have to be my turkey salad, with some yummy celery and crackers! sweepmorey at gmail dot com My favorite is smoked turkey leg. I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/#!/FotoMacro/status/143786935918403585 I am actually a vegetarian and have been for over 11 years; however, I remember cooking turkeys before making the change. The BEST turkey leftover that I remember was veggie soup. We would take the left over gravy, any left over veggies, and left over turkey that was chopped up and put it all in a crockpot. Cover with water and season with poultry seasonings and cook. WONDERFUL stew! Fried turkey! I love turkey in all sorts of ways – as a roast, casseroles and especially sandwiches. tweet I just like it fried or as turkey bbq i tweeted here: i just love turkey and dressing! Afterwards I like just cold turkey sandwiches Deep fried turkey! my favorite is the day after thanksgiving sandwich my favorite turkey dish is turkey meatball sliders! turkey and dressing is my fave Tweet: http://twitter.com/coriwestphal/statuses/142836972661116928 Turkey Wild Rice soup! Yummy! I also love a turkey sandwich the day after Thanksgiving, I use Romaine lettuce, Swiss or Munster cheese Helman’s Mayo on a good Greek bread from my local small grocer. YUM 🙂 I like to make turkey sandwitches or just snack on plain turkey leftovers. Thanks for the recipe and giveaway! I think this might be my favorite turkey dish to enjoy! Wow, looks great! 2ND ENTRY TWEET https://twitter.com/#!/kytah00/status/141970556139474945 I PRETTY MUCH ONLY EAT TURKEY STRAIGHT FROM THE OVEN OR ON A SANDWICH (PICKY EATER HEREEEE) We tried this recipe with the cutlets and everyone loved it! Thanks for sharing it. I’m adding it to my rotation! My mom’s turkey wild rice soup. Though once I made it during turkey hunting season. It was fun to call it wild turkey wild rice soup. We always make Turkey Noodle Soup and freeze some for those quick fix dinner nights. Home made soup is so much better! Love Turkey Pot Pies! my favorite turkey in Nov? well leftover turkey with leftover stuffing in pepperidge farm dinner rolls -YUM (esp since I didn’t cook the turkey, I just get sent home with leftovers) deep fried thanksgiving turkey! yum yum The recipe looks great! I love a simple turkey sandwich on soft bread the next day! This looks yummy! Wish you could come here and make it for my family! Thanks for the opportunity to win! My favorite turkey meal is turkey and cranberry sandwiches! Oh, yeah. my favorite turkey dish is fried turkey. My dad has fried our Thanksgiving day turkey for years. Each year he injects it with a different flavoring so its never the same but each year it is delicious! I too look forward to trying this recipe. Good old cold turkey sandwhiches from the leftovers!!! YUM! Turkey pot pie! Um….turkey tettrazini! Turkey pot pie is our go to recipe for Thanksgiving leftovers…it is a perfect way to use almost all of them! I love turkey sandwiches I like turkey noodle soup with our Thanksgiving left overs. Tweeted here too Got to say my favorite dish is the whole Thanksgiving dinner but left overs are usually just cold turkey sandwiches. Love em! I like Roasted turkey! My favorite turkey dish is my crockpot recipe for a turkey breast. It’s a year round favorite. We love turkey pot pies. I tweeted about this giveaway:https://twitter.com/#!/ctong2/status/139149520754847744 My favorite turkey dish in November is roasted turkey with homemade stuffing but I will also try your Bobby Flay recipe some other time too. It looks yummy! My favorite turkey dish in November is a hot meatball sandwich (made with ground turkey) with red sauce & provolone cheese! I like turkey cranberry sandwiches. This inspired me to do more than roast turkey. My favorite turkey dish is post-thanksgiving sandwich I call “a bobby.” Hoagie roll, turkey, mayo, stuffing, cranberry sauce. It’s perfection and my thanksgiving isn’t complete without it. But don’t tell my mom–I’m sure she thinks her amazing turkey-day achievements are what we’re all after. They ARE amazing, but, ahhh, leftovers. Ok I just tried this with chicken tenders because I don’t own turkey cutlets and it was fabulous!!! Thanks for the yummy idea! That turkey looks fabulous! I love a good turkey soup! I like the turkey sanwiches. I love mayo. Cooking makes it so moist and taste so yummy! Your pictures are making me drool. I think I will have to try this — and add a package of ranch dry mix to the crumbs — thanks!! Turkey meatloaf is my favorite turkey recipe! yummy…..will have to try the cutlets soon…..looks pretty easy and tasty! Thanks! I’m a vegetarian, but I do like Tofurky. We make Tofurky spaghetti with it after Thanksgiving. I’m pretty simple. My favorite way to eat turkey is turkey sandwiches, preferably dark meat, on soft white bread with lots of mayo and jellied cranberry sauce. I love all of the above, except I had never heard of turkey balls. May try those. I make turkey pot pies. hot brown sandwiches with sliced turkey left over from thanksgiving day Turkey Tetrazzini! These look great. I love the Thanksgiving meal. But I have to say my favorite part is trying new recipes with the leftovers. My favorite turkey dish is actually with ground turkey–I use it to make mini-meatloaves with a stick of string cheese in the middle (mmmmm)! My Fav dish is the Dressing!! No one makes it better than my Mom!! Sadly, we don’t eat turkey! My husband is allergic to turkey! I do like the basic roasted turkey though! I like turkey sandwiches best! 🙂 I love making turkey salad with the leftovers of thanksgiving! i love turkey burgers with cranberry dressing I tweeted at http://twitter.com/#!/anashct/status/137147854220296192 I love turkey pan fried! Thanks for this splendid giveaway My favorite is easily a leftover turkey meat sandwich with mayo and lots of salt! With all the leftover sides on the side. But this plain old turkey sandwich is my favorite!!! Love tukey roll ups….using pizza dough, turkey, stuffing, and cranberry This recipe looks delish! My favorite November turkey recipe truly is leftover turkey sandwiches the day after Thanksgiving!!! For some reason leftover turkey is never as good any other day of the year — ha! Buffalo turkey sandwiches! Heck, when I have any leftover meat, that is what I do to it, buffalo(v) it! But since there are usually left over turkey, mashed potatoes, and some items on the relish tray, I usually add those on top. So delicious! Thank you for sharing this recipe. Turkey sandwiches! I love turkey with cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes. Your recipe looks delicious. Just tweeted about this giveaway: https://twitter.com/#!/uTry_it/status/136729925322420224 My favorite turkey dish to enjoy in November is a turkey bacon and smoke cheese panini for brunch on the day after Thanksgiving. 🙂 I love leftover turkey sandwiches the day after Thanksgiving. the best turkey dish is definitely a cheeseball made with cream cheese and left over shredded turkey. forget crackers…i could eat it by the spoonful! Thank you for offering this giveaway! We need a new stand mixer SO badly! We love turkey salad with cranberries, stuffing croutons and of course Hellmanns! i make this pampered chef recipe with crescent rolls in a wreath shape, with turkey, craisens, mayo, mustard, walnuts, and celery. it is fantastic!!! leftover cold turkey sandwich… with mayo 🙂 Turkey chili is one of my go-to dinner favorites when the weather turns chilly. Yum! My great-aunt taught me to brush pork-chips with a mayo-mustard mix before grilling them to help seal the juices in. Not sure if it does, but they always taste yummy! I LOVE a good turkey panini with swiss cheese and cranberry mayo. YUM!! This looks tasty! Thanks for the giveaway! I love doing BBQ pizza with turkey. Spread BBQ sauce on the crust, sprinkle leftover turkey and some sliced green onions and cheese. Bake and devour!! Favorite Turkey Dish: Leftover turkey and cranberry sauce sandwiches. Really love it! I know this is simple but my favorite is just a plain leftover turkey sandwich with cranberry salad on it. Turkey sandwich the say after Thanksgiving! Yum. I need to start cooking with turkey more! Homemade turkey pot pie with left over thanksgiving turkey! mmmm, i love my dad’s deep fried turkey on thanksgiving. there’s nothing better! I love ground turkey sloppy joes! Sooo good (and easy)! Oh and gotta love left over turkey sandwiches, sooo so good!! I love a good traditional turkey dinner.. thinking about it makes my mouth water! YUM 🙂 Yummers!!!! I’ve never cooked with turkey cutlets, either. I’m going food shopping today and guess what I’m getting…. One of our favorite recipes to use up the leftover turkey is one from my paternal grandma..it’s a casserole that uses turkey, stuffing, cream of chicken soup and sour cream…layering all three…yum..blessings! 🙂 turkey sandwiches..love Turkey tenderloin with all the fixings any time of year Tweeted this post I’ll have to go with the traditional turkey and dressing as my favorite. cold turkey sandwich with mayo My favorite way to eat turkey is late at night on Thanksgiving day…….alone……while standing in front of the open fridge! I love my fresh-roasted turkey! Nothing better! Thanks for the opportunity! Turkey Quinoa Meatloaf. Super easy and super yummy! Mmmm … Maybe we’ll have it for dinner tomorrow night! I tweeted :). (@knittybitties) I’d have to say fresh cut turkey left overs on a yummy bread paired with lettuce and mayo … Mmmmm. oooh i do so love eating the meal after turkey sammiches — just turkey, white sandwich bread and mayo. YUM. I also secretly love turkey noodle soup AND turkey tetrazzini. I love a warm, juicy Thanksgiving turkey sandwich late that evening. For some reason, it tastes heavenly after the dishes have been cleaned, the noise has quieted down, the kids are in bed, and it’s just the hubby and me enjoying a warm Thanksgiving fire. It doesn’t matter how full you are, there is always room for an extra midnight turkey/gravy sandwich! we love turkey tacos and turkey chili and turkey potpie my favorite is the turkey sandwich the day after Thanksgiving! Turkey tetrazini Thank you so much for this opportunity! I would love to win! Well in November, my favorite turkey dish is plain turkey with gravy, yummy! I love turkey sandwiches! I pack one almost every day for my lunch at work. Count me in on leftover turkey sandwiches!! Either hot, open-faced, with gravy OR cold, with cream cheese and cranberry sauce. YUM. Turkey soup with barley. A great use for left-overs and it freezes great! Looks delicious! My favorite turkey meal in Nov has to be the leftover turkey and stuffing sandwiches the day after Thanksgiving!! Can’t wait =) My Dad’s famous fried turkey injected with thai peanut sauce. Its dreamy. Ok, first of all, yum! I love making things with turkey cutlets and will need to try this new recipe. One of my favorite meals to prepare is turkey tacos with ground turkey! Turkey Paninis the day after Thanksgiving! Turkey, Cranberries, Stuffing all in one delicious sandwich! YUM! I’m with everyone who said day after thanksgiving sammies, but I’m excited to try out this recipe! Thanksgiving turkey of course! I like day after the feast turkey sandwiches! I like to make Turkey Tettrazini with the leftovers and also a turkey salad with pecans and avacado. Yum! FRIED TURKEY!!! Crispy on the outside…juicy on the inside.. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!!! You always hear that anything tastes good fried….I think real mayo makes everything taste good!!! YUM!!! looks so good! I really just love a turkey sandwich on good bread, with salty kettle chips and fizzy apple cider. Perfect. Leftover turkey sandwiches after thanksgiving!!! Turkey and noodles, I usually make this a couple of times after Thanksgiving. yummy I love taking the leftover turkey from thanksgiving and subbing it into a chicken salad recipe. So good on those leftover rolls! Turkey Burgers are a staple at my house…..I also love left over thanksgiving turkey sandwiches! Thanksgiving turkey! 🙂 My favorite is turkey and gravy over gasp! white bread. It has to be white bread and I am a health nut, but this is comfort food at its best! I love turkey soup. Yum – i think this may be my favorite turkey dish! Seriously, no one likes the dark meat in our house, so turkey cutlets would be a winner. Love the big thanksgiving turkey with mom’s homemade stuffing and gravy. thanks for the chance to win. My hubby makes the best cajun spiced deep fried turkey – we all love that at our house! Sadly if it’s not a deli lunch meat or something we only have turkey 2 times a year on Thanksgiving and Christmas. It turkey covered in cranberry jelly from the can! mmmmmm! Looks ymmy! Turkey Balls! Leftover turkey and stuffing pressed into balls, rolled in bread crumbs and fried. So not healthy, but so tasty. Top with leftover cranberry sauce, you can’t go wrong. I actually love turkey sandwiches. Gobbler Sandwiches (as my husband calls them)…. I love turkey and noodles on mashed potatoes. Wow, that makes me hungry to think about! That looks really good! I’m saving it for my husband, who is the cook in our family! 🙂 Turkey tetrazzini…since I am actually making Thanksgiving dinner at my house this year I will have leftover turkey. Straight up turkey for Thanksgiving! i like to make just a plain ol’ traditional turkey on thanksgiving…just a ton of butter & salt & cook all day. 😉 I like to make turkey salad (kinda like tuna salad or chicken salad). Or I just reheat all the sides that we had on Thanksgiving and eat it all over again with the turkey. I’m a cattle rancher’s daughter, so we didn’t eat a lot of turkey growing up. At Thanksgiving we fry our turkey, making sure we have lots of leftovers. That is usually the only turkey we eat all year, but I am intrigued by this recipe. And I tweeted it! http://twitter.com/#!/blondiestarr101/status/136163246280421376 I love turkey any way you cook it. I like a good old roast turkey the best, but I like to take the leftovers and see how creative I can get with it. Turkey and Noodles! I love cold turkey sandwiches. Always best with leftover Thanksgiving turkey! Yumm! Turkey and Noodles! Excellent way to use leftover turkey of any kind! I like all the traditional turkey dishes (especially when you deep fry a turkey, so delicious!) but my favorite turkey dish is my turkey meatball hoagie sandwiches. It’s based off a Rachael Ray dish and involves spinach, provolone and a delicious gravy sauce. So good! I love leftover turkey in soups! I love mayo and Bobby Flay, so I am going to have to try this recipe! I mix ground turkey with beef (or sometimes use it alone) for our spaghetti, chili and other meals. It’s an nice substitute! I cant wait for the classic roast turkey, but mostly for the amazing leftover sandwiches… yum! i just love turkey, any way and always. Can’t wait for thanksgiving turkey. I love making turkey salad (just like chicken salad). I enjoy cooking for my family too! It really makes me happy. Definitely the day after Thanksgiving, a turkey sandwich on a left over dinner roll with lots of mayo! My favorite! I love fried turkey. I love turkey at Thanksgiving. Either fried of baked. The best turkey I’ve ever had was one my husband killed. Very moist! Turkey enchiladas! Try roasting a turkey rubbed in mayo and sprinkled with Greek seasoning…it is to die for! I had it at a relatives a few years ago and have made mine that way since! A turkey bun with mayo and salt:) I love to cook for my family when I have a plan…the worst is everyone asking what’s for dinner and I have no idea….no fun. My favorite turkey dish of all time is my mom’s Turkey Hash, which does not resemble any hash I have seen (no potatoes,etc). It is turkey in a brothy gravy served over homemade buttermilk biscuits. To.die.for! I keep trying to duplicate it and haven’t succeeded. Hopefully we can enjoy mom’s for many years to come! I love to cook too. My favorite turkey meal is the day after Thanksgiving when the guests have all left and it is just our small family and we can enjoy the clean house, leftover dinner and a little quiet. Best turkey meal in November is the turkey sandwich the day after Thanksgiving. A nice hunk of turkey on wheat bread with lettuce and mayo. Helleman’s, of course. Yum!! Love leftover turkey mixed with leftover mashed potatoes, stuffing, green been casserole and gravy! I love turkey burgers! We love turkey noodle soup, using the leftovers from our Thanksgiving meal! I just love the wraps and sandwiches with the leftover turkey and I can eat them every day and night till it is gone. Cranberry sauce and stuffing, mmmmmm can’t wait. I will also have to stop back and see some of these comments to make some of these. This is great!! yum! that looks SOOO good. Our families favorite turkey dish, is turkey and homemade noodles with a gravy/sauce served over left over mashed potatoes! Oh my!! Wll have to try this!! YUM!! may have to change tonight’s dinner plans…:) well in my opinion a deep fried turkey is the way to go…because well why not? After it has fried it must sit for awhile covered in foil in a roaster. Like as long as a football game (we did thanksgiving dinner at our last tailgate) then I love to make little turkey slider type sandwiches with those Hawaiian buns…..yummmmmm-o! oh and I love cooking for my family too:) hmm I’ve never seen the cutlets either. I’ll have to try this recipe. Sounds delish! we love mayo is our house. This is my newest favorite recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/yummy-honey-chicken-kabobs/ Love left over turkey sandwiches 🙂 I’m not a big turkey person, but this sounds great! I usually use it on sandwiches. my mother in law makes turkey salad for sandwiches! Mmmmmm. A different take on the day after turkey sandwich. Cold turkey, mayonnaise, and salt. Mmmmmmmmmmm heaven. The best use of Turkey leftovers ever!!!!! I don’t hate cooking, but I get tired of having to make meals every. single. day. LOL. And I actually don’t- if my husband is home he will cook becuase he loves it. I don’t mind doing laundry every week, but do we have to eat? haha… Oh – the best part of that way of cooking – the turkey turns out NICE and JUICY and OH so tender – falling off the bone – YUM!!!! 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win this. Oh – and Yes, I want the “trick” to your asparagus too. 🙂 This looks SO yummy and I will definitely be trying it soon! My favorite turkey dish is cooking my turkey in a brown paper bag in the oven and never having to touch it the entire day until it has finished cooking – No basting, no nothing! 🙂 This looks delicious! We love these turkey cutlets and really we just season them and pan cook. With a little sweet potato on the side… it is delicious! What is your secret to the asparagus? They look amazing! 🙂 Cory’s 2 favorite foods are mayonnaise and gravy. Yep. I love to chop up the leftover turkey and make turkey salad with Hellman’s – just like chicken salad. add some chopped celery, salt, pepper and some dill seasoning. Fabulous! i absolutely love using leftover turkey to make a sandwich and press it in the panini press! Wow. I too had no idea these were in the poultry section of the grocery store. I’ll have to look today as I go and buy my 5 lb bag of russet potatoes to make mashed potatoes for a potluck Thanksgiving dinner this afternoon with our neighborhood MOMS Club. And speaking of Thanksgiving dinner, the only Turkey I like to eat (well, maybe until I try this recipe) is a giant roasted turkey with all the trimmings. Yum. Leftover turkey sandwiches with a sprinkle of salt and mayo, with my grandma’s sweet pickles…I can’t wait until Nov. 25! I have great memories of my mom covering the cleaned catfish my dad and grandpa caught with mayo, wrapping in foil and baking. Delicious! So long ago I don’t know if it was Hellmans. P.S. They didn’t catch them with the mayonnaise. My favorite turkey meal is thanksgiving meal! Love! turkey with dressing…..yum!!! A big turkey right out of the oven is always the best, but we love leftover turkey sandwiches. This looks so yummy! I have realized lately that I don’t hate to cook, I just hate figuring out what to cook! Ha! I just discovered turkey breasts sold individually, I will have to try this recipe with those too. So far I made roasted turkey breast with sweet potatoes that were really good! Okay. I’ve never cooked with turkey cutlets either. Honestly, I didn’t even know they existed until I read this. haha Besides the traditional Thanksgiving turkey meals, I make a skillet spaghetti with ground turkey. YUMMO. Maybe it’s because I’m 7 months pregnant. Maybe it’s because I’m a hormonal mess, but it’s not even lunch and I need a turkey sandwich now…. Yummy! I am yet to try asparagus..it looks good with butter! I love turkey pot pie! I love a traditional turkey dinner: turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, carrots, bread, etc. 🙂 There is nothing like a big pot of turkey noodle soup. Yum! I love using left over turkey to make chili….dad made it every year for us and it was so good! Oh this looks like something I would not only love to make, but love to eat! My favorite dish in November….my pumpkin pie! Turkey Noodle Casserole My favorite is what I call “Thanksgiving Sandwiches.” Turkey, cranberry sauce, some cream cheese on a roll…..dressing too if you’re feeling crazy. SO good! There is NOTHING like turkey and dressing. I could eat it everyday, but then it wouldn’t be as special. LOVE IT! Turkey tetrazini. Mmmmm. That recipe looks great! Thanks for sharing! haha – I was just thinking the EXACT same thing as Ingrid! Cold turkey sandwich the day after, with lots of mayo and salt! 🙂 I love a “Thanksgiving” sandwich..turkey,stuffing and cranberry sauce on dinner rolls, toasted….mmmmmm! the chocolate turkey favorite would have to be the turkey sandwich on the day after thanksgiving. on ‘good’ toasted sourdough bread with lots of mayo, stuffing and cranberry sauce! yum…
i have laundry problems. so here is my NEW system…. their names on the wall… their dirty clothes in hampers under their name. everyone gets a day of the week to wash their own clothes… even my 7 year old. IF they get it in the washer before school i told them i would help them by moving it to the dryer for them (thank you to the blog reader who gave me that suggestion!) the other change in our laundry room is the addition of the Bounce Dryer Bar.
it looks kind of like a bar of soap when it's out of the packaging.
it works the same as dryer sheets but i don't have to remember to put the dryer sheet in! it's made from the same stuff as dryer sheets but just molded into a bar. it's great to have one less thing to think about when it comes to the laundry. i even LIKED their facebook page! to win your own Bounce Dryer Bar and a $50 Visa gift card from BlogHer and Bounce, leave me a comment below. do you have any other laundry tips i can try? Rules: No duplicate comments. You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods: For more opportunities to win, visit the Bounce round-up page on BlogHer.com to read other bloggers' reviews! I have a five-year old daughter who now knows the laundry. It is her task every weekend to separate the clothes before we put those in the machine. At her young age, she knows this task already and that makes me the proudest. I think the location of the laundry directly correlates to how much I dread doing the laundry. In our current apartment, it is in a shared basement and I HATE going down there! We are moving to a house this week that has a second floor laundry which was the total selling point of the house! I think my biggest tip is to not get behind and try to do a load a day rather than a full laundry day on Saturday! I always turn off the water at the intake valve afterwards to avoid possible dripping or flooding. I use an old toothbrush to clean the lint filter. Only tip I have is wash as soon as needed because once it gets backed up it isnt easy getting caught back up. sweepmorey at gmail dot com Fresh out of tips. I like your system. I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/#!/FotoMacro/status/144093324054249472 My laundry tip is that MOST laundry detergents work just as well in cold water as in hot, so using cold water will save you money by not using your water heater as much!! The best laundry I have is to get someone else to do it:) If that doesn’t work, I try to always stay caught up so it doesn’t seem like there is mountains of laundry to do. this looks great! I’d love to win one! i use a laundry zipper bags. each one has their own for socks and underwear. this way i dont need to sort them out and goes directlyto the closet after drying. Tweeted here too I really don’t have any tips but I am going to read everyone else’s for sure. I’m trying to reduce the amount of clothing in our household. (Maybe less clothing means less laundry?) The kids have all gotten so many hand me downs from neighbors and friends and well meaning relatives that they wear something and throw it on the floor. Their drawers are overflowing and the pile on the floor keeps growing. I’ve put two bins (The large storage totes) one for each kid in the hall. After I do the laundry I put each kids clothing in their bin. They have to take out what they want to keep and put it away in their drawers and then I take whats left in the bins at the end of the week and take it out to donate. ^_^ Its starting to make a dent. I am trying to think of any laundry tip for you, but I can see you have been doing very well and your kids are already highly motivated to do their laundry. To me It’s perfect. Keep doing this way! i fold laundry and put it in baskets based on upstairs/downstairs for easier putting away My laundry tip is to NEVER dry clothes that have undergone color bleeding. Wash them again with regular detergent and color-safe bleach. Tweet: http://twitter.com/coriwestphal/statuses/143506946723553280 I use Rit Dye Color Remover to get my white whiter than ever! it’s cheap and works great! I installed a tension rod in the laundry room so I can hang up clothes out of the dryer, less wrinkling that way. That’s the only tip I can think of. tweet We have a separated baskets for towels and wet clothing laundry tip….spray stains right away. My laundry tip would be to teach a kid how to do laundry and make it their regular chore. My oldest does all of our laundry and I fold it when she is done and then they have to come pick it up. I fold it on my bed, that way it has to be put away before bed time. Haha. Before taking clothes out of the washer, run the washer for extra spin cycle. This will get more water out of the clothes and they will not take as long to dry in the dryer I do love the product and like the ideas in your blog. I like to separate the colors into different piles before I got to wash them. Then I can just throw the piles in as I go. It goes much more quickly this way. The only laundry tip I have is get a tall hamper so your dog doesn’t steal your dirty clothes and hide them! I heard a tip from the guy who came to fix my mom’s front load washer. Apparently you only truly need to use a few tablespoons of detergent in the new high efficiency washers as they don’t use much water…the detergent companies don’t want us to know that dirty little secret! I always forget the dryer sheet – so the Bounce Bar is the BEST~ I have no tips. I ask my hubby or little one to help me I love the idea of trying the Bounce bar! I don’t have kids yet, so I should be taking tips from you! Wow! i use these all the time Doing laundry happens to be one of my most dreaded chores. This Bounce bar looks amazing, though. I do have one tip… turn anything that might get lint on it inside out. It’s a lot harder to get the lint off afterwards than it is to keep it off in the first place. I got my first Bounce Bar about a month ago. Now my clothes actually smell fresh! I used to never remember to put the dryer sheet in, but now I don’t have to. I don’t think I have any special tips, except to stay ahead of it or the piles overwhelm everyone. I only have to worry about my own laundry but I am a SNOB when it comes to how my clothes, towels, sheets, etc. smell when they come out of the dryer. I am excited to try the bounce bar. I have no tips..I can’t even keep up with my own laundry, yikes! The bounce bar would be great for my family, I will have to try it. Wow! What a great time saver! I have no tricks or suggestions….I don’t even separate my darks and lights.. oh the horror! Put the kids to work – that’s all…lol. I, personally, wait until my kids are in bed…but they’re all very young and make laundry somewhat more difficult! 🙂 My only tip is to not get behind- I have done that before, and it takes way too much to get caught back up! I try to do a load every other day. use less detergent it’s better for the environment. unless your clothes are filthy and covered in schmutz. i’d cut back atleast half of what you’re currently using. i use only half of the lil cuppy thing. all those chemicals can’t be that good for ya. imnotarunner at gmail dot com Use Oxy? Don’t let husbands sort clothes? I’m really hopeless. 😉 I have absolutely no tips… my hubby and I are expecting a baby in about 8 weeks (!!) and I can’t even keep up with our laundry!! I try to make a rule saying that as soon as a load comes out of the dryer I HAVE to immediately fold and put them away… but right now there are probably 5 baskets of CLEAN laundry sitting in the laundry room 🙁 Oh well, aren’t rules made for breaking?! Gotta love having one less step to keep up with! I have to try this out!! I’ve always wanted to try one of those! At my house the laundry is all done by the hubby because he says I fold things wrong… My tip is therefore to fold poorly until someone else takes over (just kidding) I don’t have any tips but we love bounce is the only brand we use 2ND ENTRY TWEET @ https://twitter.com/#!/kytah00/status/138082011318468608 I HEARD CREAM SODA CLEANS UP STAINS BUT NEVER TRIED IT. OTHER THAN THAT, I’M TERRIBLE AT LAUNDRY (& YOU’D THINK IT WASN’T POSSIBLE, BUT IT IS… LOL) Ah! I am a teacher and static cling has been my very worst enemy, along with those hard-to-find dryer sheets; so, I always count how many I put in and remove the same number when they come out! It sound like a process, but I swear–it’s made me think so much less about what’s sticking to what! Great ideas! I like the Bounce Bar. That’s a lot of dirty laundry…..Glad they are all pitching in! Love the dryer bar!!!!! I’ve used it for awhile now, I dislike the dryer sheets everywhere and could not control those. I could definitely use one of these! I am a young newly married woman and I am trying to start off right, with a good budget. I make my own laundry detergent (and LOVE it) but it doesn’t leave that nice scent. Having those dryer sheets in one, would not only help take away the need of all those sheets all over! And it would help get a clean fresh smell on the clothes! I don’t mind doing laundry but the folding part is the one I hate. Sometimes they are days before I fold them or I just simply forget that thay have been washed and I wash them again!:) I got the Bounce Dryer Bar for free off of their Facebook page over the summer. I haven’t used it yet, I was waiting until my drier sheets were used up… I might have to break it out, though! I have seen the Bounce dryer bar in the store, but I haven’t tried it yet…but…I have a coupon for one and now I’ve read your post I am going to go pick one up! (I use Bounce, just the sheets…dryer bar here we come!) I love the bar simply because the little dryer sheets that end up all over the floor bug me! 🙂 My only tip is that I throw in a scoop of Borax with every washer load…I’ve seen a huge difference in my clothes since I started that! i’ve been wanting to try this ever since I read your post on the dryer bar! I (mostly) won a fight against fish oil by leaving a load of laundry in the sun/rain for a week. I love my Bounce Bar! Been using it for over a year now!! Oh…and my kids do their own laundry too! A lot of my friends gasp when I say this and then chime in with my kids would just die!! And believe it or not, they’re both still alive!!LOL!! I recently started using the Bounce bar too and I like it! Would be cool to win another one! I only have one basket that I use for toting clean and dirty clothes around. So if its full with one or the other I have to take care of them before I can do any more laundry. It just forces me to do it. I’ve started my 21 month old helping with laundry. He helps me put clothes in the washer and the dryer. He also helps me put clothes away. He loves it and even if it takes longer, so do I. Sorry if this posts twice…I typed my email incorrectly! We are only a family of four, but laundry adds up quickly here! My husband prefers to do the laundry on Saturday and spend all day doing it. I prefer to do a load every day to stay caught up…I think it’s easier that way! Never pile them up. Do them by schedule, say at least twice a week depends on each case. It’s only my husband and I living together, so I don’t think I could give you any tips for 7 people! But I’m amazed at how our two laundry hampers are full by the end of the week! A dryer bar sounds like a great idea! I don’t have any suggestions for you, but I think I’ll be taking some of yours…especially regarding each member of the household taking responsibility for his or her own laundry. my only tip is to let most things air dry – less static and less electricity! I hate doing laundry! And there’s only 2 of us! I have been eyeing the dryer bar for awhile now… glad to know you like it! I don’t have any more tips but it looks like you are doing just great. I definitely want to get one of these~ Sometimes I read a good book to the kids, and let them fold while I read. But it definitely doesn’t work on a regular basis! You sound like you have a good system going! My tip is to get the whole family to help with laundry. With a family of 5, laundry is never finished. The Bounce Bar would be a welcome edition to our laundry room. Laundry is not my favorite thing to do so saving a step sounds great to me! Sign me up!! My tip is when the laundry situation gets overwhelming — declare laundry bankruptcy — get a roll (or 2) of quarters, load it all up and go to the laundry mat — gets it done in less time than you could at home doing one load at a time because you can use as many washer/dryers as necessary. We don’t have as many kids in our house – just 2 – so our laundry isn’t as much of a mountain as yours! But it is still quite the mountain to climb! We have started having the kids be in charge of all towels in sheets in the house. Fridays after school they start those. They are in charge of folding and delivering it as well. They also fold and put away all their own clothes. I had to give up control over the neatness of their drawers, but it has been a big help. I’ve seen the Bounce dryer bar ads in magazines but have never tried it. There’s “only” 3 of us in my household, but I do a ton of laundry, as I wash our towels and washcloths after each use (yeah, I’m a bit neurotic w/that)…and my hubby wears a uniform to work, then changes into regular clothes, and we both have workout clothes! I love the idea for the bounce bar, but with a baby coming I have to think about the sensitive skin thing.. but once he gets older we’ll be switching back! It’s kinda a pain to stick it and then have to take it out to do baby clothes! As far as tips go, you are a family of 7 and I have a family of 4, so your tips are probably worth more weight than mine. no tips since i have a two year old and a 6 month old and our laundry is made up of mostly bibs and tiny socks. the 2 year old really likes to help, so hopefully i can get him doing his own laundry in a couple of years 🙂 My kids are too young to do their own laundry…I would love to pay someone to come and fold and put away my laundry…that’s the part I HATE the most! I find it best to separate the laundry and wash it per person as well, then I take the dried clothes into the room of the person and fold it in there…this way it gets put away right away! I don’t really have any laundry tips but I am a huge fan of Bounce. Their dryer sheets are great for cleaning soap scum out of the bathtub. Tweeted too No big laundry tips here. Not my favorite job but I am going to try this bar out for sure. Great invention…….would like to try it. Um…this looks amazing! My dear husband is always begging me to use triple the amount of fabric softener in his dress clothes b/c he HATES static, so this would make things super easy! Love this idea! I want to try it! I just started using dryer sheets and this sounds even better! So love that you are doing this with your kids! Such great life lessons you are instilling with them! Mine are grown and I wish I would have had them do this! Instead, I was very hard on myself and felt like it was MY job (even tho I worked full time) so therefore, there was always dirty laundry and always a stressed Momma trying to deal with it! Looking back…I WOULD have done that differently!! YOU GO GIRL! I would LOVE to try a Bounce bar too!!! I love this idea! I like the bounce bar too – who knew?! Lori Austin – YES it does come in free and clear. i love that bounce bar i just bought one and my clothes smell so fresh. i have 6 kids so i know what you mean about the laundry – however, you have trained your kids well and i have not 🙁 Would love to try the Bounce dryer bar! I stink at the dryer sheets too! This would be perfect. good idea Bounce! I will def have to pick one up next time I go to Wally. I’m all about sticking it and forgetting it. Okay…I have to add in that about a year ago we “redid” our laundry room – translation: we replaced the single light bulb with a pretty chandelier (thrift store find + spray paint), hung some cabinets our friends were chunking during their kitchen redo – painted those and put glass knobs on them, and I repainted the laundry room. And now…I LOVE that room and it sounds ridiculous, but I promise it’s made me so much more motivated to tackle the never ending piles. In conclusion: making it pretty goes a long way towards motivation! After all, we do spend a lot of time in there! have you tried color catcher? never ever ever sort your laundry again. wash your whites with brights with blacks with stripes. toss n a color catcher. wash on cold. dry like you normally would. the color catcher catches excess dye – no bleeding. they have saved so many shirts and pants and sweatshirts in our house! buy them on amazon – they are cheapest there for a box of 12 boxes. I just started using the bar this week and I LOVE it!! We have 5 in our household with three animals who shed like crazy so there is ALWAYS laundry to be done. But in order to keep my sanity, laundry days are Mondays and Wednesdays. Don’t get your clothes in the dirty piles by then, no clean outfits for you. Then after its all washed and dried, everyone has their own laundry basket that they all get sorted into and they are responsible for folding and putting it away. So far its working for us! Sorry, no tips. That is a lot of laundry. We keep wooden, spring-style clothespins on the hampers in each bedroom. If you get a stain on your clothing, attach a clothespin to that item before tossing it into the hamper. Later, when laundry is sorted in our basement, items that have clothespins get stain treatment before being sorted into the appropriate pile. No more set-in stains…at least not because I didn’t know that the stain existed. oh laundry! what works best for our family is to HANG everything that gets hung straight out the dryer…less ironing. win. win. I like to throw in a handful of baking soda with a load of clothes when the washer starts to smell musty. My front load washer can get icky pretty fast if we don’t leave the door open between cycles! I have been very curious about these bars. I always forget to buy the sheets when I run out! Wow! I am constantly behind on laundry and I only have 2 kiddos! I used to have a laundry “day” but now I’m realizing I need to do some every single day. My 3 year old “helps”, but it looks like you’re doing a great job actually having your kids do it themselves. They WILL thank you someday when they’re in college and they’re the only one of their friends who knows how to work a washer and dryer! I used to use that dryer bar but now that I have cloth diapers for the littlest one I can’t…can’t use fabric softener on diapers 🙁 there is nothing like the smell of fresh laundry! and warm towels just our of the dryer! i like your ideas! I absolutely LOVE the bounce dryer bar. I have my three children bring their dirty clothes to the laundry room, they sort and I wash and dry. They then have to fold and put away their own laundry. Works very well for us. Then I only have to fold my own and I do that while catching up on my favorite tv shows. 🙂 Just wanted to note that you have to remember to change it! I bought one and loved it, until it became so convenient that I forgot to change it. It ended up getting pretty worn down after 5-6 months and I finally changed it when I noticed some of my cloths were catching on it and tearing. love this product; I just need to remember that its there. hehe Don’t hate me…I love to do laundry! Your kids would love me! Just sayin….:) I really want to try the Bounce Dryer bar. One less thing to remember to do!! That’s a great idea! I’d love to forget about dryer sheets for 3 months at a time. Eco-friendly, too! I use dryer sheets and am excited to try this bar. I hope I win! I love the bounce bar. I’ve used it and it works great. I’m not sure I have any tips for you. I do all my laundry (for a family of 7) on Monday. I usually save all the folding til the end and watch a movie while I fold clothes and sort them into the kid’s baskets. The kids then get their baskets and take them to their rooms to put away. I think the way you have your kids involved is better, but this works for me. hickenfam at hotmail dot com No tips here, but I am loving yours! I use these bounce bars and I like them too. You’ve got a great system going on! The only MUST have item I have with laundry are laundry bags… they are fantastic for jeans or sweaters…. I always have the problem of all the legs intertwining and making a wonderful “jean bow” when it goes into the the dryer. Have you ever tried ironing those creases out? They seem like they are permanant!!! I swear!! I’m glad I’m not alone.I have three girls. (two of which change outfits at least 3 times a day) Laundry is never ending at our house. These dryer bars look awesome. Would love to try. i LOVE the Bounce Dryer Bar!!!! No more dryer sheets found in pant legs during meetings 🙂 I would love to try the bar! I wash and dry my 2 kids stuff, but their job is to put it away…they’re not very good at that!! any pointers?? they are 10 and 7 Good lord you need your own laundry mat. I use the dryer bars and love them. family of 6 here too and I simply cant keep up, so your ideas might just be my best ideas too…beats the clothes on my bedroom floor waiting to get folded for a week! Only 2 kiddos in this house. I try to do a load a day to stay caught up and I always fold right away (except this week – been sick, sick, sick…) I also only own one laundry basket for the clean clothes (refuse to use same basket for dirty/clean clothes). This works for me – probably not everyone. We are a family of six and anything that will make doing laundry easier is a plus for me. I’m going to give the dryer bar a shot. 🙂 I don’t have any tips for you, since I am the laundry machine in my house. Everyone says I’m insane, but I actually LIKE doing laundry, AND folding it, so I don’t mind doing everyone’s laundry. I think your systems sounds like it will work great. Given the opportunity for you to finish it for them seems like it will keep them motivated to get it started before school. And I really like the idea of assigned days. I think I’ll start using that when i start making other people do their own laundry. Oh, and I wanted to say, I LOVE the dryer bar. The previous tenant had left one in an apartment I lived in, and I have been buying them ever since. :] I do a load a day, at least, to avoid a huge mountain of laundry. But, I only have 3 kids so this method probably wouldn’t work for you 🙂 My oldest is 11- I need to follow your lead and have her start doing her own laundry!! We have been using the dryer bar for a year now and love it. No tips but I make my 3 kids sort their own clothes in the color piles. I do all the laundry on weekends and then I put the laundry in their baskets and they take it to their room and put it away. If I have time I fold it for them, otherwise they have to do that also. No tips, but I do like that the kiddos are helping out…that might cut down on the multiple outfit changes. I like the Bounce bar because you don’t have to pick up and toss all the dryer sheets when you are folding – I have never gotten mine to last the 3 mos. though, I think that is for people who do a couple loads a week! 🙂 Oh girl…no tips here. I generally do the laundry in one fell swoop, but we only have three people here. I love it that your kiddoes do their own laundry! Am I the only one that hates the smell of Bounce? I’m a Downy girl, but this is a good idea. Just tweeted this….http://twitter.com/#!/windmillwords Ummmm…..I think you just answered my prayers! I’ve been hating our laundry situation. It has been no fun lately. Clothes everywhere. I’m starting to forget which baskets are clean and which are dirty. I’m totally going to try this! Thank you, Meg! I also have five kids and was excited to try the bounce bar, but I was SO disappointed. It didn’t work at all for us. Everything came out of the dryer snapping and crackling with static. Went right back to dryer sheets. I have not tried the bounce bar yet..I still use the sheets. My children now 18, 14 and 12 have been doing their own laundry for about 7 yrs now, it’s been heaven. The problem I have is they usually don’t get their clothes back in their dressers. Walked in the other morning to find my oldest sleeping on his bedroom floor because all his clean clothes were on his bed! REALLY…So now only to get them to put away their clothes! I tweeted here about the giveaway. Thanks! This sounds great! I even have trouble remembering the dryer sheet sometimes! I have used the dryer bars before with good out come. For some reason I forgot about ’em so I may be buying some more in the future. My laundry is also never ending, but I’m the biggest offender of changing my clothes often and saying they are ‘dirty’. Sounds easy! Great job getting your kids to do their laundry…mine are 3 and 5, so not sure when we can start that! Thank you for spoiling us! I’ll have to give the Bounce bar a go. I have hangers at the ready and don’t fold clothes. Everything gets hung and it is FASTER. Undies and socks get tossed in their drawers. 😉 I need the tall laundry baskets. We seem to do a load of laundry a day – we don’t have enough clothes to go too long without doing a load? We tried this bar about a month ago and have never turned back! With 2 little boys, we go through a lot of laundry, so we have definitely put it to the test. It’s performed beautifully and it’s so cool that is says “replace” when it’s all used up – which is where ours is right now! Perfect timing for this giveaway (: I am bad about not grabbing the dryer sheets out before grabbing all the laundry so I always end up finding dryer sheets strewn through out the house! Such a great idea that dryer bar! Can’t wait to try this!! I use the sheets and I forget to add them sometimes as well! This just makes sense and takes one more thing off a busy mothers mind! I have noticed several blogs that are encouraging the dryer bar. I will have to try that. I also like the idea you have used for a clothes basket for each member of the family. I will have to pass that idea on to my oldest daughter. Unfortunately, she has recently become a single mom of 3 young children and she has a huge laundry problem. I think this would help her and give the children some responsibility and also encourage them to know that they are helping out. Thanks!! I want to try one of those! I only have two daughters, but I do laundry every single day… That sounds amazing and less waste in the waste basket! Wow! I love your laundry solution. Honestly, it never dawned on me to have everyone do their own laundry. What a great system you have put into play! I am going to start doing the same. Thanks for sharing! You could get the kids names in vinyl and put them on the wall more permanently. You wouldn’t have to worry about the paper getting wrecked or torn off the wall and ending up in the machine with the laundry. Heck I would even offer to make their names for you if you wanted all you’d have to do is put them on the wall since I live in Canada! Let me know! Great system, by the way! (If you go to my blog there is a link at the top to my scrapjazz gallery, you can see some of my vinyl there) I also have a family of 7 with tons of laundry! That bar looks quite convenient, I’ll have to try it!! I love this idea! Must try it!! My only tip is one that you are already doing. I make sure that our laundry never gets to be more than one hamper full for my husband and I and a separate one for our little girl. When either gets full, that means I MUST do laundry. As a general rule, though, I do a load of laundry every day. It keeps things from getting to overwhelming amounts and makes sure that people get to wear their favorite clothes when they “need” them. 😉 My girls are mostly grown, just the 17 year old at home now. I started them on their own laundry by the time they were about 12. So good for you getting the little girls going early! It always felt like we had tons of laundry when all three girls were living at home. We were constantly losing socks! Where do they go? That has always baffled me. I have been meaning to try this Bounce Bar. I would love to win one! Unless everyone in the family is naked when all the laundry is done there will ALWAYS be dirty laundry. That’s my depressing tip! Even for a family of four, laundry can be a nightmare. I tried the Bounce bar and liked the idea, but not the scents (I know, I’m an oddball). Then I saw that they just came out with one in Gain scent and I was hooked! I cannot imagine the amount laundry for 7 people! I hear ya on the clothes, as I have 5 kids also. I do two loads a day, one dark and one light and have to immediately fold it or hang it as soon as the dryer finishes. And, according to facebook comments I am one of the last few who irons. I think I am OCD in the laundry department. To save money on laundry detergent I make mine! It’s super easy, cheap and lasts a long time! I use a dove bar, borax and washing soda. Great product and blog! I love that you have your kids doing their own laundry and you’re a good mom telling them you will help them fold it 🙂 There are 6 @ our house and I’m the only girl so lots of smelly laundry here! LOL! My tip is to keep a stain stick in the boys’ bathroom and have them treat any stains when they get undressed. Since they sort the laundry too, it helps me not miss as many stains. Also teach them YOUNG to sort clothes! As soon as they know their colors…they can sort! I like to think my DILs will be grateful one day! 😉 I have been meaning to pick up a Bounce Bar to try. I absolutely HATE picking up the dryer sheets that inevitably end up all over the floors, which become slipping hazards on tile. I am pleased to see that you have had success with the bar and can’t wait to get one to see how it works out for me. I have 3 kids (4 if you count my husband). oh goodness the Bounce bar certainly looks like a time saver … one that my static clinged family could use. My laundry problems stem from having two little boys who think the floor is their hamper :/ no laundry tips for you…other than next year I am going to have my son use the washing machine and dryer for the family laundry. However, I am very interested in the dryer bar becuase this last time Walmart only had boxes of dryer sheets that were half as many as before, and for the same price. SO not cool! I tweeted about the contest: Me oh my this post came on an appropriate day. I swear I did about 8 loads of laundry today(none folding. doh!). I ran out of dryer sheets third load in. (double doh!) I was nervous to stick something into my dryer, but I got one about 6 months ago and I just replaced it. I am in love. No more dryer sheets all over! I don’t have any tips. I don’t have kids yet, but I was one of 5 kids. I started doing laundry at an early age because I got sick of not having my clothes when I wanted them or having them end up in someone elses room! And I am pretty sure my husband has more laundry than I do! I love the dryer bar! And my husband 🙂 I have a small basket for each person in our family (6 of us) that I have sitting on top of the washer and dryer. As I pull socks and underwear out of the dryer, it automatically goes into each persons basket. They always know where to go for socks and underwear. What a great idea! My tip: I give my little people their own stain sticks. With 6 kiddos there is a lot of laundry in this house too! Love your blog! Love the idea of sticking a bounce bar in and forgetting about it. I “try” to remember the bounce sheets 😉 I loved everything about the bounce bar but one small detail. I accidentally put a tennis shoe in the dryer and it knocked my bar plum off! Other than that I love it! no tips…but i might steal yours! i’ve never tried the bar, but i usually use 2 or 3 dryers sheets because i want my clothes to smell really good 🙂 maybe getting some hampers with wheels on them to roll around instead of dragging baskets? i’ve always wanted to get some but they’re kinda pricey. 🙂 Yay for more effecient laundry! Definitely seems like a money saver not to have to go through all those dryer sheets! Looks like a great product – thanks for the chance to win. Wow, I wish my kids were doing their own laundry! Soon I hope. I don’t think I have any tips for you! I love the idea of the kids doing their own. But, I am not there yet. I do have three different colored baskets in the hallway. One for darks, one for lights and one for underwear/socks. When they are full..I do laundry. It works for me. If the teenagers decide to not put their laundry in the baskets then it does not get done. I don’t have any tips for you but I sure am envious of the size of your laundry room!!! Mine is a glorified box…talk about needing some organization:) We are learning to get landrydone around a new schedule and it has been so hectic! And… I ran out of dryer sheets today- for real. That Bounce bar would have come in handy! I also do laundry “by person”. The only other “tip” I would have is that I turn my jeans inside out so that they don’t fade as fast. I tried putting the kids socks in a lingerie bag to keep them together, but it didn’t work for me. A few months back I was trying to find alternative to dryer sheets – they just seem so wasteful. This might be just the right thing! I wish my kids did their own laundry. With one only being 3, it seems unfair to make the 8 year old do his separately from everyone else’s. Well, he puts his own clothes away. Don’t hate, but I like doing laundry 🙂 I’m only doing it for a family of 3 though – I’m sure I would feel differently if I had a family of 7! I’m intrigued. I’d never seen such a thing. I don’t have kids, so our laundry is simple: a load a day. But static is always an issue. My fiance and I have to touch before we kiss because, wow, it hurts otherwise. Bzzt! i love the dryer bar!! i have been using them for about a year and i will probably never go back to dryer sheets. it sounds like you have a great system set up for laundry. i just taught my 12 year old how to do her laundry. i realized that she was way too old to NOT know how to do her own laundry. if only my 1 year old could be trained… wow, you’re kids are going to be set up for life! so…my ginormo laundry issue is the fact that my boys have mounds of clothes on the floor of their bedroom…it never even makes it to their laundry basket in the bathroom without me nagging them….sigh…it’s exhausting. and socks…everywhere. okay now i’m just complaining. 😉 i’ve tried the dryer bar and i like it. one less step is a definite bonus. now i’m thinking it’s time for them to put their own clothes away…however i don’t know if i can handle it since i know they will just stuff them in the drawers, willy nilly. Pure magic! I’m intrigued. I keep a bottle of stain remover in my daughter’s changing table. At the end of the day, I just spray down the evidence of her fun day and throw the clothes in the hamper. Everything then washes clean when I get around to doing that load! These are so great! I have been using them for a bit and then went back to sheets but I really do like them and need to get a refill. No tips, I am trying figure out how to get laundry done for myself, my husband and a 5, yr old, a 4 yr old and 6 month old…. my laundry tip is like an anti-tip, don’t let your clothes pile up for a month and a half…it takes forever to wash them all. learn from my mistakes! I’m not sure how it happens, but somehow the laundry in our house seems to pile up faster than we can wear the clothes! I too have experienced the ‘dryer sheet stuck to clothing and appearing at the most inopportune time’ situation… would love to give it a try… anything to make doing laundry in a household with 5 people more efficient sounds good to me! I hate doing laudry, this would be a great help! I have those same tall, narrow baskets 🙂 For stains I like the Dreft stain spray. It works miracles on my infant’s clothes so I’ve started using it on mine and my husband’s clothes too. Our laundry system is pretty simple. I do mom/dad laundry, then the boys, then the girls….(then towels or sheets) and its done. I’m seriously OCD about laundry! I would love to try the bounce bar! I hate using dryer sheets anymore. I am always finding them on my kitchen floor, usually after I’ve almost slipped and busted my tail from stepping on one. I cannot do laundry without Resolve Spray and Wash. There is nothing that resolve cannot get out. With three small kids, and lots of clothes to manage, it’s a blessing to have. I love that you are getting your kids involved with their own laundry! I will have to remember this in a few years when they are old enough to see the top of the washer 🙂 I will admit I was surprised you didn’t make the name labels in rainbow colors 😉 I have been wanting to try the bar for a while now, but I keep forgetting to buy it when doing my shopping; just like forget to put the dryer sheets in dryer. Our 6 yr old son will soon become responsible for running laundry through – towels, socks, and underwear. Then 5 yr old sister and 4 yr old brother will help match/fold. My laundry tip – wear things more than once!!! If I find clothes laying around my kids’ floors and it’s not smelly or stained, back in the drawer it goes! I’m a laundry slave. I don’t think a bar would help. Except maybe I’d get something out of the laundry smelling better. I would love to try the Bounce Dryer bar. Does it leave any grease spots on your clothes? I was using another product that shall remain nameless and it was super convenient, but suddenly grease spots were showing up on our clothes…NOT good. But my laundry tip for you is how to rid yourselves of these grease spots. Believe it or not…a little Dawn dish soap rubbed into the grease spot stain should do the trick. Just rub it in with your finger and throw it into the regular laundry. Even grease spots that have existed for awhile will come out. Truly, Dawn “cuts the grease”. 🙂 I just had baby #2 and it’s unreal how much more laundry there is. While my kids aren’t nearly old enough to do their own laundry, I’ll have to tuck these ideas away to use in the future! I’ve used the Bounce Dryer Bar and LOVE IT! I have tons of laundry for my family of 6 and try to do at least 1 load a day to help me keep it manageable. Also keeping darks seperated from lights helps with the time it takes in sorting. I love the smell bounce dryer sheets gives the laundry too, nothing like fresh smelling sheets and towels! I’m also big on the spiky dryer balls! They are noisy but worth it. I just got a new washer & dryer and decided to try the bounce bar. I am totally loving it! I’ve been meaning to try that Bounce Bar! But force of habit I guess I mindlessly pick up the sheets everytime. Duh! Family of 6 here, I always say if we would become nudists it would save a lot of hassle. My tip would be: hide the folded laundry baskets from the toddler or she will fling them all over. Or I guess you could just put them away?!? I love that your kids are doing their own laundry. My girls have been responsible for folding and putting away their own laundry since they were 5 and 6. It’s a beautiful thing! Hmm…being a single woman living by myself, I throw things in the washer as they become dirty. That way I just start it once it’s full. I like to do towels after everyone gets their shower at night. We’re a family of 5 so towels and washcloths add up quickly. I like to do this laundry at night because if I run out of time to fold them it doesn’t matter if they get wrinkles from staying in the dryer over night. Ironing is the last thing that I want to do!! You can have one of your moms come and live with you and have her do the laundry like the Duggars do…of course, then you would need to have 15 more kids! I’m wondering if the dryer bar stains clothing. I’ve had that problem with dryer sheets. Anyhoo, I center laundry day around tv programs or movies I want to watch so I have something to look forward to while I fold clothes. No better ideas for you. Looks like you’re doing well. I still do everyone’s laundry. oooh… these sound awesome! I like the idea of the dryer bar. Hope it comes in unscented? My only laundry tip is to do one load every day, but I have a feeling that might not work for you! My goodness, I have no tips for you, but I wish I did! I have one child and he’s 3, so I do all of the laundry around here. The weird thing, though? I kind of like it. Love this idea! I’m always out of dryer sheets and NEVER remember to pick up more… I love the “Stick it and forget it” method. I use the Bounce dryer bar too & I love it. I only have 4 kids…all girls & I also have laundry issues! But we’re getting there. Once I said no TV or computer until homework is done & rooms are picked up (including laundry being under control) things started getting done! Wow! I thought I did ton’s of laundry, but I take that back! I love that your kids participate in doing their own laundry. I have to start mine on that chore 🙂
i have read Liz's blog for probably 4 years. well…she wrote a book. i am proud of her. and succeed! go read Liz's blog and see her CUTE new baby. tell her hi! leave a comment HERE first for a copy of Liz's book… from me! …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Looks like a great read! I have missed reading w/ the busy-ness of little ones and summer time, but am finally finding some spots of time to do so. This looks like a great one to add to the list — or win! 🙂 Hopefully it’ll be me.. looks like a good read 🙂 I would love her book! I just visited her blog at your suggestion and LOVE IT! I added her book to my wishlist. I laughed out-loud with tears in my eyes at some of her posts… would so enjoy a copy of her book. i want to read it! 🙂 Awesome! Thanks! I am now following her! Just visited her blog. LOVE! Would love a chance to win her book! Thanks, Meg! 🙂 Looks like a very good book. Would love to read it! I’m definitely going to check out her blog. Thanks for the hook-up 😀 I would love to win this book; love your blog Meg! I’d love to read this!! Looks like a book I’d like to try. Thanks for the giveaway! looks like a great book!! definitely going to check out her blog. Oh I want to write a book! Her’s looks like so much fun! I’m going to check her out!! Would love to read the book . . . Just from the title, I can tell I will relate to it 🙂 ooohh!!! Would so love to read this!!! 🙂 Looks like an amazing book, I’d LOVE a copy! 🙂 Thanks Meg! She seems so fun! I would love to read her book! sweet website!! This book looks great 😉 Yes Please. I could use a book by a kindred spirit..is there really someone who doesnt like turquoise? Dont send me their book 😉 I just went over to Liz’s blog and it was, after two posts, “added to favorites.” Anyone who realizes the house is ruled by the schnauzer, as ours is, and that Erma Bombeck rocked in a way that never ends, is a friend of mine! thanks so so so much Meg, for sharing her. I would have never known. We must ne sister from another mister. Turquoise speaks my love language too. Would love a book 🙂 Sounds like a fun read! gonna check her out. the books sounds intresting Would love a chance to win!! I love to read books! I just wish I had more time to do it. would love this book Looks like a good book…and a good blog! i wanna win! Yes! A book I don’t have to remember to take back to the library! Sign me up please! Would love to read her book. Love her blog! Thanks for introducing us to Liz…can’t wait to win her book and go read her blog. I have only just discovered how inspiring blogs can be and I’m addicted !! But a blog book? Heaven ! Love this book. Would love to win an extra copy for a friend! oh, looks like a great read…adding it to my list! thanks for the chance to win! SO exciting! I love Liz’s blog. It’s actually how I found you. Looks like a great book! yeah a new book!!!! I’d love a chance to win–the cover is adorable! I love turquoise too! I just went over to her blog and it’s awesome…I love how positive she is in her posts (you are too, btw, which is one reason I love your blog!). Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂 I just read the little synopsis of the book on Amazon, and it sounds really good…I will be adding it to my wishlist for Christmas. Thanks for sharing! I love that cover! Looks liek a great read! Sounds like a great book! I would love to win this book! Thank you for the opportunity :)! oooh, I’d love to win a copy! 🙂 Looks like a great book….I know I would enjoy reading it. Thanks! The book sounds great. I definitely want to read it. Thanks for pointing out her blog too. I put it in my favorites. And you’re right- her baby sure is a cutie! Love the title of the book. Sooooo true! I love reading her blog too!! I would love to win her book:) I would love it…how cool for her. The book looks good and I’m excited to check out her blog!! Thanks Meg!! Would love to wrap this up for myself and be ‘surprised’ to find it under our Christmas tree! I love Liz! Great blog and I follow her posts – thank your for the give a way! Love the cover of the book! I’d love a copy of her book! I am constantly searching for the next book to read. I would love to read this! I love her blog. Just went there to take a peek and couldn’t quit reading. I added her to my favorites. And one day I will update my favorites on my website… one day! Sounds like a great read. Tracy Fisher I’m going to go see her blog right now…you don’t know me.. but i read your blog everyday..i look forward to all you have to say. You are a great friend to me. I promise I am not a weirdo..well, sort of..but i mean it from the bottom of my heart..you are great!!! Thanks for that!! Love a good read and heart your blog so much-just makes me happy! Thanks for the chance to win!!! :0) AH! That would be so awesome! 🙂 Happy weekend! I read Mabel’s House too! I’m looking forward to reading her book. Thank you for giving a copy away! yes please!!!!!! I totally see why you have been reading her blog for four years now, Thanks for introducing her to us! That book would be great to add to my collection!!! Thanks for the giveaway!! HOW MUCH FUN ARE YOU!! Wish I lived closer so I could attend one of your CRAFT WEEKENDS! OK…the TITLE of the book and the picture on the front cover are absolutely HYSTERICAL!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!! Thanks for keeping it real… and for a new blog to follow. Would LOVE to win it! hugs! I love Liz and her blog and her baby 🙂 Would love to win this book! I heard her interview on the Shellie show and was amazed! I love your blog! What a nice lil something you’re offering to your reader. yay! i would love to win a copy of her book! thanks! 🙂 Thanks for sharing another great blog! It looks like a great one. Thanks for a chance at her new book! Awesome. I’d love to read it! Going thru her old post, Would love a copy of her book. Her blog is pretty cool A new book? I’m in! I’ve been following Liz’s blog for quite some time now and would absolutely love to read her book. It’s on my wishlist! I’ve been reading Liz’s blog for quite some time. Love the decorating. Of course. Can’t wait to read her book! yeah! love books and love new blogs! thanks! Super cute book! Can’t wait to peek at her blog!! The book looks great! So fun to actually meet you last Saturday on Mass St! 🙂 thanks for the chance to win.. Thanks for introducing us to Liz i would love to read this book! That’s awesome! My one, big life goal is to write a book. People like Liz give me faith that I, too, can be an author. I am headed to her blog right now to check it out. Would love a copy of her book. Ooh! I would love her book! can’t wait to check out her blog and learn more about the book. awesome all the way around. I need a new book to read! I went to her blog. Thank you for the link, I love her writing and would love that book!!! I’ve been following “Mabel’s House” for quite a while too! I loved the short stories that she put on her blog! I would love to read her book. ~Cute stuff~ The book looks great! The book looks GREAT. Would love to read it! I love her blog! Would loooovvvee a new book to read. and this one looks just right for me. Thanks Meg! a book i would pick up at the bookstore (judged on it’s cover and word of mouth) 😉 i’m heading to her blog! Id love a new book! Since going back to work full time its been hard to find time for “me.” Im behind on sewing I want to do and reading is much more “me” right now anyways. Off to check out her blog:) I love books!! love a good read! This book looks like a great read. Thanks for the suggestion. Thank you for this opportunity! I’ve been a reader of Liz’s blog for about four years, too, and her book is on my Amazon wishlist. As for baby Jane……….scrumdiddlyumptious! Looks like such a fun book-all of the books I have had the chance to read from bloggers have been so awesome (Pioneer woman and Kisses for Katie for example)! I love her blog and would love a copy of the book! Thanks for hosting this giveaway! looks like a great book!! love your blog, meg! I LOVE HER BLOG!! She is an awesome blogger and I can’t wait to read her book. And you are right – her baby is CUTE! Oooohhhh, just read the overview and it looks like a great read. Love new books! Thanks to your blog, I have found things, learned things and have become a “color me happy” kind-of-girl (compared to um, 30 plus years of gray, black and white)! Thanks for the info on Liz’s new book! I would love to win this for a friend! very cool! looks like a good one 😉 i just read the first page of her blog–going to have to subscribe now. her book looks like an interesting read. people who write books amaze me!! Oooh i love a good book! Love books, will defanitly go and check out her blog. Would be neat to win. Looks like a great book! On my way to see the blog…thanks for sharing! ooh ooh pick me! pick me! love the tea in mid-air on the cover – classic. off to blog hop x Okay, now I’m hooked on her blog! I love the photo on the cover. I love the cover and title and am gonna go check out her blog! Love books, love to find new blogs! Thanks for sharing with us!! Looks like a great read! I always decide on a book due to the cover -> i would have definitely bought it if seen in a book store <3 Love the cover! I would love to read her book! I LOVE it when people succeed! Can’t wait to see more of her blog…I am going to be a new follower! 😀 Oh I would love to win this book! oh, this looks interesting. Love the cover. Good for her! Going now to check out her blog… Can’t wait to go check out her blog! Then I will anxiously be awaiting the book – that’s postive thinking that I’m gonna win! I love books!! How exciting for her, I will check out her blog for sure!! Thank you! I LOVE THE COVER, I NEED TO FIND TIME TO READ IT! YEAH – A NEW BLOG TO FOLLOW AND A NEW BOOK TO READ – WHAT IS BETTER THAN THAT????? I would love to read this:) I have read her blog for a while now:) I love reading her blog too…and would love a copy of the book!! xo Me me! Thanks! I’d love to read this! 🙂 I would love to win this book! I love her blog. She is so genuine and real. As a young married wife, I can relate. Even if I don’t win I plan to pick up her book. i love her blog… and yours of course too! Two of my daily blog visits. I’d love a copy! Oh my goodness, her blog is adorable. Thanks so much for sharing! Looks like a good book, I need a new book to read. Thanks for the chance to win! Oh, I always love to learn about new blogs to read and enjoy! Thanks for the chance to win. On my way over to her blog right now! It looks like Liz’s book has almost all my favorite characters in it…what a fantastic idea! Even if I don’t win, I’ll definitely be adding this to my list. cute house. cute baby. cute book cover. Looks like a great read! Thanks for sharing another blog for me to follow! Love it! Love the cover of this book! Thanks for the chance to win. Also, I love that you love watching people grow. It makes me so happy! You are just genuinely happy for people when they succeed, and that is a fantastic quality in a person 🙂 This looks like a great book! I would love to read it! Love the title and cover!! Putting on my list of must reads!! Fingers crossed I win a copy!! Yeah- thanks for sharing Meg!! Oh, my goodness! Thanks, Meg, for letting me know about her blog! I can’t wait to keep up with Liz and getting to know her! 🙂 This looks really interesting. Yes, I’ll checkout her blog and thanks for the tip. So you know that I choose my wine based on how much I love the label? Heading over to check out her blog now! I’ve been reading Liz’s blog for years and have sent many to her blog, as you have just done. I told her that I was at a shower recently where three women, from different cities in the southeast were talking about her like you would talk about a mutual friend. It just struck me funny that they were all “up” on her –and had never met her in person– it’s a “small world” in the blogging world too! looks interesting! liz is a doll. Would love a copy of this book. Looks like a great read! I love your blog recommendations, they are always a WIN! meg! you always recommend the BEST blogs to read! I want to know your whole reading list. 😉 I just ordered her book – looks great and my nightstand was empty! I’d love to win this book! Thanks. I’m always looking for good blog reads. Thanks for passing this on. I love the cover photo! It looks great! thanks for sharing! i would adore getting this book! Woohoo! Let it be me 🙂 That cover is GREAT! (I’m sure the inside is, as well). : ) Looks like a good read! Thank you for the opportunity! Have a wonderful weekend Meg! 🙂 I just went and visited her blog – looking forward to spending more time there. Thank you for the chance to win what looks like a good read! Love the cover! I’m always looking for a good book to read. Looking forward to checking out Liz’s blog. Always exciting when a blogger gets a book published. We should all celebrate. How truly exciting and inspiring! You were my first Blog experience… I totally enjoy your posts and miss you when you are away! Keep it up ! you are an inspiration! I will check out her blog too! Thank you Looks like a good read! =) I need a new great read! Happy Weekend! thanks for the book suggestion…I love a good read. YAY for your friend Liz! I’ll read it … I’d sure like to win it! 😉 I saw the book listed on her blog yesterday and forgot to look into. I would love to read her book and even more so to win it from you. How awesome posson could that and would that be. Happy Friday friend! Oh I can’t wait to check out her site & book! I love seeing people gain the confidence and courage to pursue their dreams… makes everyone else try a little harder and believe in themselves a little more. I can’t wait to read this! I’ve been reading Liz’s blog for about 3 years.She’s so witty 🙂 would love a chance to win her book! I’m headed over to check out her blog now. :o) I’ve read her blog for sometime too. After all, she is a fellow Arkansan! Love her and would love to get a copy of her book. I’m so glad she is starting to feel better. I would LOVE to read this! Thanks for sharing! 🙂 Another book for my list. I love reading. I will check out her blog! I wil be reading her blog and hoping to win her book! Thanks Meg for sharing some of your favorite blogs. It is fun to find new blogs that I like. Looks like a great book! I’ll be heading over to her blog to check her out. headed over there now! Sounds like a great new find, and I’d love the book, thanks! sounds interesting! Love her blog so I think I would love her book 🙂 Man you have some creative friends! Looks like a good book and I LOVE the cover! {And I absolutely LOVE your blog, Meg! You are the ULTIMATE Super Mom!} love her blog… This looks like a good read:) Blessings! I have been anxious to read Liz’sbook. I am on a “me” spending freeze until January. Sure hope I win so I don’t have to wait that long! ADORE Mabel’s House & Whatever. Both blogs are often the highlight of my lunch break! I never win, but I just keep on tryin’! I would love to read her book. Thanks Meg. Have a great weekend! I would love a new book to read. I too like turquoise…used to have a powder room that looked like you were on the inside of a Tiffany’s box! I could certainly use a new book to read! I would LOVE to read her book!! 🙂 Hope you and your family have a wonderful weekend! This looks like a great book – thanks for a great giveaway! I just went and visited her blog – looks like another for me to follow! Thanks for the chance to win the book! Oooh looks like a great read!! I can’t wait to see her blog! I love all things turquoise too! Does that mean we are all kindred spirits? thank you for the chance to win! i love the cover picture, so creative! have a great weekend…..now i’m off to check out her blog! sooo…..are you going to go see it? did you see it IN THE THEATER when you were a kid?
i think i did. i loved that movie.
watched the original so many times. and i lived in a pretty conservative small town so it felt "relatable" i don't know if it actually WAS….but as a teenager i thought it was.
i think it would be fun to go with girls my age now…. throw a footloose party for grown ups?
will i miss sarah jessica parker and kevin bacon? my favorite scene was when all the glitter falls at the prom and they yell "LET"S DANCE!!!" but i am uncomfortable with group dance scenes in movies….and singing with dancing in musicals. AND i would probably be a little grossed out by the behavior that is portrayed by "high school" students in this movie….since i have a high schooler. i am on the fence. what about you? I’m making my husband take me to see it for my birthday, wha ha ha! I loved the original movie! I’ve been thinking about this very same thing. Footloose again. Can’t we stay loyal and love the old Footloose? That was filmed at one of my favorite small towns in Utah — which is no longer a small town. {sigh} My favorite part was when they taught Willard to dance. He’s dead you know. So sad. I’m all or an adult Footloose Party. 80’s wear rocks. 🙂 One of my all time favorites… though I LOVED the intro credits with all the dancing feet! My sister and I would name which person in our family would be which shoes. I don’t have much hope for the newest version… I don’t think I’ll be wasting 20 bucks to see it in the theater. But I’m kinda a purist when it comes to childhood memories trying to be redone. Hmmm , Jen, So remember the old one… there was a line around the theater to see it. I think it was my second movie to see:) i’m out. sorry. i don’t have the nostalgia related to the first, but was out after seeing the trailer and how much sweaty sexualness was happening on the sly between cutie/angry boy and the pastor’s daughter. it bums me out that it’s marketed to children, that’s all. robin above makes a very good point. however, i am not a fan of all the sensuality in every teen movie these days. it’s way too much, in my opin. I Loved the original! After seeing the movie like five times I went out and got me some Red boots! I thought I was all that in those boots. I will most likely wait till it comes out on dvd. It looks like it may be good, maybe even better…eeps! did I just say that!?! I was trailer for this movie and think it will be cool to see. I think I may have only have seen the original one time, but I jam to the soundtrack on my ipod all the time. Hi Meg! I think you need to take a deep breath, really remember when you saw the first FOOTLOOSE and what you did afterwards. Did you rush out to do all the crazy things it portrayed — even when you were finally old enough to attempt them? Probably not. And neither will your children. Why? Because you’ve raised them. You’ve taught them the difference between real life, reality TV, and movies –> and you’ve let them dance. 😉 I’m 41. I think I am WAY too young to be able to remember the original clearly and have a remake out already. Maybe this is what happens as you age? Either way, I’m curious about how the new movie is different so I’ll probably wait for it to come out on DVD. i was too young to watch the original when it came out (not to mention my parents were ultra careful with the movies we were allowed to watch) i watched many, many years later, though and loved it. 🙂 being a preachers daughter and growing up in a small town with very conservative parents i could totally relate to the movie. however, i hate remakes when the original is so fantastic!! so i will not see this one, i can just about guarantee it’s going to be too risque and too cheesy…and i’m totally with you on group dancing scenes. lame. I saw the original in the theater TWICE! My sweet dad took me both times. I think I’ll have to see the new one… If a movie is made by MTV you can count me out. That movie looks like straight up pornography. So sad and dissapointing. These are the kind of films that we have to chose from now?! I think i’ll stay at home with my sweet little family and NOT fill my mind with filth. I don’t want to think about mine having sex in the woods either. Good grief I feel so old. I was 13 when the original came out! My older sister and I went. She was 18 and WILD. I LOVED the dancing! I remember thinking : Why do ppl drink?, it makes you act stupid! LOL! And I am NOT going to high school parties if that is what ppl do at them. I am excited to take my 13 & 20 yr old to see it. I often use(d) movies to start conversations with my daughter. It worked for us. It is working (so far) with my 13 yr old son. He went to his first “sevie party” on Friday. sigh….. Footloose is one of my all time fav movies and I am shocked that so many of your readers have never seen it!!! I don’t know that I want to see the re-make because I’m afraid it will ruin the whole “Footloose fantasy” for me. Why do they always have to “sex it up”? And why can’t Hollywood come up with original ideas? Leave the classics alone already! I am going to see it for sure. I loved the original and I am excited to see what they do with the remake. The original was filmed in Utah in the community I live in. I have friends and family who are extras in the movie. It will be a little sad to watch the new one and not see anything or anyone that is familiar. I don’t like remakes but this is one I am going to see….won’t be Kevin or the real WIllard but we’ll see… didn’t think it was sarah jessica…someone else noticed to…lori singer…but don’t think i’ll see it again…loved the original..so cheesy! My family went and saw it last Tuesday at a special screening! I love the original so wasn’t sure what to expect. My coworker’s daughter is one of the extra dancers in the movie and I have to say we LOVED IT!! The guy who plays Willard (Miles Teller) is TERRIFIC and so are the little girls too. We thought it was updated nicely and it’s fun and we loved the line “The wheels on the bus go boom, boom, boom!” My son is almost 13 and he saw the original and this one and liked them both! I highly recommend! Well Miss Meg, I was a grown up when I saw Footloose for the first time…HA! I don’t like remakes…leave the orginals alone is what I usually think. Of course my girls want to see it and I’m not sure I want them to 🙂 so like you I haven’t decided yet either. Let us know if you see it and what you think! not going to see the new one. no way. kevin bacon was IT! no replacing! i dont need the update either…i liked the clean version verses the updated skanky highschool escapades they will show. willard was the best…he was very underated. I probably won’t see it. But I do live in the city where a lot of the original movie was filmed. And I can see my Grandma’s house in one of the scenes…if I don’t blink. No kidding. I’m looking for your super tight jacket and having your shirt made right now that says “Dance your ASS off!! HA HA Can’t wait! Loved it then and I was probably 13. I am TERRIFIED they are going to RUIN it! I have been agonizing over this for months! So, I was eleven when the original came out and loved it. But I’m absolutely sure I would see it in a different light now as I think about my own kiddos. Sounds like the remake might be s good choice for date night or moms night out:) i just can’t. personally, there are some originals that can’t be messed with. this is one of them. kevin bacon, sjp, john lithgow, chris penn, & lori singer…nope, no, no, nope. bumping & grinding is NOT a way to re-make a classic. hollywood needs to leave well enough alone. This makes me laugh because now that I am a mom, I am viewing all of those types of things in a new light, too! I hate to say it, but I have never seen Footloose. Shame. Take some girlfriends and go see it!! It’s not a duplicate of the original and the dancing is better! I think you will enjoy it and then you can decide whether your kids should see it. I have *no* desire to see it. . .I think they’ll probably ruin the original. Like you, even in the trailers, I don’t like the way the girls are portrayed. I saw that Redbox has the original in their kiosks and wanted to rent it tonight and share with our kids (12, 10, 9, 8) but my husband wasn’t comfortable with it. . .so I’ll watch it again on my own sometime. Have you seen the Kevin Bacon you tube video (I think it might be an advertisement. . .can’t remember)? I laughed so hard at it and it made me want to watch some of his old stuff 🙂 I will never see the remake. You cannot do better than the first. I am tired of Hollywood remaking good 80’s classics. It will be over sexed as most of the teen movies these days. just buy the soundtrack… 🙂 nope, no way. wont ever see it. Should not be remaking it. It is a classic. Would they remake wizard of Oz or Gone with the wind? Hollywood just wants to make a buck not going to see it. Definately cant top the original and shouldnt have even tried. Do not like any of the remakes I have seen. Sorry, hope you enjoy it though. I don’t know — I saw the preview in the theater and it looked terrible to me. I remember watching the first — and my favorite line was when John Lithgow yelled: There will be no dancin’ in this town! Not so sure about the new Footloose … but saw Courageous this week and it was GREAT! 🙂 I loved the original and will probably see this one. I’m a bit hesitant because Hollywood tends to ‘sex’ everything up to the point of ridiculous. Add that to the fact that I’ve been disappointed by more than a few remakes …. hmmmmm, maybe I won’t see it in the theatre … I’ll wait & rent it … (can you tell I’m undecided? 😉 My hubby and I were just talking about this the other day. . .I grew up with Grease, Footloose (I was 14, 8th grade), Flashdance, Top Gun. I have a 14 year old now and would not want her watching any of those movies now. So the new one is out for her and me to go see. Perhaps my sister and I should go see it together. . .and compare the 2. No way, no how. It wasn’t broke – doesn’t need to be fixed! Who could ever replace Kevin Bacon? Somehow this movie just seems wrong, wrong, wrong. LOL If you do go and see it, be sure to let us know your thoughts. I have no choice but to see it.. I went to high school with the new Willard. 🙂 Not that I saw the 2nd one, but I kind of liked how the Karate Kid remake was the same, but different – they used the same plot, but made it their own. This looks like an exact match, which is a bit lame. I won’t go to the theatre to see if but maybe I’ll put it on netflix. When my girls are older, I’ll let them watch the original! I saw today that Redbox has the Kevin Bacon version! I am with you…still on the fence. I definitely want to see it, mainly because I want to see all the dancing in it. But, I’m just not sure how I feel about the idea of trying to remake such a classic movie. It will be hard to beat the original. 🙂 I will probably see it because I loved the original, but I would be nervous about letting my kids watch it. The new one looks more risque (at least the dance scenes, anyway). I am totally on board for this new Footloose. As long as they don’t mess it up. We’ll see 🙂 No way!! I think it’s ridiculous to try to take a classic and remake it. It’s like trying to remake Breakfast Club or Sixteen Candles, it’s just not possible to do the original justice. Who can replace Kevin Bacon? I thought it was pretty risque when the first one came out and I was 21 then. My sister was 16 and she and her friends loved it. (I guess it was to her like Grease was to me. I was 15 when that came out. If my mama had known what we were watching…) I’d like to see it just to see how it compares to the older one. I didn’t like Lori Singer at all, but I love Julianne Hough. No one can replace Kevin Bacon and Chris Penn. I guess you can say I’m torn. I’m such a purist. I mean, really, who could replace Kevin Bacon? And the truck scene with Ariel on the car windows? and Kevin’s mad dance? I’ll take the original ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. I definately want to go see it! And maybe see the old one before I go… The original came out the year I graduated from college and I loved it then. I got free passes for a screening of the new movie and took my two teenagers (14 & 17). The movie was pretty good, definitely pushed the envelope as far as a PG movie rating but overall not too bad. The original came out my senior year of high school, so it was kind of odd to take my senior child to the same movie! There are some suggestive sex scenes but I think it does convey the message (especially by the end of the movie) that it’s not the right thing to do. No I don’t want to think about my kids doing any of the dangerous things in the movie, but the overall theme was that they are kids and can’t be proven to be trustworthy unless we actually trust them. I would take your teens to see it – at least it can open the door for discussions if needed!!! oh my gosh i’ve never seen it.. im so lame! i know the song… does that count??? 😛 xx I have to say that I dont think I have even seen the original! Sad, right? I guess I should watch it first, huh? Blog Sugar 2011 from jakfoto productions on Vimeo.
i think this portrayed the day so nicely….lots of smiles and laughs.
love that! someday i wish to be there..i can feel the love and sisterhood just from watching it:) You look awesome – as in beautiful and so comfortable and entertaining. Thanks for sharing! LOVE! It’s fun how many friendly faces I recognized from the many blogs that I absolutely adore. Lucky girls to be able to share that special time together. Looks wonderful! And it looks as if everyone loved you!! (No surprise) I’m so glad you like the video! Meg, your talk was awesome and really got me thinking about why I create and what God has planned for the future of my films. Thanks. 🙂 So many familiar faces……. and I haven’t met any of them! I love the land of blogging!!! xo Hey Meg- It looks like a wonderful event – so glad you could be part of it. And that song is lovely. You are so pretty!! I love Julie talking with her baby in the front carrier 🙂 so we got to see what you wore with those sparkly shoes 🙂 oh the Awesomeness!!! love the shot of you on your first Tweet :)) what a cool song too xxx Looks like a super fun time! How many women attended in all, do you know? I’d love to go to something like that…but, I’m not sure I’m brave enough to go by myself! Crazy, huh?!! I love seeing Heather laughing and smiling. I was like “I know her!”…now I just need to meet her…and about 20 other girls I saw on this clip! Thanks for sharing. I love that I get to experience these types of events through you. thank you for sharing! Your blog title made me think of this book and the video that goes along with it…I know you’ll love it too. In case it doesn’t work, go to Pete the Cat live telling on youtube. Enjoy! That looks like an amazing time. I wish I could have been there. You looked cute as a button, as always! That was so awesome! I want a re-do on that fun day! 🙂 love the video! wondering why the heck i look so angry in it, though! haha!! Oh, I so loved watching this video. I am still bummed that I didn’t get to attend. Maybe next time… 🙂 Awww, I loved it! I sooooo want to go! Thanks for sharing it! (What a great song too!) As soon as I started watching the video I thought, WHAT IS THIS AMAZING SONG! So I googled the lyrics. It’s called Whole Wide World by Mindy Gledhill. The video is as amazing as the lyrics. (Great video by the way :)) Loved that video. And song! Do you know who sings the upbeat song that is playing? it’s a gorgeous video..could’ve done with out the shots of my fat self dancin’ a jig, though! Awesome! that was a fun video for sure! |
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Karen - Cute! My favorite part was at the end where you found out that “Ed” from “Northern Exposure” is real! 😉
Wendy - fanFREEK’Ntastic! But … now I’m cold.
Kris - That was awesome, I love it! Can’t wait to show the kids when they get home from school!
Juliann Brenner - Yeah – thanks for sharing the chorus; made me smile and laugh 😉
Lindsey - Meg! This is off topic but – I saw you in my PopPhoto magazine today yay!
Susie P - very cute, made me smile!! Thank you for sharing!
Anna - Love it!
holly kurtzer - cute! miss elsa was sitting on my lap listening, when it was all over in her sweetest 18 mo. old voice, she said “MORE! MORE!” thanks for sharing!
Catriona - Haha – have you seen this one, too?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW1pbuyGlQ0
kristen@fit2feelbetter - Great way to start the day! Thanks. My favorites were
the bus and the kids spinning. Funny how all of the kids are having fun and the adults are stressing out about it (-:
Trish - This is from a small village just a little ways out from where we live!! Love that it went viral….it put Quinhagak (pronounced Quin-hawk) on the map!
Jarvison.blogspot.com - Fantastic it made my day thanks for the share.
Michelle From Australia - Love it! And as we sit here in Summer Down Under, I can’t begin to imagine how cold Alaska would be at this time of year. Thanks for sharing Meg.
Nicole - If you like this version you should check the Hallelujah chorus sung by monks at youtube.com. So funny!
Tanya H - That is hysterical! 🙂 TFS!
That song *always* takes me back to HS where our choir worked on it from September-December. for three years.
Kim from Miracle-Round - Happy cleaning. Decorating is always happy. I must go vacuum and rescue some ornaments from a puppy who thinks the Christmas tree is for him.
Meaghan - That was cute! You can tell it was a community-wide project!
chrissi - Made my day. Merry Christmas!
Tiffany - I like the packages from the plane. Good one for sure.
Susie - LOVE that!!!! Thanks for sharing it ~ I’m going to pass it on!
Leah - Looking forward to seeing your decorations!
Sharla - That is awesome
Cindy - This was cute!! And dang! Looks pretty COLD up there!!!! Brrrrrr.
jeana - LOVED it!
Holly - very cute!
Brooke in WI - HeHee. That was so cute and a good way to start the day!
happygirl - A DOR A BLE
Thanks Meg. Happy decorating and cleaning. Merry Christmas. 🙂