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Vision Bedding over 12 million designs of home decor!

the Boss — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:40:03 +0000

While searching Google for some unique bedding I came across a website where they have so many designs it will make your head spin. They have over 12 million designs according to the website www.visionbedding.com and after searching (I spent over 2 hours searching) for different bedding designs. The even have baby bedding, as the name implies bedding or items for the bedroom seem to be the main listings but they have shower curtains and towels for the bathroom as well as wall art and rugs. Looks like you can get a custom size rug which is very hard to find. I especially liked the fact that each design can be personalized with my name on it or have a color changed to my liking. The products are not cheap but I did find quite a few items under $100 and after looking over the product reviews it looks like the products are good quality.
They have designs from the 1950s to Zebra to Airplanes and lots of stuff for kids with cupcake designs to hip hop or even gambling designs which was really surprising. It is definitely an option worth looking at if you are planning a new room make over especially the bedroom or bathroom.

Top 10 tips for a Fun-Filled Family Vacation

erindevine — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:19:53 +0000

When planning a family vacation, don’t get ahead of yourself and pick a tropical island like Fiji before taking a few things into consideration…Fiji might have been great when it was just our husbands and us, but now that we have kids, do you really want to sit on a plane for 12+ hours, or even 2 hours for that matter? Probably not. So here are my top 10 vacation ideas to have a relaxing, enjoyable and stress-free trip.

Plan the trip wisely. Take into consideration EVERYONE’S interests…There is no need to try to fit everything into one trip, but wherever you decide to go, make it a place where there’s a variety of things to do. For instance, the kids might enjoy the museums, I would love the shopping and my husband would get to go on the boat or see a sports game. A couple good places that we’ve considered are Chicago, Las Vegas, Austin, and Seattle. So much variety and lots of kid/adult friendly activities.
Make a Travel List. Something we started doing a long time ago was making a travel list – we started compiling all those things we “forgot” on short trips to visit the in-laws. This way when we take an extended trip we wouldn’t forget a staple item. The other thing to remember is that almost ANYTHING you forgot can be replaced, so don’t worry about it after you left, it’s too late anyways.
Take the scenic route… I used to enjoy flying before we had kids, but now I’ve realized as long as the kids can handle a road trip, I’d much rather have my own car when we get to where we are going, and save myself the trouble of getting two children through security at the airport and onto a cramped airplane. Not to mention taking kids to the bathroom on a plane or in an airport is NO FUN!
Try new things. One of the events we have planned for our next family road-trip is camping. There are so many beautiful places around the country that I want to share with my kids that it’s impossible not to spend at least one night in the great outdoors. What more can you ask for than some fun campfire stories and roasting hot-dogs and marshmallows like when we were kids. However you don’t have to camp to try new things – we’ve tried to get our children to be open minded especially when it comes to food and going to seafood, barbeque and different cultural types of restaurants can be fun. I can’t think of a better way to make memories than by trying new foods – my parents did this with us growing up and I have special memories from “the first time I ever ate…”
Preparation makes perfect… Well, not quite, but when it comes to work, it definitely helps. Whenever we travel, I try to get ahead with work and take care of everything in advance so that I don’t have to be bothered on vacation. By allocating responsibilities out to others to handle while I’m gone, even if a situation arises at work, it can be handled while I’m not there (or at least until I get back .
Stick to a Schedule. Now you might think that when you’re on vacation, you can sleep in and do nothing, well especially with kids, that’s not the case. I try to make sure that we eat breakfast at about the same time (and not just fast food breakfasts – all the fat in it will end up wearing you down), lunch and dinner. When travelling, our usual day goes (get up, work out in the hotel) shower, check e-mail (take care of any work) then make sure everything gets packed, loaded into the car and kids are ready. Everything seems to go smoothly if we stay on track and stick to a somewhat “regular” schedule.
WASH YOUR HANDS! I used to think this was just for when you’re at home, but when traveling its more important than ever to wash your hands all the time. After travelling with sick kids, you’ll know there’s no better way to ruin a vacation than by colds and flu. Make sure your kids take their vitamins when traveling (and you too). This is another reason why I stopped flying with the kids – every time I got onto an airplane (even worse during colder months) was that I would get sick and there is NO WAY I would risk having sick children on the trip.
Plan ahead. I know that I already said plan, but this one deserves two spots. Not only should you plan where you’re traveling to, but also what you’ll be doing. You’ll want to call ahead to find out when places are open, what the costs of each attraction are and make sure that you have a rough idea of what will be going to happen each day. You don’t want to get bored while you’re on vacation and ask yourself – “what’s there to do?”
Eat Healthy. Not to ruin a vacation, but if I have to eat junk food for a week, and gain five pounds from a lack of exercising, I’ll be cranky and swear off vacations when I return home. So, don’t throw your healthy diet by the wayside, simply choose to eat healthy and enjoy sweets and treats in moderation. The better you eat, the better the moods will be during the trip also!
Pack for the weather. Even though it might be cold or warm when you leave, you might enjoy cool, cold or even hot weather and it’s always a good idea to pack accordingly. If you have room, I always try to pack my childrens’ bedding (all year round bedding). Not only does it keep them warm in a cool hotel room, but I found they sleep MUCH better when they have something from home. It does sound strange to bring your own bedding and pillows, but it makes for a more enjoyable trip.

So with these 10 easy steps, you’ll have the family vacation of a lifetime and be sure to make memories just like the ones when you were a kid. However I can assure you that my daughter and son will never know how lucky they are NOT to have 3 other siblings crowed in a suburban with no rear air for the 10 hour drives that we were so lucky to enjoy as kids!! And as a parent, I am mighty glad that they don’t know what that’s like either!

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My top 5 New Year’s resolutions for getting healthy and fit in 2010

erindevine — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:34:10 +0000

Although I’ve never been big on New Year’s Resolutions, this year I have made an exception and set aside a true resolution to get healthy both physically and mentally. I started this goal before the New Year started simply because there was no reason to wait a couple more weeks to get healthy AND in doing so, I got a head start on losing weight and it’s always easy when you’ve got momentum. My goal is to get in shape, but more specifically to get toned and to lose weight. However after saying this so many times before without getting much for results; I knew it was time to make a change. These are the 5 key steps to reaching my goals.

Eat a high fiber and protein diet – cut out super fatty and high carb foods. Shoot for two good sized meals a day plus a snack or two if needed. I talked to a doctor and he recommended fruits like blueberries and blackberries (really high in fiber) and eating fresh vegetables regularly. I switched out beef and chicken with salmon and tuna and cut back on the amount of meats I was eating.
Don’t throw the diet by the wayside when going out to eat. This was a big problem before, I thought if I was going out to eat, I’d push the diet aside and resume after I had indulged. There were 2 problems with this. First, I’d gain a pound or two and then feel like I had ruined the whole diet, why start now, it’s already a lost cause. Two, I could still eat out AND not gain weight – simply order the salmon or fish on the menu, absolutely NO wine, and avoid the bread, vinegar, and oils.
Stop expecting it to happen overnight. I can be a very impatient person at times and go really, really hard at exercising and eating right for a week or two, drop a few pounds and then when it gets harder I get impatient and start to get burned out and give up. I start to accept that I’m just the way I am and can’t change – WRONG! I’ve started to realize that it’s not an overnight thing, or even a month long thing, it’s a lifestyle change. It might take me a year to get to where I want to be, or maybe I’ll be 30 before I get to my goal, but if I work at it every day, I WILL get there and I’ll be happier and healthier along the way.
Create system to keep track of daily exercises and exercising more. I work from home and spend most of the day and evening at my computer, so I created pull tabs on pieces of paper that mark how many exercises I have done. For example, I have a running sheet, and each one mark 100 calories burned on the elliptical. Every time I run 100 cal I can tear off a tab, I’ve set it up so that all the tabs must be torn off by a certain day, some days I can slack and other days I’ll have to work harder to catch up, but it always works best to stay right on track. I’ve stuck to 3 key tear sheets, one for running, and one to each of the two leg exercises I have.
Get more sleep and make my days less stressful – take more time to relax. Often I’ll find myself getting caught in the hustle and bustle and realize that I’m always bending over backwards to accommodate other people’s schedules. It’s easy to do, but I also find that half my day is spent overly stressed about tiny (and likely unimportant) details. I have set aside times when I don’t work – meals times, exercise times and of course…sleep time. I allow myself 7 hours for sleep plus a half hour for TV and internet browsing before going to sleep. This was one of the harder changes to make so, to make it easier, I redecorated my bedroom with a new bedding set, some new artwork and lighting (which made a huge difference). I decided to take a little time for myself and full advantage of the after Christmas bargains and make my bedroom into a place where I actually wanted to be.

So those are my 5 steps to reaching my New Year’s resolutions and the combination has worked out really well. So far so good, down 5 lbs and on my way to a healthier and MUCH happier lifestyle and only 10 more lbs to go (plus lots of toning). Thanks Twitter Moms for this opportunity to share with others and hopefully inspire others to get healthy as well. It would be great to have a copy of Your Shape (http://www.yourshapegame.com) to make the rest of my resolution more enjoyable!

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