tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59442322011-11-27T15:22:09.329-08:00Mutterings when you just need to tell someone and the world is the best place to share.Wholesale Products AKA Louisiana Wholesalenoreply@blogger.comBlogger1331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944232.post-81279825764638036752009-05-29T09:46:00.001-07:002009-05-29T15:13:29.516-07:00

Every so often an opportunity to checkout something I would actually like to use/have. Today, from a recommendation at Potamus Prefers I learned about a contest JVC is having for the Everio. I chose the GZ-HD 300R camcorder. It is amazingly light and shoots and plays in high definition. That is outstanding. I have just found another site with a similar sweepstakes which is called Lizzy Dear's

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Yesterday I was involved in a discussion about the future of what we now call "the internet." Twenty years ago, the World Wide Web was new. People joined CompuServe and AOL with a unique name* that became their email address even though very few emailed in the early 1990's. Spam was non-existent and internet commerce had not yet begun. Those online at the time visited "meeting rooms" and spoke

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You know why I'm going to bed?Because the bed won't come to me.Mary Emma Mathews, Yazoo City, MSMary Emma Vandavere Mathews was my mother's mother. She was a teacher and lived a couple of miles "as the crow flies" from Yazoo City in the hills. Memories of homemade breakfasts, lunches and dinners sitting in the hot kitchen or around the large round dining room table are seared in my brain. She was

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I am named for my paternal grandmother, Mabyn Gordon Kean. She died when I was a youngster so I only remember her through photographs now. My father loved her so much and I loved my daddy. Yes, I was a daddy's girl. When I was a young adult, my parents gave me Mimi's diamond wedding ring, which I loved. It was one of those pieces of jewelry that you never take off. It was simply beautiful with

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While walking through Washington DC over the Memorial Day weekend I talked about wishing I had a pedometer. I would have loved to have known how far we walked that day. (In fact, I may invest in one since I really would like to know how far I "move" on a weekly basis.) We walked up and down the National Mall, through Chinatown, past the White House and up and down Pennsylvania Avenue several

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Traveling via airplane has changed dramatically. My husband and I commuted every weekend long before frequent flyer was offered by the airlines. He worked at a tv station in Pittsburgh and I kept the home fires burning in Louisiana. It was expensive to say the least. However, so much more than that has changed. The once cute, trim stewardesses have been switched out for Denny's waitresses, it

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It is not where 'social media' is but where it is going. Twitter is fun but who can do that continually other than bored housewives or kids? It appears to have taken the place of the soap opera and days at the park. God Bless employers these days. The influx of this social drama into the workplace must be a huge drain on resources.Tonight on Jay Leno I heard a longer haired Ben Stiller talking

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I love sharing links to great technology and sweepstakes. Yesterday I found a site called Metropolitan Mama that is giving away a Toshiba Protege M750. The laptop is different than laptops I am familiar with since it can convert into a tablet. Also impressive is that it is digial pen and touch screen capable. For a sales rep it sounds like heaven plugged in. You've still got time to enter so

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Momma or as most would say, Mama, used to say alot of things. When I dawdled, which must have been frequently, she used to say in a very strict voice "Time is Marching." I always felt that she lived her life in the fast lane. She would have gone nuts with these "gadgets" we have today. She hated the technology era. She was an avid reader. It makes me wonder if I could have convinced her to use a

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To be a young mom in 2009 must mean to blog. There are oodles of "mommy blogs" all over the internet. Many appear to be doing well and have a readership. Perhaps I was born in the wrong decade. I think technology is fabulous. What I would have given to have had the internet's searching capabilities 24 years ago!If you are looking for a good blog that reviews products well, then take a test drive

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I have had many people ask me "how do I win so many sweepstakes?" I have not won "many sweepstakes nor do I win often" but I was fortunate to win computers and from great sponsors like Hewlett Packard Most of these companies work through some type of marketing company like ePrize. You can see their live promotions at http://eprize.com/portfolio . There are numerous sweepstakes letters out their

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If you look around the blogosphere, you will notice that many of the current blogs are penned by stay-at-home moms about their life. Specifically they are about women with infant to school aged children. If there is a giveaway, it is usually a baby item.What about the rest of the female world? What about women who choose not to have children or ones, like myself, who have raised their kids

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This blog should be dedicated to hobbies and all of the fun things in life...things I sneak moments in to do. I love to watch my husband steal moments to do some of his. Grant you, they are brief moments but it is really good to see him get to play a game of golf or work in the garden. Those are two such opposite things but he derives pleasure from each. Over the weekend we drove to a local

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I should have updated my website more frequently. Brandport changed it's name to Spotwinner. You can reach Spotwinner through the banner on this site or you can reach the site from my personal link:https://www.spotwinner.com/Default.aspx?refcode=1265232. They don't spam your email which is great. I've won twice so far. I won a $50 American Express gift card and a $1000 American Express Gift Card.

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I'm still having fun playing Brandport probably because I tend to be winning on a regular basis. (That makes it more fun.) Since the site is still so new, it may still be a viable option for anyone running across this to hook onto it now while it is still in the newness phase. Also, as an update...The Winzy website has really grown and their prize list has gotten great! Here is a new link for

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For years I worked in advertising. Running across this BrandSweeps websitehttp://www.bpsweeps.com/Default.aspx?refcode=1265232 lets me review commercials weekly. I really enjoy that. And now I have won twice. Admittedly, I do it ala "Rush Limbaugh"...with the sound off. I figure if they can get their point across to me that way then the spot is good.

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I found a new sweepstakes site that has you look at commercials and then tell if you like them or not by answering one, maximium two questions. Brandport Sweepstakes The weekly prizes are GREAT. Check it out. I play it weekly and it doesn't take much time. The points seem to keep adding up and they remind you to play and tell you what that weeks prizes are. I'm game!mabyn :0

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Christmas Season is here and we went artificial. The kids don't know yet. Ahhh, the fresh smell of rubber. Yes, rubber! Well, it's time for Xela Christmas Tree scented aromasticks and they can be purchased at numerous retailers across Louisiana - lucky for me. I know where to go because I sold them to the stores so, this afternoon, I'll pick a store and go get a 4ounce size that has the atomizer

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Shopping at home or by computer is great and pretty much the norm these days. Having a personal connection to the company, someone you can talk to about your purchases much less the ability to EARN merchandise or cash, is so refreshing. That's why I became a consultant with Barefoot Parties. There are so many opportunities with this organization, starting with buying great gifts straight from the

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theFreeLot - Cool prizes, Totally Free!"> It is hard to get something for nothing... I enjoy trying. One of my new hobbies is sweepstakes and it is fun to win, although I've never won anything really big. This website has a new prize ever few days and they keep YOUR odds of winning posted which is fun to watch.I have to admit... spam increased a bit so I stopped playing. mabyn :)

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Click on this button to sign up for a new search engine that you will actually earn points daily everytime you happen to search for something. Occasionally when you do, you might win a prize! The rules are on the site. It's fun... why not?

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Martha Radditz and Terry "Whatsyourname?" it is time to stop SPECULATING and start just getting the news. For several years I have heard right wing news groups talk about the the political agenda that the big three networks have. I have disregarded it and always been able to come up with another answer. Not this time. Each of the three major networks are trying to make a mountain out of a

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It appears that the "big three"* got their feelings so hurt or egos so bent out of shape that they don't know anything else to do but to make up stories. Vice President Chaney accidently shot a friend while on a quail hunt. The man will recover. That is the story. However, since he did not alert the national media first through the White House sources, they got their panties in a wad and are

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There is so much to be thankful for in this life. I'm definitely blessed. Ah yes, cursed at times I'm sure... wouldn't be fun if there were no obstacles! I think about the people who have been important to me alot. Moreau (Mrs. Lillian Moreau) was our next door neighbor when I grew up. She was really the one who taught me the softer side of life and any caring I have. She lived a very long life

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Epsilon. Who would have ever thought it would be anything other than part of the Greek System on Campus? But here we are on the 29th of November 2005 with a Hurricane named Epsilon. We went through the alphabet of names and now though A-E worth of Greek names again. A record breaking year no doubt.

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Faster than a speeding bullet is how I would describe my life. Now, of course, I do stop and smell the roses every day. Luckily, my work emerses me in them. I have product lines that are full of wonderful scents. I dearly love each and every one of them. I constantly am having fun in what I do. I so wish I made the time to keep these blogs up-to-date. So very many funny things happen. Not today

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While cleaning the kitchen today, I threw out the pizza I made for my daughter on Friday night. She was very kind after I made it... had thanked me and kissed me before she left to go out with her friends. I thought "isn't that nice that they liked what I made!" However, when I made it back into the kitchen I saw that they had each only eaten one slice. I wondered why. It wasn't until today that

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I've changed some of my habits since the hurricane. Most recently, since the arrival of our electric bill - AHAAHAHAHAHAHAH I find myself flipping lights off and walking in the dark plus not running the air conditioner. Granted, our weather has been cooler than normal. However, our expense almost doubled since we use gas to cook plus the electricity around the house with our high ceilings. In

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I've put off writing because it seems like my life is either a travelogue of places I visit...which perhaps is not that bad. Or perhaps, it is the irony I see in life. I would have that that by now we would not be discussing the Hurricane Katrina. My friend's refugees just left yesterday. I do not know where they moved to. I have a hard time understanding how perfect strangers could live in

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We are here on earth for such a short time. Cliche as it sounds, I still think of myself as a young person even though I am in my fifties now. It probably has to do with how active you are and your lifestyle. Watching children grow is quite an amazing thing for the time flies alot faster than I ever dreamed it would. That isn't what I really want to tell you about tonight. It is about Martha. She

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Mayor Naglin (New Orleans) is a desparate man. He will probably be voted out of office and he knows it. He is now wanting to increase gambling in New Orleans, as if the city wasn't full enough of that type of activity in the first place. He couldn't figure out how to communicate with his city on a timely basis before the hurricane then he couldn't mobilize transportation that was available in the

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Katrina. Still on Nightline with Ted Coppell. Oh my... I'll just turn the volume to mute so I can think. That is what I am hearing on the streets when I talk to people here. People are tired of hearing about it. Nothing is new. They keep rehashing it. Do you remember when Bill Clinton said "It depends on what the definition of is, is?" That got old also. The media is like a rabid dog. I was

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Today I saw an old friend (a Doctor) whose sister & family were displaced from New Orleans. It is such a familiar story. "Family leaves town for a couple of days because of the hurricane warning. They expect to return within 2-3 days. Instead, everything is destroyed. The son was a Senior in High School. That great year is ruined, never to return. He is enrolled in a private school in Baton Rouge

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The mood and word around Baton Rouge is as different as the person you talk to. I think a lot of it has to do with people's connection to New Orleans prior to Katrina. For my part, I clearly see that the streets are not as crowded as they were a month ago. There are times of the day that it is much worse than it was prior to the Hurricane, but it is drivable at other times. Originally, those

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I keep having to delete comments because someone named anonymous continues to post. How irritating is that? I think if it keeps happening I'll just take all comments off.

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Life is moving to a new normal for our household, which is good. Yesterday I received a email with a link to an article I felt was profound: To view the entire article, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46440Wednesday, September 21, 2005------------------------------------------------------------------Moral poverty cost blacksin New OrleansBy Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson--

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My posts have blown away with Rita. Back to the sun and, hopefully, forgetting all this weather related news.

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My LORD! It is raining cats and dogs. As the outer bands of Rita spurn tornados and lots of rain, reports have made it that the levees in New Orleans are breeched again. Here in Baton Rouge it is wet, very wet and windy. This is Hurricane weather. Breezy with blowing rain, on and off. Satellite tv services are now being interrupted momentarily. I realize that cable may be interrupted at some

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Uh oh. Hurricane Rita is turning more towards Louisiana. Schools have been cancelled here AGAIN. Our weather is disrupting everything in this state. Today I listened to Shawn Hannity and I wanted to brain him. I'm Republican but sometimes (often?) he just does not have the facts. That irritates the gall out of me. For instance, everyone was complimenting how TEXAS was doing evacuating their

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At the local Albertsons today, I was stunned to find it packed. The store has been struggling to stay alive, which is why I shop there. I love the fact that no one else is there...uh, was there. I saw a friend there and she said she is a Walmart shopper but came to Albertsons since so many shelves were bare!This is two weeks since the storm. I shopped the store and could not believe my eyes when

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Yesterday our phones were upgraded and voicemail was - more or less - installed. The telephone company we work with still needs to come back but progress is being made on that front.Our airconditioner in our bedroom and MY ARTROOM has gone out. Talk about hot. I'm glad we never put the fans up from Katrina. They are at least circulating the heat. Every twenty minutes I go into another portion of

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So far I have stayed at home except when I have to do business, make appointments or run errands. Driving around town takes its toll on you now. In today's Advocate newspaper their was an article about what the city did to Florida Blvd., a four lane major thoroughfare. They made three lights stay full time green. The residents of the hugh subdivisions which normally poured out from those lights (

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Rumors have been rampant since the day New Orleans' residents descended upon our fair city of Baton Rouge. They've changed from the horrible desparate things we heard at first to now hearing them break contracts they've signed. From more than one mouth I've heard people wonder if the NO residents would have opened their homes. General consensus has been a resounding no! This story is not over but

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Mayor Nagin had on his PR hat last night and this morning. Hello Tourism. He was welcoming people back to New Orleans. What a laugh.Yes, come on back! Now, the armed guards won't let you in...but welcome back! I've just spoken to a friend (within the last ten minutes) who tried to go to his daughter's condo uptown and was not allowed admittance. Yes, come on back!And, they will have Mardi Gras!

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I am now not totally sure what I think on a federal level. I am still glad Michael Brown of FEMA is gone. I still think our state and their local botched much of it. Blanco successfully has ended her career in politics. I think our Mayor is trying to use this as a stepping stone and his manner of dress over the last two weeks has been rather, uh, different than what I've ever seen him in

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Everyday I try to take my mind off of what is most predominant here but it doesn't work. I strain to talk about other things and try to work on other things throughout the day.We are on the inside looking out with all of the first hand reports, local media and just being so very close. It is curious that the nation is blaming Bush for all of this. I saw an interview with Mayor Nagin last night

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It has been over six weeks since our home was struck by lightning. Some days our phones work like normal and some days they have acted up. They've gotten weaker and weaker until finally I could hear people call and not hear me, or me call and I would hear them say "I do not hear a caller so I am going to hang up now." I do not think the Hurricane impacted our telephone system whatsoever. It was

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The CITIZENS are BLACK.The EVACUEES are POOR.The REFUGEES are WHITE. The Right Reverend Jackson and Al Sharpton, et al say Bush doesn’t like CITIZENS.The truth is they don’t like REFUGEES! They are the bigots who stir up unrest.“Sticks and Stones can break my bones but words will never hurt me.” That is flagrantly untrue but we did learn that in grammer school. It is amazing to me how differntly

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It is night now and I've heard more stories. I have learned more. This Washington Times article really has the best birds eye view of the Hurricane I've seen. I think that is what has been so difficult. I have felt the rage of Mayor Nagin and thorougly agreed. However, it is the incompetence of these officials I have found difficult to understand.Just today, here in Baton Rouge, was another

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It's time to try to get back to normal or we never will. Helicopters are buzzing around sometimes close and sometimes in the background...and then I hear the sound of sirens. I've turned the TV off. Katie left for school an hour early. Tonight there is a school meeting and we find out what the 'plan' is. The new kids will be mixed in on Thursday. I see this whole disaster as so many people's

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Rescue efforts, relief efforts continue. Prophecy continues. Read this article from National Geographic. Nothing is really back to normal. Normal may have just changed. Walking into our convenience stores and major grocery chains, there are still rows of empty shelves and empty ice boxes. Every day is like a rush on the economy. You just try to stay at home, get things for people using whatever

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It is simple to explain emotions now. Most people are numb and depressed. Hour by hour things happens in New Orleans. I still hear helicopters overhead and emergency sirens on a repeated basis. I look outside my window and it is beautiful, sunny and unchanged. However, I can't get it out of my head that less than a week ago these people were doing what I am doing in their homes. They had jobs.

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Day Four -Life is changing. Within our family unit new, more stringent rules have had to be set. Security and safety are primary. Certain streets are no longer safe to drive on. Walk into corner grocery or neighborhood drug store that used to have a couple of customers at most and now they are jam-packed with new faces. As frightening as it is for our newest citizens, those from New Orleans and

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Being a weatherman's wife means hearing forecasts pretty often during severe weather. Yesterday morning I awoke to hearing Pat saying, "You'll have to play secretary today because the phone will be ringing alot." And it did. Katie's Senior retreat was the first thing to be cancelled. By early morning he knew that it was coming our way.Last night we went to dinner at Ruth Chris Steakhouse with

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I've been in the house so long trying to get ahead or catch up that now I'm using rub-on tan to look normal. I only see the sun when I go out to get the mail. The black footprints in the bath tub were pretty scary until I realized they were mine from my flip flops. So, the goal is to FINISH and get out of here like normal people into the S U N. If I were a plant, I would be dead for I would be

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There I go again...bragging. I have to work on that, amongst other things. I've been pumped up because I won the Zire 21 Handheld Palm from the Mood-liteswebsite. It is a handy little gadget that I really do like. I had my friends give me their personal data and I was entering things myself but since I've been out of the house I have not read up on it nor have I had a chance to install the Palm

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Sitting around reminising is not one of my pastimes. Earlier today, I was reminded about my ninth grade school which was Hockaday in Dallas, Texas. I was there as a boarding student and my memories are not so fond. I had a boyfriend at home and a car and a life. In the midst of all of my fun, I was thrust into uncertainty. I wore a horrendous uniform, roomed with a girl I was not crazy about, and

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Ah, high school and college memories gurgled from the depth of my ever growing lapse of memory today. Today was Katie's 'first day of her last year of high school.' Got that? I remember Episcopal High. Those were great times. I smile when I think of Katie Weber. She was such a good friend to me and to many others. Then, I realized I had to go to the Zeta House tommorrow. I'll enter through the

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As I drove down our street (WOODSTOCK, no less) and saw the sign all caddywampum it irked me. These kids are out of control. This is a nice neighborhood with a patrol officer! Driving further down the street is a pole that was not touched. The next street sign was stripped clean: And the following one was subjected to the onslaught ours was. Living here with that going on in our front yard and

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Someone is mowing their lawn right now 1:54. More than likely it is a service. Pat is golfing. Katie at work. I'm heading out. Thumper is doing it with his rabbit. hmmm.It looks like when I watered the flowers last night - or tried to (that being another story) and left the door open to the living room because Thumper wanted to stay outside a bit longer... He must have had a guest come in

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Michael turned 20 Monday.Katie laughed and said we are old.Several times.Ha ha ha.

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We went to the Balloon Glow for the last two nights which was impressive. Seeing all of those colorful balloons was a happy site and Baton Rouge was lucky to host the event. I remember last year when Pat and I were out of town for a couple of days. We had been back in town for several days when our daughter said, "Oh yeah, a hot air balloon landed in our front yard while ya'll were gone and the

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The recent Nielsen scandal in our fair city has just about come to a close. What slithered from the keystrokes of Mukul Verma of the Baton Rouge Business Report (Daily Report online) was disappointing. From his little write-up, it appears that we have been darting from shadow to shadow hiding a dark family secret. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Nielson called twice and twice was told

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While on one of the websites I enjoy called Spa-Addicts, I came across a sweepstakes for a tee shirt from a company called Wear Luck The way in which they described the shirt intrigued me so I tracked the company down and ordered one. I ordered WISDOM since I think anyone with two teenagers could use a little more of that. There was a clever message along with the word W I S D O M imprinted in

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The Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2005 will guarantee that women and their physicians, not insurance companies, will decide when they are ready to go home. So voice your support now — with your signature. Lifetime will deliver your signature, along with the millions of others, to Congress.www.lifetimetv.com/reallife/bc/pledges/bc_mast_pledge.html">Sign the pledge

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Less than two weeks after my last post I received a phone call from a marketing group questioning me about Ebay practices. They obviously felt the impact of people (ie; DOLLARS) leaving. They've adjusted some of their original price hikes which should help out however, they still have store prices which are unreasonably high for "Sunday Storeowners" or hobbyists.

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There's a saying that "business is business" and that's true. However, you have to wonder how many thousands dollars will be lost due to ebay's last 'business' move. Did they consult with their marketing guru before this last gaff? I doubt it. It seems like a hasty financial move ill thought out. Speaking to big and small sellers alike, many are looking to pull up stakes and fine another

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I've seen the good and bad side of people recently. Working out of my home I tend to forget how vicious people can be. In 'real life' I can choose to avoid them, ignore them or deal with them. However, it is a different story online. You don't see them. They are a silent enemy and can appear like a lamb or a friend and do great harm. Case in point. It sounds so silly when I think about it.

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Okay, so Cindy calls NERDWORKS when her computer is sneezing. I AM the nerd who works on ours or our network at home. This time a virus didn't get my computer- Service Pak 2 from Microsoft got me! It totally zapped my system and now I'm starting to recover.

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You hear it all of the time about our disposable society yet when it hits you in the face, you are still a bit surprised. Several years ago, my sister-in-law Maria kept bringing over the best homemade bread on special occasions so my kids talked us into purchasing a bread maker. It was a good purchase and for years we have made loaves of hot fresh bread effortlessly. Along the way, something

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Not since the McCarthy Era (known better as McCarthyism)have so many actors voiced their political opinions to the amazement of the American public. It was reminiscent of the Salem witch trials. Today, well known actors, singers and comedians who are in support of John Kerry are making their choice public. People whose work I admired like Whoopie Goldberg, Richard Gere, Cher, Robin Williams, Dave

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Usually on Saturday mornings I wake up early enough to hit a few garage sales. I'm looking hard for vintage fabrics to make the vintage purses I make for sale now. I'll post pictures of those soon. They are for sale on ebay. Several months ago I purchased fabric to line my purses with that was round tightly around a tube. Today I reached the end of it and popped it off the tube to which it was

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The beauty of Pennsylvania just cannot be underestimated. We just returned from a weekend trip. We are so used to seeing evergreen 24/7 that seeing the multi-colored leaves was a real treat. We weren't as prepared for the brisk weather. For us, it was like February weather, very cold. This shot of this little red farm house was shot outside of Ellwood City, PA as we went leaf hunting in the

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Last night was the last of the Bush / Kerry televised debates and unfortunately people had tired of seeing the same old format and very similar questions bringing very similar answers. I received an e-mail just now that I want to share: "This says it well and points out quite clearly why I will vote for G.W. Bush even though he can't debate. Before dawn this morning I awoke with a sense of

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I opened The Mabyn Kean Agency (ad agency) when I was 24 years old. At the time, it was unusual for a woman to open a business or be the head of a business at all. I saw no obstacles and forged ahead. My career was very satisfying. I remember hiring a very old lady named Mary Ellen in my first office location. She was 40. She had been a media buyer and had some previous agency experience which

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There is a letter that circulates called "The Meanest Mother in The Whole World". It probably circulates the internet - everything else does. Someone in the priesthood sent a copy to me for Mother's Day this year. I'll throw it away after I write this. Whomever wrote it, wrote it tongue in cheek. They were very grateful that they had a very strict disciplinarian mother. I had seen it numerous

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"Walk on in" with a click of your mouse. Another thing I just thought about is that The Holiday House has moved albeit temporarily? I'm not sure what happened to the server where it was but it has moved to ebay for now. Please start visiting every few days as new things are added. There is a link provided to your right on the OchitOchat site. Mabyn

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Well, I can't believe Katie's school has finally gotten their greenery orders ONLINE... but they did. In case any of you would like to order your Holiday greenery online this year and have it DELIVERED to you, :) (my favorite way) I'm posting this link to the Episcopal website ordering in hopes that others who have wanted it will find there way here. I guess I'm thinking along the lines of when

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Have you ever noticed while driving down the street all of the birds sitting on buildings or on top of the phone lies just looking down? Or have at the beginning or end of the day have you heard them singing but not seen them? Have you ever wondered where this huge mass of animals goes when it dies? There are a lot of birds but they don’t just seem to fall from the sky and die of heart failure or

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My daughter convinced me to buy a $150 flat iron last year from Paris Parker Hair Salon . It isn't the type of purchase I readily do. I decided we'd share the flat iron. (Yes, many of you have seen me with curly hair for the last 6 months, but I used to be straight locks only and now I wear it both ways.) Anyway, recently Katie came down and said the iron was shorting out...something wrong with

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I've been experiencing some online "road rage" recently. We are quickly moving to the 2004 Presidential election and by watching the mainstream media many times it has been easy to see favoritism. Some of it is so overt that I have not been able to stand it. Were they media with a liberal twist or a conservative spin, then I should be able to just change the channel. However, this is supposed to

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Odd thing happened today. I went to a Vintage Store and thumbed through some photos. As I did I ran across a photo that looked like my sister-in-law years ago. But why would Virginia's photo be in there for sale for $1? I looked through more and then moved on to look around. Then, I saw a picture in a frame of her Aunt Hallie. I almost fell out! I couldn't believe it. I phoned my brother to

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Something made me go to my bookshelf earlier. When I was in high school I had a favorite poet I've thought about every couple of years that I want to talk about. James Weldon Johnson was a Negro writer. That line sure sounds funny but I'm taking it directly out of my high school lit book. I loved one poem that he wrote called "The Creation" that I kept the book. He wrote with such feeling. Let

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Pat gave up cursing for Lent. That's funny because he didn't really curse BEFORE Lent. However, once Lent started he started "Letter Swearing". I mean every other word was "f" this or "d" it. Finally I told him I was tired of all of this Letter Swearing because even though he only says the letter, I HEAR the word. He curses more now than ever before in the 25 years we've been married. Weird, huh?

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While taking a walk today at a not so fast pace... (I am trying to build a large library of photos that can be used for various occasions so I'm carrying my camera.) I reached a piece of property where two dogs serenaded me the entire length of the house. I'm not one that enjoys feeling quite so conspicuous. I took their picture so I'd remember them next time. Must get back to work.

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Well, my ADD is rampant. I'm in the midst of cleaning up the artroom, opening an e-trade account to look at tech stocks since Google may be gurgling, putting things for sale on ebay (HURRAY!) Here is a post for one of the items which is alot of computer equipment... From there you can select the ME button on my FutureboundLLC name and see my other auctions if you want. ebay ; plus working on a

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The weekend has been a hoot. Friday night we went to a fancy luau held by my daughter's school. One of the teacher's there used to ride to school with me when we went to school there. While we were talking, she was telling my husband how neat my car was. My car then known as the Red Rat was a Karman Ghia, VW. Gosh, I remember once that car breaking down off Airline Hwy and the boy I was dating,

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Don't know why but I don't feel well tonight. No one home either. No good tv. Not even a good email. Only spam. Time to call it a night I guess. My grandmother, Gran, used to say... Mabyn, you know why I'm going to bed? No, Gran, why are you going to bed? Because the bed won't come to me. Hmmm, must have been family humor. :) Good Night!

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On our recent trip to Ireland, we drove past this horse statue. You could see it for a long way before we got to it. There was no sign or marking saying what it was or why it was there. There was no town near it. There was no far near it. It was just up on a hill, sitting there in its glory. When we got back to Killarney we asked Junior about it and he said that when they built the road they had

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I'm terribly disappointed by what I learned in the 60 minutes show last night. Bob Woodward who was responsible for uncovering the Watergate coverup was interviewed about a book he wrote. I was particularly interested in a few things that he said. I was highly disturbed to hear "Bush is not a deep thinker"... Oh my... We have a superficial leader? Bush's response to how he will be thought of in

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Most of my days are pretty average right now. I forget how stressful it was having a business with employees with their own agendas. Probably the funniest times in my life are when I talk to my sister. All true stories. I just spoke with her and she said "Did I tell you?" "What?" "Ginger's been sick. I've had her on antibiotics. I was walking to the kitchen and had her pill in my hand and

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If you've watched The Apprentice you know who that is. It is truly difficult to watch that person on television. She is so utterly vindictive and such a disgusting personality. I've thoroughly enjoyed Donald Trump's show with the EXCEPTION of her presence. She embodies the worst of many people I have fired. She is a perfect reason why I disliked having employees. She is a lying manipulative woman

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American society has just become too lazy. Things are over the top. It is too easy, too much and too often. I'm reminded of it because of our recent trip to London and a huge mistake of mine. The English are more formal than we are and that is a fact I had simply not thought of. When we went to London, I fully intended to see my friend while there. I didn't want to barge in on her and come to

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Tonight President Bush spoke for a little over an hour. It is always so obvious how negative the media feels about him. They make no effort to even appear non-bias anymore. As he spoke, it reminded me of our recent trip to London. As we were walking near Big Ben, after some fish and chips in a local pub, we started seeing alarming headlines in the newspapers. It was rather surreal at the time

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Leaving town means postponing some things you should be doing. I've definitely been trying to organize and update myself today. I can't say that I've made the progress I needed to make. I got off track today due to a cousin of mine. (It takes so very little when you have ADD.) All she needed to do was to allude to the idea that I had possibly been getting the Mabyn name on the various email

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Today is Easter Sunday. It is amazing how fast time passes. "Just yesterday" our kids were eagerly searching out their Easter baskets... but "yesterday" was years ago and the reality is that they really don't like candy much anymore so I only buy a bag or two and leave it on the kitchen counter. I guess the bunny died at our house. Well, not really. Our dog, Thumper, is quire horny. He "humps" a

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To smell it I wouldn't want to eat it...but lather it with Irish creamery butter and it was quite nice. Back now from ten days in London, visiting St. Mabyn as a sidetrip, and Ireland, staying in Killarney, I don't notice the jet lag because there is so much to do and catch up on presently. The scenery was breathtaking. Thank goodness for my new camera. I took daily notes and documented the trip

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Another year of St. Patrick's Parades for Baton Rouge, LA have come and gone. To read the headline of our local paper you would have thought that it was a totally disastrous year. It was a poor choice of headlines in my opinion. There was, unfortunately, a parade accident this year which everyone hates. However, the weather was perfect, Denis Coffey from Ireland was outstanding as Grand

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There isn't much that bores me more than people who are "politically correct"... or what I consider "yes men". These people pleasers seem to have not thought out the ramifications of specific actions. You find it everywhere and the side "you should be on" changes depending on who you are talking to. I am opposed to same sex marriages. My beliefs about marriage come from what I learned in the

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