I did it!!!!

I discovered a company called Scentsy last year that I have been on the fence about joining. I finally did it!!! I could not resist their warmer this month for one and for two I absolutely love their scents.

I cannot light candles in the house because of mom getting headaches. The scented oils you can buy from other places just do not last very long and keep smoking.

Scentsy is perfect - no wicks, no smoke and if you spill the oil it truly does not burn (I inadvertently tested this on myself during one of my not thinking moments LOL) so it is safe around the kids!

If you are interested in finding out more let me know!!

Card Swap

I attended my second Meade shoebox card swap today and it was a blast!!! I had a great time and learned some new techniques I would have never thought of!!!! Below is my card I did using a large bunny Unity stamp and stampin Up paper and October Afternoon Paper. I also altered a pail to make a little easter basket with goodies for the door prizes --- I was going to stick the gooodies into easter eggs but unfortunately everything was too big LOL!

All the girls are doing great and Alison took a huge step tonight parting ways with her birdy light show thing from when she was a baby (it has been her security blanket and she sits it on the shelf next to her bed LOL) She is letting amanda have it now - who is loving the light show on the ceiling. Of course she did ask for another birdy thing hahahaha or something that makes music so I am going to have brainstorm on that one!

Other than that we are all doing well!!!

Stamp Storage

How do you store your stamps? A question posed by Amanda on Split Coast - well here is my crazy storage solutions =0)

Loose stamps - in plastic sterilite scrap storage case towers from target

Stampin up - in original boxes stacked

Unity - Wood mounts on a nifty difty shelf I revised a bit to include a wooden dowel and hooks to hang them on

Unmounted Unity and Clear stamps - in 3 ring binders in plastic inque boutique cases, organized by theme or brand.

so that is how mine are stored! I am thinking about revising my unmounted stamp storage - possibly a task for my maternity leave???

Its Coming!!!!!

So I had a doctor's appointment and it looks like baby Ashley Danielle may be arriving sooner than planned!!! My due date is 3/21 but I am pretty much on my way to being in active labor. I will keep yall posted but expect baby # 4 to arrive within the next week or so!!!!

Playing Blog Catch Up!!!

Thank you to all my friends and family for the emails on how behind I am on my blog hahahahahahaha

We had a bit of snow - Amanda was not impressed, but the girls loved the snowman Dan built! I used my scrap stash for the eyes and mouth LOL who knew Brads could make the perfect snowman hahaha

Here is the girls on Valentines (Alison was in a funk and would NOT smile!!) It is the curse of more than 2, you can never get more than 2 to smile at the same time LOL Can you tell who my two hams are? Must be something about them sharing a birthday =0)

This is a pic from my baby shower LOL the Meade Girls decided to torture me with a hat with every funky bow they could find and insisted on adding each bow from each present hahahaha I think it is kinda southern belleish. They surprised the heck out of me though - I thought I was going for a GNO and instead had a wonderful shower hosted by Tracy, and boy did they help me out in the diaper department!!! Thank You ladies Again!!!

Other than that I have been cutting coupons like a dang fool - I am actually saving tons of money - it is just a pain to clip the amount of coupons a family the size of mine needs =0) One cannot complain too much with all the free toothpaste and groceries I am getting for a fraction of what I used to pay =0) Only problem is I am sooooo out of room LOL My deep freezer is stuffed beyond belief and my shelves I set aside for my stockpile are full. Sad part is I do not feel fully stockpiled LOL

I am also working my rear off at work and working on my card for the Meade Card Swap in March...should be fun, I am using an adorable bunny stamp from Unity - I will post when it is complete!

I will be going on maternity towards the end of March so I will strive to keep my blog up, maybe even post some cards finally!!!! We will see LOL

I also received the New Pampered Chef catalogs in - let me know if you want one and I will get one sent out!!! Lots of cool new products, including a pineapple cutter and lots of cool bamboo items!!

I think that has been all the major excitement for the past month! Other than the mundane normal things like cars having to have repairs, and tax returns! Consider yourself caught up!!!

Pampered Chef - Item that I love!!!

Since I am a pampered chef consultant I get asked a lot what my faves are and I have to say I love this little tool!

It is called the Skimmer and it is generally used to skim fat and oil out of what you are cooking - my mom also LOVES to use it to drain out all the yuckies out of oil we fried something with. Well my favorite use for this tool is to get the starch out when boiling potatoes!!!! I just run this thing along the top of the water and voila no starch! Easy Peasy and I love it!!! Keeps the water in the pot and the starch in the tool!

Email me if you are interested in ordering this tool or something else! 10% off your order thru the 15th of January!!

Happy New Year!!!!!

Its that time again - another year has flown by!!! Have you made your resolutions yet for the upcoming year? Mine are pretty standard, pay off some debt, spend quality time with the family, and lose the baby weight quickly (yeah right LOL) after having a healthy and one hopes happy baby!!!

One way I am going to help our finances in this economy is I am trying something new with grocery shopping called the grocery game! I saw it on CNN while in Florida and I am loving it - it helps you combine your coupons you clip each week with store sales to build a stockpile of food at rock bottom prices that can last you through to the next cycle when that food is on sale again. I have already seen a huge savings at drug stores believe it or not!!! They all have some type of cash back, rebate type program in place and if you do it just right you see huge savings.

Be sure to put me down if you decide to try out their trial! I would definitely haunt their message board for a few weeks, and gather some coupons before signing up though. I signed up in Florida, went home and started accumulating coupons so 6 weeks in I am just now getting it going! Now if only I could find a scrap store that did cash back or rebates I would be all set LOL

As for my weight loss - I am loving the wii fit!!! I think I am going to combine that with the bike and go from there. I am no longer going to hoola hoop though until after i have the baby.....doctors dont tell you to hoola hoop because what idiot can hoola hoop preggo - well thanks to the wii fit - I rocked that hoola hoop LOL but I worked some muscles I think we will leave unworked til April LOL

Good luck to all of you setting your new years resolutions and I wish you all a very Safe and very Happy New Years!!!!