Be Safe For The New Year - Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving!

With being on the eve of New Year's Eve, a lot of people have already started their New Years celebrations. Please everyone, take that extra minute and grab the keys from someone that has had something to drink. It may end in confrontation, but that will be dissolved the next day. And I would rather have a nights worth of confrontation on my hands than someone's death or crippledness due to me not taking action.

So many lives are lost due to buzzed/drunk driving. Senseless and sad. So please take the time and do your part to save a life or lives this New Years season.

In 2008, nearly 12,000 people in the U.S. were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes - and during the periods around Christmas and New Year's, this number was particularly high, with 316 people killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes. In 2007, 162,493 women were arrested for a DUI, an increase of almost 29% since 1998. You can't help but wonder if lives could have been saved if people thought twice before getting behind the wheel. With the holidays approaching, it's important that drivers be reminded about the dangers of buzzed driving. Who knows...it could save a life.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) and the Ad Council are asking everyone to drive smart this holiday season and to pledge not to drive buzzed.

Please listen to Emily's story about how Buzzed Driving changed her life. Feel free to share this video and the following information with anyone that this may help.
To view, click HERE.

MORE INFORMATION:

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) and the Ad Council are asking everyone to drive smart this holiday season and to pledge not to drive buzzed. You can follow Buzzed Driving on Twitter (@buzzeddriving) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/buzzeddrivingisdrunkdriving) to get the latest updates and news.

You can also visit the Buzzed Driving website HERE where readers can sign a pledge to not drive buzzed, play an interactive game which demonstrates the difference between buzzed and drunk, and hear personal stories from people who have driven buzzed.

Have a safe and happy New Year, and remember that buzzed driving IS drunk driving!!!

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The Holidays Are Over

I am way behind on some product reviews, freebies, and tons of other things. Hopefully I can get back on track this week!

For all of the winners on Zoodles, hang in there with me. I am submitting your names and information today.

For everyone else, I hope you had a nice Christmas and hope the new year brings new traditions and great memories.

Be on the lookout for upcoming reviews and great deals! We need to make 2010 a year of frugality - with this economy, there really is no other way!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Here is wishing, from my family to yours, a healthy and happy CHRISTmas season! With all of the hustle and bustle of the season, we sometimes forget the true meaning of Christmas - Jesus' birth.

Do not be sad about a material item that you did not receive or that you were not able to give. Just remember the greatest gift of all has already been given to each and every one of us - the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ. It was on today, December 25th, that a King was born and the time should be reflected on that glorious moment!

Merry Christmas and wishing you peace, joy, and true happiness for many years to come!

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Anyhow, I found this site and I flipped through the beginning pages of this e-book and it sounds like this could really work! This is going to be my new diet for the upcoming year. It just makes sense what it is saying.

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This holiday season 1-800-FLOWERS has created a Secret Santa program on Facebook as part of a fundraiser for Toys for Tots. All you have to do is fill in the person's name of who you are sending this Secret Santa message to, their e-mail address, and type in your message - but be careful NOT to give any details away...Let them keep guessing! That is, until Dec. 21, 2009, when it will be revealed who their Secret Santa is! Plus, you will get an offer to take 15% off of a purchase. Even though no purchase is required to send a Secret Santa message, it would be great to purchase something - you get a discount but, more importantly, you are helping out a needy child!

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Let's remember to GIVE this CHRISTmas season!

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Here you go - the list of Freebies for Wednesday!!!!!

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AVEENO BABY PRODUCT REVIEW

***Aveeno Baby Moisture Shampoo and Aveeno Baby Soothing Relief Diaber Rash Cream***


I was given the opportunity to review these products from BzzAgent. If you haven't heard of them, they are great! You can check them out here ---> http://www.bzzagent.com

Anyhow, these products were great! The diaper rash ointment was thick and creamy and it did not wipe off as soon as you applied it. It definitely stayed where it was supposed to stay! It was not greasy at all, but more importantly, it worked quickly. My son is very tender-skinned and in his earlier years, we had a time with diapers and diaper rash. No diaper seemed to work without causing diaper rash. He is a lot better now, but still develops a rash every now and then. And the Aveeno cream worked!

The shampoo was fair. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst. I feel like the scent could have been more appealing, but it did clean his hair which, I guess, is the most important part.

So, on a scale of 1/5, I give the Aveeno Diaper Rash Ointment a 5. On the same scale, I give the Aveeno Baby shampoo a 3/5 due to the scent issue and I really have found other shampoos that I prefer for the little ones at a better bargain.

WINNERS for the Zoodles online 3-month Premium membership!

Hey girls. E-mail me with your e-mail address so I can contact the company - they will be setting up your account for your FREE 3-month Premium membership.

Congratulations to Lesley, Nikki, Angie, Anne, and Mama to 3 boys!!!!

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Again, CONGRATULATIONS, and I hope your children love this as much as mine do!

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BUZZED DRIVING IS DRUNK DRIVING

It's holiday party season - time to celebrate all of the exciting winter holidays with our friends and loved ones. Our mailboxes are flooded with invitations to parties and dinners and other holiday get-togethers. With these parties come food, fellowship, gifts, and in many cases, festive alcoholic drinks.

In 2008, nearly 12,000 people in the U.S. were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes - and during the periods around Christmas and New Year's, this number was particularly high, with 316 people killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes. In 2007, 162,493 women were arrested for a DUI, an increase of almost 29% since 1998. You can't help but wonder if lives could have been saved if people thought twice before getting behind the wheel. With the holidays approaching, it's important that drivers be reminded about the dangers of buzzed driving. Who knows...it could save a life.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) and the Ad Council are asking everyone to drive smart this holiday season and to pledge not to drive buzzed.

To learn more, please check out these websites:

• On Twitter @buzzeddriving



• On Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/buzzeddrivingisdrunkdriving

You can also visit the Buzzed Driving website at http://buzzeddriving.adcouncil.org/ where you can sign a pledge to not drive buzzed, play an interactive game which demonstrates the difference between buzzed and drunk, and hear personal stories from people who have driven buzzed.

While at holiday events, it's easy to lose track of a drink here or there - but this can be fatal. This holiday season, keep you and your family safe by spreading this message.

Have a safe and happy holiday and remember that buzzed driving IS drunk driving.

** REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY - ZOODLES ONLINE LEARNING SITE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN ***

If you have not heard about Zoodles, well you have came to the right place! Zoodles is a safe place to play and learn online. Here is a bit about Zoodles.com.

Zoodles is not your typical web browser. Most sites, you log into and who knows what is going to pop up or be shown on the sidebars - a lot of times, it is something that we do not want our children exposed to. But with Zoodles, they started from scratch and built their own web browser, especially for kids, so it is easy for them to navigate from place to place, and YOU control the content allowed.
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My son tried this out and he is hooked. Not only is it fun for him, but he is learning also. And this is not some second-rate website. It is A+ in my book. The games and activities are great! They are not cheesy, nor are they boring. My son has already picked out his favorites - well, at least his favorites of the subjects and games that he has been on. There are so many different activities that he has not been able to see them all yet. Which, in turn, this means that your child will not get bored because there is a HUGE variety of activities on here.
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He has came to me multiple times, after I had told him earlier that he has had enough computer time, that "Mommy, I need to learn. I need to do my learning games." And, of course, I can not turn that down! He actually was on a reading and spelling activity and it had one of his spelling words for that week - family. He made 100% on his test and family was the bonus word!!! =) Needless to say, it works!

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I will definitely keep my membership going with Zoodles. I think my son would be very disappointed if I didn't!

SEVERAL REVIEWS TO FOLLOW TONIGHT

I have been swamped with work, which is a good thing! But I just wanted everyone to be on the lookout tonight for some reviews and some GIVEAWAYS!!!! Great learning giveaway for your child in school!

So check back tonight or tomorrow to enter and to read my reviews!

Keep warm everyone!!!! (It is COLD here...in the teens!)

**BOOK REVIEW** - SECRETS GIRLS KEEP by Carrie Silver-Stock

What girls hide and why and how to break the stress of silence....

**Review: I thought this was an excellent book for any preteen, teenager, and even thereafter. I wish that I would have had this book back in my teen years. It has so much logical advice all throughout the book on topics that girls are really relating to at that age. And, as we all know, sometimes we need to know that someone else is going through what you are going through and this book clearly shows that we are not alone.

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I give this book a 5 on a scale of 5/5. Definitely a good read. And, most of all, I think it would be very helpful.

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PRODUCT REVIEW - OraMoist

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Upon my review, I feel that this product delivers as described! It is right on with everything that it promises to do. I am a chronic sufferer of dry mouth due to medication. Well, dry mouth is NO more for me. This tiny little tablet that attaches to the roof of your mouth works instantly! I acually think that my mouth began to water before I placed it in there, knowing what it was in store for! =)

This is sugar-free and alcohol-free so this would be a great product for any diabetic. Also, with the constant flow of saliva that it produces, this would provide better oral health rather than having a constant dry mouth.

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So, in conclusion, for anyone who suffers from dry mouth due to a chronic problem or medication-related problem, you MUST get this product. It solves it immediately. The price is very affordable. My rating on this product on a 5/5 scale would definitely be a 5!!!!