Happy 2011! Time to start blogging again!

This bright new year is given me

To live each day with zest . . .

To daily grow and try to be

My highest and my best!

I am ready for 2011! I feel renewed today and am ready to get out of the funk (blues) I was feeling for most of the month of December. Kids are back in school this a.m. I have my sweet little preschooler still at home with me who is loving his one on one time with his mommy again. The house is QUIET!!! Did you hear me? Did I say that loud enough? lol
I have done my Family Home Blessing Hour already thanks to FlyLady [FlyLady.net]. I am workin' on my Cozi Family Calendar and Reminders online [Cozi.com]  -- Check out these great sites! I plan on them being my bestfriends in 2011!
And Wishing ALL my Blog Followers a very Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year!
I am also looking forward to doing a little more blogging... my blog is in the process of a NEW makeover! So, make sure you stop by again real soon... until then!
 
~ Bizee Mama

Looking for that perfect Mommy Briefcase...

With the Christmas Season upon us Shop, Shop, Shop right!? -- Well, I did not make it out this year for 'Black Friday' but, am doing lots of my shopping online. I came across a fabulous site that have about everything you could want or need! I'm looking at their briefcases right now! -- Looking to find one that will fit my mommy binder, laptop, and a few other Mommy essentials in -- wipes, hand sanitizer, gummies snacks... this list could go on and on... Check out the site! I'm looking forward to doing a review for them and sharing with you! So, stop back by soon! Until then "Happy Shopping"!

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No More Winter Blues Beauty Secret #2

In addition to Hydrating your skin in many ways it is also important to HYDRATE from the inside out!

Do not limit your skin's hydration just to the exterior. Replenishing your body's fluids gives you more energy, benefits your overall health, and will also help keep your skin from becoming dehydrated. Nourish your skin from the inside out, by eating fresh, healthy foods, drinking lots of water, and supplementing with beneficial beverages such as Votre Vu's SnapDragon.

SnapDragon: Enjoy daily - a delicious, nutritious blend of antioxidants super fruits like mango, pomegranate and acai berry juices, collagen, calcium seven essential daily vitamins, the extracts of green, white, and red tea, and beneficial botanicals like aloe vera, ginkgo biloba, and baobabfiber.

Enjoy one of these SnapDragon Recipes... Either a Mocktail or a Cocktail

Mall Walk Blender Mender 

6-8 oz. SnapDragon

6-8 oz. Water or Milk

2 scoops of protein powder

Ice or frozen fruit (for a thicker option)
- Blend until smooth.

Naughty N’ Nice

1 oz. Vodka

1 oz. Grand Marnier

2.5 oz. SnapDragon
Slice of lemon

Sugar and Ice Cubes

A Votre Sante! [To Your Health!]

I am THANKFUL for....

I have to share the 1st and foremost thing I am most THANKFUL for! I constantly thank GOD for MY CHILDRENS HEALTH! I have SIX beautiful HEALTHY children!

I want to say Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! To a wonderful Holiday Season!

Thank you for stopping by and reading my blog!

My Christmas Card Find This Year...

I have been doing photo Christmas cards for many years now.  My oldest of six is 21 and I've been including a photo almost every year as we've added to our gang! However, it use to be just that, a photo that was 'included' with the Holiday card.  Now, we've come along way with so many choices for Holiday Photo Cards - not only with different card types but ways we can include photo's... even 'do it yourself' cards online! With my goal of getting my Christmas cards done and ready to go by December 1st I was happy to have come across Shutterfly! I went to Shutterfly's website: http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cards  -- and was ecstatic about ALL the choices! For my card this year, I'm going with one of their Folded Greeting Cards http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/folded-greeting-cards ~ I like their photo cards that your picture takes up the whole front of the card.  This is the style that works best with a large family/photo. 

 

They have tons of options and great prices! You can't go wrong with Shutterfly!

They have great 'special offers' going on right now as well! http://www.shutterfly.com/special-offers

If you don't or can't get around to Christmas cards... don't fret! They also have New Year's cards http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/new-years-cards

The best part about Shutterfly is how easy it is to customize your own greeting cards. Designing your own cards is a snap right online!

I look forward to sharing my Christmas Photo Card with you all! Happy Holidays!

No More Winter Blues Beauty Secret #1

Dry, cold and windy weather outdoors and dry, static-inducing central heating inside not only pull moisture from the air, but also from your skin.  the winter elements leave many people's skin feeling tight, itchy, and sometime seven flaky and cracked  - complexions lose their radiance and fine lines look deeper.  Fight back!  Regain that beautiful, moisture-filled skin with these Votre Vu ease...

*Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate
 Moisturize your body immediately after showering, apply lotion to hands every time after washing, and re-apply throughout the day to those areas which dry most easily - like hands, elbows, and feet.  Avoid waxy moisturizers that can clog pores.  And by all means, don't forget to hook up that home humidifier!

• Amour D'Ore
• Use an all-around treatment for sensitive skin like Votre Vu's dry-oil, vitamin-rich Amour D'Ore spray, which is especially invaluable for those hard-to-reach areas - like the back.  Apply as you step out of the shower for deep absorption.  Use alone but for an extra protective moisture layer, apply Amour D'Ore's essential oils underneath Tarte D'Amande Souffle daily body creme.  (One more tip...rub a small amount in your hair to shield and protect your locks form the winter elements and take away that frizz and static for a smooth healthy look.)
• Tarte D'Amande Souffle'
• Use day and night for luxurious moisture protection that's never heavy or greasy.  With a decadent almond pie aroma, fatty acids, vitamins and tropical nut oils in the body souffle' provide the ultimate in hydrated and sensuously silky skin.

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We love our Halloween Tradition of 'Booing'! Do you Boo?

This is a fun family Halloween tradition that we have been doing around here for a long time!  This year a neighbor beat us to the punch. But, all the more FUN. Who could it be? Who 'Boo'ed me?  At least half of the homes or our street and culdesac have been 'Boo'ed so far.  Are you wondering what 'Boo'ing is? Well guess no further... 

You get a fun little Halloween bowl, goodie bag, or whatever creative gifting giving item you can think of.  Fill it with some Halloween goodies ie: candy, stickers, tattoos, spider rings, bubbles. Doesn't have to be too much or anything fancy. If you know the family you can put age appropriate 'goodies' in your gift.

Then you put 2 pieces of paper with your goodies. One that is a picture with the word "BOO" on it.  Then another that has a poem that would say:

 "To our good friends on our street:

You now have been Boo'd, but who could we be? 

We'll never tell, it's a secret, you see. 

We placed these goodies for you and yours

 Then we ran fast, after knocking the door! 

Happy Halloween! 

Place this Boo on your front door

And make sure you Boo two neighbors of yours!"

Then you do just what the poem says... put, the goodies along with the 2 pieces of paper on their front porch. Then ring the doorbell, run and hide, until they have gotten their goodies and gone back inside!
Remember: Ssshhh! It's a secret!

You can print your OWN "Boo" at:

http://www.boograms.com/

Have fun and start a new family holiday tradition!

~Kimberly

aka Bizee Mama

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