~~Crazy Dog T-Shirt Review & Giveaway~~

Like this shirt?? It is my husbands new party shirt and trust me it fits him so well. I chose it when Amy from Crazy Dog T-Shirts offered to let me do a review on their T-Shirts.
The most important thing I can say about Crazy Dog T-Shirts is that they are great quality shirts not thin crappy swap meet type shirts. The cotton is soft and quite thick and the prices are very fair. Crazy Dog T-Shirts carries a huge variety of styles. From Funny & Novelty shirts to Vintage and Custom styles. They also have a large selection of TV, Movie and Holiday shirts.
Check out a few of my favorites:


Cute huh?!?!? Another great thing is that they carry some awesome Halloween costumes.
From Sexy~~~~~~~


to Couples costumes~~~~~


and of course the hit of the year in my grandson's eyes- Woody & Buzz Lightyear!!


Another thing that I thought was so cute is that they also carry doggy shirts
and costumes for your dog.


Crazy Dog T-Shirts has generously offered one of my readers their choice of either a "Mystery Tee" or a $15 gift card code via email to choose your favorite.
Mandatory for entry is to go to Crazy Dog T-Shirts and then come back here and tell me what you might choose or your favorite costume.
For extra entries you can do any of the following, leaving a separate comment for each one you do.
1 entry for grabbing my button and letting me know where you have it.
1 entry for following me.
1 entry for leaving a comment on another post and telling me which one
2 entries for becoming a fan of Crazy Dog T-Shirts on Facebook

Contest ends 9/26/10 @ 11:59pm and the winner will be chosen at random.

Contest Closed

~~My Husband the Garbologist~~

Photo borrowed from Mayor John Curtis' blog page.

My husband graduated from college-- 3 times. He has a Building Construction degree, a Journeyman Plumbing degree, a Fire Fighting degree and he has worked at all of these jobs at different times in his life.

Construction work, especially concrete got hard on his body and he decided plumbing would be a good career that would keep him in the business of building houses, which he loved, so he enrolled in school again.
After several years of living by the motto "crap runs down hill, don't chew your nails and payday is Friday", he opened his own plumbing business just before the economy went into the crapper and we had 10's of thousands of dollars that people owe and he can't get them to pay so that didn't last long. He has too kind of a heart and when people give him a sob story he feels to bad to take them to court or send them to collections so he decided he wanted to be a Fire Fighter.
He said he had thought about it for years so once again he enrolled in school. He would still run into a burning building as everyone else is in a panic and running out any day, but our city fire fighters run in the deadly Spanish Fork Canyon and the nightmares of dead or dying people were already getting to him when he spent a Fathers Day morning holding a little girl that had been thrown from a car and had a bone sticking out of her leg, body covered in road rash and crying her eyes out while they waited for yet another ambulance to make it up to them.

He decided his sanity was not going to hold out for many more days like that so he decided he had to stop that too. He likes driving and has a perfect driving record so he decided truck driving sounded like a good~ safely boring job for a while. So my husband with 3 college degrees and a great work ethic and reputation decided to drive a garbage truck.

I wasn't sure at first, seemed like it would be a little too boring for him, but he loves it and it shows. People on his route routinely comment about him and how good he is to them. He has even been known to help the elderly people on his route by getting out of his truck and getting their garbage can out to the curb, get back in the truck, empty it and then take it back and put it away for them.

He doesn't make the "big bucks" anymore, but his happiness shows and it makes it all worth it.

A couple weeks ago the Mayor of the city he works in did a ride along with him and gave him all kinds of compliments. I know some people would rather work for the place where they make the most money and I won't lie, the money was nice. But seeing the smile on his face while he talks about his day is so much better than having a grumpy old man coming home every night.

Here is the write up that the Mayor put on his blog. I just wanted to share with all of you, and yea, maybe brag him up a little bit because he really does have a hard job and he loves every minute of it.

http://provomayor.blogspot.com/search/label/Thank%20You

~~Amber's First Day of School 2010~~

Hours spent shopping for just the right outfits: 15.75


Cost of making sure my 7 year old has all the perfect things she wants to wear for 2nd grade: $324.87


Getting to see this pretty smile the first morning of school: Priceless

~~Libby's First Day at School~~

First day of Kindergarten 2010.
See this huge bunch of clothes???

Yea, these too......

This is what it takes to get a 5 year old ready for her first day of school. She tried it all on at the store, she tried it all on when we got home to do a fashion show for her dad and sisters...

And she tried it all on at least a dozen times before the first day of school and this is what she came up with to wear on her first day.

Isn't she just the sweetest 5 year old on the planet??? I think so!! She was so excited to start school I could not have gotten that smile off her face with a blow torch and a electric sander.
I love this girl!!!!

Swimming 2010

We took the kids swimming last week. They had such a great time. Zeke splashed and played around, even after his head went under the water. He just popped up and smiled like somebody had given him a present.

Amber is getting really good at swimming. Having the pool in the backyard is helping a lot, but having all this fun stuff to play on and the slides totally made her day.


Libby is getting pretty good at putting her face in the water too. It is hard to believe that only 1 year ago she was terrified to get anything above her waist wet.


Getting Jacki to get in a swimsuit wasn't as easy because she thinks being pregnant means she is fat, but she had so much fun with the kids that she took them back today. To bad summer is over, but we will be doing a lot more swimming next year.

Good bye summer~~ we have enjoyed the heck out of you. Don't take so long to come back this time would ya?!?!?
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~~Wee Squeak Shoe Review & Giveaway~~

I did a review a while ago for Beibi Shoes. I got a pair for Zeke and they are so cute and we absolutely loved them. So when Cara contacted me and asked if I would like to do one for Wee Squeak, their partner company, I jumped at the chance. We looked and looked through the options and Libby FINALLY picked a pair. Now anyone who knows Libby would know what a chore this was. For those of you that don't personally know us let me tell you, this child is the shoe queen. All of my kids have wanted treats at the store every time we ever went, but not Lib, she always wants a pair of shoes. Flip Flops, sandals, tennis shoes, dress shoes, play shoes~ she doesn't care as long as she gets a pair every time she goes to a store. The child has more shoes than all the rest of us put together. So anyway, these are the ones she chose.

They look so dang cute on her, She wasn't too thrilled with the squeakers because her big sisters teased her, but they are so easy to take out that about 10 seconds later she was smiling again and showing them off. Now personally I like the squeakers especially on little kids because they can't get to far from you without you knowing exactly where they are at and I think that is a great idea!


Wee Squeak Says:
"Children's Shoes - footwear that's fun to wear! Comfortable and stylish, these little shoes are great for any season. With a variety of styles and colors to choose from, these children's shoes are a great gift idea as well as a way to help children learn to walk properly without even realizing they're being taught. Children's tennies and sandals in several different colors and styles, as well as traditional Mary Janes and other kids footwear. As parents of infants and toddlers, our inspiration for WeeSqueak shoes was watching our children in these shoes. We discovered these little gems while in China adopting our oldest daughter, Chloe. However, during the adopting of our youngest daughter, Ellie, we had the idea to bring some shoes back for our friend's children. Our company, WeeSqueak, was born! We are fun parents, with fun shoes for fun kids! Wee Squeak donates 5% of our profits (up to $1,000 contribution per charity per year) to Half the Sky."

Check out some of the great styles they have:


And this is just a small selection, what they have to choose from is huge!! You really need to go check out the Wee Squeak and Beibi sites. There are so many more to see and I don't see how anyone would not be able to find a pair they love. Another thing I really like is the little extras like the heart shapes buckles and all the sweet little die cut and sewn on flowers and butterflies. I haven't seen anything this well made or even close to anything like that on any other brand that I have looked at and believe me with all the school shopping we have been doing I have seen a lot of them. It is just those little things that make these shoes stand out above the rest. They are well made, very stylish and you're sure to find at least a few you simply must have. They have a wide variety of colors and styles of baby and toddler shoes to choose from. Classic maryjanes for babies, stylish dress shoes, fun tennies and so much more!

Now for the best part of this review, as far as I am concerned, Wee Squeak has generously offered to give one of my readers a pair of shoes of their choice. All you need to do is follow the entry rules and you could be the winner chosen by a random draw. First and absolutely mandatory is going to the Wee Squeak site and find the pair of shoes you just can't live without then come back here and leave a comment.
As always you can get extra entries by doing the following:
1 entry for following Wee Squeak on Facebook
1 entry for following me either by email or the feed
1 entry for grabbing my button for your side bar and leaving me information about where it is displayed
2 entries for blogging about this giveaway and linking back to the post

When entering a giveaway, you MUST complete the mandatory entry requirements FIRST before completing your optional entries. You MUST also leave me a valid way to contact you, should you win. If you do not successfully complete the mandatory entry or leave a valid email address, then you will be disqualified from the contest.

The giveaway will end at 11:59pm on September 15, 2010. One lucky winner will be randomly selected using True Random Number Generator. I will email the winner and they will then have 48 hours to respond to the notification email, or a new winner will be chosen. Open to all U.S. readers. Good luck!

Giveaway entry is closed.