Monday's Music Moves Me has Gone Country

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  *** By the way, I want to thank my cohosts for holding down the fort this week and last week - with particular mention to my good buddy Dolly  as I was getting ready for my convention and while I was away... You guys are the best!! ***

Welcome back to our rockin' good meme Monday's Music Moves Me! The exciting music meme that XmasDolly and I are hosting, now along with Larry from Cakeblast and Callie from JamericanSpice. Won't you play along... here are the rules:

First step: You need to run on over to You Tube, (or wherever your find your songs/videos) and get your pick for the day according to the theme. Upcoming themes are over on Dolly's blog on the right sidebar.

Second Step: Grab our "Monday's Music Moves Me" button above or on Dolly's right sidebar.

Third step: Dance with (follow) your hostesses (that would be me and Dolly); grab our buttons; then sign the linky, either here or on Dolly's blog - they are linked.

  Final step: Start lookin' for a partner and boogie on down to her blog (or his), and say hello by leaving a comment, and tag (follow) her/him. If you've been tagged (followed) be polite, and go on over there, leave a comment and tag (follow) her/him back.


I have always loved Dolly Parton and this is one of my favorite songs of hers.  When I discovered she did a duet with another of my favorite female singers, I had to share this video with you.....


Dolly Parton and Melissa Etheridge: "Coat of Many Colors"





  Don't forget to sign the linky and visit the other participants and leave them some comment love.  Also Visit Amanda, Run DMT and Hairbows & Guitar Picks for more Music Monday fun.   Rock On, my friends!!!

Hi, Kids.... I'm Home!

Howdie everyone!  Did you miss me???  Boy, do I have a ton of things to tell you about my trip...
I took over 400 pictures that I have to upload and go through and a million thoughts in my stuffed up head to go through - I got a little cold over the weekend.

I first of all want you to know how much I LOVED meeting all the fabulous women that were at Brandcation with me. We had SO much fun, learned so much, and made lasting friendships! I will treasure every moment that I spent with these spectacular people.

I also want to give a HUGE hug to Trisha of Momdot, Kim of What's That Smell and Nicole of Good Golly Miss Blondie for all their hard work putting this all together, I totally LOVE you guys!!  And a big shout out to Tara of Global Resort Homes for providing our lodging for this trip - it was amazingly clean, beautiful and comfortable. Since I live here, I have been to lots of hotels, motels and time shares in the area, take it from me, if you are visiting the Kissimmee/Orlando area check out these homes for your next stay, you will not be disappointed!

So... thanks for being patient with me as I go through my photos today and write my posts for you to see all the wonderful things that we did.... you will be thrilled and jealous!

Monday's Music Moves Me: I Love Bill

 ***For those of you who played along with us this week and I didn't visit: I am SOOOO sorry!! I haven't been feeling too well and I have been so busy getting ready for a conference this weekend (I will be away all weekend) that time just got away from me and I got really behind. I hope you won't hold it against me and will still play with us next week... I will do better next Monday and try to get to you all like I always do. Have a great weekend and KEEP ON ROCKIN!!***    <br /><a href="http://thenewxmasdolly.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz61/xmasdolly/Decorated%20images/th_retromusic1-1.gif" /></a><br /><br />



Welcome back to our rockin' good meme Monday's Music Moves Me! The exciting music meme that XmasDolly and I are hosting, now along with Larry from Cakeblast and Callie from JamericanSpice. Won't you play along... here are the rules:

  

First step: You need to run on over to You Tube, (or wherever your find your   songs/videos) and get your pick for the day according to the theme. Upcoming themes are over on Dolly's blog on the right sidebar.

Second Step: Grab our "Monday's Music Moves Me" button above or on Dolly's right sidebar.

Third step: Dance with (follow) your hostesses (that would be me and Dolly); grab our buttons; then sign the linky, either here or on Dolly's blog - they are linked.

  Final step: Start lookin' for a partner and boogie on down to her blog (or his), and say hello by leaving a comment, and tag (follow) her/him. If you've been tagged (followed) be polite, and go on over there, leave a comment and tag (follow) her/him back.

Since this week's theme is "Freebie," I'd like to take the time to dedicate my picks to my wonderful husband   who has been working SO hard these last couple of weeks to get ready for Halloween and helping me get ready for my Brandcation conference. 

Bill, you are the BEST and I love you so much!!  These two songs we danced to at our wedding 13 1/2 years ago and I still feel exactly the same about him today ~~ I just love him more today than I did then...

Bryan Adams ~ I'll Always Be Right There




Celine Dion ~ Because You Love Me




Don't forget to sign the linky and visit the other participants and leave them some comment love.

Cartoon of the Day - Husband's Can Be So Clueless, Sometimes

Did he REALLY just say that?????

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R-I-G-H-T!!! 'Nuff said!!

Wordless Wednesday: Halloween Candy

WORDLESS

This is the candy I started with.

This is how far I got on Saturday.

Half-way through on Sunday morning....

I made 210 baggies with 10 pieces of candy and a little spider ring in each baggie, we started getting trick-or-treaters at around 5:00pm and ran out just before 8:30pm ~ we had a lot of fun!!

For more Wordless Wednesday go to the WW Hub, link your post and visit the other participants.

Team Ra-Ras Kicks Breast Cancer - Susan G. Komen for the Cure Philadelph...

My friend Dolly ~ you all know her ~ sent this to me in honor of her mother, Carmela Seminara Chamberlin Kary, who was a breast cancer survivor and lived to the ripe old age of 84. I was so impressed with Dolly's love of her mother, that I wanted to share this fabulous video with you. For every person who views it, United Healthcare will donate to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization.

Just because it is November, doesn't mean we have to stop focusing our resources on getting rid of this horrible disease. Let's do our part to get rid of this killer once and for all.





Thanks for taking the time to watch this wonderful video and if you haven't had your mammies grammed..... go get it done ~ you could save your life!

I Finally DID It.... The Haircut!!

So, I finally went and got my haircut ~ after a year and a half ~ and I'm really happy with how it came out... Let me know what you think.

Before: (I did get caught in the rain this morning - TeeHee)

After:

Quite a difference, huh?  It will be SO much easier to take care of and something wonderful happened by having so much cut off:  I was able to donate 10" to Locks of Love ~ so some lucky child will be able to have a wig using my hair.  That makes me happy!

I Need Help ~ Dining Room Tables By the Hundreds

Most of you know that we are building a new house (good times!) and we have been looking to maybe replace our dining table because it is really just too big for the two of us.  I only use it for blog work and scrapbookking and when we occasionally have company for dinner.

Here is a photo of the dining room in the model home, it is kind a square room and my dining room table is rectangular, so I think it won't really look as good in this room:

I have been looking at these beautiful drop leaf tables, but can't really decide which one I want to choose. 

I love this square one with the tall bar-height chairs in the dark cherry wood. (left photo)

Then there is the espresso wood in square with the more traditional style chair. (right photo)


Then, I came across this round table with a gorgeous pedestal base that was really different from anything I have ever owned.....

Oh, man, it's a good thing that I still have time, because there are so many to choose from at Dining Rooms Direct, that I think I am going to have to keep looking. If anyone can help me out, PLEASE feel free to offer suggestions!

{Disclosure: This is a sponsored post for CNS Stores and I was compensated a gift card, however, the opinions expressed are 100% mine, I truly LOVE all the CNS Stores and cannot wait to purchase several things for my new home from the CNS Stores.}

HAPPY HALLOWEEN ~~~ Booooo

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

May you all have a wonderful Halloween with the ones you love... with lots of laughter and friendship. Be safe and if you have any candy left over, please consider The Halloween Candy Buy Back Program.  This program has dentists all over the country collect extra Halloween candy and give it to Operation Gratitude (one of my favorite organizations), who then sends the candy to U.S. Military deployed in harm's way.  Doesn't get any better than that, in my book!

Thank you to my friend, Jen over at The Suburban Mom for letting me know about The Candy Buy Back Program... you rock!!

Happy Halloween, everybody!! 

Lorie, Bill, Nano, Mia, Mandie, Mai-Li, Mumbo and Maila

Cartoon of the Day - Happy Halloween to All My Twitter Friends

  

  

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