Internet Password Orgaizer (review/giveaway)

I have a lot of websites that need usernames and passwords, and while usually I use the same username and password for them all...some requre a certain amount of characters, and sometimes my username is already taken. There are days I just sit and put in the wrong usernames over and over because I forget which one is for that site. Heck, even when I know the username, I end up having to click the "Forgot Password?" link and get a new one, or a hint as to what it is. It's a hassle!

I was given the awesome opportunity to review the Internet Password Organizer, as soon as I got it, I opened it up and noticed I had plenty of room to write everything I needed. It's laid out like a address book, with the alphabet on the side of the pages so you can organize in alphabetical order and make it easy to find each site. I got the Ruby Red from the new Gem collection and it's so cute! I thought it was going to be smaller...but it's actually a decent size not too big and not too small (8.5 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches). I was worried I would have an issue with writing all the info I needed in there, but that's not an issue at all, plenty of room. As you can see in the picture there is a place for the web page, username, password and notes. I have everything together now, it's so much easier, especially when it's time to pay bills, thats when I get the most confused with my usernames and passwords. But usernames and passwords isn't the only thing the Internet Password Organizer keeps track of, it has a section for ISP Info, Home Network, License Manager (something Jeff is getting plenty of use out of...so I guess this is OURS instead of MINE lol), and a section for Notes. With 124 pages to put all kinds of passwords, and other stuff...you will never have to use the "Forgot Password?" feature again!!!

The Giveaway:
One of my lucky readers will get to win one of their own Internet Password Organizers in one of the Gem Collection colors of your choice!

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Happy Grandparents Day

Grandparents Day isn't something we celebrate regularly here. But this year I decided to make a post in memory of my grandmother, Nanny, the only person I knew as a mother figure. The picture below is the only picture I have of me and her together.

My parents divorced when I was about 3years old, and since my dad was in the Air Force and he got custody of me he didn't want me to have to change schools a lot if he got transfered to a different base or shipped overseas. While he was with my mom, he was overseas a lot and my mom and I stayed with Nanny, so when the divorce rolled around, the only other person other than my mom that I was attached to was Nanny. So that was the person he give legal guardianship to while he was in the Air Force. I lived with Nanny, I slept with her, I was rarely ever away from her except when Dad would take me somewhere like camping or Disney World for vacations. I was spoiled, I was loved, and I was happy.

The worst Summer of my life was in 1995 (I had just turned 10 that April), my cousin come and took Nanny to the doctor for a regular checkup. The doctor ended up sending her to the hospital because she had a ton of fluid build-up in her feet. She ended up getting so bad they sent her to UVA (a high end hospital about an hour away) I stayed with my cousin who was like a sister to me, she had just had her 1st baby and I was enjoying spending time with them...little did I know my life would forever change soon. My biological grandmother come down (Nanny's sister, I called her Mamaw...at this point I had no clue she was really my actual grandmother) so I stayed with her at Nanny's house.

When Dad got the news Nanny was really sick, he took emergency leave and come up. He took me to the hospital to see her...she was hooked up to wires and such. She didn't remember me at first, I cried as I struggled through the wires to give her a hug. The last thing I remember of my Nanny, her barely remembering me. But I did get a final hug and kiss, neither me or Dad had any clue that would be the last time we'd see her.

One day while Mamaw and I were watching tv, the phone rang...Mamaw went and answered it...after a little while I got up to go find her...she was walking through the kitchen as I got to the other door, she had a dish towel in her hand. I was then told that Nanny had passed away. I was numb...I didn't know how to react to it...I had never dealt with a death. That night we pulled my mattress into the living room where Mamaw was sleeping on the couch and I slept next to her, I looked through the kitchen and to this day I swear I saw Nanny at the other end of the kitchen, her spirit was there, I saw it!

The burial is what broke me, I stood in the back with the rest of the grandkids, I saw my mother for the first time in months and I could care less. I was next to my cousin who had just had the baby, the pastor as he was saying the final prayer looked at me and I remember as if it was just yesterday he said "and please, keep this little girl in your thoughts. She has lost someone very important to her" it was then I finally broke down and just cried. I was never the same after that.

I turned into an evil child, I felt like I had nothing left. The most important female figure in my life was gone. I didn't stay evil lol. I went on with my life, lived with my dad's sister for awhile, lived with my mom for awhile (that was a huge mistake!) lived with one of her sisters for awhile, until I finally was sent to live with my Dad (in 1998), the only stable thing in my entire life since Nanny had passed away. My life turned around for the good then.

But Nanny's influence on my life wouldn't come to me until 2004, when I found out I was pregnant. I had lived with my biological mother, and reaized she was the worst mother in the world. I promised my unborn child that I would NEVER become my mother, and I would raise him/her like Nanny raised me for those 10 years (my mother was at her house most of the time when I was younger and my dad was overseas, my mom ran around and Nanny had me...so I consider her to have raised me from the begining) That unborn baby was Jeffery...and I stick to that promise everyday.

Shortly after Jeffery was born, I took him up to the hill where Nanny is burried. I told him that that wold be the greatest woman he would never get to meet in this lifetime. I took him up there a few times, once he was starting to crawl and pull up, he went straight for her headstone and put his hand there...it was like he knew. I've also taken Jaylin up there...lordy Nanny would love Jaylin to death...hell she would love all of my kids.

I sometimes go up there because its quiet, its ontop of a hill that you can see most of the valley from, I go there to think, to ask her advice for things I'm dealing with. I know she's there when I can feel a gentle breeze through my hair, and a sudden sense of calmness. I know she has never left me, I feel her presence everywhere I go. I've felt her rub my arm as I'm laying in bed. Yes you can call me crazy, but I honestly believe in spirits walking among us.

So today, I say Thank You to Nanny, she raised me to be a great mother. I loved her then, and I still love her now, there's not a day goes by that I don't think about her. It's been 14 years since she passed away, and the pain hasn't really eased much at all. The tattoo I got yesterday has her birthday, her name Grace L. Eaton and her date of death under the monkey, the monkey is sitting on a lily which was her favorite flower...she'll always be with me.

Nanny, I love you, I miss you, I wish you were still here! The picture above was taken March of 1990.

It's DONE!!!

I got my tattoo!!! It looks friggin awesome!A HUGE HUGE thank you goes out to Steven at ShellShock Tattoo down in Luray. He did such a kick ass job! Here is a picture of me and him after it was all done. (I look like a retard lol)

The first was kinda bad, I flinched quite a bit...but I survived. I have a video of when it first started but Amy had it in her pocket I think and I have to go get it from her later. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought.

Prepping my shoulder...I think he's shaving it in this pic.

The transfered image.

It hurt a bit lol, but I did get used to it, and after awhile Amy, Steven and I were just talking like nothing was going on.

Done Outline

Finished product! How friggin cute right? Mayhew, the guy who put the monkey and flower together said the monkey was made for that flower! It fit perfectly! The colors will come out more once it's completely healed, the wings are purple, and his eyes are blue.

We got there around 1230ish, and they were finishing up the monkey and lettering, prepping and such. Got done around 3. Not too bad, I expected it to take longer. The filling in didn't hurt much at all except in a few sensitive areas.

I'm telling ya, I couldn't ask for a better tattoo artist, Steven was awesome. We took a couple breaks so I could stretch my legs and get a drink, Amy and him smoked a ciggarette outside. It was relaxed and he was so nice about everything.

Yes, I will be getting more tattoos. This one turned out amazing! Heck the price was awesome too, I was expecting to pay a lot more than what I did. I know I'll be going back to ShellShock when I'm ready to get more!

I've Been MIA

It's been hectic around here for the past few days with Jaylin starting school, I haven't been posting a lot because for once I'm able to sleep in for awhile when Jaxon goes back to sleep, I'm loving it! This might be my only post today because in about an hour I'm leaving to get my tattoo, don't worry if my arm isn't too sore I'll try to post pictures tonight or tomorow, so keep checking back.

Ok, let's talk about Jaylin's 1st 2 days of school. First of all, we both survived lol I only cried a little...apparently she cried a bit more than me. You saw the pictures of the first day getting on the bus, she was so thrilled to get on...they had to drag her OFF the bus crying when they got to the school. She didn't do too badly, she rocked on the napmat at naptime and would fall over asleep and wake back up, the teacher noticed when Jeffery caught her attention and pointed it out (he's such a good big brother, even though apparently he was giggling about it) The teacher kept her eye on Jaylin and when she was about to fall over asleep again Ms Judy ran over and caught her then layed her down gently and she stayed asleep. The only concern of Ms Judy's was that Jaylin would not go to the bathroom at all, she did stay dry, but she didn't pee at all the whole day (she made up for it when she got home, there was a huge puddle in my kitchen and then she almost filled her little potty halfway up!) She was so happy to see me that evening she practically jumped into my arms off the bus, that whole evening she just cuddled with me. So that was the 1st day.

Second day...oh lordy. Jaylin cried and ran when the bus pulled up at the stop. I had to pick her up and put her on and she started crying, we had to put her "baby" in her backpack, and she wasn't happy about that. They said she didn't cry for long. I got a note that evening that she cried a lot that day. She did pee that day, but in her pants. She cried so much that she got other kids crying for their mommys too (this is a class of 12 3yr olds and only 5 4yr olds so the 3yr olds are easily set off to cry) I called and spoke with Ms Judy and we discussed the options of what to do with her. She said I might have to come pick her up at 12:30pm before naptime to keep her from crying a lot, but if I do that, Jeffery will want to leave too and we don't want that. So I told her that her "baby" (the duck she is holding in the picture, it was a christmas gift from my dad a couple years back and she just attached to it) is her security item, the rules state that kids can't carry around toys, but in this case she is going to allow Jaylin to carry her "baby" if she cries a lot (it's been sent in with her for naptime) I'm also going to start putting Jaylin in pull-ups and sending her, I wasn't sure if they child had to be fully fully potty trained to go, and Jaylin is pretty potty trained but not fully fully. So a pull-up will help, I think the 2nd day she was upset because she had an accident as soon as she got to school. The last thing, they are going to put Jeffery and Jaylin beside eachother at naptime, that way she has that familiar person with her. If all of that don't work, I will go in and spend a few days at school with her to let her get familiar with it, and slowly cut back the time I'm spending there.

I know some of you are probably wondering why I'm sending my not quite 3yr old daughter to preschool already, and we're so persistant to have her go. Well I don't know if I've mentioned it before, but she has a pretty decent speech delay, along with a few other developmental delays. Going to school is something she needs to get the speech therapy and everything else she needs. She also lacks social skills and school is the best place to get that. If it weren't for her delays, I probably wouldn't be sending her to school yet. I don't want her to fall as behind as Jeffery was. So as long as the teacher is willing to work with us to get her comfortable with school, we're going to keep sending her. It is really hard on me, knowing she's crying for me while in school...she's always been my sidekick.

Ok, it's taken me about a half hour to write this post, so now I have to go feed Jaxon, then get dressed to go get my tattoo!!! Wish me luck!

Jeep Playyard Winner

Ok, I know I'm late, with the kids going to school it threw me off a bit. But according to Random.org the winning post is number 193 which is:

Pam said...
I'm a follower.
Thanks so much!
pamelashockley(AT)netscape(DOT)net
September 8, 2009 12:25 AM
 
Congrats Pam, I'll be sending you an email shortly. If no response in 72hours I will choose another winner.

Left with 3, come home with 1

That's how it was this morning. Jaylin was so excited to go to school this morning. We got dressed and I packed her extra clothes in her backpack, I snagged my camera and we were out the door. I got Jeffery and Jaylin out of the van before the bus got there so I could snap a few pictures, Jaylin was just too into looking for the bus but I got a few good ones.

Can you belive that this pretty little girl isn't quite 3 years old yet?!?!!?

My big kids! They both grew up too quick.

Getting on the bus, she couldn't go fast enough!

While I was trying to put her "baby" in her backpack, she slid right out of it so she could finish getting on the bus. The bus driver is the mom of one of Jeffery's classmates last year, she got Jaylin to turn around for this picture.

Ok, I did cry, but not infront of Jaylin. I waited until I was driving back home. I did cuddle Jaxon extra this morning, I whispered in his ear "never grow up, stay this size forever" If it wasn't for Jaxon today, I would be going out of my mind. I'm used to hearing Jaylin yell "mommy" all day just for the heck of it, I'm used to her just randomly coming and giving me hugs and kisses.

When I fell back to sleep this morning when Jaxon went back to sleep, I put both my cell phone and the house phone next to my pillow so I would hear the phone ring if the teacher needed to call me. It's 2pm, and no call. That means that Jaylin has made it through the day, she'll be back on the bus in a half hour. It also means mommy has made it through day 1.

Baby Babbles

I couldn't resist posting this super cute video of Jaxon today, he can BABBLE!!!! Yes, we have deep conversations multiple times a day, I have no idea what we're talking about, but he loves to talk!