Fever Fever, My Monkey is Sick

Well it is that time of the year, and we have been somewhat lucky on the sickness front.  But, as they say, all good things must come to an end.  Monkey is sick with a fever and runny nose and I have been sniffling all day.   I am praying that this is just a quick moving virus but I should be so lucky.   Usually with monkey, he will get the runny nose and fever and it rapidly turns into a situation where he is in need of a breathing treatment.

I hate to see my little bubs sick, you can just see it in their eyes.  They get that glassy look that my mom always told me I used to get when I was sick.  They rarely complain but you can just tell they are miserable.   After I gave him motrin his temp went down to about 100 and he was playing but not his boisterous self.  It is going to be a long night so I am off to bed because I know I will be up at least a few times to prop my little guy up so he can breathe!   Humidifier is going full blast, and the nose drops are on hand.  Off to do mommy high alert duty!

The 80’s What do you remember?

I was driving in the car with the boys the other day, when one of my favorite 80’s songs came on.  The song, by Men@Work, was “I Come From A Land Down Under.”  I have lots of favorite songs from the 80’s since I grew up listening to all of them.  This song in particular brings back fond memories, of some dance my cousins and I made up in the basement of their house.  Ok, I admit it all seems hokey now, but back then, it was serious business.

And ladies let us not forget legwarmers!  I remember that I had a pair in every color and wore them all the time.  You had the layered look, or you could wear them one color at a time.  I am not sure they were much different then socks but they were the “in” thing.  Do you remember “Flash Dance?”  I dreamed about being a star, I danced around the room in my legwarmers to “What A Feeling!” SO much for that.

And What about TV?  I had a few favorites, I feel like a nerd but I loved to watch Punky Brewster, Facts of Life, and Different Strokes.  I can hear myself singing the theme songs in my head.  Everyyyyy time I turn around…. LOL

And last but not least that ever so fab side pony tail! It kind of looked like you could crank us up and let us go. Seriously I don’t know how this remotely resembled something stylish but I grew my hair out just so I could wear this fashionable growth out the side of my head.

What do you remember?

Wacky Weather

Hi Guys! Tanya here from Mommy Goggles. This weather is definitely wacky, that’s for sure! I live in Iowa and the weather yesterday was around 60 degrees, yet we woke up to snow this morning. 😯 Well, the snow has since melted (or blew away with our massive winds that we had this afternoon) and our winds seemed to have floated to Double Bugs’ area. She is without power this evening and they have no estimated time for it to be restored. Please keep Laurie and her family in your thoughts and prayers for a speedy restoration!

Valentine’s Day My Top 10 Mommy Picks

So the dreaded Valentine’s Day is coming up and you don’t know what to give your sweetheart.  I usually try and do something small for my dear husband.   Usually is is a card and a box of his favorite Dove Chocolates.  In the years past I was a little more creative since I had the time to be but with little ones running around my creativity is limited.   I consider Valentine’s Day more of a girly holiday anyway, and I love that it falls in the same month as my birthday.

So what are some of my top gift giving suggestions (at least on my wish list) for this Holiday centered around love?  And Where did this so called holiday emerge from?

My Top 10 Gifts For Valentine’s

1. Godiva (need I say more?)  Named after Lady Godiva
2. Gift Cards to get my hair done, or new clothes.  One year I received a gift certificate to Curves (this made me cry sorry honey)  Although I was wanting to go to Curves to workout, it doesn’t make a very good gift.  Here honey you’re fat go work out.  Maybe not on any special day might have been better but maybe not!
3. Maid Service to come in and clean my house top to bottom just one time so I could ignore all house chores.  This would be awesome!  But like my husband said, I would probably clean before they got here  LOL!
4. Food, three meals cooked for me so I don’t have to think about it for one day.  I am talking real down home cooked meals and not from the box!  I would be in heaven.
5. Candles, I love candles!   Some of my most favorite are the fruity scents and vanilla and lavender.
6. Sleeping In and Breakfast in Bed,  Although this is hard for me to do since I have grown accustomed to popping out of bed in the morning, sometimes I just want to stay snuggled under the covers.
7. Flowers, they always brighten up the house, but my only thing with flowers is they don’t last long.
8. Massage, I am not one to go to the parlors as I am a little weirded out by that but a nice long 45 min massage from hubby would be perfect!
9. Romantic Set Up, I am a sucker for the rose petals, candles, chocolate dipped strawberries, romantic music.
10. Jewelry or Perfume, I love these surprises from my husband, especially the ones he picks out.  You get to get a fragrance that he loves and usually I love what he pics out, and jewelry just makes you feel pretty and special.  Some of my favorite pieces of jewelry and I only have a few are the ones he gave to me.   I pick them over anything else I have.

Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day or Saint Valentine’s Day according to Wikipedia is a holiday celebrated on February 14, by many people throughout the world. In the West, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine’s Cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The holiday is named after two among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffry Chaucer in the High Middle Ages when the tradition of courtly love flourished.

The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of “valentines.” Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards. The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand-made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th-century America was the start of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States.

The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year, behind Christmas. The association estimates that, in the US, men spend on average twice as much money as women.

Chocolate Some of My Favorites

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and even though my hips really don’t need the chocolate, I would really like something fancy from my dear husband.  I’m not sure where I was, when I ran across the Godiva website where I saw these heart shaped chocolates and I was already drooling.

So I started thinking of my absolute favorite chocolates and thought I would share them with you.

Hershey’s chocolate bar with almonds–  This is a childhood favorite and I love just about any kind of nuts and chocolate except walnuts.

Almond Joy–  I never have been a fan of coconut but for some reason this is a favorite of mine.

Dove Raspberry Caramels–  OMG these are to die for, you will have to take the bag away from me.

Ghirardelli Caramel Choc Bar–  I like mine out of the refridgerator

Lindt-Excellence Toffee Crunch Bar (ok this is my ultimate, better not touch it or ill get you)  This is the best tasting chocolate bar and their Double Crisp bar is just as good but I love the Toffee

M&M’s–  I love these things with a glass of milk and almost any chocolate I eat I grab a glass of milk.

Godiva–  Well what girl doesn’t love Godiva?   I don’t have it very often because I can’t afford it, but feel like I am really getting pampered when I get Godiva.

What are your favorites???

Small Talk Six….When Nobody’s Looking I Dance To

Every Saturday small talk six at MomDot, they will have a new list of six things, and you can post a pic, video, or list.   This week is 6 songs you dance to when no one is looking.

• Def Leppard-Pour Some Sugar On Me
• C&C Music Factory-Gonna Make You Sweat
• Deana Carter-And We Danced Anyway
• Faith Hill-Hey Baby Lets Go To Vegas
• Joan Jett-I Love Rock-n-Roll
• Juice Newton-Queen Of Hearts

My Choice $20 Giveaway Winner

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Snapily Fun 3D For All Occasions

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I always find myself looking for something different to give my husband. The traditional cards are fun but not unique and I am always wondering if I gave the same card to him the year before!

I just recently got to try out Snapily, an online photo service that uses special effects like animation and 3D to bring printed photos to life. They just recently came out with a great selection of Valentine’s for your special someone. How fun would it be to bring out a little vixen in you, and take a few sexy pics to create a Valentine’s Day Card he will want to hang on to? Grab your camera, set the self-timer, and take beautiful, and glamorous photos to add to any Snapily card. Choose the 3D effect to add depth to that pin-up pose, the morph effect to blend two romantic images together, or the flip effect to create your own strip-o-gram.

Besides Valentine’s Day you can also create fun announcements, birthday cards, business cards, and you will surely get noticed. My favorite feature is the flip effect because it allowed me to put a picture of both the boys on a card. This is such a cute idea to send out  cards for any occasion. You have so many options that you can let your imagination run wild. If you hurry you will be just in time for Valentine’s Day! You have until February 7th, for regular standard delivery and until February 11th for 2 day shipping.

THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ENTERED

The folks over at Snapily want you to be able to design your own fun greetings or special gift for someone so they are offering DoubleBugs readers $25 to use on your Snapily order!

So here’s what you gotta do!

* Visit Snapily and have a look around and come back and leave a comment and let me know what you would choose and what idea you have for your project.

* Leave me an email so I have a way to contact you if you win

* Winners are chosen at random via Random.org.

For Additional Entries (please leave as an additional comment):

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That’s all you gotta do!

Contest starts Feb 6th, 2009, and Ends Feb. 23, 2009

Good Luck!!!!

FLOR Fun Functional Flooring

I am almost always looking for ways in which I can change things in our house to help update the look.  It isn’t easy to change furniture because these are the big ticket items in your home.   I always love to shop for small things like rugs, or pillows, or a new place mats to help change things in the house.   Let’s face it, if I am spending all my days at home, a change is always nice.
I recently was introduced to carpet tiles from FLOR.  I had watched the show Trading Spaces many times and I remember seeing an episode where they carpeted a room with FLOR carpet tiles.   This is such a cool way to change the look of an area in your home!   Not only that, they are so versatile, in that, you can mix and match colors, cut the tiles to make a cool floor pattern, and it is so incredibly easy to do!

I was extremely excited to get this opportunity because I was dying to give them a try, and so sick of the boring rug choices that you find in the stores.  Since this was my first experience using the tiles, I was primarily interested in how these things work and how they stay stuck once you had your design laid out.  Each tile is held together by a little circle of genius called a Flordot.  The Flordots are so easy to apply and hold the tiles together perfectly making it easy to move your masterpiece around if you need to.  When you want a change the tiles  come apart easily and you can store them, so if get bored you can change it up.  If you run out of Flordots you can just order more!

I was putting together FLOR’s Seagrass Rug which looks absolutely stunning in my entry way.  It is made from their plush collection of tiles and it is so soft and feels great beneath your feet! I cannot tell you how much fun I had putting this rug together, and it makes you want to do even more.  It’s a bit addicting and I was somewhat bummed when I ran out of tiles to stick together, because I was on a roll.  I am already looking for more reasons to go buy  more FLOR tiles to do various areas in the house.  We are looking to move the boys play area to the basement, one of these days, and this would be an ideal place to use them. Another thing I would definitely recommend when getting your FLOR rug is their cleaning kit, so you always have something on hand for the occasional spill or mishap to keep your FLOR tiles looking nice.

Thank you FLOR for such a ingenius product and we love our new FLOR rug! It is now a favorite playing spot for the boys and they love to hang out there where the sun pours through in the morning.  If you are looking for new flooring for your home or just something to spruce things up, this is definitely a really cool option.   There are tons of choices so you can let your creativity run wild and their prices are easy on budget too!

THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!!! THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ENTERED!

I have a really awesome announcement for my readers here at DoubleBugs!!! FLOR was kind enough to allow me to give one lucky winner the chance to win a FLOR Seagrass Rug of their very own!

So here’s what you gotta do!

• Visit FLOR and have a look around and come back and leave a comment and let me know what other cool rug you might like and what room in your house you would like to use it in.
• Leave me an email so I have a way to contact you if you win
• Winners are chosen at random via Random.org.

For Additional Entries (please leave as an additional comment):

• Tweet about this post
• Follow me on Twitter
• Blog about my contest and give me the link!
• Put my badge on your sidebar

That’s all you gotta do!
Contest starts February 5, 2009 and Ends February 23rd, 2009
Good Luck to You!

A change is coming

I am just popping in after a really long day with two very wild children.   I was planning a  much larger post but I am afraid that my eyes aren’t going to stay awake for that one.  I just wanted to tell you all that I am really excited about an upcoming change here at DoubleBugs.   I have some really cool things planned for my site and am looking forward to the change.   Keep an eye out because I am getting new duds!  I am hoping that the new site will be easier to navigate, be much brighter and bolder, and make a statement.  Blogging has become such a passion of mine that I want  to reflect that in my new site.  I am not giving any set date or time, but come back often and check up on me.  I love change!  Ok off to bed…mommy duty will be back knocking at my door bright and early!

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