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Archive | August, 2009

3 days of a high fever has turned into the Roseola Rash (again) [Updated Sun. 6:30pm]

[UPDATED BELOW] Ugh. For those of you who follow along here, you know this month has been a rough one. Our one-year-old had a reaction to her Prevnar shot at the beginning of the month – putting her in the hospital with febrile seizures. At …continue reading…

Aug 29, 2009 :: {9}

Lil Boo & Co. Etsy Shop Boo Boo Cubes™ & Color Caboodle™ Review & Giveaway

UPDATED (winner posted): Congratulations Larry, you’ll be receiving BOTH the Boo Boo Cube™ & Color Caboodle™ Crayon Roll in your choice of patterns (from those available in the Etsy Shop) from Lil Boo & Co. Larry’s favorite item was: …besides the Boo Boo Cube & …continue reading…

Aug 28, 2009 :: {56}

Outer Banks Photography – Our Photos by Beach Productions in OBX

The Mom Jen gives me even MORE of an excuse to post MORE photos of my iTwins each Thursday. She hosts “A Thousand Words Thursday” over at her blog – I love it! This week: my photo of the iTwins, plus a thousand (or so) …continue reading…

Aug 27, 2009 :: {1}

Back in business with a NEW Toshiba Satellite A505-S6960 laptop

My husband came to the rescue with this one! I felt like a giddy kid waiting for Christmas to come. He walked in the door tonight with a brand new laptop to replace my HP Pavillion which fried/crashed/pooped out on me Monday night mid-post. We …continue reading…

Aug 26, 2009 :: {10}

HP Pavillion computer with fried motherboard

[posted via my iPhone] As I was in the middle of writing a blog post last night (about my Rosacea) my computer screen went blank, the computer blinked off and would not re-start. My computer is broken and gone after many attempts and methods by …continue reading…

Aug 25, 2009 :: {3}

Podium Revolution for your iPhone & iPod Touch – WINNER!

Congratulations to Ruth! Her tweet was the winning entry for the Podium Revolution. Here is why Ruth needs the Podium: “I would love to give this to my husband! We have a truly ugly base we use right now in our bedroom. Unfortunately, he would …continue reading…

Aug 21, 2009 :: {1}

Smelly Washer Review and discount – Removes that moldy towel smell!

So I JUST posted about how I have the world’s most sensitive nose and one of the things that DRIVES ME NUTS is the odor that my towels ALWAYS have that I can’t seem to get rid of. I’ve tried just about EVERYTHING to get …continue reading…

Aug 19, 2009 :: {3}

My insane sense of smell drives me (and my husband) insane!

When someone says “stop and smell the roses”…I have no choice…I can smell them a mile away! My sense of smell is ridiculous. It has always been super-powered…even before my past 2 pregnancies. My hyper sense of smell has always annoyed my husband to NO …continue reading…

Aug 18, 2009 :: {15}

Pinkie’s First Corolle baby doll

We stayed home this weekend because yup, the kids are sick again. Boogies, coughs and all. Fabulous. So, with it being 95° + outside, we were stuck in the house while Daddy did random manly things like remove wasp nests etc. I did get to …continue reading…

Aug 17, 2009 :: {6}

Sun & Earth “On The Spot” Instant Stain Remover Pen Review

As part of the Sun & Earth “Sunny Seven” I’m excited to share with you my experience with their “On The Spot” Instant Stain Remover Pen. As with all of their products, Sun & Earth uses the latest technology to create cleaning agents from plant, …continue reading…

Aug 16, 2009 :: {2}

Proud to be part of Sun & Earth’s “Sunny Seven”- safe, natural & non-toxic

UPDATED 8/18 (original post below): We have a winner! Thank you to all who entered — more Sun & Earth GIVEAWAYS coming up soon. I’m very excited that Sarah is going to get to try out these all natural Sun & Earth products so she …continue reading…

Aug 15, 2009 :: {21}

ShopRite Partners In Caring – “Blog It Forward To Fight Hunger”

You know that pain you get when you are “just starving”…can you imagine that feeling never going away? Did you know that 31 million Americans will miss at least one meal today and more than a third are children, and an ever-increasing number are senior …continue reading…

Aug 13, 2009 :: {25}

Podium Revolution for your iPhone 3G / 3GS & iPod Touch Review & Giveaway

As a Mom, I’m not a “tech-y” type of person at all…that’s my hubby’s department. But I seriously don’t know HOW I SURVIVED before my iPhone which he gave me this year as a Valentine’s Day present. Now, I don’t know HOW I SURVIVED before …continue reading…

Aug 13, 2009 :: {72}

Zombie Mom-bie & Piccolini Pasta

I feel like I just returned from another planet! With Pinkie being so sick for the past week, it’s been impossible to to even think straight. I don’t even know what I’m thinking about in order to write this post. Zobified. That’s me. I’m eating …continue reading…

Aug 12, 2009 :: {9}

my Bummas Review and how they prevent diaper rash

If you’ve been keeping up with what’s been going on around here the past few days, you know that Pinkie is on antibiotics for (what we think is) a reaction to a bug bite. As if she hasn’t suffered enough with THAT…now we have …continue reading…

Aug 11, 2009 :: {0}

Cellulitis getting better…mosquito bite allergy?

Happy to report that Pinkie is feeling much better today (day 4) from all of this! She has been fever-free for 24 hours and her leg is showing signs of starting to heal and is no longer spreading past the line that was drawn Saturday …continue reading…

Aug 11, 2009 :: {15}

High fevers, Febrile seizures, severe infection, and a night of hospitals

What should have been a post about our Polish Family Reunion on Saturday has turned into an update on Pinkie. Baby girl had her round of 1 year old shots friday morning. One of them was Prevnar which she also had when she was 6 …continue reading…

Aug 09, 2009 :: {21}

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