flowers for layla.
Posted on | March 9, 2010 | 16 Comments
those of you who have been following Layla Grace’s story have probably heard that she passed away this morning. Layla was a 2 year old little girl with stage 4 high risk neuroblastoma. i, along with tens of thousands of other bloggers and twitterers have been following her story at www.laylagrace.org. this family has shown such strength as they have spent the last weeks with their beautiful baby girl.
i wept for them this morning when i heard the news, along with the rest of the world, as Layla Grace was a world wide trending topic on twitter. she touched the hearts of so many. i decided that Harper, Scot and I would plant some flowers for Layla this Saturday and i’m hoping you will, too. for Layla and all little ones who are taken from the world too soon.
for those of you who are still in cold weather (says the Seattlite…), consider planting in a pot and then transferring once spring really gets here. and if you can’t for whatever reason, i made a banner you can put on your blog. also, if you feel like participating, you can post it also, or blog this (even better!). let’s pretty up some gardens all over the country for Layla.
right click and save to your computer, then use a site such as imgur.com to get the code to use on your blog. place in your sidebar and then head to the nursery to buy some flowers. don’t forget to hug your loved ones.
rest in peace sweet girl.
good day.
Posted on | March 8, 2010 | 15 Comments
you know when life gets you down? all at once? and you feel like screaming and crying and eating a pie and hooking up a wine iv and then eating a pasta & cheese mountain and yelling obscenities at old defenseless people and puppies and almost for a second doubting that unicorns exsist?
yeah, me either.
that was not me last week at all. i wasn’t totally sick, dealing with a sick baby toddler, and almost sick husband. i wasn’t. i was not at all tired, mopey, anxious, annoyed, cursing my neighbor, or eating everything in sight by methodically going back and forth between salty and sweet (cadbury egg – popcorn. ice cream – chips. jelly beans – pasta with bacon) (OMG i just gained 6 pounds typing that). i absolutely did not cry because my throat hurt again for the millionth time this season and i most certainly did not tweet about how miserable i was for days.
in no way did i get my first snarky comment on my little old blog (I HAVE ARRIVED!) and figure out it’s probably someone i know. i also totes didn’t cry rocking my fevered sick kid in the middle of the night while she was gulping for air through her stuffy nose. i did not nearly go blind for a second with rage when the cat barfed immediately after i vacuumed and then pushed the nursery door open moments later at the very beginning of nap time.
EXCEPT FOR THAT I DID.
i did do all those things. last week blew the big one. last night i went to bed hoping this week would be better. monday didn’t fail me. thank you monday!
today i awoke feeling much better healthwise, and so did H. we enjoyed breakfast together and she even snuggled with me on the couch. i was able to blog during her nap (did you enter the giveaway? did you? DID YOU?) and she even sat still for piggy tails. we drew on her magnadoodle and played with her new bff, a red balloon the guy at the jiffy lube gave her yesterday (that sadly, is going to make the big night night any second – hims gonna die). scot decided he was going to go play the drums after work so i called my mom to see if she wanted the monster for a few hours. she picked her up after work and i? ran myself a hot bath, poured a glass of white and marinated in my own happiness. a very good day. exactly what i needed.
thank you monday.
post summary: last week can go fall of a bridge. the forecast for this week however is awesome with a side of BOOYAH. note to self: buy red balloons.
review & giveaway :: cafepress!
Posted on | March 8, 2010 | 151 Comments
i’m not even gonna front. i love getting emails offering products to give away to my readers. especially when the rep for the company takes the time to actually read my blog. i received an email last week from CafePress and the suggestion of getting Harper a tee with a bicycle on it made me smile.
sure, people in public won’t get it. but it’s so very HER and all of you get it. it’s like a tiny joke we’re all in together, and Harper wrote it herself (literally). the onesie i chose (which i SWEAR arrived the DAY after i picked it – crazy fast shipping these people) is a soft american apparel short sleever and looks adorable. (evidence below)
i chose one for myself (i spit out my coffee when i saw it, so it meant i HAD to have it). this either makes me awesome, or a whole new level of nerdy. i think both?
if you’re ever in need of a quick gift (and um, who isn’t?), CafePress is perfect for personalized gifts, for any interest, topic or brand.
the awesome people at CafePress have offered a rad giveaway for the readers of the Haps. one adult tee of their choice and one onesie/kids tee of their choice! have you SEEN how many choices there are people? it’s insane. the winner will have their work cut out for them because you could literally spend hours on there (NOT that i would know…).
so to enter to win a tee for you and your kid (or a kiddo you love but isn’t yours), please leave a comment on this post.
for additional entries, do the following and come back and leave another comment for each. (that part is super important so each comment counts as an entry):
- become a fan of Harpers Happenings on Facebook (or tell me you already are)
- follow Harper’s Happenings on Twitter (or tell me you already are)
- become a fan of CafePress on Facebook
- follow CafePress on Twitter (they do giveaways there, too!)
- tweet about this contest, including both @teammandy and @cafepress (link your tweet in your comment)
the winner will be chosen at random using random.org. entries will be accepted through this Thursday, March 11th at midnight PST. winner will be chosen and announced Friday, March 12th.
good luck you guys!
CafePress sent me these tees at no charge in exchange for review. no monetary compensation was received for this review.
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