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Sooo…lately?

Wow, has it been a week already?

Work has been insane, so my typical lunchtime blogging has gone by the wayside, hence the lack of posting.

So, here’s the quick and dirty of what’s been going on our little life…

  1. Please to be noticing the epic outfit choice. Full of awesome, no? {For the record, she’s informed me she’s no longer wearing her jeans or carhartts and ONLY sweats and leggings because they are the most comfortable.}
  2. Someone has figured out how to write her own name…at 3.5 years old…and loves to write it all.the.time.
  3. We’ve also been making cards. Just for funsies.
  4. The weekends have consisted of a LOT of this.
  5. There’s also been a wee bit of daddy-daughter baking going on.
  6. Oh yea, and SNOW! Last week.
  7. Ry’s totally into my Kindle Fire.
  8. Remember how I said works been busy? I’ve been a final packaging fool!
  9. All that snow quickly turned into rain. Lots and lots of rain. And flooding. Andy’s school was even evacuated one day!
  10. Oh yes, and ice cream. Because…obviously.

Let’s see…what else? Oh yes, I’m fighting a cold right now. It sucks.

I’ll be headed back out traveling for work in February. It’s a show I’ve never been to in a state I’ve never been to. Should be an adventure!

I’m not so patiently waiting for my bloat to turn into a bump…I’m down to only 3 pair of jeans that still fit mostly comfortably. I’ll be washing up my maternity pants this weekend…so, any day now, right?

Oh yea, and today one of the posts I wrote over at Liberating Working Moms about leaving stress at the door is being featured on BlogHer.com‘s home page! I know some, if not most of my readers won’t know what BlogHer is, but I promise, it’s something to get excited about!!

So yea, there’s the update. Oh, also, it’s Tuesday! We’re having tacos and I’m pretty sure there’s a new episode of NCIS on tonight!

My new Kindle Fire & Other really cool things

Y’all? {Like I’m all of a sudden southern, or something}

I am floored…

Quick Back Story: I’m a member of the Clever Girls Network. And periodically, the send out information for opportunities to earn some cash for writing a blog post. You may have noticed that I’ve done a couple. It helps keep my site up and running. So, back in November they sent out an email with a big excting announcement that they were partnering with Toyota on a new campaign and they were looking for a few bloggers to join a new network that Toyota was debuting called TWIN {Toyota Women’s Influencer Network}. I thought, “that’s pretty cool” and on a whim, I applied for it.

Long story short…

Over a month went by and I heard nothing. Then on Sunday I got an email…

They picked me as one of their bloggers to be a member of TWIN.

Me? My little ole’ blog? My jaw hit the ground.

Maybe it was the fact that I told them that we own 7 vehicles. Or that Andy has not one, but TWO Toyota FJ40 Landcruisers. Or the fact that, to this day, I told Andy I only married him for his 1989 Corolla.

Whatever their reasoning for choosing to partner with me, I’m jacked! I’m so excited to be a part of this new campaign that Toyota is rolling out. Part of the “welcome pack” was a brand new Kindle Fire so that we can stay connected while on the go. All I could think of was “Are they for real!?”  And let me tell you…it’s so for real. I literally filled out the paperwork on Monday telling them where to ship it and when I returned from my lunchbreak on Tuesday? It was at my desk waiting for me!

There’s obviously other parts of the contract, like that little TWIN badge over there on my side bar and a blog post here and there over the next few months, but…wow…

What can I say…I’m excited. And really, really looking forward to growing a relationship with Toyota!

Disclosure: I was selected for participation in the TWIN community through a program with Clever Girls Collective. I did not receive any compensation for writing this post, or payment in exchange for participating. The opinions expressed herein are mine, and do not reflect the views of the Toyota.

Working With Style {8} & other things

Happy Saturday friends!

I’m happy to report I am feeling so much better today! My nose is still a tad stuffy, but my throat feels better and I’m coming off of a nice 10+ hour night of sleep.

Today instead of my normal “Working With Style” post over here, I’m actually hosting it over on Liberating Working Moms! So, please, head on over there and say hi! A little outfit teaser…I NOT wearing jeans!

And, just a quick reminder (my last one…I promise!), there’s only a couple of days left to vote for my photo of Dante & Ry for the Modern Bird Studio photo contest. I’m trying to win a custom piece of art!! Voting ends on Monday. Click HERE to “like” my photo!!

Life’s Tough. Get a Helmet.

Ugh.

I still don’t feel great.

Work is still busy.

I’m redonk-ulously annoyed with technology at the moment and may throw my desktop out my window by the day’s end.

I’m so, so happy today is Friday. I’m looking forward to some major R&R this weekend.

Next week is Thanksgiving! And I don’t think I’ve ever been more excited to do nothing…I’m still in shock myself, but despite all of the family we have living within 15 minutes of us, we are doing nothing and will be enjoying a turkey dinner with just the three of us.

I’ll be back tomorrow…when it’s the weekend and I don’t have boat loads of work to worry about.

For now, I leave you with this…

All I want for Christmas…

I am normally a BIG proponent for “respecting the turkey” and not doing anything remotely Christmas related until after Thanksgiving…actually that’s still the case, “all I want for Christmas” is just a catchy way for me to ask you for your help!

You see, there’s this company called Modern Bird Studios…you may remember me writing about them before. They take a photograph and turn it into an amazing piece of hand painted art.

They’re having their semi-annual-ish photo contest that they’re calling “The Epic Holiday Photo Contest of 2011!”

Here’s where you come in…please head on over to Modern Bird’s contest album, track down my photo (photo #43 or 86, in case you were wondering) and like it! It’s that simple.

Here’s the photo I submitted this year…

You will have to “like” Modern Bird on facebook first to actually “like” my photo, but don’t worry, they’re not annoying faecbook updaters, plus BONUS, you’ll get info to get in on whatever future contests or giveaways they do!

You can ‘like’ as many as you want, and ‘liking’ will take place between now and Monday, 1pm EST. Top 10 photos will be sent to our panel of judges were a winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday!!

There are lots of other fantastic photos that deserved to be liked as well, so go…now…like away!

And seriously? THANK YOU so, so much!!