Women's Jewelry for Christmas (and me)

This year has been a big year for me - I got my thyroid disease under control, lost weight, turned 40, accepted a cheer coach position for next football season at our local school (*wow!*) and it's not over yet! My 16th anniversary is next month.  I think I deserve to buy myself a little something.

I have been looking at women's jewelry and keep coming back to this Fornash Infinity Circle Wrap Bracelet by Lauren Klein. It's not pricey or screaming "bling" (though there is definitely nothing wrong with that) - it's more the feeling I get when I look at it.  This is me. I could stack a few of these together and really wear this wherever I wanted - with jeans or with a skirt and heeled boots.  I could go from PTA to date night with my husband and I LOVE date night!

Lauren Klein has some really great jewelry on their web site that I really like (children's jewelry too).  They are offering so many great reasons why to buy now, it's too hard to pass up.  I'll list all the reasons why now is a great time to get your holiday shopping done at Lauren Klein and you'll see what I mean.

• Free ground shipping (does not include international shipping)!
• "Like" them on Facebook and receive 15% off the order.
• Post a picture on their Facebook wearing Lauren Klein jewelry, and get 15% off a future purchase via email after the picture is posted.
• The bracelet I picked out above is a new arrival (and there's plenty more new arrival merchandise to look at too). 
• There is a 20% coupon code for all kids' jewelry by Lauren G. Adams, if you are a Facebook fan, so I can also shop for my girls for the upcoming holidays now and save big. What little girl doesn't need a new pair of earrings?  I know all three of my girls do.

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Coupons for Online Shopping

Who uses coupons religiously?  I do! I am not as extreme as that television show (who needs 100 candy bars or 100 of anything?) but if I have to pay more than $0.25 for toothpaste (usually, I get it free), I'm not buying it.  I will not run out of laundry detergent, deodorant, shampoo, or toothpaste anytime soon.  I donate the extras so I don't become a massive hoarder.

I also look for coupons for online shopping as well at sites like this one for an urban outfitters coupon. You can usually get a percentage off or free shipping for your online shopping. It's definitely worth a search for those online coupons. I ended up getting my daughter a $30 shirt for $5. I bought my husband a $200 coffee maker for $130 for Christmas plus received $20 store bucks back to spend next time.

I think I am going to be doing a lot of my Christmas shopping online this year.  I love the deals!

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Funny Things Kids Say and Do

My six-year-old has decided to go live with a friend because she has a pool and hot tub.  I'm being tossed aside for some water.  She has also decided that we should cater to her as of this morning ("bring me this") because she said, "That's how I roll."

She's such a funny girl.

I have actually considered getting a pool but we would have to put up pool fencing to lock my kids, and the neighbors, out safely. Of course, since she's threatening to abandon us for a friend's pool, I am not so keen on getting that pool just now and giving into the little tyrant's demands.

She's lucky she is so cute.

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Reduced my T3, Not Good

A few months ago, my thyroid doctor reduced my T3 medication by 20mcg per day.  Let me tell you what a HUGE difference it made - negatively.

Prior to the reduction, I felt great, weight was awesome, periods were right on time and not painful, my memory was great, I wasn't losing abnormal amounts of hair.  (So, why did the doc want to reduce it?  He thought my T3 was high - I think it was lab error myself because I had no symptoms of excessive T3 and felt the best I'd felt since being diagnosed with hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis).

After he reduced it, my hair started falling out - again, my weight increased - again, my memory loss came back - again, and my periods were late and whacked. I went through two bad periods before I said to heck with it and increased my own dose back to what it was (they come in 5mcg pills so it's easy to do).

So, my current thyroid doses are:

• Synthroid (T4) 75 mcg
• Liothyronine (T3) - 45mcg, twice a day

I absolutely need that T3 at the higher dose.  I have a Reverse T3 problem. I finally felt great...and then it all went to heck.  Now I wait for it all to get back to what it was before.  My problem now is the memory lapses while trying to get back to how I felt before - - I keep forgetting to take my medicine! 

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