No Time Mommy NY Mom Blogger

haha what a funny title. this post actually has nothing to do with being naked.

parent bloggers network and sc johnson have teamed up to promote natures source cleaner.

we have begun to live more naturally in many ways. my husband is a scientist and very much believes in global warming and that we are running out of energy resources. so we have begun trying to go green.

we are starting to recycle our old clothing and make them into new clothes or rags. We also donate to shelters or good will. we don’t want them to end up in a landfill taking up space and causing clutter. plus if they are perfectly good why are they in the garbage.

we have introduced mr sunshine into our house. we use very little lighting during the day try to open the blinds, instead of wasting energy. we also have been letting fresh air in the house. we have made a vow to not use air conditioning this summer. using fans and the swimming pool as a alternative.

we have also begun to use greener products such as soaps that are phosphate free, and concentrated. we try to use smaller bottles to avoid wasting plastics.   or just use good ol mr. water to clean things.

living naturally has been very efficient, cost effective and most important is helping our planet. i will continue to do the samethings as long as i can.

this post was written for parent bloggers network in conjunction with a contest sponsored by sc johnson

i’ve always had dogs in my house and even cats.   the only problem is everytime i’d go somewhere i’d be covered in cat hair. thank goodness for rollers, but now they have something even better. pledge fabric sweeper for hair.

i had a a Rottweiler and Rottweiler German Sheppard mix. they tore everything up. we had a brand new fence put up and within 2 months. there were holes in them and tunnels underneath. $2000 down the drain.

we also had a chihuaua who loved my stuffed animals, if you know what i mean.  dolls I’ve had for years are ruined. i have a pillow pal, had it since i was 5 and there is a big hole in it, and both legs are hanging off. plus it’s hair is gone. i keep sewing it up but she keeps getting a hold of it.

my shoes are ruined by my newest edition to the group a Chihuahua dachshund mix. i had a brand new pair of new balance shoes. 130 bucks tore right through them.

we also had a cat, he was so sweet, but shed a lot. i wish they had the sweeper back then. whenever i leave the house i was covered in black cat hair. it was unavoidable to, i was his mommy. he slept with me and and was always in my lap.

this was written for parent bloggers network as part of  a contest with pledge

do you like helping others? always givbing what you have to help the needy. parent bloggers network has teamed up with quaker oats to spread the word of start with substance.

i always donate clothes to goodwill, and food to food banks, but i really need to do more.  my husband is persuing his degree in chemistry, so he is giving science back to our community. trust me he spends every minute he has on his research.

i don’t know if this would count but i have been helping my sister in law. she’s a single mother and has been having a lot of trouble. so thats kindof giving back.

my goals for 2009 in giving back is just donating more clothes and helping people in need i know, in my community and whatnot. It’s kindof hard to give to much, when you don’t have much yourself.

i would like to adopt a family for christmas this year if i can, or for any holiday. help with gifts food , decorations etc. thats if i can get out of this neediness myself.

this post was written for parent bloggers network as part of sweepstakes sponsored by quaker oats company

okay maybe i can cook. just don’t have the patiance for a big meal with 3 small children running around. i am 24 years old and only cooked thanksgiving dinner once. i’ve always went to familys house or out to eat.

so when i got this weeks blog blast from parent bloggers network, i thought i’d write a post and let the world know it’s all about the premade. luckly for me butterball has a line of premade turkeys. just thaw and cook. no cleaning, basting etc.

thats right, i’ve made thanksgiving dinner once, but i’ve also cooked a big meal on easter. i have to say it was simple because i cheated. i bought a butterball premade turkey.  potatoes from the box, stuffing from the box, green beans in a can, frozen pies. it was so simple.

i end up feeling bad when i invite family over, because i know when they cook, everything is from scratch and homemade.

one thanksgiving it was my first time going to my in laws. i didn’t eat a thing. ot was wierd and unusual. they had cooked everything the night before, so it was cold and hard. it was like every 5 minutes you had to pop your food back in the microwave to keep it warm.  the stuffing was homemade, but was not very good. plus it looked like a cake. (if my familys reading this, i’m sorry. love you)

when i was younger, i loved thanksgiving. it was the only time my family sat at the dinner table together. usually we’d eat in the living room in front of the tv. it was the one time of year my family actually prayed together. if anyone did at all. (i know that sounds bad, my family is religous just not really into praying and church.) it was tradition for me to pray before we ate on thanksgiving. even though every year someone would ruin it and eat before i could.  even growing up my mom made thanksgiving out of boxes and cans. the turkey was made with love though.

i’m not sure if i am cooking this year, i probably will but you can gaurantee it’ll be a premade turkey. just buy the roasting pan.

this post was written for parent bloggers network as part of a sweepstakes sponsored by butterball

parent bloggers network has a new blog blast this week, they want to know your shortcuts through life. they are working with ore ida, who have a short cut on how to get your mashed poatoes.

one of the biggest shortcuts through life i’ve taaken. is getting married and having children, before getting a degree. i am only 24 and got married at the age of 19 and had my first child at the age of 20.  it’s one of the best shortcuts i took. i have a wonderful family. would never change it.

my family so cute!

i am one of those people with no sense of direction. i mean i need mapquest for everything.  even with mapquest i still get lost. it’s so pathetic.  just yesterday i was going to someones house to pick up some moving boxes. i found them on craigslist. they had given me directions over the phone, but i still had no clue where to go.  i did a mapquest and just got so lost. so my shortcut was i took half the directions the man gave on the phone, and half the mapquest. it finally worked out.

my mother always said if you are cooking something and need milk you can always substitute it with water. yeah i tried that and it doesn’t seem to taste the same to me.     when it comes to cooking i try and find the easiest way of having to get out of peeling scrubbing or even baking/ roasting etc. my shortcuts have always been to but like the stoffers dinner meals, or the premade or frozen veggies. it’s easy and saves time.

this was written for a contest with parent bloggers network in conjunction with ore ida potatoes

have you ever heard the school yard chant “beans beans the magical fruit.” well bushs baked beans wants you to rewrite that chant and tell people that beans are a vegetable.  they have teamed up with parent bloggers network this week to write about your favorite kiddie songs.

my kids love to sing. my daughter mckenzie makes up songs just about anything.  some of her songs are, i took her toys away for not cleaning them up. she sang,

 ”mommy don’t take my toys away, i love you ,but  those are my toys. how am i suppost to play. don’t take my toys away”     

know notice ther is a song similar from the cartoon yo gaba gaba, but this was long before that show came out.  there was one on mothers day.

” mommy it’s mothers day and i got you a present. happy mother day mommy, i hope i’m good for you. okay so it doesn’t really make sense but it’s cute she’s only 3.

child hood songs that we sing together get twisted around in words. there is the alphabet, you know abcdefghij etc. well my daughter alexandra takes the lmnop part and wiggles her tongue to skip that part. they know row row your boat, but skip straight to the part of if you see a crocadile don’t forget to scream. and my daughter added another part. row row row your boat gently down the stream, merrily lifes a piece of cake.

some of the funniest i sing with the are old mcdonald, it’s so funny to try and see them snort there noses. i taught them patty cake and ring around the roses’ and i still play them. my kids have combined them together into one jingle.

they roll their arms and say patty cake patty cake. then they throw there arms in the air and say fall down. then they fall down 

now just imagine these two cuties singing those songs.

this post was written for parent bloggers network as an entry for a contest sponsored by bush’s beans

i’ll admit i have never been much of a clean freak. my husband is though so i’ve tried to better myself. after we had kids, i feel like i could clean from morning to night and make little difference.

it makes me feel like i’m living in a zoo, which reminds me of the fun animal sounds like the great toy, i know animals letters and sounds.  so when parent bloggers network had a blog blast about this exact thing i’m taking part.

i have two toddlers and a infant. so my living room is filled with toys, a kitchen playset, a playpen, and a walker. let me tell you it gets pretty messy. i step on toys all day long and feel like toys just keep adding up.as you can tell in the background. my living room is a mess. toys everywhere, my kids try to act like princess’s though!( should of used this pic on th

this is my living room on a good day. still messy but not as bad

my kids room is better than it’s been. my two girls share a room, so itgets a little messy. especially since i have another 4 bins of toys up there. plus i have clothes beyond belief, coming out of every corner. it gets a little rediculous.

my girls room, now i have to admit i did clean a little before i took the pic. no one wants to see little panties on the floor

my sons room (10 months) is a work in progress. he grows out of clothes so fast, and i don’t have a lot of places to put all this stuff. it kindof just gets cluttered. it’s pretty bad.

my sons room, clothes and outgrown baby stuff everywhere

after i had kids it became very difficult to do anything. i never do anything alone. i chase kids around the grocery store. i can never go clothes shopping. i’m constantly picking clothes up and putting them back. my kids pull them off the racks. there are tantrums in the stores. i do a load of laundry everyday.  

the worst of all is after meals. there is such a big mess. food ground into the carpet. food everywhere. i really have to say i feel like i’m living in a zoo.    i’ll admit sometimes i feel like i’m a animal in the zoo. i don’t have time to take a shower or put makeup on etc. it makes me look awful. but thats what kids are for!

my toddlers run around and scream all day like they are monkeys, whats worse than that is my sons scream i have never heard a boy scream lik etaht. he’s a howler monkey! my daughter jumps off furniture like a kangaroo. ugh! i’m living in a zoo!

this post was written for a contest in conjunction with generation next and the parent bloggers network