SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• Andy took himself to the ER for the second time in about 2 months last night.....yea
• I'd rather it be busy at work today then slow just so the day goes by fast...but that's not going to happen.
• I'm undecided on which outfit Chloe will wear to which Thanksgiving dinner....she has 2 options, and I can't make my mind up.
• Instead of trying to be good and lose a lb or 2 before the holiday, I've been being bad....really really bad....
• I know I've said it before....quite a few times, but I'm loving Emeals!!!
• I strategically picked my outfits for this week so that I could wear leggings and comfy cami with a flowy cardigan for Thanksgiving.
• I'm considering maybe taking Chloe to see Santa this weekend so she can wear her Christmas dress from last year, one last time. Since we'll be in FL for Christmas, she won't be wearing a long sleeve, floor length dress.... :-(
• I just painted my nails 2 days ago, but considering painting them again today so they are fresh for the festivities tomorrow...they are already chipped....

I think that's about all I'm going to say SO WHAT to this week! I hope everyone has an amazing Holiday! We shall see you next week :-) Head on over to Shannon's page and tell us what YOU are saying SO WHAT! to this week.

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• We did NOTHING this Memorial Day.
• Hubs helped his Mom and Sister do some yard work.
• We got our Mulch and yard work done.
• Chloe still has been having problems pooing on the potty...up until last night, she magically decided she wanted to. We shall see if that continues.
• I got paid on Friday and I was broke on Friday....love that. Stupid sickies keeping me home 2 days the week before.
• We literally tried EVERYTHING to bribe Chloe to poo on the potty....even went as far as not letting her watch MMCH Monday night....
• The only blog post I wrote/posted last week was my SWW post....I know I've been bad lately, and I will get better. It's just hard for me to sit and write when it's nice outside.
• I finally passed the level I was stuck on in Candy Crush, so I've been obsessed with it lately.
• Since we lost a majority of our food when our Fridge broke last week, the weekly grocery trip basically was just to replenish that, and I didn't get much of anything to cook with this week....oh well. I'll manage until this week's grocery trip and try to keep it on the cheap side.
• It makes me sad that I can't help Chloe when she wakes from a night terror/growing pains in the middle of the night....but most of the time, all she wants is her Daddy. 

Head on over to Life after I "Dew" and tell us what you are saying SO WHAT! to this week!

Fab Friday

Linking up with Laura over at Between the Lines Blog for Fab Friday! This is where we talk about everything that is Fab in our lives!

• First and foremost, I want to call out Voxor! I absolutely love this app even better then HeyTell! First, it's awesome because HeyTell just plain sucked....it always froze on me, and you could only talk for a certain amount of time before you had to send another message to finish your throught. And....on top of those amazing things, it's pretty much like talking on a phone because you can literally listen to the person talking WHILE they are talking and they can listen to you right back. You don't have to wait until they are done talking, and the message is sent. How great is that?!
• Second Fab thing is actually a really amazing person. She is not a blogger, but I'm pretty sure she reads every once in awhile. So, her name is Jane, and she's an amazing person inside and out! I love her with all my heart, as she is one of my very best girlfriends! We worked together up until a few weeks ago when she was let go....sad sad day! Work isn't the same without her, but we still talk and keep in touch and hang out when we can. Just last night she came over for some girl talk and wine, and she also cut Chloe's hair! How amazing is that?! Not only is she a GREAT friend, but she cuts mine and Chloe's hair and she also colors mine when I need it too!! Best friend who is also a hairdresser?? Can't go wrong with that!

• And one last Fab thing is the Holidays! I seriously cannot get over this time of year right now! It's the best thing that I've ever seen, seeing my little girl look at the Christmas tree and see the presents under it. And in the morning when we try to find Peach the Elf in her new spot. She just loves it and her eyes just light up! I cannot wait until Christmas morning! She's going to love it!

Cyber Monday Deals for Scentsy

Alright Guys and Gals! Last day for some great Scentsy Deals!!! This one, you seriously will NOT want to miss!!!
Scentsy is a great gift idea and all who have it love it! If you are one of a million people that don't know what it is, here is a little run down.
Scentsy is a wickless, flameless warmer that works by a light bulb heating a scented wax! It's really that simple! There are over 80 different scents and we add more every month!
The Warmer of the month right for November is Holiday Lights, but unfortunately we are back ordered till after the new year. But it's still worth it to get it for your holiday decor for next year!

Isn't that so super cute?! What's even better is that the lights light up when it's on!!!

And perfect for the holidays, the Scent of the month is Peppermint Dreams! It seriously smells amazing! And is the perfect mixture of peppermint and a little bit of mocha! I love it!

So then if you are looking for something a bit less Christmas, but still great for the Holiday Season....I have something perfect for you. It's going to be available December 1st! And I can't wait! I just know it's going to sell fast! And if you are local, I have one in my own personal stock that I'd be happy to sell!

And of course you can't have this without the December Scent of the month which is Huckleberry Sage! And let me tell you, might be one of my favorite scents so far!!

As I said the December Warmer and Scent of the month will be available starting December first! But I have a great deal going for that, so if you are interested in hearing that deal, just leave your email in a comment and I'll happily send you the details!

Other deals that we have going on right now are the BOGO Buddies! You get 2 FULL SIZE Buddies and 2 Scent Paks (one of your choice) for $25!!

And the other BOGO deal is the Fragrance Foams. 

Now, these are going FAST, so if you are interested, please visit my site to see what scents are available before you order.

If you are interested in anything that's available now, same thing, just leave your email and I'll send you my Cyber Monday deals for that! Deals only until 8pm EST TONIGHT! November 26!! Do not miss out!!!

If you are interested in visiting my website to see what else is available, here you go! Just click here!

Red Dresses

Shabby Apple is probably one of the best places to get your holiday attire from! I know I'll be scouring there site for my Holiday wear!! So, what better to buy a few new things then to get them at a discount?!

Save 10% on ALL Red Dresses using code "RED" at checkout!

Just Click Here!!

Hurry though, cuz this offer ends 11/10/12!!!

It's that Warm Fuzzy Feeling

Now, this post should have been posted on Thursday....being the 1st of November, and that's what this is about, but Chloe wasn't being very cooperative with us starting Wednesday night. She got freaked out by the masks and costumes that she saw and has been scared to go to bed since then. So we haven't had much free time at night. But, Saturday, (yes, I wrote this on Saturday) girlfriend didn't nap at all, so come 8pm, she actually passed out on me while we were watching Barney. So that was pretty great! I put her in bed and we had the whole night free to do whatever we needed to do!

So, anyways, back to the actual post.....

Amazing how your mood changes so much in just one day!
October 31st, you are all about Halloween-Fall time, Scary, Boo! And then you wake up on November 1st with this warm fuzzy feeling of cozy, fire place, starbucks fancy coffee drinks, Christmas shopping, warm fuzzy sweaters, and the list could go on and on forever!
No? Just me? What are your thoughts? Care to share? What is your favorite thing about the holiday season? Do you like the fact that radio stations start playing Christmas music the DAY AFTER Halloween? Do you like the fact that even BEFORE Halloween, Target had their Christmas stuff out in the aisle RIGHT next to the Halloween costumes? LOL! Now, that to me is kind of funny....but seriously, November 1st! Bring it ON!
Do you get that warm fuzzy feeling the moment you step out of bed on November 1st? I totally did! And I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Scentsy

It's been a few weeks since I've talked about my love for Scentsy! I've been super slow this month, and I feel like it's time to ramp it up a little bit!
First of all, all the holiday warmers are to die for! I cannot wait for my November Warmer and Scent of the month to come!! It's so so so cute!

If you are interested in this warmer, let me know! It will be available starting November 1st!! Along with the Scent of the Month for November which is Peppermint Dream! How amazing does that sound?

I know sometimes it helps to see the pictures of the stuff before purchasing, so here you go!

If you are at all interested in these, just leave me a comment with your email address and I will send you the info!

Also, for October, we have Tom the Turkey warmer, and Mandarin Moon (AH-Mazing!)

I really think that Mandarin Moon might be my favorite scent to date! I love it!

Let me know if you're interested in any of these!

Holiday Scentsy

As I mentioned last week, the Holiday Warmers are now available! I will be closing my Launch party on the 22nd!! If you are interested in getting your order in before then, please, let me know!!
I'm just starting out in my Scentsy business, and I'm in my second month now! I'm a little over $200 away from reaching my first $1,000 in sales, and if I can reach that before October 19th, I would be one happy girl!! It's not something through the company, it's just a personal goal to get my commission bumped up, but any help in this would be appreciated!
Thanks again for your support!
Just a little reminder here of what's available for the Holiday season

Full Size Warmers:

Holiday Scent Bars:

Plug In Warmers:

Silhouette Collection:

And then, last but not least....meet Pookie! Here's the Holiday Scent Buddy!!

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! I'm here if you need anything, and if you are interested in ordering, I do have my Launch party open until the 22nd!! I will be closing that party out that night, so if there is anything you're interested in ordering, do it now!! Click here

Thanks, Ladies!

Everybody Do The Cool Whip!

As a kid we always used "COOL WHIP whipped topping" with all our desserts. Specially when it came to pumpkin or apple pie during the holidays! That was my favorite! And I honestly don’t remember a holiday without. And to this day, I still use it on my pies. I also loved to eat the COOL WHIP with fresh fruit! Made it that much better. 

Now, as an adult, I enjoy eating my fruit with the COOL WHIP Lite. Makes me feel a little bit better that it's not all the calories, but it's still just as sweet and tasty! And I love letting my daughter eat it on her fruit. She loves the stuff! She dips her strawberries in it and then says “Mmmm, Yummy!!”

Last year was the first year I made my husband a cake with the COOL WHIP frosting. He LOVED it! And it’s so easy to make too.

I'm not a fan of the tub of frosting that you can buy already made to just slap on a cake. I enjoy making my own using COOL WHIP! It's so quick and easy, and so tasty!! And it comes out so rich and creamy. It’s the best I’ve ever tasted, by far!

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All you do is combine these items:

·  1 cup milk

·  1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant pudding mix {any flavor}

· 1/4 cup powdered sugar

· 8 ounces COOL WHIP

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· Mix pudding mix, sugar and milk.

· Beat with wire whisk for 2 minutes.

· Add COOL WHIP and mix well!

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And, there you have it! Probably the worlds BEST homemade frosting you will ever taste! To Die For!

It’s funny to think about how things kind of follow a certain path. When I was a kid, we used COOL WHIP for our desserts or fruits, and now that I’m a Mommy, I use it in my family and serve it with those special treats! Make the homemade frosting with it because I think that it gives it that little special touch of {this is my creation}. I feel like it’s so much better and using a little bit of food coloring you can make it any color you want, and I think that’s the best part about using it in the homemade frosting! You can create any theme you want for the cake of your choice. Birthdays, holidays or whatever it may be! I know that come this August, I’ll be making my daughters 2^nd birthday cake and I know for sure I’ll be making the frosting and using our tried and true COOL WHIP frosting recipe! Can’t ever go wrong with that!

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Reflection on 2011

I need to give a big thanks to Shannon over at Life After I "Dew"...because without her I wouldn't have remembered to blog about this. I totally had a light bulb go off, and then didn't write it down, and then forgot. And while I was emailing with Shannon, she told me that she was so slow at work and she was catching up on some blogs, and I asked her what she was writing about, cuz I had a bloggers block, and she reminded me of what I wanted to write about. So, Shannon, Thank You! LOL!! 
So, anyways, back to what the post is really about. Reflection on 2011....
This year has been pretty amazing. And, some parts not so amazing...but we live and we learn (and we get luvs) Sorry....every time I say that quote, I always think of the diaper commercial. LOL! 
Anyways, We have been so blessed to have Chloe in our lives. I know that she wasn't born in 2011, but she has done most of her growing and learning and exploring in 2011....She's been a pretty busy girl. From day care to getting the sickies here and there to going on vacations. It's just been a whirlwind for us. We had her baptism and her 1st birthday. We've been happy/sad/angry and all different emotions all at once with my family. Andy turned 31, I turned 25....But all in all it's been an amazing year. And I can't wait for 2012. 
Let see....as far as vacations go, we drove to New York when Chloe was 10 months old....and then the very next weekend we got her baptized. Only a short month and a half later she turned 1. At the end of September we went up north to Harbor Springs. We've been up north to see my parents in Unionville a few times.
I've become a pretty decent cook, and have started my journey down this thing called losing the baby weight. We've started the house hunting process in hopes of finding that perfect home for our family. And I've "met" some pretty amazing ladies here in the Blogging world!! And speaking of the blogging world, I just want to take a moment to reach out to my cousin...who I haven't seen in probably like 10-12 years. Shannon Dew, yes! I'm talking to you....we NEED to make it a point in 2012 to meet up!!!! Like FOR REAL this time. I know that we tried to plan it twice last year, and for 1 reason or another it didn't happen. But For all reasons that we don't even need to discuss....we WILL meet up. THIS WILL HAPPEN! Before the kids go off to college. LOL!
Chloe started crawling, talking, walking...she had her first Easter and First 4th of July. She had her 2nd Thanksgiving. Which was kind of like her first because 2010 she wasn't old enough to even try any of the good food. She also had her 2nd Christmas, but again, almost kind of her first due to age...and this year was SO MUCH better then last year!
So, I'm really looking forward to a whole bunch of different things for 2012. I can't wait to watch Chloe grow and learn more. Learn different words, and learn how to do different things. Hopefully we can find ourselves a good home to move into, and then my company will be moving buildings in August. So it's just going to be a great year for us. And I can't wait to get to know all of my blog friends more, and hopefully get some new followers and share with you all my crazy life as we all learn and grow together.
So, I'm sure as you all have probably guessed, I'm going to be 1 of the 100 million people with the lose weight and eat right New Years Resolution. Only, I won't be that person that goes to the gym for 1 month and then falls off the bandwagon...nope. That won't be me. I promise you that I won't even step foot in the gym! HA! Not even going to waste my time. If I feel the need to move around, well...I have a toddler. AND I have a treadmill. So that should do me. My goal is to meet my goal by my birthday...which, if you didn't already know, is 2 short months away, ladies. Yes! I am giving myself till March 5th to lose the REST of this damn weight! And yes! I will do it. I am not giving myself any other choice. It's DO OR DIE this time.
So, thanks for reading in the short time I've been blogging in 2011, and I hope that I can keep you all intrigued enough to continue reading for a very long time!! Happy New Year my lovely ladies! I hope that your year was just as amazing as ours has been, and I wish you all an amazing 2012!!

Recap Monday

Happy Monday all!! Just thought I would recap everyone on what we've been up to around here. I haven't posted many pics as of late, so I wanted to let everyone see how cute my little girl is!
First up is some pictures from our Christmas with the In Laws. They go to Florida every year for the holidays, so Chloe got to open some gifts from them last weekend. She had a ball!!

I think shoulder rides are her most favorite thing to do now!!

But smiling, apparently is NOT. LOL!

A little blurry, but that's Chloe with her Auntie Erin

And then Grandma popped in! LOL!

Ok, so then we got Chloe's snow suit in the mail. OMG, this was like the most cutest thing EVER!! I wanted to try it on her before I put it away. Ya know, just to make sure that it fit her good and all...and she seriously like loved it. Being that it's a snow suit, it's a bit bulky, so she looked like she was waddling. Oh Good Lord, Husband and I were laughing so hard that Chloe started laughing because we were laughing. I couldn't stop. It was THAT funny.

Like, Seriously, the cutest little thing ever!! I SO wish I would have captured her little walk around the house in these on video. You would have DIED!

And then yesterday Chloe was playing with some wrapping paper tubes. Ya know, the cardboard tubes that wrapping paper is wrapped around. She loves them. And we were making funny noises into them, and they were like megaphones. She loved it! See....

See!! How freakin adorable is that?! She seriously loved it! Couldn't get enough. She's too funny!! God Love her!!

And just for good measure, here is a video of her opening her Elmo

Have a good Monday, Ya'll!!

Christmas, Past and Present

Chloe last Christmas. 2010. She was 3.5 Months old

Chloe Christmas 2011 15.5 Months old

And of course the Seed Family! How adorable!?

So, there you have it! Do you see how adorable Chloe was last year?! She had no idea what was going on, and she didn't care that Santa was holding her. That was NOT the case this year though. Once we walked away from her, she just screamed! LOL! Oh well...everyone has those screaming baby pics of Santa. It's tradition!

Christmas Time....Well, Almost

I know, I know...it's only the 7th of November, but I have seriously gotten into the spirit of the Holiday, ALREADY! I just can't wait for the Santa meeting for Chloe. I mean, yea...I know she's going to freak out and we will get that infamous picture of her screaming, red face, arms reaching out for Mamma or Daddy to save her from this strange man dressed in red with a big, bushy white beard...but isn't that the whole point?! Last year she was a whole 3 1/2 months old when we got her picture taken with Santa. And she had a slight cold too...so she had the cutest little red nose....see!! How stinkin' cute is that?!

But she didn't cry! She didn't even know what was going on. She willingly sat on Santa's lap, we got the picture and we were on our Merry way. The nice thing was we didn't  have to pay for the picture. Husbands work had a nice set up in their lobby. Santa, trees, lights and all! They had a photographer taking the pictures, but I actually took a better one with my own camera. And personally, I think my picture turned out better. But we didn't have to pay for the picture, so it was just fine by me! So, this year, I'm really hoping that Husbands work does it again. It was so nice!! And so much easier then having to deal with the hustle and bustle of the holiday crowds at the Mall. Which Husband does NOT like. I can't really say the same for myself. I'm into that....but sometimes it gets to be a little much. Specially with a Toddler. Oh well....Tis' the Season, right?
And another thing...shopping. I'm always stumped when it comes to what to get for the family. Husband is probably the hardest to shop for. What do you get somebody that doesn't ever give you ideas, and also had pretty much everything??? IDK! Do you?? So, this year, when I was asked what it was that I wanted, I simply said a laptop. I have wanted one for a long time. We have a desktop computer, but it's a different room then the family room, and I just don't like sitting in another room when we have the time to ourselves after Chloe goes down. That's our time to spend together. And I would rather be on a computer at least sitting next to him. So for now, I just use his work laptop. But that just gets annoying sometimes. When I have to put pictures on blog posts, I have to download them from facebook onto his desktop and then upload them to the post. UGH! Would be so much easier just to have my own laptop that I could have all our pictures on and be able to just have everything I need right there. SO.MUCH.BETTER. I told him that if he would get the laptop for me, that I would actually help pay for it. How nice of me, eh? So, I guess I have 7 weeks until I find out if this actually happens. I'll be sure to keep you updated.
Until then, hope everyone has a great week, and hope that we are all getting into the Holiday Spirit as much as I am!
Happy Holidays!