Ultimate Blog Party 2009
Hey there…. I am so excited to get this party started. Come on in, grab you a drink, and let’s start mingling.
Please meet your host Jen Houck:
Hey ya’ll (southern girl and all ya know), I am so glad to “meet” you. One Moms World is so happy to get to mingle with each and every one of you. What better way to bring in the first day of Spring!
Let’s me tell you a little about myself. I am a work at home mom (since early 2003) of two beautiful girls. They are playing it up at the park now so let’s take a sneek peak at them:
Big Sister:
Little Sister:
This has been one more long winter, so we are enjoying this warm weather that has been brought our way by the good ole Mr. Sunshine.
I have been blogging since August 2005 and just have loved it from the first minute I started blogging. It helps connecting with other parents and sharing the journey of the curvy road of parenthood. They say life comes at you fast…. I believe that 100%. There is never a dull moment and I could not imagine life any other way. I enjoy being home with them and seeing them grow.
Also, I am a weight watchers fanatic. As of yesterday, I am down 34.6 pounds. I enjoy sharing videos of easy weight watcher meals here, along with easy weight watcher desserts. I believe in sharing recipes that will help you lose weight, but that also has a really good tasting and are EASY to make. (Moms have limited time ya know!) Hey, if I can get my husband (the pickest eater of all) to enjoy these recipes, you know they have to be good. So keep checking back with new recipes each week. Right now, I would like you to pick up a bowl of our Weight Watchers banana pudding. It is so delicious and you can’t even tell it is missing the fat.
Recipe:
- 1 Big Box of Vanilla Pudding Mix
(Follow the recipe on the box for the 5 minute pudding) - Add in sliced bananas to the mix
- A Box of Reduced Fat Vanilla Wafers
(Layer your 13 x 9 dish on the bottom with Vanilla Wafers) - Pour the prepared pudding mix on top of the wafers
- Sit the dish in the fridge for about 30 minutes to let it set
- Once set, layer the top with one regular container of Fat Free Cool Whip.
You are all set to enjoy a wonderful guilt free dessert.
While you are here visitng… do not forget to enter our giveaways:
Win an Autographed Music CD
Leave me a comment below so I can come mingle in at your party as well. Happy Ultimate Blog Party 2009. Woot Woot!!!
Also don’t forget to check out the Prize page. I couldn’t believe all the prizes. I am going to put my picks below 
#58 Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer
#1 $100 GC to Pedal Cars/Rocking Horse
#19: Target Gift Certificate
#71 Flip Flops for Mother and Daughter
#79 Cute Clips
#106 Melissa and Doug’s Dress Up
I Am Going Back To School
I was tagged the other day by Sheryl over at Peanut Butter and Jelly Boats to share 6 random things about my life right now. Here we go
1) I’m going back to college to finally finish my degree. It’s always been my Grandmother’s wish to see me finish college and I want to make this happen for me and her. I’m so excited but a little bit scared too. I go tomorrow to finalize everything for Fall semester!
2) My hair is my youngest daughter’s lovey that she goes to sleep with!
3) I’m doing the TweightLoss Challenge headed up by Audrey over at Mom Generations. I’m off to a great start this week. YAY!
4) I love designing stuff in photoshop hence my Internet Marketing Chic website.
5) My little girl starts kindergarden in a little over a week and I am not dealing with it good. Why do they have to grow up?
6) I’m addicted to pretzels and homemade ranch dip I make with fat free sour cream of course 
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Ok… what do you think? Am I interesting enough LOL!
I’m going to tag some other moms as well as I love learning about the mom bloggers.
No tags for this post.Lets Play Tag Moms
Stephanie said Tag You’re It Jen… So here it goes
What Was I Doing 10 Years Ago?
I was living my summer up as I was fixing to embark on my last year of highschool. So it was filled with working as Office Assistant at Food Lion grocery store and hanging out at the lake on my boyfriend’s jet ski!
5 Things On My To-Do List Today:
Prepare breakfast for the girls and I
Get Madisyn’s soccer things ready for her first day of Soccer Camp
Run to the grocery store
Help the girl’s do their homemade Father’s Day Cards
Take Madisyn to soccer camp
Snacks I Enjoy:
Fresh Cherries on a Stem
Cantaloupe
Broccoli and Cauiflower with Homemade Ranch Dip
Things I Would Do If I Were A Billionaire:
Make sure my family was taken care of and didn’t worry about money anymore. Start a private montessori school that had a major focus on co-op and revolved around hands on learning.
Places I Have Lived:
Blue Ridge Mountains, NC
Tampa, Florida
I tag the following, if they want to play along…
Casual Friday Everyday
Mom of 3 Girls
A Island Life
This is the life . Sitting here blogging and rocking my daughter to sleep. She is sleeping peacefully in my arms and I just love looking down at her and seeing her beautiful face.
Jen Is Joining the Ultimate Blog Party
Hey There Mamas…. Thanks for coming by!! I wanted to say just a bit about myself. I am a proud mom of my two girls ages 5 and 3 and also a proud step-mommy to a 15 year old. Every since my first child was born, I have had the most wonderful opportunity of staying at home with her and performing my work at home job as well to help make the budget go just a bit smoother in the household .
I hope you all will stop in and leave me a comment as I would LOVE to get to know you all better and form mommy blogging relationships.
Cheers to everyone!!!
No tags for this post.7 Weird Things About Muah
The lovely and very talented Val tagged me for this fun meme. So lets see if I can figure out 7 weird things about me.
1) Well not sure if this is really weird… but I had my two beautiful girls before actually tyeing the knot .
2) I do not eat butter on my baked potato… I either like Steak A1 Sauce or Ketchup.
3) I had never heard of calamari until Kelly Pickler got made fun of on American Idol for how she pronounced it. So like the next week, my husband took me out and had me try it. Needless to say I DID NOT know I was eating squid until after I took the first bites.
4) I have a great relationship with my step-daughter and love her to pieces and so glad she is a part of my life.
5) I'm such a worry wart about my girls that something is going to happen to them, that I have only left them with my mom and dad 1 whole time during their life for about a hour and half while Scott and I went out to eat.
6) After reading number 5, Hubbs and I have only been out on 1 date without the girls since back in 2002 when our first daughter was born. We make it family dates and I wouldn't have it any other way.
7) I love eating fresh sliced turkey, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots on wheat breat with ranch dressing. YUMMY GOOD!
Ok there you have it… weird or not? Let me know hehe.
No tags for this post.Jen is a Worrier by Nature. Are You?
Nell my good pal over at Casual Friday Everyday tagged me to do a personality test.
My results said:
Personality: Melancholy Phlegmatic
But in all actuality, they were all pretty even. Here were my scores:
Melancholy: 35%
Phlegmatic: 25%
Sanguine: 20%
Choleric: 20%
Have you taken the test? Love to hear how you scored and if you thought it was true or not.
Here is a link to the test: http://www.oneishy.com/personality/personality_test.php
No tags for this post.Do You Want to Know Jen More
I have been tagged by two great and cool mom friends so let's get this blog post started and get to know more about Jen
First off, I was blogged by the wonderful Natural Mom Carrie Lauth to answer 7 burning questions. Here goes:
1. If you could have an endless supply of any food, what would it be and why?
Bananas and pineapples. I could literally sit and eat them all day. When I go to Target and buy my bananas, I have them gone in one day OOPS.
2. If you were an animal what would you be and why?
I don't think I could be an animal, because you have to give your children away. This really bothers me that when they give birth eventually they never see their kids anymore 
3. If you could only describe yourself using three words, what three words would you use?
Caring, devoted mother
4. If you could be a super hero who would you be and why?
SUPER MOM… lol. Really I don't get how some moms do it somtimes. I try my best to do for my girls but sometimes I wonder if I am really doing enough
5. What is the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you?
Hmmm…I would say probably in 5th grade when I started my period and didn't realize it until Theater was over and I had this big red spot on my pants a kid told me. I was soooo embarrassed and ran to the teacher so she could call my mom to come get me
6. What is one of your biggest pet peeves and why?
Moms who think they are better than other moms. Since moving to Florida I have experienced this so much. I don't get it. Now don't get me wrong there are moms here who are sooo nice and friendly but others that will just look at you like why are you here? Crazy!
7. Out of red, green, blue, yellow and orange which one is your favorite color?
Blue definitely!
My favorite memory is looking at my girls the first time out of the womb.
If you chose red what is one of your favorite hobbies?
If you chose green what is your favorite place?
If you chose blue what is one favorite memory?
If you chose yellow what is your dream job?
If you chose orange it’s a wildcard and you can tell us anything about yourself!
I am going to Tag Heather and K @ Island LIfe
Second tag was from the great Aurelia @ Real Life Solutions.
7 Things You May Not Know About Me
(Some may know these but here goes )
1) I am a step-mommy to a beautiful girl in NC. We talk pretty much everyday on the phone and computer and she calls me her best friend. I call myself her second mommy hehe. Our relationship was not always good, but it couldn't be any better right now. I love her!!
2) I am an attachment mommy and always have been since I had my girls. It just came natural to me and we still co-sleep and no one will ever tell me to do different .
3) I have a REAL THICK Southern Accent. I get asked all the time and where are you from? I will tell them and they will say we can tell. Well why ask? LOL.
4) I am a bargain mommy and will not pay full price for anything. I am always on the lookout for coupons, coupon codes and buy 1 get 1 free offers.
5) I was an Art Technician in former life before I had my girls. Hmmm wonder why I like to design things now?
6) I yearn for another baby. Madisyn asks me at least once a week . It's just not in the cards for us.
7) I love love love the show Don't Forget the Lyrics on Fox. That is the only show I will watch each week. Rest of week I don't even watch unless its the news and sometimes I will watch my soap the young and restless.
So… do you know more about me now? hehe.
I would love to hear from Shannon and Jenn.
No tags for this post.Jen Work at Home Uniform
My best bud Nell over at Casual Friday Everyday tagged me to share what my work at home uniform usually consists of.
I'm a pretty relaxed gal and usually just wear a t-shirt and jogging shorts or pants. Now of course I will get dressed up of the hubbs and I go out with the girls or I am taking Madisyn to preschool but when just working around the house… I want comfort.
Here is a pict of me tonight working at my desk:
I’m tagging some blog friends and here is what you need to do:
- post a picture of you in your typical daily “uniform”
- tag other bloggers to join in on the fun (tag as many as you’d like)
Throwback Thursday Pregnant Mama
I had professional pictures done when I was pregnant with Madisyn my oldest daughter. I wish I would of had them done with Lyndsee. I always wanted one of Madisyn looking up at my belly .
Here I am at 32 weeks with Madisyn:
And one I took of myself at 32 weeks with Lyndsee.
Boy my hair has really grown huh? hehe. I think this is the longest my hair has ever been. I loved seeing my belly grow. I miss being pregnant sniff sniff!
No tags for this post.Jen Houck Rocks and Is Nice
Well aren't you just self-centered Jen? HA! Just joking. I have been given two awards over the last couple weeks and it has really touched me ALOT. You know going through this journey of motherhood is so awesome but it makes it even better if you have fellow mommies to take that journey with you.
My bestest bud Nell Taliercio over at CasualFridayEveryday.com gave me the Rocking Blogger Award.
We first met back in 2003 and then lost touch and crossed paths back in early 2005 again and have became such great best buds. We have been there for each other and just last night when I was having a bad night, Nell was there once again to give me positive words. I appreciate her and adore our friendship greatly! So thank you very much for honoring me Nell with this award.
I would like to give this award to the following two women:
Jenn @ Natural News because she just plain rocks with her expertise on baby carriers and I have got to really know her over past couple weeks and really enjoying her blog!
Stef @ Mommy Musings because she is a new mommy blogger and she has some funny posts. Go check out her site! I can't wait to meet up with you Stef.
Now another mommy blogger that I have got to know really good over past month is Val over at Purple Valley. This wonderful mommy does beautiful work with photography. I can't wait till she comes to Disney so she can do a photoshoot of my girlies . She has awarded me the Nice Award:
This really touched me and I couldn't thank her enough. I love blogging and I am addicted to her blog as well. Nice makes the world so much happier and it warms my heart knowing all of us mommy bloggers are doing just that! You rock and are nice too VAL . Definitely a positive influence on the blogging world
I award the following a Nice Matters Award, because you the represent the following to me:
"This award is for those bloggers who are nice people; good blog friends and those who inspire good feelings and inspiration. Also for those who are a positive influence on our blogging world. Once you've been awarded please pass it on to 7 others who you feel are deserving of this award."
Melody @ Slurping Life
Tiffany @ Natural Family Living
Deb @ Mom of 3
Kailani @ Island Life
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