Monday Mingle ~ April 18th: Coupons and Taxes, WooHoo!

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“Mingling with you since August 2009!”

"Welcome to Monday Mingle! Each week three questions are asked, and you can answer via a written post, or a vlog post. If you have always wanted to try vlogging, Monday Mingle vlog meme is a fun way to try vlogging. If you’d like to join in the fun, answer the 3 weekly questions in short vlog on your blog, or a written blog post, then link up over on Eighty MPH Mom in the linky. Please post the above button within your post and link to Eighty MPH Mom, so readers can easily find other participants. Visit the other participants, learn about them and have fun! It’s not too late you can link up anytime during the week."

 
Questions for the week of 4/18/2011
 
1. Did you watch Extreme Couponing? What are your thoughts?
2. What is the sales tax amount in the city/county you live in?
3. Did you finish your taxes yet, or do you wait until the April 15th deadline?

 



Well, that's it for this week, hope you all had a great weekend and you got to spend lots of time with the ones you love.

Now it's your turn - come on, want to get to know you better.... we won't bite. :) Don't forget to link up with Jen at Eighty MPH Mom. Please at least visit some of the other participants and leave a comment - we all love comments... :)

Plus, help us get more players... Tweet the meme by either hitting the retweet button or tweeting this phrase:

"Join Eighty MPH Mom for #mondaymingle- a fun meme to learn about you! http://eightymphmom.com"


Have a great week everyone!!

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Monday's Music Moves Me: Won't You Be My Friend?

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Welcome to Monday's Music Moves Me the fantabulistic music meme hosted by me, Dolly from XmasDolly, Larry from Cakeblast and Callie from Jamerican Spice and this week's theme is


Friends and/or Friendship... I can't wait to see what you all come up with!


 
The first song I chose I loved for the longest time and it is actually the only song by Michael Jackson that I like. Then I found out that it was a song about a RAT.... UGH!!!  Here is.....
 
Ben ~ Michael Jackson
 



This next song I learned to play on guitar in middle school and played it during a spring concert in the 7th grade - we really weren't too bad.  I wish I had kept up with my lessons. Here's.....


With a Little Help From My Friends ~ Joe Cocker (and no he hasn't gotten any better looking, sorry)





So, what's got you movin' and grovin' this Monday??? Share it with us and bring along a friend, because next week we will only have ONE person in our spotlight. If you bring a friend make sure you let us know and if you were brought by someone, let us know that, too, because you could be in the #1 spotlight next week. WooHoo!! Here's all you need to do:


First step: Head on over to You Tube, or anywhere you get your music videos and post them on your blog! Upcoming themes are to you LOWER RIGHT of XmasDolly's blog.


Second Step: Grab our "Monday's Music Moves Me" Button, mine is on my right sidebar, or off of any of the hosts' sites.


Third step: SIGN THE LINKY - Follow your hosts, grab their buttons too when you visit them and show them some love by leaving a comment.. (mine is on my right sidebar above the 4M button)


Final step: Go visit the other Rockers on our Linky and PLEASE show them some love by leaving them a comment, you know you like comments, they do too!









Once you write up your post, link up with us (on any of the host's blog - they are all connected) and you may be chosen as our SPOTLIGHT DANCERS like this week's lucky couple in our #1 & #2 linky spots.....

Denise of RunDMT ~~ and ~~ Punken of Our Punken Patch

CONGRATULATIONS!!

(Remember, next week we will have only ONE spotlight dancer!)

Now, don't forget to sign the linky, visit the participants, and leave a comment - you know you like them, so does everyone else. For more Monday music fun, visit Amanda, Lady Estrogen, and my friend Denise at Run DMT.

ROCK ON, MY FRIENDS!!


We're very sorry to say there has been some people not playing along, and just signing our linky so other people will stop by their blogs for giveaways or whatever! Unfortunately, these bloggers will be justifiably deleted without notice or explanation from our linky. Leave a comment, grab our button, or follow us. If you don't want to post a video, you can post a link to a video, or post some lyrics, but please - at least attempt to make it music related. Thank you for your understanding.

*** Just one thing to note... We are family friendly blogs and while we don't want to censor anyone, we do ask that you keep your songs rated PG13 or less.

Thank you very much!***

Blankets of Hope for Wounded Warriors

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My friend Noelle of Jumpin Beans told me about this sewing program started by the Soldiers Angels, a volunteer-led, nonprofit providing aid and comfort to the men and women of the United States Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and their families, their motto: "May No Soldier Go Unloved."

Now I cannot sew at all, but if you can or if you know of someone who can, please see if there is anyway you can help support this incredible cause. The BLANKETS OF HOPE program offers Comfort and hope for recovery for our Wounded Heroes in Combat Support Hospitals.
Will you please make just ONE?


Guidelines can be found on the Soldiers Angels website. 


You can also follow them on Twitter and Facebook.


On behalf of all the troops who serve and for those who have made the sacrifice of being wounded, let me THANK YOU very much for anything that you can do.

God Bless America!!!




One of the Blankets Made



Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet - Chicken Noodle Casserole

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OK... we know you have all these recipes that you love to make. You got them from your mother, your grandmother, a magazine, or maybe you made it up, perhaps you don't even remember where the recipe came from. Well, how about sharing them with all of us? We are going to share ours with you every Thursday!




My good friend and (according to her husband) excellent cook, Dolly over at XmasDolly and I are now doing a recipe swap; we want to share ours with you and wold LOVE to get some of your favorites as well... So welcome to Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet, here is all you have to do:





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Post a recipe on your blog, sign the linky on either blog (they will be linked), grab our new button - isn't she cute - hubby says she looks like me... TeeHee? (above, on my sidebar and on my Co-Chef Dolly's blog) and check out the recipes. Don't forget that each week you actually will be getting at least TWO for the price of ONE because both Dolly and I will post a recipe on each of our blogs. How simple is that???

Chicken Noodle Casserole


Egg Noodles cooked according to pkg. directions
Cooked chicken cut into bite size pieces (I used the leftovers from a roasted chicken we had the day before)
1 Can cream of potato soup (you can also use cream of chicken if you like)
3/4 can dry Vermouth (or dry white wine)
Garlic salt
Ground rosemary
Black pepper
EVOO


~ Saute' chicken in EVOO with garlic salt, rosemary, and pepper until warmed through.
~ Add soup and vermouth and heat thoroughly.
~ Let flavors combine while noodles are cooking (if you need more liquid, you can add chicken stock)
~ Once noodles are cooked, drain and combine all ingredients; serve with salad.

I'm sorry I forgot to take pictures, I wasn't even thinking about a post, I was just trying to figure out what to make for dinner. HaHa


This also received 6 out of 6 puppy tail wags :) ... It was also really good the next day.




So now all you have to do is sign our linky so we all can find your recipes. You check out all ours and we will check out all yours. If you don't want to write it all down and you know of one on line just post a link to it on your blog or leave it in a comment if you prefer!


For more recipes, head on over to Ms.BiBi at Daily Organized Chaos.


Let's get cooking..... Bon Appetit!

Wordless Wednesday: Help Mommy, Daddy's After Us with the Vacuum!!

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WORDLESS

Welcome to Wordless Wednesday..... My babies are afraid of the vacuum, especially when Daddy chases them with it and they run to Mommy and she has to hold them:



(L to R: Mai-Li, Lady Mia, and Nano)

 For more Wordless Wednesday posts, check out the WW Hub, leave your link, check out the other participants, and don't forget to leave a nice comment - you know you like comments, they do too!!



And don't forget about our recipe sharing meme tomorrow: "Recipe Swap Meet Thursday" - have you got your recipe ready??? Don't forget to grab our button and play along... Happy cooking.



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Eversave Deals: Food, Salon and My Favorite ~ Jewelry!

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I've got some wonderful deals from Eversave for all of my friends here in Florida..... Here in the Orlando area, if you like Italian food, here is a great deal for you:

Tolla's Italian Deli and Cafe Today's Save: $12 for $25 worth of food and drinks at Tolla's Italian Deli and Cafe Expires 11:59 PM - Apr 14, 2011

I haven't forgotten about those of you on the west coast, I've got a savings of more than 50% on hair salon services at one of the premier salons in the area:

JonBishopSalons Today's Save: Help your hair out and pay $29 for $60 worth of salon services from JonBishopSalons Expires 11:59 PM - Apr 14, 2011

And of course, for everyone who can read this blog, I wouldn't forget you! Here is a special online deal for one of my absolutely favorite things ~ JEWELRY!! And it is from a company that I adore:

1928 Jewelry Today's Save:$20 for $40 worth of vintage-inspired jewelry from 1928.com Expires 11:59 PM - Apr 14, 2011

Let me know if you decide to take advantage of any of these specials... I'd love to see what you get and I'll feature you on my blog.  Have a fabulous week!!


{Disclosure: I am an Eversave Affiliate}
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Monday Mingle ~ April 11th (Yep - I'm Late)

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"Blogging with you since August 2009"

"Welcome to Monday Mingle! Each week three questions are asked, and you can answer via a written post, or a vlog post. If you have always wanted to try vlogging, Monday Mingle vlog meme is a fun way to try vlogging. If you’d like to join in the fun, answer the 3 weekly questions in short vlog on your blog, or a written blog post, then link up over on Eighty MPH Mom in the linky. Please post the above button within your post and link to Eighty MPH Mom, so readers can easily find other participants. Visit the other participants, learn about them and have fun! It’s not too late you can link up anytime during the week."


Questions for the week of 4/11/11:

1. Did you play an April Fool’s joke on anyone? Tell us about it!
2. Do you have a Kobo, Nook, Kindle etc? Do you read more ebooks or traditional books?
3. If your life was a book what would the title be?






Well, that's it for this week, hope you all had a great weekend and you got to spend lots of time with the ones you love.



Now it's your turn - come on, want to get to know you better.... we won't bite. :) Don't forget to link up with Jen at Eighty MPH Mom. Please at least visit some of the other participants and leave a comment - we all love comments... :)



Plus, help us get more players... Tweet the meme by either hitting the retweet button or tweeting this phrase:


"Join Eighty MPH Mom for #mondaymingle- a fun meme to learn about you! http://eightymphmom.com"


Have a great week everyone!!
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Monday's Music Moves Me: All About Automobiles

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Welcome to Monday's Music Moves Me the fantabulistic music meme hosted by me, Dolly from XmasDolly, Larry from Cakeblast and Callie from Jamerican Spice and this week's theme is Favorite Male Artist, so let's see who you all listen to - I can't wait.




This week's theme is FREEBIE... WooHoo, so you can post any ole' thing you'd like. I decided since we went to the Celebration Exotic Car Show over the weekend, I would post songs about cars.

 

 
The first song I chose is to start off the theme:
 
Cars - Gary Numan
 

Of course you cannot have songs about cars without this song.....


Little Red Corvette - Prince

And of course, my favorite car song is an oldie but a goodie.....


Little Ol' Lady From Pasadena - Jan and Dean




So, what's got you movin' and grovin' this Monday??? Share it with us and bring along a friend. Here's all you need to do:



First step: Head on over to You Tube, or anywhere you get your music videos and post them on your blog! Upcoming themes are to you LOWER RIGHT of XmasDolly's blog.


Second Step: Grab our "Monday's Music Moves Me" Button, mine is on my right sidebar, or off of any of the hosts' sites.


Third step: SIGN THE LINKY - Follow your hosts, grab their buttons too when you visit them and show them some love by leaving a comment.. (mine is on my right sidebar above the 4M button)


Final step: Go visit the other Rockers on our Linky and PLEASE show them some love by leaving them a comment, you know you like comments, they do too!




Once you write up your post, link up with us (on any of the host's blog - they are all connected) and you may be chosen as our SPOTLIGHT DANCERS like this week's lucky couple in our #1 & #2 linky spots.....

Rosidah of Music of My Life ~~ and ~~ Debi of Random Thoughts of a Citymouse

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Now, don't forget to sign the linky, visit the participants, and leave a comment - you know you like them, so does everyone else. For more Monday music fun, visit Amanda, Lady Estrogen, and my friend Denise at Run DMT.
 

ROCK ON MY FRIENDS!!


We're very sorry to say there has been some people not playing along, and just signing our linky so other people will stop by their blogs for giveaways or whatever! Unfortunately, these bloggers will be justifiably deleted from our linky. Leave a comment, grab our button, or follow us. If you don't want to post a video, you can post a link to a video, or post some lyrics, but please - at least attempt to make it music related. Thank you for your understanding.

*** Just one thing to note... We are family friendly blogs and while we don't want to censor anyone, we do ask that you keep your songs rated PG13 or less.

Thank you very much!***

How'd Y'all Say That Again??? Part 3

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Annie of MamaDweeb.com has come up with another great dialect blog hop. A list of words for all of us to say and questions to answer to see how people around the country pronounce different words or call different every day things. If you want to check out Part 1 see MamaDweeb's blog.








So here's the list of words:  Pillow, Exhausted, Governor, Entrepreneurial, Calm, Milwaukee Wisconsin, Bagel, ambulance, aqua, femoral, address, rural, hypocrisy

Here are the questions to answer:

~What do you call a store where you buy alcohol?

~What do you call it when you blow on a baby’s tummy and make them laugh?

~What do you call batting your eyelashes on someone’s cheek?

~What is another way of saying, “to deceive,” or “swindle?”

~What is a funny way to say someone is not smart? (one fry short of a happy meal?)

~Another name for butt?
~What do you call it when you drive through mud. Lots of it, often fast and pray you don’t get stuck?

That's my vlog for this time, if you'd like to see my Part 1 and Part 2.... check them out by clicking on the links.  This is really a ton of fun and I totally LOVE Annie for doing these, so PLEASE if you've ever wanted to do a vlog, this is the perfect one to start with... it may lead you to bigger and better things.

Now, once you've loaded your vlog, head over to Annie's blog, MamaDweeb and link up, then visit the other participants because they really are fun to see.... OH, and PLEASE, don't forget to leave a comment, we all love them, and blog hops are for making friends!

Have a great weekend..... HUGGLES!!

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Friday Food Fight: Disney Desserts

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Denise @ RunDMT

To join the weekly Friday Food Fight, post a picture of your favorite food, meal, snack or drink. Of course, you enjoying your tasty treat would be great, but you don’t need to be in the picture. Then on Friday, post your drool inducing photo and link up with Denise at RunDMT. That’s it!!

So again, this week is a couple of photos from the Disney Social Media Moms Conference. The desserts after our first dinner were delicious. We were so full from the excellent dinner that we only took a few and shared them. What really impressed me was the attention to detail that the chefs exhibited.

So head on over to RunDMT and link up to her blog, visit the other participants and leave a comment. While you're at it, how about grabbing Denise's Friday Food Fight Button on her site - I have it on my left side bar.



Happy eating and have a great weekend!

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