Okay, ya'll know how I rent movies every weekend. Here are the few the hubby grabbed for me today while he was on his way home:

BalletGirl got: Hannah Montana: Livin' The Rock Star Life!

BabyGirl got: Dreamer (she LOVES horses)

Myself: The Ex, Primeval and Ugly Betty Season 1 (I figure everyone loved this series I should know a bit about it)


What did you watch? Are you waiting to see a movie? Lets talk about it here.

Labels: dreamer, hannah montana, movie rentals, movies, primeval, rentals, the ex, ugly betty

Char over at CasualKeystrokes posts all about her week and her daughter sticking peanutbutter up her nose while driving. Eeek. Sounds like my kids.

Matthew wants to know what blogging tools you use over at BlogAboutYourBlog.

Don't forget to visit my Tuesday Giveaway or my Thirteen Thursday which has giveaways. Okay I'm offline again to rest. Talk with ya'll later. Leave your name in the linky below so I and fellow bloggers can visit you this weekend.

Labels: blogaboutyourblog, casual keystrokes, comment friday, fun friday

1 Win a Tiny Tillia Gift Basket lots of bath time goodies in this one.

2 Win one of two different books (Forbidden Magic and Wicked Magic and the movie, Practical Magic in honor of magic.

3 Win one of Diane Carver's books from her booklist.

4 Win Dead Whisper from Camy's Loft.

5 Win Warcraft.

6 Win Season 3: The Office from Give Me My Remote.

7 Win a Baby Briefcase to store all those memories in.

8 Win Signing time giveaway.

9 Win a doll sling so your little girl can be sporting the same sling as you.

10 Win a $30 GC to SuperMomz.

11 Win a Tamotastic toy from espvisuals.

12 Win Vtech Whiz Kid for your kid. It's like having their very own laptop!

13 Win an Older Girly Girl basket. Lots oif Victoria Secret stuff in it too.

Labels: 13 Thursday, august giveaways, book giveaways, DVD giveaway, movie giveaways, Thurday Thirteen

That's right, we are closed. It seems BalletGirl got sick at school and passed it off to me and then it rained so I've got something on top of it. This will probably be the only post today. Have a nice day, I'm going back to the covers.

Want to play?



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Labels: wordless wednesday

Howdy ya'll, well I'm bringing you your weekly dish of giveaways. I hope these leave a sweet taste in your mouth. Okay, once again if you have giveaways, drop me a line and if you want to have a giveaway but not on your site let me know.

homemom3@gmail.com

Jo over at Life With Heathens wrote me earlier in the month to tell me she had one
from Camy's Loft.

So remember, if you win something from one of the giveaways that I list, please let me know so I can spotlight you. Plus, I like to know that this helps someone out. I'm not winning anymore, I better see someone. :)

Giveaways:

Books:
Fantasy Book Critic has finished their move and has a LOT of book giveaways ending today, tomorrow, etc. Hurry over!

2 winners will get one copy of Coral Moon and The Void (Truth Chasers series book 3).

This one is for your teen, over at By Other Means they are giving away one set of self esteem cards.

Breastfeeding Blog is giving away a copy of Sleeping with Your Baby.

A Patch Work of Books is giving away Let Them Eat Cake.

Products:
5 minutes for Mom is giving away one HP Photosmart A626 Compact Photo Printer. I so want this one. I can definitely use it for the 100s of photos on my computer.

Kailani is having another fabulous giveaway, I remember this company in high school. Hurry and enter to win TI-84 Plus Silver Edition. Don't forget to stop by Texas Instruments.

I hope ya haven't forgotten about the Boston Mamas and their birthday giveaway all month long. Stop on in and enter their giveaways, there's one every day. Today (ends tonight) Little Capers will be giving away one of their, precious capes. If you'd like to know more about this one click on my review of it.

Win an Autographed Copy Of Dream Door's New CD!

This is a small list yet again, as I normally try not to repeat what is on other sites. However, I think from here on I'm just going to list whatever I can find. I hope that is okay with you and my other fellow blog giveaway listers. :)

UPDATED LIST:
Crunchy Domestic Goddess wants your little girl to be just like momma, so she's giving away one Doll pouch/sling giveaway.

Other blog giveaway listers are:
Islandlife Reviews
Bloggy Contests
Laura William's Musings
Bloggy Giveaways
From Dates to Diapers
Onorach
A Bookworm's Diary

Labels: august contests, august giveaways, book giveaways, dvd giveaways, purse giveaways

Well I needed to drop off the sign up forms so that’s what we did today. You would not believe how hard it is without the internet. I’m going batty! But I did get a few things done and I’ll probably have a sparkling house by the time it comes back on. Even as I type this I keep looking down at the tiny computers at the bottom of my screen to see if they turn green, I know they won’t, company told us they wouldn’t but still hope.

Anyways, today we dropped off the forms and while we were in the office it sounded like she wouldn’t be able to do school after all. I was really hoping they’d say they could find a spot. “Ma’am we don’t have any openings for afternoons.” My heart plummeted, I knew they had nothing for mornings last week and the only thing left was afternoons.

“Oh, okay,” I looked sadly at BabyGirl who happened to be playing with a marble toy singing, “I’m Going to School, I’m a big girl now,” over and over.

That’s when another lady spoke up, “Why not put her in my class?” My ears perked up at first, was this a joke or was I really hearing this. I didn’t want to get my hopes up.

“Are you sure,” replied the lady that had just told me they were booked, “you already have 14 in your class.”

She eagerly shook her head and smiled at BabyGirl, “Oh I’m sure.” BabyGirl, which had no clue she was being discussed about at all was still singing and swinging her half-ponytail in the air. “How about that? Do you want to be in my class?” Asked the sweet teacher that had just made both of our days without even knowing it.

“BabyGirl, this is going to be your teacher.” BabyGirl stopped singing, looked up, smiled and ran to hug her new found friend. Oh success, and now all I need to do is prepare myself to let her go.

Labels: going to school, school, school forms, teacher

Over the weekend we were invited to a party (birthday party) and they had rented one of those giant jumpers that you see these days. Now my number one thought would always be who is going to pop it. Right? First of all it was so hot the kids opted to stay indoors to watch Spongebob, Drake & Josh, etc. They’d take spurts where they’d go out front and brave the heat by jumping on it, but not much. Thankfully they rented it for the whole weekend so they ended up getting a lot of use out of it yesterday.

But there was a bigger issue. All those other kids on the block that weren’t invited tried inviting themselves, or those that were invited didn’t want to come to the party itself but wanted their turn in the bouncer. When I say kids I’m talking 10-12 unaccompanied children. None of them showed up with their parents. I always make that a statement on invites, PARENTS must attend with children. Apparently one parent told her child to see if he could come over to the party to have cake, ice cream and jump in the bouncer. I couldn’t believe it.

It was fun for the kids though, mine enjoyed staying indoors and soaking up the t.v., granted they could’ve done it at home but they said they LOVED their couch. It was a very soft, leather couch. I explained I won’t be buying a NICE one until they get a bit older and stop spilling stuff on the two we have. Hehe.

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My daughter has to have a nebulizer just about every winter season, that is since we moved out to the Carolinas. It could just be the air out here, which I hope, or something else. Now they have a portable nebulizer, so you don't always have to use it at home and find a plug in. This is great news for those that like to travel during the holidays, all it takes is batteries and your child will start feeling better in no time. Did you know you can even purchase a pulse oximeter these days? I had no clue, I thought these were only used in the hospitals. It's those little devices that ya put on your finger to measure your pulse.

Labels: birthday party, nebulizer, pulse

Okay with me writing for TVBender I've been reading a lot on this new show (well not new since it is the second one) that comes out this fall.

KidNation:

The basic idea is: 40 kids, 40 days, 1 town and no adults. It's a twist from Survivor but with kids instead of adults. Teams competing, kids doing all the work to survive. That type of thing. They've been under a lot of heat lately due to some kids accidentally drinking some bleach mixed in soda. Not really sure what happened there, something about kids mixing them to see what would happen. lAnother was a girl getting splattered with grease while cooking.

Now it seems that New Mexico is investigating because of the child labor laws. I don't know how I feel yet, but I don't like watching all those YouTube vidoes on it. I think I'll be watching the first KidNation but I'll determine from there. If ya got an opinion on this please voice it here.


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Have ya ever stayed at Mendocino lodging? I've never had a chance, but I have stayed in an Inn and they are beautiful. I love the fact that they seem more personable. Every bedroom is a different style at Mendocino they've got the Whale watch room, Van Dame Room and even a Tansy. The Tansy room looks as if it stepped off a prairie or something. If these don't suit your taste, not to worry they've got many more styles to choose from. Ya never know ya might even have to try out a few different rooms.

Labels: Kidnation, kids, survivor, tv

Oh I was very impressed Friday afternoon when I found a little white card in my mailbox. Actually I almost threw the card away, normally small cards that look like they're spam (junk mail) get torn and tossed in the trash on my way back home. But this one was different it had the words GOOGLE on the front.

What was it about?

It was them sending me a pin number. Apparently once you hit the $50 mark they send ya this so they make sure you are there and once you hit that famous $100 mark they promptly send ya a check.

Woo hoo! I've finally made it half way!! (Hey this is GREAT news) Why else do ya think I place all these ads in my sidebar? THEY MAKE MONEY FOR ME!!

Labels: google, google adsense

Wow, can ya believe it I still haven't watched the three movies we rented on Friday. Hey, for someone like me this is NOT normal. But I will watch them, most likely later tonight or tomorrow.

Anyone see the following three I'd love to open up discussion on them:
Perfect Stranger
Black X-Mas
Reno 911- Miami the Movie (Yes I know this one was advertised a lot, I just want those that have actually SEEN it)

Movies I HIGHLY reccomend:
For laughs- WILD HOGS (without a doubt, I watched it 5 times)
For kid laughs- Unacompanied Minors

Scary- Silent
Scary- Vacancy (Don't plan on going to hotel after this one)

What were two funny ones you saw this summer? Two scary ones?

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Speaking of theaters, how do you like the theater seating? Our base movies theater recently had a face lift, which lasted many months. Only problem is the seating didn't change much. I was just over at Stargate Cinema and saw that they actually had chairs that looked more like recliners, I would never leave. Maybe that's why most theaters don't have comfy chairs, they are afraid that people would never leave. Nah, that can't be it they'd make some REAL money that way. Imagine the tickets sales, snack food, etc. Yep, it can't be that reason. Which is too bad because I'd totally stay if I could sit in a leather chair that was soft, instead of these itchy theater chairs they normally have.

Labels: Black X-mas, movies, Perfect Stranger, Reno 911, Unacompanied minors, Vacancy, Wild Hogs

BabyGirl learned how to sucker her brother into giving her money today. This is her older brother, SoccerBoy, in case ya weren't sure. He's been collecting money from all sorts of odds and ends. Well today he was counting his money when he found some laying on the floor by the computer. Of course I agreed he found it and he should keep it. BabyGirl heard this discussion and looked around the house.

"I can't find any monies," BabyGirl told SoccerBoy, lowering her lower lip and looking at him with those incredibly sad brown eyes.

"Well you have to look BabyGirl." In which she did continue to look but was getting more upset...or at least pretending to get upset, "BabyGirl look over by the couch." While she ran to the couch he very carefully laid one on the floor in the center of the room, "just keep looking sometimes you'll find money right where you were standing.

She continued and came across the money he had laid down. She squeeled, "I found money! I found money, today's my lucky day." A smile formed on his lips as he walked out of the room.

By the way, she tried doing it again later on today, in which she found more money that magically appeared where she was standing. Yep, SoccerBoy struck again.

Labels: finding money, money

I'm sending BabyGirl to school this year too. It took a long time to finally come to that conclusion, but I think it is for the best and I know SHE'S EXCITED. Yesterday after dropping off the older two, BabyGirl, Little A and I were standing in front when someone asked if I'd signed her up yet....they still had openings. Well, she begged and everything. I could I possibly say no?

I walked into the office grabbed the paperwork and called again once home to make sure. I drop everythign off Monday morning. Woo hoo! Boo Hoo and all that other motherly feelings I'm going through.

Last night we bought her a backpack, which was her size and new shoes. I had to do this even though we just bought her new shoes...well sandals. Schools refuse children with anything open toe. EEEKKKKK!

She's counting down the days, preschool starts next month.


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This morning I couldn't help but wonder how those secretaries get around in the schools. Their reception desks are so close together and those that aren't they are so long that they leave no space anywhere else. I wonder if they've ever thought of doing those round tables, vise the rectangular shape. Wouldn't that be a bit more spacious? Course I wouldn't mind more comfortable seating too. Our office has those hard chairs, I guess it is their way to make sure we don't want to stick around long.

Labels: art school, desks, preschool

Head on over to Casual Keystrokes and blogaboutyourblog for their weekly casual friday/comment friday.

Char wants to know: So, how was your week? Did you kids go back to school or did you meet the teachers yet? Did you do anything fun? See any good movies?

Matthew wants to know what social sites do you use? Mine is Mybloglog, blogcatalog and stumble upon.

Any advice for my son? This year he gets a locker, but they don't get combos or locks on them.To top it off they must share it with another person since they don't have enough. lol.

BTW- I was asked last week why I put up the linky. I do this in hopes of attracting visitors that would like me and my readers to visit their sites over the weekend. So leave your link! hehe.

Labels: blogaboutyourblog, casual keystrokes, comments, fun friday, lockers, movies

Here's Thursday's Giveaway list. Remember if you have won something from a listing on this site, please let me know and I'll post it here.

Mandy Briggs won Demon: A Memoir from Camy's Loft.

Another thing, if you have a giveaway leave me a comment and/or drop me an email at homemom3@gmail.com I'm also able to host giveaways for you through my site, just let me know.


GIVEAWAYS:

Book Giveaways:
Stop by Camy's Loft and enter her two giveaways one is for The Void (Truth Chasers series book 3) and the other is for Two Coffee Cup Bible studies by Sandra Glahn.

In a Shoe is giving away a copy of The Pirate Life

DVD Giveaways:
TV Gasm has 5 copies of ELVIS: The Mini-Series DVD to giveaway. Enter it!

Other Giveaways:
The Pinks and Blues Girls had to know about my girls. They are SUPER pink girls, everything BalletGirl has must be PINK. Well they are having their End of summer giveaway which is perfectly named, Little Girly-Girl Giveaway. I can't even go into everything listed, you'll have to head over to check it out. I know I'm entering.

Our Seven Qtpies is going to have a scavenger hunt and the winner gets a $25 Amazon GC.

Watching House is giving away one House Flame Cane Walking Cane. Whether you are a fan of the show or something that really uses these canes, sign up, you'll get a kick out of what they look like.

Baby Tool Kit is celebrating their blogoversary and wants to give someone a Diaper Valet. Hurry up and enter, they are close to 100 sign ups now.

TUAW is giving away an ipod shuffle, just in time for school.

Design Mom has some awesome giveaways and this week is no different. I mean $400 in Jewelry? I wouldn't miss this one.

Mod*Mom is giving away a pink dyson vacuum. Ya know everyone is running over so ya better hurry now.

Vinyl Pulse is having a toy giveaway, enter to win a regular edition Spirit and Pirate Pushers All ya gotta do is answer this question: There are four characters in the Pusher series -- Spirit and Pirate are the first two. What are the other two upcoming Pushers characters [name both] ? Good luck!

Freelance Switch is having a giveaway and the winner gets Keyboard Keys characters, all ya need to do is tell them your favorite keyboard keys character and you may win.

The Opinionated Parent is giving away one chic n’ carry wristlet. Answer the question and enter to win.

Pay it Forward Giveaways:
Overwhelmed with Joy is always having her famous Pay it Forward giveaways, head on over to see what she's offering up.

Kathleen of The Open Window is giving away The Jane Austen Book Club book.

Labels: august giveaways, book giveaway, book giveaways, DVD giveaway, dvd giveaways, giveaway, other giveaways, purse giveaway, toy giveaway

I need some help, I've never had a child that cut teeth before 6 months of age, if that. Now my son just turned 5 months and already has 4 teeth. I know it's a big OUCH.

Did they ever grind their teeth? How do you stop this from happening? I know you can't just tell them not to do it and I'm worried about him breaking them. I HATE the sound it makes.

Thanks in advance.

Please help me stay sane!!! (Yes, that's an old pic)

Labels: early teeth, grinding teeth, infants, teething, teething issues, teething problems

13 Things that'll Happen on the 1st Day of School

1 You'll have everything ready the night before school.

2 Everything is unpacked from the night before school.

3 The children will somehow be ready before it is time to go.

4 Someone will try to wear something that is frowned upon by you.

5 You'll hear fighting at least twice before it is time for school.

6 You'll either be too early or too late, no matter how well prepared you were.

7 It'll be chaotic, no matter what in front of the school. (good luck finding the teacher)

8 Someone will finish the last of the milk but won't tell ya, so once you get back home to feed the little ones you must turn around and go back to the store now.

9 You will not get those things you wanted done today, no matter how hard you try.

10 Someone will forget something at home, probably because they emptied their bags before leaving. (yes you've told them 5 times not to do that but it never fails)

11 Lots of hello's and how are you, a few of the "where have ya been hiding" even, as ya think to yourself home where else

12 Your children will return with a bunch of crap for you to sign even though you filled out everything last school year and not to mention all those asking you to be a volunteer. Haha, not happening this year.

13 You'll learn the routine you had for the summer will no longer work for the school year.

Don't forget to stop by the giveaways for Tuesday and Thursday. Thursday will be up around 4 p.m. EST due to starting school today.

Labels: 13 Thursday, school, Thursday 13, Thursday Thirteen

Net Jet Rulz! Well at least that's what SoccerBoy says. About two weeks ago we were asked to review a Net Jet. At first I had no clue what it was, in fact I thought the email was an ad or spam. But once I read the entire email I realized they really wanted Homemom3 to review the product. I asked SoccerBoy if he'd like to review some Hasbro products. He knows Hasbro has toys so immediately he said, "YES!" I wrote back saying yes we'd love to review anything they wanted to send us.

We were surprised when the Net Jet arrived, inside the box were two games and the controller which had demo games. With each games you can try out the sample games, but you can pick three games to download onto the game itself. Remember you already had one game on it to begin with. Oh the controller is small enough it can slip into a purse/diaper bag and be carried around with you on road trips, the keys have a clip that you can clip them to just about anything. Our keys are connected to my small camera bag, now if we stopped at a hotel that had internet access he could play it.

I did ask SoccerBoy his opinion on the Net Jet: (like I really needed to do that)

"I like it, I don't want to give it back to them." I did have to explain we were keeping it and he smiled, "Okay then I really like it but I hate how long it takes to load a game."

What was your favorite game? So far Paintball, once I beat that I'll tell you if I like any others.

Before ya ask we have been trying out other games but his main focus is Paintball. I even played with the machine, I liked Bubble Bonanza! best. Oh and the funny thing is I got hooked on the game, it's better than video games like xbox, or the playstation. At least this doesn't take rock science to load.



Instructions:
- Take it out of the package. (not easy to do, don't use box cutters to try this)
- Place desired game in slot in the controller (slides right in)
plug the USB cord (controller) into your computer and load it. (takes you to the game page)
- Select the ganme you want to play and wait for it to load





Here is exactly what we got:
Hasbro Net Jet Online Gaming System $24.95
Net Jet Booster Key - Mission Paintball $14.99
Net Jet Booster Keys - Marble Blast XP $14.99

As you can see by the price they aren't bad, in fact they are cheaper than most video games for my son's Gameboy Advance. He has already asked me if he can get a few more instead of one of the Games he had previously asked for. There are 10 game keys on the Hasbro site and I hear they have more coming out. There are a lot that little kids will enjoy from Spongebob to Fairy Oddparents. One more thing, you aren't bombarded with TONS of ads.

Hasbro: I've got one request for ya, make some two player games. I think my kids would have a blast competing against each other. Hmmm, maybe a side by side race car one?

Labels: Hasbro, Net Jet, review, toy review

I guess I should formally state that the Homemom3 Family does review products. I never announced that before today, but when I was asked in an email I thought why not. We get to try out products, blog about them and keep them, whether we like them or not. But don't think we won't give ya an honest review, we will. We'll tell ya if it is good, bad, what can be improved, etc. If ya got a product that you'd like some exposure on, or just a review drop me an email at homemom3@gmail.com or eliza_ferree@yahoo.com

Family facts:
2 adults (1 male, 1 female)
SoccerBoy - age 10
BalletGirl - age 7
BabyGirl - age 4
Little A (aka Buddy) - age 5 months old

To read some of my reviews you can head on over to MomGadget and read the MomGadget Eliza Reviews.

Labels: product reviews, toy tester

That's me with blonde locks. Can you believe only one of my children had locks like that and we chopped them? Course that was SoccerBoy and now he's growing a tail.

Want to play?



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Bush furniture has a lot of stuff to offer, but the one thing I like looking at is the desks. For a long time I only used the dining room table, but as our family grew so did the space. Currently I'm on a child size desk and boy does it get crowded, come tomorrow my desk will get tons of school papers on it for me to sign. Boy do I want one of those nice "L" shaped desks I see many of my writer friends have. Or even a half circle that I can have all around me. My ultimate will one day be a roll top, yes I know it is small but this day and age you can get a laptop that fits perfectly with it. Well, dreams can come true right? In the meantime I'm looking at Bush Furniture for future purchases.

Labels: wordless wednesday

Thank you to all my wonderful readers for coming back twice a week to get these giveaways and the kind emails that you send me. I really do have fun with these. Oh and this week I can proudly say that Jo told me she won Another Blonde Moment Contest.

Did you win a contest recently? Let me know and I'll link your blog/site, and the one you won from.

If you are a blog/site giving something away let me know and I'll post it here. Don't want to do it on your site, drop me a line.

Homemom3@gmail.com

Giveaways:
Kailani is having a giveaway and the winner will get a $50 GC to Olive Kids. Olive Kids recently sent her a clock for her daughter's room, read the review and see what you think. I could use this in SoccerBoy's room. It beats him searching for my phone all the time.

Peek-a-Boo Pouch. I'm beginning to love baby slings and this one is CUTE. Don't forget to check out the maker of the pouch and Baby Dagney's Sale.

Still searching for that perfect lunchbox? Over at Two Moms in a Blog a giveaway is going on and you can win a stylish lunchbox from KooKoo Bear Kids.

Mommy's Getaway Blog is having a movie contest and the winner gets a washcloth and facial exfoilator. By the way it is homemade. Good luck!

My Two Boys has posted another giveaway and this time it is Practice Time 123s Level 1 DVD, and don't forget to visit her sponsor Signing Time

Maj Thor News is having a giveaway the winner will get one of these two books: Grounds to Believe and Pocketful of Pearls.

Jeff Nolan went through and found a book while cleaning, he wants to give it away so the winner will get "Outside Innovation: How Your Customers Will Co-Design Your Company’s Future".

Love the title of this one. College Sucks is giving away one copy of House Season 3.

Nex Gen Tech is giving away a signed 300 edition Xbox 360. All you have to answer is a question. What's your favorite scene from the movie?

Rocks In My Dryer is having two giveaways one you can win 4 choices of the BKindWear. Think school clothes for this, or even something nice for mom. Hey, a mom can dream right? One item from Glam Boutique.

Donna over at Vertical Quilting Curve is giving away Elm Creek Quilters series by Jennifer Chiaverini, The Runaway Quilt.

Just not Martha is having a Pamper Me Contest. All ya gotta do is write about being pampered, what dreams of pampering, etc.

A Blonde and Her Blog is having another giveaway and this time the winner gets Skin MD Lotion.

Other blogs that list giveaways:

The Prize Blog

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Labels: august contests, august giveaways, book giveaways, giveaways

What Type of Blogger Are You results are back and it seems that only two took part so I'm going to post it back up here. I really would like to get a feel for what type of bloggers I have here. Remember if the answer isn't there click other and type it in. Thank you.




and another one....

Labels: polls

Did you ever put together a rocket when you were younger? My son, SoccerBoy, is always putting together models and is getting interested in those rockets the kids blast at our house now. No, he's not interested in blasting our house but wants to build one and have us take him to a field and watch it. I think it deals more with the movie he saw, "October Sky."

So, now I'm looking around to see if I can find him any model rocket that he isn't going to blow up the house trying to make. Which of course brings me back to my junior high days when we had to take wood shop. Yes, I got stuck taking that class and lets just say I almost shot the rocket back at the class as I did something wrong. Boy, does that bring back memories. So, I'm off again looking for beginner rocket models. Any advice?

Labels: model rockets, rockets

Yes, I know many of you have already dealt with that "First Day of School Blues," or is that the "First Day of School, Woo hoo's?" Either way it has come and gone I'm sure. I know that last week we had Char's kid start school and this week we had Gayla's. Mine start on Thursday and I'll be honest I haven't bought half the stuff on the list.

Last year I was a bit shocked as I got EVERYTHING on that list, even the brand they specified. Imagine my horror as I watch the teacher literally empty the 4 boxes of crayons I just bought inside a giant tub. "Ummm, why'd you do that, those are BalletGirl's?"

The teacher's reply was, "Any questions should be directed at orientation." I was basically ignored, but I learned that not everyone bought the brand name that was listed, most were buying cheap crayons, markers, pencils, etc. So this year, I did just that, forget Crayola when I can buy .10 crayons like everyone else. I still don't get mixing everyone's items, when I buy a school supply list it is SUPPOSE to be what my daughter uses in school that year. Isn't it?

This year I've taken a different approach. I bought most things on the list, some I haven't yet. I will and I know I will before the grading card but I bought basic items needed. Honestly I can't picture why it'll hurt if I wait a week, especially since we got the list LAST week.

Question: Why does a teacher need 4 packs of dry erase markers from 30 students?

This year my son's class need a USB stick. Okay more later, I need to figure out what it is I haven't bought yet.

Labels: school supplies

Ya'll know that last week I went to the doctor, but what ya didn't know is I stood at the wrong name. Yep, it was a quiet room, with about 15 couples (I know busy) and all eyes on each other. When my name was finally called I stood up, shocking my son and making my husband give me this really weird expression. I heard it again and realized, "oops that's not my name."

Actually it was my last name about 11 years ago. I hadn't heard my last name is years, it isn't something you hear that much because there is a "t" in it. So of course when I heard it I jumped up to go next. Only to be quickly embarrased by the entire situation. Eeek.

Okay has anyone else ever done this?

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My house is so plain, yes I know it's military housing but I think if I tossed in some quoizel lighting it would really spark up the place. For instance the living room has no light fixtures, you can only use lamps. I think if I mixed it up with a mirror and a small lamp it would really shine. What do you use to brighten up a plain room. With a Quoizel you light up your room with style.

Labels: doctor office, maiden names, quoizel

HSZoo the Homeschool Zoo tagged me for a meme. This one will be a challenge since my middle name is so long! A few others tagged me after this but she tagged me first. (No tag backs, it was hard enough with this one)

The Rules:

1. You have to post these rules before you give the facts.

2. Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of their middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.

3. When you are tagged you need to write your own blog post containing your own middle name game facts.

4. At the end of your blog post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

A- Addicted to cafeine
N- Never late, but always procrastinate
N- nervous Nelly, at least that's what my dad always called me. (Yes, I'm very protective)
E- energized, I am NOT, but do have enough to be hanging with my four kids. lol. But makes me VERY tired too.

Now it's your turn. Anyone who wishes can participate, of course. Just drop me a message in comments and let me know. But since I feel like picking on people, I'm going to pick on...

1 Jo
2 Gayla
3 Char
4 Angela
5 Pink & Blue Girls - (yes all of you.)

Have fun!

Labels: meme, middle name

I saw this quiz on Angie's blog so I had to try it out.


Create your own Friend Test here

Labels: quiz

I decided to look at my MyBlogLog stats to see how people are finding my site. Do ya'll ever do that? Here's what I found:

Adult Toy Review Site: Ummm, not sure what you thought I was reviewing but not adult toys. Child toys yes, adult toys, no. Not unless it is video games, or electronics...such as computers, apple iphones, etc.

Prosper learning: ??? Oh that's right I once wrote about that but other than that I've got not clue.

I always forget about casual fridays: Not sure what you were looking for but casual fridays is something I never forget about. In fact you can find my posts on Fun Fridays that link to both CasualKeystrokes and Blogaboutyourblog for their Casual Friday/Comment Fridays every week.

Military Packing: I wrote a small bit on military packing and how they lost my package during the blogathon. I'll write some more on it for ya'll.

Hot sticky mom: ??? No clue why I came up in that search. Kind of strange.

Baby Cereal recall: Yep, there's been lots of recalls and I think I'm going to start posting a link to all of them for all those parents out there.

giveaways, july giveaways and august giveaways were some other searches but those didn't come as a surprise to me. They seem to be popping up on the front page of google.

Labels: adult toy review, august giveaways, baby cereal recall, casual friday, hot sticky mom, july giveaways, military packing, prosper learning

It's that time again, head on over to Char's Casual Friday and Matthew's over at Bog About Your Blog

Yesterday I made a VERY short giveaway list, hopefully next week will be better. But I forgot two so here they are:



I just love the new look of the Pink & Blues Blog and currently they've got a HUGE giveaway going on. It's called, "Primarily Pink Contest you lucky subscriber will win a lot of loot. Good loot though, stuff I know I want like: A Hobo Bag, Victoria’s Secret pink Vinyl Tote w/ attached cell phone case with products inside. So hurry up before the contest ends!

Don't forget about their other contest though, you can win a $50 Gift Basket from Be So Beautiful Baby Gifts. This would be great for mothers-to-be or moms with infants. Contest ends Aug 24.

Their last one is ending today The Gotta Go Giveaway. Do you have a gotta go story?

A Mommy's Getaway is having a scavenger hunt where you can win a bar of foot scrubbing bar, a chenille facial washcloth, and a cotton facial exfoilator. Have fun, the hunt ends on the 18th.

Watch any movies lately? What were they? I just rented Vacancy (freaky) and something called, "Wild Hogs."

Labels: august giveaways, blogaboutyourblog, casual friday, casual keystrokes, fun friday, movies

This will be a short list today but hoping to give ya'll a few that may have been overlooked. If you win anything please let me know.

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GIVEAWAYS

Camy's Loft has two giveaways, one is for Off the Record! and the other Demon: a Memoir by Tosca Lee.

Love Shak Baby has a blog post on Contests galore, so hop on over and check it out.

Hip Writer Mama is having a book giveaway, enter to win Nothing but the Truth (and a few white lies) by Justina Chen Headley.

In a Shoe is having a giveaway and there will be two winners one will get Hunted and Harried and the other gets Martin Rattler.

Crunch Gear is giving one lucky winner this Audiovox D7000XP portable DVD player with 7-inch LCD, I want it.

Rock the Dub is having a Rush Hour Giveaway. Enter there will be 12 winners for this one.

Atomicolicious is giving away one Good Fairy T-shirt.

Randa is giving away two great prizes, one will be a header logo for your blog and the other gets a review of their blog. Stop by Pimp my Blog contest. Don't forget to take a spin around the site, she is always giving bloggers pointers on how to improve their site.

John Chow dot Com has another evil blog contest going on. He’s giving away a 24″ wide screen LCD monitor and a signed copy of the best selling book, The 4-Hour Workweek! Find out how to enter here. The contest is being sponsored by The Million Dollar Wiki. Use coupon code JohnChow to save $10 on a page.

Labels: august giveaways, book giveaway, book giveaways

I was tagged with an Image Meme from Tammy over at Mom Knows Everything and here are the rules:

1. Go to Google
2. Click on Google Images
3. Type in your name and search
4. Post (with a link) of the oddest, craziest coolest, oldest, etc. person that shares your name. Post multiples if you find a few that you like.
5. Pass it on to at least 5 other people.

The first one I did was under "Eliza."



To see where this picture came from click the link: Eliza Angus1. It looks like a college class.

I'm guessing this is someone's art work and if you look close enough at the tree you can see some carvings. At least I think they are, could just be the knots but I'm picturing the triangle on our dollar bills.

I did look up "homemom" and pulled up my own pic so I won't be doing that one. Try looking up your blog handle as I call it in images and see what you get.



I was actually named after Elizabeth from "The Waltons" by my mother. My father already had a car that had the name of Elizabeth before he ever met my mom. Kind of funny.

I'm tagging 6 though:
MomGadget
Cindy_B
Char
Angie
Domestic Divapalooza
Kristi

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With our time in the military slowly coming to a draw I've been looking all around the country to find a home. Or at least an area where I'd like to move. When most people get close to getting out of the service, normally they look for a good real estate agent to help them find a home. So far we haven't called one but I have done several searches through GMA Realestate to see if there were any in my hometown and we are in luck, there are at least 9 in my price range. So, I don't know about him but I wouldn't mind moving back there if we HAVE to get out. I'm still hoping for a miracle.

Labels: meme

Are you a WAHP, (work-at-home-parent) that's looking for a little exposure? If you are I'm asking you to drop me a line at homemom3@gmail.com

I'm currently doing interviews with WAHPs to hopefully help some of us that are looking for a way to work at home have more options. Course this will also help those that get interviewed get a bit more exposure...I hope.

Visit me at Work At Home Mom and read the interview and tips that are up right now. Would you like a chance at this? I have so many plans for this blog, I do hope you join me.

Labels: WAHD, wahm, WAHP

This is the cape that BabyGirl got for her birthday, to learn more about it read my review over at MomGadget. Don't forget to scroll further down on Homemom3 to enter the giveaways.

Want to play?



For more Wordless Wednesday participants please visit 5 Minutes for Mom.

Labels: cape capers, wordless wednesday

Thank ya'll for sticking around today, sorry but it isn't a large list. Thursday will hopefully be a bit more organized.

For all those that win something please let me know so I can post it. Those that have a giveaway I'd gladly post it here. Or if you have something but don't want to host it let me know.

My email is: homemom3@gmail.com

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Giveaways:

Don't forget that 451press still has the comment contest going on until September 1. Get over there and make comments, you can start by visiting any of mine and leaving a message.

Stop by Our Regulars first:
camy's loft has two book giveaways going on, one is for Demon and the other is for Miss Match.

5Minutesformom KooKoo Cachoo and they also have two book giveaways as well. They've got 5 copies of Understanding Your Moods When You’re Expecting to give away as well as a copy of Hot Stuff to Help Kids Cheer Up.




DVD Giveaways:
Wild About Movies has a bunch of giveaways going on, from ABC Slacker Cats, Dynasty to The Simpson's Season 10.

Over at My Two Boys they are having a giveaway a week. But this one is all for the Signing Series, week one is Signing Time Volume 1: My First Signs DVD, which means I'll be listing this one weekly. Oh and I've already signed up. Have you? Don't forget to visit the Signing Time Website to see what else they have.

Celebrity-babies is giving away Best of Casper Volume 1 and 2 and ROCKET'S FIREBIRD RESCUE. I know my daughter would love the Einsteins, you can bet I'm headed over.

Upcoming Discs has 3 copies of Wild Hogs to give away.




Book Giveaways:
Writer's Write is always having giveaways, check out which books they are giving away this time.

Sophie is giving away all over her books, it looks as if she's got over 100 books to giveaway.

Free Money Finance is giving away one copy of Be Your Own House Contractor

Over at the Catholic Spotlight they are giving away 5 copies of 7 Steps to Becoming Financially Free - A Catholic Guide by Phil Lenahan.




Other givaways:

Parenting the Adopted is having a giveaway too, but this one is for a $25 GC to Amazon just for commenting on her blog. Well we all know I LOVE amazon, so I'm headed over to comment now. How about you?

Dilly Designs is giving away a really nice purse

This one ends tonight so run over....ummmm, I mean surf over and sign up. Enter to win your chance of getting a box of bean dropped off at your house. All ya gotta do is answer a question.

Over at iPhon2Die4 they are having a The TUAW Back-to-School Giveaway, today you can win a t-shirt but who knows what you'll win tomorrow.

Deb over at Writers Row is giving away $50 Amazon GC for commenting. What are ya'll waiting for?

Linux Geek Boy is giving away Bomberman Live’ for the 360. To win this you have to tell him why you deserve it in 50 words or less.

Boston Mamas is giveaway of the day is chic Sweet Pea Ribbon Tank & Pants Set. This would be perfect for a little girl.




Other Sites that List Giveaways I found: (Don't forget to visit the others that I've listed before)

Adventures in Babywearing Bloggy Contests

Pillow Talk has a list of giveaways for you today as well. Don't forget to stop by.

Labels: august contests, august giveaways, book giveaway, giveaways

More or less what everyone thought it was, but since they couldn't actually find out what it was they decided to call it golfer's elbow. Somehow I've damaged the nerve in the arm there and if it gets worse, obvsiouly I have to go back in. Currently have to wear a brace and they prefer me not to use my left hand.

For those of you wondering, I'll still blog but it might not be 5 posts in a day. hehe. Any of ya'll ever deal with this? How long did it last?

While waiting the hubby and four kids waited to give our wee man his 4 month old shots. Yes, we are a month behind but figured it's perfectly spaced out and we were already there. Remember they didn't want to do it before because of his teething. BTW- he now has three teeth and just turned 5 months old today. Yeah, OUCH!

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Get those last minute vacation trips taken care of now before school is out. I've always dreamed of going on a Kissimmee vacation. Imagine renting out a pool home, condo or even a townhouse while vacationing. Most of the time we rent in hotel rooms, but we've stayed at the beach houses a few times and I must say I prefer that over hotels any day. Tip- whenever planning a vacation always make sure you have somewhere to sleep before you get there.

Labels: baby shots, golfer's elbow, ulna nerve, wrist

Due to my hand the giveaways will be a bit late today, but not to worry they will be up. I'm on my way out to the doctor appointment. Yes, I actually called, I know ya'll always wonder because I never do but it hurt too much. So hopefully they tell me something.

They will be here later. I'll just post it and then let everyone know that is subscribed to me through my mybloglog community that it is up. Have a great day!

Labels: giveaways

That's right, I'm hooked on YouTube and never thought I would be. For the past year my hubby has religiously watched his Japanese Animation on it. Never once was I interested in what was on any of those videos. But a few months ago, because of an assignment I looked over and found this whole new world.

Did ya'll know you could watch movies there? YouTube even has cartoons, commericials, videos of kids doing crazy stuff. My favorite lately has been my soaps. I went back in time and have been watching all the old "Passions" and some of the "Days of Our Lives."



I hear you can even create videos there. Is this easy? I want to try. I know I sound like a kid in a candy store or a writer released in a book store, but that's how I feel.

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My skin has been getting dry lately, guessing it is because of the moisture in the air mixed with all the heat. Some would probably say it is dehydration thrown into that as well. Either way I need some skin care products. My favorite are those that have the lovely scents of fruits, raspberry is my favorite, after that it would have to be vanilla. I hear that spas give you the full treatment. Wouldn't it be nice to have someone lather you all up in oils and lotion and massage all those worries away? Oh if only I had the money to spend on a massage.

Labels: YouTube

Win Free Movie Tickets to see Eye of the Dolphin!

A new movie hits theaters on August 24th, "The Eye of the Dolphin." 15 year old, Alyssa(Carly Schroeder) has lost her mother and has now found herself expelled from high school and being sent off to live with a father (dolphin researcher) she barely knew. Now she's been trapped in the Bahammas, a life she's never known and now feeling trapped she befriends a dolphin that seems to have become a great importance to her. But when she goes to her father for help, things begin to change.

Her father tells her, "I forbid you from having any more contact with that dolphin." Of course no teen is ever going to listen to that. Can this father and daughter come to terms with everything between them? Will she be able to adapt to the Island life? This sounds like a great family movie to watch and of course I love it even more since you can win tickets to go see it.

Visit the Website and get all caught up on the cast, galleries, etc.

Watch the Trailer for it here:



I've always dreamed of swimming around with dolphins, would even love to do those dolphin sessions at Seaworld. Every time I've ever gone to a beach I've seen one or two jump in the water, it's a beautiful thing. While I've never been to the Bahamas I can only imagine how beautiful it would be to sit on the beaches there and watch as the dolphins play.

Labels: dolphin movie, Eye of the Dolphin, movie, new movie

I would like to thank those of you that have linked to me lately:

Laura William's Musings linked me in her latest giveaway listing. Not just once but twice, for my August contest page. Don't forget to check out her newest posting on freebies, I know ya'll just LOVE those.

Kailani included Homemom3 in her Thursday Thirteen post on her 13 newest blogging buddies. I feel very honored, she also included this site in her Review site for Contests/giveaways.

Ruangsudut was tagged and now she wants to know 10 things that has happened to me. That'll be coming up very soon, thanks for tagging me.

Mommas So Called Life didn't blog about Homemom3 but she did do a blog tip for my other site, TVBender.

Snippets N Blurbs mentioned this site when it came time to do the Comment Friday this past week. But not to worry Char will be back this week.

Labels: linky love, thank you

Well, the hand still hurts but I'm learning really fast how to do it all one-handed. Yes, I'm going to call it in but I have repair people and bug people coming today, so I will probably wait to call until tomorrow. It would be my luck to call and get seen right away. Granted I want that but that's when I know the others would want to come and I'd have to wait longer. UGH! lol.

For the first time in months I had a me hour. Me hour= for those of you that are wondering, it is when I get to be alone to do whatever by myself. Alone, as in NO children what-so-ever. Yes, even the baby stayed behind. Wouldn't you know it I head down to the store and hang out in the kids clothes and toys. Ya'll ever do this? Tell me I'm not the only one. Oh but I did buy a book for myself and hung out at the stables for a little bit. Wanted to go to the lake but it was REALLY crowded.

Sunday we all went to see Ratatouille (sp) which I thought was a really cute movie. But out of everything I've watched this weekend I must say, Unaccompanied Minors was the funniest. BTW- I'm planning on having a site just for my movie reviews, so stay tuned.

School is almost here for us it starts August 23. Gear up and get ready.

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I have two fishing poles but no fishing tackle. Yep, it's all gone, I have no clue where it even went. We've only went fishing one time, which means it is around here somewhere. BoatersWorld has everything you can think of for fishing supplies. Honestly I always thought of bait as tackle, that and the little hooks. Never even thought of rods, motors, etc as tackle. How about you. Out of all tackle I think those fish finders are wrong, if you want to go fishing do it the true way, don't cheat. It isn't like the fish have a one up on you.

Labels: movie review, movies, school starts, unaccompanied minors

It started yesterday, but it still hurts today. No clue what I've done or why it hurts. Guess that's the same thing huh?

It's the left hand from the pinky down. At first it felt like just my joint there and it needed to be snapped or something but I woke up to it hurting down to my wrist, so it seems to have spread. Before scolding me I am writing this one-handed and BOY is it hard.

The pain only seems to be on that side of the hand and down that side of the wrist and arm. I am calling the doctor tomorrow, just in case it is something that needs to be checked out.

Any suggestions?

Labels: hurt, hurt pinky, pain

First let me tell you I absolutely LOVE getting books in the mail. I've even subscribed to a few book clubs in the past, however their problems were they'd always send me books before I requested one. Course I'm not one that just like the featured books, it has to be interesting to me, I'd prefer to choose my own.

So when I was asked to review Books Free in exchange for getting one month free. First, signing up is easy and you do get an confirmation email so don't worry about someone using your info. You do have to have a CC# but a paypal debit card works just as well.

You can order any of their audiobooks or books through them once a month. Currently they've got over 18,000 audiobooks and 17,000 regular books.

- Sign in.
- Pick your books.
- They send you the books and leave a prepaid envelope for you to mail them back in. There are no late fees so you can keep them as long as ya want, course if ya keep them it means you will be charged for the next month until you either send them back or buy them.

There are many different plans to choose from, mine is the 2 books a month. I get two books, send them back and pay for another month. You can pick between: 2, 4, 6, 9, and 12 books per month. Each is paid monthly but the books come quickly if they have them in stock. You'll be emailed when the books are sent to you.

Audio books can arrive with just 1, 2, 3 or 4 at a time.

Now honestly I forgot to cancel my membership before the next month started and they did promptly take out the pay for the following month. This was actually okay with me as I did enjoy the first month and wanted to try out a few more books. So, books are shipped fast (as long as they've got them), payment comes out exactly when they say it does (no wondering when it'll hit) and the books actually look new.

My picks:
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Middlesex (Oprah's Book Club)

Labels: book club, books, booksfree

Oh boy, last night was NOT a fun night. For the past two days I've been experiencing water on the floor. Okay, I'm a mom...actually a mother of four, so when I see water on the floor I simply clean it up. Now imagine:

- walk into the kitchen (by the fridge) and feel my feet get wet. It's dark, I can't see much and assume the kids must've spilled water. I toss a towel down, wipe it up and toss it in the washer.
- I go to use the downstairs restroom and find a plunger by the toilet and water on the floor. I grab the mop and clean it up. Kids must've been playing, will talk with them later.
- Next day, more water on the floor in the laundry room. Hmmm, maybe my washer was overloaded. It's done this before in other homes. Toss a few towels down, let them soak and do some more laundry. (I HATE LAUNDRY)
- 30 minutes later I go to move wash to dryer and the floor is wet again, much more now. Okay now I'm thinking it must be the washer and decide to remove the clothes from the wash to the dryer and wait a bit. Tossing down towels and one blanket to soak up the mess.

That's when it dawns on me that this might be something else. I remember the bathroom wet, kitchen and now laundry room. I re-check every room and sure enough water in each, coming from the wall (bottom). I decide to check garage where the air unit is and it is soaked. I call maintenance.

They came today, fixed it in an hour. Guess what it was? The AC unit, apparently it stopped sucking or something because foam wasn't around a pipe. So, no more wading in the water.

PHEW! I'm so done with LAUNDRY! Off to watch my movies.

Labels: AC, home repair, leaking water, water

Are you searching for Mailing Lists? At MartinWorldWide they are trying to help those that are in need of databases full of mailing addresses. This would be a great place if you were just starting your own business and needed contacts. Stop searching endless hours when all ya need to do is pay a small fee and get it delivered straight to you. Let someone else do the dirty work, you just worry about those fine products of yours.

ResponseCom™ is one of their newest products. It's suppose to combine U.S. Response and U.S Consumer databases, making your mailing list better suited for you. It has taken a few years for the company to put together this database, they've tracked, compiled it and optimized all the data. Currently there are over 290 million consumers and 14 million U.S. businesses using ResponseCom. That's a whole lotta people that you could be doing business with. Remember in order to make your business a success you need the proper channels and this is a great start.

This is a paid posting.

Labels: mailing list, responsecom

Eric Jerome Dickey, author of "Chasing Destiny" will be arriving on Camp Lejeune, NC for a book signing today from 1400-1600. This is big news to me because most of the time the only authors that appear on the base are those that wrote a military book. His new book, "Walking with Enemies" comes out this month.

I'm going to try to make it as I love supporting authors. Did you know that Eric is actually a male? Yep. I always thought because it was romance stories that he was a she, apparently not.

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Remember Def Leppard? Ever wanted to go to one of the concerts? Now is your chance to get your def leppard tickets for the following areas: Hershey's Stadium, Freedom Hall, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre NC. Currently from now until October 1st Def Leppard will be on tour. If you remember Stickx ya may want to show up on the concert of September 26 in White River Amphitheatre
(Auburn, WA). Each ticket will arrive by Federal Express, which means no stressing over if your ticket will get to you in time or not.

Labels: author, book signing, camp lejeune, chasing destiny

I just saw on yahoo news that they've now made a talking plant. Okay the plant itself doesn't actually call ya but that's the concept. Take a look at the video of Botanic Calls. It'll tell ya if you need to feed it more water or if you fed it too much. Crazy huh? I think there are some of us that could really use this though. I know I'm one of those, but I'm afraid it would call me way too much.

Labels: plants, talking plants

Take it to the mattress!

Gotta love that quote from "The Godfather" we use to watch it all the time when we first got married. Hey it's an Italian movie, what'dya expect? Anyways that's not why I'm writing.

Many people wonder why they can't get sleep and they've forgotten one thing about beds. When ya have a bed for more than 5 years it is wise to get a new mattress. Why? Simple, all that weight day in, day out wears down a mattress. Do you have an indention in your bed? Sure it may be just right, but it isn't just right for your back. Trust me mine aches.

Anways, our last mattress was bought 5 years ago and of course the hubby kept saying we'd be buying a new one. I was excited, but we didn't buy one. We keep putting it off for one reason or another, well it seems that BabyGirl wanted us to get a new one too. She cut the mattress up and I'm talking literally. So looks like we'll be needing a new one, but I want a super soft one. He of course is a firm person, not me. The Gallery Furniture has tempurpedic mattresses and those are the ones I've been looking at. I hear they are so great for sleep.

Houston furniture offers many different household furniture that you will need from dining room to bedroom. If I were to choose any bed I wanted, without money as an issue it would have to be this bed. It even has a light that goes around the bed, this is great for those that stumble at night. I know I do it several times. Which bed would you choose?



The Furniture Gallery also has casual and formal dining room tables, I could definitely use a new table. We had previously bought a Kmart brand table but the legs have grown really wobbly so I think it's time to get a new one of those. Not to mention we now have 6 to sit for and the table is meant for only four. Yeah, I know but not everyone sits at the table. I would love a table that has a leaf in the center so that when I wanted everyone to sit down I could just add it, otherwise a small one would make for a great homework table after school for the two older ones.

Labels: mattress, online shopping

This week we are mixing it up a bit. For those that don't know, I'll be hosting this week's "Casual Friday" instead of Char over at Casual Keystrokes since she is on vacation and we just couldn't leave ya'll out.

So, as usual if you want to leave a comment feel free, I'll be here all day. This week maybe we can talk about how everyone is gearing up for that new school year.

Now just because I'm doing Casual Friday, doesn't mean I'd forget to mention Matthew over at Blog About Your Blog is doing one too.

Now it is also my Fun Friday so those comments today will have lots of fun, don't forget to leave your link in the Mr.Linky spot. Ya'll have a blast! For us we are trying to stay outta the heat, otherwise the kids would be outside playing before school started.

Labels: casual friday, comment friday, fun friday, Links, linky love

The picture is of our first-born, he's now 10. I remember this day very clearly, we drove up town to have a day out. He was only 12 days old at the time and we had hit the mall. Deciding to take family photos and do a bit of shopping. He was such a little angel, quiet the entire time... so much he refused to open those little eyes. I so wanted to get a picture of those bright blue eyes and that dark hair. After lunch we went to go watch a movie and everyone was so surprised to see a baby in the room afterwards because he'd never made a sound. Thinking back I think most of our babies have been like that, they were just made for movies. The outfit in the picture was a gift from my sister, it was a little baseball outfit.


Ya'll know I get things in the mail from time to time but this one is very dear to me. Why? For years I've wanted one thing, something to keep a picture of my loved ones in...a locket. No matter how many times I hinted or stated I wanted one I never got one. That is until recently when I was asked to review one. Course while reviewing it I also get to keep it. I LOVE IT. Wearing it right now.





Before ya ask, they do need high resolution. Once again all my pictures were bad quality, after the first (picture doesn't work) I thought it would be like my canvas. I sent them an email back with 5 photos and said, any that work and just surprise me. I was very happy to see it in the mail and open it up. This will definitely be something I wear always, heck I'm wearing it now and the kids constantly ask, "Mom, open it up I want to see SoccerBoy." hehe, yep it's cute.
(WARNING: Pictures don't do it justice.)

Ordering is simple and you actually get a couple of choices:



My Choices:
- Sterling silver heart locket, which comes with Free Gift Packaging
- Free Jewelry Polishing Cloth.
- How you will send photo: email, don't want a pic in it, mail the pic, upload the pic.
- left or right side for photo
- color or laser
- message on back
- type of writing on back no text, text, monogram (I chose text but wish now I had done monogram)

There are a few more like if you wanted to add a message inside the locket, on the front side or if you wanted a chain. All in all this is a great gift for any mom, no matter if they are gma, new mom or what. Capture a memory and surprise her. I want to get my mom one of my kids in it. Mine even came in such a pretty box that I never wanted to take it off, but I thought SoccerBoy would think something was wrong so I put it on.

Labels: lockets

This is a small list, sorry but the weather doesn't help today. Anyways if ya got a giveaway drop me an email. Want to do one but not on your site, same thing.

homemom3@gmail.com

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Regulars First:

The Opinionated Parent has one giveaway that ends tonight so make sure you enter to win some bead kits.

Over at Camy's Loft we've got two giveaways once again, the first one is for Miss Match and Authentic Parenting in a Postmodern Culture.

The Parent Bloggers Network wants to give you a wii. You must write about wii boogie in a post before Friday. Can you do it? This is the topic you need to blog on:

What are your favorite family activities and how do you find the quality family time? And if you don’t have quality family time, how do you make up for it? What challenges do you face?

Mommy Items

Pinks and Blues Girls is giving away one Carolyn’s Kitchen apron and glove set of your choice. I don't care much if I get anything else but that apron is soooo mine. lol. I LOVE IT! I always told my family and friend's I was meant for another time and that's the one. My favorite happens to be the Carolyn's Kitchen apron set is the Dorothy Apron Red, I like the pink one as well.

Kailani over at Island Life has another fabulous giveaway going on, this time it will help ya get more organized. Okay get your photos organized. Enter to win the pica jet organizer.

The Mums the Word has a few giveaways going on, The Reversible Flower Carseat cover, I Heart My-In-Laws book and $25 GC.

Book Exchange Giveaways
Overwhelmed With Joy
Mom of Jail

Best Stuff is giving away an Mattel's I can Play Guitar, you know your kid'll like it. Go enter!

Lula Ballou is giving away a zippered pouch.

Sally over at Tom Green Watch is having a t-shirt giveaway.

By The Grace of God is having a giveaway, the winner will get Presumed Guilty by James Scott Bell and a mug.

The Fantasy Book Critic is giving away a set of Kim Harrison's books.

Cash giveaway
Enter to win
$400 from the InVesp. You must RSS them and find the hidden message. Thanks to Matt at BlogAboutYourBlog for this one.

Other sites that link to Giveaways/contests:
Island Review's
Laura William's Musings
From Dates to Diapers

Labels: august giveaways, book giveaways

It's all about those good supertitions. Do you have any?

1 Cross your fingers - Yep I've been known to do this for good luck. Have you?

2 rabbit's foot - good luck I believe, bad for the rabbit. No I don't have either.

3 Knock on wood - Yep, especially if I just state something is going to happen. I always knock on my desk.

4 ladybug lands on you - Oh I believe in that and have had a few land on me a time or two. THe girl's love for me to put it on their skin though....it tickles.

5 A robin flys into your house - I think it is better than a bat. Ikk.

6 walking in the rain - Umm, I use to as a child and didn't have BAD luck, don't remember if I had good. But I know now if I did that I'd have bad luck because I'd get sick. Don't agree with this one.

7 an accorn in the pocket - never tried it, but I use to carry a buckeye in mine.

8 buckeye- good luck, not sure if it is just an Ohio thing or not but I use to carry these nuts around everywhere. BTW- don't eat them, only a squirrel knows which side has the poison.

9 cutting an apple in half - while it may not be good luck it is suppose to say how many children you will have.

10 spitting on a new bat or glove - this just sounds too gross to me and no I never tried it.

11 money in a gift- It is suppose to be good luck for the person. If you give someone a person make sure to leave a penny or something in it. Suppose to bring good luck, my dad always made sure there was something in it before giving us purses.

12 nose itches you'll get money - I doubt that is true, but I use to believe it. My nose itches from the hay down the street.

13 a penny on the ground - see a penny pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck. I like to believe in it.

and just because I feel like it supposibly if you hear a woodpecker your purse will be full. Full of what? Wood?

I have the Tuesday Giveaways up but the Thursday Giveaway list won't be up until noon. Let me know if ya got one.

Labels: 13 Thursday, good luck, superstitions, Thurday Thirteen, Thursday 13

It was a day when the fog moved in. Everyone knew there was something not right about the weather, but no one could dream such a thing. The fog stayed low on the ground, sucking up any coolness that came near. There were no sounds that day, even the birds had stopped chirping and the crickets ceased to make noise. It was late in the afternoon, when everything was like a sauna when one shriek was heard. A shriek that no one knew if it were man or animal, a shriek no one could find.....

Okay this is my Wordless Wednesday, hey I had to try something different.

Don't forget this week's Giveaway list! There are 30 of them there, plus a few sites that list giveaways as well.

Want to play?



For more Wordless Wednesday participants please visit 5 Minutes for Mom.

Labels: august giveaways, giveaways, wordless wednesday

There's a new site in town, it's like a mixture of Digg.com and Babblez, which I love them both. Basically it lets you show everyone your personalized news and others get to rate it or even touch up on it. But not to worry, if you don't like their corrections you don't have to do them. I think this is a great stepping stone for someone that wants to write but is afraid to do it because of errors.

Signing up is pretty easy, once it acecpts you...which is instantly, you can sign in and your page will be full of news. You can show interests in which ever ones ya like. Those that don't interest ya will disappear. So now you have your own personalized news and you can comment, or send in an entry of your own. Try it out, it's a lot of fun and who knows, it may even bring ya a bit of traffic.

By the way once ya submit a story you'll get a little ThoofRank Badge to place at the bottom of your entry. Which is basically the idea behind Digg, it'll show how popular it is (kind of like diggs).

Labels: digg, thoof, thoof badge

I swear you can never run away from being a blonde, no atter how hard you try. First, I was born with DARK hair, not blonde, but yet I have always been called a blonde. Okay, by the age of a few months my hair was a golden blonde shade, but I wasn't originally. However, that would plague me growing up.

Once I got married I thought I'd change the curse of the blonde and colored my hair many different shades of red, I still do from time to time. But I don't think the roots, ya know the ones deep down and will never appear, will ever let me forget.

NEVER use an exacto knife when opening a package on your lap. Yep, I did it. OUCH!!!!!!! It slipped from the plastic material, slipped across my pants and left a deep cut. Man, didn't even realize I was using that much strength. So that is my warning to you. NEVER use an exacto knife on something hard to open...at least not if you've got blonde roots.

Labels: blonde, blonde moment, exacto knife

Wow! Did you know that Rob Zombie actually written and directed the latest, "Halloween the movie"? I had no clue until today. Now I knew a new one was coming out and of course I knew I'd watch it but now it is a MUST-SEE movie for me. Will you be watching it?

As ya'll know I LOVE movies, whether they are scary or romantical...I just have to watch movies. Take a peek at the trailer now.



Okay, do you have a favorite Halloween movie? This year even though it is not a Halloween movie, I'm going to watch "Messenger" a bazillion times, followed up by all the Halloween movies. Okay, maybe not all but at least a few. Oh and lets not forget Nightmare on Elm street. My son insists he wants to do as I call, "Halloween Scare Fest" this year with me. We'll see, he is 10 now, but he won't be watching all the shows.

I remember being his age and staying the night at a friends house. We were all watching scary shows, their favorite was Freddie. The girls, except for me, were scared to death, wouldn't even leave the room. Pops and I decided to scare them, he went around outside as I walked the girls back to the room. They wouldn't go without me as I was the only one not scared. Once inside he ran across and scraped the screen with something so that the window made a screeching sound. Everyone screamed, it was so funny. To this day, I love watching scary movies.

I've read that Rob Zombie was calling this movie more of a prequel of it. So, if I had to guess he's going to do a before Halloween and after. Kind of like showing the ENTIRE story we never get to see. Either way, I'm sure it'll be fun, scary and interesting. I'm going to be watching it. Will you?

Labels: Halloween the movie, movie

Anyone win this week? I just got an email that I won in the BostonMamas Giveaway for their Water Works DVD. I also won a planner over at BlogAboutYourBlog. I'd love to add your site and the site you won from here. Drop me a line.

Got a contest/giveaway/giving away going on at your site? Let me know and I'll link it. Have something and would love to promote it but don't want to do it, send me an email and we'll talk about doing it here.

To my three winners: I haven't forgotten you just haven't left the house to get to the post office.

My email is homemom3@gmail.com


GIVEAWAYS:

Ya'll will love A Blond and Her Blog Blog, I know I do and this week she's got a GREAT giveaway going on and since I am putting these in a category this week I'm adding her giveaway first. It's all for http://ablondeandherblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/another-blonde-moment-contest.html Another Blonde Moment I think the items are Super cute and would LOVE to have them, so of course I've already entered. (I know it's a first that I don't forget right?)

Book Giveaways

Generation Finance is giving away a copy of Elliott Wave Principle: Key to Market Behavior.

Donna Marie at Embracing Motherhood is giving away a copy of The Heart of Motherhood: Finding Holiness in the Catholic Home!.

Cash For Comments is having a giveaway, no not money, but a copy of 4-Hour work week. I hear the book is GREAT, but in order to do this one you must join in on the train.

Mandy Roth has a bunch of contests at her site and you could win books from Linden Bay Romance Authors.

Only for Teachers: (homeschoolers maybe) Halse Anderson over at live journal is offering a contest where you can win 30 copies of Twisted.

We all love this place, 5MinutesforMom has two giveaways, both of which are books. 10 copies of Woman in Red and 2 copies of The Little Red Book of Wisdom.

CD Giveaways

False 45th is giving away a copy of The Hottest State.

Win The Russian Futurists' "Me, Myself and Rye.

DVD Giveaway
DVD Talk is giving away Fakers check out the rest of the site to make sure there aren't more. I forgot to do that this time. :)

Need Coffee wants you to have a copy of Sonic Hedgehog, but only one person will get it.

TV Gasm is giving away one copy of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES SEASON 5.

Movie Web has a Firehouse Dog DVD up for grabs. It's a great movie, my kids loved it. Don't forget to take a look around at the other DVD giveaways.

Teen Scene Mag is giving away a copy of Full House DVD set Season 7. My son totally had a crush on the Ashley twins once they hit their teens. No he isn't that old but he watched the movies.

Did ya like Heroes? Heroes The Series is giving away one copy of Heroes Season 1.

Digital Bits is giving away DVDs, lots of different ones from Popeye the Sailor to Full House.

Pop is giving a copy of Hoot out.

Poster Giveaway
The Invasion poster with Nicole Kidman.

Counting Down is also giving away The Invasion poster.

Clothes Giveaway

Spice up that bedroom ladies with this Maxi dress giveaway.

cash giveaways

Someone once asked for cash giveaways, so here are two: Profitline wants to give someone $100. Will it be you?

Over at Ashwin’s blog, you will find one crazy blog owner!! You can win $2500!! Over 350 people have signed up for it, I'm going to give it a shot. How about you?

Toy Giveaways
Plastic and Plush (cute site) is offering a IWG Special Bear Service Minis all ya gotta do is tell them what animal would you like to see as a member of the Insurgents Wilderness Gruppo.


With school coming up you are probably thinking about school shopping, course your kids are probably thinking about those cute little shoes. Am I right? Well over at MomViews they are giving away Umi Shoes. These are so cute, I know my daughters would love sporting around town wearing these. Don'tcha think? I think their favorite would be the Umi Floret though.

Elm Trees is having their very first giveaway, it's for the Science Experiment Table #4

No it isn't a kid toy but an adult toy, (hey get your mind out of the gutter) Over at Dev Dad he's still having the giveaway for that nice Canon SD750 digital camera.

Mom4Life is having a great giveaway, at least for those with toddlers, enter to win a Hot Toddies Car Seat Cover.

Go Visit Hawaii is offering up a splendid gift package, it's a Hawaiin Prize Pack full of goodies, you'll want to sink your teeth into. And lots of chocolates! All ya need to do is subscribe to the feed and leave a comment.

Wedding Tactics is having a wedding giveaway, it's for a reversible crusher hat with “BRIDE” on the front in rhinestones, and “Just Married” on the inside.

Boston Mamas has another giveaway, this time for The Thymes Sweetleaf Baby Gift Set.

Other sites that list Giveaways:

Jo over at Onorach is always giving me a shout out, stop by her place on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Laura is no different, she's always giving me some linky love when she announces contests over at her site OpinionMom. Don't forget to stop by her list today.

Laura Williams Musings

Moms Menu

Labels: august contests, august giveaways, book giveaway, book giveaways, cash giveaway, DVD giveaway, gc giveaway

Yes, this will not be for those with little eyes and probably not for a man's eyes, even though I'm hoping men will read this and help me out here. I'm not asking to get slammed, just a little help, insight if ya will. (If you are a Tuesday Giveaway reader, they'll be up later.)
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By no means am I saying "Men get out their and slice your balls!" I'm asking why is it that hard to go and get them snipped? Is it a pride thing that makes it take so long to get it done or just a fear of having that blade there?

Vasectomy.com:

Vasectomy is considered nearly 100 percent effective, safe, and does not interfere with sexual pleasure.

Little history:
Blast back into the past of 2000, hubby and I sitting in the doctor's office a few weeks after I hemmorage because an idiot doc left part of the placenta in me and made me VERY ill. (Doc says, it happens sometimes) Now I'm being told that I can't get my tubes tied because of the chance of me hemmoraging again. We are there to get cut/snipped/tubes tied. They tell hubby he's too young, they want you to be 26 years old or father of 3.

Three years later the condom broke. :) Woo hoo, we brought in our 3rd child, a girl. When she turns three years old we go to the docs once again and are told you must sit in this class before getting it done. Takes a day out of your job. He does it, we find out we are pregnant (c broke again) and they say they won't do it. He is eligible to do it now as the rule out here is father of 2, can't remember if the agae is 26 or 28 but we qualify for everything...except we are pregnant. Woo hoo!

Honestly I love my children all the way down to my toes, and more but you get the picture. I have four now and think that is enough, I don't think we should have anymore. Hubby feels the same way, at least says he does. Only problem is he won't GET SNIPPED. He told me he would once the baby was born as docs out here say they won't do it until after baby is born. He went to get it done right after, they told him not until baby is 6 weeks old. He went got the papers, even took the class again. But he hasn't went back to get it done. Why?

He tells me he will, well buddy ya ain't getting nothing until then. How many women did that one? How many of your wives or you wives said, "snip it or nothing"? Please tell me I'm not the only one.

malereproduction.com:

Vasectomy is the most common male sterilization procedure with about 500,000 being performed in the United States each year.

How many of you men tried to talk her out of it, tried romancing her, bringing home a box of you know what? No not chocolate. :) Yeah, it ain't happening, that little box doesn't mean a baby won't come. BTW- before ya think I'm being mean, I did offer to get it done. First, he said no and when I tried doing it without his knowledge doc advised me not to because of my history.

Is it that painful? Do you lose the desire to ever want to have sex again? How many days do you need to stay home after it? The sites all state it is something you could go back to work the next day with. Obviously the woman can't, was even told a woman can't pick up things after it. I have a soon to be 5 month old and three other kids. I think it would be easier for him.

Mothering.com:

Vasectomy is a 30 minute procedure performed in the physician's office.

I've read so many daddy blogs this morning where they stated they got it done. I'd name them but for the sake of privacy I will not, they may have only meant for their readers at that time to know, not the whole world. how did you get convinced or how did you convince your hubby to go? Should I make him stay with the baby all day and change dirty diapers and feed him a bottle? Open for suggestions.

Okay I'm done with the whole snipping talk.

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Back to your regular schedule, giveaways around noon-1ish. (Yes, I know that's not a word)

Labels: balls chopped, balls cut, snipped, tubal ligation, tubes tied, vasectomy

This past weekend the hubby asked if there were any rentals coming out at our base rental office. So, I quickly did a search on google and ya know what I found? Myself, yep on the first page of google I kept finding links that went to things I'd done in the past. Kind of funny, only problem was it didn't answer what I wanted but I sure did get to see a lot of old reviews and articles I'd written.



Have you googled something lately and pulled up your name? Give it a try, even try googling yourself to see what comes up. You might be surprised.

Labels: google, google search, google search engine, movies

Growing up I ahd a brother that was constantly getting into trouble, only problem was there weren't many outreach problems like there are today. He got in a lot of trouble until the past year when he really started to try to improve his life and change his habits. Now if they had programs like they do today I think it would've helped him out a lot. Some are known as scared straight but others are like the "Boatangel Outreach Program."

The boat outreach program actually uses boats to encourage the troubled teen. Instead of just sending them off to the desert (Holes) they put them on boats and live like a little camp.

The Outreach is currently being built and their total cost at the end will be $200,000. In the mean time they are asking for Car Donations this way they can get to and from and be able to help out more boys. The main idea is for them to be able to reach out to the homeless and to get the drugees back on track, without the drugs that is. Imagine helping a single mother, a family that is on the streets after they lost their jobs and couldn't afford payments, etc.

If you have an old car that you no longer use, would ya think about letting them have it. It is for a great cause.

This is a paid posting.

Labels: cars

Okay I can't apply for this one as I have three blogs through them. But you can!

TomCruiseWatch
TVBender
ReviewingToys

Currently they need bloggers for:

fosterparentsonline.com
Fantasy Baseball
Controversial Parenting
Parenting the Adopted
Globally Green Living
Automotives
Reviewing Toys
SEC Talk
Foster Parents
Shoes
Rafting
Adobe Software
Bargain Syling
Style Fix

Look interesting? Something you can blog about on a weekly basis? head on over to 451press.com and apply for a job.

Labels: 451press, blogging jobs, pay gigs, writing jobs

Ya'll already know that I LOVE movies, and this weekend has not been different.

First Friday hubby rented movies for me:
The Number 23
Blood & Chocolate

I haven't watched either yet. Anyone seen them? Lets discuss them here.



On Saturday he rented three more:
Firehouse Dog (kids)
Lonely Hearts (me)
Pathfinder (him)

We also went out and saw a yard sale that I absolutely had to stop at...I mean they had movies for a buck.

- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus(never saw the movie but loved the song)
- Message in a Bottle(what woman would pass this up)
- The Terminal(Loved it)
- Babe (my daughter LOVES pigs)
- Minority Report(I never saw the end of it and it has Tom Cruise in it)
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (my other daughter LOVES horses)
- Ice Princess(Always asked to watch it when it comes on TV, now we have it)
- Memoirs of a Geisha(hubby loved it, weird to me)
- The NeverEnding Story II - The Next Chapter(my kids have never seen this)

So this weekend, I'll be watching movies, until tonight when I watch Army Wives. :) What have you seen lately?

(Yes the links are either links to my other sites (TV & Tom Cruise) or affiliate links)

Labels: movie releases, movie rentals, movies, new movies, old movies

Okay before I post the pic, I can't use paint it sucks. But the description is:

Blue character on a current TV cartoon
long oval nose
I think nose is blue (Not Ren & stimpy)
The character has a sibling
think a baby sibling

Thank you, it has bugged me for two days.

Labels: cartoon character, cartoons, ren and stimpy

Yesterday we celebrated BabyGirl's 4th Birthday, wow does time fly. Strange how that happens isn't it? She is really excited with some of the things she got, one of which I'll be reviewing over at MomGadget next week. Ya'll will love it, she has so far.

Once again it is Comment Friday and Char over at Casual Keystrokes has already got it started with Dog Days of Summer. Tell her about your week, share pictures of your dog, share your tips for staying cool during the hot summer months, or just chat. No dog here but I'd gladly share stories.

Matthew over at Blog About Your Blog has already got his up as well, I guess they knew I was coming over. Stop by and tell Matthew if you post your stats. Do you like when a blog discloses their earnings and stats? Interesting question.

As for me, don't forget to sign up for my latest giveaway list, ya never know ya might win something.

Labels: birthday, comment friday, dog, dog days of summer, giveaway list, linky love

Okay my dear readers I bring you a little over 20 Giveaways and of course before I post I'll search one more time to see what else is out there that may have just popped up. But first I must send you over to 451press as they are doing a "Comment Contest."

What is a comment contest? You (the reader) leaves a comment on one of the MANY blogs at 451press. At the end of the month three will be picked to win one of the prizes.

Prizes: $300, $200, $100. Feel lucky?

You can start off with one of my three blogs if you'd like. TomCruiseWatch, Reviewing Toys or TVBender. Currently on TV Bender I'm asking readers to send me their TV show questions.

Don't forget to let me know if you win one of the prizes so I can link ya here. If you have a contest/giveaway let me know and I'll post it. Don't want to host it on your site, drop me an email and we'll host it here. homemom3@gmail.com

Okay off to the Giveaways....

Giveaways:

Rocks in My Dryer is giving 2 winners The Potty Training Answer Book, boy can I really use that. Any answers on why my just turned 4 year old has decided she doesn't like the potty anymore? I know she just had a baby brother but isn't this too old to do this?

Breeni Books is offering up The Mad Days of Me: Escaping Barcelona by Henry Martin head over to the site to read the rules.

Reality on Bravo is taking the 451 contest and adding a spin to it, the lucky winner will get a 1 year magazine subscription.

Global Poverty Monitor is doing a giveaway where the winner will win a goat for poverity.

Toy Bender recently went to the San Diego Comic-Con and is now giving away some San Diego Comic-Con goodies. This sounds like it would've been a fun event.

Digital Battle is trying to inspire some comments so this giveaway has some great prizes:
First place: Wii Remote Controller
Second place: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Third place: Resident Evil 4

Blogger News has 4 different dvd giveaways, they are The Muppet Show2, Golden Girls Season 7, Roving Mars and Renaissance. Good luck, lets bring back the Classics!

Camy's Loft has two giveaways One Little Secret and you can still enter to win Bittersweet.

5 lucky winners will get Acacia from FantasyBookCritic, all ya do is leave a comment.

Geeky Speaky has their monthly giveaway up again this Geeky Giveaway has a grand prize: Western Digital 80GB Portable Hard Drive or the booby prize: The Wedding Singer. I want the Wedding Singer I don't understand all thoat hard drive stuff, which I probably do need that I just don't know.

Hehe, every time I see the name I remember the younger days, Love Shak Baby is having a Back To School Giveaway With Gymboree the winner will get a $250 GC to Gymboree just leave a comment saying what your child's favorite thing about back-to-school is. BalletGirl says it is to go meet her teachers and learn. Soccerboy says no way it is to see his friends again.

Colleen is having a Colleenie-Weenie Contest the grand prize: Logitech Portable Speakers for iPod and other MP3 Players booby prize: Raising Arizona & Fargo - double DVD set! Not sure which I want.

Ben Spark is hosting his own giveaway with many ways to earn tickets to the pot. There will be three prizes:
1st prize is a Flickr or Zooomr Pro account (your choice) & a $25.00 Kodak Gallery Gift Certificate.
2nd prize is a subscription for two years to PCPhoto Magazine.
3rd prize is a $10.00 Kodak Gallery Gift Certificate.

Instructables has 3 contests with 15 prizes. woo hoo. Head over to see what that's all about.

Pumps and Gloss has announced this neat giveaway which has some nice loot.
Prizes:
A Dooney & Burke Travel Bag filled with the latest releases from hot indie label Defend music, tons of beauty products, and lots of othergoodies
Two $250 gift certificates to accessories store Angela Moore
A bra wardrobe from Playtex

Celebrity Mound is having a El Cantante prize package giveaway which includes the soundtrack, t-shirt and poster. Good luck!

Seriously OMG is having a giveaway and the winner gets a Corey Crush Pack which includes 16×20 glossy photos of the guys, t-shirts, lip smackers lip balm and DVD copies of the Lost Boys, Dream a Little Dream and License to Drive.

Boston Momas is having another birthday contest and a nice gift basket which includes Manic Mommies products (t-shirt, CD, buttons, stickers), Yes to Carrots skin care products, and the book Writing Motherhood by Lisa Garrigues.

Ya gotta love these girls, over at Pinks & Blues they are having another giveaway and this time the winner gets an all american boy onesie. Little A would look so cute in this, you can bet I'm signing up for this one. Oh and there is a tee for moms too.

Eximious Press is having a book giveaway, no clue which ones.

Adventures in Baby Wearing is having another giveaway and this time the winner gets a $75 GC to Chittypulga.

Have a GREAT weekend!

UPDATE: Mike from Stay at Home Dad, Geek Style is having a camera giveaway. Mike talks about everything from family, being a SAHD, geeky things I can't understand but would like to understand, and of course with this giveaway someone will walk away with a brand new Canon PowerShot SD750. Oooh I hope it is me, my camera phone is dead and buried so I need something to take pictures of my four kids. Beware though, he does talk about that yellow guy...Spongebob. Ackkk! hehe. Go enter!

Labels: august contests, august giveaways, book giveaway, book giveaways, DVD giveaway, gc giveaway

It's my 13th, Thursday 13 so I just had to do 13 Bad Superstitions. Are you superstitious?

1 Bad Luck to walk under a ladder- Honestly I wouldn't know, I REFUSE to walk under one. In fact I will push it all the way down the aisle just to get around it.

2 Open an Umbrella indoors- NEVER, EVER. I don't chance it, not to mention I'd somehow break one of my glass items.

3 Black cat cuts your path- This one doesn't bother me, I grew up with a black cat that was always going in front of me.

4 Break a mirror- haha, you won't catch me breaking one of these things. Okay I lied I recently did and cut myself. So see it does have bad luck.

5 penny found on tails- My kids would beg to differ here, if they find any money it is good luck. I must say that I agree with them.

6 step on a crack and break mom's back- Tried it, didn't happen. Girls were so scared about a month ago because their brother told them if they stepped on a crack it would break my back. Imagine a road that has nothing but cracks and a 3 year old trying hard not to hurt me. I made her jump on them to show her.

7 placing a hat on a table- never heard of this one but my hubby always leaves his cover on the tables.

8 itchy nose, fight with someone- Nope my noses itches all the time and I don't fight with anyone. Not that day that is.

9 don't sit cross-legged playing cards- I always sit cross-legged hmm, maybe that's why I lose at playing cards.

10 dove circling above- akkk, I'd never heard of this one. Okay no dove better fly over me, I don't want to die. Why the heck do they have them at weddings then? That's kind of strange if ya really think about it, since the doves fly over the bride and groom. Okay just ruled out doves at any future wedding of my kids.

11 unlucky to wash baby's head for the 1st 12 months- ickkkk, I'm washing his head all the time. Can't imagine not washing a baby's head for that long. GROSS!

12 Breaking a glass while proposing a toast- Yeah I'd say that was bad luck, especially if it cut fingers. Never happened, instead our best man wished us many, many children. I need to find him and let him know I now have four and if that is many enough for him. snicker.snicker.

13 A picture falling- Yeah that creeps me out if no one is near it. I've seen this done on Days of our lives too, which is probably what taught me what this meant.

Hope ya'll enjoyed oh and the Thursday Giveaway list will be up around one, it's 9 a.m. my time now.

Labels: 3 Thursday, blog giveaway, superstitions, Thurday Thirteen, Thursday 13

Here's the page that'll connect you with all my August Giveaway entries. Now you won't have to thumb through every single page I have. Hope it makes things a little easier.

August Giveaways - Week 1 (Thursdays)

August Giveaways - Week 2 (Tuesdays)

August Giveaways - Week 2 (Thursdays)

As always, if you win anything please let me know. I'd love to post your winnings on here with a link to your site. Oh and if you'd like for me to host a giveaway drop me an email with the phrase "Giveaway" in the subject line or leave me a comment. The email address is homemom3@gmail.com

Labels: august contests, august giveaways, contests, giveaways

Lots of Elmo, Dora and Diego stuff so ya might want to check your toys.

33662 Elmo Light Up Musical Pal
33663 Ernie Light Up Musical Pal
33664 Big Bird Light Up Musical Pal
34658 Elmo Stacking Rings
39038 Elmo Tub Sub
39054 Sesame Street Shape Sorter
87946 Elmo Keyboard
90267 Ernie Splashin’ Fun Trike
90609 Elmo Collectible
90611 Cookie Collectible
90612 Zoe Collectible
90613 Ernie Collectible
90614 Big Bird Collectible
90745 Construction Playset
93068 Elmo Boom Box
93107 Action Fire Engine
93307 Press N Go Elmo
93308 Rev & Go Cookie Monster
93492 Cookie Saxophone
93493 Elmo’s Guitar
93615 Splash Tub Puzzle
93780 Music And Lights Phone
B7554 Count To Beat Elmo
B7888 Shake, Giggle & Roll
B7987 Elmo in the Giggle Box
B7989 Silly Parts Talking Elmo
B9620 Dora’s Talking House
C6908 Dora, Backpack, Perrito Figure Pack
C6909 Diego Figure Pack
C6910 Swiper Figure Pack
C6911 Boots, Tico Figure Pack
G3825 Dora Talking Vamonos Van
G5112 Sing With Elmo’s Greatest Hits
G9717 Giggle Doodler
H2943 Grow with Me Elmo Sprinkler
H3343 Cousin Daisy
H3344 Birthday Dora
H5569 Elmo & Pals (Elmo, Cookie, Ernie)
H5570 Elmo & Pals (Elmo, Zoe, Big Bird)
H4187 Dora Figures in Tube
H4628 Water Fun Tote
H8236 Dora 3 Pack Figures in Tube
H8237 Blue 3 Pack Figures in Tube
H8238 Sponge Bob 3 Pack Figures in Tube
H9124 Chef Dora
H9125 Bedtime Dora
H9186 Giggle Grabber Ernie
H9188 Giggle Grabber Oscar the Grouch
J0338 Diego Talking Field Journal
J0343 Go Diego Go Antarctic Rescue
J0344 Go Diego Go Deep Sea Rescue
J0345 Go Diego Go Mountain Rescue
J0346 Go Diego Go Talking Rescue 4 X 4
J5935 Giggle Grabber Soccer Elmo
J5936 Giggle Grabber Chef Cookie Monster
J6537 Sesame Street Giggle Toolbelt
J6762 Queen Mami
J6763 Royal Boots and Tico
J6765 Prince Diego
J7983 Sesame Street Tub Pots & Pans
J9518 Sesame Street Giggle Drill
J9692 Dora’s Talking Pony Place
K0617 Twins Nursery
K3414 Diego - Talking Gadget Belt
K3571 Go Diego Go Mobile Rescue Unit
K3580 Fairytale Adventure Dora
K4139 Go Diego Go Dinosaur Rescue
K4140 Toucan Motorcycle Rescue
L0305 Dora Figure
L3194 Surprise Inside Diego Eggs
L3215 Sesame Street Elmo Jack-In-The-Box
L3488 Sesame Street Birthday Figure Pack
L3507 Sesame Street - Super Boom Box
L5202 Birthday Dora
L5813 Diego Tub Trike
L8905 Pablo & Pals
M0351 Dora Figures Dora & Kitty
M0352 Dora Figures Diego & Bear
M0524 Go Diego Go Talking Gadget
M0527 Sesame Street Giggle Doodler
M0732 Dora’s Talking House
M2051 Let’s Go Rescue Center
M2052 Fairytale Castle

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