Don’t Rebecca Deans win this contest without a fight! Click HERE for more information on my latest blog giveaway! (Sign up as a follower to be registered and earn extra entries by blogging, tweeting, or FBing about the contest!)

Winner will be selected by a random number generator, contest ends at midnight April 17th.

I started reading “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin a few nights ago. Gretchen is a Yale and Yale Law Graduate, who decided while clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, that she wanted to be a writer. This book details an experiment she performed on herself, to see what changes she could make in her life to increase her happiness level.

Don’t get me wrong. Gretchen wasn’t depressed, she wasn’t facing a crisis of any kind. She was a working mother of two, and a wife who realized she wasn’t enjoying her life as much as she should. She realized she complained too often and snapped at her husband too easily. Her life was good and she wanted to appreciate and revel in it.

I’m only a few chapters in and I am fascinated. Firstly, because I’m pretty sure my conscience wrote this book while I was sleeping or watching reality TV. The issues she discusses are so relevant to me, and to many moms. Her solutions are simple and well-written, and she condenses extensive research she has completed very concisely.

This morning, I was Woman On A Mission. I cleaned out and organized my closets. I refused to say anything negative or critical to my husband or children. (Which was difficult after Aubrey gave herself and Emma a haircut this afternoon.)

Providing Rubin doesn’t tell me to jump off a cliff or drink the Kool-Aid, I’m in.

I highly recommend her book and blog to all you (click on the link above.) And I’m hoping that maybe I can score a Super Mom interview.

What area of your life would you most like to increase your happiness and why?

(The following post is typed in sarcasm font, for those of you who may not recognize it.)

People, PEOPLE.

I am GIVING stuff away. Free stuff. All you have to do is leave comments on posts and sign up as a follower.

That’s it.

And you could win FORTY DOLLARS worth of FREE STUFF.

Aren’t we in a recession? Aren’t you the Alpha Mom? Don’t you WANT to win?

Because right now Rebecca Deans is KILLING you people. All of you.

I might as well change the name to Rebecca Dean’s Blog Prize- cuz nobody else is even trying.

What’s happened to you? I thought you were more competitive, cut-throat, take no mercy kind of people. And let me tell you this…Rebecca doesn’t even have kids.

She’s competing for kids she babysits. Are you going to let a nanny beat you? Are you going to take this? Does she love the kids she’s babysitting MORE than you love your OWN children?

I didn’t think so.

It’s time again for a great giveaway! One of my friends has just launched an online boutique for hairbows and accessories called Ribbons and Curls, they are ADORABLE! Heather is giving away a $40 gift certificate to her boutique. Here’s how you can be entered to win:

1) Sign up as a follower on the blog. (The winner will only be drawn from followers.)= 1 entry
2) Become a twitter follower. (1 entry)
3) Tweet about the contest or post a FB status about Robin’s Chicks with a link. (You get FIVE entries for this! If you tweet please include @robinobryant so I can see it.)
4) Send a link to your favorite post to at least 10 of your friends. (Include zebandrobin@hotmail.com= 10 entries)
5) Leave comments on posts. 1 entry per comment per one post. (I’ll keep up with these for you!)
6) Invite friends to become fans of Robin’s Chicks FB page. (5 entries!)

In the comments section of any post YOU will tally up your score, like this:

1 became a follower
5 tweeted
5 FB status
11 entries

Robin (zebandrobin@hotmail.com)

The contest will be open for 1 month, and I will enter all of the entries into a random number generator on April 17th.

Good luck! And leave any questions in the comments!

I have been having some issues with blogger, and my computer in general. I realize (because my sister just told me) that you may have gotten an email about Susan FOUR TIMES. Sorry, what can I say…I really like her.

I posted the other day about Layla Grace, a 2 year old in Texas who has Stage 4 Neuroblastoma. (You can read her family’s blog HERE.) I just found out this REALLY cute hat boutique, Bella’s Bowtique, is donating 50% of their proceeds to Layla’s family to help cover her medical expenses. It’s a great way to help someone else and these hats would make great baby shower or baby birthday gifts! Check it out!

I don’t know if you know this little girl’s amazing story. But what I just read was so moving, I can hardly catch my breath. Please pray for Layla Grace and her family.