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Check this out.... Purse contest

2008-09-01T11:30:00.001-04:00

Love this purse and below is how to get your entries in.

MomDot is not going to let you down on getting it started. Here is a purse that is fun, flirty and will go perfectly with jeans or a dress.

It is the Elliott Lucca Tropez Demi in Raspberry Patent. This beautiful bag can be yours!!! Valued at $118.00 this is a purse you need to add to your collection, or start your collection with!

Like the classic Little Black Dress, Tropez woos with a whisper rather than a shout. Her simple demi shape is sharp, sleek and as versatile as they come. Since she’s available in a paint-store-worthy selection of shades, Tropez readily expresses her every mood; whether saucy, sultry or serious, her woven leather body tells the tale. Grosgrain lining features 2 open pockets and back wall zippered pocket. Black Patent and Red Patent have matching lining, Buff Patent and Silver Foil have Graphite lining, all other colors have Khaki lining. Leaf Patent, Sunshine Patent, Rasberry Patent, and Silver Foil have Shiny Nickel hardware, all other colors have Shiny Light Gold.

What you can win: That gorgeous purse above!

How you can win: Entry Rules: Head on over to HERE or HERE and tell us your favorite little number you would walk the town with!

To gain a 2nd entry: Tell the world about this contest and your love affair with purses and let us know the linK!

To gain a 3rd entry: Tell us about the ugliest purse you have owned or do own

To gain a 4th entry: Leave a comment for a feature blogger this week!

Contest ends on Monday the 7th and someone will be luckily walking away with a new fall flirt! As always, you must leave contact info or a blog, and must claim your prizes within 48 hours or a new winner will steal it from you. Leave all entries in seperate comments. Random.org will be choosing the winner.

"Mommy what is that under my pee pee"

2008-08-31T21:45:00.002-04:00

My oldest son Brendon asked me that tonight. Of course i told him his testicles ( the correct term) He the asked me "Mommy arethe tetsicles there to hold up my pee pee? I thought that was so funy. Isn't it amazing what kids come up with. I mean really look at that face.

Wanting a Personalized license plate.....

2008-08-30T17:39:00.002-04:00

hello ladies. I am trying to think of something good for my license plate but i am not too creative. I thought to NYMOM4 2 and fitecncr. I love to play texas holdem. I have 2 boys, and I am fighting colon/liver cancer. i would love to hear some of your suggestions. Keep in mind there is only room for 8 characters (numbers and letters). Thanks

Vacationing with children.

2008-08-30T17:33:00.002-04:00

How many of you have vacationed with children. I usually feel like i need a vacation from my vacation. Well This time we went on a cruise to Bermuda. I was thinking ahead and paid for my cousin to come with us. She was there to help with the kids. Brendon went to ship camp and absolutely loved it. My cousin watched Hunter and at night she watched both. I was able to enjoy myself and relax most of the time. We went out at night and i did not have to worry about the boys I knew they were taken care of. So advice fro you next vacation, if you can afford it or have the opportunity try to bring a sitter so you are not so overwhelmed and are able to relax as well.

Blog Contests

2008-07-30T13:28:00.006-04:00

i am trying hard to figure it out so i am using "Want some schools supplies for free"as my first. i am trying to understand how to do this. I commented and subscribed to some stuff. not too sure if it the right stuff. we shall find out. the only thing i have not figured out yet is the buttons. I want to add peoples buttons but do not know how. eventually i will get it

Soaps By Mimi:

This is my first give away. These tow soaps are handmade and come in an organza bag. They are made with premium Goats milk and Glycerin. The scents I chose are Apricot Freesia and Carnation. The contest will end 08-08-08 at 12:00 PST.

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Everyone Needs A NIght Out

2008-07-29T10:04:00.002-04:00

So last night I went out. It was great. I met my sorority sisters in NYC for dinner. The kids were with Jason and I was with friends i have not seen in years. We had a great time reminiscing and i enjoyed the night. We are hoping to do it every year

So what happens next

2008-07-29T09:59:00.003-04:00

Yesterday was a very scary day. i went for my colonoscopy and I was scared. when i woke up after the procedure that was suppose to take 15 minutes but took 45 minutes I saw the doctor, He told me that He found many polyps and removed them but also found a growth of some sort that will have to be surgically removed. Right then my heart dropped. I just thought of my mom and her colon cancer. All that went through my head was what if I have colon cancer? What am I going to do? What about my kids? I asked him when did he think i need to get the surgery? All he said was lets wait until the results of the biopsies come back.

So now it is a waiting game and i am scared out of my mind. I am hooping it is nothing but thinking it is something. I will do what my mother always says and hope for the best expect the worst.

Wordless Wednesday

2008-07-23T15:19:00.004-04:00

Need i say more

Scared To Death

2008-07-17T23:20:00.005-04:00

The last family trip in Disney

My mom, Brendon, and Pluto

My mother died of liver failure but only because her liver could not handle the surgery she had because of the colon cancer that came back after 11 years of being in remission. We I have to go get checked because I have not been feeling so great. I will not be graphic but lets just say i am going for a colonoscopy. I am scared that they will find something. I know that it could be so many different things but knowing my mother's history i hope for the best expect the worst. Now at my age i really should have nothing to worry about, but i just can not help it.

I am more worried about m family. My father, my brother, husband and my two boys. We have been through 4 deaths, 2 family members with lung cancer ( and surgery), and my father with a by-pass and other health issues, since September.. My older son i think is traumatized by my mother not being around (they were very close). I just do not want my family to have to deal with one other terrible thing. I am also scared for obvious reasons as well. I just do not want to be sick. I want to be able to watch my kids grow, go to school, graduate college, get married and have kids of their own. I know you are all thinking I should not worry. It will be fine. I am over thinking this. But honestly do you blame me?

I will be going in for my procedure on July 28Th at 12:30pm. so hopefully i will have results before the end of that week. Scared to death is an easy way to say it. I wish I could think of a better title but that is the best way to describe it.

grieving a family member

2008-07-14T15:14:00.006-04:00

Well today was my mom's birthday. i have been dreading this day since she died. I woke up this morning wanting to call her and wish he a happy birthday but i couldn't. Every year we would get together and take my mom out for dinner or I would make a special dinner at my house. we would have cake and make it a family affair.

This year I met my brother at his house an we went to the cemetery. we stopped and picked up some real pretty blue e roses from us and 2 red roses from my boys. we put them next to her grave stone praying she would come back and laugh at us.

The ones i feel the worst for are my two boys. brendon i know is having a hard time and hunter never really got to know the wonderful woman she is. I know brendon and I will tell hunter when he gets older but it is just not the same. I wanted him to have many years with her. At least brendon spent time with her and had special days with her. Hunter did not have many at all. we do have the trip to Disney that we all went on last summer, thank god. But that is all just pictures.

I know she is better off. I also know it will never get easier, but I also know she is in a better place and is not is any pain and that is what I want for her if she can not be here.

My experience with a child who was born with a 90% hearing loss.

2008-07-10T21:33:00.002-04:00

I remember a little over a year ago when the nurse came into the hospital room and told me my son was referred for the hearing test and they would have to do another test before he left. i was not worried at first. i had a terrible delivery and my pediatrician told me he probably had a lot of junk in his ears an not to worry. well the day i left he failed again so now we had to schedule a test where he had to be asleep. after 3 tests (Aug 2007)it was finally confirmed he had a 90% hearing loss. so basically he was deaf. Jason was not with me and now I had to tell him the news i had just gotten. I was devastated but also happy that that was all that was wrong with him. the audiologist that told me was so sweet. she told me all of my option and who i can get help from. She did mention cochlear implants. I was not familiar with it so of course i asked a lot of questions.

The first thing i did was tell my husband. he did not understand. I tried to explain it to him the best i could. I also reminded him that a lot of the children have more than just a hearing loss. the could have MS, could be blind, Learning disables, etc.... He finally understood and we talked about our options. Of course the first thing i did was got on the computer and searched about hearing loss and cochlear Implants to make myself more aware of what we were going to have to deal with from then until whenever.

Cochlear implants have electrodes that replace the cilia (small hairs in the cochlear) that is in your cochlear(the shell looking part in your ear) It is amazing. I was so intrigued by it. I could not stop looking up information on cochlear implants.

In September of 2007 He was set up with Early Intervention (EI) and they got the ball moving on his speech therapy, physical therapy, and hearing aids. I was great how much they helped. not soon after that we started looking for surgeons to to the Cochlear Implant surgery. We asked around. I asked my friends that were in the medical field and the finger got pointed to Dr. Roland. He was one of the first surgeons to perform the surgery. I was sold.

In Nov, I made appointments for his pre - surgery testing which was intense. There were 3 evaluations, one visit with Dr. Shapiro (helped us decide what implant we wanted and why), a CAT Scan of hunters ear and brain, and the the final evaluation in the middle of Dec. with Dr. Roland.

Hunter was a perfect candidate for Cochlear implants and we had scheduled his surgery for February 2008. At this time my mother had just passed away about a month before and now we were doing one of the best things for our son. We were giving him the opportunity to hear. My mother would have been so happy. I know she as with me through the whole process.

Well February comes, Hunter has the surgery about 4 weeks later he gets activated. OMG I can not even explain what it was like. He heard. He was able to hear noises, loud and soft. It was amazing. I have never been so happy yet so sad (because my mom was not there to see it) at the same time.

Now hunter is 15 months old and responding all the time to noise. He is an amazing little boy. He surprises me everyday. he gets speech therapy 3 times a week and gets his implants tested about every 3 months. Last week, July 1 he had his 1st booth evaluation and was tested at hearing at 15 decibels and that is almost if not better then a normal hearing person.

Hunter received tubes in his ears today. This is because he has had many ear infections since his implants and if he gets too many and did not get the tubes put in he has a higher risk if getting meningitis. So of course like every other decision we have made, this is the best for him so of course it will be done.

This is where we are today. I know it was a lot but i feel better letting it out. I know that this will always be here for me.