The wheelchair mommy

Lucas shoved William away and said, “No, my Momma!”

Yup. You heard that right. I was featured on The Five Fish!

Go.

There.

NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S. I finished a slideshow but can’t play it on youtube because of copyright reasons…. how do ask permission for something like that so I can share it with everyone?!!!!!!!! Anyone know?

ok – it appears they approved it?

here is the cute button so you can find Eighty MPH Mom’s blog:

I made chocolate covered strawberries with the boys the other day and they are so good!! Much, MUCH cheaper than preade ones and they tasted EXACTLY the same if not better!

Here are photos of the “event”. (on my iphone these look great but on my laptop screen they look HORRIBLE! How do they look for you?? )

I totally recommend that cheap stuff. I mean honest! I thought since it was only $2 that it would be nasty, waxy $2 chocolate but it wasnt! (we tasted a “Chip” before ruining the fruit!)

NO, I was not paid or given free chocolate to do this post. I just REALLY thought they were yummy and that my friends NEED to know they can have great, FAST chocolate covered strawberries at anytime!

oooh and we also did “homemade” bowling with this cheap little plastic set from the prize place from points at the pizza place.

Hello! If you have a product you would like me to review, please send me information on the product and I will consider adding it to my reviews.  As of right now I do not see the need to put a price minimum on what you send but please keep in mind that my time is just as valueable as yours and if it’s not worth the effort,  I will not take part! No matter how valueable your product is, I will review the item(s) with honesty. My friends and family read this blog and will not be willing to pad any reviews.  Thank you.

Feel free to contact me via email at askwheelchairmommy at gmail dot com

Last night, Jenine at Badger Mom, gave me an award in this blog post! Thank you, that was very sweet .

The rules to accept this award are that I have to tell 5 things that I love to do. In not particular order, here’s my list.

1. Hands down, i love to be around my boys!!! (hubby and sons)

2. I love when family comes!!! (mom, siblings, etc)

3. Blogging

4. Digital scrapbooking

5. REading

I’m going to award this to 5 bloggers that I’d like to get to know better. (not counting the blogger who gave this to me because i want to know her too…)

1. Deena – this is kind of cheating because we actually know each other really well but we’ve never met. So I still pick her. She’s my best Internet friend.
   
2. Tanis (redneckmommy)- ok you may think this one is kissing up to the Gods but really. I think she is so freaking down to Earth and REAL. I mean she’s one lucky woman to have the oppurtunity to open her heart and her arms to such a wonderful kid and who else besides me can pull off looking that hot in medical equipment? (she had to use a old foggy walker because of surgery)(kidding! I am sure all of you could do it!) Now since she is a blogging Goddess and all I do NOT expect her to actually put this on her blog .
3. ScaryMommy - She’s super nice and takes GORGEOUS photos and I am grateful for some of her help around the blogging and twitter world. AGain, she’s bigger than me right now (see….you people are making me aim high here, I’m saying I’m going to be as big as her and Tanis one day!! LOL) anyways i dont expect her to post this either but wanted to say it anyways.
4. Becks-just met on twitter last week or the week before? She is a very sweet, sincere person and we live in the same state so she knows all about what its like to have to always be told how gorgeous women in Texas are . . . AHAHAHAHAH — kidding. . . she’s not really FROM Texas but it appears she got here as fast as she could!
   
5. JDD and his Wife - Yeah so they make 5 & 6 but they are a couple.They both blog. Seperately. But they are kinda sorta one. Right? Ok well let’s pretend they are because they get spot 5. i pick them because they are going through a HUGE ordeal right now. JDD was recently in a horrible wreck but he is a survivor. He’s going to do awesome things with life given all his past struggles and his new one and I want to be his and his wife’s friend. And you know what? They are practically my neighbor so it is so totally possible.
   

Disclaimer: Twitter HELPED me find news links more quickly than a search engine-I did not rely on the tweets alone.

Today at 10:25 I got a call from a number I didn’t recognize. When I answered it was my husband. He was out of breath and kinda freaked out. A plane had just crashed into a nearby building (1/2 mile or so?) and everyone heard the explosion and felt the rumble. Well…he said he DID NOT feel the rumble. He was off in Codebodia. A place many of you may be familiar with. If not, ask a computer programmer. He or She will tell you. . .

He tried calling on his mobile but couldn’t get through. I’m not really sure where he called from. It wasn’t HIS desk. ANyways, he was out of breath because he’d just run in from outside, looking at the smoke trying to figure out exactly where it was coming from.

I immediately did a google search and didnt find much and BAM! it hit me. Twitter. Duh. SO I frantically typed in  “plane crash #austin anyone know?” – or something like that. Then I clicked on my litle # sign and Bada BING! Information Jackpot. Others were frantically trying to find information, like me and others were linking us up with news articles.

I prefer not to post any “facts” or any of my opinions. You can do your own research. Here is twitter hashtag for #austin.

All I can say is WOW! Crazy morning for Austin, Tx.

I’m just so impressed with the information (overload?) I was able to recieve in such a SHORT amount of time.

The times, they are a-changing!

I’ve carried Mommy cards around off and on for 5 years now. In the past I’ve always printed my own. I didn’t really want to go that route this time because my printer is only kind of great and it get out of alignment 1/2 way through. Cards are about $20 and ink another $10ish. Plus it takes forever. And it’s monotonous. So … this time I designed something cute with an adorable kit from Shabby Pickle Designs. I did get the kit free, but that is a perk of hosting challenges over there. I think my disclaimer covers that? LOL – I have no idea if my disclaimer is adequete.

Ok. So back to the cards.

They real deal just came in the mail today. I think that was about a week? I didn’t pay for special shipping or anything. Just the cheap stuff. I hate shipping. The cards are cute and the colors are EXACTLY as I expected. I guess my screen is still calibrated. YAY. My total was around $29 ?? I can’t remember. Obviously it wasn’t a big deal different then just doing it at home – price wise.

I haven’t handed any out yet but I must say I like them. Very cute. But I get credit for THAT part . Oh…they are slightly heavier then what I would print at home and “cleaner” (no preferations). I think next time I just might splurge and go 2 sided or glossy.

This post was ENTIRELY my doing. Vista Print had NOTHING to do with it.

Ok. This is going to be quick. I am feeling really overwhelmed this week. Lucas DID NOT break his nose (hit my chair and it bruised and became swollen) and he DID not ingest 1/2 bottle of cayenne pepper. Don’t ask. He’s fine. None in his eyes or mouth but, Pleaaaase? Stop?! Just for two minutes. LOL.

Ok. This is going to be quick. I am feeling really overwhelmed this week. Lucas DID NOT break his nose and he DID not ingest 1/2 bottle of cayenne pepper. Don’t ask. He’s fine. None in his eyes or mouth but, Pleaaaase? Stop?! Just for two minutes. LOL.