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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Things are about to get CRAZY.....WWTK Q&A!!

That's right, things are about to get CRAZY....with Crazymama!! Mamarazzi and I are SO excited to introduce you into our NEW We Want To Know co-host Crazymama. Can I get a woot woot??!! You guys are going to LOVE her :) So grab a snack, grab our adorable new button, and play along!

Alright, so lets get down to business!

It's that time of year again folks...Cold and flu season!! Oh joy. This week Crazymama is asking the questions and she wants to know how you make it through the snottiest season of all. Read on and link up amigos!

1. What is your feel better remedy when you are sick?
2. When illness strikes, what is your policy on staying home from work, school or church with yourself and the family?
3. What do you think is worse? Flu or cold?
4. Flu shots...do you get them? Have you yet?
5. When you are feeling down, what is your usual, go-to therapy? (retail therapy, exercise, comfort food, etc)

1. What is your feel better remedy when you are sick?

Some hot herbal tea, an Arrested Development marathon, and some couch time. Too bad that NEVER happens, normally I get to the tea part and that's about it! But man...it would be nice.

2. When illness strikes, what is your policy on staying home from work, school or church with yourself and the family?

We go on LOCKDOWN! I just think its common courtesy to not spread it around. Plus I want my kids to get all the rest they can, so normally I quarantine them and sentence them to the couch.

3. What do you think is worse? Flu or cold?

Flu. Hands down. I can handle the snot and coughing, but its the fevers and involuntary bodily functions (you know, the hershey squirts and what not) that I can't handle.

4. Flu shots...do you get them? Have you yet?

Nope. I'm not a big fan of the flu shot. We pass on them every year and so far we've been ok! Sure, we get colds occasionally, but its been a long time since I've had a bad flu episode. Fingers and toes crossed for another flu-free season!

5. When you are feeling down, what is your usual, go-to therapy? (retail therapy, exercise, comfort food, etc)

Ummm. D-all of the above?? Ha!

All posts for We Want to Know should include:
1. The darling WWTK button
2. A link to your co hosts Mamarazzi, Queso and Crazymama
Links must lead to WWTK posts that contain the WWTK button. Posts should lead to Family Friendly blogs. Blogs containing explicit language and/or sexually explicit content should contain an "adult content warning", or risk being removed from the link list. Kthanks!

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Grab your bestie and say CHEESE!!!

A picture is worth a thousand words.

~Napoleon Bonaparte

So often as life passes us by, we look to the pictures of our past. The memories that we have created with the ones we love captured by the single click of a camera. Regardless of the time that has spanned since the photo was taken, we can be immediately transported back to that day, that time.

@ErinsMiracles, @QuesoBonito, @Kristin_OPC

Join us this week - October 9 - 15 - for the Friends You Love Besties Photo contest, sponsored by our friends at Bare Escentuals.

Submit your favorite photo of you and your besties for a chance to win a Bare Escentuals gift pack!

To enter:

Contestants can submit a a photo of themselves with their best friend to

kristin at onlyparentchronicles dot com

Submissions will be accepted 10/9 - 10/15.

Voting will occur 10/16 - 10/20 here
Bare Escentuals has put together a fantastic prize pack for the winner!

Ps- MAJOR thanks to my girl Kristin for letting me borrow this post!!

Images may be used on the Friends You Love site for contest purposes.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Tick Tock! WWTK Q&A Time!!

There are just not enough hours in the day! I feel like someone flipped on the GO switch back in 2003 and NEVER turned the friggin thing off. But there's always time for We Want To Know! WOO! So join my boo, Mamarazzi, and I for a little fun Q&A sesh. Read on, answer on, and link up!

So this week let's chat about our down time, or lack there of!

1. If you had an extra hour to do ANYTHING for yourself each day, what would you do?
2. Are you a morning person or a night owl?
3. How much sleep do you get on an average night?
4. When do you find the time to blog/surf the ol' interweb?
5. What is the ONE thing you're never too busy for?

On your mark, get set, READ!

1. If you had an extra hour to do ANYTHING for yourself each day, what would you do?

Ohhh....I know exactly what I would do. I'd curl up on my couch with my pups and a BOOK! I love love love to read, but I miss the days of being able to sit and just read. Nowadays I sneak in a few pages here and there, and half the time I'm fighting to keep my eyes open since its normally midnight when I find time to read. An hour to just read would be HEAVENLY.

2. Are you a morning person or a night owl?

Night owl all the way. I'm up and functioning at the buttcrack of dawn, but I'm super productive in the wee hours of the night. Probably because all of the kids are sleeping!

3. How much sleep do you get on an average night?

About 4 1/2- 5 hours. I have a SUPER hard time sleeping...total insomniac. I've found that I do better on just a few hours of sleep though. And I do try and sneak in a nap with the kids in the afternoons if I'm really tired.

4. When do you find the time to blog/surf the ol' interweb?

I try and sneak on the computer when the kids eat lunch and sometimes in the afternoon after homework and soccer are done. But mainly its not until night time that I really get the chance to just sit and veg on the computer.

5. What is the ONE thing you're never too busy for?

Snuggling with my littles :) It doesn't matter what I'm doing, I'll always stop for a little snuggle time with them.

Thanks for reading amigos! Now its YOUR turn!

All posts for We Want to Know should include:

1. The darling WWTK button

2. A link to your co hosts Mamarazzi and Queso

Links must lead to WWTK posts that contain the WWTK button. Posts should lead to Family Friendly blogs. Blogs containing explicit language and/or sexually explicit content should contain an "adult content warning", or risk being removed from the link list. Kthanks!

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

You know you're an over protective parent when...

...you leave your babysitter an instruction manual and pop quiz her

...you bubble wrap your kids before they go outside

Or in my case, you know you're an over protective parent when you check your daughter's POOP for tapeworms. Yes. You read that right. But I swear there's a perfectly valid reason why I would stick my face eye level to a piece of doo-doo butter.

Backtrack to a few weeks ago when we brought home our adorable new puppy, Lola. The kids were so excited...they couldn't stop snuggling her, playing with her, and were loving every minute of being smothered with puppy kisses. Then the unthinkable happened....our sweet little Lola had WORMS. Well, just one ~~teeny itty bitty~~ worm, but that was enough for me! I put her infested bum on lock down until I could get her to the vet. I can't even think about seeing that wretched little worm without dry heaving. Blech.

{So cute....yet so so so gross.}

A little medication and a ~~whole lot of freaking the heck out~~ few days in quarantine and I was ready to release her back into the house again...but I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT!! I know she doesn't have them anymore but I'm TERRIFIED that somehow my kids contracted one. It's crazy, or so I've been told, but I can't help it. I'm a worrier. That's what I do. And let me just tell you that full fledged tapeworm paranoia had taken over.

But as I found myself gazing into my toilet and examining a fresh loaf I realized that maybe....just maybe....its time to pull in the reins and chill a little bit.

Oh, and you'll be happy to know that Little Miss Presley is tapeworm free. I know you were all so worried.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Hippity Blog Hop Party Time!

Yo yo yo amigos! Its Monday and that means its time for the Friends You Love Blog Hop! I get to bring in friends I love and make them friends that YOU'LL love. How awesome is that?! I am SO excited to formally introduce you into one amazing gal, Mamarazzi! She's my partner in crime for the weekly Wednesday We Want To Know party and she is a blast in a glass (yes I just quoted Jersey Shore, don't judge).

Hey there, my name in the blogsphere is Mamarazzi and I am the author of the blog Dandelion Wishes. My blog started out as your typical mommy blog where I spent all my time bragging about my super cute kid. Jordan is a teenager now and her appearances on the blog are few and far between...because she is a teenager. Anyone have a teenager? Then YOU understand, they are OK with not being the spotlight of mama's blog, and kinda prefer it...I get that!

These days my blog is mainly used for bringing bloggers together. I host a few FABULOUS link parties..."My Happy List" on Tuesdays is all about listing what is making you HAPPY that week, because what you pay attention to grows. "We Want to Know" on Wednesdays is co hosted with the ever so awesome Queso, we are giving you permission to avoid the house work with a Q&A. "Friday Confessional" is your chance to put it all out there and air your confessions, go ahead we won't judge! I also host really fun swaps where you are partnered with another blogger and put together a themed package of good mail for them and get one in return. OH and we are "Taking Back Monday" one Etsy giveaway at a time, Mondays just got a little better y'all and entering is EASY!! I am also the proud mama of the cutest Chiweenie in the whole wide world...Coco, she is just the little love of my life, sweetest dog ever.

Now that you know a little about ME let me tell you a little about my BEST friends since we ARE talking about Friends You Love afterall...

My very best friend is my husband Big Daddy. There is no one on earth I would rather spend time with than this man. He is my EVERYTHING! He loves me like I have never been loved before, makes me laugh, treats me like his equal partner in life, spoils me and supports me in everything I do. I feel blessed everyday to be married to this wonderful man for all time and eternity.

Then there are my sisters Amy and Meg. Sisters who are are also best friends = AWESOME! We ALWAYS have fun when we are together. I would also consider my mom one of my best friends, I love that we get to spend so much time together now that she is retired (she is also really fun, see how she stuck her face in the booth for one of the photos?). Amy is awesome. Since we are only 2 yrs apart we REALLY grew up together. I can go to her with anything and know she will be there for me. She has 3 fantastic little boys!

I am 11 yrs older than Meg and moved out of the house when she was like 8. Our friendship grew once we were both married adults and I hired her to teach at a preschool I was developing curriculum for. She is raising 3 amazing children AND 5 chickens, she is a super awesome DIY kinda gal and if she sees something she likes she will just make it rather than spend the money on it. She is who I want to be when I grow up, seriously.

Thanks for letting me brag about the people I love and introduce myself Queso!! I hope y'all will stop by, I am featuring a very good bloggy/IRL friend of mine MiMi @ Living in France on my blog today...OH and as long as you are there enter the Etsy giveaway!

See, don't you just LOVE her already?! Thanks so much for playing along Mamarazzi, you rock!

Now go on and make some new friends :)

Happy Monday Friends!

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Do YOU have the world's greatest BFF??? PROVE IT!

A BFF is someone who has been there for you at all times and will listen to what ever you have to say. They will call you just to see how you are, but that's if they're not with you at the moment. Usually, a BFF is someone you've known most of your life and have been through a lot with them. (source: Urban Dictionary)

We all know who she is. She is the person you can say anything to and in turn, she can say anything to you. To some she is your sister, to others, your mom. She could be a girl you grew up with or a woman you grew close to in college or even after, but we all have one. We all believe that ours is the best.

Friends You Love wants to know why you have

The World's Greatest BFF.

To enter:

~Write a post about your BFF.

How do you know her? How has she been there for you? Tell us about the things you've been through together, through thick and thin. Why is YOUR BFF The World's Greatest BFF?

~Come back here and link your post up

Entries accepted 10/1 - 10/22

On 10/25, we will post our Top 5 favorite BFF posts.

~Beginning 10/25, the public can come back and vote for their favorite!

~Voting will close at 5 p.m. CST on 10/30

~The winner will be announced at here on 10/31 and will receive and amazing gift for herself and her BFF from our friends at Earth to Alice!

So join the challenge! Write about your BFF, come back, link up, and win!!!