Just a tip!

Always check my sidebar! I will be posting my giveaway leads on the sidebar to the right. I just love giveaways and most giveaways will give you an extra chance if you put it up on your blog. Okay, easy for me I guess. If I don't win I would hope one of my fellow bloggers do! Best of Luck!

Happy 1st week of January and a Giveaway lead

Good day all! It is Monday. I had a wonderful time this morning getting the kids all ready for school. The house is so quiet. Hmm..what to do first?? Blogging..lol. Yup. Later on today or tomorrow most likely I will share with you the gifts I made my daughter for Christmas. I didn't take pics because I was afraid she would see them on the computer but now that the holiday is over I'm sure she won't mind. Today I am going to work out. It has been a while and I'm sure that I will be a sweaty mess but it's freezing out and I rather sweat then be cold.

Well I'm sure your dying to find out what the giveaway lead is well go over to Lemonade Makin Mama and check it out. Sasha is such a great lady, mama and wife. She is also so funny. Sasha cracks me up.

Kick the 1st week of 2010 right and have a great time doing it! Oh and I know it is just so cold everywhere so stay warm.

Jessica

Whoo-hoo, the holiday is over and I'm a winner!

Hey Happy New Year everyone. I hope you all had a great New Years Eve and Day! May you have many blessings for the New Year!

I am overjoyed that the holiday is over. I am exhausted.I took down the tree and all the trimmings yesterday. Now the house looks blah with all my old things back in place. I have to find new things to make me smile. We will be re painting my living room again. Last year we painted it a golden yellow and it looks horrible. I don't know what I was thinking. I even bought maroon curtains that are way to short. I must tell you that I have tons of windows in my living room and they are all different sizes. Next time I'm getting long curtains. I can't really stand my living room. I have no enthusiasm or vision for decorating that room. I will post pics soon to show you and hopefully you can all give me some input.

Christmas went great and so did New Years and now that it is over I am going to try to drop the weight. I have been wanting to lose it for a while now but I knew that with the holidays I would never succeed. I have gradually started to cut down my servings and I have been trying to make better food decisions. My one trick is to chew bubble gum when I feel that I have to eat which is all the time. I love, love, love food but I have no control. I have to control the urges to eat right now. On Monday I will be starting to work out. I really like Jillian Michaels. She is so great and really makes you sweat but not be in so much pain that you can't do it again the next day.

On Monday the kids are going back to school. I'm secretly smiling about it. I have so much to do while they are in school. I will be organizing my home and making a schedule for our lives. I have a really tough semester in school coming up and I'm afraid that if I don't have a schedule our lives will be a chaotic mess. I'm happy that I am going to have it all organized before I start school again. I have a huge goal this semester. I really need to do great in order to pull up my GPA. I got accepted into a great college for next fall with great prospects of getting into its Nursing Program the following spring. I am currently in a local community college but the new college is a private college. I am so excited! I never thought I could get into a private college, of course I'm going to be paying out of my nose to attend though but it is so worth it.

Since I started school I haven't read a good book other then text books. Last night I sat down in my recliner and started reading a book I bought two years ago. I have a ton of books that I would love to read. I'm just happy to know that I will be finishing one book.

I also need to let you all know that I finally won a giveaway from Count Your Beautiful Blessings!!! I love posting them for you all on my sidebar and hope that you win some goodies too. So keep checking back here, maybe one day I'll have a giveaway of my own.

Well off to stir the chicken soup on the stove. It is smelling great and is full of veggie and chicken goodness.

Till then,

Jessica

New Year's Resolutions???

Well, honestly I'm not making any. I think when you put New Year's in front of Resolutions you might as write FAIL!!! I am though a big believer in goals! I make them all year long. I have big goals such as getting the basement completely organized and clean and small goals like getting an A on a test. It keeps me focused on the task at hand. You should always have long term and short term goals. I also don't beat myself up if my goals are not accomplished. Life gets in the way and sometimes it has another plan for you and the goal is just not one of them. So my goals right now are both big and small. Some goals I'm working now are long term and big such as becoming a nurse. Some are small term and small goals such as getting the house completely organized before the next semester starts. I don't want to waste this valuable time I have off of school. I have a full load of classes next semester which will not give me the time to do much with my home except general cleaning.

So this year nix the New Year's Resolutions and just make goals! Goals you know that you can handle and that you won't be disappointed if they are not fulfilled.

Have a wonderful New Year's. Stay safe and please if you are going out and drinking have a designated driver!!

Blessing for the New Year,
Jessica

It is all about Him.

I wish you a Merry Christmas. God Bless you all.

Leads: Giveaway for Pearls.....Ow..la..la..

Okay, I am off of school for until January 18 so most of my time is now in front of my computer and guess what I'm doing. Reading Blogs!! I should be crafting but the inspiration is worth sitting here. Anyway, when I see a lead, I will share! Plus it puts me in an for another entry sometimes. So without further ado: the giveaway lead

The French Charming- $100 g.c. to PearlNecklaceSource.com. Wow, what an giveaway!! Go and read up on what you need to do in order to be part of the giveaway. Real easy!

Good Luck to all. If I find more I'll post it!!

Lead: Free Digi Images!

Good Morning All!!
So 2 days before the big day. Christmas Day that is! A wonderful friend of mine, Heather is a digital image designer and owner of Fresh Brewed Designs and makes digi images for papercrafters. Today she is giving out 3 free digi images. Please check out all her digi images for sale too.