Have You Missed Me, Blog?

Well, hello there, Blog.  It's me, your writer.  I know it's been a while since I've been here to visit and tell you my stories, but I promise I'll be coming back soon.  It's been a busy summer.  I have a story about a flood.  Well a couple stories about a flood.  It may take a few posts to get the whole story out.  I also have a story about a vacation.  And soon I'll have a story about a birthday.

See you soon!

Once, I was pierced

So yes, I was pierced in more places than my ears.  No, not there, don't be gross.  At one point in my early twenties, I had 7 piercings. 
Last weekend, my husband got a call from his ex-wife stating that Miss 16 got her nose pierced.  Yes, her nose.  Can I just say noses gross me out to begin with not to mention when they are pierced. Ew. Don't get me wrong, if you have your nose pierced and you look cute, then more power to you, but I don't have to like it.  The worst part about the whole thing is that her Mother took her and seemingly made it ok because 'She was going to do it anyway'.  Really, so that makes it ok for you to take her and NOT CONSULT her Father?  If she had been within reach I would have smacked her, well both of them.
The other thing that really bothered me about the piercing is that her Mother said that Miss 16 said that her Father wouldn't mind because I was pierced and it didn't bother him.  For the record as mentioned before, I was in my twenties and 5 of the 7 piercings were in my ears.  The others were relatively unseen, bellybutton and tongue.  Did I mention I was in my twenties?  The bellybutton was one of those things I did while on vacation and it was really cute for quite a few years.  The tongue, well, that was something I just had to do and it was totally a spur of the moment thing.  It hurt like hell and I would never recommend it to ANYONE.  I kept it for about a year and when I had to take it out for a hospital stay I never put it back in.  No harm no foul, no one can see the little scar and people who didn't know me then are surprised when I tell them I had my tongue pierced. 
Again, did I mention I was in my twenties?  And noses = EW

Aquaphor & $100 gift card giveaway!

So, I follow Kristy and her blog here and she's awesome. Go check her out. NOW! AND if that's not good enough, she also reviews things. Yes, and you can see that here.
Right now she's doing a little giveaway for an Aquaphor gift pack and $100 Visa Gift Card. It wasn't until I read Kristy'r review of Aquaphor that I figured out that we need to be using it in this house. A girl at work said this stuff rocks and baby has some bad dry skin on her chubby little legs and we need to get that handled. Doc said use Aquaphor. Well, OK. Funny how I didn't hear of it before but now I've heard how awesome the stuff is from three different people in a matter of a few days.... I'll go get some tomorrow. Until then I decided that I need to get those entries in for Kristy's giveaway because that $100 gift card would be a great little stocking stuffer for the teenage step child!
Go to check out the site and get a chance to win for yourself!

Stuff - cheap and free

So...I'm a sucker for cheap and free stuff. And especially if I have a coupon. So today when I saw this, I thought I better share. Because it's awesome.
Burt's Bee's has a Grab Bag that is an awesome deal. Check it out here. It's over $50 worth of stuff for $20 - including FREE SHIPPING. Which in case you didn't know, I'm also a sucker for.
Check it out. And if you get Burt's Bees from me, you'll know I got it for cheap!
And since I'm also a sucker for bloggers giving stuff away, I'll be posting more soon!