Mommin' It Up!

April 15, 2010

Best Purchase Ever

This year Bobby and I did something we’ve been wanting to do for a couple of years now. We bought the kids a swing set! We have a big yard by city standards, and we wanted to make better use of it. This year we finally made it happen! So my dearest darling husband assembled this bad boy:

It is awesome! We got it at Toys ‘R Us. I have no idea what brand it is but it’s been great! Look how much fun the kids are having on it!

Yesterday we had a massive play date with four families from house church. There were nine kids ages 1-6 running around, climbing, swinging, and it was GREAT! Truly an awesome afternoon. And we’re in that 2-week period where Ohio weather is absolutely perfect, so we are making the most of it! Sophie and I have been outside a ton this week.

So, I’m super in love with our swing set and so are the kiddos! What are you loving this spring? To check out more of what people are digging, head over to Things I Love Thursday at the Diaper Diaries.

March 11, 2010

Raindrops on Roses & Whiskers on Kittens

When I was in high school, I was in musicals and choir and stuff like that. I haven’t sung a serious note in about one million years, but back when my pipes were in shape, I’d sing “A few of my favorite things” from the Sound of Music for almost every audition. I love that song and I could sing it.

So, last night I was thinking about posting and this song just popped into my head, and I thought, “I’ll do a post and talk about lots of my favorite things!” I’m like Oprah up in here. Oh, the brilliance. It’s stunning sometimes, isn’t it? Plus, it’s Things I Love Thursday over at the Diaper Diaries, so I thought it’d be perfect to play along. Today I’m gonna tell you about some of my favorite products – just for funzies – no reviewing involved.

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Vaseline Sheer Infusion lotion – this stuff is the best EVER. I generally will buy whatever lotion I can get for free at CVS or Walgreens or Rite Aid, which is how I happened upon this stuff. A couple of uses and I was HOOKED! Now I will ALWAYS buy it when it’s on sale and I have a coupon. I’ve never met a lotion that moisturizes so completely. I currently have a nice stockpile of about 5 bottles. 🙂 It’s on ECBs this week at CVS and there are $1.50 off coupons at coupons.com so go GETCHA some.

Venus Embrace razor – Best razor EVAH. Once you go Venus, you’ll never go back. I also have an incredible stockpile of these babies from drugstoring. I get them at every opportunity, because if I run out, I might DIE. (Also on at CVS this week! Was a coupon in this past Sunday’s P&G! Go!!)

exotic passionfruit simplycotton

Mary Kay Eau de Toilette – Exotic Passionfruit and Simply Cotton
– these two are my favorite fragrances. I can’t pick which one I like better! I love them so much, I got the body wash, scrub, and lotion in each fragrance as well. They are both light and wonderful and make me happy! You can get them from your Mary Kay lady or mine (my BFF Luanne) if you don’t have one. Since I like to share the love, I gave Emily and her sister Anna each one of these scents for Christmas!

LE jeans

Lands’ End Ultra Fit boot cut jeans
– I got three pairs of these on clearance at Sears Lands’ End shop a few weeks ago, and I have thrown out (given to Goodwill) all my other boot cut jeans. The fit and style of these are amazing and make all my other pairs unnecessary!!

shade cap

Shade Clothing tops – I have a zillion and one Shade Clothing tees and tanks, and it will never be enough! I LOVE, love LOVE them! They are the best basics ever and the prices are always great!

So, those are a few of my favorite things! For more favorites, check out Things I Love Thursday at the Diaper Diaries.

June 11, 2009June 11, 2009

I may be a WEE bit Obsessed

It’s Things I Love Thursday over at the Diaper Diaries, where if you haven’t heard, Jill is knocked up with a baby boy! Yay Jill! But anyhoo, I haven’t played along in awhile so today I’d share one of my most fervent fashion obsessions with you: Shade Clothing. I discovered Shade quite by accident when searching the old interwebz for swimwear, and then contacted them. They sent me a couple of items to review for Blissful Style a few weeks ago, and I was HOOKED. Since then they have gotten more than their money’s worth out of me! Everytime they put new items in their sale section, I buy them. I love, love, LOVE their tanks and tees. They are perfect for layering! So let me count, I now own…THIRTEEN Shade tops and one Shade cardigan. I may or may not own this boyfriend tee in all three colors.

It’s now on sale for $9.99! CRAZEEE.

These camisoles are also great for layering. I may or may not have three of those as well:

And the Shade “Perfect Tee”? Is really perfect. I only have two but I wish I had one in every color!

Here I am in a couple of my fave Shade pieces. With Andrea at Mom’s Nite Out, in my green Shade “Baby Tee”:

With Andrea AGAIN at Yanni Voices in my Shade short-sleeve cardigan and yellow tank:

What I love about Shade’s shirts are they are a nice long length, stretchy, and just perfect for layering. Plus, the prices are GREAT! They also have cardigans, dresses, skirts, and great swimwear! Check it all out at their website. I promise the Shade people are not paying me to say this (although, Shade folks, I CAN be bought, please take note), I am just telling you this out of the goodness of my heart! I want to spread the Shade love!

Oh and here’s the BEST PART! If I invite you, and you sign up for Shade’s email newsletter, you’ll get a FREE Shade cami!! So email me if you want an invite – jenny at momminitup dot com. Yay for FREE CAMIs!!

Well, that’s what I love this Thursday. To see what other people love, go visit TILT headquarters at the Diaper Diaries!