Wordless{ish} Wednesday with The Paper Mama

{this is my first time participating in wordless{ish} wednesday! i'm excited!!}

{i love these girls. love.}

{don't forget about my giveaway!! it ends tomorrow night!!!}

{link up your wordless{ish} wednesday posts at the paper mama!}

Don't Forget About the Giveaway!!!

Hey Readers! Don't forget about the Giveaway I'm hosting this week!! It ends tomorrow night!!!! All you need to do is comment on this post and you are entered to win a fancy schmancy Fisher Price Little People DVD!!

So come on and enter!!!

I hope to do more giveaways next year; this is just my first!!! I think we only have 2 entrants so far ~ so I guess if no one else enters than both girls have a great chance of winning! :)

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Wishing you many blessings and joy in the New Year!

(I also wanted to test out my new handy-dandy 'signature' - see above. I might change the font ... I dunno.)

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. :)