HAPPY NEW YEAR

2008 has only a few hours left to survive, then its on to 2009!!!

I wish each and every one of you a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year.

I will be back right after I get the house defrocked, and everything gets back to normal....

Enjoy your family and friends and keep safe!

Hugs,
Marie

Merry Christmas

Well, guess you noticed I haven't been around.... I've been busy getting ready for Christmas....baking, buying, and wrapping. I just love this time of year even though it is so hectic. To make it more perfect, we got snow yesterday and it looks just like a picture when the lights twinkle on the snow covered bushes.

I want to wish all of you a Very Merry Christmas and a healthy and Happy New Year.
Hope to be around here more after the holidays....

Hugs,
Marie

Send our troops a Holiday Card

Thanks to Wanda from my local Freecycle group, I'm posting the right address to send Holiday cards to our troops.
Please try to get all your friends involved and lets make Christmas a little bit brighter to all the men and women who help to keep our country safe.


Cards should be mailed to:

Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD. 20791-5456

OOOPS, I goofed!

I was told by a very sweet woman that the address for sending Christmas cards to recovering soldiers was a spoof. I'm really sorry I didn't check Snopes before posting it here.....If anyone has the correct address to send cards to our recovering heroes, please post a comment on here and I will make the change.
Sorry again, and thanks so much for visiting my blog.

Hugs,
Marie

I received this from a dear friend who writes a newsletter for her neighborhood, and she asked me to pass this along....It is my sincere pleasure to do so. I have a very soft spot in my heart for Veterans as my Dear Husband served his country for 25 years and I am very proud of him and every man and woman who helps keep our Dear Country of the United States of America a free place to live.



Thanksgiving
A day for family, food,
parades and football.
This year as you
give thanks please,
“Remember our Military.”

A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS CARD

I received this in an email and thought it was such a wonderful idea, I wanted to pass it on here in the hopes we can get thousands of Christmas cards to the courageous men and women who put their lives at risk for our safety.


When doing your Christmas cards this year, take one card and
send it to this address. If we pass this on and everyone sends one card, think of how many cards these wonderful special people who have sacrificed so much would get.

When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include the following:

A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington, D.C. 20307-5001



If you approve, please pass it on.

HELP FEED THE HUNGRY!

Join the effort against childhood hunger
Cascade® has always been known for cleaning dishes. But this holiday season, Cascade is helping to fill them. Cascade and Feeding America™ have teamed up to donate up to 4 million meals* to children in need, and you can join the effort. Simply click the “donate a meal” button and contribute a meal to a hungry child. Donate a meal today, and don‘t forget to let your friends know how simple it is to support this important cause. You can also learn more about how to get involved locally with Feeding America and how to enter a chance to win 25,000 meals donated in your name in the Cascade Feeds America Sweepstakes.

Simply click on the link and help feed the hungry.

http://www.cascadeclean.com/en_US/cascadefeedsamerica/home.do

FREE PHONE AND AIRTIME

SafeLink Wireless is a government supported program that provides a free cell phone and airtime each month for income-eligible customers.

Times are tough and everything is so expensive, some people don't have enough $$ for everything. This is a gr8 way to be able to have free phone service if you qualify.

Hope this will be of help to someone who needs it.

I'd luv if you'd post a comment if you've been able to use this service.

FREE DR PEPPER!

Free 20 oz. Dr. Pepper to celebrate new Guns N’ Roses album (valid 11/23 only)
DR PEPPER TO DELIVER ON ITS PROMISE –READIES COUPONS FOR ALL AMERICANS TO CELEBRATE RELEASE OF NEW GUNS N’ ROSES ALBUMPLANO, Texas (Oct. 22, 2008) – Don’t cry, Guns n’ Roses fans. The agonizing wait for the 17 years-in-the-making masterpiece Chinese Democracy will finally be over (fingers crossed) on Nov. 23, 2008. Sure, there have been more rumored release dates than the 23 flavors of Dr Pepper, but if Chinese Democracy hits stores as announced today, it’s going to be so easy, easy for every American to get a free Dr Pepper as promised.
“We never thought this day would come,” said Tony Jacobs, vice president of marketing for Dr Pepper. “But now that it’s here all we can say is: The Dr Pepper’s on us.”

Dr Pepper is ready to give out free soda coupons to every American when the album releases on Nov. 23, 2008. If you'd like to get a free Dr Pepper just follow these simple steps:

1. On the Nov. 23, 2008 release date, go to http://slickdeals.net/?sduid=4862&sdtid=971899&sdfid=4&u2=http://www.drpepper.com2. Register your information to receive a coupon for one free 20-oz. Dr Pepper.3. When your coupon arrives, redeem it wherever Dr Pepper is sold.
Coupons will be available for 24 hours, starting at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on Nov. 23, 2008. Allow 4-6 weeks for coupon to arrive. Coupons will expire on Feb. 28, 2009. Limit one coupon per person. Full terms and conditions available at http://www.drpepper.com/

Give this lil Angel a vote

I've entered our Granddaughter Angelina in a photo contest....clicking here will give this lil cutie your vote...

http://www.focalpress.com/contest_item.aspx?category=30&id=1293

Thanks bunches from this proud Grammie!

Chef's spoon

The Chefs spoons from Contadina are all gone....hope you got in on time to get one!

Here's a lil FREEBIE for ya!

Free Contadina Chef's cooking spoon

http://www.condenet.com/promo/contadina/sweeps/contadinaspoongiveaway/entry/long/


While supplies last.......Gotta hurry on this one!

Click to give FREE mammograms...sooooo easy to do.

www.thebreastcancercite.com

Click on the above link to give free mammograms. You can do it everyday..... and it also links to other cites where you can click to give. See the tabs at the top.

Thanks Sue for bringing this to my attention....lets all click away to make sure everyone can get their mammagrams.

October is breast cancer awareness month..lets all help

A dear friend sent this on to me and I thought if we all do this small test we can help in the fight against breast cancer.


If you go to Purina cat chow's web site & take a test on your knowledge of breast cancer they will donate $1. to the Susan G. Komen foundation. The questions are not difficult & you keep going until you guess right. Only 5 questions.

http://www.catchow.com/pink/?DCMP...HQS=donate

A very nice FREEBIE from Oprah

Every year I enter Oprah's Spring Ahead Contest hoping to receive one of her fantastic gift bags and each year I'm not one of the lucky ones...well this year I wasn't a winner again, but I did receive a small Dior mascara & small Dior Capture eye treatment in the mail today from O Magazine!!!! That was very nice and I hope everyone else gets one too....

Heres a freebie for Senseo owners

For anyone that owns a Senseo coffee brewer, I found this very short survey that will repay you with a bag of pods! Not bad for FREE...

Go here and do the short survey.

http://www.onlineregister.com/senseo/survey/

Remembering 9/11 in breathtaking pictures.

These pictures were borrowed from my dear friend Anjie's blog. I'm sure she wouldn't mind me sharing them all with you.

My prayers are for all the survivors whose lives were so tragically changed that day, and all those that met such an untimely death.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

remembering 9/11: a picture is worth.............
1000 words I am just captivated by this photo essay, no words are needed........... check it outHEREMy heart, thoughts and prayers are with the survivors and the families of the fallen today.........

SIGN UP FOR POSSIBLE PRODUCT TESTING

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HERE'S A FREEBIE FOR YOU!

SHARING A FREEBIE WITH YOU!

In order to increase awareness of dryer vent safety, DVW is offering Tips & Tools. Homeowners & community groups are encouraged to download the Tips brochure and the video, "Don´t Let Your Dryer Start a Fire, Keep Your Home Safe and Sound". FREE dryer vent safety check kits that help identify dryer vent problems can also be ordered!

ENTER TO WIN THIS GR8 ITEM!!!

My dear friend, Anjie, who by the way, is THE QUEEN OF LIVING LAVISHLY FOR LESS, AND THE ABSOLUTE BEST ON THE NET, is giving away this gr8 item this month....make sure you enter to win...I'll be crossing my fingers and toes too, I'd just luv to win one...

FLBYU IS GIVING AWAY 5 of these THIS MONTH! GOTTA BE IN IT TO WIN IT! ITS EASY TO GET IN JUST MAKE A COMMENT! EXTRA ENTRIES CAN BE EARNED (scroll down for those details)
all you have to do is comment on this post on her blog for ONE ENTRY!
http://www.flbyu.blogspot.com/GOOD LUCK ! 5 LUCKY WINNERS WILL BE SELECTED VIA RANDOM GENERATOR on SEPT 10th!
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EXTRA ENTRIES
if you have a blog and make a post about this contest or my site..... you can also send me the link to your post (via comment here) and you will get 2nd entry! DONT HAVE A BLOG? MAKE ONE! ITS FREE HERE ON BLOGGER! HAVE 2 BLOGS? POST ON BOTH!
ADDITIONAL ENTRIES can be made by Posting about this contest or my blog or site on another site / forum/blog and post the link on my blog, YEP another entry!LAST BUT NOT LEAST, add a link to your EBAY ABOUT ME PAGE or YOUR MYSPACE / FACEBOOK ETC and you can get another entry!-- Living Lavishly For Lesshttp://www.freelancebyu.com/

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS

To support the troops, HBO and its corporate partners are donating products that our troops most frequently request. Visit www.genkilltroopdrive.com and add one product to our shipment - free of charge. Click here and you can select an item to add to HBO's care packages - at no cost to you. Simply log on and click to contribute."Generation Kill," a seven-part original miniseries, premieres Sunday, July 13 at 9pm, only on HBO.
Marie's Message:Pick an item and HBO will send it to our troups overseas....this is totally free and only item per addy.

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY RELAY FOR LIFE

A dear friend had this posted on her blog, and as a Mom and Grammie, it tugged at my heart. I felt I had to post this to do something to help this family.....

I usually don't do this but, these children are good friends with my children
I have been knowing their parents since we were all children ourselves.
I'm asking if you wouldn't mind adding this to your blogs as well.
Here is a copy from my blog...
This benfits children who suffer with cancer in our own area...
Thanks Ladies for any help on this topic...
Lahia
American Cancer Society Relay For Life
Sebastian & Sloan Vegas are good friends with my children (The Moon Dogs),they are raising money for American Cancer Society Relay For Life in our town. We are asking if you would pleasetake time to donate a dollar amount to help the children who have cancerfor better treatment to heal & get well. Link below is directed to Sebastian's page You can donate Online OR print out a forum & mail in your check.The last day for collecting money is by 4:00pm Central Time on Tuesday, August 26, 2008Relay For Life LinkThank You All So Very Much!!

THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT BUYING TIRES.

Everyone should watch this news segment concerning tires....Commercial is first...so please wait 30 seconds for the news. http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897

Watch this! You won't regret it...................

JOIN IN THE FIGHT!

Monday, July 7, 2008

MADE IN AMERICA (?)
Like baseball, apple pie and ice cold beer (wrapped in a red, white and blue label), Anheuser-Busch is an American original. Founded in St. Louis, Missouri, AB represents the spirit of our country, giving millions of Americans the "pursuit of happiness" through its high quality products and thousands of great paying jobs. Generations of Americans have grown up loving AB products and have appreciated its committment to our communities.Now, our city, our state, our nation and our workers are being threatened with the loss of A-B to foreign investors.With your help we can fight the foreign invasion of A-B. We will fight to protect this American treasure. We will take to the Internet, to the streets, to the marble halls of our capitals, whatever it takes to stop the invasion.Join us and join the fight! Sign the on-line petition today.

FIREWORKS GALORE

As promised I'm back with my report on the fireworks.....first let me tell you a little about our dog, Nika....she's a 12 year old German Shepherd who is scared to death of fireworks and thunderstorms...hmmm, guess you know where I'm going with this. Anyway, on the 4th of July we gave her a half of a doggie tranquilizer that our vet had given us for her....she remained calm and we even were able to take her outside while the fireworks from our street were going on...they were very nice, but nothing specatular or loud..so the on the 4th all was well....on the 5th of July was another entirely different story. We went up to my son and daughter in laws home as they were having a gathering for family and friends and setting off fireworks as well as our towns fireworks. Did we give Nika a tranquilizer? No, we thought she'd be ok ...... we weren't going to be that long, plus we kept the air conditioner on and the fans going and figured she wouldn't hear the outside noise that much...... The fireworks were spectacular, my son really outdid himself...and they lasted and lasted and we stayed much longer than we anticipated...

When we came in the door we noticed things knocked off the end table, but no big deal.... cleaned it up then we went to bed!!!!! Thats when things got a little messy....apparently Nika needed her "PaPa" and layed on his side of the bed (she had neva gotten on the bed before to our knowledge) and PEED, and PEED, and PEED!!!!!!! Needless to say there was work to be done, and no sleeping on the bed that night! Today my clothes line is full of sheets, blanket, mattress pads and pillow cases...and on top of all that ITS GOING TO RAIN.... Happy 6th of July fellow readers!!!!!

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOPE YOU HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY....

This Grammie has had a perfect 4th of July so far... we had a cookout earlier today with our children, stepchildren, lots of grandchildren, in laws and ex's too.....gr8 food, and perfect company......next come the fireworks. Will let you all know how gr8 they turn out.

Gonna Be a Bear

A dear friend sent this to me and just had to share with all of you...I just thought it was too funny....

In this life I'm a woman. In my next life, I'd like to come back as a bear. When you're a bear, you get to hibernate. You do nothing but sleep for six months. I could deal with that.

Before you hibernate, you're supposed to eat yourself stupid. I could deal with that too.

When your a girl bear, you birth your children,(who are the size of walnuts) while you're sleeping and wake to partially grown, cute, cuddly cubs. I could definitely deal with that.

If you're mama bear, everyone knows you mean business. You swat anyone who bothers your cubs. If your cubs get out of line, you swat them too. I could deal with that.

If you're a bear, your mate EXPECTS you to wake up growling. He EXPECTS that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat.

YUP, gonna be a bear!

Wanna find a Wii?? I found just the place!

I've been looking for a Wii for such a long time now, and every time a store advertises them in stock, when I get there, you guessed it, they are all sold out. I neva had any luck online either unless of course I wanted to buy a "Wii bundle" at a price higher than I wanted to pay. And even they were hard to come by. All I really wanted was the Wii, no games, (I wanted the buy the games I wanted, not what the stores wanted to sell me)Anyway, I found this site ....http://www.nowinstock.net/. I joined and I must say I did miss some of Justin's alerts only because I wasn't online...but in 2 weeks I had my hard to find Wii delivered to my home. I was so thrilled to be able to get it at the regular store price, nothing overinflated, and with very reasonable shipping. My next hard to find purchase is a Wii Fit game and so I emailed Justin to see if they did alerts for them...well, they do, and I'm sure in no time I will be able to find one of those too.....so check out his site for any hard to find game console or game for that matter too...he's a really nice guy and you'll be glad you signed up with him...go here and check out his site. http://www.nowinstock.net/

50 Days of Summer Contest

Join WonderBrains

for 50 Days of Summer!

WonderBrains is hosting a contest in conjunction with their “50 Days Of Summer Fun” extravaganza on their weblog! One lucky winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to the WonderBrains store, to be awarded in August at the end of their “50 Days” journey. That’s $50 to use on gifts, back-to-school items, anything you want at the WonderBrains store! So, how can you enter?

• You must have a blog to enter. Don’t have a blog? Well, now is the time to get one!
• Copy the code below to add their “50 Days” button to your blog. Your button may be in your header or sidebar of your blog, but it must be there and must stay up for the duration of the contest.
• Write a post, advertising this awesome giveaway they’re having, and link back to this post. The more, the merrier!
• Leave a comment on this post, letting us know you’re done. And that’s it!

Winner will be announced August 15th here on their weblog. Check back each week for ideas and activities to keep you and your kids having fun this summer, and be sure to share your own ideas with them as well!

Happy Summer!

Protect our privacy!!!

Protect our private health and financial information sent to foreign countries
You can view this petition at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/tell-a-friend/1019694

Please sign the petition "Protect our private health and financial information sent to foreign countries". I'm asking you to sign this petition to help us reach our goal of 1,000 signatures. I care deeply about this cause, and I hope you will support our efforts.

What a discovery I made today!!!!!

Oh my God, I can't believe what I discovered today...I had to share with all of you...if any of my sisters out there "enhance" their hair like I do, hope this helps you.
I decided this morning that today was the day to "enhance" my hair...mind you I didn't say color as I have no grays to hide (roflmao) rather I enhance the natural highlights in my otherwise drab hair. I'm a licensed cosmetologist, but that doesn't help when I'm doing my own hair. As Marilyn said this week when she was getting a bath from her water heater, picture Lucy and Ethel "enhancing" their hair and you can imagine what I do when I'm doing mine. I have to literally line the floor, vanity and anything else in site when I'm applying Nice N Easy #117 to my hair. Well, anyway, when I was almost done applying the color I noticed a spot on my sink and wanted to get it off before it stained it permanently. I picked up a new Mr Clean Eraser and took off the mark....hmmmm, at this point I have color all over my hairline, ears, and some unfortunately on my arms and neck......what the heck, if Mr Clean works on walls and everything else, why not try it on me! OH MY GOD IT WORKED LIKE A MIRACLE! No stains on me anywhere!!!!!!! Just a lil swipe and all traces of unwanted signs of color were gone.... now to contact Mr Clean and tell them my good news.....had to share it with all of you, and hope you got a good chuckle out of my experience too...
Hugs,
Marie

Grammie