Windbreaks

In rural communities, windbreaks are a common scene and for good reason. They slow the wind down or prevent prevailing winter winds from hitting your house directly saving valuable heating dollars. In the summer they slow or prevent soil erosion. In the heat of the summer deciduous windbreaks help to cool winds before they reach your house. Some windbreaks provide a habitat for small birds

Merry Christmas

Happy Gardening!Garden Gnome©2006-2008

Have you been Naughty Or Nice?

Well Santa is just about here boys and girls, I've been watching the Santa Tracker all day. So he has little bit longer to check that naughty or nice list and I have one question to all of you.....Have you been....NAUGHTY or NICE?Remember folks, Santa's watching!Okay for those of you that know me, we've already opened all our presents and now the children are eagerly waiting for morning because

Where's Santa?

With only hours to go before Santa arrives at your house I bet you are hearing all types of things from your kids.Mom, was I good this year? How does Santa know if I'm still behaving? Where's Santa now mom?Well for most of those you can have Santa email your kids a letter telling them they've behaved. Mine did and even told him what they wanted for Christmas and he's already sent back two letters

Window Mobile Smartphone

Did you know Windows has a phone out? I had no clue but I guess these days it shouldn't be a surprise that computer programming companies are coming out with them. I mean even Google has a phone now. So what's the new phone?Windows Mobile Smartphone, which you can currently purchase it through the link or one of three companies: VerizonWireless, AT&T or Sprint. The SmartPhone comes with:Version

Christmas Movie Winners

11 & 91 were the winners in the Christmas (New & Old Classics) so would:Leah- At the moment, The Santa Clause. I just watched it again and it'scute.not.a.ship{at}gmail.comShelly- Elf cracks me up. And I love Joy to the World.Please email me at homemom3@gmail.com with your address so I can get these sent to you. Thank you.

Win Christmas Movies!

Homemom3 is giving away two different sets of movies, one is The Classic Christmas Movie Collection and the other is the NEW classic Christmas Movies. Now only two winners will get this so you have to get in on this now, oh and did I mention there is only one day to enter.Okay, in my local paper I read how some people are actually trying to BAN Rudolph songs and others don't want their kids

Real Verses Artificial Christmas Trees

It's that time of year for the most popular holiday icon to make its presence. A decorated Christmas tree is a must have for many. In years past that meant going out and cutting your own tree. In recent times it means pulling the artificial tree from the closet and setting it up. Either way the Christmas tree is a seasonal tradition. There are definite reasons for choosing a real Christmas

Small Touches for the Holidays

You don't have to break the bank or take 2 weeks to decorate for the holidays. I think I would rather have a few things in each of my rooms (even the bathroom!) Then one or two rooms over done. Thats me tho, how about you? Do you go all out? I love these pictures because they all have a festive feeling without being over the top.

Random Integer GeneratorHere are your random numbers:3The LG Rumor in Blue it's perfect for me! I can email and it's blue! My daughter would love this finally she could have her own cell phone.# posted by Taylor Blue : 3:14 PM Congratulations! Please contact me by noon today or I'll have to draw another winner. homemom3@gmail.com (please folks leave email addresses)

Baby Einstein Celebrates 10 Years

A few weeks ago Momcentral teamed up with Baby Einstein and blessed this house with its very first Baby Einstein video, cd and book. I want to tell you I'm ashamed to state that and I wasn't blind to this company, in fact a very good friend in Sweden tells me all about these videos...I just hadn't bought them.The first thing that Little A grabbed was the book, "boook." He begain right away

Giveaways by Homemom3

Here are a few giveaways I'm having soon:- Lands' End Winter Surprise- Teens Talk- Christmas Movie ClassicsOther upcoming ones:- Smart ShopperBabylune:Christmas Movie Classics- Two collections for 3 winners each. What's your favorite holiday movie? Deadline December 18thVivabox- Coffee in a box, what would you want? Deadline December 18th.Scooterbees- what pic would you like on them? Deadline

Kajeet Winner...

Random Integer GeneratorHere are your random numbers:64Timestamp: 2008-12-16 00:17:22 UTC I like the Sanyo Katana II (Black)# posted by Becca : 11:08 PMBecca make sure to email me homemom3@gmail.com I will give this to the next winner if I don't hear back. :)For those that did not win:**If you didn't win the Kajeet, you can purchase them online now. For a limited time, you can take 15% off the

Winner of Busy Ball-tivity Center!

The winner of the Busy Ball-Tivity Center goes to....Hey, I just put this on our Christmas wish list earlier! LOL!We were talkingabout GloWorms this week. DH didn't know what they were! I remember having oneas a little girl. I vaguely remember a cartoon and all (he doesn't) The RosePetal stuff is darling.#posted by Storm, The Psychotic HousewifeEmail was already sent out. Congrats again. For

Hannah Montana Winner

Using Random number generator the lucky winner of the Hannah Montana backstage pass is...Both her brother and sister starred in one of Hanna Montanna's music videos. (that's from my dd!) And yes she'd scream too if she got this book. LOLBrain Foggleshttp://brainfoggles.com# posted by ConnieFogglesplease email me at homemom3@gmail.com with your address. Now your daughter gets to scream too.

No Voice

Man I hate having no voice, but seems like that sore throat and fever has taken away my voice yet again. This time I think I hurt it more last week when it first started, I ate a pizza and think I ripped part of the inside of my throat. (had some small evidence)Anyways now it is super sore and hurts to talk so looks like once again I have laringitis (not sure of the spelling). Kids are just

Elks Take SoccerBoy Shopping

On Friday Morning I had a weird number show up on my phone, so what does one do that loves the internet? I googled it, saw it was in the area and did a research search. I still wasn't sure, so finally I called it back but not before hearing my kid on my answering machine and then another followed up, "Can we adopt your kids for the weekend?" Now I knew no one literally wanted to adopt them but

SoccerBoy Made the Weekly Paper

Woo hoo, found out that SoccerBoy made the paper. First, I wasn't very pleased as we did sign a piece of paper stating our kids were NOT to be in the media/paper/anything at the beginning of the school year.But I got a note that came home the other day with him, he was so excited and first thing out of his mouth was "Mom, you are going to be mad and happy." My first thought was okay how do I

Tok Box Helps Familes Stay in Touch

We are no longer in the military but I found a site that would be great if we were. The site is called Tok Box and basically what you do is chat live in a little box on the top of your screen. I'm loving this and am going to actually do this as a Christmas Morning Greeting for the entire family on the west coast.The family doesn't get to see the kids much, never did when we were in the military

Giveway: The Busy Ball-tivity Center

The Busy Ball-Tivity Center can stack, spin, move and everything that'll get your little toddler wanting to stay with it for a long while. My son loves to try stacking them on top of each other. The first day he was all about sitting or trying to sit in the center, we've finally convinced him it wasn't a pool. (only thing we could think of) Now he likes putting the ball in the hover hole and

Review: FurReal Friends Tumbles

Ya'll know BabyGirl (age 5) has been wanting a dog forever, she even pretends to have an invisible one. Thanks to Shannon for sending this our way. As you can see by the picture she just loves this dog, in fact she took it everywhere with us. We did have to explain why she couldn't take her dog inside the store or restaurants.Fur Real Friends Tumbles my Roll Over Pup is a very cute and cuddly

Review: Baby Alive Learns to Potty

Baby Alive Learns to Potty has made one little girl very happy in this house. Yes, I know I said I'd never allow her but she made her squeal. The Baby Alive Doll is learning to potty and I've actually discovered there are a few great things that come with having her here. First the doll says a few phrases like: - I made a stinky.- Tinkle Tinkle, Tinkle (then she pees)- Lets play...boo- it laughs-

Snowing in Lees Summit

This morning I woke to the rain, it was nothing hard but apparently it had been raining all night. I wouldn't know, I've been sick and staying in bed. The hubby got up and quickly went to work, the kids got up and off to school they went. But I began hearing a strange sound, it wasn't rain now, it was small ice droppings coming down. I took a few pics of before, but they are in the wrong camera.

MomCentral's 1st Holiday Gift Guide

Like many blogs online, MomCentral has decided to make their very own MomCentral Holiday Gift Guide. This is the first Holiday Guide they've created and it covers every age, sex and hobby. You'll find stuff for boys and girls, babies, children of all ages, the man, woman and even pets.One thing that not many know is you can even enter GIVEAWAYS and ya'll know how much I love those. In this

Teen Talk: Relationship Winner

The winner of the Teen Talk: Relationships is the mother of two teens: SHARON at www.MidleAgedMama.blogspot.comwould LOVE to win this...am mom to 2 teens. My most recent issue is getting in order to get his license, my son needs to get a job...we simply cannot afford it all...and he has little motivation...so that is what we are working on...thanks# posted by Sharon : 12:59 PM Congratulations,

Giveaway: Hannah Montana Backstage Pass

All I can say is when this book arrived and it was taken out of the package, she had no clue what was in the box. As I pulled out the book, it couldn't be hidden, she (BalletGirl, age 8) knew what it was....SCCRRREEEAAAAMMMMMMS! Yep, you guessed it, it was something HANNAH MONTANA.I explained it wasn't a doll, movie, or even a video game but she didn't care. She impatiently waited for me to hand

Joe's Jeans Winners HURRY

To the Joe's Jeans winners, I need the following two to email me by noon Pacific Time (California time) If I do not hear from you by then I will draw a new name.Kanthony25 and ehager79@yahoo.com (Elizabeth)Hurry there isn't much time. I've sent out emails you can drop me an email at homemom3@gmail.com

Winners of the Joe's Jeans!

To the winners of the Joe's Jeans Giveaway please email me at homemom3@gmail.com with your mailing address so I can send this over to Joe's. :) Have a great day and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!Kanthony25 said...My favorite jeans memory is buying my first pair of expensive jeans. I was so shocked at how well they fit, and how it was almost like they were cut just for me. I love Joes Jeans and I hope I win!!

Psst...a Hannah Montana Giveaway Coming Soon

Keep watch as you'll like the next giveaway, especially if ya love books and LOVE Hannah Montana! Okay back to my chores. Later folks. Don't forget to sign up for my Joe's Jeans Giveaway, it ends when I announce the winner at 8 p.m. Central Time.

Something Different for Christmas

Traditions are what the holidays are all about but sometimes its fun to think outside the box. How about a herb tree or a twig card holder? A door decoration not in the usual round shape. Just a note, I will be blogging more next week. I was out of town for the Thanksgivng holiday so look for more post next week!

Carbon Neutral for a Day

You cannot imagine how surprised I was to see this certificate saying I was carbon neutral for a day! Our carbon footprint is something that we have been actively reducing for quite some time. We do this by growing as much as we can organically and reducing our consumption in all areas of our lives. With each house we have learned more so we have been able to fine tune to a higher level and

Lands' End Sleeping Bag Takes Turns

We've been trying out a very soft and comfy sleeping bag from Lands' End and so far it has been passed around. This sleeping bag is suppose to be for a "child" however I must say that in order to be fair I just had to test it out as well. I mean how could I ever do a review of it if I didn't, hey had to think of something to tell SoccerBoy. The outside is a light blue and on the inside pattern is

Kajeet Phone Giveaway

Ya'll already know how I feel towards my Kajeet, I totally love my phone. Well, I am now able to give one lucky winner a phone of their own too. Want one? The rules won't be that hard but you will have to hunt around for the answers. Not like that'll be hard either though.Here's some facts for you:- There are no contracts. After one month you can stop using it, or after 2 years and 5 months.

Wordless Wednesday

The Kids in snow action. Yep, it snowed here and all four got to play in it. If you look close enough you can see they are in action (throwing snowballs). Happy WW! By the way, don't forget to sign up for all my giveaways I'm having this week. Chicken Soup for the Soul Teen Talks, a Kajeet phone and many more fun items.

Teacher Sales ads on Tests

A teacher that needed a bit more money, as we know they don't get paid really well as it is, tried making a bit of extra cash this holiday season by selling ad space on his tests. Yes, tests as in those things you give students. I guess this is one way to not only advertise but make sure you aren't waisting total white space."Tough times call for tough actions," he says. So he started selling ads

Throwing Snowballs

Little A experienced his first snowball this year, as you can tell by the picture he simply loved it. Only thing is he doesn't realize when his fingers are too cold. You can see where he begins to want in but since it is so much fun outside he just doesn't want to be left without the snow.In the picture he was on the back porch with daddy and tossing a snowball at me. You can see he's just thrown

Teens Talk: Relationships Giveaway

First book giveaway is going to be Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Relationships: Stories about Family, Friends, and Love (Chicken Soup for the Soul). I think this is one of those books every teen needs to read, with stories of loves lost, finding a love to friendships it really has a special place in all their hearts. (Pictures coming once I have the pop up working again.)Stories I loved

Prepare for some Giveaways

I got a few books from Chicken Soup for the Soul this past week to hand out to some lucky readers. Want to know a bit about them? First off they are all part of the Chicken Soup for the Soul's Teens Talk.• Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Growing Up• Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Relationships• Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Tough Times• Chicken Soup for the Soul: Preteens

Black Friday & Cyber Monday

Hey, you can't blame me for going out on Black Friday now can ya? What? Oh of course I did, a girl has to shop even if she doesn't normally. I mean when deals are slashed and you can get all those holiday gifts at lower prices then one can't really argue. I went with the two boys to Wal-Mart and the hubby took the two girls to Kohl's. As we arrived at Wal-Mart we were amazed that there was no