Woo Hoo!!!!

Well, I canceled and re-created my Feedburner account with this blog and I am my only subscriber, but IT WORKED this morning!!!!!  So, if you don't use Google Reader or don't like it for some reason, I KNOW that Feedburner works.  Now you will have to be patient as I try to figure out how to get Feedblitz to work again.....  In the meantime - if you want to subscribe via Feedburner (I think you have to re-subscribe if you already do because I cancled the old feed that wasn't working) the link is in the left-hand sidebar.  Have a great day!!!  I've got Christmas cards to make!!!  I'll share them when I can.

Can you let me know?

I don't think anyone who subscribes to my blog via Feedblitz OR Feedburner are getting updates. I myself subscribe so I can make sure the updates go out and I thought it was just me, but Ashley said she hasn't been getting them.  Anyone else?  I think I'm going to cancel my "account" with each of them and re-start them.  Hopefully then they'll work.  I like Google Reader so much more after all of these problems lately with Feedburner and now Feedblitz too!!!  Something weird is going on!!!

Awards and Tagged....

So, I usually play by the rules and tag the number of people I'm supposed to when I'm given an award or get tagged myself.  I'm a little short on time and saving the pic to each award and creating this post is going to eat it up.  SO...I know people say this all the time, and I'm sure they really mean it like I REALLY mean it, but if you are one of my readers, consider yourself tagged.  I am inspired by and appreciate each of you so much - my list would be way too long if I tried to tag each of you!!!  :)  Pretty much with each award you're just supposed to post a pic of it, a link to who tagged you, and then tag some other people.  I guess I'll ruin it by not telling you the number of people for each individual award.  Just choose however many you want, or go to the person's blog who tagged me and you can find the info there.  Sorry - being a time-saving, party pooper!!  ;)

So, here's what you can consider yourself tagged with and who tagged ME with it:

Kreativ Blogger award from Carmen and Carol.

Butterfly Award from Cori.

Inspiration Award from the lovely Brooke.

Last, but not least, I was tagged by Cori to list 4 answers to questions about me - and I stole some of her answers :)

4 things I like/love about my husband/boyfriend:
1. He is VERY patient & understanding.
2. He is a great dad!
3. He enjoys doing the same things I do.
4. He loves me for me.

4 jobs I've had - you'll be able to tell that prior to being a SAHM I was only employed by the US Air Force:
1. Lodging Manager (Air Force)
2. Mortuary Affairs (Air Force) - loved this one!!!
3. Flight Commander of military/civilians in our squadron (Air Force)
4. Stampin' Up! demonstrator

4 Movies I have watched more than once:
1. Goonies
2. Princess Bride
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. Elf

4 TV Shows I watch:
1. Gray's Anatomy
2. The Biggest Loser
3. NCIS
4. Desperate Housewives

4 People who email me regularly:
1. This is really sad, but I just realized that other than because of my blog, SU!, or my volunteer work on the base, about the only person who e-mails me regularly is my mom, and that's not even regular!!

4 favorite foods:
1. Anything with chocolate and peanut butter
2. Persian Food
3. Italian food in general
4. Korean Food - not anything crazy like octopus or squid, but I LOVE Kimchi, Bulgogi, Kim Bap, etc...

4 places I want to visit:
1. Australia
2. New Zealand
3. Belize
4. Hawaii

4 things I am looking forward to in the coming year:
1. Losing weight
2. Maybe starting some classes
3. Spring Break with the hubby before he deploys
4. Working hard at being a better mommy and wife

Change in Direction

I just wanted to let you know there will be no more challenges.  I was excited to try them - they failed - and I have other things I can and should be devoting my time to than the hours spent finding/posting/creating/photographing/consolidating/posting again for the Combat Boot Challenges that no one is able to take part in.  Thanks to those of you who did participate!

Also, you will soon see that I am posting less frequently on here.  I am trying to prioritize, and blogging - while very rewarding when I actually am told that something is appreciated or enjoyed - is not as important as my family is.  So...I'm going to post things I make - probably entirely SU! creations since my DT time is coming to an end and I'm not applying to anymore - when I can.  I'm returning to my beloved SU! roots (lets just hope that I can stay a SU! demo - I've always said the first time I have to buy my own stuff to meet my minimum sales requirement as a demo, I will drop, and finally having moved here to DE has caught up - no new customers and the old ones are "moving on" without me).  I will be super sad because I LOVE SU! and I absolutely decided to be a demo for only two reasons - to share that love by teaching others about stamping, and to enjoy the 20% discount.  I did not sign up to "have" to buy product every three months - just as needed.  Anyway, due to the less frequent posting, another plug here for subscribing via Feedblitz/Feedburner/Google Reader, etc.

Thank you to those of you who check in on me - I greatly appreciate it, especially when the hubby is gone for weeks at a time.  Sometimes your comments and my replies to them are the only adult "conversation" and/or interaction I have in my day!  I appreciate each of you so much.

I hope everyone has a very happy holiday - whatever it is that you celebrate - and I myself will definitely enjoy this Christmas season and the special Spirit that is brought into my home and to those around me.  I just love that part of this holiday!!!

Take care!!!

Getting ready for a game of golf....

Isn't that what EVERYONE does when they retire???  Play golf?  Ha ha ha.  Well, dozens of stamp sets from the Fall-Winter 2008 Idea Book & Catalog are retiring. Now's the last chance for you to get them--these sets are only available through January 18, 2009. And they're 10 percent off from December 9-23, so don't wait to order!

Here are the lists for you to print off and use to highlight the stamps in your catalogs, or to simply mark on the printed pages.  Print the one that's easiest for you to follow.  The third list shows the prices with the 10% discount on each stamp set!!!

Alphabetical listing
Listing by page number
10% OFF price listing

So, as you may have noticed, SU! is (for the first time that I know of) offering the retiring stamp sets at a discounted price!!!  Isn't that great?!?!?  They're ONLY on sale from December 9-23 though, so don't miss out!!

 

Also, ANOTHER great special being offere is if your order totals $70 or more, you get FREE SHIPPING!!!!  You can buy all retiring sets and get the 10% off of them AND free shipping or you can mix and match retiring sets and non-retiring sets and other items - whatever you buy - and when you spend $70 in merchandise you will get FREE shipping!

Lastly, this is a great time to place an order of $150 to not only get FREE shipping, and 10% off of any retiring stamp sets, but ALSO to get the HOSTESS BENEFITS and get FREE STAMPS and other merchandise!!!

Contact me via e-mail (mariemc01@gmail.com) to place your order today!!!!

Did you read????

I posted something fun about December's Combat Boot Challenges recently...did you see it??? :)

Don't forget to play in Combat Boot Challenge 06!!!!

If You Subscribe to my Blog using FEEDBURNER....

For some reason Feedburner is not sending my blog updates via e-mail.  I've posted to the Feedburner help site, but rarely does a Feedburner "employee" bother to answer questions/help anyone out on there, so I don't know if this will get resolved.  I really like Feedburner too!!  So....I've never seen any problems with Feedblitz so for now, if you don't want to use Google Reader (which is my personal fave) then I recommend changing to Feedblitz.  It works the EXACT same as Feedburner but I've never missed an update with it and it catches bloggers new posts MUCH MORE QUICKLY/OFTEN than Feedburner does.  Feedblitz can check for new posts as often as ever hour, Feedburner checks once a day.  If you want to keep tyring Feedburner, then you need to re-subscribe using the Subscribe link on the left.  Just food for thought...

PLUS...I haven't heard a PEEP out of you guys about my Combat Boot Challenge and I REALLY hope you'll play along.  For the challenges in December I have PRIZES for the random.org chosen spotlight participant - so if you bothered to read this far you're the only ones that know that ;)  Check out this week's challenge HERE.