slow cooker giveaway

http://melcakewalk.blogspot.com/2011/02/calphalon-7-quart-digital-slow-cooker.html

posh patina giveaway on delicately fierce

http://delicatelyfierce.blogspot.com/2011/02/valentines-day-giveaway.html

giveaway on whippy cake

check out this giveaway for an awesome watch

http://whippycake.com/blog/2011/02/mica-watch-giveaway/#comment-7491

my wonderful hubby!

i have a wonderful friend who has very recently gone through a divorce. her husband=not so great. i have another friend who went through a divorce a couple years ago. her husband=really not so great.
it's made me appreciate my husband even more. sure, we've had rough times, what marriage doesn't? but we have always been able to come through them stronger and more in love then ever. my husband is a very patient man who lets my fits of anger and craziness just roll right over him. he knows how to calm me down, how to soothe my insecurities, how to stand out of my way and let me work though whatever.
he loves me, he loves our 4 children, he always has our best interests at the heart of his every decision. i am truly grateful that God sent me such a wonderful man.

baby weight update

so good news! remember i said i managed to maintain during the holidays, and then i lost 2 lbs... well, the zumba i did at my mom's knocked me down another 2 lbs!!! yeah!!! i love getting results.

ZUMBA, baby!

ok, so i have a new love. i think you can tell from the title that my new love is...
ZUMBA!
my mom, who turned 71 last november (sorry for posting that, mom!), recently started taking a zumba class and she also bought some dvds. i'm visiting her for a few days so i decided to bust out her dvds and give them a go. well, i must admit that i dance like a white girl, probably because i am one. i have no idea what i'm doing, but what i lack in rhythm i make up for in enthusiasm (i think). if nothing else i had a blast and burned some calories. i think i might have to scour the internet for a set of discounted zumba dvds.

dreaded complaints

i as much as i hate to write a "complaint" post, i feel as though a teeny bit of venting is in order. this week was my 30th birthday. not the best day. my husband had to work (i get it, that's not the biggest deal), i didn't feel good, and i had sick kids. to top it off, people i expected to remember, didn't. i understand that in the big scheme of things a rotten birthday is not the end of the world. but for me, on that particular day and under those particular circumstances, it felt like it. i mean, turning 30 is kind of a big deal.
now that the whining is out of the way...
i have to admit i am not as upset about the number 30 as i thought i would be. i'm looking at things with a much more positive attitude than i thought i would. i think of it like this, i was finished having kids before 30. i'm big into fitness. after my 2nd was born i got into the best shape of my life, i'm talking 6 pk and everything. it was fabulous. then kids 3 and 4 came pretty close together so i never made it quite back to where i was 3 years ago. now, i have the rest of my life to get in shape and stay that way! i've also lately been thinking about how awesome being a grown up is. according to my 5 year old, i get to do whatever i want. and to a certain extent, he's right! if i feel like staying up until midnight, i can. (not that i ever do, because i love sleep). if i feel like eating scones for dinner, we do. (i know, eating scones for dinner may be part of the reason i haven't returned to my former in shape self. but in my defense, my youngest is only 4 months old, so don't be toooooo tough on me :)
another awesome thing about being a grown up, i never have to be a teenager again! high school was not a fun time for me. i went through an awkward phase from about 9-22. i'm sooooo much happier with where my life is now. (remember, i am married to a FIREMAN!!!) so all in all, 30 is looking to be a pretty good year for me, even if it was ushered in with a less then satisfactory birthday.