***WIN $50....

I have just entered a contest for a chance to win 50 bucks! :0) Who couldn't us and extra $50 especially this time of year and it's also helping someone at the same time which can be just as much rewarding in itself :0)

Mel from Mel in a Nutshell is trying to increase her google page rank so as she says it " you've got to spend money to make money". She is willing to give away $50 just for taking the time to visit her site and post about her blog and contest. I might not win the money but I did come across a site that I really enjoyed and will be visiting quite often. Mel, I'm adding you to my list of favorite blogs! If you want a chance to win $50 just click on Mel's really cute little badge below or click here to check out her blog.

LAST MINUTE BOOKINGS

Living away from our family means a lot of time travelling on a regular basis for visiting, however with us not all our travelling plans are done a head of time which leaves us with booking Last Minute Hotel Rooms. This usually isn't an issue for us with the off season months but a couple of years ago during our March Break we had decided at the last minute to go away for the week with the kids. Well do you think it was easy to book a room last minute at this one particular hotel we wanted to stay at? This hotel offered a great indoor pool and was attached to an indoor amusement park! How great is that? We were lucky enough to get the last room available but this made me realize that we shouldn't leave booking our hotel room to the last minute.

Booking Last Minute Hotel Rooms can be hard to find but it doesn't have to be that way with hotelshopuk.com. Hotelshop specialized in last minute bookings in a 2 -5 star hotel accommodation and short breaks though out the U.K. This website is user friendly with an easy layout where you can check out their hotel search and select the type of hotel you prefer or search by the kind of break you are looking for whether it's short breaks, adult breaks or London breaks. Hotelshop also offers you group bookings, gift vouchers and special offers. Now you don't have to panic if you are booking last minute, hotelshop will offer you the help you need.

***THANK YOU....:0)

Thank you so very very much Anna for the much needed help with something very frustrating that was happening yesterday with one of my ppp opps ($65) that kept being rejected anyway with Anna's great suggestion I looked into the possible problem and corrected it right away (was not in my post) then re-submitted my post to ppp. Just a few minutes ago it was APPROVED :0)

Anna you are the best and I have an award here for you to show my appreciation!

***GETTING A MORTGAGE

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***BEE-UTIFUL DAY!

Good Day to all my 'bee'utiful Family & Friends Bee busyDoing what You Love to do.

Bee trueTo the Dreams God's given You.

Bee sure To Taste the Sweetness of each day

Bee sillyGiggle lots...take off and play.

Bee Bold Enough to Trust Your Wings and Fly.

Bee-lieve The Power of Prayer will get You by.
Bee HappyKeep Your Outlook Bright and Sunny.

Bee Yourself...Bee-causeYou really are a Honey!!!!!!

SPRING TRAINING BASEBALL TICKETS

The start of a new baseball season is the sign of the end of another long winter. Living in the maritime provinces in Canada we don't get an opportunity to see MLB action live. Having always been a huge baseball fan my husband has been hinting around for the last few months that he would like to take a trip to Chicago to see some real Cubs action. We are in the process of planning a trip down to Arizona this spring so I have been checking out different websites online to find the tickets. I came across Spring Training tickets to the Cubs on a secure website where I was also able to check the status ans schedule of games online. Now if the boss will let him get the time off work we will be all set to go!

***NIGHTY NIGHT EVERYONE :0)

Oh what a day it has been. I got so caught up in getting a rejected post fixed (seriously all day) that I didn't have time to blog hop. I always feel I'm letting some of you down when I don't stop into your blogs to see how things are going. My hubby is making the kids lunches for tomorrow and I am heading off to bed as soon as I finish up a ppp opportunity. Looking forward to a less frustrating day tomorrow, fingers crossed! Good Night :0)

Finding Better Care

It is always hard when it comes time to make a huge decision on how and where to get better care for an elderly family member. Sometimes it's just to much for us to give a parent or grandparent the care they really need. I have watched and listened to many people and family members discuss about different nursing homes and which one would offer the best care.

Better Caring is a website that is a dedicated service for anyone who needs answers to very important questions about getting better care for loved ones or even themselves. One thing I liked about his website is that it's easy to navigate layout and their care home search will help you find registered Nursing Homes. Here you can also check out care options, news and views and have you say. Users of this website can discuss their own experiences within the care system through the site community forum. Don't go it alone, get the help you need in finding better care. You deserve it!

***HELP ME SOMEBODY >>>> :0(

I spent a whole day doing an opp for ppp that pays $65, it contained a video and we had a great time. However today it was rejected twice. No there is nothing wrong with the video or post itself they are just looking for one of the 3rd party links. Well today I spent pretty much the whole day trying to fix the problem but nothing. I have since discovered that I think the problem is in the disclosure requirement (the colored badge that says sponsored by....) it keep coming up that there is an error and as soon as I delete it the error is gone. And for the life of me I can't fix the problem. This disclosure requirement is different from all the other one I have done and the code is totally different. When done properly when you move your mouse over the badge a small add or something should pop up and that's what mine won't do. Now can you see why I am so frustrated with it....This $65 just isn't going to happen if I can't solve the problem...

Can anyone help me here, I am desperate....I have 2 days left to work on it before it's deleted.

Wish me luck! GRRRR!

SAVE WITH COUPONS

When shopping this holiday season you don't have to shop at retail stores o get the great deals and saving. Shopping online is no different offering online coupon lists, ncnatural.com is a Coupon site that offers The Big List of Online Coupons and discounts and is updated on a daily basis with many offers from hundreds of merchants and I am sure you will be able to find coupons quick and easy with their simple layout.

This holiday season one of my favorite places to shop for my children is Disney and with Disney coupons I will get the savings I am looking for and with great offers from Dell coupons I am able to get the laptop that I have been wanting for some time. Who would have thought saving money online could be so easy.

***MAKING A LIST....

Well you know how it goes....today I am making a list and checking it twice - no not to find out who's naughty or nice but to see what I have left to buy the kids for Christmas. Next week is a big week for us to get most of our shopping done and I can concentrate on getting the gifts wrapped. I am not usually this far behind, in fact my wrapping would usually be done by now....Blake (3) is our hard one to buy for this year, he doesn't show a whole lot of interest in one particular toy so what do we get him? One good thing about his age is that he will be happy with anything we get him :0)

Job Placement

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A.E. Feldman are headhunters that will work with you with executive and management consulting and their contacts, knowledge and feel for their field of work will help them make a match for the job. Check out their website and let A.E. Feldman find the right placement for you. Let them to their job and that's to help you.

***THANKS FOR THE ADD....

I just wanted to say thank you to all the great people/friends that I have met through blogging. You are all so great and I enjoy sharing ideas and leaving comments for each and everyone of you. Today I got to welcome another friend to my list of favorite blogs. I blog hopped across Jenn's blog the other day at Enjoying the Ride and really enjoyed her blog and I am looking forward to getting to know her better. Another great thing about blogging is that you can never have to many friends :0)

***MOVIE NIGHT...

One thing that we love doing as a family is getting out to see movies at the movie theatre and let me tell you with a family of six this is not a cheap night out. We stock up on cereal when you get the free movie passes on the cereal boxes usually sometime after the New Year is they do it again this year. Well the big day is coming soon. We are going to go see FRED CLAUS, last year around this time we saw The Santa Claus 3. It is so nice to be able to take Blake a long with us now and he enjoys the movies as much as we do...we just keep lots of extra treats around to keep in occupied LOL

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***WE'VE GOT THE FUZZIES...

These fuzzy socks from the Dollar Store has become a big thing here in our house. I think almost everyone has a pair or two. Even the boys felt the need to get a pair or two because they are so soft. Kohl got orange and Jay got the white and green stripes...I am not allowed to tell anyone though, he only wears them here at the house so let's keep it a secret LOL. I think Santa will have to put some in our stockings this year....hint hint :0)

***CHRISTMAS FUN...

Thank you Tammy for mentioning such a great Christmas fun website http://www.northpole.com/ for the kids to enjoy. Here the kids can explore Santa's secret village...My younger 2 have be having a great time playing games and coloring and I honestly had some fun earlier today making Santa dance...too cute :0) Once I get some more time in on the computer the other 2 are getting their chance to check it out. I will have to pass this on to my nieces to enjoy.

Rare Coins

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***BUILDING CONFIDENCE

My son's primary (kindergarten) class has been working very hard on their lines for their class play. Mrs. Cantwell their teacher wants to help them boost their confidence and gets them to speak and do plays in front of an audience (for now is the parents) to make them feel more comfortable and confident in what they do. On Friday we will finally see all the hard work come together as Kohl's class preforms their play for us. Kohl has a pretty important role and one of the crows. He has lots of experience with being on a stage to perform with his dancing...BUT he is still a bit nervous.

***DIET COLA - ASPARTAME....

ASPARTAME--A SWEET POISON

I don't know about you but since I started watching my weight a few years ago the only thing I drink now is diet colas. Sure it helps to keep the weight off but I wasn't completely aware of the dangers of the aspartame in diet colas. I came across an article that is pretty long but I want to share this story and information with as many people as possible.

Let me know your thoughts on this....

In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick. She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around. Walking was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain.

By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not determine what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick. she just knew she was dying. She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest daughter’s name, and made sure that her younger children were to be taken care of.

She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd.

On March 19 I called her to ask how her most recent tests went, and she said they didn’t find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS. I recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed to me and I asked my sister if she drank diet soda? She told me that she did. As a matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that moment.

I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet soda! I e-mailed her the article my friend, a lawyer, had sent. My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could walk! The muscle spasms went away. She said she didn’t feel 100% but she sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would call me when she got home.

Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed! He is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners of any kind. In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the Aspartame in the diet soda...and literally dying a slow and miserable death.
When she got to Florida March 22, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way to a complete recovery. And she is walking! No wheelchair! This article saved her life. If it says ‘SUGAR FREE’ on the label; DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on “ASPARTAME,” marketed as ‘NutraSweet,’ ‘Equal,’ and ‘Spoonful.’


In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing this to be rampant. I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject. I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants. The methanol toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. Many people were being diagnosed in error.

Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, Methanol toxicity is!
Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use; irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening condition. We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas.

In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, most of the symptoms disappear. We’ve seen many cases where vision loss returned and hearing loss improved markedly.
This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia. During a lecture, I said, “If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting, pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!” People were jumping up during the lecture saying, “I have some of these symptoms. Is it reversible?”
Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for Aspartame on food labels! Many products are fortified with it! This is a serious problem. Dr. Espart (one of my speakers) remarked that so many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his recent visit to a hospice, a nurse stated that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence!

Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates. It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight!

These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve “tissue specimens.” Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body!

Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the “diet products” and with no significant increase in exercise; his patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.
Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame. The Aspartame drives the bloodsugar out of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other amino acids necessary for a good balance.

Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE. Especially with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and it then deteriorates the neurons of the brain; causing various levels of brain damage, seizures, depression, manic depression, panic attacks, uncontrollable anger and rage.

Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics as well. Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when these chemicals have been removed from their diet. So called “behavior modification prescription drugs” (Ritalin and others) are no longer needed. Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the first place! Most of these children were being “poisoned” on a daily basis with the very foods that were “better for them than sugar.”

It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.
Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e. mental retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early pregnancy. Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners. There are many different case histories to relate of children suffering grand mal seizures and other neurological disturbances talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this deadly poison.”

Herein lies the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was included 100 different products and strong objection was made concerning its use. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets.

Sadly, MONSANTO’S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED! There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced. Everybody wants a “piece of the Aspartame pie.” I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is.

And isn’t it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association and the Conference of the American College of Physicians?
This has been recently exposed in the New York Times. These [organizations] cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and are required to endorse their products.

Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would require label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant women, children and infants. The bill would also institute independent studies on the known dangers and the problems existing in the general population regarding seizures, changes in brain chemistry, neurological changes and behavioral symptoms. The bill was killed.
It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are responsible for this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting and uninformed public. Well, you’re Informed now!

I will now be going back to "Coke Zero" that doesn't contain Aspartame... this should be taken serious.

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Before I fill out an application for a credit card I take lots of tie to do credit card comparisons on the Internet before choosing which credit card is for me. I do this with the help from creditcardsearchengine.com which is one of the Internets longest running websites for online credit card comparison.

One of the things that I really like about this website is that it allows consumers like myself along with students and businesses to search and compare all types of credit cards from reward cards to low interest cards and more before applying for one. If you are looking to compare a Credit Card For Business I can tell you that many of these cards offer a competitive interest rate and even rewards.

***HUMAN BODY FACTS...HMMM

The human body is a machine that is full of wonder. This collection of human body facts will leave you wondering why in the heck we were designed the way we were.

-Scientists say the higher your I.Q., the more you dream.
-The largest cell in the human body is the female egg.
-The Smallest is the male sperm.
-You use 200 muscles to take one step.
-The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.
-Your big toes have two bones each while the rest have three .
-A pair of human feet contains 250,000 sweat glands.
-A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.
-The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades.
-The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much in formation as the Encyclopedia Britannica.
-It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
-The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds.
-Men without hair on their chests are more likely to get cirrhosis of the liver than men with hair.
-At the moment of conception,you spent about half an hour as a single cell.
-There is about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.
-Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.
-The enamel in your teeth is the hardest substance in your body.
-Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born.
-When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, and they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
-Your thumb is the same length of your nose.

***now if you read this i bet you put your thumb to you nose.

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***HEADS OR TAILS TUESDAY

ROADS

Well the first thing I thought of when I saw the theme word "ROAD" was all the construction that has been going on around her on our ROADS. Everywhere you go you are hitting a detour. It is becoming pretty annoying most of the time but I am happy to say that they are getting closer to being finished. The new sidewalks are done and this morning they were starting to pave the new ROADS. I think I am starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. So although there are many other things, songs, poem, stories etc...that I could have talked about this topic on ROAD construction was pretty exciting to me considering they are almost finished. Yeah :0)

This was my first heads or tails Tuesday and I am looking forward to next Tuesday for some more fun. If you want to join in on the fun or visit other participants of heads or tails then visit Skittles Place!

SELLING ON EBAY

If you are considering selling on ebay then you should take advantage of Terapeak which is a free service that will help you price your items before you sell them on ebay this Christmas. This service is great and will help you know some important information like finding the best time of day or week to sell you items, Terapeak will also help you price your items to sell and find the best keywords. Terapeak is there to offer you the best eBay data that you will need to sell online.