Elsy’s Stay at Home Mom Blog

That’s right, they are over and I am getting back on track. Everyone loves the Holidays but no one likes the stress and the overwhelming time restrictions that come with them.

For this stay at home Mom things get really crazy 1 week before Thanksgiving. With the running around like crazy to try to make your turkey and ham taste awesome and trying out different recipes before the big day. After that is out of the way, I get about 5-7 days to plan Mikey’s Birthday party since he was born the second week of December. Exactly 6 days later, I plan something for my Dads Birthday which is on the 18th of December. All the while I try to finish Christmas shopping and last minute gift wrapping along with deciding on the menu for that night. Christmas comes and a week later I plan the New Year Party and some how have to incorporate my Moms Birthday celebration since she is a New Years Eve baby.

All this while keeping up with my 3 kids. A now 3 year old, 19 month old and almost 8 month old (in a few days, 7 days to be exact).

This is such a crazy time of the year! Don’t take me wrong, my favorite time of the year but if I did not organize myself, I would end up in a loony house.

But it’s over, and now I have Spring to look forward to.

Technorati : Christmas, Holidays, New Year

Today I will be sending this years Christmas cards. We decided to go to the park some weeks ago and took a picture of the 3 munchkins and that is our Christmas card this year. We went to Walmart online and ordered the prints in a cute green portrait style, very Christmasie.

My little ones looked beautiful!

So far, I am sending 25 cards and had to stop for right now until I buy more stamps.

Technorati : Christmas Cards, Pictures

Ted Murphy got 6 Megapixel digital cameras from HP and I want one. So, Ted this is my story and the reason why I deserve one of those wonderful cameras.

I am a 30 year old stay at home Mom for about 7 months now. I worked in a busy hospital in California for “ever” and moved to Texas in February. I am still trying to get used to staying home. I have 3 Children under 3 and a wonderful husband.

A usual day: I wake up in the morning still tired from the day before, I take twice the vitamins a person should hoping it will give me super woman strength but it never does. At 6 a.m. Dan II wakes up, takes his bottle and plays in his crib until he gets tired and wants to get picked up. Genesis is an early bird, she has been awake for 30 minutes now. Mikey starts crying about 7 or 7:30 a.m. and wants something to drink and be carried.

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As of today all the kid’s gifts are in the bag like they say. Genesis is getting a doll house, kitchen and dishes to go along with that. Mikey is getting a remote control car from Disney’s movie “CARS” and a work bench with all kinds of tools. Dan II gets a toy for his crib and some toys to chew on since his teeth are coming in now. They all get clothes but my husband doesn’t want me to count those toward Christmas.

This is so cool! I love shopping for my kids. Now I need to shop for everyone else.

BRING IT ON!

Technorati : Children Toys, Christmas Gifts, Toys

Check this out the movie “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift was in theaters and I was reading this Web Release on the net that said that now Progressive Direct the company that sells cheap auto insurance teamed up with Universal Studios to insert a running tally of the destruction into the recent HD DVD release of the movie.

Now when you watch the movie and the car is flying through the air and hits anything for example and lets say that the door goes flying out, then a display in a small window will say how much that would cost to fix. Is this crazy or what? What you would see in the display window would say something like: “Roof repair: $209, taillights: $451, fender: $618″ and so on.

I guess that these new HD DVDs have 6 times as much data capacity as standard DVDs. Some people in the movie making business are hoping that this will give them more revenue by using for advertisement but others think it won’t work.

In my opinion the idea is good, if you are watching this particular movie and you know that your roof needs repair and you see on the move that it could cost $209 but you thought it could cost more, well then maybe it can motivate someone to go out and get the roof fixed.

But who knows, I do know that it sounds cool and the more technology grows, the easier life gets, right?

Technorati : Cheap Auto Insurance, Fast and the Furious, HD DVD, Tokyo Drift

If you are wanting to get your master degree, you can do so online. Did you know that CAPELLA University is a national leader in online education? They are accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

CAPELLA was founded in 1993 and it offers graduate degree programs in business, information technology, education, human services, and psychology, and bachelor degree programs in business and information technology.

You have to check them out, They are currently serving 16,000 students from all 50 states and 63 countries. They are awesome!

Technorati : Higher Education, Master Degree, Masters Degree

I read something when I was surfing the net this morning about silver coins that was interesting. I usually do my Dads investments and I read that now it’s a good time to buy silver coins for investment. I read that a company by the name of Monex Deposit Company is selling this and you would not believe who is buying these.

Did you know that the World demand for silver now exceeds annual production, and has ever since 1990? This is one of the many reasons why silver is a good investment opportunity.

Many analysts feel that silver, and specifically US silver coins, presents an outstanding investment opportunity.

This is a bit of history: Since the end of WWII the U.S. government - (Used to be the largest silver holder on the planet) - has filtered billions and billions of ounces of silver bars onto the world market, effectively depressing silver prices. Today, the hold of silver that the US government had is gone . . . and now the U.S. government is a silver buyer.

This is a good way to spread your eggs(Don’t put all your eggs in one basket!)

Technorati : Gold, Precious Metals, Silver

Wow, I found a site that has free online games. This is so cool, I guess this company was one of the first ones to offer classic Nintendo games online to play. My brother will love it when I show him the site. This are the games we used to play growing up. They have some of my favorites like Bejeweled, Free Cell and Solitaire.

Technorati : Classic Games, Free Games, Nintendo Games, Online Games

She is a very special lady and she needs a special gift. I want to get her princess cut diamond stud earrings. I think she will love them.

I found this website of a company in Manhattan by the name Primestyle. They offer the finest selection of Quality Diamonds & Jewelry at Low Prices. Knowing how special Crystal is, I know she will love diamond earrings. She loves to wear beautiful jewelry. This company has a variety of quality diamond jewelry that I know will fit her look.

In reading some of the information on the site I learned that when you buy diamond jewelry it should be the perfect piece for the person who will be wearing it. It needs to fit the persons look, personality and lifestyle.

A good jewelry store should be asking you questions about yourself or the person who you are buying diamonds for before showing you any piece. This is something that many stores don’t take the time to do.

Anyways, check out Primestyle you may just find that perfect gift for that special person in your life!

Technorati : Princess Cut Diamond, Stud Earings

I found this site about Auto Refinancing that gave a lot of good information.

For this stay at home Mom, good Financial decisions are very important. If you have a high interest car loan and your credit is now better you may want to look into an Auto Refinance. By refinancing a car you may be able to save some money over the life time of your loan. Not to mention the extra money in your pocket every month.

Anyways, check into it. I learned good stuff like:

• In 2004 Credit Regulations say that you can make multiple inquiries related to a single transaction and your score will not be affected any further, as long as the additional inquiries must be made within 14 days from the initial credit check.
• You are allowed a free copy of your credit report each year from the bureaus.
• Refinancing can be used for finding a new lender (lien holder) for an existing loan, often for a better rate, but also to extend their term, skip a few payments, add or remove a co-applicant, and add products (such as GAP insurance) to a loan.

Is this good info or what? Check them out!

Technorati : Auto Refinance, Car Loans, RateGenius