$5 off $25 Purchase at Toys R Us

Coupon is good until 10/3

Passive Donation to School of Your Choice

After becoming Home Room Mom for Vaughan's Class, I was able to learn about all sorts of differents ways to earn money for the school that I love so much.

If you own a Target Red Card and you take 2 minutes to link your school to the card, up to 1% of your purchases made will be donated back to the school. Oh, and the best part about this is that beginning October 16th, when you use your Target Red Card you will save 5% of your entire purchase.

Toys R Us Hot Toy List Christmas 2010

I love this time of year. Preparing for Christmas Morning when the kids wake up and see all the toys that Santa brought them.

The Toys R Us list has been released today. Time to add some more items to the Christmas purchases I have been accumulating.

Some of My Favorite Interior Designers

My favorite interior designers are:

Nate Berkus and David Bromstad

but since hiring a celebrity interior designer was not easily accessible, we hired
Glen Martin Olsen to decorate our downstairs for us.

Tinker Bell and The Great Fairy Rescue

Tinker Bell and The Great Fairy Rescue is coming out on DVD this Tuesday 9/21/10.

Here is a coupon for $10 Off the Blue Ray Combo Pack.

Once you Purchase the DVD. Open it up and enter the code into Disney Movie Rewards

and you can get the free tinker bell charm bracelet (with $2.95 S/H). Makes a good stocking stuffer.


Walmart will have it priced at $21.96 the first week of release.

The Last Lecture

Something prompted me today to think about a book that I read a few years ago.
The Last Lecture - by Randy Pausch


Some of my favorite quotes from the book:

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."

"Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome."

"When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s bothering to tell you anymore, that’s a very bad place to be. Your critics are your ones telling you they still love you and care."

"Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted"

"The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough."

"Be good at something, it makes you valuable."

"Be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity."

"It’s not about how to achieve your dreams. It’s about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you."

And just in case, here is the video of The Last Lecture.

Weight Loss and Fitness Progress

To date I have lost 15.2 lbs since June 30, 2010. I began walking/jogging at a snails pace of 45 minutes to complete 3 miles. Over a several weeks I was able to improve my time but wasn't seeing significant results of weightloss. It was always the same 2.2lbs a week regardless if I ran 15 miles that week or if I ran none at all. At one point, I had so much going on with the house that I was not able to do an ounce of excerise for about 3 weeks and yet still I was able to lose 2.2lbs a week.

Seeing a picture of a dear friend who at 44 with a husband, 3 girls, career, and everything else in between being 45lbs lighter and just completing her first half iron man gave me the motivation to step up the program here. Tonight I decided to go for another 3 mile run. I either had some serious motivation or I was really well rested but in either case I was able to shave more time off my run and I am now down to 35:36.5 minutes.

My goal is to be able to celebrate my 35th birthday hotter than ever. Let's see how I do....