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Monday, March 1st, 2010

Sunshine!

Because I’ve had 3 good days in a row, pain-wise, because the sun today is lovely and I will miss it tomorrow, and because I don’t want Kelly to unfriend me…I am finally posting about the award she gave me over a week ago!

How perfect is that?  I am definitely ready for some more permanent sunshine and warmer temps!  This will do for now, though.  I’m honored that Kelly chose me and touched by what she said about me…I do not feel like I’m doing a good job with this mom business most days.  Today is NOT one of those days, though.  It’s been one of those days where I am confident and secure in my supermom-ness.  Don’t worry, that will surely change tomorrow when the clouds roll in and we have to worry about being stuck inside all day!

So, here are the rules:

1. Put the logo in your post or within your blog.
2. Pass the award on to 12 fellow bloggers.
3. Link the nominees within your post.
4. Let the nominees know they have received this award by leaving a comment on their blogs.
5. Share the love and link to the person who gave you the award.

These folks bring sunshine to my life. Go check them out — you won’t be disappointed!  (It goes without saying that Kelly is included here, right?)

1. Emily over at All I hear is blah, blah, blah.  She’s someone I “met” locally through blogging.  We now go to the same church and I respect her for SO many reasons.

2. Sarah at Growing A Little Ivy.  God brought us together, I am sure of it.  She is an amazing friend and an awesome mom and I can’t say more because I will start crying.  Seriously, her reflections on mothering and faith move me to tears regularly.

3. Kim at Kim’s Thoughts.  LOVE her movie reviews.  We have very similar taste in movies, so it’s nice to get her perspective.  I don’t get to see movies in the theater much, but I definitely make decisions on rentals based on what she has to say!

4. Jamie at Mama to the Drama.  Funny, funny, funny.  My younger son is about the same age as her son so I can always relate to anything she has to say about the age!

5. Susannah at Painting Chef.  I relate to so much she says.  But she says it much funnier than I would.  I mostly just cussed and whined.  She has a sense of humor about it all that is inspiring to me.

6. Liz at The Suburban Bohemian.  The way we met is what I love about blogging…she sent me an email asking about Sanford because they were moving here.  I hesitated, but decided to answer it because I wish I’d had someone to help me figure out details about the area before we move her.  I’m glad I did, because she is super cool and brings a different dimension to the friendships I have.

7. Melissa at Binkies and Bandaids.  A hard working mom, she is the only person on this list that I haven’t actually met.  But I love reading about her and her kids!  She totally gets the chaos that 3 kids bring like few other people I know.

Sorry, 7 is all you get.  First of all, I’ve exhausted my list of frequently read blogs and second of all I’m starting to hurt.  Plus I need to get in the shower for a meeting tonight at church.  If you have a blog I might enjoy reading, let me know in the comments.  I can always use more reading material for the times I actually get possession of the laptop!

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Thursday, December 10th, 2009

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I have absolutely no decorations up at my house yet, but my blog is totally ready for Christmas.  It’s something, right?

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Monday, October 5th, 2009

Motivation Monday — Kitchen (and blogging!)

Obviously things are still weird at my house.  I am so far behind on house work.  I’m still trying to get that caught up, plus after 3-4 weeks of no computer access I just don’t want to sit at the computer.  My “addiction” is broken for the most part and I’m enjoying less time in this chair and more time with my family.  I’m using the ancient laptop (which only affords me access to a few sites, and this isn’t one of them) when I do want to use the computer and for the most part my desktop has been neglected.  So that’s where I’ve been!

Anyway, this week’s MM is to work on your kitchen.  My in-laws bought us a 48″ wide pantry cabinet to put in our kitchen and store my couponing food stash.  It’s huge and holds SO much food.  So all of my kitchen cabinets need to be rearranged now that I have this big cabinet to use for storage.  My goal is to go through each cabinet, move things as necessary, pull stuff out to sell or give away, and get everything put in a convenient place.  When I was a kid, my mom used to do this every 12-18 months.  I’ve lived in this house for 2.5 years and have never done it, so it’s about time for me to do some reorganizing.

I’m also challenging myself to sit down here every day and write a little something.  We’ll see if I can make myself do it.  A month or so ago, I was bordering on internet addiction.  Now it’s something I have to force myself to do, and that’s a good thing.

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Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Where am I?

Laid up with a very, very bad back problem and nothing but ibuprofen since I can’t afford to go to the doctor.  I would give just about anything for some muscle relaxers right now!  It’s been a week since I’ve been down and if it doesn’t start getting better faster I am going to lose it.

We’ll return to regularly scheduled programming when I’m able to sit up again.  Hopefully sooner rather than later!

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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Wishful Wednesday — Who’s out there???

Today, my wish is to know who’s out there reading this blog.  Just leave a comment and tell me.  If you’re someone I know in “real life” (that I didn’t already know was reading) I promise I won’t be bothered…I know better than to put this out there and think someone isn’t going to find it and read it.  So who are you?

To leave a comment, look down at the bottom of this post.  There will be a link that says X Comments (X being the # already left) that you can click on.  Just follow the directions and let me know you’re out there.  And if you have a blog, link me up.  I could use some new ones to read!

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Friday, May 8th, 2009

Hopping on the Twitter Train

I have succumbed to the pressure. As you can see, I am now twittering. Or is it tweeting? Whatever. Anyway, my twitter stream is located to the left there and I’m JCVmama. Follow me!

Gah, this feels so attention whorish. But I’ve been wanting to add a mini-update thing to my blog and I couldn’t get my Facebook status updates to work, so there you are.

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Saturday, April 25th, 2009

Adventures in CSS.

As you’ve probably noticed if you’ve popped in here at all over the last few days, I’ve been working on the blog a little bit.  Looking for a new theme, making some adjustments to the CSS and widgets, and updating my blogroll.  I think I’m just about done, except for a little minor tweaking.  I was looking for something spring-y and flowery, and though this isn’t exactly what I wanted I’m happy with it for now!  If you don’t have the Century Gothic font installed on your machine, I recommend downloading it here so you can see this blog the way it was intended to be seen.

You’ve also probably noticed that the posts have picked up again.  Now that Violet is happy to hang out in the swing or Pack & Play for a little while, I’m getting a little more net time that allows me to type.  (I was getting plenty of net time before, but most of it involved nursing her.  I need both hands to really type!)  And with more net time that allows me to type, I’ve started a work-at-home job.  I am now working as a kgb_ agent.  I have more to share about this, but that’s another post for another day.

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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

1 Year!

I missed the actual anniversary of this blog (I made the 1st post on April 19) but it’s never too late to reflect on a year gone by.  In the year since starting this blog, I have gotten pregnant and had a baby, my husband has been laid off, my oldest son had his 6th birthday and started kindergarten, my youngest son had his 2nd birthday and has started really talking, I have rediscovered my faith in God and started going to an awesome church, and so much more.

Over the past year, the number one search term that has led people to this blog is “Jesus Christ is not a weapon.”  That’s a quote from the TV show Lost that struck me funny and I used it as the title for an entry.  The 2nd most used term was “immoral conduct.”  We have our ex-school superintendent to thank for that one!  Number 3 is “saving on cable.”  I wrote an entry about how I managed to get our cable bill reduced and apparently that’s a hot topic these days!

I’ve made 267 posts and gotten 289 legitimate comments.  I’ve been through 3 or 4 different themes now, and will probably change again as soon as I’ve posted this!  Overall I’ve really enjoyed blogging, even though I’m pretty sure there aren’t a ton of people reading.  I’m trying to get back into the swing of things now that Violet is a bit older and I have a bit more time to myself.  So thanks for reading, and leave a comment every now and then, OK?

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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Technical Difficulties

I can’t figure out if there’s something wrong with my computer (it’s running painfully slow, and I keep getting weird error messages) or if something is wrong with WordPress, but I am having trouble making posts.  I finally deleted the one I was trying to make because I couldn’t get the YouTube video to embed and then I couldn’t edit it to add a link.  Frustrating!

But if you’re curious, you must click this link.  Because I love Jesus, but I drink a little.  (It’s about 4 minutes in, but that *will* make sense!)

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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

More on my plate than I can handle!

Yes, my absences are more and more frequent these days.  October has always been a crazy month at my house.  We have 3 birthdays, the fall weather often lures us to outside activities, and it seems to be the last month before the holidays really kick into high gear so we always over-schedule ourselves in an effort to avoid the November and December craziness.  Add to that a pregnancy that has been “unpredictable,”  a bad cold, my husband being out of the house a lot more than he was over the last several months, and you get a mama who has spread herself WAY too thin.

The computer has been just about the last thing on my mind most days.  I’ve been falling asleep the minute I sit down so I’ve tried to avoid sitting in the hopes I’d actually manage to stay awake for the important stuff that *must* be done.  It took me 3 tries to get through the RedBox movie we rented the other night…not because it was bad, but because I couldn’t keep my eyes open!  FWIW, we loved the concept and rented another one today with a promo code.  With any luck I’ll manage to get through it tonight so we don’t have to pay for it.

So as my absences have become longer and more frequent, I’m hoping that is coming to an end soon.  November is almost here and it does seem like this little girl is going to stay put at least for a couple more months, even if she (or rather, my uterus) continues to act like she won’t.  I still haven’t fallen in love with the laptop, but am determined to give it another chance for this very reason…I figure if I can get used to using it in bed or in the living room, I’m more likely to spend some time on the computer every night.  If I can just stay awake long enough to have a coherent thought, that is!

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