Skinny's Skippers - Moving Towards a World Free of MS

I don't know what you know about Multiple Sclerosis (MS), but it is a devastating disease. It is an unpredictable, immune-based disease that attacks the brain and spinal chord with symptoms including numbness, loss of balance and coordination, slurred speech, tremors, paralysis, and blindness. The cause is unknown and there is no cure. MS stops people from moving, and the National MS Society exists to make sure it doesn't by raising funds for research, as well as comprehensive programs and services for people with MS. My family has experienced MS first hand. I have both an uncle and an aunt who endure the debilitating effects everyday. I have seen a once healthy man enjoying life's activities to the fullest - skiing, fishing, and really loving anything outdoors (he even fought for our country when his legs still worked), lose control of his muscles, now scooter bound and struggling just to hold a fork or sign his name. However, his spirit is amazing and I have learned so much about life from him!  He will always be among the list of heroes in my life. 

I usually feel helpless, but I have been volunteering for the National MS Society putting together a Walk MS event this weekend, here in Rock Springs, Wyoming. It's my way of showing a little support. We walk Saturday, April 16th at 10:00 a.m. Our goal is to raise both awareness and money to keep moving toward a cure. I would love your help! If you live in my area, please come walk with us!!! For details, click here.  If not, you could still support us with a donation by following this link.

Have you heard about the fabulous Kristen and her hand stamped sterling silver jewelry? She has worked with me to design a special necklace just for the MS Cause. The signature MOVE IT necklace has been designed especially for this cause. The words, "MOVE IT," serve as a reminder that we are a powerful piece of the movement as we take steps (the shoe) towards a cure, while the orange dangle is the official color for MS awareness. The second dangle is left for you to personalize with a birthstone for yourself or whoever it is you honor or remember with MS. Kristen is donating 10% of sales back to the MS Cause.

If you live with MS or want to wear one to honor or 

remember who you walk for, click here!

Thanks, Kristen for your support!

I want to thank you for listening today. This is a cause that is dear to my heart and I thought I might share it with you all. I appreciate your kindness!

PS - Skinny's Skippers is our team name, just in case you were wondering...

Ultimate Blog Party 2011

Welcome to the party~ quite possibly the biggest party in blogland! If you're a tried and true Crazy Daisy follower, THANK YOU, for sticking with me this year! It has been a wild year of learning and growing and I wouldn't still be here without you all! Make sure you check out all the prizes the Ultimate Blog Party has to offer~ there are some fabulous items up for grabs! My friends at Captured Memories DVD Service are offering a custom keepsake DVD slide show of up to 50 of your most treasured photos. Don't forget to put them on your wishlist. If you are joining Crazy Daisy from the party, we are thrilled to have you! Here's a peek at what you will find here:

Buffalo Wing Bites

Vinyl-Dyed Easter Eggs

Caramel Chex

Nest {Framed Vinyl Glass Project}

Tollhouse Cookie Pie Bars

Crazy Star Quilt

Baked Creamy Crab Dip

Thanks For Helping Me Learn & Grow {Teachers Gift}

Currently, there's a giveaway for the Green Market Baking Book, you just might want to enter!!!

There's much more, when you have time, come back to check out my Recipe Box and Idea Book!!!

Have fun partying! Hope you win some of those fabulous prizes!

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Family and Friends Get Fit Challenge

I stumbled across this challenge - and I love it! It is just what I need after the holidays and new year to get back to healthier habits! There is a challenge issued every week (this week's is to eat 5 fruits and veggies a day) and PRIZES! I'm in.... are you? Click here for details, and here for the the first challenge. Hurry, you still have time to join and move towards a healthier you !

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There's Another Nightmare in my Blog

Those Nightmares are back and I wish they would just go away! It seems that if you are using Google Friend Connect to follow Crazy Daisy, chances are that you have missed a lot! For some reason, my blog is stuck and hasn't been updating for all you amazing followers! So if you have been relying on GFC for updates, you might not have seen my...

Tollhouse Cookie Pie Bars

Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Frosting

Fabulous Fluffy Fruit Dip

Curried Kabobs

Chocolate Toffee Crunch Popcorn

Pineapple Chicken Fajitas

This is just a sample of what's in my recipe box - if you've been missing out, check it out! Now, food isn't all Crazy Daisy has to offer! Did you see?

Crazy Star Quilt

Chair Planters

Butterfly Wreath

Sailboat Sandbox

If you like what you see, take a peek at my Idea Book!!! Hopefully, I can get this Google Connect issue fixed - I have been trying, but nothings fixed the issue yet. If you have any ideas or suggestions, let me know AND don't forget to check back in the meantime!!! I am hoping to share my Ribbon Ghost Halloween Wreath, some Halloween traditions from my home, and an idea to help use all that extra Halloween candy that's sneaking through our front doors. You don't want to miss out! 

PS - Wish me luck, hopefully this appeared in all of your readers....

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Introducing New Tuesday Tastes People's Choice Printable Recipe Kit Award

Hello! Happy day to everyone! It's been so much fun watching this little blog grow! I love the community that is developing and I wanted to find a way to express my gratitude to all of you Crazy Daisy followers! I am so excited to finally share some really exciting news with you! I now have an actual prize for the Tuesday Tastes People's Choice winner. Each week, the person's whose recipe earns the most votes will win an exclusive Printable Recipe Kit designed by Bird at Bird Crafts! Bird is here to reveal this wonderful award! Take it away Bird...

Firstly, thank you so much Jasey for inviting me over and for this awesome opportunity! You have such a cool linky with Tuesday Tastes and I often link up my own recipes, so you can imagine how happy I am to be here!

Oh, and where are my manners...Hi, I'm Bird from Bird Crafts and I L-O-V-E designing Printable Parties, so this is a total first for me! I've had a blast designing this printable recipe kit and I hope you Crazy Daizy readers will enjoy it and perhaps be able to store your favourite recipes for posterity?! :)

The kit includes recipe cards, a cover sheet (to attach to your recipe box or binder), some cute little labels and a bookmark to help you get all your recipes organised and archived in a stylish and cute fashion!

Yummy! :)

Oh, and do come by to say hi at Bird Crafts won't you?! There are craft tutorials, printable FREEBIES, party ideas and I host a Party Ideas Linky every 1st week of the month (you can link up all your yummy cakes)!

Have fun cooking and printing!

Hugs,

Isn't Bird simply amazing!?! Make sure to check out Bird Crafts, when you have a second. I am sure you will fall in love with her sweet and charming designs! I would love just an ounce of her talent! Thank you, Bird for your inspiring generosity! 

Chair Planter Reveal!!!

Remember these chairs from this post?

I bought them off of a neighbor for only $1 each! Can you believe it? Originally, I planned on refinishing them in bright colors with themes to match my boys' personalities. They hung out in my garage for at least a year until I decided that we really didn't have room for anymore pint-sized furniture. I was on the lookout for inspiration when I remembered the planters I had seen at our local nursery. They have the most beautiful things! I have always wanted one of their wheel barrow or chair planters. An idea was born! Why couldn't my old chairs be turned into something like that? 

I don't have the best tutorial pictures for this project because even though I started with a plan, as with most plans, things didn't happen exactly as I had imagined. But that's okay, I followed the path that best worked to make those old brown chairs into my pretty little planters- and that is all that really matters. First I had to figure out how I was going to attach the basket. After considering cutting a hole into the middle of the seat, I opted for taking the entire seat off. This worked for me because I was able to find wire hanging baskets, at Wal-mart, that actually fit inside the chair pretty well. I enlisted my dad's help for drilling through the rivets that held the wooden seat on. I was surprised at how easy dismantling the chairs was.  

Paint. I thought this would be the easiest part. Wrong! I in-visioned a creamy distressed look. My intentions were to paint the chairs blue, only to cover it with a creamy white and then sand the chairs in some places to let the blue peek through. 

However, once I saw the blue, I fell in love with the beautiful color - but I still wanted a distressed look. I took the cream color and lightly spayed over the blue paint. It was totally splotchy and speckled and really uneven. But I was hoping it would give me a worn look. Then I sprayed blue right over the top of it. It ended up looking like this.

After the paint had dried, I pushed the baskets through the bottom and wired them to the chairs. A couple coconut liners and some flowers and just look at how they turned out!

 I have always loved the idea of transforming everyday objects into extraordinary things that are rare and unique only to me and I am tickled with how these turned out! I can't wait for the flowers to grow a little and cascade down the chairs!

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