tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73532740380797623012024-03-13T13:19:22.471-07:00A Homemakers HeartA Homemakers Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066011164444010noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353274038079762301.post-12903449314750241552012-02-19T19:17:00.000-08:002012-02-19T22:05:30.587-08:00Valentine's Day Lovin'<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwyeFS_TcC2C2N93cj6AfnrJZsD0Xbb1YOBC-gImc7KbIvioyI99g6zLAC6L2nEYvTrRkFJ6F5anKcxhlo1vOCH0rUcaDbwPL48oUyCS4UweoHvrc1hhmyihMMnA3ve9BjuIYzhTiq1A/s1600/IMG_1839.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwyeFS_TcC2C2N93cj6AfnrJZsD0Xbb1YOBC-gImc7KbIvioyI99g6zLAC6L2nEYvTrRkFJ6F5anKcxhlo1vOCH0rUcaDbwPL48oUyCS4UweoHvrc1hhmyihMMnA3ve9BjuIYzhTiq1A/s320/IMG_1839.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711067484695640866" /></a><br /><br />Valentine's Day... a day for love and romance. As a little girl I remember being so excited about Valentine' Day. Not because of a Valentine at school or the passing out of cards or any of that. Every year my Mom, Sister and I woke up to Valentine goodies from my Dad. All three of us were his Valentines. We would come downstairs to find the coffee table or kitchen table all decorated and 3 cards, 3 boxes of candy and 3 stuffed animals. It was so exciting as a little kid. Looking back I see the bigger picture. The impact that it had on us girls that he was always our number one Valentine... as it should be. <br />Now that I am the Mom, I enjoy going all out for birthdays and holidays. So every year I decorate the table with Valentines day goodies. This year I toned it down a bit because we had just had Chloe's birthday, birthday party and then two days at Disneyland. So I still put out a few decorations and they each got a card and a tin of candy. <br />i also continued the fun by making sure Chloe's lunch box was full of Valentines day love too. I used a larger cookie cutter to make her sandwich heart shaped. I included some Valentines day candies, a festive napkin and a heart shaped doilie that had a little love note written on it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYy0r92-v2rbzz2ZoeUmwkblqij0pExqymeTGVW_yMoNsZunQOtrqdyBipaG-X4vQCqphAGBB8Nfs-v1rryVZikwDcBCS_K2LijJDLlcfRM9i10NxfyZPYHFHyvS6co_wscWN7OuLj3Q/s1600/IMAG0925.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYy0r92-v2rbzz2ZoeUmwkblqij0pExqymeTGVW_yMoNsZunQOtrqdyBipaG-X4vQCqphAGBB8Nfs-v1rryVZikwDcBCS_K2LijJDLlcfRM9i10NxfyZPYHFHyvS6co_wscWN7OuLj3Q/s320/IMAG0925.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711073753449132802" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1SqqTqCqFHup3hVJe-XxkbY7lCDgwc5rAqvs5UL1YEzExjo3ymhevLvuhVf4kIDkEG3m_HOck9upqjRoyAner4FlBXq9Y1ZKuacxFnAYpSP2DFFKw3p854IvGeIc3ZaQyMVCZ5gkVVk/s1600/IMG_1835.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1SqqTqCqFHup3hVJe-XxkbY7lCDgwc5rAqvs5UL1YEzExjo3ymhevLvuhVf4kIDkEG3m_HOck9upqjRoyAner4FlBXq9Y1ZKuacxFnAYpSP2DFFKw3p854IvGeIc3ZaQyMVCZ5gkVVk/s320/IMG_1835.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711078028810364754" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />And despite being completely exhausted from our Disneyland adventures, Justin and I made 22 heart shaped rice crispies treats for Chloe to pass out with her Valentines at school. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wjHmUEPiMsp7ESitd2zeaTOpm8R9Lunmlhg3-QWzXqRT5sGhuTwtEAkQDpClKgaaZ7vZf7c1wwnKLqSyiHI5jMkJUyLN0KFtQD89VTUqATO0RWNsV6DdSZ-xKYur6hSMA0phLD4shZY/s1600/IMAG0920.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wjHmUEPiMsp7ESitd2zeaTOpm8R9Lunmlhg3-QWzXqRT5sGhuTwtEAkQDpClKgaaZ7vZf7c1wwnKLqSyiHI5jMkJUyLN0KFtQD89VTUqATO0RWNsV6DdSZ-xKYur6hSMA0phLD4shZY/s320/IMAG0920.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711074055556207570" /></a><br /><br />I hit the clearance sale at Target the day after Valentines Day and stocked up on new goodies for next year. Lots of decorations, dishes and a new table cloth. I love being a Mommy and being responsible for creating those memories for my kids. Those are the things that make this "Homemakers" heart happy.<br /><a href="http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/carliballoy/?action=view&current=signature.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/carliballoy/signature.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>A Homemakers Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066011164444010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353274038079762301.post-91618131466930601062012-01-21T17:03:00.000-08:002012-01-21T17:51:33.009-08:00Always check Amazon first!!!!<div><div>So I LOVE Amazon.com. Anytime I need a new charger of any kind (and we need them on a regular basis since our 15 month old American Bulldog eats them all)... I go to Amazon first. A few bucks later I have my new charger. We have also purchased books, toys for the kids, cell phone accessories and other various things on Amazon.<br /></div><div>I go to an all womens gym and spa and I started tanning in October. I have not been seeing any difference so I caved and bought a $30 bottle of tanning lotion. Still no difference. Finally I decided to bite the bullet and buy the expensive "good" lotion. $63 later (and that's with a "discount" for being a VIP Member) I had myself a bottle of the "good stuff." A few days later I am at dinner with a friend and I mention my ridiculously expensive lotion and she shakes her head and says, "Oh Carli... AMAZON" Sure enough... the bottle I paid $63 for (after my "discount") sells for $23 on Amazon! Live and learn right?! But when I learn a lesson like that I must pass it along so no one else makes my $40 mistake!</div><br /><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=ahomhea-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B002HEW7YO&ref=qf_sp_asin_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><div></div><br />Lesson learned my friends.... Lesson learned<br /><div><a href="http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/carliballoy/?action=view&current=signature.png" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/carliballoy/signature.png" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div>A Homemakers Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371066011164444010noreply@blogger.com0