When I first heard the news that a fellow blogger had died, I was immediately sad and wanted to know WHO and what happened. Any death is tragic, but the circumstances around this death just put icing on the cake. I did NOT know Christine from Adventures of a Thrifty Mama, but her death and the death of her son have deeply touched my soul. I knew OF her, but never met her and really didn't follow along, but that is really beside the point. Any blogger out there is a friend of mine! Christine was a fellow blogger with 4 children. She had an estranged husband who killed her, her son and himself on Thursday evening. They had 3 children together that were with her mom at the time. Thank God those sweet babies were NOT at home and their lives were spared in this tragic event. I do not know how their grandma broke the news of what happened to them ,or even if they were told what happened. I can't imagine telling children such a horrible thing especially at the ages of 4, 6 and 8 years … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2013
Can I get ahead? I think I can, I think I can…
I am desperately looking for some 30 day writing challenges that don't suck! It is harder than you think! I must be picky.. lol you wouldn't think that about me would you? ;) I am determined though! My main goal is to be able to get all 5 of my reviews I currently need to write done ASAP. (I have been on a roll!) and then get some awesome topics/blog challenge posts and schedule them out so we kind of break up my mundane little I woke up I was tired / I cleaned posts. I mean I don't mind writing a few of those here and there but this time of the year I kind of want to be into other things! Not that I am ever far from the internet, I just like the feeling of being ahead or caught up! We'll see how it goes I suppose. I know that when I am caught up/ahead I am generally bored out of my mind and wishing I wasn't caught up/ahead lol. I would like to honestly be able to update the subpages on here and on be and even perk the BE blog up a bit and get some things done around the … [Read more...]
Holiday Gift Guide Review: Glass Dharma Glass Straws
I have always been terrified of glass dishes and knives. I think it stems from being afraid that something will break on me in the dishwater, which has happened before. As far as knives I only use them when I absolutely have to, and I do not wash them myself either! I have luckily only been cut once, and that was last year, so where the fear steams from I am not sure! So you would be surprised to find out when I learned there were such a thing as glass straws I wanted to try them out! I don't know, something just called to me with them! It isn't like I totally avoid glass or anything. So I got the chance to review some glass straws from Glass Dharma I was pretty excited! Why Glass Straws ? & More Info: I know that in most houses you probably use a lot of disposable goods that would have a non disposable counterpart such as paper plates instead of dishes, and paper towels and napkins when you could use a cloth napkin, just for a few examples. I know that I use these … [Read more...]
writing storm on the way!
Hi everyone! I am currently writing my little heart out in hopes to get caught up, or maybe even ahead on things so that I can spend some time offline (well as close to being offline as I can be, which isn't too much, but I don't like feeling like I have so much to do right now at holiday time!) I know I will probably still be around and writing and such but I need to concentrate on updating subpages and working on BE a little bit too! We will see how it goes! I am so addicted to the computer though, we know I won't really ever be far away :) I am actually looking for some writing prompts or 30 days challenges so that I can spruce the place up a bit. I really miss doing them for BE but with the holidays most people really aren't into doing them right now. I personally like to write them in bursts and then schedule them to help fill in here and there when needed! I also realize I have 2 weeks before court, again. I mean seriously I couldn't make it through the holidays/my … [Read more...]
Holiday Gift Guide Review: GeminiRed Creations Headbands & Cabochon Flower hair clips
A few months back I was lucky enough to get the chance to go to Bloggy Bootcamp when it came to Charlotte. I met several awesome people that I still talk to quite frequently. One of these gals was Heather, who owns Gemini Red Creations. Not that long ago I realized she MAKES HEADBANDS and I was happy to have her offer me a couple in exchange for a review, of course I said yes! Because she LOVES me, she sent me two headbands and two clips. It was so cute the way she packaged them together in a cute little bag, and included her business card. I am a sucker for cute packaging and business/blogger cards! She is also in my area quite often and I hope we can meet up in person again so I can properly thank her for being so awesome to me! I have always loved purses, most of you all know that, but my love for headbands is pretty new found. I know that as a child I didn't really like them at all, go figure! I used to say they hurt my ears lol. I don't know but for some reason since they … [Read more...]
Monday Hangover
Hi Everyone! David went back to work today, and I have totally just vegged out and slept most of the day! I also got a couple of things in the house done, so that is good too. Now I need to get a burst and get back into the blogging world again! I really really wish I could manage to make myself just do a whole day of writing and scheduling and then being able to kind of "take off" the next few weeks, but I don't think It will happen. I don't know though....Sometimes when I get in a writing mood I really tend to take off! It is either I have it or I don't! I got a new camera on Saturday at best buy! wahoo! so happy about that! It was a left over from their door buster deal on thursday night, so I was really shocked that they even had one left. I guess it was meant to be! I had went to walmart on thursday night and had NO LUCK! They had let people get into the stuff early and it was total chaos. I have been doing black friday ever since i got with david (about 7 years) and I had … [Read more...]