Friday - Food For Thought & Friday Fill Ins

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Food 4 Thought Friday ~ This week's questions


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Breakfast When you need alone time do you have a favorite spot you like to go to? The bathroom. It is the only door I can close, turn the fan on, and be alone. I usually grab a magazine and stand at the sink for about 2-5 minutes for a breather.

Lunch What is your favorite GUM, STORE BOUGHT COOKIE, and SALTY SNACK Honestly, I am an equal opportunity GUM person. I love gum. I don't have a favorite of the other kinds of snacks. I don't really allow myself to eat that way. If I did, I would easily be 200 pounds.

Dinner Do you speak any other languages? English is hard enough no? No, seriously or not, I speak mother! I have the mother lingo down. I hate using my mother voice and don't use it often. But when I have to use it I always finish with "and don't make me use this mother voice, I don't like my voice like this!"

Midnight Snack Have you ever been on TV? I was on the View in the audience, does that count? Oh, also...I was in the audience when they were filming The State (MTV show), does anyone remember it. It was an awesome show. I hated when they took it off the air. My husband and I still quote it. Hey, powers that be of The State, put out a friggin DVD already!!!!!!!!!!
Recipe of the Week (instead of your recipe for life what is it just for the week?) Enjoy every moment because, some weeks life flies by!

1. Join me in a cup of coffee, I hate drinking alone.

2. Put a little smile in your day!

3. Happiness is spending time with my husband and kids.

4. Dazed and confused, is my natural state.

5. I'm waiting for some sales materials to arrive in the mail so I can start selling medical coverage to anyone who needs it.

6. My daughter is hard to resist. She totally know how to manipulate.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to an adult party at a friends. tomorrow my plans include a Spring Egg hunt at my girl T's and Sunday, I want to work out!

Maria's Space - Mother's Day- Twilight Lovers Giveaway + My Twilight Obsession

Mother's are very special people.

They are warm, caring, loving, nurturing, funny, optimistic and beautiful!

I hope you guys are loving the round up of Mother's Day Giveaways I have lined up. These are some of my personal favorites sites, artists and products online.

Now, for one of my current obsessions, I found the amazingly talented Sarah. Sarah's creations just blow me away.

Here is a picture of my and Edward, so you can see how obsessed I really am. Like I said, Obsessed!! Aren't we cute???

Ok, back to my new favorite Etsy shop. This one is called Bella Bejeweled and Sarah makes some of the most beautiful jewelry I have seen. Not a fan of Twilight? (freaks) That's ok, because this stuff is so stunning, you will love it too!!!!

Laundry and Handsome

Yes, the weather is getting nicer but for my family this means a lot of allergy trouble. My son's eczema gets out of control between April and June. He is allergic to trees and grass, so as you can imagine things are about to get pretty bad for us as everything blooms.

About two weeks ago, I received from the ECO Store some of their amazingly "clean" products. This has been a Godsend. We have used the laundry detergent, the body wash and the shampoo for the past two weeks and my son's skin looks awesome. There are no rashes, no red spots, no itch. I love the product so much that even I am using it.

In A Nutshell: I love their products. The products are concentrated, so a little goes a long way. The scents are subtle and the product is top of the line. Usually going green means spending more money on a product. In this case, due to the concentration, you are actually saving money. I use 5 cap fulls of the laundry detergent to do a full wash and (3 times so far) and I have used only about 10% of the product.

Bottom Line: My son has severe eczema around this time of year and currently, he is not suffering.

One of My Giveaways Gets Interesting

Caleb said...

This is pathetic and retarded; begging for wipes! Get a life.

I have to laugh; I was going through the comments, posting them onto my winner spreadsheet, when I fell upon this and thought, who has the time to write a comment if they don't want the giveaway?

Well, interestingly enough I found out that this person has a website which I won't link to but if you want to find it, just hit his name which was in my comment section.

It appears that this guy supposedly is very Christian. I find it interesting when people who can be so angry say they are Christian.

Who knows, maybe this guy was just looking for a way to get his name mentioned and that's cool. Why, because I am basically a good person and everyone has a place in this big world. I just find it interesting that someone who says on their site that God saved them or that he wrote a book because he wants people to know that no matter how dark or deep a hole is there is always a way out.

So basically, Caleb I hope you got what you were looking for. God bless you and I hope you continue to grace blogs with your oh so kind words! Because the losers who are so "pathetic" and "retard" are the same people who just might one day purchase your book!

Good luck in everything you do and try to leave Godly comments since that is what you speak of on your own site.

Thanks for the post dude!

Memories Through Photography Tuesday - Enchanted

As I told you yesterday, I really love my Memories Through Photography blog but it has become to hard to keep three blogs and network with my readers.

Today's picture was taken last weekend after my daughter and I watched Enchante. She wanted her hair done like the princess in the movie. Well, I am no hair stylist but she loved her hair. She wore it like this all day and asked for it again the next day.

I love that we are able to share and enjoy movies together. It is one of the benefits of having a girl that I was truly looking forward to.

My Baby Is Turning 4 Years Old Tomorrow

I cannot believe my baby is going to be 4. Such a big girl!

This post was written about her birth on April 14, 2005.

Here is the post I left for her last year

This one was written for her on her first birthday.

Goddess,

My baby girl. There is nothing I don't love about you. Even when you upset me with your spirited attitude you make me happy. I love how very spirited you are. I love how you know exactly what you want, and make sure you tell everyone. You are so beautiful, funny and spirited. I am amazed that I made you. You have Daddy and Me wrapped around your sweet little finger, and at the moment you have no idea. I am afraid of the year you realize this.

Ten Things I Love About You

1. Your sweetness. You are truly the sweetest baby girl and want to make people happy.

2. Putting you to bed. Daddy and I fight for position next to your bed. I wait for him to say good-night and it takes so long because he wants to tell you how much he loves you as much as I do.

3. Your kindness. You love bringing gifts to me, daddy and everyone else. Leaves and drawings are the current gifts.

4. How you sing in the back seat of the car. I love your little voice singing Taylor Swift songs.

5. Your artistic ability. I love how you draw pictures all day and how you name them. You tell me who they are for and what they are called. All your pictures have a title. "Spotted ghost puppet" & "Rainbow bridge" were the most recent.

6. I love how you hold your hands on either side of my face so you can give me a kiss. Your little bitty baby hands make me smile.

7. How you notice everything. The sunset, the flowers, the birds, the ladybugs, the lake, and more. I love that you take the time to see everything.

8. I love how you ask if something you did makes me happy. "Does that make your heart happy mommy?" Love it! Where did you get that?

9. I love how you play with your dolls and your stuffed animals. You talk out loud and I get to hear your conversations. You are sweet to all your toys and your brother.

10. I love how you ask me if I am mad at you. Then you say, "I know you are not mad at me mommy!" You are a total people pleaser and hate letting people down.

You are the reason I know there is a God baby girl.

I love and adore everything about you!

God bless you sweetie!

Mommy

Memories Through Photography

I really love my Memories Through Photography blog but it has become to hard to keep three blogs and network with my readers.

Memories Through Photography was my photo and journaling blog.

Today's Memories Through Photography Picture is from Friday. I went and pulled all of the kids Easter stuff out of storage and they were happy to play with their bunny toys. Things put away for a year become new again when pulled out.

My daughter was posing with her brother's bunny from his Tia on his first Easter when he came over.

As you can see in the first picture, Goddess didn't feel like sharing her camera time. Eventually she got happy but I never got them to look up at the same time other than the sour grapes face.

These are my favorite type of pictures. Very candid and it shows them how happy they were as children when they get older.

Product Review - Beautiful Jewelry from Joolwe

Look at this Sterling Silver Blue and White Cubic Zirconia Heart Pendant!
I received this from Joolwe, isn't it beautiful?

The company's philosophy is "we believe online jewelry shopping should be a fun experience."

Really, should there be any other? Shopping online can sometimes be a very scary experience especially when it comes to jewelry. The piece above was one of 9 I was able to choose from.

Before I receive the necklace my thoughts were:

Will it be as pretty as the photo? It was!
Will it look cheap? No way! This is a beautiful piece of jewelry that I have received some great compliments on.
Will it be a decent size? It is hard to size things online! It is really a nice size. Not too big and not to small.

In a Nutshell: I love silver jewelry. This is the best place to purchase beautiful silver jewelry but also amazing gold and stunning gemstones. Whether you are looking for necklaces, earrings, rings, bracelets or pendants, you will find them here.

Sunday Stealing: The Green Meme

1. What is your current obsession? The Twilight Saga and Rob Pattinson. This cougar wants to take total advantage of this kid! Forget the purr.... Grrroooowwwll

2. What’s a good coffee place? My house

3. Who was the last person that you hugged? My daughter. Awwwww...

4. Do you nap a lot? hahahahahahahaha, that's funny.

5. Tonight, what’s for dinner? I have no idea!

6. What was the last thing that you bought? Wrapping paper for my daughter's upcoming birthday.

7. What is your favorite weather? Good?

8. Tell us something about one blogger who you think will play this week? I don't know...Bud probably. I don't know anything about him except he is funny.

9. If you were given a free house that was full furnished, where in the world would you like it to be? Anywhere near my family.

10. Name three things that you could not live without. Air, water and food.

11. What would you like in your hands right now? Ummm...this is a PG blog. Damn!

12. What’s one of your guilty pleasures? Everything Twilight! I love reading about it, watching it and blogging about it.

13. What would you change or eliminate about yourself? I would like to better be able to shake things off without it affecting my mood or demeanor.

14. As a child, what type of career did you want? I wanted to be a doctor, nurse or vet. I wanted to take care of someone.

15. What are you missing right now? My husband.

16. What are you currently reading? Twilight again, The Middle Place, and The Bible

17. What do you fear the most? Losing someone I love

18. What’s the best movie that you’ve seen recently? San Torino with Clint Eastwood

19. What’s your favorite book from the past year? Eclipse

20. Is there a comfort food from your childhood that you still enjoy? Bologna and mayo on wonder bread. I last enjoyed it about 2 years ago.

My Family's Favorite Snack Food is only 15 Calories

For the past 4 months, my family has been enjoying a new snack called Magic Pop.

Magic Pop is a favorite of Koreans. It is very low calorie, only 15 calories a pop.

The ingredients are: Wheat flour, vanilla, corn pellet, white corn flour, sugar, salt, soybean oil.

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 15 with 0 zero


A mixture of popping rice and other ingredients are put in a pre-heated, specially created pot. The pot is then released under vacuum seal and pressurized conditions to expand and bake.

If you find a store that sells this, you have to try it.

In a Nutshell: Only 15 calories per pop and no fat, need I say more. They are about the size of a dessert plate. Not as dry as rice cakes. Fun and crunchy to eat. You have to stop yourself from eating the whole bag.

I Had A Wee Little Party On Wii With The Sims

Thanks to one of my favorite PR connections, I was sent a copy of My Sims Party for Wii. This is also available in the DS platform.

Sims 1 and 2 for the computer was an addiction for me before my children were born. I spent hours of my life playing God to these little people that I will never get back.

My Sims Party is not like the computer game but just as fun especially for children. They have taken the Sims and created fun child friendly games that put reflexes, strategy, and smarts as well as speed against up to three friends in 50 different mini games.

Key Game Features:

• Mini-game Madness - Find the mummy with a flashlight. Slash a cannonball. Flip bacon. Use items to gain an edge. Challenge your reflexes, strategy, smarts and speed with the huge variety of games.
• Use the Uniqueness of each MySim - All the MySims bring a unique combination of skills. Strength, endurance, speed and luck all play a part in how well they play. Select a team of four who will propel you to victory in every mini-game
• Fast-Paced Festivals - Play mini-games one right after the other in fast-paced chunks of fun to win the monuments. No more walking around a game board.
• Party On - Any get together turns into a party with up to four players playing 50 mini-games for Wii. Quickplay modes get you and your friends to the games fast.

Each character available in the game has different statistics like speed, luck, and strength. Each player picks four of the characters and plays against the competition. Mini-games include DJ Candy, Go Go Dancing, outrunning a robot, and extreme snowboarding.

Check out this link to see the game

The Paper Pick Up Game was my son's favorite game.
In A Nutshell: It is nothing like the computer game if that is what you are looking for. This is a great game for ages 5-and up. I think the mini games don't have enough flash to keep me interested, however, my son and my nieces love the mini games and they are 5-10 years old. Select the right team and you can rule this game. I picked the wrong team so many times. Each player has their own attributes making this a choose wisely situation. The games are easy enough and fun. The characters are cute and very child friendly. The game is colorful and the moves although confusing at first, were easy to do once I played a few times. There is nothing about this game that a child wouldn't love.

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Enjoying Your Holiday

1. There are several religious holidays going on this weekend. Any plans? Nope. Not at all. This holiday season is sort of passing me by.

2. Do you look forward to holiday events or do they stress you out? Usually, I look forward to them. Seeing the joy on others faces makes it all worth it.

3. Do you have any traditional meals that you will eat? Not this year. We just try to eat something. When I was growing up Easter was centered around a ham and being from an Italian household the meal started with some sort of anti-pasta then pasta, ham and tons of sweets and coffee.

4. We are changing seasons. What are you looking forward to? I am looking forward to color. I am tired of the gray.

5. Around here it is turning to spring. What signals spring to you? Birds on the lawn, green sprouting up on the lawn and buds on the trees.

6. What is your favorite season and why? I love the fall because I love the temperature and the colors. There are also less bugs. In the summer we get eaten alive over here.

7. Do you have a favorite food when dining out? I love meat! Total carnivore here and I need my steak!

8. What is your favorite beverage when out? Water it is always water but occasionally I will have something. Usually I try different drinks that I haven't seen or had before.

9. When is your next big night out? Probably in November when New Moon comes out.

Veggie Tales Easter Carol - Review

Thanks to Family Review Network I was sent a copy of Veggie Tales Easter Carol. As soon as it came in my kids were eager to sit down and watch it. They have recently gotten into Veggie Tales after borrowing some from the library over the last month.

I explained that it was an Easter movie and they of course expected Easter baskets and hopping bunnies.

The makers of Veggie tales took the commercialization of Easter and set the record straight in a kid and parent friendly way. By using the Christmas Carol premise of being able to see ones past, present and future they taught my kids why we celebrate Easter in a way that I would never have been able to do.

In a Nutshell: Veggie Tales Easter Carol doesn't feel like a religious movie to children but the message is still there, in the long run that is what really matters. Great movie for children and adults. As a fan of animation, I thought the animation was top notch! The character are sweet and my children loved shouting out what vegetable each one was. My daughter thought everything green was a pickle which cracked me up because I didn't even know she knew what a pickle was.