Millions of people watch, thousands of people audition.  Now we can all take part in one of the hottest fitness games on the market with The Biggest Loser Challenge.  This was my first time working out with this product and over the past two years I have been used to certain virtual fitness products so it was pretty neat trying something new.

What was even cooler was the fact that I felt like I was a part of something huge (maybe not the best terminology right there).  Each week members of The Wii Mommies community watch the popular TV show and become a part of the challengers lives.  We laugh, cry and rejoice at their success.  Everyone talks about them on Facebook and Twitter and with the new product out on the market, we’re able to get fit right alongside them. (more…)

Okay so my baby making days are over since I lack the reproductive organs necessary but it seems that every time Macy’s contacts me to do a review and/or giveaway for their First Impressions gift sets I have a friend or relative who is about to or just had a baby.

This time around it was my next door neighbor and I scored BIG TIME when I showed up at the baby shower with this awesome trio.  She’s having a boy and instead of getting her a newborn gift set, I opted for a 3-6 month set because I know she has tons of new baby apparel and I just thought this was as cute as can be.

I was right. (more…)

ME: Hi Mom.  I really want to thank you for all of your help so I got you this gift

MOM: Oh, we love it here!  We wanted to come anyway!  There’s no need for a gift (…gift is being unwrapped and *GASP!*) OH, JULIE!  Look at this!  Wow!  Would you look at this?  It’s BEAUTIFUL!  How did you do that?!  It’s BEAUTIFUL!  Oh, Al!  Look at this!  Isn’t it beautiful? (He agrees) It’s just great, I LOVE IT.  Boys, look at this!  Who is this?  It’s Jacob and Joshua!  That’s right!  It’s you!  Look how handsome my boys are!  What a wonderful picture!

That’s it right there.  That’s what I just ate.  Yep.  I just had my tonsils out but they’re small squares – smaller than the picture above.  I can’t eat solids but I can suck on gourmet chocolate mint candy all I want.

And I did.

And I still am.

This is how last night went -

Elaina comes home and I had just finished having cold scrambled eggs as my dinner (remember – recovering from a throat/sinus operation here.  No hot foods or solids) and she and I are in my bed just doing girly stuff (talking about personal matters that I never address on my blogs because there is only one thing I keep personal, that wee little thing they call a “personal life” and I won’t tell hers either) and suddenly I interrupt her (I do that a lot, I adore her for her patience) and I say, “Do you want chocolate?  Fanny May sent me chocolates to review.”

“Hell yeah I want chocolate!”

I sprint up out of bed and run downstairs trying to remember where I hid them.  I think it took me about five minutes checking all my “favorite item hiding places” and then I saw it hidden under printer paper.  I run upstairs and rip the gold wrapping paper off and unveil this – (more…)

So one day the doorbell rings and there’s my deliveryman standing there with a big old smile on his face.  He and I see each other often, as I am fortunate enough to be awesome at my job but this was a monster package.  This package was from Perdue.

Perdue, I like you.  I don’t just like you like you, I like you like you.  I had EIGHT BAGS of whole grain Perdue chicken nuggets delivered to my door.  I’m glad I have a lot of freezer space and I have to say, I don’t normally eat nuggets.  I buy them weekly because my children love them but I’ve never quite had a taste for them (unless I’m at a random fast food joint and I know I’m stuffing garbage into myself).

I LOVE THESE NUGGETS.  The first night, I made pasta and sauce.  I put the nuggets on the cool blue tray they sent along with them to use in the microwave that makes them come out crispy instead of soggy and I cut them up, mixed them with noodles and sauce and had an instant chicken parm.

I’ve made that about three times so far. (more…)