Thanksgiving Review

So Wednesday morning we left to go to Michigan. It was a good ride up there. Not a lot of traffic. The only major thing that happened is when we stopped at a rest area and my phone fell out of the truck. I picked it up and put it in the seat. A little while later driving down the road I grabbed my phone. NO BACK! The back to my phone fell off when it hit the ground! So now I have to go to the sprint store and pray they have a back for my phone. I really don't want a whole new phone because of everything I have on mine. Too much work to replace all the stuff. Thanksgiving was good. We cooked at my sister's. Then after dinner we went to my aunt's to see family that I haven't seen since my wedding in 2007. Some I hadn't seen since 2006! it was a really nice visit. Friday we saw my dad. The kids ended up staying there for the night. Except for Heather because she's little. And well I'm not ready to let her go somewhere for the night without me. Saturday we packed everything up, picked up the girls and hit the road by 3. We were home by 10ish and exhausted! It's so stressful to plan a trip with 3 kids. It takes months to plan and save money. Then it only lasts a few days. Sometimes I wonder if its worth it for only a short visit? But maybe that's why it only happens a couple times a year and the rest of the time my family comes here. They don't have kids to travel with. Its easier for them. LOL.
Stay tuned for tomorrow! My Christmas in Wonderland Blog Party kicks off, and I am very very excited!

Winners of the Leg Warmers and Twilight Necklace!

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November 18, 2008 11:35 PM




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November 25, 2008 6:53 PM


Congrats to you both and you have 48 hours to contact me!

Wordless Wednesday 11/26

I have no clue how it stayed like that! But I think Heather is the one who put it that way. LOL

Winner of the soaps!

and the winner is... Andreah said... 26
I'm a follower =)
November 18, 2008 4:37 PM
you have 48 hours to contact me.

Michigan Trip for Thanksgiving

My family and I are going to Michigan to spend Thanksgiving with my mom, dad, step-mom, sister, and extended family. Not at all once, lol. Having my mom and step-mom in the same room is not a good idea. lol. we were to leave on Wednesday and come home on Saturday night. Well plans have changed. We will be leaving tomorrow afternoon and get a whole extra day with the fam. I have 2 contests ending tomorrow night. I will still pull the winners on Wednesday, I'm just not sure when I will be able to get to them. They will be pulled using random.org, but I won't be able to do a screen shot of it because I don't want to save anything to my sister's computer. So I will just c and p it to a post. I won't have time to blog tomorrow except to pull tonight's ending contest winner. So I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and I will see you all Sunday or Monday!

Winner for the Tutu and Headband REPULLED!

The first winner never contacted me so i repulled a new winner.

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November 14, 2008 10:54 AM

You have been emailed. You have 48 hours to contact me.

Are you or your kids Disney fans?

Well, have I got the perfect contest for you to enter! Deb at Just A Mom's Take on Things is having a giveaway for a Disney prize pack which includes CD's from Camp Rock, Bolt, and a compilation CD! To check it out and enter, go here! Contest ends December 15th.

I Remember When #8

For the past few weeks we've been talking about our first's. First crush, first boyfriend, and now we have to come to the inevitable first break up! AHHH LOL

Somehow I missed week 7! I dont why, but I did. Grrrr.

This week’s topic is:
“I remember when… I ever had (or didn’t have) my heart broken”.

So a couple weeks ago I talked about John, my first crush/boyfriend. When we split shortly after my Not-so-sweet Sixteen, I started dating Dennis. At first, like all guys, he was sweet and innocent. Very caring. At one point I had missed my period, and I thought I was pregnant. But Dennis and I hadn't had sex, so it woulda been from John. Dennis said he was going to stand by me. His parents had found out somehow, and it didn't end pretty. There was a huge fight. Dennis got kicked out, so my mom let him stay with us. Mind you, I'm only 16! It turns out I wasn't pregnant, thank God! Shortly after he moved in he was working nights at Taco Bell. They close really late. His car had died so my mom was letting him use her's. He started not coming home until my mom had to go to work. Then I started receiving phone calls about him screwing other girls in my mom's car! I had it. I ended up coming down with pneumonia. I was really sick. I even got dehydrated. My dad came and got me and took me to the hospital. My dad kept me and made me live at his house (a whole other post). The whole freaking truth came out after I moved in with my dad. And I lost it. Just cried and sobbed. We weren't together very long, but he was honestly my first love. Don't ask me why. I guess I have just always fell for the bad boys. LOL. Dennis has grown up a lot. It took him to go to prison to get there, but he's there. He has the cutest family! His daughter looks just like him, and he is marrying her mother in August. We still talk, but never the passed. Too heartwrenching to hear about all that.

I SAW TWILIGHT!!!!

OMG if you have not seen the movie you NEED to go as soon as possible! It is so good and I loved every minute of it! I freaked out when Edward came into view, as well as Jacob! Although my favorite is and always will be Edward. I can't wait for the it to come out on DVD because it will be MINE! And I also can't wait for the other books to be made into movies and for them come to theaters. Stephenie Meyer is an awesome writer and I want to thank her very much for such great books!

Oh how I wish I there really is an Edward, he would definitely be MINE, LOL :)

Go see the movie!!!!

Winner of Giveaway #1 candycane tutu and headband combo

Walker family said... 36
I am now a faithful follower of YOU!! LOL.
November 17, 2008 9:27 PM

Congrats! you have 48 hours to contact me before I pull a new winner.

Scrapbook Saturday 11/22

The girls from Christmas 2007

Santa Clause is Coming to Town Review & Giveaway #5- A Personalized Placemat! (CLOSED)

First, I am very sad that my contests are coming to a close. This is the last one until December 1st when my Big party starts!

This is my first review, so please bear with me through this ok?

So, I was very excited when Suzi from Suzihomemaker agreed to let me review her embroidered placemats. Suzi does custom embroidery for the home, school, work and for play, even family reunions. So for your next family reunion think of Suzi! She specializes in personalized baby and children's gifts too!

I got 3 placemats, one for each girl. Let me just tell you, these are the custest placemats I have ever seen! They aren't your typical placemats. These are made of a heavy cotton material, and can withstand just about anything. My kids love them as well. My table stays a lot cleaner, that's nice too.

When I fist received the placemats in the mail, I was really excited and couldn't wait for the kids to get home from school so we could try them out. Although I was a bit skeptical with Heather's because she is still in a high chair, but it works! It is a little big, but she won't eat without it on her tray now, LOL! I guess it's a good thing, less cleaning for mommy. One suggestion would be maybe to make it a tad smaller so it could fit on a standard size high chair tray.

I love how durable these placemats are. And when something is spilled, they dont STICK to the table like your rubber ones do. And they are washable! Although no washing instructions came with them, but I washed them on the delicate cycle in cold water. I dried them on low heat for about 5-10 minutes. The best ever product, that's I've received for my kids that's for sure!

Now onto the giveaway! Suzi is donating one placemat of your choice to one lucky winner!

For your first entry you MUST go to her site and take a look around. Find an item that you would be interested in purchasing and come back here and tell me which item.

As always there are chances for additional entries:

1. Blog about this giveaway including links back to me and to Suzi.

2. Follow me on twitter.

3. Twitter this giveaway.

4. Follow my blog.

5. Add my button to your sidebar or my link to your blogroll.

6. After you have done ALL entries you may come back as many times as you would like and leave a comment about something from Suzi's site that you'd be interested in. That's right, UNLIMITED entries after the first 6!!!!

Contest ends Sunday November 30 at 11:59 PM. I will random.org the winner on Monday December 1st.

Aloha Friday 11/21

Am I glad to see that it's Friday! Man, what a week! Finally a bit of a break and then I see Twilight tomorrow!!!!

So you know the drill, answer my question and if you want to participate just ask your own question on your blog.

Today's question is, does it snow where you live? Has it snowed yet? This is what we got last night!

And don't forget to check out An Island Life for more Aloha Friday questions!

Thursday Thirteen 11/20

Thirteen Things That Have Happened To Me This Week! 1. Monday morning started my whole week off totally wrong! My dh left his license plate at home for his big truck and I had to take it to him. There was no pop in the house and I need one when I get up, so I stopped at the store to get one. No credit card! I go back home to get it, and remembered it was in the bag with dh's prescription, which he had thrown away! 2. I barely had enough gas to take him his stupid license plate, so he gave me his card. Not having enough gas is a scarey thing when you don't have money to get any on the way. 3. I dug through the garbage which btw had already been taken to the big can for trash day, and dug through chili to get to my precious credit card (it's a bank card, but still). 4. After all that on Monday, I had also forgotten sides to go with my Sloppy Joe dinner, so we had a bowl of cereal for dinner. UGH i hate stressful days. 5. Tuesday, I go to Walmart to get a few things. No credit card! UGH when i dug it out of the trash, I left it on the table. His card was in my jeans pocket, but I was wearing different jeans, LOL! Had to go back home again and get it. I figured I'd just go through the garage so I could leave the truck running for the baby. No. The inside door to the house was locked. I had to turn the truck off and go through the front door! (the inside garage door doesnt have a keyhole) 6. I got a migraine and I couldn't figured out why 4 motrin didn't take it away. So, I said fuck it and went to bed. 7. TMI, but it was a menstrual headache! What a nice surprise in the middle of the night! 8. Wake up Wednesday morning, still have a headache. I go to Walmart and me some PMS pills, no more headache! 9. I also woke up with a damn cold sore on my lip. Its huge, irritating, and it hurts! Good thing I already have a nice stock of Carmex! 10. Last night I started sneezing. And sneezing. And sneezing. Get the picture? It was horrible. I thought i was for sure gonna sneeze my brains out! Is that possible? Man, I could barely catch my breath. 11. Then my nose starts running off my face. Im already in bed, so I had to get up and go into the living room and get tissues from the only box of kleenex in the house. (Note to self: buy more boxes of tissue) 12. Its just been a bad week all together. Im still sneezing today! 13. I don't have anything else to say, but GO ENTER MY CONTESTS!!!!

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Santa Clause is Coming to Town Giveaway #4- Twilight Necklace!(CLOSED)

Omg! Where are my fellow Twilight fans! Have I got the perfect Twilight inspired prize for you! And I was very excited when Maria from Forever And A Day donated this:

A *I Run With Vampires* necklace! It's really too bad that I can't win it because I want it.

Do you want this? Do you?

Well here's what you have to do:

For your initial entry you MUST go to Maria's site, Forever And A Day and take a look around and find something else you'd be interested in purchasing. She also has another shop, The Wishing Well, take a look around there as well. So that's 2 things you would want. You MUST do this in order to get an entry.

Then there's always more ways to win:

1. Blog about this giveaway incuding links back to me and to BOTH of Maria's sites!

2. Follow my blog.

3. Follow me on twitter.

4. Twitter this giveaway.

5. Add my button or my link to your blogroll.

Please leave a separate comment for each entry.

Contest will end on Tuesday November 25th at 11:59 PM. I will random.org the winner on Wednesday November 26th.

Wordless Wednesday 11/19

Let me explain this. I was driving west on the highway. This truck was flipped on its side facing east against a rock wall! how it got there, idk. it tied traffic up for hours, tho! and then the second pic, i was on my way back home, going east, and that's as far as they had gotten to getting the truck out. Not very far, it was an hour later!

Don't forget to check out more Wordless Wednesdays at Momdot and 5M4M!

Santa Clause is Coming to Town Giveaway #3-Leg Warmers!(CLOSED)

If you can't tell already, the seasons have changed, and it's really getting cold outside. What better way to help keep your little one's legs warmer this winter season with a pair of leg warmers! Trisha the owner of Cutie Covers, has generously donated a pair of your choice (shown in the pic below) to one lucky winner! You may also know Trisha from Sweet N Sassy Girls, You should really check out her site, everything is beautiful and very reasonably priced!

Want to win a pair?

For your initial entry, go over to Trisha's site and find another item you'd be interested in purchasing.

For additional entries:

1. Blog about this giveaway including links back to me and Trisha's site.

2. Follow my blog.

3. Follow me on twitter, Jamie6907.

4. Twitter this giveaway.

5. Add my button or link to your blog roll.

Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry!

Contest will end Tuesday November 25th at 9:00PM. I will random.org the winner on Wednesday November 26th.

FUN with FOOD Contest!

Hey! The ladies over at 5M4M are having an awesome FUN with FOOD photo contest, and the prize is a $500 grocery card! How awesome is that? We are all struggling to survive in this economy right now, and who couldn't use an extra $500 for groceries!? Here is my photo.

Santa Clause is Coming to Town Giveaway #2-Mimi's Handmade Soaps! (CLOSED)

I was very excited when my great friend Mimi obliged to sponsor a giveaway for me! She does an amazing job. I bought some from her last year for a Christmas present, and I was very satisfied with the quality and the scent! It matched perfectly! Now on to the contest.

Here is one big bar of soap with Goatsmilk with apple jack and Orange peel scent! And there's also sparkles!

And 2 guest size bars that are glycerin with Cookies for Santa scent!

Mimi doesn't have a store so for your initial entry you have to tell me what your favorite scent is around the holiday season!

For additional entries:

1. Grab my button or add me to your blogroll.

2. follow me on twitter, Jamie 6907

3. blog about this giveaway with links back to me and Mimi's blog.

4. Twitter this giveaway.

5. Follow me.

That's a total of 6 potential entries! Let me know in a separate comment for each task you've completed.

The contest will endMonday, November 24th at 11:59PM. I will random.org the winner Tuesday November 25th.

Note** Shipping to U.S. residents only!

Scrapbook Saturday 11/15

Isn't my best one, but i was getting frustrated with my pics not working right, lol. Don't forget to go over to Mamma Dawg and sign Mr. Linky.

Aloha Friday 11-14

Well, it's Friday again. Not my favorite day of the week this week. Been a very stressful day today, i just can't seem to catch a break! but anyway, Thanksgiving is fast approaching. Only 2 weeks left! So today's question is:

Have you figured out your plans for Thanksgiving? Are you staying home and cooking or are you going elsewhere?

We are going to Michigan this year to see my family. They always come down for the holidays, so it's our turn to go up there. It'll be nice!

Don't forget to head over to An Island Life for more Aloha Friday posts!

Santa Clause is Coming to Town Giveaway #1- Candycane Tutu/Headband set (CLOSED)

I am so excited to kick off my Pre Blog Party with this very cute candycane tutu and headband combo generously donated by Asha of Sweet P's Tutus Boutique. She is the mother of 3 children, 2 boys and 1 girl. So I can see why she's excited to make these tutus all on her own! Wouldn't this just look adorable on your little girl???

For your first entry, you MUST visit her site, Sweet P's Tutus Boutique and tell me about one other item that you like there. This task is required to get additional entries. Please be sure to include your email address if you do not have a blog.

For additional entries:

1. Blog about this giveaway including links back to me and to Asha as well.

2. Follow me on Twitter, Jamie6907.

3. Twitter this post.

4. Follow my blog.

5. Add my link to your blogroll, or my button to your sidebar.

Be sure to send me a separate comment for each task you've done.

NOTE** Available to US residents only!

Contest will end Friday November 21st at 11:59 pm. I will random.org the winner on Saturday November 22.

Wondering Where I've Been?

Well let just tell you. Last Thursday as you may know from my Aloha Friday post, my lovely 19 month old daughter decided to stick a little wooden dowel up her nose which required us to go to the ER and have it removed. We started decorating for Christmas this passed weekend, and hung up some lights outside. It's just the beginning, we will be the next Griswald family, lmao! Then this week, I've been overwhelmed with the kids. Jessi has had an attitude problem, and I needed to put her in check. Heather once again, stuck something up her nose on Wednesday! This time a popcorn kernal. Another trip to the dr, but at least this time we were able to go to her pedi instead of a 4.5 hour wait at the ER. Now with this crazy weather, I'm feeling a little under the weather. My throat has been sore all day. I really hope I'm not coming down with something. That would just ruin my weekend. LOL. If you don't see me around for a little while, I'm also busy with sponsors for my big Christmas party coming up in December.
Tomorrow my first giveaway is going up! Be ready for it.

Just a few reminders!

I wanted to remind you all of a few happenings around the blogosphere this week.

First and foremost, MomDot is starting their Christmas of Dreams Blog Party tomorrow! ONE winner will walk away with it all!

Jess of NBP is also having a Christmas giveaway on her blog that starts tomorrow as well.

My own Christmas pre blog party starts this Friday, don't forget to grab my buttons!


And don't forget that Toni is having her Twilight Extravaganza this week thru next Friday!!!

Lots of fun, fun, and more fun!

Twilight Fragrance Giveaway!

Trisha of Sweet N Sassy Girls is having yet another Twilight fragrance giveaway, in honor of the movie coming out on the 21st! So head on over to her site or Custom Scents Online and pick out your favorite fragrance! Trisha is giveaway one full-size bottle to one lucky winner on November 19th. So hurry and get your entry in!

Do You Believe?

Macy's BELIEVES! Tis the season to give, and what better way to do just that through

Macy's Believe Campaign. Everyone will be busy shopping, and I'm sure there is a trip to a mall scheduled in there somewhere. If not then, this will be the perfect reason to make one. Your child can write AND send a letter to Santa himself! There are boxes set outside each Macy's store, and for EVERY letter sent, Macy's will donate $1 to the Make-A-Wish foundation!

So, before you go out on your shopping sprees this holiday season take a little extra time and have your child write a letter. It'll help other children this year!

What Age Did You...

Marry your spouse? The first time, if you've been married more than once. I found this article on yahoo's front page. It states that many couples are waiting for marriage until the *right time*. But when exactly is the right time? Since marriages have been on record in the 1890's, the average is now at it's highest. I was 19 when I married my first husband. I was very young, too young, i think. It wasn't for the right reasosns either. I was 24 when I married this time. Hopefully it's my last time too. LOL.

I Remember When #6 11/9

Well, it's sunday, the weekend is coming to a close. So why not take a trip down memory lane, and play I Remember When?
This week’s topic is:
“I remember when… I had my first boyfriend”. Did you hold hands? Go on ‘dates’? Or just hang around together with the crowd? Whatever your memories are related to your first boyfriend, share them!
Well, since last week's I Remember When went into my first crush being my first boyfriend, I'll continue and tell you about my first husband. *WARNING* explicit content!
So John and I finally called it quits in January of 2000. He was hanging out with some friends that I didn't like and treated me like shit. Instead of John coming to my defense he would just laugh at it. How wrong is that? Someone that is supposed to love and care about me is laughing at what his friends are saying?! Not. Cool.
I had met Juan, my first husband, while dating John. Never talked to this guy at all. Maybe just a hi when he would come to the house. (it was my cousin's house). After John and I had split, I noticed Juan checking me out. He was really quiet and shy. So innocent-looking (or so I thought...but more on that later). I asked him to take me to my friend's house. He obliged. As I was getting ready to get in the car, he reached over to the passenger seat to clean it off, but I was still getting in and didn't see him. Then it happened. He grabbed my ass! LOL. Such a typical male thing, huh? So we get to my friend's house, and we all decide to go see a movie. He bought everything! I thought it was really sweet. Then he took me back to my cousin's house. I went to bed. The next morning, he kissed me. We started dating then. I was living at my dad's which was about an hour from my cousin's, but he would pick me up on the weekends, and come to see me at my dad's thru the week sometimes. I was young and very naive. Valentine's Day he asked me to move to Las Vegas with him. Um, what?! I'm 17 years old! I can't do that! But I did do just that! I ran away from home to be with a guy that I had only been with less than a month. When we got out there, we all got jobs (his sister and her boyfriend came as well). I got injured at work, and needed medical attention. It wasn't anything serious. I had slipped on the floor and hurt my back. Before they could do x-rays, a pg test was needed. Ok, cool, that's policy. No need to worry, right? WRONG! I was 6 weeks pg with our daughter, and didn't even know! So I tell him. Was he excited like me? NO. He wanted me to have an abortion! I just couldn't bring myself to that to my *baby* a human life. So I ran away from him, and was gonna back home to Michigan. I was going to have that baby with or without him. Well, he agreed to keep it, and I went back. Then the drug use began. Not just your typical smoking weed. How about meth! It was recreational either, it was everyday! Then he started not coming home. I knew it was the drugs. That was out of my control. Jessi was born that December. He calmed down a lot in the beginning and was home all the time. Helping me with our daughter. But he fell right back into his cycle. I guess it was just something that I was gonna have to live with so our family could stay together. Like I said, I was young and naive. We married in October of 2001. Things were good, except for the drugs. I don't think he ever cheated on me bc he was too shy around girls. In January of 2002, he hit me. One and only time. I called my dad, he called the Las Vegas Police Department, who then showed up at my door. Juan came home on lunch from work and was arrested and taken to jail. I gathered up as much as I could and was police escorted to my mil's to get my daughter. I just thank God that she wasn't at home to witness me getting hit like that. I get my daughter and we go to women's shelter for one night. the next night i was on a plane home to Detroit. I didn't talk to Juan for almost 3 months. He didn't even know where I was at! Then I gave in and talked to him, just to tell him that me and Jessi were alright. The next thing I know, he's gettin on a bus to come be with us. OMG! So we get back together. Jasmine was born the next January, while he was where? Yep, you guessed it. In jail. But not for abuse. It was for warrants. So things are good. We're happy. Or so I thought. He was lazy. Didn't want to do anything! Including work! All he wanted to do was play video games and snort coke. I was the one working AND goin to school since I dropped out of high school to be with his stupid ass. I finally got sick of it and kicked him out in March of 2006. I got with Brian and moved with him to Kentucky in June. Juan was always welcomed here to see the kids whenever he wanted. He decided to go back to Las Vegas. Like he really needed that, right? So Brian and I both told him to stop here on his way so he can see the girls. Did he come? Nope. Did he call? eh, barely. Then in August, I get a phone call. His mom. Crying. There's been an accident. I have to call the hospital. All I get is, he's in surgery. Well, he died on August 7, 2006 of a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the stomach. Drugs in his system. Ruled a suicide! OMG how do I tell my kids this? They are only 5 and 3. School starts in 2 days! So I waited until the weekend. Brian and I both sat down with the girls that Saturday morning and told them that their daddy had an accident and he went to Heaven to be with God. It was a huge cryfest.

You Must Enter This Contest!

OMG! I've just come across a sweet contest that everyone must go enter!

Rachael of The Scott Family is giving away $100 in FREE jewlery from her own etsy shop in honor of her 100th post! Her site has very beautiful hand-stamped necklaces, and ONE winner gets to choose $100 worth!!! Now go over to her site or her shop and check it out!

This is just a sample of what she has to offer! There are so many more beautiful necklaces to look at and want!

Get Ready For Christmas!

I am hosting 2 upcoming giveaway Christmas parties! The first, a pre-party, starts next Friday runs thru the 21st. It will lead up to the BIG party in December from the 1st thru the 15th. Lots of giveaways, lots of fun! Be sure to grab my buttons, you will need BOTH in order to participate!

Just grab the codes from the sidebar on the right.

And if you could help me promote these parties by publishing a post on your blog, i'd really appreciate it. The more, the merrier!

Thanks so much, and I hope to see you all there!

Tiny Prints Contest Winner!

It was a hard decision to make this morning. I had some really good entries. But I think my favorite one is from Trisha of Sweet N Sassy Girls who said: Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. What? A mouse? Where? Eeek! I hate mice! Oh, and apparently one mommy blogger trying to finish running contests, wrapping presents, and setting up posts for the morning so she wouldn't have to worry about her blog not having new content the next day.Oh well, guess that's the life of a blogger! Happy Holidays!

Congrats Trisha! You have been emailed. You have 48 hours to contact me before I pull a new winner.

Scrabook Saturday 11/8

since my computer has been messin up i was havin a hard time getting scrapblog to work. come to find out it was IE, so I had to download Firefox. and what do you know, it works! So here's 2 pages to make up for last week as well.

Now that the soccer season is over, my kids are bored, bored, bored. But sign-ups begin in January, so they'll have something to do again in the spring. They both really enjoyed playing, and I am very proud of them both for picking up the sport so quickly! Even Jasmine got 2 goals this season, and that's really good for it being her first season.

My First Big Contest!!! Tiny Prints Holiday Pack!!!

HI! I'm hosting my very first contest just in time for the Holiday season!

Please note: if you have won from this contest or hosted this contest within the past 90 days you may not win again.

Guidelines:

1. Please visit this link http://www.tinyprints.com/shop/holiday_photo_cards.htm and search for the holiday photo card with “slushy to chic” in the description above the price calculator.

*HINT* do a quick view of the card and then click on more info, and the card is located on the first page.

2. When you have done that, click “ask a friend” to share the card to my email address (Jtaulbee6907@gmail.com) with your own fun and creative greeting then “Save in Favorites.”

3. Then come back here and share the same greeting in your post.

4. I will choose the winner with the MOST fun and creative greeting, so put your thinking caps on!

The winner will receive 50 of the selected card, 72 address labels and 60 stamps with the matching card design!
You can enter as many times as you would like!
You are responsible for the full purchase price of any items that fall outside of contest winnings.

Contest Ends Nov 7, 2008 at 11:59 pm! Winner will be announced Nov 8, 2008

Good luck to all of you!

Aloha Friday 11/7

YAY! It's Friday again, my favorite day of the week, as it kicks off the weekend and family time begins with the whole family! Let's get right to it, you know the drill.

My question for today is:

Has your child ever stuck something up their nose? Could you get it out yourself or was a trip to the ER involved?

Last night, my sweet baby girl decided to put a little wooden dowel up her nose! I could see it, so I attempted to get it out myself with a pair of tweezers. Not happening. The tweezers kept slipping off it. So off to the ER we went, all 3 kids in tow.....2.5 hours later we finally see a dr! It took all of 5 minutes to get the thing out of her nose. All is good now, and the rest of the wooden dowels from her hamper have since been thrown out!

Don't forget to check out An Island Life for more Aloha Friday participants.

So My Husband Got Hit On...

BY A GUY!!!!!!!!! ROFLMAO!!!!
Last night while at a truck stop getting fuel, he runs into another driver from the same company. While inside signing his fuel receipt, the guy asks Brian if he wanted to get a burger. Brian rejected. He said he didn't have enough time to stop and sit to eat. The guy suggested maybe another time. PFFT! As Brian was walking out the door, the guy asked him his name. Brian simply said 'Brian'. The guy said 'I'm Edward'. Brian said he was just a little bit TOO friendly.
I started laughing hysterically! I mean I know my husband is charming and attractive, but I never once thought that another GUY would think the same thing!
Brian is probably going to be avoiding 'Edward' at all costs now. Even when they are at the shop at the same time or even safety meetings.
How about that for a story, huh???? LMAO

Thursday Thirteen 11/6

Thirteen Books I've Read This Year 1. The Choice~Nicholas Sparks....Travis Parker thinks he's the perfect bachelor, until he meets his neighbor Gabby Holland. She seems to be holding a grudge against him, despite all his attempts to be the friendly person he is. Her long-time boyfriend plays a role in this as well. He tries so hard to lead them both to the doorstep of a journey that neither one could have predicted. It comes with the most heart-breaking question of all: How far should one go to keep the hopes of love alive? 2. P.S. I Love You~ Cecelia Ahern....also a motion picture. Holly and Gerry are high school sweethearts, the perfect young couple. Then the unimaginable hits...Gerry is diagnosed with a terminal illness, and Holly believes she can't go on without him, but he has plans for her. When she gets out of her slump she retreives a mysterious package...."The List". Gerry stayed true to his word, and at the end of each note it says P.S. I love you. My take on this book...very sad and happy at the same time. I cried...tears of sadness and joy. I'm a big sap I know. LOL 3. Sundays At Tiffany's~ James Patterson.....Jane Margaux is a lonely little girl with an imaginary friend, Michael. There are rules with imaginary friends, so he can't stay forever. He leaves her on her 9th birthday. Years later, Jane in her 30's is still just as lonely, then she meets a man who is just perfect! 4. The Memory Keepers Daughter~ Kim Edwards....also a motion picture. In 1964, Dr. Henry is forced to deliver his twins in a terrible snow storm. The boy is perfectly healthy, but the girl, well she's not so perfect. She has Down Syndrome. At that day in age, all babies like that weren't expected to live long, and were sent to a home with other children. This was Dr. Henry's nurse, Caroline's job, to take the baby girl to the home. She can't bring herself to do it. She disappears with the baby and raises her as her own. A story where 2 worlds come together after 25 years being left as a deep dark secret. 5. The Notebook~Nicholas Sparks....also a motion picture. Noah Calhoun is back from WWII and being haunted by images of his long lost love from 10 years ago. Allie Nelson is about to marry a wealthy lawyer, but she can't stop thinking about who stole her heart so many years ago. This is the beginning of a love story so powerful and deep it can turn tragedy into triumph. 6. The Wedding~Nicholas Sparks...the sequel to The Notebook. Many years into the future, Noah and Allie's daughter Jane is about to get the surprise of her life. Her husband thinks he's been a failure so he gets lots of friends and family involved to pull it off. Truly a great story. 7. The Gift~ Nora Roberts.....a collaboration of 3 separate stories. Home For Christmas~ Jason Law has returned home to win back the girl he left behind. This time nothing was going to stand in his way. All I Want For Christmas~ Identical twins Zeke and Zach wanted only one gift from Santa, a mother. But convincing their father wasn't going to be easy. Until the new music teacher, Miss Davis arrives in town. Gabriel's Angel~ All Gabriel wanted was solitude. But Laura ends up at his remote cabin after an accident during a blizzard desperate, alone, and on the run. This modern-day Scrooge just couldn't turn her away, for she was what he was looking for for a long time, and she also brings the gift of passion, life and hope. He just has to get the courage to reach for it. 8. River's End~Nora Roberts....Olivia's parents are Hollywood stars until a 'monster' came and took her mother away forever. the 'monster' being her father....after being sheltered from the truth, an older Olivia doesnt recall much from that frightful night. Until she realizes her recurring nightmares can be pieced together to get the real story.Accompanied by Noah brady, the cop's son who found her cowering in a closet so many years ago, she gets her chance. Noah wants to reconstruct the night that made Hollywood history, and he also wants to help Olivia and help her mend her lonely heart. Once the door to her past opens, there's no telling what will happen...for somewhere, the 'monster' walks again.... 9.Twilight~Stephenie Meyer....also a motion picutre due in theatres 11/21. Isabella Sawn uproots from the warm sunny skies of Pheonix to live with her dad in gloomy Forks, Washington where she meets the mysterious Edward Cullen. With all of his great characteristics, he irresistable and impenetrable. He has been able to keep his true identity a secret, until Bella comes along, and she is determined to find out. What she doesn't realize is the closer she gets, the more danger for all involved. but it's too late to turn back. 10. New Moon~Stephenie Meyer.....For Bella the only thing that matters to her is Edward Cullen. Being in love with a vampire is far more dangerous that ever imagined. Edward has already saved her from one evil vampire, but they soon realize their troubles are just beginning.... 11. Eclipse~Stephenie Meyer....still currently reading....But so far as Seattle is being ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a violent female vampire seeks revenge, Bella again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the middle of it all, she is forced to choose between the love of her life Edward and her best friend, Jacob, knowing it erupt the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. And with her graduation from high school quickly upon her, she has one more big decision to make: life or death. 12. Breaking Dawn~Stephenie Meyer.....I haven't read this yet, so no description here. But I know it'll probably just as good as the other 3. 13. Any other good books that come my way, i'll read. I have a bookcase full of great books that I haven't gotten to yet for the obsession with Edward has taken over. I will be sad for it to end when I finish the last book.

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Which Twilight Character Are You?

I got this from Trisha at Sweet N Sassy Girls! I just had to play and see who I am.

Here are my results.


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Twilighters Anonymous says this: You are observant, diplomatic and often aim to please. You are unaware of your attractiveness and despite being uncomfortable with any form of attention, people enjoy your company. You can be impatient, stubborn and headstrong, but you are true to your word and mature for your age, often taking care of your family and enjoying a good book over chatting with girlfriends on the phone.

Wordless Wednesday 11/5

My pretty Azalea bush late spring/early summer.

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My blog is one of the Coolest!

Mandi gave me this bloggy award! She's so nice to think my blog is cool!

The Rules:

1. link the person who gave you the award.

2. forward it up to seven other cool blogs and link them.

3. comment on their blog to pick up this award.

Now for who i forward this to:

1. Rachel

2. Deb

3. The Mom Jen

4. Trish

5. Tena

6. Heather

7. Jess

Tackle It Tuesday 11/4

Boy, am I tired! This weekend was exceptionally busy. And there wasn't even any soccer games to attend. The season is over. But Friday was Halloween and we were busy from the time the girls got home from school until we went Trick or Treating. (See Halloween post on page 2).

Now on to this weekend. We did a bunch of cleaning, finally! In previous tackle posts I was saying we were working on the garage, well it's finally done! well almost. it's about 3/4 of the way done. Please forgive me as I dont have any before shots, but I will explain. Our garage was packed full of junk, the motorcycle, and garbage cans! You could barely walk thru it when hauling in the groceries or to even go to the fridge (yes, i have a fridge in my garage-it's used for all the drinks and extra food) to get a cold drink. We have since went thru all the boxes, and put most of them up in the attic. We never realized how much room was up there, lmao! My truck is packed full of stuff to take to Goodwill, and once I drop it off, Brian is going to pack it up again with the last load, and then the garage will be done! The garbage cans full, full, and even more full, and sitting outside ready for trash day on Thursday.

While Brian worked on the garage, i was cleaning inside. We were all sick with the stomach flu last week, and well, my house was severely neglected. I scrubbed the kitchen down real good, cleaned off the counters of more junk lol, and cleaned off the kitchen table.

i worked my way into the living room where i had broke down the pack-n-play and put it away for storage. Heather used to love to sit in there and play, but since she's learned how to walk/run/climb, she wants nothing to do with it. So it'll be used as a travel crib then. *sniff* my baby isn't so much a baby anymore!

Ok living room is cleaned. On to Heather's room. Her room was used as a storage room before she was born. And we never really cleaned it out, just kinda made room for her things. LOL. Now it's finally her room! All we have left is painting. I cleaned up all the clothes that were laying on her floor and boxed them up for Goodwill as well. Got rid of some trash that in there, hung up her balloon from her Birthday (back in April), and hung a picture on the wall.



Oh! And I also managed to go and get my hair cut on Saturday too! If you look at my pic on the right sidebar, that was my hair cut back in April/May, and it had grown about 4 inches. I just got sick of long hair so I chopped it all off!

All that's left is my room and the girls room. Those will be this weekends tackles. Stay tuned for that next week.

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Entrecard Stats for 10/1-11/3

Here are my stats for the month and a few days! Congrats to Tena at Punkey Money's for being the top dropper!

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Punky Monkeys
23
Go Graham Go!
14
The $200 mission....
14
The Cool Mom Guide
13
Cheaper Than Therapy
12
Soccer Mom Says...
10
April's Little Family.
10
Work at Home Mom Revolution
9
Simply Vicki
9
the Mom Buzz
9

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Cheaper Than Therapy
16
Go Graham Go!
12
Diana's Daily Ramblings
11
Soccer Mom Says...
9
Just a mom's take on things...
7
LIVE LOVE LAUGH
6
Minxy Mimi Unplugged
5
The Greer 5
4
My quest for sanity
4
I Hate Whine !
4

And I'm not too sure what this category is all about. If anyone knows, could you please explain it? Thanks!

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LIVE LOVE LAUGH
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Diana's Daily Ramblings
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The Greer 5
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From Cribs To Car Keys
8.00
I Hate Whine !
8.00
Just a mom's take on things...
9.14
Nothing But Purple
10.67
Fenced in Family
13.33
Soccer Mom Says...
14.22

Alright My Fellow TWILIGHT Fans!

Ok people, listen up! This will probably be the even of your life if you are truly a die-hard Twiligh fan. Toni over at Just Stop Screaming is having a lovely little extravaganza just for us Twilight fans! It begins on November 7th. Now it's your turn to help her promote this, so go over to her blog and grab her button code, and post about this on your blog!

Momdot's Christmas of Dreams

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I Remember When #5 11/3

Time to take a trip down memory lane. Remember if you would like to join this meme go to Deb at Mom of 3 Girls.
Let's get right to it. This week's topic is...
“I remember when… I had my first crush”. Did you chase boys around the playground? Or moon over that gorgeous guy in homeroom? Whatever your memories are related to your first crush, share them!
I chased boys, sure. When I was in elementary school, lol. But most boys didn't like me. I was short and chubby, very unpopular. Seemed like all the boys liked the popular girls. I wasn't part of the in-crowd so it was like I didn't exist. Kinda sad, I know. But I still had my best friends, and we would sit and talk about the boy we liked. It was fun that way, the boys never knew. LOL.
My first crush was in 9th grade. His name is John. He was actually my first *real* boyfriend too. We dated on and off for 2.5 years. He was my *first* at everything. He was with me thru the rough break-up of my mom and her boyfriend, and he helped us move all of our stuff to our new apartment. He was invited to family functions. We didn't go to high school together. He went to an alternative high school, while I was at the regular school. We broke up the summer between my 9th and 10th grade years. Days after my *sweet 16*. Broke my heart. But I was still young, and I moved on. I had to. My life wasn't ending at 16, lol! We got back together a year later. It was like we never broke up, it all picked up where we had left off. We went to concerts together, my favorite one being Backstreet Boys! He even spent the night with me and my mom in the car waiting for tickets to go on sale! I broke my ankle the night of the concert. He carried me all the way back to the car. He was really a sweet guy, but he had the wrong friends and his whole attitude changed. I ended it for good in January of 2000. We are still friends tho, and we talk from time to time. I usually don't carry on a friendship after a break-up, but we were friends before we dated, so I think that helped.

Happy (belated) Halloween!

I'm such a slacker. I am so behind in the bloggin world! I havent been on all weekend, and now I am paying for it. I have to play catch up, so be expecting more posts thru out the day. So here's post number one. Halloween night.

Both girls wanted to be Hannah Montana, and I refused to buy the cheap looking $30 costumes! So i bought outfits from the girls clothing. And some jewelry and i did their make-up.

Heather was Tinkerbell. And she loved the costume. As soon as I had brought it home weeks ago, she wanted to wear it! She wouldn't let us put the wings on her until we were getting ready to leave. lol

Brian wanted to be a werewolf. He bought the werewolf teeth from a website. They look real! He did the make-up himself. It only lasted 10 minutes because then he got hot and started to sweat. So he took the make-up off, but left the black circles around his eyes, and kept the teeth in.

Halloween kinda sucked this year. At 6pm it was still daylight so not everyone was passing out candy. Two years ago, omg, these kids were dog dead tired when we got back. It took the whole 2 hours for Trick or Treating to get around the subdivision. This year, less than an hour! It was ridiculous. But they still did good in the candy dept. And Heather just loved it when people would hand her suckers. At one point she had 3 in her hands, gripped so tight, i couldn't get them away from her to put them in her bucket, lol!

When we got home, the girls and I helped pass out the rest our candy, and I had put Heather to bed. Then we all ordered pizza and called it a night!

Momdot Christmas of Dreams Blog Party!

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Just a reminder that Momdot will be kickin off their Christmas of Dreams Blog Party on Nov 12! Please be sure and head on over there and check it out. Don't forget to grab a button and add it to your sidebar! This is going to be tons of fun. We don't want you to miss out! There are a ton of great prizes and ONE lucky winner will be able to walk away with them ALL!

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