So my best friend and I decide to take all 5 of our(joint count of course) kids out this morning. We go out to a little outdor mall area(ish) called Fig Garden, do bagels and then look around. Well, I have been making an effort for the kids to learn about generousity and so I try to always have them put in change at Salvation Army buckets. Today when they put the money in, they were given little candy canes. So when we came home for lunch with NerdDad, the NerdBug was telling him all about it. NerdBug told NerdDad that they each got “Merry Christmas Sticks”. Since he had also found a stick with a little pinecone on the end, it took me a minute to figure out that he was talking about the candy canes. Isn’t he cute;).
For those of you wondering, we have not fallen off the face of the earth. Moving has been crazy and isn’t completely done. It seems much harder than the last time we did it. But then again, we only had a 9 month old. Now we have the 5, 3 and 1 yr old and I am pregnant. That definately complicates things. We still have piles of junk at the old house but all the furnuture is moved over. Now if only we could sell the other house. A couple of facts people may want to know (especially the people I see in real life): 1. The phone number is the same. 2. The email is still the same. Right now we are having technical difficulties (new provider) so I am recieving mail but unable to send any out. 3. The snail mail forward is on!
Welcome to the November 21, 2006 edition of carnival of pregnancy. I admit that I am using a premade carnival template but at least it will be up! We have just moved into the new house and I am sitting among boxes. We also have had to overcome internet issues. But enough for the whinny and onto the carnival!
Kate Baggott presents Top Ten Postpartum Essentials posted at Babylune, saying, “Can you handle the truth? These are the things you really need to have ready for after the baby is born. While everyone else is focussed on the new person in your family, try to take care of you during the post partum weeks.”
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There will be a delay in this edition of the Pregnancy Carnival. We are in the process of moving so life is nuts around here. It will be posted in the next day or 2.
Works for Me Wednesday is Christmas themed this week so here is one of the things that keeps me sane in the Holiday season. We all like the idea of entertaining during the holidays but the work to make a meal can overwhelm anyone. We like to have a Christmas party and we always do appetizers and desserts. This way you are not making a full meal. Also you do not need to set a full table (or limit your self to the amount of people that can sit around the table). Make sure that everything is bit size and utensil free. Also, take help where you can. Get frozen meatballs (with toothpicks) and potstickers. Then invest your cooking time in dessert. Bake up cookies ahead of time and put them in the freezer. Then make mini-muffin sized brownies with peanut butter cups. Then everything is done and ready and you can enjoy yourself. Easy Peasy!
Of course not! But apparently some people needed a lawsuit to decide for them. Panra wanted to block a Mexican resturant from coming to a mall and did it based on a competition issue. I understand that lawsuits happen over everything but really!
So for all of those who have seen one to many movie thrillers and have a fear of being buried alive…A Russian company has built a coffin with a panic button. Once buried, if you push the button it will alert the caretakers to dig you up.
I just want to apologize to all my readers out there for the sporadic posting. We are trying to sell our current house and are about to move. We should get the keys on Friday to the new house! While I am very excited, I am also very overwhelmed. I also have to say that the worse part of selling your house yourself is all the realtors who want to talk you into using them. Well, I will try to post more and Friday there will be a new edition of the Pregnancy Carnival. So send in those entries!
Before I officially begin this review I have a confession, I have never read a Dee Henderson book I didn’t like. Before I Wake this trend going. This thriller kept me on the edge of my seat through the whole book. If you like CSI (or any forensic show), detailed plots with great twist or just books with people of faith and the real world issues they deal with this is a book you must read. A former FBI agent, Rae Gabriella, has her own issues and past to deal with. In an effort to move on she becomes a private investigator with an old flame in what seems to be a quiet town. She is not prepared for her first case in this new town. This novel kept be very engaged through beginning to end. It was intelligently written, with great thought to plot detail. My only complaint is that it ended a bit abruptly but, hopefully that spells a series. This book seemed a little less relationship heavy than some of the O’Malley series, which in some ways is a definate plus. I think my husband will enjoy it even more. But, that does leave you wondering a little more about the resolutions of personal relationships. Though, once again that could just be due to a sequel on the horizon (I am hoping). I would give this a 4 out of 5. If I knew that there was going to be more books, I could easily give it a five. I am reviewing this book for Active Christian Media.
this trend going. This thriller kept me on the edge of my seat through the whole book. If you like CSI (or any forensic show), detailed plots with great twist or just books with people of faith and the real world issues they deal with this is a book you must read. A former FBI agent, Rae Gabriella, has her own issues and past to deal with. In an effort to move on she becomes a private investigator with an old flame in what seems to be a quiet town. She is not prepared for her first case in this new town.