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Tell Us Something Good: The Kids

The Life of Rylie...and Bryce too!

Yes, I’m back with my weekly Tell Us Something Good posts.  I recently took an almost three week vacay visiting with my mom and family back home.  While it was great to be home, I did miss my internet and my computer.  My mom was getting some work down and had to dismantle her desktop. Anyways, back to what I want to tell you.

I’m sure that I have don’t have tell many of you about the trials and tribulations of parenting.  In fact, most of often times focus more on the negatives than the positives.  However, I am here to tell you that parenting does has it’s great moments.  These past few weeks, I’ve found myself smiling more and more at my kids. They have truly been lighting up my world.

A few highlights from my last two weeks include celebrating my niece’s 6th birthday before I left my mom’s.  Just seeing how appreciative she was of having a small party with gifts, cake, pizza and ice cream gave me hope.  It proved that you can still raise kids who will be satisfied with the simple things in life.  Sure they’ll still want a party to rival those seen on MTV’s Sweet 16, but will be thankfully in the end that you just threw them a party.

I decorated the cake!!

When we got back home, I realized that JJ didn’t get to wear his ‘My First 4th of July’ shirt.  I had forgotten to back it for a trip to my mom’s.  However, that didn’t stop me from putting it on him three days later.  And boy did he look handsome.  I think red is going to be his power color too.

I know that some of you might have seen my post on Twitter about Moo covering herself, me, JJ and the bed in a whole entire jar of vaseline the other day.  I usually  try to wake up when I hear her moving about.  However, she’s become a silent ninja lately and moving around ever so quietly.  Well, she was in her room the other day playing and she got quiet.  And this is why….

She had discovered a tube of diaper rash creme that my husband left on top of her tv.  She thought it was lotion but once she felt the texture and saw it wasn’t rubbing in, she came and asked me to clean it off. LOL.  I couldn’t be mad her because it wasn’t her fault that her dad left it somewhere she could reach it.  Also, she looked so cute. This is one of the those embarrassing moments that I will have printed on her Senior Page in her high school. LOL

Tell me something good that happened in your life?

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Tell Us Something Good: Anniversary Recap

So, my husband and I celebrated our one year wedding anniversary last Friday.  And we made the choice to celebrate it with our beautiful children, Moo and JJ.  We just really want to demonstrate the importance of celebrating the sacred union that marriage is and is suppose to be.  Anyways, my first gift of the day was that both of the kiddies slept in. 
Can you say score!!  I didn’t have to roll out of bed until after 10 AM.  I was supposed to go grocery shopping because our frig was like borderline empty.  To my surprise my husband had already gone.  Another score because when I go I usually have to take Moo because she will whine until I give in.  Thus, it takes me a little bit more time to shop with her in tow because she’s picking up stuff off the shelves and I’m busy putting it back.
We did have a little car trouble but that didn’t put a damper on our day.  We still got lunch from the Chicken Box.  It’s third place my husband took me to eat when we first met.  Well, I should say that we ordered something to eat from because the Chicken Box is a  hole in the wall with an order window and a kitchen.  There is no space to eat inside.  And it’s in the hood and you have to get there before the lunch rush.
It’s like a hidden treasure and oh so addictive.  My favorite is their Philly Cheese Steak.  I don’t have a clue what they season their meat with but it tastes fantastic and it’s so juicy and cheesy and the onions….  I could go on and on about this sandwich.  They have some bangin homemade cole slaw too.
We exchanged gifts.  My husband got me some new clothes because let’s face it my body is never going to be the same as it was before my kids.  My booty is bigger and boobs are bigger.  Both of which my husband is like yeah baby. LOL.  Me not so much.  I miss the days when I could shop at the Limited Too for cute tops and shorts.
I got him a cool poster for his future man cave.  He had these old beat up slippers that had a holes in the bottom and he walked the back part down.  So, I him a new pair.  These have memory foam in the soles and are nice and thick.  He said they feel like clouds and he’s been living in them every waking moment since  I gave them to him. 
I got him some gourmet chocolates too.  We both have a bit of a sweet tooth.  And to round out the gift giving, I got him a magazine subscription.  I can’t remember the magazine title but it was Men’s something another.  He had complained before that our mailbox is always filled with magazines for me and I wanted to get him something that he could read and enjoy.
He cooked dinner that night and we enjoyed Thor.  I think it was a pretty good movie and can’t wait for part 2.  All in all, it was a great day.  Thank you to everyone who sent Happy Anniversary wishes.
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Tell Us Something Good: New Addition

I’m going to be an auntie again!!  Isn’t that good news?  My younger sister took a pregnancy test last Friday and it came back positive!   She and her husband are thrilled.  They go to the OB on next Tuesday to take an official pregnancy test and get her prenatal care started.
At this point, I’m not sure if they have a preference over a girl or boy.  But when they stopped by to tell me the good news, they kept referred to the baby as a she.  After all, my mom had almost all girls.   Our brother is the token male.  So, I guess it only makes sense that they would expect their first child to be a girl right?
Either way, I’m really happy for them.
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Tell Us Something Good: The Kids

The Life of Rylie...and Bryce too!

Yes, I’m back with my weekly Tell Us Something Good posts.  I recently took an almost three week vacay visiting with my mom and family back home.  While it was great to be home, I did miss my internet and my computer.  My mom was getting some work down and had to dismantle her desktop. Anyways, back to what I want to tell you.

I’m sure that I have don’t have tell many of you about the trials and tribulations of parenting.  In fact, most of often times focus more on the negatives than the positives.  However, I am here to tell you that parenting does has it’s great moments.  These past few weeks, I’ve found myself smiling more and more at my kids. They have truly been lighting up my world.

A few highlights from my last two weeks include celebrating my niece’s 6th birthday before I left my mom’s.  Just seeing how appreciative she was of having a small party with gifts, cake, pizza and ice cream gave me hope.  It proved that you can still raise kids who will be satisfied with the simple things in life.  Sure they’ll still want a party to rival those seen on MTV’s Sweet 16, but will be thankfully in the end that you just threw them a party.

I decorated the cake!!

When we got back home, I realized that JJ didn’t get to wear his ‘My First 4th of July’ shirt.  I had forgotten to back it for a trip to my mom’s.  However, that didn’t stop me from putting it on him three days later.  And boy did he look handsome.  I think red is going to be his power color too.

I know that some of you might have seen my post on Twitter about Moo covering herself, me, JJ and the bed in a whole entire jar of vaseline the other day.  I usually  try to wake up when I hear her moving about.  However, she’s become a silent ninja lately and moving around ever so quietly.  Well, she was in her room the other day playing and she got quiet.  And this is why….

She had discovered a tube of diaper rash creme that my husband left on top of her tv.  She thought it was lotion but once she felt the texture and saw it wasn’t rubbing in, she came and asked me to clean it off. LOL.  I couldn’t be mad her because it wasn’t her fault that her dad left it somewhere she could reach it.  Also, she looked so cute. This is one of the those embarrassing moments that I will have printed on her Senior Page in her high school. LOL

Tell me something good that happened in your life?

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Tell Us Something Good: Trip Mama

It’s no secret that I want to travel.  Can you believe that my husband and I haven’t been on a vacation together since we’ve been together.  That’s almost 7 years!  And now that Moo is getting older and JJ has gotten used to his car seat and being on the go, I would like to start working more on marking off some of dream travel locations off my list.  Not to mention, we’re hoping to take a nice family vacation this summer.

Now, we all the price of gas has made traveling more expensive.  It’s can cost one person well over $300 to   travel and that’s not even including lodging. I mean have you seen the cost of airplane tickets.  And let’s not get started on hotels, rental cars, etc.  So, for a nice week long getaway for my family four, we’re talking well over $1,000.  I’ve done the math and it’s not pretty.  I could make a small down payment on a car or foreclosed home with the amount it would cost us to travel.

That’s why I’m glad that I was introduced to Travel Mama.  They have a one click search feature that will search and compare more than 100 discount travel sites to make sure that I can get the lowest prices for my family.  How wonderful is that?!  No hopping from site to site because they compare with the leading five discount sites.

Also, Trip Mama offers exclusive discounts, deals and coupons.  You can register your email and get alerts on $39 flights and $29 per night hotel stays.  Talk about a steal.  And you all know how much I love a steal. In this economy, you have to be smart with your money.

There’s no need to give up family vacations and going places.  So, check out Travel Mama if you plan on traveling for the holidays.  And don’t forget to sign up to get their deal alerts.  It’s really worth it.  Don’t let yourself become a prisoner of the four walls of your workplace and home.  Get out and explore the world, search for adventure and make new memories.

TripMama End of Summer

Be on the look out for future posts about more amazing deals I get from Trip Mama.  We’re catching the travel bug this upcoming year.

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Tell Us Something Good: Anniversary Recap

So, my husband and I celebrated our one year wedding anniversary last Friday.  And we made the choice to celebrate it with our beautiful children, Moo and JJ.  We just really want to demonstrate the importance of celebrating the sacred union that marriage is and is suppose to be.  Anyways, my first gift of the day was that both of the kiddies slept in. 
Can you say score!!  I didn’t have to roll out of bed until after 10 AM.  I was supposed to go grocery shopping because our frig was like borderline empty.  To my surprise my husband had already gone.  Another score because when I go I usually have to take Moo because she will whine until I give in.  Thus, it takes me a little bit more time to shop with her in tow because she’s picking up stuff off the shelves and I’m busy putting it back.
We did have a little car trouble but that didn’t put a damper on our day.  We still got lunch from the Chicken Box.  It’s third place my husband took me to eat when we first met.  Well, I should say that we ordered something to eat from because the Chicken Box is a  hole in the wall with an order window and a kitchen.  There is no space to eat inside.  And it’s in the hood and you have to get there before the lunch rush.
It’s like a hidden treasure and oh so addictive.  My favorite is their Philly Cheese Steak.  I don’t have a clue what they season their meat with but it tastes fantastic and it’s so juicy and cheesy and the onions….  I could go on and on about this sandwich.  They have some bangin homemade cole slaw too.
We exchanged gifts.  My husband got me some new clothes because let’s face it my body is never going to be the same as it was before my kids.  My booty is bigger and boobs are bigger.  Both of which my husband is like yeah baby. LOL.  Me not so much.  I miss the days when I could shop at the Limited Too for cute tops and shorts.
I got him a cool poster for his future man cave.  He had these old beat up slippers that had a holes in the bottom and he walked the back part down.  So, I him a new pair.  These have memory foam in the soles and are nice and thick.  He said they feel like clouds and he’s been living in them every waking moment since  I gave them to him. 
I got him some gourmet chocolates too.  We both have a bit of a sweet tooth.  And to round out the gift giving, I got him a magazine subscription.  I can’t remember the magazine title but it was Men’s something another.  He had complained before that our mailbox is always filled with magazines for me and I wanted to get him something that he could read and enjoy.
He cooked dinner that night and we enjoyed Thor.  I think it was a pretty good movie and can’t wait for part 2.  All in all, it was a great day.  Thank you to everyone who sent Happy Anniversary wishes.
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Tell Us Something Good: Trip Mama

It’s no secret that I want to travel.  Can you believe that my husband and I haven’t been on a vacation together since we’ve been together.  That’s almost 7 years!  And now that Moo is getting older and JJ has gotten used to his car seat and being on the go, I would like to start working more on marking off some of dream travel locations off my list.  Not to mention, we’re hoping to take a nice family vacation this summer.

Now, we all the price of gas has made traveling more expensive.  It’s can cost one person well over $300 to   travel and that’s not even including lodging. I mean have you seen the cost of airplane tickets.  And let’s not get started on hotels, rental cars, etc.  So, for a nice week long getaway for my family four, we’re talking well over $1,000.  I’ve done the math and it’s not pretty.  I could make a small down payment on a car or foreclosed home with the amount it would cost us to travel.

That’s why I’m glad that I was introduced to Travel Mama.  They have a one click search feature that will search and compare more than 100 discount travel sites to make sure that I can get the lowest prices for my family.  How wonderful is that?!  No hopping from site to site because they compare with the leading five discount sites.

Also, Trip Mama offers exclusive discounts, deals and coupons.  You can register your email and get alerts on $39 flights and $29 per night hotel stays.  Talk about a steal.  And you all know how much I love a steal. In this economy, you have to be smart with your money.

There’s no need to give up family vacations and going places.  So, check out Travel Mama if you plan on traveling for the holidays.  And don’t forget to sign up to get their deal alerts.  It’s really worth it.  Don’t let yourself become a prisoner of the four walls of your workplace and home.  Get out and explore the world, search for adventure and make new memories.

TripMama End of Summer

Be on the look out for future posts about more amazing deals I get from Trip Mama.  We’re catching the travel bug this upcoming year.

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Tell Us Something Good: New Addition

I’m going to be an auntie again!!  Isn’t that good news?  My younger sister took a pregnancy test last Friday and it came back positive!   She and her husband are thrilled.  They go to the OB on next Tuesday to take an official pregnancy test and get her prenatal care started.
At this point, I’m not sure if they have a preference over a girl or boy.  But when they stopped by to tell me the good news, they kept referred to the baby as a she.  After all, my mom had almost all girls.   Our brother is the token male.  So, I guess it only makes sense that they would expect their first child to be a girl right?
Either way, I’m really happy for them.
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Tell Us Something Good: The Kids

The Life of Rylie...and Bryce too!

Yes, I’m back with my weekly Tell Us Something Good posts.  I recently took an almost three week vacay visiting with my mom and family back home.  While it was great to be home, I did miss my internet and my computer.  My mom was getting some work down and had to dismantle her desktop. Anyways, back to what I want to tell you.

I’m sure that I have don’t have tell many of you about the trials and tribulations of parenting.  In fact, most of often times focus more on the negatives than the positives.  However, I am here to tell you that parenting does has it’s great moments.  These past few weeks, I’ve found myself smiling more and more at my kids. They have truly been lighting up my world.

A few highlights from my last two weeks include celebrating my niece’s 6th birthday before I left my mom’s.  Just seeing how appreciative she was of having a small party with gifts, cake, pizza and ice cream gave me hope.  It proved that you can still raise kids who will be satisfied with the simple things in life.  Sure they’ll still want a party to rival those seen on MTV’s Sweet 16, but will be thankfully in the end that you just threw them a party.

I decorated the cake!!

When we got back home, I realized that JJ didn’t get to wear his ‘My First 4th of July’ shirt.  I had forgotten to back it for a trip to my mom’s.  However, that didn’t stop me from putting it on him three days later.  And boy did he look handsome.  I think red is going to be his power color too.

I know that some of you might have seen my post on Twitter about Moo covering herself, me, JJ and the bed in a whole entire jar of vaseline the other day.  I usually  try to wake up when I hear her moving about.  However, she’s become a silent ninja lately and moving around ever so quietly.  Well, she was in her room the other day playing and she got quiet.  And this is why….

She had discovered a tube of diaper rash creme that my husband left on top of her tv.  She thought it was lotion but once she felt the texture and saw it wasn’t rubbing in, she came and asked me to clean it off. LOL.  I couldn’t be mad her because it wasn’t her fault that her dad left it somewhere she could reach it.  Also, she looked so cute. This is one of the those embarrassing moments that I will have printed on her Senior Page in her high school. LOL

Tell me something good that happened in your life?

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Tell Us Something Good: Trip Mama

It’s no secret that I want to travel.  Can you believe that my husband and I haven’t been on a vacation together since we’ve been together.  That’s almost 7 years!  And now that Moo is getting older and JJ has gotten used to his car seat and being on the go, I would like to start working more on marking off some of dream travel locations off my list.  Not to mention, we’re hoping to take a nice family vacation this summer.

Now, we all the price of gas has made traveling more expensive.  It’s can cost one person well over $300 to   travel and that’s not even including lodging. I mean have you seen the cost of airplane tickets.  And let’s not get started on hotels, rental cars, etc.  So, for a nice week long getaway for my family four, we’re talking well over $1,000.  I’ve done the math and it’s not pretty.  I could make a small down payment on a car or foreclosed home with the amount it would cost us to travel.

That’s why I’m glad that I was introduced to Travel Mama.  They have a one click search feature that will search and compare more than 100 discount travel sites to make sure that I can get the lowest prices for my family.  How wonderful is that?!  No hopping from site to site because they compare with the leading five discount sites.

Also, Trip Mama offers exclusive discounts, deals and coupons.  You can register your email and get alerts on $39 flights and $29 per night hotel stays.  Talk about a steal.  And you all know how much I love a steal. In this economy, you have to be smart with your money.

There’s no need to give up family vacations and going places.  So, check out Travel Mama if you plan on traveling for the holidays.  And don’t forget to sign up to get their deal alerts.  It’s really worth it.  Don’t let yourself become a prisoner of the four walls of your workplace and home.  Get out and explore the world, search for adventure and make new memories.

TripMama End of Summer

Be on the look out for future posts about more amazing deals I get from Trip Mama.  We’re catching the travel bug this upcoming year.