The Sweet Life…

June 30, 2009 By 3 Comments

When I got home from work this afternoon I found a package on my front porch.

Inside was a special surprise…one that I was expecting…but still very much special nonetheless. A very sweet & special surprise!

What it is?

Well, I can’t tell you….not just yet, at least. One of you knows what it is…the rest of you are just going to have to wait. I know, I know…it’s not nice for me to say that, but {TRUST ME} you’ll understand why when you find out.

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BUT…
If you really ARE that curious and are dying to know then I’ll give you a hint.
{Can you tell that I’m HORRIBLE about keeping surprises??}
It’s sweet & it’s currently sitting in my refrigerator.

Filed Under: chocolate, giveaway, product review, surprise

MIRACLES AWAIT

June 30, 2009 By 3 Comments

Please join me as I help my friend, Catrina, in celebrating the lives of two young people from Mt. Pocono, PA…

Miracles Await is a fundraiser/benefit that is being held in Lauren & Zachary’s honor. Both were students at Pocono Mountain East High School and both lost their lives back in March. The purpose of the benefit is two-fold — to establish two separate scholarships in each teen’s honor and to raise awareness about the dangers of drugs.

This cause is near & dear to my friend, Catrina’s, heart. Catrina’s family & Lauren’s family are close…so close you could say that each was like a second family to the other. Catrina has fond memories of babysitting Lauren and she has told me so much about how talented Lauren was and how much she enjoyed art.

So, here is where I turn to you – because we are a tight-knit blogging community, ya know. Catrina is asking that we help {in any way that we can} by either giving a financial donation to Miracles Await or by donating items to be included in gift baskets that will be raffled at the benefit. Anything and everything is appreciated, so please click here for more details. It is a bit of a short notice – the benefit is on July 12th – but there is still plenty of time to help this noble cause.

Miracles truly DO await for those who believe…

Filed Under: awareness, benefit, fundraiser, memorial, memories, Miracles Await, The Delima Dilemma

We Have A Winner!

June 30, 2009 By 5 Comments

I’m sad that my blog’s birthday bash has come to an end…can you believe that today is the LAST day of June already?! Where does the time go??

Anyways, as promised, I have a winner for the last of the blog birthday bash giveaways – a few of my favorites from Kiehl’s. I used random.org to choose the winner…

LovesPINKandPEARLS

Congratulations on your win and email me at shell {at} stutteringshell {dot} com with your mailing address and I’ll get your goodies out to you soon!!

And a big, huge, special THANK YOU to all of you who participated all month long! Thank you for making my blog’s birthday month special. I’m glad to have been fortunate enough to connect with you all!
I’m kind of sad…now it’s back to my regular blog antics…but, like I keep telling ya, I have a few tricks up my sleeve!!

Filed Under: birthday, blogging, contest, giveaway, winner

D-U-M-B

June 30, 2009 By 5 Comments

Last Thursday, as I was packing for our beach trip, Aidan asked me a question:

“Mommy, why does Daddy’s name have ‘dumb’ in it?”

I left this one alone.

By the way, his name is Adam. Yeah, just say it out loud and you’ll see where my witty six year old is coming from.

Filed Under: Aidan, questions, the hubs

Expecto Patronum

June 29, 2009 By 4 Comments

Is anyone else as excited as my family & I are about this summer’s release of “Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince?”

The kidlets and I are anxiously counting down the days until the movie’s opening date – July 15th. This day cannot come soon enough. We have been chomping at the bit ever since seeing “Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix” a couple summers ago.

I have re-read the entire Harry Potter series too many times to count (I am even one of the *fortunate* souls who owns a copy of Deathly Hallows that’s missing, oh, about 30 pages of print) and now I’m contemplating on whether or not I should read Half-Blood Prince again {or should I just move on and expand my horizons – and get with the times – and get myself engrossed in all things Twilight?}.

We’ve got Harry Potter fever in this house and it’s starting to burn out of control. We’re currently in the process of wearing out our DVDs (A is in the living room right now watching “Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets” for the 3203850324674th time). Aidan’s Harry Potter wand (seriously, don’t hate) is broken and is taped up so much it looks like Ron Weasley’s wand in Chamber of Secrets. The kids fight over who is better – Ron, Harry or Hermoine. And, I, well, I just cackle every now and again like Mrs. Weasley or make random threats about Lord Voldemort.

July 15th…why aren’t you here yet?

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Filed Under: Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, movies, The Kidlets
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