Cool Giveaways

Real Deal Brazil Hat at The Giveaway.
Rainbow Revolution Scarf at The Glamorous WHAM.
Evolve Water Lily Shower Head at Momma's Review.
Eenamaria Handbag at Frugal Mommy of 2 Girls.
Calisto Pro Series Office Phone at Lipstick to Crayons.
Kodak EasyShare M380 Digital Camera at 5 Minutes For Mom.
Toshiba Portage A600 at 5 Minutes For Mom.
HP Mini 1000 XP at 5 Minutes for Mom.
Win a Throwback from Pepsi at Thrifty Jinxy.
Kleenex Anit Viral Tissues and $50 Visa GC at Lipstick to Crayons.
Slim Perfect at Frugal Mommy of 2 Girls.
Pride and Prejudice DVD Blue Ray at An Island Life.

Cheers For Grand-daughter!

We're all pretty excited here at the homestead. You see my grand-daughter Kirsten came home with the news that she was one of the girls selected to be cheerleaders next year. We are all so happy for her. It's something she has been wanting to do for a couple years now so right now she is riding on cloud nine with a huge smile on her face. What girl wouldn't be smiling with news like that. So we're cheering her on in her efforts and are tickled pink that she made the squad. Go Kirsten!

New Computer Tower

Recently I was lucky enough to win $100 from Jessica over at Jessica Knows blog just for a comment a made on one of her fabulous giveaways. Thank you Jessica! Not only was I shocked that I had won, but it came at just the right time. Remember I told you about my computer being on it's last leg? Well, after winning the $100 that went right into my paypal account I went shopping on Ebay for a new computer tower and this is what I bought.

It's a Dell GX270, Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz, 1 GB Ram, 400 GB Hard Drive, Windows XP, DVD/RW

I plugged it right in and bam! It works great and is so much faster than my old one and has more than 3 times the memory! I am so pleased with this that I have to say once again. Thank you so much Jessica! You were a life saver! I still have to put in a CD drive but that shouldn't be a problem. I also want to get a flat screen and get rid of this monster monitor on my desk. I am just so thrilled that I'll be able to continue blogging here at Babasfarmlife. Let's just hope my writing is worthwhile.

Want To Meet A Celebrity?

You don't have to go to Hollywood to meet a celebrity, you can see them while on vacation if you vacation in Kissimmee and have a wonderful time seeing all the sites too!

Kissimmee has everything you need for a fabulous family vacation or just time to realax on your own. Just minutes from Orlando in central Florida you could visit Epicot Center who right now are having their International Flower and Garden Festival May 1 - May 31, 2009; or see Wednesdays Rock at the Clock - The Duke Davis Memorial Cruise In eyeing classic cars and enjoying Dwight Icenhower and the Blue Suede Revue perform their “Tribute to the King” starting at 7pm and more May 6, May 27, 2009.

Who could be more famous than Mickey Mouse? How about Tiger Woods or the band members of N-sync (Chris Kirkpatrick or Joey Fatone) ; or major league ball player Barry Larkin, and that's just in the Orlando area. Many more celebrities live in Florida than I could name here and you just might see one of them.

Right now you have a chance to see for yourself. You can have a celebrity sighting of your own by going on a Kissimmee vacation. Thankfully, Kissimmee is giving away three (3) weekend getaways (3 days/2 nights) for two (2); and two (2) week-long vacations for four (4). Drawings will be held on or around 4/1/09, 5/1/09 and 6/1/09. I have entered and you can too. What a wonderful way to spend your summer vacation!

Waiting for the Mailman

This is one of those days where you are waiting for a package to arrive. A very important package and this is the scheduled arrival date. Actually the mailman won't be bringing it, it will probably come UPS. Sitting awaiting patiently..... Not! You see, I am expecting my new computer tower to get here today and I am too excited to get it hooked up. This old computer of mine is hanging by a wire. I would have said thread but wire is more appropriate. Ok... Deep breaths, deep breaths, calm, wait, calm. Not working! LOL.

The Stone House

Some days I think this restoration is going to take years and years to complete. Having a husband who is a School Bus Driver, a School Janitor, A Volunteer Fireman, An Artist, and also on a couple boards with regular meetings it's hard for him to find time to work on The Stone House. He does have plans to take a week off at the end of the school year to get some work done. Did you know that School janitors work year round, even in the summer? They do. Yep, that's when they do all the major cleaning, repairs, painting, etc. etc. to get ready for the next school year.

A Volunteer Fireman is also on call year round, 7 day a week, 24 hours a day. Sometimes getting a call at 2 a.m. makes it a bit difficult to get through work the next day, but he comes through with flying colors and no complaints.

Sometime in the next couple weeks we have to schedule a time to go to Colorado Springs to pick up his Art piece Gears of The Prairie that has been on display in their downtown. It was an honor to have it on display for a whole year and now that year has come to an end. It would have been nice to have it sell and save us a trip to pick it up, but alas, that didn't happen.

It looks like our summer will be busy, busy, busy.

This Mother's Day Give The Gift of Life

We mothers have gotten some pretty fabulous gifts for Mother's Day. Let's face it you can't beat a great piece of jewelry or a new purse. And who doesn't love going out to lunch or dinner on Mother's Day. But how about as Mothers we give the gift of life; perhaps for our own children or someone's else's child who may be in need. Skip the flowers this mothers day and give a truly heartfelt and life changing gift of Cord Blood Banking through Cryo-Cell.

Since 1992, Cryo-Cell has helped over 175,000 families worldwide preserve their newborn's umbilical cord blood for potential use against many diseases. Stem cells from Umbilical cord blood have been know to treat over 75 diseases and have been used in over 10,000 transplants world wide. And new research is taking place to find more cures. Along with cord blood banking, Cryo-Cell Cord Blood Bank is pioneering the way in research, to find more solutions to preserve stem cells in a noncontroversial way. Cord blood is just the first step in new medical advancements. You have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to preserve your baby's cord blood, trust it to the experts at Cryo-Cell Cord Blood Bank.

Cryo-Cell U-Cord is well worth the effort should your child be facing a debilitating disease. You may actually be able to save their life. Please consider giving yourself this gift for Mother's Day.

Fabulous Site!

One of my very favorite sites to visit is Vanilla Joy and let me tell you why. The site is fresh not only in appearance but in it's outlook and flavor with subjects that include: Craft Room organization; Scrapbooking Furniture; Discipline for Children; fabulous tutorials; superb giveaways; and so much more! I really don't want to miss a day visiting Vanilla Joy. Stop in and see what I mean, you'll love it too.

Cool Giveaways

Charlie Chan The Chinese Parrot at Carpe Libris Review.
Tennis Equipment for the Family at Blessings Abound.
Caterpillar Kids at Frugal Mommy of 2 Girls.
Kodak Easyshare C813 digital camera at The Mom Nerd.
As part of the Mother's Day Extravaganza Vado Pocket Video Camera at Two of a Kind, Working on A Full House.
$100 Gift Certificate to Lands End at Goodies For Mom.
Barbar ECO 8000 Hairdryer at dk Mommy Spot.
Make Over My Office Sweeps with Peter Walsh's Clutter Crew at Oprah.
Sit and Store Tub Side Seat at Mommas Review.
Ricaro Vivo High Back Booster Car Seat at Frugal Mommy of 2 Girls.
SpiceStack at Frugal Mommy of 2 Girls.
Bissell Versus Bare Floor Vacuum at The Mom Buzz.
$70 Gift Certificate to the Keeta Collection at The Mom Buzz.

Affordable Home Security

There was a time when we lived in the city just two doors down from my daughter and her young family. While she was visiting us for the day and her husband was at work, someone broke into their home taking cameras, stereo equipment, television, computer and DVD's, anything that might be worth money, they took. I am glad that she and the kids were with me at the time, but the experience was still frightening knowing that someone had invaded their home and rifled through their belongings and stolen from them. Having your home invaded adds fear into your life and it took a long time for that fear to fade.

If she had had a Home Security System in place perhaps none of that would have happened because the robbers would have been frightened off. Protect America has several GE Home Wireless Security systems to choose from at affordable rates. Fantastic rates for that matter! I chose the Copper package you see above which includes:

• • Talking Control Panel
  • 1 Motion Detector
  • 3 Entry Points
  • Internal Siren and Door Chime
  • Battery Backup
  • One Button Arming
  • 3 Window Decals
  • 1 Yard Sign
• That's all Free! And the monitoring fee is only $29.95 a month! That's less than a dollar a day to make sure your family and belongings are safe! You can't beat that for security! Of course they have several other packages to chose from depending on the size of your home. If home security is something you worry about, I would highly recommend that you check them out! You can call their toll free number 877-470-2751 and receive two free keychain remotes with your order! How fabulous is that! This wireless security system can be yours fast!
  
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Fun Night With The Grand-Babies

My Son-in-Law's mother is having her retirement party tonight after teaching for 23 years. So while they are attending the retirement party I will be watching the grand-babies and the teens. Four children to love and hug all evening. The teens of course pretty much take care of themselves and know how to entertain themselves so they aren't really a concern. The little ones however like to move around from one thing to another very quickly but I am thinking I can corral them into watching a movie and snuggling with Baba on the sofa after dinner.

I'll get some snacks ready and we may even read a few books and then sit to watch our movie after baths and jammies are on. They are the cutest, sweetest little things around and I love to snuggle and kiss them so I thinks we'll have a fabulous night. Wish me luck.

The Stone House

The second window repair is done and the window in. Hubby put the new window glass in the south facing window of the living room and it really adds more light inside now that the plastic is gone. I can't wait for all the window to be in to see how bright it will be inside. It will help us decide just what we need in lighting. It's probably a good thing that they only do evaluation for property taxes once a year. I think anyway. But hey, what do I know.

I will say the house is slowing looking better. The poor thing.

The Stone House- Taxes

We just paid our first taxes on The Stone House and guess what. It already has increased! It must be because we replaced the glass in one window. LOL The one window was valued at $263.00! Who knew. Wondering what is going to happen when we get all the windows in? I just thought it was so funny. It won't be funny any more if it keeps going up. We'll see.

I Need New Glasses

Photo curtesy of stock.xchng

I wear plastic frame glasses because I am alergic to most metals and can't have metal touching my skin for any length of time. There is a little plastic stop wedge at the corner of my frames so that the glasses don't open too far. Well, the one on the right side of my glasses broke off and now either my glasses keep falling off my head or they get all crooked and mashed up against my eye. I really need to go get another pair, but haven't done it yet. It's another one of those things that just doesn't cross your mind when you are in town for shopping, but it should because I can't see any writing without them. I just kick myself when I forget little things like this.

Cool Giveaways

Soxy Mommie and Me Socks at Feisty, Frugal, and Fabulous.
Fancy Fortune Cookies at Feisty, Frugal, and Fabulous.
Steam clean your way to a greener life with the Steamboy T1 Steam Mop. Chemical-free cleaning with the power of steam just got easier. Read about the experience mom blogger Cat at 3 Kids and Us had with her Steamboy T1 and enter to win a steam mop for your house too! Giveaway ends May 31st.
Fair Trade Luna Bag at Pink and Posh.
The Body Shop Gift Set for Mom at An Island Life.
Bamboosa Long Sleeved Hoodie and Socks at The Giveaway.
Belvedere Custom Stickers and Wall Designs at Jamie's Precious Peas.
Emmie Kate Mother's Little one Bracelet at Two of a Kind Working on A Full House.
Custom Pendant by HotWyre Jewelry at Two of a Kinds Working on A Full House.
$25 Gift Card to Build-A-Bear at Two of a Kind Working on A Full House.
Reliable Steamboy T1 Steam Floor Mop at Two of a Kind Working on A Full House.
Vado Pocket Video Camera at The Mom Buzz.
Twirl 18k Gold finished earrings from Guy and Eva at Eighty MPH Mom.
Kleenex and $50 Gift Card at 3 Kids and Us.

Home Place Structures Swing Set!

Isn't this play set great! You could be the mom of the block and have all the kids coming over to play at your house when they see this. They also have cute play sets like a castle, a pirate ship, even a Monster Truck or Monster Tractor for the kids to play in and on. A kids dream come true for a playhouse.
You now have a chance to win one of these fabulous play sets from Home Place Structures over at MomDot or at Skip to My Lou for extra entry points blog sites. Better head on over to enter.

Women's Shoes For Fabulous Looks

Now these are just too, too cute! I love these Red Gingham Open Toe Pumps! A Sassy look for summer time parties! Imagine being a hostess wearing these! I love them!
For summer time I really love these Gemstone Studded Slingback Sandals. They are so cute with just a touch of flash to make me feel pretty on those summer days of shopping.
These Gold Rhinestone Gladiator Slingback Sandals really caught my eye. I love the gladiator look for something different and the rhinestones just make it special. I could pretend I am Hubbys egyptian slave girl. LOL Well you know what I mean. They are just fun. Smooth faux leather upper in a dress Gladiator inspired flat sandal with a round open toe, rolled thong post, rhinestones encrusted t-strap vamp, and sling strap heel with adjustable buckle closure. Faux leather lining, cushioned footbed.
These Tan Knitted Crochet Round Toe Sweater Boot look super comfy with a slouch placket on one side that can be folded over. Finished with a textured sole and cushioned footbed. Great for casual wear in and around the house during Fall and Winter seasons.


Aren't these just the best pirate boot for women?! I am loving these Black Snake Thigh High Pointed Toe Heel Boots made of soft faux leather uppers with glittery snake print and studded oval on shaft with braided lace mid shaft and side zipper! Kiera Knightly would have nothing on me if I had these because I would know how to use them. Haha.

All of these fabulous shoes and many, many other terrific styles can be found at AMICLUBWEAR. From simple pumps to the Wild Side you'll find what you need. I had so much fun brousing through 31 pages of women's shoes that now I am just giddy. You have to go take a look and see what I mean.