The Budweiser 911 Tribute and the Force of the 2011 Volkswagon Superbowl Ads are Still With Me!

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Photo credit: kakisky from morguefile.com I really love this Superbowl ad used by Volkswagen in 2011 and posted it around the same time last year. The Budweiser 911 Tribute commercial is so very powerful. Budweiser only aired it once so as not to benefit financially from it. They just wanted to acknowledge that horrible day [...]

Get on the Shelf – Uggs for Dogs, Zombie Repellant, The Cookie Dipper and Zimbi Super Alien Juice

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No, I haven’t lost my mind…..these are actual products! That’s right these new products:  Uggs for Dogs, Zombie Repellant, the Cookie Dipper and Zimbi Super Alien Juice (to name a few) are all in competition to get on the shelves of Walmart. Walmart is holding a contest for small businesses called “Get on the Shelf” [...]

George Stella Raspberry Drop Scones Flourless, Low-Carb, Paleo on Doctoroz.com

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Image Source The same day that I read Paula Deen has Type 2 Diabetes, I see George Stella’s low carb recipe for Raspberry Drop Scones on Dr. Oz.  Could America’s favorite Dr. be advocating a low carb diet? Did you hear that Paula Deen has had Type II Diabetes for three years? She officially announced [...]

Living off the Grid How One Family Lives Well on $20K/Year Today Show Video

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This story comes at a great time – I’m stressed out because I’m too caught up in the commercialism of Christmas. Like my sister says, “Proudly overspending on Christmas since 2001.” Here is a family that I won’t be bumping into the mall anytime soon. This is a couple who knows how to make do [...]

Duggars Announce Baby 20 on the Today Show

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Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, stars of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” revealed Tuesday on TODAY that they are expecting baby number 20 in April. 5,400 days. If I’ve done my math correctly, that is roughly the number of days that Mrs. Michelle Duggar has been pregnant. For me,  540 days of being pregnant was [...]

What’s Wrong with Children’s Book – Maggie Goes on a Diet

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In case you haven’t heard, there is a lot buzz about this new children’s book – Maggie Goes on a Diet.  Maggie Goes on a Diet is a story written by P aul Kramer due out in October. It’s a story about a fourteen year old girl who is overweight and bullied at school. She [...]

The Pros and Cons of Your Relocation to North Carolina from New England

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My uncle and his girlfriend moved from Massachusetts to North Carolina in 2007. Thankfully the tornadoes just missed their home on Saturday and they are safe and sound. North  Carolina was the hardest hit by a storm system that generated dozens of tornadoes from Oklahoma to Virginia and left several people dead. My thoughts and [...]

Remembering Michael Jackson a Year After His Death

I have to admit, I did get caught up in the stories, interviews and media coverage of Michael Jackson’s death. A year later, Oprah replayed her Michael Jackson interview on her show yesterday and the Today Show had a five minute segment titled Remembering the ‘King of Pop’ a Year After His Death. In the [...]

Donna Simpson Making Six Figures From Having Six Figures

Donna Simpson is becoming a household name. She is being talked about on broadcast news, on the Internet and on talk radio. In case you haven’t heard, Donna Simpson is a 41-year-old New Jersey mom who weighs 600 lbs. She has announced to the world that she is going for the Guinness Book of World [...]

Making A Six Figure Income on Etsy

I have to credit my husband for finding this great N.Y. Times article on women who have successful Etsy businesses earning six figure incomes. The success stories will inspire Etsy shop owners like Gisele, who make recycled juice bag totes. (Why not, enter to win this cool-”green”-tote here?!) When starting your own business, doing what [...]

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