So Happy Together

So Thankful..........

that my family is all healthy

that my Hubby wants to get in shape with me

that we have a GREAT marriage

that we see eye to eye on *almost* everything

for happy kids

for kids that have a level head and make good choices (most of the time)

that I have planned and sent out son's Birthday Invitations (on top of it this year)

that I have 1/2 my Christmas shopping done already

for Hubby's job that can pay for all the things we have and want

for my SECRET SANTA sending me Garnier Nutritioniste Anti-Puff Eye Roller
(my puffy eyes could use it) THANK YOU :)

for Jacob's HOT BOD in New Moon (I whispered to daughter...that is why your Dad is going to the gym) she giggled :)

for this blog being a great outlet

for blog friends I have made throughout the year and a half

for the commenters

for life!

Have a GREAT Thanksgiving!

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Yesterday I took the kids to the beach for a photo session at the beach. Want to try and get my Christmas Cards done. So I bought 2 new white shirts (they don't own any clean ones) because white shirts only stay in this house for about a hour and then there is a stain on them already. So white shirts and jeans it was for pictures at the beach, so creative :) that seems to be the standard look for beach pictures.

We get to the beach and I want some pictures on the life guard station. It is closed and the beach was EMPTY so I told the kids to climb up. Son climbs right up but daughter reads the sign NO LIFEGUARD ON DUTY, KEEP OFF but I tell her it would be okay. She was not having it because it was breaking the rules, you would have thought I asked her to go rob a bank. After some lots of coaxing she climbed up. Here is a slide show of some of the pictures. Now I got to choose which ones I want for the card. I was pretty happy with how the turned out, I don't have a fancy SLR camera so I just used my Canon Powershot SD800IS. However a fancy camera is on my WANT list :)

"Picnik Show"

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WINNING CAPTION: Paris Hilton will NEVER find you now tinkerbell! by Georgie

The only Flakey I have better have is Snowflakes!

I don't know about you but after having kids there were things that changed other than my lovely new lady lumps, bumps & curves. My oldest is gonna be 8 and I am still trying to lose that pesky baby weight ;)

I noticed that after having kids my hair changed in a MAJOR way. It now is frizzy, I have a lovely dry scalp and I lose about 50 hairs a day....enough that I should probably start a collection and start selling it to people who make extensions because the dry frizzy look is so in!

When I was contacted by EcostoreUSA to do a review and offer a giveaway I visited their website to see if it was something I was interested in and believed in.

Being that I am interested in helping the environment and helping this mess on my head I decided to give it a shot.....I don't have anything to lose but more hair :) hahahaha

I perused their website and decided to try out their Shampoo & Conditioner.

Reading that "they believe it makes good sense to reduce the number of synthetic chemicals in our lives, we use safer, healthier plant-based ingredients derived from Coconut and palm oils. These have been expertly blended with organic cider vinegar and therapeutic grade essential oils to create our shampoos and conditioners that gently cleanse and condition.

Being free of skin irritants such as Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and synthetic preservatives such as parabens means that they can be safely used on even the most sensitive scalp."

I am all about what is good for my scalp and shoot.....kill 2 birds with one stone because it is also good for the environment and going green is the way to be. Although this is really the only green thing I have done besides separating my trash from my recyclables. Baby Steps....right.

I choose the Manuka Sandalwood Shampoo & Manuka Sandalwood Conditioner because being flaky is so last year and well....just not that wonderful because who wants to be wearing a black shirt and be all flaky?

Well, I have used this twice so far and well I have to say.......I am impressed. My hair felt smoother, less frizzy and had less buildup. I did notice that my scalp had improved greatly. I would most definitely use it again and be a return customer on not only their hair products but others as well.

I love the packaging of their product and I love that they do not use nasty chemicals but healthier plant based ingredients.

I thought the extra attention my Hubby was giving me just before bed was because of the time I have been spending in the gym trying to lose that baby weight (wink, wink) but then he told me it was because he liked the smell of my hair!

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NGUYENER, NGUYENER CHICKEN DINNER!!

The winner of the $25 Ecostore Gift Certificate is.........



Jamie @ Him, Me & Our Three!

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Tuesdays: CAPTION THIS

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WINNING CAPTION: Yo my man! I thought you said we were going to Vegas for the babes, not to get toys for the babies." by Chocolate Covered Daydreams

Thank You Easter Bunny Secret Santa!

Timing is EVERYTHING!

After I had that crappy week that I posted about here, but what to my wondering eyes should appear but a miniature sleigh and 8 tiny reindeer a envelope addressed to me from my SSS last week.

I don't know about you but I get all giddy when I get surprise's in the mail because rarely do I get anything other than a bill.

So when I opened it, I got a nice colorful note from my SSS and a surprise giftcard to Starbucks, my UBER favorite ME thing to do :) Treat myself to a CARAMEL LIGHT FRAPPUCCINO after I drop the kids off at school and before I get to work. Of course I treated myself the very next morning! Ahhhh what a way to start my morning off on a good note :)

So of course I was even more giddy about getting after the bad week I had before, it was such PERFECT timing! THANK YOU SO MUCH SSS FOR TREATING ME TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS!! It really made my week :)

I am so easy to please, a little treat to myself sure does go a long way for me :) When you always put others before yourself you really do savor the little things you get to do for yourself. LOVE IT! I am sure that is the same story for all Mom's we always tend to put ourselves last.

P.S. I cannot believe Target is already fully decorated for XMAS, wow! Are you ready for the holidays?

Wordless...kinda...not really... Wednesday

I am so THANKFUL to have a good group of girlfriends! To laugh with, to vent with, to share with! I have shared this picture before but it is MY ULTIMATE FAVORITE picture. Can't you just feel the love and laughter we share LOL. Some of my Girl's Night Out Crew are missing from the picture, I need to get a new favorite picture with us all in it. I just love how hard I am laughing in this picture.

There is actually a story behind this, we were sitting outside at a restaurant bar and it is located in the middle of this outside shopping mall. A passerby saw us girls taking pictures of ourselves and offered up her services to take a group picture of us. SCORE....we thought!

So we get together and pose normal. This is that first shot

Then she got this shot, you will notice her hand pointing ME out.

She points me out and says that I had a double chin in the picture and that she is a photographer and that we need to stick our necks out like giraffes to avoid the double chins.

So that is where the above shot of me cracking up came into play. You will notice in that picture we are all sticking our necks out LOL

Tuesdays: Caption This

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Winning Captions:

"come on now we just need one more bridesmaids dress and seriously, it will grow back, pinky swear!" Becaise I Said So

and

"If you don't get your lazy ass up this hill, I'm gonna make a suit for daddy out of you. Obviously your sister didn't listen to my threat." Tiffany @ Stuck in Sticks

Friday Fragments: You Nguyen some, You lose some

-I was so looking forward to this week because it was half day at school for both kids so that meant I got to leave work early every single day. WOOHOO

-Good Luck I have none....so of course me being excited about getting off work early something was bound to screw up my bliss.

-Monday on my Bliss High I was all excited and went to the gym, worked the treadmill for a hour while I watched Dancing with the Stars, time flies when you get caught up in a show...LOVE IT!

-Tuesday still on a Bliss High I head to the gym again feeling Oh So Good, As soon as I get to the gym the Hubs texts me

HIM: The power just went out and I am so bored
(between Football being on and it being the Lakers opening game+no power=one bored Hubby)
ME: Oh Sorry....snicker, snicker I am watching the Laker Game right now :)
(of course I had to rub it in)

-I get home from the gym and talk to my BFF, shower then hit the hay about 11:30 pm.

-1 AM the dog who we lock inside at night comes to alert me that he needs something or something is not right. Most of the time it is that he needs to go potty or is about to be sick. He is such a good dog.

So I head downstairs to let him out so he can go potty and walk into the kitchen and about chit my pants. There was a miniature lake inside the kitchen.

In my foggy state I was in shock and my first thought was did a pipe burst? Then I thought maybe it was raining outside and somehow the water got inside (yeah, told you I was foggy cause that is just not sensible) I grab towels and start cleaning it all up. Then I run back upstairs to get my glasses on so I can actually see what I am cleaning up.

It was then while I was down on the floor mopping it up with towels that I see the source. It was a lovely 3 Liter bottle of Lemon Lime Soda that burst open at the bottom. Yeah a nice sticky mess that I realized was completely under all of our laminate flooring that we just laid earlier this year. Yeah major freakout because it warps when wet for a long period of time.

I race up and wake the BEAST Hubby and tell him I need his help that the floor is gonna be all ruined because a 3 liter soda burst and is all over the floor.

His Reply: You are kidding right and there is really a BRAND NEW GOLF CLUB SET down there for me!
(I wanted to slap him to wake him up from his dream...really slap him hard too cause he just got new clubs last Xmas) like I really would be waking him up at now 2 AM to surprise him with clubs, at this point I wanted to beat him with some clubs!

He comes down and says there is nothing we can do right now so let's wait until the morning and he will call in sick and pull up the floor to see what we can salvage.

-WEDNESDAY, I am so flipping tired because I could not go back to sleep because my mind was racing about what we needed to do about the floor. Every possible scenario and I think it was about 3:30 am when I finally fell asleep.

I am sore from going to the gym Mon & Tues and tired on top of that. That is not a good combination for me.

We have to get out the door early in the morning because son's Teacher's Conference was that morning before school. Son is doing GREAT but talks too much(we already knew that though)

I go to work for a bit and Hubby calls in to stay home and tear the flooring back up. After work and picking the kids up I head home to see that Hubby had all the floor up....kudos to him!!!

I start cleaning the sticky mess and then I told him I wanted to replace a plank that was about 3 more rows up that got messed up a few months ago so I start tearing that up and then I realize there is water all under the bathroom floor too. WTFrack So we tear up all the bathroom too and clean and dry it all and then re-lay it all.

-The kitchen is still in utter disarray and still needs all the floor to be re-layed which we will have to do this weekend.

-Hubby's gout is acting up and he is feeling sick

-I am tired, sore and cranky

-We are 2 tons of fun over here, you should really be jealous.

-Now that I have rambled on and on about my stupid crappy week that I was so blissful about, I realize the name of my blog should be Life of a Loser because I was certainly not a Nguyener this week!

Friday and it is off to son's H-A-Double L-O-W-Double E-N Parade. He was gonna be Flying Saucer Balloon Boy but of course the big mylar balloon I ordered is not gonna be in until Nov 3rd! Yeah....so he is going as a vampire.

Have a safe and fun Halloween!

If you need me I will be slaving over the dang floor all weekend. Just for a nice visual here is a pic of the floor after we first laid it and approx where the bottle was and the spill goes beyond the picture....cry, cry, cry



for more Friday Fragments head over to Barb's

Tuesdays: CAPTION THIS

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Winning Captions: I could not decide and there was 2 I liked!

FAT TOM: "I don't care how many lives you think you have left... I'm telling you that if you cut one right now, I'm gonna kill you!"

SOXY DEB: Blackie: "Just a little bit farther, almost there."

Stripey: "MMPHFF TKEK LEPJF MW KEUFHE" (translation: "your standing on my face")

A Thousand Words Thursday: Sharpie Style

If I stand here and look cute maybe she will not notice the SHARPIE all over me.

I actually miss the days when Thing 2 was this little because now he is just a stinky sweaty 7 almost 8 year old boy that tells me about all the girls at school that have a crush on him :(

For more ATWT posts, see my friend Jen

Truth Serum...

Who didn't have a CRUSH on Uncle Jesse?

fanning myself...he is GOOD LOOKING!

What's that JOHN? You would like me to get my tubes untied and be the Mother of your child! SURE No problem! As long as they don't get your weird looking belly button!

I have loved John Stamos ever since he played Uncle Jesse but after seeing the video of him below I love him even more!



I guess the back story of this video was that he flew to Australia to promote something that he was doing in 2007. As you can tell by watching it he was definitely a bit off.

He just recently did a interview with Advocate where he admitted that when he did that interview he was totally drunk. I love him more for it because he wanted to tell the truth and he definitely made the interview more fun to watch. Especially when he pulled the hat off the mannequin head :)

He said in the Advocate interview, "I'll be honest: When I went on that morning show, I was drunk. Yes, I was on sleeping pills and I was jet-lagged, but I was also just plastered. And I never said I wasn't, but that whole Warner Bros. publicity machine got involved and said, 'Just say he was jet-lagged.'"

The people at Warner Brothers were all freaked out and wanted it all to be spun, but Stamos, said, "No, tell 'em the truth! I was f****** drunk in Australia. Big deal."

My crush on Uncle Jesse remains and I might be crushin' on him a bit more now :)

Tuesdays: CAPTION THIS

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WINNING CAPTION: Oh crap he just farted...again by GEORGIE

I surprise myself sometimes!

I have to pinch myself and ask if it is really OCTOBER!

Whodathunk it that I would be so on the ball in OCTOBER!

I am proud to say I have done quite a bit of Christmas shopping already for my kids. All neatly hid at my work and just waiting to be wrapped. I figure I would like to be completely done by Thanksgiving so I can just relax. Last year I was still shopping on Christmas Eve.

I really do not look forward to this time of year. Son's Birthday is in the middle of December and each year I have the best intentions of throwing a Birthday Party for him and each year I just end up having a small family dinner type of Birthday because I just don't feel up to it. His last big party was when he was 3. Not this year though because MOMMY has her CHIT together son! WHOOP THERE IT IS!!

It is hard to plan his birthday because you never know what the weather will be like so we have to have it indoors somewhere. Our place is not big enough to have many people so I have to find somewhere to have it.

This year he is probably gonna have it at a indoor Rock Climbing place called Rockreation. I wanted something different than your typical indoor inflatable play zone. I think he will have fun climbing with his friends.

Now I just gotta come up with extra gift ideas to give him for his birthday. Separating what I want to give him for his Birthday and Christmas is always hard and expensive. I think son is hard to buy for because he is not really into toys that much. He loves video games but I feel already has enough of them. One thing I know he WILL NOT be getting is the flat screen TV for his room that he asked for. He is gonna be 8, shouldn't he be asking for something like a Transformer...LOL

Mom's what are you getting your son's that are 7, 8 or 9? I need idea's!

I am thinking of a tabletop Foosball, ping-pong and air hockey thing all in one. Lego's and maybe a skateboard ramp. He also asked for pegs for his bike because he thinks he can be all tricky but all I see are chipped teeth and broken bones. HELP, give me idea's.

Daughter asked for some very easy things and her big thing was a laptop. We need another computer and she is always on ours for school so a laptop might be the family gift this year.

She also asked for a real hamster, but I know I will be stuck taking care of it so I decided to get her the next best thing to a real hamster.....a fake one! A ZHU ZHU PET hamster. What I did not know at the time was that it is suppose to be the HOTTEST TOY this Holiday season and it is already impossible to find. It is the kind of shenanigan where everything is sold separately. I have already managed to score the biggest piece, the fun house so now I need the dang hamsters and a few more accessories.

You should have seen me at Target spotting the last Zhu Zhu Pet Fun house on the shelf. I eyed it from the end of the aisle and then I was steadily pushing my cart super fast and checking my surroundings to make sure nobody was gonna get there before me. Grabbed that puppy, threw it in the cart and did a victory dance right there in the aisle. Kinda like the football players do in the end zone although mine are not as good....more like white girl can't dance! I know I can get it all on AMAZON however the price increase on there is OUTRAGEOUS!

I did this same thing for the Bakugan balls for son last Christmas that he now never plays with! I am sure this will be the same although the ZHU ZHU Pets have been getting good reviews and the kids love them. WE WILL SEE!

WOW....We are in 2009!

This story is INFURIATING to me! When I saw it on the front page of Yahoo I was literally STUNNED! I am happy to say that I have 2 kids from a Interracial Marriage, we have been together 15 years and married for 12 of them. For this Justice of the Peace to refuse a marriage license "based on his experience" to them just astounds me! I thought we were beyond that already!

Interracial couple denied marriage license in La
By MARY FOSTER, Associated Press Writer Mary Foster, Associated Press Writer – Fri Oct 16, 4:50 am ET

NEW ORLEANS – A white Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.

Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.

"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."

Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said.

Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages. He came to the conclusion that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said.

"There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage," Bardwell said. "I think those children suffer and I won't help put them through it."

If he did an interracial marriage for one couple, he must do the same for all, he said.

"I try to treat everyone equally," he said.

Bardwell estimates that he has refused to marry about four couples during his career, all in the past 2 1/2 years.

Beth Humphrey, 30, and 32-year-old Terence McKay, both of Hammond, say they will consult the U.S. Justice Department about filing a discrimination complaint.

Humphrey, an account manager for a marketing firm, said she and McKay, a welder, just returned to Louisiana. She is white and he is black. She plans to enroll in the University of New Orleans to pursue a masters degree in minority politics.

"That was one thing that made this so unbelievable," she said. "It's not something you expect in this day and age."

Humphrey said she called Bardwell on Oct. 6 to inquire about getting a marriage license signed. She says Bardwell's wife told her that Bardwell will not sign marriage licenses for interracial couples. Bardwell suggested the couple go to another justice of the peace in the parish who agreed to marry them.

"We are looking forward to having children," Humphrey said. "And all our friends and co-workers have been very supportive. Except for this, we're typical happy newlyweds."

"It is really astonishing and disappointing to see this come up in 2009," said American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana attorney Katie Schwartzmann. She said the Supreme Court ruled in 1967 "that the government cannot tell people who they can and cannot marry."

The ACLU sent a letter to the Louisiana Judiciary Committee, which oversees the state justices of the peace, asking them to investigate Bardwell and recommending "the most severe sanctions available, because such blatant bigotry poses a substantial threat of serious harm to the administration of justice."

"He knew he was breaking the law, but continued to do it," Schwartzmann said.

According to the clerk of court's office, application for a marriage license must be made three days before the ceremony because there is a 72-hour waiting period. The applicants are asked if they have previously been married. If so, they must show how the marriage ended, such as divorce.

Other than that, all they need is a birth certificate and Social Security card.

The license fee is $35, and the license must be signed by a Louisiana minister, justice of the peace or judge. The original is returned to the clerk's office.

"I've been a justice of the peace for 34 years and I don't think I've mistreated anybody," Bardwell said. "I've made some mistakes, but you have too. I didn't tell this couple they couldn't get married. I just told them I wouldn't do it."

A Thousand Words Thursday

circa 1994, Before 2 Kids, 2 People in Love, Whodathunkit....15 years later, here we are still being Nguyeners! Love ya!


For More Thousand Word Thursdays, Stop by Jen's!

Dog ate my homework! Not so much!

Growing up I was a good student throughout my school years. Always had all my homework done and studied for all my tests. I liked getting good grades and took pride in my work.

That being said my daughter is exactly like me so I really have nothing to worry about with her so far. (fingers crossed)

However my son on the other hand.....yeah when he gets into 6th grade I will really need what I am about to show you. He could care less about his school work and is way more into the social aspect of school.

Check out what my daughter's school does. They have a program online where you can literally see EVERYTHING. Yeah.....son is screwed when he gets older. Mommy can keep a close eye on him! This program also emails me everynight with a reminder of what homework is due. I LOVE THIS PROGRAM!!



I can see, what her grades are currently in her classes. What her homework assignments are and when they are due. It shows her class schedule with a simple click I can email her teacher.



It shows a Calender of the week/month so I can see when homework is due and any upcoming events.


You can click on a class and see the PROGRESS REPORT and the grade they received on every single assignment, test and quiz. This is her ENGLISH class and she is doing AWESOME.

Does your child's school do anything like this? This is updated daily/hourly so I can check in anytime and know exactly what is going on. If I know my daughter has a Spanish test I can log in after that period and see how she did so by the time I pick her up from school I already know and I can tell her GREAT JOB when she gets in the car. I LOVE LOVE THIS PROGRAM!

How many of you would have been in big trouble if this was around while you were in school?

Tuesdays: CAPTION THIS

Hit me with your best SHOT CAPTION! What does this picture say to you? If your caption makes me laugh the hardest I will feature your blog until next Tuesdays Caption This! Laughter makes the world go round.

WINNING CAPTION: Look at that EskiHO. by Tiffany

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UPDATE:

Neighbors son had a 6 hour surgery yesterday to remove the front part of a crushed bone in his neck and place a metal cage like piece where the bone used to be to relieve pressure off his spinal cord. In another week he will have to have the same surgery to remove the back part of the crushed bone in his neck.

He is starting to feel his legs again with some very slight movement however he still cannot feel his hands nor move them. When the accident happened he could not feel or move anything so he is improving.

The family is gonna have to take turns at the hospital and hopefully get to stay in the Ronald McDonald house since they are a ways from home. I will help pick up their daughter and watch her until they can maybe get him transferred down here or until he is out of the hospital, as long as I am needed.

As I talked face to face with his Mom today I could see the anguish in her face and she started to break down. I could tell she had been staying strong and had not really had the time to just break down and let it all out.

The Call

Yesterday about 3 o'clock I get a phone call from our neighbor, kinda unusual because we never talk on the phone.

She says "Hi Amy, It's ***** from next door can you do me a favor and go check to see if my Hubby's car is there??

I can hear panic and the frantic-ness in her voice.

ME: Sure, I run out.....Yes it's there

HER: Can you please go pound on the door, I really need to talk to ****** it's urgent

ME: Of course.....pounding super hard on the door because I could sense her panic. No Answer......

ME:Is there anything I can come help you with?.....

HER: NO, we are in San Diego (about 2 hours from where we live) and **** (her son a Sophomore) just broke his neck in a Basketball Tournament. I need to talk to Hubby and he is not answering his phone and now not the door either.

HER: Can you go inside the house through the back door and yell upstairs because I think he is sleeping?

ME: Yes....So I get inside and yell upstairs and he yells back down "I'm in the shower" So I yell you need to call ***** it is very URGENT.

5 minutes later her Hubby leaves in a BIG HURRY!

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I get another call around 5 o'clock from my neighbor

HER: Have you seen my Hubby because he is still not answering his phone.

ME: He left 5 minutes after we talked the 1st time.

HER: He must have left his cell phone at home in his now frantic state of mind.

**** is in surgery right now to relieve the pressure from his spinal cord.

ME: Let me know if you need help with anything. What does the dog need and such.

HER: The dog food is here, I might need help with daughter picking up from school and such.

ME: Sure, no problem. Just let me know.

The dog was going crazy about 9 o'clock so Hubby and I took her on a 20 minute walk. She was quiet until about 11 o'clock and then barked throughout the night. Seems like she did not like being home alone. We live in a condo so I am sure all the neighbors heard the barking throughout the night. I felt bad.

*****Please keep this family in your thought and prayers, it is looking very scary for their son******

As a mom I felt so scared for her, I could feel her panic and despair of the unknown and what was going to happen. My heart was hurting for her, that is a mom's worst nightmare. Their child getting hurt. Our daughters play together and are the same age. If she needs me to I will drive down to San Diego to pick up their daughter and help anyway I can so they can focus on their son.

I hope I never have to receive The Call!

Secret Santa Update

Secret Santa Soiree Updates:

? I know it seems like we have a lot of SSS updates but until everyone has been assigned an exchange partner they are neccesary so that everyone is on the same page, so everyone that wants to join has time to do so and for my sanity.

? So far 70 wonderful bloggers have signed the Linky (below) and 62 people have returned their Q&A-We are so excited that so many of YOU want to be a part of this exchange.

? If you have signed the Linky and not received a Q&A PLEASE email us at secretsantasoiree(at)gmail(dot)com we cannot send you the q&a until we have your confirmation email

? If you have received the Q&A and returned it PLEASE make sure your name is on the Linky

? If your name is on the Linky and/or you have returned your Q&A and you can not participate PLEASE let me know

? What's all the hoopla about the Linky? It will be how you visit all the SSS participants.

? I read on someones blog how being a part of the SSS last year helped them make friendships that they still hold dear a year later...That speaks volumes about YOU as bloggers and participants of the SSS. Since no one knows whose name they will receive, now would be a good time to start blog hopping and getting to know each other, while there are some familiar faces/blogs from last year, there are also plenty of new faces/blogs to be discovered-and you never know...They just may be YOUR exchange partner.

? Something to keep in mind 'following' if you want to follow the participants now would be a good time to do that. Waiting until I send you your exchange partners name then following is a dead-giveaway that you have their name, so if that is the route you want to take please consider following privately so things remain a secret.

? The response to Secret Santa Gives Back has been great and I want to thank you for stepping up and offering to be a Mission Mistletoe Elf and/or suggesting someone.

? A friendly reminder the deadline for SSS sign ups is Oct 15th

? If you haven't taken had a chance to read the *411* aka the rules click here and if you have any questions feel free to contact us!

Friday Fragments: Nyquil Style

It's been about a hour.....since I have taken the Nyquil.

I was reading blogs, trying to catch up on some of my reader.

I have been so busy visiting all the new people I have discovered from Georgie's Mr. Linky for the Secret Santa Soiree.


There is still time to play along, you just got to follow the steps here. I know we will surpass the number of people we had signed up last year.

Santa Gives Back aka Mission Mistletoe is also in order, want to be a elf and help someone who needs it this year? Sign up here

My body has progressively gotten warmer and eyes are getting heavier, Nyquil is kicking in.

YIPEE It's Friday!

This post will probably not make much sense but I am under the influence of Nyquil. I never take medicine so Nyquil always makes me loopy.

Tonight is to be our couples date night, we have drinks and appetizers lined up at BJ's then gonna head out and see COUPLES RETREAT. Looking forward to laughing with all my friends and Hubby. I hope the movie is not a let down.

Picture day for son is today, I will bet you $10 he has the same goofy forced smile he always does. I kinda love it, it makes it more special for when he is older. Senior Blackmail pictures, of his doofy Childhood days. We all have those pictures right?

The Nyquil has fast approached and I think this is the time to say Farewell my Friends....New and Old.

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