Flip Video Giveaway to Celebrate the Launch of My Craft Vlog ~ Crafty Kids

I have wanted to start vlogging since I started my blog a few months ago, crafts are much easier to explain on camera than in type. Problem was I needed a Flip video camera. Now, thanks to Newbaby.com I have one! I am so excited to take my blog to the next level with vlogging!

I will soon be starting a weekly craft vlog called Crafty Kids! I am so excited to share fun crafts you can do with your kids. I may even throw in a demo for mom from time to time!

Have you always wanted to start vlogging? Here is your chance! Newbaby.com has generously offered to give away a Flip video to one of my readers! (If you already have a Flip, please do not enter. I would like to spread the vlogging joy to someone who doesn’t already have one. Thanks)

Here is what you need to do to win:

Main Entry: You must complete ALL parts to be eligible ~
Leave a separate comment for each.
~Commit to vlog for Newbaby.com if you win the Flip. They ask that you post at least one video per week. The content of the vlog is your choice. Leave a comment promising that you will vlog for Newbaby.com if you win.
~Join Newbaby.com here. Leave a comment saying you have joined.
~Write a blog post about why you would like to start vlogging and what you would like to vlog about. Put a link to this contest in your post. Leave a comment with a link to your post.
~Subscribe to my blog via reader (panda in upper right sidebar). Leave a comment.

Bonus Entries
~Follow my blog (left sidebar). Leave a comment.
~Follow me on Twitter. Leave a comment.
~Follow Vloggingmoms on Twitter. Leave a comment.
~Tweet this contest. Copy and paste this tweet “Win a Flip video from Newbaby.com & @CraftyMamaof4 http://tinyurl.com/bdtxpm Contest ends Feb 15th 11:59 pm”. You can do this once a day, leave a comment each day. Leave a link to your tweet in your comment.
~Grab my “Crafty Kids” button and put it on your blog. Leave a link to your blog in comment.
~Grab my blog button and put it on your blog. Leave a link to your blog in comment.
~Grab one of the Newbaby.com buttons here and put it on your blog. Leave a link to your blog in comment.

US entries only please. Please make sure to leave a valid email address or your Twitter ID in each of your comments. I will not hunt you down if you win. If you do not follow the entry requirements as stated above, your entry will be invalid, so please make sure you read the directions carefully :) This contest will end at 11:59 pm Sunday, February 15th. The winner will be chosen by random.org and will be notified via email or Twitter DM. The winner will also be posted on this blog. The winner has 48 hrs from the time of the posting to claim their prize or another winner will be chosen.

Help Me Win a Laptop! ~Cutest Pet Contest at Family Eden

I need your help! I am trying to win a laptop from Familyeden.com for my kids. To vote for my cute pet album please follow these directions:

~Goto FamilyEden.com here
~Find the Cutest Pet Building ~ It is in the upper right hand corner of the home page; click on the building.
~A room will come up, click on the camera under the tv to bring up the albums; another window will open up in your browser
~Click on my album "my cute pets" by craftymamaof4
~Rate my album with the stars at the top to vote

The album with the most votes by Saturday at 9 PM wins!

If you do this for me come back and leave a comment and I will give you a bonus entry in one of my upcoming giveaways of your choice. I have a bunch coming up in the next month! (shhh...one of them is a FLIP video camera!)

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Are There Monsters In Your House? ~ CurlyQ Cuties Review

Do you have kid that wakes up screaming in the middle of the night? I do! My 3 year old Nathan has an uncontrollable fear of monsters in our house.

Let me start at the beginning. I have a nephew Hayden who is the same age as my son. They spend a ton of time together and when they are together my nephew's favorite game to play is monsters. In the beginning, Nathan would only talk about monsters or have a fear on nights that he had been with Hayden during the day. It didn't take long for his imagination to get the best of him and after 2 sweet years of sleeping through the night he started waking up EVERY night calling for me to get rid of the monsters.

This has been going on now for about 6 months and mama is tired! We started by "chasing" the monsters back to Hayden's house. I would have to stand in the middle of the room and announce to the monsters "It's time for bed, get out, go away, go back to Hayden's house" This worked for a little while, but wouldn't you know after a few weeks they were coming back even after I chased them away! Darn monsters!

Now the weather was getting colder so I decided to go with "the monsters all went to Hawaii because it's too cold here." I hope I never decide to go on vacation to Hawaii because I don't think he will go! Anyway this also worked for a few days until the sun came out one cold December day and Nathan decided it wasn't cold enough here anymore because the sun was out and they were back, again.

So we tried flashlights to shine in the monsters eyes, he would leave them on ALL night and I was going through way too many batteries! Not to mention, he would play with the flashlight during the day, loose it and freak out a bedtime!

Next we tried the "monster spray" Santa left under the tree. I was really excited about this one, he wasn't. He said the monsters liked the smell and it made them come in his room! By this time he pretty much even had my 6 yr old who shares a room with him convinced there were monsters in there!

So now I am at the end of my rope, how am I going to get this kid to sleep at night? Then by some Twitter miracle I came across CurlyQ Cuties!

CurlyQ Cuties are custom made monsters you design at the CurlyQ Cuties website! They are completely handmade from anti-pill fleece, some felt, and are stuffed with hypo-allergenic polyfil. These adorable monsters cost $25 plus shipping. WORTH EVERY PENNY! (come on you can't put a price on sleep can you!)

Here is a little about the company from their website:

"CurlyQ Cuties was started in early 2008 by mompreneur Stephanie Estrin as an alternative to impersonal plastic toys manufactured overseas.

After searching for safe and locally made toys to encourage imaginative play in her own children, Stephanie experimented with making plush Monsters from her children's descriptions and drawings.

Stephanie's children liked their Monsters so much that Stephanie decided to make them available to others. She opened a shop on Etsy selling ready-made Monsters.

After several customer requests for customized variations, we developed the CurlyQ Cuties website to make it easy to design your own plush Monster toy. Shortly thereafter, we closed the Etsy shop to focus on the Made-to-Order business.

We have experienced significant growth since then. We are completely focused on providing a quality customized product and an unparalleled customer service experience at a completely affordable price."

When I found these great little monsters I was so excited! I sat Nathan down in front of the computer and we began to design his very own "good" monster. You choose every aspect of your monster, the shape, the eyes, the mouth, the belly shape, and all the colors! We spent over an hour trying out lots of different combinations it was so much fun!

Here are a few we tried out:


Finally I got him to choose "the one" and here it is:
Isn't it cute! He was so excited he couldn't wait to meet his monster!

A few days later we got a package in the mail and by luck, my cousin was visiting and she had her Flip video camera with her so I was able to catch the "meeting" on video for you!

So now we have our "good" monster who's job is to chase away the "bad" monsters and let me tell you IT IS WORKING LIKE MAGIC!

Nathan sleeps with Red every night and loves showing him off to everyone. My 6 year old wants one now and I think I am going to get him one for his birthday!

I am very pleased with the quality of our monster, he is very well made and stuffed to perfection! Thanks to Red (and of course CurlyQ Cuties) I am getting some sleep again, YIPPEE!

These monsters are a MUST HAVE for any children who have a fear of monsters. They also make great friends for children who love monsters! To order your custom CurlyQ Cutie visit the website here and create away! Gift certificates are also available so you can give a monster to anyone and they can design it themselves.

Thank you CurlyQ Cuties for helping my son overcome his fears and for giving him a friend to love!

Wordless Wednesday

I Heart Faces Week 3 "Joy"

Visit i Y faces to see the other "Joy" entries for this week

1st Birthday Joy

Tempt My Tummy Tuesday

Visit Blessed with Grace to see other great recipes!

Today's recipe is one of my favorites for football parties! This week we will be celebrating BIG TIME when our hometown team the STEELERS go for the win in Tampa! GO STEELERS!

Sweet Kielbasa

2 lbs kielbasa, sliced

2 cups ketchup

2 cups brown sugar

1 can pineapple chunks with juice

~Put all ingredients in crock pot, stir until mixed well.

~Cook on low for 5-6 hours

~Serve hot

Enjoy!

P.S. If you like beans, this is also good when you add a can or two of baked beans or butter beans. Personally I prefer it without the beans:)

HERE WE GO STEELERS; HERE WE GO! PITTSBURGH'S GOIN' TO THE SUPERBOWL!!!

Random Picture Challenge

So, during my trip through the blogosphere today for National Compliment Day (see previous post) I came across a blog called 4 Little Men & Girly Twins.

A few weeks ago the creator of this blog, Brittany started a post on her blog called "Random Picture Challenge" Each week she gives you a random photo to pull from your archives and post on your site. All you have to to is link up with Mr. Linky on her site and post your photo on your blog! How much fun! I am going to be participating in this each week because I love sharing photos! As far as I can tell it is going to be posted on Saturdays. So without any further ado here is my first "Random Picture Challenge"!

August 2007
Photo #30

Big brother burying little brother in the sand in Ocean City, Maryland. We love the beach!

National Compliment Day

I was part of a great mission this weekend started by @partyelizabeth from The Party Planning Professor.

Today is National Compliment Day and I was given 5 military wife blogs to check out and give them a smile for all their families do for our country :) The blogs I was given were fantastic! I would like to share them with all of you so you can see what wonderful women I got to meet today.

~Dayngrous Discourse ~ Military wife, mom of 2 REALLY cute kids, works PR for @eMail Our Military. eMOM is a great site you can join to connect with our military through the mail, you should check it out!
~Jenny The Military Spouse ~ Air Force wife, creator of "Jenny the Military Spouse" comic strip the only comic of it's kind! Very cute :)
~Kyle and Mal: Team Lego ~ Newlywed Army wife who recently was able to move to Korea to be with her hubby after being separated since their wedding.
~Married to the Military ~ SAHM of 3 BEAUTIFUL children, married to a Sergeant in the Air Force.
~Me Being Crafty ~ Crafty, homeschooling mom and Navy wife.

If you would like to help celebrate National Compliment Day, stop by one of these great blogs, or any other great blog you would like and leave a compliment in their comments and give them a smile today :)

Where Have I Been?

I just wanted to let all my readers and friends know I have not dropped off the face of the earth!

If you have been on Twitter at all this week you may have heard me talking about the flood in my basement. Last Sunday I woke up to 5 inches of water in my basement due to a frozen, broken pipe! What a mess! My craft room, storage room, laundry room and 9 yr old son's bedroom are all in our finished basement.

I have been busy all week dealing with Servicemaster, the insurance company and cleaning out everything! We are just about done cleaning, everything is dry and we are almost ready to start putting things back together. I still have to work on my list of contents for my insurance and go pick new carpet. I hope to be back to blogging very soon! Thanks for bearing with me in the meantime!

I have some exciting things planned for my blog. I will be continuing to do my Esty Showcase each week. I have a few shops still waiting and I will be looking for more, so if you or anyone you know my be interested, please leave me a comment.

I also will be starting a weekly craft vlog! I will be showing some of my favorite crafts for kids of all ages with an occasional craft for mom thrown in! My flip is on the way and I will be posting my videos on my blog and at NewBaby.com! If you haven't see this site you don't know what you are missing! You don't have to have a "new baby" to join so go check it out now! I am trying to think of a cool name for my craft vlogs, if you have any suggestions I would love to hear them!

I also have some great reviews and giveaways coming up! Keep checking in so you don't miss out!

Thanks again, Have a great weekend!

Winner ~ Jonara Blu Maui Earrings Giveaway

The winner chosen by random.org is ~

#7 MJ @sumrthyme

Congratulations! You are the winner of the beautiful earrings from Jonara Blu Maui!

These 3 runners up will each recieve a $5 coupon to use at Jonara Blu Maui!
#12 Leah @leahita
#14 Angie @angiee1
#17 Miss_Moneymaker

You have 48 hours to email me at craftymamaof4@gmail.com and claim your prize.

Thank you to everyone who entered this giveaway. Make sure you spread the word to your friends and family about Jamee's great shop! Thank you for being patient and waiting for me to post this so late!

Thank you Jamee for participating in my showcase and donating a prize!

Crafty Nation Site Warming Party

Let's get #crafty! I am going to be a panelist for tonight's #crafty party on Twitter!

Join me tonight at 9 pm est on Twitter for a great site warming party for Crafty Nation! Crafty Nation is a great place for crafters to come together and share their ideas and show off their work!

If you like crafts, want to learn more about crafts, love winning prizes, or just love a good Twitter party, then you should be there! The hashtag for this party is #crafty.

You can go to Resourceful Mommy's site here to learn more about the party and the prizes that are up for grabs.

You can go here to learn more about the crafty panelists for tonight's party (myself included!)

We are going to have a great night, hope to see you there :)

Wordless Wednesday

I am submitting this weeks photo to the new site i (heart) faces this week. Go see the site!

Tempt My Tummy Tuesday

Visit Blessed with Grace to see other great recipes!

"No Peeking" Roast

~Preheat oven to 370 degrees.

~Place a 3 - 5 lb standing rib roast or eye of round roast in a 9 x 13 baking dish (cannot be frozen).

~Season with salt, pepper then add chopped onion and several garlic cloves.

~Roast meat uncovered fo 45 minutes DO NOT OPEN OVEN DOOR (no peeking!)

~Reduce heat to 350 degrees and roast for 15 more minutes DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN DOOR (no peeking!)

~Turn off heat and allow roast to set in oven for 1 - 2 hours (as long as it is at least one hour, time here doesn't matter) DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN DOOR (no peeking!)

~1/2 hour before serving, roast another 30 minutes on 350 degrees. Oven my be opened during this time to check for desired doneness. (it's okay to peek here!)

Serve with mashed potatoes and gravy made from the roast juices.
Enjoy!

Winner ~ Magnet Street Baby Gift Certificate

The winner chosen by random.org is ~

#8 New York Memos

Congratulations! You are the winner of the $100 gift certificate to Magnet Street Baby!

You have 48 hours to email me at craftymamaof4@gmail.com and claim your prize.

Thank you to everyone who entered this giveaway. Make sure you spread the word to your friends and family about the great products Magnet Street Baby has to offer.

Thank you Magnet Street Baby for this generous giveaway!

Winner ~ Koti Beth Designs Fall Album

The winner chosen by random.org is ~

#1 Donna

Congratulations! You are the winner of the Fall 2008 premade paper bag album by Koti Beth Designs.

You have 48 hours to email me at craftymamaof4@gmail.com and claim your prize.

Thank you to everyone who entered this giveaway. Make sure you spread the word to your friends and family about Cari's great shop!

Thank you Cari for participating in my showcase and donating a prize!

Winner ~ Just Add Charm Gift Certificate

The winner chosen by random.org is ~

#2 @simplyandreah

Congratulations! You are the winner of the $20 gift certificate to Just Add Charm!

You have 48 hours to email me at craftymamaof4@gmail.com and claim your prize.

Thank you to everyone who entered this giveaway. Make sure you spread the word to your friends and family about Sarah's great shop!

Thank you Sarah for participating in my showcase and donating a prize!

Wordless Wednesday

My nephew :)

Jonara Blu Maui ~ Etsy Showcase

Are you or someone you know getting married on the beach this year? Maybe you just love the beach like I do. If so I have the perfect shop for you today! Jonara Blu Maui has the most beautiful island inspired jewelry geared toward beach brides, but great for anyone who loves the beach!

Here is a little bit more about this great Etsy Shop:

Jonara Blu Maui is a fun little jewelry company stranded on the island of Maui with it's owner, Jamee Jones. As a WAHM, she creates jewelry inspired by her home, the beautiful island of Maui. Her creations are fresh and funky with an island twist. While using many different semi precious gemstones and metals, her favorite components to work w/ are pearls, shell and silk. This is what she uses to create her specialty... romantic, feminine beach wedding jewelry with a beachy-organic appeal.

Jamee started creating her first jewelry pieces when only 9 years old. Her babysitter would bring a shoe box full of beads over for her to play with and eventually passed it down to her. She still vividly remembers the excitement she felt as the new owner of the little colorful candy-like wonders and has never lost her fascination for beads, gemstones and all things sparkly.

In 1996 she started working for a local Maui ceramic jewelry artist. Having taken many art classes and having the knack for painting, she picked up right away on how to paint intricate designs on ceramic beads for this artist. She also was trained on how to string well made heavy jewelry designs the artist sold in local galleries. In 2002 Jamee branched out on her own, selling at local craft fairs and then May of 2003 she launched her online shop through RubyLane. Since then she has added her Etsy shop and has enjoyed becoming part of the Etsy community.

"As a resident of Maui since 1992, I have appreciated the inspiration that this beautiful island has played in my jewelry making hobby. Beading has brought me much joy and has been great therapy for 'mom time' over the years. It even offered me the opportunity to do some large corporate orders for companies like 'Volvo Trucks' and 'Relational LLC'. I'd have to say though that Maui beach weddings play the biggest part in my inspiration. I feel so fortunate that very often my jewelry can be seen delicately gracing the neckline of Maui's lovely beach brides, as well as women all over the world on one of the most special days of their life."

Jamee's jewelry is currently carried at 'B-Side the Sea' located in Poole England and she is currently under negotiations to have it carried in a cute little shop full of Maui artists creations in the small north shore beach town of Paia.

Here are a few of my favorite picks from Jonara Blu Maui

Jamee is generously offered to giveaway these beautiful handmade earrings!! A $22 value!

~and~

The winner and 4 runners up will all recieve a $5 coupon to use in her Esty shop!

Here is how to enter:

Main Entry: You must complete both parts to be eligible
~Subscribe to my blog via reader (left sidebar) leave comment. = 1 entry
~ Go to Jonara Blu Maui shop here and leave a comment telling me what your favorite item is. = 1 entry

Bonus Entries

~ Follow Jonara Blu Maui on Twitter here. Leave a comment. = 1 entry
~ Follow me on Twitter here. Leave a comment. = 1 entry
~Subscribe to Jonara Blu Maui's blog here (right side enter your email address) = 1 entry
~Post this giveaway on a social networking site such as Facebook or Twitter. Leave a link to your post in your comment. = 1 entry each day
~ Post a link to this giveaway on your blog. Leave a link to your blog in your comment. = 1 entry
~ Grab my button (right sidebar) and post it on your blog. = 1 entry

Thank you Jamee for this great giveaway :)

US entries only please. Please make sure to leave a valid email address or your Twitter ID in one of your comments. I will not hunt you down if you win. If you do not follow the entry requirements as stated above, your entry will be invalid, so please make sure you read the directions carefully :) This contest will end at 11:59pm EST , Wednesday, January 21st. The winner will be chosen by random.org and will be notified via email or Twitter DM. The winner will also be posted on this blog on Thursday, January 22nd. The winner has 48 hrs from the time of the posting to claim their prize or another winner will be chosen.

Tempt My Tummy Tuesdays

I recently came across Blessed With Grace while chatting on twitter. The blog owner Lisa sponsors a blog carnival every Tuesday called "Tempt My Tummy Tuesdays" where bloggers share their favorite recipes every Tuesday and they are all linked from her site. I am so excited to participate in this carnival each week. I have been sharing recipes but now my readers will know to come each Tuesday for my new recipe. If you are interested in participating just go to Blessed With Grace and sign up!

Here is today's recipe ~ great for the really cold days we have coming up this week!

Loaded Baked Potato Soup

8 strips of bacon ~ fried and crumbled
1 medium onion ~ chopped
2/3 cup flour
6 cups chicken broth
4 cups potatoes ~ cook and mash just enough to break them up, leave lumpy (canned potatoes work well)
2 cups half & half
1 1/2 tsp each of garlic powder, salt, pepper and hot sauce
1 1/2 cup cheddar cheese

~Brown onion in a few tablespoons of the bacon grease until lightly brown
~Stir in flour~Add broth and whisk well while adding to flour mixture
~Add bacon (you may want to save some for topping), potatoes, spices and half & half.
~Let thicken while stirring
~Add cheese (you may want to save some for topping.

Serve topped with additional cheese and bacon if you like.

Enjoy!

Magnet Street Baby Reivew and Giveaway

So, it was December 15th and I realized Christmas was only 10 days away and I still didn't have Christmas cards. I hadn't even taken my kids photo yet. I never wait this long! I start thinking about my Christmas cards in September. I'd like to do something fun, but at this point I was running out of time. What was I gonna do? Then I found something great ~ MagnetStreetBaby. But first I needed a photo.

So I showered all the kids, got them dressed and told the hubby what our evening plans were; 3 words that send terror into my hubby's soul "Christmas Photo Shoot." I still didn't have my tree up (long story for another day) so a photo at home was out of the question, so we headed to the local mall to see what we could do. Do you know how hard it is to take a photo at the mall 10 days before Christmas and not get other people in your photo? Pretty hard. Here are some of the photos that didn't make the cut.

Not bad, but I'm not crazy about the shoe store in the background!

Everyone is getting a little crazy!

Check out those evil eyes! Where did the baby go?

A photo with Santa was out of the question, 3 year old is terrified of him. So we settle for a bench we found near the big tree by the train and we were able to get a decent photo with a not so bad background.

I think we have a winner!

So now I have my photo, we all go for ice cream, I get the kids to bed and I head to MagnetStreetBaby.

MagnetStreetBaby specializes in birth announcements but they also offer shower invitations, address labels and seals, and holiday cards. Many of their designs are available as 3.5" x 4" magnets. How cool is that? I was looking for something fun and here it was! Just think, my kids would be smiling from everyone's fridge instead of being stuffed into a drawer with all the other Christmas cards.

The cool thing about MagnetStreetBaby is once you have chosen one of their many designs available, you can customize the colors and fonts on the card. In the past when I would order cards I always had a hard time with this because I would like the card, but the colors didn't match the outfits or the background of the photo. With MagnetStreetBaby colors are no longer a problem! You can choose from a menu of colors or go even further into the color tool and choose any color on the spectrum! They also have close to 200 different fonts to choose from to make your card uniquely yours. With each change you make the preview reflects the change so you can see exactly what your card will look like. I had a lot of fun playing around with the options for my card. The editor tool was so easy to use and my ordering experience with MagnetStreetBaby was fantastic! There are so many possibilities everyone can find something that suits their taste.

I was so happy with my cards, and just as I imagined, everyone I sent them too thought they were great!

MagnetStreetBaby has generously offered to give one of my readers a $100 credit to use for the products of your choice at their online store MagnetStreetBaby.

Here's how to enter:

Main Entry
~ Go to MagnetStreetBabyclick on the "magnet announcement" button. Look through the designs on the first page (you can look through more if you want) and come back here and leave a comment telling me your favorite design. = 1 entry

Bonus Entries ~ Leave separate comments for each you complete
~ Follow my blog - left sidebar = 1 entry
~ Subscribe to my blog via reader -left sidebar = 1 entry
~ Copy and paste the following on Twitter "Enter to win $100 GC to MagnetStreetBaby, your source for unique for birth announcements http://tinyurl.com/ay7jle". Leave a link to your post in comment = 1 entry each day.

~Follow me on twitter here = 1 entry
~Post this giveaway on your blog. Leave a link to your post in comment. = 1 entry
~If you don't have a blog, you can email the link to my contest to 3 friends and CC me in your email craftymamaof4@gmail.com. Leave a comment. = 1 entry
~Grab my button -right sidebar- and post it on your blog. = 1 entry

Good luck!
Thank you to MagnetStreetBaby for this great giveaway!

US entries only please. Please make sure to leave a valid email address or your Twitter ID in one of your comments. I will not hunt you down if you win. If you do not follow the entry requirements as stated above, your entry will be invalid, so please make sure you read the directions carefully :) This contest will end at 11:59pm EST Saturday, January 17th. The winner will be chosen by random.org and will be notified via email or Twitter DM. The winner will also be posted on this blog on Sunday, January 18th. The winner has 48 hrs from the time of the posting to claim their prize or another winner will be chosen.

Winner ~ Jaybird Designs Gift Certificate

The winner chosen by random.org is ~

#7 @simplyandreah

Congratulations! You are the winner of the $20 gift certificate to Jay Bird Designs!

You have 48 hours to email me at craftymamaof4@gmail.com and claim your prize.

Thank you to everyone who entered this giveaway. Make sure you spread the word to your friends and family about Jennifers great shop!

Thank you Jennifer for participating in my showcase and donating a prize!

Another Blog Award :)

I received this "Your Blog is Fabulous" award from Sandy at OrganizeWithSandy! Make sure you stop by her blog, she has some GREAT tips for organizing you home, your life and your family. Thank you so much Sandy I think your blog is Fabulous too!



This Fabulous award comes with a few rules: Put the logo on your blog or post. Nominate at least 10 blogs which you think are fabulous. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.

I'm sharing the love with these blogs....

I enjoy each of these blogs and I am sure you will too. Some of these "Fabulous" ladies even have more than one blog! I don't know how they keep up.

Happy reading :)