FAVORITE FRIDAY!!!

My Favorites Friday!
Picture #1 : HUNGER GAMES!! I can not wait to watch it with Brett tonight, I am however sad that the next part will not be out until November 2013 an then the Last book will be 2 parts Nov. 2014 and Nov. 2015!

Picture #2: Got my first co-op fluff mail ! These are Sunbaby Diapes! SUPER CUTE (although Brett isnt to excited about the pink one lol I think Zelan can rock it!)

Picture #3: I LOVE MY KINDLE FIRE!! only thing I wish it had a camera but besides that its amazing! (goes along with Picture #4)

Picture #4: I got all of this for $9.95 off amazon! A Case, Screen protector with cleaning cloth, computer cord, and Stylus! I Ordered it with my Pre-order copy of Hunger Games and got free shipping! YAY ME!

Think about it Thursday!

I know again I'm a day late....My thoughts on Thursday was SUVs !

We need a new car, we currently have a Malibu 1999. Our family is growing to much to fit and the car is just getting old and has high mileage. So now we are going to start looking around at new cars hopefully Monday Brett and I will be able to go test out a few! Any ideas on new cars would be great! We would like large, with good gas mileage, DVD players inside wouldn't hurt either! I really hope we can get something soon! Please keep your fingers crossed!

Watch It Wensday! {yes i know we are a day late}

So my watch it Wednesday was pretty exciting I have found a few new shows! First off I was on facebook the other day and saw tons of post about "honey Boo-Boo" (no idea what this was I googled)  I found out it was a spin off of Toddlers in Tiaras only it was about ONE girl and her family. I watched the first episode with my husband and he needless to say had a comment on everything they did...so i waited to get caught up on it after he went to work. Well this Little girl is 6 i believe and she has 3 sisters, a mom and a dad, they live in GA and lets just say they are........VERY Unique..... The Plot is that she is getting ready for a big "glitz" pageant and this is fallowing her steps to get there. All in all its only 30mins but its not a bad show, if you have nothing to do sit down and watch it(on TLC), I'm sure you will get some giggles!

Next off on Tuesday Brett called me from work and sounded excited... " FACE OFF COMES ON TONIGHT!" (he is so silly)
I cant get Brett to watch many shows with me but he loves Face Off (SyFy I  think) it is a movie make up/costume competition, I'm not talkin throw some blood here put a scar there....i'm talkin FULL out make this look like some thing from Star Wars or Dr.Seuss! Its great! Last year I picked out the winner from the first show! This year I have my eyes on a few by the next show I should know. If you like movies and costumes this show is for YOU!
We also saw the previews for a new show from the makers of Face Off...I can't remember the name at this moment but its like Face Off but its stages instead of make up and costumes! Looks pretty neat and Brett said that we will be watching that one also! (starts in September)

Pretty Excited that Shows are starting to come on again!!

Tuesday Pins {Mission Re-do}

We just reupholstered our living room furniture thanks to pin! I saw this link on Pin and had to do it!    http://tulipandturnip.blogspot.com/2011/08/diy-upholstered-ottomancoffee-table.html

Thanks to Pin I fell in love with the black/yellow/grey theme, mainly the zig-zag! we re did our coffee table, 3 chairs and two storage bins and our curtains !  here is how it turned out

These chairs are purple under the red(which we put on before)
they were $15 Each! You can see one of the storage bins in the middle of them
it did have the "rams" icon on them but I covered them also!
The ottoman was our full sized coffee table we just bough padding (also gotten at a thrift store $1 )
and got shorter legs $.91 each (yes I said cents!) The Fabric is from Hancock Fabrics and Hobby Lobby
then the black is a fitted sheet and the Grey seat is a pillow case!

This chair was $4 ! We covered the seat with a pillow case
and used fabric on the back!

SUPER EASY and if I do say so myself SUPER CUTE! 
(way cheaper than buying new chairs and it was a lot of fun for my husband and
myself to do this together)

 

Menus Monday!

I have not had time to sit down and pick out menu items this week so I will just post a few links! (note computer still about to die so this will be super short)

Breakfast- http://pinterest.com/mommyb2010/good-morning-sunshine-food/

Dinner/ lunch- http://pinterest.com/mommyb2010/ring-the-dinner-bell/

Side items- http://pinterest.com/mommyb2010/on-the-side/

Sweets----http://pinterest.com/mommyb2010/for-the-sweet-tooth/


Yes I am a food pinning FREAK! lol enjoy! (I have a feeling i wont be good at this so I am trying to think of a different monday)

Sum it up Sunday!

First off I would like to state that Sunday and Monday my husband is off work so my post might be late :)

Sum it up Sunday(short one my computer is almost dead)- This past week we have made a huge jump in potty training! Riley even went at Walmart the other night! His diapers at night time have been dry also! YAY!! We also decided that we are going to redo our living room chairs in different colors to brighten up the room. We went with black,grey, white and yellow! WE LOVE IT! but we also bought another chair for $4 (cant pass that up) and we can not find a way to get it to fit...so pictures will be posted after we get everything in order!
This up coming week I will be waiting on mail! We have fluff mail coming, I won a few contest and I will be waiting on those items also I have a new kindle case and my Hunger Games movies coming in the mail! CANT WAIT! This will be a great week!!

Slide Show Saturday

Some One decided that paper wasn't fun to draw on
OR
That he wanted to wear "make-up" like Mommy.

Got to love all day Disney Jr.

Thought I would add Pictures of their room today (messy sorry)

The Tent is really a birthday table cloth, My husband and I made a lot of the decor

Wal-Mart is starting to get Jake items in we found this poster and I was so excited!

Photo Dump, sorry my most of the time I use my camera more.

Howes Family Favorites week #1

Family Favorites Week #1 (8/17/2012)

Picture 1: MAM 2 Rockin' Pacifiers and a Clip 

(I have been looking for this style of Paci since I found out I would be having boy) 

and I found them randomly at our small town IGA!

Picture 2: I also found these at the same IGA (can not find them anywhere else) 

Cookies and Cream....one word AMAZING!

Picture 3: While walking pass the toys in walmart we realize they moved them ALL around 

and added an isle for Lego, they new have Disney Baby Brand Toys (baby lion king, Bambi,Dumbo), 

added a ton more toddler character toys such as Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Team Umizoomi (sp?) and a Jake and the Neverland Pirates section(which is the boys bedroom theme, I must post a picture one day)! We spend and hour just looking at all the new toys and left with Jake! Riley let Bubby have him because he wants Hook!

Picture 4: this is not the Cars print we have but its close..Finally Riley wants to use the potty, thanks to cars! He has done pretty well we are on day 5 and only a few accidents, the only time he has one is when he is wearing undies O.o..

Picture 5: pour in bowl, add can of water, heat 1min, drain off water 

and give to Riley and Zelan they BOTH LOVE  them! They are super soft so Zelan can eat them not problem, they both will lick their bowls clean! 

Picture 6: This is a Thermos Funtainer Bottle, we have one that is cars and one Toy Story,

 the lid flips to show a straw! We were having problem with the normal sippys getting all the way clean around the edge of the lid so now we have been buying these, the kids love them! They stay warm/cold for 12 hours! 

Whelp that's Our Family Faves this week!

Think About it Thursday...One word FLUFF!!!

FLUFF FLUFF FLUFF (aka Cloth Diapers- and no not wash cloths and pins...these are mush more addicting)
That is all I have thought about all day..because its PAY DAY! When I woke up this morning the first thing on my mind was to find out what co-op (great diapers at a cheap price because a bunch of moms order together) I was going to pay out of this weeks check. Well I weeded out some diapers and switched some around so that I could get my prices down to a husband approved (or somewhat approved) price. Well after getting my still running 3 co-ops  down below $70 well lets just say below a large price,(cloth IS cheaper than throw away diapers IF IF IF you don't get addicted like me, But hey they are re-sell-able so we will get all our money back) I went and started a deep clean on the diapers I have, some how we worked up a funky smell(I think its our hard water) so I have to strip them with bleach. (which after a bleach and detergent wash,5 rises and sun drying they smell like new!)
Well once Brett left for work I looked on our Fluff site and saw some awesome words " Sunbaby 4 has made it to my house" Via a co-op runner! meaning that I pay shipping on these and they will be at MY door in the next few days! YAYAYAYAYAY! I jumped up and down and sent in the shipping cost within a few minutes (this will be my first receiving of diapers from a co-op, I have already paid for 3 co-ops but and I'm waiting on them to be sent to the co-op runner which takes some time because the diapers have to be made and the co-op order A LOT at once) Well so after being super excited about that shipment of diapers coming my way (the last leg of the race) I then see posted on the site "Cartoon Diapers 2 have made it to my house" via another co-op runner (there only a few ladies that run the co-op for MANY of us moms and they have to do a ton to make sure we get great diapers for great prices, I thank them tons for that) So YAYYAY again I still have to find out my shipping cost for the cartoon diapers but once I do they will also be on their way to MY house! I super excited to see how the diapers turned out and I will make sure to post a picture on this post as soon as I get them in!
SOOO needless to say I had a Great Super Fluffy day!

Watch it Wednesday

My First Watch It Wednesday Post will be about what show I watch and a movie I'm super excited about that will be on DVD Aug 18th!
I, mommy of two boys never get to watch my shows on tv. I always have to find them online, so far the best site for that is sidereel...here is a LINK to my watch list https://www.sidereel.com/users. I try to keep up the best I can but I get behind some days. A lot of my favorite shows are on hiatus right now and I cant wait for them to come back on! I also have some shows on netflix that I watch/catch up on, right now Mainly Drop Dead Diva, pretty good show!

UPCOMING DVD RELEASE:..........dun dun dun dunnnnnn......Hunger Games! I read all the books within what I believe was 2 weeks, for a mom of 2 kids that was good timing. I LOVED them so much that I watched the online version of it(where you could barely see the picture).   Now I don't go out at midnight to get many movies (except a copy of Breaking Dawn part 1 for myself  and my mother) but I am really thinking of going to get this one at Midnight! I cant wait to watch it again! They only thing that i noticed was different about the movie was how she got the pin but like i said what I saw of it was a rough picture and sucky sound so I could be wrong. I will be sure to write about it again after I watch a copy that I can see and hear!

Pin*Spiration Tuesday- Getting Started

Hello my name is Brittany and I'm a Pin addict.
If you haven't started "pinning" do not read any further....Just kidding but please know that it has turned into an addiction for many including myself.
Symptoms of being a Pin addict:

1. Spending many hours "pinning" and forgeting the world around you.
2. Getting the idea that you can do anything that you "pin" 
3. When you have doubled/tripled and even quadrupled "pinned" because you can't remember what all you have pinned before. 
4. When you have to make a trip to the store after being on pin for a few minutes.
5. Having to make more boards for each meal of the day (drinks, breakfast, dinner, snacks, desserts)
6. Having your complete dream house "pinned" down to the style of bathtub and organized closets
7. Last but not least when the words " HONEY LOOK AT WHAT I PINNED TODAY" come from your mouth as soon as your husband comes in the door.

What is Pinning you ask?
Pinning is what you do on the site Pinterest. It is a site with all kinds of pictures/ideas for everything from vacations, food, kids crafts, DIY ideas, photography, tattoos, well anything and everything and I mean EVERYTHING! It lets you pin/re-pin the ideas you like to your profile where you can organize them into boards so that you can find them at anytime.

Where can you find pinterest? I can pin from my computer, kindle fire or my husbands Iphone!



What kind of things do I pin? well I am a every day pinner, I have a ton of boards(where your pins go) , I have gotten craft ideas for my kids, food ideas, home interior ideas, birthday ideas and heck date ideas for Brett and I. a link to my boards is below:
 My Pinterest Page

From here on out Pin*Spiration Tuesday I will be sharing a few of my pins!

Life on the Rise Up-Grade!

I want to be more into the blog life! So here it goes!
I Mommy of Life on the Rise Blog Plans to Post daily blogs, every day of the week will have its own subject!

• Sum it up Sunday- the Sum of the past weeks events and what we are looking forward to in the upcoming week!
• Menus Madness Monday- I am going to start making a weekly menus and I will post it along with the recipes on here.
• Pin*Spiration Tuesday- Hello addiction!  I can spend hours/days "pining" 
• Watch it Wednesday- I will post about shows/movies we have/are watching.
• Think about it Thursday- what ever is on my crazy mind, I will let it out (this shall be interesting)
• Family Favorites Friday- Weekly Howes Family Favorites
• Slide Show Saturday- Photo dump of the week!

 Well lets see if I can stick with something for once! Wish me Luck and OFF WE GO!