Random Tuesday Thoughts...holiday weight, new blog, Black Friday

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Random Tuesday Thoughts...

It's Tuesday again...let's get random.

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I am so super excited to have been featured today over at Multiples and More...  What a great website for Mothers of Multiples (twins or more). 

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God is good how he puts people in your life that were meant to be there.  I am so thankful for a new couple in our lives...Amanda and Peter.  They are fun, quirky, loving, kind and huge animal lovers just like us.

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COMING SOON...TO AN INTERNET NEAR YOU....

Speaking of Amanda...she is pregnant with her first baby...a precious girl. 

And she is going to start blogging about her journey...I am excited to announce her blog  

{The Pigeon Flight} that we will be pimping out here real soon. 
Amanda is an awesome person and will have great stories to tell...can't wait!

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An update on our rescue boxer, Tyson...he is doing AWESOME.  Aside from the continued runny stool...he is gaining weight.  Thanks to the "Amanda" talked about above...she helped to determine that he was allergic to corn and just taking him off of that and he is great.  Why the runny stool...just for one second think that you had "a date with reah" (that's our way of saying diareah) for TWO years.  It would probably take your insides a bit to recover from that...it's only been a week for heavens sake.  Stool update to come...

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Valentine's was fun...I LOVE being the room mom in my girls classes...and having the freedom to volunteer.  They both had great days and it was so much fun to help them make their own valentines for their friends.  This is 1st grade...now next year is when they actually start looking at the wording on each valentine that they want to give to that special "boy".  NOT ALREADY!!!

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Yesterday was so beautiful...we were out by the pool all day.  Mind you, it was still a bit chilly to be in the pool but while hubby worked on the yard...I caught some rays in the sun.  Trust me ladies...fat looks WAY better tan!

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I have a very huge, exciting weekend planned... I have training from Thursday thru Sunday.  We will have the most amazing, motivating, inspirational weekend ever.  Not to mention we will be being trained by Donald Trump on Sunday.  That'll be cool too.

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My girls party is quickly approaching...gotta start the ordering of all the Luau things from Oriental Trading Company.

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Decided to do a end of the school year party for both of my girls' classes.  With 1st graders though...it goes both ways...some parents just drop them off and others stay.  Do you think it's rude to make the parents stay unless they set it up with me in advance.  I just can't take any chances with our pool...you know what I mean?

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Yes...I totally pre-plan for parties...phew, that should have answered most of the questions.

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Thompson out

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Random Tuesday Thoughts...Oprah, G-strings, Twin Skin

Tuesday again...here we go!

This is one of my favorite days in the blog world because this is the time that you are encouraged to write about your most random thoughts...link up with Keely over at The Un Mom and get down with your randomness.

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Don't you think it's funny how things that started affecting you when you were pregnant never go away...for example...when I was pregnant and would hear a loud applauses, they would make me very emotional and I would cry.  Don't ask!  So every day my husband would get off work at 4pm...get home around 4:10pm and I would be crying...he would look at the TV and I would be watching Oprah.  He would say, "did Oprah come out on her own show again babe?"  I would cry and look at him and say yes...you see when they applauded for Oprah, I was overwhelmed and would cry.  The crazy thing is that applauses still greatly choke me up today...remember you wanted random...well you're getting it. 

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G-string underwear...I have to wear them with dress pants (so basically every single day)...otherwise you will see the "panty line" and that's a fashion no no...so I have heard.  There are two funny things that I have found with this...

1) they actually make you feel sexy (as sexy as an oversized mother of twins with a lot of left over "twin skin" in the front can feel) and

2) they don't feel like they are going up your butt. 

Again...remember the topic...random tuesday!  Hello!

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As for my "twin skin" what is that all about?  For all of you who had twins or more out there...you totally know what I am talking about.  Twin skin is what is left of your belly/body after having the babies.  It's just never the same.  Do you know that when looking at my belly which is not a pretty site there is one side of my belly that is a different shape than the other side.  Oh my...and people think it's wrong to get plastic surgery...trust me ladies...when you were blown up like a helium balloon while pregnant and now you are a helium balloon that has the air let out of it...but not all the way, you can see why we would seek a doctors help.  Don't make me post pictures!!!  LOL

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Controlling...I just am.  I try not to be, but then I am trying to control not controlling.  It really is a losing battle...how does someone who is controlling stop...without controlling how they are stopping?  What to do, what to do?

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Party planning...I am a HUGE party planner.  My girls' birthday is April 29th and I start planning it on January 1st.  This year we are doing a Luau!  Any ideas for a 7 yr old birthday Luau? 

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Get random...get crazy..let your hair down...just do it...you'll love it.  Hop on over to The Un Mom and get on down with your randomness.

Random Tuesday Thoughts...Cleanse, boxers, Valentines

Wow...Tuesday again already??? Where does the time go?

This is one of my favorite days in the blog world because this is the time that you are encouraged to write about your most random thoughts...link up with Keely over at The Un Mom and get down with your randomness. Here we go...

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Today is the 100th day of school for my girls...in 1st grade this means that you have to dress up as a 100 year old person.  So yesterday I was on the hunt for really old clothes...oddly everything that is really old is actually coming back in.  So it wasn't as easy as I thought...you can see in the picture though that we came up with an adorable outfit.  They are gonna be precious old ladies for sure...

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I am thinking about doing a cleanse...not sure what one to do though.  I have heard how good they are for you.  I realize, however, that I will not be able to walk more than 3 steps away from the bathroom.  For those of you who already know 2010 is the year for a new bladder for me...you will understand why.  My twins took my bladder...or the use of it anyway...when they were born.  LOL

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So we have a resue boxer named Tyson that we love oh so much!  We are trying so hard to help him get well but my husband just found a pile of straight blood in the yard...back to the drawing board.   We actually have recently learned that boxers usually 100% of the time have a HUGE allergy to corn and the #1 ingredient in his food is....CORN!  So let's try boxer formula food and see how that works. 

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I am not a big drinker at all.  You know though...there are times at night when it just sound like it would take the edge off to have a drink.. and I am actually afraid to have a drink as a mom of 6 year old identical twins, becuase I know that I will never stop!  I have great kids but none the less...they are 6 year old twins. :)

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Valentines Day...so excited to start the Valentines for the girls' school parties right now...will post pictures when they are done.  We are actually going to take a picture of each of my girls holding a sign that they make that says...BE MINE or any of those Valentine sayings and then take it to Staples and have 30 pictures to a sheet made up in color copies so we can cut those out and put them on the Valentines they are giving away.  So much fun!

 That's it for today...Thompson out!

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Random Tuesday Thoughts...Vegas and More Vegas...

Wow...Tuesday again already???  Where does the time go? 

This is one of my favorite days in the blog world because this is the time that you are encouraged to write about your most random thoughts...link up with Keely over at The Un Mom and get down with your randomness.  Here we go...

Just got back from Vegas yesterday from the weekend...this weeks random thoughts will be what's still going through my head after leaving...cuz you can imagine all the random craziness in Vegas!

Pictures...(right) in front of the Bellagio (left) in front of Paris

First time to Vegas...it was beautiful!  I was blown away by how creative all the casinos and just everything was.  I know that is just the outside though...that the beauty is covering up one of the most crime infested sinful cities on earth.  But how easily distracted  you can get by the beauty...oh look, shiny...

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What about those guys trying to get  you to buy their girls...OMG.  I was warned before walking the strip about these groups of people that stand on the side of the street and try to hand out cards.  What are they you ask?  They are menus....of ladies...and what comes with that.  And you don't dare take one unknowingly because then you are SWARMED by all of them at once.  Note to self, if down and out in Vegas, create a menu of yourself.  J/K

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Picture:  Me and Elvis

What are the odds that we would be there the same weekend as a PORN convention...actually considering it's Vegas, probably a pretty good chance.  So I am certain that everyone thought that's what I was there for...yeah right... maybe if it was the overweight moms with saggy boobs conferencc. 

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But seriously, where can you get your picture taken with a walking Penis aside from Vegas? 
I opted to not post that picture to protect the innocent.

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The guy on the strip that was in a white suit with a white top hat and was luring people in by telling them that he was from The Ellen Show and was getting people to dance in front of his camera...I think the first giveaway that he wasn't "actually" with The Ellen Show is that his video camera was duct taped together.  But what the heck...we danced, what could it hurt...please God, don't really let him be from The Ellen Show...amen.

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Picture above:  Dancing for The Ellen Show...or not

So here's a hidden secret about me...in the event that I had the bod...I would TOTALLY be a dancer in Vegas.  I love to dance so much and let's not kid ourselves, when you look like they do, people are going to look at you anyway, why not make money off of it?  Who knows...after the new boobs and bladder...I just might be the next pole dancer on the strip..at least in my wildest dreams.

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I understand why it is called, "The City of Sin"...because even the God loving christian girl that I am, the sin was just wanting to spew out of my pores.  Thankfully, I came home proud to announce that I made it without sin in the City of Sin.  Phew...that was a close one.

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And where else on earth can you go shopping at 1:30am in a mall and all of the clothing stores and every shop in it are still open....only in Vegas baby!  I was blown away...they truly mess with your mind in that place, no windows, no clocks and every place makes you believe it is the middle of the day in downtown Venice for crying out loud and the shops are open.  But just think if you live there and you have to work all day, you actually have all night to get your shopping done.  I guess there could be benefits to it.

Picture above:  Heather and I in front of the Bellagio water show

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So for my first trip to Vegas...I can honestly tell you we had about 10 hours of sleep in four days...it was worth every waking moment.  Also, considering that I went there for the most phenomenal training for my business that one could receive keep in mind I was not with the PORN convention I came away, full of info and sleepless.  Time to put it into action...

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Next trip...MAY!!  Send me a message and we can have an informal "blogger convention" in Vegas!

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Peace Out

Random Tuesday Thoughts...new boobs, bladder lift, theme song

Oh yes, it's Tuesday again. Woo-hoo! Time for Random Tuesday Thoughts! If you want to get down with your randomness head over the Keely.

I wish that when something big was happening in our lives...that we had a theme song like they do in the movies.  You know like when the climax of the movie is there...we always know by the music that is playing.  That way we wouldn't pass up BIG opportunities.  We would know by the background music that this was going to be important.

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So this year I am really excited to finally get a new beautifully bought pair of boobs.  I breastfed twins for a year and a week...ladies, it's not pretty!  And when my husband questions me about them yeah right we know guys I just simply remind him that having twins has caused me to pee my pants almost everyday...I deserve boobs damnit!

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Speaking of peeing my pants...this may be the year to get my bladder lifted also.  You see I am only 33 years old  and I don't pee my pants without knowing.  Prior to kids I would get the 10 minute warning, then the 5 minute warning and then the last couple of warnings.  Now I get one warning and that warning says RUN!  If I think I can go a bit longer...it never fails I am in trouble.  So I just laugh at it...really what else can I do?

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I uploaded my first Youtube video recently.  The Christmas pajama party that I went to over the holidays turned in to a girls arm wrestling tournament.  One of my best friends and my sister arm wrestled and I put that on youtube only so I could get it to them so they could see it.  Next thing you know it has 1000's of hits!  It's cracking me up!  I didn't even mean for people to look at it other than my sister and friend and now they are little celebrities...you should check it out.  Kind of funny... click here to watch it.

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So the new year is upon us and I guess there is no other excuses as to why I am still eating carbs...other than the fact that I friggin love them.  I feel like "they complete me".  I'll keep you posted on the weight loss...I know I can do it.  I have done it many times before, I just have to be ready to work hard for it, and starve!

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Last thing to leave you with is this...there is an amazing thing starting TODAY.  It's an 8 week free course done by the publisher of SUCCESS magazine, Mr. Darren Hardy.  He is offering a course totally online to help change the next 10 years of your life.  You don't want to miss this.  Click here to get there now!

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That's as much randomness as I'm willing to share...peace out!

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Random Tuesday Thoughts...crazy kids, too fat, 13 yr old blog

Whirlwind of holiday activity over the past two weeks..

May as well jump back in with some randomosity...

Is it just me or does everyone's kids go a little friggin crazy wild during this time of year.  My girls have always been so nice and pleasant to be around.  This year they are referred to as "a handful"...oh crap!  How do I get a handle on this.

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I got a new look on my blog.  I was so tired of going to these other blogs that are almost too pretty to look at and then there was mine...so I got busy, quickly learned photoshop and made myself a banner and a button...go check it out and please comment so I know what more needs to be done. 
P.S.  It's okay to be brutal!

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My 13 yr old niece has a blog...I am hoping this will allow her to "journal" her thoughts and have parenting advice from all the moms out in blog land.  We will see how it goes.  Please check it out and follow her so she can get some "real" parenting advice from someone other than her immediate family.

http://www.skyekazlie.blogspot.com/

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Why is it when you're too fat everything you put on looks HORRIBLE and when you are thin you can make anything look good.  I'm on my way back to making everything look good!  New Year's resolution...here I come!

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How do people get so many friggin followers?  I want advice on what fun stuff to do on my blog and how to make it a Top Blog! 

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How about buying Christmas gifts for your spouse...it never fails that on Black Friday I find a great deal, tell my husband that it was his Christmas gift to me and then by the time Christmas is here we are out of money and he does without once again...I have to go big for him in 2010.  :)

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I have to get to work...thankfully I work from home!

Happy New Year to all!

To get down with your own randomness...hop on over to Keely and link up!

PJ Party, Getting melted candles out of holders and other randomness....

10 days until Christmas???  Seriously???  Why doesn't it feel like it?

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The annual girls HO HO HO PJ party...super fun!  We wear jammies and bring a pair of pj's wrapped with you.  Then we do the white elephant exchange for the jammies...it's pretty brutal, but lots of fun!

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Wouldn't the world be a much happier, less cluttered place if everything was done electronically?  What do people really do with all the stacks of mail that we get and don't read...especially this time of the year.  You realize that bills will actually change color when they are serious about coming after you for non payment!  Learned that in my 20's. 

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Sing Off...new show hosted by Nick Lachey.  Awesome...everything is totally acapella (meaning no instruments, etc...only voices).  I was so impressed!  You have to check it out...I don't even like to watch TV and wasn't able to walk away from this.

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So don't you think that 6 years after having twins I should come to a point when I will stop peeing my pants?  Well I haven't.  Seriously, I'm not even modest about it anymore.  The other day I made a dumb decision when I went in to the post office after feeling a tiny bit like I had to pee.  Needless to say, it was not good.  The whole way out of the post office I was peeing my pants a little bit every step I took.  And then the dreaded sit down in the car move...that'll make ya pee them for sure.  So I drove home knowing darn good and well that I had peed my pants...no big deal, until I got home and my sister and neice were there.  That's enough to damage a 13 year old girl from ever having kids.  I walked in and ran past them telling them I had to pee...their comment..."I think you already have."  They were right. 

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I love this little trick and you will to, especially over the holidays...to get already melted candles out of your candle holders...stick the candle holder in the freezer for about an hour and hit the bottom of the candle holder and the candle inside will pop right out.  You'll feel like a genius!

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I LOVE Jim Carey in all of these kids movies...i.e. The Grinch.  That is the funniest show ever, I just love Jim Carey as The Grinch.  His fuzzy fingers and over stuffed belly, I could watch that a 1000 times.  And then as the elephant in Horton Hears a Who!  This will shock you...I almost pee my pants everytime I watch it cuz he's so darn funny! 

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My girls have their 1st grade Christmas program tonight...can't wait!  I thank God for my family everyday!

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Random Tuesday Thoughts...

Oh yes, it's Tuesday again. Woo-hoo! Time for Random Tuesday Thoughts! If you want to get down with your randomness head over the Keely.

I just think that it is so funny when we, out here in California, get any kind of bad weather...it's as though everyone has forgotten anything they ever knew about driving!  And yesterday there was so much snow.  Of course the school called a snow day cuz it was actually too dangerous to drive in...but last night I got a call on my phone from the school letting us know there would be no school today either due to the ice that is going to be on the ground.  This makes sense though considering when it rains they don't know what to do...what would they do in the ice?

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The tooth fairy came last night and dropped the tooth on the bedroom floor somewhere...the tooth fairy looked and looked for it in the middle of the night, but still no luck.  I am curious what mom is going to have to tell Em about the magical tooth fairy who dropped her tooth on the ground.  We're about to find out...

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Jim Rohn died...what an awesome, inspirational mentor and leader. Sad to see him go...but so thankful for all the books and audios he leaves behind.

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There is a cool website that little miss Amanda over at Garibay Soup told me about called...www.dafont.com.  All was well and fine until I looked at the "sexy" fonts...just an FWI, make sure your kids are already in bed before going there...perhaps there will be a time when I need to write a note to someone in the font, "Cocksure".  Who knows?

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Looking for suggestions that you have on parenting in a way that my kids will always feel comfortable talking to me.  Any ideas would be great....they're only 6 but I think if I start doing it now, when they're teenagers it will be already instilled in them.  Perhaps that's wishful thinking...lol!

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Is it really necessary that they make Tiger Woods CHEATING the top news headline over all the other things that are going on in the world.  That's so very sad!

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Today I am learning to love failure...I'll keep ya posted on how it goes.

Peace Out!

Random Tuesday Thoughts...

Oh yes, it is Tuesday again. Woo-hoo! Time for Random Tuesday Thoughts! If you want to get down with your randomness head over the Keely.

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Why is it that the older people get, the less they get praised.  You will do a pee pee dance with your kids just for going potty and as they start to get older... it starts to turn into, do this, do that without any dances.  I want to be a person of positive influence on my children and others around me...always making them feel better about themselves and helping them believe they can conquer the world.

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There are times where you wonder if you should actually lighten up a little and let your child ride the bus to school...until days like today.  On the way to school, right in front of the school, there is a huge yellow school bus that looks like it cut a corner too sharp and ended up on the corner and anything that was under the corner.  It is actually lifted up so that half of the tires were not touching the ground.  And the kids were still in it.  It's moments like these that you remember that by riding the bus, you would be putting their lives in someone elses hands.

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The tortilla's at Costco that you buy that are uncooked...holy cow...those are my downfall.  Once that package is gone I will start the no carb thing again. :)

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Commit to reading 10 pages of a self help book a day.  You figure if you read 10 pages a day...what will that take, maybe a half an hour at the most.  Then figure that in to a year...3650 pages a year.  That's a lot of books that you could be reading to help better your life, friends and families lives, your children's lives, etc.  Don't under estimate the value of reading books about very successful people.  Whether you want success in parenting, finances, personal growth, the list is endless.  Take that step to commit to yourself going in to the new year...10 pages a day and watch it change your life.

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My girls are so funny...they are so animated and have such great little personalities.  They are both totally into dance moves.  Erynn's infatuation right now is the dance move of spanking herself...she figures out how to do it several different ways. 

To be concerned or not to be concerned...that is the question.

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Merry Christmas...there are many people that write Merry X-mas and I have NEVER done that because you are taking the "Christ" out of Christmas.  Just another random thought.

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Heading to So Cal on Thursday early early morning...ready for a fun filled weekend full of awesome inspiration, motivation and training.  Can't wait!

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Have a great week all and go get random with the Un Mom

Random Tuesday Thoughts...

Oh yes, it is Tuesday again. Woo-hoo! Time for Random Tuesday Thoughts!  If you want to get down with your randomness head over the Keely.

Is it really almost Thanksgiving???  Where did the year go?  I am usually on top of the whole shopping thing by now but I guess moving 2 times in the last 3 months throws a curve ball in life, yo!

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Google 411...I just love it.  If you're not "down with it" you have to add the number 46645 to your cell phone and then make the name "Google 411" or whatever you want...that's just what I made mine.  Then when you text Google 411 the name of a business followed by a comma, the city and a comma and the state abbreviation...wait about 10 seconds and you will have a text on your phone with the name, phone number address, etc.  I friggin love it!  If you don't have it...come on...get jiggy wit it...it's 2010!

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O.K...so I started the whole NO CARB thing again this morning.  We'll see how it goes, what you can imagine, you can achieve and I can imagine myself the next Victoria Secret model, watch out world.

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So my friend that is showing signs of skitzophrenia, it's getting bad.  But let me tell you how "the system" works...her kids are actually being harmed mentally.  Obviously, when your mom thinks there are 3 of herself, its starting to get bad.  Apparently the family is afraid for their own well being that NO ONE...and I repeat NO ONE in the family is stepping in to help out with those kids.  So I had to do the unthinkable and call waste my time our CPS...Child Protective Services.  I have NEVER called anything like that in my life, it was hard to muster the courage, I did it  and was talking for about a minute and a half and the woman said, I have to go to the bathroom, can I call you back?  HUH?  I am telling you about children that are in serious harms way and you are going to the bathroom...whats worse, she didn't call me back for 2 and 1/2 days!!  I would have been more OK with her saying I have to use the bathroom, can you hold on for just a second...or even taking the phone with her vs. hanging up and not calling back for over 2 days.  What is wrong with our system?  If there is any suggestions on what to do here...I am all for them.

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My long time friend Amanda over at Garibay Soup is coming down from Oregon today for a couple of days!!!  Yay!  What's even better is that we both have a video phone and I get to see her and her precious children all the time so they won't be have to have the "warm up" time, they will run to me! 

I love that!

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I love fact that I work from home and really appreciate it during the holidays!  I love being able to make my own schedule and hang out with my girls while they are out of school.  Thank you God for the path that you have me on!

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The news...I just don't ever get a chance to watch any TV including the news.  I know that I should be up on the "current events" but when you have to muttle through so much misery and sorrow along with rapes, killings and molestations...I'd rather spend my time in a good book.

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Speaking of good book and you all have to get it and read it before the end of the year...it will change your 2010, I promise.  It's called...The 5 Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle" by Jim Rohn
It is seriously changing my life and will change yours too if you choose.

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Decorations...time to get them out...we decorate for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving!  And I hit a HUGE after Christmas sale last year and have so many BRAND new decorations...I can't wait!

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Happy Thanksgiving bloggers...the next time I am on here I believe I will try the Nog Blog like the
Un Mom suggests.

Peace Out!

Random Tuesday Thoughts...

Oh, once again it’s Tuesday which means that according to Keely, I’m allowed to babble on about anything and everything that pops into my head!

This is one of my favorite days of the week to get out all that is going on in this head...and we all know as females...our mind never stops...

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After a board meeting last night and learning how much money my girls' school district DOES NOT have...it angers me a bit to think about how many privledges our prisoners are given.  For one thing, they can actually get a full college degree off of our tax money, have a sex change, a heart transplant, etc.  Whoever is the one who doles out the tax money, shouldn't it be obvious where the money should go first.  Our prisoners are getting a better education than our children.  ...this could be a whole post in itself...

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Wondering how I am going to lose any weight not changing anything that I am currently doing.  Hmmm...not very realistic, but it does make me happy to dream about it for a moment. 

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Life insurance...what a worth while monthly payment.  You can be here today and gone tomorrow...knowing that my family would be taken care of if anything ever happened to me gives me peace of mind.

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My brother-n-law Mikey found out he and his girlfriend of 4  years are expecting a baby!  So super excited but I'm trying to figure out how I am going to slyly have them sign papers stating that I have partial custody and get that baby at least once a week.  I'll start working on that right now.  Can't wait!

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Black Friday...I have heard that they are starting it in some stores right now...this gives me a little anxiety not knowing which ones and where.  I usually just have to have anxiety about it for one day after Thanksgiving, but now it won't go away.  Perhaps they could have a Black Friday website that gives us a heads up!

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Did you know that if you have a speeding ticket and you mail in the amount due...but you pay $1 over what it says is due, they will send you a check for that $1 and as long as you never cash that check, it can't go on your record because the transaction has to be complete before they can report it.  For you speed demons out there...

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Just got a call from the school that one of my girls fell on her knee real bad and is having trouble walking...I'm out!

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Random Tuesday Thoughts...

Oh, once again it’s Tuesday which means that according to Keely, I’m allowed to babble on about anything and everything that pops into my head!

This is my first time with "Random Tuesday Thoughts" and I am a little concerned at how excited I am that I can just go on and on about the random stuff that I worry about in a day...where to begin.

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My girls are 6 year old identical twins and I have been having trouble with them listening lately.  Especially after they come home from school.  I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.  Nothing is seeming to work aside from beating them...and I am not a spanker so that's not an option.  So I come up with a "Job Chart" that seems to be working for the past two days...but in the next two you know it's not going to work anymore cuz they just won't care whether or not they get a star on the "listening to mom and dad" box for the day...then what?

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How the heck do people actually look at a new house and know where the colored wall should go?  I know that the walls need something...I can figure that much out and then I'm done.

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What do you do when your sisters best friend from years and years is showing signs of skitzophrenia?  When she thinks there are three different people logging into her Facebook having the same name as her...it's time to be concerned.  But how do you intervene?  She has kids and those kids are having to think that there is someone after them because their mom does.  The other side of the family is perfectly heathly and not getting those kids out of the situation...am I the only person that can think logically about this????

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To home school or not to home school...that is the question?  But do your kids suffer from that?  With the way the world is going...I would be just fine to home school my kids until they graduated high school and then send them to a really expensive college where they would be safe...perhaps thats a little over the top, but this is coming from a mom who totally understands the mom in the movie "The Boy in a Bubble"!

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Not eating carbs...I have decided actually three days in a row that I am going to quit eating carbs...to which each day I have failed miserably.  Why is it that there are some out there that can actually lose weight by eating and I gain weight just looking at it?  Where is the justice?  And I don't even like meat...the no carb thing is quite a challenge for me.  But here I go again today...started my day with a small bowl of cottage cheese...yum!

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Lastly...at least for the day...how in the world is one supposed to organize their stuff in a new house without any organizing tools?  I have plenty of room but not a place to put everything.  This could actually be a whole blog in itself.

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