June 2009 - Angry Julie Monday

Blog Anniversary Contest Winners!!!!

June 30, 2009

My Doodle Bugs Stationery giveaway ended yesterday and my Meringue Bake Shop giveaway ended today!! I thought I would do one post for the winners!! So here they are!!!

Doodle Bugs Stationery

and the winner for the $25 Gift Certificate is:

Congrats Mandie!!! I’m sending you an e-mail to contact Doodle Bugs Stationery about your prize!!

Meringue Bake Shop Cupcakes for my Orange County Readers

and the winner for the cupcakes is:

Alyssa, I e-mailed you about the giveaway!!! I just need your info to send to Kristin from Meringue Bake Shop!! Congrats and enjoy!!!

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ScanMyPhotos dot Com: A Review

June 28, 2009

Last week I mailed a box of photographs to ScanMyPhotos. I followed their packaging tips and sent them in a USPS Priority Mail Box. About a day later, I received a telephone call from one of their employees. She told me that some of my photographs were the wrong size, etc. No problem. The next day, I went to their actual location (about 5 minutes from my house) and sorted through my photos. I removed all of the odd-sized photographs. About 1.5 hours later, I received another telephone call to tell me that my photographs were done being scanned.

On the way to Angry Toddler’s swim lesson, we picked up the photographs and the DVD. Yep, they scanned over 500 photographs for me, and put them all on a DVD.

I had gone through my tote of photos and just randomly put them all together. I had no clue on what I sent. Well after looking at the DVD, these are the types of photos that I saw: Sorority Girl Julie, Police Julie, High School Julie, Julie and Angry Husband, before marriage, Fat Julie, Skinny Julie, Red Headed Julie, Blond Haired Julie, and about 200 photos of our cats (which now live at my parents).

These photos are pretty rough, and need some editing, but I thought that I would share a few:

Me and My Best Friend, Melissa from High School. I think that this was the first day of our Senior Year. That car, a 1966 Ford Mustang. Ironically, my parents still have that car.

Angry Husband in the US Marine Corps. I think that this was his 2nd overseas deployment. I can’t remember where he was…but it was in 1996ish.

Angry Julie in her “country phase”. Definitely 1996, I was 21.

Melissa and I. I’m thinking early college. It was probably in 1993/1994ish.

Ahhh, Angry Husband and I. We had just started dating..he was about to go on a 6 month overseas deployment with the US Marine Corps.

I can’t wait to go through all of the photos. I need to categorize them for iPhoto. I also want to do some posting on Facebook. ScanMyPhotos provides several services for photographs, besides scanning.They provide:

Ordering photos online
Photo cards
Photo books
Photo kiosks
Photo collage printing
Photo restoration
and VHS to DVD transfer

If you live out of California, it’s no problem. They have instructions on their website for mailing in your photographs. The will mail everything back to you after it’s all done.I will definitely be using their services again. Plus, they are super close to my house, which makes it even better!

I’ve had a lot of inquiries via e-mail about the cost for these services. You can get 1,000 photos scanned for $49.99!!! I wanted to add this!!

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Summer TV

June 28, 2009

Well most of my regularly scheduled shows are on hiatus right now for the summer. That’s probably a good thing since I’m working the night shift. I don’t get to enjoy watching them when they actually air live. But, really, do you know people who actually watch TV live anymore? We have (2) DVR’s in our house. Angry Husband’s stuff tapes in our family room, and my stuff is taped in the bedroom. We are going to drop it down to one DVR soon. I’m going to try and start a new series on my blog “Angry Julie on a Budget”, so stay tuned.

This is what I have been watching this summer though:

armywives is on the Lifetime Channel. This is the 3rd season and I have been watching it since the beginning. Angry Husband told me that he heard that it was cancelled after last season. I’m very happy that it wasn’t cancelled. It’s moving very slow right now, hopefully it will speed up some more. I can see drama coming..

It airs Sunday at 10pm et/pt.

NYC Prep is on Bravo. I would call NYC Prep, a real life Gossip Girl. But really, these kids (yes KIDS) seem to be trying a little too hard. Why would you want to grow up so fast? I thought kids grew up fast in California, geez these kids are awful. This is one of those most narcissistic groups of teenagers that I have ever seen in my life. Yes, I KEEP watching this. Why? It’s like a train wreck, I have to watch it.

It airs Tuesdays at 9/8 c.

This is Season 5 of Weeds. I went and rented all the old seasons to get caught up with it last year. It’s a show about a woman who’s husband died. She had two sons to raise, so she decided to start selling marijuana. It has had all sorts of twists and turns in the previous 4 seasons. Weeds is on Showtime. I actually called and added on Showtime, just to watch Weeds. I also watch Dexter when its on Showtime.

It airs Sundays at 10pm et/pt.

Nurse Jackie is a brand new show on Showtime. I only watched it for the first time because it aired right after Weeds. So I thought, why not. O-M-G, I love Nurse Jackie. Jackie is like the Angry Julie of Nursing. Her haircut is even similar to mine. Ok, I’m not having an affair with a pharmacist, but you get the point. She’s an Angry Nurse. Plus, I love Edie Falco. I first saw her in Oz and of course, The Sopranos. I just wish it was an hour long show. Thirty minutes is way way too short.

It airs Sundays at 10:30pm et/pt.

If I find anymore good summer tv, I will be sure and let you know!

Oh, and don’t forget to enter my giveaways!!!!!

Doodle Bugs Stationery- $25 Gift Certificate!!! This giveaway ends Monday, June 29th at 12pm PST.

Orange County, California Peeps- Meringue Bake Shop cupcakes!!! This giveaway ends Tuesday, June 30 at 12pm PST.

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Running and My Guest Post At The Orange County Register

June 27, 2009

Through blogging and Twitter, I’ve found and met some great people along the way. One of those people is Suzanne Broughton. Suzanne is a very talented writer, and a super mom, of course. She runs/writes/operates the following sites: Alive in Wonderland (Personal Blog), MomCrush (OC Register Blog), BlogCrush (OC Blogger Group), Orange County Daily Photo, and all of them are on Facebook too..

A few weeks ago, Suz asked me to write a Guest Post for the OC Register “Mom Blog” about running. I was very excited. Of course, right after that, I got super busy, and my entire house became sick.

But yesterday, my post made the website!!

So check me out here, “See Mom Run”.

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Show Us Where You Live Friday-Master Bedrooms

June 26, 2009

For this weeks installment of “Show Us Where You Live Friday”, we will be touring Master Bedrooms. I love this carnival from Kelly’s Korner. I get some many decorating ideas when I tour every one’s homes, ahem I mean blogs.

Oh, and let me remind you…my house is tiny, think 1100 sq. foot.

Welcome to my Master Bedroom, actually our Master Bedroom at the Angry House!

An overall view of the bed and nightstands. Bed frame is black metal from Crate and Barrel. One of my favorite things in our house. Probably my most favorite. The nightstands are Rustic Pine. They were custom made for us. Lamps are from Z Gallery. Ceiling fan from Lowe’s. Candle holders above the bed are from Pottery Barn. And last, but not least, the bedding. It’s from Target, a Waverly Collection from 2004.

The view from our bedroom, the back patio area. We have a sliding glass door to the patio. The curtains are from Pottery Barn.

This is our dresser and TV. YES, we have a TV in the bedroom. I can’t fall asleep without it. The dresser is Rustic Pine like our nightstands. The pictures are of Angry Toddler, of course. The TV is a Samsung, a 32″, I think. The TV was hung and mounted by Angry Husband. That’s his job. You are probably asking, “Where is the cable box, and DVD player? They are in our linen cabinets. See that cabinet in our bathroom area, to the right of our TV, that’s where the components are.

This is our closet on the side of the bed. This is opposite of the sliding glass door. The original doors were these ugly off-white ones which were mounted to the ceiling. We had to special order these, due to the height, from Lowe’s.

Why did I post a picture of the interior of our closet? It’s not that special. We have the Elfa System from the Container Store installed. But do you see what’s among the clothing on the shelf? It’s an XBOX 360. That XBOX is connected to Angry Toddler’s TV in his room. When he’s been playing the XBOX too long, we go and pull the master plug. Then we tell him, “Oh no, the XBOX over-heated. It’s time to stop playing for awhile.” Yes, we lie to our child. He’s only four.

Thanks for touring our tiny Master Bedroom. I can’t wait to check out every ones!

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Orange County Peeps: A GIVEAWAY = CUPCAKES

June 25, 2009

If anyone has read my blog in the past two months, you would know that I have a special love for cupcakes and for my favorite cupcake baker, Kristin. Kristin is the owner, baker, cupcake maker, and cupcake creator at Meringue Bake Shop.

In honor of my TWO YEAR blog anniversary, Kristin has graciously offered her services to me for a GIVEAWAY! That’s right, I’m doing a cupcake giveaway. This will only be for my Orange County bloggers, well, and anyone in the surrounding area if you want to come pick them up in Orange County.

Kristin is offering, 1 dozen regular size or 2 dozen mini size cupcakes (1 flavor) decorated with custom fondant or sprinkles. Valued at $30. Must be used by Sept 1, 2009.

I thought I would have a little local giveaway since I’ve been given a lot of love lately from my local peeps.

Here’s the rules!

1. Check out Kristin’s site at Meringue Bake Shop, and her blog too!
2. Let me know what you like from her site.
3. Follow Kristin on Twitter!
3. Comment here, obviously!
4. Blog about this giveaway! Let me know here in a comment!
5. Tweet about this giveaway! Let me know here in a comment!
6. Become a follower of my blog! Let me know here in a comment!
7. Follow me on Twitter! Let me know here in a comment!

I will be giving this away at 12 PM PST on Tuesday, June 30, 2009. I will be choosing the winner randomly!

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Doodle Bugs Stationery Giveaway!!!

June 25, 2009

In honor of my TWO YEAR Blog Anniversary, I’m going to be having some giveaways in the next few days. I want to be able to give back to my readers, and the people who actually read my ramblings.

I’ve been buying from Kacey at Doodle Bugs Stationery for almost three years now. My friend, Londie, got me hooked on them. My drawers in my office are full of stationery from Kacey, plus they make great gifts too. What woman doesn’t love personalized stationery?

I’m giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to Doodle Bugs!

Look at these cute Striped Flip-Flop Folded Notes. They are special edition just for summer!

Aren’t these great and preppy too. Square address labels!

and what a great idea for the kid in your life, Flat Thank You Notes

So here’s the official details for this giveaway!!

1. Check out Kacey’s site at Doodle Bugs Paper, and her blog too! Follow her, she does giveaways!
2. Let me know what you like from her site.
3. Comment here, obviously!
4. Blog about this giveaway! Let me know here in a comment!
5. Tweet about this giveaway! Let me know here in a comment!
6. Become a follower of my blog! Let me know here in a comment!
7. Follow me on Twitter! Let me know here in a comment!

I will be giving this $25 Gift Certificate away at 12 PM PST on Monday, June 29, 2009. I will be choosing the winner randomly!

Please check back at my blog. I will be having more giveaways this week!!!

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TWO Year Blog Anniversary

June 24, 2009

On June 24, 2007, I started my blog off with The Virgin Post. I had no idea on what I was going to blog about, how long I would be blogging for, or if anyone would even read my ramblings.

In my son’s early years, I was on several parenting forums or message boards. I was that first time mom with lots of questions, but didn’t want to bug my in real life friends. I went on the forums looking for answers and found friendships. I was very active on the forums, the first two years of my son’s life.

I found that the “forums” were like anything else online, a popularity contest. I had posts with no comments. These were message boards with 10,000+ members, yet I didn’t get responses like everyone else. I was tired of being ignored, and wanted to share all of my thoughts, and general “Julie-ness” with someone.

After two years of blogging, I think I’ve found my “niche” and my people. I’ve met a ton of people through my blog and on Twitter. I have found that there are people out there like me, and which makes me smile.

I’m glad I stuck with blogging. I’m able to go through my archives and read all my randomness, about Angry Toddler’s events, and everything else.

Since it’s my 2 YEAR Blogging Anniversary. I will be giving out some gifts! Stay tuned in the next few days for some giveaways. I will be doing some National Giveaways and some local giveaways for Orange County Peeps! I will be posting more tomorrow!!!

Photo courtesy of Flickr.

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