♥ MUSHY STUFF ♥

Hi!! Whoa, was today an AWESOME day!! I will share details tomorrow...
But, check out the mini I-Pod I added to my side-bar, isn't she a cutie?
If you click on the 3rd song "Could Not Ask For More" by Edwin McCain; this is the song Brian and I will dance to at our wedding for our first dance ♥ OMG, I close my eyes when I listen to this song and can see me in my awesome wedding dress and Brian is his HOT chocolate brown tux, dancing as husband and wife after ALL these years!! It brings tears to my eyes that this day that I have waited SO long for and at many times, NEVER thought would come; will be here in just a tad over 7 months! Oh, girls... I so want to share this day with all of you! I wish I could fly you all in to be here:( But, I am POOR!! Whew, I told you this was MUSHY! Anyway, check out the song and let me know what you think! I think its a perfect song for us!!

Oh, I need some ideas on a song for the CAKE CUTTING! Any ideas girls??

P.S. I tried the COMMENT APPROVAL and it drove me nuts! So, I changed back... SORRY! I am a CREATURE of HABIT!! Don't do well with change!
Love you all,
Noelle ♥

Time to Mooooooove on...

That's it, I'm done!! I've had it! I am SOOOOOO tired of feeling like a COW! I tried on my fave pink shirt from last Spring/Summer and I feel so gross! My goal is to work out everyday and stop eating crap, all together! I wonder what I could lose in one week just by doing that? I know this is why I feel so down in the dumps and tired all the time! I weigh more now that I ever have; its so depressing! I need some motivation girls!! We should get a weight loss support group going.... what do ya think?

Noelle :(

Easter Award for YOU!

Hey girls! Like my new Easter-y blog make-over? Eeek... I am so thrilled at how it came out! I need that bright cheerfulness to look at me everyday too:) Here is an ADORABLE Easter Page award that I want to share with all you Easter LOVERS:) If your blog is decked out for Easter; feel free to grab this award! If you haven't added any BUNNY LOVE to your page yet; please do so and then grab this award!! I love this time of year:)

Hope you all have a HOPPY Day tomorrow:)

Night-night,
Noelle ♥

EGG HUNT WINNER!

We have a winner... PEA from Pea's Corner was the first gal to email me with the info on where she found all of the Easter Eggs that I hid on my posts!! Congrats Pea; you win the shabby candleholder and the Beauti-Control Mini-Set!

Maybe I should have made this Egg Hunt more difficult?? LOL

Thanks for playing!!
♥ Noelle ♥

Announcing: Easter EGG Blog HUNT!

Today is the day... Its time to go on an Easter Egg Hunt !

Where you might say?
Well, on my blog today!

Here's what you do...

I have hidden 12 Easter Eggs just like the one above...
on 12 different blog posts of mine.

You have to go back through my blogs to find them all!
The posts may be big, they may be small;
either way, you better get on the ball!

If you find all the eggs,
you will win a GREAT PRIZE!

But... if you think you have found them all... YOU MUST email me (way2tiredmom78@hotmail.com) with all of the post titles in which the EGGS are hidden! And... tell me which on of those posts were your favorite and why!! The first person to email me is the WINNER:)

Please leave me a comment if you are going to go on the EGG HUNT! There is no time limit on how long you can take to finds the eggs; but whoever does it first, WINS!!

Here is what you will win:

A cute shabby white votive candle holder AND...

a mini-set of my favorite BEAUTI-CONTROL products... because we all need some pampering and relaxation!!

The mini Beauti-Control set includes:

1 oz. Herbal Serenity Aromatherapy Foot Creme
(Very soothing and moisturizing for those achy and dry feet)

.3 oz Skinlogics Lip Apeel
( Dual action system that removes lip-color build-up and dry skin
with a unique exfoliating peel and soothing lip balm)

16 Spa Nourishing Mini Eye Pads
(Reduces the appearance of puffiness;
cools the skin and soothes away irritation)

1.5 oz Warming Trend Green Tea Facial Masque
(Warms on contact and adds restorative minerals and Vitamin C and D to the skin)

.5 oz Regeneration Extreme Hand Repair
(Contains Alpha-Hydroxy to help smooth and soften hands)

I'm looking forward to giving these goodies away to the winner!

Happy HUNTING!!

♥ Noelle ♥

Scrapbook Sunday: Think Florida!

Morning girls! I am late to rise this morning:) Had to do my morning routine of laying in bed for awhile before I get up; then reading the Sunday paper, mostly for the sale ads- drooling over the many items I'd LOVE to buy but don't have the $ for! So now I'm here!! Please join me on my GIRLS ONLY trip to Daytona Beach, several summers ago...

Here is me the first time I saw a REAL palm tree and the first time I went to Florida!! Florida is GORGEOUS, by the way; I SO want to go back!

On this trip, I flew down to Daytona Beach with my best friend Valerie and her sister Lisa. Their mom lives down there and we went to visit her! We found a Henna Tattoo booth on the boardwalk so we all got our feet inked up! Look at the neat detail of the henna tattoo; it actually lasted almost a month before the ink fully wore off! Back in my "semi-wild" pre-mommy days; I got 2 real tattoo's! YIKES!! One is of a pretty butterfly on my lower back and the other is over a rose through a heart on my back shoulder. The rose one is the one I regret getting cause the color has faded and isn't all that nice anymore. Plus, it always shows when I wear a dress or tank top. I am considering having it covered with special make-up for our wedding day; don't really want to see it in all our pictures, ya know?

Here is the 3 of us with our HOT sun-burns!! LOL There's me, Valerie and Lisa:)

Alas, the ocean pics... AMAZING! This was the first time I had seen the ocean too:) We were "swimming" and I kept laughing, forgetting to keep my mouth closed and kept getting a mouthful of salt water- GROSS! I would love to take the boys to see the ocean someday; it is truly a sight!

Please visit my other 2 sweeties and a new friend for their SCRAPBOOK SUNDAY posts:

Katie @ Katie's Nesting Spot

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Holly @ Girls at Heart

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Vicki @ Vicki's Scrapbooking at Tidbits

Be sure to come back tomorrow for the announcement of MY EASTER EGG BLOG HUNT! I will have a photo up of the CUTE prizes too:)

Have a sweet Sunday!
Hugs,
Noelle ♥

I WON the SWAP Lottery ♥

So I got home yesterday to find a HUGE box on my front porch! I literally ran up to the porch and grabbed the box! It was from my swap partner and sweet friend Katie; who was my partner for the Easter Swap Eggstravaganza that I hosted!!

Everything was wrapped very cute!!

OMG! She made this oval sign for me that was double sided!! One side was "Happy Easter" and the other side was "Happy Spring"! I love 2-in-1 things:) She used scrapbook paper and stickers to create it and it is just TOO PRECIOUS! Katie is very talented!!

She also decorated this sweet frame with pretty paper and added the little flowers that spelled out SPRING and then sewed HAS SPRUNG on it! This blew me away as well; I can't believe what a wonderful job she did!! I wish I was this crafty/creative!!

She also sent me this SPRING hanger that is now on my front door! SWEET:)

Here is what tugged at my heart strings the most... She made me a 4x4 Spring Memories scrapbook, with the pages ALL pre-decorated! Ugh, I cannot wait to put some pics in here!!

Look at how pretty these pastel colors are...

Looooooove it!

This little notecard explained that what was in this package was something bright and fun to take with me on our honeymoon...

Inside was this Scrapbooking Your Wedding Idea book...

and a pretty blue travel case for makeup, etc.

She also tucked a pretty and yummy lipgloss inside!!

And on the bottom of the package was an easter basket all wrapped up too!!

More lovely goodies...
2 Easter towels,
a Lemon body creme from Bath and Body Works,
2 sweet easter stamps,
Easter note paper and post-it notes,
a very pretty easter egg,
and lots of CANDY!!
JACKPOT!!!

I have been wanting to try my hand at stamping too!!

I love Lemon scented anything; and I always use a body creme/butter too!

I needed some cute Easter towels too!

Katie, thanks so much again! This package brightened my week so much:) You did an amazing job picking out and making things for me! Its like we've known each other forever!! Girls, if you have never taken part in any type of SWAP; I encourage you to do so! Its so fun making and buying things to fit your partners likes/hobbies! And , its TOO FUN getting your own SURPRISE in the mail too:)

See you all tomorrow for Scrapbook Sunday!!

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

Back and Full of BOOGERS:(

Aaaaa... Choo! That's me; full of boogies, sniffles and a sore chest! While I was "taking my mental break" the past couple days I have gotten sick! BOO!! Not what I wanted:( I feel a bit more laid back and was able to work on a craft project for one of my Pay It Forward winners! I also talked with my one prof about playing catch up with some of the work I need to finish and she was really nice about it. And my long day of work tomorrow was canceled due to the teacher coming down with bronchitis at the site I was supposed to go do child assesments at; SOOOO... I have the day off tomorrow! Yay!

I'll be back for Scrapbook Sunday!

Chat Soon...
Noelle ♥

P.S. Thanks to you ALL for your kindest wishes and words this week:) You definitely helped boost me back up!!

Life is... slowly wearing me down:(

Hello girls! I found this funny icon on my friend Ashely's page! It sums things up for me though. Lately I have been in a funk; feeling overwhelmed with life: my children, my husband to be, planning the wedding, my college classes and job hunting. I have too much on my plate and don't know how to balance things, even if that is possible. I turn to my blog for peace of mind and solitude from all things that make me crazy! Some days I just look forward to getting on here and reading all the thoughtful comments that you gals leave me; it boosts my spirit up! I realize that I am not getting that from the people I have close by me in life; some friends, family and my future spouse. I need to focus on what I need to do at the moment, not what I'd like to be doing- such as blogging:) I am going to give myself a few days off to play catch up on school work, my assignments for my current job and things around the home that I have putting off. I will miss our daily chats; but I'll be back in a few days!! Sniff, sniff~ this will be hard to do! Soooo... I will be back soon!

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

Hop on Over!

Thanks for hopping by this morning! I got the rest of my Easter decor out this past weekend and thought I'd show it all to you today:) This little wooden table was a GW find from back in the winter; I think it was $8.00- not too bad, tables like this go for around $20-25 around here by wood-workers at local craft shows/flea markets. It also holds one of many collections of kids books and a basket of hats and gloves! The boys are really good about putting their stuff in their too:) The cute wooden bunny on this table came from GW too.

This little Easter tree is one of my faves; it was my grandma's ♥

The next set of photos are the shelves of our entertainment center that I loaded up with Easter knick-knacks...

Here is my Shutterpane Window mirror I always talk about. Click on to enlarge to see the bunny bride and groom that is on the lower shelf of this mirror.

Here is the old record player that I had to have when we cleaned out and sold my grandma's house. She always decorated the top of it for holidays; I follow on with the tradition in my home:) I love this Easter basket which I also found at GW:)

Here is my Wall Shelf in the living room with more Easter cuties on it and some of the tea cups that I collect too.

The tiger lilies outside have grown probably 3 more inches since last week...

And the only set of daffodils have fully opened up too! Spring is here!! This Fall I want to try to plant more bulbs for next Spring; in hopes that the EVIL squirrels don't eat them before they are able to bloom!

Well, I was very irritated by my future hubby who called me LAZY yesterday because I didn't take the trash out right away or have the dishes (the few of them) washed the night before!! That really TICKS ME OFF! I had the kids outside for 2 hours the night before, playing with them and NOT just sitting on my butt!
So, I put off doing those things till the next day! Ugh, MEN!

This week is going to be CRAZY BUSY for me! Here are some of the things I have scheduled:

Today: not too much, just NOT BEING LAZY! I am also have a Wildtree food tasting party tonite at the house.

Tomorrow: Classes, working on a paper thats due, making site contacts for work

Wednesday: Meeting with the lady who is custom-making our wedding invites.

Thursday: Classes, playing catch up on homework, making more site contacts to get these places schedule so I can go and test the kids.

Friday: Traveling over and hour to spend a whole day testing at a child care ministry in Amish country; did I add that on my lunch break, I might hit up some FUN amish stores!! (Thats my reward for being SO good at BEING LAZY! Hear the sarcasm in my writing?)

Saturday: We have to go to a Young Author's Conference that Gavin was invited to; he wrote and illustrated his own little book about Rockets to show off!! Then after that I have a bridal shower to attend for a friend.

Sunday: I am having a CROP; so maybe this will be a nice way to unwind after this week!

Soooo... I think I will put off the Easter Egg Blog Hunt for ONE more week! I will announce the details next week:)

Have a nice day gals!
♥ Noelle ♥