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I sat down and totaled the cost of buying/making all the gifts we planned on getting this year for Christmas and Monkey's birthday and Mr. OCD handed it over yesterday. So I've been out and about. One thing I wanted to let all my readers know about is that Costco has a KidKraft Dream Mansion for $78.99 in store. There is one of these * on the sign which means they won't be lowering the price

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Today I am mad mad mad mad mad. My sister showed me some new commercials on her TV. They were basically justifying the consumption of High Fructose Corn Syrup. The commercials do two things. First the make it seem as though consumers are so stupid that they will just not eat something because they thought it was unhealthy but don't know why or how it is unhealthy. Dear corn refiners association-

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So my Dr. had already said that I was probably low on Vitamin D, when I went in. She also ask for blood work to be done up to see if something was amiss. I was having lower back pain, nausea, and bruises appearing for no reason. Some of my bruises appear in the middle of the day and one of them was really serious looking. She told me that the regiment of Advil I was taking, as per recommendation

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So we got a new Dr. the last one I had asked ME which pill I wanted and when I asked her what she recommended she said let me list them off and see what is familiar sounding to you. She really never engaged in the conversation with me and basically didn't seem to like me. I should have found a new Dr. sooner, but when we moved here I was quite pregnant and didn't care about my back issues. Plus I

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I was asked to post up the beauty tips widget and try out some beauty products and I agreed. For doing that I was also entered into a contest (and won WOOHOO). I was excited, I didn't know exactly what I would get in the box and that made it even more exciting...and daunting. I don't wear make-up so if they sent me some lipstick and blush that would just look silly on me without some foundation

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So, I have had bruises appearing one everyday for 5 days and am going to the Dr. on Monday. I have no clue what they are going to say, google unexplained bruises and you get everything from anemia to kidney failure. The good news is that while I have some other symptoms , I DON"T have a fever so I am probably not dying... well not today or this weekend. So with the Dr.'s appointment set I have

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Having a toddler means you have to say the words, don't, no, stop, and freeze about a million times a day. I thought I would share with you something I found that works very well for my little monkey. It is very situation specific, but if you can't make yourself utter another, "Stop" here is another option. "What is the plan here?". I say that to my monkey very often, especially on the playground

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Quite a few weeks ago I was reading Metropolitan Mama's view on spanking children. While I was quietly reading the article, my husband comes up behind me and starts stating his views. I'll be perfectly honest, I mostly got the idea she was firmly against spanking, but I didn't get to read the article. Mr. OCD says that he doesn't like the idea of spanking a child, but that it should not be taken

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Okay here is what happened. First I went to the Zoo on Zoo member apperciation day with the awesome girl upstairs. We decided to forgo the strollers and bring a wagon. So Monkey decides she hates wagons. Then the awesome girl upstairs son lets say Shy Guy, decides he hates sharing his wagon. So I end up carrying either a screaming and kicking  Monkey or just a screaming and heavy Monkey through

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Hey tonight I am participating in Ann's Virtual Girls Night Out you can head over to join in too.   I am very tired from Dancing at the Pioneer Courthouse Square to the beat of the Native American drums. We had a blast and even ate fry bread, please do not tell my waistline, butt or thighs. Today is Native American Day so we had to go and celebrate. I really enjoyed this Pow Wow much better then

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Seems like every time I bust my hump this month, get all the house cleaned, blah blah and I think to myself "WHEW, I'll take a day to get things back to normal and then I'll get back to the blogging like three times a week this week" disaster strikes. Okay not disaster, but you before I know it a few days have gone by a few loads of dishes are stinking up the house and it is Saturday again. So

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 I have a new blog that I love to visit. It is a crafting blog by a mom with two little boys. Granted the lady running My Little Gems is much more talented then me, most people who have complete control of there hands are (LOL), but she even has an itsy store. So I stole her "Foamerator" idea. It was perfect because Monkey was having bath time issues. Now we have gone through many ups and downs

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This weekend we went to a theme park with Monkey called the Enchanted Forest. It is something that both Mr. OCD and I grew up doing as young children and have great memories of. There was also a theme park next door that was for older kids that had fun rides. My parents never took us there and quite frankly, I always thought the rides looked like they were about to fall apart. Mr. OCD has

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Well Mr. OCD had quite the week leading up to labor day weekend. He had to work past Monkey's bedtime on Monday as well as the usual 2nd job on Wednesday plus overtime that day and so he decided to take off an additional day this week yesterday. To make it a four days in a row off that meant he also had to stay past Monkey's bedtime on Friday to do the usual Sunday janitorial stuff. My dad came

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 Oh I missed everyone last week. The Friday just got away from me, which often happens. I guess Ann is at the Beach so if I drive over there this weekend I'll have to keep my eye out. Before I get into the party groove I want to say my give away ends tomorrow and there are only 3 entries so far and 3 winners. So take a moment to enter (the odds are pretty good right now). Now back to partying.

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I was chosen to host a Zhu Zhu pet party. I'll post more about the actual party and a give away later today. It was a total blast but the reason I have been away is that I have been using the party as an excuse to catch up on projects. I mean I am a totally unmotivated person then you add in the muscle relaxers and I pretty much don't care about things unless they are actually important. For

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Business cards are a great way to trade information with other people. Even if you can exchange information through a bump with your Iphone handing the person your business card afterward will reinforce the reason for your exchanging information in the first place.  Perhaps when they clean our their phone contacts they won't remember the exact reason for getting your information and delete you.

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I would like to introduce you to a Momma who I met online while we were preggo (so long ago it seems). In the meantime she has added another bundle of joy to her family and manage to start a blog. Jamie over at I have a coupon for that! always has a coupon for everything. In fact here is one of her facebook status updates. "Went grocery shopping today! Total before coupons was $83.89. Total saved

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I am beyond tired of living in an apartment. Last week our sink clogged on Thursday night and I was nice enough not to call them down at 11:30 at night. Then I had an appointment with Monkey on the other side of town and forgot to stop at the office when I pulled in. Monkey went right to bed and I called the apartment complex, I was telling her that it was bubbling up and thought she might want

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First off I get to e-mail my friends coupons for Yoplait Fiber One yogurt so if you want one e-mail me and let me know. Secondly my favorite non-profit is teaming up with Hellmanns and Best Foods and Billy Ray Cyrus and Facebook to help feed some hungry American's. Feeding America is one of my favorite food banks to donate to. They've made it really easy to help feed America. First you have to

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Today you have to hop over to Meatless Monday to see my yummy Zucchini Walnut Bread . Now since I work super hard at these recipes, taste testing and adding subtracting until they are to my and my families liking you aren't going to get two recipes from me at the same time. LOL No, really it has been quite an exhausting month for me and I can't believe we are only have way through. I feel like it

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Monday afternoon my little Monkey got her first high fever. It seemed really sudden and I kinda didn't handle it well. The thing is I could feel it coming, like a storm about to break. I KNEW something was wrong. See, for a week she had really bad diarrhea and I took her to the Dr. when it seemed to be getting much worse. They did a stool check and didn't find anything. By the time they called

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Today is something a bit different. Peanut Butter Zucchini Cookies. They turned out pretty well and my friends said they sounded good to them too, so I though I'd pass it along this week. Next week my "healified" version of Zucchini Bread will be featured over at Meatless Monday.org where you can always find tons of Meatless recipes. I didn't use crunch peanut butter but I would recommend it.

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This week Ann over at Ann Again and Again who is hosts the weekly Virtual Girls Night Out Party is morning the loss of the direction John Hughes. Well, I am a little bit to old to really have grown up with his work so no quote from me. I had a long hard week though. Sunday I spent four hours at the Zoo with my sister. Monday I got up early to take Monkey to the Dr. apparently I just over reacted

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Fancy Fortune Cookies send me some yummy cookies to review. When I opened the box. Fine reviews are suppose to be honest, after I ripped open the box and the bubble wrap I realized perhaps, I should be a bit gentle, they are cookies. There was 1 broken one, which if I was hosting an event I would be a bit disappointed (you can't eat them before the event unless they are broken), so I promptly

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