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Monday Motivation – A Day Late…Again

Posted by html404 on August 17, 2010
in Monday Motivation

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Last week’s Monday Motivation:

~ To get our Back-to-School Product Guide finished and introduce you all to some new and exciting products! This is our main priority this week as far as the blog goes. Special thanks goes to my oldest “Virtuous” for all her time and help on it. Couldn’t have done it without her. Thanks to all the companies and PR reps for helping us put together our Back to School Guide!

This Week’s Motivation:

~ Finish reviewing products we received for last week’s Back to School Guide.

~ Get ahead on posts…maybe.

~ We still haven’t made it mini golfing or to the beach and those are on my lists if the weather would just cooperate on the days that I plan to do them!

~ The garden. We really need to plant a few fast growing plants that we started inside, just to see how they do compared to our direct planting in the spring. Things like lettuce….We are so very behind on the garden!

~ Hopefully have this baby! I have been very tired and uncomfortable, so I am hoping and praying that I will be rested up for labor and delivery.

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Back to School Product Guide: Technology/Electronics Part 1

Posted by html404 on August 13, 2010
in Product Guides 2010, Technology/Electronics

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Today we will be featuring the Technology and Electronics part of our Back to School Product Guide. We think that many of these are very cool and useful to the whole family. So parents and children be sure to check them out!

1.) V-Moda Headphones- Going back to school in the fall can always be a stressful time. V-MODA’s Crossfade LP over-ear headphone is not only a perfect fashion-forward accessory for any stylish student on the run, but is practical too. Engineered with the help of world-class DJ’s, Crossfade LP offers impeccable sound, comfort and durability while allowing users to make and answer phone calls with a built-in, hands free microphone and three-button remote control. These headphones work with the latest iPhone 3GS, iPod, iPad and MacBook. They come with a one-year V-MODA premier warranty and Replay Replacement Program – 50% off lifetime replacement guarantee ($249.99) Comes in 5 cool colors.

We will be featuring a product review of this item next week. We need a bit more time to test it.

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2.) Notebook- MSI’s sleek U135 netbook (MSRP $349.99, 2.4lbs.) is not limited by its compact size; in fact, it offers massive hard drive capacity, perfect for the media-loving and ambitious student. Here are a few reasons why it’s great for students this back-to-school season: It’s compact and lightweight, meaning that it travels well so students can study and do homework while on-the-go, It’s available in silver, black, blue and red, so kids can make a statement with their netbook, it offers approximately 7.5 hours of battery life, so students don’t have to worry about their power supply dying and it runs the slick Windows 7. With the U135 in their backpack, students can confidently tackle school projects, studying and research on the go or while at home, and still enjoy their multimedia and social networking hobbies.

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3.) Computer Screen Wipes– These adorable screen wipes are fun screen with a zest of lemon fragrance and a chamois will clean and reduce static on all computer monitors, laptops and LCD screens. Easy to grasp, non scratching, no mess reusable again and again. They have a calming scent as you get a whiff of lemon zest and chamois emitting from their tummies and cute addition on any desk. And you don’t need to use your plush screen wipe with other cleaning agents. Just wipe any screen and reduce the static and remove the dust. Check out their nine fun animal designs: Pig, Horse, Giraffe, Tiger, Elephant, Duck, Gorilla, Bunny, and Schnauzer Dog. ($10.00 each)

We will be featuring a review for this product once they arrive and we have tested and tried them. Check back later…

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4.) Nu Shield- This product is a screen protector for cameras, laptops, hand held devices and more! This screen allows daylight readability of the screen, installs easily in seconds and lasts indefinitely. Tough, durable film protects against scratches and gouges. Super thin with a pleasant feel anti-reflective film hides fingerprints. Filters out 99% of UBV light. This product is perfect for college and high school students who love to be outdoors but don’t want the glare on there technology products.

We have a review to post about this product, which will probably be featured next week or the week after. We need time to test and try it!

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Come back this afternoon at 12:00 PM for part 2!

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Monday Motivation – Back to School Product Guide

Posted by html404 on August 9, 2010
in Monday Motivation

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Last week’s Monday Motivation:

~ Surprise the children with a trip to the mini golf place we went to on Friday! I just want to get these things in before baby comes. Didn’t happen. Hoping it happens this Tuesday night!

~ Go to the movies on Wednesday for “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”. Didn’t happen, we watched it here at home with a free trial from Netflix.

~ Start going weekly to the midwife. Appointment went fine. Baby was not head down any longer though. 🙁

~ The older two girls have been asked to help at a farm dinner at one of the farms we have volunteered at, so we will not have our big girls for about three hours that evening. They haven’t been away since they helped at Grandma’s house, so I am sure they will enjoy it. They had a wonderful time!

~ We have Men of Valor and Women of Virtue with our church. The ladies and girls met and had a nice time of fellowship, but the men cancelled their event for the month.

This Week’s Motivation:

We plan to feature 2-3 posts each day on the topics I mentioned:

Monday: School Supplies Products
Tuesday: Lunch Products
Wednesday: Fashion Products
Thursday: Eco Friendly Products
Friday: Technology/Electronic Products

So be sure to check them all out!

~ I really have too many things on my mental list of “to dos” that I am not even going to bother going list them all out here. What gets done, gets done and what doesn’t…well…doesn’t.

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ObamaCare Update

Posted by html404 on August 4, 2010
in Family Stuff, Health and Nutrition

I know that I don’t usually post much about politics, but this is family related and of interest to our family because we are hoping and praying that ObamaCare does not get implemented. We also applaud the Virginia judge who has the best interest of the citizens of the state of Virginia at heart as he goes into legal battle regarding mandatory healthcare for everyone. May more judges and legislators join him in this fight for our constitutional rights!

Here is an excerpt from Betsy McCaughey from her Opinion Story on Wall Street Journal.

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Its about the Constitution A federal court denies the government’s motion to dismiss the challenge

By: Betsy McCaughey August 4, 2010

Last November, a reporter asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi if it was constitutional for Congress to require Americans to buy health insurance. Ms. Pelosi responded, “Are you serious?”

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson got serious. He denied Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the state of Virginia challenging the new health law. His ruling stated that it is far from certain Congress has the authority to compel Americans to buy insurance and penalize those who don’t.

Judge Hudson’s ruling paved the way for a trial to begin on October 18, with possible appeals all the way to the Supreme Court, a lengthy process. Some states will likely delay creating insurance exchanges and slow down other costly preparations for ObamaCare until its constitutionality is determined by this case.

If mandatory insurance is declared unconstitutional, the entire health law could collapse like a house of cards.

Judge Hudson ruled that the court must do what Congress failed to do-apply the Constitution.

Ms. McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York and author of “Obama Health Law: What It Says and How to Overturn It” (Encounter, 2010). For more information, visit Defend Your Healthcare.US

This is additional information from an email we received with the article above, just for those interested:

The enactment of the Obama health law is a bruising blow to American freedom and medical excellence. But the war is not over. There can be no negotiation between freedom and coercion.

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Wordless Wednesday – Beautiful

Posted by html404 on July 14, 2010
in Family Stuff, Gardening, Wordless Wednesday

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Wordless Wednesday – Cat in the Hat? No…..

Posted by html404 on June 16, 2010
in Blog Stuff, Family Stuff, Wordless Wednesday

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Reviewing My Focus

Posted by html404 on June 12, 2010
in Family Stuff

I can’t believe the week has gone by with me only posting on Friday and then today I managed to get posts ready thru Monday. Thank you God for the rain today! I have had a hard time focusing this past week. I have had so much on my mind that the energy to write other than what I have to write for work.

Gotta love this inner head shot below to show how the wheels churn in our minds and that is what my problem has been – thinking about too much!

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Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

At the beginning of the week, I really wasn’t feeling well at all. This pregnancy has been a roller coaster as far as how I feel from day to day. Very weird. Tiredness, nausea, sciatic nerve acting up which affects my hips and movement (I’ve had this in every pregnancy, it is only exacerbated in this one!)

I have also been very farm focused. Researching about what we are going to do after this summer, reading books about farming – I don’t know many more books I need to get through, plus my normal work load in addition to the garden. Let’s just say that this might be the first summer that we take off from homeschooling in many years. Although, the girls are trying to keep up with their math and I am trying to get our middle son through his reading lessons, but that’s about all we have time for between keeping up the house and garden. We always seem to be on the go. Some work, like their math is easy to do in the van. Other things like hand-writing, no, definitely not!

A great thing that happened this past week is that we were able to give the farmer whose land we are renting/using our first little bundle of harvest. We gave her two different kinds of kale, swiss chard, green onions and a bunch of small radishes. The kale and radishes taste yummy, as the children have brought me a little of each to try. It is neat to see the younger ones reaction to picking the veggies. Our little blondie said, “We grew that?” to the radishes we pulled from the row. It was pretty cute.

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