Just wanted to share this with you. Can’t remember where I got it from though.

“The budget Obama proposes for this year increases
federal spending by a fiscally insane 34% over the budget adopted for
last year, with a total of $4 trillion in federal spending, the highest
…EVER. But hey, why worry about spending money and incurring trillions of dollars in debt? He can always get more out of working Americans and when he’s bled us all dry, he can just print more money. Its like free money. Doesn’t the government have a big ol’ money printing press deep in the bowels of Fort Knox somewhere? Isn’t it great to have that kind of power! The democrats were in an uproar over the national deficit when Ronald Reagan was President. The Obama deficit, in the first year of his presidency, will be 4 times higher than the highest deficit ever reached while Reagan was President. But there’s nary a peep from the howling democrats over this. In fact, on the contrary, they are applauding it. At least the far left democrats are. In the first two months of Obama’s administration, the stimulus package has already contributed to quadruple the deficit. Of course, when Obama claims he’s going to half it by 2013, it could be the sort of sale we find at some of our finer department stores. You know, raise the price, then half it and come off like a hero. Maybe that’s his ultimate plan. Unfortunately, there are people who would actually fall for that. After all, there ARE people who answer the Nigerian email scams.”

Happy Towel Day to all the Douglas Adams fans! Don’t Panic, I have my towel!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day

http://infowardvd.com/

I highly recommend watching these fan-fucking-tastic information packed documentaries! You can download and burn them free from the website above. So glad they compiled them all in once place. I was getting sick of searching around the internet for them every time I wanted to share them with somebody. Enjoy!

7 full movies:

 

Invisible Empire: A New World Order Defined

Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack Obama

Police State 4: The Rise of FEMA

Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement

The Obama Deception: The People Strike Back

Truth Rising: The 9/11 Chronicles Part One

Terrorstorm [Final Cut]: A History of Government Sponsored Terrorism

Don’t forget to get Zeitgeist too! That one is my favorite. You can watch them or download and burn them HERE : http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com

We splurged a bit and bought a gazebo for the garden.   : )

Gazebo

Well, the butterfly garden I made is finally starting to come up. Can’t wait to see what it looks like when its all in bloom.

Butterfly Garden

Butterfly Garden Starting

**UPDATE**

Butterfly/Wild Flower Garden has started to bloom. Eucalyptus is getting huge.

Butterfly Garden Blooming

Echinacea is looking lovely!!

Echinacea

I also recently got a Rex Bugonia! How lovely it is!

Rex Bugonia

I made a “Tower Of Herbs” for the front porch. No herbs yet. Soon….

The Tower Of Herbs

Gevalia sent us a Free Twin Travel Mug Coffee Pot!

Free Gevalia for two coffee pot - $39.95 value

Completely free, no shipping or anything, for referring a friend to Gevalia. For every friend you refer you and your friend get a free gift. No limit to the amount of free gifts you can receive. So if anybody belongs to Gevalia make sure you post your refer Id everywhere, so you can earn free gifts.

It is a really great coffee pot for Jeremy because he can brew a fresh travel mug for the drive to work without having to brew a whole pot.

I posted my refer Id a few posts ago and since I actually got a free coffee pot I thought I’d share a picture!

My Free Gevalia Travel Mug Coffee Pot!

Also, I realized I didn’t post any details or explain the program at all so below I’ll post how the program works.

Thanks for the coffee pot who ever signed up under me and hope you enjoy your Travel Mug Coffee Pot too!!

These are details for Gevalia’s Refer A Friend Program:

As a Gevalia Direct member, you can earn great gifts
by referring your friends to Gevalia Kaffe at Home.

Your friends will get an exclusive Friends
of Gevalia offer, not available anywhere else.

You’ll get a FREE gift for every friend
that joins.

Refer as many friends as you like – there’s
no limit to the number of gifts you can earn!

We’ll even give you tools to refer your
friends using your social network - including
your email address book and Facebook.

A Friends of Gevalia Offer Awaits You

Join us for our special Friends of Gevalia offer and enjoy a premium coffee kit including a stainless steel coffeemaker, scoop and a pound of Gevalia coffee-Just $12.95 (a $100 value!) Gevalia’s guarantee-you’ll love your coffee or it’s free!

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This means you get your “starter” package consisting of a coffee pot, your choice of 1lb of Gevalia coffee, and an exclusive free gift if you join using somebody’s refer Id. All for $12.95.

Side Note: I love the new mugs I got from Gevalia. 4 latte mugs total.

My New Gevalia Glass Latte Mugs - Set of four

They were a special offer for members for St. Patrick’s Day and came with 2 pounds of Irish Cream Coffee. It was good coffee too!

I’ve been busy busy since the weather has been nice. Gardening as well as other projects. One thing I was working on is a custom cock ring for a gentleman who saw some of my leather work and commissioned me to do some things for him. It was a pleasure to work with him. It was also nice being able to sell something that was supposed to be a hobby.

I decided to post some pictures of the in progress and finished spiked cock ring. It is made of vegan leather, called lorica. It is flexible, animal free, as well as washable. Which was perfect for this project. The cock ring measures 3/4″ wide and 5 1/16″ long. The spikes are 5/8″ nickel plated cone spikes hand sharpened to a point. The eyelets are 1/4″ nickel.

Custom Vegan Spiked Leather Cock Ring - In Progress

Custom Vegan Leather Spiked Cock Ring - Spikes up close

Custom Vegan Leather Spiked Cock Ring - Side View - Finished

Custom Vegan Leather Spiked Cock Ring - Finished

Here is the Eyelet bracelet. Using the same materials but the customer did not want any spikes. This bracelet measures 3/4″ wide by 9 1/8″ long. Features double snaps.

Custom Vegan Leather Eyelet Bracelet - Finished

What do you guys think?

I’m intend to start working on some vegan leather goodies for my ETSY shop soon. Hopefully, I’ll have some listed in a week or two.

Saw this on Gorey Details today. (I am now a proud affiliate by the way!)

Melting Skull Ashtray - $11.00

I want 20 of them! The detail on the skulls is awesome. Especially the teeth.

Throwing some other cool finds on here too:

Skull Box - $20

Grim Reaper Hand Mirror - $16

Gargoyle Business Card Holder - $8 - Wish I still had my own business so I'd have an excuse to buy a couple of these!

Dragon Candleholder - $15 -Might get two of these for the kitchen table.

Alchemy Gothic - Love Beyond The Grave - $550 - Would love to get this as gift for Jeremy some day. It's Beautiful!

Big box of Gevalia goodies

A couple weeks ago we got an offer in the mail to try out Gevalia’s coffee. We decided to give it a shot in order to get a new coffee pot. The one we bought a few months ago takes forever to brew. The introductory offer was $10 for two half pounds of coffee, free shipping, and free gifts. Sounded like a good deal plus, some of their coffee isn’t too expensive. Around $6/pound. I think shipping is around $5/shipment. We also liked that you can control the frequency of the shipments. You can get coffee delivered every week, or every two weeks, all the way up to 6 months between shipping. We set our plan up for 1 box of coffee every 6 weeks. Another thing I really like about Gevalia is the online account management. You can set up your future shipments dates online and then customize what you would like included. I like that you don’t have to order coffee every time, you can order tea too. Also, I like that you can vary the amount you get each shipment. It seems really nice so far.

Our first shipment arrived pretty quick, here is what we got for $10!

Stainless Steel Thermal Insulated Gevalia Coffee Carafe

Stainless Steel Thermal Insulated Gevalia Coffee Tumbler

The Gevalia Coffee! Peruvian Organic and Irish Cream

Gevalia Coffee Filters and scoop - We won't use the filters because they are bleached. We use a permanent filter.

The Gevalia Coffee Pot! This thing is huge...

Close up of controls on Gevalia Coffee Pot - You can program auto brewing times

Flip open lid for pouring water

Inside of Gevalia Coffee Pot - Brew Basket

Inside of Gevalia Coffee Pot - "Showerhead" water dispenser

The Pot - I dislike the pot but I love everything else

They also sent us a coupon for a free box of coffee up to $10 for our next shipment.

I saw this special St. Patrick’s Day offer on their website and I may order this and postpone the next shipment to make up for it. I love the glasses!

Gevalia St. Patrick's Day Special Offer

The introductory offer we got is not longer being offered though…sorry guys. However, I did receive this code to share with you guys. Still not a bad deal, $12.95 for an awesome coffee pot and good coffee!

A Friends of Gevalia Offer Awaits You

Join us for our special Friends of Gevalia offer and enjoy a premium coffee kit including a stainless steel coffeemaker, scoop and a pound of Gevalia coffee-Just $12.95 (a $100 value!) Gevalia’s guarantee-you’ll love your coffee or it’s free!

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I made Jeremy gingerbread pancakes for breakfast today.

Gingerbread Pancakes

Gingerbread Pancakes

The recipe made a lot so we put a bunch in the freezer. Recipe can be found HERE at My Own Sweet Thyme

I think I’m making this next. Looks easy…

Corset T Shirt by Alexis W on Cut Out and Keep

I found this project HERE

I might add more to it later but for now, its finished. I didn’t have a pattern and its the first dress I ever made its not great but I love it. I traced my body on fabric twice, cut the pieces out, sewed it up, and added an elastic band around the chest.

Mini Strapless Red Dress Completed

Mini Strapless Red Dress Completed - Side View

YUM!

Middle Eastern Chickpea Soup

The recipe can be found here: Eat Me, Delicious

Raw Beet Soup in the making

Raw Beet Soup

I did not follow a recipe for this. It was an experiment. If you want to experiment with it here is what is in it:

handfuls of red beets, kale, spinach, and cocktail onions in a blender with a little bit of beet juice, lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, vegan veggie broth, salt, pepper, paprika, sage, molasses, sunflower seeds, hazelnuts, homemade roasted red pepper hummus, flax seeds, and fire roasted red peppers in olive oil.

Then I chilled it in the fridge for an hour to blend the flavors. I think next time I’ll go easy on the kale though…gave it an after taste.