We held a contest earlier this month to win a handpainted KeyFob from Hazel at her etsy store and today I also got one in the mail. This was wonderful because we give away so much but dont usually do reviews and we are ineligible to win our own prizes (although, have won a few incidentally, lol). I could not have been more pleased, I had to show you it!
Putting. Keys. On. NOW!
Go buy one, totally awesome. This is going on the Christmas for grandma list!!
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Here are a few yummy recipes that some of our readers submitted! Click on their name to check out their blog and leave them some love! No full meal this week, just several recipes that you can use whenever you feel like it! Have some for our Tasty Thursdays? Send them to us! We will link back to your blog with your recipe
~toni
Crispix Snickers Bars
1 16oz Reg. Marshmallows
1 Stick (1/2) Cup Oleo
4 1/2 Snicker Bars, cut up
1- 12 oz Box Crispix
~Grease 9×13 Pan. Heat marshmallows, oleo, and 2 1/2 Snickers bars until melted. Pour over Crispix and mix. Press in pan. Cut last two Snickers and Sprinkle on Top.
By: Jenna
Pfannenkuchen
*This is a German Pancake
1 cup flour
1 1/4 cup milk
5 eggs
4 tablespoons sugar
~Mix together with a wire whisk. The batter will be VERY runny.
~Have a pan preheating on medium heat (or if you don’t want to completely wear yourself, have about 2-3 pans going). Pour a little oil into your pan, take a ladle and put some of the batter into your skillet, swirling it around to cover every inch. Wait a few seconds until the side gets golden brown, flip it, let that side get brown, and you’re done. Continue until all the batter is used up.
~Lay your pfannenkuchen flat, smear about 1-2 tablespoons of applesauce on top, then sprinkle with a little sugar. Roll it up into a tube. Cut, eat, and enjoy.
By: Tina
German Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars
1 pkg. German Chocolate cake mix
1 -1/2 c. chocolate chips (1 bag)
1 bag caramels (melt in top of double boiler)
1 c. chopped nuts (optional)
1/3 c. evaporated milk
3/4 c. melted butter
~ Combine caramels and 1/3 c. evaporated milk in saucepan and melt. Set aside.
~ Mix by hand: Cake mix, butter, 1/3 c. evaporated mil, and walnuts. Batter will be very thick
~ Bake 350 for 6 minutes. Sprinkle chocolate chips over crust, drizzle caramel over mixture. Spread remaining batter over it (use hands if necessary).
~ Return to oven for 18-10 min. Cool and refrigerate 30 min. to set caramel then cut. Use Swiss Chocolate cake mix. Put cookie sheet underneath pan when baking.
BY: Cindi
Crab Pasta
One cluster of Alaskan crab legs (about four legs)
Pasta (8-16 ounces, depending on the kind you like - I used an 8-ounce bag of Barilla spinach and ricotta tortellini)
One tablespoon olive oil
One small onion, chopped (more or less to taste)
2 tablespoons chopped garlic (more or less to taste)
3 tablespoons butter
White wine (white cooking wine is fine)
Salt
Pepper
Parsley (I used dried)
~Break out crab meat from shells and chop (this only takes about 10-15 minutes). Set aside. Cook pasta according to package directions.
~In a large pan, heat olive oil and saute onions and garlic until onions begin to turn translucent. Add the crab meat and butter to the pan and cook until butter is melted and mixed in. Add enough wine to cover, then add salt and pepper to taste. Add about a tablespoon or so of parsley. Simmer five minutes.
~Drain cooked pasta and add in pan to crab mixture; heat through for a couple of minutes. Top with parmesan, salt and pepper if desired. Makes about four servings.
BY: Sheri
Magic Punch
1 can thawed Orange/Pineapple/Apple juice
1 can thawed Strawberry Breeze juice
Coconut rum
Pineapple rum
Splash of peach schnapps
1 bottle of ginger ale
~Combine all the above into a 1 gallon pitcher or punch bowl. (I estimate the alcohol. more is better, right?). YUM!
BY: Jen
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The other two posts were SO hard to load, we have almost 7K comments in them, so I am starting ONE LAST post before the pull tommorow, and they will all be added together to make the numbers that are pulled from.
In this last post, you may only post ONE time, thats it, and it needs to be a sentence. US residents only.
Please visit these pages if you have not seen the stroller yet and then you may post ONCE here for a last ditch effort to win. Bumbleride Stroller, worth $329 from StrollerMama!
Trisha
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Loveable Labels:
It is said that necessity is the mother of invention and this proved all too true for Laura Porreca, Owner and President of Lovable Labels. When Laura’s first child entered daycare, she was told to label all his belongings.This meant labeling everything from his outdoor clothing, to his indoor shoes, lunches, sippy cups and backpack. Laura recognized a need in the market for personalized labels that were tough and durable and could stand the test of time and the everyday use that children put them through.
After researching and testing many different products and designs, Laura created a line of labels that include Regular and Slimline Stickers, Shoe Labels, Iron-ons and Bag Tags. They are not only bright, fun and colourful but also met the high standards that parents have come to expect. The Regular and Slimline labels are microwave and dishwasher safe, the Iron-on labels stay put in the washer and dryer, the Shoe Labels have an extra strength adhesive to ensure they won’t come off and the Bag Tags are made of a durable and flexible plastic. Thus, in 2003…..Lovable Labels was born!
Today, the company continues to grow and offer exciting opportunities for its team of sales agents. Laura also feels strongly about giving back and has incorporated fundraising into the Lovable Labels company. Schools, daycares and camps use our labels to raise funds for extra-curricular activities while providing a practical and useful product for parents and children.
Some of Loveable Labels Awesome products!
Loveable Labels has generously donated a Back To School Combo Pack. Coming in Red, Blue, or Black, the Back to School Pack comes with:
60 Slimline Labels
15 Regular Sticker Labels
48 Press n’ Stick Clothing DOTS
16 Shoe Labels
2 Mini-Metal Tags
Early Bird BONUS: 5 Binder Stickers
Would you like to win? First, Head off to Loveable Labels and let us know what products you liked on thier pages! Then come back here and commenter #1999 will win. Only rule is please no one word comments to just get through..(no alaphabets, counting, etc), make the comment be legitimate..just use your brain. LOL! ~trisha
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if you have funk to bring for our funkalicious fridays, let us know!
email to momdot (at) live (dot) com
We will post it with ours!
trisha
(husbands and kids welcome)
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Reluctant Housewife: Airport Adventures.
Because I Must Blog: Insert Joke Here.
Queen of Shake-Shake: My Hoo-Haa makes people scream.
Mama Still Wears Gucci: Behind the Bullseye.
I Pee In the Wind: Are you allowed to do that?
Cynical Dad: Don’t tell me how to raise my kids.
Happy Reading!
~Toni~
PS Yeah, we are running a day behind around here. What can we say. Campaigning is hard.
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Oh goodness ladies, I seriously underestimated the amount of stuff we had to give away this month. LOL! On top of content and damn it all, yall keep me chatting ALL freaking day. Stop it.
So….here it goes.
The winner of THIS contest here will win the following:
Donated from Little Ladybug Designs: Mommy Calling card design! Hand out your contact information for babysitters or playdates in style with our stylish mommy calling cards! No more looking through your diaper bag for a piece of paper to jot your phone number down on. Cards can be customized in anyway you like. Note that this is only for the custom DESIGN, which will be sent to you and you can print on Vistaprint
Prize #2: BabyBoudoir: A personalized Diaper Wipes Case We like this one!
Prize #3 My Embroidered Gifts: Satineesnugs Duck WITH embroidery: The extra soft personalized satineesnugs duck blanket features a cute duck face, a plush side and a “satinee” side.
Prize #4 One Posh Kid: A burp cloth set with a Princess on it! (this is an example from their page but not exact item)
Whether its for you or for a pregnant or mommy friend, all these gifts would make a mommy very happy. Totalling over $100 in prizes, your ready for Christmas giving NOW thanks to all these amazing stores and us, of course. LOL!
To win: First off, you MUST visit the sponsors page. We have to continue to support the sites that donate these amazing prizes, not just by visiting, but considering them first when doing online shopping. Please visit each one and let us know an item, other then the ones we posted, that you really like!
To gain a 2nd entry: Blog about one or more and link to this post and to one or more of the sites..you get one entry per sponsor you talk about, although it doesnt have to be in a seperate blog. You can link to all of them in one blog and it gives you seperate entries (make sure you note seperates in the comments here)!
To gain a 3rd entry: tell us about YOUR delivery!
To gain a 4th entry: Beg me to give you the prize! Why not, right?
Ill random this on friday!
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I have a handful of stuff left I need to be over with before sept. because I have to get some fun stuff ready for next month and I dont want to leave myself so little time before now and Sept 1. My emails are three pages long right now from this past weekend….thats like 50 a page. I need a secretary.
So I am going to do something crazy. I am going to have ONE contest, winner takes all.
I am wondering if I should make it LIVE contest….any objections?
Sponsored by Mom4Life, PrmaPrincessa, MJJennings, Loveable Labels, MookieDoodleDesign, The Taffy Box, One Posh Kid, ChicaModa Designs, Cedar Valley Publishing, MimsiBags, My Embroidered Gifts, Country Hill, Baby Boudoir, Little Ladybug Designs, Kelly/The Jewerly Lady, Baby Bistro
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Charlotte at home…
Charlotte at school (LOL)
Ok, that was a joke, but for real, this is her in her school last year in fall…see, happy! Yall are right, I have to do the hard thing and find her a new school. So sad (btw, this was a different school, we lived in a different state, and it was a great school).
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Ok, so today when I went to pick charlotte up, apparantly she did it AGAIN in class. This time, I started asking a lot of questions. I came to two conclusions:
1) Charlotte just really doesn’t like the teacher. She is doing it on purpose to get on the teachers nerves.
2) Charlotte is having outbursts of noises because she cant take it anymore (see below)
I started asking if all the other kids were completely silent…surely a 3 year old class would never be completely silent and I have the one child who all of a sudden has a behavioral issue. Apparently, it IS quiet. They start in the “2 year olds” to teach them “discipline and structure” and in the morning, they do school work, where they individually do their work. TWO? OMG. Yeah. Right.
Does anyone else a problem w/ this? I said…so, the entire time she is here, she is sitting alone doing papers? She cant even READ. She needs team work, interaction. So basically, you tell her trace all this crap and then walk away. Of course after an hour she is bursting to talk or move. They told me that is the way the “abecca” program is taught. I get that the information in the program is one way, but a program should be taught based on the age, not the age moving into a program for older children, right?
And it was mean, but I told the teacher that Charlotte obviously has an aversion to the school and to her, and that she needs to discipline her right then and there if there is a classroom issue, but please rememeber she is THREE and if my child refuses to BLESS someone at bedtime (when she blesses the TV and the playdough), I feel like there is a problem.
But I get it now…she is stuck for 3 hours filling out worksheets expected to sit still and do that. When I first signed her up, I felt ok about the program, they did not make it seem like it would be this crazy sit in a seat and do your work only thing and all the ‘fun’ stuff is in the afternoon (going outside, etc), so charlotte gets NONE of that, because she is picked up at 11:30. And the weird part is, the last two days, charlotte has come home saying she took a nap. Took a nap? A three hour a day thing (she goes 8-1130), there isnt supposed to be a nap till after lunch time, after charlotte is picked up, she better NOT be going to school to have them put her down on a mat at 10am or I am going to be PISSED beyond belief.
Then the director told me I would be doing charlotte a disservice by pulling her out. I said, at what point do I follow my childs instincts because this has been past a new school struggle and since she has two years of preschool before kindergarten and some dont even GO to kindergartren, I had to make what decision was best for her. Not to mention she has two educated parents and a mom at home to hang with (and I am slightly brilliant, lol), so ……….
I guess I am off to look at some new schools this week. I said I would give it till next friday, but if there wasnt improvement on all ends, I would have to pull her out.
trisha
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Contests you can still enter. We will pulling LOTS of winners on friday!! Also, any prizes that have not been claimed from past contests, will be repulled on Friday as well.
Mommy Brain Life (bracelet), Kids Chore System, Little Ones Baby Gifts (Gift Card), MomSpit Kit, OopDooHug, Doodlebugs Paper (GC), Doodle Design Shop (Sign), Kiss my Style (GC), Wii Game, Blue Orchid Bag (purse), Princess Linens (my first scrubs)
(more to come!)
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I know Charlotte is little and there is a lot of controversy on the benefits of preschool at her age. But for us, its more about her getting out and being with other kids. Its only 3.5 hours a day and it clears up my morning time to focus on emailing back everyone and getting things moving around here. I also use it for store time, etc.
Anyway, she has been in preschool before. She had a great time and loved her teacher. This summer, she went to gymnastics came Monday-Friday, three straight months, from 8-1230 with NO complaints. She loved those teachers there too. Now comes the school she is at now. She cries when I bring her. She doesnt like her teacher at all. Last night, when charlotte said her prayers, she blessed all her teachers BUT her new teacher. I said…what about Miss Mary? She said NO! She cries when she has to go back. She seems ‘ok’ when I pick her up though.
Yesterday, her teacher caught me when I picked her up and said..they had an “incident”. Charlotte got in trouble for, get this, making noises in the classroom. I had to try really hard to not bust out laughing. Apparantly, the 3.5 year olds were….ah hell, i dont know…coloring? And charlotte felt the need to make random noises, like animal noises and stuff. Not this perfect child here *snicker*:
I am getting ready to be a bad parent and say that there is NO WAY that class could have been quiet..but no, charlotte cant be having outbursts either. I really think she is doing it because she is antagonizing the teacher and has figured out what annoys her. I asked the teacher..did you talk to her about it? She said yes. So………..hmm.
Ok. Well, now what do you want ME to do 3.5 hours after it happened? Of course I told charlotte to not talk in class when the teacher is talking, but “ok mama” doesnt mean she truly understands. I mean…uh….3.5 years old here, you have to talk to her right then. Not to mention, she still has a full TWO YEARS of preschool before she even sees kindergarden..these kids are not going to be silent in class. I am trying to picture a silent classroom with everyone reading and charlotte talking outloud and then I think………wtf, she doesnt read, she is not even 4. Was she really the only kid talking?
Here is my question….what should I do? Maybe take the hint that my child really has a feeling about the teacher. In all honesty, I get a funny feeling too. So much so that I sent my DH to talk to her this morning and see what the heck was up and why Charlotte was so unhappy. Is it the going to a new school blues? Does the teacher just expect too much from tiny kids? When I stand near the teacher, I get one of those “I hate being a teacher so everyone around me is going to do what I say or I am going to be mad” things. I never have seen her smile and she isnt…huggable. Isnt that a requirement for a 3 year old classroom?
I don’t want my girl to be miserable, but she also cant learn that she can quit things that she doesn’t want to do. And part of me doesn’t like the teacher either, I get a weird feeling she doesn’t like kids or doesn’t like young kids, and I should just give Charlotte a coffee at 730 am and then send her to school. hehehe
I dont want to make excuses for Charlotte, its not the type of person I am or the type of parents we are, but at what point do you listen to your child over the adults?
~trisha
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This week, I am letting Vicki talk to you all about her new Best Posts of the week in our Wordfilled post, because it seemed really appropriate. But before you check that out, we invite you to Mr. Linky YOUR best posts since last Wed or the post you most want our blog community to read and then go around and leave comments on everyone’s important posts. To receive comment love…you should give comment love!
~trisha
As the blogosphere is growing by leaps and bounds, we as bloggers and blog readers are running into a dilemma:
1. There are so many good blogs to read out there and not enough time to read them all.
2. 2. As bloggers we want to make sure people are reading our blog, especially the best material that might keep them coming back for more.
I’ve been reading on several blogs about frustration, and being frustrated myself, with the fact that there’s just not enough time to blog, read blogs, and get the rest of the necessary things done in a day. I think I’ve come up with a solution (another blog!):
The goal of Best Posts of the Week is to have bloggers submit the best post from their own blog(s) each week. I take submissions through Friday afternoon. Then I consolidate them all into a list for Saturday Morning. Over the weekend readers can read through the best posts of the week. This gives readers the great content they are desiring and gives bloggers more exposure.
Are you interested in submitting your best post of the week?!? Head on over to Best Posts of the Week and email me with the link to your best post and the link to your blog. I’ll do the rest.
Looking forward to reading your best posts this week!
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Yes, this is real and he was dead serious. After a trip to New Orleans, walking around in the MORNING, this guy/girl was just hanging out…….or HANGING out, whatever your pleasure. I think he thought he was hot. A hot MESS.
~trisha
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