Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Good gifts for a 2 year old for x-mas...

I was told recently by both my mom and my mom-in-law that we need to start making p's christmas list so they know what to get him. I have no idea what to get him. I am so confused. Luckily he still plays with about 75% of the toys we got him last year for Christmas...and he still gets new toys all the time...(thats what you get when you are an only child of two only children.)

I am writing because I am sure some of you mom's out there have gotten your kids toys that they hated and toys that they love. Don't you wish some one had told you that that toy was crap, or that this other one would be a lifesaver... well then you should do just that...Let me know what toys stand out in your mind...This is your time to come on out of lurking and introduce yourselves...(come on...someone be there please). I'll start...

My son got this laptop for X-mas last year and can now identify about 10-15 letters by both the letter name and the name of the object that the letter starts with (apple for A). He will play with it for hours at a time and I'll often hear him behind me repeating the sayings.."I..ih ih igloo." He can easily switch between the 4 different game modes, but some are a little too advanced for him, like moving the mouse to chase the letter...hes not all that interested in that. He loves the songs and he has learned alot from this little toy.

See, now that wasn't hard...Your turn!!!

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Monday, November 5, 2007

Fall Y'all Giveaway Update- Congrats Michelle and Audra

Well, well, well. First let me say thanks to those of you that visited my page and left me a comment. I had a whopping 55 comments, which is by no means as many comments as some people *cough*500*cough*, but still more than I have gotten in the full year that I have had my blog up and running ( even if you add them all up and double them, it still wont touch the amount ive gotten in the past week. )

Now, like so many of you other bloggers I used the random number generator.

First it came up with 10, which was Heather. I got excited when I saw that Heather had a blog, but when I clicked her name...it said she was blocked. Now what's the point Heather. If you happen to stop back by let me know and we will find something for you.

But I had to re-generate. Then it came up with 34, which was Michelle B, who left this comment

Political correct holiday stories sounds fun
Please enter me in your contest
So, congrats Michelle B. You get the Politically Correct Holiday Stories. I will be contacting you soon to get your information.
But, hey, I still have that darn Superman book. So I ran the number generator again..28. Audra Marie, who left this comment
Both sound great!
Thanks for the chance to win.
So congrats to you also Audra. I will also be contacting you soon. I hope you ladies enjoy your new books very much.
Sorry for those of you that did not win. Do not feel bad. I entered over 300 of those contests, and I still have yet to win. Check the results of all of the contests here just to be sure. We can wallow in our sadness together. TTYL

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Sunday, November 4, 2007

Fall Y'all Blog giveaway


Who knew the internet could be used for anything other than crazy porn and research. Tonight I just happened to stop at a page that is doing this crazy giveaway. The blog is Rocks in my dryer, and she is hosting a very cool Fall Y'all blog giveaway. I found over 500 free contests to enter (and sadly I have entered about half of them) and in doing so I decided that I wanted to host a giveaway of my own. I searched my house looking for anything that might be kind of cool to give away, or anything that might be fun to pass on to someone else. I found a few things.

The Superman Handbook by Scott Beaty. Such a cute little book for any man or woman who has ever wanted to know how to stop a runaway car, treat a broken neck, how to put out a fire, or even how to refill a water cooler.


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Politically Correct Holiday Stories by James Finn Garner. This christmas do things a little bit different and when you sit around the fire read about Frosty The Person Of Snow, or even Rudolph The Nasally Empowered Reindeer. Very cute book, and fun to have at the holiday season.


(VISIT THE LINKS ABOVE TO CHECK EM OUT)


If you wanna enter the contest leave a comment below and tell me which one you want to win(or if you wanna win both). Only one entry per person. Contest ends Sunday November 4th at 8:00 PM EST, and winners will be selected and notified Monday November 5th. US only please. Please leave a way to contact you, because...well, duh...if you win I gotta contact you. Enjoy your time here, and come back one day when you aren't just using my blog to get free stuff.


Also, visit the rocks in my dryer post to enter over 500 more contests.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

cool new contest

Pink Dyson Vaccuum Giveaway by the Domestic Diva

I know you have all heard about the Dyson vacuum right??? Well, its the vacuum that never loses suction, and the little 30 dollar piece of crap I have now could never compare. To top it off, it has that guy with the sexy english accent (whats that sound...thousands of SAHM's remembering the sexy english-man??) to promote it. Well, I just found a super cool contest over at The domestic diva where you can win a PINK one...OMG, could you believe it??? Pink, you should totally enter it, Just in case.

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Saturday, October 27, 2007

Because he lets me buy books when we aren't supposed to be "shopping"


Well, today we went to the mall to go pick up our rings...Absolutely beautiful. Now that I see it in a size that will actually fit my finger, I love it even more. The only thing I am not especially in love with is the diamond. Now that the ring is bigger, I can really see that the center diamond on the "engagement ring" is up really high and it terrifies me that i will somehow take my poor boys eye out with this thing. I have to be so freakin careful. Once we did that I realized that my son smelled like there was a dumpster in his diaper so we rushed to the potty room with out blinders on. All of a sudden some woman ran up on me with a flyer in her hand...telling me to read the excerpt of her book and come check it out because she was having a book signing. Now this was kinda sad, I felt bad for my sista...here she was in a predominately white mall....(in all of ATL, she had to go to the whitest mall of them all) trying to promote her black literature that smacked of EJD mixed with a hint of Zane and a bit of her own southern writing style. I didn't even read the excerpt she gave me, and instead decided to go in a buy one of her books...Of the two that I read the backs of Lawd Mo Drama was the one that I thought would be the best, so I go to the check stand girl and tell her I want to get her book...Now first of all, for all of you that know me, hearing me ask for Lawd Mo Drama in and of its self would ave been hilarious...especially since I still can not pronounce it. I am by far the whitest black girl in the world...think Bryant Gumble's and and Hilary from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's love child...enter me!!!
So anyway, there is much blushing and pointing and mumbling, but finally I leave with the book, and go out to have her sign it. I smile as huge as I can while shes signing it and tell her who to make it out to. She looks up at me and grabs a little scrap of paper out of her bag and asks e how to spell it again...I tell her and she tells me to look for my name in a book of hers very soon. yay me...this would mean a club on myspace, a piece of art, and hopefully soon a book. I see a victory for all of the silent H's in the world.
So I have started reading her book. I love it but it moves very fast, so fast reader like me sometimes has to go back because one sentence carries several hours and I am later left sitting there wondering what happened between 4 and 6. I'll give you a better review when I finish it.

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Sunday, October 21, 2007

A really fun Giveaway

Wow, I just found this really cool contest. The people over at 5 minutes for mom are hosting a really cool contest in celebration of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (shhh...its October). The prize is a Casio Pink EX-Z75 digital camera. Its all in pink with a pink strap and a bunh of pinkness...OMG...would it fit me or what? I hope I win, but even if i don't, you should still go enter it, at least one of us will win...Go check it out for the rules and what not...GOOD LUCK.

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Saturday, October 20, 2007

Because he buys me expensive gifts

Well...After turning my own wedding ring black putting chemicals in my hair (oops) I decided that I needed a new wedding ring, and since our official one year anniversary is coming up I proposed the idea to husband. To my surprise he agreed and we went to look at them today. The plan was to just look inside the jewelry stores and we would go buy them for Christmas.
The 1st one we went in to was Kay, and I announced upon entering that we would not be buying anything. However, the two of us were always suckers for a good salesman. He showed us a nice set of rings that I absolutely fell in love with that was .5 cts, the coolest thing was that it was both the wedding band and an engagement ring (which we hadn't even planned to get), and it was in our price range. I immediately said yes and he started writing up the paperwork. Then he went to ask the manager something and came back with the same rings, same styles just bigger...1.5 cts...He told us that with the line of (duh duh duh) credit we had just taken out we would also be able to afford these. It was alot more than I had expected, so I asked husband, and he told me that if I wanted them then I could get them. As you can imagine, we got them, and they are being sized as I sit here. We have to go next Saturday so I can pick up my 1.5 ct diamond ring and wedding band...I know its not much, not nearly as big as the one promised to me by "that man", but the love is so much better. Plus, it will be the most carats I will have ever had on my body at any given time. I am really very excited.....I keep singing the "Every kiss begins with Kay" song. Yay mee... Be on the lookout for some pics once I get some.


**Because if he knows I really want something, its mine**

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