My own positive thoughts.affirmations today!

It has been raining for weeks and I saw on the weather channel this morning that we are CLOSE to our record for rain fall. It has been depressing so I am saying out loud and thinking my own positive thoughts today.

I thought my herbs were dead because I planted them and then it froze for a week and they are not dead!

“Thank you rain for bringing my herbs back to life so I can cook FRESH and HEALTHY!”-Tawna

“Thank you rain for giving me a lot of cuddling time with my hubby and kids over the past couple of weeks. Rainy days are awesome for tons of cuddle time and we have bonded more in the last few weeks then ever!?-Tawna

Have a great day and remember that every season has it’s reason!

Now if I can only figure out why blogger will not allow me to add ANY html picture code today, life would be perfect!

Anyone know why?

Tawna

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Last week of P90X, I DID IT!!!

GRADUlATION!!
Anyone know why I can’t gegt any html code, for images, from photobucket to work on here today?It has been a rough week, computer wise, so I have not been posting much. My computer is nice and reloaded though so we are now back on!
I am not in week 13 (LAST WEEK) of P90X and I can ID IT!” It is so close to P90X graduation and I am so proud of myself.
Yoga yesterday and core synergisitcs today and graduating on Saturday! WHIHOO, YAY, AWESOME, YAHHHHHH!

In all honesty, I am excited to complete it, and I WILL do it again because I truly have liked it. This is from someone who was/is a Continue reading
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Walmart almost ruined Easter…Rude!

It has taken me 4 days to write this post! I guess enough bitching and moaning finally made my husband sick of me talking and he finally reloaded my computer. Back on and it works awesome now!!! Thanks babe, I love you!

Well I went to Walmart today and bought the things I needed for my kids Easter baskets. I bought a real cute outfit for my 5 year old, some candy, crayons, paints, and 2 Lightning McQueen sippy cups for my 18 month old.

Don’t they look cute?!


 I called my husband upstairs to help me fill the eggs we were going to hide and to check out the Easter baskets. He proceeds to pick up the sippy cups and then asks “did you already let Brahnan use this?” I laughed and said “are you kidding?” He said, “it has teeth marks on it!” I said “WT…” Low and behold there are freaking teeth marks on one of the cups. Mind you I took this out of the plastic seal myself and yes there are definitely teeth marks! It is hard to see in the picture but if you look close you can see them.

It was now 10:30pm Saturday night and I had to get something in his basket. He is only 18 months old, so he would not know if I took him into Walmart myself tomorrow and exchange them but I have a 5 year old that would very much question her brothers lack of Easter basket or why we are gong to Walmart to exchange what the Easter Bunny brought. I then decided I needed to go to Walmart myself, which is a 14 minute drive one way, but I had to go.
I got there and went to walk in the front door and the greeter immediately says “we no longer take returns after 10:00pm.” I said “you have got to be kidding me, I need these exchanged tonight, they are for my sons Easter basket.” He said “sorry can’t help you.” I said “uh, get a manager because your store sold me a used cup and Easter is in the morning.” He would not get me anyone to try and get this taken care of. Of course I left the store all sorts of pissed off. Now it is almost 11:00pm and I have just about $5 left in my bank and now I have to go buy some freaking cups or something to go in my sons basket. Do you think I would even think about buying it at Walmart, oh hell no.
So I drive 12 minutes back towards my house and stop at another store, Meijer, as there was no way in Helena Montana that I was giving Walmart anymore money. They did not have Lightening McQueen but they had Toy story and they were .98 cents less so I went with them. I brought them home, put them in the basket and Easter was a success.
UPDATE:
Went to Walmart today (Monday after Easter) and took the cups back. I complained and they did not care. I told them “I understand the whole 10pm thing but this was not my fault and the return should have been mad after 10pm.” She said “it comes from corporate, we can’t change it.” I said I realize that but you guys sold me USED CUPS, how is that policy, you are NOT a USED store!” Of course she was speechless. I then said “so if I buy something again that is defected and I need it immediately and it is after 10pm at night then you don’t care?” She said, “it comes from corporate there is nothing I can do.”
This is such BS. If I was just being a pain in the ass and just wanted to change the cups then you know, screw me, and come back the next day. My point is, they freaking sold me a USED cup and they are acting like it is my fault and I am putting them out! I so deserve more then my money back. I deserve gas money for the 2 extra times I had to drive there and an apology, JEEZ! Where has customer service gone?! I just don’t see it anymore anywhere!!
Thanks for coming by and reading my long awaited post!
Happy shopping everyone and happy belated Easter!
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Blog Hop Week 13

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Rules are easy, there are only 2!

1. Follow HOST blog and CO-HOSTS through GFC

We are the top 3 links of the hop!

Host-Tawna’s Journey to a Healthier Me
Co-Host-My Journey with Candida
Co-Host-Mom’s of all Trades

2nd Co-host CHANGES weekly so be sure to follow new co-host if you link up weekly!

2. Grab the button and put it in a post, sidebar, or blog hop page and let us know where it is. This will help the hop grow and gain us all new followers. It’s a Win, Win for everyone!
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To link to this blog, copy and paste the code below into your site.
Please play nice and follow our simple rules!
HOP is open
 Thursday night at 10pm to Sunday night midnight EST!
I will randomly pick a blog from this blog hop to be next weekends co-host! If I offer it to you and you do not want to co-host then I will pick another!
If you WANT to co-host please e-mail me.
2nd Co-host CAN CHANGE weekly so be sure to follow new co-host(s) if you link up weekly!
Please make sure you Follow the top 3 links of hop if you want you link up!
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I am featured on TWO pages of this magazine’s FIRST issue! WHIHOO!

This is MIKA magazine’s first issue and I am featured on TWO pages, so cool! You have to download it but it is FREE and safe. I just did and was looking for a paragraph or two of our interview and BAM 2 pages, wihhoo! I hope you will downland it and check it out! http://www.mikamagazine.com/ There is a magazine link and then you have to click on This issue and it takes you to the download. You have to have adobe reader and if you don’t they have a link for you to get it for free. I hope you will share this with all your friends for the mere reasons that I am excited about it! i get to feel special for the day!

Make sure you un-check the google toolbar when you hit download adobe reader if you don’t want it!

Sorry for those that follow on my multiple blogs as this is being posted on all 3 today!
Peace!
Tawna

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I am featured in MIKA Magazine’s, First issue!!

This is MIKA magazine’s first issue and I am featured on TWO pages, so cool! You have to download it but it is FREE and safe. I just did and was looking for a paragraph or two of our interview and BAM 2 pages, wihhoo! I hope you will downland it and check it out! http://www.mikamagazine.com/ There is a magazine link and then you have to click on This issue and it takes you to the download. You have to have adobe reader and if you don’t they have a link for you to get it for free. I hope you will share this with all your friends for the mere reasons that I am excited about it! i get to feel special for the day!

Make sure you un-check the google toolbar when you hit download adobe reader if you don’t want it!

Sorry for those that follow on my multiple blogs as this is being posted on all 3 today!

Peace

Tawna

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Rain Rain Go Away, Flood again another Day!

Seriously, it has been raining for week now here in OH. Does this look like our ground needs anymore water!

 

Our grass around here has been so soaked for weeks, it is just nasty all the time. In fact, there have been a time or two when we went like 2 days without rain and I think,yay I will mow…then…I get the lawn mower out and ready to go and, mud! It just has not had time to dry out!
Yesterday was one of those nice days so my hubby made my daughter a tire swing and she is so excited but it is pouring so hard she can’t go out and play so this is what she has to stare at, out of the window, all day. Poor girl!

Hopefully she will get to enjoy this swing soon! We wish we could afford an entire swing set but can’t so this was the cheapest thing we could think of. I like it though. Now if we can just get a slide some how we will be good!
Have a wonderful day everyone. If you have sun, I am jealous!!
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Affirmation cards for kids, cool rainy day idea!

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It is yucky and rainy so here are THREE rainy day positive thoughs along with a wonderful rainy day craft fro kids!

The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines-Satchel Paige

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow-Jerry Chin

I need these today as it has been raining non-stop for weeks and it is not just a little, but severe weather all the time!

Now for something to do with the kids on the rain today!
 Found a website called Designing Your Affirmations and they have the awesome idea of kids creating positive affirmations on a rainy day. It is crafty, fun, and positive, perfect! I am going to do this with my daughter today. We have been arguing a lot so I know this will help both of us! I will post the card when they are done.
Note: She cannot write more then a handful of letters so I think I am going to have her draw pictures instead of words of positive things!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a positively positive day!

Tawna

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Working out by myself more and more again…ARGH!

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My husband and I were doing so well doing P90X together but the last couple weeks with everything happening are making it hard. I have been back on all week, since I posted about the do-over but my husband….not so much.

I know that it is hard to workout at the end of the day but we are only doing that for him and I wait and at the end of the night, he is tired from doing other things. I get that but that is so how people stop doing their workouts do it all the time. Things get in the way, we get tired, and it is easy to say “not tonight.”

So the past few nights I have been working out by myself and I DISLIKE working out late so starting today I am back to the afternoon workouts during my 1 year old naps. I hate to do that to mu hubby but if I can’t depend on him then I need to do it by myself.

I am tired too and feel worn out but I am still keeping my head strong and keeping on! I hope that he will start back up again but when it comes to this time of year, he just gets busy and I am not sure if I can keep him motivated 🙁 Oh well! Off to my success at least!

I won’t totally blow him off, the nights he does want to workout I will simply do part of the workouts again, no big deal.

Have a wonderful day and thanks for coming by!

Tawna

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No more co-pays for well visits!

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My friend Michelle calls me every week or so on her way to work and we just so happened to get on a conversation about children’s well visits. I was taking both my kids in today for their well car visit, so I am sure that is how it started.

Anyway…did you know that there are no more co-pays on preventative care? Sweet!!!
I actually called and verified with my insurance company (not the one that is trying to take back my money for surgery, but our new one) and they verified that there are no more co-pays.

So I went into the doctor today and when I checked in the front office clerk said “$40 co-pay please.” I said, “I don’t think so, would you like to verify with my insurance company that this has changed since Jan. 1 2011?” She quickly said “NO, that is OK.”

So my question is….was she hoping I did not know that? Is this something some doctors offices are doing now? Are they seeing how many people actually no about it and charging them if they do not say anything?

My friend Michelle works in a big hospital and that is how she knows it and relayed it to me. There is now way that the front office girl did not know that seeing that is near the end of April and this bill was signed in Sept 2010 and in force since Jan 1st.

Anyway, I am very happy that the co-pay is gone for preventative care! There are still co-pays for ill appointments but that is cool with me since we usually don’t ever have ill appointments!

If you have not heard of this please call your insurance company today and verify so you are not being charged when you are not suppose to be!

Peace everyone!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Tawna

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