Super big congratulations to Kristi on winning the awesome Nica Sunrise earbud and chargers!

I got mine in the mail yesterday and I LOVE IT. I’m sure you will too!

Thank you to the “and the winner is” plugin for making choosing a winner so simple and . . . → Read More: Nica Sunrise Winner Announced!

Winners have been selected and here they are!

Big congrats to Jenn, Amy, story, Renee, Stefani, Amber, Sharon, and Lynette, Leslie and Shannon!

An upfront thanks to Alka-Seltzer and TheMotherhood for sponsoring this post. I received a stipend for writing this, but it does not change my opinion. I Blog with Integrity, yo.

The Misunderstanding…

My husband and I started dating shortly after he became a widower. This really added a whole set of crazy weirdness to . . . → Read More: What I Said is Not What You Heard! (off blog contest)

Ok, maybe this sounds gross and maybe you don’t have this problem…but my in-ear earbuds have this tendency to get warm and they make the earwax in my ear…ooze.

I know, right? Totally gross. I don’t have a weird amount or anything and I clean my ears but it just…keeps on comin’ and . . . → Read More: Nica Sunrise – A Fabulous Earbud to (not) Drip Over! (giveaway)

I love oatmeal.

I’ve loved it since pretty much forever. My kids eat oatmeal at least three times a week for breakfast and love it. It’s fast, easy, and healthy – talk about a super-win for breakfast!

Not only that, when it’s been a long day and I just cannot fathom the thought of . . . → Read More: Better Oats Celebrates National Oatmeal Month (but you get the gift!)

Thanks to Trop 50 for sponsoring my writing about fabulous bloggers. This year Trop50 is granting 50 fabulous wishes. Click here to enter for a chance to win $1,000 to help grant a friend’s wish!

I was (and am) really excited to be able to tell the world about my choices for the . . . → Read More: Five Fabulous Bloggers

1. It’s funny that the average sort-of followers of the Wikileaks “scandal” are finally going to get something to sink their brains into…and it’s going to bring everyone’s favorite/hated fantasy film-maker into the spotlight. Because gawd forbid he just. go. away.

2. It’s also humorous that Michael Moore is saying the leak is BS . . . → Read More: Cuba and Michael Moore and Sicko and the UK and Wikileaks

We love the DIY Network.

It has been both the inspiration for a few of the projects we have completed in our home. By we, I mean my husband. I’m a much better supportive cheerleader of DIY than an actual participant. I have this thing where I would always prefer to pay an expert . . . → Read More: Renovation Realities Rocks