One more link to enter the HP Touchscreen Giveaway!

http://totallytogetherreviews.blogspot.com/2009/12/hp-touchsmart-computer-review-and-give.html

This is too awesome to pass up!

Kelly's Corner HP Contest as well!

http://kellyskornerreviews.blogspot.com/2009/12/hey-who-wants-to-win-free-computer.html

Click on the link above to enter to win an HP Touchscreen computer from another blogger Kelly!! So exciting!

Win a new HP Touchscreen Computer

Yet another amazing giveaway over at MckMama's website. Click here to enter!http://www.mycharmingkids.net/2009/12/be-still-your-beating-hearts.html

Amazing Best Buy Giveaway

Head on over to this blog here and read the review that Jennifer wrote on a Samsung refrigerator and enter to win a $200 gift card to Best Buy. Hurry though, contest won't last forever! :) http://www.mckgiveaways.blogspot.com/

Journey

The past few months my husband and I have been on quite the journey. We recently were given joint custody of his daughter "M" and her residency is now with us. It has been a difficult road the past 3 months, mostly because M doesn't want to be here but because of circumstances in her former home, she is here. There have been a lot of behavioral/attitude issues, but we are working thru them slowly but surely with consistency in our parenting and the help of an awesome Psychotherapist. Even if she won't talk to him that much we do and he is helping us implement strategies that will help her. "M" has adjusted to school and seems to be doing very well. She played soccer this fall and is also in AWANA at a local church and really seems to enjoy that. Her father and I enjoy it too, as a 2hr date night!! We are seeing baby steps in progress but baby steps are good steps toward a future recovery and healing in our hearts and minds. We are on the way to builing a solid family relationship that hopefully we will all carry with us forever.

Update

Wow, neither one of us has posted anything in over a month. A quick update on life here in SC. We have lived here for just over a year, can you believe it? I accepted a new job on January 22. I am selling 3 great products for NQ but I will just say Lilly because that is easier and everyone knows Lilly. It is super challenging and hard but I have almost finished the 3 weeks at home already. Not looking forward to going away for 3 weeks but hopefully I will do well and it will go by fast!! We have had some mild beautiful weather, today it was dreary and rainy but we sure do need it. We have been eating healthier. Lots of veggies and ground turkey and chicken. Pretty tasty food and Mike is a great chef. I finally made a loaf of banana bread tonight with the almost rotten bananas. Not as good as I remember Mom's to be but good just the same. Anyway that's it for now, I am off to bed to get rested up for another day of studying!

Wedding Gown

I got my freshly preserved wedding gown back today and it looks beautiful, well what I can see of it anyway! I will leave it out to enjoy for a while before it gets pushed under a bed! ;)

Disappointed

Disappointed is only one of the words that I can think of right now to describe the Giants loss to the Eagles. Seriously?? They didn't play well at all....but I also feel like the Officials made some downright stupid calls!!!! Argh. :(

Eagles @ Giants

Well the game we didn't want to happen again this season is scheduled to be played on Sunday, yes that would be the Eagles vs the Giants. Thankfully the game is being played at Giants Stadium. Anyway we are obviously hoping for a GIANTS win!!!!!! GO GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't let the Eagles sing their silly Victory song even once!

Visit

Michelle is on her way to visit me for the weekend! I am really looking forward to seeing her. I have no idea what we will do, it is supposed to rain all weekend but she has been to Greenville before so we may just sit at home and chat! Who knows!! Mike doesn't come home til Saturday night so maybe it will be a chic flick weekend. :)

What a DIFFERENCE a year makes

So Mike and I were talking today, about this time last year. He is currently in Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, and he said to me "Can't you have another emergency like last year so I can leave here early again?" and I thought what emergency did I have last year??? Then I said "Oh yeah it was a whole year ago (tonight) that I had my mental/emotional breakdown because the movers were showing up at my house in T-8 hours and I still had half my house to finish packing and had run out of boxes and my dining room table had been packed wrong and I was so emotionally drained that I called Mike at midnight and 1am and 2 am screaming and crying and wailing on that I couldn't' do it, nothing was going to be done like I had promised the movers etc. Anyway, Mike felt terrible and ended up asking his boss if he could leave early and they said yes and he came home (after of course the whole house was completely emptied!!!) BUT it felt so good knowing that he would ask if he could leave considering this is their biggest show of the year.....it was a lot to ask but once again it was his way of showing me that he loved me (I need to recognize these moments more, I know!!) so anyway after having that conversation today I just can't get over how quickly 365 days FLEW by!!! And then mom reminded me tonight that it was almost this time last year that we were making our weekly trips to Buffalo!!! I hate getting old! Time never went by this fast when I was waiting to turn 13 for ear piercing priveleges, or 16 so I could drive, or 18 so I could vote 21 so I could be an adult, 25 so I could rent a car without a penalty!!! Anyway, come home soon Mike, just when planned though, I don't want any emergencies!!!

Tis the Season

Well I have managed to get my first cold of 2009. What a bummer. I hate the way they make me feel. I thought I was getting better today but right around 5pm I started to get worse. I hope it is done by tomorrow morning because I have an interview and don't really want to be blowing my nose!!! I did realize though that I only had 2 in 2008 which was an improvement from past years when I seemed to be getting them monthly!!

Happy Birthday!

So the other half, the better half of this blog celebrates his 38th birthday on Wednesday, but since he is going to be in Las Vegas for CES we had a birthday dinner last night at Arizona Steakhouse, and today I baked him a cake. I have a cold so hopefully he won't catch it, then again he probably won't because he has an immune system that is like steel! It was just a vanilla cake with vanilla frosting and only 34 candles because that is all we had! Anyway Happy Birthday Michael Harvey. I love you and hope this year is a happy, fulfilling, succesful, joyful, giving, wonderful year! I look forward to spending it with you. Your other half, Iris :-)

There's a blog about me

This is Mike Harvey the other half of the Iris and Mike Harvey blog. I recently found out that "somebody" started a blog and I was a part of it. The writing has been fairly one sided, which is understandable when you don't know a blog exists. So...I figured before we have to change the name to the Iris Harvey blog I might want to try and wax poetic for everyone reading this(all 3 of you)!

A blog is defined as: a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer ; also : the contents of such a site(merrium-webster). I'm not sure that I reflect on very many things and I've never had a journal but as my lovely wife(i have photographic proof) will attest, I certainly make my share of comments on things. So that being said i'm not sure that whoever reads my posts will find the meaning of life in them or any meaning at all but, maybe it will be a way that you can kill 10 or 15 miuntes while you are bored at work. Admit it that's where most blogs get read.

So first topic...Coffee. If anyone knows me, and you probably don't yet, remember this is my first post on here, I love Dunkin Donuts coffee. I mean love might not be a stong enough word. Don't get me wrong I'm not addicted, yet, and I won't go into withdrawal if I don't have a cup but in my opionin DD does it right. According to a recent scientific survey Dunkin coffee beat Starbucks, you can read the scientific data here: http://www.dunkinbeatstarbucks.com/default.aspx
Starbucks to me is like motor oil that was set on fire and a coffee bean or 2 fell in, plus $4 for a medium sized cup. McDonlads makes hamburgers and chicken like nuggets, they have no business selling coffee, and don't even get me started on Burger King. If you're a Starbucks or McDonalds coffee person I mean no offense.

I think the thing I like about DD coffee are the choices. The have some cool flavors, not one or two but like 10 choices, from toasted marshmellow to Blueberry, yes Blueberry coffee, don't knock it till you've tried it. It's like coffee and a blueberry donut all rolled into one, without all the calories. I got a friend of mine from Seattle hooked on DD blueberry coffee. Take that Starbucks! For the holidays they introduced a fabulous new flavor...Pumpkin! It's has quickly become our favorite coffee of choice. Ours meaning Iris and mines, hence the reason this is being posted here on the Iris and Mike blog. She is starting to embrace the coffee goodness, and joy a cup of DD can offer. Warning, the syrup they use for the pumpkin is sweet. I usually get my coffee with skim milk and sugar, with the pumpkin I have to omit the sugar.

Why am I writing about Dunkin Donuts coffee, I have no idea, thats what was on my mind when I decided to write something here. Could be the fact that I just polished off an XL Pumpkin coffee. :o) 24 onces of pumpkin deliciousness, with skim milk...maybe I am addicted.
Anyway I think thats enough for my first attempt, considering I am a terrible typer and I have been here for the last 3 hours writing this.(kidding) Next time you're in the mood for a coffee fix try some Dunkin Donuts, Blueberry and Cinnamon are two other favorites.
Now get back to work.
Later.

New Beginnings!

Happy New Year 2009! I haven't thought about any resolutions because I never really do! But I do hope that this year brings much happiness, faith, joy and love! :)