Fun Valentines or other gift idea

My Mix of Six: Husband Gift Idea
I was told about a fun gift idea from a friends blog....
This allows you to give your Husband/boyfriend a gift that you yourself can benefit from too. a full year of dates. Takes the guess work out of the situation for the guys, and you both get a great night out.
You dont have to spend tons of money on these, just have fun together.

you basically put a date idea into an envelope for each month of the year. The above blog, has gift cards and other things in her envelopes... My friend Summer has created really adorable cards, with love poems and quotes with her "date" idea.

some ideas I have started to put together are: dinner theater tickets, symphony tickets, dinner and a movie, picnics in the mountains, overnight camping trips, free concert series in town, game nights at home...etc... I cant wait to get the finishing touches all put together and give this to Don.

MaNiC MoMMy™: GoT BLooD? iT'S THaT TiMe aGaiN!!

I follow a few blogs from around the country. I found this one a little over two years ago and every year she has done a virtual blood drive... I've linked her site here so that you can go check out the details of how it works, and how to get yourself entered into the drawing for PRIZES :)

MaNiC MoMMy™: GoT BLooD? iT'S THaT TiMe aGaiN!!

Happy New year everyone. 

Our evening was a little unusual.  I drove out and attended my nephews family birthday party, had some cake and ice cream, and visited with family.  Came home and watched a few movies with Don, talked to my son on the phone (who is visiting his dad for the holidays this year) before turning in for the night just after midnight. 

I woke up at 5:30 this morning and haven’t been able to go back to sleep.

So from us to you…. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

 

 

Today's craziness

Well, I'm sitting here trying to get J to get out of bed, yes he should be at school, but I would've pulled him out in 30 minutes anyway.
Then I have to get the walks cleared from snow,




Then head out to Walmart... YUCK, the crowds that will be there. Then take J to the airport and send him off to his dads.
I have to pick up a part for my car, so it can stop making annoying noises. Then
get back so that the boys can take a nap :) my favorite time of the day. wrap gifts while they nap. when they wake up, finish the project we are doing for their parents. somwhere in all of this....I have to grocery shop today, I'm almost out of food in this house.
I'm sure there is TONS more that needs to be done, and then tonight....Heading to see Avatar with my sweetie. YIPPIE (unless he gets called into work tonight)

whew, its going to be crazy, but oh so fun. the roads are icy, and people forget how to drive on these kinds of days.

Early Christmas 2009

J is heading to his dads for the holidays this year, so Don and I gave him his gifts early....
He's wanted this cool engine for awhile now.

Braces come off

Make a Smilebox postcard

Thank you Dr Phil

I sat down to watch Dr Phil, just like I do most days. I wasnt aware of his show topic at this point. I had my ice'd drink in hand and fliped the channel in time to hear him alert parents to have the children leave the room.. hmmm, heavy topic coming up I thought. But the two little guys I babysit were sound asleep in the other room, so I knew I was safe....so then he goes into the topic of the show and the longer I sat through the show, the more appauled I became. Not at Dr Phil, but at teens and the next tren that was sweeping the nation. My son is only 13, but I had NO idea some of this stuff was going on for kids his age. http://drphil.com/shows/show/1323/

I wasnt going to write about it at all, or my thoughts really until I jumped online today to go through my daily blog reading...I came across Michelle's blog My Semblance of Sanity: Sanity's BLOGTOBER TIP PARADE: 10/08 Respect!#links#links#links#links and knew she was right... we as parents owe these kids to get the word out to other parents and to EDUCATE our kids about RESPECT for others, and RESPECT for themselves.

I also knew that although my son and I have talked about Sex, it needs to be addressed way more than I thought for a 13 year old. He now has a girfriend, whom he only sees at school. So my thinking was always, hey its okay... they arent alone during the day. man, was I wrong. I had no idea things had gotten this bad out there.


Sorry Michelle, no Tips really.. just more talking and more education for parents of tweens and teens and also to the kids themselves.