Birthday Cronicles, review and Giveaway

Sometimes I have a very hard time trying to figure out what to get my husband for his brithday. So when I was asked to review a Personalized Birthday Cronicle Personalized gifts for anyone anytime, I was very excited. Their website gives you SO MANY great personalized options for anytime. Their personalized brithday chronicle is so fun. They take your brithday and make a newspaper heading about special events that happened that day, and year. Here is the one they did for my husband

Isn't it so fun!!!
The heading says TRENT TURNS 30!!
It talked about how Ronald Reagan send flowers to the family for the birth of their son and which celebrities shared his birthday. It also talks about who wont eh academy awards that year too. It was such a cute idea!!
To check out their products go to www.becauseitriedit.com
and you can see the fun thigns that they have in store. You can also check them out on twitter and Facebook SO......Who wants to win their own peronalized birthday cronicle?? I am going to have 2 winners for this one, enter the rafflecopter below. A big thanks to becauseitriedit.com for this great giveaway!!

Pearl Necklace Winner

We have a winner to announce today!! The winner of the Irregular Sized Pearl Necklace from Overstock.com is......

Charlene Kuser

Congratulations!!
You have 48hours to respond or sadly another winner will be chosen.
Thank you all so much for the entries and for reading. Another giveaway will be up either today or tomorrow!!

Birthday Fun with Edenfantasys.com

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X-Box Kinect FAIL!!!!

My husband is paralyzed and wheelchair bound but a very active guy. My brother-in-law got an xbox kinect for Christmas. My husband and I were over there and we wanted to try it out. I played one game and thought that it was really fun. So my husband goes up and the game DOES NOT RECOGNISE HIM! As first we thought that he was just too short so we callibrated the game, no big deal. But the same thing happened, it doesn't recognise him. So we had our little niece, who is shorter than him, stand in front and the game recognized her and callibrated itself accordingly. Then she moved out of the way and my husband rolled up and the same thing happened. Guess we won't buy that system EVER!!! Glad we figured that one out BEFORE we purchased the whole system and it didn't work. BIG FAIL XBOX KINECT!!!!

Thankful Thursday (I know its Friday)

I am thankful for a few things this week....
1. My health, it may not be what I want it to be right now but I am alive, breathing, and can get healthier
2. Random acts of kindness, I lost me job a month ago, Sunday morning someone left a bag of food on my doorstep, I don't know who it was, but I am so thankful.

Cholesterol......

So I always thought that high cholesterol was for old people to worry about. I am going to be 31 next week and never thought that my health was in jeopardy at all. I had my usual yearly physical and female exam on Tuesday, (yeah I know you are all extremely jealous) and my cholesterol levels are double what they should be!!! Yes I said double!! I was pretty shocked. My Doctor immediately put me on lipitor and said I should loose about 15-20lbs in the next couple months if I can. He also said to get a low cholesterol diet. So I spent last night looking up low cholesterol food. Again I don't think I am unhealthy at all but I don't want to end up having a heart attack or heart problems before I turn 40. Now I am even more motivated to get in shape and have a healthier lifestyle. I will post my low cholesterol meals on here to show how things are going.
Todays breakfast: 2 egg whites, whole wheat toast and margarine (not butter)

Overstock.com review amd giveaway

Who loves Overstock.com as much as I do? They have everything you could ever imagine!! My favorite watch was purchased on overstock and I love it!!

They have everything you ever want on there; from watches, to shoes, to handbags, to furniture, to kitchen appliances, and everything in between, it can all be found in one place.
The best thing about Overstock.com is that no matter what you buy shipping is $2.95 for everything.
Our lovely friends at Overstock.com sent me a lovely 18inch irregular shaped pearl necklace. This necklace is beautiful and came in a lovely light blue drawsting pouch.

This necklace looks great with a simple outfit or a nice dress-up outfit and the best part is that Overstock.com sent me 2 necklaces so I am giving one away on here. Follow the rafflecopter below to enter. Good luck!!

CAUTION.....

When I was a teenager I had this on my mirror in the bathroom
"CAUTION: Objects in mirror are more beautiful than they appear"
I think I need to put it up again!!

Progresso Souper YOU contest

Are you ready for a new look this New Year? Progresso® is excited to announce the return of their Souper You® Contest giving you the change to win an incredible makeover! By telling Progresso why you deserve a makeover and what you love about their soup, you could have the chance to win an ultimate makeover experience in Hollywood this Spring!

Now that the ball has dropped and the confetti has settled, it´s time to consider how you will stick to your resolution for the New Year and maintain your weight management plan, without sacrificing on variety or the taste of foods you love. Thanks to Progresso®, you can have your soup and eat it too!

With 40 delicious soups with 100 calories or less per serving, Progresso Soup has a variety of offerings that help you beat diet boredom and satisfy your taste cravings, while helping you stick to your weight management calorie goals. Progresso soups are packed with hearty ingredients like pasta, beans, rice, meat and vegetables that suit your taste buds and make you feel good about including it in your meal choices.

o This year, the Souper You® Contest will provide three lucky winners with an ultimate makeover experience in Hollywood; this includes a trip for 2 to Los Angeles, California where the winner will receive a head-to-toe makeover including hair and makeup, guided shopping spree with a $1,000 fashion retailer gift card, $1,000 spending money and 2 tickets to this season´s live finale of NBC´s The Biggest Loser

o Progresso is asking fans to visit www.SouperYou.com and submit their photo with a brief essay about why they love Progresso soups and why they deserve a makeover, by no later than February 22nd

o Fans can check back on March 12th for the announcement of the top ten finalists, and to vote for their favorite finalist until March 25th

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Job Hunting

As some of you know I am job hunting and that is always a fun and emjoyable experience.(Not really but we can pretend right?) I am finding many jobs that are available but the pay is horrible. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Behavioral Science with an empahsis in Sociology. I spent YEARS going to school to get that dumb piece of paper and NOBODY CARES!!!! Which is the worse thing ever!! Some employers have started off saying that they have VERY competative wages and then offer me $10 an hour. REALLY??? $10 an hour for someone with a Bachelors Degree is competative? Compared to what?? Its so frustrating because obviously I need to find a job but I can't afford to work for $10 an hour. Yes it is better than nothing but I make more on umemployment than I would taking a $10 an hour job so its hard to justify it. I actually had a second interview with a company yesterday and I am REALLY HOPING that they cal me back today. That's another thing, I wish that companies would call you back, even if the answer is no, we will not hire you. Then I don't have to worry about it anymore. Okay ranting is over, thanks for listening!!

Thankful Thursday (Gratitude Page)

One of my new resolutions for 2012 is to keep a gratitude page, which I will call Thankful Thursday. So from now on every Thursday will be my gratitude post. So this week I am greatful for a few things.......
1. My husband, he is AMAZING!!!! He works so hard and I love so much for that
2. My washing machine, yes I love it, because I know how much it sucks to go to the laundrymat and to not have clean clothes, I might not like laundry day but I love my washing machine and my clean clothes

Happy New Year

Another year over, thank goodness!!!! I am very happy that 2011 is gone and done with! Now with a new year comes new experiences and challenges and resolutions. I know that EVERYONE sets a goal to loose weight and then usually everyone doesn't follow thru with it. Last year at this time I was ending a weight loss challenge. Sunnie and I challenged each other to loose 30 lbs by our 30th birthdays. Mine birthday is this month and last year at this time I was ending a weight loss challenge where I lost 26 lbs in 5 months. I felt wonderful and not to mention I looked prettier good too!!! unfortunately, just like everything else it didn't stay off very long. I have decided that I am going to get healthier. I am not going to set a ridiculous goal that I won't follow or that I will give up in a week or two. I want to get healthier and with that comes a few challenges. But challenges that I am ready for. I will definately follow thru because I want this I want to be motivated to be healthier.
1. I will work out 3 times a week for 20 minutes, This is a goal that I will follow because its not everyday.
2. I will cook dinner at my house atleast 5 days a week, Now this one might sound kindof funny but because my husband and I work so much its so easy to grab food on the way home this will help us not do that
3. I am starting a gratitude page, I will keep a gratitude page of things I am greatful for, this will keep me motivated and I will share these gratitudes with each of you.
4. I will share my fun cooking recipes with each of you, so you can see what I am making at home
5. I will also share my workouts with you, whatever they may be, I do not have a gym pass, nor do I want one, but will let you know how I worked out during the week
6. I will also chart my progress every week and let you know where I stand
HERE'S TO A HEALTHY AND HAPPY 2012!!!!!