I’m a day late but I wanted to announce that September’s SOTM Voting has begun (will end August 31, 2008 @ Midnight EST)! To cast your vote simply click the button below

Good luck contestants!

In other news, I’m cooking up lots of new goodies to be added and announced soon so be on the lookout!

Wow, has it really been a month since I wrote a real blog?  I really have to start blogging more. Anyways, let me catch you up on everything that’s happened since my last real blog.

I don’t have many major events to write about, mainly because we haven’t really been doing a whole lot outside of daily activities. We were playing a LOT of Rock Band which is always fun but I think we played too much cause after a week or so we haven’t played it very much since.  I also spent a week or so playing catch up on some of my motherly/wifely duties. There were a lot of things that had piled up and needed done. I feel so accomplished and loved getting back into a routine of my daily duties.
July 20th was Josh and I’s 6 year anniversary of being engaged!! To answer some questions you may be asking yourself:

• Yes, that is a long time to be engaged.
• Yes, we are planning on actually getting married.
• Wedding date is TBA but I’m hoping next year.

The are several reasons on having a long engagement but honestly that’s a tad bit more personal than I care to share atm.

Anyways, moving on to the good stuff. Let’s talk about the anniversary gifts!! Read More? ▼

August 3rd was my families reunion but we weren’t able to go because Josh had to work. I was REALLY looking forward to going and spending the day with my immediate family (my parents and my brother and his family) since I don’t get to see them very often. I only live an hour and a half away from my parents which isn’t very far. But with their schedules and our schedules it’s not as simple to just drive out for the day. Hopefully we can plan a day SOON to get together.
August 6th we had a get together at our house with some friends. We did a little drinking (enough to get a little tipsy) , hung out and played bored games. We played DVD Triva Pursuit. We played boys against girls and I believe the boys won. Big surpise. We had a lot of fun nonetheless. I love game nights!
Other than it’s been daily activities or events that we’re unexpected and not written on the calendar.

In other news, we are planning Tidus’ 1st birthday (August 30th). I absolutely can not believe that my baby is turning 1 year old. He has grown up so much! Last night he sign his first word in sign language. We were eating dinner and he did the sign for milk and sure enough he was thirsty. We starting teaching him baby sign language when he was 7mo. We really only taught him the sign for milk but now that he’s sign it I am more determined than ever to teach him. Ryan also enjoys learning the different signs so he’ll be a big help with teaching Tidus.

Ryan will be starting pre-school soon *mental note to start calling around*. We recently started doing a reading/phonics program. He’s having so much fun with it. He loves learning and I couldn’t be more thrilled. I can’t believe how much he’s grown up and to think he’s going to be 5 years old in October.
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this entry turned out to be a lot longer than I had planned. Which is proof that I HAVE to start blogging more often. Anyways, I stayed up all night [again] so I should go and take a quick nap before the family gets up. We have a busy day planned. TaTa for now

I recently came across a website that offers PC and MAC games such as Solitaire, Mahjong, which are two of my favorite games, and more. This site offers more enhanced versions than the ones that come on our computers by default.

Mahjong comes with 50 layouts to solve and you can even create your own with an easy editor that comes with the game. It also comes with 3 tile sets. One of which is specially designed for kids to help them learn how to recognize letters as well as matching pairs.

Solitaire comes with 30 variations such as; Classic, Klondike, Freecell, Yukon, Spider, and more! You’ll be sure to find a variation that you like and be set for hours of fun.

They even have some kids games such as Yoodoo, which is a software program that has three creative activities for your little artists! “Mister Monster“, which will teach your child drag n drop. “YooGlow” which is a virtual lite brite. “My Garden” will teach your child the basics of gardening and life! They have another game called Ladybugs which has several activities that will stimulate your child’s thinking and color recognition skills.

A game that I found to be really neat is global warning which is an education game that was designed to teach you and your family easy tips that can make a big difference in the world.

So what are you waiting for, go have a look at these games and get ready for hours of fun!

I am very much in need of a new pair of glasses and I recently ran across a website that sells stylish prescription glasses for a very inexpensive price! Check out Zenni Optical $8 Rx Eyeglasses!! Yes, you read right, get a pair of glasses for as low as $8.00 + a flat rate shipping price of $4.95 no matter how many glasses are in the order.

The image shown is my favorite out of the many frames they have to offer. Not only do they have a huge selection of frames (for men, women, and children), but they also have a wide variety of lens including: single vision lens, sun-sensor (potochromic) lens, tinted sunglasses lens, bifocal lens, and progressive lens. All you need to order these glasses is your prescription for corrective eyeglass lens (contact prescriptions not accepted) and your pupillary distance.

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