Digital Scrapbooking Freebe

We have a special treat this week brought to you by Kalantza's Digital Images. These are cute little buttons that will jazz up your digital scrap booking pages. They come in a set of 54. In addition to the alphabet you'll also get the numbers 0-9 + 18 other designs. All images come on a transparent background.This set sells on their site for $5.75 but they are letting Raise Me Strong give it away absolutely FREE.

Easy Fudge Brownies

Easy Fudge Brownies

4 bars (1 oz. each) Hershey's Unsweetened Chocolate for baking
3/4 cup butter (1 ½ sticks)
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup flour
1 cup chopped nuts (optional) 
½ bag mini marshmallows



1. Heat oven to 350 °F. Grease 9x13 baking pan.
2. Break chocolate bars into pieces.
3. Put Chocolate and butter in a large microwave-safe bowl. Heat on high 1-2 minutes or until chocolate is melted. Stir mixture till smooth.
4. Add sugar, stir until smooth.
5. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well.

6. Add flour (and nuts, if desired). Stir till well blended.
7. Spread in pan and bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick poked into the center comes out almost clean.
8. Sprinkle marshmallows on top and bake 3-7 minutes. Check often so you don't burn them.
9. Let cool completely, than enjoy!!

 

 

Arrr Me Mateys!

Ahoy! It's International Talk like a Pirate Day. What could possibly be more fun than pretending to be a pirate for a day? This isn't just for this kids you know, adults should jump in too. It's the one day a year my kids are allowed to use the word "poop deck" as many times as they want with out getting in trouble.

Not savvy on pirate lingo? You can get the basics from talklikeapirate.com. And what good is pirate talk if you don't have a good pirate name? You can make up your own name for the day or use a pirate name generator like this one.

I did happen to come upon a funny YouTube video by Captain Dan and his Scurvy Crew called "Rap like a Pirate". I debated long and hard whether or not to embed the video in this blog post or not. I finally decided not to. It's funny but I'm not sure it's something I would want my youngest children watching so I'm choosing to only link to it. I hope you enjoy. (And if you find it suitable for your lass and laddies, let then rap like a pirate too.)

You can find fun pirate games online too. Check these out or Google to find your own. Need a pirate costume? No prob. You can grab your self one here.

Avast ye blokes, hoist ye main sails and enjoy International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

A classic song with a new twist.

Driving home from the kid's school in the rain yesterday, I tried to lighten the gloomy feeling the weather had over us with a song. I made this up completely on a whim but the kids loved it and had me keep singing it. I thought I would share. It's to the tune of "It's Raining, It's Pouring."

♫♪♫ It's raining, it's pouring,

the old man is boaring,

I bonked him on the head

and threw him in bed

and played X-Box til morning. ♫♪♫

Exciting Things in Store

We have a bunch of exciting things in store in the near future. I don't want to let everything out of the bag all at once but I will announce two of the changes that will happen soon.

1. We are looking at opening up a gift shop in the Oxford Hills area. A percentage of all sales will be donated to Raise Me Strong to be used as stipulated in the About Us section of our blog.
2. We will be starting a "Good Grade" program for k-12. Students will get "RMS Money" (fake money with no cash value) for their good grades. The "RMS Money" can be used to purchase items in the gift shop.

 Stay tuned for more information about these and other up coming announcements.

This made me cry......

It makes me feel good that there are still really good people in the world that would put their own lives at risk to help a stranger. People like these are who we want our children to grow up to be. (Or at lease I do.) I love how all these strangers united together to help rescue this motorcyclist.

Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies

Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix

1 egg

1 Tablespoon flour
1/3 cup butter
Cookie Cutters
Sprinkles

1. Mix cookies as directed on package for Cutout cookies.

2. Roll dough on floured surface until ¼ inch thick.

3. Cut out with cookie cutters and place on ungreased cookie sheet.

4. Decorate with sprinkles if desired.

5. Bake until edges are light brown.

6. Eat and enjoy once cool.