Krimsin's 2cents, reviews & giveaways- uncubicled

Krimsin is having her first giveaway and it is for a signed copy of the book uncubicled. She has read the book on her kindle2 and did a review about it on her blog and now you have a chance to win a copy for yourself. I'm really hoping I win because sometimes I really need to get away from my kids go into my own little world and reading does that for me.

♥Lisa♥

We got a free piano

It needs some TLC and it needs to be tuned, but it works fine. I am so addicted to the free section on craigslist (yes, i know CL is dangerous), it is crazy what people will give away. They had no room for it and were sick of looking at it in their garage. It is in our garage until we get it fixed up and find a better way to move it up the porch steps into the house. It weighs a ton.




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Billy Mays

Credit goes here

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Mabuhay

OK, I lied. I have to blog this. I saw it on TMZ

All I have to say is I want to see the Inmates at Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles do this!! lol.

Mabuhay is Filipino for long live/ live long and prosper. So mabuhay to all my lovely friends.

♥Lisa♥

I think

I'm taking a bloggy break. I might post here and there, but not really all that much. I will be back Aug 1st :) you can find me on twitter still :)

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One less pedophile

That's how I feel about Micheal Jackson's death.

God Bless the people he abused.

♥Lisa♥

Bone Marrow Registry- FREE SIGNUP!!! (sticky post)

I got an email this morning from the National Marrow Donor Program and from JUNE 8 - 22 you can join the registry for FREE!!
It is super easy to do. They send you a packet with 4 swabs. You swab your cheeks and send it all back.


♥Lisa♥

This was in our car.

This is just a still pic from the internet. We had to go (needed to go) to both church services (kids had performances) so I got everyone ready and out the door with 15 minutes to get there. All the kids were in the car and i tossed my purse into the passenger seat and started the car. A ginormous spider crawled over my purse and down to the floor board.

AACK! I had ZERO time to get the thing out, so we drove to church with it in our car. Kaitlen cried the whole way and she never saw the spider. Poor thing. After the first service and when the kids went to Sunday school i went to the car with a couple from our church (Both Fay Officers) and the husband got it out of my car and I video taped it. i thought it was a juvenile tarantula but it ended up being a Dark Fishing Spider.
Don't worry, I'm reading your mind. How did it get into the car??? WELL, yesterday Ben took the Double Jogger out of the garage and put it in the car because we were going to the mall. It crawled out of the jogger at some point and made its way all the way to the front of the burb, lol. to MY seat. Boy am I glad that Ben didn't go to church today and stayed with sleeping abbie because I would have sat right on that sucker.

♥Lisa♥

Cody eating Frog Legs

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Im spending my time with

I got this from Jenn over at i hate whine ... and Tina at hubby, boys & bully.... oh wine.

The rules are : Get the book that is on your nightstand or where ever you happen to do your reading. Open to page 56 find the fifth sentence . Post the next two to five sentences and these instructions on your blog.

Do not go get your favorite book.....it has to be the one you are reading now !

¹³In this way the priest will make atonement for him for any of these sins he has committed, and he will be forgiven. The rest of the offering will belong to the priest, as in the case of the grain offering.

Book-
The Bible (Thomas' bible to be exact)
Leviticus 5:13

♥Lisa♥

Little Pip

Cody asked if he could have a guinea pig for his birthday and I said yes, piggies actually like company so it's a really good thing. Cody got an early bday present and got Pip today.

as you can see Pip is much smaller than Bugsy/bullet/sniper

and yes, Kaitlen wants a guinea pig too.

♥Lisa♥

HURRY 20 MINUTES TO ENTER

to win a personal poster over at Five Monkies review!!! they are very cool, great for Fathers Day

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Random Pics

Here are a couple different pics.

Here Matthew hit his head and got a nice bump. He didn't cry because it didn't bleed. Had it bled, he'd of screamed bloody murder.

Here Thomas took a couple pics. One is a tiny praying mantis on his thumb.

The other two are from the sun setting a couple nights ago.

You can click on the pics to make them bigger.

♥Lisa♥

Matthew's early Bday gift

Since we cant really hide him for 3 weeks. He got a guinea pig. He at first named him Sniper, but the kids talked him into calling him Bugsy. (Then it dawned on me they go Bugsy from the movie Bedtime Stories)

now they are calling him Bullet because he is so fast.

♥Lisa♥

Spotlight Sunday

My Spotlight Sunday was intended for blogs, websites that I have come across that I really like. Last week you remember I spotlighted Enchanted Dandelions, because I love what she does and what she is all about. She has obviously put a lot of time and effort into making her business and bringing it to wear it is today. WELL, I am Spotlighting someone who flippin stole April's (enchanted Dandelions) pictures from her Etsy site and posted them as her OWN!!
It is Chic to Cheek and she is on Facebook
Remember that ladybug diaper cake from my blog from last week??? Yeah, she claimed it as her own and Not Aprils. And you'll recognize the other diaper cakes as Aprils from her Etsy shop.

This is another site of the thief.

What little Miss thief doesn't realize is she just completely ended her little online 'career' because other blogs can make you or break you and with what she just did she will be black balled. She has other pics on her site of craftiness she claims as hers and I bet it is not. It's very creepy to think there are people like that out their and I'm sorry this happened to April for us to see it. April has filed a Notice of Intellectual Property Infringement via Facebook, so hopefully Facebook will step in too.

Sunday Spotlight:
Yea April, boo stupid thief.

♥Lisa♥

When God Made Peace Officers

When God Made Peace officers....

When the Lord was creating peace officers, He was into his sixth day of overtime when an Angel appeared and said,"Lord, you're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one." And the Lord said," have you read the specs on this order? A peace officer has to be able to run five miles through alleys in the dark, scale walls, enter homes the health inspector wouldn't touch, and not wrinkle his uniform. He has to be able to sit in an undercover car all day on a stakeout, cover a homicide scene that night, canvass the neighborhood for witnesses, and testify in court the next day. He has to be in top physical condition at all times, running on black coffee and half-eaten meals. And he has to have six pairs of hands."
The Angel shook her head slowly and said,"six pairs of hands... no way."
"It's not the hands the causing me problems," said the Lord, " it's the three pairs of eyes an officer has to have." "That's on the standard model?" asked the Angel. The Lord nodded,"One pair that sees through the bulge in a pocket before he asks,"May I see what's in there, sir?" Another pair in the side of his head for his partners safety. And another pair of eyes here in front, that can look reassuringly at a bleeding victim and say,"You'll be all right ma'am,' when he knows she won't"
"Lord," said the Angel, touching his sleeve, "rest and work on this tomorrow." "I can't," said the Lord, "I already have a model that can talk a 250 pound drunk into a patrol car without incident, and feed a family of five on a civil service paycheck." The Angel circled the model of the peace officer very slowly, "Can it think?" she asked.
"You bet," said the Lord. "It can tell you the elements of a hundred crimes; recite Miranda warnings in it's sleep; detain, investigative, search and arrest a gang member on the street, in less time that it takes five learned judges to debate the legality of the stop... and still keeps its sense of humor. This officer also has phenomenal personal control. He can deal with crime scenes painted in hell, coax a confession from a child abuser, comfort a murder victim's family, and then read in the daily paper how law enforcement isn't sensitive to the rights of criminal suspects."
Finally, the Angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the peace officer. "There's a leak!" she pronounced, "I told you that you were trying to put too much into this model." "That's not a leak," said the Lord, "It's a tear." "What's the tear for?" asked the Angel. "It's for bottled up emotions; for fallen comrades; for commitment to that funny piece of cloth called the American Flag; and for justice," said the Lord
"Your a genius," said the Angel.
The Lord looked somber. "I didn't put it there," He said.

Author Unknown-
A*L*A*D*S Dispatcher, December 2001
Volume XVIII Issue 8

♥Lisa♥

my Dad got a puppy

My dad got a puppy yesterday. I think he named him Bandit. My dad is so excited he even told the breeder that he wasn't even this excited when his own kids were born. (thanks poppy) He has spent over 150$ on line at petsmart, lol and who knows how much more at the local stores. I think someone needs to throw dad a baby shower.

♥Lisa♥

OshKosh B'gosh

Today I was folding clothes and when I got to a pair of Cody's jeans I was kinda bummed because the pants still fit him good, but one of the knees was ripped/worn pretty good. We bought them back in August, but has really only worn them during winter. So I ended up wondering if Oshkosh replaces jeans that wear out before your kids out grow them. (I know Sears does that, i think they are still doing that. It's with a certain brand at Sears) But my kids always outgrow before out wearing their jeans, except this time. I looked on their site and couldn't find anything so I emailed Oshkosh asking and they emailed me back :).

Hi Lisa,

Thank you for contacting OshKosh B'gosh. We don't have a policy for returning garments that are worn out before your child has outgrown them. However, if you would like, I will be happy to replace them in the same size for you. Please reply with your mailing address & I will send you a postage paid envelope to return the jeans to us in. Once I receive the jeans from you, I will mail the replacments to you. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Sue
Consumer Affairs

I thought that was super kind of them because they don't have a policy for replacing clothing, but they are going to anyway. There are only a couple of clothing brands you can not go wrong with and Oshkosh b'gosh is one of them. (Carter's bought OshKosh, Carter's is also a great brand)

♥Lisa♥

now my Nephew at his skate park

Some of that is 12 foot drop ins.

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My kids at the skate park

and thankfully no one else was there. This is obviously not their sport. Matthew took all his gear off except his helmet and we couldn't find one of K's knee pads. We have learned for our kids that skateboarding at the park is a Fall, Winter, and Spring sport, not Summer. They did have 'fun' and they learned about having quick reflexes.


♥Lisa♥

Irish Brown Bread

The other day I finally made this and I was really good so I made it again tonight.

The recipe is over on my recipe blog, but here is a pic of what is in it.
butter milk, wheat flour, all purpose flour, wheat germ, quick oats, honey, baking soda, salt

Put all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix.
All the wet in a bowl and mix

When you put the honey down your 2y/o licks it.

Mix the wet and dry together

have a bunch of kids throw flour on the counter and shape your dough

bake at 425 for 15 minutes, then at 400 for 15 minutes.
My first one came out perfect, this one cracked. Still tasted good.

Put some butter and honey on it and your good to go. This is Kaitlen's piece and she didn't want any butter.

♥Lisa♥

Fun "INSTANT WINNER" contest :) (ended)

THE WINNER WAS KRIMSIN AND LOGAN WILL BE SPORTING A COOL PAIR OF SHORTS.
The song is from Silence of The lambs. It's called Goodbye Horses, It's when Wildbill is doing his dance :)

You just have to tell me where this song is from. The first person to leave the right answer in my comments wins. Now, IDK if this song has been used several times but I'm looking for one in particular. I give 2 hints through out it. I dont want the name of the song, just where it was from.



What do you win??
If you have a boy you get a pair of 4th of July shorts and if you have a girl you get a 4th of July bandana dress. (or the shorts if she doesn't want a dress) The bandanas will probably look like the one in the pic, it just depends what Hobby Lobby is carrying.

♥Lisa♥

Matthew's Graduation

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Spotlight Sunday- Enchanted Dandelions

Sorry i missed SS last week. Tina almost had a conniption fit ;) For previous SS go here.

This week I want to introduce you to Enchanted Dandelions. She has her Blog and her Etsy shop and she Tweets.

Well, the other day April had tweeted about how her last set of sensory sacks had sold. Later on that day it got me thinking, not only is she so proactive with her son and his sensory issues but that she makes these very helpful products available to everyone else. Plus she will make custom sacks to fit your childs sensory need.For those of us who sew, this kinda of thing is no biggie, but for those who don't sew, it's a huge deal. They now have options. I just thought it was nice of her to think of others.

Knowing about SPD is new to Ben and I. Knowing, but we've lived with it for 9 years and just didn't know that's what it was. So now it seems I'm bumping into other parents around the net and it is great.

April also makes other super cute and handy dandy items at her shop.

This is a sushi roll!! isn't she creative. Flannel and terry cloth wipes/washcloths.Flaxseed hot/cold pack

oopsie daisy hot/cold pack. That would def make my girls feel better.

Don't worry. She hasn't forgot about the boys...

Beyond cute diaper cake

and this pic!! is a bear. in HER yard. Happens all the time. I'm not kidding. As a matter of fact, twice that I know of yesterday. wowzers.

(all the pics are stolen from April)

♥Lisa♥

Wii and ipod giveaway

enter for your chance to win a wii or and ipod over at ChristianPF. You'll want to hurry because it ends 6/5.

♥Lisa♥

The SPD Life is having a contest.

Over at The SPD Life, BloggyMommy did a review for some products from Pacific Pediatric Supply
and you have the chance to win one of 3 prizes. If your child has SPD Sensory Processing Disorder this is a great contest and Pacific Pediatric supple is a wonderful site.

♥Lisa♥

Mom

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Brown Recluse

I was putting shoes in our closet and looked up and saw this.click on it and you can see the fiddle on its back.
I hit it with a shoe. I hope I killed it, cause I couldn't find it.

♥Lisa♥

WW- Ben and Billy Dean

Talk about perks! Ben got to sit and chat with Billy Dean for about a half an hour, then Billy Dean went on stage and after the concert he got to take a pic with him.

I ♥ Billy Dean and his music.

More WW go here.

♥Lisa♥

Hurry, enter fast. Jumeau handbag GC

Hurry and head over to Five Monkies review for a chance to get a 75$ GC for a Jumeau handbag.

♥Lisa♥

The Spaghetti/Apron contest winner!!

Is Brandi and her son Braden.

Congratulations!
I emailed you.

♥Lisa♥

You know you love this

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Win an Exergen temporal scanner

Lisa over at Mom of 2 boys, Wife of 1 is a lucky ducky and got to review the exergen temporal scanner and now we all have the chance to win it!! Head on over it goes until June 7th.

♥Lisa♥

I want to introduce you to Ezra

Ezra just turned 2 years old. He is newly diagnosed with cancer. He was bit by a spider and his reaction to the bite was enough to go to the Dr's and two days later his parents get the Dx of ALL. To read all about Ezra go to his moms blog.

♥Lisa♥

Abbie loves her some Tone Loc

I don't know if you read online about Loc collapsing on stage, but he was released from the hospital and I decided to look up the, oh, 2 songs i know. lol. Abigail loves music and not surprisingly loved his.

please tell me you all know who he is and that I haven't aged myself. Thomas didn't know who he was.
♥Lisa♥