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Entries from November 30th, 2009
Thanksgiving Weekend
November 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Blog
Tags: casino·family·gambling·Sault·Sault Ste. Marie·Thanksgiving·whrrl
Bar Night
November 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Blog
The day before Thanksgiving is supposedly the Biggest Bar night of the year.
Really?
I have never heard of that before, and yet, we heard it on the news a hundred times over and over all day long.
I have heard that it is the biggest revenue day for restaurants since everyone is cooking the next day on [...]
Black Friday 2009
November 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Blog
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Melody, Megan, Baby Lynn and I hit up the early sale at Walmart for Black Friday this year. We woke up after 5am, didn’t have to wait in any line (until checkout) and got everything on our list. We planned ahead by walking around the store the night before with [...]
Tags: Best Buy·BlackFriday·Christmas and holiday season·family·Holidays·New Year·ppp·Recreation·retail·Wal-Mart
A Very Monkey Christmas – updated with winner
November 24th, 2009 · 13 Comments · Blog, Giveaways, Kitchen, Library, Reviews, Screening Room
I was asked to host a preview party for this adorable new Christmas cartoon. I jumped at the chance if for no other reason than to get Erika and Jackson to come up a day early to Detroit, lol.
I put out the invites on Facebook but we had some last minute cancellations. The movie premieres [...]
Tags: Christmas·contest·Curious George·dvd·Facebook·family·Film·George·giveaway·Holiday·Kids and Teens·movie·People and Society·Public Broadcasting Service·Thanksgiving·Twitter
Wondering What to Buy?
November 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Blog, Reviews
Holiday shopping season is here again and the Global Influence network has some great gift ideas for you, tried and tested by real moms. Click on the links to check out what our team of reviewers had to say about each of these gift ideas, and then take a moment to enter our fun giveaway [...]
Tags: Animal Planet·baby·Children·Christmas and holiday season·Gift·global influence·momfluence·Shopping·Stationery·Strawberry Shortcake
Family
November 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Blog
A highlight of my trip so far has been seeing Megan perform in her local Kiwanis Variety Show.
She so enjoys doing it, and I totally enjoyed watching her.
There was singing by the Mighty Kiwanis Choir (that’s what Megan is a part of) and some solos by her school Choral teacher (fabulous), a local business [...]
Tags: Arts·Arts and Entertainment·Dance·family·kiwanis·megan·Performing Arts·Variety
Old Friends
November 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Blog
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And by old I mean friends that have been friend afor a long time, not that any of them (or I) are old by any means.
Anyways, when I was younger (note not young, but younger), I had a core group of friends in high school. In alphabetical order and in no [...]
Tags: Detroit·Education·Friends·Friendship·High school·life·love
Home
November 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Blog
Home is where the Heart is.
A truer statement has never been stated. The house I came home to last night is no longer my mom’s house, that much is true. Everything is changed, not for the worse but just different. The paint colors, the decor, the air, is different.
But the heart, her heart, our hearts [...]
Lights Out!
November 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog
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It is the rainy season in Los Angeles now, not that any rain will actually fall, but technically it is the rainy season.
I remember one rainy season mom was in town and at the first sign of lightning and sound of thunder my kids and I started gathering candles. She looked at [...]
Tags: Electricity·Glendale California·Lightning·Los Angeles·mom·ppp·Rain·Thunderstorm·Weather·Wet season
Prayers, Thoughts, Whatever you can spare
November 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Blog
A dear blogging friend Anissa Mayhew has had a stroke and is in the ICU in Atlanta Ga.
She is a beautiful, caring, funny person, who has given to so many and taken from so few. Right now she needs all the prayers, thoughts or whatever you can spare. Her husband Peter is vigilant by her [...]
