[quote user="Pat"] but I put in more ice cream than it calls for to make it thicker. You can put almost anything in a shake or malted for flavoring. I use vanilla ice cream, the add hot chocolate mix, strawberry jam, fresh bananas, or whatever's on hand. [/quote] I couldn't remember the ratios for milk and ice cream and ...

 I treated myself to an early Christmas present. I never replaced my blender after it broke so we have gone awhile without one. Today I picked one up. I don't have any of my milkshake recipes anymore so I looked for some online. Thought I would share one I found: Best milkshake recipes Does anyone have any other recipes to add?  

 Was she able to get some sort of transportation to see her husband?  

 [quote user="goldenblaise"]If no other peices will be white I wouldn't paint the chest white either. I[/quote] None are currently white. We definitely are not painting the dresser anytime soon. Our daughter loves it as is so it will be redone when the paint on there chips really badly or she decides she doesn't want the ...

 [quote user="shelliajean2"] Also saw some of those ornaments that are shaped like shoes and purses at Hobby Lobby they were so cute!  [/quote] I got hers from a thrift store. They were still sealed in their boxes. I think I paid .50 a box for them so I grabbed several. Since she is on her own, I suppose she can do what she ...

 [quote user="shelliajean2"] This year I am doing a new color theme, black, gold and some bronze[/quote] My daughter is hoping to get a white tree. She wants to use black lights and green and blue ornaments on it. I gave her several boxes of ornaments I bought that I intended to use for curtain baubles in her room and never did. ...

  [quote user="Pat"]Do you buy new Christmas decorations every year? I [/quote]  I can get about two years use out of the garland I hang outside. Dollar store garland makes for a cheap way of decorating outdoors and doesn't cost electricity. I also only get about two years out of the velvet like bows I hang with the ...

 I want some feedback on the completion of the kingdom.  The bed that my parents gave us is the bottom half of one of the older solid wood bunkbeds. It looks fine as a normal twin bed. It has a dark varnish though. The nightstand is a homemade real wood one that was built to match the bed and is in like color.  The dresser is also ...

[quote user="Toni B."] Collecting items here and there and then discovered things went together better than I expected[/quote]   My youngest loves pink, purple and blue..the princess colors! She also loves flowers and butterflies. I had this vision of white furniture, white eyelet bedskirt, rosebud curtains and quilt for her ...

 I have been posting about finding frugal furniture and decorating my youngest child's room. She wants a princess, floral and butterfly theme.   My parents gave us my brother's old solid wood bed recently and this past week Mom called to offer the wood nightstand that goes with it. With the other freebies and great deals ...