Ultimate Blog Party '11 and CONTEST!!!

 It's time again for the Ultimate Blog Party!  This is my third year participating!  The first year I talked about myself- a basic introductory post.  Last year I told you a few more things about me plus a contest.  This year the Sisterchicks have an even better contest- a $100 Target giftcard!

So, what's new with me from last year?

-If you look at my menu plan last week, you'll see I'm on a new weight loss journey with the Maximized Living Nutrition Plan- eliminating ALL sugar, including fruit and grains!  Yowza!  I can tell you right now though that I am going to be breaking my diet next Friday when I'm at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter!  Yes, that's right!  I will drink a lovely butterbeer and I can't wait!!!  I'm one of those Harry Potter obsessed people.  My chiropractor and diet guru tells me I'm going to feel terribly sick with all that sugar so to be prepared.  It will be worth it!
-Although I can't discuss school things here on my blog, I can say that this year I went from a regular ed kindergarten class to an inclusion kindergarten class.  About 1/3 of my class is special ed and 2/3 are regular ed. I always used to say, "I could never do that."  I volunteered on a whim and I am in love.  I don't ever want to do anything else.  Some of that is because of my fabulous kiddos and some of that is because of my fantabulous co-teacher who I just adore.  I can now call  her one of my bffs.  <3
-My husband and I have decided to separate and we have spent the past few months getting our house ready to list.  In the next few weeks it will go on the market and as soon as it sells, I will be on my own.  Scary.  Hopeful.  Sad. Honestly, it's why I haven't blogged much in the past few months, even after going to Blissdom. I've kind of lost myself in books, friends and tv, but hopefully I'll get out of my rut soon. So, if I seem absent, it's just an emotional time for me.  I'll be back- I promise.
-I can't wait to browse the different UBP '11 posts this year and hopefully meet new people! 



As part of today's party, I want to introduce you to some of my favorite bloggy friends! There are 10 of us who each have a word photo included in their post. These words make up a sentence. We will each link you up to the lady who has the next word in the sentence, which is Mary at Giving Up on Perfect —but keep in mind that I might not have the first word in the sentence!

Once you have the sentence, e-mail it to sisterchickies@gmail.com with “UBP11″ in the subject line. Each person with the correct sentence will be in a drawing to win a $100 Target gift card! The winner will be announced on all of our blogs on April 11 and the winner will be e-mailed. The winner has 48 hours to respond or we’ll pick someone else.