Thank the good Lord, I am finally back online after all this time. This is the longest since 1995 I have been offline and I hope to not ever have this happen again.
Sept- moved to WV, the place I was supposed to move to was unlivable, ended up renting a dumpfor way too much money.
Oct-Got a job with Go-Mart, but had to quit because the arthritis in my legs and feet made standing like that unbearable. Got a job with another gas chain as an auditor. Love the job and the people in the office.
Nov-went back to Church, got saved again, started dating someone at another church, thought he might finally be the one (wrong again).
Dec- pretty much the same but getting sick of snow by now.
Jan- oldest daughter went stupid and dated a loser, quit her job and moved out. I found an adorable little apartment for way better money. Drs gave me not so good news.
Feb- the loser from Nov broke up with me, 1st grandson born (pics will be posted later). Waiting on news from dr.
I hear next Wednesday what the test results were. If God chooses to let me live then I have decided I am going to live to the fullest. I have spent my whole life waiting to be happy and I am done with that. If God chooses not the let me live then I am going to live until I die. Thats pretty much my life in a nutshell for the past 6 months.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Ten Ways We Misunderstand Children
Another lesson I found that I wanted to share.
Ten Ways We Misunderstand Children
1. We expect children to be able to do things before they are ready. - We ask an infant to keep quiet. We ask a 2-year-old to sit still. We ask a 4-year-old to clean his room. In all of these situations, we are being unrealistic. We are setting ourselves up for disappointment and setting up the child for repeated failures to please us. Yet many parents ask their young children to do things that even an older child would find difficult. In short, we ask children to stop acting their age.
2. We become angry when a child fails to meet our needs. - A child can only do what he can do. If a child cannot do something we ask, it is unfair and unrealistic to expect or demand more, and anger only makes things worse. A 2-year-old can only act like a 2-year-old, a 5-year-old cannot act like a 10-year-old, and a 10-year-old cannot act like an adult. To expect more is unrealistic and unhelpful. There are limits to what a child can manage, and if we don't accept those limits, it can only result in frustration on both sides.
3. We mistrust the child's motives. - If a child cannot meet our needs, we assume that he is being defiant, instead of looking closely at the situation from the child's point of view, so we can determine the truth of the matter. In reality, a "defiant" child may be ill, tired, hungry, in pain, responding to an emotional or physical hurt, or struggling with a hidden cause such as food allergy. Yet we seem to overlook these possibilities in favor of thinking the worst about the child's "personality".
4. We don't allow children to be children. - We somehow forget what it was like to be a child ourselves, and expect the child to act like an adult instead of acting his age. A healthy child will be rambunctious, noisy, emotionally expressive, and will have a short attention span. All of these "problems" are not problems at all, but are in fact normal qualities of a normal child. Rather, it is our society and our society's expectations of perfect behavior that are abnormal.
5. We get it backwards. - We expect, and demand, that the child meet our needs - for quiet, for uninterrupted sleep, for obedience to our wishes, and so on. Instead of accepting our parental role to meet the child's needs, we expect the child to care for ours. We can become so focussed on our own unmet needs and frustrations that we forget this is a child, who has needs of his own.
6. We blame and criticize when a child makes a mistake. - Yet children have had very little experience in life, and they will inevitably make mistakes. Mistakes are a natural part of learning at any age. Instead of understanding and helping the child, we blame him, as though he should be able to learn everything perfectly the first time. To err is human; to err in childhood is human and unavoidable. Yet we react to each mistake, infraction of a rule, or misbehavior with surprise and disappointment. It makes no sense to understand that a child will make mistakes, and then to react as though we think the child should behave perfectly at all times.
7. We forget how deeply blame and criticism can hurt a child. - Many parents are coming to understand that physically hurting a child is wrong and harmful, yet many of us forget how painful angry words, insults, and blame can be to a child who can only believe that he is at fault.
8. We forget how healing loving actions can be. - We fall into vicious cycles of blame and misbehavior, instead of stopping to give the child love, reassurance, self-esteem, and security with hugs and kind words.
9. We forget that our behavior provides the most potent lessons to the child. - It is truly "not what we say but what we do" that the child takes to heart. A parent who hits a child for hitting, telling him that hitting is wrong, is in fact teaching that hitting is right, at least for those in power. It is the parent who responds to problems with peaceful solutions who is teaching his child how to be a peaceful adult. So-called problems present our best opportunity for teaching values, because children learn best when they are learning about real things in real life.
10. We see only the outward behavior, not the love and good intentions inside the child.- When a child's behavior disappoints us, we should, more than anything else we do, "assume the best". We should assume that the child means well and is only behaving as well as possible considering all the circumstances (both obvious and hidden from us), together with his level of experience in life. If we always assume the best about our child, the child will be free to do his best. If we give only love, love is all we will receive.
By Jan Hunt, M.Sc.
naturalchild.org/jan_hunt/misunderstand.html
Ten Ways We Misunderstand Children
1. We expect children to be able to do things before they are ready. - We ask an infant to keep quiet. We ask a 2-year-old to sit still. We ask a 4-year-old to clean his room. In all of these situations, we are being unrealistic. We are setting ourselves up for disappointment and setting up the child for repeated failures to please us. Yet many parents ask their young children to do things that even an older child would find difficult. In short, we ask children to stop acting their age.
2. We become angry when a child fails to meet our needs. - A child can only do what he can do. If a child cannot do something we ask, it is unfair and unrealistic to expect or demand more, and anger only makes things worse. A 2-year-old can only act like a 2-year-old, a 5-year-old cannot act like a 10-year-old, and a 10-year-old cannot act like an adult. To expect more is unrealistic and unhelpful. There are limits to what a child can manage, and if we don't accept those limits, it can only result in frustration on both sides.
3. We mistrust the child's motives. - If a child cannot meet our needs, we assume that he is being defiant, instead of looking closely at the situation from the child's point of view, so we can determine the truth of the matter. In reality, a "defiant" child may be ill, tired, hungry, in pain, responding to an emotional or physical hurt, or struggling with a hidden cause such as food allergy. Yet we seem to overlook these possibilities in favor of thinking the worst about the child's "personality".
4. We don't allow children to be children. - We somehow forget what it was like to be a child ourselves, and expect the child to act like an adult instead of acting his age. A healthy child will be rambunctious, noisy, emotionally expressive, and will have a short attention span. All of these "problems" are not problems at all, but are in fact normal qualities of a normal child. Rather, it is our society and our society's expectations of perfect behavior that are abnormal.
5. We get it backwards. - We expect, and demand, that the child meet our needs - for quiet, for uninterrupted sleep, for obedience to our wishes, and so on. Instead of accepting our parental role to meet the child's needs, we expect the child to care for ours. We can become so focussed on our own unmet needs and frustrations that we forget this is a child, who has needs of his own.
6. We blame and criticize when a child makes a mistake. - Yet children have had very little experience in life, and they will inevitably make mistakes. Mistakes are a natural part of learning at any age. Instead of understanding and helping the child, we blame him, as though he should be able to learn everything perfectly the first time. To err is human; to err in childhood is human and unavoidable. Yet we react to each mistake, infraction of a rule, or misbehavior with surprise and disappointment. It makes no sense to understand that a child will make mistakes, and then to react as though we think the child should behave perfectly at all times.
7. We forget how deeply blame and criticism can hurt a child. - Many parents are coming to understand that physically hurting a child is wrong and harmful, yet many of us forget how painful angry words, insults, and blame can be to a child who can only believe that he is at fault.
8. We forget how healing loving actions can be. - We fall into vicious cycles of blame and misbehavior, instead of stopping to give the child love, reassurance, self-esteem, and security with hugs and kind words.
9. We forget that our behavior provides the most potent lessons to the child. - It is truly "not what we say but what we do" that the child takes to heart. A parent who hits a child for hitting, telling him that hitting is wrong, is in fact teaching that hitting is right, at least for those in power. It is the parent who responds to problems with peaceful solutions who is teaching his child how to be a peaceful adult. So-called problems present our best opportunity for teaching values, because children learn best when they are learning about real things in real life.
10. We see only the outward behavior, not the love and good intentions inside the child.- When a child's behavior disappoints us, we should, more than anything else we do, "assume the best". We should assume that the child means well and is only behaving as well as possible considering all the circumstances (both obvious and hidden from us), together with his level of experience in life. If we always assume the best about our child, the child will be free to do his best. If we give only love, love is all we will receive.
By Jan Hunt, M.Sc.
naturalchild.org/jan_hunt/misunderstand.html
Carrot, Egg and Coffee
Found this story while surfing the net and loved it so I wanted to share with all of you.
Carrots, Eggs & Coffee Beans
Author Unknown
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water. In the first, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs and the last, ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.
Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.
She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. The daughter did and noted that they were soft.
She then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hardboiled egg.
Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled, as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked. "What's the point, mother?"
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity, boiling water, but each reacted differently.
The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.
The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.
The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water they had changed the water.
"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"
Which are you?
Are you the carrot that when faced with pain and adversity, wilts and becomes soft and loses strength?
Are you the egg with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Following a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have you become hardened and stiff?
Or are you like the coffee beans? The beans actually change the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, they release their essence and flavor.
If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate to another level? How do you handle adversity?
Carrots, Eggs & Coffee Beans
Author Unknown
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water. In the first, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs and the last, ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.
Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.
She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. The daughter did and noted that they were soft.
She then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hardboiled egg.
Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled, as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked. "What's the point, mother?"
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity, boiling water, but each reacted differently.
The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.
The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.
The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water they had changed the water.
"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"
Which are you?
Are you the carrot that when faced with pain and adversity, wilts and becomes soft and loses strength?
Are you the egg with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Following a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have you become hardened and stiff?
Or are you like the coffee beans? The beans actually change the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, they release their essence and flavor.
If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate to another level? How do you handle adversity?
9/11 Tribute
We must never forget 9/11 and all that we lost that day. This is my very favorite tribute song. I remember when I heard the news, never thought such an act of terrorism would happen on American soil .
here are a few more videos on the same loss.
and of course Alan Jackson's tribute.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Free drink mixers at Food Lion
Apparently I have been way out of the loop because everyone online was talking about this for a month now and I thought I had found a great deal to share tonight. But here is the deal anyway with some recipes I got from Hot Coupon World.
Food lion has the No Worries drink mixers (strawberry, cosmopolitaion, tropical, margarita) on sale for $1. At my Food Lion on the door there is a coupon for $1 off any so that makes them free. I got 8 tonight. I mix them with sprite but some people use club soda and of course alcohol. Here are some recipes to try.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Strawberry-Daiquiri-Pie/Detail.aspx
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Strawberry-Margarita-Cake/Detail.aspx
http://www.recipezaar.com/307778
http://www.recipezaar.com/95551
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Margarita-Beef-Skewers/Detail.aspx
http://www.recipezaar.com/304682
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Margarita-Grilled-Chicken/Detail.aspx
http://www.recipezaar.com/286192
http://www.recipezaar.com/244211
http://www.recipezaar.com/215346
http://www.recipezaar.com/68661
http://www.recipezaar.com/293545
http://www.recipezaar.com/191887
Food lion has the No Worries drink mixers (strawberry, cosmopolitaion, tropical, margarita) on sale for $1. At my Food Lion on the door there is a coupon for $1 off any so that makes them free. I got 8 tonight. I mix them with sprite but some people use club soda and of course alcohol. Here are some recipes to try.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Strawberry-Daiquiri-Pie/Detail.aspx
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Strawberry-Margarita-Cake/Detail.aspx
http://www.recipezaar.com/307778
http://www.recipezaar.com/95551
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Margarita-Beef-Skewers/Detail.aspx
http://www.recipezaar.com/304682
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Margarita-Grilled-Chicken/Detail.aspx
http://www.recipezaar.com/286192
http://www.recipezaar.com/244211
http://www.recipezaar.com/215346
http://www.recipezaar.com/68661
http://www.recipezaar.com/293545
http://www.recipezaar.com/191887
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Review of the Other Boleyn Girl
I won this movie online and could't wait to watch it. I like Natalie Portman and try to watch all of her movies. I really thought from the title it would be more focused on Anne's sister since everyone has heard of Anne. The movie is very loosely based upon actual events. There appears to be quite a bit of poetic license involved with the retelling of history in this movie. The movie starts with the 3 Boleyn siblings playing in a field. Their father is quite power mad and wants to use his children to better his prospects no matter the cost to them. Anne doesn't win Henry the VIII's favor at first site so Mary is offered even though she is married. Anne then comspires against her own sister in ways that I would not have forgiven but Mary has very little backbone in the movie. The costumes are awesome. I loved Ana Torrent as Catherine. She really only had a bit part but made her character both likeable and powerful. Oddly enough her character was the only character in the whole movie that seemed to be controlled, everyone else seemed to stupid to be responsible for anything much less a country. Anne and her schemes result in the death of both Anne and her brother. The movie was ok but I am glad I won it and didn't spend money for it. I can't imagine wanting to see it a second time.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Free in the mail
Today I got a cosmo magazine that I got with coke rewards, a prevention magazine (forgot what link) and a redbook magazine that I earned from Adperks. The only magazine that I get that I actually pay for is All You and thats only because they have awesome coupons in them. I also got a check from my staples purchase back in July for some highlighters. I got a bottle of lotion that I am testing for a company.
In my email I got a yes to a mystery shop this weekend, and 2 online surveys for points and also an offer from shespeaks to test some potatoes. Also an offer for a free game from BigFish use the code and get hidden expeditions titanic for free. I love hidden object games.
New contest at DIY for an awesome log cabin
get some free tokens from Pogo
and some more and again
new survey panel from Taco Bell, could be some freebies in this.
In my email I got a yes to a mystery shop this weekend, and 2 online surveys for points and also an offer from shespeaks to test some potatoes. Also an offer for a free game from BigFish use the code and get hidden expeditions titanic for free. I love hidden object games.
New contest at DIY for an awesome log cabin
get some free tokens from Pogo
and some more and again
new survey panel from Taco Bell, could be some freebies in this.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Sunday savings
Download 11 country songs for free from People magazine.
free popcorn cakes from Orville Redenbacher Pick cheddar or caramel.
Sample of Playtex Sport
sample of Kotex
sample of Tide Total Care
free popcorn cakes from Orville Redenbacher Pick cheddar or caramel.
Sample of Playtex Sport
sample of Kotex
sample of Tide Total Care
Saturday, August 09, 2008
more stuff I have won and some instant win games
This morning I won flytech butterfly. Not sure exactly what it is but I love butterflies so can't wait to see. I won this from Quick and Simple magazine
I also won a $50 amex debit card from Kraft a couple nights ago.
I got my duffel bag from the Marlboro contest in the mail already. I like the instant win games because I like knowing right off the bat if I have won something even if its not a big prize. I just like winning something all the time :) So here are a few instant win games for you to try.
Pier 1 design a room and play the instant win.
Castrol Peel Out use upc code 079191000687
Linea Pelle
Disney Store Dreams
Banana Republic
Line X passcode: store
Win Dole Salad
Little Mermaid
Coinstar is Free
French Toast Giveaway
Stouffers Free Method of Entry: Once on the Instant Win Game page, click on "USE CODE". You will receive an alternate method of entry play ten times per day.
I also won a $50 amex debit card from Kraft a couple nights ago.
I got my duffel bag from the Marlboro contest in the mail already. I like the instant win games because I like knowing right off the bat if I have won something even if its not a big prize. I just like winning something all the time :) So here are a few instant win games for you to try.
Pier 1 design a room and play the instant win.
Castrol Peel Out use upc code 079191000687
Linea Pelle
Disney Store Dreams
Banana Republic
Line X passcode: store
Win Dole Salad
Little Mermaid
Coinstar is Free
French Toast Giveaway
Stouffers Free Method of Entry: Once on the Instant Win Game page, click on "USE CODE". You will receive an alternate method of entry play ten times per day.
Sunday, August 03, 2008
a few goodies
Donate to the Troops
you can donate 1 item for free to the troops. Go to Generation Killchoose the troop drive tab. then click the submit button and it will open a new window and you pick one item to add to the troops. Free from HBO and sponsors.
Cheap 8x10s
5 of 8x10 size photo prints at Art Cow for $0.99 shipped.
coupon code: FIVE8X10AT099 expires on 08/08/2008
I will admit I wasn't impressed with the last ones I got from there but I figured for a dollar I would try again.
Chick-Fil-A freebie
new promotion they are having for Labor Day. Wear a shirt with a football team on it, and get a free chick-n-strips on sept 1st!
SPONSOR: Chick-Fil-A ...
HOW TO PARTICIPATE: To receive one (1) free three-count order of Chick-n-Strips while supplies last, eligible participants should visit participating Chick-fil-A locations from 10:30 AM until close on Sept. 1, 2008 wearing atleast one visible article of clothing that contains any football team logo or collegiate logo and mention this Promotion. ...
ELIGIBILITY: Offer available only to legal U.S. residents of AL, AR AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, and WY. Limit one per person.
Museum Day
Museums in NC
if you check this out you can see what all places participate and then you fill out a form and print a coupon for you and a guest to enter free. I choose Old Salem since I have wanted to see it for ages. If you aren't in NC then change to your state and see whats available. Its for Sept 27 2008
Background checks
This site doesn't show everything but its pretty fun to play with.
Background Checks
Saving at Food Lion
This month's All You magazine has some great coupons in it. Page 155 has some buy any 3 kraft product and get something free coupons. I got 15 packs of kool aid for $3.00 and got a large box of wheat thins, bottle of Kraft dressing, package of kraft sliced cheese, oscar mayer hot dogs, and a box of crystal light drink mix for free with the kool aid. I also had some Food Lion internet coupons for $1.50 off any Food Lion brand diapers or wipes, $1.00 off 3 cans of Food Lion tomato products and $1 off 2 cans of Hunts tomato products. I got the small travel pack of wipes for free and I got the small cans of tomato sauce and paid .05 for 5 cans of sauce. We use a lot of tomato sauce since we aren't that fond of spaghetti sauce.
I bought a can of Grands biscuits on sale for 1.00 so now for that $1 we are going hot dog blankets for dinner. You press a biscuit until its flat, lay 1/2 slice of cheese on one of the edges and then put a weiner in the middle of the cheese. Start rolling up the end that has the cheese and weiner on it and press the edge closed when done. Bake in at 350 for about 8-12 minutes and thats all there is to it. Kids love them and they are quick and easy to fix. This will actually end up being 2 dinners for us.
I bought a can of Grands biscuits on sale for 1.00 so now for that $1 we are going hot dog blankets for dinner. You press a biscuit until its flat, lay 1/2 slice of cheese on one of the edges and then put a weiner in the middle of the cheese. Start rolling up the end that has the cheese and weiner on it and press the edge closed when done. Bake in at 350 for about 8-12 minutes and thats all there is to it. Kids love them and they are quick and easy to fix. This will actually end up being 2 dinners for us.
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Daily contests
Here are a few of my favorite daily contests from Slickdeals.net
Sisterhood of traveling pants2
Open to all in the contiguous US, one entry per person/email address per day. Ends August 11, 2008 @ 11:59pm PT
Grand Prize: (1 winner) Earnest AM I jean, digital photo cube, BeDazzler stud-setting tool with assorted studs and crystals, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 soundtrack CD, tank tee, mini-tote, charm key chain, visor, lip balm lanyard and beach ball (ARV $299)
Runners-Up: (4 winners) Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 soundtrack CD, tank tee, mini-tote, charm key chain, visor, lip balm lanyard and beach ball (ARV $65)
Food network tools for school
21+, US, one entry per person/email address per day. Ends September 2, 2008 @ 5:00pm ET
Prize: (1 winner) $55,000 check
LG Rally
13+, US, one entry per person/email address every 24-hours. Ends August 30, 2008 @ midnight ET
Grand Prize: (1 winner) LG 32" 720p flat-panel LCD HDTV (ARV $949.95)
First Prize: (5 winners) Verizon VX9700-Dare, AT&T CU920 VU or Alltel AX830 Glimmer mobile phone (ARV $409-$449)
Second Prize: (4 winners) LG 8" portable DVD player (ARV $209.95)
Third Prize: (7 winners) LG Bluetooth wireless headset (ARV $79.99)
Its a glam thing
Prizes (5): Hot Pants Cosmetics Op Art Mineral Eyeshadow kit and Light Up Lip Gloss tool (ARV $156).
Open to residents of the U.S. 18+ daily per person ends Sunday, August 31, 2008
Halloween Dream Sweepstakes
Grand prize:
Two night stay at the Historic Grace Manor Inn in Richmond, VA
Two tickets for Halloween Haunt at Kings Dominion
Two tickets to the Ashland Berry Farm Haunted Hayride
First prize:
A spooky getaway for four to the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, VA
Four tickets to Colonial Williamsburg’s Legends, Myths, Mysteries, and Ghosts walking tour.
Second prize:
Tickets for four to the Haunted Hayride and Barn at Cows-n-Corn in Midland, VA
A Halloween Dream gift basket.
Sweepstakes ends August 29, 2008
All you giveaways
First Prize: Westinghouse Digital 16" flip-style LCD HDTV (ARV $329).
Second Prizes (5): BIC Mark-It permanent markers, highlighters, dry-erase markers, pens, pencils, and Wite-Out (ARV $65).
Third Prizes (10): Selection of Westcott school tools (ARV $30).
Open to residents of the 50 United States & D.C. 21+ daily per person
ends Thursday, August 28, 2008
Sisterhood of traveling pants2
Open to all in the contiguous US, one entry per person/email address per day. Ends August 11, 2008 @ 11:59pm PT
Grand Prize: (1 winner) Earnest AM I jean, digital photo cube, BeDazzler stud-setting tool with assorted studs and crystals, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 soundtrack CD, tank tee, mini-tote, charm key chain, visor, lip balm lanyard and beach ball (ARV $299)
Runners-Up: (4 winners) Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 soundtrack CD, tank tee, mini-tote, charm key chain, visor, lip balm lanyard and beach ball (ARV $65)
Food network tools for school
21+, US, one entry per person/email address per day. Ends September 2, 2008 @ 5:00pm ET
Prize: (1 winner) $55,000 check
LG Rally
13+, US, one entry per person/email address every 24-hours. Ends August 30, 2008 @ midnight ET
Grand Prize: (1 winner) LG 32" 720p flat-panel LCD HDTV (ARV $949.95)
First Prize: (5 winners) Verizon VX9700-Dare, AT&T CU920 VU or Alltel AX830 Glimmer mobile phone (ARV $409-$449)
Second Prize: (4 winners) LG 8" portable DVD player (ARV $209.95)
Third Prize: (7 winners) LG Bluetooth wireless headset (ARV $79.99)
Its a glam thing
Prizes (5): Hot Pants Cosmetics Op Art Mineral Eyeshadow kit and Light Up Lip Gloss tool (ARV $156).
Open to residents of the U.S. 18+ daily per person ends Sunday, August 31, 2008
Halloween Dream Sweepstakes
Grand prize:
Two night stay at the Historic Grace Manor Inn in Richmond, VA
Two tickets for Halloween Haunt at Kings Dominion
Two tickets to the Ashland Berry Farm Haunted Hayride
First prize:
A spooky getaway for four to the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, VA
Four tickets to Colonial Williamsburg’s Legends, Myths, Mysteries, and Ghosts walking tour.
Second prize:
Tickets for four to the Haunted Hayride and Barn at Cows-n-Corn in Midland, VA
A Halloween Dream gift basket.
Sweepstakes ends August 29, 2008
All you giveaways
First Prize: Westinghouse Digital 16" flip-style LCD HDTV (ARV $329).
Second Prizes (5): BIC Mark-It permanent markers, highlighters, dry-erase markers, pens, pencils, and Wite-Out (ARV $65).
Third Prizes (10): Selection of Westcott school tools (ARV $30).
Open to residents of the 50 United States & D.C. 21+ daily per person
ends Thursday, August 28, 2008
winnings for July
I know that a lot of times, people think there is no use to enter contests online because they think no one ever wins. I thought I would post everything I have won in the month of July. I just started entereing contests again in July so I thought I had done really well this month for a beginner.
$25- Nokia/Verizon Joker's bag of cash,
5 song download from logitech,
$10 Esprit.com shopping voucher,
Get Smart Adult Movie Ticket from Subway,
High Sierra® Switch Blade 22" Sport Duffel Bag from Flavor Chase sweepstakes,
the other Boleyn girl dvd from sheknows.com
So keep on entering, you never know when the next winner could be you.
$25- Nokia/Verizon Joker's bag of cash,
5 song download from logitech,
$10 Esprit.com shopping voucher,
Get Smart Adult Movie Ticket from Subway,
High Sierra® Switch Blade 22" Sport Duffel Bag from Flavor Chase sweepstakes,
the other Boleyn girl dvd from sheknows.com
So keep on entering, you never know when the next winner could be you.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
RIP Estelle Getty
news report
"LOS ANGELES -- Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 84.
Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said her son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica.
"She was loved throughout the world in six continents, and if they loved sitcoms in Antarctica she would have been loved on seven continents," her son said. "She was one of the most talented comedic actresses who ever lived."
"The Golden Girls," featuring four female retirees sharing a house in Miami, grew out of NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff's belief that television was ignoring its older viewers.
Three of its stars had already appeared in previous series: Bea Arthur in "Maude," Betty White in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and Rue McClanahan in "Mama's Family." The last character to be cast was Sophia Petrillo, the feisty 80-something mother of Arthur's character. "
"LOS ANGELES -- Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 84.
Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said her son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica.
"She was loved throughout the world in six continents, and if they loved sitcoms in Antarctica she would have been loved on seven continents," her son said. "She was one of the most talented comedic actresses who ever lived."
"The Golden Girls," featuring four female retirees sharing a house in Miami, grew out of NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff's belief that television was ignoring its older viewers.
Three of its stars had already appeared in previous series: Bea Arthur in "Maude," Betty White in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and Rue McClanahan in "Mama's Family." The last character to be cast was Sophia Petrillo, the feisty 80-something mother of Arthur's character. "
Saturday, July 19, 2008
free songs
My daughter loves Willie Nelson so I got that one for her. Got this from Slickdeals.net
Zantac CD offer
UPC Codes:
681421031035
312547684101
312547686655
Get a FREE** Music CD
when you purchase any Zantac® product.
Choose from a series of "Best of" CDs featuring original recordings by these famous artists: Willie Nelson, Ray Charles, Teddy Pendergrass, Marvin Gaye, Juice Newton, Robert Goulet, Glenn Miller, and Aaron Neville.
**Limit one (1) free music CD per person, per household, address, or e-mail address. Requests must be made by 11:59 p.m. EST on 8/31/08. Offer only good for current legal residents of the 50 United States and Puerto Rico who are 18 years of age or older. Offer rights not transferable. Void where prohibited. Allow 4-6 weeks for shipment of music CD. Requests without zip codes or with post office boxes cannot be honored. Not valid in combination with any other offers. Fraudulent submission could result in federal prosecution under mail fraud statutes. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Sponsor”) is not responsible for delayed, postage-due, illegible, mutilated, late, lost, incomplete, stolen or misdirected mail. Sponsor will not honor requests that do not include all requested information. Offer ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on 8/31/08.
Roomful OF Blues Talkin' To You Eye To Eye - there is actually a whole bunch of mp3s for free here.
Amazon download
Skinny Jeans
Zantac CD offer
UPC Codes:
681421031035
312547684101
312547686655
Get a FREE** Music CD
when you purchase any Zantac® product.
Choose from a series of "Best of" CDs featuring original recordings by these famous artists: Willie Nelson, Ray Charles, Teddy Pendergrass, Marvin Gaye, Juice Newton, Robert Goulet, Glenn Miller, and Aaron Neville.
**Limit one (1) free music CD per person, per household, address, or e-mail address. Requests must be made by 11:59 p.m. EST on 8/31/08. Offer only good for current legal residents of the 50 United States and Puerto Rico who are 18 years of age or older. Offer rights not transferable. Void where prohibited. Allow 4-6 weeks for shipment of music CD. Requests without zip codes or with post office boxes cannot be honored. Not valid in combination with any other offers. Fraudulent submission could result in federal prosecution under mail fraud statutes. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Sponsor”) is not responsible for delayed, postage-due, illegible, mutilated, late, lost, incomplete, stolen or misdirected mail. Sponsor will not honor requests that do not include all requested information. Offer ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on 8/31/08.
Roomful OF Blues Talkin' To You Eye To Eye - there is actually a whole bunch of mp3s for free here.
Amazon download
Skinny Jeans
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Winning Wednesday
I have been doing a lot of contests online. In 2006 I was entering contests all the time and won a lot of stuff. Went to a couple of concerts for free and a year of Netflix and a few little prizes. My biggest win was my Olympus camera, retail value of $300.
I have only been doing contests a few days and I have won a few little things like some chips from Subway but I also won $25 from a contest. Not major money but better than no money :)
Congratulations! You've won $25*!
Ah, why so serious? And why are you still here? You won your prize and Gotham City could use a few good crime scenes - so let's go pick a fight with The Dark Knight! Just clickety-click the link to Gotham City. It won't be long before we run into Batman, I'm sure!
Fight for Gotham City
DISCLAIMER: Your prize will be delivered to the address you provided at registration within 4-6 weeks!
I also won $16 on the powerball drawing last night. Since I had spent $16 for the ticket at least for a change I broke even and its good until the end of the month so maybe I might come in ahead for once.
I have only been doing contests a few days and I have won a few little things like some chips from Subway but I also won $25 from a contest. Not major money but better than no money :)
Congratulations! You've won $25*!
Ah, why so serious? And why are you still here? You won your prize and Gotham City could use a few good crime scenes - so let's go pick a fight with The Dark Knight! Just clickety-click the link to Gotham City. It won't be long before we run into Batman, I'm sure!
Fight for Gotham City
DISCLAIMER: Your prize will be delivered to the address you provided at registration within 4-6 weeks!
I also won $16 on the powerball drawing last night. Since I had spent $16 for the ticket at least for a change I broke even and its good until the end of the month so maybe I might come in ahead for once.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Sunday Savings
Staples had a deal today that 8 pack pencils were 1 cent, sample size hand sanitizer was 1 cent, folders were 1 cent, and poly binders were a quarter. They also had some highlighters that were free after easy rebate. So for $1.22, I got 2 packs pencils, 2 hand sanitizers, 10 folder, 4 binders and the highlighters. (got up to limits allowed) I had my daughter go through the line also and she got everything but the highlighters also. I like to give the kids in the family back to school packs and these will go nicely in them. I went by Target on Friday night and they were having a clearance so I got pencil tins for .25, dry boards with marker, and pencils packs with 1 pencil, stickers, pouch and little memo pads for the boys all in Incredible Hulk for .25 each. I got the girls little Nemo dry boards with marker, little Mermaid diaries, small glitter glue, and little gel pens. I am hoping to find some paper on sale before taking the back to school packs to the kids. I also got my nephews some little supplies for camping, there is little splinter kits, sample first aid kits, water bottles, and emergency blankets. Going to take that stuff down next weekend so will probably take their back to school kits at the same time.
I also went by Foodlion because I needed cat food and saw they had some ham on sale buy 1 lb and get 1 lb free. I had a catalina for $2.00 off deli meat so for $4.37 I got 12.76 worth of ham.
The rest of the day I have been scanning pictures from my albums. We had a leak and quite a number of my picts got ruined so now I am scanning everything so it won't happen again. I am going to burn them all to cd but also upload them to photobucket so anyone in the family can get whatever ones they want also.
I also went by Foodlion because I needed cat food and saw they had some ham on sale buy 1 lb and get 1 lb free. I had a catalina for $2.00 off deli meat so for $4.37 I got 12.76 worth of ham.
The rest of the day I have been scanning pictures from my albums. We had a leak and quite a number of my picts got ruined so now I am scanning everything so it won't happen again. I am going to burn them all to cd but also upload them to photobucket so anyone in the family can get whatever ones they want also.
Friday, July 04, 2008
Happy 4th of July
What a wonderful holiday this is. I love being able to celebrate that fact that we are free. No matter what other people may say America is still awesome. Why else do you think people are still trying to get in? I especially love the fact that I don't have to work and its a 3 day weekend. But lets all remember to give thanks to those who made sure we were free and remember those who are away from home fighting for freedom's sake.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Some artwork
Here are some pictures of work by a couple of very talented men.
Julian Beevers
This man is so amazing. I love his work.
Paul Ingram
This man is so talented. Here are a few of his carvings. Notice that everything is carved from wood. Its just amazing that anyone is that talented.
And here is a link to his flickr acct to view more of his work
http://www. flickr. com/photos/paul_ingram/
Julian Beevers
This man is so amazing. I love his work.
Paul Ingram
This man is so talented. Here are a few of his carvings. Notice that everything is carved from wood. Its just amazing that anyone is that talented.
And here is a link to his flickr acct to view more of his work
http://www. flickr. com/photos/paul_ingram/
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
MRSA
Back in September, I was diagnosed with MRSA. The dr's gave me a round of antibotics and that was it. They acted like once I was done with that round of antibotics I would be cured. Even when I went back several visits with health issues, nothing was said about MRSA. Since last September I have had boils and sores constantly no matter how often I bathe. I have tried every weird remedy I have read about online. I even tried bathing in bleach. Now I find out MRSA can kill you even if you aren't old or very young or sick to start with. I have had numerous health issues since last September and at no point did anyone indicate that it could have been from MRSA.
I have decided to take matters in hand and learn all I can online about this disease and how to get over it. I just turned 40 and my granddaughter will be 1 this month. I am not ready to die yet.
Here is something from the Mayo Clinic about MRSA.
Introduction
MRSA infection is caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria — often called "staph." MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It's a strain of staph that's resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics commonly used to treat it. MRSA can be fatal.
Most MRSA infections occur in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers. It's known as health care-associated MRSA, or HA-MRSA. Older adults and people with weakened immune systems are at most risk of HA-MRSA. More recently, another type of MRSA has occurred among otherwise healthy people in the wider community. This form, community-associated MRSA, or CA-MRSA, is responsible for serious skin and soft tissue infections and for a serious form of pneumonia.
I have CA-MRSA.
I have decided to take matters in hand and learn all I can online about this disease and how to get over it. I just turned 40 and my granddaughter will be 1 this month. I am not ready to die yet.
Here is something from the Mayo Clinic about MRSA.
Introduction
MRSA infection is caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria — often called "staph." MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It's a strain of staph that's resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics commonly used to treat it. MRSA can be fatal.
Most MRSA infections occur in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers. It's known as health care-associated MRSA, or HA-MRSA. Older adults and people with weakened immune systems are at most risk of HA-MRSA. More recently, another type of MRSA has occurred among otherwise healthy people in the wider community. This form, community-associated MRSA, or CA-MRSA, is responsible for serious skin and soft tissue infections and for a serious form of pneumonia.
I have CA-MRSA.
