The Hook Up 2011 by Heather Fathauer

Putting up Sugar Snap Peas from your summer garden!

2011-07-24T09:28:00.001-04:00

Sugar Snap Peas!!!

On this lovely Sunday morning, I woke up to my hubby STILL sick from the previous WEEK :( (poor guy). So since we couldn't buzz off to church like normal, I decided I should probably pick and put up the mountains of peas growing in the garden! :) How rewarding is it to see your 4 year old pick something out of the garden and take a big, green, crispy bite and say, "MMMM! Mom these are awesome!" So after picking, we ended up with about 5 lbs of peas! :) YAY! As I prepped them for freezing, I snapped a few pics so I could share with you! Peas are SUPER easy, and yield a TON! We just planted them in the spring with a line along side of the plants to give them something to vine onto, and voila.....

SINK FULL OF PEAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1st- I threw them all into a sink of cool water and started rinsing and scrubbing all the gunk off of them. I transferred them to the other side of the sink after i snapped the bloom end off of each one! :)

Then we rinsed again! :) just to make sure ALL the yuckies were gone! :)

We split the peas (haha, split pea!) into three groups (b/c my pot wasnt that large) and boiled each group for 3 minutes. This is just enough to kill any little grubbies in there, but not long enough to actually cook the peas!

Quickly transfer peas from the boiling water into an ice bath. This stops the cooking process! :)

Lay the peas out on a towel and allow to dry or pat dry.

We patted dry with a 2nd towel :) We also flipped the 1st towel onto the 2nd towel to let the water drain off from both sides (if that makes sense) :)

When all of the peas are dry, put about 3 handfuls into quart size freezer bags and freeze! You can put more or less into each bag or buy gallon bags depending on your family size and how many peas you can consume @ one time!

Thats it! Done! :) Wasnt that easy!??! Now you'll have fresh, fabulous sugar snap peas during the winter! :)

JULY GIVEAWAY! :)

2011-07-01T22:28:00.002-04:00

July's giveaway is simple. Comment here with your face book name and your email address to be entered. The prize will be a surprise!!!!!!! ;)

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2011-06-18T14:20:00.001-04:00

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JUNE GIVEAWAY! :)

2011-06-06T15:51:00.001-04:00

Winner is Kiyomi who guessed 6:10 am! I was born @ 6:24 am! :) Kiyomi you can email me @ thehookup2011 at hotmail dot com b/c i dont have any way to connect with you! :)

This giveaway will end June 30th. Winner will be announced July 1st via the blog and facebook :)

UP for grabs???

A suprise gift! When you win, ill ask that you email me with some info about yourself/your family. I will then custom design a gift set just for your needs!

For example:
If i won, I would email myself something like this......

"HI! I'm a stay at home mama with 2 boys. One is 4 and one is 1. Both of my boys are really into trucks and all things boyish. Their favorite colors are blue and green. I love to read and am currently in LOVE with Water for Elephants which Im reading on Kindle. I also LOVE LOVE LOVE The Twilight Series and am sort of smitten with Robert Pattinson!" :D

And I would probably make myself a hat for each boy and a Twilight kindle cover. :)

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OK, all you have to do to enter is comment here giving me your guess as to what time I was born! :D Remember to put am or pm! Good luck! :)

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2011-05-25T19:54:00.002-04:00

CLOSED! WInner is PipersMom2009! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

Up for grabs is a Hot pink polka dot bow on alligator clip or barette by Dora's Bowtique! Free shipping to the US-Canada pays shipping :)

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2011-05-25T12:52:00.001-04:00

CLOSED! Winner is boobookity219! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

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2011-05-25T12:44:00.003-04:00

REDRAW WINNER IS BRITTANY (brittanylightfoot)!

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2011-05-25T12:04:00.001-04:00

CLOSED! WInner is mygsale (kpwife)! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

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2011-05-25T09:53:00.001-04:00

CLOSED!!!!!!!! WInner is maggie_rady! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

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2011-05-24T15:40:00.002-04:00

CLOSED! Winner is Brittany (Brittanylightfoot510)! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

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2011-05-24T15:10:00.001-04:00

CLOSED! Winner is KristinaS! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

Up for grabs is a set of TWO NEW Thirsties Large Hemp Inserts! These come from my personal collection (I have so many inserts, that some are still new with tags! HAHA!) We use these @ night paired with a microfiber insert, and they are bulletproof!

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2011-05-23T19:15:00.003-04:00

CLOSED! WInner is pipersmom2009! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

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2011-05-22T22:39:00.001-04:00

CLOSED! Winner is A-PATCHE Patchwork Clothing! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

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2011-05-21T22:47:00.001-04:00

CLOSED! WInner is Suzie Losey! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

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2011-05-19T21:37:00.001-04:00

CLOSED! WInner is Vicky (vbyntar)! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

Up for grabs is a super sweet little loopy bow from Little Miss Bowtique! :)

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2011-05-19T11:40:00.001-04:00

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2011-05-19T09:17:00.001-04:00

CLOSED! WInner is Tiffanie Davenport! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

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2011-05-18T20:58:00.001-04:00

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2011-05-18T11:32:00.001-04:00

CLOSED! Winner is Steve, Kaela, and Elijah Straub! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

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2011-05-17T21:33:00.001-04:00

CLOSED! Winner is violet_wine! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

Up for grabs is A pair of 2” light pink polka satin flower, white pearl, light pink velvet ribbon clips from Bow Allure!

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2011-05-17T16:50:00.001-04:00

CLOSED! WInner is Amber (amberbm1)! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

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2011-05-13T15:51:00.001-04:00

CLOSED! WInner is Gayle Gray! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

Head on over to see some of the wonderful creations @ DJRose Quilting and Crafts on their Etsy Page b/c by entering this giveaway you could win $10 to spend in their store! :D

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2011-05-13T15:46:00.001-04:00

CLOSED!!!! Winner is Dona! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

Up for grabs is a captivating book called Jansten's Gift. A good friend of mine is preparing to journey to Ghana to assist in building a school. Her blog is the link below. You will need to follow for one entry.

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2011-05-13T15:42:00.002-04:00

CLOSED!!!!! Winner is Denise (denisecortez)! I will be emailing the winner to let them know they won and letting them know how to claim their prize :)

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CLOSED

2011-05-13T12:48:00.001-04:00

CLOSED WINNER IS HEATHER MILLER WITH THE GUESS 713 am. EXACT TIME WAS 724! :D

This month I am giving away Elle The Elephant to a random winner which will be drawn June 1st!

To enter, comment below with your email address and your guess as to WHAT TIME MY 2ND SON WAS BORN! Remember to put am or pm! :D

If you already commented on the facebook page, I will transfer all of those entries over (Im changing the whole giveaway process b/c Facebook decided to be fussy about giveaways!) :D
(If you get an extra entry or some special entry, I will enter it for you! Please dont give yourself any extra entries :D)