Fundraising Plug

Okay, in this economy I have to do this. Shameless plugging on my blog of my children's school fundraiser. Get over it! It's my blog and I'll do what I want. I am desperate to make sure that we make our usual $1500 this year for our Spring Fundraiser like I've managed to do the past two years. I don't have a whole lot of confidence that this is going to be accomplished through just the school alone so I'm throwing this out there. Please Please Please support O'Connell School Fundraising. Yes, even if you don't live anywhere near me or have never met me before for that matter you can still buy from my fundraiser. Here's what you have to do:

AVON SPRING FUNDRAISER

Sale runs from Wednesday, February 11th – Monday, March 2nd.

AVON HAS A 100% CUSTOMER SATISFACTION GUARANTEE!



Have out of state family members who would like to help support this fundraiser????

They can do that by placing their fundraiser order online and having it shipped directly to their door. All they have to do is visit the following website (no other website will qualify for this fundraiser):

O'Connell School Avon Fundraiser

and click on the SHOP tab at the top of the page. Then they register for a FREE account and start shopping. They can pay by credit card at the time of their order and 15% of their order will be donated to O’Connell Elementary school. Shipping charges will be applied however, and will range between $3 and $5.95 for standard shipping. If there are any FREE SHIPPING Promotions going on during the fundraiser through AVON, I will provide the CODE to enter on my website under the heading :

ATTENTION O’CONNELL SCHOOL FUNDRAISER CUSTOMERS!!!

ALL online orders will only receive the 15% earnings.

Phyllis Parmelee
Avon Independent Sales Representative
Fundraising Specialist

So that's it! Shop online at the website listed above between now and March 2nd and help my children's school raise money! I will so greatly appreciate it. If you do live in the state of CT please e-mail me to find out how to order directly through me. I will meet with you when the fundraiser comes in April to deliver your items. Thank you for all your help.

Now back to our regularly scheduled programing...

Don't forget about my giveaway.

Wordless Wednesday: Early Scholar

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What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

I'm not too sure how confident and not easily intimidated I am, but I would say this is pretty accurate.

You Are Powerful and Determined

You are confident, self assured, and capable. You are not easily intimidated. You master any and all skills easily. You don't have to work hard for what you want. You make your life out to be exactly how you want it. And you'll knock down anyone who gets in your way! You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life. You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you. At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing. You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long. You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start. You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily. You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind. A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

By the way, don't forget about my giveaway: 200th Post. If you haven't left a comment yet do so now. Only 3 days left to enter to win!

Road Trip Booked

Well, it's official! We are spending the girls upcoming winter vacation in Tennessee! Hotels are now all booked for our upcoming trip. We can't wait.

Which 80's Song are You?

Your 80s Song is "Walk Like an Egyptian"

If you were transported back to the 80s, your life would be all about having fun. You love the wackiness that the 80s represented. Everything back then seemed a lot more colorful! You'd peg your jeans, get a "totally tubular" hair cut, and even wear one sequined glove. You would skateboard, play Pac-Man, and hang out at the mall. And of course, you would walk like an egyptian.

What's Your 80s Karaoke Song?

Week In Review: February 1 - February 7, 2009

Here is this weeks Week In Review for February 1 through February 7, 2009.

Sunday: Laundry day again. I went through some of the girl's clothes in their drawers finally to get rid of what doesn't fit. I put together 40 goody bags for our Box Top winners at school. I got a phone call from my brother. He was obviously drinking. And he told me he was in a bar with his 18 month old daughter. That's always nice to hear. He was completely plastered. And that's pretty much the only time he seems to call me is when he's drunk. He'll never change. CJ is 15 months today.

Monday: Brought the girls to school and handed out the goody bags to the classes who had won them November and December. Both teachers were apparently unaware they had won. Hmmm, I guess I'm not making it very clear who the winner is. Gave CJ a bath and got him ready to go down to Cranial Tech for his helmet. We were told he's got 4 more weeks left. That translates to 2 more visits. I can't wait to not have to make that 1 hour drive one way every other week. Then we went grocery shopping, to the bank, and picked the girls up from school. Back home for me to prepare for my PTA meeting. Wrote up my agenda and notes and then typed out this months Box Tops collection notice with prize. Made a bunch of copies at school. Had our PTA meeting. We sadly had a very poor turnout. Not a single teacher came. I hate when that happens. But I can say I love our new Vice Principal. He's young and has so many fresh new ideas. Seems to be such a great fit. And it's so nice to have someone who's willing to try some new stuff to get parent involvement. I chit chatted afterwards with the only parent who came who was not an officer and one of my officers for a little while. A nice little break from the kids. Came home to a very happy baby who was so excited to see me, awwwww!

Tuesday: CJ was up early. I took the opportunity to get some e-mailing done and phone calls. Called to confirm our McDonald's night for Wednesday and we are all set. Called the school to try and talk to the principal about Kaitlyn, but he was busy preparing for early dismissal due to inclement weather. So the girls were out at 1:20. They came home and began working on their homework. And they spent the rest of the afternoon driving me crazy. Perhaps suffering from a little cabin fever.

Wednesday: Playgroup day! And the snow did not cancel it this week. So after bringing the girls to school I brought CJ down stairs to playgroup. There was a birthday this week for one of the little boys so we had chocolate cake. After playgroup I went up to the office to try and pin down the principal, but he was out again. So I left a message for him to call me. We came home and CJ went down for his nap. I finally heard from the principal late afternoon and scheduled a meeting with him for Thursday morning. We had our McTeachers night from 5-8 at McDonalds. We had an awesome turn out and made $417.37. Not bad considering that was 15% of the profits. That's about what we made last year as well when we actually earned 20% of the profits.

Thursday: Brought the girls to school like usual. Did some budgeting to make sure we will have funds for our upcoming trip in a week and a half. Wrote a letter to the principal in regards to Kaitlyn's reading. I went and met with the principal. I feel confident that we are moving forward to solve her problems. After my meeting with the principal I had to go downstairs in the school to have an FRC Advisory board meeting. That meeting was short and sweet. We were very happy to learn that the governors proposed budget does not have any further cuts for public education or the FRC's. So this was discussed at length. The meeting ended and I went to pick Joe up at work. I picked the girls up from school and Natalie had a huge attitude. Not fun when it came time to go over her homework. Thankfully her bad mood did not last all night long.

Friday: We received our tax refund today. So I spent the morning paying off a bunch of bills including my credit card. I called the insurance company to add our new vehicle to the policy and we are going to pay the rest of our down payment. We went to Walmart to get a few things. Then we came back home to clean up. CJ's therapist came over. She's going on vacation for two weeks so I am hoping we have lots to report to her when she comes back. We picked the girls up from school, went to the post office to mail out Box Tops, and then went and picked up my new car. I am very happy to have the second vehicle again.

Saturday: We went to Dunkin Donuts for breakfast. Then to Walmart where we got the kids a few things. Next we had to check out the sale at Once Upon a Child. They were offering fill a bag for $20. Problem is the bag wasn't big enough to fit one item in. Luckily they were still offering their 10 items for $10 sale. So all three kids got something. Then we went to Stride Rite where CJ got new sneakers (he was the only one who needed them). We came home to get a coupon for Build A Bear and have something to eat. I had taken my wallet out of my purse to look up something. We left with no money. We didn't realize it until we needed money of course. We had built our bears at Build A Bear (four bears in all), picked out clothes, waited in line to name our bears, waited in line to pay, and then realized we had no money. And the majority of the time CJ was screaming his head off. He did not like the stuffing machines at Build A Bear. So we had to go all the way home (with CJ still screaming) to find my wallet. Thankfully we found it. Then we drove all the way back there with CJ still screaming. We got and paid for all of our bears and went to the store for something for dinner. CJ finally calmed down and was actually a happy little guy. I don't know how he didn't just pass out after basically two hours plus of screaming. We picked up two movies out of the Redbox (Swing Vote and Space Buddies). We came home and had dinner. And then we had a movie night. I have a giveaway going on right now so be sure to check that out here.

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200th Post Giveaway

*Note: I have extended the deadline to enter in hopes of getting more entries and so I can mail the prize out to the winner right away. So now if you leave a comment by Saturday February 21st you will be entered into the giveaway. I will announce the winner on Sunday February 22nd! So keep those entries coming!

In honor of my 200th post, which is this one, I am doing a giveaway. I have been trying to figure out what do you give away for 200 blog posts. Well, then it came down to what do I have. So here you go. Below is a picture of what you can win...



This is a bamboo wind chime. If you would like to win this wind chime all you have to do is leave me a comment. I will choose a winner on Friday February 13th* through random.org. If you would like to get a second entry into this giveaway then blog about it and leave me a second comment telling me you did so.

Thanks to all of my readers. Whether you have started with post #1 or post #200 or any post in between I hope you have enjoyed and continue to come back for 200 more posts.