I have a confession

April 12, 2011 1 Comment

Despite my blog’s title, Queen of the Snot PRINCESSES, my six year old does not like princesses.  So what do I do?  Should I drop the princesses and just call it, Queen of the Snot?  I’m not so sure about that.

When I started this blog, Miss M. was all about the princesses.  If you go back and look at her “Musings” she would have me write story after story after story about those gosh darn ladies in waiting.  Then this past summer we moved.  Suddenly princesses weren’t the be all to end all.  Something new had moved with us..

Star Wars.  This girl is CRAZY for Star Wars.  She loves everything and knows everything about the story and can tell you what happened in each movie.  The funny thing?  She has never seen the movies and doesn’t really want to.  She knows everything she knows from the fine pages of a book.  Love that!  She can argue with you the minute details of who was in what scene in which movie solely based on what she has read or listened to.

What about C?  She is still too little to start getting on the princess bandwagon and I am not one to put her on that particular cart.  I have a feeling that if her sister continues down this path of Star Wars admiration then C has little to no chance of not joining big sis.  Take in point two things that recently occurred.  One, C was looking at one of Miss M’s Star Wars books that shows all the characters from the movies.  C sees a picture of the Ewoks.  She starts kissing them.  The other thing that happened was during a recent trip to Target.  We went down the kids bedding aisle and saw some Star Wars stuff.  C sees a pillow in the shape of the famous little guy that we all loved but were kinda scared of (or was that just me?) and says…Yoda.  J and I looked at each other and just shook our heads….

Perhaps a better name for this blog would be Queen of the Jedi???

Don’t forget to enter my latest giveaway here.  It ends this Thursday!  Thank you!
Filed Under: blog_name, confession, Star_Wars

x and r by Miss M

April 9, 2011 Leave a Comment

a and b love to play in the park.  They see a lot of other alphabet friends.  They like to play with m, r, o, s, t.  They also to play all day long until their mommies a and b and m tell them to go inside.  But o never has to go inside.  He just likes to sit, sit and sit!  


The next morning, a, b, and c wanted to go outside but their mommies said they couldn’t go outside because you have class today.

[Dictated to AEK from Miss M]
Filed Under: alphabet_people, Miss M's Musings

REALLY Low Entry Giveaways Weekly List

April 8, 2011 3 Comments

Here is my weekly list of giveaways that I have found throughout the internets.  All have less than 100 entries and are due to be ending within the week.  Feel free to email me if you would like to have your giveaway listed.

Don’t forget to enter my giveaway here!

All listings are Blog Title – Giveaway

Good Luck!!

April 8th (TODAY!)

April 9th
April 10th
April 11th
April 12th
April 13th

    Filed Under: Giveaways, Low_Entry_Linky

    Buy One Get One Free Offer from BabyBond!!

    April 7, 2011 Leave a Comment

    So it is a very BabyBond day on the blog today!  See below for a great offer that is only good TODAY!  Then check out my giveaway here.


    BabyBond: buy one get one FREE* 


    Buy a BabyBond online from Babies R Us or buybuyBABY and get a second BabyBond for FREE* !!!
    Act fast… this limited time offer is only valid today 4/7/11 between 4 pm and 8 pm EST.  
    Oh yeah, it would be nice if you “like” us, too.

    postcard































    *TERMS & CONDITIONS: Customer buys one BabyBond online from Babies R Us or buybuyBABY and receives anotherBabyBond from Slurp & Burp LLC with only paying $10 shipping/handling. Email receipt from Babies R Us or buybuyBABY dated 4/7/11 to pr@babybondnursing.com along with your choice of BabyBond. We will invoice $10 via PayPal for shipping/handling ($15 for international shipping) and ship your FREE BabyBond once shipping/handling fees are paid. Receipt from Babies R Usor buybuyBABY must be dated 4/7/11.  We must receive your receipt and choice of BabyBond between 4 pm and 8 pm EST on 4/7/11.

    Filed Under: Buy one get one free offer, Nursing_Cover

    BabyBond: A Nursing Mom’s Dream (Review & GIVEAWAY!!) NOW CLOSED!

    April 7, 2011 109 Comments



    With both of my girls, I was able to breastfeed them for the first full year of their lives.  I was happy to do this and was thankful I was able to (and didn’t have the added expense of formula, etc).  With Miss M, I never breastfed her in public.  She was an October baby so we spent the greater part of that winter indoors anyway.  If we were out, I would feed her in the car or just wait until we reached our destination.  I would always go into another room if we were not at home.  As a new mom, I was most comfortable nursing her this way and it worked fine.


    When C arrived, I did not have the same luxury of staying indoors as I did with M.  Now I had a 4 1/2 year old and it was summertime.  My sister-in-law had bought me a nursing cover and I used that anytime we were at the park, etc. and C was hungry.  I don’t remember there even being nursing covers when M was a baby.  The cover was okay.  C would get hot under it and sometimes bat at it instead of concentrating on eating.  I was glad I had it but wasn’t completely satisfied using it.


    When I was given the opportunity to review BabyBond, I jumped at the chance.  It is a nursing cover, but one that doesn’t cover the baby!  What a great idea!  Even though my nursing days are very much behind me, I still wanted to see how the BabyBond would work.  I even had a worthwhile accomplice to help me in my review, my niece Caley.  She just became a new mom to a ten pound baby girl, “J”,  a little over a month ago!


    Here is her review of the Flex cover:

    I think it is a really great concept. The thing that I like best about it is that the baby is not covered and you can have eye contact with the baby but you still are covered. The fabric is nice and soft compared to some of the other nursing covers I have seen, and it is smaller then most nursing covers so it would be easy to take with you all the time without having to worry about space. The detachable burp cloth is also really nice because it attaches and when you are out you won’t have to worry about dropping the burp cloth or anything like that. The only things I find negative would be that when you are getting baby to latch on it is less modest. Also you need to be sure you are wearing a nursing shirt for it to work or else your stomach will be exposed. I would definitely try it out, probably more in the house when I don’t want to be around people then in public because of the fact that I wouldn’t want the extra expense of buying a whole nursing wardrobe to be able to use this. 

    One thing that I would add to Caley’s review is that if you have shirts that will button open or a low v-neck, then you do not have to use a nursing shirt with it.  Overall, I really wish I had known about BabyBond a couple of years ago, but I am glad that it is a real option for those moms that have to be on the go and those babies that hate being covered up.

    Buy it! Go to BabyBond and get your own cover for $35!  Enter coupon code QSP and get 25% off your order!!
    Note: the sash should actually be on the left shoulder
    and not the right as shown in order
    for the cover to be used properly.
    THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!  THANKS!
    Win it!  Baby Bond has graciously offered one of my readers their choice of either the Original, Flex or Couture models.

    Mandatory Entry: Visit BabyBond’s website and come back and leave a comment on which of three models (Original, Flex or Couture) you would choose AND in what color.  You MUST do this first or no entries will count!  Please leave your email address with this comment.

    Extra Entries:
    1. Like BabyBond on Facebook (leave your Facebook name).
    2. Follow Queen of the Snot Princesses on Google Friend Connect (side bar — click Follow) (leave GFC name)
    3. Follow me on twitter and tweet this:  #Win a @babybond nursing cover from @yeahhappy! #breastfeeding #bfcafe LOW ENTRIES #giveaway.  Include link in your comment.  This can be done only ONCE.
    This giveaway is offered worldwide 18+ and will end on April 14th 11:59pmCST.  Winner will be chosen through random.org.  Winner will be notified via e-mail.  If they fail to respond within 48 hours then a new winner will be picked.  Please leave your e-mail address in all your comments so that I can contact you.  I will not share your e-mail with anyone, it is strictly for me to notify you if you win.  GOOD LUCK!
    Full Disclosure:      I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR, Part 255 Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. Tomoson Product review & giveaway Disclosure.


    Filed Under: Breastfeeding, C, Caley, Giveaways, Miss M, Nursing, Product Review

    Notes on the Wall

    April 6, 2011 Leave a Comment

    Post-It-Note creations
    that Miss M placed next to her bed.


    Be sure to stop by tomorrow for an exciting giveaway for nursing moms or pregnant moms planning to nurse!
    Filed Under: Miss M, pictures, post_it_notes

    me and g by Miss M

    April 5, 2011 Leave a Comment

    a and c loved to joke with m.  m loved to play on the playground but she also liked to play with diapers with her baby sister m. v said you like d? g said yes i like d.

    [typed by Miss M with a little help from AEK]

    Filed Under: M's writing, Miss M's Musings

    Back to School / Teething Bites

    April 4, 2011 Leave a Comment

    After a full week off of school for spring break, Miss M. was back in the trenches today.  She woke up kinda groggy and complaining of a headache.  I swear the minute the girl wakes up, she runs out of bed.  Hence the headache and looking like she just ran into a wall.  She told daddy that she was excited to go back to school and I think she enjoys it once she is there, but she told me she didn’t really want to go.  I think the reason for her hesitation is because of what we did on Spring Break.

    What did we do?  Absolutely NOTHING.  Miss M was quite content watching her Three’s Company when it was on.  We also had some good friends visit us one day for a play date, it was J’s birthday another day, we had a visit from the awesome Aunt Mimi yet another day and for the life of me I can’t remember what we did the last two days of the week.  All I know is that it was cold and definitely not feeling like spring.  Also, we had another thing going on…

    2 year molars.  Beginning on Friday, C started to drool like the River Nile.  I have never seen so much spit come out of one child.  She has been having a runny nose since the time she was born.  (It honestly seems like it..hence the name of the blog).  But it had started to be more clear and hence another indication that fun was about to begin.  C has a very different pain tolerance than Miss M.  Meaning it is pretty much non existent.  So when she awoke from her afternoon nap on Saturday feeling warm we knew that the party was here.  The whining, always wants to be held, not wanting to eat party, that is.

    We have been giving her tylenol and that has really helped.  I found some of her old teething toys today too and she has been chomping on them.  The problem with the two year molars is their location.  They are kinda far back for her really to be able to chomp on something to soothe them.  Any suggestions?

    So that is what we have been up to.  We did have some 60 degree weather on the weekend but it is Chicago…it could still snow.  {shudder}

    How was your Spring Break?  Please don’t reply if you went on some awesome trip or did anything that could cause feelings of jealousy, anger, etc.  (just kidding..)

    Filed Under: 2 year molars, C, Miss M, Spring_Break_2011, teething

    No Foolin’! REALLY Low Entry Giveaways

    April 1, 2011 5 Comments

    I love entering giveaways and have been pretty lucky in winning quite a few.  One thing that I have started to concentrate on with my entries is only entering those giveaways that have super low entries (under 100). The lower the amount of people that have entered, the greater the chance of me winning something.

    Since I am all about sharing the love, I thought I would start sharing those giveaways that I find that are low entries and are due to end soon.  I have organized the below list by Blog Name – What they are giving away.  I have limited my list to only those giveaways that are due to be ending within the week.

    Check them out & GOOD LUCK!

    Ending TODAY:
    Ending Saturday 4/2:
    Ending Sunday 4/3:
    Ending Monday 4/4:
    Ending Tuesday 4/5:
    Ending Wednesday 4/6:


    What do you think of this list?  Do you think I should do this perhaps every Friday?  Let me know your thoughts!!  Thanks!

      Filed Under: Giveaways, Low_Entry_Linky

      Faces

      March 31, 2011 2 Comments

      With my abstaining from social media sites (e.g. facebook, twitter, etc.), I have been finding other things to do (and waste time) on my computer.  One of those things is identifying people on our photos.  Both my husband and I have become the unofficial historians of our families.  We appreciate family history and love to record and store old photos. One way to preserve these photos is to scan them onto your computer into a program such as Picasa.

      Picasa is great.  A really neat thing it does is facial identification/recognition or “name tags”.  It will go through all of your photos and single out each individual in those photos.  So say you have a huge class photo, it will make an entry for each of those people and for you to identify.  Once you have identified a person, a new file will be created that will contain all the pictures of that person.  It is a great way to take a peak into how a person has changed over the years.  The program will even guess sometimes if someone is who they think they are and put them in their file for you to check.  For example, it will place a photo of Miss M into her file with a question mark whether or not it is her.  Sometimes it will put a picture of C into M’s file or vice versa.  This just shows that it is not a perfect system and that the girls do in fact resemble each other.

      I have over four thousand images to identify so it is a long process but one that I am enjoying.  I like seeing these photos in a new light.  It focuses on the individual instead of the things in the photo that might distract.  I have been able to see how some family members look more alike than I ever thought they did.

      You can learn more about Picasa here.  It is a free download and easy to use.

      Do you use anything to identify your photos?  If so, what and how do you like it?

      I love Picasa and thought I would share my experiences.  No one asked me to write about it…just wanted to share the love.

      Filed Under: identifying, old_photos, Picasa
      « Previous Page
      Next Page »