tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19931834389000366332024-03-05T00:28:18.102-08:00Minxy Mimi UnpluggedMinxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.comBlogger235125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-37833305032966711022013-10-01T15:22:00.001-07:002013-10-01T15:22:42.844-07:00Life changes, moves, growth, deathI left this blog a few years ago when I had to go back to work and my life took a turn for the worse.
We lost our home to foreclosure and ended up moving a few times.
Fast forward a few years and you will find me older, hopefully wiser!! New job, new town...
My kiddos are now 6 (soon to be 7) and 8 (9 in a few months)
I quit my job and moved to open a thrift store benefiting public schools in my new town.
I moved to help my sister open this store and at the same time be closer to my family who has lived here for many years.
Ups and downs, good and bad. Life has a way of twisting and turning you all around and making you realize you have so much to learn still, and so much to experience.
Our store opened early 2012, we are a success!! Donating $65,000 to 11 public schools in a year and a half. All was good...
February 2013 started off normally, but by the end of the month I had lost my cousin to liver cancer, my father to a heart condition and my beloved cat Geegers to kidney cancer. Devastated was a word I never truly knew the meaning of. I now know. I know too well and I am still reeling.
I hope to update this blog occasionally with more fun things. Thrift stores actually has some crazy characters! I am slowly recovering and trying to keep moving on with my life and enjoying what I have.
Here is a picture of my kiddos now (if anyone even remembers this blog still) Please excuse my old school ways! I am not up on the new blog ways anymore!
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb793JaAWUMRnNHZZKu55SRbxEpYMXHufMTj2beffG0RFNHqOzwxXUeXUzi96MAHfmDchM1iJGbZgrTEJfyMF-Q48MBiVG6zaTLuwCgAWeusNl0Js_T_5ZY0o1sslKytTsPb06coazsbA/s1600/Boys+school+2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb793JaAWUMRnNHZZKu55SRbxEpYMXHufMTj2beffG0RFNHqOzwxXUeXUzi96MAHfmDchM1iJGbZgrTEJfyMF-Q48MBiVG6zaTLuwCgAWeusNl0Js_T_5ZY0o1sslKytTsPb06coazsbA/s320/Boys+school+2013.jpg" /></a>Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-51622582076968597732011-07-14T13:18:00.001-07:002011-07-14T13:21:35.814-07:00Long time, no seeI am sorry I deserted everyone that followed my blog, it was a hard choice to make. I made the mistake of being too public with it and having too many people know about it in my personal life, people I was not sure I wanted to know. (no offense to my wonderful family!!) I like to remain annonomous so if I say too much, no-one who can beat me up in person, knows about it~!<br />I recently started blogging again on a very small scale. If anyone wants to see that blog and is still interested after all this time, drop me a line at: <br />mimibunny31@gmail.com<br />I apologize for abandoning everyone.Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-88706767345931785612009-07-15T15:40:00.000-07:002009-07-15T15:44:06.022-07:00Long time...no see!Hello all. Sorry to have not been updating. I stopped due to some rather painful Carpel Tunnel issues. I was barely sleeping, let alone being able to write. I have a Dr.s appt in a week to test for it, altho the Dr. is sure I do. <br />I also was dealing with swollen hands, legs...you name it! Marshmallow girl!!!<br />I am now on high blood pressure meds and surpringly, my hands have started to get back to normal. So although I still have issues, it is bearable.<br /><br />I miss my bloggy friends, hope you all are well! Be catching up more soon.<br />Promise!Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-38524735331224649112009-04-28T14:37:00.001-07:002009-04-28T14:37:41.701-07:00Ecostore $25.000 Gift Cert winner!Congrats to CCakaJapan #25<br />I have e-mailed you!Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-20526822841542995662009-04-27T14:21:00.000-07:002009-04-27T14:23:25.762-07:00Be back soonSorry to be such a bad blogger. I have been a tad bit depressed and anxious lately and just this week my Carpal Tunnel (or whatever it is) is acting up, my hands get tingly and numb and I cant type too long without having to shake my hands out. I am hoping a week or so of taking it easy will get me back into shape. Please excuse my many absences lately. I will announce the ecostore winner tomorrow~Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-62621185191474679752009-04-23T10:51:00.000-07:002009-04-23T11:07:45.887-07:00Whose fault is it?The US mails... always. and mine of course.<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/us%20mail" target="_blank"><img src="http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m437/tomuemura/USPostOfficeLogo.png" border="0" alt="US Post Mail Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a><br /><br />Chase pisses me off. They took over Washington Mutual whom I have a credit card with. Payment is always due on the 16th of the month. So, I log in and Lo and Behold!!! Its now the 13th! I pay and it processes on the 15th and I am charged a late fee of $39.00. Picture me upset.<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/wolverine" target="_blank"><img src="http://i628.photobucket.com/albums/uu1/SuperDragonKelvin/wolverinepic.gif" border="0" alt="Wolverine Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a><br /><br />Well, perhaps not that upset, but you can thank me now for the gratuitous Hugh Jackman picture. Yummy!!!<br /><br />Moving on... I call, I explain it was not on my on-line statement that it would change and I am told that a Change in terms was mailed to me In January and it was not their fault but it was the "US mails" fault so I still have to pay. So I tell them I did not receive this notice, so why it it now not the US mails fault, but mine? Why can they use that excuse but not me? My answer:<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/silence" target="_blank"><img src="http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll53/maggot_0/deadsilence.jpg" border="0" alt="dead silence Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a><br /><br />Well, it was Silence...not this creepy guy...but you get the point. <br /><br />So I now wrote to the company and I am hoping for a better outcome. I guess they would rather lose my business (I also have a bank account) rather than refund me $39.00<br />They sound like a bunch of <br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/loser" target="_blank"><img src="http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww11/PinkyLove99/008.gif" border="0" alt="Y! Loser Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a>Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-42377375233189738772009-04-22T09:38:00.001-07:002009-04-22T09:38:53.626-07:00Wordless WednesdayThe first cousins at Easter...I am large and in center! LOL<br /><br /><a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/?action=view¤t=Easter.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/Easter.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-79400637884738130922009-04-19T11:50:00.000-07:002009-04-19T12:04:34.315-07:00Toni's Quotable Sunday!Time for <a href="http://www.juststopscreaming.com/">Toni's</a> Quoteable Sundays! I love this and participate every week. If you want to participate then do your own, head to Toni's site and sign her Mr. Linky and visit as many others as you can!<br /><br />Dont forget to enter my Giveaway for a $25.00 ecostore Gift Cert <a href="http://mimxymimiunplugged.blogspot.com/2009/04/ecostore-usa-review-and-giveaway.html">HERE</a><br /><br />My quotes today are on warm weather... or heat! Cause its almost 90 degrees today and I am remembering how much I do not like Summer... but I am taking what I can from this day... its not as hot as it could be!<br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />"At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, Here, gusts of heat; at my back, white clouds. I stare and stare. It seems I was called for this: To glorify things just because they are."<br />~ Czeslaw Milosz <br /><br />"Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability."<br />~ Sam Keen <br /><br />"Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January."<br />~ Hal Borland<br /><br />"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time."<br />~ John Lubbock<br /><br />"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." ~Author unknown, commonly misattributed to Mark Twain<br /><br />"Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world." ~Ada Louise Huxtable</span>Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-73938839004964569742009-04-17T13:58:00.000-07:002009-04-20T07:26:31.233-07:00ecostore USA Review and Giveaway!I had the chance to review products from <a href="http://www.ecostoreusa.com/">ecostore USA</a> where all of the products are made from Plant or Mineral products. <br />Here is what the site has to say:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">"Our eco friendly, plant-based household cleaning products are as effective as the leading supermarket brands, and our body and baby care ranges are gentle on your skin and are simply beautiful to use. Our pet care products let you spoil your pets with our nourishing, rich blends of ingredients and show them how much you care by reducing their exposure to unhealthy chemicals.<br /><br />All of our products are made from plant- and mineral-based ingredients, free of toxic chemicals that bring people closer to nature with non-toxic, environmentally safe solutions that also help to reduce our carbon footprint." </span></span><br /><br />I was sent a few items to try out. First was the <a href="http://www.ecostoreusa.com/lemongrasssoap.aspx">Lemon grass soap</a> WOW, the smell was so fresh, fragrant and clean, and pleasant. My skin was left soft and wonderfully scented. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJyBlWm5A2ODOM9iTezYRIF3o7wVLlTDhERRE01jUVMqI6fwB_Q7bKNsLUD3leuuBDS2-IyE0OCZz_UFthR149gXHm5lrmNyG9ZK3S9k53nhJDemd47E6iOI3kfJBCM9RGm4jUVI2k7o/s1600-h/Lemongrass.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJyBlWm5A2ODOM9iTezYRIF3o7wVLlTDhERRE01jUVMqI6fwB_Q7bKNsLUD3leuuBDS2-IyE0OCZz_UFthR149gXHm5lrmNyG9ZK3S9k53nhJDemd47E6iOI3kfJBCM9RGm4jUVI2k7o/s400/Lemongrass.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325768979427995474" /></a><br /><br />The site had this to say:<br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />"All ecostore USA soaps are created from pure vegetable oils and natural fragrances. They are gentle on the skin and perfect for the kids too. Our cleansing Lemongrass soap is the perfect soap for the whole family. Lemongrass oil is soothing and leaves a pleasant, light lemon scent."</span></span><br /><br />I also reviewed the <a href="http://www.ecostoreusa.com/manukasandalwoodshampoo.aspx">Manuka sandalwood Shampoo</a>. This shampoo is helpful to people who suffer from Dandruff. Now instead of people asking me when I went to the mountains and why do I still have snow on my shoulders... people just tell me my hair looks shiny and healthy! LOL<br />It works, and its good for the environment. It is a win/win! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qSzb4fNxLgQxcIc__7hU2RLzvph9QRCbLhcFR77URedpykRauBbdf4QQDDL3O35Sue-3ek6t7njO-M9FgLiWJHcYdhdHUaN7lNrGh9jlPP_4YjhgT7nSiHnmUkRK80ynXGuWkUxY57o/s1600-h/shampoo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qSzb4fNxLgQxcIc__7hU2RLzvph9QRCbLhcFR77URedpykRauBbdf4QQDDL3O35Sue-3ek6t7njO-M9FgLiWJHcYdhdHUaN7lNrGh9jlPP_4YjhgT7nSiHnmUkRK80ynXGuWkUxY57o/s400/shampoo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325770509992109058" /></a><br />April is Earth month and orders of $25.00 or over at <a href="http://www.ecostoreusa.com/">ecostore USA</a> will have FREE SHIPPING! YAY<br /><br />Overall I was impressed by <a href="http://www.ecostoreusa.com/">ecostore USA</a> and its products and its commitment to doing right by our beautiful planet! This company is dedicated to providing you with safe, natural and economical products that do not harm our Mother Earth. Thanks ecostore USA for this opportunity!<br /><br />Now for the Giveaway...<a href="http://www.ecostoreusa.com/">ecostore USA</a> is offering one of my readers a $25.00 Gift Certificate to spend as they will! <br /><br />How do you win? All you have to do is head over to <a href="http://www.ecostoreusa.com/">ecostore USA</a> and tell me what you might spend the gift certificate on, BUT, it must be something other than the items I reviewed, or your entry will be invalid. For extra entries you can: 1. Subscribe to my blog and/or 2. Put my button on your sidebar (Button and code is on the top right of my blog) 3. Follow me on Twitter (Click on icon on my left sidebar) AND tweet this contest and show me where ya did it. Make sure you make a separate comment when you do those things.<br />IF YOU DO NOT GO TO <a href="http://www.ecostoreusa.com/">ecostore USA</a> AND PICK AN ITEM FIRST, THESE WILL NOT COUNT. USA ONLY AND CONTEST WILL END ON APRIL 27, 2009 AT 6:00 PM PST<br /><br />So get to it! Thanks again <a href="http://www.ecostoreusa.com/">ecostore USA</a> for this opportunity!Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-40348222772296860542009-04-16T05:00:00.000-07:002009-04-16T05:00:01.156-07:00There's a sucker born every minuteAnd I don't really care if its me.<br /><br />I was heading out to lunch after I went to the bank to deposit my work check... I saw a man on the corner with a sign saying "Will work for food" Typical... you see it often. What got me was he looked "normal", Lucid and he had a dog. Animals always get to me. I am sure they get others too. <br /><br />Yes, I have heard the stories about how some of these people have nice cars, nice homes and their job is to stand outside and act homeless. I know this, and being in a hurry I just thought "how sad" and went by... but in a few minutes I turned the car around and went back and handed him $5.00... because I thought "what if this was me and my dog (or cats)" "What if he really is hungry?" So, I handed him the money and told him to please feed his dog too. He thanked me, said he was having a hard time right now.. he acted and spoke just like anyone else you would meet in the store, in a line, on the street. And I felt like I did the right thing. <br /><br />But I know... he could have been scamming me. But I also know that that is on him if it is so. I did my part to brighten up someones day...to make their load a little easier. And I hope that the spirit moves him when he gets back on his feet, and I hope he does. <br /><br />Doing good things doesn't require going to another country... doesn't require your life savings... doesn't require your life. <br />It requires your compassion, your caring, your empathy. It could be holding a door, helping in a soup kitchen, donating food and clothes... or handing $5.00 to a homeless guy and his dog. And hoping that your good deed will go full circle and come back to you if you need it. <br /><br />So today... I felt good, I felt sad, I felt glad. I hope he feels the same way, but I hope I helped eased some of the sadness I saw in his eyes and his dogs eyes. If only I could ease it for the many others out there in the same situation. I can only try my best to do so. I will do my best. I can make a difference, even if its only a small one. Will you?Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-66362253853400706642009-04-15T05:00:00.000-07:002009-04-15T05:00:00.481-07:00Wordless WednesdayThis is one of the best from Easter... sad. <br />I am awaiting pics for a family member... <br /><br /><a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/?action=view¤t=WWEaster.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/WWEaster.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-66870369542940005362009-04-14T13:15:00.000-07:002009-04-14T13:21:42.202-07:00Tuesday tidbits!First of all, let me assure you. I am not in the "Crazy House" AKA Mental Hospital. I did not need a straitjacket... nor did my kids freak out, scream, cry, fight ect... on the 2.5 hour trip to and from my cousin's house for Easter. In fact, I think someone cloned my kids and left in their place those impostors. Because they were sweet, well behaved and quiet in the car. and out of it too. Too bad the next day they took the clones away and brought back the originals. They probably couldn't handle it. I barely can, and I am "The Mother" LOL<br /><br />I do have to apologize for my lack of posting and visiting lately. I promise I will be back to normal soon. We have been thinking of moving, so I have been focusing on that. We are planning to move into a cheaper rental and they are hard to find and those damn applications take about 10 hours to fill out and a PHD. UGH<br /><br />I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!!! I will be checking on you all out as soon as my boss starts working again!!! LOLMinxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-49550831056038088142009-04-12T05:00:00.000-07:002009-04-12T05:00:00.381-07:00Quotable Sunday!Time for <a href="http://www.juststopscreaming.com/">Toni's</a> Quoteable Sundays! I love this and participate every week. If you want to participate then do your own, head to Toni's site and sign her Mr. Linky and visit as many others as you can!<br /><br />Today my quotes are on Childhood... since *to me* Easter is about Spring, joy, and the innocence of childhood. Its so hard to believe that we all used to believe in the Easter Bunny!<br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />"There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again." ~Elizabeth Lawrence<br /><br />"Sweet childish days, that were as long<br />As twenty days are now."<br />~William Wordsworth, "To a Butterfly"<br /><br />"There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in." ~Deepak Chopra<br /><br />"If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older." ~Tom Stoppard<br /><br />"Old age lives minutes slowly, hours quickly; childhood chews hours and swallows minutes." ~Malcolm de Chazal<br /><br />"If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life."<br /><br />"If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in." ~ Rachel Carson<br /><br />"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see." ~<br /> ~ John W. Whitehead</span><br /><br />Have a wonderful Easter!<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/happy%20easter" target="_blank"><img src="http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg230/hersheysmileys/icons/Easter.gif" border="0" alt="happy easter Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a>Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-25348407811979688752009-04-10T06:57:00.000-07:002009-04-10T07:09:08.460-07:00Fantastic Friday!Well, lets hope so! <br /><br />Ive been a bit lax on writing and visiting blogs this week... I am sorry to all the people who visit me and whom I usually visit. Work (How dare they!) takes up time lately and my mommy forum too. Throw in a dash of drama and things just need my attention. <br /><br />It is a fantastic Friday because of it being Friday at last!!! YAY!!!<br />Even though the market is closed I still have to work which is a bummer. But I feel good because I got something done at work that I was putting off. Its easy for me to "talk" here... to make a remark, be witty (in my mind at least...hahahaha) but its hard for me to be like that with people I do not know in "real life" But I was able to call someone and get what I needed with minimal embarrassment and/or stumbling over my words. I hate that I do that. <br /><br />Easter is the time we spend with my cousins... so in essence we drive 100 miles in order to feast, visit, egg hunt and enjoy being together. The visiting is awesome (except for my posturing and snobbish cousin-in-law) but the drive is not so fantastic... fights in the first 5 minutes followed by this:<br /><br /><a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/?action=view¤t=j-3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/j-3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><br />AHHHHH, the joys of having children. <br /><br /><br />What more could I ask for?<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/straight%20jacket" target="_blank"><img src="http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x48/peacedrifter/straight-jacket.jpg" border="0" alt="Straight Jacket Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a><br /><br /><br />HAHAHAHA<br />Totally kidding... right now. Ask me again on Sunday night.<br /><br />Have an awesome Easter my bloggy friends!Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-51031425585982408642009-04-08T05:59:00.000-07:002009-04-08T06:00:40.874-07:00Wordless WednesdayRocks in the Monterey Bay<br /><br /><a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/?action=view¤t=04-20-08090.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/04-20-08090.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-35195093795251922392009-04-06T05:00:00.000-07:002009-04-06T05:00:00.899-07:00Not me Monday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOsF4Aq_xfRyvFVEq66TzohAFfVuyw4hDhlt9_SWeVtGNeBSDKrYJjhadN5QTa_NwBkuvXjFzw3ogvy2pmAk-ts9Q267KF_lpcL4J0_9t-e8xyykIlzFAgVVMN1_js8dEGpsYL3RsRJY/s1600-h/NOT+ME.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOsF4Aq_xfRyvFVEq66TzohAFfVuyw4hDhlt9_SWeVtGNeBSDKrYJjhadN5QTa_NwBkuvXjFzw3ogvy2pmAk-ts9Q267KF_lpcL4J0_9t-e8xyykIlzFAgVVMN1_js8dEGpsYL3RsRJY/s400/NOT+ME.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311182366220829298" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by <a href="http://www.mycharmingkids.net">MckMama</a>. You can head over to <a href="http://www.mycharmingkids.net">her blog</a> to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. do yours and head on over to sign the Mr Linky!<br /><br />Ahhh, Monday again... <br /><br />Just a little list of things I did NOT do this lovely weekend. <br /><br />1. I did not eat entirely too much, and eat all the Pringles, Peanut butter Easter Eggs ( I also did not hide them from my kids) Popcorn, Ice Cream and crackers. I would not do that since I am watching my figure... watching it expand!<br /><br />2. I did not take those Pringles and instead of throwing away the crumbs, I did not... I would not put my mouth to the can and pour them into my mouth. How uncouth!!! That's something *I* would never do. Maybe those other ghetto people would. Not me. <br /><br />3. I did not obsess on my fluff friends Easter Hunt... I am so not an obsessive person. Just ask Olivia Newton-John, who does NOT have me on her list of potential stalkers... (just kidding) <br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/olivia%20newton%20john" target="_blank"><img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t161/shea4_01/olivia_newton-john-746526.jpg" border="0" alt="Olivia Newton John! Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />4. I did not dye my hair using 2 different brands and colors of dyes cause I was too lazy and cheap to go to the store and get a matching pair. (I use 2 since I have thick hair) I did not get the dye all over my ears, my cheek, my elbow or my cleavage cause I was in a hurry and annoyed that I have to cover my grey hair and I am not that old. Well... maybe 41 IS old. My hair does not look like this:<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/green%20hair" target="_blank"><img src="http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss117/ohsnapchexmixosg/pinkandgreen.jpg" border="0" alt="pink and green hair Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a><br /><br /><br />5. I did not wear the MuuMuu my mom gave me around the house and outside. I would not do that. I mean, MuuMuu's are very flattering and all... I would not wear it for the simple fact that I might get attacked for being so hott... and so fashionable. Jealousy sucks. Just ask <a href="http://adamandkristinapulsipher.blogspot.com/">Kristina</a> and her Snuggie... <br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/muumuu" target="_blank"><img src="http://i483.photobucket.com/albums/rr198/jbhoneycutt/muumuu.jpg" border="0" alt="muumuu Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a>Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-57931617894960085672009-04-05T05:00:00.000-07:002009-04-05T05:00:00.913-07:00Quotable Sunday!Time for <a href="http://www.juststopscreaming.com/">Toni's</a> Quoteable Sundays! I love this and participate every week. If you want to participate then do your own, head to Toni's site and sign her Mr. Linky and visit as many others as you can!<br /><br />My quotes today will be on intelligence. <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." ~ Bill Watterson (1958 - ), cartoonist, "Calvin and Hobbes"<br /><br />"Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare." ~ Harriet Martineau (1802 - 1876)<br /><br />"To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains." ~ Mary Pettibone Poole, A Glass Eye at a Keyhole, 1938<br /><br />"Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun." ~George Scialabra<br /> <br />"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." ~ Albert Einstein <br /><br />"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." ~ Bertrand Russell<br /><br />"Intelligence appears to be the thing that enables a man to get along without education. Education enables a man to get along without the use of his intelligence." ~ Albert Edward Wiggin<br /><br />"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." ~ Albert Einstein</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />"Wit is educated insolence." ~ Aristotle </span>Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-57243990533048254322009-04-03T05:30:00.000-07:002009-04-03T07:11:23.972-07:00Industrial Joe coffee reviewFirst of all a big thanks for the wonderful girls over at <a href="http://www.extraordinarymothers.com/">Extraordinary Moms</a> for hooking me up with this opportunity. Check them out!<br /><br />I had the chance to review <a href="http://www.industrialjoe.com/">Industrial Joe coffee</a> and despite my hesitation to give up my bland and boring store brand coffee (bought for budget purposes) I decided to give the <a href="http://www.industrialjoe.com/bold-roast-ethiopia-harrar.html">Bold Roast Ethiopia</a> a try!<br /><br /><a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/?action=view¤t=ETHIOPIA.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/ETHIOPIA.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Ahhh.... my nose was the first one to perk up and take notice...it smelled DIVINE! I was hoping that the taste could live up to the smell. I was not disappointed! This is what <a href="http://www.industrialjoe.com/">Industrial Joe</a> had to say about this blend:<br /><br /><em>One of our favorite coffees, it is grown at an altitude of over 5000 feet, hence, the beans are quite small and the flavors and aroma very concentrated. You will notice the Blueberry and sweet, citrus-like acidity. Ethiopia is the land where wild coffee was originally cultivated, fertilized naturally with bananas and other fruit shade trees.</em><br /><br />WOW! I feel very high class and very Cosmopolitan now. Thank you <a href="http://www.industrialjoe.com/">Industrial Joe</a>!<br /><br />There are may other blends and strengths. Wanna try a few? Then get the mild/medium/bold <a href="http://www.industrialjoe.com/coffee-sample-pack.html">Sample Pack</a><br /><br /><a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/?action=view¤t=SAMPLE-PACK.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/SAMPLE-PACK.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />All in all, I was impressed by the aroma and the flavour. It was bold, but not bitter. I enjoyed every drop and I think you should head on over and try <a href="http://www.industrialjoe.com/">Industrial Joe coffee</a> yourself!Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-52139948685102281432009-04-01T06:14:00.001-07:002009-04-01T06:14:51.867-07:00Wordless WednesdayFriends... I hope they always are. <br /><br /><a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/?action=view¤t=WW.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/WW.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-38283519657401938292009-03-31T09:29:00.000-07:002009-03-31T09:52:13.378-07:00The joys of motherhoodHow true these words ring:<br /><br /><em><strong>"So when the great word 'Mother!' rang once more, <br />I saw at last its meaning and its place; <br />Not the blind passion of the brooding past, <br />But Mother -- the World's Mother -- come at last, <br />To love as she had never loved before -- <br />To feed and guard and teach the human race." -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman </strong></em><br /><br />Except of course when you have kids like mine. <strong>This is based on a True Story.</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/?action=view¤t=USE05.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/USE05.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Sweet? Innocent? Adorable? <br />Adorable... I think yes. The rest, I think not!<br /><br />Unless of course the Little People cow and farmer like residing in the toilet with the refuse of the humans who own them. I mean, they could perhaps. Personally I doubt it. Good thing my husband has patience and kindness coursing through his veins. and a good wrench. Because he had to take that toilet apart to rescue those poor toys. Now they are resting in the landfill. RIP<br /><br />And I guess the baby powder was just asking to be "set free" from the shackles of its plastic prison. My boys answered the call to action and freed the oppressed mass (of powder) Mommy, however is more of a tyrant. I put the newly released powder in another prison... a vacuum bag. Except for the escapees that managed to elude the vacuum. I just rubbed them into oblivion. I feel like Saddam. But I am cuter. and I don't live in a hole. At least not at the moment. I may do so to escape my kids. As long as I have wireless, I will be OK!<br /><br />Ahhh, the joys of motherhood... Yes, even with all the naughtiness, mouthiness and fighting my kids do I still love them. What mother wouldn't? Because being a mother is an enormous responsibility, a wonderful and scary gift. A blessing, a curse. All of those wrapped into a little body full of energy, sweetness, brattiness, rebellion, and immense love. I wouldn't trade it for the world.Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-39870153304396113352009-03-30T05:00:00.000-07:002009-03-30T05:00:01.000-07:00Not Me Monday!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOsF4Aq_xfRyvFVEq66TzohAFfVuyw4hDhlt9_SWeVtGNeBSDKrYJjhadN5QTa_NwBkuvXjFzw3ogvy2pmAk-ts9Q267KF_lpcL4J0_9t-e8xyykIlzFAgVVMN1_js8dEGpsYL3RsRJY/s1600-h/NOT+ME.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOsF4Aq_xfRyvFVEq66TzohAFfVuyw4hDhlt9_SWeVtGNeBSDKrYJjhadN5QTa_NwBkuvXjFzw3ogvy2pmAk-ts9Q267KF_lpcL4J0_9t-e8xyykIlzFAgVVMN1_js8dEGpsYL3RsRJY/s400/NOT+ME.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311182366220829298" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by <a href="http://www.mycharmingkids.net">MckMama</a>. You can head over to <a href="http://www.mycharmingkids.net">her blog</a> to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. do yours and head on over to sign the Mr Linky!<br /><br />I did not: D0 1,000 loads of laundry... nope! More like 10,000. How can two small boys make more dirty clothes than they actually own? Do the clothes just migrate over to my dirty clothes pile???<br /><br />Thank goodness I live in Modern Times and don't have to use this contraption:<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/washing%20board" target="_blank"><img src="http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll228/nursesnaturally/8a35911rwashingclothes.jpg" border="0" alt="Washing Clothes Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a><br /><br />I did not: Spend hours on <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/">Mafia Wars</a> offing other mafia members... feel free to join my mafia. We can terrorizer together!<br /><br />I did not: Eat another 1,000 tortilla chips at the Mexican Restaurant... <br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/tortilla%20chips" target="_blank"><img src="http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm254/handezig/recipeeworld/chips.jpg" border="0" alt="Tortilla chips Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a><br /><br />Not me, I have the appetite of a bird. This bird:<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/ostrich" target="_blank"><img src="http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee300/hotdamn101/ostrich.jpg" border="0" alt="ostrich Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a><br /><br />I did not: Do three chores all at the same time and not finish one of them... I am so much more organized. not!<br /><br />I did not: Let me cat lick my spoon while I was eating cottage cheese... I would not do something so gross.... would I? Only Rudy knows for sure....<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/cat%20licking" target="_blank"><img src="http://i523.photobucket.com/albums/w354/BabyUgs/Animated%20Animals/Cats/LickingCat.gif" border="0" alt="Licking Cat Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a>Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-65206634069000637972009-03-29T09:58:00.000-07:002009-03-29T10:07:40.570-07:00Quotable Sunday!Time for <a href="http://www.juststopscreaming.com/">Toni's</a> Quoteable Sundays! I love this and participate every week. If you want to participate then do your own, head to Toni's site and sign her Mr. Linky and visit as many others as you can!<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/spring" target="_blank"><img src="http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w45/davdar/Spring.jpg" border="0" alt="Spring Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Mine are on Spring... since its been almost 80 degrees and sunny here!</span><br /><br />"Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer." ~Geoffrey B. Charlesworth<br /><br />"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade." ~Charles Dickens<br /><br />"It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!" ~Mark Twain<br /><br />"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." ~Anne Bradstreet<br /><br />"And Spring arose on the garden fair,<br />Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;<br />And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast<br />rose from the dreams of its wintry rest."<br />~Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Sensitive Plant"<br /><br />"Is it so small a thing To have enjoy'd the sun, To have lived light in the spring, To have loved, to have thought, to have done..."<br />-- Matthew Arnold<br /><br />"Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart."<br />-- Victor Hugo<br /><br />"Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems." ~Rainer Maria Rilke</span>Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-76368927634642419152009-03-26T14:17:00.001-07:002009-03-26T14:38:33.645-07:00My life, my sorrows...Well, my life. I have not had that much sorrow lately. Thank goodness!<br />But I have had frustration and anger and ups and downs... kinda like a Katy Perry song!<br /><br />Its been lovely here, the weather has been good, my boss was out of town and it was relaxing. <br />My boys have been angels and Devils all in a span of 5 minutes. How is it possible that children (is it just mine?) can be so loving one minute and such utter PITA's next.<br /><br />Jack is sweet, he is four and has FINALLY gotten potty training. OMG!! I thought I was going to be changing poopie nappies until he was 10 and I was 50! Not cool.<br /><br />Max is 2.5 and he is also doing well on the potty training...which makes me happy since he smells worse than the port-a-potty's on my dad's farm in the 105 degree weather. Max can stink up a room and break up a party... as well as turn a stomach!<br /><br />But these two sweeties decided that the GIANT container of baby powder was a cool new toy. The cats did not think so, they hid under the bed...smart cats! But mommy who left them playing in the back bedrooms for 5 minutes while she finished up General Hospital left Sonny Corinthos and walked into an even bigger mess. A roomful of powder and 2 boys who looked like this (but without the glitter and make-up) But OH< what mother doesn't want a powdered wig wearing drag queen for a son... I cant think of any.<br /><br /><a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/?action=view¤t=189651667_6641b3e17b-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/189651667_6641b3e17b-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />OMG...I was so upset, angry and I wanted to just lick them all the way into next week! Needless to say, they now know powder is NOT a toy that mommy approves of!<br /><br />Ive been suffering from some mysterious disease.... my tongue has been swollen and had painful bumps on it. OUCH. I seem to finally be feeling better. But that's a quick update on me and mine.Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-8537507676169641022009-03-25T06:07:00.000-07:002009-03-25T06:08:27.327-07:00Wordless WednesdayMe... not yesterday!!!<br />LOL, I think I was about 9 months or a year!<br /><a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/?action=view¤t=DSCF3576.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/DSCF3576.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993183438900036633.post-47029356926800834022009-03-24T07:06:00.000-07:002009-03-24T07:07:28.154-07:00Review of Udderly SmoothFirst of all a big thanks for the wonderful girls over at <a href="http://www.extraordinarymothers.com/">Extraordinary Moms</a> for hooking me up with this opportunity. Check them out!<br /><br />I was lucky enough to be able to review <a href="http://www.uddercream.com/">Udderly Smooth</a> Udder cream for dry skin! First of all the full sized products came in the cutest cow patterned box, and when opened up contained four full sized products for me to try and enjoy. I cannot say how impressed I was with <a href="http://www.uddercream.com/index.shtml">Udderly Smooth</a><br /><br /><a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/?action=view¤t=UDDERUSE.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/UDDERUSE.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />A few facts from their wonderful site!<br /><strong><br />"Made in the USA for over thirty years, Udderly Smooth® products contain rich moisturizing ingredients. Not your average moisturizing lotion- Udderly Smooth® can be used on Dry Skin, Cracked Skin, for Diabetes Foot Care, as a Facial Moisturizer, as a General Moisturizing Lotion and many other uses. <br /><br />Pioneered by a Pharmacist, reasonably priced and made in America’s heartland. Use Udderly Smooth® daily for smooth, soft skin head to toe."</strong><br /><br />My husband who is a type 1 diabetic was excited to try the <a href="http://www.uddercream.com/dry-feet-foot-cream-with-shea.shtml">Foot Cream with Shea Butter for Dry Feet</a>, we all know diabetic people need to take special care of their feet in order to avoid infection. My husband tried it out, and was very pleased with the results. After three days use, his feet looked and felt softer and smelled better too! LOL<br />I was impressed by the results and here is what the site has to say:<br /><br /><strong>"Udderly SMOOth® Foot Cream with Shea Butter for Dry Feet was the winner of Woman's Day Magazine's Best in Beauty for 2005.<br /><br />Udderly SMOOth® Foot Cream with Shea Butter for Dry Feet was improved by adding Shea butter to make a more intensive moisturizer. Udderly Smooth® Foot Cream with Shea butter, smooths extremely dry skin and feet. Member tested and recommended by Today's Health and Wellness Magazine and Creative Home Arts Magazine."</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/?action=view¤t=UDDERFOOT.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/UDDERFOOT.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />I tried the <a href="http://www.uddercream.com/dry-skin-udderly-smooth-udder-cream-16.shtml">Original Udderly Smooth® Udder Cream</a><br />and I loved the light fragrance and amazingly enough my udders Ummm... my hands and legs were transformed from dry and painful, to refreshed and moisturized. YAY!!!<br />I cannot recommend <a href="http://www.uddercream.com/index.shtml">Udderly Smooth</a> enough! <br /><a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/?action=view¤t=UDDERSKINLOTION.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/mimibunny31/smaller%20pics%20for%20blog/UDDERSKINLOTION.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />What is even better is that it is available at many stores and for a reasonable price. Udderly Smooth is available at <a href="http://www.uddercream.com/availability.shtml">These Fine Retailers</a><br />They include: Safeway, Amazon.com. Walmart, Albertson's, Target, Menard's, Walgreens and many others! <br />So, try out the cool, original and awesome <a href="http://www.uddercream.com/index.shtml">Udderly Smooth</a> creams and lotions!Minxy Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.com15