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Where Do You Get Your Read On?

Think About It Thursday is a brand new meme hosted by Rachel at 1001 Books. Every Thursday she will post a bookish related question, something you'll have to 'think about' a little.  If you would like to participate, then either write a blog post with your answer and then be sure to share your post link on Rachel's post so that we can check out your answers.

 Or, if you do not have a blog or wish to create a post, then please just answer the question in the comments for Rachel's current Think About It Thursday post.

This weeks question:

 

Tell us about your usual reading environment. Big cozy chair? Out in the yard? On the bus? Complete quiet or ambient noise? Where do you do most of your reading?

Think About It Thursday is a brand new meme hosted by Rachel at 1001 Books. Every Thursday she will post a bookish related question, something you'll have to 'think about' a little.  If you would like to participate, then either write a blog post with your answer and then be sure to share your post link on Rachel's post so that we can check out your answers.

 Or, if you do not have a blog or wish to create a post, then please just answer the question in the comments for Rachel's current Think About It Thursday post.

This weeks question:

 

Tell us about your usual reading environment. Big cozy chair? Out in the yard? On the bus? Complete quiet or ambient noise? Where do you do most of your reading?

Think About It Thursday is a brand new meme hosted by Rachel at 1001 Books. Every Thursday she will post a bookish related question, something you'll have to 'think about' a little.  If you would like to participate, then either write a blog post with your answer and then be sure to share your post link on Rachel's post so that we can check out your answers.

 Or, if you do not have a blog or wish to create a post, then please just answer the question in the comments for Rachel's current Think About It Thursday post.

This weeks question:

 

Tell us about your usual reading environment. Big cozy chair? Out in the yard? On the bus? Complete quiet or ambient noise? Where do you do most of your reading?

Think About It Thursday is a brand new meme hosted by Rachel at 1001 Books. Every Thursday she will post a bookish related question, something you'll have to 'think about' a little.  If you would like to participate, then either write a blog post with your answer and then be sure to share your post link on Rachel's post so that we can check out your answers.

 Or, if you do not have a blog or wish to create a post, then please just answer the question in the comments for Rachel's current Think About It Thursday post.

This weeks question:

 

Tell us about your usual reading environment. Big cozy chair? Out in the yard? On the bus? Complete quiet or ambient noise? Where do you do most of your reading?

What Goes Around Comes Around...

...AND SOMETIMES WE ARE STILL HERE TO SEE IT HAPPEN...

Makes my heart sing ;)

The other day I posted about some pretty gruesome stats and about a wonderful photographer who was able to demonstrate with his visual images just exactly what these huge numbers represent.  The message was that everyone of us can start to help our planet by first being aware and making conscious decisions in our daily lives!   Because awareness brings understanding and empathy for what these stats REALLY MEAN when we read about them or we hear about.  Also, that by making conscious decisions for how we live our daily lives then we can in turn make a difference in how we treat our planet.

Just Do It! No more excuses...

Join our Super Style Bag Swap!

This week, Sew, Mama, Sew! is celebrating the release of Amy Butler’s newest book, Amy Butler’s Style Stitches: 12 Easy Ways to 26 Wonderful Bags!  All week Sew, Mama, Sew! will be sharing a project from the book, a video from Amy Butler, a review of the book and a surprise or two. Plus, every day you’ll have a chance to win a copy of Amy Butler’s Style Stitches...(they are giving away 5 copies ;) To kick-start this week's celebration they are hosting a Super Style Bag Swap!  The great news is that you DO NOT have to be a super-experienced seamstress to participate.  So what are you waiting for...JUST DO IT!

SLAP ME SILLY that is...with SOME SHOCKING STATS

This eleven minute video of photographer, Chris Jordan speaking about some unimaginable stats about all of our STUFF was recorded and posted by TED in June 2008.  You will be blown away by his super-sized images of things that we take for granted every day of our lives.  I found this today via another blogger that I follow, Harmony of The Journey is the Prize and it was just what I needed to SLAP me out of my own personal pity party that I've been having. 

As many of you already know, I'm in the process of updating my blog and changing it over to my own website domain and I knew that when I started this process it would be stressful...and that is all that it has been one issue after another and I am the world's WORST end-user ;)  So enough...I'm on to what I love most about blogging...that is sharing shit with you all and making the world a more pleasant, if not better, place to be!

WARNING...SOME VERY DISTURBING PHOTOS AHEAD ;(

Five Fall Favorites & A Grand GIveaway

Living & Loving in California is hosting a Fantastic Five Fall Favorites Link Party & Giveaway.  Why?  You may be asking...well autumn is Cortney's favorite season for many reasons and to celebrate she is hosting this party and having a HUGE giveaway for all those who participate.

How do you participate and win? It's easy, just go to Cortney's blog post and follow the easy steps.

Be sure to complete your post and link up by Saturday, September 25th and a winner will be chosen on Sunday, September 26th.

Usually...I am not a big fan of Fall because it always means that WINTER is coming...however, this year we have had such a HOT Summer {that does not want to ever end :} so I'm actually looking forward to some cooler weather.  Also, after reading all of Cortney's posts about why she loves Fall so much, she has inspired me to start celebrating the season for what it is. 

What are your favorite books to read with your children?

Think About It Thursday is a brand new meme hosted by Rachel at 1001 Books. Every Thursday she will post a bookish related question, something you'll have to 'think about' a little.  If you would like to participate, then either write a blog post with your answer and then be sure to share your post link on Rachel's post so that we can check out your answers.

 Or, if you do not have a blog or wish to create a post, then please just answer the question in the comments for Rachel's current  Think About It Thursday post.

This weeks question:

I want to know if you have kids (or nieces, nephews, grandchildren, whatever) do you read to them and what are your favorites?

 

Think About It Thursday is a brand new meme hosted by Rachel at 1001 Books. Every Thursday she will post a bookish related question, something you'll have to 'think about' a little.  If you would like to participate, then either write a blog post with your answer and then be sure to share your post link on Rachel's post so that we can check out your answers.

 Or, if you do not have a blog or wish to create a post, then please just answer the question in the comments for Rachel's current  Think About It Thursday post.

This weeks question:

I want to know if you have kids (or nieces, nephews, grandchildren, whatever) do you read to them and what are your favorites?

 

Think About It Thursday is a brand new meme hosted by Rachel at 1001 Books. Every Thursday she will post a bookish related question, something you'll have to 'think about' a little.  If you would like to participate, then either write a blog post with your answer and then be sure to share your post link on Rachel's post so that we can check out your answers.

 Or, if you do not have a blog or wish to create a post, then please just answer the question in the comments for Rachel's current  Think About It Thursday post.

This weeks question:

I want to know if you have kids (or nieces, nephews, grandchildren, whatever) do you read to them and what are your favorites?

 

Think About It Thursday is a brand new meme hosted by Rachel at 1001 Books. Every Thursday she will post a bookish related question, something you'll have to 'think about' a little.  If you would like to participate, then either write a blog post with your answer and then be sure to share your post link on Rachel's post so that we can check out your answers.

 Or, if you do not have a blog or wish to create a post, then please just answer the question in the comments for Rachel's current  Think About It Thursday post.

This weeks question:

I want to know if you have kids (or nieces, nephews, grandchildren, whatever) do you read to them and what are your favorites?

 

Oh My Aching Cankles!

Oh my...went off with my Darling Hubby for a few days and now my ankles have turned into cankles...

 

...as Cosmo Kramer use to say on Seinfeld, "look away, I'm hideous!"

CLEARLY We Have a Winner!

Announcing Debbie Rice as the winner of the Modular Mates® Four Square Giveaway!

 subscribed!! you know me and tupperware.... !

Posted by:  Debbie Rice | September 09, 2010 at 07:59 AM

 

Debbie is receiving this first set of slightly-loved, Modular Mates® and I'm so happy that everyone appreciated my GREEN GIVEAWAY!  Debbie I'm sending you an email so that I can get these shipped out to you asap, so that you can CLEARLY organize your cabinets.  I want to thank everyone who participated and to welcome you all as the newest subscribers to my blog. 

In the near future, I would love to do some more giveaways like this because I have many more slightly- loved Modular Mates® sets to offer.   So please, leave me a comment, right here on this post and let me know if you would like to see more GREEN GIVEAWAYS!

Fondly, Roberta

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Nine Eleven - 09'11'2010

This Pink Saturday is dedicated to honoring the red, white and blue in the memory of all those lost on this tragic day, September 11, 2001. 

Do you remember where you were and what you were doing on that morning? 

I do...and I journaled about it last year...

  

That day changed everything, for everybody in America...and I'm not just talking about all the horrible, un-necessary, deaths OR the permanent change to New York City's landscape!  Please take a few moments to honor our service men and women who continue to make sacrifices and fight for our country. Put a flag out today in their honor and pray for them to return home safely to be with their families (soon).

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Which Character is your BFF?

Think About It Thursday is a brand new meme hosted by Rachel at 1001 Books. Every Thursday she will post a bookish related question, something you'll have to 'think about' a little.  If you would like to participate, then either write a blog post with your answer and then be sure to share your post link on Rachel's post so that we can check out your answers.

 Or, if you do not have a blog or wish to create a post, then please just answer the question in the comments for Rachel's current  Think About It Thursday post.

This weeks question:

Which fictional character would you most like to have as your BFF?

Think About It Thursday is a brand new meme hosted by Rachel at 1001 Books. Every Thursday she will post a bookish related question, something you'll have to 'think about' a little.  If you would like to participate, then either write a blog post with your answer and then be sure to share your post link on Rachel's post so that we can check out your answers.

 Or, if you do not have a blog or wish to create a post, then please just answer the question in the comments for Rachel's current  Think About It Thursday post.

This weeks question:

Which fictional character would you most like to have as your BFF?

Think About It Thursday is a brand new meme hosted by Rachel at 1001 Books. Every Thursday she will post a bookish related question, something you'll have to 'think about' a little.  If you would like to participate, then either write a blog post with your answer and then be sure to share your post link on Rachel's post so that we can check out your answers.

 Or, if you do not have a blog or wish to create a post, then please just answer the question in the comments for Rachel's current  Think About It Thursday post.

This weeks question:

Which fictional character would you most like to have as your BFF?

Clearly the Best Storage & A Giveaway!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work-for-Me Wednesday is a weekly blog link hosted by Kristen of, We are THAT Family

For many people, fall is a great time to take stock of your kitchen cupboards and to organize your pantry.  How many times have you reached for your favorite cereal in the morning, only to find an empty box placed back in the cupboard?  Or how many of you have gone to make dinner and find that your favorite muffin mix has bugs...eewwwhhhh :{  Disqusting I know...but that is what happens when you bring home those boxes from the grocery store and put them in your kitchen cupboards...you run the risk of bringing home some of the store's fringe benefits!  That is because the bugs live off of the GLUE that is used to seal the boxes, as well as eating any exposed contents. 

But you can eliminate this pesky problem all-together and build your perfect storage system by transferring your dry food storage into Tupperware Modular Mates™.  Works-for-Me and I am going to show you how they can work for you this WFMW and help you get started with a special subscriber Tupperware Modular Mates™ Four Square Giveaway.

Photo of the pantry in our former apartment. 

Making the best of Labor Day...

What can I say...Labor Day is NOT my favorite Holiday!  Why? You may ask...because it is a big END OF SUMMER party for everyone and I do not want to celebrate the END OF SUMMER!  Cause truth be told...I HATE FALL!  You can try to make it sound more appealing by calling it AUTUMN...BUT it doesn't help me one bit.  FALL means all the leaves FALL off the trees and that means WINTER IS COMING...and if you think my hatred for FALL is bad...then you do not want to get me started on how I feel ABOUT WINTER...let's just say I'm an ICE QUEEN...very cold!

So...with that being said...I am trying to make the best of this long weekend...there...that makes me feel better...LONG WEEKEND!  So I'm laying around the house, doing as little as possible...yes I showered and got dressed...in my favorite summer PJ's ;)  BECAUSE I am NOT LEAVING THE HOUSE!  I am hanging out here at the house in my PJ's all day, eating leftovers and laying around READING my SUMMER NOVEL...and I'm not moving until I finish it...I'm on the last 100 pages out of 600 ;)

  
AND to make the best out of this BUM HOLIDAY...I'm sharing some great GIVEAWAYS that my blogging buddies Lucy & Amy are having this month...

Thanks to You...Another Miracle! AND the winner is...

Thanks to You...Together we made a difference by leaving comments and support and raising over $2,000.00 for another Miracle Makeover! 

Each comment is cherished. Each comment or thought has value. That is the premise behind the concept of the "comments fundraiser" we just completed. The founder of Guideposts, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, said "If you can change your thinking you can change your world." With all of these positive, uplifting, and powerful thoughts-- as comments you have donated-- we are changing our world. Guideposts Magazine, Colette Gauthier, and I, thank you friends and bloggers that put so much love into this endeavor.

 Kelee's organization,

Dad used us kids as HIS remote control...

Think About It Thursday is a brand new meme hosted by Rachel at 1001 Books. Every Thursday she will post a bookish related question, something you'll have to 'think about' a little.  If you would like to participate, then either write a blog post with your answer and then be sure to share your post link on Rachel's post so that we can check out your answers.

 Or, if you do not have a blog or wish to create a post, then please just answer the question in the comments for Rachel's current  Think About It Thursday post.

This weeks question:

Is there a specific time period you enjoy reading about more than others? Medieval, turn of the century, great depression, contemporary, futuristic? What time frame floats your boat?

Think About It Thursday is a brand new meme hosted by Rachel at 1001 Books. Every Thursday she will post a bookish related question, something you'll have to 'think about' a little.  If you would like to participate, then either write a blog post with your answer and then be sure to share your post link on Rachel's post so that we can check out your answers.

 Or, if you do not have a blog or wish to create a post, then please just answer the question in the comments for Rachel's current  Think About It Thursday post.

This weeks question:

Is there a specific time period you enjoy reading about more than others? Medieval, turn of the century, great depression, contemporary, futuristic? What time frame floats your boat?

WFMW: Wednesday's Workbook: The {21} Challenge 2010

It's Back-to-School around Kristen's home today and she has an awesome Dayspring giveaway for three random Works-for-Me WEDNESDAY participants today!

WHAT I am sharing with you today that...Works-for-Me is...setting DEADLINES ;)