Angie Rambles

April 28th Questions: 1. You have just been introduced to Oprah. What one thing do you want to talk to her about? I would like to talk to Oprah about weight loss/fitness. It would be interesting to share my story and hear about hers as well. 2. What is the most fun you’ve had so far in 2008? Be specific, tell us all about it. The most fun I have had so far in 2008 would probably be joining a fitness center. Hubby and I joined in Feb. and it's been a great experience so far. I really enjoy being able to use the various machines but I absolutely love the classes that are offered. My favorite is Turbo Kick and I do that 3x a week and I have also taken a Zumba class and hubby and I just recently started going to Spin class every Saturday . 3. Do spelling and grammar mistakes in newspapers and magazines upset you at all? What about spelling and grammar mistakes on blogs? Do you stop reading if there are too many mistakes? Or do you just ignore them? What about your own writing/b...

Come join us this Friday, April 25th for a fun Thirty-One Gifts online party at 8:30 PM Eastern. The party is listed on the calendar at Mom Chats Once you click on the party link, you can set up a reminder, just click on the link next to the clock and you're all set. Do you have a hard time finding monogrammed items in your children's, friend's and family names or even your own name? If so, you have come to the right place. You can get free personalization on a variety of items from Thirty-One Gifts. Don't miss the Beach totes, purses, storage totes, lunch totes, suitcases, duffel bags, adult/child aprons, stationary, organizers, wristlets, backpacks and more. These items will make the perfect gift for any occasion. Affordable and unique! Check out the Spring catalog at http://www.thirtyonegifts.com/images/2008SpringCatalog.pdf You can also take a stroll through Jane's Thirty-One Gifts website April's monthly special is the new hanging cosmetic organizer for...

It's time for me to put together yet another order for my favorite candle shop, Apple Blossom Candles . I'm anxious to try some new scents in the Spring and Summer line but also from the main scent list too. Here are some of my favorite scents: Hot Buttered Rum Lemongrass Island Lime Oceanside White Linen Of course there are many more that I like but those are my Top 5. Apple Blossom Candles has a great April special. The fragrance spotlight for April is Morning Rain and you can SAVE 15% on products in that scent. Everything from car freshners, votives, melts, tea lights and candles too. Be sure to check out the candle accessories and enter the monthly contest while you're there. My favorite products they offer are the melts, tea lights and car freshners. Happy Friday!

Tishia is playing a fun little game on her blog so I thought I would play along. Does Your Name Fit You? A Easy to fall in love with N Has gorgeous eyes G Loves to be loved I Loves to laugh and smile E Can kick your butt (I know Tishia got this somewhere but I just had to change the mis-spellings LOL) A: Easy to fall in love with B: Just acts like themselves C: good person D: Is very sexual E: Can kick your butt F: Loves people G: Loves to be loved H: Fricken hot I: Loves to laugh and smile J: Is really sweet K: Crazy L: Really good kisser M: Hotttttttttt N: Has gorgeous eyes O: Has a nice butt P: Popular with all types of people Q: An animal lover R: Has one of the best personalities ever S: Makes people laugh T: Makes dating fun! U: Has a Smile to die for V : freakin hot hardly ever unhappy W: Very broad minded X: Never let people tell you what to do Y: Just awesome Z: Loved by everyone I would also say that it fits me pretty well. You would have to ask Kev about my eyes L...

Yep, today is my birthday, April Fool's Day. Kev and I celebrated both of our birthday's this past Sunday. We went to one of our favorite restaurants called The Key Wester . It takes us over an hour to get there so we don't go often but it's a nice treat. If you are ever in the Naperville, IL area you should stop in for lunch or dinner. We love it because of the Caribbean theme. You know we have to get our fix while we wait for our Jamaican vacation to come in Dec. I exercised a lot today. Went to the gym and used the elliptical, did a Turbo Kick class and came home to walk 4 miles and did some ab work on the stability ball. I am exhausted now! I am craving sushi but since I already had my b-day dinner, I think we'll just stay in tonight. I found out about a sushi buffet not to far from here and wanted to go there at first but The Key Wester won out. I think the sushi buffet will be good for Mother's Day *wink* So far my mom and dad and my stepson have...

Today I met up with Lauren Haugh, an online friend who I met at Mommy's Helper Online Community quite a few years ago. Lauren and I live about an hour or two away from each other so we met 1/2 way and enjoyed a yummy lunch at Bahama Breeze . Lauren is the owner of Scrappin WAHM , Mom's Online Retreat and a few other great websites. We had a really good time and are already talking about meeting up again soon most likely with our hubby's the next time. I have met quite a few online friends over the years and it's so much fun to get together and talk business, family, etc. Thanks Lauren for a great day!

I really enjoyed listening to all the recordings of the guest speakers from the Celebrating Women's Day 2008 that was put on by Marie Ynami of Mommy Community . You should head on over and listen too. I even won the Trivia contest. Marie is working on putting together my prize so I look forward to getting that. How fun!

Just wanted to stop in and wish everyone a Happy Easter. Hope your day was special. We stayed home today and relaxed all day. That was nice. My stepson and his girlfriend spent the day with us yesterday and brought me an early b-day cake. We played Pictionary and boogied down to Dance Dance Revolution. I'm exhausted today. What did you do this weekend? Did you have Easter plans?

I learn something new every day. Heather, over at WAHM Consulting News posted steps on how to create a You Tube video and it sounds pretty simple. I will have to test it out sometime using some footage we took with Kev's digital camera. How fun! Do you have any personal or business You Tube Videos? If so, please share.

It's time for Tamara's Weekly Round Up . What did you accomplish? I sorted and cleared out some of my favorites and old emails although I still have a long way to go on that. I was encouraged to do both thanks to challenges over at A Tale of 2 WAHMS . Hope to get more done this week. Did anything not go as expected? Not that I can recall. What was the highlight of your week? The highlight of my week was today when I got to call our travel agent to book our return trip to Jamaica for December. She's looking for good deals as I write this. Did anything exciting happen you did not expect? Hubby bought me some beautiful flowers this week. How was your week? Post the Weekly Round Up on your blog and then hop on over to Tamara's site and comment.

This is my first time participating in Aloha Friday . I have been reading Kailani's blog, An Island Life for a few months now and thought I would join in. Hope you'll play too. If you could take a 10 day vacation with your spouse/significant other (no kids) where would you go? We would go to Jamaica! We have been once and we are booking our return trip this weekend. I'm so excited! Feel free to look at our Jamaican vacation pictures and watch this neat video we had made . This past week the Travel Channel had two great shows to watch, 25 Best Beaches and a show about Jamaica. Both were great.

This is my first time doing Tamara's Weekly Round Up . Thought it would be fun and would help get me blogging more. What did you accomplish this week? This week I worked more on my new weight loss/fitness blog and finally figured out how to keep a post at the top of the blog and add my signature graphic. I am using Wordpress for my new blog and it definitely has a learning curve. Did you tackle any new projects or activities this week? No new projects or activities this week Share two things that did not go as planned. Everything seemed to go as planned except we lost power on Wednesday and all of our DVR recordings were gone so we were bummed about that. What was the biggest joy of the week? The biggest joy of my week every week is spending time with my hubby. We joined a fitness center a month ago and really enjoy that time together.

I entered a contest at Two Moms in a Blog and my name was drawn as the winner . How cool! Jess, from Brodie Girl was prompt in emailing me for my shipping info and the most beautiful bracelet arrived in my mail box yesterday. I really would love to keep it however I am going to give it to a good friend as a birthday gift. I think she will like it a lot. Brodie Girl has much more than this bracelet so you will want to head over and see what cool items they have to offer. I think I'll add the Natural Canvas "Jenny" Handbag to my wish list. Now wouldn't that be a cool bag to take to Jamaica? I think so!

Chrysanthemoms will be going live soon. Right now they are having a contest on their Two Moms In a Blog blog. Brodie Girl is their first sponsor and is giving away a bracelet to the winner. How fun. For this contest, we have to describe ourselves using the letters of their new website name. C-Caring H- Happy R- Reality TV junkie Y- Young-yep I still feel young at 35 LOL S- Sympathetic A- Active N- Nice T- love to Travel H- Honest E- Energetic M- Motivated O- Open-Minded M- Married 11 years S- Sushi lover

Congrats to Relationship Talk Radio on their launch today, Valentine’s Day. I have been looking forward to listening in and I’m glad I did. Today Patrysha and Roy, the hosts, introduced themselves. It was really nice to get to know them. They talked about their vision for the show and explained the meaning of their tag line, “Where Happily Ever After Meets Reality” . I am looking forward to this weekly show, especially since it’s going to be short and sweet. And I just love their header, very cute. I'm most excited about the show because it seems it will focus on the positive aspects of relationships instead of all of the negativity out there in the world today. I'm so lucky to have a great relationship and I think this show will be great for those who may have relationships that need some work. Patrysha and Roy requested that listeners send in ideas of topics they want to hear about, fun, clean marriage jokes, You Tube videos, etc. Kevin and I will probably send in ...

I am entering this contest and would appreciate your vote when polling starts at 5 PM Central on 2/15/08. To me, LOVE IS...spending my life with the most awesome man in the world.

This morning I found a link to a contest over at Money Blogger to win an ipod Nano . I will normally only enter contests that I have to blog about if I like what they have to offer on their blog. And this blog, I do like so far and even signed up for their feed. I found a very helpful post on how to get ideas for new blog posts already so I look forward to digging in a bit more. I would love to win this prize because Kev and I just joined a fitness center and it would come in handy as I'm on the recumbent bike and treadmill. Winner is chosen at random so wish me luck. Happy Monday!

The Real Life Guidance report, Balancing Work and Family was a quick and easy read. I have a hard time managing my time, I'm always going in so many directions (and I don't even have kids at home) and this report gave me tips and suggestions on a variety of ways to balance things. I'm off to implement a few of Aurelia's suggestions. I would highly recommend this report and all of her other Real Life Guidance reports. If you need personalized help, you might want to take advantage of Aurelia's wonderful coaching. I have personally benefited from her coaching (and even have met her in person). If you decide to purchase any of the reports or coaching services be sure to come back and leave me a message with your thoughts.

Last week when we had a pretty good snow storm, I was out and about and the roads where I was had not been plowed yet and I paid dearly for that but luckily it was only me involved. It didn't turn out to be my day, I was running late, got stuck at a train for 15 minutes and then got a green light however a firetruck and ambulance were coming towards me so I had to wait yet again. Then I went to turn left on to the main road and slid across the entire road slamming my right front tire into the curb, really hard. It was so loud that it scared the pants off me LOL Anyway, it started running funny, my steering wheel was shaking, my tire was wobbling and well, I had to drive on it for another few days until Kev could get to the tire. I hit the curb so hard that my tire rim went all the way into the tire. Luckily we found a tire and rim at the junkyard for under $40. That was all good but I still had the loud drumming/rubbing sound. Went to the car dealer early this morning and wa...

Do you listen to Mom's Morning Show ? If not, you should! It's a daily show that starts at 10:30 AM Eastern. Today kicked off the new Crock Pot Club and it was so much fun. Many of those who listen to the show know that I don't cook. Kevin (my hubby) is the pro and pretty much does all the cooking. But today I took part in their 1st Crock Pot Club and made a meal LIVE with Mom's Morning Show. It was a blast. I had my laptop in the kitchen to watch the chat room as I was putting together the meal and was on the call in line as well. I have to say it was a blast and dinner turned out pretty good. You can keep up with the Mom's Morning Show show notes here Here are some pictures of the finished product! The house smelled awesome today. Special thanks goes to Sandra Jensen of Family Foodies who made it possible for me to cook this meal with ease.