tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20977879389725677472024-02-18T20:14:27.423-08:00x-ray life and military wifeMandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.comBlogger268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-75962832610509488942015-03-22T05:58:00.001-07:002015-03-22T05:58:13.204-07:00Bathroom Overhaul.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For quite some time we had been planning on remodeling our downstairs bathroom. I hated everything about it. It felt cramped, the floor tiles were not my style, plus they were cracked, and the grout was all broken up. The toilet was old. The vanity and cabinet were too large for the bathroom plus they were outdated. I attempted to paint the vanity and countertop a year ago to make it a little more pleasing until I could decide what we wanted to do with it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then one Friday while I was off work, I dropped Rosalie off at school and wandered to Home Depot. I fell in love with a vanity that was way on clearance and then everything else just spiraled from there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We started with scraping the ceilings. The old ceilings were popcorn. I hated them because the popcorn creates shadows and makes the room darker. After the ceilings were scraped, Kevin had to sand before we could paint. Warning, if you do this to your ceilings, it is VERY VERY dusty. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Picking paint was another task for me. I wanted gray... but I didn't know there could be so many shades of it! The color I settled on ended up being beautiful and bright. It is a tannish-gray. It is called "Sandstone Cove". We decided to go with Behr paint and primer in one to save time since we had so much sanding to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the walls were all painted we decided to install our vanity prior to tiling the floor simply so that Kevin could redo all of the plumbing and get the mirror and new light fixture in. Since that was the last we could do over that weekend's time, we decided to put it back in that way we could at least use it until next weekend since this is our commonly used bathroom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We decided to downsize the mirror and do a framed in mirror. Literally half of this wall was mirror and it was just a plain mirror. We also downsized the light fixture. The old one had 5 valances and it looked like it was crammed in there. As you can see we also updated our outlet covers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also decided to go with a much smaller wall cabinet. The one that was in there was huge, and even though it gave us lots of storage, it really made the bathroom look much smaller and it felt like you were going to hit your head off of it when you walked through the door.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next weekend the floor began. We started by taking out the vanity, again. Then Kevin began smashing up the tiles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After we began removing the tiles, we discovered that an area around the bath tub that the grout had cracked and water had leaked under the tiles and there was mold. So losing a day of work, we decided it was best to rip out the old subfloor (backerboard) and lay new. Thankfully the mold was only on the backerboard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Once the subfloor was finally down, I could begin laying my tiles! Laying our own tiles only set us back $99, minus cost of materials. We had to buy a wet saw. We bought the cheapest one Home Depot had and it did the job just fine! We have 3 other rooms/areas that need tiled so we will definitely get our money out of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We originally planned on matching the tile with the tile we had done in the kitchen.. but unfortunately Home Depot discontinued it. We decided to go with these awesome new tiles. They look like real hardwood, except it's porcelain tile which is much more durable for a bathroom! It also matches great against our kitchen tile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had decided we wanted to grout in the evening that way it would have overnight to dry and since I didn't get done laying the tile until late in the evening, we decided to hold off of on the grout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So the next morning we began with the trim and wainscoting. Our base trim is actually composed of 4 different pieces of trim stacked together. We bought the Cape Code wainscoting from Home Depot and finished it off with chair rail. I caulked in all the nails and all the little gaps and then painted. The only piece that we didn't put on at this point was the quarter round that goes at the bottom that way I could grout tight against the trim.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That night I began grouting. I won't lie, I was nervous, but the grouting turned out to be the easiest part and it was very rewarding to see all my hard work on the floor coming together! Please note that I did somewhat know what I was doing. I had a friend that tiled our kitchen and taught me the ropes.. plus I watched countless youtube videos. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We let the grout sit for 16 hours (per the bag's instructions) and after that, it was time for the finishing touches. We installed our vanity back in, installed a new toilet, and caulked around the bath tub and the toilet. I spent probably a good hour just caulking around the bath tub because I wasn't chancing water getting down under the tiles again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The finishing result of the bathroom is something I couldn't be happier with! With a new vanity with a granite top, new mirror, new medicine cabinet, new toilet, new paint (we even splurged for the more expensive paint), paint supplies, porcelain tiles, tiling supplies, new fixtures, and wainscoting only set us back about $1600. Had we of hired someone to do everything we did, I can only imagine how much more it would have been.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The final before and after reveal...</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remove any popcorn ceilings. These will create shadows and make the room appear smaller and look darker.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Choose a lighter color of paint.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Opt for a smaller medicine cabinet.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When in doubt, always go with white. This was our reason we chose a white vanity and the wainscoting. It brightens up the room and makes it appear much larger!</span></li>
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Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-68622813390918043072014-09-22T16:36:00.003-07:002014-09-22T16:36:44.097-07:00more budget printables<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">More printables for your budget binder! Click the highlighted word in each section to print. To see the original post with my budget binder printables, click</span><a href="http://thehollisfam.blogspot.com/2014/08/my-second-love-my-budget-binder.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> here</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">First is an </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-tGwZoDeIALWUtEZlhQcU1vNE0/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">income</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> spreadsheet that was requested by someone with multiple incomes!</span></div>
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Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-71282318610561476932014-09-22T16:15:00.002-07:002014-09-22T16:21:30.527-07:00hunting printables<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Free hunting printables.. perfect for a little boy's room or nursery! I created these for a friend..then we found out she was having a girl! So now I'm sharing! Simply click the links below each picture to download PDF file!</span></div>
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Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-76489755106315838972014-08-30T08:13:00.000-07:002014-08-30T08:15:05.553-07:00DIY Fall Pumpkin Blocks<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After discovering how mod podge and tissue paper make such a neat design, I became obsessed. I created these bad boys. No painting required!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 pieces of scrap wood</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tissue paper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Construction paper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mod podge</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Floral wire</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Burlap </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stencil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sticks (I purchased mine at Michaels. I'm not sure what they were called but they were a few inches long and I just had my husband cut them with saw)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Start with your tissue. Cut it into strips. I did mine about 1 inch wide. Mod podge it to the wood. Apply a layer of mod podge over top. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Allow to dry.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take your construction paper and trace out your letters. *tip: I used white chalk!* cut them out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Mod podge the letters to the blocks once the blocks are dry. Apply a layer over top as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Glue your toppers on. I heavily used hot glue.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then tied a piece of burlap around it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took my floral wire and folded it in half. I then went from one end and loosely wrapped it around my finger half way up. Then slid my finger out and loosened up the curls. I did the same thing to the other side and just wrapped it around the topper!</span><br />
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<br />Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-82974665329786993422014-08-30T07:48:00.001-07:002014-08-30T07:48:45.910-07:00halloween mason jars!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How cute are these!? I found them on pinterest last year and knew I had to make them!</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mod podge</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tissue paper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Construction paper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Raffeta</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lights</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Start by cutting your tissue in 1'' strips. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mod podge the strips to the mason jars.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apply a layer of mod podge over top. Be very careful. The tissue becomes very delicate until it dries.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut out the ghosts face from construction paper and mod podge it on.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After they are dry, add raffeta around pumpkin.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stuff with lights!</span><br />
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Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-23958934230273418652014-08-28T16:20:00.001-07:002014-08-30T11:59:02.166-07:00my second love... my budget binder<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5 months ago I began a journey. What inspired this journey? Well, frankly, I was tired of owing money to everyone! It wasn't until I sat down and wrote everything out that I realized how much outstanding debt we had... 2 car payments.. a mortgage.. credit cards.. student loans.. personal loans for major home repairs we had to have. So I began creating this guy....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My new best friend.. my budget binder. What has little guy done for me? He has helped me pay off just a hair shy of $3,000 extra in debt in less than 5 months!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what's in him that makes him so amazing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the beginning we have a zipper folder. I keep stamps, a calculator, a pen, highlighter, my checkbook, and payment books. Anything I need to pay my bills. The folder pocket I keep all my master copies and any bills I receive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A section for each of our loan debts; ie <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-tGwZoDeIALZ1doRFQ1RmRzYjQ/edit?usp=sharing">auto loans</a> and <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-tGwZoDeIALd1NRVW5OQklsSkk/edit?usp=sharing">student loans</a>. I keep track of payments I've made, how much was due and how much I paid. This way I can see how much I have paid that is extra towards the principal.</span></div>
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Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-72237725037891099162014-08-28T10:50:00.000-07:002014-08-28T14:54:07.219-07:00Organized shopping!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A few months ago I ventured into the world of couponing. I can save while still getting the brands I love! I have found that shopping and couponing is so much easier and less stressful when you are organized! I wanted to share with you my shopping list I created! I have included a free printable! Enjoy and happy shopping! Just click the link below!!</span></div>
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Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-24410473127969667432013-08-24T11:51:00.000-07:002013-08-24T11:51:37.758-07:00Before and After!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bit by bit we are making our house more our home! We still have about 100 things on our to do list, but everything was put on halt when we had to replaced our central air.. eeep. I wanted to share all of the things we have done so far! :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So much has been done, but all that is left is to replace the fridge! The rest of the appliances have been replaced. The floor has new tile. New countertops. The old vinyl backsplash was ripped out and tiled with stone and accent pieces. Quarter round trim was added to the base trim to give it more of a dimensional look. The cabinets have been moved up a FOOT to give us more space. They have also been refinished and new hardware added. The old trim at the top of the cabinets has been removed and crown has been added! I am so in love with my kitchen!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next was one of our other big projects.. Roey's playroom. I don't have complete shots since everything has been finished, so I will have to update even more later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since Rosalie's playroom is actually the master bedroom of the house, she also has a walk in closet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The baby of the three... but now the largest of them all.. Sweet Miss <strong>Sadie</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The first furry addition to the Hollis family... Buddy.. AKA <strong>Budders</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> And our Alabama rescue dog.. Marmaduke.. AKA <strong>Duke</strong>. Duke came to us at merely 6 weeks old.. extremely sick. He was saved by a local rescue that found Duke and his brothers and sisters abandoned in some hedges by an apartment complex. Now look at the handsome young guy! He is filled with so much life and love!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now... lets talk about the purpose of you meeting my furry children. Budders came to us when he was one. When he came to us, his previous owner had told us that the military vet said he had dry skin, but she thought it was something more. We decided to get a second opinion and took him to a local vet in Italy where he diagnosed him with allergies. The allergies were controlled with prednisone, which is a steroid. We didn't have to give them to him on a regular basis, but just as needed. Upon moving to Alabama, his allergies spiraled out of control. We became desperate and tried everything. He got no relief. Our options were to let him dig his legs raw, or keep him on steroids daily and slowly let them destroy his vital organs. I felt hopeless. His allergies are seasonal, not food related, so we were at a loss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I began researching. With google at my fingertips, I learned some new insight. I learned that allergies in dogs can be caused by their diet. This does not mean they are allergic to what is in the food, but rather their body is lacking something in their diet from the food they are eating thus causing the allergies. I thought surely this fix cannot be that simple. Dry dog food is cooked at such a high temperature that any nutrients in the food is cooked out. Chicken in dog food can also make those allergies worse. Omega acids are key to helping skin conditions in pets. I began a hunt to find a dog food that had no chicken, added Omega acids, and was preferably raw meat. My researching went even further after reading that. I needed to know what I needed in my furry kids' diet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is why I'm here. I feel as though I NEED to share with everyone what I have found. We give our kids kibbles n bits. It's not cheap, but it's not the $100 food. I always assumed it was a good, hearty food. WRONG. Completely freaken wrong Mandee. After the knowledge I have found, I feel as though CPS for dogs should come take my furry kids away cause I have been a terrible mom for not educating myself! lol!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the major fillers in dry dog food is corn. Not the sweet corn we eat... but feed corn. It may not even be complete feed corn.. but rather corn dust! This corn could be completely contaminated with pesticides or is corn that was condemned for human consumption. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next you may see a lot of "<strong>by-products</strong>". Or it may just read "animal meat". I never understood what the term meant. I'm so glad I know now. By-products in dog food are basically the leftover parts after animals have been slaughtered and then some. This can be ANYTHING.. feathers.. hooves..heads.. but by-products go further than that. Other things used for by-products are ROADKILL, euthanized cattle, spoiled grocery meat, diseased and dying livestock, dead zoo animals, restaurant grease, and the list goes on. Dead pets are often thrown right into the grinder with their flea collars still intact. Cattle will still have ID tags on. Even the green waste bags from vets that contain the euthanized pets all get thrown right into the grinder and get processed into the foods you are feeding your sweet furbaby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not grossed out yet? So your dog food says it has grain in it. That's healthy, right? WRONG. They are not getting the healthy grains we get.. but usually it's just the SWEEPINGS off of the floors of mills!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If this stuff is "unfit for human consumption", then why can it be given to our "children"? If you are like me, right now you are feeling blown away, misled, and deceived into thinking you have been feeding your pup properly. After work today, I went to the gym and then went straight to Pet Smart and picked up a bag of Blue Buffalo. Upon doing my research, it is one of the best. They have NO BY-PRODUCTS, NO "GRAIN", NO ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS! Blue Buffalo is all natural and has added omega acids! The meat in Blue Buffalo is REAL meat! After these findings, I informed Kevin that nothing will come into our house without me reading the label now that I have the knowledge of what our pups are eating. All of the treats in our house have been replaced with Blue Buffalo too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope everyone now has some insight as to what your dog is ingesting. If the ingredients in your pets food say by-product, animal meat, or grain, then you are basically feeding your pup McDonalds every day for their entire life. Would you go out on the road and pick up a week old, diseased and decaying deer infested with maggots and put it in your pup's dish? Of course not!</span> </div>
Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-84564783739263532682013-08-01T17:55:00.002-07:002013-08-01T17:55:28.445-07:00news to share!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have some exciting news to share! Some of you may know... some may only know bits and pieces.. but here's the whole story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A year ago, I began seeing a new doctor upon arriving here in Alabama. Upon going through my medical chart I brought from Aviano, he discovered some shocking results. I had tests results, one after another, that revealed abnormal results. That was all I was ever told. I was told they were abnormal, but nothing to be concerned about and nothing needed done. The doctor said every test was more abnormal than the one before. He wanted to run some tests himself and see what my current status was. Since my doctor of three years made it sound like no big deal, I shrugged it off. This all started in August. By the first week of December, I received a call from my doctor's nurse, asking me to come in for a consult the next day. She said my test came back abnormal. Big shocker *insert sarcasm*.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> But then she dropped the bomb. She said I needed surgery. Puzzled, I asked her why. She informed me that my test wasn't just abnormal, but rather I had tested to have precancerous cells. A large amount of precancerous cells. In 4 years, the cells had really progressed. 2 weeks later, I was in surgery. He removed all of the cells in hopes that healthy new cells would return in their place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fast forward to 3 weeks ago. I went back to get re-tested. While talking with the doctor, I asked what would happen next. He said he had high hopes that all healthy cells would have replaced the precancerous cells. If that was the case, in 6 months I would just have to come back and get re-tested. He said if they came back abnormal again, it would be a different story. He said in most cases that come back abnormal a second time, he can perform the surgery again. Most come back normal after the 2nd surgery. He said in my case, it was so severe and he had to remove too much tissue that a second surgery would not be an option this soon. He said in my case, he got clear margins and the test from the surgery proved that he got it all. If it came back abnormal again, it was cause for concern because that meant that precancerous cells were coming back and weren't just ones that were missed from the surgery. He then informed me that in the case of it coming back abnormal, I would have to go to an oncologist. How does a healthy 27 year old comprehend the word oncologist? I could not wrap my brain around it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fast forward to today. I came home from work, utterly exhausted. I worked later than normal and had to get groceries afterward. As I come into the house, Kevin says he has something to tell me. When I walk upstairs ready to collapse of exhaustion, he hands me a letter. A letter stating my test came back <strong>NORMAL</strong>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Precancerous cells are gone!!!! A year we have dealt with this. I'm so ready for our lives to get back to normal and not spend weekly/biweekly/monthly visits at the doctor! I'm pretty sure I should own part of Trinity Hospital in the amount of money Tricare has invested in me and the amount of money I've paid for that dang parking garage! </span>Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-6885606769792056262013-06-03T19:24:00.002-07:002013-06-03T19:24:55.557-07:00The Hollis family GREW.. AGAIN!<div style="text-align: center;">
If I could fill my house with dogs..I would in a heartbeat! Those that say diamonds are a girl's bestfriend, CLEARLY never owned a dog! I have always wanted a husky in the worst way. When we moved to Italy we planned on adopting one, but then we adopted Budders. When we got to Alabama we planned on adopting one yet again, but then we got Duke. lol. I couldn't bring myself to pay for a bred dog, when I knew that sick little rescue dog needed a home.</div>
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Then Mother's Day and my birthday rolled around. I was sitting in the kitchen with my husband and BFF. Kevin asked me what I wanted for both holidays. I told him a husky and I would be content. Him and my friend looked at me like I was nuts. He said if I could find one within a certain driving distance for x amount of money, then I could get one. Well, I did it. She was only a few days old when I found the breeder and for 6 weeks we watched the little Princess grow and could not wait for her to join our furever family!</div>
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So I would like you to meet.. Miss Sadie! </div>
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She is the sweetest little girl! It's unbelievable that only 7 1/2 weeks how much her personality has developed. She is unlike most female huskys. Most females are very independent. Not Miss Sadie. She has to be with someone at all times. For her first week here, she would wake up in the middle of the night crying and one of us would have to sleep on the floor by her kennel in order for her to sleep through the night. Yes, she is like a newborn. lol. Now Duke sleeps beside her kennel and keeps her company throughout the night. When she is fully pottytrained and out of this puppy chewing stage, she can upgrade to the bed.. but she's sooo bad now! She's so full of life and energy.</div>
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The rough life of a Princess Puppy</div>
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Isn't she just absolutely precious! She fits right into our little family! When she was born she looked black.. but most of her black has faded to gray and one of her eyes changed from blue to brown so she will be part of the bi-eyed club! She still does not have a full name and we need to come up with one soon so we can get her AKC registered!</div>
Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-85535546125971905832013-06-03T19:08:00.000-07:002013-06-03T19:08:11.078-07:00Father's Day Idea!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Dad and FIL are the HARDEST people to buy for when it comes to any holiday. My Dad likes things with meaning... my FIL, likes giftcards. Those that know me, know that I don't like doing giftcards. They just seem so impersonal and I feel like there is no thought to them. I like people to think "Dang, she put some serious thought into that!".. but it seems as the years go on, I'm running out of ideas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last year I took two Pinterest ideas and combined them into one for my husband... this was our result:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year I took a spin off this for my Dad and my FIL.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I managed to recycle the letters from last year... bought a W, E, and the heart. Picked up some red spray paint for the heart and recycled the blue paint from last year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then bought these cute frames from Michaels. This isn't the picture of my frames.. I painted mine black.. but I haven't uploaded a pic yet so I found the exact frames online</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They look JUST like Organic Bloom.... but you want to know what is awesome??? I only paid $8.99!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once I get the pictures printed and in frames, I will be posting!!! Just a little behind on Father's Day presents this year!</span></div>
Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-18052713814625676942013-04-25T13:57:00.000-07:002013-04-25T13:57:45.467-07:00Holiday Craft and Gift Ideas!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back in October I came across this adorable Halloween plate on Pinterest. I didn't have high hopes on how it would turn out... everything always looks better on Pinterest... but it turned out ADORABLE. Since then, I rack my brain every holiday and try to come out with something new with the same concept. I've had sooo many people ask me how I made it, what I used, ect. After typing it out 100 times, I've decided to just blog it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was our first project.. the Halloween plate.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>A porcelain or glass plate</strong>. My FAVORITE is a cheapy $4.99 target porcelain plate with scalloped edges. If you using glass, MAKE SURE it is oven SAFE! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Paint</strong>. My preference is Martha Stewart all surface paint. I believe it's only $1.99 for a tube at Michaels.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Fine point brushes</strong>. Again, my favorites can be purchased at Michaels. Anywhere between $4-8</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Stencils.</strong> I found mine at Michaels.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Wide brushes</strong>. My brushes I use are from Michaels and are $7.99. You want the softest brushes you can find so they won't leave streaks! I use medium soft (they are the softest our michaels has), and they do leave some streaks. I think a little bit of streaks gives it character! I've never tried foam brushes, they may have a softer result!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Paint pen</strong>. I've found that the broad tips are my favorite! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Top Coat</strong>, if you WANT. I used it on this plate, but haven't used it on any of my others. You'll learn why I no longer use it.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remove the sticker from the back if there is one. Thoroughly wipe the plate down.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Paint the plate with a soft wide brush. Let dry for an hour or two, maybe longer depending on what your climate is like where you live! Add a second coat. Let dry and repeat on the back.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For best results, let dry over night. If you try to stencil on the letters while it's the least bit tacky (even if it feels dry to touch), your pencil will push the paint off. Not a big deal if you get it perfect the first time, but by allowing it to dry over night you can erase if need be!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you chose to do a top coat, do after the paint dries. If you put the top coat over the letters that have been done with a paint pen, it will eat through the paint. Not sure why.. but yes, this did happen to me and I had to redo the letters!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stencil on your letters and trace with the paint pen. I use a paper plate to blot my pen on before i use it on the plate. I've become a professional with a paint pen now, but if you are new to using one, do a couple practice strokes on a paper plate first!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After your letters have dried, you can add your child's art work! If you mess up, don't fret! Wipe it off quickly with a wet paper towel! When doing feet, I have discovered the easiest way to do it (with a toddler at least!) is to a have a bucket of warm soapy water nearby with a towel underneath. After you paint their foot and put it on your plate, just have them stand down in the bucket. I wasn't about to try to scrub Martha Stewart paint out of my Turkish rug! After their foot print dries, add the rest of the face to make a ghost with your paint pen. I also add my daughter's name and year to the back at the end.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let dry for 24 hours.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bake your plate at 325 for 20 minutes. Just keep an eye on it and make sure you aren't getting brown spots on it. That has happened to me, but I just touch it up after it's done baking with paint. No harm done!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Thanksgiving</strong>.. same concept as Halloween.</span></div>
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Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-19753794739881129382013-03-12T10:13:00.000-07:002013-03-12T10:18:06.369-07:00Bathroom Flipping!Remember my last post about my x-ray job that I recently left and how I met my best friend in Birmingham there? Well not only is he an x-ray tech, but he flips houses here in Birmingham. He has been so inspiring and such a big help when it comes to doing little projects around the house that come with being a homeowner. I often wonder if I drive him nuts with questions on how to fix or renovate things! ha! He makes me want to redo everything in my house!<br />
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One of the projects I wanted to do was renovate my bathroom, but really didn't want to spend a fortune to do it since my friend is getting ready to completely flip our kitchen. When I told him about finding the Rust Oleum cabinet transformation kits on pinterest, he was skeptical. I told him if it didn't work out then I would replace the entire vanity... but right now, a $75 kit sounded a heck of a lot better than spending $600 on a new vanity.<br />
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First thing I did was bought the Rust Oleum laminate paint. I had read about it on pinterest and decided to give it a shot. Our countertops were white and it wasn't too bad, BUT the previous owners must have sat a hot curling iron down on the top and there were a few burn marks. Easy to hide with a decorative tissue holder, but deep down I knew they were underneath there. The laminate paint is only about $19 at Home Depot and is pretty simple to use. Just tape everything off and paint on with a foam roller. It's SUPER thick so only one coat was needed. For future when I do one of our other bathrooms, I know to just THROW AWAY THE ROLLER! The paint is thick and sticky and impossible to clean. I would rather just chalk up the $6 loss of the roller rather than deal with that mess ever again!<br />
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I left it dry for about three days before touching it.. but I did start the cabinets on the 2nd day of the paint drying. I removed all of the cabinet doors and all the hardware. The transformation kit is really easy to do, just time consuming because there are a lot of steps. First I had to wipe everything with soapy water. Then I had to do the first step of the kit- the deglosser. It totally beats having to sand! You just rub it down with a scrubby sponge and the deglosser that comes in the kit. It says to wear gloves and I RECOMMEND it!!! I used gloves, but got some on my arm and it burned my arm where it touched. After an hour of letting that dry, then I had to paint with a pure white. It took 3 coats on my cabinets even though the kit said they recommended two. I guess my cabinets were just sucking in the paint. Again, use a FOAM roller. (my personal contractor/bff recommended foam rollers for cabinets and I'm glad he did! It gives it a very smooth finish). After the paint dried, then it was on to the next step.. the decorative glaze. You paint it on, then rub it off with the cheese cloths provided and it gives it that rustic, primitive, antique look, which is ACTUALLY what I was looking for! After the glaze dries, then the last step is the top coat. It was a lot of work, but I love the results!!!<br />
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The after pics aren't the best cause I took them with my cell phone, but they will do for now! Such a difference!Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-12633068505150151362013-03-12T09:04:00.002-07:002013-03-12T09:04:48.696-07:00Where has Mandee been?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">8 months ago, I was offered a job working part time at mobile x-ray company here in Birmingham. I received an email only 5 days after applying for the job so I was beyond thrilled because I had been job hunting for months. A month before that, I was offered another job at an urgent care clinic but passed it up because the pay was just not what I was looking for. Now I realize that there is more to a job than pay. The job was PERECT. I worked mobile in PA and loved it, but had to leave because it was only casual work and I wanted something with more hours. The job paid pretty well, was only 20 hours a week, and it was evenings so Rosalie only had to go to daycare for a few hours. I fell right into the job and not to toot my own horn, I was good at it. What is mobile x-ray exactly? Well, you work on your own for starters. I had a portable x-ray machine and drove around to nursing homes, assisted living facilities, behavioral facilities, correctional facilities, and private homes and did x-rays. For the first time in three years, I felt like the old Mandee again, doing something I loved. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I met some AMAZING people at this job. The past three years, I've been subjected to military wives and that's it. I'm not complaining because I have met some wonderful people through the military, but let's face it, I don't have a lot in common with most military wives. Kevin and I met before he joined. I had a career before he joined. While I love being with Rosalie every second of the day, a housewife and stay at home mom just aren't suitable for me. I hated sitting on my career for three years while we were overseas. Anyways, it was nice to be around people that I had something in common with. If one good thing came out of my job, it was the friends I made. I met my best friend here in Birmingham during my short tenure at Mobilex and for that I am grateful. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My boss praised me constantly and use to say he wished he had 20 of me. Again, not to toot my own horn, but I didn't blame him... I busted my butt and gave my heart and soul to that company. Before I knew it, I was offered a full time position and most weeks was working 50+ hours. It consumed my life, but I was okay with that. It was hard work and while some days I would get so frustrated with it, I loved it. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm sure you are noticing everything is written in the PAST form. So you are wondering why I would leave something so wonderful? Well, it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows. Birmingham is a pretty dangerous city. Did you know that it is rated #7 in the most dangerous cities in America? I never thought I would work at x-ray job that required me to carry a stun gun to work! We had to go into very dangerous parts of Birmingham. For those reasons, we had safety guidelines in place. Even though we were a 24 hour service, some of our facilities had cut off times. We also were not to do house calls after dark. Our boss did enforce these because he genuinely cared for our safety. February 1st, new management took over. Our safety was no longer a priority and servicing the patients and keeping the clients happy was all that mattered. Yes, I am all for providing high quality service, but at what cost? Having my child grow up without a mother because a hospice agency forgot to order a chest x-ray and waited until late in the evening to do it? It was then that I put my priorities in line and decided what mattered most to me and decided it was time to leave. It broke my heart, it really did. My coworkers begged me not to go. My old manager tried to talk me out of leaving. The regional manager tried to talk me out of leaving. Our dispatch begged me to stay and said they were going to start a petition to get me to stay. I felt like I was letting so many people down, but my family came first. I'll find another job.... I don't know when and I don't know if the grass will be any greener, but I do know that I'll be okay. Without sounding cliche, everything happens for a reason!</span>Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-30759468934496543732012-08-14T10:33:00.003-07:002012-08-14T10:34:41.909-07:00The Hollis family GREW! Before the rumors start flying, let me clarifying that our family is not growing by the addition of a human baby! <br />
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Two weeks ago, our family expanded with the addition of a new little fur baby! <br />
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We hadn't planned on getting a new dog anytime soon. We knew eventually we wanted a new puppy, but we figured it would be awhile before we got another one. This summer, Kevin has been away at Airman Leadership School in Montgomery, AL. He was about 2 hours away from us. Part of his class they had to do a service project, so his class went to Pet Smart to help out on a Saturday while the humane society brought pets in for adoption. It gave him serious puppy fever, and I won't lie, seeing the pics of all the pets made me want a puppy BAD. Kevin was convinced he was going to bring a puppy home that night (since he could come home on weekends), but I told him that was just too far to bring a dog back.<br />
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So to lift his spirits, I got online and started looking at the local shelters to see if I could find a puppy.<br />
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Then I saw him. I came across this site for the Birmingham Area Adoption & Rescue Center (BAARC). They had a litter of pups up for adoption that were only 6 weeks old. Someone found them abadoned in some hedges by an apartment complex. I immediately called Kevin and told him to go straight to the shelter when he left Pet Smart. We got there literally 5 minutes before they closed.. and we ended up coming home with a puppy.<br />
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Sir Duke is part collie and husky. He is such a beautiful dog! I cannot wait to see what he looks like when he is full grown! This picture was taken just last night. He has def grown in the past 2 weeks. He was so small and fragile when we adopted him. Adopting a rescue dog is nothing like going to the pet store and buying a dog. Duke was a street puppy so he needed a lot of TLC when he came to our family. He was completely infested with ticks and fleas. He was only 6 weeks old so he was still too small for flea and tick medicine.. so we had to keep bathing him in dawn dishsoap (to drown the fleas) and then brush him and pick anything off of him. We spent about 4 hours rebathing and picking at him. A couple days later, the in store vet at Pet Smart recommended a medicine that was good for a dog so small, although we were sure by then we had gotten everything off him. He also became very sick shortly after coming to us. He ended up going for an emergency visit to the vet where they discovered he had a severe case of worms. Now after two weeks, Mr Duke is finally putting some meat on his lil bones! <br />
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When we moved into our house, I could NOT wait to tear into the playroom and start organizing and make it all cute and fun.</div>
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We lived in our house for almost a month before I decided what I wanted to decorate the playroom in. It hit me one morning... by lunch time, Rosalie and I were at Target. The next morning, Kevin and I were at Lowes buying paint lol.</div>
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I started off by figuring out how I could organize her toys and make it that everything could be easily accessed. After a trip to Target.. I pretty much had a grip on how I wanted all the toys organized.</div>
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This was pre-designing the toyroom. I kept the 9 cube organizer how it is. All of the empty slots have books in them. The bins have little stuffed animals and what not in them. The top bags have blocks in one and play food in another. (I ordered them from thirty-one). The kitchen stayed where it was, but I organized the cart beside it. It now has a bin of play food and bin of all her utensils, and then some electronic toys on the bottom.</div>
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Next, I bought a cute bench organizer at Target. Instead of putting a cushion on it, I decided to use it as a place to put all of Rosalie's weeble stuff on top of it. It's at a perfect level for her to play. The owl bin has all her weebles and weeble cars in.</div>
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I also scored an adorable mini bin organizer. It was exactly what I needed! (Although I was super disgusted in the colors they had). Rosalie is big into little things. I hate that she skipped the toddler toy age. She likes to play with bigger kid stuff.. she loves the mini lalaloopsies and littlest pet shop. Before you judge me, she's very good with them. She doesn't stick them in her mouth or anything.. We started by buying her a pack of Littlest Pet Shops because she carried this little puppy around from her dollhouse and she fell in love. She totes them everywhere. Now every time we're out, she gets a new one and my mom is constantly buying them for her. So this mini organizer was exactly what we needed. One bin has potato head pieces, one has littlest pet shop, another has cars, and another has lalaloopsy pieces.</div>
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Next was the closet. I organized all her coloring stuff on one shelf and of course I made it a high shelf that she can't reach. I moved some baby toys up that she no longer plays with and board games that she can't get into. I got a crate for all her balls and a hook on shelf for all her puzzles. I got a huge circle bin from Target to put all her stuffed animals in. </div>
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Next I painted and started decorating. We decided to go with a soft neutral color. Rosalie's bedroom is extremely pink and girly, so we wanted her playroom to be something fun. When I first painted the green, I hated it. It looked soo bright. After it dried, I loved it!</div>
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I didn't get a picture of it, but to the right corner that isn't pictured, I have a huge utility stand. You can get them at Home Depot or Lowes and I even believe Target has them. I got 2 big fabric bins from my mom (that she had bought at Target). One has baby dolls, one has stuffed animals. I also got 2 more little fabric bins. I put baby dolls in one and her big lalaloopsies in the other. I'll have to get a picture because it looks great and she loves it! The bins have handles so she can pull them right off the shelf and get what she wants. </div>
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I hope this may have inspired you to get more organized or help with organizing a toy room!</div>Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-29675562279001221152012-05-02T07:06:00.001-07:002012-05-02T07:06:50.019-07:00SURPRISE!Are you totally shocked to hear from me? ha! I know, way past due.<br />
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So much as happened here in the Hollis house. Lets give a run down.<br />
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We made to to the states, safe and sound, and the flight went surprisingly smooth. Budders and Rosalie both did fine; and by the time we landed I wasn't ready to pull my hair out. We enjoyed our time in PA, which really seemed to fly by. Kevin and I took 3 days after we arrived and went to Alabama and house hunted. We found two houses that we absolutely loved. We put an offer in on the house that Kevin loved the most first. At the time when we put our offer in, 2 other people did as well. Our offer didn't get picked. Kevin was bummed, but I told him that everything happens for a reason (not to sound cliche). Our realtor hasn't exactly been the best so it took about 3 weeks to get a final contract on our second house (which was actually my first pick house).<br />
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Also while we were home, my husband bought me a new car for my birthday/mother's day! We needed a second vehicle and Kevin said that the new car could be a family car since I complain how not so family friendly our Wrangler is. Granted, the Wrangler has 4 doors and I LOVE it.. but it's so hard to get Rosalie's stroller in and out of the back.. plus there's barely any room for groceries. I told him I wanted something used since we bought the Wrangler new and the payment is ridiculous on it. We started looking at used Patriots and Libertys. (Well the newer Libertys, but used). The Liberty, as much as I LOVED it, was thrown out right off the bat because they are terrible on gas and we needed something was okay on gas for when we travelled between Alabama and Pennsylvania. We were pretty much set on a Patriot, but when we went to look at cars, I fell in love with a 2011 Compass (it was used). We took it for a test drive and I loved it. When they started crunching the numbers, it was seriously only about $30 more a month to get a brand new one. Kevin got a military discount, plus my brother scored us an awesome deal on it (They actually took off $100 more than what the mark up was!) and he got us free splash guards thrown in. Needless to say, after 6 hours at the dealership, we left there with a 2012 Jeep Compass.<br />
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Ain't she perttyyy! :)</div>
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We had a really nice Easter with all of our family. It was the first Easter that Kevin actually got to spend with Rosalie. We had dinner at my parents house and my mom had an Easter egg hunt for the kids. Rosalie had a blast!<br />
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Hunting for eggs</div>
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We left for Alabama the week after Easter. We made it a two day trip. We stopped 6 hours in at Wytheville, VA. It actually ended up being 7 hours because there was construction and we got tied up. The next day we finished out the trip. Both Rosalie and Buddy did excellent in the car. We stayed in Fultondale, Al for 5 nights, and then we got to move into our house! The people we are buying our house from are so wonderful. They let us move in early and are paying them super cheap rent until we can close on the house. (Prayers please that everything goes smoothly between now and closing. Up until this point, there has just been so many hiccups!) They also left their trampoline for Rosalie which SHE LOVES. It does need a new net, but we're not buying anything like that until we close on the house and it's a done deal.</div>
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Our stuff (the house hold goods and unaccompanied) all beat us to Alabama! We were so excited when we found out all our stuff arrived early. Our HHG arrived 1 week early and our UB arrived almost 3 weeks early. We had it set up that the day that we could move into the house our stuff was delivered. We didn't get to start unpacking until after 3 that day. They only brought TWO movers to unload over 6,000 lbs of stuff so Kevin helped them. Of course Rosalie was being a tyrant so I couldn't do anything until the movers were done. After they left, we had to meet the owners of the house at the Water Authority to get the water switched to our name. We didn't get much done that day. Kevin got our bed together and I got the kitchen mostly unpacked and the bathrooms cleaned. </div>
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The next morning I got up at 6 because I couldn't stop thinking about all the stuff needing unpacked and started tackling the livingroom. Around 9, my mom, dad, John, and Jacob arrived. Buddy went NUTS. He was so excited to see them. It's so cute how attached he is to my mom and dad. It was seriously such a blessing to have my parents here. They helped SO much! My dad also went and picked up our livingroom furniture and our dining set for us so we didn't have to pay to have it delivered. They even stayed a day extra to help us open our swimming pool! I am so lucky to have such wonderful parents.</div>
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We are absolutely LOVING Alabama. We live in the suburbs, but in 10 minutes we can be at major shopping. That's something we're not use to. The weather is beautiful and the people are all so friendly. I've met a couple of girls so far (which isn't exactly easy to do because it's a VERY small base) and the girls I've met so far are awesome! Kevin absolutely loves his shop and he only works Tues-Fri.</div>
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Since we settled into our new home, I decided to start working on my weight again. I'm just so unhappy with myself so I figured it was time to get serious and do something about it. Ultimately, my goal for the summer is 34.6 lbs. I know, odd number, but it puts me at an even number. hahah! Just this past week I'm down 6 lbs already. I have a long road ahead of me, but I can't wait to be happy with myself again!</div>
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Now, the moment you've been waiting for... Welcome to Casa di Hollis!</div>
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Our new Home! This pic I took from the realtors site because I haven't gotten pictures out front yet!</div>
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The upstairs bathroom</div>
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THE POOL!</div>
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Kevin's mancave. I took this before the movers came. We haven't made it down there yet to start unpacking. </div>
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The Princess' Room!</div>
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From the kitchen you can go into the downstairs bathroom, the basement, or the livingroom (off to the right there)</div>
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If you can't see it, above the dishwasher is a BUILT IN cutting board into the counter! It is AWESOME! OH and first thing we are doing when we close on the house is start replacing the kitchen appliances. The oven is sooo old and I hate it.</div>
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A PANTRY!!! It still needs tons of organizing</div>
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The playroom. This is actually the master bedroom. It's the biggest bedroom in the house and is downstairs. We didn't want to be on a different floor than Rosalie so we decided to make it into a playroom and take one of the bedrooms upstairs. Our bedroom upstairs is bigger than the one we had in Italy anyways lol</div>
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No curtains or anything are hung in here yet and no decorating has been done because I'm undecided on how I want to decorate. It was the only room I didn't have "planned" out before we moved because I wasn't sure if we would have an actual playroom or not.</div>
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Door to the far left goes to the livingroom, the middle goes to a bathroom, and the right is a walk in closet.</div>
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We decided to turn the walk in closet in the master bedroom (AKA playroom) into a toy storage and a place for me to do my bows. </div>
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The downstairs bathroom, which has just pretty much become Rosalie's designated bathroom.</div>
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The livingroom. The fireplace is a REAL log fireplace. It is probably my favorite thing in the house.</div>
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From the livingroom you can see into the playroom. It's nice to have a little place for her off of the livingroom that way my livingroom looks like a livingroom and not a playroom. Granted, toys still get brought out to the livingroom, but it's nothing like what it was in Italy.</div>
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So that's that. I hope you enjoyed the tour of our new home! I know that we absolutely love it and it really truly does feel like home!!!</div>
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<br />Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-27376763850372186862012-02-16T00:30:00.004-08:002012-02-16T00:49:05.349-08:00Bama Bound!Blogging has been the least of my concerns lately! The past month we have been prepping for our move. Moving is stressful. Moving from one country to another.. even more stressful.<div><br /></div><div>We are on the homestretch! 28 days until we board a plane and make our final journey across the pond and to America. Well, Kevin may make the journey again in his AF career, but it's safe to say that as a family, this will be our last big move to another country.</div><div><br /></div><div>With that being said, the movers came on Monday and 99.2% of our belongings are in crates, in a warehouse in San Quirino, getting ready to head across the pond. Actually, they may even be heading out today. The guy said it would be around Thurs or Fri they would head out to the boat! </div><div><br /></div><div>How are we living you ask? Well, luckily, the AF is generous enough to give us loaner furniture.. a couch, a "bed", a coffee table, a dining set, and a nightstand. I say "bed" because it's a frame with the world's worst mattress. We knew this from our move here so we decided to buy an air mattress to put on top of the mattress they provided. $50 well spent. We kept out our small bedroom tv, our apple tv, Rosalie's high chair, a handful of kitchen stuff to get us by, a trunk of toys, our bedding and some bath towels. (this stuff will all go by air 3 days before we leave) We're currently living out of suitcases. It's not so bad. It's kind of like luxury camping! ha! Rosalie still has her toddler bed because we actually sold it (but are keeping it until we leave). She has a big kid bed waiting for her at her Nana's house! </div><div><br /></div><div>The next time I blog... probably won't be for awhile!</div><div><br /></div><div>Until then!... </div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvoWlRg2IS9CsFg7zU4oe9S-hinjHtrIWF7gWsJbvqrkHPNg7Ke2DnJYH3PThGPF_gnvW1qEbAzUcLpYRCadMfXNFdbeb9c8UuVhf2l7R_0kXOL-hZDMEhW6Zepx-uVpFsRmbgJAjLyI/s1600/moving4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvoWlRg2IS9CsFg7zU4oe9S-hinjHtrIWF7gWsJbvqrkHPNg7Ke2DnJYH3PThGPF_gnvW1qEbAzUcLpYRCadMfXNFdbeb9c8UuVhf2l7R_0kXOL-hZDMEhW6Zepx-uVpFsRmbgJAjLyI/s320/moving4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709652042249236402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Keeping busy while the movers were here</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaoHkktEwXnwDHLeyGv9WO_ya3agBChbi4JfpEuJtEWqelAYQLYm5TDmlYuRMmoYo-ZKhrb2sYar0SV2XyfIQyRQOHKvJqWMuW_AJuF_duPNcXrRP_lqf0Y-chCg8OY5RMdqGiw-u-BU/s1600/moving4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaoHkktEwXnwDHLeyGv9WO_ya3agBChbi4JfpEuJtEWqelAYQLYm5TDmlYuRMmoYo-ZKhrb2sYar0SV2XyfIQyRQOHKvJqWMuW_AJuF_duPNcXrRP_lqf0Y-chCg8OY5RMdqGiw-u-BU/s320/moving4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709652034662659362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Nailing up the crates!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVCI6S8iW45mFn2AGzeDAwXNaW827_A_vLZUhhx3ULXIv9mE1rCSCjrP5d70iXIqo1j9gCQMttn3_EsiQbe7I7Dq5cp7Z4DN_14pkztQRT6aslftXzFb3f3R4hEIDqG8_wVOSsf1QzgI/s1600/moving2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVCI6S8iW45mFn2AGzeDAwXNaW827_A_vLZUhhx3ULXIv9mE1rCSCjrP5d70iXIqo1j9gCQMttn3_EsiQbe7I7Dq5cp7Z4DN_14pkztQRT6aslftXzFb3f3R4hEIDqG8_wVOSsf1QzgI/s320/moving2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709652022137038578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It's moving day!!!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5nUsnX-Tp8GNey3ww_a6JCVt_GInt5qbdCqABOOQ_THt5EUXUPDqdMO-Eo9CxoRORlFpFUk4AmtcvugeyClRyHQjaw83F7jfbvTyuzF79wx8UMvKIF1PSSFY4lIT7we-4HnWsbOhSqdM/s1600/moving3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5nUsnX-Tp8GNey3ww_a6JCVt_GInt5qbdCqABOOQ_THt5EUXUPDqdMO-Eo9CxoRORlFpFUk4AmtcvugeyClRyHQjaw83F7jfbvTyuzF79wx8UMvKIF1PSSFY4lIT7we-4HnWsbOhSqdM/s320/moving3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709652007865650674" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNgwrpOS5HIbN85QQP2W6uk812o6VOFgBmwJaIXcXwheB1IMcD27gJpACCZsoMKdQ9O-DJqQOLvUJLm0JRI-gO93vbtDHqWRqSR4puLxiGj_1hoi7pFQDE-Dy9DjP15UPtBROsMnQMFZY/s1600/moving.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNgwrpOS5HIbN85QQP2W6uk812o6VOFgBmwJaIXcXwheB1IMcD27gJpACCZsoMKdQ9O-DJqQOLvUJLm0JRI-gO93vbtDHqWRqSR4puLxiGj_1hoi7pFQDE-Dy9DjP15UPtBROsMnQMFZY/s320/moving.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709652003111516546" /></a>Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-51404309980818544842012-01-11T02:26:00.000-08:002012-01-11T03:52:57.088-08:0017 Day Diet<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:medium;">I know that I said I wasn't going to "diet".. but rather just start eating healthy. That was really harder than I had thought because I'll be honest, I don't know how to eat healthy. I thought I was eating healthy.. eating tons of fruit.. carrots.. cutting out junk.. but still allowing myself soda. Yet, I GAINED weight. It was frustrating. After researching, I decided to start the 17 Day Diet.<br /><br />The 17 Day Diet can be summed up in one word. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:medium;"><b>HARD.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:medium;"> haha I thought it was going to be easy, but it's not (for me at least because of what I like!) It's broken down into cycles. The cycles are suppose to help with boredom and with plateauing. Each cycle is 17 days. The first cycle is to accelerate weight loss. The first three cycles are all different foods, and then the last cycle is "Maintenance". The first cycle, foods are very limited. You are allowed 2 servings of fruit (from a selected list) and have to eat them before 2pm. I found out from the book that bananas actually prevent weight loss. Bananas have always been my go to food when I'm trying to "diet". It blew me away that something I thought was helping me was actually preventing me! You are allowed 2 yogurts. Any that's fat free. I love Yoplait so I'm glad I could eat it and not like Greek Yogurt or some crap like that. You are allowed 2 eggs (with the yolks).. or endless egg whites. You get NO carbs and starches. You are allowed to eat as many veggies and protein as you want. I like salads, but the only veggies I can snack on is carrots.. so that's where my problem is. I get hungry usually in the afternoon and evening because carrots just don't curve hunger. You have to drink at least 64 ounces of water a day (which I get AT LEAST 72), plus a cup of green tea with every meal. I don't like green tea.. but I did find citrus green tea (cold) that I can manage to choke down lol. You have to get at least 17 minutes a day of some type of exercise in. I've been going back and forth between my biggest loser game and walking. Today I'm pretty sure I'm going to cheat and not exercise at all because Rosalie was up at 4:30 and I'm dead tired. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Let me sum up what I've had the past few days.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b>START DAY: SUNDAY.</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs (mind you, I HATE HATE HATE scrambled eggs. It's like eating rubber to me) + 1 c fruit (grapes) + green tea (which I HATED.. but after 4 days, it's growing on me)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I had the fruit when I got up and started getting hungry. Rosalie and I were up at 5, so it held me over until Kevin got up at 7. He always requests Sunday morning breakfast so I had my craptacular eggs while he had his delicious pancakes. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Mid Morning: 1 c strawberries</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Lunch: Salad with lettuce, carrots, and hard boiled eggs (just the whites). + Green tea</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Mid Afternoon: Yoplait Fat Free Yogurt</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Dinner: chicken breast and and steamed mixed veggies. Now you aren't suppose to have corn on Cycle 1, but I do eat it with mixed veggies.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Exercise: 1 hour walk</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Sum of the day: I was hungry, moody, irritable, and unbelievably tired.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b>DAY 2 MONDAY</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Breakfast: 1 c of mixed fruit + yogurt + green tea. Again split up my fruit and yogurt</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Mid morning: Apple</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Lunch: Chicken and mixed veggies + Green tea</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Mid Afternoon; Yogurt</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Dinner: Chicken Salad + Green tea</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Evening: carrots (hunger was taking over)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Exercise: 25 minutes of Biggest Loser work out</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Sum of the day: THE HARDEST DAY!!!!!!!! I was soo hungry.. even more tired..</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b>DAY 3 TUESDAY</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs + 1 c mixed fruit + green tea (Again, split up the fruit and eggs)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Mid morning: 1<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> c mixed fruit</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lunch: Chicken and veggies + Green tea</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mid Afternoon: Yogurt</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dinner: Buffalo chicken salad + green tea</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Evening: Yogurt</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Exercise: 1 hour walk</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Su</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">m of the day: Getting a heck of a lot easier.. but at dinner time, every time I tried to eat I got extremely nauseated so I ended up barely eating anything and by 7 I was starving.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>DAY 4 TODAY</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Breakfast: yogurt + 1 c mixed fruit + green tea (split again)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mid Morning: 1 c grapes</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lunch: Buffalo chicken and mixed veggies + green tea</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mid Afternoon: haven't made it there yet.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Exercise: Opting out of it for today since I have been up since 4:30 with Rosalie</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Total weight loss weighing in day 4 morning.. FOUR lbs! I'm 14 lbs away from being at my goal weight! If you're interested in the 17 Day Diet, google it and get more information. I bought the book in amazon (actually in kindle format) and it's a lot cheaper than buying it from the 17 Day Diet website!</span></span></span></div>Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-73554277288096296742012-01-04T03:08:00.000-08:002012-01-04T03:56:36.271-08:00A New Year. A New Me.Last year I set a list of goals for myself that I can proudly say, I worked at, and bettered myself. <div><br /></div><div>I wanted to lose 20 lbs.. and I did it before Kevin returned from his deployment. But, *le sigh*, within the past few months I managed to put 7 of those lbs back on. I started a new medication in May and when I started it, it seemed like no matter what I did I could not lose weight.. nor, could I gain it. With that being said, I gave up on trying to lose weight and figured since I wasn't gaining, I might as well enjoy it. A few months ago, my body apparently adjusted to this new medicine and I started gaining weight. I've had no motivation to take it off.</div><div><br /></div><div>Another goal for last year was to start reading more. Well, I shouldn't say start.. but more or less get back into reading. I set a goal to read at least 1 new book a month. 2011 came to an end, and I have read about 50 new books! haha! </div><div><br /></div><div>I wanted to start exercising more. I started off really strong until Rosalie and I went to the states. I've been on and off with my exercising and I'm disgusted with how I did this year. I've started off 2012 a lot better though! </div><div><br /></div><div>Lastly, I wanted to get back in touch with old friends and rekindle our friendship to what it use to be. My two bestfriends and I are closer than we have been the past four years. I feel like a piece of my heart is back and I no longer feel empty and feel like I don't have anyone (other than my family of course!). </div><div><br /></div><div>SO that brings us to this year. <b>What do I plan to do this year?</b></div><div><br /></div><div><i>I plan to better myself</i>. First off, <b>no more negativeness</b>. I'm weeding the negative out of my life. Any people or feelings I have, are gone. I'm trying hard to be a very positive person.. I realize, what's the point of negativity? All it does is bring you down and the people around you. </div><div><br /></div><div>I want to continue with my reading and continue my goal of 1 book a month just because I need that get-away. When I'm reading, it's just me. It's not for Rosalie. It's not for Kevin. It's not housework and it's not cooking. It's not laundry and it's not bows. It's about the most selfish thing I do! LOL! I don't need "alone" time. I can be sitting next to Roey on the couch with a book in my hand and for that time I get lost in my own world. A book is the break that I need!</div><div><br /></div><div>Next, I want to work on my body, since I got the soul part covered with the negativeness and my mind covered with the reading. I plan to start eating better. No dieting. Just weeding the junk out of my life that I put into my body. So far I have cut out any means of junk food or candy. (Oh i'm like a 5 year old.. candy is my weakness). I have been keeping plenty of fresh fruit and veggies in the house so when I feel the need to snack. I feel great. I don't feel so tired all the time. I also have been religiously working out four days a week *gasp*. I asked for the Biggest Loser for the Kinect for Christmas and Kevin got it for me. It's intense. What I love best about is how it's structured. My trainer picks my workout every day. I do circuit training to work on the areas that they feel need the most work. It does a full body scan to show which areas need how much work. I feel like I'm getting wayyyy more from it than I ever did the wii! If you want to get serious about exercising, but aren't sure how to without going to the gym.. I def recommend buying it! </div><div><br /></div><div>So that's it. A new me. That's all I want this year. hahah!</div><div><br /></div><div>2011 was a pretty good year for us. We traveled.. A LOT. We went to Ireland.. Austria.. Germany.. Tuscany. We went to Venice (again), Venzone, and local places with my family. Seeing Ireland has always been a dream of mine. My family has such a strong Irish heritage and I'm really glad I got to visit where that heritage originated. </div><div><br /></div><div>Ladybug Creations started. It's crazy how it began. I started making bows for Rosalie and before I knew it... they were selling like hotcakes. I have so many loyal customers that have made it all possible!</div><div><br /></div><div>We made it through our first deployment. We came out stronger than ever!</div><div><br /></div><div>2012 brings so many new changes for us as we venture back to America to begin our lives in Alabama! Prayers that the next few months go without glitches! I can't want to see what the new year has in store for us! </div><div><br /></div>Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-33784628324833555612012-01-03T21:15:00.000-08:002012-01-03T21:19:13.428-08:00Growing Every Day<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Our little peanut was just a hair shy of 3 ft at her last doctor's appt. I'm sure by now she has passed it because it seems she is outgrowing more and more clothes every day! <div><br /></div><div>I just wanted to share this photo.. it is just amazing how much she has grown!</div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfWh-7ncKfkPGvppZpffcECMM3QuWyMvEog88OvIgRTDi2DVbASzey0JmlqMcI2agUb1ANHF6ujChoFyKz6A8yAKF2rnx91bOsXzAAolIFAwfOtuuzzwVv9eOyUuPCF6-UVP5un9KWzM/s320/growing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693641667857826642" />Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-15567992252748440042012-01-03T02:43:00.000-08:002012-01-03T02:57:28.464-08:00Shutterfly<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I am, without a doubt, a Shutterfly junkie. I have ordered AT LEAST 30 photobooks and have about 15 in my account that I haven't ordered yet. I refuse to do prints anymore. Instead, I upload all my pictures to Shutterfly and save them for a rainy day and do a photobook. Photoboks are the new scrapbooks. All of your pictures are displayed in a cute way.. but you don't have the gluey mess.. the bulkiness.. the pictures don't eventually fall out.. and they aren't nearly as expensive as scrapbooking!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Here is a book that I did for my Mom from when they came to Italy to visit us. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><object width="425" height="425" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/slideshow-ui.swf"><param name="flashvars" value="configXMLURL=http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/config/config-share.xml&slideshowModuleURL=http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/slideshow-module.swf&projectGUID=0AaMWjdo5cuGWMbG&swfName=slideshowFlashContent&showReplay=true"><param name="menu" value="false"><param name="quality" value="best"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed width="425" height="425" align="middle" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="wrapper" quality="best" menu="false" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="configXMLURL=http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/config/config-share.xml&slideshowModuleURL=http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/slideshow-module.swf&projectGUID=0AaMWjdo5cuGWMbG&swfName=slideshowFlashContent&showReplay=true" src="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/slideshow/slideshow-ui.swf"></embed></object><p style="width:425px;margin-top:0;text-align:center;"><a href="http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaMWjdo5cuGTG_A&eid=118"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Click here to view this photo book larger</span></span></span></a></p><div style="margin-top: 10px; width: 425px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Photo books</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> are the perfect gift for any occasion.</span></span></div><p></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The first time she came to visit us I made her books from our trips to Venice and Verona and then she printed the rest. This time she wanted all of her pics in one large book. With layouts Shutterfly has I was able to set it up like chapters! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Right now you can get a $10 credit from Shutterfly simply by blogging! </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Embed a project into your blog! Do this </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and send the link to </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="mailto:shareproject@shutterfly.com" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.3s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: initial; -webkit-transition-delay: initial; display: inline; ">shareproject@shutterfly.com</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> and you will receive a $10 Shutterfly credit to use on any purchase $10.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Happy Photobooking! </span></span></span><br /></span></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div></div>Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-74355130922079033172011-12-29T04:11:00.000-08:002011-12-29T05:36:38.863-08:00Christmas at the Hollis HouseWe had a pretty great Christmas this year even though we had no family to spend to it with. Holidays are always so hard since we're so far away, but we try to make it the best we can. Kevin had an entire week off, which I think was great because they have worked these guys to death the past year. We didn't do much during the week.. just spent some quality q-t. We did take an evening and go to Poffabro, a town only about 10 minutes from our house, to see nativities. It was very cold. Even though it's not far from us, it's such a different climate. Despite the cold, Rosalie had a BLAST, which totally shocked us. They had a live band that just moved from street to street playing music. It def made it feel Christmasy. <div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtItbm418MzV1aHbe53ZqnCaZiiD-Xo-Wl3OA7358kmoNQZsPvBaw7xy-GVWdfgHdu9DdCSmZU5cUKAvN1vYsEEuYzJhxAcmSzG0UGr8Z4um3GufTMjX3_YuFrQhCYdwngWjgm-ByEnlA/s1600/presepe36.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtItbm418MzV1aHbe53ZqnCaZiiD-Xo-Wl3OA7358kmoNQZsPvBaw7xy-GVWdfgHdu9DdCSmZU5cUKAvN1vYsEEuYzJhxAcmSzG0UGr8Z4um3GufTMjX3_YuFrQhCYdwngWjgm-ByEnlA/s320/presepe36.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691540698007701266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My sweet family!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwtjKs8aMRLcCAbQsRX07ij_0FZ1vBZdxIpt1yEgUZQxeyZfTMqh0jDLalPIJWZxAtVMohYkYsmeMTFS5P6ACMdQRPYIYf8gVuH13K__5k99Vs63CyBVcV2wYa-KOOgIu2vCAEYfANX0/s1600/presepe35.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwtjKs8aMRLcCAbQsRX07ij_0FZ1vBZdxIpt1yEgUZQxeyZfTMqh0jDLalPIJWZxAtVMohYkYsmeMTFS5P6ACMdQRPYIYf8gVuH13K__5k99Vs63CyBVcV2wYa-KOOgIu2vCAEYfANX0/s320/presepe35.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691540685719342066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My Princess and I!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8X0SWohiHspZRahq0DgW9tTwNaGz7JOFBlTY630TkURs-3lNMHXF226aouWWgTCAyCTaT9EE6pDHme9ZsKNdlJ3PBuTw-GmBWk8GQxL2BnjcQskOLL0bf7_24OiqFwrZ0azFr7rUsAZ4/s1600/presepe33.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8X0SWohiHspZRahq0DgW9tTwNaGz7JOFBlTY630TkURs-3lNMHXF226aouWWgTCAyCTaT9EE6pDHme9ZsKNdlJ3PBuTw-GmBWk8GQxL2BnjcQskOLL0bf7_24OiqFwrZ0azFr7rUsAZ4/s320/presepe33.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691540678514784338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Roey and Daddy!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gfPj-ADq9eF451Bxh63JnMnI_dT6gocWPnnsTZY4sgx3rlezGibu8GwPYXbR3HYPB8dckei50I1WWH1AxOzsX8ukgu9bMMb2lXxVyL6PcyDOb5G3v9AX44eAnaLTSR6wkmI5i4YB3t4/s1600/presepe33+.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXy3BviSzrwhB7lHBGifHUdNxkD3KvTajCPnOyd0t628qz7cyHh11X1bOKLx7nCUlN5mpuDssQifVHP_JrJCQtxwg5PORa8w-aO4mijPpRHSEOPhM366t24tI4L14qImZc9wAc0HhfW8/s320/presepe29.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691542452454827538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This nativity was made entirely from CORN! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkU4HMsbukSgAIJ8oeMD7xFUgBh-h-ToFxthwt5cVRfsMW9_p94_ftm3LEBHKqDtvsWRJPL2db9NF-sdYebISumUpfNj0Cbt-0OzYntiydRERSgM8LMd1dV7TLd0vAC07Fqj7gRhbdMAA/s1600/presepe15.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkU4HMsbukSgAIJ8oeMD7xFUgBh-h-ToFxthwt5cVRfsMW9_p94_ftm3LEBHKqDtvsWRJPL2db9NF-sdYebISumUpfNj0Cbt-0OzYntiydRERSgM8LMd1dV7TLd0vAC07Fqj7gRhbdMAA/s320/presepe15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691542404131570210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2oDmm23Cmd5ilq1L0ZJqhrCPadTgz4leQWThXtKHqz5-Qp9_elgiMl20L1SLj6w6HA71MyaF8MG3o82r9vEx94KEGK-zU9gcYDBDVSecjtXaei1Eij6pYldEKrhDuYyx0YgqXYU05jE/s1600/presepe38.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2oDmm23Cmd5ilq1L0ZJqhrCPadTgz4leQWThXtKHqz5-Qp9_elgiMl20L1SLj6w6HA71MyaF8MG3o82r9vEx94KEGK-zU9gcYDBDVSecjtXaei1Eij6pYldEKrhDuYyx0YgqXYU05jE/s320/presepe38.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691542399836626338" /></a><br /></div><div>We decided to skype with my family Christmas Eve since they had a very busy Christmas Day planned. We skyped with them so they could open their presents and Rosalie opened a few from them. After we were done skyping, it was way past Rosalie's bedtime. Kevin sent her lil butt off to bed so Santa could come but she wanted no part of it. She sat in her bed and screamed and kicked the wall. This went for a good 20 minutes before she crashed. We played Santa.. exchanged our Christmas stockings.. then went to bed.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjla2ZfUU-_fkoJpe0FC4X9tl1cnystRyI5UKpWQn9V_o20JZVDaykzozb-RYPghGzaDr_TdXxD9DxTtkJvSTr2Zt4DO6e9SGnUvullgElAYF3jK-q2H3RzCfE-KmShw1VxibeArZhNbEM/s1600/christmas4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjla2ZfUU-_fkoJpe0FC4X9tl1cnystRyI5UKpWQn9V_o20JZVDaykzozb-RYPghGzaDr_TdXxD9DxTtkJvSTr2Zt4DO6e9SGnUvullgElAYF3jK-q2H3RzCfE-KmShw1VxibeArZhNbEM/s320/christmas4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691531771872082354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It didn't take Buddy long to find his Christmas presents!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH45xkK5sAFzaOXjhi3uffr7YVbsqgokp3ePUtZ9gWq8W5fajRQIpulgutlFfOrmEVe1siDRIpnvsLxHl-MbEC2qUEKfmoZkOi4DsdeTWrw2d8igEJTNKdIPAF9gRAPMoxtr3knl0CJXk/s1600/christmas2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH45xkK5sAFzaOXjhi3uffr7YVbsqgokp3ePUtZ9gWq8W5fajRQIpulgutlFfOrmEVe1siDRIpnvsLxHl-MbEC2qUEKfmoZkOi4DsdeTWrw2d8igEJTNKdIPAF9gRAPMoxtr3knl0CJXk/s320/christmas2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691531753115876450" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QnbftS0t12ENztpdr32j3Zrq-hBcH98Sziq3fFckEvywL6jU8CxpFnWCkYS96OuLAEimuMEY0iTNq-EP00Arj8zLj-DqAWeELoR2qH4odchPmjsFBrwTI0f03vx3PYT3Ga3nO0ajbzk/s1600/christmas3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QnbftS0t12ENztpdr32j3Zrq-hBcH98Sziq3fFckEvywL6jU8CxpFnWCkYS96OuLAEimuMEY0iTNq-EP00Arj8zLj-DqAWeELoR2qH4odchPmjsFBrwTI0f03vx3PYT3Ga3nO0ajbzk/s320/christmas3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691531746978093890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Santa Came!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Rosalie woke up at 5am Christmas morning. 5am is too early for her. I knew she was going to be grouchy and whiney so after a few fusses, I let her be, and she went right back to sleep til 6. When she came downstairs she was so excited and ran straight to her presents.. which is not her normal morning routine. Usually as soon as she gets up you have to get her a drink.. then while she has her drink she goes to the potty and does her thing. (Don't get all excited.. that's the only potty we have down is when she gets up. We're still working on it) I knew if I let her start opening she'd pee so I made her go in and sit down (yeah i'm such an awful mommy hahaha.) She peed as fast as she could and took off running for the livingroom. After getting a fresh diaper put on she went right to work opening presents. She opened for about 45 minutes when it became a fight to get her to open presents because she wanted to play with the new stuff. We let her take a break and play and then Kevin and I opened. After we finished we made her go back to opening which was probably another 45 minutes. When she was done we got all her stuff put back under the tree and cleared the livingroom so her big present could come out.. her Dora four-wheeler! As soon as Kevin sat it down she jumped on and took off! She absolutely loved it! After she played for awhile and got her bath, we took her outside so she could ride with more room. After she got bored with riding we sat outside and colored with chalk on the sidewalk for a good hour. I cooked a huge dinner and after dinner we watched Elf and A Christmas Story. Overall, it was a good day.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">(Please note.. pictures are in reverse order of our Christmas morning haha)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJVPixOS00l77x5Kt_lDVPXEkMis6VJqUGmtkcah7jLGl0XPthK22xt23rDYiAHL0kQMDqhsn5f4ODuqkgj2RjBlof20CvHGJCE_joChFf8rNH9EiWLMRFZR97yRj9DGerQbTF9utYqs/s1600/christmas53.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJVPixOS00l77x5Kt_lDVPXEkMis6VJqUGmtkcah7jLGl0XPthK22xt23rDYiAHL0kQMDqhsn5f4ODuqkgj2RjBlof20CvHGJCE_joChFf8rNH9EiWLMRFZR97yRj9DGerQbTF9utYqs/s320/christmas53.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691539276924175682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My little artist</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogOyye3SNnCxAisM0uU0EDUwyG1ryVWSHQW2AoTgDYSthDjM_wwbVVMpXfV9D3n5B2ElnGvkEKkaYoz7VN4Cm30T2KpTvXwSkBbr2EGJkPWMhO2dD902_aBnZ0fugy7q7cM1PRmk5pC0/s1600/christmas54.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3N2ptxE13ErHV2Rwb4RxocKCIy6d1VwyZ3aZkxdkW5FW7nPhk-ZZ0hv8U3AQ6w1y4ja_l2PX66eiyy48_hCTBiNf8vtDOJUjoReH-5QLB2P1cCat3Atq-rjy0vSlDPmbSLN-aOZWq3Os/s320/christmas41.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691536972013368146" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvACO_7M-4qJILkBmgR1Gqa4xby5Z0nJQukH5YaqzkEbeYfjLNbFRHqJJQe54OV1Id_SgMXMU9r8oi_vtTaoAhE4CD4SEuxXMgiR1z-0d2Bu1eYb9jU87FaaEqqjl0HRA47QSZGgTNnQY/s1600/christmas38.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvACO_7M-4qJILkBmgR1Gqa4xby5Z0nJQukH5YaqzkEbeYfjLNbFRHqJJQe54OV1Id_SgMXMU9r8oi_vtTaoAhE4CD4SEuxXMgiR1z-0d2Bu1eYb9jU87FaaEqqjl0HRA47QSZGgTNnQY/s320/christmas38.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691536967167537234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Rosalie and I Christmas morning.. yup we had matching pjs!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzCZkEXyosSqy0G2z-5amNZI-ijWibb63TGfa8xBeucQZRfl-CFxeAN5BXy5tsAppPkepcDFQMZscO3E7r7Dyutx7LjmjA-zCT2YMwQDnSGPadb6M7im5rvPr7fXu0EaihWXPjXv00Fjo/s1600/christmas35.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzCZkEXyosSqy0G2z-5amNZI-ijWibb63TGfa8xBeucQZRfl-CFxeAN5BXy5tsAppPkepcDFQMZscO3E7r7Dyutx7LjmjA-zCT2YMwQDnSGPadb6M7im5rvPr7fXu0EaihWXPjXv00Fjo/s320/christmas35.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691536949617454786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Rosalie with all her loot!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSi0kE6qMXpUiFuUyCnR2KX4uPTFgldGj6kFJLJQG2Q4f-26dHHpnuY_BnnXkZj1jDBhfLVVAq_yDoZujGc9GdQQzqSXmCwPstQscMXqjbcGaVwjJhP3WyODq0KIC3dXyp-wHhZnfRIg/s1600/christmas31.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSi0kE6qMXpUiFuUyCnR2KX4uPTFgldGj6kFJLJQG2Q4f-26dHHpnuY_BnnXkZj1jDBhfLVVAq_yDoZujGc9GdQQzqSXmCwPstQscMXqjbcGaVwjJhP3WyODq0KIC3dXyp-wHhZnfRIg/s320/christmas31.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691536941180437138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Cheese" hahaha</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6HOhDnA1yyjSG-tgiyuWjdPm_oSdwjKQmomwJahxgDyAROQNHV9vN4vfdxsbt3hu1QkGqalZLwx4xXkZ9z0IoG_9N4V6weS0C6bOOYKNbU5rzrEJR8PhA8kJCUQ59yotEkticieOTV4/s1600/christmas29.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6HOhDnA1yyjSG-tgiyuWjdPm_oSdwjKQmomwJahxgDyAROQNHV9vN4vfdxsbt3hu1QkGqalZLwx4xXkZ9z0IoG_9N4V6weS0C6bOOYKNbU5rzrEJR8PhA8kJCUQ59yotEkticieOTV4/s320/christmas29.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691536938791034354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Boy was Santa good to us this year!!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5xy2SZ8K_UwavS8n_EzbtaUc0mOzREw_V9kRO6K6i-J_5tSVbSoSkjgMFGkSHLkjnuMFzOt6HVtsdMYQDieZVPvJDQAfN-4or5VR6xtJB5r6BnYMQbUTQQsihvAVU4zC8nGbgUBNaa-g/s1600/christmas24.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5xy2SZ8K_UwavS8n_EzbtaUc0mOzREw_V9kRO6K6i-J_5tSVbSoSkjgMFGkSHLkjnuMFzOt6HVtsdMYQDieZVPvJDQAfN-4or5VR6xtJB5r6BnYMQbUTQQsihvAVU4zC8nGbgUBNaa-g/s320/christmas24.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691533385339984914" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85T0ncZqgPX8DonAApzx6VlU2tC5vn7FLbOMy4IIGjyoSAgUtKPrCxGr6zv7xocr3_uHOnl8FwvJypaQ2vXivvHJm3Ai8R1kc178VBksybVfDBNX9VDEjGTT1SF0JatT4NssbZ3JhzHQ/s1600/christmas22.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85T0ncZqgPX8DonAApzx6VlU2tC5vn7FLbOMy4IIGjyoSAgUtKPrCxGr6zv7xocr3_uHOnl8FwvJypaQ2vXivvHJm3Ai8R1kc178VBksybVfDBNX9VDEjGTT1SF0JatT4NssbZ3JhzHQ/s320/christmas22.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691533377438777090" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtitv3iLlZmwqC93cALwYrF494ktDBl9l6mortSxZ9EvCgzt8dO7Arub2HRtw6ra9Sk0ytvlWPtWaFA0l6cHn4suhddk_r5HKyRCtWvQB7aJvFJHpasg8zqJJ2NHup4hA6YE-IthYB9E/s1600/christmas18.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtitv3iLlZmwqC93cALwYrF494ktDBl9l6mortSxZ9EvCgzt8dO7Arub2HRtw6ra9Sk0ytvlWPtWaFA0l6cHn4suhddk_r5HKyRCtWvQB7aJvFJHpasg8zqJJ2NHup4hA6YE-IthYB9E/s320/christmas18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691533368466753762" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXCvuvu0d1RrkBmNsLUhqCpKPnUtvSulMaeHdhoXax0MgLWzLuurGbB3mArOKY01DbSrYapWWg9_xPy6M1-7Kkig-JI3hDLy-qUeJxP6lZ6Fd-qDVMvutwjXVT2Q32u0d3ueH2szA1gc/s1600/christmas17.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXCvuvu0d1RrkBmNsLUhqCpKPnUtvSulMaeHdhoXax0MgLWzLuurGbB3mArOKY01DbSrYapWWg9_xPy6M1-7Kkig-JI3hDLy-qUeJxP6lZ6Fd-qDVMvutwjXVT2Q32u0d3ueH2szA1gc/s320/christmas17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691533355249926642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBs6Lbw6oqNL2wM7trUdzLeiEw4m-1REjK3ggCtl_18JnvA6Brg5VbC1C5Qaevrozec_XSrt8bt3wtjsfD5A1UFKZ8-LFw6ge7MCrVowxGwtbNWbCkIFOsnVSy2TVcQPe616s5M5NJl04/s1600/christmas11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBs6Lbw6oqNL2wM7trUdzLeiEw4m-1REjK3ggCtl_18JnvA6Brg5VbC1C5Qaevrozec_XSrt8bt3wtjsfD5A1UFKZ8-LFw6ge7MCrVowxGwtbNWbCkIFOsnVSy2TVcQPe616s5M5NJl04/s320/christmas11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691533350529683330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Deciding what's next!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Rosalie made out really well for Christmas lol. She still has more presents to open at my mom's house because I told her not to send all her gifts since the movers will be coming in a month and a half. I was pretty pleased with every one of my Christmas presents! We got our usual money from the families.. then I got an Apple Tv, the final 2 HP movies, The Biggest Loser for the Kinect, a charm bracelet with about 9 charms (which is something I always wanted!), some stuff from AE, VS satin jammies, Under Armour, Bare Minerals, lotions and bath stuff.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hope everyone had a Christmas as wonderful as ours was!</div>Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097787938972567747.post-74232836837816023782011-12-24T04:18:00.001-08:002011-12-24T04:18:36.505-08:00Merry Christmas from the Hollis Family!<div class="sflyProductPreviewWidget" style="width:425px; height:494px;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetTop" style="height:6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/top.gif);"></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetCenter" style="height:482px; padding: 0 6px 0 6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bg.gif); background-repeat:repeat-y;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewLogo" style="width: 105px; height: 34px; padding: 14px 0 0 14px;"><img src="http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/logo.gif" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;"></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewContainer" style="height:350px; text-align:center; padding: 0;"><a href="http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaMWjdo5cuGTG3g&eid=115"><img src="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/prs/v1/0AaMWjdo5cuGWA/0AaMWjdo5cuGWMag/p/67b0de21b3127d902548/JPEG/1324729102000/0/" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;"></a></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewMessageContainer" style="height:55px; background-color:#f4f4e9; text-align:center; padding: 15px 0 15px 0; line-height: 19px;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewTitle" style="font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 15px; color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span>Pretty Pattern Christmas Card</span></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewSEOText" style="font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 13px; color: #333333;"><span>Customize your <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cards" style="color: #6666cc;">Christmas cards</a> this holiday at Shutterfly.com.</span></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewViewCollection" style="font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 13px; color: #333333;"><span>View the entire <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery" style="color: #6666cc;">collection</a> of cards.</span></div><img width="1" height="1" border="0" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;" src="https://os.shutterfly.com/b/ss/sflyshareprod/1/H.15/111?pageName=sharekey&c1=msc&c2=blogger" /></div></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetBottom" style="height:6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bottom.gif);"></div></div>Mandee Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106518163045209591noreply@blogger.com0