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Friday Fives – New Blog Hop!

Lisa — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:40:54 +0000

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My friend Elizabeth has a great new meme she’s starting. It’s called called Friday Fives, and it is super easy to do. You just list 5 of your favorite things –

Last five TV shows watched
Last five pins on Pinterest
Five favorite blogs or websites
Five favorite types of candy
Five favorite restaurants

It’s pretty easy and open ended, so here’s my list:

My 5 Favorite Movies

300
Inception
Reservoir Dogs
Red
Monty Python and The Holy Grail

Link up your post so I can come to your blog and read your list. This is a fun way for us to get to know each other better! Not a blogger? You can make a list on your Tumblr page, you could create a new board on Pinterest, post your list on your Facebook wall, or even post your list right here in the comments!

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Please Help Our Soldiers

Lisa — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:16:19 +0000

My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings - A day in the life of a busy mom . . .

My son’s teacher heads up this great cause and I wanted to make you all aware of it. This is the letter she sends home at the beginning of her classes:

My name is Jacky and I am an early education instructor with the Oak Lawn Park District. I started mailing boxes when one of my student’s only parent was sent to Iraq. Now, boxes go out weekly to each soldier on my list who shares the boxes with their units. I know first hand from the soldiers who return stateside that these boxes mean so much more than their contents; they mean people care. The families back home also appreciate the moral booster their loved ons are receiving each time a box arrives. These boxes may be small, but they are mighty with support and positive thinking to bring our soldiers safely home. All my soldiers have relatives, friends who live in Oak Lawn, or are residents of Oak Lawn. It is a local support of our community. Below are item lists of some of the things that have been sent out since March 2003:

Shampoo

Baby Wipes

Soap

Toothpaste

Hard Candy

Juice boxes

Snack food

Lip Balm

Combs

Sunscreen

Gum

Tylenol

Food Bars

Toilet Paper

Foot Powder

Small botthle of hand “no water” soap sanitizier

Band Aides

Canisters of presweetened Kool-Aid, Tea, and Lemonade

Mouthwash

User Paperback books

Toothpaste samples or floss

Sunday Comics

Extra condiment packets (sugar, ketchup)

Toothbrushes

Children’s drawings

Extra item in a pack (example: 6th gum free in a 5 pack)

Encouraging letters

Hotel shoe shine kits

Hotel small shampoo

Hotel small soap

Hotel small lotion

Hotel sewing kits

Hotel small conditioner

Hotel small mouth wash

As you can see, you don’t have to spend a lot of money to help the soldiers out. We donate things every week and it doesn’t cost me a cent extra from what we already do. Also, she will take ANY leftover Halloween candy you have!!!

They will also take any donated stamps or funds for stamps. Items and postage can be dropped off at (or mailed to) Oak View Center, 4625 West 110th St., Oak Lawn IL 60453. I’d just put a little note on there that it’s for the soldiers.

Halloween Madness

Lisa — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:27:00 +0000

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How was your Halloween? Here is Chicago we had a beautiful day. The last two Halloweens it was so cold that we have to dress the kids in layers of berghaus clothing, and they were still cold after about an hour. Not that they wanted to quit trick or treating or anything, but I was worried about how cold it was. However, this year, we didn’t have that problem. I think it was almost 70 degrees out. I definitely had the kids and myself overdressed. I actually found myself sweating at times. Isn’t that crazy?

We went with my neighbors and their kids and ended up trick or treating for about two hours. About half way through, we went back to our houses and got a wagon. Will was getting super heavy a that point. Bill would have been here to help, but he got stuck in a huge traffic jam trying to come home (obviously, everyone had the same idea to leave early). After the third house, I quit walking Will to the door. His 27 pounds gets quite heavy when you have to walk up porch steps several time. However, Madison made sure he was taken care of. She asked at almost every house for candy for her little brother. Then she would run to Will and put it in his pumpkin. It was cute, but highly embarassing for me.

After two hours, Bill ended up getting home, and we went to his brothers house. We were suppose to trick or treat over there, but the kids were pretty much done (which was fine with me, because I was beat). We just ended up ordering pizza, and the kids just played together.

All in all it was a pretty good day. How about you? How did you spend your Halloween?

Early Halloween Parties

Lisa — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:35:38 +0000

My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings - A day in the life of a busy mom . . .

Yes, we have already started celebrating Halloween. That happens when you have a little one in preschool. Since I have to dress Madison up anyway, I threw Will’s costume on too.

This would win any 2 and under cutest costume contest, right? I love this costume. It does come with a cute little hat. However, no matter how hard I try, he won’t keep it on. Madison came home already with an entire bag of candy from preschool. She’s already figured out how to sneak some of it already too! They trick or treated in her preschool building. Plus, all of us parent brought candy too! I do feel the need to smack the parents that brought pure sugar candy. Trust me, Madison does not need sugar to bounce off walls. You can only imagine how she is with sugar.

Madison would win for cutest costume 3 and up, don’t you think? I love this costume. It sucks that I caught the window glare in her glasses, but she looks super cute in her Cinderella costume. It is suppose to be in the high sixties tomorrow, so we shouldn’t have to wear our coats out trick or treating. We then are meeting at my sister-in-laws and going trick or treating by her house. We also have a Halloween party on Saturday. We have quite a busy couple of days just to celebrate Halloween!

Though I’d have to say that the best photo I took so far, I took at her preschool today:

She looks so excited and happy! What are you doing for Halloween?

Checking out

Lisa — Mon, 19 May 2008 03:23:26 +0000

My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings - A day in the life of a busy mom . . .

I saw the weirdest thing while I was checking out at Walgreens today (needed spaghetti sauce and didn’t realize I didn’t have any until I was making supper). There was a long line to checkout, so I was looking at the stuff that they had sitting there that they want to you to buy heading out. Normally, you see things like candy (which I ended up buying – lol). What surprised me was to see a pregnancy test among all the other stuff. Seriously, who is standing there checking out and goes “oh yeah, I need a pregnancy test”. It would be just as weird finding an ad or book about North Padre Island rentals. It is just not something you would think would be a high demand item checking out. Have you seen anything weird when checking out before?