Friday Fragments: Hold On To Your Panties

I have sooooo much to say and so little time to say it. As I type this I am waiting for a phone call from my mom & step father to tell me they are on the road from the airport. They are in town from Florida for the daughters birthday bonanza (tomorrow) and of course for Turkey Day. Good time lie ahead. I'm buckled in and ready for the ride. It never fails she will have me going non stop like the energizer bunny.

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Tomorrow is my babies 9th birthday party. Her actual birthday is on Thanksgiving!! Ha, imagine that. This is the first time it has landed on the holiday. I get so excited for her birthday every year. For me it is better than Christmas. She is wishing for a lap top and camera. IMAGINE THAT!!! I wonder who on earth......

HOLD ON... THE PHONE!

Alrighty, let me hurry up....it was them....

Where was I? Oh yeah, I wonder who she takes after? Like mother like daughter.

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Have you heard?

I'm having a givaway!

Did you enter?

If not, YOU MUST.

Spread the word people.

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FANTABULOUS NEWS: I am 7 lbs away from reaching my goal weight by the first of the year. Can I do it? YES I CAN! Since July 17th I am down....drum roll please... 20 lbs, 14 inches and 3 dress sizes! I feel like a MILLION BUCKS. Jenny Craig ROCKS. This week I dropped 2.5 lbs and that was 'eating on my own' every night for dinner. I have changed my lifestyle in ways I would have never thought possible. Yay for me...it's harder than all hell but gets easier as time goes on. The ginormous change in my body is enough motivation for me.

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I hope you have a grrrrreat weekend. Will have LOADS of pics when it's all said in done.

TOODLES

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I will be your best friend foreva, pinky swear!

Attention Coffee Lovers~ It's Giveaway Time!

Recently a representative from CSN Stores approached me with an unique opportunity. Her company was willing to donate product(s) for my review. Another option that she presented me with was hosting a givaway with a product of my choice. Since I'm cool like that I am putting YOU (my readers) before ME!? Can you believe it?

Who knew that CSN Stores offers everything including the kitchen sink? In my quest to find something that might appeal to you I began searching under the 'Green' products. Low and behold I find these colorful little beauties pictured above.

Who couldn't use TWO Brugo commuter mugs ($40 value?) If not for yourself why not give as a gift this holiday season? Is their anything worse in the world that dripping coffee all over your white dress shirt? Yeppers, it happened to the hubs this morning. As the story goes you get what you pay for. Those Green Eco friendly $7.99 mugs that I recently purchased obviously didn't stand up to the test.

Check em' out....BRUGO travel mugs were designed by a coffee addict. They are spill proof, insulated and provide you with a perfect cup of coffee every use. Tell me how much you LOVE these colors? Aren't they so bright and trendy? They are screaming your name I heard them!

To enter follow the rules below:

Pick one or ALL of the following options

(Each option is considered an additional entry.)

1. Leave me a comment- this is A MUST in order to be eligible to enter at all!

(I run a tight ship around here :o)

2. Spread some linky love: Tweet this post or pimp me out any way you see fit...Facebook?

3. Mention this give away and add some bling to your blog..take your pick!

You likey? I made it all by myself! Click on it to steal the code.

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4. If you haven't already join my 'fan club'

(AKA- become a follower)

Contest ends Sunday, 11/22 @ 9pm EST.

Winners will be announced on Monday 11/23.

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PLEASE NOTE:

NO ANONYMOUS COMMENTS.

They are useless and defeat my purpose.

Make it clear in your comment how many times you should be entered according to how many options you picked.

-Good luck and may the best stalker win!-

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Worldful Wednesday: Perfect Setting?

I couldn't resist sharing another beauty from our annual quest to find the 'perfect' Christmas card photo shoot. You might recall I posted another one of my favorites last week.

This particular picture didn't make it to our card this year as I was not completely satisfied with the glare going on in the back.....ridiculous isn't it?

A FUNNY story (at least I think so) goes behind this 'foto.'

It went a little something like this: Snap, snap, snap (that's me and my camera!) Then all of a sudden I glare down and a HUMONGOUS BUG was on her leg. All I had to say was 'Honey, oh my God a bug is on your leg'.... she LOST IT. I mean honestly in 9 years I NEVER heard a scream come out of her mouth like I did. Instead of calming her (mean I know) I laughed and couldn't stop. I laughed so much that it paralyzed me from moving. Hence the blood curling skreatching continued like she was getting brutally beat in the woods. All along I'm laughing and she is NOT moving. She is doing nothing but screaming from the top of the mountains like I was killing her.

It was one of those moments where the world stopped. I KNOW that everyone was looking at us because I felt it. Quite frankly I'm surprised the medics didn't come to our rescue. When I got myself together I shooed the 'bug' off and I captured this face. She came 'as if' nothing had ever happened. I'm pretty sure that we will NEVER forget that siege on the tree 'that' day. Not so sure sitting in the tree would be the 'perfect' setting after all?

Speaking of being perfect my friend (in real life) Heather from Triple Blessing admitted yesterday in a post that she too was NOT perfect...gasp, I know!

Perfection is something that I battle with daily. Perfection is my enemy. Every single day it takes a serious effort on my part to not let it take control of my being. The whole Christmas card photo is a 'perfect example' of my on going quest for perfection as though I will be completely satisfied when I attain it....NEVER! Never going to find it, never going to be it. No such thing and you know what? I am okay with it. Every year I say I'm not going to let it stress me out but somehow it likes to try it's darnedest to take a hold of me . I look for that perfect spot, wait for the perfect facial expression, ponder the perfect outfit, plot the perfect time. Blah, blah ,blah for what? For who? Who cares?

So the story goes...my quest for the perfect Christmas for my family just begins with the card and ya know what? I'm grabbing a hold of the enemy and not letting it take the front seat this year.

Enjoy this video...it's my new theme song!

Stick Em' Up!

*Click on collage to enlarge*

I ♥ Faces: Autumn Beauty

Yesterday the girls (my daughter & her cousins) were romping in my in- laws back yard. I had been for warned that the last a pile of leaves were being strategically placed below the rickety old swing set for some extra fun.

As you can imagine I came prepared with my camera in hand. Unfortunately blankets of falling leaves are slim pickings in our yard. The reason why we were so excited to catch some fresh air and 'fall into what is left' of the beautiful colors.

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