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The first 50 people to sign up each week will receive a free bamboo plant – a natural air purifier. 

www.filtrete.com

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What do you do when there’s a cause you care about and a need for funding?  The typical response is to get some funds by selling things and services people need… car washes, bake sales and lemonade stands top the list in my mind.  Top mom @ Electrolux, Kelly Ripa, is heading up a push for virtual lemonade stands.

Design your own virtual lemonade stand and pick out three drinks to serve, in return, Electrolux will donate $1 to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF).  Get cool for a cause, let’s hit the max $15,000 mark!!

In addition, you can sell virtual glasses of lemonade to people you know to make more money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.  There are THREE ways to win a new Electrolux fridge for yourself!

• NO PURCHASE OR DONATION NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Open only to legal residents of the 48 contiguous U.S. and D.C., 21 or older. Void in AK, HI & where prohibited. The Kelly Confidential Virtual Lemonade Stand Promotion consists of three (3) sweepstakes: the Open a Stand Sweepstakes; the Visit a Stand Sweepstakes; and the Donate to a Stand Sweepstakes. Each sweepstakes begins 12:01 a.m. ET June 8, 2009 & ends 11:59 p.m. ET September 7, 2009. Subject to Official Rules . Sponsor: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.

Opening a lemonade stand takes a few minutes, super easy and super cute!  Thanks to MomCentral for making me aware of this great campaign! 

Visit: www.electroluxappliances.com

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hooray, hubby just found a camera we’d thought was lost for sure!   here are three kidlets on Valentine’s Day!

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I have so much stuff to post but I’m just too aggravated, please please forgive me…

This started last night, I call it at 9:45 p.m. fifteen whole minutes before they “close”.  All the associates were helping other travelers, or so the message said so I was on hold, finally there’s a couple of weird beeps and “have a magical day” *hangup*

I was so mad!  I don’t think of been that mad even when I nick myself shaving!!  Fast forward to this morning, my mom and husband are calling me off the hook to make sure I’m up to deal with all this as I’m already on the phone with Disney.  Like a good girl I woke up at 0657 to start calling but it doesn’t matter, I’ll be punished with the incessant *beeps* from their attempts to get through to me. 

I get through quickly to Disney travel this time, go through ALL My info, what I have, what I want, etc… they tell me that they can’t change existing reservations, call back in a few hours, the system is being upgraded!!  WHAT!?! you’ve got those commercials going full blast with no mention of system upgrades right on the day I need to call.  Oh yeah, that’s for the people you still care about, the ones who haven’t laid down that deposit! 

I need to change my reservation so I can change the airfare because it’s already gone up $40/person since last night!!

930 I call back, systems still down, can’t make changes to existing reservations but they can make a new reservation for the room, at least I’ll have a room but they won’t guarantee that we can get the free Disney Dining Plan which is what makes it worth it.  The new time to call is 1130…

1130 I call once again… straight to the point, our system is down, call back at 130 p.m.  I’ve wasted this gorgeous day dealing with all this! not to mention JetBlue selling out the cheap fares.

I so considering cancelling everything and getting my money back!  I’ll live blog my next Disney World Travel call at aproximately 1:28 p.m. est

*Update*  I finally got through, changed our hotel reservation and bought tickets on JetBlue.  I also did 2 sessions of Taebo yesterday and participated in a #gno on twitter.  Not without going through a meltdown yesterday first but it’s done, now on to the reviews…

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Frigidaire is keeping all that in mind with 250 new appliances with time saving features to lighten mom’s load!  What I wouldn’t do to save some time on daily chores.  The laundry is particularly frustrating.  No matter what I do, I’m ALWAYS behind on the laundry. 

Confession: I have to get the kids to pick out their clothes the night before to be sure we’ve got enough socks and undies.

Our set is in the basement so it’s easy to overlook the run down, top-loading,  rusty old thing.  Sometimes I don’t even turn on the lights its so depressing.  We always talk about getting a new washer/dryer but something else always comes up! 

Frigidaire’s recently released “Motherload Index” revealed that moms spend most of their waking lives – 200 hours each month – doing the activities they least enjoy rather than the things they love.

I must admit the time saving features make buying a new set all the more attractive as well as the thought of saving energy and getting clean clothes!  I’m sure more ME time would make me a better mom, I wouldn’t have to be up past midnight and I’d be pumping blog posts like crazy if I got a Frigidaire washer and dryer.  Who am I kidding… I’d probably spend more time reading another picture book or story while philosophizing about life with my little laundry soilers.

What would you do with found free time?  Fill out the survey @ Frigidaire for your chance to WIN a bunch of Frigidaire appliances.  Check out the More-Me-Time guarantee!  8 hours a month or you can return your appliances within 30 days of purchase.

This post may actually give ME a chance to win a washer/dryer set!

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I have and love it, they don’t care about the lint and crud on the carpet, what’s on tv or if the subject is moving.  It’s reality.  The subject is Baby Bear (Build-a-Bear origin), wearing his Christmas sweater well past its’ time and his firefighter pants — hence the reflector strips.  He’s besides his favorite pillow which is Simply Shabby Chic (my favorite).

In other news…  I’m watching Tori & Dean, that guy’s a bit of a hothead isn’t he?  I’m not a regular viewer so I may have the wrong idea but he’s seriously stressing about furnishing the house.  I’m sure my husband would be thrilled if I’d procrastinate such tasks.

And since I”m thinking about furnishings…  I can’t stop thinking about all things Pottery Barn.  I LOVE the look of Pottery Barn, Ethan Allen, et al.  You know like real furniture.  We have a few pieces of real furniture but no cohesive plan and there’s none of that in my immediate future.

Speaking of getting things furnished and organized, be sure to check out  Panasonic’s Living in HD website for a chance to get some experience with a vast array of their products.

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Other than that we’ve been going for loooooooooong walks, just today we found a new favorite spot we’ve passed a gazillion times but somehow missed.  With all the rain we’ve gotten lately and the snow melt the rivers are so high I had to keep a close watch on my kittens.  At the same time the danger adds to the excitement of watching the rushing water going through the rapids.  We somehow managed to leave the trail 6 cents richer by finding a nickel and a penny.

In other news, I just watched a bit of the Real Housewives of New Jersey and I must say I’m appalled.  That thing is hilarious, are they kidding me?!  must we go through all the states!  Speaking of housewives, I have an extremely compelling interview coming up, it’s here sitting in notes and I haven’t the gusto to get it onto the computer screen.

I’m not sure what’s going on with me but I hope I get over it soon so I can start blogging full time again real soon!! P.S. I know this must sound/look very weird but, oh well… 

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Last week I was pretty busy spring cleaning.  Dusting pictures, backs of tvs, and more… steam cleaning carpets is my least favorite thing to do but a great relief when it’s done.  I think our steamer is outdated which makes it that much harder to do.

We all missed an entire day!  how you ask? well, we’re all so tired since springing forward last week that we were late Monday for everything and then we woke up 930 (!!!) on Thursday making it unworth it to even bother so we stayed home and bummed around.

I’m determined this week is going to be better!  My goal is to eat all our meals at home this week, so here’s our tentative menu:

• Monday: slow cooker roast beef with onion/tomato base with white rice and steamed veggies
• Tuesday: St. Patrick’s Day brisket with potatos and carrots
• Wednesday: carbs lovers, spaghetti w/butter and salad
• Thursday: mashed cauliflower (I add a tiny amount of instant mashed potato flakes and cheezes) with leftover meat or split chicken
• Friday: ??? 

The biggest expense at the grocery for us right now are French baguettes.  They’re $3 each and we go through one in a sitting, if only I could find a good baguette recipe — that would save me a fortune! 

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I got rid of some stuff and cleaned up a bit so stay tuned for ALL the fabulous spring cleaning products coming up!

xoxo

D

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