Say ahhhh

This cold has really kicked my ass. I went to the doctor today and left with the following (in no particular order):

Cough medicine with codeine to help me sleep (took it an hour ago and I'm coughing my head off and feel WIDE awake)
Antibiotics for my sinus infection AND bronchitis
Appointment for my mammogram (40 t minus 1 month and 8 days)
Phone number to schedule skin cancer screening
Directions for fasting before blood work
and the number to the OB-GYN department for a pap smear.

Here I thought I was just sick. I've now got enough medical maintenance to keep myself busy for the next 3 weeks!

Let's call 2009 the year of the co-pay shall we?

For the Love of God, do it!

MSNBC is doing a poll to find out if "In God We Trust" should be on American currency. Go and place your vote here.


This kind of shit pisses me off.  What do they want it to say?  "In Universe we Trust",  "In Government we Trust", "In politics we trust", In "Barak Obama we trust". 

A good friend of mine said this to me today, "Each day ask this question, did I live today in fear or in faith?"  I think it's a great question to end each day with.  I choose faith and In God I Trust!

Just when you think it's not going to happen...BAM!

photo courtesy of google images

I've been fighting off this cold for 3 days now.  I asked my Facebook friends (not on Facebook?  srsly, go sign up, it is a really fun way to keep in touch without having to totally BE in touch.  Plus, you are sure to track down some long lost friend or boyfriend or neighbor from childhood.)  Anywhoo, I asked my Facebook friends to give me some home remedies to escape the cold that was looming there in the back of my throat. 

I'm here to report that none of it worked.  Here's what I have tried so far:

• Emergen-C
• garlic
• Echinacea
• whiskey 
• hot tea with honey
• straight honey
• chicken noodle soup
• Cold Eze throat lozenges
• rest
• cookie dough (that was my own remedy)
• Airborne
• Chocolate

I have to admit I did not try these:
Oscillococinum, haven't gotten to the store.
Grated ginger, um that just sounds gross.

Any suggestions?

The worst Christmas Gift?

15 years into marriage and I have resorted to buying my own gifts. Life is just too short to feel disappointed. Last year I bought myself a TV/dvd player for under the cabinet in the kitchen. I love it, well, I love the idea of it. I'm sure I'd cook more if that TV were actually installed. Yup, it's still in the box, in the basement. I should have included installation in my gift.

This year my gift is a Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder, 60 Minutes (Pink)...I love it already! I took it with us on our date night and it works great! Oh, it's not wrapped and under the tree, if I have to shop for my own gifts I get to decide when to open them!

Enjoy this little clip and let me know in the comments what the worst gift you ever got was!

The worst gift I ever got was from my then boyfriend (now husband) for my birthday. It was a tee shirt (in his size) from the Wilderness EMT school he had just gone to. He was definitely in the dog house after that one.  Guess I had my own fair warning?

How good do you have to be?

I came across this and thought it brings up a good point. It is sure to punch a few buttons, but it's thought provoking for sure.



Lots of people will come back with, oh great, you can be a murderer and a rapist and still get into heaven or what about all the "good" people? I say, what about knowing Jesus, being a child of God and allowing him to know you?

Greed in America

It's a sad day, this Black Friday in America. This marks the 5th year I have gone out in the wee hours to get all my Christmas shopping done in one day. There are always those who put a damper on the day like the foul mouthed teenaged boys at 3:30am or the folks who try to cut in a long line at Target at 6am. Overall, however, the stories of the last 4 years are of the fun people in line, the great deals and the thrill of being done with Christmas shopping before the calendar flips to December.  It has been a fun tradition to get up at a ridiculously early hour, pick up my friend Jessica and head off to a very strategically planned day with a pit stop at McDonald's for a breakfast sandwich and home for naps by 11:30. 

Sadly, today when I got home from my shopping, I heard of the Walmart employee who was trampled to death in New York by a group of eager bargain hunters. Does a deeply discounted DVD player really make people lose their minds?  Do you mean to tell me that this crowd didn't feel the body of the man they were walking on?  I'm sick at the thought. 

Black Friday takes on a whole new meaning.  My prayers go out to the friends and family.

I'm up for a new tradition, perhaps a spa day?

I'm not cheating on you I promise! I have been a bad blogger (oh shut it, I never said I was a GOOD blogger) I have not been here in a while. Life is life, but what fun it has been!


Right now I am sitting next to Headless mom (yup, right on her comfy couch)! We have known one another since 5th grade and we she is now 39+1. That's a lot of years peeps! As I type she is over there on her super cool new laptop (I'm on the edge about to jump to Apple's side!). We are reading blogs side by side. Yesterday we laughed over notes we wrote in 7th and 8th grade. (apparently I had foul language, poor grades and boys on my mind) I also had some moments of clarity, insight and good advice. Crazy how we turned out so normal. So fun. So happy.


How many friends do you have where you could just announce you are tired and are going to go take a nap? Pour yourself a glass of milk? Help yourself to the Halloween candy? (um Headless, it's time to get rid of the Halloween candy)


It feels like High School again after a sleepover...I'm tired, but I'm relaxed and just as at home here as at my own home.


Thanks Headless for the hospitality and it was great to get to spend time with your folks, your kiddos, and your one handed master chef hubby. Let's make this a yearly tradition!?

Be Inspired

I forgot to post my Word of Mouth Monday post this week, but that's OK, there's always next week.

Watch this video and be inspired. It's a good one!



**Video updated...3 parts, it is GREAT to watch with your kids!!!

Let's Get Literal

I don't know why I find this kind of thing so humorous. But I do, so watch and relax.

Death by Suburb--our next bible study

Our next bible study book--> this is the one. I hope to get some good blog fodder from it. Wanna read along? We will be starting this book over the Christmas holiday. It's a great book to put on you wish list! Or just get it below, you can't beat the used book price!!  Comment if you plan on reading along OR let me know if you have already read it!

PLay this game at your next Girl's Night party!

I need YOUR opinion!

 

#1

 

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#4

Ok, internet peeps, like I told you yesterday, I need your vote for which picture to use for our Christmas card this year.  We want a good one since most of our long distance friends haven't seen a picture of us in YEARS.  Read yesterdays post to get the low down on our plan to get back on the Christmas Card list of friends from years past.  If you want to get some good snail mail this holiday season you might want to check out Nasie Notes as well! 

Do you want the cutest Christmas cards EVER?!

I will be honest and admit that I am usually a day late and dollar short with the whole cute family picture sent out in time for the holidays.  So bad in fact that we have officially been taken off MOST people's lists.  That's right peeps, if you don't send the cards you end up not GETTING any cards!  This year I am going to be on it, and not because a friend of mine has this DARLING business AND she's giving discounts.  The real truth is I want my kids to be excited to get the mail and I want there to be something in there besides bills and political ads well, bills.  Ok, I want my kids to think I have friends around the world.  I want them to crawl in my lap and for me to tell them all sorts of really fun stories about the people in the pictures.  Not, "Oh, that's some guy daddy works with and those must be his kids."  So, this year I am sending cards (if you are my friend would you email me your address?  I've long lost it since the last time I sent Christmas cards was when I was skinny and young and tan and at an exotic destination  not as super busy as I am now.)

Nashie Notes are absoulutely adorable and I love the story behind how Larissa came up with the idea for this business.  I can tell you I am not surprised, she was ALWAYS so darn crafty back in college, really, people, enough to make you almost sick.  I'm so happy to see it has carried her into a full fledged business!

Aren't the models in that picture up there just yummy?  Oh the sand, the water, the white and khaki.  Actually, they are Larissa (owner of Nashie Notes) her husband, Jim (the inspiration of this business) and her eat em up adorable children.  Would it be possible to just cut and paste my family's faces on this pic?

If Larissa will let me, I will post the secret code to get 25% off your orders during the month of November.  (OK, shhhhh it's NOV08)  but act surprised and don't tell her I gave you the code.  Just think of it as my early Christmas present to you and yours!  Now what are you waiting for, armed with that badboy discount go NOW and check out Nashie Notes and be the envy of all your unmotivated, unorganized, out of the loop friends!



P.S. don't forget to send me your address if you want a cute card from me! Check back tomorrow, I need YOUR help deciding which picture I'm going to use!!

My vote is for the best man for the job, my son

image courtesy of Google

It's Election Day 2008, today is the most historical election of our times. No matter who wins today history will be made. Today also marks the first time my son is running for office. His speech is written and has been practiced over and over. His nice shirt is clean and ready to go. He talks in his speech about being able to stand up for what he believes, about having respect for himself, his peers and a vision for the school at large. He doesn't make any promises since we all know politicians never keep their promises. He is funny, creative and real. He is my son, running for 4th grade student government representative. He has my vote and I approve this message.

I love you buddy boy and am so proud of you. I hope your generation gives us more hope and that the right man wins the election both at your school and in the Presidential Election.

You can counT ON my vote! Go get em!

Word of Mouth Monday- Real Sex for Real Women

Today's WOMM is brought to you by a crazed wife who has been home with the injured, narc'd up firefighter for an ENTIRE WEEK! Please pray that his doctor's appointment goes well and he goes BACK TO WORK!

Don't you just love the title? Well, I can tell you from five years experience as a sex educator of REAL Women, this book couldn't hit the shelves fast enough! I've seen a real shift in the views of women in just the past five years. I come into contact with so many women who are ready to take charge of their sex lives, their sexual health and their pleasure.

Dr. Laura Berman wrote this book and will be appearing on Oprah on Monday, November 3rd to talk about it.  You won't be sorry you watched, Dr. Berman is an amazing woman with incredible knowledge and research behind each of her best selling books.  Tell all of your girl friends to watch and while you are at it you ought to plan your own fun girls' night out!  Contact me, I have team members all over the country and can hook you up with a distributor in your area.  If you want to educate and empower women about their sexual health, let me know, I'm happy to tell you all about it.

Repeat to Remember

I have a bunch of home schooler moms who read my blog. This is fascinating whether you home school or not. Check out the video below, but also go check out John Medina and his Brain Rules, pretty cool stuff if you are a geek like me!  Also really pertinent if you do any sort of public speaking or teaching.

Word of Mouth Monday- brought to you by Narcs and Valium

Mr. Man continues to heal and now that the nerve block has worn off we are thanking God for Narcs and Valium and Red Box.

Today's Word of Mouth Monday is just something to make you laugh, doesn't cost any money. I can't take credit for the find, my friend, JC, found this and told me about it...THAT's the way word of mouth works!

So, go forth and make your tampon Holiday decorations. There is something there for Halloween, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years, you name it and a simple tampon can be transformed. I'm thinking these are great "You're in Menopause" party favors or activities!

He'll be dancing in no time!

Hello from post-surgery central! Man I tell you the wonders of medicine are amazing! Mr. Man's surgery was quick, only an hour and the recovery room time was totally cut in half due to the surgeon using a nerve block and not so much anesthesia. I was expecting time to read my book and live blog from the waiting room, but got a phone call before I had even left the house to come and get him!

He was alert and that whole arm was totally dead from the block and stayed that way for about 15 hours. I about came out of my skin though when I woke up to him asleep with that dead arm flopped backward in a weird position.

When we got home I fed him, set him up with the remotes a bowl of candy, the phone...everything he might need for maximum comfort.

I must give a shout out to his Man Friends. As much as I joke about the henny hens of the fire department they have been so great. The phone has rung off the hook from all the different stations and different shifts calling to check on him, razz him and even check on me.(I have to laugh, everyone thinks they are all sexy and hot and strong and brave, they are really a bunch of softies.) One of the Man Friends even came here at 5am to take him for surgery since I had to get the kids to school. Man Nurse stopped by right when we got home from surgery and even made him another bagel since I was busy hanging out with Man Nurse's wife.

We are blessed to have such great friends and now if someone will just check on me from time to time since I'm not at all used to having him home every night!

Who? Meme?

Ok, I am beyond full of myself in this moment. I'm a geek, but this button stuff could become an addiction! Thanks to Kelli @ GohnCrazy fo this little piece of loveliness!


(did you notice I even got the link in there to go straight to Kelli's blog!?)

Now I get to pass it on, but seriously right now I am getting ready for the "MAN SURGERY" (post coming right up with all the details) so I am up to my Naughty Nurse outfit in things to do. *I'm KIDDING mom, I don't have a naughty nurse outfit and if I did I would NOT be telling you on my blog. We'd have that conversation in person, but I digress.*

I'll be back in a few days to hand this gem out. Maybe in the next few days ya'll could comment and let me know you're there? I have so many lurkers right now, I'd love to get to know you!
pretty please with loser who doesn't know who to give the button out to on top?

Going under the knife

It sounds so masculine and brave, don't cha think? Well, we are in the count down to Friday early 0600. So early as a matter of fact, that Mr. Man has a Man Friend taking him to his surgery. Mr. Man is picturing a weekend of pampering and babying and warm cookies and movies and fluffed pillows and narcotics. Oh yes, just like little sugar plums dancing in his delusional head. Here's the drill. He's outta here off to surgery with a groggy kiss from me morning breath included. Then Man Friend will drop him off and I will be at home feeding the children a nutritious meal of instant oatmeal and Lucky Charms. Then off to the surgery center (I don't think it is even a hospital) (That's what you get when you are on workman's comp) Say those small words in a whisper, it is a dirty word phrase.  So, I've got an injured firefighter on my hands and it ought to be a laugh a minute.  If you want the up to the minute scoop go ahead and follow me on *twitter* .
                                   Torn bicep tendon:

Did you know that Dancing with the Stars caught a bicep tear on film?  I have a feeling Mr. Man will be dancing around the room once his is repaired!

Excuse me, I think I Memed myself

Ok, anyone who has tagged me in the past knows I suck at these things. Either I start it and never finish it, like I did with Headless Mom's meme or I'm just a loser and can't think of 6 people to tag. Steph @ Serenity Now!Serenity Now! just doesn't give up, she tagged me again! This one was easy enough with my camera sitting right next to me and my purse on the table. So, you get to see my junk and also a little shameless self promotion BUT it was in my purse!*

1. Find a safe quiet place free of significant others, nosey meme makers, priests, nuns, all things religious and men in general. (I don't know why I have to stay away from all things religious, God know what I have in my purse!)
   
2. Dump the contents of your handbag in a pile. (I have not seen a picture yet of anyone who dumped theirs in a pile)
   
3. Take a photo of your handbag and the contents.
4. Be brave and explain to your fellow bloggers what lurks inside the handbag.
5. Tag others who might want to embarrass themselves.
6. Answer the questions below.

Describe the contents of your handbag. Be patient, they are right below these questions.
What’s the most important thing in your handbag? I think my money or my lip stuff, I'm torn. As you can see I have a thing for lip balm, gloss, chap stick... There's even some stuff in the pink jar called Bosom Buddy which really IS the best stuff you could ever put on your lips (and your nips, I guess).

What’s the most embarrassing thing in your handbag? I'm not embarrassed by it, but you all might be. That catalog, yes that's me on the cover, is full of romance enhancing products. For you slow ones that would be lotions, massage stuff, lubricant, vibrators and the like. I have owned my Slumber Parties business for the last 5 years and have never once looked back.

What’s the smallest thing in your handbag? My migraine pills. Have had them since I was 15 years old, just had one last night.

Is there anything illegal in your handbag? Not unless you live in some jacked up state that has something against sexual health and empowered women or fake Kate Spade purses!

Contents:

1. My purse that I get comments on all the time- Faux Kate Spade, I'm sorry Kate.

2. Migraine meds.

3. Slumber Parties catalog and Slumber Parties by Kelly business cards.

4. Miss thing's necklace and ring. (She can't wear those to play soccer)

5. Origins biz card, remember this Word of Mouth Monday? My skin is delicious now!

6. Some minty finger tooth brush thing that I got out of a pinata in Breckenridge.

7. Peanut M&M's tied with a fingernail file and biz card to this totally sassy nail salon in Boulder. I feel guilty eating them because my son has peanut allergies, so I need to take them somewhere and get rid of them (read--hog them down then wash my hands and face)

8. 7 pens. You know. In case I need to write something down.

9. 3 chapsticks

10. C.O. Bigelow Mentha Lip Tint (go now and get this stuff at Bath & Body Works. Right now they have this limited edition Cancer edition in pink. It seriously makes your breath minty and your lips glossy at the same time. I have one in every possible spot, the car, my coat pockets, my purse, kitchen drawer. Run. Seriously, I'll wait)

11. My T-Mobile Wing...I still love it and haven't even really scratched the surface of what it can do.

12. Blank check from my life long friend for product I gave her about 2 months ago. I need to fill that sucker out and put it in the bank!

13. Wallet with cards and crap in it...even some cash which I NEVER have. I know KK I owe you for the bible study book, I should just write that check out to you!

14. Beijo business card holder.

There you have it. My purse, minus the receipts, they were the most embarrassing part, they just looked like trash so I threw them all away.

Now I have to pick people, this is the part that sucks.

1. Carol @ Siswick Construction Zone - She makes me laugh so hard sometimes that I just love reading her blog, you'll love it too!

2. Georgie @ Decisionally Challenged - she's always so much fun AND she gave me my first blog bling.

3. Kelli @ Gohn Crazy- she's got a wicked cute blog, cool name and SHE just gave me my second bling. Like how I repay the kindness?

*Don't ask me what happened with the formatting of the font on this page, I'm too tired to figure it out!

Bad Day? Count to 4!!

I don't care who you are, if this vid (and counting to 4) doesn't make your day a smidge better...then get to a therapist!

Word of Mouth Monday --Tribes & #GNO

This word of Mouth Monday is brought to you by Seth Godin's latest and greatest book, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us ".


It just came in the mail and it's all I can do to not run to my room, fake a fever and read all night. Two things would happen, one, I'd be done with the book in a couple hours and two, I'd have to miss my meeting tonight. So, you're in luck when I tell you I am going to post this Word of Mouth a little early and get to my meeting and read up the rest of this delicious book tomorrow while everyone is at school!

The book is about leadership, joining, belonging and following as well. All this social media is charming, but how do you put it all together? Where do you fit in and where have your found your kind of peeps?

My Word of Mouth Monday today is about this fantastic phenomenon Twitter, but more specifically Girls Night Out that happens every Tuesday night. (I'm by NO means any sort of expert on Twitter, although I did take this great Twitter webinar last week.) I'm going to link here to a few different places for you to find out more about Girls' Night Out or #gno which is what you put into each Tweet on Tuesday nights to follow along with the other amazing women who show up to connect, network and just chat with the girls. Here are the Top 10 Reasons to join in on Tuesday's Twitter GNO. Really, I'll be totally honest and tell you that it is a bit overwhelming at first, but if you hang in there with a sense of humor, you'll get the hang of it too!


Hosted by:
Carissa @ GoodNCrazy and Jyl @ MommyGossip

Then after I was on GNO for a bit I also went to check out Twittermoms.com, holy cow, a whole new world over there! You can find me at Twittermoms by clicking on the link below. So fun for this techie geek!

If you have your own Word of Mouth topic, go ahead and link to it in the comments section! I'm not going to bother Mr. Linky this week, he's getting upset with me.


View my page on twitter moms

Insider's Guide to Target Shopping

As an avid shopper at Target and reader of blogs, I see a common trend...many of us seem to love the feeling of $50+ dollars being sucked from our pockets every time we step foot into this store!  I don't know about you, but I seriously can NOT step foot into that store for a roll of toilet paper, a simple gift bag or one tube of toothpaste without rolling out of there with a basket full half-full of at LEAST $50 worth of stuff I never knew I couldn't live without!

Here are a few tips I've come across in my blog reading to make it either less painful or to make that $50 minimum stretch a little bit further.

First, we all know that the end caps house all the clearance and reduced priced items.  Some of the end caps are in the center aisle and the others are back along the outside wall.  What I did NOT know is that Target has a clearance schedule!  (If you don't have Blissfully Domestic in your blogroll or your reader, it is a MUST, these people have the shitizzle on all things hip, hot and hoppin'.)  (I just copy them)

Target also takes all sorts of coupons as well as various printables from their own website.  I had not idea about this, but why would I?  I'm a total goober where coupons are concerned, but this Target printable coupon idea made me salivate a little which is my body's way of telling me to pay attention.

My word of mouth Monday two weeks ago featured a little gem found at Target, check it out!  What can't YOUR family live without at Target??

9 year old politician needs your help!

I've got a 9 year old who wants to make a speech on Nov. 4th to his class and he wants to win a spot on the Student Government.  (Don't ask me WHY as they just seem like unpaid labor to me)  My advice to him is to do something different, something that will stand out, something that isn't all "I'll get candy machines and soft serve ice cream in the cafeteria."  or "I'll make every Friday be late to school day."  I don't want him to be the kid who brings all the candy to school and buys votes that way.  Oh, wait, that's how the adults do it too.

So, peeps / tweeps, I need your ideas for the most unique 4th grade elect me speech or prop EVAH!

You can post in the comments OR Twitter it with #9yearoldrep  I'll post what we come up with!

Word of Mouth Monday- - Books

Anyone else hate shoe shopping with children? "Where is your toe? Wiggle it? Is that it there? Does it feel like you have enough room? Well, is there TOO much room? Can you run? Let's see. Does that hurt?" All of these questions are met with indignant responses, "Yes, that's my toe! There is a little room. I can run! Watch me!" Zoom, Zoom, apologies in my head to the shoppers who have to dodge my speed demon in the new shoes. Get the damn shoes home and walking to school "They hurt my heel." "Tough you are wearing them." Tears, more tears, "But they hurt and I can't run." Losing it, "I SAW YOU RUN! You ran all over the store!"

grrrr

So, Word of Mouth Monday is brought to you by another round of shoe shopping! It has nothing to do with shoes, but it DOES have to do with my FAV.OR.ITE subject....BOOKS, oh glorious books!! If I could I would work in a bookstore where the main task is to read the books. Huh? I'd have to actually work? Forget it, I'll just use this next service that is literally making my mouth water! I loved school simply because I got to get new books every semester!

You've all heard of Netflix right?  Well, BookSwim takes that same principle and apply it to books.  You choose your plan, 3, 5, 7 or 9 books at a time.  Keep them for as long as you like, send them back with FREE shipping and then get the next set from your "pool" list.  It gets even better!  Let's say you are a geek like me and you love business books and you end up highlighting the book, turning down pages, taking notes in the margin, well,  simply let BookSwim know and you can buy the book!  I love the try it before you buy it approach.

Is it just me or are you drooling right now?  Us geeks need to stick together.  It saves on gas, the shipping is free and really, could anything be better than a package on your porch with a new book just waiting for you?  The one thing I was worried about was that they might not have all the books I wanted, so I checked out my favorite authors, Seth Godin, Jeffrey Gittomer, Jack Canfield and it looked like they had most of their stuff. ( I warned you I'm a geek, but didn't warn you that sales and marketing and SUCCESS are my biggest interests.)

Mom and dad (who don't read my blog) and Aunt Sheri and Angie, doesn't this sound like something you could sink your teeth into?  How about the rest of you?

What book are YOU reading right now?  I'm reading How Starbucks Saved My Life.

I love this guy, he dances just like me!

Word of Mouth Monday- - Magic Balm

Today's Word of Mouth is going to be short and to the point. I have a party I am planning with 200 invites going out today. Can you say frazzled??

This Wonderbalm is truly the needle in the haystack but can be found at Target if you get your eyes open.  Why would you want it or need it?  Remember back to the Ped Egg (still a fav) but as we get into the winter months, and it is DRY here in Colorado, my cuticles and hands get really dry.  My heels actually get a break from flip flops, but they still drink up this stuff.  It smells heavenly with the sage.  I usually put it on my cuticles and heels right before bed and I like it because it doesn't feel all greasy.

 You can find it at Target (mine is a Super Target) and it is on an aisle near all the cosmetics.  The cap on the aisle says "Boots"  in cursive.  I swear I never noticed this before someone sent me to get this stuff.

Does anyone think "Wonderbalm" is going to get me some freaky traffic?

I've gotten some emails about how to use Mr. Linky. I'm not only going to tell you HOW to use it, buy WHY you'd want to!

Step #1: Blog about a product or service on your blog.
Step #2: Publish your post.
Step #3: View your post and put your mouse over the title of the post, right click (sorry, not sure on a Mac, maybe Headless can comment and tell us for the Mac users)
then click "copy shortcut."
Step #4: Come back over here and then paste your shortcut into the Mr. Linky Widget. Be sure to also put your name or the name of your blog.
Easy!!

The reasons why you'd want to:
#1 It's fun!
#2 It gets you traffic!
#3 You get to participate and find some really great products, websites, services, etc.
#4 It helps you in the search engines to have links to your site all over the place!

If you want Mr. Linky for YOUR carnival, simply follow the link at the bottom of the box, sign up (it's free) and follow the directions.  If you run into trouble let me know I am happy to help!

Don't just sit there, get goin'! BTW, if it is no longer Monday, you can still post Mr. Linky won't refress until the following Monday!

Check out A Soft Place to Land, she is having a Halloween Party today!

Word of Mouth Monday- Piggy Roo

Today's Word of Mouth Monday is for anyone who has children or knows children.  Piggy Roo isn't your typical toy store.  Their toys are unique, high quality and  the prices can NOT be beat!  Their quality and the customer service is top notch.  I have been shopping with Piggy Roo for the last 4 years and everything I have ever bought has not only been tops in quality, but so much more original than a toy from Target. 

My most recent purchase was a set of these darling Dirty Dogs for a friend's 2 1/2 year old daughter.  The 4 dogs come with dirty spots and a wash cloth for scrubbing them "clean" in the water.  My 6 year old wanted me to open the package and let her play with them first.  Our friend's daughter was in the water with the dogs within minutes of opening it!  I noticed when I went to the site to steal snag these pictures that these are on SALE!!  (you can thank me later)

Dirty Dogs by Alex Toys

This next picture doesn't do these toys justice.  The boat has a hidden cabin and a spring board for diving.  Each toy comes with a person and the fact that this toy can be played with on land or in water makes it that much more appealing!  It was a total hit with our friend's daughter as well.  Check out the Safari Set, the Firetruck and the Pony Set it is no wonder they are some of the most popular toys on Piggy Roo.  They are sturdy, high quality and sure to hold up to any adventure your little ones put them through.

Danny's Diving Adventure by WOW

OK, your turn!  Go to your blog and post about a product or service, then come back here and put the URL for your post into Mr Linky.  If you don't have a blog (and even if you do) go ahead and leave a comment in the comments section below.