Ultimate Blog Party 2010!!!

I LOVE PARTIES!!!!! And there's no better party than the Ultimate Blog Party hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom.  Sorry for the novel below, I just want you to get to know ME.  


To start out my name is Amanda and you can find me over at Twitter as {@GaribaySoup}

A little about Garibay Soup ~ I just sortof lay it all out on the line here. I blog about personal things, matters of faith, marriage, food, BASICALLY LIFE! I originally started this blog as a way to keep my family updated since we moved away from ALL OF THEM. Now, this blog has nothing to do with them and everything to do with ME. This is my place, my corner in the web. Readers or not, I will always be here ~ but I really really really LOVE all of my readers!

Mondays are an extremely exciting day for me here at Garibay Soup as I host my very own carnival called Just a Motivating Monday. I am an inspiration junkie. I LOVE anything at all that will inspire me, and I love to share inspiring things with my readers. So every Monday you can count on reading something that will inspire you over here at Garibay Soup.  And if you'd like to write a post, or share a quote you can join in!  For previous Just a Motivating Monday's {CLICK HERE}

A little about my family ~ I have been married for going on 6 years next month to my best friend.  Our marriage is by no means perfect, but we do EVERYTHING in our power to never give up.  We have survived things that people get divorced over, and because we stuck through the hard times, we are reaping the benefits now.  I love to blog about marriage and read other's posts about marriage.  Marriage to me is the most sacred and wonderful union and I strive to make my marriage perfect ~ as in OUR perfect.

We have 2 beautiful children ~ an 8 year old Son, Jayden & a 2 year old daughter, Ella.  Jayden is my shining star and has one of the sweetest souls that anyone who has ever met has come in contact with.  He has Sensory Processing Disorder and we're in the process of all the diagnosis stuff.  Ella is our vibrant h3ll raiser princess who has completely changed my life.  She has taught me about the importance of life and how precious life is.  She was diagnosed with a heart condition called Wolfe Parkinson White Syndrome when she was 7 weeks old, and a month before she turned 2 she overdosed on her heart medication..... scariest moment of my life.  I thank God every day that she's still here with us and growing into the beautiful little girl that she is.  You can read more about her heart condition and about her overdose {HERE}

ME... you want to know about me???  I'm a child of God, and every day my faith in the Church of {Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints} grows stronger and stronger.  I am not perfect, but I strive to be.  I am obsessed with self help/self motivating books that better who I am as a person.  This is something new to me, but I love who I am turning into.  I am the type of friend that once you are my friend I would move mountains for you, but it takes me a while to let people too close to my heart.  I LOVE the blog world, because there's always somebody that can relate to you and I have by far found the most amazing support system I've ever had.  I love photography and have another blog for my photography journey you can see that {HERE}  My family means more to me than anything in this world, and at the end of the day the only thing that matters is them and their safety, happiness and love.  


If you come over unannounced to my house, there's going to be toys scattered from wall to wall and you might see a few crumbs on the floor ~ but we are one of the happiest families out there.  And to me, that's all that matters. 

I work at home.  I am so so so fortunate to be a part of a company where I get paid when people pay their cell phone bills, their cable bills, their internet bills, their home phone bills, and I get to offer them breakthrough VOIP Video phone technology that is AWESOME!  Oh, did I mention that this year I'll be getting paid every, single time people pay their power bill???  And my friends and family love me to absolute death because I save them $$$ on all of these services ~ we ALL love to save money, right?  Yes, I am very fortunate.  If you're curious let me know and I'll give you more details.

I hope you enjoy your look around and I can't wait to come and check out your blog!!

And if you aren't a part of the party you absolutely SHOULD BE!  There's some amazing prizes and my most favorite top prizes are 1. Toshiba Satellite L505D-ES5025  2. A Rocking Horse To Love  and then everything else they have to offer is AMAZING!!!  I'd be thrilled winning about ANYTHING.