Also Known as "Mom"

What’s something you do more quickly than most people?  Get ready in the morning or just in general.  I care how I look but I really don’t put a lot of time into it because who I am is more important than how my clothing looks or my makeup etc…

What’s something you do more carelessly than most people?  I’m a pretty careless typer LOL

What’s something you do more slowly than most people? All Math… I suck at it.

What’s something you do more carefully than most people? Writting letters… I will not just write an e-mail and just send it and if it’s important I’ll often spend days on it.

In what contexts are you more patient than most people? Dealing with large groups of kids my childrens ages.

I have been getting lots of e-mail in the last month about some programs I had interest in a few months ago. One of the bigs ones was being a secret shopper and getting paid for it. I really wanted to do that for some odd reason I can not explain. I also have really looked into one of those barcode scanner programs where you scan all of the grocheries you buy and other things as well. I now have to decide how committed I could be to this and also if the money is worth the time. I have 2 different companies that have contacted me. Has anyone else ever done this? I really need some more info to look into for when we get back from Hawaii.

Which on another note Maui is just beautiful and I am going to have a very hard time going home!!!

Today we went on a Whale watching tour and it was so cool to do. The only bad thing that happened on the entire 2 hour boat trip was that I caught my pant leg on a arm rest and tore a small hole in my pant leg. I also bumped my ring while I got my pant leg unstuck and got a bit worried that I might have loose diamonds but they looked fine. I also had them examined and inspected for my warranty and so that makes me feel better about them as well.

With all of my posts about our trip I will got back and add a few pictures to make them a bit more exciting once we get home!

Well here it is day two here in Maui and we are haveing a wonderful time. Ohau and Maui are so different from each other it’s just crazy because the plane ride is less than 40 mins with take off and landing combined into that total. We got here yesterday and immediately took a helicopter flight around West Maui and Molokia. It was so awesome and we loved every minute of it. Then we got to check into our resort and just hung out in Lahaina for the evening last night. Our resort is not a hotel thing at all it is actually a time share resort where you dovacation rental. My parents were able to use points or time from another time share to get us in here and it’s perfect. Today we spent the entire day on the road to Hana and then went back to Lahaina for dinner and some shopping. It’s just so beautiful here!!! I don’t want to leave this weather and the reality is we’ll be home a week from today.

Well we made it to Oahu Hawaii no problem yesterday and totally love it. Today we went to Pearl Harbor and are going to adventure tonight. However I want to talk about our plane ride here yesterday. When we got on the plane there was a small blanket and an even smaller pillow on each sheet. I could not for the life of me bring myself to use that pillow. That pillow could have so many germs and allergens underneath the cover aka the paperish pillowcase.

I have recently started on a hunt for a new set of pillows for our camper. I can not stand all of the allergens like dust and bugs that get into our camper getting into something that we lay our heads on. I know you are wondering why the camper first since we only use it 4 months out of the year but it’s way grosser than my bedroom is and I have bought those special allergen protecting covers for them so this is start one of our pillow overhaul.

So I was lead to an awesome site about allergen pillows by a company I work with to make my blog better. The company is called National Allergy. They are all about making many of our household products safer for us. For Allie and I that is so important because of our lovely allergies we both deal with and all of the icky sickies we get from them. This is also why we are dealing with the camper first because my allergies are out of control in the summer and even worse when camping.

National Allergy’s pillows starting fighting against allergens like dust, mold, and bacteria the min you start using their pillows. For me that is huge because those are present all of the time in the camper. Everynight when we all go to sleep in the camper we wake up in the morning with a bit of moisture because all of the bodies creating heat in there. Moisture is the reason that mold and bacteria grow so why not have a pillow that does not allow the moisture to get into and creating a breeding ground for those issues Allie and I get from that. These pillow are made with a filter so that air cn escape from the pillow but now allow the bad stuff in our out. I think I might just have to give this pillo a try and if we like it I’ll be ordering 5 for our camper.

Check out this neat you tube video that they have too while you are at it, it from a Today show taping.

Be honest: what are some rules you have for yourself that don’t really make much sense?  I do not allow myself to to just put toys anywhere in the playroom.  Everything has it place and everyplace has it thing.

What rules of questionable sense did your parents have for you when you were young? Honestly if I were to question how my parents raised me then I would not be acknowledging how they did raise me and by giving me my faith base then I would not be who I am today.

What’s a rule most people (if not all people) seem never to obey?  Look both ways when you cross the street.

There are no rules governing the giving and receiving of Valentine’s Day gifts, but what rules should there be?  Kids valentine cards are for kids not adults!!!

If the Golden Rule says you should do unto others as you’d have others do unto you, what would the Silver and Bronze rules say?  Follow God with all of you mind body and soul.  We also should not lean on our own understanding.

So I forgot to mention anything about today being the day and we are at our layover in Atlanta. It was a super smooth and fast flight that we even got here 45 mins earlier. We are so excited about the next place the plane stops. However I am not looking forward to the plane ride. They are sayin it will be closer to an 11 hour flight now. Yuck… so to keep my mind off from things I went window shopping here at all of the stores. They even had a health type store for supplements. I decided I was going to inquire more about diet supplements since I’ve heard so much stuff about them lately. Granted just as I went in there though I realized I better get my pop and get back to plane because they are boarding in 10 mins. Typical me!!!

So as I sit here in the Atlanta airport aka ATL I am thinking maybe some of those weight loss supplement reviews I get should be sent down this way. In the area we live in alot of people maintain a strong faith but they also seem to live fairly healthy lifestlyes and healthy choices because I am not use to seeing people of such varying sizes. I feel bad from them too because it really affects how they live their life and the things that they can do to enjoy all of these awesome wonders that God has created for us!

We leave tonight to head to a hotel for the night so we don’t have to get up any early than need tomorrow since we have to be at the airport around 4:45 am.  Then at 6 am tomorrow morning we start of first flight of 2 to get to Oahu. So I was talking about how I got some great junk mail yesterday well today is an actually good junk type of mail in my e-mail inbox.  I got an e-mail asking if I would be interested in doing some fat burners reviews for a company. I e-mail them back and said tell me more. I have no idea what it is… I’m hoping like work out equipment of some sort but guessing something else. So we shall see if I hear anything back and also find out the companies name as well.

Wow another 24 hour hours closer and I still can not believe it at all… We are leaving the kids for 12 days and going somewhere just the two of us. I am so excited and only a bit nervous. Today was make sure my house was decluttered of all of the junk laying around. It also happened to be a day of ridiculous amounts of junk mail. I even got something in the mail today about doing phentermine reviews for a company to see if their fomula is better than competition. Um sorry but I think I will pass on that one. I do not like to try things that have already started to get a bad reputation out there. Geezz why did they pick me? Granted I get all kinds of e-mail invitation to review things now but most of them suck and I get nothing from it!