<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:25:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>giveaways</category><category>reviews</category><category>Wordless Wednesday</category><category>ALS</category><category>American Idol</category><category>Fiday Follow</category><category>Friday Follow</category><category>MIA</category><category>Security Tools</category><category>award</category><category>birthday</category><category>music monday</category><category>sick</category><category>useless rambling</category><title>HALF CRAZY MOMMIE</title><description>for Moms who have days when you wonder what you did in a previous life.... when your kids make you want to pull your hair out!</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>35</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-756222826042607047</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-17T17:14:23.408-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ALS</category><title>Donations for ALS- also known as Lou Gehrig&#39;s disease</title><description>Hello everyone out there in blogger world.  I know I have been MIA for a very long time but I wanted to try to get this out there.   Two weeks ago we had a death in the family.  My brothers wife&#39;s father died of ALS.  I know when I first heard of this I wasn&#39;t exactly sure what this disease was.  Persons with ALS have a loss of muscle strength and coordination that eventually gets worse. This eventually makes one unable to do routine tasks such as going up steps, getting out of a chair, or swallowing.  In ALS, nerve cells (neurons) waste away or die, and can no longer send messages to muscles. This eventually leads to muscle weakening, twitching, and an inability to move the arms, legs, and body. The condition slowly gets worse. When the muscles in the chest area stop working, it becomes hard or impossible to breathe on one&#39;s own.   ALS affects approximately 1 out of every 100,000 people.  &lt;br /&gt;There is no known cure for ALS. The first drug treatment for the disease is a medicine called riluzole. Riluzole may prolong life, but does not reverse or stop the disease from getting worse.     This is a horrible way to live and slowly die from.  That is why I am asking for donations to help the ALS Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter.  Anyone in the East Coast area can also participate in their 2010 Ocean City Board... Walk to Defeat ALS.  Any donations will be grealy appreciated.  As little as $5 makes a difference.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://walk.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=340840&amp;lis=1&amp;kntae340840=312A641410AC4AE481A520961547EBEE&amp;team=3806818&quot;&gt;Here is the link to donate or Sponsor a walker&lt;/a&gt;.  Thanks!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/07/donations-for-als-also-known-as-lou.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><thr:total>14</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-7755008100443024588</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-29T16:50:15.492-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">music monday</category><title>Music Monday</title><description>&lt;object width=&quot;480&quot; height=&quot;295&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/8JXdbn2ao5A&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0xcc2550&amp;color2=0xe87a9f&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/8JXdbn2ao5A&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0xcc2550&amp;color2=0xe87a9f&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;480&quot; height=&quot;295&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love this song by Lykke Li featured in New Moon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/03/music-monday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-6242728055461411766</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-24T00:13:55.650-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wordless Wednesday</category><title>Wordless Wednesday! Well Almost....</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDASBXQIcApo2I7FLE0b8L3_MZudrfFAaojnStskkHmC_b3hWX59QqKCUjF3q1BCY8TWXgIKVGuieBYpr8UpKCT4zWWwUO594PzaL8oGmleEWinKBUropsxSrsCG39VHF-16IJNDtl_MI/s1600/SSPX0012.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDASBXQIcApo2I7FLE0b8L3_MZudrfFAaojnStskkHmC_b3hWX59QqKCUjF3q1BCY8TWXgIKVGuieBYpr8UpKCT4zWWwUO594PzaL8oGmleEWinKBUropsxSrsCG39VHF-16IJNDtl_MI/s200/SSPX0012.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452074148230713234&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My daughter A with her best buddy A.  They are only a couple months apart and some days get along great like this day and others not so great..... lol&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/03/wordless-wednesday-well-almost.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDASBXQIcApo2I7FLE0b8L3_MZudrfFAaojnStskkHmC_b3hWX59QqKCUjF3q1BCY8TWXgIKVGuieBYpr8UpKCT4zWWwUO594PzaL8oGmleEWinKBUropsxSrsCG39VHF-16IJNDtl_MI/s72-c/SSPX0012.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-5399572151725400134</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-26T11:55:24.953-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Friday Follow</category><title>Friday Follow!</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.middayescapades.com/search/label/Friday%20Follow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Friday Follow&quot; src=&quot;http://blogrockmaryrc.com/followfriday01.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&#39;s how YOU can join the celebration:&lt;br /&gt;•* Link up your blog name and URL using the MckLinky below. Only need to add on one blog to be seen on all the blog hops. &lt;br /&gt;•* Follow the Friday Follow hostesses listed in the first 3 slots. &lt;br /&gt;•* Follow as many blogs as you like &lt;br /&gt;•* Comment on the blogs telling them you&#39;re from Friday Follow &lt;br /&gt;•* Follow back when you get a new follower through Friday Follow&lt;br /&gt;The Blog Hop is the same at each of our three hosts blogs so you do not have to add your blog at each site.  Just one - but you can follow each blog.  Follow a few or follow them all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- Begin Blog Hop --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcklinky.com/blog_hop.asp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.mcklinky.com/images/MckLinkyBlogHop160.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;MckLinky Blog Hop&quot; width=&quot;160&quot; height=&quot;52&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; longdesc=&quot;http://www.brentriggs.com&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script src=&quot;http://www.mcklinky.com/linky_include_bloghop_public.asp?id=18258&quot; type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/02/friday-follow.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-251857927764256035</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-26T11:50:02.276-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Security Tools</category><title>Caution!</title><description>So a few days ago my husbands friend was on our computer.  He was on facebook when something came up on the screen for Security Tools.  I guess he looked at it and then clicked off it when it wanted you to pay.  Well it embedded itself in my computer.  It&#39;s malware.  It basically said that everything in my computer was infected with a virus and that I couldn&#39;t access anything (and I mean anything) unless I put in my credit card number and paid for the program.  My husbands friend is a computer guy and he said it is the hardest thing to remove from your computer because it hides itself so well that you can&#39;t find it anywhere.  The only way to get it off is to wipe the hard drive.  Thankfully when we got the computer we had our friend go through and program everything, so he put on Malware Bytes.  This program is amazing.  I had to go in and start my computer in Safe mode and run the Malware program several times but it saved my computer.  It&#39;s a free program and if you don&#39;t have it you should seriously consider getting it.  I run it atleast once a week.  But word of wisdom stay far away from Security Tools.  Do not put your credit card number in because my computer guy said one of his other clients did and Security Tools drained their whole bank account.   So that happening further delayed my posting so I apologize.  Tomorrow I will be posting a giveaway!!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/02/caution.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-6611375968512446391</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-21T10:57:21.384-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MIA</category><title>MIA</title><description>Hey everyone, I know I have been MIA lately.  My parents are coming today.  They drove all the way from Texas.  They haven&#39;t seen my new house yet so I have been frantically cleaning all week.  And recleaning and cleaning some more. Because as soon as I get one room clean my kids trash the one I cleaned before that.  I also scrubbed down the bathrooms for my 6yr old to pee all of the toliet again.  So my day will involve recleaning everything I have cleaned 50 times this week. So I&#39;m sorry if I am missing for a little since they will be staying with me and I only get to see them 2-3 times a year.  So thank you all for being patient with me, I really appreciate it and when they leave I have some great giveaways to post for you guys!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/02/mia.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-567217461353406914</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-18T19:34:44.109-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">American Idol</category><title>Officially Addicted</title><description>Ok, I can finally admit it....  I am completely and utterly addicted to American Idol.  I have a dvr and I faithfully record every episode.  I have even enstilled feat into my children if they even think about canceling the recording.  I don&#39;t even know why I love it so much but I do.  I like Ellen but I wasn&#39;t sure how much I would like her on Idol, but she is great.  I can&#39;t imagine what it will be like without Simon.  He&#39;s my favorite one on there.  He is brutally honest and I think it is a good character trait to have.  Well hopefully some of you are addicted as well so I&#39;m not the only one.  Well gotta go because Idol started 20 min ago and I can fast forward the commercials now..  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px&quot; src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/02/officially-addicted.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-6575433093651523399</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-16T22:23:06.521-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giveaways</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reviews</category><title>Shake&#39;N Bake Review And Giveaway!</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kraftrecipes.com/assets/images/ocpimages/43000/00079cl.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 164px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 164px; CURSOR: hand&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.kraftrecipes.com/assets/images/ocpimages/43000/00079cl.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:courier new;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:trebuchet ms;&quot;&gt;I remember when I was little and my mom would buy &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kraftrecipes.com/home.aspx&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;Krafts&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;Shake&#39;N&lt;/span&gt; Bake&lt;/a&gt;. I used to love helping my mom. She would always let me shake it. It made me feel so grown up. Now I let my kids help and they enjoy it just as much as I did. It&#39;s a great way to add a little family time in while making dinner. As always &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kraftrecipes.com/home.aspx&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;Shake&#39;N&lt;/span&gt; Bake &lt;/a&gt;tastes great. My favorite thing about &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;Shake&#39;N&lt;/span&gt; Bake is that you get the taste and texture of fried chicken without all the mess and added calories. It&#39;s also a fast and easy way to bake chicken. &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-corrected&quot;&gt;Especially&lt;/span&gt; for the working moms and those that stay at home and had a rough day with the kids. A little shaking and 45min. in the oven and dinner is ready! They also provide recipes for delicious simple meals that are under 500 calories.&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kraftrecipes.com/home.aspx&quot;&gt; Kraft &lt;/a&gt;is giving two of my readers the chance to win coupons to get 4 free boxes of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kraftrecipes.com/home.aspx&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_5&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;Shake&#39;N&lt;/span&gt; Bake&lt;/a&gt;. See below on how to enter.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:courier new;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:courier new;&quot;&gt;Ends- 2.23.10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Courier New;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;I was not paid in any way by Kraft foods. Kraft Foods Inc. provided me with their product for review purposes. The opinions stated here are solely my own. Kraft Foods also provided coupons for giveaway purposes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please leave you email address in comment if I&#39;m not able to contact you from your profile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;~*~ Mandatory Entry ~*~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Must be done first&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#000000;&quot;&gt;Go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kraftrecipes.com/home.aspx&quot;&gt;Kraft Foods &lt;/a&gt;and tell me one of their recipes you would like to try&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;Extra Entries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;1.) Follow my blog (1 entry)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2.) Subscribe my email (1 entry)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3.) Follow me on &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/Katie_bug24&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; (1 entry)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4.) Tweet about this giveaway! Can be done 2x daily (2 entries)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;&quot;Win! 4 boxes of &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_6&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;Shake&#39;N&lt;/span&gt; Bake at Half Crazy &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_7&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot;&gt;Mommie&lt;/span&gt; http://bit.ly/cfWwuB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.) Follow &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/kraftfoods&quot;&gt;Kraft Foods &lt;/a&gt;on Twitter ( 2 entries)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;6.) Blog about this giveaway with a link back to here. (5 entries)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;6.) Tell me a childhood memory of cooking or baking with your family. (2 entries)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#000000;&quot;&gt;7.) Enter the Spoiled Sweet Giveaway on &lt;a href=&quot;http://twentytolifeblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/spoiled-sweet-tutu-bow-your-choice.html&quot;&gt;20 to Life &lt;/a&gt;(3 entries)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;The winners will be chosen by Random.org. The winners will be notified by email and will have 48hrs to respond if not another winner be chosen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px&quot; src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/02/shaken-bake-review-and-giveaway.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><thr:total>93</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-7640158603839713804</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-13T11:59:04.208-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">birthday</category><title>Help! Need Some Good Ideas!</title><description>Tomorrow is my son&#39;s birthday.  Yes I know I just had to give birth on Valentine&#39;s day.  It&#39;s ok though I have come to grips with the fact that I won&#39;t have a romantic Valentine&#39;s day for awaile. I need some ideas on what else to get for a 6yr boy.  He likes fire trucks but if I have to buy another one I wll rip my hair out (I have probably bought over 50 fire trucks since he was born).  Every time I ask him he says &quot; I dunno another game for the PS3&quot;  I just don&#39;t want him sitting on his butt playing video games all day long.  So please help, any thoughts would be great!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/02/help-need-some-good-ideas.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-4978518699656198450</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-13T11:53:27.121-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reviews</category><title>BusyBuzzyBees Review</title><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ny-image2.etsy.com//il_430xN.118741498.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;WIDTH: 430px; HEIGHT: 405px; CURSOR: hand&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://ny-image2.etsy.com//il_430xN.118741498.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don&#39;t you all hate how the winter affects your lips. Mine always get so dry, and most chapstick doesn&#39;t help much. Well, I got to try &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/BusyBuzzyBees?page=1&quot;&gt;BusyBuzzyBees&#39;&lt;/a&gt; Exfoliating Lip Srub. It has Sugar crystals in it that gently exfoliate any dead or dry skin from your lips, giving fresh new skin a chance to grow and thrive. It&#39;s really cool because you can feel the roughness of the sugar crystals and yet at the same time you can feel how smooth it is making you lips. It really made a huge improvement in the softness of my lips. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/BusyBuzzyBees?page=1&quot;&gt;BusyBuzzyBees&lt;/a&gt; uses a mixture of oils that help promote the natural healing process as well as moisturize your lips. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/BusyBuzzyBees?page=1&quot;&gt;BusyBuzzyBees&lt;/a&gt; Lip Srub and Balm come in some really great flavors. They also have a variety of other products available. They have Soaps, Lip Balms, mini Perfumes ( I also got to try this out in the Pear scent and smells great!), and other great products.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ny-image1.etsy.com//il_155x125.101191265.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;WIDTH: 155px; HEIGHT: 125px; CURSOR: hand&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://ny-image1.etsy.com//il_155x125.101191265.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/BusyBuzzyBees?page=1&quot;&gt;BusyBuzzyBees&lt;/a&gt; loves to make natural and functional products for you to enjoy. A lot of her products are completely natural, those that aren’t are still at least 90% natural. They also have Vegan friendly products. So if you suffer like I do, you should go over to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/BusyBuzzyBees?page=1&quot;&gt;BusyBuzzyBees&lt;/a&gt; and try one of her amazing products.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px&quot; src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/02/busybuzztbees-review.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-6497711775216611115</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-12T09:41:37.933-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fiday Follow</category><title>Fiday Follow!</title><description>&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Happy Friday Follow!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.middayescapades.com/search/label/Friday%20Follow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Friday Follow&quot; src=&quot;http://blogrockmaryrc.com/followfriday01.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&#39;s how YOU can join the celebration:&lt;br /&gt;•* Link up your blog name and URL using the MckLinky below. Only need to add to one blog linky.&lt;br /&gt;•* Follow the Friday Follow hostesses listed in the first 3 slots. We will follow you back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•* Follow as many blogs as you like&lt;br /&gt;•* Comment on the blogs telling them you&#39;re from Friday Follow&lt;br /&gt;•* Follow back when you get a new follower through Friday Follow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcklinky.com/blog_hop.asp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;MckLinky Blog Hop&quot; src=&quot;http://www.mcklinky.com/images/MckLinkyBlogHop160.jpg&quot; width=&quot;160&quot; longdesc=&quot;http://www.brentriggs.com&quot; height=&quot;52&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; src=&quot;http://www.mcklinky.com/linky_include_bloghop_public.asp?id=16946&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px&quot; src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/02/fiday-follow.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><thr:total>9</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-8729252530717041481</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-11T00:01:00.907-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giveaways</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reviews</category><title>Head Huggers Headbands Review and Giveaway!</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://ny-image1.etsy.com//il_430xN.116766205.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 430px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 573px; CURSOR: hand&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://ny-image1.etsy.com//il_430xN.116766205.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How many of you have had bad hair days? I know I have. I have pretty long hair, and it&#39;s always in my face, or the wind is blowing it all over the place. A major pain in the butt. So when I saw these headbands I definitely wanted to try them out. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeadHuggersHeadbands&quot;&gt;Head Huggers Headbands &lt;/a&gt;are really cool. They look like a bandanna but fit like a head band. I also suffer from migraines and it&#39;s hard for me to wear headbands. Well not these headbands, after about 15min of wearing it I totally forgot it was on. It stayed in place all day (even with my 2yr old trying to get it,lol), my hair was never in my face, it didn&#39;t bother my head like most headbands do. These are really great headbands. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeadHuggersHeadbands&quot;&gt;Head Huggers Headbands &lt;/a&gt;come in all different patterns and fit most people. &lt;a href=&quot;http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.121919530.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;WIDTH: 430px; HEIGHT: 322px; CURSOR: hand&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.121919530.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I tried it on my 2yr and it was a little big but stayed on. These headbands are great for everyone. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeadHuggersHeadbands&quot;&gt;Head Huggers Headbands &lt;/a&gt;all started with a mom tired of her daughters hair in her face and turned into a great shop. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeadHuggersHeadbands&quot;&gt;Head Huggers Headbands &lt;/a&gt;has offered one of my readers one of their Hawaiian headbands. Please see below to enter!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;I was not paid in any way by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeadHuggersHeadbands&quot;&gt;Head Huggers Headbands&lt;/a&gt;. I was given their product for review purposes. The opionions stated her are solely my own.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ends 2.18.10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;~*~ Mandatory Entry~*~&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Must be done first!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go over to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeadHuggersHeadbands&quot;&gt;Head Huggers Headbands &lt;/a&gt;and tell me what pattern you like best&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;Extra Entries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+1 Follow my blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+1 Subscribe by email&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+2 Grab my button&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+1 Follow me on &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/Katie_bug24&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+2 Tweet about this Giveaway Can be 2x daily&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+3 Favorite &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeadHuggersHeadbands&quot;&gt;Head Huggers Headbands&lt;/a&gt; on Etsy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+10 Purchase something from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeadHuggersHeadbands&quot;&gt;Head Huggers Headbands &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The winner will be chosen by Random.org. The winner will be notified by email and will have 48hrs to respond if not a new winner will be chosen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px&quot; src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/02/head-huggers-headbands-review-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><thr:total>22</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-4060581567759796595</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-18T16:40:29.214-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giveaways</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reviews</category><title>FlowerzInHerHair Review and Giveaway!!</title><description>&lt;img style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436511318737812498&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOq_uh8Wyj8g5l252iC_zrdE6YirqypcTjxNzKxCHn2gaOpXIVEBchsMLHoOgWlIS5dzRtctRmO3EhlF5u1ybXUOQC82gRsc9tOOMrglSHbV7oFD80mtsPKhw8935IpBAHq9TdyErY0Bs/s200/HPIM0845.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Don&#39;t little girls just look so cute with a flower in their hair? Boutique prices can be outrageous though. But not to worry I have found a wonderful company that has the cutest hair accessories and great prices!! &lt;a href=&quot;http://flowerzinherhair.com/&quot;&gt;FlowerzInHerHair&lt;/a&gt; has an amazing variety of flowers, bows, headbands, beanies and bracelets. &lt;a href=&quot;http://flowerzinherhair.com/&quot;&gt;FlowerzInHerHair&lt;/a&gt; was kind enough to send me some of there items and boy are they cute. I got to try one of their beanies and my daughter loves it. My husband wears a beanie all the time and my two year went up to him with hers on and said &quot;Daddy mine pretty yours no pretty, mine pretty.&quot; She likes it so much she fell asleep with it on for about 3 nights in a row. I also got a headband and 2 bows they are just adorable. The best part is that they are so well made they can withstand a toddler pulling on them. &lt;a href=&quot;http://flowerzinherhair.com/&quot;&gt;FlowerzInHerHair&lt;/a&gt; is a great company that understands the importance of low prices and high quality. They provide an assortment of colors and styles to fit all personalities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJU9x1oj3xknDngUQJVTc7t5ULPAYnee-tGKS9CHUgADFdRvySPVcBqit2tKmkutoQqjEKRA41R6uFTkYrW6bHcoi0a3qDpo60DLER-LCWJp6bBiSBB0mJFLCanOO82jiRplwApSNG1w/s1600-h/HPIM0850.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436513188430877026&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJU9x1oj3xknDngUQJVTc7t5ULPAYnee-tGKS9CHUgADFdRvySPVcBqit2tKmkutoQqjEKRA41R6uFTkYrW6bHcoi0a3qDpo60DLER-LCWJp6bBiSBB0mJFLCanOO82jiRplwApSNG1w/s200/HPIM0850.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These flowers, bows, beanies and so much more make great gifts. &lt;a href=&quot;http://flowerzinherhair.com/&quot;&gt;FlowerzInHerHair&lt;/a&gt; is offering one of my readers a $20 Gift certificate to their store. This is a wonderful giveaway, see below to enter!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;I was not paid in any way by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://flowerzinherhair.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;FlowerzInHerHair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;. I was given products for review purposes only. The opionions her are my own.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Ends 2.17.10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;~*~ Mandatory Entry~*~ Must be done first!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go over to &lt;a href=&quot;http://flowerzinherhair.com/&quot;&gt;FlowerzInHerHair&lt;/a&gt; and leave me a comment telling me something you like.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Extra Entries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+1 Follow my blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+1 Subscribe by email&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+2 Grab my button&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+1 Follow me on &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/Katie_bug24&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+2 Tweet about this Giveaway Can be 2x daily&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;&quot;Win! $20 GC to FlowersInHerHair Giveaway @Katie_bug24 from Half Crazy Mommie Pls RT http://bit.ly/bZxTYV&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;+2 Follow &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/amysflowerz&quot;&gt;FlowerzInHerHair on Twitter &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+2 Become a Facebook Fan of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/pages/Roy-UT/Flowerzinherhaircom/150874976538&quot;&gt;FlowerzInHerHair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+10 Purchase something from &lt;a href=&quot;http://flowerzinherhair.com/&quot;&gt;FlowerzInHerHair &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Winner will be chosen by Random.org. Winner will be notified by email and will have 48hrs to respond if not a new winner will be chosen.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px&quot; src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/02/flowerzinherhair-review-and-giveaway.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOq_uh8Wyj8g5l252iC_zrdE6YirqypcTjxNzKxCHn2gaOpXIVEBchsMLHoOgWlIS5dzRtctRmO3EhlF5u1ybXUOQC82gRsc9tOOMrglSHbV7oFD80mtsPKhw8935IpBAHq9TdyErY0Bs/s72-c/HPIM0845.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>72</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-587475291357629250</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-08T16:52:34.886-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giveaways</category><title>Divine Designs Winner!</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85jqJbLeBRqz59ik_ZkmHqNLlroIVFPo8uc0BCL8Ax-BeDbx3ijpxKMA_SEKM-gKR3v5-GoxjIAC7-nnqaTKhPfCQBXmOrm-RkGgpP27M7TKuc8hMrp6lTpLBzFMwqcWcHjPk2e1-318/s45/DSCN1441&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 45px; height: 45px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85jqJbLeBRqz59ik_ZkmHqNLlroIVFPo8uc0BCL8Ax-BeDbx3ijpxKMA_SEKM-gKR3v5-GoxjIAC7-nnqaTKhPfCQBXmOrm-RkGgpP27M7TKuc8hMrp6lTpLBzFMwqcWcHjPk2e1-318/s45/DSCN1441&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A big Congratulations to #109 &lt;a href=&quot;http://bellasbowtique.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Bella&#39;s Bowtique &lt;/a&gt;for winning the Divine Designs Giveaway!!    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a little reminder- the Calabasas Giveaway ends tonight so if you haven&#39;t entered yet go and do so!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/02/divine-designs-winner.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85jqJbLeBRqz59ik_ZkmHqNLlroIVFPo8uc0BCL8Ax-BeDbx3ijpxKMA_SEKM-gKR3v5-GoxjIAC7-nnqaTKhPfCQBXmOrm-RkGgpP27M7TKuc8hMrp6lTpLBzFMwqcWcHjPk2e1-318/s72-c/DSCN1441" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-5625681402031652117</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-12T09:09:42.554-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giveaways</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reviews</category><title>nolamera Jewerly Studio Giveaway!</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://ny-image1.etsy.com//il_430xN.119984173.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 430px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://ny-image1.etsy.com//il_430xN.119984173.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While on the Etsy site, I stumbled apon &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/nolamera&quot;&gt;nolamera Jewerly Studio&lt;/a&gt;. From what I&#39;ve seen she is a true artist. She makes some absolutly beautiful pieces that I know you all will love. All of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/nolamera&quot;&gt;nolamera Jewelry Studio&#39;s &lt;/a&gt;pieces are handmade by her using Lampwork glass, Freshwater Pearls, Gemstones, Swarovski Crystals, Sterling Sliver, Goldfill, Silver or Gold Plated or Pewter. Mera has been designing jewelry for 2 and a half years but has been an artist for 20 years.She has degree in Graphic Design and is also a ceramic artist. Mera said she has always been influenced by the natural world and it is often reflected in her work. Botanicals, the ocean, our own beautiful Gulf Coast beaches and all that is New Orleans. She finds her wire work inspired by the elegant and intricate wrought iron work so prevelant in New Orleans and Louisiana. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/nolamera&quot;&gt;nolamera Jewerly Studio &lt;/a&gt;is offering one of my readers a pair of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=39692647&quot;&gt;Fleur de lis Chandelier Earrings&lt;/a&gt;. Don&#39;t miss out on this great giveaway-enter below to win!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;I was not paid in any way by nolamera Jewerly Studio. I did not receive a product to review, I only allowed my blog to be used for giveaway purposes. The opinions stated here are soley my own and all information regarding shop was provided by shop owner.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ENDS 2-11-10 CLOSED&lt;br /&gt;Winning comment is #20- Winner was notified by email&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;~*~ Mandatory Entry &lt;/strong&gt;~*~ Must be done first!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/nolamera&quot;&gt;nolamera Jewerly Studio &lt;/a&gt;and leave me a comment telling me something you like from her shop!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Extra Entries&lt;/strong&gt;- Please leave a seperate comment for each that you do!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+1 Follow my blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+1 Subscribe by email&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+3 Favorite &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/nolamera&quot;&gt;nolamera Jewerly Studio &lt;/a&gt;on Etsy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+2 Grab my button!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+1 Follow me on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/Katie_bug24&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+2 Tweet about this giveaway - Can be done 2x daily&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Win! Fleur de lis Chandelier earrings from nolamera jewerly studio at Half Crazy Mommie Pls RT http://bit.ly/amubYb&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+3 Enter the Zoodles.com giveaway on &lt;a href=&quot;http://twentytolifeblog.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;20 to Life&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+5 Blog about this giveaway with a link back to me. Please leave your link in comment&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+10 Purchase something from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/nolamera&quot;&gt;nolamera Jewerly Studio&lt;/a&gt;. (Must be verified)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Winner will be chosen by Random.org. Winner will be notified by email. Winner will have 48hrs to respond or another winner will be chosen.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px&quot; src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not to be rude in any way,because I love all comments I receive but the comments for this post are for giveaway purposes only. Because it messes up the numbering. So in consideration to those who have entered and others that will please leave comments not related to the giveaway on another post.</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/02/nolamera-jewerly-studio-giveaway.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><thr:total>49</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-1144475371825460486</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-03T14:10:57.131-07:00</atom:updated><title>New Look</title><description>What do you guys think about the changes I made to my blog?  I love having the nav bar now.  I also finally got a button!! I owe it all to Cory at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scrap-e-blog.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Scrap-e-blog&lt;/a&gt;!  She is so amazing.  It only cost me $12 to have her make the nav bar and the button.  Also she has a bunch of free backgrounds on her blog.  She is so friendly and helped me out alot since I am still new to all this.  I just wanted to give her a huge thanks for all her help!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also I wanted to let you all now about a great giveaway going on over at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twentytolifeblog.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;20 to Life&lt;/a&gt;,  she has a beautiful necklace up for grabs from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaRayDesigns&quot;&gt;Bella Ray Designs&lt;/a&gt;.  You all should go check it out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-look.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-2872146381064126049</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-02T11:11:49.037-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">award</category><title>My first Blog Award!</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfTeDNOa3mo/S2b8d1r9ZYI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/GTZ5VX5peUE/s320/sunshineblogaward.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 175px; height: 170px;&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfTeDNOa3mo/S2b8d1r9ZYI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/GTZ5VX5peUE/s320/sunshineblogaward.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey guess what?  I got my 1st award!!  I won the Sunshine Award!!!  I was nominated by Joe over at &lt;a href=&quot;http://twentytolifeblog.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;20 to Life blog&lt;/a&gt;. Joe has a wonderful blog with some really great giveaways!  If you haven&#39;t seen her blog yet, you should go over and check it out! Huge thanks to her!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rules for accepting:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Put the Logo on your sidebar, or within a post. &lt;br /&gt;•Pass the award onto 12 Bloggers&lt;br /&gt;•Link the nominees within your post.&lt;br /&gt;•Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.&lt;br /&gt;•Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So  here&#39;s who I nominate!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;http://jamielz.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Cake Mom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. &lt;a href=&quot;http://mommyknow.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Mommy Know&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://bridget3420.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Readaholic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. &lt;a href=&quot;http://justanothermomof2.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Just Another Mom of 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. &lt;a href=&quot;http://all-about-the-savings.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;It&#39;s All about the Savings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. &lt;a href=&quot;http://dealightfullyfrugal.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;&quot;Deal&quot;ightfully Frugal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. &lt;a href=&quot;http://massholemommy.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Mass Hole Mommy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. &lt;a href=&quot;http://hooksofhope.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Hooks for Hope&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. &lt;a href=&quot;http://dealwisemommy.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Deal Wise Mommy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. &lt;a href=&quot;http://familyliciousreviews.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Familylicious Reviews &amp; Giveaways&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;11.&lt;a href=&quot;http://girlygirlgiveaways.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Girly Girl Giveaways&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12.&lt;a href=&quot;http://mamaof3munchkins.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Mama of 3 Munchkins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks again to Joe!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-first-blog-award.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SfTeDNOa3mo/S2b8d1r9ZYI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/GTZ5VX5peUE/s72-c/sunshineblogaward.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-6833717125188410599</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-01T21:29:08.637-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giveaways</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reviews</category><title>Country Bob&#39;s Review and Giveaway!</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.countrybobs.com/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/category/All_Purpose_Sauc_49d378f2bc7a0.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 238px;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.countrybobs.com/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/category/All_Purpose_Sauc_49d378f2bc7a0.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  In 1968 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.countrybobs.com/&quot;&gt;Country Bob&lt;/a&gt; perfected the sauce of his dreams.  After years of giving it to friends and family he began to sell it in 1977.  And to this day Country Bob&#39;s sauce is still used in kitchens world wide.  So when I received a bottle of Country Bob&#39;s All purpose sauce I thought I&#39;d give it a try.  So I went to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.countrybobs.com/&quot;&gt;Country Bob&#39;s &lt;/a&gt;website and found this recipe. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.countrybobs.com/index.php?option=com_rapidrecipe&amp;page=viewrecipe&amp;recipe_id=33&amp;Itemid=77&quot;&gt;Country Bob&#39;s Meatballs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Ingredients&lt;br /&gt;3 lbs ground beef&lt;br /&gt;2 eggs&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup Country Bob&#39;s All Purpose Sauce (or may substitute Spicy)&lt;br /&gt;1 envelope onion soup mix&lt;br /&gt;Salt and pepper&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup Parmesan cheese&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tsp garlic powder&lt;br /&gt;Spaghetti sauceMethods/steps&lt;br /&gt;Combine all ingredients. Shape into golf ball sized balls. Brown in pan. Add spaghetti sauce and simmer until done. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don&#39;t know about you guys but I love meatballs.  My dad made so much spaghetti when I was a kid ( my mom went back to get her masters degree and it&#39;s the only thing he knew how to make) that I can&#39;t eat it without either sausage or meatballs.  So I gave the receipe a try (which is a very easy receipe).  They were one of the best meatballs I ever had.   This sauce really is a universal sauce you can use it in so many different recipes.  It&#39;s tastes great on meat, chicken and pork. My daughter loved it with chicken nuggets and you guy all know how picky toddlers can be. It is definately a must have in any house. Guess what? The great people at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.countrybobs.com/&quot;&gt;Country Bob&#39;s &lt;/a&gt;have offered 2 of my readers a bottle of their All Purpose Sauce!  Keep reading to see how to win!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;I was not paid or compensated by Country Bob&#39;s in any way.  I was given their product for review purposes only. The opinions stated here are solely my own.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;   ENDS 2.07.10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; ~*~ Mandatory ~*~  &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  Must be done first&lt;br /&gt;   Go over to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.countrybobs.com/&quot;&gt;Country Bob&#39;s &lt;/a&gt;and tell me what recipe you would like to try&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Extra Entries&lt;/strong&gt;-  Please leave a seperate comment for each that you do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    +1  Follow My Blog&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;    +1  Subscribe by email&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    +2  Grab my button!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    +1  Follow me on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/Katie_bug24&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    +2  Tweet about this giveaway- Can be done 2x daily&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;       Win! Country Bob&#39;s All Purpose Sauce at Half Crazy Mommie     &lt;br /&gt;      http://bit.ly/aFDNbD Pls RT&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;    +1  Follow &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/countrybobs&quot;&gt;Country Bobs &lt;/a&gt;on   Twitter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt; Winners will be chosen by Random.org.  Winners will be notified by email and will have 48hrs to repond or new winners will be chosen.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/02/country-bobs-review-and-giveaway.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><thr:total>33</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-769406812128824961</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-28T18:11:11.947-07:00</atom:updated><title>Twilight Fans Need to see!</title><description>&lt;object width=&quot;425&quot; height=&quot;344&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/XVy8Dr_SxWg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/XVy8Dr_SxWg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;425&quot; height=&quot;344&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;   &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   This video is from Shallow Day.  The lead singer, Mike, has a great voice and the drummer and guitarist can hold their own.  You should all go over to You Tube and check all the other videos they have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; I got this from Joe over at 20 to Life blog.  She suggested that I put here for you guys to see.  It&#39;s hilarious.  It&#39;s so true to, my husband got mad at me through the whole Twilight series, he said all I did was read all day and night lol.  I hope you guys like as much as I did.  Oh yeah my dog had her puppies last night!  EIGHT of them!!  I can&#39;t believe she had that many.  Oh well!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/01/twilight-fans-need-to-see.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-7954053853013216820</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-26T00:39:57.002-07:00</atom:updated><title>My Pregnant Dog!</title><description>I have a pregnant dog.  Yeah, I know I love puppies but I hate puppies.  I love them when they aren&#39;t mine.  I hate potty training.  There is nothing more gross then puppy &quot;accidents&quot;. Don&#39;t get me wrong I love dogs but I like them a little past the really puppy stage. Like when they are somewhat house trained. I&#39;m hoping she doesn&#39;t have a very big litter, it&#39;s her first.  But I&#39;m not usually that lucky, with my luck she&#39;ll have like 8 or 9.  I have no idea what do to when she goes into to labor.  I don&#39;t even know what the signs of labor are other than what the vet said.  He said that her temperature would drop to 100 degrees.  I really do not want to rectally take a dogs temperature.  My husbands the one with the stupid idea to get her pregnant so I will leave that lovely job to him. (hahaha)  Sorry if there are a lot of typos in this post, my husband and his friends are playing football on the PS3 and I have his friend yelling &quot;Get it baby, Get it baby&#39; in my ear.  My fault for having the computer in the game room.  Well pray for me that everything goes well with her, and for me that she only has a couple puppies.  I am going back to the prison called my bed since I&#39;m not allowed to do anything but keep my leg elevated.  I now feel extremely sorry for pregnant women that are forced to bed rest.  I have read litterally six (300 + page) books just since Friday.  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I went to the doctor and I guess I have something called Compartment Syndrome in my calf.  Which basically means I have way to much blood sitting in my calf and its affected my calf muscle. I guess its something pretty serious.  If it doesn&#39;t get better they will have to cut open my calf to let it drain and they won&#39;t stitch it up, they&#39;ll just leave it open. YUCK! So I&#39;ve been told to stay in bed.  But tommorrow  I will be posting a new Giveaway along with &lt;a href=&quot;http://twentytolifeblog.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;20 to Life Blog &lt;/a&gt; and I know you will all love it.  So check back by tomorrow to enter it!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/01/useless-rambling.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-8156884401716580720</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-20T00:17:21.488-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Wordless Wednesday</category><title>Wordless Wednesday- Pool buddies :)</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTYuoCWoO7Petcr_xPSUOlajdWn_92sawWYkIdJnCuJuredWpHaDgs4d6JCcbT6JKpdA3J7-xmmaZngcL3QQUHQffvJ_baopM-kP5ZpGbqMjQifWh0rlP4d0LE37HBcjmNB7sPHGUqQk/s1600-h/Trip+to+Texas+085.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428706204134061202&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTYuoCWoO7Petcr_xPSUOlajdWn_92sawWYkIdJnCuJuredWpHaDgs4d6JCcbT6JKpdA3J7-xmmaZngcL3QQUHQffvJ_baopM-kP5ZpGbqMjQifWh0rlP4d0LE37HBcjmNB7sPHGUqQk/s320/Trip+to+Texas+085.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px&quot; src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; src=&quot;http://www2.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=Katiebug0084&amp;amp;postid=20Jan2010a&amp;amp;meme=ww&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/01/wordless-wednesday-pool-buddies_20.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTYuoCWoO7Petcr_xPSUOlajdWn_92sawWYkIdJnCuJuredWpHaDgs4d6JCcbT6JKpdA3J7-xmmaZngcL3QQUHQffvJ_baopM-kP5ZpGbqMjQifWh0rlP4d0LE37HBcjmNB7sPHGUqQk/s72-c/Trip+to+Texas+085.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-133395070292297227</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-18T19:02:11.455-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sick</category><title>Sick Baby :(</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0HaJSFdkck_UehpTem1ncIxBfejlFzEeKBuVyL3fUJVQK1kD5hhb6OSbRp7B7nE7WqQYgOMjAMsHeTTMVti79PxkWcLOaBXPJtYt4koWVFJ6JBhUO5G8pACgOc3NF-ccxRonJTuDrgQ/s1600-h/SSPX0074.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0HaJSFdkck_UehpTem1ncIxBfejlFzEeKBuVyL3fUJVQK1kD5hhb6OSbRp7B7nE7WqQYgOMjAMsHeTTMVti79PxkWcLOaBXPJtYt4koWVFJ6JBhUO5G8pACgOc3NF-ccxRonJTuDrgQ/s320/SSPX0074.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428192615837911810&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi everyone! First I would like to thank everyone for all the great advice given on my last post.  I think for right now I will leave C in the school he goes to.  Another thing I wanted to say was that since I am new to blogging I never knew how many people care enough to give their time to write what they think.  It&#39;s wonderful, I loved hearing from every one of you. Thank you for that.  &lt;br /&gt;   Well last night A went to bed around 10.  She was so tired and pretty much cried her self to sleep.  I thought it was because she hadn&#39;t had a nap all day and was just so tired.  Well since I got my knee done I haven&#39;t been able to sleep very well so it was about 12 by the time I went to bed.  A still sleeps with us and was on my side of the bed.  My husband moved her and she woke up and sounded like a dog barking.  I couldn&#39;t believe it, she sounded fine (other than really upset) when she went to bed and 2 hours later sounded awful.  So I sat in the bathroom with her while the shower was on hot to see if the steam would help.  It did as long as she was in there so I did that several times last night.  Today my husband is going to take her to the doctors but I&#39;m not sure what else to do for her.  Anyone have any ideas?  I think she may have croup.   Well wish us luck at the doctors that it&#39;s not anything to bad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follow up on A&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Well the doctor said it&#39;s some kind of viral infection. He gave her a steroid to take. Which I hate to give her. It just makes her even crabbier than she already is. He also gave her medicine to give her breathing treatments which should help a lot. He wants me to bring her back in a couple of days if shes not better to do a chest x-ray. I guess to make sure she doesn&#39;t have pnemonia. She&#39;s still miserable so it&#39;s gonna be a long night. C also seems to think that he needs to irritate her all day. I&#39;m ready to beat him ( I want to but I never do). Have you ever notcied that when one of the kids is sick the other one fights for your attention. I&#39;m gonna go nuts! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/01/sick-baby.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0HaJSFdkck_UehpTem1ncIxBfejlFzEeKBuVyL3fUJVQK1kD5hhb6OSbRp7B7nE7WqQYgOMjAMsHeTTMVti79PxkWcLOaBXPJtYt4koWVFJ6JBhUO5G8pACgOc3NF-ccxRonJTuDrgQ/s72-c/SSPX0074.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>11</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410822398951090983.post-5859202224525720593</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-17T03:25:29.938-07:00</atom:updated><title>Switching School?</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGB3Job4rLJi5VyMwQUBJ4MugtZeQW4VJN87bNJb6AB6gl6y7_lSi3IlrHI94QwH1oETGaFk5vknUI473iuUSsEWNfvLIkEHCCpbP-XyzEHJtBrH1a4oHZhguc1dE78Lfl39_GvtJInU/s1600-h/Trip+to+Texas+103.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGB3Job4rLJi5VyMwQUBJ4MugtZeQW4VJN87bNJb6AB6gl6y7_lSi3IlrHI94QwH1oETGaFk5vknUI473iuUSsEWNfvLIkEHCCpbP-XyzEHJtBrH1a4oHZhguc1dE78Lfl39_GvtJInU/s320/Trip+to+Texas+103.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427652704795411298&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi everyone!  As you all know I have a 5yr old.  Well in December we moved into a new house and a new school district.  So far C is still in the same school ( I have to drive him every morning)and I don&#39;t know what to do.  I don&#39;t know if I should just leave him in the same school or switch to the one closer to my house.  It&#39;s kindergarten so he only goes for half a day and it takes me 15min. to get him there.  It doesn&#39;t really bother me to drive him but he hates having to get up earlier. I just want whats best for him.  I don&#39;t know how it will affect him to have to meet all new people all over again especially when there&#39;s only about 5 months of school left.  He&#39;s a pretty big kid (4 1/2 feet tall and 80lbs.) and so far the kids at the school he goes to get along with him great and I don&#39;t want that to change.  Also his teacher told me that it would be hard on him educationaly to switch schools.  The school close to my new house is supposed to be a nice school, it&#39;s a lot bigger than the one he goes to now and is only 2 blocks down the road.  I&#39;m so torn on what to do, one day he wants to stay at the school he&#39;s in and the next he wants to switch. My parents say leave him and my husbands parents say switch him even though they live 3 blocks from the school he&#39;s in now.  He&#39;s my first child so I am new to all of this and it&#39;s so hard to know what the best thing to do is.  So if anyone has any advice for me I could sure use it!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/49/E24286E81B1DCD62D448CC3D9AC55C3E.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://halfcrazymommie.blogspot.com/2010/01/switching-school.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Katie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGB3Job4rLJi5VyMwQUBJ4MugtZeQW4VJN87bNJb6AB6gl6y7_lSi3IlrHI94QwH1oETGaFk5vknUI473iuUSsEWNfvLIkEHCCpbP-XyzEHJtBrH1a4oHZhguc1dE78Lfl39_GvtJInU/s72-c/Trip+to+Texas+103.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>29</thr:total></item></channel></rss>