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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Who wants free money?
Well, only Budhoop is going to get this freebie because she is the lucky winner of the $25.00 e-gift certificate from http://www.myweddingfavors.com/. Budhoop said:
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Congratulations, lady and I hope you have so much fun browsing through their amazing site! There's lots of little goodies there that you could go crazy with!
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
More blog love!
So thankful to Bicoastal Bride, Miss Pug, New Mexican Bride and NuFlaiir for recognizing me on their blogs with a lovely new award. I hate to admit I received it a while ago and have not gotten around to posting it, but here goes.
That is a horrible pic of me but a super cute one of her from when she competed in the National American Miss Pageant this past August. She's 14, a freshmen in high school (God help me) and super athletic and smart. I am so blessed and so proud to have such a beautiful, fun and talented daughter who loves Jesus!
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Rules: list 10 things that make you happy. Then, pass it on to 10 bloggers that make your day a better one!
1. My daughter, Jordan Kaylie.
That is a horrible pic of me but a super cute one of her from when she competed in the National American Miss Pageant this past August. She's 14, a freshmen in high school (God help me) and super athletic and smart. I am so blessed and so proud to have such a beautiful, fun and talented daughter who loves Jesus!2. My fiance, Mr Fix It.
I am so blessed to have this man in my life and am thrilled beyond belief that he has chosen to make me his wife just four short months from now! It's so crazy to think that after 37 years, I have finally met someone who is everything I ever needed but never would have expected for myself. :) Funny how the Lord works in mysterious ways. I can't imagine my life without him...the thought of that just makes me nauseous.
3. My family.
My mother and my baby sister are daily parts of my life. If we do not see each other, we speak on the phone. We live within 15 minutes of each other and are constantly together. My sister keeps me laughing always and my mother makes me feel grounded and established. The three of us 'Campbell' girls have been a strong unit for our entire lives and happiness just isn't the same without them contributing to it.
4. My job (and my boss).
No pic for this one...just the recognition that I am truly blessed by an unbelievably amazing boss and a job I have been at for 7 1/2 years now. This job came to me via some serious hardships but God was so good in how He worked everything out for the best for me. Because of this job, I was able to finally gain financial independence as a single mom, pay for this wedding without going into debt, take family vacations for the first time each year, work only 4 1/2 days a week and have the freedom to leave when I need to so that I can be at my daughter's school and sporting events and just overall live a stress free life without the worry of overtime and anxiety. This job is what allows me to blog and read all day long and to plan our wedding without the stress of not having enough time for everything. :)
5. Jesus and the Bible.
Ok, this one should be number one, but God knows that without Him, nothing would be possible in my life. For all of my fears and failures and faults, Jesus has been right there through every one of them correcting me, encouraging me, loving me...I am by no means perfect but I am perfect in His eyes. I thank Him daily for what I don't deserve but am blessed with and remind myself daily to live my life in a way that honors Him. My biggest hope for our wedding is that it will overflow with the name and love of Jesus and that our guests will know Him more personally through the ceremony and elements of our marriage and vows.
6. The blogosphere
When I found my way into the blogosphere just a few short months ago I never would have dreamed of having 74 fellow blogger friends following along with me as I spill out my thoughts and ideas. I am so grateful for this new medium and how happy it makes me to know I have 'someone' out there who can relate to me on some level.
7. The internet.
What would I have done without the internet? Thanks to my job, I am able to browse online all day long and have made almost every one of my bookings and purchases for the wedding based on web sites I found. I do all my Christmas shopping online and have everything come to me! I am able to keep track of everything with e-mail and come up with all kinds of inspiration and ideas just from typing in a few words into Google. Love it!
8. TV.
I hate to admit I am a tv addict in many respects. The funny thing is, I don't really watch a ton of tv when I am at home. I actually watch it mostly at work! Isn't that bad? But my job (my amazing dream job as I mentioned above) is not really a full time job even though as an executive assistant my boss requires me to be in the office for 4 1/2 days a week. So most of the day, I am just sitting around by myself in an empty office without anything to do. Therefore, I do most of my tv viewing from the internet thanks to the networks new web sites that offer full episodes online. I admit that I watch shows online I would normally never watch at home. Things like the City, the Hills, Desperate Housewives, etc. But my absolute faves that I *do* watch at home are probably Lost, the Colbert Report, How I Met Your Mother, anything wedding related, and Bones.
9. Cooking.
I love to cook and am a self taught chef thanks to the Food Network! With the internet and cable in today's day and age, just about anyone can learn just about anything and DIY. Cooking included. My fiance thinks I'm a great cook and my mom refers to me as a 'gourmet' cook...that's a little overboard. She's just shocked because I cook with mostly fresh ingredients and not things out of a can like she did when we were growing up. :)
10. Sleep!
Sleep makes me SO happy...unfortunately, in my late 30's, my body has decided it doesn't need much sleep and I am usually not in bed until 11 pm or later and then I usually cannot sleep past 5 or 6 am regardless of whether or not I set an alarm! UGH! How I miss the days of my twenties when I could sleep until 11 am! That is until my daughter was born of course.
So there you have it...10 things that make me truly, utterly happy. As far as passing this award on, I would like to give it to my 10 most recent followers as every single follower makes me so so happy! I love finding new blogs to stalk and knowing there are some out there who find I have something worth reading as well. :)
Thursday, November 12, 2009
This is me...bowing my head in humble appreciation
So the wonderful lady over at Westside Wedding bestowed upon me the Kreativ Blogger award - Yea! I really love her blog so I would highly encourage you to go check her out if you are not already a follower. She often shares lots of templates and printables on her site and lately has been posting super inspirational images of gowns while blogging about her gown search. Not to mention a recent fun post on the top 10 Wedding Movies of all time.
So the rules are to name 7 things about yourself that people may not know be it fun, interesting, or even embarrassing and then nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.
1) This has been a sucky past year in the way of health issues. My fiance was in a surfing accident last year that required surgery to reattach his bicep to his elbow and left him out of work for 4 months. This past July I passed out at the beach (for no real reason that the doctor's can find) and smacked my head on the concrete requiring 6 stitches under my eyebrow and leaving me with a lovely scar for the wedding. A week later, I was in a car accident and rear ended which left me in the emergency room for the day and am now trying to settle the thousands of dollars of medical bills I incurred. Last month I cracked a rib after a horrible coughing bout due to being sick for over a week. Needless to say, I'll be happy to see 2009 go - especially since my wedding is in April!
2) I worked in the grocery business for almost 10 years as a checker and bookkeeper. You'd be sorry I am not still there since I was by far the fastest checker in our store! I just don't understand why checkers tend to screw around and look everywhere but at the UPC code on my groceries when I am trying to get out of the store and home after a long day at work!
3) I work for a multi-millionaire who is involved in real estate investments and property management. I found the job on monster.com and after working for him for 2 years, I decided I wasn't happy here anymore and so I found a new job and gave him my notice. He begged me to stay and asked me what he could do to keep me. I jokingly responded "Double my salary." He did and needless to say, I am still here 5 1/2 years later and LOVING my job!
4) My sister decided not to name my niece with a middle name. Her name is Analeigh. Her older brother (my 2 year old nephew) is named after his two grandfathers: Philip Joseph. We call him PJ. I told my sister to name my niece Analeigh Joy so that we can call her AJ. How cute is that?! She considered it but has not decided to make any official name change so now I am the only one in my family who calls her AJ.
5) I am a huge fan of talk radio and new radio shows. I listen to Bill Handel on the way into work almost every single morning and Frank Pastore on the way home from work every single afternoon.
6) My daughter's Aunt and Uncle work for Jay Leno and we often get to go watch tapings of his shows and sometimes meet with the guests afterwards for photos. We were supposed to go see Taylor Lautner (from Twilight movies) this Monday but my daughter made it to the final round of soccer tryouts at her high school and we had to cancel! :(
7) I played softball for 9 years growing up and then randomly chose to run cross country my first year in high school. My daughter played softball for 10 years growing up (and soccer, too) and then randomly chose to run cross country her first year in high school. It is scary how much this child is taking after my own life history!
There you have it...and now for the 7 fellow bloggers I'd like to pass this award onto for being uber Kreativ and super supportive:
So the rules are to name 7 things about yourself that people may not know be it fun, interesting, or even embarrassing and then nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.
1) This has been a sucky past year in the way of health issues. My fiance was in a surfing accident last year that required surgery to reattach his bicep to his elbow and left him out of work for 4 months. This past July I passed out at the beach (for no real reason that the doctor's can find) and smacked my head on the concrete requiring 6 stitches under my eyebrow and leaving me with a lovely scar for the wedding. A week later, I was in a car accident and rear ended which left me in the emergency room for the day and am now trying to settle the thousands of dollars of medical bills I incurred. Last month I cracked a rib after a horrible coughing bout due to being sick for over a week. Needless to say, I'll be happy to see 2009 go - especially since my wedding is in April!
2) I worked in the grocery business for almost 10 years as a checker and bookkeeper. You'd be sorry I am not still there since I was by far the fastest checker in our store! I just don't understand why checkers tend to screw around and look everywhere but at the UPC code on my groceries when I am trying to get out of the store and home after a long day at work!
3) I work for a multi-millionaire who is involved in real estate investments and property management. I found the job on monster.com and after working for him for 2 years, I decided I wasn't happy here anymore and so I found a new job and gave him my notice. He begged me to stay and asked me what he could do to keep me. I jokingly responded "Double my salary." He did and needless to say, I am still here 5 1/2 years later and LOVING my job!
4) My sister decided not to name my niece with a middle name. Her name is Analeigh. Her older brother (my 2 year old nephew) is named after his two grandfathers: Philip Joseph. We call him PJ. I told my sister to name my niece Analeigh Joy so that we can call her AJ. How cute is that?! She considered it but has not decided to make any official name change so now I am the only one in my family who calls her AJ.
5) I am a huge fan of talk radio and new radio shows. I listen to Bill Handel on the way into work almost every single morning and Frank Pastore on the way home from work every single afternoon.
6) My daughter's Aunt and Uncle work for Jay Leno and we often get to go watch tapings of his shows and sometimes meet with the guests afterwards for photos. We were supposed to go see Taylor Lautner (from Twilight movies) this Monday but my daughter made it to the final round of soccer tryouts at her high school and we had to cancel! :(
7) I played softball for 9 years growing up and then randomly chose to run cross country my first year in high school. My daughter played softball for 10 years growing up (and soccer, too) and then randomly chose to run cross country her first year in high school. It is scary how much this child is taking after my own life history!
There you have it...and now for the 7 fellow bloggers I'd like to pass this award onto for being uber Kreativ and super supportive:
Monday, November 9, 2009
A NEW Award :)
So Lil (yes, I'm calling her Lil now) over at NuFlaiir just left me a wonderful little gifty:
- Indicate the award to other 10 blogger and let them know.
- Leave a message to the person that gave you the award.
So I decided I'd like to gift this to my 10 newest followers:
Translation: Your blog is Super Cute!
She just started a new wedding blog in Portugese and received this award. What a sweetheart she is to think of passing on some international love to me. I am so lucky to have her as a fellow featured BB over on Get Married's Blogger Brides as well. I am a new fan of her new site and am so grateful to her for thinking of me with this little gem. So be sure to check out her new and improved site.
The rules for this one are very simple.
- Indicate the award to other 10 blogger and let them know.
- Leave a message to the person that gave you the award.
So I decided I'd like to gift this to my 10 newest followers:
Friday, November 6, 2009
Blog Award Love - I am so blessed
So since I just started my personal blog less than 3 weeks ago I have begun following so many blogs! I can't believe it took me so long to join the blogosphere. Every single day I jump for joy as I see new followers add my site to their blog roll - woo hoo! And then tonight while browsing through Sarah Ann's blog over at Misadventures in Matrimony I found that she had left me my second (and third) blog awards! So excited...so here goes:
For the Over the Top Award you are supposed to answer the following questions with one word answers and then pass the award onto six fellow bloggers.
1. Where is your cell phone? Desk
2. Your hair? Fine
3. Your mother? Supportive
4. Your father? Recovering :(
5. Your favorite food? Avocado
6. Your dream last night? Boss
7. Your favorite drink? Gatorade
8. Your dream/goal? Travel
9. What room are you in? Dining/Office
10. Your hobby? Video editing
11. Your fear? Illness
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? South Orange County
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. Something you aren’t? Snobby
15. Muffins? Blueberry!
16. Wish list item? House
17. Where did you grow up? California
18. Last thing you did? Mom-cab (taxi)
19. What are you wearing? Jeans
20. Your TV? High def
21. Your pets? Pitbull
22. Your friends? Busy
23. Your life? Blessed
24. Your mood? Tired
25. Missing someone? Nephew
26. Vehicle? Highlander
27. Something you’re not wearing? Bra
28. Your favorite store? Walmart
29. Your favorite color? Many
30. When was the last time you laughed? 12 PM
31. Last time you cried? Monday
32. Your best friend? Mr. Fix It
33. One place that I go over and over? Work
34. One person who emails me regularly? Mom
35. Favorite place to eat? Kabuki
And the lovely Over the Top bloggers I'd like to pass on this award to:
For this one, you list 5 things you are obsessed with and then pass the award onto five of the most fabulous blogs you read.
For the Over the Top Award you are supposed to answer the following questions with one word answers and then pass the award onto six fellow bloggers.
2. Your hair? Fine
3. Your mother? Supportive
4. Your father? Recovering :(
5. Your favorite food? Avocado
6. Your dream last night? Boss
7. Your favorite drink? Gatorade
8. Your dream/goal? Travel
9. What room are you in? Dining/Office
10. Your hobby? Video editing
11. Your fear? Illness
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? South Orange County
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. Something you aren’t? Snobby
15. Muffins? Blueberry!
16. Wish list item? House
17. Where did you grow up? California
18. Last thing you did? Mom-cab (taxi)
19. What are you wearing? Jeans
20. Your TV? High def
21. Your pets? Pitbull
22. Your friends? Busy
23. Your life? Blessed
24. Your mood? Tired
25. Missing someone? Nephew
26. Vehicle? Highlander
27. Something you’re not wearing? Bra
28. Your favorite store? Walmart
29. Your favorite color? Many
30. When was the last time you laughed? 12 PM
31. Last time you cried? Monday
32. Your best friend? Mr. Fix It
33. One place that I go over and over? Work
34. One person who emails me regularly? Mom
35. Favorite place to eat? Kabuki
And the lovely Over the Top bloggers I'd like to pass on this award to:
For this one, you list 5 things you are obsessed with and then pass the award onto five of the most fabulous blogs you read.
1) Computers...I am on one all day long at work (thus the constant posts and comments) and I use them for everything - finances, business, hobbies, facebook, e-mail, video editing, photography, research, watching tv
2) My cell phone - with a 14 year old daughter and family I talk to daily it is a must have in today's day and age. My daughter will text me while she is sitting on the other end of the sofa...she thinks it's funny.
3) LOST - the tv show. I am a faithful fan since the first season and even figured out a way to incorporate this show into the current bible study I am teaching my 20 something girls each week. We watch an episode, talk about character issues/dysfunctions that the 'featured' character is dealing with and then look up bible verses that relate to the character traits/issues so we can learn from them to apply to our own lives. We talk about faith vs. science based stuff some too.
4) Blogging - my newest obsession I can't get enough of it throughout the day. Love that I've found a world of ladies (and men) out there to bounce ideas off of, gain inspiration from and just strangely support somehow. It's truly a new world.
5) Planning - whether it's for my wedding, our next vacation, a budget, whatever...I am a detail oriented planning freak. When I moved into my current home I drew up floorplans of each room and measured them and then spaced out all my furniture the way I wanted it laid out before we could load any moving trucks.
So, here are the lovely blogs that I think are fabulous that I would like to pass this award onto:
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
My Very First Blog Award!
So while beginning my morning browsing of recent updates on the blogs I have been following, I came across a Chocolate Lover's Confessions and found that she presented me with my very first blog award (also thanks to Handcrafted Hitching Post for honoring me with this award as well)
3. My daughter's APGAR score was 0 when she was born...which was by a c-section due to a prolapsed cord. She had to be fully resuscitated and put on a respirator in an incubator for 5 days...she truly is my miracle baby...though she is now almost 15 years old (in February).
4. I was the Editor-in-Chief of my yearbook my senior year in high school. The yearbook was named as one of the top 10 in the country...something I am still proud of to this day. Of course about 25 other people helped me make it. :D
5. I LOVE the Food Network and am a self taught cook from the many recipes you can find on their shows and web site.
6. Video editing is a hobby of mine...I've made hour long videos of my my daughter's soccer season, her all-star softball season, my best friend's wedding and my sister's wedding. People suggested I should do it professionally, but it takes me a year to put one hour long video together.
7. I used to want to be a wedding coordinator but decided it was too stressful, too competitive and demanded too much time on weekends and holidays.
8. By the time I was 19 I had worked at Cinnabon, Mrs. Field's, Kinney Shoes, Farmers Insurance, a clothing store, a furniture store, as a telemarketer, at an alarm company, and in a grocery store...but I worked in the grocery store for almost 10 years and have been at my current job for 7 1/2 years.
9. I met my fiance, John on match.com and ironically, neither my fiance nor I drink any alcohol...at all! Neither of us has touched a drink in over 15 years. Up until last year, whenever a recipe called for wine I would use grape juice as a substitute. I have found that the wine is much better in the food.
10. I have led groups of high school and college girls in weekly bible studies for almost 9 years now. The group I have now is made up of 5 ladies in their early 20's that I have been with for about 4 or so years. They won't leave, they just keep coming back each week. And I love them for it.
Bonus facts:
11. I don't like wearing makeup or curling my hair. I will only do it on special occasions when I have to and it drives my fiance crazy. But hey, I work in an office where I'm all by myself for 8 hours a day...what's the point?
12. I have been skinny my entire life and rarely ever work out or exercise. I often get frustrated because no one has any sympathy for someone who struggles to GAIN weight!
And the fellow Bloggers I would like to pass this award onto:
Oh my goodness. I am so excited! Being new to this whole blogger thing (and encouraged to do so by Chocolate Lover herself) I saw all these brides with their awards on their blogs and wondered how they received them. Now I know. So for this one, the directions are simple:
Post the award on your site, write 10 interesting things about yourself, and then pass it on to 10 other bloggers.
10 Fun Facts (easy - I could give you even more but I'll limit them):
1. I am an anal, control freak, OCD, perfectionist...and I don't understand why they call it 'common sense' because most people don't have any so it must not be that common!
2. I have never broken a bone in my body but have had one surgery and a couple weeks ago cracked a rib (wait, is that a broken bone?).3. My daughter's APGAR score was 0 when she was born...which was by a c-section due to a prolapsed cord. She had to be fully resuscitated and put on a respirator in an incubator for 5 days...she truly is my miracle baby...though she is now almost 15 years old (in February).
4. I was the Editor-in-Chief of my yearbook my senior year in high school. The yearbook was named as one of the top 10 in the country...something I am still proud of to this day. Of course about 25 other people helped me make it. :D
5. I LOVE the Food Network and am a self taught cook from the many recipes you can find on their shows and web site.
6. Video editing is a hobby of mine...I've made hour long videos of my my daughter's soccer season, her all-star softball season, my best friend's wedding and my sister's wedding. People suggested I should do it professionally, but it takes me a year to put one hour long video together.
7. I used to want to be a wedding coordinator but decided it was too stressful, too competitive and demanded too much time on weekends and holidays.
8. By the time I was 19 I had worked at Cinnabon, Mrs. Field's, Kinney Shoes, Farmers Insurance, a clothing store, a furniture store, as a telemarketer, at an alarm company, and in a grocery store...but I worked in the grocery store for almost 10 years and have been at my current job for 7 1/2 years.
9. I met my fiance, John on match.com and ironically, neither my fiance nor I drink any alcohol...at all! Neither of us has touched a drink in over 15 years. Up until last year, whenever a recipe called for wine I would use grape juice as a substitute. I have found that the wine is much better in the food.
10. I have led groups of high school and college girls in weekly bible studies for almost 9 years now. The group I have now is made up of 5 ladies in their early 20's that I have been with for about 4 or so years. They won't leave, they just keep coming back each week. And I love them for it.
Bonus facts:
11. I don't like wearing makeup or curling my hair. I will only do it on special occasions when I have to and it drives my fiance crazy. But hey, I work in an office where I'm all by myself for 8 hours a day...what's the point?
12. I have been skinny my entire life and rarely ever work out or exercise. I often get frustrated because no one has any sympathy for someone who struggles to GAIN weight!
And the fellow Bloggers I would like to pass this award onto:
Have fun with it, ladies!
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