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My life has been pretty crazy for the past couple of weeks.  I’m in the middle of a move.  A move that was unplanned, unexpected and in many ways unwanted.

The owners of my house that I’m currently living in are filing bankruptcy.  The whole situation they are undergoing is horrible for anyone, I couldn’t imagine.  The man was injured in the military and suffers from post traumatic stress.  I’m not real sure on the details but it has caused them to uproot their family across states to live with extended family members.  It’s an unfortunate situation which ultimately affects my family as well.  In their bankruptcy the mortgage company will take over the house I’m living in.  Of course I could probably fight it out for a while, possibly for a few months especially since the mortgage company hasn’t stepped in quite yet. [click to continue…]

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CardsDirect Giveaway

CardsDirect Giveaway

August 17, 2010 in Giveaways

T ordered her birthday party thank you cards through CardsDirect.  She was able to go online and browse through over 2,000 card designs, pick out the one she liked best and send me the link via email so I could order them for her.  CardsDirect offers an easy online shopping and ordering process along with free personalization which was perfect for us.  They also offer Birth Announcements, Christmas Cards, Holiday Cards and even Photo Cards outside of the thank you card section. [click to continue…]

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Forks WA - city welcome sign

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I haven’t shared an update on Gab in a while and after our amazing weekend I thought I would share how things were going.  Yesterday, Sunday, we had a great day.  She has been doing much better lately, of course we still have our down days but for the past few weeks it’s been pretty positive.  We went running errands and shopping at the North Park Mall in Dallas.  I wanted to take the girls to eat a cupcake at Sprinkles and the only one around is in Dallas.  I have purchased Sprinkles before and brought them home but it was their first visit to the actual store. [click to continue…]

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T collects ElephantsWhen shopping for T’s 13th birthday I knew I wanted to get her something special.  I thought the 13th birthday was the perfect time to buy her a nice piece of jewelry.  T isn’t girlie at all, matter of fact she is a little tom-boyish. On any given day the most jewelry you would find her wearing were those rubber bracelets that she has collected at every 5K event we have ever taken part in.  Which being a proud momma that I am of her giving nature to participate in non-profit organization events, I thought it was time for a step up to some sterling silver jewelry.

I was recently introduced to Novica which is a website in association with the National Geographic.  I instantly fell in love with this website.  I have literally spent countless number of hours going through every piece of jewelry and most home decor items they have.  You don’t even want to see my personal wish list from the website. [click to continue…]

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Recently I was given the chance to view a screener of the new Lifetime original movie, The Devil’s Teardrop that airs tomorrow, Sunday August 8th at 7:00 PM CST.  I wrote my full review of the movie on Lifetime Mom’s website if you’d like to check it out.  I wrote my review from a parenting perspective.

I’d also like to announce the new site that I feel so lucky to be writing for, eLiving Media {ELM} brought to you by Lori, also know as A Cowboy’s Wife.  This week I wrote an article about a conversation that took place the night of my 10 year High School Reunion about women’s fashion, Spanx and False Advertisement.  Check it out and have a laugh!

I plan to write more about traveling on ELM very soon and hope you check out all the other great writers while you are there.  ELM provides many topics and lots of amazing giveaways as well.

That’s it for this week’s wrap up of the other places I’ve written on the web.

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The kids and I received the Count and Learn Cookie Jar in the mail a few weeks back.  Noah was very eager to open it, as he usually is with most new toys.  However this learning toy was one addition I was excited to try out.  Noah just turned 4 and he is not at all ready for Pre-K this fall.  I know we have a lot of work to do.

The cookie jar is an interactive toy that can be played by a single child or in a group.  We played as a family by taking turns finding the correctly numbered cookies.  The best part about the Count and Learn Cookie Jar is the fact there are two modes to play.  The first mode which is best for Noah right now, the cookie jar counts out loud as you place cookies inside.  When playing the second mode the cookie jar asks you to place a specific numbered cookie inside and when you do it correctly it tells you how great of a job you did and if you put the wrong number in the cookie jar it simply informs you which number you put in and asks you to try again.  The second mode is what Gabby plays.  The cookies also have the corresponding number of candy shown on the front of them.  Sort of like chocolate chips, so the cookie marked with a number 3 has 3 pieces of candy shown on the front which helps children who are still learning to count in order to recognize digits. [click to continue…]

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