LizzyDear's Life

$500 Wal-Mart Card Giveaway!

Posted by Liz on Saturday, December 13, 2008 , under | comments (0)

There is a blog I have really enjoyed reading lately called Keeping the Kingdom First. Alyssa, who is a Mom of 2, does this blog and always keeps me up to date on good deals at CVS, among other great savings ideas. She also keeps Christ first in her life, which makes all the difference. I have entered a contest on her blog to win a $500.00 Wal-Mart card, and to earn an extra chance to win, I am posting about the contest to spread the word. To enter the contest yourself, think of your favorite money saving Holiday tip, and head over to Keeping the Kingdom First to enter! Who knows, you might just win. (and if not, then hopefully I will. :p)

Congrats to Jason!

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Today my hubby (Jason) finally graduated from SOSU with his Bachelors degree. He has been busy supporting our family for the past 9 years, so he has put his education on the back-burner so to speak. But the past few semesters he has really buckled down and finished up, so I am proud of him, and thankful that he has closed this chapter in his life. The 1 1/2 hour graduation ceremony wasn't exactly the most fun thing for 4 little ones to sit through, but we made it without too many mishaps. I need a new camera, I couldn't get hardly any good shots of Jason walking across the stage! :(

And did I mention we sat right behind the orchestra?

Thankful

Posted by Liz on Friday, December 12, 2008 , under | comments (3)

I was reminded this morning of how thankful to be for each day that I am alive. This morning while driving the boys to school, we ran into a deer. We were driving along, we had actually just gotten off the phone with my nephew Braden, (wishing him a Happy B-day!) when we felt a strong impact, and heard a loud thud. At first I thought we had run over something, like a log, but I really knew we had hit something. So I stopped the vehicle, and got out to assess the situation. The damage to our SUV is nothing to "cry" over, and the deer died, (it is still there) but throughout all of this I was just reminded how quickly my life and my children's' lives could have been over. So today just want to say thank you to God.

By the way, at least I didn't include a picture of the dead deer. :(

Exciting News!

Posted by Liz on Thursday, December 11, 2008 , under | comments (5)

I guess I got your attention now, but you will probably be disappointed when you find out what my title is actually referring to. Our little rinky-dink town got a NEW movie theater with stadium seating, and lots of cool concession snacks, and even eight screens. (WOW) Now those of you who live in metropolitan cities where you have multiple megaplex cinemas will not understand my excitement. But if you happen to be from a *small* town, then you can appreciate this news. Whenever a new store, or restaurant comes to our community, it is a major deal. The people of this town will come out of the woodwork to be the first to eat at Whataburger, or go to the Dollar Tree! Now you kind of get the picture, hopefully. Tomorrow night Jason and I are planning on going to the premiere opening of this great wonderful Carmike 8 Theater in honor of our anniversary. So I'll shut up now, and quit boring everyone!

Thursday Thirteen

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Thirteen Things I Love about December

1. The birth of our Saviour!

2. The Food, and I do mean ALL of it!

3. The lights

4. Hot Chocolate

5. The parties

6. The decorations

7. The family get-togethers

8. The tree

9. Mika in a cute Christmas dress

10. Christmas cards

11. Homemade candy

12. Caroling

13. I can't lie, the presents!

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted by Liz on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 , under | comments (4)

December 10, 1999

Happy Anniversary Jason!

Reminiscing

Posted by Liz on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 , under | comments (1)

I signed into my One True Media account tonight, and pulled up a really cute slide show I made for Mika on her first birthday. I know I am biased, but she was just so darn cute! Time flies by so fast that I am reminded tonight to not forget to cherish the moments before they grow up.....

Just click on the picture below, and you will be taken to the One True Media website to view the slide show with music! (it is only two and a half minutes long or so.) By the way, the montage slide show is free to make, although for a nominal fee you can order a copy on DVD.

View this montage created at One True Media
Mika's 1st Year