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I received this in an email and wanted to share it. The link is always located in my sidebar, but as a reminder, I’m placing it here too.  Please click!

Please tell ten friends to tell ten today! The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on ‘donating a mammogram’ for free (pink window in the middle).
This doesn’t cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram in exchange for advertising.

Tags: breast cancer, mammograms

I’ve only been blogging since last July, and I have said it before and I’m saying it now, I am totally addicted. My husband and daughter will attest to this, my name is Lynne and I have a problem.

I was surfing through blogs this evening and I couldn’t believe that I found the cutest little guy to go in my sidebar showing me as a member of the Blogoholics Anonymous club. If you want your own, visit Livin’ With Me! to get your very own copy and join the club, we are not alone!

Tags: blogging

This has been a busy week, culminated by a very busy morning this morning. I finally have a moment to sit down and so wanted to get my favorite meme done, Four Foods on Friday and you should feel free to join in. Simply stop by and give Valmg a visit and let her know you’re participating!

#1. Steak. Plain, steak sauce, hot sauce, ketchup or something else? I love steak, wish we could have it more often! If it’s a really tender, well cooked piece of meat, I’ll eat it plain. If it’s lacking in flavor, I’ll use A-1 on it. If it’s prime rib, I have to have my horseradish.

#2. Water. Flavored, plain, carbonated. How do you like it? Here at home we’re drinking bottled water because I’ve been unable to get my ice maker connected and I have to have my water cold. I can’t drink it out of the tap. If I’m at a restaurant, I drink ice water with a slice of lemon.

#3. What’s your favorite kind of waffle? I like a simple, plain Belgian waffle with butter and maple syrup. Occasionally I enjoy having blueberries in the waffle.

#4. If you could have any one new small appliance for your kitchen what would it be and why? Considering I have a cupboard full of unused small appliances, this is difficult. I wouldn’t mind having a new ice tea maker since I seem to have lost parts to mine. I’m also beginning to think I would enjoy having one of those robotic floor sweeps/vacuums to keep my hardwood floors free from dog hair.

Tags: foods, meme

I hope you’ve noticed that I’m attempting to sell some of the fabric bags that I’ve created. I have a few for sale in my right sidebar.

In my attempt to sell my creations, I have found another Online Auction Site I may have to try. The listings include everything from antiques to movies and possibly in the near future, my fabric bags!

What do you think? Are auction sites appealing to you? Do you use them? Are you a buyer or a seller?

Tags: auction sites, fabric bags, online auction site

I am certainly not a very good meal planner. Some days are better than others, but there are many days when I’m scrambling in the afternoon to try to decide what I feel like cooking AND what I have the ingredients to make. This planning problem spills over into my grocery shopping. I have a tendency to purchase the same ingredients over and over and that pretty much limits what I can create for meals.

Elizabeth at Mom Cooks has introduced me to emealsforyou.com and I am determined to get better at meal planning with the help of this great website. “emealsforyou.com is an on-line service for customized web-based meal planning, recipes, shopping lists, wine pairings, techniques and ideas. We’ll provide you with meal plans and recipes you will love and more importantly, your kids will eat.

Simply make your choices from hundreds of recipes and meal plans or create your own from our recipes, complete with photos. Point and click and you have the recipes and shopping lists ready to print on your printer.” So, not only can I plan meals in advance, but by using their site, I’ll be able to plan and then print off my grocery list. I look at this as a way to make the entire process more enjoyable and allow me to add more variety into our daily meals.

If you head on over to Elizabeth’s site you can enter her contest to win a free 10 year membership to emealsforyou.com valued at $310! The contest ends at 9:00 A.M. February 27, so don’t waste any time, get over there and enter! This is a fabulous prize!

Tags: contests, emealsforyou.com, meal planner, mom cooks, recipes

This week I have been so focused on getting my Texas driver’s license that I decided it was an appropriate subject for my second Thursday Thirteen.

After spending several hours studying for a written test that I wound up not having to take (thank goodness), I decided to post 13 of the 84 questions that are on the driver’s license review. These are potential questions on the actual test.  I leave it to you to figure out the answers. 

1. What does a “Do Not Pass” sign mean?
2. How should you react when a traffic officer tells you to do something which is ordinarily considered to be against the law?
3. What effects does the use of marijuana and amphetamine have on driving?
4. How should you react to a flashing red light?
5. What action should you take if you fail to receive the renewal notice card reminding you that your driver liecense is about to expire?
6. Once the brakes have been applied, about how many feet does a car which was going 70 mph travel before it comes to a stop?
7. About how many feet will the average driver going 50 mph travel from the moment he sees danger until he hits the brakes?
8. What should you do if you discover you are in the wrong lane to make a turn as you enter an intersection?
9. What is carbon monoxide, and how may it be harmful to drivers?  (clue:  the word deadly is in the answer to the first part of this question)
10. What regulation should a bicycle rider observe?  (I thought I was studying for the driver test, not the cyclist test)
11. When are bicyclists allowed to ride two abreast in a traffic lane?
12. What should you do when coming onto a street from a private alley or driveway?
13. What are the penalties for minors (persons under the age of 21) convicted of non-driving alcohol related offenses?  (if they’re not driving, why is it on the driving test?)

Tags: driver's license, Thursday Thirteen

The post just before this one shows that I’m more of a cat person than a dog person, that certainly doesn’t mean I don’t like dogs. This little one for example. This is Plinko for those of you who don’t know. She is my daughter’s dog, however, I’m the one that spend days with her while my daughter is at school. The dog tends to keep her eye on me at all times, even when she’s trying to make me think she’s asleep. See that little eyeball peaking at me?!

Tags: puggle, puppy, Wordless Wednesday

You Are: 40% Dog, 60% Cat

You and cats have a lot in common. You’re both smart and in charge - with a good amount of attitude. However, you do have a very playful side that occasionally comes out!

Are You More Cat or Dog?

 This was no surprise to me, I’d rather own a cat than a dog, but don’t tell Plinko!  It’s actually been a long time since I’ve owned a cat, probably because I’m the only one in this little family that would like to own a cat.  I guess it’s a good thing that Plinko is part cat (or at least it seems that way at times!) 

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Besides the fact that I don’t like birthdays anymore, I just simply don’t like getting older. The reason I don’t like getting older is all the changes that seem to be going on in my body, most recently, my skin. Please, I’m in my 40’s and for the first time in my life, I’m experiencing acne! WTH?!

I never had acne as a teenager. That’s not to say I haven’t had the occasional zit or two, but I’m telling you, over the last few weeks, I feel like I’m having a sever break out on my forehead, chin and the back of my neck. I wash my face everyday, I shower every morning. I take great care in what facial products I use, using high end, no preservative make up and lotions. I’m also sensitive to fragrance, so I make sure my facial products have no scent. I’m thinking that age isn’t the only contributing factor here, but the change from living in the very dry Midwest to living in the more humid south.

I was doing some research on skin care looking for the best product for my skin and I stumbled across an online radio show hosted by Celeste Hilling. It’s a weekly, free radio show titled “Skin Health Today” and seems to be full of good, useful information. The shows listeners are allowed to interact and give their own input. I found it very interesting that one of their topics was “Acne: Not just for teens anymore”! Now that’s a topic I can certainly relate to.

If you’re looking for information like I am, on skin care, check out www.WorldTalkRadio.com.

Tags: Celeste Hilling, skin care, skin health, worldtalkradio com

I don’t have a picture this week because I’m back to tackling paper work and to-do lists.

I managed to get quite a bit of filing done over the weekend and have really been concentrating on a few major items on my to-do list. The item I am currently working on is getting my Texas driver’s license. I spent some time this morning gathering all of the necessary documentation and identification together so that when I go to apply for my driver’s license, I’ll have everything I need. Now, I just have to hope I can pass the written test.

The good news is that the Texas Department of Public Safety has a copy of the driver’s handbook online. The bad news is, it’s 104 pages long. There is no way I am printing all of that, so this morning, I spent about an hour just reading through it. When I got to the end, I found a practice test, 84 questions! I printed the 3 pages of questions and then spent the next three hours researching the answers.

Many of the questions are common sense, what shape is a stop sign, etc. Others, are more obscure. When can bicyclists ride two abreast? Some are somewhat difficult. When a driver’s vehicle is traveling at 50 mph, how many feet does it travel before he reacts to an obstruction. How many more feet does it travel after the driver reacts?

My plan is to go to the DPS office tomorrow morning after dropping my daughter off at school. I will have to fill out the application for the license and take the test. I’ve been told to plan on being there for several hours. I will be surrendering my Illinois driver’s license, so I shouldn’t have to take the driving portion of the test.

Wish me luck!

If you have something you’ve tackled and would like to participate, head on over to 5 Minutes for Mom and grab the code.

Tags: tackle it Tuesday, texas department of public safety