The Time Has Come...

The time has come...

To put away the diet books.


To stop looking for a loss on the scale.


To pack up the size 16 pants and XL tops.


To start eating more fruit, more carbs and more dairy.


To start looking for a mini-van.

To start thinking of boy and girl names!

To start dreaming about the new life that will be joining our family!

The time has come...to thank God for the blessing he has given us:

I'll be back tomorrow to give you all the details, plus what this means for me, my weight loss goals and this blog!

How to Make Sure No One's Stealing Your Content

Sorry for the multiple posts on this subject, but I had several people ask about this so I thought I would answer it publicly.

Honestly, I'm not the expert on this subject. I have a Google Alert that tracks my blog's title and my name - any time one or the other is mentioned on the Web, I get an email with a link.

Now, if you have the time, you could do a Google Alert for each of your posts. Or, you could just do it once in a while - if someone's pirating your content, you would eventually see it if you checked once in a while.

If someone wiser than I has a better way to do this, please chime in! I will say in this particular instance, a fellow blogger tipped me off that my content was being used without my consent.

Hope this helps! And, that's the last you'll hear from me on this, I promise. Tomorrow's post will be in the afternoon, but you won't want to miss it! :-)

I'm Changing my RSS Feed to Summary View

Hi guys,

Sorry for the midday update here. It's come to my attention that a website is hijacking my RSS feeds to use as content on their site. Obviously this is being done without my consent.

While I'm not happy about it, I am going to be changing my RSS Feed to Summary View rather than posting the full article. You'll need to click on the post title to read the entire post if you read my feeds. I know it's a pain, but it's the only way I can ensure my content isn't being used without my consent.

I would also suggest you do a quick scan of your own content to make sure no one is using it for their own gain...I wouldn't mind if someone ASKED if they can include my blog on their website, but it's not right to take it without asking. Blech.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled life! :-)

Wacky Wednesday...

That's how I feel today, wacky! I feel good, really. Just enjoying the weather and my kids and life in general. I'm feeling chatty today!

So, did you guess which one of my Outrageous tales from yesterday was the truth? If you guessed #3, you were right! I thought it was funny that a few picked #6 - maybe I should start learning some foreign curse words, this way my kids won't know what I'm really saying!

I went to a new MOMS group yesterday in an effort to meet more people. Man, it is SO HARD to walk into a room full of strangers. There were about 5 women there with their kids. Of course I had to size everyone up to see if I was the fattest one there, lol. They were pretty nice, not super welcoming, but not completely rude either. I'm going to go to a few more get togethers before I make a final decision as to whether the group is right for me.

An update on my mom: she had an MRA done last Friday and definitely has a serious blockage in her carotid artery (her neck). The surgeon obviously wants to do surgery to clear the blockage, but my mom's regular doctor feels it's not going to reduce her risk of stroke. Thankfully, my mom is going to meet with another non-surgeon that she found to get another opinion, but as of now she's leaning toward the surgery. She doesn't like walking around thinking she could have a stroke at any minute (can you blame her, really?). So, we'll wait and see what the new doctor says...

I don't have much else to talk about today! I did find a website that gives you information and coupons that I thought was neat - here's the banner and link:

I will let you know that I do get a few pennies if you sign up, but I did sign up and it seems pretty interesting. You answer a whole bunch of questions (it takes a few minutes), but then you get coupons and free offers for health related products and websites - not too bad. We can all use some coupons these days, knowwhaddaImean?

Make sure you come back tomorrow - major post in the works!