Saturday, November 30, 2013

Old Updates

If anyone has been wondering, I've been moving some old updates over to this blog from my old blogs, so if you see new updates, check the dates. They're probably old ones that I'm just transferring over! :-)

Here are a few that I find interesting, and it's so awesome to look back at all of these old pictures to reminisce!

http://themultimom.blogspot.com/2010/04/making-pull-taffy-and-other-things.html - This is one from when Tricity and I made homemade pull taffy! We'll definitely have to do this again some time :-)

http://themultimom.blogspot.com/2010/04/basketball.html - Here is one from a day we spent shooting hoops at a basketball court. We should really do this again some time, too!

http://themultimom.blogspot.com/2010/04/perfect-weather-for-day-outside.html - This one is about a day when the weather was sooooo perfect. Tricity played on her new swing set, and we both laid on a blanket and she picked me some flowers!

So once again, I'm just moving my old blogs from other journals to this blog (this is my official blog), and then I'm going to delete my old blogs, so everything will be in once place. Enjoy!
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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving - 2013




This is how we spent some of our Thanksgiving day! I didn't get video and pictures of EVERYTHING because we were pretty busy, things were crazy, and it was hard keeping up with Tricity while catching up with friends and family. We hope YOUR Thanksgiving was truly something to be thankful for!

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Quick Happy Thanksgiving Message!




Tricity wanted to send everyone a quick message today while we were celebrating Thanksgiving! So from our family to yours, we hope you have a wonderful holiday!

*This video also has captions available.*

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Happy Thanksgiving!


Happy Thanksgiving! To all of our family, friends, and possible fans (?) out there! We hope you have a happy, safe, and enjoyable Thanksgiving, and that you gobble 'till you wobble! We are SO THANKFUL for YOU! xoxox

We have three places to go to today, that we know of! What does YOUR family usually do on this holiday? What are your plans for THIS year? What are you most thankful for?

The PLAN is to get a short video up today with a personal message from Tricity ;-) Be on the lookout!
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

This Girl Loves Her Chinese Food



This Girl Loves Her Chinese Food
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP8EhPbrvIQ

Tricity is trusted to get her own food at the buffet (with a little help from Daddy), and she tries to read Chinese writing. We've been trying to teach her not to chew or talk with her mouth stuffed, but this girl just can't get enough of her Chinese food!!! lol

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

My First Scentsy Order!




I was SO EXCITED to get my first Scentsy order today! I totally forgot that I wanted to do an unboxing because I was too excited, so here's a quick video on what came in. I got the Castille styled burner from the "Silhouette Collection". The wrap has a soft powder finish and crown detailing, and it sits on an etched porcelain warmer that lets light shine through when lit, creates a uniquely textured glow.

I also ordered six scents:
Honeymoon Hideaway
Cozy Fireside
Perk Me Up
Peppermint Dreams
Iced Pine, and
Pumpkin Roll.

Right away, we set it up and popped in the Peppermint Dreams scent, and it smells like York Peppermint Patties in here! All together, for the warmer, wrap, and 6 scents, I paid $70.17 (minus shipping). I plan on doing a more detailed video later - I was just SO EXCITED!!!

*This video also has captions available.*

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Khloe's Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast


Khloe's Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5RG8j18-aA

This was my niece Khloe during Thanksgiving Feast! Half of the Kindergarten classes were Pilgrims, and half were Native Americans. I think I got more pictures and video here than I did on Tricity's Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast, but that was a 2 year difference, before I got into vlogging, and before I got better cameras. Anyway, here's hoping you all had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving!

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The Best Part About a Happy Meal, and a Monster High Plushy!


The Best Part About a Happy Meal, and a Monster High Plushy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpCnaDlqrgU

We went out to eat at McDonald's. Tricity tells us what SHE thinks is the best part about a happy meal. Plus, we show you one of her Monster High scores - a Draculaura plushie with a blanket!

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After School Fun - Thanksgiving Vacation


Sorry for the shaky camera and awkward angles! lol  Tricity did most of the taping on this one! That explains it, right? :-) She was taping after school while we waited for Adam to come pick us up. I did a little bit of taping, too, and added it in-between her footage, because we were taping at the same time, just from different perspectives. Enjoy!

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Our Thanksgiving Cupcakes


Our Thanksgiving Cupcakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teKiwgI8r4c

It was the last day of school before the Thanksgiving holiday, and I made cupcakes for Tricity's class. She got to hand them out, and it was also a "read and feed" day at school, but Mrs. Derickson had me busy doing work and running errands, so I didn't get to tape much. Here are the parts I was able to capture from today, though! Enjoy! Also, a HUGE thank you to Mrs. Steffens's class for sharing some of their stone soup with me! You guys did a great job! It was tasty. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Tricity's Littlest Pet Shop Show!




Tricity takes over the camera as she uses her Littlest Pet Shop toys (as well as her Polly Pocket toys) to put on a show for you all and to teach you good morals! What happens when friends don't want to play the same thing? Or what happens when those friends don't want to play with each other? Stick around and you'll find out! Enjoy ;-)

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Weekly Update - Special Edition: Happy Thanksgiving!



We had such a jam-packed week! There was just SO MUCH to include! So pop a bag of popcorn, sit back, relax, and enjoy! This week, Tricity made an LPS video for everyone that teaches a good lesson about friends, we received some packages in the mail, Tricity has her Thanksgiving party at school while her cousin Khloe has her Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast, we do more shopping and dining, Tricity makes out her Christmas list, we celebrate Thanksgiving, try to brave Black Friday, and Tricity paints my nails for me!

Week 1
For the week of November 24 - November 30, 2013

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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Weekly Update - Our First Real "Vlog"!

It's late at night, but the video has FINALLY been uploaded! Here is our Weekend Review vlog, #1! We made the video on Sunday, actually. We would have taped it either Friday or Saturday, and had it uploaded either Saturday or Sunday instead, but we were SO BUSY! (Shopping, dinner, working overtime hours, and a sleepover/spa night.) Such a fun week!


Weekly Update - Our First Real "Vlog"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DWve1fT2kQ

We made our first real "vlog" using bits of videos from things that happened this week! That way, if I don't get the videos up from the events right away, then you can at least get a sneak peek! I hope you enjoy. Tricity is SO EXCITED by this since she's been inspired by one of her favorite YouTubers, KittiesMama ;-) Hopefully we can keep up with this every week, and get some other videos up in between. Stay tuned! This week, Tricity went to a birthday pool party, she gave me a makeover, went to her first 4-H meeting, learned about ways to be healthy and friendships at her Girl Scout meeting, we did some shopping and dining, and then she went to a spa birthday party and sleepover!

Week 1
For the week of November 16 - November 23, 2013

Find the full videos that were mentioned in this weekly update here:
Tricity Attends a Birthday Pool Party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFzWvK7Ntbg
Tricity Gave Me a Mommy Makeover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX6b99--hzk
Walking With Tricity After School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5bwf-9Txqw
Picking Out a Thanksgiving Dress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3gV38-l7XI
Spa Night Sleepover! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baMXPTRmonY


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Tricity's New Dresses from ThredUp



Tricity got a package in the mail! I ordered her a couple of dresses from ThredUp! One is an anytime dress, and the other I ordered for Christmas. They have such great deals!!! I was surprised, and VERY pleased. You should check it out! Here is my invite link as shown in the video: http://www.thredup.com/r/XBOJTM

You can see clips of this video in our weekly vlog, Weekend Update - Special Edition! Thanksgiving Episode, found here: http://youtu.be/BtT04rGvl-E

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Here's Tricity showing the dresses she received.

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Spa Night Sleepover!



Tricity went to the birthday party of one of her friends and stayed for the sleepover. They had a spa night! I got to go, too, to help out with the girls, and it was SO MUCH FUN! We did face masks that consisted of avocado, yogurt, and egg whites, so they were healthy, chemical-free, and good for you! Then the girls got their feet washed, massaged, soaked, and rubbed with some lotion. When they were all done, we painted their nails, and they either put on their own makeup, or I put it on them. Then they put makeup on me! All the while, I learned how to make them balloon animals on YouTube, and they played "fashion show" upstairs. We had an AMAZING time!  :-D

This video was taken on Saturday, November 23, 2013. You can find clips of it on our video, Weekend Update - Our First Real "Vlog"! (which can be found here: http://youtu.be/2DWve1fT2kQ) 

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Here are some photos from the sleepover. Enjoy!





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Friday, November 22, 2013

Picking Out a Thanksgiving Dress


Picking Out a Thanksgiving Dress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3gV38-l7XI

Here's the extended video of us shopping and eating from the video, Weekend Update - Our First Real "Vlog"! (which can be found here: http://youtu.be/2DWve1fT2kQ) We picked out a Thanksgiving dress for Tricity (which she gets every year). We always have to get her a special Thanksgiving dress, Christmas dress, and Easter dress! We saw a few cool things along the way, but unfortunately, we didn't have the money to buy them... Still, they were pretty awesome!

*This video also has captions available.*

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Walking With Tricity After School

Walking With Tricity After School

Here's a video I took yesterday of my daughter and myself doing some walking after school. We want to get healthy! :-) As part of a Girl Scout activity, my daughter is supposed to help Adam and I do something healthy. For him, I figured his physical health is okay (better than mine) so maybe she could help him with his inner health, and do some meditating? With me, I obviously need help on the outside, so after school yesterday, we took a walk around a couple of blocks.

 *This video also has captions available.*

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Monday, November 18, 2013

Bitstrips - Put Yourself in a Comic!



Have you heard of Bitstrips? Have you TRIED it? I love it!!! I wanted to share it with you guys. It's pretty fun. It's like making comics of your every day life. You can either post comics of yourself, or of you with a friend, or just two of your friends together, and share them on Facebook! On this video, I'm showing you the ways you can customize it, and some of the comics that I've shared on our page http://www.facebook.com/TheMultiMom

Still, as of November 22, 2014, Bitstrips is only available for iphone, Android phone, and Facebook. It is NOT currently available for Windows Phone uses like me! (Bummer!)

*This video also has captions available.*

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Dermographism (Chronic Urticaria)


This was posted a couple of years ago (back in July of 2011) on my old blog. It had gotten almost 2,000 views, and I really hoped it helped some people out! I decided to repost it here on my official blog and delete the old entry (as I will eventually be closing that blog down). I also wanted to provide an update for people seeking any kind of information on this rare skin problem. Here was my article:

I have dermographism. It comes and goes, but I've had it on and off since I can remember. What is dermographism? Well dermo stands for skin, and graph is for writing. It means skin-writing. And what is skin-writing, you may ask? Well to us "lucky" 5% of the population that get this strange disorder (though honestly I suspect it's a higher number than that), it means swollen skin, and a heck of a lot of itching, just from a little bit of pressure.

Right now, I have mine under control. It started with me taking a steroid, an antihistamine, and a small nibble of Zyrtec every day, slowly weaning off to once a week, and that kept my itchies at bay. That didn't stop my skin from raising up and getting red, though. And it didn't stop ALL of the itching and pain. Just the majority of it. When I started getting itchy again, I knew it was time to take another dose of medicine, but as for the pain, if I got squeezed, pinched, scratched, or bumped, it still hurt pretty bad... My last resort was getting empty pill capsules, and filling one end with an herb called turmeric (available in your herbs and spices section at the store), and the other end with a mix of sage and ginger. After about a month of taking that along with my other pills, the itching went away. Now? I don't have to take anything, and I no longer have dermographism. I don't know if this will work for everyone, but I wanted to let you know how I did it, in case it is something to consider. If you're like I was with this, then you're probably desperate, and I feel so bad for you :-(

When I DIDN'T take my medicine, or when this disorder first flared up? It was MADNESS! My feet would get itchy just from standing on them, and they swelled up. My hands got itchy just from putting on my clothes. Laying on a wrinkle on my sheets, pillow, or blanket? It caused my skin to swell and itch. Brushing my hair? Putting on makeup? Brushing my teeth? Wiping in the bathroom? All of this was pretty much impossible to do without pain and itching. You would think that not scratching would help, but then it gets itchy everywhere at once, and if you don't itch, you'll go mad. Seriously! It's like a biological form of torture! I can't express enough how insane it will make you to itch everywhere at once. They say not to take hot showers, but they seemed to help me. Other people have told me that only cold showers work for them. I don't know... Everyone is different. Hot showers and baths were my salvation! Either that, or I would end up itching my skin so raw that it used to break open, swell up, get really hot, and finally stop itching... but only for about 30 minutes or so... until the swelling and heat went away, and then I was itchy all over again...

What causes this? No one really knows. Some people speculate that it's toxins in the body. Others assume it's all about what you eat. I've been told that chili spices (like hot sauce) set it off. Some of us others think that it's triggered by something else first... For me, I had just gotten over a UTI, after I took Macrobid (Nitrofurantoin) as my antibiotic, as that is the kind of antibiotic they usually give for that particular infection, and then BAM! I got the itchies. Usually, for me, it starts with hives. Hives that I learned, I get from taking Macrobid. Sometimes, it was the cold that would make me start itching. And not the winter kind of cold. Cold as in ice-cold swimming pool the blazing summertime heat kind of cold, or cold air conditioner right on my skin on a very hot day. I always thought the hives were a reaction of my skin, like a storm brewing, like how cold meets hot, and then there's a tornado, but instead, it's that my body is hot and my skin gets cold, so I break out in hives, and the dermographism is a result of it. It's so weird though, because I sleep right in front of our bedroom air conditioner, and no longer get hives. Because of this, I still think the Macrobid was to blame! It was like a domino effect. The Macrobid gave me hives, which in effect triggered my dermographism.

Anyway, from what I read, people that have this have weak membranes, and when pressure is applied to the skin, then plasma leaks from our blood, and that's what causes the hives, itching, and makes the skin rise... It's pretty cool when it's not itching, though, because then I can do all kinds of body art. Of course it goes away within about 30 minutes, but it's neat while it lasts. Kind of like doing a trick... lol Here's a picture of some "dermo art" that I did. It could have been drawn neater, but it's hard to see what I'm drawing until after it has started raising up... Here's one where it's not raised up as much because it's still in the process of puffing up, and then the second one shows where it's really sticking out there...



Got dermographism? Ask yourself these questions:
Did you just take antibiotics for any kind of infection?
Check your antibiotics. Is it a form of Macrobid? Nitrofurantoin?
Did you start out with hives, and now have dermographism?
I'm thinking maybe we're onto something here...

Here are a couple of more pictures I had taken during my time with this skin problem:


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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Tricity Gave Me a Mommy Makeover!



Tricity gave me a makeover over the weekend! This video cracks me up... I don't know if you guys will find it funny, but WE had a BLAST! It's the memories that are important here  :-D  She loved it. I know her technique is... unique... but she'll learn  ;-) lol

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The Brain Test!

Well my daughter, my husband, and myself all took the "brain test" to find out which sides of our brain are more dominant. I obviously got the right side, which means I am the more artistic one. Adam got the left side, which works out great because opposites attract! ;-D Tricity got the middle! I guess she gets a little bit of each side from us. She uses her brain equally (though she's a little more right-brained like me, so I have more influence!)

You can take the test here!
http://en.sommer-sommer.com/braintest/
(Let me know if this link ever stops working!)



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