Before winter is over, I just have to share with you my new favorite find to keep in the pantry. I occasionally make beans and cornbread. If you aren’t from the South,this may not be a regular for you, but I love me some beans and cornbread. White beans are my favorite. Soak, rinse, stick in the crockpot with some seasoning, and dinner is served. A bag of beans and corn bread mix have a long shelf life. However, I always had to run to the store to get eggs if I wanted cornbread, because eggs do not have a long shelf life. UNTIL I FOUND Marie Callender’s Cornbread mix! See on the picture where it says “Just Add Water”? Yipppeeeee! Now I can keep the mix in stock and be able to make cornbread at any time. Because I always have water!

And they come in lots of flavors! I have tried the original, honey butter, and southwestern and they are all scrumptious! Very moist, and even if I had to add an egg, it would still be my favorite mix. But I don’t have to add an egg, do I?

It also comes organic.

So if you haven’t tried Marie Callender’s cornbread you will not be disappointed! I am a huge fan of this brand in general. I discovered Marie Callender’s cobblers decades ago and would have one in the oven every day if it had no calories!

Week three of our month-long special of photo editing apps. Today’s app is Pictures With Words. I bet you can never guess what this app does?

From the developer:

Features:
✔ Pick from several gorgeous fonts and colors.
✔ Pick from the amazing selection of emoticons and emoji.
✔ Add even picture-in-pictures.
✔ Use the Pinch gesture to Zoom and Rotate
✔ Create photo collage and mix multiple photos together.
✔ Add captions and emoticons directly while taking photos
✔ Load from your camera roll
✔ Download beautiful images from the web.
✔ Download every minute a new trending image from the web
✔ Save or Share your photos via SMS, EMAIL, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, PINTEREST, INSTAGRAM, etc.

Transform everyday moments into works of art you’ll want to share with friends and family.

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Pictures with Words app takes picture taking and picture editing to the next level by allowing creative people enhance their original photos or images downloaded from the web. A picture enhanced with Pictures with Words app is a very different experience that million of users are discovering globally by playing with the app themselves.

Most recipients of Pictures with Words enjoy the element of surprise the app brings compared to traditional picture sharing apps. A dedicated message in the picture caption, a cute emoticon or another picture embedded in the original snapshot are all greatly appreciated by the receivers because they make them feel the message was prepared just for them. “Pictures with Words” app makes it easy to place, size, and color text and emoticons. The picture creator can choose from hundreds of fonts and colors.

Having composed the perfect text, users can save their new photo in the iPhone / iPad Photo Album, or share it from within the app via SMS, EMAIL, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, PINTEREST, INSTAGRAM, etc.

Don’t save or share standard photos anymore. A picture is worth a thousand words, but add a few captions and annotations and it is much more.

Fun! And there is, as usual, a paid version, but I would always go with the free first, if you have that option.  There are thousands and thousands of photo editing apps out there, so you might as well test drive the free ones!

Easy-peasy slow cooker recipe from Food Network.

Slow-Cooker Spinach Dip

Mix 1 cup grated smoked mozzarella, 1/2 cup grated parmesan, 8 ounces cream cheese, 1 minced garlic clove, 1 box thawed frozen spinach, 1 jar artichoke hearts, and salt and pepper in a slow cooker. Cover and cook on high, 2 hours.

At Christmastime my stylish son wanted some expensive Merino Wool sweaters. I am cheap. To the bone. I have a hard time spending a lot of money on clothes. I am a girl who loves a bargain. So he sent me a link to J. Crew with the specifics of what he wanted and I choked a little. Until I saw the word “factory” at the top of the J. Crew website. Cha-ching. Clicked on the factory website and low and behold, same sweaters, less than half the price. I did the happy dance. For all he knows, I paid full price. Don’t tell him, okay?

I saw something the other day that I am dying to tell him next time I see him in one of his fancy sweaters. It can be his pickup line:  “Know what this sweater is made of? Boyfriend Material”.  HA. Of course he will respond, “I don’t need pickup lines. I don’t do gimmicks.” He’s so cool.

Ok, back to factory.jcrew.com.

Lots of clothes for men and women.

And girls and boys.

And accessories too.

The inventory changes all the time. It is an outlet after all. So if you don’t see what you are looking for today, just keep checking. I just got an adorable pink cashmere sweater for myself last week. LOVE! Oh, and don’t forget to make all your purchases through Ebates! That’s right boys and girls, even J. Crew Factory is on Ebates!