Welcome to The Party!

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I can't believe it's already been a year since the first Ultimate Blog Party, brought to us by those wonderful ladies at 5 Minutes For Mom!

I'm so excited that y'all have stopped by my little blog for a visit! I guess I'd better tell you a little about myself.

I'm a stay-at-home Mom to 3 darling daughters, Pooh(8), Tinkerbell(6) and Scooter(4). I know some people don't like nicknames on blogs, but guess what - we really call 'em Tink and Scooter, and sometimes even Pooh!

We adopted our girls through foster care 3 years ago, and even though it is HARD sometimes, I thank God every day for helping us find each other. I am obviously a big advocate for foster/adoption, so if you have any questions or want to know more about our story, PLEASE feel free to ask!

I've been married to Big Daddy for 11 crazy, traumatic, eventful, miraculous, blessed years. He's great, and mostly takes very good care of his girls, especially me. 'cept when I'm overly crazy, then he just laughs at me.

Most Fridays I do a little Forum here called Advice Forum Fridays. I started it about six months ago, mainly because I'm always wondering how other people do things...any old thing from your best cookie recipe to how you handle whacked out 1st grade teachers to what's the most frugal place to download music.

I'll save the rest for later on...now I've got to go check out some parties myself.

Thank you so much for stopping by my corner of the world, and please come back - there's so much more to tell!

OOH, and I just remembered to tell you about all the neat prizes they're offering over at 5MFM. While I'd be thrilled to win ANY of the prizes, my top 10 are:

#45 — Custom Blog Design Provided by: Summer
#24 — Blog Design Provided by: Sweet ‘n Simple Design
# 123 — Blog Makeover Provided By: Lady In Waiting Blog Design
#71 — $40 credits toward a blog design Provided by: Revka & Linda of RS Designs
#67 — Blog Makeover Provided by: Shauna from See My Designs
# 91 — Burt’s Bees Naturally Ageless skin care line Provided by: Geggie from So, What Else? What Else? What Else?
#12 — $50 gift certificate to Happy Panda
#11 — $40 gift certificate Provided by: Good For The Kids
#59 — $25 Cash Provided by: Lori from A Cowboy’s Wife
# 117 — $25 Gift Certificate Provided by: Mommy Bytes

Can you tell I'd like a new blog design? If I don't win one of those, then I'd be thrilled with one of these: 60, 39, 140, 101, 29, 79, 113, 135, 46, 70, 50, 44, 129, 122, 147, 152, 103, 3, 7, 30, 13, 107, 111, 124, 126, 127, 9, 112...

Aw, heck, I'd just be giddy with excitement to win anything!