To Do List, Old habits are Hard to Break
- Post here (check, once I hit publish)
- Clean out my fridge and give it a good washing.
- Make my vision board of what I think and want of "ME"
- Do a load of laundry
- Have BabyGirl read to me from her two books (Dad and Sam & Rags)
- Kitchen & Dining room

Earlier this week, in doing my Challenge (100 day) I promised myself every day I'd get dressed nice, put on some make up (not much) and do my hair up nice. I've done that and am starting to feel really good about myself. Now two days ago I had kids take a few shots of me but I deleted all of them, I analyzed everything. So today, we did it again and I am putting it up here. I think the first way to discover myself and who I am is to accept myself for me. This includes shapes, sizes and all. I think I look nice here too. I'll add more as I go through the challenge, maybe not every day but that's fine.
If you recall two years ago I blogged about wanting to be more than just a mom or looking like one, I think I'm trying to come over that. I want to be a HOT mom, if I must be placed in some mom category. I know I'm not the only mom that feels like this so I think it is safe to say here. Am I right?
Okay so that explains why I added the pic (yes it is a blur). Now moving on, hehe. I need to make a grocery list and see what everyone wants to do if anything for superbowl weekend. We won't be watching but I'll check online to see who wins, unless I can make the tv work. (hoping) I lot has happened in this past week, but I won't discuss it here at this time. On the school front- things are going well, been a bit distracted this week so didn't do any of the work, which means I'll be hitting it today.
Old habits are hard to break, however I'm going to try to limit two things in life and replace them with something else. What are they? My biggest source of caffeine, Starbucks and soda. I noticed how much I've been drinking in the past month and am ashamed by it. (I've been judgemental about how much the husband smokes, I can't say much about that habit if I have one of my own.) So this is in an attempt to get it out of my system and break my own habit. As for soda that was drank mostly if it was in the house, because it was here. I hate water, so I'm replacing it with that. Who knows maybe this will help me get thinner and down to a weight I feel comfortable being in. I no longer want to be disgusted with the way I look. I really want to feel good about me, and know I look good. (part of that 100 day thing) I think the Starbucks was more of a pick me up and made me feel special, which I'm still exploring why. I know I can do this, I did it back in Lejeune but know it'll take at least 30 days to break a habit but you must start small. I had one today, that'll be all for me. (one a day that is, or less if I can)
Got any goals for the week? Month? Plans for Superbowl Sunday? I did win a prize package which I'm really excited about getting from MomReviews. Thanks again Elizabeth.
Labels: breaking habits, goodbye starbucks, momreviews, starbucks, superbowl sunday
Bloggy Giveaway: The Change Your Life Challenge
I was lucky enough to get this book in the mail and I'm also able to give one away just for the Bloggy Giveaways.
Comment on what area of your life you need help with
leave a real working email address
respond to my email within 24 hours
Deadline: Feb 1, 2008
For those that don't win here is a free seminar she does: Free seminar

Labels: bloggy giveaways, brook noel, change your life challenge
Wordless Wednesday: My Daughter

Wow, this picture just reminded me of a younger version of me. Course she is much prettier. Love ya BalletGirl! Happy WW! Have you ever looked at your child and seen yourself?
Inspirational Quotes
Dream Quotes:- Your vision will become clearonly when you look into your heart ...Who looks outside, dreams.Who looks inside, awakens.~ Carl Jung (1875-1961), Psychologist ~
- If you don't know where you are going,then how will you get there?VISUALISE!Make pictures in your mind.See the desination.Imagine your arrival.Dream in perfect detail.See yourself the way you want to be when you arrive.See yourself arriving.Make yourself a road map and study it every day until you know the way and the destination by heart.~ Bryce Courtenay ~
- Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.~ Gail Devers ~
- It's not your work to make anything happen. It's your work to dream it and let it happen. Law of Attraction will make it happen. In your joy, you create something, and then you maintain your vibrational harmony with it, and the Universe must find a way to bring it about. That's the promise of Law of Attraction. ~ Abraham Hicks ~
- Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain ~
Life:
- Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.Small people always do that,but the really great make you feel that you too can become great. ~ Mark Twain ~
- Go confidentlyIn the direction of your Dreams.Live the life you've imagined!~ Henry David Thoreau ~
Labels: dream quotes, dreamer
Make Your Dreams Come True
The first step to achieve any goals is to "put it out there" and let it go. Think about it like it has already come true. But for myself I think I have to know what it is I want first. Yeah I can say I want to move (going to anyway) and that'll happen. But if I state:
- I live in a two story home with a wrap around porch, porch swing in the front. A tree swing hangs from a big oak tree in the front yard. It is peaceful with lots of garden space, an area for the family to eat outdoors and a space where Soccerboy can play basketball and not be bugged by the other siblings. Inside the house is enough rooms that everyone has one, provided the girls will share a room more than likely due to their age. However I'd like to have the option to have my own office. This will all be located in a nice community, where there is lots of grass and plenty of trees. Not a place where I will fear to go outside.
See what I mean? There were more details. Had I just said I wish to move to a new house, that could happen but not like I want. I could move in a month or two to a crummy place just because. Granted I could also move to a beautiful home near a creek, there is no telling what the Universe will grant me. But if I give it more details it'll get closer to my dream.
What are you wishing for?
Labels: 100 day reality challenge, laws of attraction, make a wish, my dream home, the secret
How to Contact Me
Email: homemom3@gmail.com or elizajane202@yahoo.com or eliza_ferree@yahoo.com (yes I have three but it helps sometimes)
Chat: Google Chat: homemom3@gmail.com or Skpe: homemom2008 once again they are both always up.
I do have yahoo messenger: a_lady_poet and AIM but don't use it much unless ya email me first. Hope this helps and thanks for asking. I'd love for people to chat with during the day.
I Socialize...Do You?
How do you socialize or get yourself out there and none? Do you just stick with blogging or venture outside your comfort zone?
Many of you have heard of twitter, for those that haven't it is a mini blog in my opinion. A place where you can tweet (send messages that are up to 2 lines) to the world. You may even get responses from people you've never met, or just those inside your circle.
Here are a few of mine: (http://www.twitter.com/homemom3) this is free too
4 Degrees and Freezing: Actually I'm here to state that my garage was actually
45 degrees, we pulled the van out.. http://tinyurl.com/bwrm2q 9:34 AM
yesterday from twitterfeed
Celebchitchat Rutherford Wins:
Gossip Girl Continues on: It has been decided, Rutherford, aka Gossi.. http://tinyurl.com/b73ufm 8:55 PM Jan
23rd from twitterfeed
Babylune Judge Says Casey Anthony
Must Appear in Court: Somehow Casey Anthony actually believed she woul.. http://tinyurl.com/bha8uc 7:45 PM Jan
23rd from twitterfeed
As you can see each post is separted with a date and time and the url if one is needed. These are straight from various blogs I write on. Yes, I have quite a few but I've slowly narrowed that down. Do you have a twitter account? Leave your URL and I'll subscribe to you.
Now on those more personal ones, you can ask a question and get tons of answers. This works great for those that need advice, advertisers getting the word out or even someone writing an article.
Other sites I can now be found on are the following:
Plurk
Twittermoms
I'm sure there are a few others that I've just forgotten but at the moment that's what I do on a daily basis. I'm also starting a new ping group called, "100 Day Challenge." This is in the followings of "The Secret/Laws of Attraction/etc" in the hopes of getting to know the real me and improving my life in all ways that'll make me happy and healthy.
I don't post my address on here, however you can write me and ask me for that. I'm always willing to snail mail others and review any (almost any) products sent this way. Hope this helps some of you find those social sites, my favorite has been twitter.
Labels: 100 day challenge, facebook, linkedin, myspace, plurk, twitter, twittermoms
4 Degrees and Freezing
I'm a desert rat and no longer ashamed to call myself that, once a long time ago I stated I'd never go where the sun shined all day. Let alone back home. It's funny how life makes you eat those words sometimes, while I may not go back to live in the desert per say, I wouldn't mind living back that way where it is more green with trees and still gets a variety of seasons. See I did states a variety, but not these extreme things. I've learned that once you've been raised in a climate your body adapts to it over time. Mine, is quickly deteriating (sp) and hates the cold. There are days I cannot move due to some nerve. Not to mention ice is not good for a person that tends to be very much a klutz. Hey, I'm originally a blonde. Shhh, don't tell no one I've made them all believe I'm a natural red head and LOVE it.
Course the time has also come now that my hair is no longer nice to me, the red is wearing out and my age is starting to shine through. Sorry but when you have gray coming through your kids tend to shout it out.
Some of you may be wondering why the heck I'm up at thsi hour on a Saturday. Well this "old broad" as some may call me, is GOING to college. Something I honestly never saw coming true for at least another ten years, but I'm kind of loving it. Kind of because I'm taking the one class I never should've passed in high school. MATH. I won't even get into that one. But I'm excited to know that I'm in the beginning process of getting an Associates degree in Business. Next term I get to pick my own classes, I'm guessing it won't be math for a bit, that hurts the brain too much. Okay back on the road so getting off here.
How's the weather where you are?
Win a Cartier Love Collection and More
What is it?
First you'll have to commit a selfless act of love, hmmm, that should be easy for those of you in love right. Well with Valentine's Day it is an even better reason. Life is actually sponsoring this one and they want you to prepare your life and that of someone you love. But one thing....you must be 18 or OLDER to do this. You can nominate a friend, a lover, or someone you know that has done one selfless thing to get a chance to win some prizes. One of which happens to be the Cartier Love Collection, there are over $2K in prizes though.
While the contest is called Insure Your Love you don't have to have your nomination be something related to Life insurance. It could be someone that took you in when you needed a home, someone that gave you that first selfless act of love, etc. It's up to you who you nominate.
Who do you nominate? Get on this today and if you win, come back and tell me.
Bawling My Eyes Out
Imagine a little girl losing her mom, having no friends in school. She ends up being a problem child for her father and goes to stay with her mean old grandfather on his horse ranch. He's never got over the loss of his daughter (her mom). She blames her father for her mother's death. But somehow they have to get along right? Ha I'm not talking to you about that. You have to watch it now.
I Found My Dream Home
But there is one catch, it isn't my home. But it could be and no it isn't for sale. HGTV is actually giving it away this year. You know HGTV gives away one house every year, this year it happens to be in Sonoma, California. Last year it was in Florida and the year before that it was in Colorado. They pick the most beautiful places for a person to ever dream of living.This year the home is a three bedroom, 3 1/2 bath, living room, family room, den, etc. A wrap around front porch, 2 car garage and a giant oak tree in the front yard. For those
wondering, my dream home had an oak tree in the front yard with a tire swing that hung down. A wrap around porch with porch swing, an area my son could play basketball and enough yard for me to have a garden. Lets just say this place is a DREAM. You can win it though, I won't hide it from you. Click the link to enter the HGTV Dream home Giveaway.We Have Heat!
Today the heater man came and fixed it, apparently my blower wasn't blowing. I'm sure some of ya'll will know what that means, to me it just meant the machine was VERY broken and needed to be replaced. He did it all in under two hours. I thanked him and he left, course not before he asked me how long it had been out. I explained I'd told the landlady over a month ago, he got a very disturbed look on his face. I thanked him again before he walked out.
The house is slowly getting warm, the two younger ones are loving it as am I. Now to heat up outside and I'll be happy. I no longer like the white stuff, it makes everything COLD and backs very SORE. But I am happy to have a working house where I"m not having to plug heaters in and running up electric bills. Phew! Okay back to blogging. Hopefully I'll have some fun stuff for you soon, I've been talking with a few about more giveaways. Oh and if I haven't heard from my superbowl gal, I'll be doing another drawing within an hour. Watch those emails.
Labels: heat, no heat, out of heat, we have heat
My Story Tag
My story - Finish the sentence:
Hi, my name is:
Eliza aka Homemom3
Never in my life have I been to:
out of the country
I hate it when:
I'm late to anything. (Yep I'm one of those people that if she/he knows they'll be late they just don't show up. This weekend we thought I was going to be late for my first college class, I was all we don't have to go. lol. Yep, oh and I wasn't late we just werent' sure with traffic.)
If your gonna talk smack about me
Don't. I hate lies.
The one person who can drive me nuts is:
my husband, sometimes the kids do too. (hehe love ya babe)
When I'm nervous:
I sweat
The last song I listened to was:
Patsy Cline
My hair is:
pass the shoulders and a reddish color. Kids say it has gray in it. shhh, don't tell me that.
When I was 5:
I had a best friend named Stacy.
Last Christmas:
was a great one but at the same time it was our coldest. (heater died and landlord refused to fix it)
I should be:
blogging...oh wait...I AM. haha
The happiest recent event was:
this past week believe it or not, the hubby and I got closer, stayed at a hotel and then SoccerBoy had his first mini date. (read post on his first date to understand what I mean)
My current annoyance is:
fighting kids and traffic, course I could also toss renting homes in there. Some of you will understand that.
I have a hard time understanding:
math. I always sucked at it, had two bad teachers (one didn't speak english and the other was a perv) I never took math again. Wouldnt' you know it is my first class to take for college. I'm actually loving it.
The thing I want to buy is:
a new home and some business outfits (I know that's two but they go hand in hand right?)
Most recent thing I've bought myself:
just myself? books, coffee, small things like that.
Most recent thing someone else bought me was:
frapp from Starbucks (about an hour ago)
My middle name is;
Anne (my dad loved to say AND what, that drove me nuts)
In the morning:
I get up and wake everyone up and the daily fighting begins. Gotta love those older kids right? I swear they are NOT morning people.
Last night I was
PMSing bad, even though it is not that time. I think I'm just tired of this house and the cold. I want it to be summer and I HATE summer.
If I were an animal I'd be:
Hmm normally I'd say a monkey but I'm thinking now that I'd want to be a cat. Cats are loved by many and have nine lives, not to mention they can get to just about any place they want. Imagine the stories a cat could tell. Wow.
Tomorrow I am:
waiting for the heater guy, landlord called and said he might be here. I sure hope so, it's been over a month since the heater went out. One reason we've been staying at hotels.
Tonight I am
just veg out with the kids, currently watching Tinkerbell. (the new one)
Now it’s your turn to tell me YOUR story: Gayla, Julie Bonner, Brandy, SouthernBlessings and Elizabeth (I hear she's been in a blogging block).
His First Date
I did get to talk with the girl's (I'll call SoccerBoy's GF)mom before and learned she's very much like us....OLD FASHIONED. We taught SoccerBoy that on a first date you do get her a flower (carnation) and a teddy bear. He opted for an orange with red tinged carnation and a black puppy with a heart, all the other teddy bears said I love you and he wasn't doing that. It was fun watching him pick though but sad at the same time as I realized my little boy is growing up fast. Geez I remember his first penpal Bay and Sarah, their mom blogs over at Askewtoyou and we've been friends ever since. But it still shocks you to see everyone grow up.
SoccerBoy waited patiently outside the theater with Daddy, while the girls, Little A and I stayed in the warm inside. But when it came to only minutes before the movie I walked out (hoping she'd get there soon) and let them know we were getting seats. Thankfully they made it just as opening credits came on (you know all those previews), I got the very back row that had two single seats (by themselves) directly in front of mine. Kids, hubby and I sat in the back and the date couple sat in front. She is cute but very shy, polite as well, which I like.
Here's a pic of him before the date:

He did ask not to take anymore pics, I granted that wish. The movie, "Hotel for Dogs" I think was a cute first date movie. It was agreed on by her mom who did not want her seeing anythings scary without her. (I totally get that) Soccerboy's GF did state she enjoyed it and slowly began talking after the movie. He's already talking about Valentine's day. Isn't it cute?
Labels: first date, hotel for dogs, SoccerBoy, soccerboy's first date
Inkheart Winner
Miranda said...
Brendan has some really great movies! I'd
love to go see this with my hubby and my kids. Inkheart looks like an amazing
family movie!
Congratulations! You are the winner of the $20 Fandango Gift Certificate, now you can go watch Inkheart and come back here to tell me all about it. email me at homemom3@gmail.com.
Labels: brendan fraser inkheaert, Inkheart
Superbowl Winner
Teams-Steelers against Cardinals, Steelers with the win. Roethlisberger for
MVP.
posted by Molly C. : 2:03 AMCongrats goes out to Molly C., please email me at homemom3@gmail.com to get this package sent your way. Thank you all for playing. Oh and of course I'm rooting for Steelers and he'll be rooting for Cardinals.
Labels: steelers vs cardinals, Superbowl Giveaway, Superbowl XLIII
McDonald's: Where's the Beef?
Okay, normally I don't post about what I eat....but sometimes I do. This time it is about McDonald's and I'm not impressed. I'm sure with the growing economy we all know about the shrinking items, but to reduce the size of the meat?
I went in and ordered a Big Mac (not something I normally do) and my son ordered a Double Quarter Pounder, his turned out bigger than mine. But more amazing was the size of the meat on my Mac, it was more like a Mini Mac. I did not order a Big Mac from the kids menu by the way, in fact they don't even have one. So I'm totally stealing the next line from Wendy's:
(Bottom left to right: My mac with a quarter pounder meat (stolen from son's food), inside my mac)
Dear McDonald's,
Where's the meat? I ordered a Big Mac and it came with shrunken meat. Please, please bring back the beef.
Labels: beef, big mac, hamburger, mcdonald's, mcdonalds, mini mac, wendys, where's the beef
Wordless Wednesday: Daddy Pic

Labels: wordless wednesday
Teen Texts 14,528 in a Month
The bill would be enormous right? Not if it was semi-planned. Thankfully this father thought ahead of time and got the unlimited text message service for $30 a month. Otherwise he would've owed a couple THOUSAND Dollars. Course this also shows his daughter has this phone way too much.
First if you do the math, which he did it makes it out to be 484 texts a day or 1 text every 2 minutes. Ummm, what's going on during school? When does she go to bed? etc.
Now I've been selling the Kajeet phone for a few months now and think this is definitely the phone I'll be getting my son. First, I can actually block numbers and lock hours he can't get on the phone. Which of course would be after bed time and during school hours. Sounds reasonable right?
Currently if you purchase a Kajeet phone between now and Feb 16 you can get 3000 FREE text messages. Plus the phones can be bought as low as $49.99 ($39.99 for refurbished) and plans begin as low as $4.99 a month. Doesn't this sound a bit more reasonable for a teen. They can't go over either, when they run out of minutes that's it.
Labels: 528 messages, kajeet phone, teen texts, teen texts 14
Inkheart Giveaway

Brendan Fraser's new film, Inkheart. Based on the best selling trilogy by Cornelia Funke, Inkheart is a family-friendly fantasy adventure that sends a father and daughter on a quest through worlds both real and imagined. It's in theaters nationwide on January 23rd.
Prize: $20 Gift Certificate for Fandango
Rules: Leave a comment on why you'd like to see Inkheaert or talk about the book written by Cornelia Funke. (I know I just can't wait to see this movie, but I love all that mythical stuff. Not to mention Brendan is in it.)
You must leave a working email address, or you will be disqualified.
Extra Entries when you:
- twitter this (let me know below)
- blog about this on your site
- Stumble this (stumbleupon)
Deadline: Jan 16th, I'll announce the winner at 8 p.m. that day. The winner will have 24 hours to respond to my email or a new winner will be picked. US Only please.
Labels: $20 GC fandango, brendan fraser, brendan fraser inkheaert, cornelia funke, Inkheart
XLIII Superbowl Giveaway
Pepsi has teamed up with The Life of a Homemom and wants you to know that they would love for you to upload a video telling the new President what you'd like to say to him, since he is "refreshing" the nation.

Prize: XLIII Super Bowl Package
1 footballValued at $25o, all for one lucky winner.
• 1 beverage pail
• 1 snack helmet (my favorite!)
• 2 key chains
• 2 hats
• 2 t-shirts
• 5 Pepsi 24 pack coupons
• 5 Frito Lay coupons
Rules: Answer the question, out of the remaining teams (your predictions) who will be in the Superbowl XLIII (both teams), who will win and who will be the MVP.
ex: I think it'll be Giants vs. Titans (Hubby picked this not me), Titans win and MVP will be referree.
ex: (my pick) Steelers vs Eagles, Eagles win, I'm not sure on MVP yet.
You must leave your EMAIL address, I can't write you if you win.
Deadline: January 17th, I'll announce the winner after the game on the 18th. Good luck ya'll. (I'll email the person and they'll have 24 hours to respond)
Labels: Superbowl, Superbowl Giveaway, Superbowl XLIII, XLIII
5 Miniute Crash Course in College
Labels: accident, college, crash course
My M&Ms makes Great Gifts
- These are neat.
- Nifty.
- Interesting
- Where'd you get these?
- Would make great gifts.
Now these weren't just any package of M&Ms. Nope they were M&Ms that you got to actually design yourself. You can pick the colors you want, phrases and have a picture placed on every M&M. Now I didn't have any pics of all four kids together so I didn't want to do that. Instead I stuck with the below:

Happy Holidays
Ferree Family
Thinking of U
I love U
I also got to pick the colors so I chose: dark pink, dark green and blue.
I liked the fact that the M&Ms didn't taste chalky which I had wondered about and the sayings all fit on the M&Ms. To be honest I think these would make great gift ideas, a bag full for the Grad or a Prom. Maybe even a birthday party or Valentine's Gift. The My M&Ms range in price depending on what you pick out. A simple bag costs $14.99 for 7oz, but a silver tin which would be great for a wedding gift can cost around $85 but that is for 20 mini tins.
You can choose from: Silver tins, mini glass box, elegant bags, clear box, gift bags, 7oz bag. You can even add little teddy bears, an M&M dispenser or champagne flutes. As you can see there is something for everyone. Head over to My M&Ms and check them out.
(not my pic but my camera died)
Labels: momcentral, my MMs, review
College Starts Early
Currently we are at yet another red light, hopefully carma will be with me and help me get there before class starts. Yes, I'm the type of person that hates entering anywhere late. Plus they have my college card there and I'd like to pick that up as well.
Wish me luck!
Labels: college
Tried Amazon Associates and Bombed out
In the next few days I'll mention those things that worked for me last year and those that didn't. I'd love it if you shared with me your trial and errors. Speak up so others know what to try and what not to try.
For those that would like to try Amazon Associates
Labels: Amazon, amazon associates, amazon gift cards, amazon.com
New Year of Changes Coming ...
Instead of getting deep and telling all the changes, lets just say some will know and some will wonder but all in all I'm hoping it'll be good changes for everyone involved. After all mother nature is suppose to take care of those that live on her Earth, I would hope she wouldn't try destroying it. I raise my arms to her and open my mind to the possibilities.
Take me to my changes Mother Nature!







