This mothers day I don’t expect much, it just any other day in my world. This year though I did register for a class at our local public library, to make a chocolate basket.
It was so much fun and very easy to make.
The basket was completely made out of chocolate, and had yummy goodys like pretzels and oreos all dipped in chocolate, with candies.
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This is kind of sad but true. For the past 3 years I have lived out of a duffle bag. We had a dresser but when we moved we decided to get rid of it since it was falling apart, and just never bought another one. Finally after digging in a duffle bag over and over, never finding anything i wanted, we bought a dresser. We just bought one online and hubby put it together.
We bought a South Shore dresser from Kmart. I actually really like it, I just hope it will last.
It’s got 8 drawers and seems very sturdy.
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Today I am try grateful, March 31, 1994 at the age of 9 I was released from the hospital. On Feb. 19 of that year I was hit by a car and almost lost my life. I had a stroke on my right side (which affected my left side), a ripped ear, 18 fractures in my skull, broken bones in my right arm, amoung other things. I was in a coma for 2 weeks and had to have a lumbar shunt installed, which drains the fluid from my head. My parents were told I had a 80% chance of not surviving that day.
That was probably the hardest thing I have ever gone through, because of my injuries I had to learn how to walk again, learn to talk again and sign since I had trouble talking.
Even though that was 19 years ago, I am still affected by my injuries.I still have the lumbar shunt, I still have bumps all over my head (fractures never healed right), I suffer from severe headaches, and i still do not have full control of my left side.
So today the day I walked out of the hospital, I am very thankful for my life.
I am not Catholic, so I don’t wear green. This is my shirt for the day
I decided to make a video about Bullying and how I feel about it. I think I may of started to ramble.
I hope I don’t get any heat for this.
I have redone this video about 6 times and have balled after every video.
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March is Woman’s History Month, and my kids have been learning all about different woman in history. One of their favorites they have both learned about is Amelia Earhart. She was the first woman to fly around the world, and the first woman to fly solo across the pacific ocean.
In Honor of Amelia Earhart my daughter dressed up like her, it is so cute.
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This winter has bee unusual for Long Island, we have had one snow day all winter. Lately we have had mid 40 degree weather, which is not bad. So we have been taking the kids to the park lately.
Even though it’s chilly the kids still enjoy themselves!
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This weekend I will be heading to the NY Toy Fair. This is my first year actually attending the fair, so I am a little nervous. Saturday I will be attending a preview with a toy company and will be sharing that with you all after.
Sunday is the big day the Toy fair opens, and even though it is a few days long I am only going to attend on Sunday. So I have picked out a few companies to visit.
I think my top choices are:
Hasbro
Mattel
Pillow pets
Lego
and some others just depending on how much time I have.
I know people always tell me I don’t attend enough events, and I agree. My priorities are a bit different though, as I would love to network more and connect with brands, My husband is the bread-winner. He is in grad school working on his PHD and that is my top priority to make sure he is successful in school and I can stay home with the kids. Child care is expensive and we don’t have family within 700 miles.
So as I would love to be out and about more, I have to put events on the back burner while my husband is in school. Although every once in a great while an event will be on a weekend and I can attend. LOL
It’s 12:30 AM and I am bored! I can’t sleep , waiting for hubby to get home and exhausted. Can’t you tell. LOL!
The Holidays are gone but that doesn’t mean that you still can’t give back to the community.
My kids had school off yesterday for Martin Luther King day and we spent it by going through toys and setting some old toys aside to be donated to the Lupus foundation or the Breast Cancer foundation. Both have donation boxes and pick ups in our area.
Earlier this month we also sponsored a family, with the help of Pampers Diapers. It was a great experience for me, because I had all 3 of my kids in diapers at one point. So when my neighbor brought up a teacher in Queens that need diapers for her 4 younger children all in diapers, I jumped at the chance to help. I don’t remember the exact ages of her kids but know that she has 1 month old twins. So I asked Pampers if they would help and gladly accepted.
When the Pampers package arrived I was overwhelmed with joy, I actually cried.
She was so grateful and overjoyed to receive so much help!
It’s always great to give back to community and help out as much as you can.
Hormel Foods finds time each year to dedicate themselves to many different philanthropic efforts. In 2010, Hormel Foods gave $5.7 million in cash and in-kind donations toward efforts in communities where their employees live and efforts that help alleviate hunger.
Donations have been made to countless organizations including United Way of Greater Minnesota, Paul Hall Chicago Boy and Girls Club, and disaster relief funds throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.
Hormel Foods makes many efforts to give to those in need. They currently run a program called “On Our Way to Ending Hunger,” where they collaborate with retailers, nonprofits and the government on hunger relief efforts to nourish the hungry in the United States and abroad.
Have you heard about Hormel foods programs? What have you done to give back? Please let me know in the comments.
Disclosure: I’ve partnered with Hormel Foods as part of the Hormel Foods Extended Family Blogger Program. Throughout the year I’ll be receiving product, coupons, giveaways and promotions. However, no payment was given or expected for posting about the program, and as always, all opinions given here are fully my own.
