Home Made Simple Special Offers

Sign up for Home Made Simple newsletter and be among the first to know about special offers, samples, coupons, and sweepstakes offers from brands like Cascade, Dawn, Febreze, Mr. Clean, and Swiffer. It's really simple and so many wonderful ideas to brighten your home. Right now, with the spring season in full bloom, there's articles on how you can take a cue from the outdoors and find pleasure in the simple ways to bring a sense of rejuvenation to your home.

Just click on the link above or the one below to check out the website and to sign up for the FANTASTIC newsletter to receive these wonderful offers.

Until next time..... Lorie

{FTC Compliant: As an affiliate of MySavings.com, I receive a small compensation for people who sign up with this offer through my blog, thank you.}

Practical Joke, Too Funny - But I Felt Bad I Laughed at It

If you are bored and want to have some fun... don't turn your phone on, but pretend that it is on and talk into it like this guy. I am ashamed to say that I laughed at it. I just hope he told the people that it was just a joke.....





Until next time..... Lorie


{Video courtesy cmt.com}

Define Irony.....

Until next time..... Lorie

{From the website Friends of Irony}

Wordless Wednesday: My Family

Welcome to Wordless Wednesday.....

Don't forget to link up to the Wordless Wednesday Hub and visit the other participants.



Until next time..... Lorie

Free Trade Magazine Subscriptions & Technical Document Downloads

Head on over to NetLine Corporation's TradePub.com to browse through the extensive list of free Business, Computer, Engineering and Trade magazines, white papers, downloads and podcasts to find the titles that best match your skills; topics include management, marketing, operations, sales, and technology. Simply complete the application form and submit it. All are absolutely free to professionals who qualify.

Just click on the link below and see what is available, there are hundreds, from Agriculture and Automotive to Multimedia all the way to Utility and Energy.

Until next time..... Lorie

{FTC Compliant: As an affiliate of MySavings.com, I receive a small compensation for people who sign up with this offer through my blog, thank you.}

Cartoon of the Day - It's All Fun & Games Until.....

This one just made me laugh... I was thinking the same thing before I read the last panel. I guess all mothers are made from the same mold.

Hope you are having a great week.

Until next time..... Lorie

Photos from Benefit for Noah Larkin: Laughter Heals

On April 14th Bill and I went to a benefit for Noah Larkin, a little boy in our community fighting cancer. If you recall, I did a couple of posts promoting the benefit that would be staring my friend and spectacular comedian, Maryellen Hooper.

It was such a great night: First up was the band Channel Z, they did terrific covers of some classic rock and roll tunes. Next up was Helen Keaney... OMG, she was hysterical... if you have never see or heard of her, you need to try and see her, she was so funny I laughed so hard - some of my uptight Celebration neighbors (no offense intended..... maybe) were the subject of some of her jokes (as were Bill & I) which made it all the more amusing. I so enjoyed her and would LOVE to see her again.

Next up came the funniest ventriloquist I've ever seen, Lynn Trefzger. She has some of the greatest puppets and even used some of the audience members as her "dummies" which was even funnier than her props. I laughed so hard, I was in tears.

Then of course to finish out the show, was the very funny Maryellen Hooper, who's blog Stinky Flowers is one of my absolute favorites!! Again, I was laughing so hard, I was in tears... Maryellen had performed at the Disney Social Media Moms Conference which is where I got to know her and I am so glad I did. She is one of the sweetest and funniest people I know, plus she is a terrific mom and a wonderful woman who put all this together to help a great family in our community. All these performers got together and donated their time and talents to help out this young man who WILL win the fight against this horrible disease.

I was also really lucky to win this amazing piece of Disney artwork at the silent auction donated by Kristen from Disney Animation. I was so excited to take it home, like you guys don't know that. Isn't it fantastic?

If you'd like to learn more about Noah and his family or how you can help, check out the family's blog or you can follow their Twitter page @NoahsLight.

Until next time..... Lorie

The Best Part of Blogging Conferences

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of meeting two of my bloggy friends at Downtown Disney for Dinner: Connie from Brain Foggles and Jennifer from The Dirty Shirt. I have been a fan of their blogs for quite some time now and met them both briefly at the Disney Social Media Moms Conference, plus we have all been Twittering away since then. We all live in Florida, but not really that close {Florida is a really BIG state} and our schedules are all so busy, that it isn't that easy for us to get together.

Bill came with me, Connie came with her husband and her daughter, Samantha and Jennifer brought her daughters Ashley and Abby plus her son and his girlfriend (I'm really sorry I don't remember their names). We all had a fabulous time laughing and talking and getting to know each other even more. It really is just like we had know each other all our lives. I am so happy to be a member of this wonderful bloggy community that has given me such fabulous friends who feel like family. Here are some photos of our fun time together.....

[left to right: Abby; Samantha & Ashley; Ashley & Connie]

[left to right: Connie, me, Jen; Abby & Jen; Ashley & Samantha]

Thanks to Jen, Connie and their families for a terrific time - can't wait until we get to do it again!!

Until next time..... Lorie

Kid's Say the Darndest Things

A group of young children were sitting in a circle with their teacher. She was going around in turn asking them all questions:

"Davy, what noise does a cow make?"

"It goes moo."

"Alice, what noise does a cat make?"

"It goes meow."

"Jamie, what sound does a lamb make?"

"It goes baaa."

"Jennifer, what sound does a mouse make?"

"Errr, it goes… click!" {She must be he daughter of a blogger!!}

Until next time..... Lorie

Something to Make You Go Awwww.....

Another adorable photo from Daily Squee that I had to share with you all my friends. I cannot believe that I can find a rat so cute!

Hope you're having a great weekend.....

Until next time..... Lorie