I’ve been working on ordering my Christmas cards to mail out to friends and family. There are a lot of people I know though that I prefer to send an e-card to rather than a traditional snail mail card. The problem with e-cards is that unless you pay and subscribe to a site, you tend to get e-cards that have advertising on them. I don’t want to do either. I have just found a way to not only send great, high quality free e-cards, but also donate to a fabulous cause, Toys For Tots.
Here's where to find Toys for Tots free eCards where you don’t have to pay for a subscription, the e-cards don’t have advertising in them and as an added bonus the site will make a contribution to Toys for Tots for every e-card received. This is such a fabulous and easy way to donate to such a worthwhile cause.
I went to the grocery this morning and one of the items I purchased was a whole roasting chicken. When I got home I turned on the T.V. and was watching The Today Show and they did a cooking segment. I found it interesting because the chef was the son of Camilla Parker Boles, the new wife of Prince Charles. I didn’t even realize she had a son, much less a son that was a chef.
Anyway, he happened to be making a roasted chicken which is exactly what I was going to do for dinner. The recipe is one his mother, Camilla, makes. Normally the recipes on T.V. are so complicated are require so many unusual ingredients, that I don’t bother with them. Today was different and I followed the recipe and we had a delicious dinner. I highly recommend this one!
1 roasting chicken
olive oil
salt & pepper
2 lemons
Rub olive oil all over chicken. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Pierce one whole lemon with a fork several times and then insert the entire lemon into the body cavity of the chicken. Use 2nd lemon to squeeze lemon juice all over chicken. Place chicken in roasting pan and put in 370 degree oven. Time will depend on weight of chicken, mine was about 4 lbs. and I had it in the oven for 1 1/2 hours.
Gravy
Remove chicken from oven and pour juices from pan into another pan, heat. Add 1 cup wine and 1/2 cup chicken stock. Heat to boiling, season with salt & pepper to taste.
My Christmas shopping is coming along quite well, thanks to the internet! I have purchased a few items at the store, but most of what I’ve bought I got online. I’ve purchased most of my gifts from one specific store, in fact I had a package in the mailbox from them this afternoon, Overstock.com.
My sister just emailed to tell me about the All I want for Christmas Giveaway which is a huge promotion going on at Overstock.com. This is a great promotion and easy to enter. At Overstock.com, simply click where it say “Win Gifts for You and 5 Friends”. Then you simply register and then the fun begins. Pick your prize from any of the 1,000’s of items that are sold at Overstock.com, up to $1,000! Then email up to 5 friends so they can win too. It just doesn’t get any easier than that.
This giveaway started December 3 and runs until December 7. You can win the prize of your choice, up to $1,000 in value, or you may win the Grand Prize, 5 gifts worth up to $5,000! I am so excited about this, the hardest part is choosing the prize because they have so much to choose from! Of course, I want to invite my nephew Greg, and niece Stacyto register. I’m inviting other family members to register too, although they’re not bloggers so I won’t be posting their links. Personally, I’m hoping to win the HP Pavillion dv6500 laptop computer! I’ve submitted my entry, there are winners every day, you should enter too.
Well, I’ve learned something new today, I learned how to take a picture of my desktop! Why did I need to take a picture of my desktop you ask? I needed to take a picture of my desktop because The Pond tagged me in a Desktop Tag meme. This is probably the easiest meme I’ve ever done once I was told how to get the desktop picture!
You’ll probably recognize the picture in my desktop background as Mt. Rushmore. My husband, daughter and I visited here summer before last in our first cross-country driving vacation. We had a blast and I highly recommend the entire area to anyone looking for a great vacation spot.
I’m going to tag a few of my favorite bloggers, people that I’m curious to see what their desktop looks like!
I will start with my favorite recipe blogger, Elizabeth at Mom Cooks who always posts delicious recipes and gives me great cooking ideas.
I’m also choosing my favorite photographer, Drew at The Benspark who is currently holding 3 different contests so you should check out his sites for details.
Finally, I choose to tag Windy Ridge a blog that is definitely an enjoyable read.
