$15 off Disneyland Tickets
Contact Sherlene at Get Away Today to save some mula on your next Disneyland trip. Tell her Smitten By sent you to get the deal! Sherlene Womack VIP Specialist Get Away Today Vacations Email: sherlenep@getawaytoday.com Phone: 1-800-523-6116 Ext: 315 They do offer payment plans . So you can buy them now at the discounted price and pay later. {Just needs to be paid in full 3 weeks prior to departure} … [Read More...]
Monster Cookie Bar Recipe
Monster Cookie Bars Recipe We are loving these Monster Cookie Bars! Best part is the recipe makes two 9x13 inch pans or one 11x17 inch pan. I like to make one for our family and give one to a friend. (The dough is really good too, but eat with caution because there are raw eggs in it.) Monster Cookie Bars Cream together: 1/2 c. margarine (you can use 1 cup to make them chewier) 1 c. sugar 1 c. brown sugar Mix in: 1 c. peanut butter 3 … [Read More...]
The Great BullShit Sorter
I have a really good friend.... When I grow up I want to be just like her. She is SMART with a capital s. She is as real as you get. She is successful, a great mom, and if someone leaves a snarky comment here on Smitten she will eat them for lunch. haha. But really this gal has the total package. She will tell you "it's smoke and mirrors baby"...but it's not true. One of the things that I love most about her is her advice. She tells it like it is and you can't help but … [Read More...]
Weight loss never promised peace: Exercise without expectations
Guest Post from C. Jane Kendrick- Healthy Expectations Every morning I do the same thing. I wake up, put on my walking shoes and head toward the mountains behind my house. There are paths with views that could inspire the most skeptical mind. Some people have rolling oceans or busy cityscapes as the backdrop to their lives; I have Utah's mountains. Daily I converse with their whispering canyons and traverse their trails. Last week I tried a new path that reached … [Read More...]
No Poo Hair Method & 5 Reasons to Try It
Well friends, I have to say, I never thought I would be talking about the wonders of baking soda and vinegar on my hair, but here we are. What is no poo? Do you need bean-o or something? It actually has nothing to do with my digestive system and everything to do with hair! Basically it's ditching traditional shampoos and conditioners and using all natural products - most often it is baking soda and vinegar or apple cider vinegar. Shampoos have a way of stripping your hair of natural … [Read More...]
Let Go and Let God
I have actually struggled knowing where to start this post in order to say what I feel in my heart needs to be said. I have started and stopped and revised and erased it several times. But I feel so strongly about it that I just have to get it out! So please bear with me as I get to "the heart of the matter" that I want to share today. I have four small children. They are 4, 4, 2, and 5 months. Yep. Four children under age five. When my twins came, I was the most devoted … [Read More...]
Free Printable- Inspire
Pretty sure this free printable needs to be hung in my little girls nursery! It is DARLING!!! click here to download for free: http://www.4shared.com/photo/nvLhc0nk/June_-_Inspire.html … [Read More...]
Speak Up
I want you to think about the last time you went to the doctor. How did your appointment go? Were you able to really converse with your caregiver and get your questions answered? Or did you leave feeling rushed and unheard? Hopefully when you had your last experience with a caregiver it was a good one, but sadly often times we leave these appointments frustrated. As a Health Educator, I am very passionate about what they call Health Literacy. You may be wondering … [Read More...]
Pulled Pork and Coleslaw Sandwich Recipe
Pulled Pork and Coleslaw Sandwich Recipe: Summer is in full swing and we're busy busy busy! Sharing one of our favorite go to dinner recipes. They are easy, and delicious! For the pork I use this recipe from Little Blue Boo. It is always delicious and full of flavor. I like to add the bbq sauce to the meat after shredding. And a big bonus... it freezes so well! The coleslaw recipe was one that I have combined a couple of favorites to make this perfect combo. Cole … [Read More...]
Adoption Part 6
If you guessed that I slept Monday night in a silent slumber because of the previous days events, you would be wrong. I tossed and turned all night, my head swimming with possibilities*some good* some bad*. Even if my body relaxed and fell into some sort of sleep, my mind didn't and this makes for the craziest dreams ever, not that that is anything new for me. TUESDAY was bound to be an emotional day for everyone. Jon had the lawyer on alert the day before, just in case they … [Read More...]
Adoption Part 5
Monday I woke up frustrated. I just wanted to know if Handsome would be coming to begin a life with us or not. I had started to get attached and I didn't want to do that unless it was a sure thing. My hat goes off to people that play this game all the time. I really started to feel like a whimp. My friend that told us about Handsome in the first place has been through fertility issues with his wife for years and finally started to look into adoption. YEARS of waiting and … [Read More...]
Standing Out
One of the biggest lessons that I learned in recovery from my eating disorder is that you don't have to "fit the mold" Who knew that not fitting the mold could be so empowering?? Another huge lesson I learned was that you cannot be opposites. Example you say- you cannot be flexible and organized. It's just not physically possible and yet, I used to beat myself up over these 2 very things. The day that I embraced my differences from the so called mold, embraced my strengths instead of focusing … [Read More...]
Not ever knowing, but still inspiring.
How do you prepare yourself for a day like today? Tomorrow June 6th, will be my son's first Birthday, only he will be celebrating in Heaven. This day last year was the last day of the so-called "normal" life that I would ever live. My last 24 hours of invincibility. Everything seemed so right in my little world. I would give anything, my own life if I had to, to go back to those last 24 hours before I lost him. To feel his last hiccups, kicks, and punches... I think I'd do just about anything. I … [Read More...]
Motherhood- My Journey
We have struggled with infertility issues for over 4 years. After a year of "trying" and no baby we met with a fertility specialist. I have polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) so he had us try a few different drugs to help with ovulation (which made me break out like CRAZY), but still no baby. My husband got his swimmers checked out and found out that only 1% of his sperm are normal shape and swim well enough to fertilize an egg. The diagnosis was infertility. The only possible way we … [Read More...]
HUGE GIVEAWAY!!
You can enter here: http://bit.ly/101S8QQ 10 winners will each get $100 gift certificate to my Etsy shop. That's $1000 dollars worth of goodies in my shop! Gift Certificate is only valid in my Etsy shop and cannot be combined with any other coupon or offer. Website: www.mymissprissboutique.etsy.com Custom doll by https://www.facebook.com/jennylynndolls. Value: $40 $50 visa Gift Card from Smitten … [Read More...]
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