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I Know I’m Fat But . . . .Part II

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Thank you all for your support.  You have no idea how much it has meant to me.  I wasn’t sure if I was being too sensitive to everything or what.  I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one who thinks my doctor is a dope.  That being said, I did weigh myself this morning to make sure I didn’t put on another 3 lbs.  Instead, I lost 1.  Woohoo!  LOL

Bill and I did buy a treadmill.  We are trying to walk 15 minutes on it every day or every other day.  I just keep saying baby steps to getting more healthy!  :)

In other news, Will is going through the stage of taking all his clothes and his diaper.  ALL THE TIME.  It’s driving me insane.  If I could actually find the duct tape in the house, I may use it on him.

Let’s see on the Madison front — not much to report.  She uses the treadmill more than Bill and I.  LOL  Though she does have a better social life than me this week — a birthday party tonight and another on Saturday.

That’s been our week in a nutshell.  Pretty boring.

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1-800-Baskets

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

About a month ago, I was invited to go to 1-800-Baskets. Now, I had heard of 1-800-Flowers before, but never 1-800-Baskets. I was in for an eye opening experience.

Now, when you look at a gift basket or tower, do you ever think about how much work goes into it? I’ll be honest, I never did. It was just something I looked at on their website and ordered. What I never knew was how much time and effort goes into making just one of these baskets. I have to say I was impressed. All of the employees that we met with had such enthusiasm for their jobs. The CEO actually went with us all day. We got to taste test the chocolate and the cheese that they use in their baskets.

This is their design center.  It was huge and impressive:

One of the coolest things we got to do (besides all the learning) was to make our own gift baskets:

I can honestly say that I will be ordering from 1-800-Baskets in the future (I’ve actually got an ordered placed for a Christmas present!). After seeing the quality and workmanship that happens at 1-800-Baskets, I’ll be using them for years to come.

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Please Help Our Soldiers

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

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.

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Green, Green Grass

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Up until recently, we lived next door to an abandoned house.  The prior owners didn’t abandon it.  Actually, it was the builder and the bank.  It was terrible.  In the summer, the grass was taller than I am (now granted, I am short — but still, taller than me).  When we would take the kids for a walk around the block, we would actually have to carry them through  the jungle that was taking over the sidewalk in front of their house.  It was obvious that a landscaping company had not been called to take care of the mess.  How did that effect our lawn care?  Well, we ended up with a ton of weeds in our yard, since nobody took care of theirs.  Being next door, the seeds just worked their way over.  At times, it seemed like we had more dandelions than we had grass.  All I can say is thank goodness for company like TruGreen.  They step in and take care of problem like we had.  My neighbor across the street uses them and only has good things to say!  Nothing is worse than when you take care of your lawn, and you start have problems because of your crappy neighbors.  (That being said, we actually have a new neighbor now, and they are really nice.  They also take care of the grass).

How do you keep your grass nice?  Do you use a service or do you take care of it yourself?

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A Little Pest Here, A Little Pest There

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

With that title, you may think I’m talking about the kids. This time, I’m not.  I’m not even talking about the Halloween kids that will be knocking at my door shortly!  :)   Instead,  I’m talking about real pest control.  I’ll be honest — this isn’t something I even thought about until I owned a home.  When we lived in a Aurora, we had a huge pest problem.  We didn’t need termite control or anything like that.  Instead, we kept getting those worm looking bugs.  They covered our basement, and they were just gross.  Here, we just have a box elder issue.  Since they don’t really hurt anything, we just suck it up at this point.  Since we have a snake in the yard (garner snake that is), we don’t need a mice exterminator.  He does it just fine.

Now, my sister in law has a huge bee problem at her house.  She called a company like Terminix (it could have been them for all I know) to come out and spray.  The bees at her house would dive bomb you if you were outside.  Come to find out, the prior owners to their house made wine in their garage, and they think that the bees keep coming back for that.

What kind of pests do you find in your house?  How do you get rid of them?

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