Lucy's Hearth

Lucy's Hearth is a local woman's shelter that takes in homeless mom's and their kids. www.lucyshearth.org I got in contact with one of the ladies in charge at Lucy's Hearth here on Aquidneck Island about what sort of donations that they could use.

Here are some of the things that she said they could really use right away:

baby clothes sizes newborn - 2 years
diapers - any size
baby wipes
teenage girl clothes
woman's clothes - any size & could really use larger & plus sizes right now for some of the moms there
maternity clothes - any size as well

This is the time of year when everyone is cleaning out their closets so anyone who has clothes to donate let me know and I'll put it all together with my box of stuff for them. So anything that you could give would be appreciated and used immediately.

Kansas City Trip

We had a great time in KC! The boys loved meeting Ajax and having him sit on their lap to play with him. We went out to get classic KC BBQ which was delicious and we all went swimming at the pool at our hotel. I'll put up some pictures of all our adventures in a little bit but I wanted to get this video up first. It is so adorable and always makes me smile. It was so great visiting Justin and Bridget at their house. Thanks so much for having us!

It's not easy being Green

A buddy of mine is clicking around on the websites I had put up and was doing the opt out of junk mail that was on one of the links. He goes to fill it out and there is a word verification part that makes sure you are not a computer and this is what his was:

fuca Yw

What the heck is up with that!!

Well fuca Yw too buddy >:P

He didn't end up filling out the form, fuca that. Made me chuckle and I wanted to pass it on.

Green on a Wednesday

Just plain funny: 100 Ways to try and go Green


Found a new site I like Ideal Bite

Ahh, the constant struggle of being green and worrying that being green is somehow turning things brown instead. We can all use a little common sense and take some small steps to move in the right direction.

The Green Life

I've been really interested in Green living and have wanted to learn as much about it as I can. Overall there seems to be a shift in society towards being more eco-friendly and hopefully it will become easier and more affordable to do what's right for the Earth. I've found some interesting websites and I'm going to start having links and ideas that we all can do to implement some of these ideas.

William Clinton Foundation
Energy Star Green Building
Energy Builder
EarthDay
NESEA
Green at Home

It seems like a great thing to help the environment and you end up saving money so I want to learn as much as I can about it all. It feels like there is general info all over the place but I'm going to try and pull it all together and make it simple. Some of the things I read seem to not really make sense, others seem way too extreme and some of it just seems like its not really going to help. If anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them!

Countdown to KC!

So the countdown is on for our big trip out to Kansas City to visit Jamie's brother's family. We are very excited and can't wait to see everyone, it should be so much fun. Hopefully we are all nice and healthy come time for us to fly out.

We are heading out April 5th out of Boston and we have a direct flight to KC. I'm nervous enough about having to fly with Ajax that there is no need at all to add a layover to make it that much tougher. So direct flight it is which will be great.

We have our flight all booked as well as the rental car we'll use when we get out there which will work out nice. We had been putting off finding a hotel because we weren't sure what we wanted to do for it but we recently made a decision and I made the reservations today! I am super excited about it because we will be staying at The Embassy in KC and they have great looking rooms AND check out the picture of their pool!!!!! Yea baby! We are going to have a blast and we can bring the boys over too so we can all play in the pool when we are there. This will be Ajax's first time meeting his KC cousins, first time on a plane and first time in a pool! A lot of first's happen when you have only been around for 5 months :o) Hopefully everything goes smoothly with the travel and we get to enjoy it all.

Time to kick Leukemia's butt

A friend of mine is running in the Cox Providence Rhode Race as part of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training. They are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives.
She is completing this marathon in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers and in memory of her father-in-law who lost his battle with myeloma in September of 2004.
Jamie and I have already donated to help her out, it was real easy to do from her website: http://www.active.com/donate/tntri/tntriKLau
Take a look at it and donate if you can, it's a great cause and honestly who the heck can run a marathon?! I know that I'm certainly going to support someone willing to run 26.2 miles to help fight leukemia. I'm giving her huge props!!

Do you think he has my ears?

For Easter this year we all went out to my parent's house and stayed over for the weekend. It was a fun time and we had some really good laughs. Here's a picture of my dad with Ajax. I think I see where he gets his looks from :o)

We are all still trying to fight off a cold that we've had for awhile now. Hopefully we'll get better soon because it's so difficult trying to take care of a baby while he is sick and you are sick.

I hope that everyone had a great Easter!!

PS, this picture was taken with my new camera :o)

Camera!!

So I finally found my camera and can't wait to pick it up. The place I had pre-ordered it at was being wicked retarded (shout out to my Boston peeps) so I canceled it and moved on to Circuit City where they had one red camera left at the Dartmouth store. I'm picking it up after work today so I can try and learn all the features before our trip to Kansas City. I'm so excited I can't wait to get it! So I should be able to throw up more clips of our cute little man sometime soon.

Hockey

So this weekend we had a great time going up to Maine. The hockey game was fun and we got to taunt the UMaine crowd when UML scored first! It was perfect, the entire place is stunned into silence from the UML goal. This is when we strike, Jamie and I stand up and start cheering, and not just cheering so that the people around us could hear. The entire arena got to experience our enthusiasm :) I was wearing my UML hockey jersey and screaming up a storm, Jamie has the loudest sports cheer/taunt voice ever and used it to it's full ability. We were in the last row of our section It was a Riverhawk trifecta.
The entire arena is staring at us and getting angry now, we ended up cheering a nice long time, we start getting yelled at and 'gestured' at but we just cheered louder. I love Jamie's ability to be so incredibly loud at these sporting events, I love him even more for liking the Riverhawks just because I like them.
UMaine ended up scoring and we got taunted, they scored again, we got taunted more, they scored a third time, we were taunted, they scored a fourth time on an empty net and the place erupted. So, UMaine won 4-1. Maybe next year.

4 Month Check-up

So Ajax got more shots at his doctors visit last Friday. He was a little out of sorts for a couple days but was back to his old self by Monday. He weighted in at 16 lbs 2 oz and was 26 inches!! The doctor said because he is growing so much to hold off feeding him food until he starts giving us signs that he is interested.

He has been smiling and laughing all the time now. Jamie can get him to laugh sometimes just by looking at him. It's so much fun in the morning before we go to work, the three of us sit in the living room and he is in a great mood and we get lots of giggles. Recently he sticks his tongue out when he's happy just like I used to do when I was a baby.

Last night we set up an Easter photo shoot with Ajax. It was hilarious all the props we had gotten and how cute he was. He is probably going to be so embarrassed by these pictures when he grows up but that's what you get when you are such a cute baby!

This weekend we are going up to UMaine to watch the UML vs UMaine hockey game. It should be a great time and I'm looking forward to cheering on the Riverhawks.

Here are some of the pictures of our cute little bunny!

Tears of Joy

Ok, honestly almost peed my pants from these. Tears running down my face and choking on my laughs. I can't even handle this level of funny!!

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/all/

Happy 1/3 Birthday !!

Today Ajax is 4 months old. He woke up today and was in a great mood, giving us tons of smiles and laughing a lot. He is so funny and ends up making everyone laugh too. Tomorrow he goes to the doctors for his 4 month check up. He is getting so big, it will be interesting what his official measurements are this visit. I'll put up the numbers on Monday.

Last night cousin Greg came over for dinner. We had apple cider baked haddock with seafood stuffing, glazed carrots and pasta on the side. It was delicious, filling and not to hard to make up. Greg got lots of smiles and giggles out of Ajax last night, he loved having someone else to entertain.

Kansas City Here We Come!

Jamie and I have booked our trip to Kansas City!! We'll be visiting Jamie's brother Justin and his wonderful family out there, we are very excited about it. We are going in April so the weather should be good and Ajax will be about 5 months old by then. It's going to be a real fun time playing with the boys and being able to see Justin and Bridget.

We can't wait to see you guys!!!


I came across a new website that has all inspirational stories in it, http://www.forallthewaysyoucare.com/ Take a look and read some of the stories if you are looking for a good heart warming story. Some of them are amazing, some are long winded and I think almost all are written by women :o)

Traffic Cam Site

Traffic camera's on Aquidneck website: http://www.tmc.dot.ri.gov/comment/camcenterMapView.aspx#

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!!! I hope you all had a good one. Jamie and I enjoyed a wonderful dinner of lobsters for our special day. It was very delicious and a perfect dinner for the two of us. I made up a cake for dessert to top it all off.

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone out there!

Women & Money - Free

Suze Orman was on Oprah yesterday and is giving away copies of her book online for free today! Check it out at http://flv.oprah.com/suze_orman_eng.pdf

It will only be available till 2 pm today so get a copy quick. I love Suze Orman, I always watch her show and I have read her book The Young, Fabulous & Broke book three times now.

Let's See Where You Stand

I found an interesting website: http://www.pricegrabber.com/survey/start/?office=1

It asks you questions on the issues of the 2008 election and then matches you up with the person who aligns most with you. Give it a try, get involved, vote, and care. You can also see the latest standings at: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/

Nana Jeanne's

Ajax at 3 months and giving Nana big smiles!!


A short clip of Uncle Jamie and Brendan - Feb. 10 at Nana and Papa's house. (There's no sound on this one but still cute)

This weekend we went up to Nana and Papa's house for Sunday dinner. We had a great time and had a wonderful meal. Jon, Erin & Brendan came over to visit as well. The boys are getting so big!

This weekend cousin Melissa had her baby too!! Maya Elizabeth was born on Saturday Feb. 9 early in the morning. We are so happy for her and Mike and we can't wait to meet the new little addition to the family. Congratulations!!

Online Shopping

I ordered my new digital camera! I'm very excited about it and can't wait for it to come. I went with the Olympus FE-340, it can do the short video clips like my brothers and it comes in red which I was very happy about as well. So once I get that and figure out how to use it expect some more video postings.

I had a whole online shopping extravaganza time this past week. I also ordered the detox kit from Method, I love their products so much. They are all non-toxic and safe to use around kids and pets as well as being some of the best cleaners I've used. They are good for the environment and they also use recycled plastic for their containers. I'm a big fan especially of the daily shower cleaner, left my shower sparkling clean!!

I also ordered a kit from footpetals This is another great site that has all sorts of cushions and stuff for your shoes to make them more comfortable, even high heels. I had heard about them from some of the message boards that I read and had heard great things about them. I had a pair of shoes that I really liked and were almost wearable but you know that you couldn't really go a whole day in them so I had ordered up one of these kits to make them feel much more comfortable. FYI use coupon code FPVIP081 before 3-31-08 to receive 20% off your order, can't beat that! It also says on the site you get a free gift of orders over $25.

I also ordered flowers online as well through usaflorist
I had found them through my works discount program but they ended up having some great specials that were even better then what you got with the discount. With Valentine's Day right around the corner this might be something to consider. FYI if you do go with www.usaflorist.com then use this hint: fill in the infomation on the deliver to and bill to page, making sure to include your email address at the bottom. Hit continue to bring you to the next page, once at the next page close the page. You'll lose your info so no need to fill it in all correctly the first time but make sure to do the email address. They will then email you an offer to complete your order and skip the 13 dollar service charge! Use the link in your email to receive the free shipping on your flower order.

Also check AAA/discounts for other great discounts if you are a member. There are discounts at Circuit City, Dell, DirecTV, CVS, FTD.com, Mill Stores, New York & Company, and Target.com as well as a bunch more.

Here are some of the deals I found with AAA:

- Bob's Stores: All members of AAA SNE are invited to shop at any Bob's location and receive... 25% off their entire purchase!* This specially designed week long shopping events runs from Sunday, February 24th through Saturday, March 1st. Employees and members can present their AAA card at any Bob's Stores location to receive 25% off clothing, footwear, cool gear and much more.

- Linens 'N Things: Download the exclusive AAA coupon and you can choose either a 10% off your total purchase, or take $10 off any purchase of $50 or more. Link to coupon

- Reebok Outlet Stores: AAA members save 20% everyday!

- Payless Shoes: SAVE* 10% on all regular priced merchandise in stores or online, Simply enter your three-digit AAA club code (240) as a coupon code at check out.

As you can tell I've been on a discount hunt lately, I'm not sure what got into me but it's come up with some great savings. If you have any online shopping to do make sure to check for discounts, a good place to start is www.retailmenot.com

Have a good weekend, the weather is cold and snowy out so might as well shop from home :o)