Lately…

I thought I would write a normal post here for something different just to get a little recap of what’s been going on and why things have kind of slowed down. My husband is setting up a new van so that we can all go out with him when he goes on the road and pilots/escorts for oversized trucks. During the time he’s driving I usually get a lot reading done because it’s driving basically all day long and besides keeping the kid entertained and happy during the trips, there’s not a lot you can do, right?

When we are at the house I tend to slack off on my reading. I still read for a few hours a night however, I don’t get nearly as many books read. So, that is why the reviews have been a tad bit slower than they were say before Christmas.

Another thing that I have decided to add to the website is reviews of children’s books which I am going to call Kiddie Corner Review. Pretty unique name, isn’t it? Since the kid gets a lot of books I figured I would start sharing the ones that he particularly enjoys and maybe it’ll help other moms out there pick books out for their children. Remember though, he’s only two (almost three) so the books will be simple and quick reads. This will only be a once a week or once every couple weeks thing and I won’t be hurt if you just skip over them. However, I enjoy reading the children’s book reviews on others sites so thought I would do the same.

That is what is going on at the moment and I appreciate everyone that stops by as well as comments!

Spring will not sprung for me!

I was thinking last night that while everyone in the states and at home is getting excited for Spring to appear, we are waiting for winter to come. The sad thing is that spring is my favorite season with all the colors and the flowers blooming. Everything just feels brand new when it comes to spring, you’re getting the sun shining and your mood is brightening with it. You look forward to the warmer days instead of dreading the colder ones.

Since we’re in Australia at the moment we are waiting for autumn to show it’s head and then it is on to winter if all goes well for us and we’re still here. It does feel really weird because all the websites that I follow are all making hot meals such as soups and I am used to being on the same wavelength as them. Not this time!

Just the little things that feel really weird about being in another country.

Pretty Sunset in Australia

The sunsets here in Australia are gorgeous. I think a lot of it is to do with the fact that it is pure land out here and the hills help quite a bit with the pretty landscape. Last night when we went to feed the horses I thought about bringing my camera but I didn’t. Naturally that is when there was a lot of great sky pictures I could have gotten because the sunset was phenomenal. In fact, I am taking it out there tonight and hope we go out around the same time. Even if we don’t, I may ask Jamie if he wants to go out there with me and Duncan so I can snap some pictures of the sky.

The sky is gorgeous in Indiana too but since there was the apartments and houses around us it wasn’t just a straight view of land and sky which is a good reason to want to live out in the country more and not in a town/city when we move back and go to buy a house.

I am still quite homesick though, some days are a lot better than other days but there are a lot of days that aren’t so good. I really just want to be able to go up to my moms room, sit on her bed, and talk to her for hours like I would do. It isn’t that bad though, I still talk to her constantly online and we webcam about once a week or once every other week. It’s just not the same and I am not sure how Jamie ever did it!

Do you have a bad cubicle?

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I know there is a lot of people out there that work in cubicles. You are confined to this little box for eight hours or more a day and you are super unhappy about the conditions. Oh, sure, you try to spruce it up a bit by adding family pictures, calendars, your cute picture of your dogs and cats, and then that comic strip you think is hilarious but, it just does not do the job! 

Well, you should try out the Pimp My Cube Contest! It is really fun and easy to get in on the action. Just take a video and show your cube and explain why it really sucks and is horrible. Which, should definitely not be hard, right? After that, you upload it to the website and then share it with your friends, family, neighbors, and the guy down the street. Have them vote for your video and you get an entry for every time someone votes. 

 

What is the entry for? Well, that is really the best part. You get to win your cube being pimped out! That includes a new desk and chair, new high end computer, and a new entertainment package which would have something like a high end stereo, espresso machine and such. 

No one has uploaded their videos yet, so you have a pretty good chance at winning! You can upload your video from your webcam or even a phone, they’ve made it totally easy to do. They say anything goes in the video so make it as fun as you can! 

There is also a second sweepstakes that is going on for a random registered user to get picked from a random drawing and win a $200 gift card. The contest period is from 12/5/11 at 12pm to 1/31/12 12pm. How weird is it to type the year 2012, by the way? So weird. Anyway, you have plenty of time to get your video up there. So, go visit the PMC site, register and upload your videos to enter the contest. Once your video is up, have your friends, family, and anyone check out your video and vote on it!

What would you do with a pimped out cube?

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Showing off your eyeglasses

This post brought to you by Zenni Optical. All opinions are 100% mine.

I do not wear eyeglasses but, if I did I think that I would try to have a couple special frames that went with the holidays. Maybe not anything too crazy but some solid colors that go with different holidays. For instance, I would totally rock some orange glasses for Halloween and then there is some awesome lenses at Zenni Optical that are yellow, green and red tye dye looking that would be perfect for Christmas. Which, Christmas is coming up if you did not look at the calendar or you live under a rock, or both! If you want to go gander at the frames I am talking about they are number 740729. Seriously, they are awesome.

Better yet, I will show you myself!

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Pretty nice, right? They are totally festive, what do you think about them? I like them because they are cheap eyeglasses as well. Can’t go wrong with something under thirty dollars. 

If I bought these eyeglasses from Zenni Optical, I would save a lot of money and buy Duncan a nice wooden kitchen set for Christmas. He loves playing with the kitchen that Jeremy and him have now but, they both can’t get in there. 

Go to the site, find which pair you like the most and come back and tell me about it! I bet you can’t find just one.

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