EXCITING NEWS! Stella & Dot SHINE Bracelet!

Autism Speaks Bracelet PRE-SALE
 

I am SO excited to announce.....Stella & Dot has designed our Shine Bracelet in honor of Autism Awareness. We raised over $120K in JUST the month of October for Breast Cancer with our Tribute Bracelet and I cannot WAIT to sell the HECK out of these for this incredible cause.

 

Here is my challenge to YOU and to myself:

Find 10 friends willing to sell 10 bracelets and raise money for an awesome cause!! If you sell 10, you will get $50 in free jewelry! I know you could all find a great pair of statement earrings or a gorgeous new delicate necklace or... the list goes on and on!  

If you are doing a local Autism Awareness event, I'd love to help sell these to raise money/awareness for the cause and donate 10% of my proceeds to the cause. PLEASE let me know if you are interested in either of the above and I can share details and how-to.

If these two things don't sound like something you can do right now, maybe you just want to pre-order one for yourself, or as a gift for a friend. If so, just let me know!

Here's the deal: This bracelet WILL sell out fast. Let's get as many pre-orders as we can so that on April 1, I can input all orders and everyone will be sure to have their bracelet!

"Like" my facebook fan page to join the event!

PERSONAL SALES GOAL: SELL 75 BRACELETS IN APRIL

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Book a show in April and we can focus on the sales of the bracelet at your show, if that is what you'd like.

 

Remember - NO presentation - NO pressure!
I'll bring jewelry, you gather the girlfriends at a wine bar, restaurant, your office or home! Don't have time to do that? Let's do an online/catalog show. I'll give you all the goodies and details, you share the books with your friends and they enter their orders online! Easy and you STILL earn all the same rewards!

Email me today to secure your date!
linds.thomas@ymail.com

Can God Use YOU?

LOVED today's message from Charles Stanley on the radio. You can listen HERE.

 

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Best App EVER

UPDATED

Best App EVER.

Well, I think so anyway.

 

Here's why: (besides the fact that it's the Bible)

You can listen to it!

Am I the last person to find this out!?

I have a long commute everyday. I drive 30 miles each way and it takes anywhere from 30-60 minutes equaling anywhere from 1-2 hours in the car EACH DAY.

My mom and I were talking and she said I should really try and use that time wisely so it's not just wasted everyday. We talked about how quiet times don't have to be hours spent in the morning or at night, but can happen at any time during the day. We brainstormed some different books on tape or Christian radio programs, all of which I listen to and LOVE.

Then, the other day, I got to thinking - I wonder if I can listen to my bible app?

Low and behold... YOU CAN!

I have a cord that hooks into my car and the other end hooks into the headphone part of my phone. I can then listen to anything coming from my phone on my car speakers. 

Here's a little step by step on how I use it...

I just started the chronological bible. I think I'll actually get past Genesis this time!:)

The great thing about it is the guy talking. VERY dramatic. Let me tell you - I started listening to Genesis and at one point, he was basically yelling. I listened to Esther the other day and during one point, I found myself saying "nooooo!" - out loud - then sat in the parking garage before going into work so I could hear more.

My advice: force yourself to not think about anything else for just a few minutes right when you turn it on and you'll be sucked in. Just picture what's happening and you'll listen the whole time. 

So, go download and listen in your car! Yay for technology!

7 Months Old!

FEBRUARY 21, 2011 :: SEVEN MONTHS OLD

WHAT A MONTH! Two big milestones for you! 

You're sitting up on your own

AND

You're eating food!

We started you on rice cereal and you did not like that ;) So then we moved to sweet potatoes. MMM MMM Good! We gave you pears, peas and carrots throughout the month, too. You seem to like everything, but I did have to mix the peas and pears together. Not too big of a pea fan :) 

It's been a lot of fun feeding you. Your dad started singing: 

"Here we sit like birds in the wilderness, 

birds in the wilderness, 

birds in the wilderness. 

Here we sit like birds in the wilderness, 

waiting for our food." Clap, clap. 

"Waiting for our food." Clap, clap. 

"Waiting for our food." Clap, clap.

"Here we sit like birds in the wilderness, 

waiting for our food."

Oh boy, you LOVE when he sings that to you. It even seems like you try and clap or hit your high chair with him! You just love this time and are so funny to watch eat. Between chewing on the spoon to having your mouth open wide searching for the spoon, it is so much fun :) You also love to grab the spoon and put your hand in your mouth. Let's just say ... dinner time is a messy time :)

You're doing SO well at sitting up on your own!!! You were really wobbly for a few weeks and we didn't leave your side at all, but now, you can sit on your own and we don't need to be right next to you. You still have your moments when you look around too much and then forget to hold yourself up so you topple over :) Oh, by the way, you still hate your stomach! You've been rolling onto your stomach a lot during sleep, too, which makes it a tad difficult. I go in and turn you around, but you should really just stop doing that :)

We went to Addison and Emma's birthday party! You are one party girl - lots of friends have been having parties lately. That night, you slept ALL NIGHT LONG. I thought we had done it. Then, on Sunday, you woke up sick. You slept a lot that day and then, that night, you started running a fever and were not acting normal. We sat in the steamy bathroom with a hot shower running a few times in the middle of the night. We went to the doctor, but she said you were fine. Then, your cough stuck around and so did your snot. HOLY MOLY you were full of snot. You had such a hard time sleeping because you couldn't figure out how to breathe through your nose with a pacifier in. All airways were blocked. Poor girl. :( To add to it, you had terrible dry skin all over your back. We thought it might be hives, but the doc said to use Vaseline twice a day and that did the trick!

You are just too much fun. You and your dad have fun things you do together - he loves to get the mail with you and he loves picking you up from daycare because the second you see him, you get the BIGGEST smile on your face! Hmmm...when I pick you up, you give me a blank stare. Squirt ;) You two also love to play with the singing bear that your Aunt Stacy and Uncle Matt gave you for Christmas. Your dad knows all the songs :) Once that bear starts talking or singing, you grab it and "hug" it! You're actually just trying to eat it's face, but we'll call it a hug :)

We love you Sweet Girl. You're growing up SO fast.

My Workout Inspiration...

 

So.... can I just close my eyes, snap my fingers and be this way? 

Ok, great! 

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It didn't work. I guess I'll have to learn how to run. Any suggestions? 

Here's my ideal day:

5 am - Wake up (Feeling refreshed. Is that too much to ask?)

5-5:20 am - Bible Study

5:20-5:45 - Workout

5:45-6:30- Shower/Get ready

6:30 - Feed Payton, get her ready for the day

7:00 - Leave for work

5:00 - Get home from work

6:00-7:00 - Feed Payton/Play with Payton

7:30 - Payton goes to bed

7:30-10:00 - Matt and I hang out

10-10:30 - bedtime

REALITY:

5 am-6 or when Payton wakes up - alarm goes off/snooze

6-7 - Rush around getting myself and Payton ready

7-830 speed to work

4-5 speed home

5-6 freak out about Payton's day at daycare wondering if it's going to completely screw up her night

6-7:00 feed Payton/play with Payton

7:30 - Payton goes to bed

7:30 - whenever we decide to stop watching tv or fall asleep on the couch 

My mornigs are what I want to be different. I guess the key is going to bed at a decent time... but to wake up feeling refreshed at 5am means I need to go to bed at 7pm. Not happening. 

Ideas? Suggestions?

Brian Welch - I Am Second

Brian Welch - I Am Second

Do It.

Quote from "We Bought a Zoo"