Whew

Ooops, I almost didn't make it today! And if I don't hurry and get this posted I might still not.

We have been working like crazy around here trying to get some ornaments and holiday items ready for a craft show this weekend. Brian's mom and aunt are going to try and help us out and are taking a few things with them to sell.


Brian has been really working hard at getting things together and I have been taking care of all the "technical" stuff and sort of being his cheerleader! He is such a great guy! He works full time and usually overtime at his "day job" and then comes home spends time with me and the kids and helps keep our schedule as smooth as can be and then he spends his weekends and evenings creating! I really am lucky to have such an AWESOME man!! He is totally doing everything he can to help us reach that goal for our #7! I promised him some extra sleep this weekend!

Thanks hunny, I know I don't say it enough but I appreciate everything you do for our family, present and future!

'til next time

me

Nothing Good Tonight...

This little Miss .





Has decided that she is not doing this.....

at least not on her own tonight. So as the mommy it is my duty to take one for the team and snuggle and cuddle her until...she (or I) fall asleep. It's a hard job but somebody has to do it.

'til next time

me

10 down 20 to go!

Dear Diet Pepsi

Dear Diet Pepsi,

I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but I think I love you. Who knew? For years I have had an on going love affair with Mt. Dew, oh I know, could I have possibly picked a worse love? Who else was more guaranteed to rot my teeth out of my head, while my dentist made repeated trips to the bank to cash my checks? Yes, I know that Mt. Dew has more sugar in it than all the other soda pops combined (not really I know, but it's my blog and I will write what I want to)! But I craved the Dew. I was, dare I say it, obsessed with the neon green goodness. I would take it over ice, from a warm can, straight from a 2 liter, if I could have found a way to pump it straight into my vein I would have.

But then one day I came out of my caffeine induced stupor and realized while I loved the Dew it didn't love me back, rotting teeth, extra pounds, and a non-stop craving. It was time to kick the habit! So I took up with Diet Dew it didn't take me long to realize that he was bad for me too. And oh, the after taste. If I wanted to drink cough syrup I would at least make sure it had some codeine in it. So I went over a few spots on the fountain pop station to The Real Thing. Diet Coke, hmmmm, is it still the real thing if it's diet? I tried and tried to make it work with him I really did, I mean you can get him large for a buck at McD's. But it just wasn't right even though he was cheap and easy I just didn't feel the connection. Most of the time I just left him full and sweating on the table. Who wants that in their relationship? So I had to move on, I tried to be gentle about it and still give him a call if I happen to be at Mickey D's.

And then I stumbled upon you, my new main squeeze, Diet Pepsi, most of the flavor and none of the calories, I imagine you are still rotting my teeth but I say the trade off is fair. You are the perfect combination in my eyes of caffeine and drinkability. In my favorite form, from a fountain machine over ice, with a straw....pure bliss I tell you, pure bliss.

Thank you Diet Pepsi for waiting for me while I fooled around with others while you watched. I'm sure it was hard but I'm here now and I have a feeling we will be together for quite awhile.

Love,

Jillienne


*Don't forget to enter my FIRST EVER GIVEAWAY!! (Click to go Enter)! Ends Sunday Night (11:59 p.m.) November 14th!*

GIVEAWAY!!

Here are the pictures of the newest girl figurine. Isn't she sassy with her fancy up-do? She might be my new favorite. All figurines are $25.00 w/ $3.00 shipping (if you order more than 1 add a $1.00 for each extra).

And don't tell Brian 'cuz he didn't want me to share yet but.....we will be coming out with a Caucasian girl and a Caucasian boy sometime this week! We are going to be trying our hand at Guatemalan and Chinese soon too.

Now onto the give-away! I am so excited I have seriously always wanted to do this! I know I am a dork, I'm ok with it though.

So here is the deal all you to do to be entered into my giveaway is share about this blog giveaway on your blog, on FACEbook or on twitter, or place an order (preferably all 4!) and then leave me a comment and tell me where you posted it, or if you ordered. You will get 1 entry for every different place you post about the giveaway! Just that easy. You could have up to 4 entries! For my readers from FACEbook, that don't have a Google account and refuse to get one, if you leave a comment under my blog on FACEbook I will count that as your comment on the blog. You still have to tell me where you posted about the giveaway to get your entries.

The winner will get their choice of figurine (including Holiday ones), or 2 large Africa ornaments (you pick the colors). Everything can be found @ our Etsy Store. Every place you post helps us get one step closer to our goal of Baby #7. And gets people thinking too, even the smallest little things can help if enough people are aware.

We are going to run this give-away from today (November 8, 2010) through Sunday night November 14th. We will announce the winner on Monday November 15th, right here on this blog!!

Whose Stalking

I'm going to admit to being a blog stalker. There are quite a few blogs that I read that I don't think that I have ever commented on. Bad blogger, bad. And by looking a my site meter I can see that there are quite a few people that do the same here!

So today I challenge you to come out of the shadows! Leave a comment and your blog if you have one so that I can come visit you! And for the next week I am going to comment at least once on every blog that I read also.

Looking forward to "meeting" you or saying hi to old friends!

'til next time

me

7 down 23 to go!

Happy Birthday

Tomorrow is Brian's birthday, I won't share how old he is going to be but it rhymes with Purty-Pix. Tonight we had lasagna and Ceasar salad followed up with some yummy Better than Sex Cake w/ the kids and family. Tomorrow we are going on a date day together!

And because I know you are all like better than sex wha?

Better than Sex cake.......make it soon!

1 German chocolate cake (made according to directions) completely cooled

take the end of a spoon the kind with a small circular handle and poke tons of holes into the cake

open a can of sweetened condensed milk and poor over the cake using a spatula to help guide it into the holes

next take hot fudge or caramel dessert topping heat for a moment in the microwave until pourable and pour that on tip of your cake. Again using the spatula to guide it into the holes.

Last but not least take some Cool-whip and frost your cake with it!

Stick it in the fridge for a couple of hours before you serve it and then YUM!!

You need:

german chocolate cake mix

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1 small jar hot fudge or caramel ice cream topping

1 regular size tub of Cool-whip

and at least 1 fork

'til next time

me

6 down 24 to go!

And Again

Flour in the dog food... Apparently we need to work on proper placement in our household. First dog food in the deep fryer and now this.

Maybe I just need to watch them better. :)

'til next time

me

4 down 26 to go!