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Top Ten Favorite Smells (Top Ten Tuesday)
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
I swear since I’ve had children my sense of smell has gone into overdrive. I swear I have super smelling capabilities. It’s not always a go0d thing. For instance, when I’m the only one in the room who smells my daughter’s poop in her pants. When I’m pregnant, everything smells like pee. When I mop the floor in the kitchen I can’t go in there until it’s completely dry or else I smell urine.And sometimes, even then, there’s still a lingering smell so I spray half a can of Lysol to get the smell out. If I don’t do that I throw up. My mother in law (who is an extremely clean person) had to give me a paper plate at dinner once because the dinner plate she gave me, fresh from the dishwasher, you guessed it, smells strongly of pee. I was gagging and getting ready to upchuck. She graciously did not get offended and gave me a scentless paper plate instead.
Anyway, my super sense of smell also allows me to enjoy pleasant smells all the more. Here are my top ten favorites in no particular order
Simply Mel’s Top Ten Favorite Smells
1. Coffee
2. Freshly bathed babies and children
3. Men’s cologne
4. Fresh bark mulch
5. Bleach
6. Christmas candles (Fern and Evergreen scents)
7.Pumpkin Spice Candles
8. Fresh cut grass
9. Brownies baking (well, any baked good for that matter!)
10. The scent of Pampers Swaddlers diapers
Ok, I get that this one is weird so let me explain. When my first daughter was born the hospital used Pampers Swaddler diapers. Those diapers have a strong, unique scent that always reminds me of the euphoric time after my daughter’s birth. It brings back great memories. I’ve been caught sniffing other people’s ( Friends! Not strangers!!) Pampers just for the smell!
I linked up this post to Top Ten Tuesday over at Mandi’s blog (who’s hosting it today). You should too so head over there and do it already!
My Top Ten Addictions
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
In no particular order, here are my Top Ten things I’m addicted to as of late
1. Blogging (duh)
2.Nutella-
Love this on whole grain toast. It’s been my snack here lately. Uses up a chunk of my calorie reserve but boy is it worth it!
3. Glee-
Cannot get enough of this show! It’s on hiatus right now but will be coming back on next month. Can’t wait!
4.Kona Coffee.
5. Audio books on my i-pod.
Especially murder/suspense/thrillers! My chores and housework go a lot faster while listening to audio books.
6. Facebook
7. The Kardashians
I don’t watch this show regularly but when I do I’m hooked! I can’t stop watching the train wreck that is this family! And it’s not fair that one family can have all this beauty. Spread the good looks gene around!
8. McDonald’s Sweet Tea- Another calorie buster but it’s soooo good!
9. Beth Moore Bible Studies
Love this woman and her writing! She is truly gifted by God in that area.
10. Catching up on” Lost” with my hubby in the evening.
I’ve watched up to season 3 and my husband is just now getting into “Lost” so we’re in the middle of season 1 together. We’ve been watching several episodes at once on Friday nights and weekends together. It’s been fun!
I linked up to Oh Amanda’s Top Ten Tuesday. Go check it out and link up your own Top Ten!
Top Ten Tuesday
Monday, February 15th, 2010
I’ve seen several people do their top ten favorite children’s books recently so I figured I’d add mine to the list. Just like my other top ten favorite books list, I could add so many more books and authors to this list .This list is made up of books I liked when I was little and books my girls have been really into recently.
Top Ten Favorite Childrens Books
1. The Giving Tree By Shel Silverstein
2. We’re Going On A Bear Hunt by Helen Oxenbury
3. Glitter Critters by Dave Carter
4. My First Little House On The Prairie Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Renee Graef
5. Fancy Nancy Series by Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser
6.Good Night Moon
7. The Mandie Series by Lois Gladys Leppard
This books series was sent to me by my grandmother when we were living in Brazil. We didn’t have a lot of access to good books in English(remember, this was way before amazon. com! lol) and she was great at finding books she thought we’d like and mailing us boxes of books. This series is AWESOME. It’s great for the tween girl. It’s a mystery series set in the early 1900’s. Each book follows the life of Mandie Shaw and should definitely be read in order as she solves mysteries, makes new friends and discovers unknown facts about her own family.
8. Olivia series by Ian Falconer
9. Charlie and Lola series by Lauren Child
10. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Another book sent to me by my grandmother. This book is fantasy based and if your children like Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland Or The Chronicles of Narnia they’ll like this one.
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Top Ten Tuesday
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
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Top Ten Ways You Know You’ve Become A MOM…..
1. Those little people that live in your house have nicer clothes and shoes than you do. And for that matter, they always look more put together than you do!
2. You long for a break from your little munchkins but when you’re finally able to get away with your husband all you talk about is your kids and how much you miss them.
3. You think everyone else is interested in hearing about your child’s latest brilliant new achievement, funny story or weird bowel movement. (Mommy blog, anyone?)
4.You come to realize you’re repeating a lot of the same things your mom used to say to you! And you realize she was right!!
5. Privacy is a thing of the past….and so is your dignity.
6. Grocery shopping alone is a luxury and feels a little like being pampered.
7. Catching with your bare hands the assorted bodily fluids your child can emit in public no longer phases you. That’s why you carry around wipes and hand sanitizer!
8. The 5 second rule has turned into the 30 second rule which has turned into the 1 minute rule.
9.You’ve learned to shower, shave, have a phone conversation and eat breakfast all at the same time.
10. You’re amazed each day that such a little person (or big person as the case may be) can bring so much joy into your life and make your heart feel like it’s going to explode with love every time you see that face.
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Top Ten Tuesday
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Top Ten Ways You Know You’re A Mommy Blogging Addict
1. Your day is not complete if you haven’t blogged.
2. You have IRL (in real life) friends and blog world friends. You don’t personally know your blog world friends but do happen to know more about them than your IRL friends! You use phrases like ” I have a mom blog friend who told me….”
3. You not only know what memes and blog carnivals are, you take part in them and/or have created your own.
4. You know what “link up” means.
5. You casually throw the names “MckMama” and “Angie” around like they’re personal friends of yours.
6. COMMENTS! They make your day. You live for them. You would do anything for more of them.
7. Your husband has no clean underwear because you spent time reading and writing blogs.
8. You use words like “blogworthy” and see the world not as a stage but as blogging material. Nothing is sacred anymore…or so your husband and family feel.
9. When your friends ask you how you’re doing or about some news in your life you say ” Oh, I blogged about it. You can read all about it there.”
10. Facebook and Twitter are not only used to stay in touch with friends and family but to also gain you more followers.
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We love those.
And, please, go wash your husband’s underwear already.
I finally did. My husbands, I mean….
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Favorite Books (so far….)
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Today’s Top Ten is going to be difficult for me because it’s going to force me to narrow down my favorite books (so far) to ten for this post. Next year at this time I would probably have a slightly different top ten if I were to make this book list again. I LOVE to read. I probably have a Top 50. But I digress…
Top Ten Favorite Books (so far…)
1. Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
3. Power Of A Praying Wife by Stormie Omartian
3. How To Make Children Mind Without Losing Yours -Dr. Kevin Leman
4. The Phantom Toll Booth (read this in my tweens and loved it. Still do!) by Norton Juster
5. The Jester by James Patterson (you’ll find a lot of James in my favorite books lists)
6. Almost Paradise By Susan Isaacs
7. A Bend In The Road by Nicholas Sparks
8. Suzanne’s Diary For Nicholas by James Patterson
9. The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe by C.S Lewis
10. Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
Wait! Wait! Can I do another Top Ten for books….? I have so many more!!
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Top Ten Tuesday
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Welcome to another week of Top Ten Tuesday hosted by Amanda at Oh Amanda. My top ten this week is all about my resolutions goals this year. If you’re like me your resolutions turn into attempts which turn into….nothing. I don’t think we should give up on resolutions just because we may not achieve all, or in some cases, any(!) of them. It’s still good to have goals.
Simpy Mel’s Top Ten Resolutions Goals for 2010
1. Stop Lessen Yelling.
I’m ashamed to admit it, but, I’m a YELLER. I yell when I’m angry,stressed or frustrated. I yell at my kids and my hubby. I want to stop doing that.
2. Make a new friend. And possibly a close, real relationship.
Sounds easy doesn’t it? Trust me, it’s not.
3. Not lose any weight whatsoever.
See what I just did there? I’m trying to psyche myself out. If I put that I don’t want to lose any weight maybe my body will rebel!!
4. Laugh more. Stress less
5. Get pregnant
No explanation needed for that, right?
6. Declutter my house and my life
I truly believe what Niece on “Clean House” always says ” Clutter on the outside is an expression of clutter on the inside” (or something like that!) Not only do I have too much clutter in my house I have too much clutter in my life. Needless worry and attention on stupid stuff . Needless frustration with relationships I don’t need or want in my life! Be gone!!
7. Not exercising at all. Ever.
Another psyche out…..
8. Become a prayer warrior.
I want to pray more! I do pray and I do trust God with my life but I know I don’t take near enough advantage of the power and privilege I have of being able to come before the throne of God and put my praises and requests before Him.
9. Have dinner at our dinner table more and include family devotional time.
With Mike not usually here for dinner the girls and I all too frequently sit in the living room and have dinner in front of the t.v. I can’t change the fact that Mike isn’t home for dinner but I can certainly make dinner more of a family affair. Right now I”m going to shoot for having dinner at our dining room table at least 3 times a week. Once I get that down I’ll shoot for 5 nights a week. During dinner I want to read a couple of Bible stories and go over Katelyn’s Awana verses. It’s the perfect time to do it. And maybe during that time I can teach them good manners! Or is that a lost cause right now….?
10. Create a better daily routine.
I want to work on creating a good, solid daily and weekly routine(housekeeping chores, menu planning, better attention to our finances) that will help me be more disciplined with my time. In doing so I want to be able to get to bed earlier so I can get up before the girls to take back my morning quiet time! Oh, how I’ve missed it…..
Wish me luck and throw in some prayer for me if you think about it.
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Top Ten Tuesday-
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Top Ten Things I Want For Christmas (But I’m Probably Most Likely Definitely Not Getting)
1. A maid
2. A chauffeur
3. The body of a professional dancer
4. Magic laundry picker upper, fold-er and put-er away-er.
5. A mute button for my crazy kids barking dog
6. A personal grocery shopper. (That’s right! I can do my own clothes shopping. It’s a grocery shopper I want!)
7. Really wrinkle free clothing(No ironing ever again no matter how long clean laundry sits unfolded in the laundry basket)
8. A hot water tank big enough to actually fill my jacuzzi tub all the way with hot water
9. An hour to enjoy said jacuzzi tub with no interruptions whatsoever
10. A baby(bump)
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Top Ten Tuesday
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
I discovered this fun meme last week from Oh Amanda. I enjoyed it so much last week that I wanted to participate again this week! Here goes my top ten for this week and don’t forget to check out Amanda’s Top Ten on her blog too.
Top Ten Cutest Celebrity Kids/Babies
1. Suri Cruise- Daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
2. Shiloh Jolie-Pitt- Daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (How could you go wrong with those genes?)
3. Violet and Seraphina Affleck- Daughters of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner
4. Sam and Lola Sheen- Daughters of Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards
5. Leni, Henry, Johan and Lou Samuel- Children of Seal and Heidi Klum (I couldn’t find a better picture with all four kids in it!)
6. Apple and Moses Martin- Children of Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow
7. Huck and Jasper Paisley- Sons of Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley
8. The Palin Children-Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig-
Whatever you may think of Sarah Palin, I think you’ll have to agree, she has some nice looking kids! (I couldn’t find a family picture with the Trig in it)
9. Sam Woods- Daughter of Tiger Woods and wife, Elin
10. Nahla Aubrey- Daughter of Halle Berry
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Top Ten Tuesday
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
I just discovered this fun meme through Heather and it’s from this fun blog- Oh Amanda.
Here’s my top ten for this gloomy Tuesday:
The Top Ten Most Annoying Children’s T.V Shows
This morning listening to my girls watch “Sid The Science Kid”, I thought, oh my goodness, Sid is sooooo annoying! I can’t stand his facial expressions and his mannerisms. I know, he’s just an animated character, but still. This is not to say I don’t think it’s a good show. This got me thinking that I find many of the children’s shows on t.v annoying, which led me to this top ten list. So, number one on my list today is. ….(These are randomly listed. Not in order of most annoying)
1. Sid The Science Kid
2. Jay Jay The Jet Plane ( Herky’s rolling ‘R’s”…. need I say more!) All the planes have annoying facial expressions too. This show is superrrrrrr annoying! I’d probably say this show is the most annoying!
3. Caillou- My girls LOVE Caillou. This show will not be leaving our house any time soon. But, watching a bald little kid who gets to go first for everything, who’s ideas are always the best, has an annoying voice and is whiny is not my idea of fun. I’ll settle for listening to him…in another room. Oh and I don’t get Rosie. Is she a toddler (like, two years old?) or is she older? One second she’s using baby language and the next she’s drawing perfect flowers and cutting them out. So, which is it? Or are the creators of the show not aware of developmental stages?
4. Fresh Beat Band- Ok, so the music is fun and it makes my girls dance like crazy all over the living room. I think the acting is terrible. But the show wasn’t created for me so I’ll give it a slightly annoying review.
5. Max and Ruby- It breaks my heart to put this show on my list. I actually think this show is cute! But, Ruby’s bossiness starts getting on my nerves after a while. I joined the group ” Where The H***Are Max and Ruby’s Parents” on Facebook several months ago. Seriously, where the heck are they? Why is their grandmother, Mrs. Huffington and their Bunny Scout leader the only adults in their lives? Why is Ruby putting Max to bed all the time. And dressing him?
6. Dora- Another show I think has it’s good points but I find generally annoying. Boots’ shrieking monkey sound (that sounds nothing like a real monkey) makes me want to put my fist through the t.v every time I hear it. Oddly enough, I don’t find her cousin Diego annoying.
7. Barney- I don’t think I need to explain this one…
8. Blue’s Clues- Steve’s acting grated on my nerves and I was happy to see him go. My girls never really watched this show but I caught it enough flipping through the channels to make me never want to watch it again.
9. The Wiggles- Again, kids love them. Their songs stick in my head after a while and I find that annoying! Katelyn used to love this show around two years of age. But now she hates them. I actually need to get rid of my Wiggles DVD’s now. Madelyn has never watched them.
Anyone want to buy some “Wiggles” DVDs from me? Anyone?
10. Teletubbies- Just their names are annoying!! And those giggly sounds they make the whole time are enough to make you want to stick a fork in your eye. And what’s up with the creepy baby sun? Seriously? The whole show is creepy weird if you ask me.
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