Dazzling December

The holidays are fast approaching! Why fight all the crowds when you can shop from your home, sipping coffee, while in your pajamas? Shop online through my site and receive special discounts December 1st-3rd, 2009! If you are a past host and still within the year of your show, that 10% could count also so you can get up to 30% off your order!! Depending on when you order! (Let me know if you are a past host!)

20% off if order is placed before 11:59pm December 1st*
15% off if order is placed before 11:59pm December 2nd*
10% off if order is placed before 11:59pm December 3rd*
*Discount applied to product amount only. Tax & Shipping based on full product amount

You can order three ways:

1. Visit my website by clicking HERE Click on “Shop Online” at the bottom left of my home page. Select option 1, “Already invited to a show and would like to place an order?” Enter Host Name: Dazzling December. Then click on “Dazzling December” when it comes up as host. Place your order as you would any other online ordering.(be sure to look at the guest special!) I will contact you and let you know the new total that will be charged to your credit card.
IMPORTANT: If you do not enter Dazzling December and simply place the order online, I cannot give you the discount.

2. OR Email me at sarahchef@yahoo.com Please send me item numbers, descriptions, and quantities and I will let you know your total.

3. OR Call me at 919-368-4757. If you are calling and I don't answer, please leave a detailed message. My voicemail will put a timestamp on your message - no need to worry, I'll know which discount applies to your order. Please make sure to leave me your phone number.

You have TWO options for shipping. Local customers can pay the standard $4.25 shipping/handling and pick up the order from me. All other orders will need to put in for DIRECT SHIPPING...additional charges will apply. You can even have orders shipped directly to recipients. We can ship to anywhere in the USA and all orders are guaranteed to arrive before Christmas.If you have holiday deadlines, I strongly suggest you choose direct shipping.

I can take Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express or debit cards for this sale.

This sale only includes CURRENT items in the catalog. No outlet items please.

What a great way to shop for the greatest Kitchen items in the world.

This sale is only valid for this email sale and cannot be combined with any other Cooking or Catalog shows.

If you can't make the sale but would like to place holiday orders, this year's cut off is December 15th. If you need some great gift ideas....I've got a ton - everything from great little stocking stuffers to fabulous cookware and elegant entertaining pieces. I'm just a phone call or even a cup of coffee and a recipe away!

Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving is a day to "give thanks", no matter what your circumstances or what situation you find yourself in, you have SOMETHING to be thankful for! We have lost many loved ones over the years, but we rejoice in seeing them once again and remember all the great memories !!! Here are some pictures I took of our family on Thanksgiving :)

My dad's side of the family is large and a lot of them live here in NC, so we always have a lot of people at holidays, birthday parties, general family get-togethers...But this year for Thanksgiving I believe we've topped it, we had 36 people! Yes all in one house and no, not mine!

Here are some more random pictuires taken by myself, not the best photographer in our family...

My dad has 2 brothers and 2 sisters, he's #2 of 5. Both his brothers still live in Minnesota (which is where I am from), this year my dad's youngest brother Jim, his wife Susie and 4 of their 6 children were able to drive in (26 hours) for Thanksgiving!

We hadn't seen them in about 3 years, so it was a treat!

I tried to get everyone in at least one picture, but i'm afraid i left some out, so here are even more pictures of my family...

The kiddos were so tuckered out they fell asleep just minutes after we left my Aunt & Uncles house, I had to get some shots of their sweetness!!!

Gingerbread Cookies

Last week i decided to make gingerbread cookies and let the girls help me decorate them. I don't let them help me bake and cook as much as I should, mainly because they always make a bigger mess, fight constantly and lick their fingers, then i have to stop what I'm doing and help them wash their hands, then dry them and so on!!! Anyway, they helped me and this was the outcome...

not too much of a mess and they sure had fun creating then eating their creations!!!

Cat and Dog

Emma loves to read and draw pictures! She often makes "books", she made this one yesterday :) In case you can't read it from the pictures here's what it says..

**Cover** (a picture of the cat)
Cat and Dog (in her "cursive")

**Inside Cover** (a picture of the ball)
Cat went to the park! Cat did not Now that Dog was thair. She almoste got hert by Dog. Cat was playing with a Ball. Dog took the Ball Cat cryd. I Just want to Be your friend said dog. Ok! I...I will yay!
**Next Page** (a picture of the cat)
So Dog and Cat playd with the Ball. That is the story of cat and Dog.

We're working on her random capitalization of words and punctuation... but I think she did a good job, especially since this wasn't a school assignment!!!

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!

One daughter, two sons, one son-in-law, one daughter-in-law, four granddaughters and one grandson = 32 years of marriage!!! Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!!!
I'll get a pic on here of them soon, can't get to any of the old ones :(

Wordless Wednesday

Harvest Day 2009

Yesterday we celebrated 125 years of existence at our church, "Harvest Day"! Every year on Harvest Day the congregation dresses up in their old-timey clothes then we eat a huge meal after the service, what a fun day :)
Here are some pictures of our family on Harvest Day!!!

Happy Friday

FREE Lunch :)

So this is almost a month old, but still worth sharing! On Halloween (evening), at our Chick-Fil-A here in Wake Forest, if you brought your kiddos in dressed up you received a FREE kids meal, 1 per kiddo! So we brought our kiddos in and got 3 FREE kids meals, what a deal :) We filled them up before we went trick-or-treating in Garner so they would be less likely to eat candy out of their bags! Here are the kiddos enjoying their FREE dinner :)

Word-FUL Wednesday :)

Sorry for the lack of posts or short posts lately! My Pampered Chef business has suddenly taken off and I've been super busy with shows almost every weekend and during the week...in addition to being a wife, stay at home Mom, youth pastors wife...oh and did I mention being in (plus 3 of the kiddos) "My Deliverer" musical production our church is putting on in just a few weeks!!! This time of year is always busy with the hussel and bussel of the holidays, but I'm sure one day I'll miss these busy days :) Until then, I'll try to do better with my posting!!!

It's time for a new...

Car seat! Jack really outgrew his infant car seat about 2 months ago! I've been wanting to switch him to a big boy car seat, still rear facing since he is not yet one year and 20lbs. But unfortunately we didn't have a car seat for him and car seats are expensive! I just kept saying he only has a few months left to be in the infant seat, so we'll just have to wait. But the more I put him in and took him out, I thought he's never going to make it a FEW MORE MONTHS! Jack is going to have a problem hitting 20lbs by one year but he's already too big for the seat! On a side note, the girls were all around 25 lbs at a year old :)
I was in Target one day a few weeks ago and the car seat I had been eyeing was on sale by quite a bit...I looked at Jack, feet hanging off the end of his seat and said I have to buy this car seat, so I did! Jack loves his new car seat!!! And this one fits him so much better :)

God made Animals

This week in Puggles Lizzy learned about how God made the animals. They were supposed to bring in their favorite stuffed animal. That night they were going to have a Puggles Circus Parade with their animals, pulling them along in little shoe box type circus cars! Lizzy was so proud of her bunny and his "new house"! She got to decorate it all by herself with stickers too :) They even had little blankets for their animals because it was cold outside! She's been pulling it all around the house since we got home last night and right away this morning, it has quickly become a game of keep away from Jack too :) She wanted me to take lots of pictures to show everyone....

Wordless Wednesday

Anna was so kind....

To paint her sisters hands and toe nails before she painted her own! Lizzy may have helped a little too :)