Because I Said So!!! Mom Knows Best!

Okay all, I got to fix all the Boo Boo's over the weekend and was in shock at the email. With so much going on I have not even been able to check it in 2 weeks and it is crazy! I will be answering them all soon but I needed to fix links and such first. I also started drawing names and will be posting winners real soon and reviews.

 Things are still nuts for me though, I just found out my Landlord is in foreclosure and I will need to find a place to move to. Nuts Huh? He did not tell anyone but I am not freaking out for I called and found out we have lots of time. 90 days to move after the foreclosure is complete so it could be a year or so. I swear I am the MOST boring person in the world and nothing exciting ever happens in my life and in 4 weeks I have lived with more crazyness then in the last 20 years.
Now I can at least say I have some wild stories!
Okay, winners will start popping up and I hope every person wins something cool!

Okay you guys, I am back now. I have shaken
off the blues and pulled up my pants and I am
getting on with my life. I am not saying that I
won't have my moments when I want to crawl under
the covers but if I have learned one thing it is the
last month has made me stronger. I am determined
to not dwell on all that has happened and I am
back to looking at the Sunshine and plan on
enjoying the season and my children. For those
of you who do not know the last four weeks has
provided me with tons of excitement and a lot of
stress. In the last month I have dealt with:
2 Surgeries for my Mother
11 teeth for Rowan
A 2 week long super Virus that effected all members
of the house and though Andrew only spent a few
days in bed and I got a day ( needed more but such
is the world of a parent!) Rowan ended up in the
ER due to vomiting.
John and I separating and last but not least this
week I had a Minor out patient Surgery to help repair
the damage and to sever the nerves in my neck from
the back injury I sustained last Fall when my front step
crumbled and I fell flat on my back and cracked my head
while holding Rowan who was 3 months at the time.
I spent a few days wishing the world would go away
but Rowan and Andrew have been great and my Mother
has also been there for me as well as my Sons Dad.
Things are starting to work themselves out and John and
I are speaking and I hope things go his way for I know
with the economy a lot of people are having the same
problems as he and separating was a very hard decision
for me but I need to make sure the kids are okay first
and worry about him after that. I did my wallowing and
hand holding and yes, spent some time hugging the
potty with that Flu but life goes on and so will I, John,
the Kids and the Blog. About time too!
Tomorrow is another day and it will be brighter!


Right now I posted a review and have many more
just about ready, pre-spell check for hey, Michelle can
not spell a thing on her own, and this weekend I will
be up-to-date with the winners list and have many
more contests posted. I know you guys have to be
waiting on pins and needles and truth is, so am I!
I love to see people happy and it cheers me up via
proxy! Lets get cracken'!

Here's some pic's of our Holidays!
Rowan at Nana's with my Mom's Dog!

Hi there Guys and Gals
I just wanted to let you know I am back. I
have some reviews I am posting and giveaways
and will be posting many, many more in the
next couple of weeks. I wanted to take a moment
to apologize for getting so far behind, like a few
weeks now but it could not be avoided. I know
I talk to you guys about a lot of things and pretty
much give you a play by play of my life on a daily
basis but seldom do I share the icky things for I
would rather bring you guys happy thoughts to make
your day lighter not nasty and depressing but the last
month has just been too much for me. The last month
has turned out to be one of the worse months I have
had in eons and since I know things can't get any worse
I am putting on my big girl panties and slapping on a new
saddle and getting back on the horse. Without tear stained
details I will give you a little run down of my month and
hope after seeing it you guys will understand. We started
with my Mother who ended up having two surgeries and
hopefully she is good for a while now for if I have to
see another Doctor or Hospital in the next month I will
scream my head off. After that we hit the super germ.
Everyone, and I mean everyone in the house got it and
got it bad. I live with loads of aches and pains but this
thing had me flat on my back and seeking comfort in a
vat of chicken noodle soup, Vicks, Uniquely and both a
heating pad and ice pack for I kept flipping between too
hot and too cold. The kids both got it and though both
were bad Andrew got hit with the Flu part the worst and
was off his feet for a few days straight and was so sick
he didn't even care or complain he was grounded from his
computer for not cleaning his room. Normally that is a huge
fight but he was more then content to just sleep for a week.
Rowan on the other hand is not throwing up so much but hers
is holding on for a few weeks now and is showing up as
congestion and just like when I first brought her home she
is sleeping maybe two hours a night due to the fact she can't
breath. I bring that Blue Bulb thingie in the room and she
starts screaming before I even get near her. She is the one
I feel the worst about for she is too little to even blow her
nose and it does not look like it is going away any time soon.
To compound Rowans problems, she is still teething and
teething bad. I have spoken to a few people for it is driving
me nuts and I know she is way off track on her teething
schedule here and most kids get between one and five teeth
in the first year and Rowan will have 9 for sure maybe more.
Right now she has her four front teeth on the top and the
bottom and is working on her side with a Molar already now.
She is going to be 9 months next week and has already
doubled the high end of normal and still constantly tugging
her ear and I don't think we are even close to out of the
woods with that issue yet. Again I feel really bad for her for
again there is not much I can do.
The last thing has been coming a while and I was hoping
to not have to post it but it can no longer be avoided. As
always bad luck comes in groups and it is just more fluff
for the pudding right now and all I can say is figures. John
and I have separated. He and I have already been spending
a lot of time apart and it has just been blown out of control
over the last year. He has moved to his Brothers for now
and I do not want to say it was anyones fault. The lovely
combination of financial stress with him being out of work for
2 years now and the fact we have been under each others
feet for those two years has been a lot to handle and rather
then kill each other we decided to separate before we make
the 5 O Clock news. I do not see us working things out
and frankly I am too old and too tired to spend any more
time working on a hopeless situation. We started out comfortable
with each other and just because you are friends with a
person for years does not always mean you can sustain a
relationship. I am very thankful for the gift of Rowan though
and she alone made the last 4 years worth it. I have been
pretending to my friends things have been okay for a while
now and just could no longer deal with it and since there is
no perfect time to do things like this now is as good as
any. Don't feel bad for me for it was for the best and one
of the good things about being sick is when you look like
crap people just chalk it up to the bug and since I have
already been moping around I am already feeling much
better.
Now I can't promise you guys I will be back to 100 percent
but I will get a bunch of reviews and giveaways up this week
and post the winners to the contests over the last two weeks.
I have notified a few people and I also apologize if any of
you have emailed me this week for everything came to a
peak this last week and have not sorted any of them. I will
get to them all this week and now that I am up and moving
things will be back to normal as soon as I can. If any of
you have been notified and not received your prize and have
sent me that info please send an email to the web email
at becauseisaidsomomknowsbest@yahoo.com and I will check
into that for you. I believe all info has been passed to
sponsors but I want to make sure.
Thanks for understanding and I hope to have some
awesome Spring and Summer stuff up for you soon!
Michelle

Hi guys,
 Just wanted to give you an FYI and tell you guys sorry for any delays this week
as to answering your emails and drawing this weeks winners. My Mothers Surgery
that was supposed to be scheduled turned into a rush Job. I found out Late at night
and had to take her ASAP. She is fine other then a little cranky and hopefully they
got all they needed before she had another Heart Attack. She is home and comfy
and I came home but Johns warning of never going into a Hospital when you are
not ill came true and I woke up the next morning with a Bronchial Infection for the
record books. I have barely been able to stand out of bed and this is the first time
I have been out of bed for more then an hour. I am hoping Rowan and the Boys
have not caught it and this goes away as fast as it hit! I have a Doctors Apt in the
Morning but I am already on the mend and enjoying a huge glass of OJ as I type!
I hope to catch up fast!
  Thanks for understanding
    Michelle

I know I have went over play area number one,
two and three with you guys a few times in the past.
Just so new readers understand I have places in the
house set up for Rowan to play since the Winter is
long and that way she doesn't get bored spending all
her time hanging out in the same area. They are:


Area one-In the middle of the living room. A mat filled
with toys she loves right in front of the TV. This is
where she spends a lot of her day for the whole family
is in and out of this area and she gets to be the first
person to greet guests.


Area two-My room. My computer is set up there and I
spend a lot of time so naturally so does she. This also
has a mat and a lot of her best toys are there are well.
She also have TV access and this is where she watches
her favorite videos.


Area three-My Bed. I have a Queen size bed that John
has been booted out of for Rowan and I and the Pooch
fill it quiet nicely. Or I should say, Rowan, her toys, I
and the Pooch and her toys fill it. Rowan has all her
favorite sleep items there and loves them to death and
this is where we nap and just snuggle.


Area four-Her room. This has turned into the Daddy zone.
Since John has been sleeping on Rowans Twin bed or
Rachel's bed when she is here due to lack of room in
ours, it has also become Rowan and his area where
they do their own stuff. The messiest of the rooms for
I get so tired of picking up after a 44 year old man it
also has a mat and mostly electronic and learning toys
that she is still a little young for but is growing into
fast.