Your Man Is Wonderful

So, I've been working at a company called Buzzplant since May and one our clients is Dr. Noelle Nelson. She has written a book called "Your Man is Wonderful." The book helps women to evaluate their relationships and rediscover the prince that they once married. Women are challenged to rediscover the good things in their marriages, relationships, and husbands using one of the proven methods from the book through a contest www.toadtoprince.com.

I wrote a guest blog, which my husband prefers me not to upload here, but I wanted to say that this is a quality contest and I did learn some things along the way. I've gotten to read some feedback from women who have equally gained something from the experience.

I encourage you to check it out. The prize for the contest is a $1000 travel voucher for a romantic getaway for two. I wish I could go for it, but you know...there's rules and regulations.

Self-Explanatory...

My mom died from cancer about 3 years ago. During our time of grieving, my brother became a road bike racer and Lance Armstrong became an inspirational figure in our lives. (along with most people dealing with the disease some way or another.) Brad has even ridden with Lance in Austin during the LiveStrong Challenge. I encourage you to watch the video link. It's pretty much self-explanatory and I LOVE IT! Great job, Nike!

Watch here.

So Sorry...

Wow! I realized I hadn't blogged on here for awhile, but didn't realize a whole month had passed. Opps! Well, it's not as if I've ignored blogging altogether. I've actually created a new "family" blog for us. In the past, I've used this address as a sounding board for opinions, news and personal writings, but from here on out will probably try to keep the personal stuff left to the other site. You might even catch Skye blogging on there as well. So, please try to keep both of them bookmarked.

I am happy to tell you that I did get a great part-time job at BuzzPlant, an online marketing company in Downtown Franklin. Luckily, the majority of my workload will be done at home, which will be perfect once the baby comes. God has answered a huge prayer for us. I start tomorrow, and so I am trying to get back into "work mode." It's incredible to be hired during this economy crisis.

Free care at Walgreens

I'm thankful that while I am unemployed I still have my husband's insurance. But for those of you that are jobless and now uninsured, Walgreens is offering a solution for the remainder of 2009. That's right, "The drugstore operator will be providing FREE tests and routine treatment for minor ailments through its walk-in clinics — though patients will still pay for precriptions." Usually the cost of that type of visit without insurance will set you back around $60. I think this is awesome that a company is stepping up and providing this service during a time of need. I know that when I've gone through this before, not having healthcare has been a big concern for me. Click here to read more details.

No more Sir or Madam...

The EU has decided to get more political correct. They announced today that several titles are now offensive such as referring to women as 'Mrs.' or 'Miss.' And to make things equal men can't be referred to as 'Sir.' This is quite a big step for England, right? Officials have also ordered that 'sportsmen' be called 'athletes' and 'statesmen' be referred to as 'political leaders.' The guidance lists banned terms for describing professions, including fireman, air hostess, headmaster, policeman, salesman, manageress, cinema usherette and male nurse. One thing that hasn't changed is that MEPs are still allowed to refer to 'midwives' as there is no accepted male version of the job.

To read more about this, click here.

Twitterview Tuesday

If you use Twitter, this might be interesting to you. Tomorrow, John McCain and George Stephanopoulos will 'tweet' in a Twitterview tomorrow at noon EDT. If you want to check it out, it will be made available to the public by signing up at the Twitter site to follow both Stephanopoulos and McCain. If you want to send in questions, do so to Stephanopoulos, but remember there is a 140 character limit.

Click here to follow McCain, and here to follow Stephanopoulos

Brite Revolution Site Launched

This site was launched recently for Brite Revolution. "At Brite we made a choice early on: Any success we have will be shared with others. We donate 10% of all our revenue to our listed causes. That's 10% right off the top. 5% is determined by you, our listeners and the other 5% is chosen by each of our artists." I just love that during this economy crisis, people are still putting things out there for the greater good. Kudos to Cabedge for the web design.