Saturday, April 10, 2010

I'm Finally Arriving At the ULTIMATE BLOG PARTY 2010

Ultimate Blog Party 2010

A party? I don't attend parties too often. But hey, I just couldn't pass this one up. If you don't know what this party is all about, let me explain. The 2 lovely women over at 5 MINUTES FOR MOM started this annual party in 2006 and can you believe this is my first time to be here. lol I was too new to blogging last year to get involved, probably even too new to have even known about it. So this party is all about connecting with fellow bloggers and heck we party goers can even win some prizes while meeting some new friends, so if you aren't already part of this fabulous party, check out 5 MINUTES FOR MOM's for the details.

So now to introduce myself:

My name is Tammy and I am unfortunately the big 4-0. I am not too happy about being 40 but there is absolutely nothing that I can do about that. Anyway, I am married to my High School Sweetheart and we have one wonderful daughter who turned 21 this past March.



I am a County Certified Home Daycare Provider, which simply means that I am subcontracted through our local County Job and Family Services to provide Home Daycare for children from low income families that the State pays for the daycare, so the mommies and daddies can work. Not all my daycare kiddos are from low income families, I have some that are from private pay families also. I do have to say that almost all my families are single mom's raising her children on her own.

I work way too many hours per week and I am overstressed with doing so, but since Hubby was laid off over a year ago and we had a huge income loss, it is my job to make up for that while he tries to gets his own business going. I figure that he gave me that opportunity back in 1992 so the least I could do is give him that much.

I started blogging in February 2009 for the sole purpose of entering giveaways because I was listening to my Sister-in-law talk about all the neat things that she was winning by entering bloggy giveaways. I then found it a place where I could vent about all my frustrations until Facebook came along and messed it up for me. Then family got involved and well a lot of my venting on here had to come to a halt because my blogs is tied into my Facebook. If I could only step back in time and keep the two seperate.

I have won some really great things from entering giveaways, and now am having giveaways of my own. A few here and there is great for me right now, with all the hours I spend with the daycare kiddos.

I would love to have some new bloggy friends, not that I don't enjoy the ones I already have but their is always room for more friends in everyone's life.

Now, lets get to some of the wonderful prizes that the ULTIMATE BLOG PARTY GOERS could win. Of course I would love to win the Grand Prize of the
Toshiba Satellite L505D-ES5025 but there are so many others to chose from so I will limit it to my favorite ones, which are:

Wow, that was a lot that I chose but there are tons more left.

Well, I hope that I can meet some of you Party Goers and get to know your blogs. You can also find me on twitter at LoveMy2Doggies and I am also on facebook.


WHILE YOU'RE HERE, HOP OVER AND ENTER MY ORGANICALLY GROWN SPRING OUTFIT GIVEAWAY.

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23 comments:

  1. Thanks for stopping by my blog! I love your blog. I'll be back again. I am now a follower. I am having such a great time meeting new bloggers!

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  2. Sigh -- turning 30 was depressing for me! I remember getting upset on my 15th birthday b/c I realized I was HALF WAY THERE! (lol)

    Thank you so much for stopping by my little ol' place -- I'm glad you found me so that I could find you! :)

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  3. Just stopping by from the UBP'10! Happy partying!!

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  4. Hi!!!
    I'm from the spanish blog, MamaXXI!!!

    Thanks for the visit and comment!!!

    Now I'm following you back !!

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  5. Hello! I feel that way about being 30.

    I'm visiting from UBP! Hope you can drop by my Party!!

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  6. Thanks for stopping by (and letting me know)! If that's your daughter in the picture she doesn't look that old! ;-) Blogging is a wonderful thing isn't it? It kinda just...sucks you in! Going to look around some more!!

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  7. Yay I'm coming over to party! I'm not new here though...hehe. Have a wonderful weekend:)

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  8. thanks for following my blog.. Which blog of yours do you want me to follow. I see you have this one but I do not know if this is your main blog.. Let me know so I can follow along..

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  9. Stopping by from the party! Happy Blog Party 2010!

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  10. so nice to "meet" you! You sound VERY busy... I think it is really cool that you provide affordable daycare for single moms :) Happy blog party!

    Tara's View of the World $150 WaySpa.com Giveaway

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  11. Not too late...just making your entrance! :) Glad to see you are part of UBP!

    Hope you are having fun at the BLOG PARTY!

    Jenni ("Miss Tutu")
    My UBP blog post: How to Make a Tutu blog - hope you will stop by and say hi! :) and Mom Blogger $100 Cash Contest

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  12. Hope you're having the a great time at the UBP!

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  13. Hi, there! Thanks for stopping by at Get Along Home. Hope you win something awesome to help you relax after working with other people's children all day. I can handle my own kids, but I lack the talent for relating to everyone else's littles. :-)

    Happy blogging!

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  14. Oh I love your puppers they are adorable!
    Happy UBP 2010!

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  15. Hey just stoping by from UBP2010... Cant wait to get to know you better!

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  16. Love allthe bright colors in your blog....Just became a follower...


    Sunday afternoon blog hopping ....This is such a FUN party.
    A random prize drawing for tonight (SUN) and then a $100 Gift basket for the GRAND PRIZE. I am amazed at all the different and creative blogs and having so much fun meeting new friends...Stop by for a visit...nothing you have to do but leave a comment on either of my blogs. Happy Sunday..
    http://teresa-grammygirlfriend.blogspot.com/
    http://grammyababychangeseverything.blogspot.com/

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  17. Hi there! I came by to check out the Party. I'm already a subscriber. You are one hard working woman running a daycare, but thank goodness for people like you. My mother-in-law watches my kids while I work and I'm thankfull for that. I just turned 42 so I feel yah! I keep thinking how when I was 20, I could not even imagine being 40. I hope you win some of those prized you listed. Have a Happy Blog Party!

    Shawna
    ShawnaMichelle@ymail.com

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  18. I turned 40 a couple weeks ago, we can not be excited together :)

    Thanks for visiting my blog, I love your blog. It's great to meet you!

    Julie Arduini

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  19. Thanks for visiting my blog! I hope you have fun at the party!

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  20. Thanks for stopping by Cook Clean Craft. Happy UBP!

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  21. yeah love the pic and more info about you. Great post :)

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  22. Hope you had fun at UBP! I'm still finding new blogs from it! :)

    Jenni
    misstutus@gmail.com
    MissTutu.com

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