Seeryus Mama

About once every three or four months Paige gets a wild hair up her ass has an off night.  Such was the case last night, er, early this morning.  I heard her talking about 3:15.  Talking like it was 8:00 in the morning.  I knew it was not good.  She played, talked to herself and finally started fussing about 3:45.  So, I shuffle myself in her bedroom, hoping that she’d want to go back to sleep.  Not the case. The little lady was up and ready to rock ‘n roll.  Playtime with the sheep…was over.  We rocked and rocked and rocked some more…it really felt like forever.  My numb toes made the executive decision to bring her into my bedroom (where I already had a snoring... [more]

Happy New Year’s Eve!  Goodbye 2009 and welcome 2010…Now, some giveaways that will take you into the newness of 2010. Traveling With Baby is giving away a $30.00 Walmart GC The Caroon Lovin’ Momma is giving away a pair of Beibi shoes. Enter to win a pair of Robeez shoes from The Shopping Mama. Thrifty & Chic Mom is giving away a pair of McCall Crocs.  Too cute! Lizzy Dear’s Life is giving away a Madden 2010 for the Wii.  Ends Jan. 1…so hurry and enter! Now, it’s your turn!  Link up those giveaways!!  Read More →

This giveaway is now closed.  Congrats to The Halton Mom! Coleman is currently giving away a $25.00 gift certificate every day for 50 days!  Entering is super easy, simply follow Coleman on Twitter and tweet the answer to this question: “What would you buy this holiday season from Coleman.com and why?” Make sure you put @colemancampfire in your tweet.   Entries are limited to one per person/Twitter account per day.  Find the official rules here.  Open to US residents only. Those who know me know that I am not a camper.  Nope, nada, no way.  Thankfully, Coleman offers more than just camping goods.  I’d love to have this puppy for my backyard. Wouldn’t that... [more]

My friend Knitty takes part in this meme…and since I’m a reader, I thought I’d play along. If you want to join in, head on over to J. Kay’s Book Blog.  You’ll find the deets all nicely packaged there. Books completed last week, due to the holiday, I didn’t get much reading in. Cleaving:  A Story of Marriage, Meat and Obsession by Julie Powell  Having read Julie and Julia, I was really excited to read Cleaving.  Oy Vey.  It was a struggle to get through.  I enjoyed reading about the time at Fleischer’s, the butcher shop where she apprenticed.  The folks were funny, witty and downright hilarious.  The rest was just…ehhhh.  About the two... [more]

Our Christmas festivities started on Christmas Eve over at my In-Laws.  Johnny received a Nintendo DSi…which he was thrilled about.  (Side note, so help me Nintendo…if this puppy doesn’t last a year…you will be hearing from me.)  Paige had fun opening presents and and proclaiming everything cute or cool. She had excellent manners and said thank you after opening each gift.  The bummer was the Holiday Blizzard.  My SIL was snowed in at her home on the eastern part of the state.  In fact, she’s still snowed in! Christmas morning the kids ended up sleeping in just a little bit, that’s one huge positive to hanging with the In-Laws the night before, we get... [more]

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It’s Christmas Eve…after a half day of work, I need to finish wrapping presents then we are headed to the in-laws.  I leave you with some giveaways…. Eighty MPH Mom is giving away a $110 GC compliments of Kodak! Just for Me…and You is giving away a pair of Sanita clogs. The Bragging Mommy is giving away a LeapFrog Tag Junior Book Pal. Okay, I did a pretty crappy job this week…so please, won’t you make up for it by listing your giveaways?  Read More →

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My little Princess likes to bake.  She’s really enjoyed baking goodies with the Princess 5-in-1 Tasty Baker.  From the folks who made the Pop Art Toaster, the 5-in-1 Tasty Baker is a unique all-in-one table top appliance that will bake muffins, bread, cake, pancakes/waffles and brownies in the one compact unit.  It can even cook eggs!  Food  will bake in one third the time into 6 kid friendly molds.  With the adjustable thermostat control makes it easy for food to be cooked to perfection. Features of the 5-in-1 Tasty Baker: Adjustable thermostat control Red “power on” indicator light Green “ready to bake indicator light Non-stick baking plate Cool touch housing To be honest... [more]

Okay, so you won’t find me shouting that…or attending any wild college parties.  That said, I am now a college student. At 31 years of age.  I didn’t go to college right out of high school, too much on my plate and honestly, I just wanted to be a kid.  Well, now at my age, I regret it.  Yet, at 18, I didn’t know what I wanted to do the rest of my life…and now I do. Wife, mama, library lady, blogger and student.  Wow.  I’m so very excited for January 11th to roll around and I can start my classes.  Only two this semester, hey, I need to ease into it.  It’s going to be a long road to hoe, I’m going for a Masters in Library Science.  That... [more]

Paige loves horses.  She has ever since we went to the Kentucky Horse Park over the summer.  She was so excited to receive the Wild Horses Kids Zip-up Hoodie from Hatley. This sweatshirt coat is 100% French Terry, zip up  front horse applique, overall print hood and has two kangaroo pockets.  It’s got a nice weight to it.  This hoodie sells for $34.99. Let’s face it, it’s just downright adorable. Have you heard of how Hatley came to be?  According to their website, Growing up in the small town of Hatley (that’s Canada), the Oldland boys loved running naked through the woods. But the day came when Chris, Nick and Jeremy had to leave Hatley and enter the real world... [more]

Here are your random numbers: 214 Timestamp: 2009-12-29 15:02:13 UTC © 1998-2009 Mads Haahr Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional | Valid CSS Web Design by TSDA Congrats to John Darrow! Thanks to everyone who took time to enter! Aside from diamonds, chocolate is a girls best friend.  Oh yeah.  After being contacted by Ritter Sport, I knew it’s something that my family would be interested in trying.  Let’s face it, you just can’t find really good chocolate in the middle of Nebraska.  Now I know why, it has to come from Germany and be squared. Well, you can certainly find really good chocolate from Ritter Sport.  It all started in 1912, when Alfred Ritter and his wife,... [more]

Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 180 Timestamp: 2009-12-29 14:47:31 UTC © 1998-2009 Mads Haahr Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional | Valid CSS Web Design by TSDA Congrats to Nuri! I’ve had the pleasure of working with Gummy Lump before.  Paige is still serving up cake when you wish for a piece! Recently they sent the Slice and Bake Cookies for our family to enjoy.  Just in time for tomorrow’s Marathon Cookie Day! This super cute wooden set includes 12 cookies and 18 colorful toppings, knife, spatula, kitchen mitt and cookie sheet. Just another in the wonderful line of Melissa and Doug toys, the Slice and Bake Cookies can be found on Gummy Lump for... [more]

Here are your random numbers: 96 Timestamp: 2009-12-29 14:55:07 UTC © 1998-2009 Mads Haahr Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional | Valid CSS Web Design by TSDA Congrats to Angie!! Friday, at 3:30PM CST, Johnny is officially on Christmas Break.  He and I have our Marathon Cookie Day planned for Sunday.  We are planning on making 15 (and maybe more!) different kinds of cookies and maybe, just maybe the Butterfinger Popcorn Balls. Just in time for our cookie baking day, Nestle Family came to the rescue with a Nestle Family Holiday kit.  Included is coupons from Toll House (which have the best chocolate chips, hands down), Carnation Evaporated Milk and Breakfast Essentials, Stouffer’s,... [more]

I would like to state just for the record, I did not lose my keys.  Nope.  Somebody took them.  After a much heated discussion with Brand yesterday afternoon (in which I may or may not have called him a DB), I had admitted my irresponsibility and resigned myself to having to have the switches changed on Stella. However, as it turns out.  A co-worker picked them up and put them in her pocket.  Yep, she stole them.  (Totally throwing her under the bus here, but I have to run with it because I didn’t lose my keys!) So, life in the Seery house is back to normal.  Brand won’t admit that he was an ass and I’m not losing my marbles.  It was a close call though!  Read More →

Feeling lost in the holiday shuffle? Yeah, me too. Never fear, some giveaways are here! Mommy Goggles is giving away a Scentsy Plug In Warmer and three scents,  Lands’ End Argyle Sweater and a Smucker’s Gift Pack. Pink and Posh is giving away an HP TouchSmart 600 with Windows 7 . A Wrestling Addicted Mommy is giving away a Hana Flat Iron from Misikko.  She’s got a rockin’ Holiday Gift Guide…check it out! **If you are of the voting kind, please help a felow mommy blogger out by voting for her in the High Tech Dad HP TouchSmart 600 giveaway.  Simply vote for wyomingmom.  Thanks!  If you vote for her, give yourself 2 extra entries into any of my current giveaways!** Now,... [more]

I firmly believe that one never outgrows Nerf products.  From the young…to the old…there is much fun to be had!  We were given the opportunity to try out the Nerf Dart Tag Capture the Flag…and we’ve all had fun with it! This Dart Tag is like no other!  There is an electric flag with three game modes and it sets off a screeching warning alarm when you move it.  Oh yeah baby.  Defend yourself with your Stormfire blaster…and rock ‘n roll!  It’s a lot of fun, I (uh, Johnny) can’t wait for my brothers to come home over Christmas break because it’s on! Complete 2-player set includes 1 electronic flag, 2 STORMFIRE blasters, 6 DART TAG darts,... [more]

This giveaway is now closed.  Congrats to Eileen Richter, comment # 26! I’ve had the pleasure of working with Erin Saelens, a fellow mother and owner of the Bot Tots Boutique.  With a host of different characters, Bot Tots provides bright and colorful organic clothing for babies and toddlers. Bot Tots’ mission is to create unique and fun children’s apparel for the modern family, while simultaneously serving foster youth. We pledge to donate 5% of all proceeds to In My Shoes, INC., an organization that provides mentors and social events to foster youth. As an environmentally and socially conscious company we offer 100% organic apparel and print our books on 100% recycled paper. Our... [more]

I’ve lost my car keys.  Well…not MY car keys, I’ve lost Brandon’s set of Stellarockafella keys. Which was uber handy when I called him from work last.  He was so prompt and wonderful, “I’ll be right there!”.  Then I had to call him back with the news of oh-by-the-way-they-were-your-keys-because-I-don’t-exactly-know-where-mine-are. Yeah. I’m pretty positive I set them down somewhere in the library.  I don’t think I threw them in the trash, and I haven’t checked…but I really hope Stella is sitting out in the driveway as I type. Welcome to my craziness during the holidays.  And so it begins…a little earlier than... [more]

Congrats to Kim, comment # 10!! “Scientist in the HOUUUUSE!” That’s right!  Sid is rockin’ the Seery household.  I’ve already told you about our love for Sid the Science Kid here.  We’re either watching Sid, eebee or Mickey Mouse.  I’m excited to share with you the Talkin’ Sid the Science Kid !  In case you didn’t know, Sid the Science Kid is an animated television series on PBS Kids.  It stars Sid, a funny and inquisitive 5 year old.  Along with his friends, Gabriela, May and Gerald, they learn about all the world has to offer through discovery, activity and fun.  With the help of Teacher Susie, the kids are able to experiment and... [more]