CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE

Lots of change will soon be happening... there is no doubt... I just don't have time to maintain my blog and do all the other things I enjoy doing... I will get into this in a few days after the actual "change" is further in progress. (within the next week)

But until then, we have finally made progress on the dog situation. We will be owners of a PUG in Jan. We have gone back and forth for months between a Shih Tzu and a Pug... made the move for a pug once, but that fell through. It's a done deal now. Our puppy was born yesterday and we pick out which of the puppies will be ours in two weeks!! So excited!!

This is such a HUGE move for us. As many of you know we have wanted a dog for a very long time but with a family of three and Bentley's heart issue... we just have to take it a day at a time and be sure we are making the right move. We are finally at that point and estatic. Jan. can not come quick enough.

Be back soon!!! Really, I will.. because change is a'coming!!

BLACK FRIDAY 2010

OMG!!! It's that time again... BLACK FRIDAY!!!!

Yes, I'm pretty sure that I was the ONLY blogger who probably went shopping the day after Thanksgiving. I remember there weren't too many people interested in it. But it gets me so excited... ha!! Ryan always has to work so I do have to make my trip quick so he can get to work on time.... well... maybe not. I start so early I'm finished in plenty of time. =)

But if you do like Black Friday... go to here to see some of the ads that are already out... Toys R Us and Target are my favs right now... Best Buy and Walmart hasn't been posted just yet. And no, I am defintely NOT getting paid for that link. Just sillyness!!! If you are a regular reader you will know I am nuts and sit in those long lines and yes... last year I pulled my first all nighter in a Best Buy line. haha!!! I live such an exciting life, I tell ya!!!

And I still have no camera, so I am really hoping I can find a nice one then. No luck so far in the adds... crossing my fingers for Best Buy to have one. We'll see!!!

BASKETBALL & GIVEAWAY

Basketball has begun in our house!!! Good or bad? Hmmm... now struggling keeping up with football (Bryson), baseball (Bryson), and basketball (Brenna). Good thing we only have 1 more football game. ;) No really, we wouldn't have it any other way. As long as my kids have a smile on their face, I do too!!!

Click here to check out a review & giveaway that put a smile on my face and can yours. hee!!!

MISSING MY CAMERA

As you can see I have not been posting pictures... I'm very sad to say, that I no longer have a camera. I haven't for a while and I can hardly stand it...

At one of Bryson's football games, I had my camera (in the case) under the stroller.. I actually had BOTH of my camera's my big nice one and normal point and shoot... once we got home I realized my camera back was still in the stroller so I went to get it only to find my whole bag drenched in WATER!!! Yep, water... apparently Brenna through her bottle of water under the stroller and the top was not on good so it leaked EVERYWHERE. I was crossing all fingers hoping my big nice camera would dry out and still work. But nope. Not a chance. There was no reviving it... then I was hoping my point and shoot would at least work to get me by until I got a new camera. I'm a mom of 3 super duper busy kids... I HAVE to have a camera. But nope. My point and shoot didn't work either.

Thankfully both memory cards still worked so I did not lose the pictures that I had already taken, but I am not CAMERALESS!!! It's seriously killing me. And as bad as I wanted to just run out and replace it... it just doesn't work that way. I feel an early Christmas present coming to me... but I must save up for that Christmass present too. UGGHHH!!! I'm not completely cameraless though, my mom has let me borrow her point and shoot during times of need. But it's not the same. I want my big camera back!!! I miss it, and I have never craved to go take pictures like I am now. =((((

Hope everyone is having a great day!!

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER

The drawing is now closed... and I have the winner posted here. YEAHHHH!!!

Hope everyone has an awesome weekend... we will be spending ours at the ball fields... =)

Expect some major updates come Monday. ;)

$65 GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY & PUPPY NAMES NEEDED

I am giving a $65 gift card away that can be used at over 200 stores... click here to go there now to enter. It ends this Friday, so hurry!!! But don't forget to come back here and help me with puppy names... ;)

Remember months and months ago when I posted about a puppy we were wanting.... well, we have finally decided to go ahead with it. It's always been hard for us because it seems like it's just never been the right time to commit ourselves to something so precious. We have been wanting a pug for years... Then we decided to have a third baby so that delayed it even longer, then through our heart journey with Bentley there was no way we could do it... so now that we are finished having children... Bentley is past her surgery (praying for no more)... and Bentley is 2 so she is older... we feel that we are finally ready. The kids are ready... we have been on the hunt for a while now for the perfect family dog.

Like I said we have wanted a pug for years, but out last visit to Kansas Bentley spent a little time with her Grandma's Shih tzu.... and they became best friends. Her name was GG (such a good dog) and Bentley talked about GG for months after that visit. That's when we knew it was time for a family dog. It also made us think twice about a pug... should we get a pug or a shih tzu... that was the question for months. In the end we decided to go with pug after all that is what we have wanted for years, they are great with kids. We have had a hard time finding one in our area (and for a decent price) but we finally found a breeder and the mommy will be having the pups first week of November, so they will be ready in December. =))) It's going to be so hard spending this much on a puppy, but as many of you mentioned to me before it's normally better that way. Needless to say we are so excited!!! We need your help with something... NAMES!!!! We are going to have a girl... and I want something cute, and it's okay if it doesn't fit the pugs "look"... ha!! So please please please help us out and let me know some super cute girl puppy names.... unique is always good too... can't wait to hear them all!!!

DUKE & DUNGEONS

Our school has an annual celebration in November. Each class (out of the whole school) picks a girl and boy from their class... the girl and the boy are Duke & Duchess and they will walk out on stage in front of MANY MANY people the night of the celebration to represent their class. Bryson was chosen to do this his 1st grade year. It's always fun to dress super nice and an honor to be selected for this as well. Bryson sported a super sharp white tux that night... I remember it like it was yesterday. Bryson has not had the chance to be it again because once you are selected you are not allowed to do it again for a few years so others have a fair chance to have their turn. However, Brenna came home so excited telling me she was picked for "Duke & Dungeons" ;) I said "Duchess?" and she said "yes mom!! I forget". Anyway, she is just thrilled about this. The little boy she will be walking with is such a cutie too. I went to school with his mom.

A cute little story about Brenna... she wanted to be picked so bad last year she tried voting for herself, but when she returned it to the teacher the teacher made her change it because you can't vote for yourself. lol. Well, this year apparently she thought she would give it another try and her teacher didn't mind (or didn't look at it until she had them all)... so yes, Brenna is a voting for herself type of girl and I just love that to pieces.

When I explained to her exactly what she would do that night.. which is walk on stage with the boy in your class, stand there for a minute and walk off the stage. She said "what?! That's it?!!!" I said "yes, Brenna-that's it... are you wanting to dance or something?" and she says.. "uhhh YEAHHH!!!" She cracks me up. I love that my children are all so completely different from one another. Bryson and Brenna are complete opposites and I love every bit. I will be excited to post pictures as tackle this night. Brenna will need a formal dress, shoes, jewelry, and her hair done. Yep, it's pretty much the whole works.

Loved hearing everyones thoughts on my last post. I agree with all of you, completely... I was waiting for a bad comment to come through, but thankfully that didn't happen. ha!! Needless to say, I will be watching it again. lol. And thanks to those of you that did mention the positives at the end of the show that I missed out on. And I do want to note because I don't think I typed it out clearly yesterday... I realize people that have gone through such loss do suffer many challenges... and need to be there. I'm not saying they shouldn't be there, etc. I wasn't upset the fact about the people at all. I was upset because I feel the show is using their situtations for ratings. Reading back it doesn't sound like that was the point behind my vent, and that's what it was about.

Oh, and I CANNOT wait to share some news with you. I have such exciting and wonderful news to share tomorrow. I have been mentioning little things here and there for months now but seems like I have finally gotten things rolling... I will share more tomorrow. Can't wait!!!!!

THE BIGGEST LOSER - VENT

Ryan and I are huge fans of "The Biggest Loser"... new season started last night and I have to admit the people behind the show really hit a nerve... I had to turn it off.

Last season there was the contestant that previously lost her family in a car accident and I remember everyone (we know anyway) just sort of clung to her and always wanted to watch in hopes she did great. Me included. She was awesome. Loved her and still do. With that said... did anyone count how many potential contesstants they were taking that had all lost someone in their life? I really bothered me... sickens me actually that the producer would do that. It was obvious people were attached to the person in last season... but are they really using death in families to gain more views?!! It think so... sick. Just sick!!! This is not directed to the contestants in any way, just the brains behind the show... doing what they do to gain more views. UGHH!!! I understand death is apart of life... but at the same time... it looks like those were the only contestants they were taking... hoping viewers (more viewers) would get attached to even more contestants to keep viewing in. All about the ratings. blah!!

On top of that issue I had with last nights show... another thing that had me wondering... why would they take 3 people and have them do a challenge and the top 2 move on? It's clear the are leaving the ones that need to be there the MOST out without even a chance. I mean, the largest most unhealthy is not going to be able to win that race....

I was so bothered by last nights show.. can you tell?! ha!! I normally don't post things like this... but I just think "The Biggest Loser" made many wrong moves to start the new season and it irritated me. I have no idea what happened after I quit watching last night, so if any of the above is incorrect... I probably already turned it off. ;)

I really do love the show... I hope next show is better...

What were your thoughts?