Ten on Tuesday

This bloggy link-up idea comes from Steph at A Grande Life.  Visit her, show some lovin', and do your ten on tuesday list also....  Let's get this party started.


1.  I started my new job on Monday.  I work M-F from 9-1 ... How sweet is that??  I think it's super.  The job is interesting, and not stressful (my last career was super-stressful).  Anyhow, so far it's going pretty great!

2.  I had a garage sale last week.  It was a community garage sale at the park near my house, so it cost $7.50 to partake.  I made $92 after all was said and done.  Then, I went to Kohls and got some new pretty things!!

3.  We have been going to grief counseling together.  It has really helped us talk more to each other.  I also think it's really helping Matt work through his grief - rather than just keeping everything inside while he tries to be strong for me...  It's good.

4.  My car was at the mechanic for almost 2 weeks.  While it was there they couldn't find anything wrong with it...because it never once acted like it did when I had it.  Soooooo...  I've had it back for 3 days and so far so good.  I just love mechanical-type-schtuff!  Oy!!

5.  I'm probably getting some or all of Matt's Christmas gifts from this site!  Awesome if you (or your hubby) are of the nerdy persuasion!   

6.  My two favorite songs this week:  Halo by Beyonce and Bullet Proof by La Roux.

7.  I have become obsessed with finding boots like this...  But, I'm really picky.   Aren't they adorable?!?

8.  Working out with the Wii is probably the most awesome idea EVER.  I love it.  I have a couple of work out games, but we can watch streaming videos from Netflix through our Wii....so I have access to tons of work out videos!  I have done salsa, belly dancing and some hip hop stuff.  I super love it.

9.  This is a pretty great site.  I love the post I've linked to.  It's great to get things on the cheap, but even better when you can use the cheap things to make better things! Enjoy.

10.  Today's featured blogger is Lynda from In Memory of Johnny Giovanni and Angel Baby Memorials.  She made the most amazing video honoring my two little loves.  Check her out, share some love, and if you want -- she'll put together a video for your baby too!

Ten on Tuesday

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This bloggy link-up idea comes from Steph at A Grande Life.  Visit her, show some lovin', and do your ten on tuesday list also....  Let's get this party started.
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1.   I started a new job yesterday.  I'll be doing some legal stuff at an insurance company here in town.  I'm excited, it's small, it's VERY part-time and the people are super-nice.

2.  This Saturday I'll have a booth at the Bayview Center's Flea Market!  It's so much fun and hopefully I'll make some good dough.  I need some new shoes for fall!!

3.  Today (09-28) is 12 weeks since my Levi was born.  3 months -- gone by so quickly.  I would be 32 weeks preggo if he was still with us.  I miss him so very much.

4.  I sang with a friend's band over the weekend at a little restaurant in Milton.  Had a BLAST!  I hope they will invite me again soon.

5.  If you haven't played around on Face in Hole, you are seriously missing out.  And, now you can upload pics from FB, but not just your FB, ALL your friend's FB accounts too!!  It's a hoot.

6.  I am seriously loving my Mary Kay make-up!  The skin care line makes my face soft and smooth, and the make-up really makes me look younger & healthier.  I cannot say enough GREAT things about it.  Check out my BFF's MK page to get yourself hooked up with some beauty awesomeness today!

7.  I'm reading three books right now.  (1) Ruthless Trust (2) We Need To Talk About Kevin and (3) Brave Hearts.

8.  I'm a notary, and I've been asked by friends of my hubby to perform a marriage ceremony.  Isn't that crazy. I mean, there will be someone there doing the ceremony, but they will need me to make it official!  It's totally crazy, right?!

9. If you haven't already, you need to go to youtube and search for sponjetta. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

10.  My spotlight blog this week is Kristin's story at Never Better.  Please take some time to get to know this amazing momma, and woman of God.

Ten on Tuesday

This bloggy link-up idea comes from Steph at A Grande Life.  Visit her, show some lovin', and do your ten on tuesday list also....  Let's get this party started.

1.   This past weekend was five & dime Saturday at one of my fave antique shoppes.  I just love digging around in old shoppes for a great deal!  Can't wait for the ladies night scavenger hunt next month!!

2.  Last week I was super busy revving up my craigslist stuff.  I spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Tallahassee, and Thursday in Mobile. I think I got some things that should bring in some good cash.  It's nice to make grocery money and pad our savings with moolah from sources outside of our regular budget (and without having to sit in an office)!

3.  I was fired last month on the 19th.  2 days after the one year angelversary of my Rowan, and just 7.5 weeks after Levi died in my arms.  I was enraged at the way things happened, and the fact that I was 'let go' at all.  I have never been fired before and it really hurt my feelings.  Sometimes people are a-holes, and they will let you down.  I was told that my 'situation' was bigger than the firm was able to handle, and I wasn't 'rehabbing' fast enough for them.  See, total jerks!  Worst of all, I was fired by some 19 year old girl who probably doesn't have ANY life experiences, let alone does she know the weight of holding your child as he slowly dies in your arms....and then she referred to MY SON as a 'situation' and NEVER once said baby, or child, or SON, or we're so sorry....I wanted to puke on her.  Ugh...

Okay, now that I'm past that.....

4.  Glee starts back up tonight.  I enjoy the singing, dancing, drama/comedy, but mostly I cannot get enough of the snarky, uber fabu, Jane Lynch.  I mean, right?!?

 

 

5.  The Office starts on Thursday, at least I think.  And, I've heard this will be Steve Carrell's last season.  He is so funny, probably my favorite guy on t.v./movies right now (with Will Ferrell and Zach Galafiankis coming in a close 2nd).  

6.  I have a hard time hearing these days.  I think it is because I keep the volume on my iPod turned up waaaay too loud.  But, isn't music so much better when it's really loud?!  I just hope this doesn't affect me in the long run!  ...  o_0

7.  I have recently been jamming out to Hayley Williams (Paramore).  What a fun, funky, little gal.  

8. It is hard to come up with 10 random thoughts.  I mean, I have a million thoughts in my mind at this moment, but I wonder if any of them will benefit anyone, or benefit me?!

9.  I started a work-out yesterday on Netflix.  It was a dancing/aerobics thing...I'm pretty sure it was totally ridiculous to see me busting a sweaty move!  We can watch through the Wii on our t.v., so it's pretty neat.  I have zero coordination, so it's better for me to do aerobics at home - where no one can laugh at me except the dog!

10.  Okay, so I'm going to try and reserve my #10 spot for a new blog that I have come across and then share it with anyone who reads here.  So, if you want to be on this list you have to follow along so I can find your blog.  This week though is the blog of Stephanie (mommy of Aurora Rose).  It is really important to me that babyloss momma's tell their stories to the world.  You can read Aurora's story here on the Faces of Loss site. 

Ten on Tuesday : Quotes

I got this idea a few weeks ago from Steph at A Grande Life.


First a couple of  rules:
1) take my button for your page, and leave a comment for me


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2) Visit Steph's page, and leave her some lovin' too. 








3) sign the Linky at the bottom, leave your page and we'll all visit you too!

4) make your Ten on Tuesday list today!!  yay!!

Ten on Tuesday, Quotes Edition!!  :0)

1.  My all time favorite right now is from M.S. Merwin's poem, Separation.  It is exactly what I feel about Rowan & Levi.  All my days, hours, moments are stitched with them.   "Your absence has gone through me, like thread through a needle.  Everything I do is stitched with it's color."

2.    This old Japanese Proverb, "Fall seven times, stand up eight."

3.   I lean heavily on the promises of Jesus, more specifically this one found in Hebrews 13:5(b), "Never will I leave you, Never will I forsake you."

4.  Words from the Deluge Band's song, Refuge.  I can't listen to this enough, recommend it enough...  "All along You have been so faithful, all along You have been my refuge..."

5.  From Ronald Reagan, "A wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses his parents is called an orphan. There is no word for a parent who loses a child. That's how awful the loss is."

6.  From Oswald Chambers, "It is impossible to weary the love of God."

7.  From the Watermark song, Glory Baby, "I can’t imagine heaven’s lullabies, and what they must sound like.  But I will rest in knowing, heaven is your home. And it’s all you’ll ever know…all you’ll ever know…"

Now for some a little more light-hearted:

8.  Who doesn't just love Barney Fife & Andy Griffith?  Barney Fife: [angry] Oh, you're just full of fun today, aren't you? Why don't we go up to the old people's home and wax the steps?

9.  This one is silly, but I just adore the T.V. show, The Office.  And, of course, Steve Carrell is just so adorable and hilarious.  So, my all time favorite Michael Scott (his character) quote is this, "I'm an early bird and a night owl. So I'm wise and I have worms."

10.  And, this one is also silly, because I really like another show on T.V., Glee.  And Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) is just too much.  "Sue: You know, for me trophies are like herpes. You can try to get rid of them but they just keep coming. Sue Sylvester has hourly flair ups of burning itchy highly contagious talent."

Ten on Tuesday : Music

I got this idea from Steph at A Grande Life.
I started last week with a really random posting, but this week I'm focusing on music.  This is my Top Ten list of songs that I keep hitting repeat on the iPod when they play.  I don't really know the rules....so I'm going to make up my own.

And, here they are....

1) Follow me (I follow back), take my button for your page, and leave a comment for me

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2) take a tour of Steph's blog and follow her if you like it.

3) sign the Linky at the bottom of this post, leave your page and we'll all visit you too!

4) make your Ten on Tuesday list today!!  yay!!

5)  So, for the ten on Tuesday it's going to be like David Letterman's Top Ten Lists...and each week I'll list the top ten of something.  Fun, right??



Now for my Ten on Tuesday: Music
1.    The Band Perry, If I Die Young
2.    Deluge Band, Refuge
3.    The Black Eyed Peas, I Gotta Feeling
4.    Estelle, American Boy
5.    Kim Walker, See His Love
6.    Cold Play, Fix You
7.    Damien Rice, Blower's Daughter
8.    Nickel Creek, The Lighthouse's Tale
9.    David Crowder Band, Oh Happiness
        and I even LOVE the more acoustic version 
10.  Selah, All My Tears

I could seriously go ON and ON....  I L.O.V.E. music and I probably hit repeat on ALL the songs on my iPod!!!  You need to listen to all of these!



 Enjoy visiting the links and leave your info below.
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Ten on Tuesday

Trying something new today!!

I got the idea from Steph at A Grande Life.
Her blog is cute and fun, and so is her little!! 


Okay so a few rules:
1) take my button for your page, and leave a comment for me


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2) take Steph's button and go read her stories



3) sign the Linky at the bottom, leave your page and we'll all visit you too!
4) make your Ten on Tuesday list today!!  yay!!

Now for my Ten on Tuesday!
This week is going to be a random list of things I'm thinking at the moment...

Starting with, a few indicators that you may need to take a vacation.

1)  you can't even look at other people without scowling, and mumbling under your breath.  (if this is the case you need to leave the area immediately)!

2)  when you wake up each morning the song "It's 5 o'clock Somewhere" is in your head, and a cocktail is in your hand (all before 9 a.m.).  In this case it's best to take a trip to Mexico where they serve cocktails at breakfast...I'm not joking...I was just there. 

followed by, a list of books to check out:

3)  To Full Term by Darci Klein

4) Anything by Jodi Piccoult
     I've read about 7 of her books, and I have 5-8 more on my bookshelf right now. You probably know her because she wrote "My Sister's Keeper."  They made a movie about it, trust me, the book is much better.

5)  The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
     I read this before the movie came out, and I just loved it.  I didn't care so much for the film, so just do yourself a favor and dive in to this adorable story.

And, lastly, here are my favorite websites for coupons, money saving ideas, etc.  And, they are all free!

6)  I Heart Publix




7)  Printable Coupons



8)  I Heart Saving Money



9)  Southern Savers
This may be my absolute favorite coupon site, because she does all the stuff I don't want to do...menu planning, coupon grouping...  Just making my life easier.


10)  Coupons.Com

I warned you it would be random, next week I'll be more prepared.  Enjoy visiting the links and leave your info below.
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