Paying it Forward: Sharing Things I Love

Posted October 19th, 2009 by kerri and filed in Things I love at The Little House
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The Belle Writers Studio - One of the things I feel lucky to have

The Belle Writers Studio — One of the things I feel lucky to have

After read­ing a colleague’s blog about how she is try­ing to give back this year by Paying it Forward, I decided to do it as well.

It’s been a tough year for a lot of peo­ple and I know some­times the chal­lenges have really got­ten me down here at The Little House.

However, when I look at what all I have – our health (includ­ing the fact that one of our daugh­ters made it through a brave and lengthy bat­tle with a scary dis­ease), our beau­ti­ful Fearsome Four, my friends, The Little House and The Belle Writer’s Studio, our land here, and the fact that we are work­ing – I know the uni­verse is smil­ing on us.

I blogged a few weeks ago about hav­ing two mag­a­zine that I love.

One of them, Mother Earth News, pro­vides great infor­ma­tion and tips on liv­ing a more nat­ural life. The other, Country Living, pro­vides great dec­o­rat­ing tips, recipes and fun stuff on antiques, homes for sale, etc.

I love these mag­a­zines so much that I would like to Pay it Forward by shar­ing them with two Living Large readers.

All you have to do is post in the com­ments sec­tion between now and October 28 and I will draw two lucky winners.

One win­ner will receive a one-year sub­scrip­tion to Mother Earth News and the other will receive a one-year sub­scrip­tion to Country Living.

I apol­o­gize to my inter­na­tional read­ers, but you have to be a U.S. res­i­dent to win.

Your name will be entered into the draw­ing once a day for each post, mean­ing you can have up to five chances to win by com­ment­ing each day of a new post between now and October 30.

(Full dis­claimer for my jour­nal­ist friends: I have writ­ten for Mother Earth News. However, I am not being paid to pro­mote the mag­a­zine, I just want to share it because I love it!)

I know some of you are think­ing that mag­a­zines really don’t go with my over­all theme of declut­ter­ing our lives, but all you have to do when you’re through read­ing is find some­one (a friend or rel­a­tive, a nurs­ing home, a library, a doctor’s office) that appre­ci­ates tak­ing your gen­tly read magazines.

To end today’s post, I’ll leave you with a recipe that my mother got from Country Living so long ago. It was one of her favorites and now is ours.

Easy Cheesy Chicken

Take 1 pack­age of chicken (I’ve been using the bone­less, skin­less thighs as we like dark meat) and wash thor­oughly. Crush a half bag of Cheez-it crack­ers in a freezer bag. Mix a melted ½ stick of but­ter in the crushed crack­ers to moisten. Dip each piece of chicken in a mix­ture of beaten egg and milk and place the chicken, one by one, in the bag of crumbs. Shake to coat. Place chicken on a treated bak­ing sheet (I use Pam).

Bake at 400 degrees for about 30–40 min­utes or until chicken is done.

Good luck to the future win­ners!

22 Responses to “Paying it Forward: Sharing Things I Love”

  1. MarthaandMe says:
    October 22, 2009 at 4:02 pm

    The chicken sounds good. My kids would love it.

  2. Jennifer Haupt says:
    October 20, 2009 at 10:55 pm

    I'm glad my post inspired you! Your lit­tle house inspires me, Kerri.

  3. Kim says:
    October 20, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    Ooh, I'm in! I like both of those and am sub­scribed to nei­ther. ME is one of my favorites.

  4. Lisa Jaffe Hubbell says:
    October 19, 2009 at 7:57 pm

    I love your lit­tle house. I love the idea of liv­ing large while liv­ing small. And I love the idea of a free sub­scrip­tion to a mag­a­zine I love and another I don't know (MEN the for­mer, Country Living the latter).

    Count me in!

  5. Tammy Strobel says:
    October 19, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    Fantastic! Thanks for putting this on. :)

  6. Frugal Kiwi says:
    October 19, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    I'm inter­na­tional, but I keep up with Mother Earth News on their web­site. You can even sign up for an RSS feed that will give you their 10 lat­est on-line arti­cles. Great stuff!

  7. Linda Childers says:
    October 19, 2009 at 12:56 pm

    Hi Kerri:
    I love your blog. It's so nice of you to pay it for­ward! I'd love to win a sub­scrip­tion to Country Living. I love that mag­a­zine! I also love your Belle Writers' Studio!

  8. Jennifer Willis says:
    October 19, 2009 at 11:31 am

    Thanks for shar­ing your blog on FLX! I've been curi­ous about lit­tle houses/small spaces for a while now, and I appre­ci­ate your shar­ing your thoughts and experiences.

    Hooray for down­siz­ing! :)

    – jen­nifer

  9. Sharon Waldrop says:
    October 19, 2009 at 8:34 am

    My youngest daugh­ter absolutely loves Cheeze-it crack­ers, so thanks for post­ing the recipe! Now I don't have to try to fig­ure out what to make for din­ner tonight.

    –Sharon

    P.S. Your Belle Writer's Studio is way cool.

    • Kerri says:
      October 19, 2009 at 10:16 am

      Thanks for the com­ment on The Belle Writer's Studio. It's been my dream. :)

      Let me know how you like Easy Cheesy Chicken!

  10. Kathy Winn says:
    October 19, 2009 at 8:06 am

    I love both those mag­a­zines, cur­rently sub­scribe to Grit, but not Mother Earth. I am con­sid­er­ing my own "pay it for­ward" project, but won't start until after the first of next year, if I decide to do it. I am look­ing into the adult lit­er­acy pro­gram in Kansas City and think­ing of becom­ing a tutor. I'm involved in an envi­ron­men­tal orga­ni­za­tion and also active in our church choir, but those are my only vol­un­teer activ­i­ties right now. I have wanted to do more for a long time. I can't think of any­thing that has given me more plea­sure in life, than read­ing and writ­ing. I would love to help some­one else enjoy all the ben­e­fits of being able to read. I just signed up to receive an infor­ma­tion packet and am look­ing for­ward to learn­ing more about what is involved. You're right Kerri– it's impor­tant to look around once in a while and be appre­cia­tive of all that life has blessed us with. Great blog!

    • kerri says:
      October 19, 2009 at 8:13 am

      Helping some­one read and write is a very wor­thy endeavor. Excellent!
      Thanks for vis­it­ing, Kathy.

  11. Mary Nida Smith says:
    October 19, 2009 at 7:41 am

    Yes, some days aren't so sweet. On feel­ing down days read­ing one or two good mag­a­zines can brighten up your day. I love both mag­a­zines
    you men­tioned. I receive Grit, Country, Good Old Days, and the Ozarks Mountaineer magazine.

    • kerri says:
      October 19, 2009 at 7:47 am

      You're right, Mary. I received my lat­est Country Living the other day and although I haven't had time to read it, just see­ing it in the pile (of mostly bills) got me all excited!