Tag I'm it!

Jen tagged me and I'm playing along! Here are six random things you may or may not know about me:

1) Saving money is like crack for me. I think it is an addiction. I love nothing more than knowing I paid the absolute lowest price possible for something. It is a blessing because I know I have saved us a lot of money over the past few years, but it is also a curse because it can make shopping a drag when I look at the price (possibly even a sale price) and think, Ugh - I can't pay that!

2) I've been feeling crafty lately. Could it be the holidays? Or maybe it is possibly linked to the previous random fact about me. I needed new hair paraphernalia for Kaiya and didn't want to spend the money. I jogged my memory about making bows when I was a little girl and it had something to do with wrapping ribbon around a pencil and putting it in the oven. I googled this and found out that I didn't just make that memory up! So... I've been sitting down and working on these little by little over the past week. Even got Kaiya into it for like... um... 5 minutes.

Here is where I found the instructions: Korker Bow Tutorial and another great site for making boutique bows: Boutique Bows.
3) My kids have never had a vaccine or shot! And they have the toughest immune systems ever. I can't tell you how much chiropractic care has changed our family's lives. Allowing the body to do what it was created to do. Heal itself! Can't argue that God created a powerful thing when he made the body.

Kaiya loves getting her adjustments!

And at Thanksgiving she had to make sure everyone got their power turned on! Here she is adjusting Uncle Brent. I think she's got a great future ahead of her -- although we are still working on her bedside manner!

4) I'm afraid to cut Kaiya's hair. She has the most gorgeous ringlets and I'm afraid she will lose them when she gets her hair trimmed. My aunt used to do hair -- and fortunately she reads my blog -- what's the verdict on this one Gayla?

5) I could eat the entire bowl of this: I went to a party at Alli's house a few years ago and she served this dessert dip with teddy grahams:

8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 stick of butter, softened
1/4 t. vanilla
2 T. brown sugar
3/4 c. powdered sugar
3/4 c. miniature chocolate chips
chopped pecans (optional - I leave out)

Mix cream cheese, butter, & vanilla until fluffy. Mix in sugar gradually. Stir in chocolate chips. I like to chill it for a little bit and then serve with graham crackers. I most recently served this with mini-chocolate chip cookies from Trader Joe's and it was awesome. You can also line a bowl with saran and then press this into the bowl, allow to chill until set and then turn onto a plate like a cheeseball. So yummy.

6) I LOVE Celtic Woman -

Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person that tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself
4. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs
5. Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
6. Let your tagger know when your entry is up.

I'm tagging: Maurine, Connie, Ruthie, Kesch, Alli, & Monica You're It!