So, after so browsing around other blogs, i stumbled upon something i thought would be fun to try. It's called Thursday 13. Every thursday, you make a list of 13 things...anything really. It could be 13 of your favorite shows, 13 of your favorite recipies...you see where i'm going with this, right?
So this week, to kick off my new favorite thing for Thursday's, i bring you:
Stacey's 13 life lessons
1. Never pass up an opportunity to pee. This is one of the most important things anyone can learn. I found this lesson to be MOST valuable when i was pregnant, as there were days when i felt i could pee every 10 minutes.
2. Everyone seems normal, until you get to know them.
3. If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance! Don't blow it.
4. Learn to pick your battles. Ask yourself "Will this matter in a year/month/week/day?"
5. You only need 2 tools: WD 40 and tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD 40. If it moves and it shouldn't, use the tape.
6. The 5 most important words for a healthy relationship are "I appologize" and "You are right". But don't just say them to say them, you actually have to mean them.
7. If he/she says you are too good for them, BELIEVE THEM!! And never let anyone put you down, for any reason. There is a lid for every pot out there, sometimes it just takes a while to find it.
8. Never give yourself a haircut after 8 beers, or 3 margarita's, or 5 shots. Let's face it, how about you just never give yourself a trim/haircut. We already know it's going to come out badly, so save yourself the hat wearing for a month.
9. Be really good to your family and/or your friends. You never know when you're going to need them to empty your bedpan, or wipe drool from your chin.
10. When you make a mistake, say your sorry right away. The longer you wait, the harder it's going to be to get back where you started. And don't just say you're sorry to say it, you really have to mean it.
11. Living well is really the best revenge. Being miserable because of a bad or former relationship just might mean that the other person was right about you.
12. If you are going to be able to look back at something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
13. Work is good, but it's not that important. Money is great, but you can't take it (or anything else for that matter) with you. Statistics show that most people don't live to spend everything they've saved. Some people don't even live to retire! Anything we have, isn't really ours, we just borrow it while we're here...even our kids. So live well, laugh often and love much. And don't sweat the small stuff!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Looks...
Why is it that men don't care as much about their looks as women do?
Women work and try and strive to be skinny. They eat healthy, they diet and they exercise all year long so they look good in swimsuits, so they look sexy in dresses, so they don't gain too much weight at the holidays. They strive to look the way they did in high school. And why do they do this? So men will think they are sexy.
Men couldn't care less. They eat what they want, at any time of the day. They rarely exercise, they never diet, and they eat fatty foods like they're nothing! They think their beer-bellies are sexy, hanging over their swim trunks. The bigger the belly the funnier! They eat double helpings of desert at the holidays, too. And they couldn't care less about looking like they did in high school. Dieting is a bad word to them.
So why is it so different? Why can't women get fat and not care at all, and men have to work and worry and suffer to look sexy for us girls! Sometimes i really get mad about this, especially when i'm trying to eat healthy and exercise to try to lose all the baby weight and my wonderful husband sits on the couch eating cheesesteaks and french fries and saying to me "Why do you need to go running?! Sit here with me...eat!"
All this stemmed from our Wii fit. It gave us a Wii age and a BMI rating. I was normal. Frank was obese. He just laughed...didn't care. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Women work and try and strive to be skinny. They eat healthy, they diet and they exercise all year long so they look good in swimsuits, so they look sexy in dresses, so they don't gain too much weight at the holidays. They strive to look the way they did in high school. And why do they do this? So men will think they are sexy.
Men couldn't care less. They eat what they want, at any time of the day. They rarely exercise, they never diet, and they eat fatty foods like they're nothing! They think their beer-bellies are sexy, hanging over their swim trunks. The bigger the belly the funnier! They eat double helpings of desert at the holidays, too. And they couldn't care less about looking like they did in high school. Dieting is a bad word to them.
So why is it so different? Why can't women get fat and not care at all, and men have to work and worry and suffer to look sexy for us girls! Sometimes i really get mad about this, especially when i'm trying to eat healthy and exercise to try to lose all the baby weight and my wonderful husband sits on the couch eating cheesesteaks and french fries and saying to me "Why do you need to go running?! Sit here with me...eat!"
All this stemmed from our Wii fit. It gave us a Wii age and a BMI rating. I was normal. Frank was obese. He just laughed...didn't care. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Decorations...
So it's that time of year again. It's time for the Christmas decorations to come out of the attic and get put up around the house. This brings me great angst. Why, you may ask? I know what you're thinking. It's Christmas time, it's supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. Well, it is for the most part. EXCEPT for the part where i have to hand the lights up. That is what gets me, and it does it every year.
The first big step is to untangle the lights. I have no idea how they get so tangled up in a matter of 11 months. I put them in there ever so carefully, gently in fact. But somehow they come out in knots and wrapped around each other, all just to tick me off. Then, i have to test all the lights out before i hang them up. I never used to test them, until one year i hung up all my lights and half of them didn't work...and it was the MIDDLE half of some of the strands! So now i've learned to test all the lights before they get hung up anywhere. Well, this year, the lights decided to work when i tested them, but then stop working when i went to hang them up! It was really testing my patience. My final gripe about the lights is that i have to go around and clean all my windows 2x before i hang the lights, otherwise the suction cups don't stick and i spend the entire holiday season re-hanging the suction cups and lights in every single window. That one really gets me. Even when i clean the darn windows, sometimes those stupid suction cups don't stick. Instead of looking like nicely decorated windows, they look like giant holiday x's!
And every year i have to make sure the front of my house looks nice, and i usually like to add something to it to make it better than it was the previous year. We've managed to go from just plain lights around the windows and posts, to lights on the fence, to red ribbon on the posts too to make them look like candy canes, to green realistic garland and bows around the window too, to now the "tree-like" garland ALSO around the posts. I haven't hit that "too much" point yet, at least i don't think so.
The final step here at the Stiffie household is to get the Christmas tree. We have to have a real tree every year, per my orders. None of that fake tree stuff here! We make our family pilgramage to the tree farm and we cut down our own tree that we hunt for hours to find. This year, Mady gets to join in the fun of the annual tree cutting. We've agreed to get a "slightly" smaller tree this year, mostly so Mady doesn't feel the need to pull it down. We do tie it to the wall every year, so you think we would feel safer. I guess we'll have to see how that goes when we get to it, but somehow i'm thinking we're gonna end up with a huge tree that gets pulled down at least once. LOL
The first big step is to untangle the lights. I have no idea how they get so tangled up in a matter of 11 months. I put them in there ever so carefully, gently in fact. But somehow they come out in knots and wrapped around each other, all just to tick me off. Then, i have to test all the lights out before i hang them up. I never used to test them, until one year i hung up all my lights and half of them didn't work...and it was the MIDDLE half of some of the strands! So now i've learned to test all the lights before they get hung up anywhere. Well, this year, the lights decided to work when i tested them, but then stop working when i went to hang them up! It was really testing my patience. My final gripe about the lights is that i have to go around and clean all my windows 2x before i hang the lights, otherwise the suction cups don't stick and i spend the entire holiday season re-hanging the suction cups and lights in every single window. That one really gets me. Even when i clean the darn windows, sometimes those stupid suction cups don't stick. Instead of looking like nicely decorated windows, they look like giant holiday x's!
And every year i have to make sure the front of my house looks nice, and i usually like to add something to it to make it better than it was the previous year. We've managed to go from just plain lights around the windows and posts, to lights on the fence, to red ribbon on the posts too to make them look like candy canes, to green realistic garland and bows around the window too, to now the "tree-like" garland ALSO around the posts. I haven't hit that "too much" point yet, at least i don't think so.
The final step here at the Stiffie household is to get the Christmas tree. We have to have a real tree every year, per my orders. None of that fake tree stuff here! We make our family pilgramage to the tree farm and we cut down our own tree that we hunt for hours to find. This year, Mady gets to join in the fun of the annual tree cutting. We've agreed to get a "slightly" smaller tree this year, mostly so Mady doesn't feel the need to pull it down. We do tie it to the wall every year, so you think we would feel safer. I guess we'll have to see how that goes when we get to it, but somehow i'm thinking we're gonna end up with a huge tree that gets pulled down at least once. LOL
Saturday, November 28, 2009
And the winner is...
#9 Colleen, who said..."I'd pick two february birthstone charms, one march, one June, one September, and one December, so I'd have one for each of my kids, my husband and myself. Then, if I find out I win before I know whether I'm pregnant or not, I'll pick the autism awareness crystal ribbon as my eighth. But if I already know that I'm pregnant, I'll get another birthstone one for the month the baby will be due."
Congrats! I'll be emailing you very soon.
Congrats! I'll be emailing you very soon.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Last chance...
Hurry now, this is your last chance to enter for the charm bracelet giveaway! The contest will be closed as of 12am November, 28, 2009.
I will be drawing the winner tomorrow morning and i will be emailing the winner shortly after.
Good luck!
I will be drawing the winner tomorrow morning and i will be emailing the winner shortly after.
Good luck!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Update...
So, as many of you now know, we put a bid in on the house we were looking at. We still don't know if they accepted our bid or not yet. As most of you know, the couple selling the house is getting a divorce, and they aren't speaking to each other...so everything that comes in has to go to both lawyers first, then to the people individually, then back to the lawyers, and back to the realtor and back to us. It's such a huge hastle! And the lady doesn't want to sell, so she is making this as difficult as possible. I understand her point of view, living in a house 23 years, raising your family there, blah blah blah. But now, this is your life. You have no choice but to move...and why not sell it to a nice young couple who want to raise a family there themselves! C'mon lady!
So when it came right down to it, we had to offer full price or we knew we had no shot in hell to get the house. So after a bit of soul searching, and some asking of advice from trusted people, i decided it was worth it and i wanted to do it. BUT. I wanted to throw some things in to the contract and see if we could get them, since she didn't want to negotiate a price at all, not even $1. I know she's probably going to say no, but i figured it couldn't hurt to at least ask. We asked for the fridge, not because we want it (we are going to get a new one), but because Frank wanted a fridge for the garage. We asked for the area rugs, since they are fairly new and most places have carpet...and they are kinda expensive to buy new. We asked for the swing in the backyard, because it just goes there, and i love it. We asked for all the ceiling fans...they were in the contract anyway, but we wanted to make sure they would all stay. We asked for the window treatments, because they look good with the house and i like them a lot. And of course we asked for the garage door openers, because who would want a remote garage door opener for a garage that isnt even their's anymore. I didn't think it was too too much to ask, but i guess we'll find out tomorrow!
Hopefully by this time tomorrow, we will be new home owners!
So when it came right down to it, we had to offer full price or we knew we had no shot in hell to get the house. So after a bit of soul searching, and some asking of advice from trusted people, i decided it was worth it and i wanted to do it. BUT. I wanted to throw some things in to the contract and see if we could get them, since she didn't want to negotiate a price at all, not even $1. I know she's probably going to say no, but i figured it couldn't hurt to at least ask. We asked for the fridge, not because we want it (we are going to get a new one), but because Frank wanted a fridge for the garage. We asked for the area rugs, since they are fairly new and most places have carpet...and they are kinda expensive to buy new. We asked for the swing in the backyard, because it just goes there, and i love it. We asked for all the ceiling fans...they were in the contract anyway, but we wanted to make sure they would all stay. We asked for the window treatments, because they look good with the house and i like them a lot. And of course we asked for the garage door openers, because who would want a remote garage door opener for a garage that isnt even their's anymore. I didn't think it was too too much to ask, but i guess we'll find out tomorrow!
Hopefully by this time tomorrow, we will be new home owners!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Charm Factory bracelet giveaway!!
I am ever so excited to be bringing you this awesome giveaway, just in time for the holidays! I know all my fans and stalkers will love this product as much as I do. And the best part is, I will be loading you up with all kinds of bling bling, lol.
When I first received this product in the mail, I was surprised at how light it was. I immediately torn into it, since I knew what it was going to be. As I opened the box, I was pleasantly surprised with what was in front of me. It was the coolest bracelet ever, all because it was designed and made just for me! I tore it out of the box and put it on right away.
The first thing I noticed was how easy it was to put on. I’m not the most coordinated person when it comes to, well, anything. So when I realized that I had to try to put this on myself, I was a bit worried. But the clasp is big enough the get your fingers on, and it was very easy to clasp together. The next thing I noticed was that it was really light. Most charm bracelets are kinda heavy, especially once you get more than one charm on there. Not this one! And each of the charms was really well made and super cute too! I got to pick each one of the 8 of them, so the bracelet itself is like a mini story of me! They have just about anything you can think of charm wise, from words and phrases to paw prints to flip flops! So you can tell your mini you story too!
So I talked to Angie over at the Charm factory, and she was nice enough to offer to give a customized bracelet to one lucky Stiffie reader. That’s one bracelet and 8 charms! It’s an amazing deal. I know what you’re thinking, enough blabbering already, let’s get to the giveaway already! How do you win?! Well, it’s easy. First things first. You have to go over to the Charm Factory website and pick out what 8 charms you would want on your bracelet if you win, and make that your first comment. That’s mandatory. If you don’t do that, you can’t win. Now I know what you’re thinking, how are you gonna win with only one entry?! Well, that’s easy, you can earn more than 1 entry! Here’s what you have to do.
Extra Entries:
Follow my blog publicly (yes, I will check)
Follow me on twitter @TheStiffies
Tweet about this giveaway and included a link to my blog page (no more than 2 tweets a day)
Blog about this giveaway. Include a link to my blog and to Charm Factory
Become a facebook fan of Charm Factory
Become of facebook fan of me
The contest will be over on November 27, so get your entries in now!
When I first received this product in the mail, I was surprised at how light it was. I immediately torn into it, since I knew what it was going to be. As I opened the box, I was pleasantly surprised with what was in front of me. It was the coolest bracelet ever, all because it was designed and made just for me! I tore it out of the box and put it on right away.
The first thing I noticed was how easy it was to put on. I’m not the most coordinated person when it comes to, well, anything. So when I realized that I had to try to put this on myself, I was a bit worried. But the clasp is big enough the get your fingers on, and it was very easy to clasp together. The next thing I noticed was that it was really light. Most charm bracelets are kinda heavy, especially once you get more than one charm on there. Not this one! And each of the charms was really well made and super cute too! I got to pick each one of the 8 of them, so the bracelet itself is like a mini story of me! They have just about anything you can think of charm wise, from words and phrases to paw prints to flip flops! So you can tell your mini you story too!
So I talked to Angie over at the Charm factory, and she was nice enough to offer to give a customized bracelet to one lucky Stiffie reader. That’s one bracelet and 8 charms! It’s an amazing deal. I know what you’re thinking, enough blabbering already, let’s get to the giveaway already! How do you win?! Well, it’s easy. First things first. You have to go over to the Charm Factory website and pick out what 8 charms you would want on your bracelet if you win, and make that your first comment. That’s mandatory. If you don’t do that, you can’t win. Now I know what you’re thinking, how are you gonna win with only one entry?! Well, that’s easy, you can earn more than 1 entry! Here’s what you have to do.
Extra Entries:
Follow my blog publicly (yes, I will check)
Follow me on twitter @TheStiffies
Tweet about this giveaway and included a link to my blog page (no more than 2 tweets a day)
Blog about this giveaway. Include a link to my blog and to Charm Factory
Become a facebook fan of Charm Factory
Become of facebook fan of me
The contest will be over on November 27, so get your entries in now!
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