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Redeem The American Dream

2008-09-23T16:56:00.003+01:00

I've entered into the CafePress "Sport Your Support" contest. The contest's grand prize is two tickets to one of the hottest inauguration parties in Washington, D.C.; two roundtrip tickets to Washington, D.C.; two nights hotel accommodations for two; one Rock the Vote gift bag; one $500. American Express Gift Card; and one $250. CafePress Gift Certificate. (Estimate value $3600.)

You can see the design entered below is the logo of my other site (RedeemTheAmericanDream.com) because that's exactly what I'm voting for, to redeem the american dream!

So c'mon folks, help we out here and get voting!! I'd love to be able to attend the inauguration with these added perks and report back with the inside scoop!

If you choose to buy this (or any other *cough*rumplefart.com*cough*) product from CafePress be sure to check out the savings from RetailMeNot.com !

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"Cookie Monster Has Abandoned the Pro-Cookie Agenda" & "That's How They Dress You At MTV"

2008-09-23T02:47:00.000+01:00

"Cookie Monster Has Abandoned the Pro-Cookie Agenda"

"That's How They Dress You At MTV"

Exciting New Find!!!

2008-09-22T03:41:00.003+01:00

Oh Em Gee!!!

I am in love with this site. It's called the Common Craft Show and gives simple and easy to understand (read: plain english) explanations to complex or confusing aspects in our world.

Here is one explaining how the process of electing a president takes place.

And another video explaining how to use one of my top 5 favorite sites, Twitter!

Custom Keds

2008-09-21T12:26:00.003+01:00

When I was younger, four or so I suppose, my mom used to buy me stark white keds and let me decorate them with fabric pens.

They never turned out that great. There were a lot of crossed out pictures, pink power ranger faces and images of bells with an arrow pointing to it remarking "saved by" (which nobody seemed to realize was my little tribute to Saved by the Bell).

These days, Keds has teamed up with Zazzle.com, introducing the ability to make custom keds (similar to what Converse has done for years now) for women and kids.

After all, most shoes are made of canvas, why not paint it? Be it through fabric pens on a $15 pair of keds or a $60 custom design through the above link, just be sure to express yourself.

Good Find Weekend

2008-09-21T05:49:00.005+01:00

I picked up a copy of ShopSmart;) magazine tonight and found some totally stellar sites to check out. I fraked all of the sweet sites so that they'll all pop up in one frame through this link.

But to check them out separately you can do so by following these links.

1154 Lill Bags - design your own purse (ideal for women looking for their own style or men looking for a gift for women that is from the heart and they will use everyday)

Taste Book - this is freaking brilliant for two reasons, one it's a custom cookbook so you can keep all of your favorite recipes in one place and two you can use your own pictures for the recipe pages you upload!

Dress By Design - this would be cool if I one, wore dresses or two, had enough money to have a dress made, but for those who fit into that category, you'll love this! (tip, organize dress and bag together by using Dress By Design and 1154 Lill Bags!)

Light Design - this is something I defo want to take advantage of at some time in my life (read: when I have more disposable income). This is the web's only design your own lighting shop. Pretty freaking sweet, check it out for yourself.

Simply Silhouettes - this reminds me of a broach my great grandmother used to have. All I can really remember is that it was a large silhouette of a woman. But that's reason enough for me to want something from this site to pass down in my family (perhaps of myself, my mother, her mother or even my great grandmother (if I can find a picture of her in profile). Basically you upload a picture of someone/something special to you and you can have it printed on various stationary and gifts.

Fine Stationary - Alright, so I'm a sucker for stationary.

And last but not least....

Tiny Prints - yet another stationary site but I felt this needed a shout out since it's sister site is my oh so favorite Wedding Paper Divas!

That is all. Again, if you click the one link above claiming the open all of these mentioned sites in one frame it will do so. Thanks to Fracked.com.

What a good find weekend!

2008-09-21T03:50:00.005+01:00

I stumbled upon this gem from one of Clintus' old entries.

Hilarious.

2008-09-04T13:54:00.003+01:00

Right, so I know there's a lot of hype over these "Twilight" books and I'll be the first to admit how annoyed I was by the recent explosion of popularity just because they're making the film, however, I will also be the first to admit that I succumbed to the book once my mom read it and told me how amazing it was. Needless to say....

I'm super excited for the film.

2008-07-30T18:29:00.004+01:00

Did you know that 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 is one googol which is thought to inspire the name of search engine, Google, as being a wealth of information (similar to a wealth of zeros?).

I can dig it.

rumplefart.com

2008-07-28T04:29:00.005+01:00

I've spent most of my time recently promoting Danny's website rumplefart.com so I see no reason to make an exception for promoting within my own blog....

Just click it.... it

2008-07-27T18:47:00.003+01:00

Brandy's Here!!

2008-07-23T16:27:00.002+01:00

I don't care for the phrase "hump day" but thank god it is.

Any new suggestions for Wednesday's new nickname is open for discussion.

I Google-Imaged "Wednesday" and here's the first listed picture....

Evidently if we're going to take this renaming seriously we're going to have to round up some kittens and view their ideas since they are the leading advocators of "hump day" on Google Images.

2008-07-22T01:17:00.003+01:00

I can't afford to go to college because I can't afford the gas to get to and fro each day.

Tuition and books? Easily covered these aspects, but the uncertainty of gas prices leaves me stranded.

I wonder if Texaco will consider me for any scholarships....

2008-07-15T16:44:00.009+01:00

I just wanted to let you all know that I lost my best friend last week. We had to put Julie down last Monday; she was very, very sick and there was nothing more the doctors could do for her. It was a hard decision to make but we couldn't see her in pain any longer. She died very peacefully in my arms at 9:45 am July 7th.

Dude misses her very much. Along with my mom, dad, Danny and of course, myself. She was my birthday present when I turned 8, she was my little girl, I spent the past 13 years looking after her and now she'll be looking over me, and you.

Julie & I 2005

This past week has been hard on myself and my family, especially Dude. Dude misses Julie something fierce; him and Julie are best friends, I say "are" because they will never stop being what they were/are. Mind you, they never played together and rarely shared well, anything, but they had an unspoken (or unbarken) bond that no one could explain. He just hasn't been the same since she's been gone. Despite the difficulties we were all having coping with Julie's death, we decided it would be best for Dude to get him a playmate; after all he has never been without another dog in his life since he was born.

So we set out Sunday evening to a breeder right outside of Raleigh, NC to get Dude some company. We arrived, knowing that there was one female baby schnoodle ready to rock and roll on to a new home so we instantly bonded with her (known to us now as Jamie; e were debating between the names Jenny and Amy so we compromised and landed with Jamie). Jamie ran figure eights, did jumps, flips and really won over our hearts knowing she could keep up with Dude easily. Needless to say, I swooped her up in my arms and I haven't put her down yet.

Jamie is 11 weeks old and possibly the miniest mini schnoodle ever in the whole wide world. She was the runt of the litter and the vet mentioned she might make it to 10 lbs, so she will be a tiny poochie poochie :)

There was however someone else who won over Mom's heart as well. A little all white schnoodle from a litter born a few weeks after Jamie's. Mom took one look at the white little fluff ball and immediatley said, "if we take two do we get a discount?". The breeder agreed and well, who are we to pass up a sale? Brandy (Mom's little fluff ball) will be picked up next week once she reaches 7 weeks and is ready to be taken to her new home.

For now, Jamie is getting accustomed to the good life and loving every second. She's been a dream so far and a bonafied cutie-pie, see for yourself....

Jamie with Danny Daddy

Kisses

She likes my feet but more importantly naps in my shoes.

Who needs a parrot when you have a shoulder schnoodle? Captain Pop Pop with his first mate.

Nap time on Steve Daddy's shoulder.

Pamommy & Jamie

It may be the end of an era....

But it is one that will never be forgotten.

2008-05-07T11:55:00.001+01:00

I saw some other guy wearing this so I pointed and shouted: his name is my name too!!!!!

2008-05-01T14:15:00.000+01:00

2008-04-04T23:02:00.000+01:00

The Recipe For mandaR

3 parts Creativity

2 parts Boldness

1 part Playfulness

Splash of Happiness

Shake vigorously

What's the Recipe for Your Personality?

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walk, fall, walk, walk, woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah, fall.

2008-01-04T22:37:00.000Z

I thought this was cute....

Until I saw this....

.....then I thought it was hysterical.

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Merry 2008