A Bunch of Burts

One of the kitchen items I made to sure to bring with me to Thailand was the wonderful plastic scrapers that you get when you buy some stoneware from Pampered Chef. Sadly, the pizza stones did not come, but the scrapers did. They weigh much less you know.

I brought two of them and they sat right on the edge of my sink. Or they used to.

The last time I saw them, we had had some Thai friends for dinner and she helped me clean up. I fear they were thrown away with the remnants of dinner for they were never seen again.

Since that time I have looked high and low for a replacement, but with no luck.

But…..

Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
I chortled in my joy!

My dear friend just sent me two, count them, two replacements!

Editor’s note. The scrapers my dear friend sent me were not PC, but so wonderful, complete with a rubber grip too! I had not seen them outside of PC before, but am very happy with these, they are Progressive brand. In case you do not want to or do not have the opportunity to place a PC order.

These things definitely work for me! They are wonderful for any stuck on food, especially if the pan has a so-called non-stick surface you do not want to scratch and then end up flaking into your food.

If you try making Cashew Chicken, these hummers really come in handy for cleaning up your wok.

You know what else works for me? Great friends who love you and send you fun packages!

There are lots of great ideas waiting for you at Sharons at Rocks in My Dryer Go take a look

P. S. The first person to tell me where I ‘borrowed’ the italicized line from will receive a small surprise!

I had so much fun with this giveaway, I don’t know if I can wait until the next one sponsored by Shannon at Bloggy Giveaways.

I may have to do one on my one before then.

Here are the winners.

First for the black and gold scarf,

the winner is:

Peter from Walking the Line
Congratulations! I am sure your wife will love it!

For the quilted hilltribes bag,

the winner is:

Kim from FrogPondsRock
Congratulations!

Thank you everyone for entering the drawing and allowing me to get to know some of you a bit better with your great questions and responses.

Free Stuff.

To the ears of a die-hard garage saler in a country where they are few and far between, those words sound fabulous!

Those who know me can attest to my love of garage/yard/bargain hunting. I do love to get something we need or can use for a great price, free is even better.

We do have garage sales here in Thailand, mostly hosted by other ex-pat families who are moving back to their home country or have been here long enough to accumulate enough stuff to warrant such a sale.

Although I jump at the chance to attend such events, (hey - it is one of the few places to find clothes to fit my un-Thai sized body), I have yet to find anything at those sales for prices comparable to a good US yard sale.

Sharon, at Rocks in My Dryer is hosting a giveaway bonanza this week. And free, just the cost of leaving a comment, and you could get some wonderful stuff. It sounded interesting and so I took the opportunity to head to the night market and found a couple of fun things to give away myself.

I am hoping that at least a couple of the other giveaways will be open to those of us who do not live in the US.

Item #1

A Thai silk scarf/table runner.

This is a silk piece measuring 10 inches/ 25.5 cm wide and 75 inches/190cm long, including the fringe.

It is black and gold with the color pattern reversed on the opposite side. There is no ‘wrong’ side.

Here is the full length view. Lovely, isn’t it?

Item #2

Thai hilltribes quilted zipper bag. (I believe this is the Lisu style, from Northern Thailand)

All the work is done by hand. It measures 6.5 inches/16.5 cm wide and 4 inches/10cm tall. It does have a flat bottom and a zipper top. This a very common style of handicraft, which surprised me when I first came. I did not think of quilting when I thought of Thai style handicraft, but this is traditional for this people group.

To enter, leave a comment, or a question for us about Thailand or why we are here.
This is open to anyone with any kind of address.
Winners will be chosen over the weekend of Feb 1-3 and a winner posted on Monday.
There will be two winners, one for the scarf and one for the bag.

Now go check out some of the other offerings at Bloggy
Giveways.

NOTE: COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED, WE ARE DRAWING THE WINNER!