If I had a little more energy, I’d go grab the card and snap a picture of it to share here on the blog.

Instead, it is buried on my kitchen counter among gobs and gobs of debris, papers and bills.

The little white card was from the fine folks at Nielsen informing me that the McFamily has been selected to participate in their television viewing ratings.

Oh sweet mercy, they have no idea they are about to unleash a monster.

A television viewing fool monster.

A few days ago, I received these in the mail.

These, my friend are the keys to the kingdom.

The TV Viewing Kingdom. And, I’VE got the power.

It is all a little more than I can handle. I carefully filled out the diaries earlier today taking note of the correct procedure for documenting my favorite shows. It could take me and my OCD half the night to get it all recorded correctly. Sadly, McDaddy will be absent most of the week which means that Extreme 4×4 and Bones won’t get their proverbial due because he’s not at home to watch his favorite shows. I’ll also be responsible for recording Stevie and Alex’s favorite shows which means I’ll have to document countless episodes of  Tom and Jerry, Monster Jam and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse for the next seven days.

So far I’ve recorded Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Wheel of Fortune, Grey’s Anatomy, and Private Practice. This is the first time I’ve watched Private Practice by the way. It’s a really good show! 

I suspect I’ll be a busy girl this week.

I’d like to thank the fine folks at Nielsen for choosing my family. I’m not sure how we were chosen, but I can assure you, I will take this job seriously. Especially seeing as how I’m being compensated for my time and effort.

Yessir, folks.

Five of the crispest dollars you’ll ever see.

Seriously, I think they’re brand spankin’ new.

Don’t tell the fine folks at Nielsen, but I would have done this gig for free.

But since they saw fit to pay me, I’ll take my five bucks and spend it wisely.

Have a great weekend, y’all!

I was just about to wow you with 13 things on my fridge, when I decided my purse was closer and well, because I’m too lazy to make my way from my big, blue, bloggy chair to the fridge which is a total of about eight steps.

What can I say? It’s been a long day and I’m lazy.

So, off we go.

Here’s a picture of my purse and the randomest 13 things you’ll ever find in a purse. The purse is a Tignanello and I bought it at a QVC auction about three weeks ago. It’s not quite as big as I would like but at the time, I couldn’t pass up the chance to buy a new handbag with a thick strap and lots of compartments.

1. My wallet – Is a soft red-leather fossil wallet. I bought it when I bought a matching purse, but apparently the folks at fossil don’t make a purse to last more than about three months, so I took it back when one of the straps began to rip. I kept the wallet.

2. GUM – My fellas love to chew gum and for some reason they always ask for it in church. As of this writing, there is Extra pink kind and Doublemint which they don’t like because they say it is hot.

3. Hand Sanitizer – I’ve never been a real big fan of hand sanitizer, however, I’m a hand sanitizer nazi thanks to a certain pig flu that is going around. I am doing my best to keep it away from my little fellas, so I keep some in my purse and in my van, too.

4. ABREVA – This little gem is like my American Express. At the very first hint of itching or burning on my lip, I apply this stuff in an attempt to chase the stupid fever blisters away. I HATE fever blisters. They are ugly and they are stupid. Somewhere along the way, someone decided I would be in that catergory that got fever blisters. I’d like to be in the other catergory. The catergory that doesn’t get fever blisters. Instead, I pay $24.99 for one ounce of this stuff and hope like heck I never have to use it. Can you say  highway robbery? I keep waiting for Wal-Mart to come up with a Great Value Fever Blister Creme or Equate Fever Blister sauve. I’m sure it would cost 50% less and come in a bright little package.

5. A Black Sharpie – Because you never know when you’ll need a black sharpie. I triple puffy heart the sharpie.

6. Fruit Roll-Up – My kids don’t like fruit roll-ups, so I was perplexed as how one found its way to the bottom of my purse. Upon investigation, Alex remembered getting it in Sunday School class. Hum… it’s amazing what you’ll find when you clean out your purse or look for thirteen really weird things in your purse. Whichever.

7. Pocket Calendar – I am a calendar junkie. You may recall that I posted a picture of our family calendar on today’s You Capture post. I also have a purse calendar that I sync up each week. Now that I have a beloved iPhone, I also use the Calendar on it. It will be hard for me to make the switch from purse calendar to iPhone but I think its coming. Its hard to keep three calendars going at the same time. Especially when you’re as busy as I am.

8. Money – I have exactly $37.84 cents in my purse. I went looking for a pair of black dress shoes at the mall today, but of course they didn’t have a 9 1/2 in the style I wanted. So, I saved my $37.84 for another day. (Hopefully tomorrow will be the day!)

9. Clinique Lipstick: Guava Stain – My favorite lipstick. I’ve been wearing this same shade for years. It’s expensive but I like it the best. I also put Clinique lip-liner on before the lipstick. I used to follow all that up with Cherry Blistex Lip Infusion but I dropped it in my van about a month ago and it hasn’t been seen since.

10. FLOSS – Oh, me and the floss have a weird relationship. I never want to floss just before bedtime because I’m too sleepy. So, I carry floss in my purse and I try to remember to do it frequently so that I won’t have to have a stupid floss lesson the next time I’m at the dentist.

11. White-Out Roller – My OCD requires me to carry this thing so that when I make a mistake in my calendar I can white-it-out.

Freak?

Yes, probably.

Still, I’m a freak with a really neat pocket calendar.

12. Checkbook – I don’t always carry a checkbook with me however, McDaddy doesn’t like it when I extract money from the little ATM machine and neglect to write it in because well? that can cause some problems next month. So, I’ve been doing my very best to remember to write all my stuff in so I can stay on McDaddy’s good side.

13. Medicine – I am the world’s worst at forgetting my blood pressure medicine until I have a splitting headache. So, I try to carry a few in my purse for those days that I’m spreading my fabulosity all over town and discover I’ve forgotten to take that 1mg of cardura. Apparently that 1mg is pretty important. I also carry alleve.

Now, wasn’t that fun?

And speaking of fun, wouldn’t 50 custom-made thank you cards be fun for the holidays? Please go here to enter the give-away. I’ll pick a winner on Sunday. Seriously, go there right now!

Have fun, y’all!

Real life?

Wow. What fun this was because? Well, because it’s fun to be me! I’m a blessed, crazy gal with three special fellas in her life. So, without further rambling, may I present to you, my real life…

This happens to be my dining room table.

And it happens to be covered with cars from the movie CARS. Meet Lightning McQueen and his expensive posse.

That little mess up there is equal to about one hundred dollars if you can believe that. Throw in those three Longaberger baskets you can see on my table and well, you’d have a lot more than one hundred dollars.

That, my friends is my real life.

And sometimes we throw caution to the wind and have these home-made goodies for breakfast…

I have two words for you. Scrumpt and Tious. Especially that one there at the bottom.

Okay, so home-made is a stretch unless you consider that I was home when I made them.

At any rate, they were yummy in real life!!!

And for a real look into our real life, take a look at this….

Our calendar stays pretty full! (Oh my sweet mercy, I love that MACRO setting!) The “X”s you see mean McDaddy will be out of town. Blah, blah and more blah!

That’s about as real as it gets around here.

We would rather be posing like this….

Than like this…

I love my real life!!!

There’s lots more real life over at I Should Be Folding Laundry. Head over there and check it out!

Remember Kirk Cameron? From Growing Pains?

Well, Mike Seaver is all grown up and now and he starred in the movie Fireproof as Caleb Holt. A married fireman in Albany, Georgia, Holt firmly keeps the cardinal rule of all firemen, “Never leave your partner behind.” But Caleb’s home life is an altogether different story; his seven-year marriage to his wife, Catherine is on the verge of implosion. Neither one understands the pressures the other faces. Throughout the movie, Caleb leans on his dad for advice and ultimately accepts a challenge from his dad before giving up on his marriage completely. The Challenge is The [40 day] Love Dare.

Through the guidance of The Love Dare, and as a result of his new commitment to Christ, Caleb begins to understand the importance of marriage and sacrifice. Each day for 40 days, Caleb is challenged to recommit and reconnect with his wife even though his efforts are rejected, rejected and rejected some more. Throughout the dare, Catherine’s heart is opened to his efforts and she begins to slowly reconnect with Caleb.

Ultimately, Catherine begins to understand that Caleb really wants to save their marriage and is truly committed to her and the movie ends with the two of them recommitting their lives to one another within the bounds of a Christian marriage.

Three weeks ago, our Sunday School Class began The Love Dare.

Currently, we are on Day 16 which says….

Begin praying today for your spouse’s heart. Pray for three specific areas where you desire for God to work in your spouse’s life and in your marriage.

Thankfully, McDaddy and I are not experiencing trouble in our marriage. Still, it has proven to be a valuable resource for me. Often, I am selfish and needy. I also can be ungrateful and selfish.

Selfish?

Yes, I said it twice.

I’m just keeping it real.

The Love Dare has caused me to think about my motives, my thoughts, my actions and the things I say. It also makes me think about how I say them.

Am I at 100%

Nope.

But, I’m in a better place than I was 16 days ago.

I appreciate our Sunday School teacher for leading us on this journey. It has been thought provoking and has helped me gain a better understanding of the way McDaddy thinks. It has also reminded me how blessed I am to have a Christian marriage with a loving, Godly husband.

There are some tough lessons along the way.

Day 7- For today’s dare, get two sheets of paper. On the first one, spend a few minutes writing out positive things about your spouse. Then do the same with negative things on the second sheet. Place both sheets in a secret place for another day. There is a different purpose and plan for each. At some point during the remainder of the day, pick a postive attribute from the first list and thank your spouse for having this characteristic.

Day 5 – Ask your spouse to tell you three things that cause him or her to be uncomfortable or irritated with you. You must do so without attacking them or justifying your behavior. This is from their perspective only.

AHEM!

I thought it would be difficult for McDaddy to narrow this one down to just three things. Surprisingly, they were three minor things (a couple of which I already knew would be an aggravation!) As I made my list, I was almost ashamed to write my three things down. They seemed so trivial, I hated to even mention them to him. Still, we did the assignment and now I try to keep my van clear of clutter and debris. Notice I said, TRY!

Day 13 - Talk with your spouse about establishing healthy rules of engagement. If your mate is not ready for this, then write out your own personal rules to “fight” by. Resolve to abide by them when the next disagreement occurs.

This one was tough, because McDaddy doesn’t necessarily fight. Still, I made some rules of my own and hopefully, I’ll abide by them when the time comes.

It’s not always been easy, but The Love Dare is working for us!

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This post is linked to Kristen’s Work For Me Wednesday Carnival over at We Are THAT Family!

Unfortunately, I’m having trouble remembering what they are and on top of that, I can’t keep my mind on task.

My sweet Alex is having surgery very early in the morning and I am finding it extremely difficult to focus. Pun intended. McDaddy sat him down about an hour ago to explain a little bit about what was going to happen and his biggest concern was whether or not he would have to have a shot.

My biggest concern is the anesthesia. And his eyes. And that he is four. I realize that it could be much worse than the so-called routine surgery he is having, but he is my baby and I can’t help but be concerned about him. I am trusting in God to take care of His child. And I know HE will!

Here’s just a few things I Learned This Week….

When your sweet boy announces, “Look, I”m taller than everybody!” there’s a good chance he’s somewhere he’s not supposed to be!

When calling Verizon customer service, you can expect at least a nine-minute wait time.

If there is a mystery charge on your Verizon bill, chances are its an internet scam involving private voice-mail.

It will take two phone calls, a truck-load of patience and approximately 37 minutes to get the mystery charge removed from your bill. Sorry Saps!

The Dodge Caravan equipped with Stow-And-Go seating will allow a stay-at-home-mom to haul anything she could need to haul. Even a high chair.

Without a receipt, Toys-R-Us will not allow you to return or exchange ANYTHING. Sorry Saps!

If a neighborhood dogs poops in your driveway and you run over it with your van, it will make your garage stink. It will also cause people who do not own guns wishing they did!

If a twenty-something scrapes the side of your van while texting and driving and going around a corner, it will be hard to prove who was is at fault if you move your vehicles to the side of the road.

Doing the 40-Day Love Dare with your mate will have you examining your motives and your thoughts daily.

That’s it for me. I’ve got a long day ahead.

Enjoy your Tuesday, y’all.

Head over to Musings Of A Housewife to see what others have learned, too!

My blog design looked like this, and I have to admit I’ve missed this cute little gal a time or two since Jo-Lynne redesigned me with a skinnier, older princess.

For those of you who have been here with me from the beginning, I appreciate you! Around the halls of Inmates, you’ll find 393 posts, 2,480 comments and lots and lots of crazy!

My most loyal commenter is my McMotherInLaw, Jean logging in 144 comments. My URL friend, Kellyn [who works within sight of The Mall Of America] came in a close second with 133.

The post that yielded the most comments was entitled I’ve Been Expecting You which happened to be linked to Boo Mama’s Christmas Tour of Homes.

My highest comment day is Thursday because that’s the day I post my You Capture photos. I’ve enjoyed learning more about my camera each week in a feeble attempt to ‘run with the big dogs’ over at the You Capture carnival. We’ve photographed shadows, reflections, red stuff, technology, ourselves, fall stuff, old signs, Joy, and all kinds of other stuff that I can’t think of right now. Basically if you can think of it, we’ve shot it. I keep waiting for the week when Beth assigns CRAZY. I’ll be all over that.

History was made here at Inmates back in June when my daily visitor count reached 1,008. I watched it slowly climb toward 200 and I was thinking it wasn’t even noon. Just before midnight, I hit 1,000. It was an exciting day! That was on a Monday and I was the first linker to link MckMama’s Not Me! Monday post.

This blogging gig has been enjoyable for me and I am grateful for the opportunity to make new friends, review some cool products and make a teensy-bit of cash through advertisiting opportunities.

My most controversial post by far was this one about animal rendering.

Remember all these posts about deployment? It was a long six months with a trip to Guantanamo Bay thrown in the middle of it. I appreciate the kind, encouraging words y’all left throughout the McDeployement Journey.

I think most of you would agree that the thing that sets me apart from most other bloggers is my quirkiness -and believe me, there is plenty of it. My quirkiest post was entitled Things I Learned At The Funeral Home and was a result of my watching an embalming. Yes, you should go there right now and read it. I’ll give you a second.

You back?

I told you it was quirky!

What can I say? I’m a quirky girl. A quirky girl who loves to give stuff away.

And, with the holidays just around the corner, this give-away from uPrinting is perfect!

I am a card-writer. I try to send cards ‘just because!’ Giving custom thank you cards is the perfect gift to express sentiments to your loved ones. 

One lucky reader will be jingling all the way with a pack of 50 Custom Thank You Cards with envelopes! UPrinting cards are made from high-quality paper and cardstock and will surely bring holiday cheer to your friends and family.

 I am so excited about this give-away! I can’t wait to design custom made thank you cards for the McFamily.

Prize Offered: (50 ct.) 7 x 5″ (folded to 3.5 x 5″) Custom Thank You Cards with plain envelopes
Shipping: Free UPS Ground within United States
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Eligibility: Limited to US Residents due to shipping costs.

*Pursuant to the FTC ruling on Blogger Reviews and Sponsored Postings, I am fully disclosing that I will be receiving fifty (50) thank you cards from UPrinting.com for hosting this giveaway.

To win, simply leave a comment on this post about how you plan to use the thank-you cards.

A winner will be drawn at random on Sunday evening, November 15th at 10:00 pm ET.

Thanks for celebrating with me!

Loves to go Off-Roading with the guys in the WV Jeep Club.

  Is an awesome dad to our boys.

   Joined the WV Air National Guard in 1991 (he was still in High School).

  Is the web-master of our church web-site.

  Was commissioned as an Officer (2^ndLieutenant) the same year he was commissioned as a husband.

  Is a Principle Service Specialist for Honeywell. That’s code for “Control Systems Genius.”

 Just completed a 6-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

 Works at home a few days each month.

 Travels for work more than he would like.

Likes to ski.

  Loves, loves, loves chocolate chip cookies.

  May not be able to tell you when or where something happened, but could definitely tell you what we were driving when it happened.

  Runs the sound-board at our church.

 Makes sure I have the cleanest minivan in the carpool lane.

 Comments on all blog posts involving his heap (ahem! I mean JEEP!)

 Had LASIK surgery 6 six years ago.

 Does it right the first time.

 Plays the drums at our church.

 Has a lot more patience than his wife.

Loves to ride his motorcycle even though he doesn’t get to ride it as often as he’d like.

 Would do anything for anybody.

 Watches Ice-Road Truckers, Grey’s Anatomy, Amazing Race, Desperate Housewives, Extreme 4X4 and Criminal Minds.

 Currently holds the rank of Major.

 Is the oldest of 5 kids.

 Would rather me write about someone other than him.

 Is adored by his wife.

Has a birthday today!!!

Happy Birthday McDaddy! I hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks for sharing your life with me!!!

I Love You!

I feel like I should be on somebodies payroll by now because I don’t feel like I EVER have a day to do nothing.

Between the PTA, church stuff, domestic duties, my fellas, the PTA, the blog, the e-mail and the facebook, I! NEVER! STOP!

And speaking of The Facebook, do y’all find yourselves spending ridiculous amounts of time on there catching up with the stinkin’ status updates? Seriously, it is enough to keep me coming back for more.

And I check in often.

Because I was born with a nosey gene.

And because some of them are just great.

For instance, my current status update on facebook says, JMC is watching Grey’s Anatomy with McDaddy and writing tomorrow’s blog post which oddly enough is about status updates…

Intriguing? Yes, I think so. It would be enough to make me click over and see what the blog was all about if I were them.

Some of my prior status updates say,

Love Dare: Day 14 – purposefully neglect an activity you would normally do so you can spend quality time with your spouse. Do something he or she would love to do or a project they’d really like to work on. Just be together.

Is headed to Revival after a fun-filled hour with the Cub Scouts!!! The boys had a great time scrapbooking!!!!

has given away the sippy cups, the high chair and the potty seat… just about every trace of baby has been removed from our house…. *sigh*

4 years ago today at 11:29am I gave birth to a 10 pound,5 ounce baby boy. The nurses Nick-named him King because he was the biggest boy in the nursery! Happy Birthday Alex Ryan!!!!

Some of the other updates (and my mind) say….

A is back from California. The week went by too fast! (What did you go to California for?)

D is wishing I had an episode of House DVRd that I haven’t seen at least 3 times already.

S – How could you cheat on Fergie? Josh Duhamel is an idiot!!!

G - Eating fresh figs. What could be better?

J – is watching Gilligan’s Island. (Rock on! Party at your place, huh?)

J is counting down the minutes until parent- teacher conferences are over. There’s never a mad rush to talk to the music teacher. I did get some things caught up in the meanwhile.

J – is hoping Scooter feels better soon. (Me too!)

A – just received rave reviews and praise during C’s parent/teacher conference. Atta girl! (I think all of us went to parent teacher conferences tonight! The world over!)

B – happy day…such a happy happy day. (and why is that?)

M Squared – Getting ready to drive to AB; weirdly excited to talk about orthopaedic injuries.

W – Finishing up the yard work tomorrow…. One last time until spring. I like the snow, not just “cold” weather! The holidays are great because of the joy it brings to my loving wife A…   (Oh, me too! I love the holidays too!)

See, it’s all so very intriguing!!! My noseyness just loves it!!!

What about you? What would your status update say right now? I’d love to hear from you!

C’mon, speak up!

Because if I know those gals who participate, they will go all out with some artsy-fartsy photos of really cool stuff and I’ll be lookin’ like a *joner with a various assortment of subpar photographs.

[*Joner is a word I use for someone (usually me!) who doesn't have it all together.]

I really hope subpar is a word.

I have a knack for making up words and swearing that I’ve heard them before. Well, not swearing in a literal sense, but you get my drift. Anyhow, maybe if I get the urge I’ll make a stop at Google Ave to research the whole sub-par thing. Shoot, I might erase the whole sentence if I can’t find the word over there.

Anyhow, I’ll show you what I came up with this week.

This looks like a picture of McDaddy holding a box.

And, I guess in reality it is.

But it is a special box that contained a special surprise for me inside.

This, my friends is the BMW of laptop comptuers.

I say that as if I know something about laptop computers.

If I had an ounce of sense about taking pictures I could have eliminated the big bright flash in the middle of the thing. Instead, my shot looks like a picture of a pink Dell computer with a little too much light.

And, I guess this picture proves my geekness.

Or my wannabegeekness. And, my inability to snap an artsy fartsy picture.

As you can see it was a beautiful fall day on Saturday. It certainly was a happy day. We celebrated a birthday party complete with a pinata.

Between Halloween and the birthday pinata, my fellas are hyped up on all manner of sugar and whathaveyou. Oh, and since you’re wondering about Halloween around here…..look at these superheroes! Don’t you just love them?

And speaking of love…

Don’t you love a smooth transition?

Look what me and McDaddy are doing.

Our Sunday School class is doing the Love Dare. We are on Day 14.

Day 14 says “Purposefully neglect an activity you would normally do so you can spend quality time with your spouse. Do something he or she would love to do or a project they’d really like to work on. Just be together.

It makes you take inventory of your motives and your thoughts. It is a 40-day study. It might be a long 40 days.

But McDaddy is worth it!

That’s it for another week! I’m looking forward to direction next week.

Head over to I Should Be Folding Laundry for more Eclectic pictures.

It dawned on my how easy Thursday Thirteen was when I was making my way through the alphabet. I’d love to do that every week. Or have someone direct me every week with a TT topic. Sometimes its just not easy to come up with thirteen of something.

I thought about making my way through the colors.

I started with white and had four items on the list after two days.

I scratched that and thought about it some more.

So, here we go with Thirteen Firsts.

1. My First Teacher- My Kindergarten teacher was Mrs. Richardson. She was a soft-spoken woman with glasses and a tender heart. I loved kindergarten and I remember that Mrs. Richardson treated each child with a snow-ball cake on their birthday. That would never be allowed today. They’d have to give a rice cake or pretzel thanks to wellness requirements. Blech.

2.  My First Car- It was a black 1981 Buick Regal with maroon interior. I loved that car. My friends nick-named it The Skregal.

3. My First Plane-Ride- I was 14 years old and I flew (with two cousins) to Los Angeles International Airport. We were given a plastic pin that resembled pilot’s wings to wear to indicate that we were all minors. We spent 2 weeks travelling with my aunt and uncle all over California. I was blessed to see San Fransisco, San Diego, Disneyworld, Alcatraz, Hearst Castle, and lots more stuff that I probably can’t remember.

4. My First Church – was a little country Free Will Baptist Church. We sat in the fourth pew from the back on the right hand side. The church bell was rang by pulling a wooden stick-like thing right in the door-way of our church. It was a sweet little church that taught the love of Jesus to me at an early age. I often think about all of those who were committed to the twenty something children at our sweet little church. I am thankful for them!

5. My first date – was in the 7th grade. It was actually a group date to a movie with a red-headed kid who I am still friends with to this day. I have no idea what movie we saw, but knowing me, I wrote it down somewhere in one of my many diaries and if I was guessin’ I would say its probably up in the loft in a foot-locker signed, dated and certified. Because that’s how I rolled back then. And still do. I write everything down.

6. My First Friend- lived four houses down the road from me. We shared clothes, dreams, memories, laughs, cries, and hair accessories. We are still friends and thanks to Facebook we talk often.

7. My First Pet – was a black cat named Prissy. She was a timid cat and she was able to meow. mew. quite. She was not very nice and didn’t really like kids because we aggravated the snot out of her.

8. My First Broken Bone – Thankfully I’ve never broken a bone. I did however have broken jaws when I was a senior in high school. This was the day after surgery. I was swollen and my chin was bruised pretty badly. The surgery corrected an overbite and gave me a beautiful smile. Thankfully, once the wires were cut, I resumed talking as if my jaws had never been negotiated.

9. My First House- that McDaddy and I lived in was in Flatwoods, Kentucky. It was a cute little townhouse on a wonderful street. Our address was 1907 Hamor Street #6 and our phone number was 606-836-8365. I will never forget it. (Ours was the one in the middle with the wreath!)

10. My First Pregnancy- was such a neat experience. There was the issue of 18 weeks of vomiting, eight weeks of bed-rest and bi-weekly non-stress tests, but other than that, it was a normal pregnancy. I’d do it all over again though because my sweet Stevie was worth it. My second pregnancy wasn’t much different, but I’d do that one again, too!

11. My First Born – had a lot of patience with me. I was a new mother who questioned herself daily. I did a lot of things wrong but I sure tried to do my best. Of everything I had fouled up in my life, I wanted to do this right!  THE girl in that picture knew nothing of raising babies. The hospital let me take that little angel home without checking our credentials. I am so thankful to be a mommy!

 12. My First Blog Post- Before starting From Inmates To Playdates, I blogged occasionally on MySpace. My blog over there was called “A Piece Of My Mind.” My first post was about Stevie and Alex. I didn’t know it then, but that blog post started me on a path that led me right here to ‘From Inmates To Playdates!’ I enjoy sharing my crazy with you! My first blog post here at Inmates was written on November 8, 2008. That means that my bloggy anniversary is coming up on Sunday AND THAT MEANS FUN!!! If you’re interested in reading that first post, entitled A Hearty Welcome you can go over there and check it out!

13. My First Ride in a beloved Saturn Sky – *SIGH* – What a great day this was. It’s a day I will never forget….

Tune in next week for a week of fun, celebration and give-aways!!!