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Friendly Friday 8-19-11

August 19, 2011 By
Me and Xenia at The Help

Welcome to Friendly Friday, the weekly blog meme that introduces bloggers to each other and helps everyone get more followers on Google Friend Connect! Your hostesses for this weekly celebration are Xenia at Thanks, Mail Carrier, Christi at Frugal Novice and Charla at Healthy Home Blog! It's a great way to get new followers to your blog, say hello to your blog friends, and make new ones! Visit any of the hostess blogs for instructions on how to participate in this blog hop and to grab the link code if you want to put it on your blog too. At BlogHer '11, I was standing in a movie theater after a screening of "The Help" when I heard someone call my name. I looked up and it was Xenia! I love that we've met each other twice! My boys have been in Ft. Wayne Indiana since last Friday visiting their grandparents, and I MISS THEM! The house is just too dang quiet without them here. Which made me realize that in 2 1/2 weeks when all three kids go off to school, I will be alone in the … [Read more...]

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Nearly Wordless Wednesday – Why Being A Mom of 3 Is My Special Occasion

August 17, 2011 By
Hallmark Shirt Photo

At BlogHer, Hallmark had a booth in the Expo Hall with these shirts to customize and then they took your picture for a virtual mosaic. I stood there for a minute, thinking about what exactly in my life is a special occasion, and the answer came pretty quickly. Chris and I were sure we didn't want kids, maybe because we were still kids ourselves when we first started dating. Neither of us had any experience at all with babies, and when we tried to imagine ourselves as parents, we just couldn't, so we agreed that kids were not in our future. And then I had an unplanned pregnancy that ended in a blighted ovum, and I realized with much shock that I had actually been excited about having a baby, and it turned out Chris knew just how I felt, and a year later, Ryan was born. From not wanting kids at all to having THREE of them, and doing a pretty okay job of raising them, makes the fact that I'm a Mom of 3 a special occasion every day! And so, the caption on the shirt :) … [Read more...]

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Bumble Bee Foods Giveaway – Great Prize Pack!

August 13, 2011 By
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I am once again honored to be a member of the Bumble Bee Foods Bee Squad, which including them sponsoring my entire trip to BlogHer '11.  I wore a Bumble Bee Tuna t-shirt both days of the conference, and both days I had at least one person notice my shirt and either say something positive about loving Bumble Bee Tuna, or singing me a bit of the Bumble Bee Tuna Song from the commercials, like this one - http://youtu.be/zjHvmbYk-Dg I was already a Bumble Bee customer when I joined the Bee Squad, but my palate was limited to chunk or solid tuna.  The winner of this giveaway is going to get the same chance I did to try other Bumble Bee products and find out for themselves just how good they are! (Well, I have to be honest, I haven't had the salmon because I don't like it at all in any form lol). This huge prize pack is what the winner of the giveaway will win: Bumble Bee apron Bumble Bee pen 2 Bumble Bee recipe cards Bumble Bee Prime Fillet Tonno in Olive Oil Bumble Bee … [Read more...]

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