Today is the first day of Spring Break for my kids. Which means that Kaitlyn woke up at 7:15, she stands up in her crib and calls out “Open. Open. Ohhhh-pen” until someone goes to get her. And the boys actually slept in, the bums. So I got up, made a pot of coffee, whipped up boxed pancake mix, and started my day. I’ve written so many posts over the last few days, I want to recap what’s been going on for readers that are just now joining us:
1. A sponsor is giving away a $200 American Express gift card to be used for college expenses, it’s NOT an April Fool’s Day joke, here’s the link to the post.
2. I am collecting donations to be given to another blogger who is dealing with her third bout of cancer, and wants to take her girls to DisneyWorld. The PayPal donation button in the post goes directly to the fundraising page, she will get 100 % of what is raised, and if you don’t have a PayPal account, you can still click the Donate button and use a credit card. Here’s the link to that post.
3. We had an unexpected furnace repair that cost (after disputing the charges) $518, and I had to use the money I was saving to pay for BlogHer. Yesterday, BlogHer announced a contest, the winner gets free roundtrip airfare, conference pass, and two days’ accomodation. It’s pretty much my only chance to go. I need to be nominated by people who think I demonstrate “passion, innovation, and the ability to inspire a community”. If you want to nominate me, I hope you know how grateful I would be. Here’s the link to the nomination page, you do not have to sign up for the Blogher website to nominate someone.
If you haven’t visited those three posts yet, I would sure appreciate you taking the time. Like a commenter said, I think of us as a community, as a family. Any of you can count on me for anything I have to give, any time. Thanks for spending some time reading this today!
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Hello and welcome to Table for Five! I'm Elizabeth, and this blog started in September 2005 as a way for me to participate in the Mommy Blogging community. I'm married with three terrific kids-boys ages 11 and 9 and a 2 year old daughter. Things I love include my family, coffee, Diet Coke, TV, reading, and Target.
Please contact me at table4five AT gmail DOT com if you would like to discuss anything I've posted here, place a text or button ad, send me a product to review, or provide a guest post. Thank you for stopping by!
Its sad that you had to spend that much money for repairing of a furnace. Anyways keep blogging.
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We started spring break here today too — only not until AFTER school!
Yikes!
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Mimi-That’s a bummer. Are yours driving you crazy yet? lol
Our spring break doesn’t start for another 2-3 weeks.
You’ve had a terrible week!
I tagged you for an easy meme http://www.valmg.com/index.php/2008/eight-things-you-dont-know-about-me/ but I’m pretty sure you have enough going on so don’t worry about it.
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Is it ever spring break for us moms?!? LOL It sounds like you have been really busy…but busy can be good right?
By the way, I think this is my first time to your blog, feel free to stop by my blog and say hello as well!
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Val- 2 to 3 weeks? That’s really late! Is it year-round school?
I will do your meme, thanks for tagging me. Did you see I finally remembered to do 4 Foods on Friday? LOL Would you be willing to at least think about nominating me for the BlogHer Hero contest to win a free trip to BlogHer? You don’t have to join the website or anything, just visit
http://www.blogher.com/whos-your-blogher-hero-nomination-form
Thank you darlin’!
Jessica-Thanks for stopping by Table for Five, I hope you will be back soon! Coming over to your blog now…
My 3 (4 if you count hubby who is a teacher) finish are heading back to school on Monday. I swear it will take 2 weeks to get this place back in order. And is it me, or do they all get grumpier in the last 2 or 3 days because they know they have to go back?
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I’m not sure about my kids getting grumpier, but I know I do! I like my routine, and I like having quiet during the day, and now I’ve got these two giant BOYS with their NOISE and their MESS all day! lol I’m just joking, I miss them even more when they aren’t here
Wow, and I thought my cats were a lot of trouble.
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