Life looks different with kids

All I can say is ... wow! At 7:31 this morning, I was brewing my coffee, I had been up late making dresses for my girls, and had to finish Rachel's. Well, I go to use the ladies room, and I hear BOOM!!! Ok, I knew it wasn't me. So, I thought, uhoh! Hubby comes running in to tell me there was an accident...HELLO!!! Let me pull my pants up please! Sheesh! where did the dignity go? lol

So, I go out to the porch, and oh my goodness, it was carnage! I saw two cars, and then a dump truck a block away. There was broken glass and chunks of car everywhere! I spoke to some ladies that saw it, and it happened RIGHT in front of my house!

The dump truck was going about 70 mph, he lost his brakes (they are investigating that) and literally ran over this car:



I didn't even see this car, because it was literally wedged UNDER the dump truck! That was car #1 to be hit. Car #1 had no control, and was forced into Car #2, by the dump truck. Car #2 was metal, and fared pretty well. Car #2 hit car #3, and car #3 rammed into a telephone pole. OMG, the smoke, the smell, and the injuries! The one good thing was the house that car #3 ended up at happens to be owned by a nurse, so she was an enormous help to them!

Now, we live in a residential neighborhood, speed limit is 25, it is a MIRACLE people weren't killed. So far the injuries appear to be relatively minor, but they don't know for sure.

Here's how life is different with kids, before kids, I would have been shocked, and thought how horrible!

With kids, I immediately head for the what if's! What if my son had been on his way to the bus stop? What if this happened 4 minutes earlier, when there was a bus full of kids going down the road? With kids you realize, life can change in the blink of an eye! Not everything can be fixed.

So, now I'm more paranoid than usual! I don't even want my kids in the front yard! Can you blame me? The poor first car was pushed up onto the sidewalk!

I'll post more as I find out. Be safe!

Lollipop Lane Giveaway

Ok, here it is, I couldn't wait! The rules are simple, so have fun! Look below for ways to enter to win this:



How to enter: Leave comments below with your qualifying entries. Leave a Separate comment for each entry telling us which you qualify for.

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Giveaway ends on 5/15 Winner will receive an email, and be announced on the blog.

Good Luck, and have fun!

I'm hosting a Give Away

Howdy Everyone! The Lollipop Lane, which just got a facelift, and new name (was Simply Stylish Kids) is hosting a giveway!

I will post the specifics tomorrow, and it will be on my site tomorrow too, but I wanted to give you guys a heads up! Here is the prize I'm giving away:





Charm Candy comes complete in individual bakery boxes that reveal an unexpected treat, real bakable (and reusable!) cupcake liners and sterling silver necklaces with retro-reminiscent bubble heart pendants. For a little icing on the cake, each bakery box features a Surprise Cupcake recipe on the back to inspire custom confections!

So, stay tuned for ways to enter to win! There will be many ways to win, but only one winner!

Giveaway

I just had to share this! Although, thinking about it now, it does increase the competition, but I'll share anyway! :) The Bragging Mommy is an AWESOME blog, and there are always product reviews, and give aways. Well, this give away is for a $40 gift card to Walmart for a Swiffer SweeperVac!!!

This puppy picks up big bits like cereal, and small dust things! OMG! I soooooo need this!!! Here's the link: http://www.thebraggingmommy.com/2010/04/24/swiffer-sweepervac-review-and-40-wal-mart-gc-giveaway/

Ok, so that was my act of kindness for the day! :) Go to the link and earn all kinds of entries!

So Busy, Nothing got Done

Well today has to be my least productive work at home day EVER! lol My daughter had state assessment testing today, so it was a mommy and me day for me and Amanda! Well, I promised her Toys R Us after we dropped Rachel off. Well, they weren't open yet. Needless to say that didn't go over very well!

Well, I decided to kill time, so we went to Perkins for breakfast. What a fiasco. They weren't that busy, but they had one waitress doing most of the work, so everything took forever.

We had a fun time at breakfast and at Toys R Us, then we hit the fabric store! Amanda wants to be a clothing designer, at 6 she has decided her career! My 16 year old can't decide on a part time job!!! lol So, we looked at fabric, and she had fun mixing colors together.

We got home, and there was no time to get any work done, because we had to pick up Rachel from testing. So we get home, and my creative juices are just plain gone! lol So, I'll have to do extra tomorrow! lol

Wait, tomorrow afternoon I will be playing with my new camera! I got a better one for taking hi def pics for my website, my pictures are ok, but things like my necklaces, are really hard to take good pictures of, so I needed something better. So, I will have to work in the morning!

The joys of working from home! :)

Spring has Sprung...Now it's Summer Fever

Well, all day my 5 year old has been BEGGING for Carvel's! It started when she woke up, because, it seems like summer! Carvel is open, and she knows it!

So, I had to order a new camera to take hi res pics of my new products for my website, as I'm researching, it's can we go to Carvel now? No, honey, not now, mommy's working.

So, I finally pick a camera, want hubby's input, so I call him, and Amanda runs in can we go to Carvel now? No, honey not yet, mommy's working.

She just came back in to ask again, the UPS truck just left with product that I had to sign for....so, it's off to Carvel we go! You see, I was stalling, I needed to wait for the UPS guy :)

So, I have some gorgeous new charms for my store, and a yummy ice cream cone!

ahhhhh what a day! :) Of course, now Amanda is whining that her hands are dirty! lol I just can't win!

Working from home...Or am I?

Well, I as you know, I am a mother of 4. Three live at home, and one is away in Alabama. That's a BIG distance from Pennsylvania! Anyway, I have come to a realization, my children are trying to kill me!

I know it sounds crazy, but they are! My oldest moves away, and breaks my heart, AND my budget! You see, the boy can COOK! So, on nights I was too tired, he could whip up an amazing dinner! Now, we rely on Burger King (bleh!)

Next up is my 16 year old, there are sooooo many ways he's trying to kill me! First, I have gotten at least 30 gray hairs, that have his name on them! THEN, he tries to pull them out!!! We ALL know what happens when you do that! lol

Then there is my 12 year old daughter....oy! She is DEFINATELY hormonal at times (all of them! lol) She has long legs, and looks older than 12, and now she wants to wear EYE SHADOW!!! Over my dead body! Next thing I know she'll be married with 2 kids, so I told her, nope! Go play with your baby dolls! Apparently she doesn't like them???? "UGH I am soooo strict!" (imagine that really loud, and drawn out!)

Then, the most muderous of them all, my 5 year old!!! She is of the impression that she will be able to date and stuff before she's 40! Seriously? I was thinking more like 50! But, ok, we'll cross that bridge at 40. She is 100% sure that she is REALLY a princess, she landed in this family quite by accident. That part is ok, she allows me to be the Queen, so this I can ignore! BUT, her royal highness is afraid to sleep without her Queen. So, she sleeps in my bed in between my hubby and me. Well, needless to say the princess ends up with all the blanket AND bed!

So, I am a hungry, overweight (thank you Burger King), gray haired, super strict, and EXHAUSTED Mommy working from home!