Monday, May 03, 2010
Wishes For My Little Girl Facebook Contest
I got the following email from MomSelect:
"Earlier this month, I introduced you to Cristina Carlino and her campaign for She Colors My Day - the now worldwide movement which embarks upon a global journey to create for a cure. Inspired by a mother's infinite love, this ever widening circle of caring will benefit Susan G. Komen for a Cure ® and The Entertainment Industry Foundation's Women's Cancer Research Fund. Thank you for your support!
To continue giving back to women everywhere, Cristina has published her first interactive journal, "The Changing Room: A Mother's Journal of Gratitude to Her Little Girl." This interactive journal by Cristina Carlino and YOU captures all those astonishing parenting moments before they fade into the swirl of everyday life. Throughout the book, Cristina shares her personal story and asks questions that inspire you to remember those first precious years of motherhood. This journal is a special place for your memories, drawings and letters. One day it will become a priceless keepsake for your daughter. (For more on The Changing Room, click onto this video link:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=107098785997769
Cristina's friend, actress Mariska Hargitay is in love with the book, and she and Cristina have joined forces for her Joyful Heart Foundation, benefiting survivors of rape, incest and abuse. The neat thing is 100% of the net proceeds for The Changing Room will go to Joyful Heart.
Mariska says this about the book:
"This beautiful and rare journal is an expression of the exquisite and tender delight Cristina takes in motherhood. As if by magic, the journal opens doors into the most precious terrain where the miracles of childhood transform into memories large and small. What a gift to be led to this place of wonder, joy and gratitude. And we are so pleased that 100% of the net proceeds from this book are being donated to the Joyful Heart Foundation. Thank you, Cristina!"
To celebrate the season of mothers and the release of The Changing Room, Cristina is hosting a WISHES FOR MY LITTLE GIRL PHOTO CONTEST on her Facebook fan page
http://www.facebook.com/cristinacarlino
Five winners will receive a free copy of The Changing Room.
To enter Cristina's Wish and Photo Contest, Wishes for My Little Girl, click onto Cristina's Facebook Fan Page, and post your favorite photo of the little girl in your life -- it can be your daughter, a niece, a neighbor, the daughter of a friend. All our little girls need our wishes. Tell us of a big wish you have for this little wondrous person.Winners will be determined by the number of "Likes" they receive from other Cristina Carlino Fans, so invite your friends to Cristina's fan page and vote! Hurry! Contest ends on Monday, May 10th."
Sounds like a sweet book, so give it a shot!! :-)
"Earlier this month, I introduced you to Cristina Carlino and her campaign for She Colors My Day - the now worldwide movement which embarks upon a global journey to create for a cure. Inspired by a mother's infinite love, this ever widening circle of caring will benefit Susan G. Komen for a Cure ® and The Entertainment Industry Foundation's Women's Cancer Research Fund. Thank you for your support!
To continue giving back to women everywhere, Cristina has published her first interactive journal, "The Changing Room: A Mother's Journal of Gratitude to Her Little Girl." This interactive journal by Cristina Carlino and YOU captures all those astonishing parenting moments before they fade into the swirl of everyday life. Throughout the book, Cristina shares her personal story and asks questions that inspire you to remember those first precious years of motherhood. This journal is a special place for your memories, drawings and letters. One day it will become a priceless keepsake for your daughter. (For more on The Changing Room, click onto this video link:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=107098785997769
Cristina's friend, actress Mariska Hargitay is in love with the book, and she and Cristina have joined forces for her Joyful Heart Foundation, benefiting survivors of rape, incest and abuse. The neat thing is 100% of the net proceeds for The Changing Room will go to Joyful Heart.
Mariska says this about the book:
"This beautiful and rare journal is an expression of the exquisite and tender delight Cristina takes in motherhood. As if by magic, the journal opens doors into the most precious terrain where the miracles of childhood transform into memories large and small. What a gift to be led to this place of wonder, joy and gratitude. And we are so pleased that 100% of the net proceeds from this book are being donated to the Joyful Heart Foundation. Thank you, Cristina!"
To celebrate the season of mothers and the release of The Changing Room, Cristina is hosting a WISHES FOR MY LITTLE GIRL PHOTO CONTEST on her Facebook fan page
http://www.facebook.com/cristinacarlino
Five winners will receive a free copy of The Changing Room.
To enter Cristina's Wish and Photo Contest, Wishes for My Little Girl, click onto Cristina's Facebook Fan Page, and post your favorite photo of the little girl in your life -- it can be your daughter, a niece, a neighbor, the daughter of a friend. All our little girls need our wishes. Tell us of a big wish you have for this little wondrous person.Winners will be determined by the number of "Likes" they receive from other Cristina Carlino Fans, so invite your friends to Cristina's fan page and vote! Hurry! Contest ends on Monday, May 10th."
Sounds like a sweet book, so give it a shot!! :-)
Census consensus
The last time they did the census (2000), they got some sort of computerized gadgets for the census takers to use that were so bad they had to be junked. A decade later, they don't have BETTER gadgets, they're still using paper and pencil.
They're not allowed to use paper clips on any official census papers... but each census taker is issued a box of paper clips.
Each census taker is also issued a pencil sharpener, logically enough. In at least some areas, these are reported to be bright pink. I bet some of the men are buying their own rather than use the official one, although that's probably not allowed.
Census takers are required to give out their home phone #'s. And no one else in the household is allowed to listen to the messages. Uh-huh.
Each census taker is given an official 2010 Census bag. The bags aren't taken back and destroyed at the end, they get to keep them. Despite the fact that people will automatically open their doors for a census taker. Am I the only one who sees robberies and rapes in the future from this lapse in common sense?
Typical gov't setup.
They're not allowed to use paper clips on any official census papers... but each census taker is issued a box of paper clips.
Each census taker is also issued a pencil sharpener, logically enough. In at least some areas, these are reported to be bright pink. I bet some of the men are buying their own rather than use the official one, although that's probably not allowed.
Census takers are required to give out their home phone #'s. And no one else in the household is allowed to listen to the messages. Uh-huh.
Each census taker is given an official 2010 Census bag. The bags aren't taken back and destroyed at the end, they get to keep them. Despite the fact that people will automatically open their doors for a census taker. Am I the only one who sees robberies and rapes in the future from this lapse in common sense?
Typical gov't setup.
Sunday, May 02, 2010
And the winner is...
The winner of the $25 American Express gift card courtesy of SuperValu and General Mills through MyBlogSpark is... Elaine T!!
Stay tuned for more goodies!!
Stay tuned for more goodies!!
Saturday, May 01, 2010
"Be good and you will be lonesome." - Mark Twain
If you don't believe it, you haven't been paying attention. We as a culture dislike and distrust the virtuous. We feel made small and petty by comparison. We enviously tell ourselves that they can't be that great, and thus must be lying, faking, tricking us. We neurotically assume that they're looking down on us. We therefore feel resentful, angry, even vengeful... against those who never did or said anything wrong to us, or at all.
Where does that leave the good person?
What are you going to do about it?
Where does that leave the good person?
What are you going to do about it?
