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Friday, April 29, 2011

Woo Hoo


 CLOSED
I've reached 50+ followers!  Time for the promised Giveaway.  I am giving away to one person a $20.00 gift card to your choice of:

Target

Starbucks

 or

 Wal-Mart 
 

Mandatory to enter is follow my blog.

Blog about the giveaway and send me a link = +2
 
Not too difficult.

Please include your email address in your comments. 
Giveaway ends 5/6/11!

Thanks for following!
  




Thursday, April 28, 2011

Thursday, April 28, 2011


Versatile Blogger Award

I am so thrilled to be given this award. A big thank you to Aimee @ Girl Talk who picked me as one of the lucky ones. Please check out her awesome blog. She writes about her interests, her cutie pie son, participates in blog hops, has giveaways and reviews.
The rules of the Versatile Blogger Award are as follows:Thank the person who gave you the award by linking back to them in your post.
Tell us seven things about yourself.
Award fifteen recently discovered new bloggers.

The 7 things about me:

~I spent 5 formative years during my childhood on islands in the South Pacific, therefore, I am a beach baby and an ocean snob!  
~Being a beach baby is not fun when you are redheaded and have fair skin.
~I'm a cat person, even though I can't have cats anymore due to my oldest granddaughter's (Carter's) allergies.
~Now I'm a dog person.  Never thought I'd want an indoor dog, but I have a furbaby Shih Tzu and I can't imagine not having him.
~I'm 'Ma' to 8 grands, 4 girls and 4 boys.  The oldest 10 1/2, youngest 1 1/2 months.
~I'm addicted to Coach purses. Even though my daughter borrows (steals)  them. :)
~I'm adopted and have met my birth family, interesting story.  Thanks Mom & Dad for adopting me and giving me opportunities I would not have had otherwise.

I would like to give this award to the following awesome blogs in no particular order:

 A Life Full of Blue
A Taste of T 
God's Perfect Promises 
It's About Time Mamaw 
Frazzled Mama 
Life Below Zero 
They All Call Me Mom 
Sunray Gardening 
Mommy Katie 
Little Miss Holls 
The Dalai Mama 
My life with rats and more 
Our Crazy Bunch 
My Creative Way 
Mommy to a lil lady[bug] 

Congratulations! Please check out all these amazing blogs and have fun!
 

Welcome to the April 28th edition of Thursday Thunks!
(which we always seem to post on Wednesday)
Where we make you think a little bit before you blog!
We pick a subject, and your job is to interpret it anyway you want.
Write about it on your blog... simple as that.
Maybe you can interpret it as a picture - we don't care!
Please only leave a link if you have written a Thursday Thunks post.
Don't forget to go visit the other participants' blogs.
Read and comment about all their Thursday Thunks responses!
That's what all this is about after all, isn't it?
We'll have so much fun and become lifelong friends....

The TT questions are brought to you by Berleen, the color of easter eggs not found yet and the number zero

1. Did you have a sugar overdose this past weekend?
Yes, way too many Cadbury's eggs the hard shell kind, and desserts at the Easter BBQ.  Oh, the strawberry pie, oh, the coconut pie, oh, the chocolate pie, oh, the banana pudding.  BBQ?  There is BBQ?

2. What was the last thing you bought off of Ebay?
A pair of Skecher's Shape Up's, barely used, and yes, they were used not that I could tell it, and at $50 compared to full price.  Don't skoff! :)

3. Springtime means bare feet. At least around here. Think about the last long walk you took, on purpose or not, how far did you walk?  Not sure how far we walked, but the last long walk we took was in February on our cruise, on the ship, at port, walk, walk, walk.

4. You pull into someone's driveway. Four large German Shepards come to your car. They are barking, but not in a "I'm going to tear your jugular out" kind of way. What do you do? Why am I in this person's driveway.  I know of no one personally that has German Shepards, so I would leave since I am obviously lost.

5. What do you own the most of?
Clothes, shoes, and purses.

6. Did you hear there is a Royal Wedding this week? What is the most obnoxious wedding you have attended? And we wanna know why it was so obnoxious. The word "obnoxious" is defined any way you want it to be... expensive, ugly dresses, stupid guests... whatever.
Why yes, something about Prince William and a Kate somebody or other.....
Last obnoxious wedding I attended was about 3 years ago, and it was obnoxious because the bride turned out to be a BIG B, and has hurt the groom badly.  They are now divorced, BTW.

7. Which one of the dwarfs that Snow White hung around with is your favorite? Which one do you think you are most like? Sleepy, for both answers, because I can just about sleep anytime, any where.

8. If I were to hand you an orange, how would you get the peel off?
With my fingers?

9. Sometimes a person just doesn't think of these things - do you think Adam & Eve had a belly button?
Ohhhh, good one, since God created them, there was no need for umbilical cords....so No, I think they did not have belly buttons.

10. Those little kittens lost their mittens. Why do kittens have mittens anyway?  The keep their feetsies warm in the winter.


Have a great day. Or not. See you next Thursday.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Wordless Wednesday

How I feel today!



Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Louisiana Trip

Warning: Picture overload
So this weekend we went to Louisiana,
on the way stopped and ate supper here:
TJ Ribs in Baton Rouge
My favorite restaurant in Louisiana!

Visited with the family and had coffee on the deck:

Watched the nieces and nephew play

Went to Aunt Pete and Uncle Walter's for the annual Easter BBQ, and this is where they do the drawings for the quilts made by the Aunts.  (All of them do the quilting except the one in the blue shirt)
Here are all the quilts they had this year.  They took pity on all of us that had not won in the past, so it was guaranteed  you would get one, the drawing was for who chose first.


Here are some more pictures from our visit:


We paid tribute to Kenneth's Dad
And headed home on Monday.  We have always wanted to stop and try these seafood restaurants that are on Mobile Bay off of Hwy 90, running parallel to I-10 East.  Monday we were able to stop at this restaurant, and we definitely recommend it to anyone traveling I-10.
Felix's Fish Camp
That's all for now. My week is just starting tomorrow, working 3 days, 12 hours shifts in a row.
Have a lovely week blog friends...

Monday, April 25, 2011

Blog Hopping




The Not-So-Secret Confessions of a First Time Mom

Just Married with Coupons


Giveaway Coming....

OK, so my daughter @ Our Crazy Bunch suggested that I do a giveaway once I reach 50 followers.  
I have decided to do a $20.00 gift card to your choice of:

Target

Starbucks
or

Wal-Mart

So pass me around.  If you follow me and leave me a comment telling me you are a new follower, I'll follow you back!
Thanks!