I’m normal, really.

Yet something has happened to me today. After spending hours perusing the ginormous list of giveaways happening around the blogosphere, I’ve suddenly struck a silly chord.

Maybe it was my ending every entry with an exclamation mark, Great Giveaway!, I would love this!, Thanks for the opportunity! that drove me crazy. But I had to do it.

I mean, won’t these people know that an exclamation at the end means I really want to win? Doesn’t that exclamation convey the desperation excitement I have to win this or this?
Aren’t I bettering my chances by sounding super excited? Please?

Alas though I found I could exclaim no longer. At least not in traditional fashion.

So I found myself typing things like, Target is da bomb! and Holy Sweetness! I love it when people essentially give away money. I don’t have any! Pick me! and Me like cheesecake.

Yes, I’ve decided with that last one I best get off the computer and start again tomorrow, re-normalized.

P.S. I’m giving away another blog design

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April 21, 2008 | Filed Under Contests and Giveaways | 20 Comments 

Angel Girl turned one!

So April 19th 2008 has come and gone and my Angel girl is officially one year old. I even made an extra effort to savor her newness and the first year still flew by. Angel girl’s birth story in brief:

Little Angel girl came into our world yesterday. Hubby and I arrived at the hospital at 5:30a.m. Pitocin was started at 6 a.m. The doctor broke my water around 7:30a.m. Shortly thereafter I was given an epidural. By 9:30 a.m I was dialated to 4cm…They checked me again at 11:30a.m. and I was 10cm! I started pushing at around 12:02p.m. and Angel girl was born at 12:08p.m. Only 6 hours of labor and 6 minutes of pushing (as opposed to 19 hours and 1 1/2 hours of pushing with my last one). - My journal entry 4/20/2007

Angel girl was 10lbs. 2oz. and 22 1/2 inches long when she emerged. So I started out with a linebacker

I was so very sick that day. I had viral pink eye in BOTH eyes and a horrible head and chest cold.

Now she’s almost 20 pounds, has more hair and 4 little teeth. We had a fun little birthday celebration.

Here is the mini cake I made for her

I’m so in love with my baby girl and so happy she joined our family!

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April 21, 2008 | Filed Under Kids | 29 Comments