A Giveaway!!!! My First!!!!

Merry Christmas Eve Eve!!

I have a giveaway!!!! Okay, it's totally NOT as cool as it sounds. I've won a couple giveaways over at Buried in Laundry . It's so much fun to win!! I've also entered lots of giveaways at other places, and not won a thing at all. But it's still fun to play!! And it always feels good to give back.

The Prize? Honestly, I got it for free. But we don't really need it! It came in some kids thing... it's a Fisher Price Little People "Discovering Your Neighborhood" DVD, Volume 11. There are five little episodes and the whole DVD is 25 minutes long. Not super long, but long enough to throw some dishes in the dishwasher, right?

How do you win? Answer one simple question! Now for a question...question...question...Oh! I know!!

"What are your plans for New Years Eve?"

Will there be a Pink Elephant in your future? An early night to bed? A kiss at midnight? Tell me your plans and you are automatically entered to win!

My plans? I hope there will be a very very very very small pink elephant in my home that evening (a champagne elephant), but mainly it will just be a relaxing night at home. (<-- Hope I'm not jinxing myself into a disasterous evening by writing that ... haha!) I'm making a fancy dinner (something like a roast chicken and mashed potatoes and asparagus) and after the kids go to bed, we're gonna rent Eclipse with our DirecTV free rental credit (my husband is obsessed with the Twilight series, I just hope I don't die of boredome before midnight... I say that half jokingly.) and then watch the Dick Clark NYE Special... or whatever happens to be on around midnight!

The giveaway ends at midnight on Dec 30th! I'll announce the 'weiner', haha i just love saying that, the winner on January 1, 2011 ~ thus marking the beginning of my dedication and resolution to keep up on this blog!!! A winner will be chosen at random from the comments; and I will use Random.org to choose that winner! Good luck to all!!! :)

*be sure to include in your comment, a way for me to contact you - or as long as I can find it on your blogpage, link up your blog!

disclaimer: Fisher Price did not provide me with this DVD for a giveaway, nor have I been paid or supplemented in any way to do this giveaway. I just want to do something nice for someone, and pay it forward.

The Worst Blogger Ever

I'm the worst blogger ever! I have this pretty awesome blog (okay, so it's not really that cool)and I can't keep up with it! It's partly me ~ my anxiety and my ppd (unofficially-diagnosed, but would I really be kidding anybody to deny it?) keep me pretty stressed all of the time, and between Thanksgiving & Christmas.... I just think my body shuts down and puts itself on overdrive. On Function. On Get-Yourself-Thru-Today-We'll-Try-Again-Tomorrow. And it's partly the fact that my husband doesn't really 'get' the whole blogging thing and doesn't really 'get' that I do need quiet time (read: time ALONE) so I can destress and do this whole blogging thing. Lately, naptimes have been more of "Mommy-Screaming-Up-The-Stairs-For-Her-3yearolds-To-Take-A-Nap" time... so I haven't really been able to devote the time I'd like to my blog.

*sigh* This is my life. And I'm sorry for complaining about it because I know other people have life way worse than I do, ever have, and ever will. But then some people will say I really shouldn't be sorry for complaining because well... this is MY life. My Crazy Life. And I'm allowed to complain about it. Right?

Aaaaaaaaaaanyways.....

In 2011, I am committed to keeping up with this blog. Weekly photo contests/challenges (oh gosh, not hosted by me but I'll participate in yours!), blog posts about our life, etc. I'm gonna do it! It's in my Top 2 New Years Resolutions!

The other resolution, you ask? I'm still in the deciding stage about it (will I commit or won't I?) but I've been in a serious debate with myself about Not Buying Baby/Kids Clothes in 2011. Has anyone ever challenged themselves to that? What a REAL CHALLENGE that would be for me!! I'd be restricted to buying no clothing for my own kids, other than things we'll truly need halfway through the year like: Socks. Or if my children's genes (not 'jeans') suddenly change and they grow three feet and they need new pants. :)

Stick Around, Please Read Again, I Will Be Back. I'll be back before 2011, even. Just not in full form today. :)

Hallmark Giveaway at The Paper Mama!

Giveaway over at The Paper Mama for a $50 Hallmark gift certificate. Go there, participate, and you might win!! Or don't ~ the rest of us will have a better chance! Ha! ;)

Wee Bit of Me Wednesday ~ November 17th

I've never done Wee Bit of Me Wednesdays. And it's Thursday, technically. But I'm awake. And I feel like writing. So here goes!

{one} what time do you normally wake up?
6:30am. it starts with a rustle. my eyes are closed but i'm awake. i mildly panic & start to worry that i won't be able to fall back asleep (anxiety issues i cannot explain, it really stinks!). then i have to pee. so i creep into the hallway and into the bathroom, praying to the Lord that my children aren't roused because of my getting up, and i creep back into bed and I try desperately (never succeeding) to fall back asleep... inevitably, someone is yelling through their door by 7am "Mommy Daddy I awake!" {bang, kick, bang, banging on the door until we come and get them}. it's really lovely waking up in the morning around here. ;) Sometimes though, Hubby & I will switch off waking up early/sleeping in. We're good like that.

{two} do you have a go-to song for karaoke?
i do not karaoke. if i did, it would be led zeppelin.

okay. okay. i can remember karaoke-ing one time. on a cruise ship. we sang 'seasons of love' from RENT. and i rocked the **** out the high notes. i did.

{three} if you could only see black and white except for one color, what color would you choose to see?
green. my favorite.

{four} what color best matches your personality? green!

{five} if you could choose one meal to cook better than anyone else, what would it be?
thanksgiving meal.


{six} how many keys do you have on your key ring?
too many!

{seven} do you give your pets birthday/christmas gifts?
not always. i try to remember to buy extra treats or some catnip.

{eight} when your plate has different foods on it, do you mix or not?
sure! it all ends up in the same place! And while we're talking about eating habits ~ i have a very strange habit of arranging a "last bite" from my plate. it is normally comprised of the yummiest looking bits of the meal/salad/dish, etc ... and it's totally a really weird habit that my husband & bestest-friend-ever noticed long before i even knew i was doing it. I am also a very slow eater.

{nine} if you could hire someone to do one thing for you all the time, what would it be?
laundry/wrangling our clothes issue in the house! between all of my clothes and all the little girls clothes in the house... it's really getting to be a problem cleaning & storing & organizing everything!

{ten} when flying, do you prefer the window or aisle seat?
any seat in which i can swallow large amounts of heavy sedatives to calm my nerves. i lost TEN POUNDS (!!!!) from anxiety caused over being nervous about flying to FLA*** for a weekend trip i was taking with my mom & sisters last month. TEN. at this rate, i oughta book at trip to europe and be done with this residual baby weight forever! ;)

Link up your Wee Bit of Me Wednesday here!

*** I totally dig the days of yore, when state abbreviations were three letters. Just sayin'! ***

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Follow this link. And then follow the directions! They'll send you a link via email to another submission form (and directions on what to include in your post) where you will enter a link to your post about the cards.

You can read my post about Shutterfly's Holiday Cards here. They sent me a code for 50 free cards within a few days! I don't know if the offer is still going on but it's worth a shot! :)

Good Luck!