Fall Time Giveaway

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Kasey of Element Tree Essentials and to try out some of her products.  Element Tree candles are definitely something that I've never seen or tried before.  They're candles (that smell great) that you can also use as lotion.  I was a little weirded out by dipping my hand in wax at first, but once I tried it I was hooked.  My hands were so soft, smelled so good and weren't waxy or greasy at all.

It sounds weird, but it's really so neat and smells great.  I tried out "A Day at the Spa" and my hands and arms smelled like I had just gotten out of a really great facial all day.  Normally when I put on lotion the scent and the moisture is gone within a few hours - not with this stuff!  They are also made with all natural shea butter and almond oil.

Kasey (the amazing wonderful person she is) was kind enough to give one of my lucky readers a candle of their very own!  I have a "Brown Sugar and Fig" candle - a perfect fall scent - just waiting for one of you lucky people to try it out.

All you have to do is the following:

Mandatory: Visit Element Tree Essentials and tell me what scent you'd like the most

Optional: Be a follower of How Now Brown Cow?  +2 entries

Optional:  Post about it on your blog/twitter/Facebook  +5 entries

I'll pick a winner on Friday November 18th at 5:00 PM Eastern.  If you post anonymously be sure to leave me some contact info so I can mail you if you win.

Good luck everyone!

Go Heels Go America

I'm not normally a real patriotic person.  I'm also not normally a huge basketball fan. Don't get me wrong, Chapel Hill has 4 years of my life and big chunk of my heart (and KB's), but I'm just not a bball fan.

BUT.......

This is pretty cool.

Go Heels....Go America.

Thoughts on a Thursday

It's time for Thoughts on a Thursday.  Link up with Carolyn to play along.

• I tried Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred last night. I had heard that it was really hard and that you wouldn't be able to walk the next day.  I'm not sure if I did it right, but I'm up and walking and can't really tell that I did anything.  So far I've only done the first set of them, so maybe weeks 2 and 3 will be harder.

• We're in the process of major back yard renovations and it looks like we're going to have another weekend of "fun".  Our back yard consists of lots of kudzu.  It's a nasty viney weed that takes over everything, including our fence, our yard, and our random stuff building.  KB is on a mission to finally get the kudzu under control.  We cleared off the fence last week and I was sore for 3 days.  I'm a little scared what this weekend may bring.

• For some reason I have really been craving buffalo wings (or chicken tenders).  I generally hate chicken wings and think they are way more trouble than they are worth, but all week I've been dreaming about them.  I may break down and make some tenders this weekend.

Source: foodwishes.blogspot.com via Michelle on Pinterest

• It's almost Thanksgiving - yikes!  Where did November go?  I have no idea what I'll be bringing to either of our family Thanksgivings.  Suggestions?  I'm definitely not bringing broccoli casserole.

What are your thoughts on a Thursday???

Pinteresting Wednesday

It's time for Pinteresting Wednesday.  I'm linking up with The Vintage Apple today.

Source: the-girl-who-ate-everything.com via Rachel on Pinterest

Source: bakersroyale.com via Rachel on Pinterest

Source: stumbleupon.com via Rachel on Pinterest

Source: etsy.com via Rachel on Pinterest

Source: milestostyle.com via Rachel on Pinterest

What are your favorite pins this week?

Sweet Treats

I got these for free from something and had them laying around in my cabinet and decided to use them up this weekend.  They were really easy and really good.  I only had a little bite, but what I had was delicious.  KB ate over half of the pan in one sitting.

Sadly they were gone by the time I got into the kitchen tonight.  Looks like I'm going to have to stock up.

Casse-whaaaa?

KB lovingly informed me today that "he" signed up to bring broccoli casserole to his company's Thanksgiving pot luck.  This means that I will be making said broccoli casserole.  I've never made broccoli casserole.  I don't really like broccoli casserole.  KB doesn't even really like broccoli casserole.  I'm never really sure of his logic.

Any suggestions?

Possible contenders include:

Source: pearls-handcuffs-happyhour.blogspot.com via Rachel on Pinterest

Source: myfindsonline.com via Kristi on Pinterest

Source: myrecipes.com via Bethany on Pinterest

Menu Sunday

Here's what the Browns will be eating this week:

Mon: Carmelized Baked Chicken with mashed potatoes

Source: food.com via Rachel on Pinterest

I love a good baked chicken recipe.  Most of the time they are really easy and I don't even have to think about it.  I also made some really good mashed potatoes to go with yesterday's pot roast that I'm going to heat up as a side dish.

Tues: Slow Cooker Vegetable Barley Soup

I have a random box of barley in my pantry left over some beef and barley soup I made in the spring.  I don't think it ever really goes bad, but not that many recipes use barley.  I was excited to find one (and it's also in the crock pot...double score!).  I forgot to get a rutabaga at the store, but we may have a few turnips ready in KB's mini test food plot in the back yard.  These are supposed to be for deer and turkeys, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

Wed: Pizza Pull Apart Bread from last week

I never got around to making the pizza pull apart bread from last week.  I forgot to get pizza dough at the grocery store and I was too lazy to make my own.  Pizza also sounds a lot better this week than it did last week.  I'm finally over the food poisoning/e.coli/stomach virus from hell.

Thurs: Bacon and Egg Sandwiches

I've been on a breakfast for dinner kick recently.  I'm normally not a huge fan of breakfast for dinner, but for some reason bacon and eggs sound really good all the time now.  I have a leftover package of bacon in the freezer from some random buy one get one free sale and I always have eggs.  I also scored some homemade whole wheat bread that I'm going to use to make egg McMuffin type sandwiches with some aged cheddar.  I could seriously eat one right now just thinking about it.  Mmmmmmmmm.....

What goodies will you be eating this week???