Luv Award

Knowing how busy we all are and how little time we have to spare to be able to read our favorite blogs, I am thankful to have visitors to my blogs Mom Stuff and Chic Bebe Couture. Natalie at Little Shindigs has awarded me with the Luv Award, and if you haven't visited her blog, you just have to stop by--you'll love it too.

To continue this Luv-Fest please allow me to share my current Blog Luv list. Honorees, please follow these instructions and share the LUV!
1. Put the logo on your blog or post. (You can highlight the photo and text of this post and copy/paste wherever you need to...start your highlight from the bottom up to get the photo)
2. Nominate at least 10 blogs which show GREAT ATTITUDE and/or GRATITUDE
3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received the award.

So in no particular order:
1. Lori of I'm No Super Mom
2. Semi-slacker Mom
3. The X Mom
4. Sara at My Sippy Cup Runneth Over
5. Farm Girl
6. Bee and Rose
7. Audrey at One Cookin' Mama
8. Bustables
9. Somethin' To Talk About
10. Mama Loco

Moving

Hey ladies,
I'm in the process of moving and don't have a spare moment. I promise I won't neglect my blog buddies for long. I'll be back in the blogosphere once we get unpacked.
Jacie

Chic Bebe Couture Grand Opening Giveaways!!!

Grand Opening Celebration

To celebrate the grand opening of Chic Bebe Couture, we invite you to have a look at the great products we have in our shop and take some of them away with you for FREE!

Grand Opening Giveaways and Deals:

• Visit Chic Bebe Couture and sign our Guest Book for your chance to win a FREE CLIPPIE SET (valued at $6.00). Be sure to enter both your name and email address so you can be notified if your name is selected.
  
• FREE HAIR BOW(valued at $6.50) and FREE SHIPPING on orders $25 or more January 20-27th.
• Visit the Chic Bebe Couture blog, click to become a follower and leave us a comment telling us what your favorite item in the shop is along with your name and email so you can be notified if you are the winner. Then, email 10 friends and tell them about our boutique. CC: jacie@chicbebecouture.com so that your email can be verified. We promise your friends won't be hassled with unwanted emails. Seeing the 10 email addresses is for giveaway purposes only. So follow our blog, leave us a comment and email 10 friends to be entered to win a FREE WALL LETTER BOW KEEPER and a MATCHING BOUTIQUE HAIR BOW (valued at $15.00).
• Write a post about us on your blog including an image of your favorite Chic Bebe Couture design and linking back to us at www.chicbebecouture.com. Then place the Chic Bebe Couture website button on your blog's sidebar. Email us a link to your post at jacie@chicbebecouture.com. Once your post and the button have been verified, you win a FREE STREAMERS PONY-O (valued at $6.50) with your first purchase at Chic Bebe Couture.
  

ALL OFFERS EXPIRE AND CONTEST WINNERS SELECTED ON JANUARY 27, 2009.

We look forward to celebrating our Grand Opening with you!

Grand Opening January 20! FREE BOWS!!!

Hello everyone,

Well the big day is approaching. I will be opening my boutique on Tuesday, January 20th. It's been a lot of hard work, but I am truly blessed to be able to own my own boutique while staying at home with my son and daughter. I want to thank you all for your support and invite you to celebrate the GRAND OPENING of Chic Bebe Couture. We're going all out and doing it right with a CONTEST GIVEAWAY, FREE BOWS, FREE SHIPPING and more! Please, Follow our blog and help out this mom to spread the word --write a post, email and call your friends--to check in on Tuesday for all the details on how to get your FREE Chic Bebe Couture items.

Thank you all so much,

Jacie

A Mental Health Day

I'm sure most moms agree that there are just times when you realize that you've been going virtually non-stop for way too long and that you are on the verge of snapping. It's important that we realize when that point is reached and that we force ourselves to take the time we need to decompress. I reached that point this past weekend. I went to bed Friday night with my mind swarming with thoughts and worries. After tossing and turning and feeling like I would just explode if I didn't find a way to relax and just forget about everything going on, I took two Tylenol PM's and told my husband I would be knocked out and to listen out for the kids.

My husband, being wonderful like he is, got up with the kids the next morning and fixed breakfast while I slept. I finally woke up at 10:30 with an urge to get away from the house and go do something fun and relaxing and rejuvenating--just the four of us.

So went threw on our bathing suits and packed a change of clothes along with a cooler filled with snacks and juices and headed to the beach. Less than an hour later we were at Cocoa Beach playing in the sand and jumping the waves with the kids. It was sunny and 77 degrees. The water was even warm enough to play in. We played and snacked and lied around on the beach all day. It was just what I needed. These type days don't happen often enough, but I am determined to change that. I realize now that saving my mental health is just as important as saving my physical health, and they really are intertwined. So let me encourage you to take advantage of a mental health day every now and again. It's amazing how much better you can feel after taking some time for yourself.

Busy Mom Blues

It has been a while since my last post and as much as I'd like to blame it all on the holidays, the fact is that I have come down with a case of what I call the Busy Mom Blues. I'm sure all moms (and even women who aren't moms) can relate. I can only describe it as feeling blah all the time--I'm not really tired, but still I have no energy or motivation-- and yet I find myself constantly on the go working hard at everything on the To Do List while adding more to it--up by 7 but not asleep until 2 or 3--Busy Mom Blues.
This particular strand has hit me pretty hard, although I try not to let the hubby or kids know it. For weeks I've been in the process of starting up my online boutique Chic Bebe Couture and have hit too many bumps in the road to count. We have discovered that the house we are renting is being foreclosed and our landlord never thought it might be considerate to let us know that we would need to find another place to live. So we are currently packing up and house hunting. The hubby's job is really getting old because of his traveling all the time so I'm begging him to find something else. And on and on and on.

I'm not usually the type to complain--hence the diagnosis of Busy Mom Blues.

What is the cure you ask? I'm not really sure. It usually just goes away with time. Thankfully, it doesn't happen that often.

So, thanks to all my readers and SITstas for letting me vent. I think I'll go take a bubble bath and try to forget about that To Do List.