• $50 YOUR Way Monthly Giveaway! November 2023

    November Giveaway

    Hello, little Peanuts. November is here. We are 62 days away from 2024?!?! WHAT!??! Yup, I’m full of great news today. Christmas is only 55 days away! Today we put the snow tires on my little orange Subaru. You can blame me if it snows tonight. I made a quick trip to California in October to watch my Granddaughter Alice perform Ursula in The Little Mermaid. Since I still can’t believe the set of pipes on this kid, I’m sharing the video again. She’s ONLY 12!! Wasn’t it just yesterday I was teaching her to read Pajama Time?? MY FAVORITE part is ugly…. so ugggly. One more set of pictures. I finally went and retrieved the SDCard from the Trail Cam. Interesting bunch of animals. A mystery cat, A mystery dog. A skunk, lots of deer (but check out he cute little fawn, rabbit, and a really pretty bird. Now for the REAL reason you are here!! GIVEAWAY TIME!! This September Giveaway…

  • $50 Your Way Giveaway October 2023!!

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    Giveaway Time! Hello, Little Peanuts!! Happy October!! I am ONLY excited about October because of Halloween. I am NOT ready for snow. I was barely ready for the cold October wind and rain that North Idaho has gotten for the last few days. It’s cold enough to start our very first fire in the new wood-burning stove. Seriously, WHO builds a house on top of a mountain IN IDAHO (almost to the Canadian border) and doesn’t put in a fireplace or a wood-burning stove?!?! We finally rectified that over the summer. This stove is AMAZING!! THEN!! Because y’all know me and my twisted sense of humor I bought the set of SKULLS!!! The kind that goes into the stove?!!? These made me do the wicked happy laugh!! I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!! I mentioned that Halloween is my Happiest Time Of Year I decorate even though I have NEVER had a single trick-or-treater. We seldom get company ESPECIALLY during the season of…

  • $50 Your Way August 2023 GIVEAWAY!!

    $50 Giveaway August

    Hello, Little Peanuts! I hope you had a most excellent July. I had the best July. An amazing family reunion for The Husbands 70th birthday. Look at this post if you would like to see the pictures and the full rundown of the week-long festivities. It was AN AMAZING vacation!! I miss them all so much! After the kids all left, Amazon had their Prime Days. Hummmm I may have (I SO did!) drowned my sorrows in ‘add to cart’ therapy. Oh MYGOOOOOOSH! All those $3.99, $8.99, and $56.99 added up to Wooooooo-Uh-Oh. So, I am going to TRY…. (Ohhhh if you could only hear the laugh track in my head!) not to buy anything on Amazon for the entire month of August. (I can’t even believe I could type that with a straight face!!) Y’all should be taking side bets for how long I last. I am THE WORST impulse buyer E-V-E-R!! Gesh, I hope I last at least through…

  • $50 Your Way Giveaway July 2023

    July $50 Giveaway

    Happy July $50 Your Way Giveaway. My monthly updates are really cool actually. Our Stiltz Elevator is in and very, VERY helpful on laundry day and moving furniture! Yes! It is large enough for furniture or two people. Even our fur-baby BEAR would rather ride the elevator than walk up all these stairs. Yes, the real reason is that The Husband (he has MS) has great difficulty walking up the stairs. (You remember the stairs that are different sizes on all floors. GESH!!) Then we FINALLY (been on the list of must haves for 7 years) so we finally ordered our wood-burning stove. Okay, seriously WHO builds a house on a mountain IN IDAHO without a fireplace or wood-burning stove?? We ordered the stove and 2 days later it was installed. DANNNGGGG!! That’s AMAZING right!?? With the Husband’s Birthday today July 1st, the kids are driving up from Southern California to surprise him. I can’t wait!! Non-Camp 2023 starts in…

  • $50 Your Way Giveaway! June 2023

    $50 Giveaway June

    Hello Little Peanuts! It’s so great to see you again!! Ready for another GIVEAWAY! May’s Update May went by super quick, after the fire and all. The highlight being North Pacific Land Management has returned!! The masticator has been running like crazy! The mulcher is cleaning up the debris. Our little mountain top is looking really nice. Okay, so I wrote that the week of Memorial Day and they haven’t been back. Hummmmm should I be worried?!?! I am. VERY much so. Today, June 1st, the Stiltz elevator is going in. Talk about major upheaval in the craft room. But, as The Husband’s MS progresses an elevator is necessary. Trouble is I designed my craft room with cabinets, counters and my roll top desk to fit perfectly. Now the craft room is…. Well…. A disaster!! The Stiltz will go all 3 floors. I will update pictures as the installation continues.Main floor looks like this right now. Here’s an example of…