P-A-R-T-Y time!

Hi girls! Whew, its been a busy day! I am looking forward to tonite... my best friend Valerie was chosen to host an American Idol party from Houseparty.com. Tonite is the finale on American Idol which I have mentioned that I am addicted to. I ♥ Adam Lambert, the rocker guy above!! But... I have recently really began to like Kris Allen, the cute lil swooner (shown below). They both are very talented and unique in their musical abilites!!

At the party tonite, a sales rep from a Ford dealership in the area here is bringing by a 2010 Ford Fusion over to her house for us to test drive!! The Ford Fusion is the car shown in all the American Idol videos this season!!

She also received some party favors to share with us. We have to "vote" for who we want to win! We'll also watch the finale, snack and chit-chat too!

Should be a fun night! I'll post some pics tomorrow.

If you'd like a HEALTH update on me, please read my recent post on my other blog, PHAT BOTTOMED GIRL. I have an "UPDATE" from the doctor!!

If you watch Idol, who has your vote... Adam or Kris??

Be back tomorrow...

Noelle ♥

My 1st BLUE Monday!

Today is my FIRST Blue Monday post! Please head over to Smiling Sally to find links to even more gals and their Blue Monday posts:) On Blue Monday posts, you can show photos of pretty, funny or even UGLY! blue things in your home!

Since I am the only girl in a home with 3 other "boys" (well, one man too!), I know I have LOTS of blue around here!!

My 2 year old Gage wears his blue very cute on this day, enjoying a morning ba-ba; which I am trying to break him of!

To respect the manliness in our home, I decorated our bathroom with a Nautical look; so here are some blue lighthouse wall hanging from in there.

Here is my oldest son Gavin's blue (and yellow) room with his new BLUE outer space bedding that was a birthday gift last year!

Here is my BLUE watering can planter on my front porch; it now has flowers inside of it this year:)

When my little Gage turned 2 last month, we had a Blue's Clues birthday party for him! Talk about some BLUE!!

These sweet blue decoupage angel ornaments were a Goodwill find for my Christmas tree this past holiday season:) Can you believe in just less than 7 months, it will be Christmas again? Where has 2009 gone??

Thanks for joining me today:) This was fun; I have been wanting to join Blue Monday's for a couple weeks now and am glad that I jumped on board!

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

SCRAPBOOK SUNDAY: KITTY TALES!

Welcome to Scrapbook Sunday! This week I am showing a "Kitty Tales" Scrapbook that my oldest son created for pics of our cats!! He is a cat lover and this "project" was something to occupy him while mommy worked on her scrapbooks!! LOL He actually enjoyed working on his little album that my mom had bought for him;
don't you love the fuzzy cat tail that is on the side of it??

I "cropped" the photos for him so they would fit on the pages in his album, which is a 4x6. He added all the stickers on his own and did his own writing too. I think he made this 2-3 years ago so he needed a lot of help spelling too.

This one is my favorite! I love that he added the little pacifier sticker to baby Maxie's mouth!!

Bath time and our cats look like drowned rats! haha

He wrote "I love cats" and drew his own cat- awww!

Above is a rocket he created out of paper and added a little pic of Maxie to it! My Gavin is pretty darn creative, eh??

Yes, Miss Maddie does act like a queen on a throne when she lays on CLEAN LAUNDRY!!

This page is so funny! Gavin wrote "Pee You" on this one because Maddie is sitting there with her mouth open! LOL Do your cats do this? When they smell something they don't like, our cats will sit there with their mouths wide open!!

So cute and sweet, little Gavin cuddling Maxie when she was a kitten!!

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SO FAR TODAY...

Holly from Girls at Heart has posted on her blog!
She is featuring a page on SNAKES- yikes!!

~Have a wonderful day~
Noelle ♥

Green and White Swap Goodies!

HI GIRLS! HERE IS A SLIDESHOW OF THE THINGS THAT HEIDI SENT ME FOR THE GREEN AND WHITE SWAP I JOINED!!

Not sure what the boys and I are doing today... I hope to get some scrapbooking done when Gage naps today! Its rainy and yucky here again today, so looks like we are stuck inside:(
HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY:)

NOELLE ♥

My Favorites on Friday

What a week! I got the results from my Insulin test back today and everything is normal in that area. I am still wondering what could be going on then?

So onto a happier note... Here are my favorite things from this week...

American Idol... Kris and Adam in the finals- YAHOO! I ♥ them both!!

V-8 Fusion in Blueberry Pomegranate- YUMM!! And sooo good for you too; a serving of fruit and veggies in each cup! Our peds dr. recommended this for Gage since he has such crappy eating habits and HE LOVES IT too!!

Biggest Loser TV Show... I am SO inspired by this show!! I recently started watching it and can't wait for the new season to start!

Pretty things like picnics in the summer; don't ya love this picnic basket? I found a picnic basket at GW last winter for $4.00; I don't think I have posted a pic of it yet!! LOL

Thinking of 4th of July; cookouts, decorating in red, white and blue, fireworks... FUN!
I ♥ Summer!!

AND... My SWAP from Heidi!! Heidi was the host for the Crisp & Clean, White & Green swap and my partner! I got my package from her today and LOOOOOVE it! I will post about it tomorrow though; too much to do today!!

What are your favorite things this week??

Noelle ♥

Needed: Some ideas...

So... I got an Apothecary Jar a couple months back and had it filled with little pastel eggs for Easter time and now it sits empty on my counter:(

I need some fun and creative ideas from you girls on what I can add to my lonely jar!! I'm thinking Spring and Summer ideas... HELP!!

P.S. I listed several items on Ebay the past 2 weeks and have made around $65.00!! Yahoo $$ So, I suppose I could spend a few bucks of that filling the inside of my jar with something CUTE!

My mom suggested Salt Water Taffy, which is CUTE but too tempting to eat!!

So, tell me... what do I put inside my jar?

Noelle~

Update: Doctor!

Ahhhhh... a sigh of relief is what I have now that I visited my new gyno dr. today. I sat and talked with her explaining all of my troubles such as the weight gain, being unable to have a period on my own, etc. She looked at me and said "Sounds to me like you may have Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome. And... I wonder if you aren't pre-diabetic"!!!! Helloooooo... this is everything that I was telling my OLD dr. and she never said anything about this!!

I have to fast for 12 hours starting tonite at 8 pm and go in tomorrow for an Insulin test. She told me that she would call me when she got the results and we'd go from there. The more and more that I read about the PCOS, it has me wondering about the pre-diabetes! It would explain the rapid weight gain, difficulty that I have losing the weight among other numerous things too.

Its scary to think that I might have this and have to COMPLETELY change my lifestyle and eating but KNOWING that I will have ANSWERS to my problems and be on the right track to losing weight and feeling better, both mentally and physically makes me want to JUMP for JOY!

I am so grateful that I was referred to a good and understanding doctor FINALLY! I pray that things get better from here on:)

Chat later, I'm off to exercise for the 3rd day in a row- YIIIPPPEEE for me!!

Hugs,
Noelle ♥