It’s My 100th Post Giveaway

Hip Hip Horah it’s my 100th Post, boy the time passes so quickly.   I’ve really enjoyed swapping comments with you and reading about your daily lives.  I want to say a special “Thank You” to some of my regular visitors, you guys are so much fun and you really get me giggling sometimes. 

So here goes, I’m keeping tradition, I think, and doing my first giveaway, a $10 Gift Card to Starbucks.  Thought you might need a Cinnamon Dolche Latte (my favorite) to help you blog into the wee hours of the night. 

OK, some of my readers are from the UK so I’m gonna throw in a book too, how about “Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea” by Chelsea Handler.

My giveaway is for anyone who wants to play it’s called “Out Of The Mouths Of Babes (or friends if you don’t have/know any kids).  The rules are simple…..

1.  Post my giveaway on your blog/ site along with the funniest thing you’ve heard your child, a friend or an old fool say (so technically it shouldn’t be out of the mouths of babes, but it sounds good..lol), you can be as creative as you like, add a picture, etc. 

2.  Put a link to your post in the comments section of this post (sorry haven’t figured out Mr. Linky yet). 

3.  The last day for entry is 7PM on July 25th, after which my hubby and I will pick/post the winner.  

 GOOD LUCK!!!!

We’re Back!

Sorry for the lack of posts, took a much needed vacation to St. Augustine Beach, but now I’m back!  MWAH HA HA HA ha cough, cough..lol Tomorrow (maybe tonight) I’ll post my 100th Post Giveaway and a post about our vacation.  Thanks to all that stopped in while I was gone.

C-ya tomorrow!

A funny and a question…

I was playing outside with Meg today, she was climbing on her swing set, I was looking at her and thinking how she’s grown.  I looked at Meggers and said “Meg I swear you’ve grown an extra two feet this summer” and in good Meggers form she looked down and her feet and said “no I haven’t mommy, I still have these two feet”..lol  I thought it was cute.

Now for the question…. I’m getting ready to hit my 100th post and I need ideas for a giveaway contest???  I thought about a Starbucks gift card but what sort of contest should I hold???  Help!!!!

All Things Eight….

Sorry took me so long to post Coffeecup but it was harder than I thought…lol

EIGHT THINGS I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT:

1.  MY FAMILY  ~  I love my daughter , would move heaven and earth for her if I could.  My husband yes at times can annoy me, but is always there when I need him.  My Mom, brothers and sisters love ‘em all.

2.  FRIENDS ~  Good ones are few and far between.  When a good friend comes along it’s nice to be able to share each others ups and downs.  Words that make me think friendship are: Loyalty, Trust, Tears and Laughter.

3.  LIFE ~ I’m no Tom Cruise here , but life is interesting from the smallest bug to the biggest mammal, evolution, science, how things/people change, interact and adapt.  I guess you can throw culture and language into this category, I love learning a bit about other cultures and listening to people speak in different languages

4.  NATURE ~ I love cliffs, the ocean and sand between my toes,  the smell of the salty ocean.  I love mountains, both bare and snow covered.  I love soft green grass and big beautiful trees.  

5.  EQUALITY ~  I think all people should be treated equal, no discrimination, when it comes to race, religion, love, etc..

6.  BLOGGING  ~  I’ve grown rather fond of keeping an online diary, that hopefully one day Meggers can read and have a wee giggle at some of  the silly stories.

7.  EPILEPSY ~  It has impacted our life and will always be part of Meggers life.   Awareness is very important, being able to differentiate the myths from the facts, knowing what to do if you ever witness someone having a seizure is huge.

8.  KNOWLEDGE ~  Education!  You know the saying “knowledge is power”.  From going to school to picking up a book about something that interests you, ignorance isn’t always bliss.

EIGHT THINGS I’D LIKE TO DO BEFORE I DIE

1.  Be completely Anxiety free (like CoffeeCup other than when I’m dead, which is a bit redundant really seeing the title is things to do before I die..lol)

2.  See my daughter graduate, fall in love, and get married (if that’s what she wants).

3.  Travel a bit more and really enjoy it.

4.  Win a lotto (I can dream can’t I) and donate a big chunk of change to a charity.

5.  Learn two languages the first being sign, the second not sure yet.

6.  Build a tree fort with a cool veggie garden around it.

7.  Buy my dream home, make it every thing I want and be debt free.

8.  Elliminate all calls from telephone solicitors and bill collectors.

EIGHT THINGS I SAY OFTEN

1.   Whatever

2.  Whatcha doing Megger Moo?

3.  Do you know what I mean?

4.  Just kiddin’

5.  Oh Shit!

6.  What?

7.  I hate feeling like this.

8.  Do you think my head buttons up the back (hubby hates that one).

EIGHT BOOKS I’VE READ RECENTLY

1. “The Other Boleyn Girl”  Phillipa Gregory.  Almost finished!

2.  “The Historian”  Elizabeth Kostova

3.  “A Man Without A Country”  Kurt Vonnegut

4.  “The Red Tent”  Anita Diamant

5.  ” The Time Travellers Wife”  Audrey Niffenegger

6.  “Through Violet Eyes” Stephen Woodworth

7.  “Skippy Jon Jones”  Judy Schachner .  Meggers looooves this book, daddy can’t get through it without giggling.

8.  “The Magic Tree House”  I could’ve listed more of my boring reads but these last two are some of my Meggers favorites for me to read.

EIGHT MOVIES YOU’VE WATCHED EIGHT TIMES

1.   Mystic Pizza (Early Julia Roberts Flick me and my girlfriends would count pennies to order pizza while watching this movie, you know that delivery guy hated us. ~grin~)

2.  Innerspace (Love this movie, made me love the song “Cupid draw back your bow-ow-ow and let your sweet arrow go-oh-ow….)

3.  Lost Boys (Classic!)

4.  All the Indiana Jones Movies  (who doesn’t love Harrison Ford).

5.  Any of the Original Star Wars Movies (don’t care for the new ones).

6.  Ferris Buhler’s Day Off  (Buhler…. Buhler….. Oh and “Shake it up baby now, shake it up baby, twist and shout, twist and shout, c’mon, c’mon, c’mon baby now… you know your totally singing along..lol)

7.  The Goonies (HEY YOU GUYS!!!! Gotta luv chunk)

8. Dirty Dancing (nobody puts Baby in a corner..lol)

TAG 8 PEOPLE TO DO THIS MEME

1. My sister over at If I Could Escape…

2. Faiqah over at 19thMayFlower

3.  Melissa, My Best Friend (don’t tell me you can’t cause you don’t have a blog, you can do it in your myspace blog..lol)

4.  Rachel, My other best friend that goes for you too girly. ~grin~

5.  Sprites Keeper (come on just one little Meme… pullllleeeeeaaazzzzeee)

6, 7, and 8 any visitors yes that means YOU and please leave a link in my comments because I’m nosey :oP

May day, May day…… Weight Challenge

You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t posted my Weight Challenge in a while, sad to say I crashed and burned whilst staying with my mum, she’s a wee bit of a sabatour, not that I shouldn’t have had a little bit of will power..lol

So I’m getting back on the wagon starting tomorrow, I appologize to those of you who might have been following along.  I really do have to drop a few pounds for my health, so I can get some of my energy back.

Wish me luck!

Our New Addition….

About a year ago we lost our dog Lucky, he was 14 years old.   It was very sad, didn’t think we’d ever get another dog, until…………

Meet Daisy our newest addition to the family.  She was voluntarily turned over to an Emergency Vet clinic in our area after she got very sick, they assure us she’s doing better and so far she’s fitting in just fine.  They tell us she’s a Shepherd Hound Mix.  Isn’t she super cute!

Bare Bottomed 4th of July..

My sister had an afternoon BBQ to celebrate the 4th of July, we had a great time.  Meggers and I got in the pool and floated around for an hour or so with her aunt and cousin.  Then we gathered inside for a feast of hamburgers, hot dogs, coleslaw, macaroni salad, and a trio of desserts.  My mum, my sister and I had a giggle or two around the table whilst drinking a beer or two (which we don’t do to often).  It was a great day and we left around dinner time.

Later that night the fireworks started, we usually don’t go anywhere as Meggers is afraid of the noise.  However, Meggers decided this year she was no longer afraid and asked me if we could go outside and watch the fireworks.  I said Of Course we could, and we headed out the front door and into the driveway.  There were three different displays going on around the house, I scooped Meggers up in my arms to show her one that was behind the house and realized she was bare bottomed….Oooppps!  She had her over sized Small Paul T-shirt on and I didn’t realize she hadn’t put her night time pull up on so I rushed her inside to cover up.  Then we came back outside with daddy and watched the display for quite a while, next year we’ll definitely be going out to see a big display.

The only downside was my neighbors across the street decided two o’clock in the morning would be a good time to set off a huge amount of fireworks.. grrrr I hope they move out soon, they’re renters and we’ve had nothing but problems since they moved in.

My Mums Birthday…

My mums birthday was last week and it was a lovely day!  My brother, Jamie popped by for a wee visit and mum got a few calls from family and friends wishing her well.   Meggers and I happened to be staying with her as daddy was out of town so we spent the day cleaning and doing laundry for her.  

Mum decided she didn’t want to go out for dinner so my sister, her clan, myself, and meggers had a lovely dinner in with her.  Chicken, Risotto, Veggies, Bread, Cheese sauce and ohhh some of her home made chips (french fries).  I had to ward off the vultures to set aside a few of the chips for meggers, everyone (including myself) was eating them as fast as they came out of the kitchen. lol 

Prior to dinner Meggers and Camy Bear made a cool hat out of plants and stuff they found in Grans garden, it actually came out really cute (yep that’s a picture of me with no make up on sporting the designer digs below, Kate Moss has nothing on me..lol)  We ended the night with a cup of tea and a bit of left over chocolate cake mum had made a day or two earlier. 

Below are a few pics from the day, the puppy is her beloved Bella or as I like to call her the “Holy Terror”, she chews everything, super spoiled.  The kitty is Nubby Cat, a cat my mum rescued after some sick bastard, cut off it’s front and part of it’s back legs.  An amazing cat, that gets around, much like a Kangaroo and is quite feisty.  I think we should of called her Ali, like the boxer, because when warding off bella or mums other cat Marmalade, she looks like she’s boxing.

And They Call It Puppy Love…

We spent the past week at Grandma’s as Daddy was out of town again, which meant very limited internet access aaaaahhhhhhhh..lol  I gotta catch up on my daily reads and blogging, sort of sad that I’ve become a blog junkie. ~wink~  

Anyhoo…. back to Grandma’s, my mum has two dogs and three cats all of whom Meggers loves, however Toby and Meggers share a special bond as you can see from the pics below.

Every night Toby would try to propel his pudgy little body up onto our bed, we’d have to give him a helping hand, then he’d settle in next to Meggers for the night.

They both would toss and turn during the night, but never more than a foot from each other.

I think they’re friends for life!   

Three Things….

I have three things to write about today, but reserve the right to expand my thought process at any time. :)  

First, why is it my Meggers thinks I’m a human jungle gym?  I can be sitting in the living room watching shows with her, it’s a decent sized living room, plenty of room yet she will come over, climb my legs, get behind me, climb my back, elbow in the thigh, boob, ribs, etc..   She’s becoming a defiant little one too!  I used to be able to ask her to do something and it wouldn’t take much for her to comply, now however there’s a lot of hmmmpphh, stomping feet, just plain ignoring me and sometimes she’ll say things like “I tried to stop mommy but it’s sooooooo hard” (oh and she talks with her hands..lol).  I love that she’s really starting to think and do things independently, but sometimes she can drive me just plain batty. ~Grin~

Second, I watched my nephews the other day, love them dearly, but was completely knackered by the time my sister got home.  The older boys are pretty self sufficient, little smarty pants.  However, Logie Bogie, the youngest one is like a wind up and go toy.  I kid with my sister that there’s no need for contraceptives, one day with her boyz and I’m cured of any desire for a second child.  We had fun!  Logie is a little thrill seeker, loves anything to do with being thrown in the air, pretend dropped, bouncing, and I think he’s going to be a rock climber because he can scale a wall in a matter of seconds (god bless my sis).

 We finally got Logie to nap after lunch and I was able to take Cammy Bear the middle child in the pool with Meggers, he swims like a fish and pops out of the water like a buoy.  Meggers was super brave with her floaties on, swimming from one end to the other.  I took her floaties off for the last 20 mins to show her what happens if she’s not wearing them and to work on swimming.  The first time she went down like a sinking ship, poor thing, I was right there telling her “big pulls”, scooped her up and from that point on we worked on kicks and pulls.  

Last but not least, I am now going to be employed on the weekends, not a glamorous job, but a job non the less.  My mother-in-law informed me that her office lost it’s weekend receptionist, asked me if I was interested and I jumped at the chance of a little extra cash.  I can’t believe how gas and groceries are going up but don’t get me started, as that’s a whole other rant.