BULLET FRIDAY

It's FRIDAY!!!! YAY...I think! Anyways, since it is friday, I will get back to bullet friday. Well, not that I had done this except one other time, BUT, let it be a new tradition. Yeah....I know....me, blogs and traditions?? As always, HUMOR ME.

basically bullet friday is a quick run down of my thoughts and activities for the week. Let the fun begin..

• still living in a hotel
• still eating out most nights
• ate at the hotel one night
• still NOT cooking in a kitchen (over a month and counting)
• still NO offers on the house
• whined a lot about the relocation
• facebooked
• met a new friend
• went shopping with my new friend
• taxied my kids around
• football practice....football practice.....football practice
• Kaylas 3rd week of dance....hip hop, ballet, tap & jazz
• went to Starbucks 5 times this week. YES....pumpkin lattes are back. WOOHOO...this is the highlight of my week.
• hates living in a hotel
• loves living in a hotel (no toilet cleaning, bedmaking, etc, etc)
• cried a lot about the relocation
• shopped
• paid bills
• was sick in the beginning of the week
• took a lot of naps
• bitched a lot about the relocation
• facebooked
• blogged (I know.....crazy???)
• mind wandered (yeah.....my week is so exciting, thats what you get for living in a hotel)
• realized that I am getting old (okay, I already knew this....I guess the keyword is "OLDER")
• became really pissed about the relocation
• so excited that ADM gave 1.3 million dollars to the decatur area schools
• so pissed off that ADM's new relocation policy is bull shit
• shopped
• realized that decatur sucks
• misses our old town, school, dance studio, friends,etc.
• is not happy
• is kind of embarrassed that my busy week consisted of emotions instead of actual events. YES...this is what my life has come to
• has cabin fever (okay, hotel fever)
• is craving stability and normalcy
• prayed a lot.......

Today's Deal ~HANNA ANDERSSON~

HOW CUTE WOULD THAT BE FOR VALENTINES DAY????? TOO Early to think about valentines day??? NEVER!!

As you all know, besides my kids, shopping is my life. Being that we live in a hotel (yes, I WILL explain later) and 99% of our belongings (ALL of our fall/winter clothes) are in unaccessible storage ( I JUST said that I WILL explain later), I must start shopping for clothes again. I know....poor, poor baby. You also know that I love deals as much as I love shopping. SO, I will start posting some of my daily deals. No better time than to start now.

Todays deal was from Hanna Andersson. Hanna has the BEST casual dresses out there. Their playdresses have been a favorite as long as I can remember. They are so durable. They are cute, cute, cute. They resale great on ebay. I LOVE them. Unfortunately, they are not super cheap. AND their shipping is some of the highest online. BUT, the good news is every now and then they have free shipping WITH markdowns.

Right now the free shipping is through ebates. Ebates is an awesome rewards program. Basically you go through ebates.com to your favorite sites (tons to choose from) and you receive a % back in rewards. Unlike other companies, you are rewarded in an actual $$$$$ (not giftcards). They are mailed to you or deposited into your paypal account quarterly. In the last year, I have been rewarded over $150. Not bad considering I would have purchased through the websites any ways. A lot of times, they have double rewards. Sign up under me and we both get a $5 bonus when you make your 1st purchase. SWEET!!!! It is free to sign up! Here is the link... http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=Q5kY90u6fx33QZfoVHiSCA%3D%3D .

Okay, back to the deal. As I was saying, there are a ton of Hanna Markdowns, including playdresses. Markdowns as much as 30% off. This is the PERFECT time to stock up on playdresses....even Halloween ones. Right now the availability is high, which might not be as high in a day or so. Go through ebates, earn 2.5% of your purchase, purchase $100 or more and receive free shipping. AND if you go through my referral, you get an extra $5 from ebates. WIN WIN!!!

FAILED!!!!!!

Yep, I have failed at blogging once again. This time I failed more than one level. How about we list them??



1) blogging in general......ooops I did it again. It has been almost 4 months since my last blog. Ummm...how many times I have said I am back and this time I will be serious about my blog???? Dont worry that was rhetorical. So....FAILED!



2)65 in 365.......yeah, remember how excited I was about my new adventure??? All those wonderful things that I was going to do. So....how long did that last?? NO need to answer, I can do it myself....FAILED!!



3) monthly menus......actually I REALLY....REALLY enjoyed my monthly menus. But again......FAILED. HOWEVER, I kind of have an excuse. In May (the last time I made a menu, however March was the last time I posted one), we received life changing news. We found out that after 4 years, we would be relocating. Jason left immediately. I was left trying to deal with the end of the school year and major transitions which left NO time for menu planning let alone cooking at all. DON'T worry, I will update soon. Yeah....let's refer to #1.....don't get your hopes up.



4)Flashback Friday.....ummm how many Fridays have we had in 2010??? How many times have I posted my Flashback Friday?? How about I just answer #2...once. SO again....FAILED!! Actually, I think I will just stratch that one totally considering I have no pictures to be able to keep that one up. Again....I will update that later. But non-the-less...FAILED!



Well 4 FAILURES is more than enough to list. So, to make myself feel better, I think I will stop right there. Geez....I even FAILED on this post.



There is something kind of nice about failing....it is never permanent.



"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely."~ Henry Ford



Thus...I will begin again.