Well, I heard back today and I was picked!... Now, I don ' t have all the details yet (still waiting for the contract), but I had to pass the good news on!... Now, I am always talking with people how to make a few extra bucks doing some paid blogging, so I know I will have a great time assembling my crew!... Please contact legal@mythoughtsideasandramblings.com so we can take legal action immediately... … View Post »

It is amazing that we are given this little gift of life without a handbook... Did you know that most abduction attempts occur after school?... Almost half of nonfamily abduction attempts happen when a child is walking to or from school (or some related school activity)... The advice I was given for her age is that we really need to get away from "stranger danger"... The problem with stranger danger is that it portrays strangers as these scary bad people, and that is not what strangers look like... We need to teach our children that it is okay to say no to stranger and that if an adult needs help, they will ask another adult, not a child... You will find a ton of helpful information no matter how old your child is... Please contact legal@mythoughtsideasandramblings.com so we can take legal action immediately... … View Post »

I know they do since I appreciated all the hard work that Madison put into this handmade ornament she made at school for Christmas last year:... When we decorated the Christmas tree, we definitely put it up... If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement... Please contact legal@mythoughtsideasandramblings.com so we can take legal action immediately... … View Post »

Sometimes companies really do get it right, and Macy ' s certainly has this year... At all Macy ' s stores, there will be a special mailbox for your kids to drop off their letters to Santa... My cousin was given a wish from the Make-A-Wish, so I truly do understand what a difference this charity can make in someones life... If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement... Please contact legal@mythoughtsideasandramblings.com so we can take legal action immediately... … View Post »

The school that Madison is going to next year collects Box Tops ... There are a ton of items that you can buy that have the image to the left on the box... Now, that doesn ' t sound like a lot, but when if you can get a bunch of people together, it adds up quickly... Now, the school ' s goal is to earn $750 from Box Tops... You enter your state and your school or if you don ' t know that, just enter your zip code... There is a list of stores that will give a percentage of whatever you buy from them back to the school... All you have to do is log into the Box Tops Site, click on marketplace, then click on the store you want to shop it... If you are Christmas shopping online anyway, why not help out your local school (and if you don ' t want to help any of them out, I ' ll tell you the school we are sending our money too, and you can use them)... … View Post »

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Kenneth W. Haines 25 years old from Fulton, New York 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division December 3, 2006... Kenneth Haines joined the United States Army in September 2000 as a fire support specialist and had been assigned to his unit for just over three years... During his time in service, he received several military awards and decorations, including the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and National Defense Service Medal... We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll... For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here ... Please contact legal@mythoughtsideasandramblings.com so we can take legal action immediately... … View Post »

This was an issue a while back before... We were told that wouldn ' t happen anymore and blah blah blah... Now, I have moderated before (I was moderator at the Izea forums over a year, so I know what a pain it can be... Now, the thread in question is this one: http://entrecard.com/forums/7/15804/#p=21 ... Now, they posted a question and people started responding... He also removed the reference to another forum called Firestorm... The part that I especially love is that other forums are listed there... If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement... … View Post »

Since I have to dress Madison up anyway, I threw Will ' s costume on too... Madison came home already with an entire bag of candy from preschool... I do feel the need to smack the parents that brought pure sugar candy... It sucks that I caught the window glare in her glasses, but she looks super cute in her Cinderella costume... If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement... Please contact legal@mythoughtsideasandramblings.com so we can take legal action immediately... … View Post »