This cold has knocked me down!

I'm seriously getting so sick of this dang cold! I started getting sick Saturday night and I'm STILL sick!!! And on top of being sick I'm struggling to sleep at night so I'm exhausted and sick and have this headache that is just pounding away. Sigh...I'm so tired, anyone have eye wrinkle cream? Because my eyes are so tired looking that I'm looking like an old lady. Not in the usual joking manner where my husband calls me an old lady (you know, I am 3ish years older than him), but in the holy-cow-I-look-old kind of way.

I'll try to be back to regular blogging soon...you know, when I'm not a sniffling, sneezing, coughing, achy, stuffy head, etc. kind of person.

Feeling blah

I'm not much in the mood for writing today. Tuesdays are always my least favorite day. They're filled with errands and dance class and church meetings. It's too bad too because it's my favorite night of t.v. and I end up missing it. Thank goodness for DVRs! (Is anyone else totally digging that new Parenthood show? Love it! Add The Biggest Loser before it and you have an awesome night of t.v.) Add my cold to today's usual Tuesday mix and I'm just one big mass of blah-ness (is that even a word?!?!?!). It's a good thing the only job I have is a wife/mother because I'm in no mood to do anything else right now. Heck, even my husband is making dinner for the girls...well more like "brinner" since he's making breakfast for dinner...I'm really grateful for him because I'm just not in the mood to cook. Although I was contemplating making American Chop Suey and it sounded really good. Hmmm...maybe tomorrow, Wednesdays are always better than Tuesdays.

Chicken Soup for the Soul - True Love *giveaway*

For the past month I've been reading a little bit here and there of one of the newest Chicken Soup for the Soul books, this time it's all about True Love. I'm a bit of a romantic, I enjoy "chick flicks" and the like, so this kind of book was right up my alley.

I really enjoyed reading people's stories about falling in love, being proposed to or proposing, getting married and more. I found it fun to hear how other people fell in love and sometimes it was so close to my own experiences it was almost scary.

These stories, like all Chicken Soup for the Soul stories, were all short enough to read quickly. It made for great reading before going to bed or while waiting for doctor's appointments and more. There was a definite feel good feeling while reading them.

Three lucky Red Sox Mommy readers will get the chance to win a copy of this True Love book for themselves. To enter just leave a comment on this post telling me if you're a romantic at heart or not -OR- tell me one other Chicken Soup for the Soul book that you've ever read.

If you'd like more chances to win you can do one or more of the following after doing the above requirement:

- Blog about this giveaway (5 entries, leave 5 comments).
- Tweet about this giveaway, you can do this one once per day, just leave a comment each time (1 entry each time). Include @RedSoxMommy in your tweets please.
- Add my button to your blog (2 entries, leave 2 comments) or add my URL to your blogroll (1 entry).
- Become a follower or subscriber (1 entry).

Disclaimer: You must have a US or Canada mailing address. You must leave a valid email address so I can contact you if you win. I will not use the addresses for any other purpose. You must follow the first entry requirement before any extra entries will be counted as valid. No "count me in" style comments will be qualified to win, please follow the directions. You have until March 29, 2010 at 11:59pm MT to enter. I will choose the winners at random soon after that time and they will have 72 hours to respond to the winning notification or a new winner will be chosen by the same method. The winners' info will be given to the sponsor so they can mail out the prizes.

Good luck!

I received a copy of this book from Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists for review as part of a campaign for the Chicken Soup for the Soul books. I received no other form of compensation and the opinion expressed is my own. The giveaway copies were also provided by Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists.

Stuffy, stuffy, sniff, sniff...and a fantasy baseball draft

Last night as I was winding down after a long day I started to feel a weird little tickle in the back of my throat. This is always the first sign that I'm getting sick.

I don't have time to be sick. No mom has time to be sick!

But I woke up...SICK! It's just a cold, but it's an annoyance none the less. But it was a perfect day to get sick. Our predicted rain ended up being lots of fog and snow...not the kind of day I like going out in anyway.

I needed to be inside this evening anyway. You see, today was my fantasy baseball league draft. Last year I wasn't able to be there for the draft and took my chances with what players I'd get. It actually turned out well as I ended up beating NINE seasoned fantasy sports MEN to be the number #1 person in our league. Oh yeah...it felt gooooooood! (It helped that my husband was #2 in the league so in the final set of playoffs I beat him...lol, I love you honey!) ;)

I wanted many of the same players, of course, they'd done so well for me last year, why wouldn't I want them? I especially wanted Josh Beckett, Jonathan Papelbon and Jacoby Ellsbury. All from the Red Sox, who else?!?! I didn't get my wish. I did get the first two players, but not Ellsbury. Sigh...my "sneaky" little cousin "stole" him right out from under me (I still love you Chris...but I need to whine for a day or twelve). Sigh...I'll survive though. I have many other great players and my pitching staff is stacked with some greats! The fact that I have four of the Red Sox starting pitchers as well as the Royals ace pitcher helps. I had him, Greinke, last year and he was pretty dang awesome! I have a couple other Red Sox with J.D. Drew (had him last year) and Dustin Pedroia (who my husband had last year and I "stole" him this year). I may never own my own baseball franchise, but dang it if I won't have fun with this fantasy stuff. I can't wait for the first game...is it April 4th yet? ;) Heck, is it June yet when I'll be going to a game?

Save $1 at Jamba Juice

I have a routine when I turn on the computer. Our homepage is set to AOL, my husband's choice, not mine. But it works for us. They have a "rotating" string of stories and I'll open the ones that look interesting in another tab. I read all these before I even log into my website or open my email. This is usually how I find out if a celebrity died, if there's been any food/product recalls, about any crazy news stories or natural disasters and the like. Today I found something really fun...and I wish I'd found it a few days sooner. Why? Because it's a $1 off Jamba Juice coupon. I was just at Jamba Juice on Monday...darn it!

But if you want to check out the story you can find it at the Wallet Pop site where you can also find the link directly to the coupon. It's worth reading, the writer also has another money saving tip when purchasing gift cards at Jamba Juice. But if you're just interested in finding and printing off the coupon click this: $1 off any fruit smoothie at Jamba Juice. Enjoy! And take a sip for me, I can't justify the hour drive to the closest one...sigh... ;)

Coupon is good until April 10, 2010.