Winners are up!

If you entered either of our last to giveaways go to the giveaway page and check out the widget to see if your name is on it! Remember you have 48 hours to contact your sponsor before a new winner is picked!

Thanks again to our awesome sponsors for providing these giveaways!

This week we will have 3 giveaways and reviews go up as well as some matience on the sponsor section. Thank goodness whatever was wrong with the internet is fixed, I was about to have to take a coffee mug and put everything on a flash drive and head to campus to do all the blogs from there! I find it much easier to do the blogs from home while making dinners and doing homework! I will say that Ashley will be posting some reviews and giveaways of her own soon. So look out for those as well as mine.

*CASTING CALL* We are looking for one more addition to the blog, if you feel that you would be a good addition feel free to e-mail me what you could add to the blog. nikki.keesee@yahoo.com is where you send the info!

Thanks again!

Another Flood..

Well, I came back to school early yesterday that way I could get everything put up, and clean a little before classes started. Good thing I did, I came home AGAIN to a soaked closet and flooded apartment. This is time number 2 in 3 weeks, let me just say this is getting old and I am tired of it. They never found the leak last time after putting 3 holes in my closet, they just replaced the carpet and said that my neighbor must have flooded my apartment but they were never sure. I mean how can someone flood my apartment but not their own? I dont get it.

But here's what happened, I called matience and they came out and wet vacced the water up, took out the soaked padding and said they would come back today. Well a few hours later, the water was back with advengence! So I let them know, they said dont worry they will be here today. I wake up this morning and it is even worse, it has spread all over my apartment and it is nasty! So now, while I am at school, I wonder what I will come home to..new carpet? a hole in my closet? or maybe I will get a new apartment? Who knows..all I know is it was stinky, wet and annoying when I tried to get ready.

Now off to class I go! And to call a place I put a job app in at to see if I can get an interview! Hope everyone has a great day! I will be on tomorrow with reviews and giveaways!

Cant sleep..so I hear a DRUM ROLL!!!

Okay, as I promised I am catching up and first things first is a rant about how someone thinks we have "fake" reviews, then our winners and another BIG thank you to our sponsors Stephanie with Pampered Chef and Sandra with Scentsy.

Let me just say, I did receive an e-mail from someone saying that my reviews are not real, well written and don’t carry my opinion. Well let me assure you all, Ashley and I use every product sent to us, we do NOT do this for fun and to write a “fake” review. I work very hard on my blog and consider it a great way to share my tips, life, school trials and work with everyone. While I may not be the best reviewer, nor do I have kids, which that is why we have the lovely Ashley, but I do try my hardest. I put everything out there and on the line and I share a lot of stuff with everyone and try to make sure you all have fun reading my blog and reviews. I do try to give Ashley our children and mom friendly items, since my child is a fur baby. Which let me say, she does love her new stuffed animal, big thanks to Sandra! I just wanted to clear the air and say that here at A Girl In A Guy’s World, we are serious and we do write real reviews and if you feel other wise, feel free not to read about my life. I am not forcing you to, but I do think it is the nice thing to do. Since the golden rule is..If you cant say anything nice, do NOT say anything at all.

Back to the winners! Our first winner is for the way over due announcement of Stephanie’s Pampered Chef giveaway is #2, Amy Craft. Thank you to the two of you who entered. Make sure we thank Stephanie for this giveaway, because without her, I would not have this new amazing peppermint chocolate sauce for my ice cream on a bad day.

Our second winner is for the Scentsy Buddy giveaway, thanks to Sandra Foy. Our winner is #8, Lindsay Leigh. Thank you to all who entered this giveaway and lets remember to thank Sandra, she is our largest and most generous sponsor. She has bent over backwards and helped us keep our word to you by providing giveaways when consultants have bailed. 

Lets make sure we say a big thank you to both these ladies. They both stepped up for our blog when other backed down on short notice. Also, if you are a winner please make sure you respond to the sponsors e-mail with in 48 hours, or a new winner will be picked. Thanks!

Holy Smokes I'm Sick

Okay, so this week my blog hours have taken a sick day. I am sick as can be, no voice, stuffy nose, bad cough and no energy. But I did say I would blog every week, so I am blogging and I will be working on my reviews more today so hopefully they will make it up this weekend. Doctor says I should be feeling better by then, but let me just say going from a cold to broncitis really just kills me. Maybe next year I will say I wont get sick, since this happened last year too!

Let me just say how proud I am to be an Oklahoma State University Cowboy! I am so proud of the team for pulling out that win and for all be amazing and remembering the 4. Also, if you have no idea why the referenced the gundy after the win, head over to youtube and search teach me how to gundy. It will put a smile on your face!

Do you have kids in college? Do you think the prices are crazy for a textbook? Do you think that tuition goes up to much every year? Well here are a few tips on how I save money during my college career. Look in to renting textbooks, I dont do this because I love to keep my books and write in them, but renting a textbook can be less then half the price of the book. Buy the books online, great deals at half.com or amazon.com even barns and noble sales textbooks at lower prices then the on campus or near campus stores. I got all four of my books needed for this semester for $180, my books if I had gotten them through the school would have cost me over $450. I got all my books for under the price of just one of my books. All my books came brand new in the package and I of course used ebates to buy the books so I get cash back! Do you have a question on how to save on books? Feel free to leave me a comment and I will help you out! Now for that tuition hike problem, I know OSU offers a tuition lock program, while I do not use this I know a few students who do. The price is slightly higher then what I pay currently, but my price can change and theirs will not. It could save you thousands of dollars if started freshman year. Something else to look in to.

But here we go with our reciepe, this is what I eat every time I am sick since I dont like chicken noodle..I know how unAmerican of me. I eat Pho, an amazing chicken or beef Vietnamese noodle soup.

Ingredients

1. 2 unpeeled yellow onions, quartered
2. Three 1/2-inch-thick slices of fresh ginger, smashed
3. 4 quarts cold water
4. 3 pounds chicken bones or chicken wings
5. One 3 1/2-pound chicken, quartered
6. 1 tablespoon salt
7. 2 teaspoons sugar
8. 1/4 cup Asian fish sauce
9. 1 pound dried rice noodles
10. 1 scallion, thinly sliced
11. 1 pound mung bean sprouts
12. 1/2 cup torn basil leaves
13. 2 limes, cut into wedges
14. 2 jalapeños, thinly sliced
15. Asian chili-garlic sauce and hoisin sauce, for serving

1. Preheat the oven to 400°. Put the onions and ginger on a baking sheet and roast for 30 minutes, or until softened and lightly browned.
2. Fill a large stockpot with the water and bring to a boil. Add the roasted vegetables and the chicken bones, quartered chicken, salt and sugar and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to moderate and simmer until the chicken is cooked, about 30 minutes.
3. Using tongs, transfer the quartered chicken to a plate and let cool slightly. Remove the meat from the bones and refrigerate. Return the skin and bones to the stockpot and simmer for 2 hours longer. Strain the chicken broth into a large soup pot and cook over high heat until reduced to 12 cups, about 15 minutes. Stir in the fish sauce.
4. In a large bowl of warm water, soak the noodles until pliable, about 20 minutes.
5. Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Drain the noodles, then add them to the saucepan and boil over high heat until tender, about 3 minutes. Drain well. Transfer the noodles to 6 large bowls and sprinkle with the scallion. Add the reserved chicken to the broth and simmer until heated through. Ladle the broth and chicken over the noodles. Serve with the bean sprouts, basil, lime wedges, jalapeños, chili-garlic sauce and hoisin sauce.

Make Ahead The recipe can be prepared through Step 3 and refrigerated for up to 2 days. 

 

This soup is amazing and perfect with a little hot pepper sauce to clear up you stuffyness. 

What are your favorite things to eat when you are sick? How do you get over the crud? 

Well, I need to go over my class schedule and get my books ready and pull the backpack back out and then take a nap. School starts Monday with 17 hours and a fun hotel lab at the Oklahoma State University Atherton. Have you ever thought to go stay at a hotel run by students? Let me just say the Atherton is a top notch hotel that is just as nice as any other 4 star hotel, located right next to the largest student union in the US!

Okay, now really, I must get ready for class. I cant not be prepared..that will drive me bonkers!

Have a Great Day!

Great Target Deal, Cole's Surgery and Finals

Okay, who needs a few more last minute gifts? Right now Plum District has a great deal for a $25 gift card to Target plus a $50 gift card to restaurant.com, an amazing site for food deals around your town! This deal is NATION WIDE, oh did I mention if you are new you get $5 for signing up, meaning you can get $75 worth of gift cards for $20?  Go NOW!

Coles surgery was today and let me just say I was a mess during my final. It was so stressful knowing he was getting operated on an hour away from me and I had no control over him, not to mention that I wont get to seem him till tomorrow.  The good news is, he is doing okay, lots of pain and has to stay over night since they cant get it under control. I just cant wait to go home tomorrow after my last final and give him a hug and kiss and see how he is doing.

Finals week are coming to an end as is my first semester in Stillwater. I can not wait till it is over and I can just spend time with cole and help him. Now I have one more final and I am done for 3 weeks! That means I have 3 weeks to cook cole things he finds on pinterest! I know what the first thing is going to be and he will love it! Oh and let me just say I made a few cookies yesterday for my girls christmas and test night and oh sooo yummy! So I will post the recipes later so everyone can try them if they want.

Also, remember we have 2 giveaways closing this week as well as a new giveaway up. I will also be putting up another giveaway this weekend or early next week, depends on if I start work this week or not. Hope all of you are having a great week!