National Volunteer Week

April 27-May 3, 2008

National Volunteer Week

http://www.volunteermatch.org/

http://ysa.org/natlgysd/tabid/59/default.aspx

http://www.pointsoflight.org/programs/seasons/nvw/

http://unitedwaycapitalarea.blogspot.com/2008/04/volunteers-still-need-for-spring-day-of.html

Check out your local
Church, Schools,Nursing Homes and ext.

Make a difference in someone life

Naional Scrapbooking Day

If you are into SCRAPBOOKING there is a
special day for you

May 3 2008
National Scrapbooking Day


http://www.iscrap.net/scrapbooking-contests.cfm/id/653
enter zip code

Contest
http://www.iscrap.net/scrapbooking-contests.cfm/

BEST GAS PRICES

Check out where you can get the cheapest gas rates
Whether you are traveling or just empty

Also look at the dates make sure they are current

http://www.gasbuddy.com

Look for the light yellow rectangle box
Search by US Zip Code or City, State

http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx?zip&src=Netx

Look for the light yellow rectangle box

RED BOX

Sign up for
RED BOX
They will send you a code for one free dvd
They also send out codes for special days.

BIRTHDAY FREEBIES

Red Robin
http://apps.fishbowl.com/a/redrobin/join/agegate.asp

Sonic
http://wackypack.kidsbirthdayclub.com/

Slush44
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Hollywood
http://www.hollywoodvideo.com/specials/ scroll down to birthday

Cold Stone
http://www.coldstonecreamery.com/birthday/birthday_club.aspx

Baskin Robbins
http://www.baskinrobbins.com/BDayClub/RegisterInfo1.aspx

Moes
http://moes.kidsbirthdayclub.com/sign_up.cfm



Boston Market
http://www.bostonmarket.com/specials?page=kidsBirthdayClub

Souper Salad //discount
http://www.soupersalad.com/source/SFC/SFC_Main.aspx

Starbucks Card with benifits

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Register your Starbucks Card

And get great benefits in mid-April

Brew coffee refills with no charge
syrup and milk options with no charge
Complimentary tall beverage with
whole bean purchase

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Free Rosetta Stone

Rosetta Stone has been the #1 foreign language curriculum among homeschoolers for a while -- next week they are unleashing a brand new curriculum, and you can WIN the *all new* Rosetta Stone Homeschool Version 3… FOR FREE!

This is a $219 program (and believe me it's worth every penny!) and the winner gets to pick from any of these 14 languages: Spanish (Spain or Latin America), English (American or British), Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Irish, Hebrew, or Russian.
This will also include a headset with microphone, and students will participate in lifelike conversations and actually produce language to advance through the program. Rosetta Stone still incorporates listening, reading and writing as well, in addition to speaking. Many homeschoolers requested grammar and vocabulary exercises, and with Rosetta Stone Homeschool Version 3, they're included! For parents, the new Parent Administrative Tools are integrated into the program and allow parents to easily enroll students in any of 12 predetermined lesson plans, monitor student progress, and view and print reports.

To win this most excellent program -- in the language of your choice -- copy these (blue) paragraphs and post it in (or as) your next blog post -- then to enter the contest, go to the original contest page HERE:

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/JenIG/501132

and leave a comment with the link showing where you blogged about it. And please make sure the link works to get back to the original contest page when you post it. And good luck! The winner will be picked randomly on March 26, and will be notified thru the link they left to their blog pg. And if you have more than one blog, you can post them and enter those separately for more chances to win. Yay for free stuff

http://not2many.blogspot.com/2008/03/free-rosetta-stone-i-have-to-post.html

Healthy Eating

TEAS

• All true teas contain polyphenols, powerful antioxidants believed to protect against heart disease, certain cancers and stroke.
• The various levels of fermentation affect teas in different ways. Recent studies have shown drinking green tea might boost metabolism, oolong teas can lower blood sugar, and black teas can promote oral health.
• Tea contains half the caffeine of coffee.
  

OILS

• Olive oil is an excellent source of heart-healthy monounsaturated fats that may lower the bad cholesterol and raise the good cholesterol.
• It contains Vitamin E and antioxidants.
• It's an excellent replacement for unhealthy saturated fats like butter.

FRUITS

• Orange and yellow-hued veggies greens contain carotenoids, a pigment our body converts to vitamin A. Eating lots of these vegetables will help maintain healthy skin and hair, protect against prostate cancer, promote healthy vision and even provide protection from sunburn.
• Lycopene, the plant chemical responsible for the ruby red of tomatoes and watermelon, is believed to fight cancer and promote heart health.
• Green vegetables are sky-high in potent anti-cancer compounds like sulforaphane and quercitin.
• Although garlic and onions they contain diallyl sulfide and saponins, compounds that add distinctive flavors to our recipes and fight cancer and heart disease.

Check out Ellie Krieger's Healthy Recipes
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/lf_hl_nutritional_all-stars/0,3100,FOOD_27396,00.html

HOMEMADE DAWN DIRECT FOAM

For the past 5 months I have been making my own
Dawn direct foam soap.
Just by adding regular or Dawn dish soap and water to
the top of my old dawn direct foam container,
try several squirts of dish soap. (I prefer 5 squirts)
Watch the foam come out after the first or few squirts.

Earn points =money

Thanks to Jennifer- imommies

Sign up for wellness360 and receive your PDF of the $5 off $15 and $30 gift card (with transferred prescription)CVS coupons.Every time you visit wellness360.com you earn reward points that convert to dollars.

http://www.imommies.com/financial-resources/saving/happy-leap-day-from-cvs-and-wellness360.htm

CVS Freebies

Its true CVS has some great deals
I was there on the 26 and
bought
Precision XTR Kit 19.99 ---- -- got Extra Bucks 19.99 Free plus use 9.99 coupon/I made 9.99
Chewable aspirin 1.79 ---- EB 1.79 Free
Crest Pro Health mouth wash 3.49 --- EB 3.49 Free
I paid 16.09
will use my 25.27 Extra bucks later.

Secret/Mystery Shopping

S E C R E T / M Y S T E R Y Shopping

I have done some shopping myself and I found good company
thanks to http://volition.com.

In Texas I shopped at HEB,Albertsons,Post Office,Taco Cabana,Macaroni Grill,
Fuddruckers and ect.
I never paid for signing on with a company. I did buy a book
after a couple of years of shopping but, you can find a lot of the
information on the web.

Mystery Shopping Services

How to Become a Mystery Shopper

Mystery Shopper Jobs
plus more check out this site
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/mysteryshopper/a/mysteryshopper.htm

Supplemental Insurance

I am in search of a supplemental insurance.

My insurance covers 50% which I am
thankful for, but any help would be
better than no help.
I have searched but, only come
up with companies that
go with a list and of
coarse my dentist is not on their list.

Comments excepted

A CLEAN HEART

"Create in me a clean heart,
O God; and renew
a right spirit within me."
Psalm 51:10

A FREE DEVOTIONAL FOR
THE DISORGANIZED!

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"Above all else, guard your heart, for
it is the wellspring of life." Prov. 4:23 (NIV)

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Chevrolet's Project Driveway Program

Chevrolet's Project Driveway Program! As part of the Project Driveway program

If you live or work in metropolitan New York City; Washington, D.C.; or southern California, you may be eligible to test-drive an Equinox Fuel Cell vehicle, or share your opinions directly with The GM Fuel Cell Team. You must be at least 21 years of age, a U.S. citizen and have a valid driver's license.

Also, because of the current availability of hydrogen fueling stations, only specific geographic areas and driving habits can be considered at this time, although we will keep your information on file in the event that additional opportunities become available in the future. Finally, we are looking for a diverse group of people to participate in the community and drive the Equinox Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles to gather a wide range of insights. Thank you very much for your time and interest.


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Start Saving Today its never to late

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18 Unexpected Organizer/Clean Home Journal

If you’re like most of us, the last thing you need to do is buy more cartons
and totes for getting organized. Instead, take a look at our list of everyday
items—you probably have most of them around the house already!—which you can use to get organized, save space and find things more easily.

• 1. Hangers with bars meant for hanging several pairs of pants are great for keeping your winter scarves and shawls visible and wrinkle-free in your coat closet. Use the multiple-skirt hangers with clips to hang your silk scarves. Or loop scarves over the crossbar of a wooden hanger—the result may be attractive enough to display!


• 2.Tiered hanging wire baskets (intended for storing fruits and vegetables) have another use in your kids’ rooms. Use them to organize toys or stuffed animals or in the closet for socks, belts and underwear.
  


• 3. Styrofoam egg cartons work great for storing extra golf balls. Just don’t get confused and put them in the refrigerator!)


• 4. Cassette tapes may be practically obsolete but their plastic cases are still good. In fact, they’re ideal for keeping headphone cords for your cell phone or MP3 players safe and tangle-free.



• 5. Old album covers are perfect for storing 8-by-10 photos (like class photos), certificates or your children’s artwork—items you want to keep,
  just not keep on display. Slip your more valuable documents and photos between two sheets of archival quality acid-free paper first.


• 6. Lucite recipe boxes are just the right size for storing and displaying photographs. You can even open the box and choose to spotlight a
  favorite photo in the recipe holder.


• 7. Cardboard wine boxes from your local liquor store or grocery have compartments that are great for storing fragile holiday ornaments. Place
  small and extremely delicate ones in Ziploc® Brand Sandwich Bags first to keep them from scratching each other.


• 8.Canvas shoe bags designed to hang on the back of a closet door are ideal for storing mittens and knit hats in the front hall or mudroom.
  


• 9. Plastic hanging shoe bags are also great organizers for your kitchen. Hang one inside your pantry door for all those small kitchen items—from corkscrews and tea strainers to corn-on-the-cob holders and measuring
  spoons. They’re just the right size for cake decorating tools too!

• 10. An acrylic makeup organizer is a great way for the junior Picassos in your household to organize their art supplies. Damp paintbrushes stay neat in dividers meant for lipsticks, and the other small compartments can keep crayons, chalk and watercolor sets nice and neat.


• 11. Foldout fishing tackle boxes make great jewelry boxes or storage boxes for crafts projects. Art students and makeup artists have relied on them for years for easy accessibility to their brushes and supplies.
• 12.Silver flatware chests lined with tarnish-resistant fabric are great for organizing and storing your silver jewelry. They’re usually attractive
  enough to display and most have dividers that can be used for necklaces,
  bracelets, and rings. Look for these handsome boxes at garage sales and
  online auctions.

• 13. Who doesn’t love to get those perfume and beauty-product samples? But the tiny bottles and containers can create some serious clutter. Minimize the mess by storing them in Ziploc® Brand Containers with Snap 'n Seal Lids in a bathroom closet or drawer. Next time you have guests, pull out some samples to put in a pretty dish
  in your spare bathroom.


• 14. Empty suitcases are a missed opportunity! Remember, there are some things you just don’t need to unpack, like your travel hairdryer, electric adapters, sleep mask, neck pillow, earplugs and your restocked travel makeup kit.
• 15. Little metal candy tins make terrific emergency mini-sewing kits. Fill them with needles, spare buttons, hooks-and-eyes, snaps and a few yards of white and black thread wrapped around a small piece of cardboard. Toss one in your handbag and another in your office desk drawer.


• 16. The plastic containers for mints can be reused to store straight pins. Just be sure to store the pins point-side down
.

• 17. Empty Saran™ Premium Wrap paper rolls are stronger than paper-towel rolls and can take on a second life as portable storage. Ball up empty plastic grocery bags and stuff them into a roll. Then toss a full roll of bags into your glove compartment, beach bag or gym bag so you’ll have a supply of bags whenever you need them.


• 18.Everyone’s heard of storing shoes in clear plastic boxes with a photo affixed to the outside. But who has time to take and print those photos? Instead, use adhesive nametags and write a description for each box; for example, “brown suede loafers” or “black patent slingbacks.” Label
  larger plastic storage boxes as well and be sure to put stickers on two or
  three sides so you can read what’s in them no matter where or how
  they’re stored.

It'sTime For Me To Get Organize

I will be looking for ways to make it simple to find things when I need it.
Find easier ways to work smart.
Make a place for everything and put everything in its place.
Do not keep any mail that I do not need and be clutter free.
Not wait until tomorrow but do it today.
Keep a clean and organize house and clean van inside out.
Keep a list of things that need to be done but keep doing so
my list stays short.
Use the alarms,voice mail and calendars from my computer
and cell phone to keep me on track.