30 Days of Truth. Day 15.

To go along with all this self-support, I've found a few friends participating in the 30 Days of Truth and I think it could be quite beneficial to me to participate as well. I think it'll let me in on who I am, and it'll be a bit of self discovery. You can find the daily questions over at Angel Believes.

Day 15:
Something or Someone That You Couldn't Live Without, Because You've Tried Living Without It

Now up til this point, I've been somewhat deep with my answers, but this one just isn't so deep. Something I couldn't live without? Coffee and cigarettes. Its horrible I know, but those are my vices and I'm not ready to go without either one of them!!

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30 Days of Truth. Day 14.

To go along with all this self-support, I've found a few friends participating in the 30 Days of Truth and I think it could be quite beneficial to me to participate as well. I think it'll let me in on who I am, and it'll be a bit of self discovery. You can find the daily questions over at Angel Believes.

Day 14:
A Hero That Has Let You Down (a letter)

Dear Me,
I have always tried to hold myself to a high standard, I have always tried to be my own hero. Its gotten to the point where I've realized that I'm not quite as strong as I think I am. I'm really good to know that I can pretend, put on my happy face and make believe that I'm alright, that I'm strong. I know its not true. I'm a lot less strong than I thought that I was and in that regard I have let myself down daily. I'm slowly working myself back up, but I know I'll never be what I thought that I was. Its change. Its growth.

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Playtime with Olivia

There are few shows that I actually enjoy sitting with the kids with and watching, on that short list, is Olivia. As much as Boug and Lil' Buddy like Olivia, I think its hilarious to watch that little piggies train of thinking!

Spinmaster has brand new toys featuring Olivia and I'm stoked that I was able to get them for Boug! The Olivia 2 in 1 Transforming Playset is absolutely adorable and Miss Boug has been playing with it non-stop! Because we all know how vivid Olivia's imagination is, it transforms from her house, into a pirate ship! Though Boug loves the playset for the "play" part of it, I love how conveniently it folds back up and contains itself. Less mess for Mom!! It comes with an Olivia figure, 23 accessories and a sticker sheet to decorate the house with!

Boug also got the Olivia the Artist plush doll, and Mr. Lil' Buddy keeps trying to steal it from her while she's at school!! There are even other varieties of the Olivia plush dolls available, such as the opera singer and cow, and you can even pick up outfits for the 8 inch dolls!

Both the Olivia 2 in 1 Transforming Playset, as well as the Olivia the Artist plush doll, are available at Toys R Us, KMart and Target, or you can click through to order the Olivia 2-In 1 Playset or Olivia The Artist plush doll through amazon.com.

I received both items through Team Mom to review at no charge, which in no way changes the way I feel about the products or the way my children feel about the products. My opinions are my opinions.

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It's National Coffee Day!!

I love any chance to celebrate the fabulousness that is coffee!! Today, September 29th, is National Coffee Day!! Now, I love me a good cup of coffee, and making coffee with crappy water never makes for a good cup o' joe. Buying lots of bottled water ends up being so expensive, and I know this because I've gone through so much simply by making my coffee and getting my caffeine fix.

PUR Water Filtration systems are awesome because in the long run, they save you so much money versus buying bottled water. With the PUR one-click faucet mount, you can start your day off right, with a fabulous tasting cup of coffee, while you remove 99.9% of microbial cysts and reduce so many other contaminants. In another way, you save lots of bottles from ending up in landfills and you save yourself money too, so what's not to love about that?? Even more to love? The PUR one-click faucet mount is just that easy to install, its ONE CLICK and completely usable! Nothing complicated at all, which I completely adore!!

Want to celebrate National Coffee Day with a chance to win a PUR one-click faucet mount? Leave a comment here with what kind of water you use to make your java at home!! Bottled? Tap? Only get coffee at a shop?

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1800-Flowers.com Celebrates Birthdays!!

Sometimes I find it hard to believe that most births happen between late summer and early fall. With Lil' Buddy in mid-August, as well as Boug and I being in July, its so odd to think of October 5th being America's most common birthday!!

1800-Flowers.com is celebrating birthdays with their Deliver Birthday Smiles campaign, and they have so many wonderful choices for brightening up someones birthday with flowers!! There are choices like their Bucket of Birthday Wishes, that features carnations, roses and other beautiful flowers, or the Cupcake in Bloom, which is an adorable arrangement of carnations shaped as a cupcake, and another great choice is the Birthday Flower Cake, that is too sweet, arriving in a bakery box and is an array of carnations and poms.

Choices are wide and affordable, you can even search the 1800-Flowers.com site by your price point! They have fabulous arrangements available for under $30!

Keep your eyes peeled for a 1800-Flowers.com giveaway coming up real soon here at A Couch With A View!!

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30 Days of Truth. Day 13.

To go along with all this self-support, I've found a few friends participating in the 30 Days of Truth and I think it could be quite beneficial to me to participate as well. I think it'll let me in on who I am, and it'll be a bit of self discovery. You can find the daily questions over at Angel Believes.

Day 13:
A Band or Artist That Has Gotten You Through Some Tough Ass Days (write a letter)


This one is ridiculously hard!!

Dear Guster,
You were always "our" band. And even though the marriage has dissolved, I'll always hold a very special place in my heart for you. The night early on in the relationship when my ex went to rehab, I listened to LAGF over and over, the album was on repeat overnight. When my daughter was born, she spent days listening to you, and hearing you in the background over her crying kept my sanity. I love how as she got older, she always knew all the words to the songs that we would sing, and we would dance together. For a bit, I wasn't able to even listen to you though. I mean, you were "OUR" band. Your songs were "OUR" songs. When everything began to go downhill, I had to put you on pause. But now your songs mean something different to me, they're insightful and happy, they're memories of fabulous days, and even though those days are gone, I can look back and see that they at least once existed, that I at least experienced what my marriage was. The saddest thing of it all though, was one of the very last things that my ex-husband and I did as a couple was see your fabulous show at the Beacon Theater in NYC last November. Looking back, it was bittersweet. I'll always treasure that night, sitting there with him, the aocoustic set at the end was so wonderful it brought me chills, and being there with him meant the world to me. That was us. I thank you for taking the ride with us.

Much love,
Casey

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30 Days of Truth. Day 12.

To go along with all this self-support, I've found a few friends participating in the 30 Days of Truth and I think it could be quite beneficial to me to participate as well. I think it'll let me in on who I am, and it'll be a bit of self discovery. You can find the daily questions over at Angel Believes.

Day 12:
Something You Never Get Compliments On

I never get compliments on my laugh. Its strange to say, but I know I'm a big belly laugher. I am loud and obnoxious. I'm boisterious. I'm bold. But most of all, like I said, I'm LOUD.

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30 Days of Truth. Day 11.

To go along with all this self-support, I've found a few friends participating in the 30 Days of Truth and I think it could be quite beneficial to me to participate as well. I think it'll let me in on who I am, and it'll be a bit of self discovery. You can find the daily questions over at Angel Believes.

Day 11:
Something People Seem To Compliment You The Most On

As odd as it sounds, I seem to dismiss lots of compliments. I know they exist and I know I receive them, but I seem to overlook them and think nothing of them. There's only a few that seem to stick out and that's the compliments that I get on my makeup, which is generally minimal. Then there's the real compliments, ones from wonderful friends who have my back and remind me constantly of how strong I actually am and how much they love me. I'd be lost without those compliments and they are the ones that really matter.

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