Muffin Tin Swap

I participated again in the Muffin Tin Swap with Michelle at Muffin Tin Mom.

Michelle hooked me up with a very nice and busy mom, Tara, at Feels Like Home. We swapped packages and had a great time shopping for each other!

I received my package today, and I had so much fun going through all of the things that I received!!

Star shaped muffin tin

Teddy Bear Fun cups

Cupcake liners

Cupcake holders with picks

Cookie cutters (stars and bears!)

Napkins and sprinkles!!

We love our package and can't wait to have a fun meal using our new stuff!

Thank you Tara...I had a great time!!

Catching up on my tags!

In the last week I have received one tag and two awards! I am so excited that I received this get honor.

The first one I received, was like a week ago for Amy at Daily Doses of Mama Drama -

Now for the tag:

Shows I like to watch:

Greys Anatomy, Private Practice, One Tree Hill, love all the shows on HGTV

8 things I look forward to:

Family vacations, spending time with family, camping, winter (just because of the desert season), coming home to check my comments on my blog, few minutes alone time, picking the boys up from school, and sewing.

4 things that happened yesterday:
The boys valentine party at school, read a book, watched it rain, donated some stuff,

8 things I love about winter:

Snow (because we don't get any!), the desert, the rain, cuddling up by the fire, Thanksgiving, warm jackets and cozy sweaters, blankets, boots.

4 things on my wish list:

To be financially good, cure for cancer, for my boys to be well rounded, the economy to get better.

4 things I am passionate about:

My sons, sewing, crafts, family,

6 phrases I use a lot

No, Hey guys, Can you pick that up?, Just a minute, What do you want to eat?, Stop

4 things I have learned from the past:

Friends come and go but family is more important, Cherish the ones around you because they might not be here tomorrow, that everything happens for a reason, go with the flow.

8 places I want to visit:

Alaska

Montana

Aunt Kathy/Uncle Steve

Amy

Richard and Carol

New York

East Coast

Texas

5 things I want/need:

lose weight, money, happiness, peace, a new car,

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My Two Awards!!

I received the sunshine award from Stephanie at A Pocket Full of Buttons. She nominated me as her Blog Tribe also...I am honored. Stephanie has a cute blog that I love to comment on.

The Sunshine Award is awarded to bloggers whose positivity and creativity inspires others in the blogworld!!

The rules for accepting this award are:

* Put the logo on your blog. Pass the award on to 10 bloggers.

* Link the nominees within your post.

* Let the nominees know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

* Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.

My Second Award:

I was given the Beautiful Blogger Award by Kandi at Twin-Spiration. Kandi has beautiful twin daughters and I can't wait to read more about her family and I thank you so much for this award!

Here are the rules:
1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award and insert a link to their blog.
2. Pass on the award to about 15 other bloggers who you recently discovered and think are great! 3. Contact the other bloggers and let them know they have been chosen for this award.
4. Say 7 things about yourself.

7 things about me:

Drink Carmel Frappacino's from Starbucks,

Always eat a bean and cheese burrito from Mexican food,

I love to do laundry and put it away

I like cooking in the crockpot

I want to start up sewing something but don't know what

I wish I could live on a farm

I wish I could live in the snow (or maybe just visit)

Keep it Simple

Take the Simple Things Challenge over at Enchanted Oak. For every person that posts and links up this weekend, Chris is donating two dollars to a medical clinic in Haiti.

Here is my Simple Things List:

The heater that keeps the house warm

My son's laughter in the morning

Having a chat with a friend

Seeing the sun rise after a few days of rain

Reading a good book

There are so many more simple things

that make my life so wonderful!

Thank you Chris, for your support to a wonderful cause!

What does Google Know?

I just saw this on Debi's blog and I wanted to play along.

What does Google know about Me?

Type in these questions with your name and see the answer Google gives you.

"(Your Name) Needs"

Monica needs to take a long, hard look at the situation before her.

Really, Which one?

"[your name] looks like"

Monica looks like a weasel face

That's not very nice!

"[your name] wants"

Monica wants a millionaire

That's True!

"[your name] does"

Monica does sit-ups every day

Wow, my belly just isn't getting in shape from this!

"[your name] hates"

Monica hates tech writers

Really, I don't.

"[your name] asks"

Monica asks Portugal government for shelter

I didn't know that I did this but that is good.

"[your name] likes"

Monica likes to wear black clothes most of the time

Yum, No.

"[your name] eats"

Monica Eats Cake

Not my first choice, but good enough.

"[your name] wears"

Monica wears a blonde wig, rollerskates and massive fake breasts.

Funny, very funny.

"[your name] was arrested for"

Monica was arrested for growing medical marijuana

No. No where near there.

"[your name] loves"

MONICA LOVES BEING A MOM

Yes, I Do!

If you want to try it to, leave a comment so I can read it on your blog.

Kreativ Blogger Award

I have received an award...and I am so excited!



Carissa over at Sugar Boogers & Tantrums gave this award to me. Carissa is such a wonderful friend that I have met through blogging. She is a very spritual women with two cute kids.



I'm required to nominate 7 other bloggers who I feel have a Kreativ blog, and they are supposed to nominate 7 others too. (Be sure to leave a comment on their blog about the award.) After they accept the award, they are then asked to write a list of 7 things that their blog readers may not already know about them

7 things that you may not know about me:

1. I am an only child.
2. Addicted to cookies and ice cream.
3. I have a collection of over 400 thimbles.
4. Cross-Stitching used to be one of my favorite past times before children.
5. Won the Gold award through Girl Scouts when I was 17.
6. Hate my feet being dirty.
7. I like mornings.


There you have 7 things that you might have not known about me.


Here are the people that I tag:


Heather at 3 under 3
Kimberly at Nothin'But Love
Rachel vs. "The Kitchen"
Leslie at Jams Own Reality

If anyone else is interested in this award please take the award and leave a comment about it!

Tagged

I was "tagged" by Amy and Diana over at

The rules:
1) go to your photo files.
2) Open the 6th folder.
3) Pick the 6th photo.

4) Write a story about the picture.
5) Tag six people

This picture was taken at our niece's 1st birthday party. Chase and Cody would have just turned 2. These red balloons were tired up around the birthday site, but of course, they needed a balloon. So they ran with the balloons on the green grass. They had a lot of fun with those balloons!

I tag the first 6 people that want to play along.

Award

I received, I think, my third award!

This such a lovely award I received from Robbie over at A Spiritual Connection. Please go a visit Robbie, she is a excellent new friend and a has a delightful blog. Thank you for the award!

Here are the rules for receiving this award: Oh I am so excited!

1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who granted the award and his or her blog link.

2. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you have newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

And now, please note, the following new friends I'm passing The Lovely Blog Award to:

1. Amy and Lady Di at Daily Doses of Mama Drama
2. Amy at The A to Z Twins
3. Jen at The Amazing Trips
4. Missy at Two Little Monkey's
5. Gibson Twins
6. Rachel at Rachel vs. The Kitchen
7. Lisa at Another Day Today
8. Jessica at The Deneke Family

So, for now these are my 'new' friends. I see I need to start meeting more new friends. Love reading and keeping up with all my blogging friends.

Tuesday's Blog Party

I am participating in the Blog Party in honor of Tuesday Witt. Tuesday bravely fought and sadly lost her 8 month battle with stage 4 neuroblastoma in January of this year.

We are doing this fundraiser to hopefully raise awareness about this awful disease and to raise money for the Tuesday Fiona Whitt Foundation, where all proceeds go towards pediatric cancer research.

I am actioning off:

$25 American Express Gift Card - Good anywhere that American Express is excepted

Here is what you need to do to win:

1. Leave me a comment in this post telling me you are interested in this gift card.

2. Click on the button below and donate $1 per entry. If you are bidding on more items on other blogs you can donate all at once and then leave your comments. Please leave a separate comment for each dollar donated.

3. Click on this button to see other auction going on

Important Notes: The winner will be selected using random.org by choosing a comment number. The auctions end May 12th.

Good Luck and donate to a great cause in honor of a wonderful child.

My First Award

I am very honored to tell everyone that I received my first blog award A Friend Award from my good friend Sara. Sorry it took so long for me to receive the award. I really, really feel honored that you bestowed this award upon me.

This award represents this: "These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind blogger's aim to find, and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers."

I am suppose to pass this award onto 8 blog friends. I have so met so many new friends through my blog so I now pass this award to (in no particular order):

Becky at Our Sweet Peas

Anne at Jaxon and Brady's Journey

Cheryl at Twinfatuation

Amy at The Ward Family

Shannon at The Jonas'

Sarabelle at Bennett & Kendyll

Carissa at Butterfly Kisses

Heather at 3 under 3

If you have already received this award just know that you are a great friend too many people. Thank you for all your advice and comments that you have given to me.

The Letter C

Sunny Day

Sweepin' the clouds away

On my way to where the air is sweet

Can you tell me how to get, How to get to Sesame Street?....

Cheryl at Twinfatuation posted her very good H's that was graciously bestowed upon her by Georgie. So I asked Cheryl for a easy letter and she gave me "C".

So...This episode of Sesame Street if being brought to you by the letter C and the number 10.

Here is my 10 favorite things that start with "C".

Camping - Now I am not really talking tent's and sleeping bag type camping, but more my motorhome with all the amenities that I have at home.

Cookies - Chocolate Chip are my favorite but any cookie - I can not go a day without eating some type of cookie.

Chase - My "oldest" child. My sweet, intelligent, and emotional child.

Cody - My "youngest" child. My helper, active and playful child.

Cross Stitching - Something that before kids I did a lot of.

Cooking - I don't cook because I like it - but because my family has to eat.

Chatting - Another word for talking (just doesn't start with C) .

Corgi - Diesel - the type of dog that we have.

Clothes - What can I say about clothes? Just like them.

Cows - Probably my most favorite animal besides with dogs. You know the cow commerical's that advertise California Cheese...love those cows and commerical's (another C word).

Now let me know if you want to play along and I can assign you a letter of the alphabet and you can then list your 10 favorite things that start with that letter!!

Photo Tag

Since I read Rachael's blog I thought I would play along with her.

Rules:

1) Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer

2) Select the 4th picture in the folder

3) Explain the picture

4) Tag 4 people to do the same

NO CHEATING! (cropping, editing, etc!)

Chase sitting in his chair at the Thunderboat Races we went to in September. They were at the beach, the boys had a great time.

I tag:

Amy at The Ward Family

Sara at Twice as Nice

Amber at Team Gillis

And anyone else that would like to play along.

Random - Wierd Facts

Rules:


1. Link to the person who tagged you. - Twice as Nice


2. Share 7 random and/or weird facts about you. - see below


3. Tag 7 random people at the end, and include links to their blogs.


4. Let each person know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs.



Here are my Weird Facts:



1. I don't like my feet dirty. I always wear sock or slippers in the house.


2. I have a collection of 400 thimbles.

3. I earned the highest honor in Girl Scouts "The Gold Award".

4. I like shopping online. I have the majority of my Christmas shopping done all because I ordered it all from online.

5. I like watching NASCAR. And my favorite driver is Dale Earnhardt Jr.

6. I went to a private elementary school 1st grade - 8th grade with only 80 kids in the whole school. It was a huge change from the high school that graduated from with 500 kids in the graduating class.

7. I am scared of heights.

I know that this Tag has went around before...so if you have not done the Tag yet - then do it or if you want to do it again - do it.

Tag

I read The Ward Family blog and I have been tagged.


What is your husband's name? Steve
How long have you been together? Married for 5 years, together for 7 years
How long did you date? 1 year dating, 1 year engagement
Who said I love you first? Me
Who is taller? Steve
Who sings better? Steve, even though I am the one that likes to sing
Who is smarter? Steve for sure
Who does the laundry? Me
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I guess it depens on which way you are looking at the bed - but standing at the foot of the bed I am on the right.
Who pays the bills? Me
Who mows the lawn? Gardener
Who does the dishes? I Do
Who drives when you are together? Steve - Unless he has been drinking
Who is more stubborn? Steve
Who is the first to admit when they're wrong? Me - I am always wrong - Steve is always right
Who kissed who first? Steve kissed me
Who proposed? Steve did - Kind of
Who is more sensitive? Me
Who wears the pants in the family? Steve - Wranglers, almost everyday!

I tag anyone who reads this.

National Blogging Month

Okay I guess I am going to try to blog everyday this month. I know a huge task. I am hoping I am up for the challange. Thanks Sara for tuning me into such a challange.

Tagged

My duty now is to answer the following questions with a one word response and then pass the award along to 7 other blog friends. This is harder than it looks, but here is goes....
1. Where is your cell phone? desk
2. Where is your significant other? work
3. Your hair color? brown
4. Your mother? loving
5. Your father? none
6. Your favorite thing? cookies
7. Your dream last night? none
8. Your dream/goal? happiness
9. The room your in? office
10. Your hobby? reading
11. Your fear? heights
12. Where do you want to be in six years? Vacation
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What you're not? Fat
15. One of your wish list items? Rich
16. Where you grew up? California
17. The last thing you did? talked
18. What are you wearing? shorts
19. Your T.V.? huge
20. Your pet? diesel
21. Your computer? laptop
22. Your mood? tired
23. Missing someone? yes
24. Your car? big
25. Something you're not wearing? shoes
26. Favorite store? Kolhs
27. Your Summer? fun
28. Love someone? Yes
29. Your favorite color? blue
30. When is the last time you laughed? Saturday
31. Last time you cried? today

Now I need to pass along the award to 7 others...Tag You're it! I love your blog:
1. Katie at A&E
2. Amy at The Ward Family
3. Kylie at Kylies Word of Wisdom
4. Heather at 3 under 3
5. 6. and 7. Anyone else that hasn't done this Tag you are tagged Now!!

How Many of Me?

I thought that this fact was interesting...

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 6 people with my name in the U.S.A. http://howmanyofme.com"> How many have your name?

About the name Monica:

There are 253,163 people in the U.S. with the first name Monica.
Statistically the 255th most popular first name.
More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Monica are female.

About the name Jonas:

There are 6,924 people in the U.S. with the last name Jonas.
Statistically the 5212th most popular last name.

Tag: 8 Friends, 8 Facts

I have been tagged! Thanks Amy for tagging me.

TAG: 8 random facts about me

1. Heights freak me out.

2. I love to swing.

3. I can't swim very well.

4. I have been to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

5. I received the highest honor in Girl Scouts "The Gold Award".

6. I like the mornings the best and have to be in bed by 10pm at the lastest.

7. I really don't like carnival rides because heights freak me out.

8. I am organized.

I tag: I don't have 8 friends that have blogs that I can tag!!