Posts Tagged ‘christmas’
TGIF
Ever have one of those weeks? I started off the week getting sick. It hurt to breath but otherwise I felt fine (besides being a little worn out). Well, that is over. Now, I’m fully sick. Sore throat and a runny nose. Joy. At least I don’t feel as if a bunch of construction equipment has parked on my chest.
We also had some gutter covering company come out last night. Holy cow is that stuff expensive. Our quote was over $1800! I told Bill for $1800 he could keep climbing up on the ladder. 
We don’t have trees with leaves. However, we do have pine trees, so our issue is pine needles. There aren’t a whole lot of products on the market that keep those out of your gutters and do it well.
I’m also trying to get a ton of reviews up on Lisa Reviews before Christmas. I would much rather climb under a blanket (and I still just might). Lots of great giveaways coming over there too! (Hint: DS games for girls!).
I also have a ton of presents I need to get wrapped still for my kids, we still have to decorate the house, and we don’t have our tree up either! I’m seeing a super busy weekend in my future!
What are your weekend plans? Have you managed not to get sick yet?
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Our Toy Drive Donation! #CBias #DisneyCFK #ChampionsforKids
If you are a regular reader, you will know that I am currently working on a campaign with Disney and Champions For Kids. I wrote a post about how we give back to our local community. We donate gift cards to St. Columbanus Parish through our church, we take part in a teddy bear drive for domestic violence shelters, and donate what is needed for the homeless. Madison’s school has also started a toy drive. However, the toy drive we participate the most in is through Bill’s work. This is 9th Annual Toy Drive there. Last year, they were able to collected $879.00 in cash along with toys that people brought in. In all, they were able to purchase and donate over 600 pieces of toys, clothing, and coats! They also were able to purchased 16 small family sized dinner preparation sacks, where they put spaghetti, sauce, corn, juice, and several other non-perishable foods to a handful of families who were in need of food. Bill’s company has less than 50 people who work for it, so this is awesome. The part that I love the most is that it was 2 men who came up with this. We’ve donated every single year, and it’s such a great cause. I can’t imagine a Christmas without enough food or presents under the table which is why it is important for family to donate.
With the help of Disney and Champions for Kids, my family and I were able to create a stocking for a child. Here is what our shopping trip looked like:
As you can see, Madison and I had a good time. As I stated in my pictures above, our original goal was to put together a “girl” stocking. However, we couldn’t find enough smaller things that would fit in a stocking in the price range I wanted. However, they had plenty of “boy” toy things that would perfectly fit in a stocking. Also, we have seen Cars 2 and loved it, so Madison and I had a good time picking things out. What I didn’t expect was that when we put the stocking together, it was going to be like playing Tetris. I definitely had to have a plan to get everything in! My son was super excited at our purchases, so I know that the child who gets this will love the stocking! It was hard to not put the entire store in my cart.
I love that I get to teach my kids about being kind and helping others. Thank you Champions for Kids and Disney for this opportunity!
This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias.
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