NO time/Giveaway Winner!

First things first... the winner of the "Scentsy" giveaway was:

"Brian M."

Congrats!! Email me at justaddwalter@gmail.com telling me a definitive choice for your plug-in warmer and scent (incase you changed your mind). Click Here to see your choices again. Once I get your email I will send to Catherine!

Thanks to Catherine for doing this awesome giveaway. If you guys want to buy anything from her, please go visit her site anytime!

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And Next up on the list....

It's Thursday and you know what that means!

Thursday Tirade Time

wanna know the rules? click here

My whines: I no time to blog and come up with a good whine for you guys because....

Thursday (today): Paper Due

Friday: TEST and a quiz

Monday: TEST

Tuesday: TEST

Wednesday: TEST

Thursday: out for drinks with the "nurse-y" girls to celebrate hopefully getting through all of those tests!!

I guess that actually is a pretty good whine though!

ok... your turn... (please play and help me procrastinate a little bit)

write a post, grab my button and link up at the bottom!!

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Hula-Hooping Hubby

Have ya'll ever looked at the website 'People of Walmart'?

It is so disturbing and funny at the same time. You should check it out.

Want to know what you may see if you visit our Walmart?

My hubby trying to hula-hoop!!

Don't tell him I posted this... haha!

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View other people's pictures at:

Seven Clown Circus, 5 minutes for mom

Join us for the Thursday Tirade right here at JUST ADD WALTER tomorrow!!!

Also, if you were wanting to enter a cute giveaway... go to Caro's blog and enter her "pink" giveaway! We all love pink right?!Caro's Pink Giveaway: Click Here

Bottle Caps

This story is from a few years back but it is a "classic" one in our family.

Just looking at this Dr. Pepper bottle makes me start laughing because I am thinking of the story I am about to tell all of you...

There was this one time when I got a phone call from my mom...

She was FRANTIC.

The phone call went something like this:

Mom: "oh my gosh Amy!!!!! I just went to the gas station and got a couple of bottles of Dr. Pepper. I opened the first one and looked at the cap and it said I won $100!!!!!! I then opened up my other bottle of Dr. Pepper and you would not believe what it said!?!?!??!?! I won ANOTHER $100!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me: "oh my gosh Mom! That is AWESOME!"

Mom: "I am going back in the store and buying some more Dr. Peppers"

Me: "um, I doubt you are going to win AGAIN mom!"

Mom: "I'll call you back"

(fast forward 5 minutes I get another phone call)

Mom: "OH MY GOSH AMY!!!!!! I just got 3 more bottles. THEY ARE ALL WINNERS!!!! You need to come down here now!! Something crazy is going on... I'm going back to buy some more bottles!!!!!

(fast forward another 5 minutes and I get another call)

Mom: "I bought some Diet Dr. Peppers this time and those are WINNERS TOO!!! The man at the register is looking at me funny. I keep coming up with stories to tell him about why I need so many Dr. Peppers. I am running out of stories. I think I am going to ask him how to claim all this money. I'll call you back"

(fast forward 10 minutes and I get the last call)

Mom: "amy..........................I didn't win anything..........................the bottle caps are just saying you have a chance to win $100..........................they have some weird code at the bottom that you enter in the computer to see if you won......................................I didn't see the code thing or read the side of the bottle which explains it all.................................

Me: "MOM!??! how many bottles did you end up buying?!?!?!?!??!"

Mom: "my whole backseat of my car is full of OPEN Dr. Pepper and Diet Dr. Pepper bottles"

Me: "hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha"

Mom: "hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha"

The funny thing is my mom NEVER even checked those codes to see if she ACTUALLY won anything... she could have actually been a winner with as many bottles as she bought!

The bottle caps have changed a little now.... they JUST state the code, nothing else... but it still makes me laugh everytime I see one....

Have you guys ever done something this silly?

Candlelight Dinner for Two

I came home from work on Saturday to find this waiting for me:

Complete with a personalized menu:

And a coffee (er, hot chocolate) set up

I didn't want to take a bunch of pictures and ruin the evening...

But I really loved my sunflowers

And loved the yummy dessert!

Thanks for a wonderfully romantic night Justin!!

I am a lucky girl!!

working hard...

Working 12+ hour shifts all weekend.... joy!

Me at 5:3oAM on Saturday

Gracie looks like she is saying, "Mom, it's wayyyyy too early for pictures"

And yes I REALLY do wear those BRIGHT PINK/MAGENTA shoes. I know they don't match my scrubs but they are The.Most.Comfortable.Shoes.In.The.World.... so don't judge!

On my floor we fight over who gets to wear which color for shoes. We all have to wear the same color scrubs (CNAs = Teal, Nurses = Navy/White) so the shoes are the only thing that sets us apart. You can say, "oh, your nurse is the one with the yellow shoes" instead of "she has brown hair" or whatever. It is great!!

And the lucky part is I get to wear PINK ones!!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

About us...

I read this over at A Short Southern Mama and wanted to play

Gatlinburg, TN 2002

Charlotte, NC 2009

1. What are your middle names?

Dalton (it was Diana before I got married) and Timothy

2. How long have you been together?

Started dating in 2002 and got married in 2008

3. How long did you know each other before you started dating?

A couple of months. We were pledging the same coed service fraternity

4. Who asked who out?

I really don't know. We just kind of started talking at a friends party one day and then just started hanging out more and more.

5. How old are each of you?

We are both 27

6. Did you go to the same school?

Yes, we met our junior year at Wake Forest University.

7. Are you from the same home town?

Nope. I am from Winston-Salem, NC and he is from Jacksonville, FL

8. Who is the smartest?

Justin is definitely the smartest. He is probably one of the smartest people I know. I love that he constantly challenges me to be a better and brighter person too!

9. Who majored in what?

I have a BA in Psychology (and am now back in school for Nursing). Justin got his BS and MSA in Accounting.

10. Who is the most sensitive?

Oh lordy we are both sensitive. I blame it on us both being the "baby" of the family.

11. Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?

Italy and France for our honeymoon!

12. Who has the worst temper?

I would probably say me... once again I blame it on being the "baby" of the family AND the ONLY girl out of 5 kids. I entered the relationship a little bit spoiled

13. How many children do you want?

probably 2 but we are waiting a few years

14. Who does the cooking?

I "try" really hard but usually Justin is the cook

15. Who is more social?

I am the social butterfly of the relationship

16. Who is the neat freak?

We have different ways of cleaning. He likes everything straight on the outside (but cabinets/drawers whatever are a mess inside). I am the opposite. I love to organize cabinets/drawers/closets even if I end up with a mess everywhere else. I think this shows a little insight into our personality as well.

17. Who is the most stubborn?

We are both equally stubborn.

18. Who wakes up earlier?

We live on completely different schedules right now because of school

19. Where was your first date?

He cooked me dinner at his apartment off campus.

20. Who has the bigger family?

Me. 4 older brothers + 8 nephews/nieces

21. Do you get flowers often?

I always get flowers on my birthday/valentines day/anniversary... but Justin gets me flowers "just because" all the time too!

22. How do you spend the holidays?

This question is also known as "the only thing we EVER fight about"! It is always a sore subject for us.

This year we are doing Thanksgiving at his house in Florida and Christmas at my house.

23. Who is more jealous?

probably me

24. How long did it take to get serious?

well since we started dating in college things didn't get super serious until we both graduated (after he got his masters)

25. Who eats more?

Justin for sure.

26. What do you do for a living?

I am going to nursing school and work as a CNA in my spare time (which is not very often). Justin is a CPA and works as an auditor at one of the big 4 accounting firms.

27. Who does the laundry?

We both do.

28. Who's better with the computer?

we both have different strengths and are constantly teaching each other new things.

29. Who drives when you are together?

Justin

30. What is your song?

Don't really have one...but there are a lot of songs that me think of us.

our little family... lounging in our comfy clothes...

We're going....

The Holidays have become a headache for me.

Hubby and I always get into arguments about which parents house we are going to for which holiday. It is a battle. It is not fun.

This year we decided to give ourselves a vacation as our present to each other.

So for New Years guess where we are going to be?!?!

SHIPS AHOY MATEY!

We're going on a CRUISE!!!

where you might ask??

The Bahamas!!

Justin and I have both been to the Western Caribbean several times: Jamaica, Cozumel (twice), Cancun, Belize and Honduras so we decided to give the Eastern Caribbean a chance and go there this time. Justin has been to the Bahamas before (and didn't really enjoy it) but I have never been so I really wanted to go.

Why do I want to go so bad?

Well I grew up loving this song:

(UPDATE: I had another "Kokomo" video up earlier and found out the middle of the video

had PORN on it... sorry about that...haha)

And I always dreamed I would go and see ALL OF those places... since

the Bahamas are a part of the song... I have to go!!

We are going with another couple and are so excited!

And since I will be away from the bloggy world during that time I am

looking for a couple of GUEST BLOGGERS during that time.

I will put out some feelers now and remind everyone later if you don't want to commit right now.

Email me at justaddwalter@gmail.com if you are interested!!!

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I also wanted to remind you guys of some great giveaways going on right now around the blogosphere:

Anna's Favorite Things @ Southern Champagne Wishes: Ends 11/8

Skin MD @ Keeping Up With The Schultz Family: Ends 11/10

Balloon Time @ A Nut in a Nutshell: Ends 11/17

And of course my giveaway: Ends 11/11

PS: I can't believe I am *almost* at 200 followers... that blows me away!!

I need one more follower to push me over to 200... who is it going to be?!?!

Something Smells Good...Giveaway!

This Giveaway came at the PERFECT TIME.

All of us are trying to get ready for the Holidays. Trying to clean, decorate, learn new recipes and prepare for guests.

One thing we sometimes overlook?

"What does our house SMELL like??"

That's where Scentsy comes in.

Scentsy is sold by individual consultants through parties and get-togethers and happens to be the hottest new thing in candles.

Scentsy products use a low-watt bulb to melt a specially formulated wax (known as a Scentsy Bar). These products are completely safe because there is no flame, soot, smoke or lead involved. There is also no mess and no fuss like a normal candle.

Included in their products are wickless candle bars/bricks, room sprays, warmers, and plug-in warmers.

Catherine Monceaux is a consultant for Scentsy, and she was kind enough to offer as a giveaway the choice of a plug-in and scentsy bar for one lucky winner!

Here are just a few examples of their new Holiday collection:

The Rules:

To enter this giveaway all you need to do is to go to Catherine's Scentsy Website and pick out the plug-in warmer of your choice and tell me in a comment below. This will be the plug-in warmer you get if you win so pick carefully!! (you MUST do this or none of your entries will count)

If you want any additional chances to win you can:

• Pick your favorite scent from Catherine's Scentsy Website and let me know in a comment
• Follow Catherine's "other blog" Shabby Lane Shops.
• Follow ME! (click on "follow" button on my left sidebar) OR let me know you are a follower already
• Follow me on Twitter
• Tweet about this on Twitter by posting the following:"#Scentsy #Giveaway @Gldnwfugirl http://tiny.cc/TFYHW"(must send me the link if you do this)
• Post about this giveaway on your blog or put my super cute button on your sidebar

(You get one extra chance to win for each of the above items in the list)

Here is my super cute button (just copy the code and paste onto your blog...easy right?)

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Best of luck to EVERYONE!!!!

Giveaway will end on 11/11/09 at 12pm EST

time to whine with wine!!

It's THURSDAY!!

That means "It's Time to Whine..."

(while drinking some wine?? Don't mind if I do...)

To my new followers or anyone else who has never played:

The idea of this blog carnival is to get out your weekly frustrations. Write them down in a post on your blog and then link up to my blog at the bottom. This is a great way to let go of all of your frustrations and maybe even meet a few new friends!!

Time to get started.....

I decided to write my "whines" this week in letter form.

Dear Girl in my class,

Please for the love of God stop talking during class. When someone raises their hand and asks the Prof. a question, they are not asking the question to YOU! Please do not feel as though it is YOUR job to answer said question.

Also, please refrain from randomly spitting out pieces of information about yourself. Not only do I (we, the whole class) NOT CARE about where you grew up, but I (we) also do not care to know your blood type and ALL of your family member's blood types. That is great that two people in your family have the rarest blood type... who gives a BLEEP?? Not me!! I (we) do not care that you love the ocean or that you once burnt your face with a curling iron.

I pay a lot of money to actually go to class and LEARN from the PROFESSOR... you know since that is HIS job. If YOU would like to be a PROFESSOR then please drop out of nursing school. And since I tape all of my lectures I not only get to hear you once during class... but get to hear you AGAIN while I am studying/replaying my lectures. I am tired of hearing your voice and tired of you taking up all of our class time.

Frustratedly Yours,

Me

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Dear New EBAY user Bigdon843,

Please do not bid on my item and get me SOOO EXCITED that you were willing to pay $183.00 for my iPod I was selling and then BACK OUT without even telling me. I had to pay a $16 listing charge for that item. I waited over 2 weeks for you, sent 5 emails and thought about calling your house. I then started playing detective and saw that you bought a DIFFERENT iPod on Ebay (paid less money) and then just decided you wouldn't need to bother with paying me. That is NOT how it works mister!!! I just wanted to let you know that since Ebay will not let me give you negative feedback I am going to tell ALL OF MY BLOGGY FRIENDS about YOU!! Bigdon843 you are GOING DOWN.

ROAR,

ME

Note: I did get my listing fee back after filing a claim with Ebay against bigdon843. I relisted the item and got a lot less money out of it the second time around. Does anyone know why you can't leave negative feedback for buyers anymore?? Buyers can leave sellers negative feedback... but sellers can't leave buyers negative feedback! It isn't fair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whew, I feel better already. Not sure if it was the whining or the "wining" but I feel better and that is what matters.

Now its your turn! Write a post, grab my button and link up your blog to the MckLinky at the bottom.

(and keep your eyes open for my new giveaway starting later TODAY!!!)

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