Another sunday in the south! -Diaper cakes-Contest's to enter-Help with medicine~

Happy sunday everyone and let us rejoice and be glad for the day the lord has gave us!!!!
I have a few contest to enter at the bottom of blog and also thanks to you for emails .!As soon as a few of you begin to leave more comments i will have a simple contest myself as well and give away a baby shower diaper cake..And yes ,,you'll like it..haven't had a negative remark on any of my cakes....so...start commenting.......
I will add a pic here of julies diaper cake i made for her,as well as her and son darrell at their shower his work threw for them..That give's you an idea of my cakes..



((((julie and darrell with cake))


(((((((shower i threw for them ,also daughter rita on left...))))))))))



((((((((((((( 1 of the diaper cakes i make (lmk if you are interested in buying as well,i do sell them.)))))))))))))))))



No baby yet in the house but expecting daily for a new granddaughter!rita's shower is also this coming saturday(for the other granddaughter...) ,will be getting that done this week...

Have an awesome week ahead and thanks for stopping by!leave me a comment,i'd love to come by and visit you,make sure you leave your site link....

Betty~Simply Southern

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Recession~~~Depression....We Are In It People!!!! WTSHTF

Good morning reader's and thanks for stopping by.
I was watching the new's last night and hearing some of the remarks from our president wanna be's.....I watched carefully to hear what i already know is happening and i did not.Is everyone covering up the state we are in??? Are they dillusioned?Or do they think we are stupid????(((by the way if you dont know what WTSHTF means,when the s--- hits the fan))))
This nation is so much in a recession it is not even funny and it is being so whitewashed it is sickening.I I have some question's i would love to ask them!!!
1. Have you took a look at the grocery store prices lately?Do you not buy food?
2. What do you drive not to know gas prices?I have seen no one in a carriage or horseback lately!
3.Was their insurance raised already this year with the deductable going up as well,15%????
4.When was the last time they took a 400.00 a month wage cut to keep a job??(happened with my family and a lot more at shaw ind. in alabama last month! over 1,000 people work there,they have past supervisors working as machine operator's now with HUGE cuts!)
5.How many bill's are they behind on ''due to inflation''?
6.Heating cost up by 20 and 30% in places.That is huge amounts .
7.Less money coming in than going out anymore.How do they assume that this is going to encourage american's to spend more money to help save a nation that is falling..SPEND MORE????? Who is giving us this money to spend?As for me ,if ''This magic money'' appears would be to pay bills already owed!!!!! Do they consider that putting back into the economy?If so i am all for it!
8.They are encouraging you to go buy,BUY ,BUY!!!aND IF YOU DO AND TAKE YOURSELF FARTHER IN DEBT,you are going to loose ,loose loose....Be very careful with the money,if any, you have now.I fear it will not last long.
9.electricity going up monthly!A lot of families are paying 20% more than last year and that is with them cutting back usage!What The heck?
10.A lot of folks are in the same boat as we are,we pay excessive amounts monthly for insurance and can not afford to use it because of high deductables!
11.And last but not least.HOW do you not see that all these trades going on with other countries are killing us in the usa????All jobs are oversea's,so we are buying their products instead of our own(is it just me or was this stupid???) and now they are trying to kill us and our kids with lead?????WHAT PART OF THAT IS NOT RAISING FLAGS TO YOU????

I was looking up the actual difference in recession and depression....Here it is.

{{"In economics, key differences between the terms depression and recession exist. For example in the US, the last real depression was the Great Depression of the 1930s. The US economy has experienced frequent bouts of recession, however.Recessions tend to occur with greater frequency than do depressions because the economics of a country are relatively fragile, and slight changes, or shocks, like the dot.com burst, cause decreased spending that reduce the GDP by less than 10%. Usually a diversified economy recovers from this type of shock with relative rapidity because there are other ways to spend money.
The dot.com recession did last for several years. Some people inaccurately termed this a depression. It did not reduce the GDP by more than 10%, thus the economy recessed, and was not depressed.
People tend to reach for a term that reflects more than its actual meaning. Referring to a depressed economy is evocative of the type of depression people encounter when they must make less, spend less or invest less. A recession seems more neutral or more positive in comparison."}}

OK....That made so much sece let's try it this way.
What happens if we are in a recession?
{{we can expect employment to dip and unemployment to increase. That’s not an automatic relationship since “unemployment” is a technically defined term and, among other things, requires the person to actively seek work (also a requirement for collecting unemployment benefits).With fewer people working, we can expect income growth to stall.But spending cutbacks and reduced income means businesses are limited in their ability to pass along any increases in expenses in the form of higher prices. Indeed, to move goods off of shelves, businesses are more likely to reduce prices – and inflation.There will be pain for those who lose jobs during and because of the recession or recession-like environment, and the burden will fall to those who remain employed who will benefit from the lower prices. And it is just that benefit which will help us out of a recession in an economy dominated by consumers who will have the opportunity to play hero!}}

OK.....in case that is still confusing(((and why wouldn't it be,We are there people!!!!))))And the thing is, it is not over yet! It will get worse,there is not doubt in this ladies mind.
There is no fundamental difference between a recession and depression but recession is usually used for shorter periods. Two successive quarters of falling economic activity constitute a recession
2. The immediate impact on 'middle classes' is that there are unexpected failures of corporations and capital invested in stock markets is lost. For 'lower' classes there are redundancies and it is harder to find work.
3 Recessions end when a number of corporations see opportunities to make money again and start investing and taking on staff. This is often triggered by low interest rates.
4 When a country begins to emerge from recession people start to find work again and start spending money and those with capital start investing so stock markets respond.
5 It can be any length of time but it is usually determined by the overall mood of confidence and the action of governments to stimulate spending
6 It is a torrid time for politicians who always get blamed. The best thing that governments can do is to invest in infrastructure to create jobs and provide long term advantages to the community.




*********** I found this fellow's remarks online and wanted to share..He desribes it well in my opinion without all the b--------.


What is the difference between recession and depression?

A recession is when the economy starts to take a nose dive in growth, new jobs and profits! The consumers spending is what keeps a recession from coming! Housing market was always a safe haven to keep a bad recession from even happening! And the Big main Interest can help to by lowering it! But because of the house market colapse! (The big ballon bust) The housing market is no longer a safe haven from stopping a recession from coming!

But that's not the biggest problem we all will be facing soon!!! The big main interest rate has already been lowered to 4.25% 2 months ago and it may end up being dropped to 3.25 % but that will show just how bad things really are! Because that will be the lowest in American history!!!

Which will be very bad to do, seeing the American dollar is already losing a lot of value already! and by lowering it that low could back fire and not only bring the bad recession coming! a lot faster! And maybe even worse to throw us into a depression!!! Which if a depression was to come to the American people in todays fast pace world!!! It will be a complete disaster for Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of Americans! all businesses and companies will all close up!

Poverty will be every where, Crime with be a huge everyday life to all! And all America's enemys will take full advantiage of the depression the the Americans would be hit with!!! It will be a complete nightmare for all, the American people today could never withstand a depression!!!

The biggest things that caused all this upon us was first te wars we have still going on! The costs are Giganic and then the Housing market took off lie a turbo rocket and many were getting into houses they no way could ever afford because of dishonest bankers and realitors! the interest rate at 4.25 % help a;most anyone to buy a house if they could afford the house or not, because very dishonest bankers were making illegal mortiages that later would make te buys lose there houses in forced foreclosures!!

realitors were jacking up house prices double and tripple of what the houses were even worth! WHIICH MADE THE ECONOMY BOOM, AND MADE MANY SELLERS AND BANKERS AND REALITORS RICH!!!!

But everyone knew it wasn't going to last so they sold as many houses as they could and as fast as they could to anyone that wanted one! And at any COST!!! So they, sure many got houses they could have never been able to ever afford the normal way of getting a loan! but mst home buyers were sucked into Arm loans and pay the interest only loans!

Well the problem with tha was, it was only for a short term and whe the term was up, they all got nailed huge house payments, double and tripple in size in the payments which most can't fford, so the baks now are foreclosing on all of them just as fast as they can, ad may can't even refinance either, the mortiage companies aren't allowing it so the people are just losing there homes!

So to be point! about the whole problem, We have nothing good enough to stop the recession form coming and it's being talked about to be the worse recession ever hit American people! I feel the job forces will be starting the domino effects of lay off's probably around the end of feb. to the middle of Mar. and it will be a everyday thing and life as we all once knew it is in for a huge change of very unhappyness for most!!!

About all can say, is people better start getting ready for it, So the can be prepared of what's to come! Businesses had there hands in this problem too! All they have been doing for the last 5 - 6 years is jacking up all there products and services prices! o there to blame too! if there prices were back down to half of what there charging the consumers could stop the huge recession on it's way, but see they won't!

Businesses have gotten so dam greedy and raked in so many high profits, that they don't care if the recession comes, they made so much money, that it won't hurt the business owners pocket book!!!

I have been telling people for the last year! that the only way we can get back at the greedy money thirsty businesses today to stop them in there tracks of price hiking was for all of us to just quite buying there products and services until they dropped there high buck prices back down to where they should be!! bt no one seem to want to listen and just bought the stuff anyway at amost double the price it should actualy be at!!

So now they will wish they had listened to may warning about crazy spending! I really don't think the Fed's can stop the huge recession coming, they have no save haven housing market, main interest rate is too low already! the only real chance they have is force businesses to drop there prices in half! To get people spending again, or raise the main interest
up to at least 12% to see if it could actually turn the enonomy around!!! lowering it any further could only make a disaster!!!


And i will end with that.I totally agree with him.I fear america can not take a depression.We have before you say...YES we have .But at that time people were still self sufficent in most area's.They were capeable of raising their own food,Private water wells,Smoke houses for meat,traded with neighbors,and a large amount owned their homes free and clear and their land.America is not like that now,I would venture to say 20%-30% maybe can handle this! The one's that do have will have to protect their belongings and family by force i am afraid. I pray for america,,,i realy do.I love this land,and it's people.My next blog will be on idea's you can do ,to possibly save your families lives as well as your's........I am not a fear rager,I am a very positive person.I believe in jesus and he watches over us.He also warns us this is coming and gives us common sence to prepare.I would love to hear your thoughts on this...good or bad.....

~Betty~Simply Southern

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This will be a short blog with links to go read more!I think that will be best.This is a very real threat reader's,one if we overlook and allow to happen & begin,there will be no stopping what comes later.You would be tracked and monitored by the government and who ever else wants to.
This would not be good.Privacy is an important thing.One we just can not give up.If you think this is for the betterment right now,just read revelations to kind of give you an idea what and will happen.
Do something now! WHILE YOU CAN AS A PEOPLE....
Please take a few minutes to look over this and pass along the links to your readers maybe.Contact the one's you can in office,tell them no!
God bless us all...
Betty~Simply Southern


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Goodby 2007,Hello 2008! NEW BEGINNINGS & Viechaotique

Today we have been cleaning up around the house and the yard.A good thing to go into the new year with.I have so tired of the same ole,same ole,in the house.So one of my things on my list of ''2008 nanna list'' are rearranging the house.Time for a new look and feel.The yard now looks sooooooo untidy it must be done.lol..
Things have got behind this summer and fall ,i just have not had time to get it all done.A bit difficult with the little one's running around.Kolby will take off in a second when you turn your back on him,or at least he did.He is getting better now so soon maybe i can get it under control again!There are a couple overgrown tree's that must come down as well.Summer storms damaged one and i think bugs got the other one.
This is a day to think about all the good and the bad and plan how to make next year better!
What are my plans for 2008? I have a few things floating around i have put off this year for one reason or the other...

1.finish my children's book entitled ''possum''.It is a story on how a baby opossum came to be a part of a human family and a few of the mishaps that happened.I hope it encourages less fear on wild animals. This book is based on a true story.
2.I have some songs i have written that i need to get sent off ,see what happens there.
3.More work on pro life..I try to be a voice for the babies that have no voice.
4.Be an advocate for the elderly and sick and neglected kids.
5.My son is awesome at comic books.He ,akes his own,i plan to help him get that started off for him.
6.I want to get a web site for my photographs and my son's painting's(he is great!)
7. Planning for 3 new additions to our family come Spring ..My nephew and his wife and my son and julie are expecting thier first in april.
8. Work harder at being a better christian, mom,nanna,wife,aunt,daughter,sister and friend.(and blogger.lol.)
9.Try to give my testimony more.Meet more peoplle in need of jesus...

10.Try a few ideas on making extra money online.

I am already looking forward to spring,my favorite time of the year.Gardens to till and plant,flowerbeds to move and arrange,seeds to sow...i just love it.
Easter comes early this year so my plans for that will be beginning soon.I have a huge family and friend affair for that.The celebration of Jesus's love for us! Wow!!!!
W e do a big dinner ,hide eggs for the kids and play music outside.I also have the arrival of my new grandbabies this spring,and great neice or nephew,1 in april,and the other 2 in May! So there will be babies everywhere running around by 2009..lol...I am looking so forward to that.Sometimes i ask myself am i crazy?lol..
I have missed out with Billy and Kolby doing the typical grandparents stuff..We can't spoil em and send em home,,,they are home.I would not change that for anything, but when you are the ''parents'' of the grands it is different in that way.You are the disciplinarian and such..And of course at the same time have a 15 year old..But the good lord above gives me strength and i so pray for knowledge and wisdom not to make many mistakes raising them.
Darrell and Julie are going over to a friends house tonight .They are having a bonfire for new years.How many times through the years have a done that!And always had a blast..They don't drink so i don't have to worry about that.
Well on to the remainder of my new years eve afternoon,I wish you all a very blessed and safe NEW YEAR...

Betty~Simply Southern


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GOODNIGHT,HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GOD BLESS US ALL..
~Betty ~~Simply Southern

The Watcher...2008 (contest on bottom)

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2008,Right around the corner now.I reflect on year's past,mistakes made and accomplisments finished.Dissapointments and tear's,achievements and laughter.New additions in the family and new one's one way for 2008.As well as the new one's that would have been but never made it.These little one's in Heaven now ,i am left with a sorrowful heart that i never got to hold them .While at the same time glad they are with Jesus above now,laughing and having a great time awaiting the rest of us down here that have put our trust in Jesus.I am referring to abortion,not me ,but of another family member.The babies are my grandchildren that i didn't get too hold.I named him September ,the month i lost him.One day in Heaven i shall get too know him i am assured through my father.
For the past 11 months i have been raising our 2 grandsons ,Kolby age 2 full time and Billy ,age 5 ,split time with the other nanna.It has been difficult at times ,due to health problems i have as well as the other stress going on around me now,but i am glad this is the way it is .I know where my grandbabies are and they are fine.They have love,food,learning about Jesus and a home of their own.It has been an unplanned transistion of middle age becoming parent again,but it has been the most wonderful blessing i could have gotten .They are now my strength,They need me so i must stay strong for them.

Drugs as well have taken their toll on a family member.Meth is becoming ,or has become ,a destructive killer.It is very addictive to even the strongest wills if ever allowed into a person.If you do not want to be an addict,NEVER BEGIN!For over 5 years now meth has been an intruder in my family.Takes common sence and throws it all away until you are left with a demented picture of reality that only you,the addict,can comprehend.This reality is a mixture of paranoid dillusions,half truths,anger,rebellion taken as survival,health issues,and complete resentment of anyone who tries to help you ,even out of love.Anyone that tries to show the trueth to you is cut off,new friends or old one's with the same addictive personality ,are the only one's you will stay around.They make you feel better about the choices you have made instead of allowing you guilt and pain ..Two of the things that just may allow you to free yourself from this deadly foe.Friend please don't be confused...You do meth,Meth becomes you ...You are lost even to your own self and family.
Alcohol as well will steal you away.The same as with drugs,just cheaper to buy and readily available for your consumption.People usually begin drinking just for the fun of it.At parties and socials with your closest friends.Some begin drinking just too try and make it easier to deal with painful situations.This is the worse in my opinion.I have seen more lost to the addiction in this matter than any other.The more you hurt ,the more you drink.It does not make it easier really,just puts off the ineveitable chore of dealing with it.
Life is hard for most any of us anymore.When you have to be the person who lives or loves one or more of these addicts,it is ten times harder.You become the peacekeeper,the watcher shall we say.We must stand by and watch your life be eaten away day by day and seem helpless to stop it.While at the same time ,expecially if it is inside your home,babysit the situation constantly to keep it under control as much as possible.Tempers flare,patience is at it's lowest due to the same thing happening over and over with this person.Other's have ran out of patience for the excuses and the apologies that are unfelt any more.
Prayers have held you up until you yourself wonder''Are you there''? You know God is but you wonder why an answer has not come..Don't get me wrong,in my heart i know he is and it will happen at God's timing.But with our human nature we wonder...We Don't doubt,it just happens.
I wonder why my daughter can't see all that has happened and know why we can't just act like it is ok now anymore.Those days are over.She must stand up strongly and fix this mess,and it want work just by saying ''it want ever happen again''.
Rehabilitation of some kind must be taken,too ensure a greater chance of her complete recovery.She must make new friends instead of hanging on too the very one's that are just as weak as herself.She must learn too stand on her own two feet instead of needing a man there constantly,any man.These things she seems to be blinded by.The need for a life different than what she has had.I pray and hope for her.She is not a bad person,she can have one of the biggest ,given freely,hearts i have seen.But she has hidden it deep away,or rather drugs have.The results of the drug use are there,memory problems,easy to anger,confusion,resentment,blaming others for the problems and pain she has placed on us...No honest look at now.
Life has a way of making us look really deep inside ourselves.We can choose to learn from it by taking all the pain upon ourselves and trying to make sure this never happens again ,or we can choose to look for other reasons that this happened.Someone hurt us somewhere down the line,someone said mean words,took something from us.
You know that is where i have a probem with mental help .Most of them try and find out the REAL UNDERLYING REASON this HAD to happen to you.And thus making an excuse to the person for things being this way.From why you have destructive thooughts to inflicting pain on others.Instead of making that person realize they are in control of their future by the choice's they make ,they almost excuse it,thus making them empowered to do it again,simply because someone ,somewhere,in their past caused this.
''it's not their fault'' THEY SAY!!!!!!!!!!
I DISAGREE SO BADLY ON THIS.I have had some really bad things happen to me through my life.Rape,drugs,abuse-mental and physical over and over,theft,alcohol,much anything you can think of.DOES THAT EXCUSE ANYTHING I DO?????? NO ,NO,NO.
Can i use this as a learning tool? YES.
Anything that does not kill you can and will empower you for positive actions.The choice is your's to either become the victim and find more victims ,or be the one to overcome.I choose to live my life as full as i can.I try and help, not be the deciever of friends.I choose to trust God and allow him to help me grow and change my life.I choose to forgive pain instead of letting it eat me alive.I choose to love.
i CHOOSE TO LIVE..
I CHOOSE TO PRAY..
I AM THE WATCHER..

What will 2008 hold for me? What are my plans? Stay tuned for next blog>>>>
Betty~Simply Southern
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I love linen contest!

just by chance found a link over to i love linen!Beautiful..make sure you bookmark her to come again!

I'm posting is because I did indeed mention a give away this past week. I'm feeling extra generous lately. Must be the holidays still buzzing around in my head, ah yes and tomorrow is a special day for me. (You'll find out why tomorrow. ^_^) Plus, I like to liven things up around here a bit and also people delurk and say "hello" which is really cool too.

So here it is:

Last time I picked one person, but this time I will pick 3 people!
now click here to visit and enter......


I love linen contest!

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Designer Credit: Michelle Pieters

laced with grace
As 2008 approaches, we wanted to thank our readers with this little giveaway. We pray that God will continue to use the team blog to encourage you in your walk with Him.

The package will include a Women of Faith study Bible (NIV/Hardcover); Lisa Whelchel’s Bible study tool for busy moms; a coffee mug from “Mugs of Truth“; the DVD “The Nativity Story“; the book “Love and Respect“; and a music CD by Becky Knight, who just released her first CD.

You can sign up to win this package through Jan 1st. Link from your blog to this post and sign Mr. Linky below. If you don’t have a blog, you can still participate. Just share the giveaway with your friends and encourage them to stop by. We will announce the winner on Jan 2nd, 2008.
laced with grace =click here


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mommy knows is giving away TWO Ju-Ju-Be MiniBe Diaper Bags! Value $140 USD

The 1st Winner will be choosen randomly from all new comments posted between now and January 1, 2008.
The 2nd Winner will be choosen randomly from all the bloggers that post about this contest on their websites (make sure to come back leave a link in the comments section, so I know who you are).
Mommy Knows!

Kim the owner of thebabymarketplace.com - a great online spot for Baby Clothing, Shoes, Toys, Gifts and Cloth Diapers is hosting the December JuJuBe Diaper Bag Give-Away @ mommyknows.com go on over and comment and be entered to Win one of two great JuJuBe MiniBe Diaper Bags!
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Giveaway Sponsored By The Body Shop


It’s giveaway time again here at Spoiled Pretty. Which means another opportunity to win fabulous prizes! This time, we’re partnering with The Body Shop.

One first place winner will receive a spa in a box; the Spa Wisdom Rainforest Paradise Gift includes: 8.5 fl oz Spa Wisdom Dreamboat Milk Bath, 8.5 oz Spa Wisdom on a High Hydrating Puree, 12 oz Spa Wisdom Africa Spa Salt Scrub, and a delicate Pink PEVA Flower Lily. (a $65 value)

A runner-up will win sugar and spice and everything nice, with must-haves from the Body Shop Vanilla Spice range. The Vanilla Spice Quartet Gift includes: 1.7 oz Vanilla Spice Body Butter, 4.2 oz Vanilla Spice Body Lotion, 0.3 oz Vanilla Spice Lip Balm, 3.5 oz Vanilla Spice Soap. ($25 value)
To enter the contest, leave a comment in the comments section below by 9 pm EST on Wednesday, January 2nd
spoiled pretty
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BOSTONMAMAS

Win a $100 Tiny Prints gift certificate. This contest closes at midnight, EST December 31, 2007
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modmom contest!

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coolmompicks

WIN A $250 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO THE SILLY WAGON at the COOL MOM PICKS SITE!
A big welcome to all of our new readers - and what a month you picked to become readers.

Because if you sign up to receive the CMP monthly newsletter, filled with exclusive discounts, giveaways just for subscribers, and product picks you won't see on our site, we'll make it even more worth your while.
CLICK ABOVE AND ENTER!

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the opinionated parent contest
The Caboose is extremely easy to use and requires nothing other than itself and the diapers you have anyway. Invented by industrious American stay at home mom Suzy Smithson and produced right in her native USA (not China!), it consists of two hard plastic clam shells that fit together with any size and brand of disposable diaper tucked strategically under the rails.

The cleanup couldn’t be easier - just wipe, drop the wipe in the diaper, fold up the diaper and throw it away. I like to pre-load mine after cleaning so it’s all ready for the next time. So much better than some other models I’ve seen that use a transparent zip-lock bag which you then zip up and carry around until you find a garbage. Ew.

Another inspiring story of a mom with a vision who follows it through and makes the lives of other parents easier. I love it!

Win a Caboose for your cutie patootie! To enter the random
click to read more and enter

the opinionated parent contest
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MAY GOD BLESS BLESS US ALL AND KEEP US SAFE....

BETTY~~~SIMPLY SOUTHERN

Contest review This Week~~Almost CHRISTMAS!

Happy Tuesday!Hope your week is going well.Here in the lower south is was 22 night before last and 25 this morning at 5 am.Feels like winter now.lol..Big change from our 80's last week.We watched the meteor shower the other night,it was very pretty.I tink we saw like 40 or 50 this time.We have pretty good visability here ,14 miles from town.Hope you were able to view it as well.
Here are a few contest going on you may want to check out.

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Get a Holiday Gift from Moor Allure Naturals
I feel like Santa Claus. Er, make it, Mrs. Claus since Beauty Bento Box will be giving away some beauty loots to three (3) lucky women (or men — if they’re interested, LOL)! You can get the chance to enjoy a holiday gift set from Moor Allure Naturals that’s valued at $190.00!


Moor Allure Naturals are created from high quality ingredients that are 99% natural (formula includes a preservative) and rich in antioxidants.

Daily use works to:

* prevent premature aging
* protect from environmental damage
* regenerate skin for pure radiance

Benefits of using Moor Allure Naturals are:

* Protect Skin from Harmful Free Radicals - ANTIOXIDANTS - for Diminished Signs of Aging
* Reduce Redness and Puffiness - ANTI-INFLAMMATORY - for a Clear Complexion
* Regenerate Skin Cells - NUTRIENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - Reclaim Youthful Radiance
* Repair Damaged Skin - BIOAVAILABLE NUTRIENTS - for Plump, Smooth and Softer Skin
* Draw out Toxins and Impurities - ASTRINGENT - Deep Cleanse Pores for Acne-Free Skin

This is such a treat for your skin this yuletide season.

Contest Mechanics:


1. The contest will run from today, 10 December 2007 and will end on Thursday, 20 December 2007, 11:59 pm...........
CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING AND GET A CHANCE TO WIN!
BEAUTYBENTOBOX!

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Celebrating the Holiday with $200 Cash Giveaway
By Sun on Dec 16, 2007 in Contest


To celebrate the holiday and appreciate the support from everybody who read, comment on, and link to the posts in the past year, I am running an annual giving away of $200 Amazon.com gift certificates in the coming week, from December 16th to 22th.

The giveaway consists of two parts:

The first part is a daily $20 giveaway for guessing the closing number of the Dow Jones/S&P/NASDAQ index of the following day from December 16th to 2oth. Winner will be chosen from those who makes the closest guess. Very simple! This part is open to everybody and entries can be made by leaving a comment with a guess number to the posts published at every midnight. Enter every day until you win ...read more!

The SUN cONTEST!

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Everyday ME
Sallie over at Everyday Me.. life as it happens is having a blog contest and you can win a DVD copy of The League of Grateful Sons from Vision Forum. Go on over and sign up for your chance to win but hurry because the contest ends Wednesday night at midnight!
Vision Forum is giving its affiliates the opportunity to have a contest and they supply the prize, shipping, etc.. How great is that for me, and for you?! My husband and I absolutely loved the DVD The League of Grateful Sons and so that is the item we have chosen to give away.

This documentary was shot on location in Iwo Jima and it brought together the sons and fathers of WW II. These warriors are now in their 80's and returned to Iwo Jima to be mentors of what real Christian manhood looks like. These aged warriors share their love of Christ, and family, and country with a new generation that has risen up to honor their legacy! Some of these young sons never got to meet their father but have love letters from them as a lasting memento and a living legacy of what it meant to be a warrior and a man of God. I'm excited to offer it to you for free!! Click here to open a trailer that you can watch in a new window.

So, for the contest, here is what you need to do. Copy the phrase below that is in "quotation marks" and post it in your blog so you can share about the contest and then leave me a comment with the link to your post (or email me at anderklan@yahoo.com with VF contest as subject line if the comments don't seem to be working right). You can also leave a comment in the chat box with your link to your post as well. I will accept entries until midnight PST on Wednesday. The winner will be announced Thursday morning. The DVD will be direct shipped from Vision Forum but it will take 2-3 weeks so don't plan on this as a Christmas gift for anyone ;-)

CLICK AND ENTER!!!!
Everyday ME
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As promised, WoW Insider is giving away one Dell XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition and all the WoW goodies that come with it (estimated retail value $4,999). Under the hood of this bad boy is an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500, 2GB Memory 667MHz, 17inch UltraSharp TrueLife WUXGA, 512MB Dual NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT w/ NVIDIA SLI, a 200GB HDD and a Blu-ray DVD player. And of course, the winner will be able to choose between the Alliance or Horde editions.

In addition to the laptop, you'll get an XPS backpack to carry it around in stuffed with WoW novels, game guides, retail boxes and more. And if you think it can't get any better, check out the full list of goodies included with your XPS notebook after the jump (including the World of Warcraft Beta Club card that contains 5 beta keys for upcoming WoW games!)
wIN iT nOW! WOWINSIDER

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Dear me! The (Internet) dust has barely settled on our previous contest, but we here at Shoeblog are very much into the spirit of giving. Especially when giving involves shoes.

It is with great pride that we announce a NEW!! EXCITING!! GIVEAWAY!! sponsored by our fabulous Barefoot Tess gals (can you tell I’m excited?)

All you have to do is submit a comment to this entry for a chance to win a $100 coupon to be used at Barefoot Tess. The winner will be announced on December 23rd–just in time for Christmas. Need I remind you that they have wonderful selections, suited for every taste and budget?

You could go for these beautiful, classic Delman “Brett” pumps, modestly heeled at 2.5″ high, and so lady-like that people will want to carry your bags and possibly kiss your hand. Or ankle.
SHOE BLOG!click now to enter!

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Shrek Calendar Contest: 12/17-12/22
posted by Heather on December 17th, 2007

This week we are giving away THREE neat shaped 2008 Shrek wall calendars. They are shaped like Shrek’s head! John was supposed to put the picture up with this post but last night we were up VERY late with a sick kid. He was the one that cleaned up all the throw up so I’ll cut him some slack (he’ll add the picture later though)!
Here’s what you need to do if you want to be one of the winners:
post a comment for 1 entry
post about us in your blog if you want a second entry (remember to let us know)
the contest runs from Mon 12/17 - Fri 12/22 and the winner will be announced on Saturday 12/23/07 (US residents only....CLICK AND READ MORE!
MYFAMILYLOVESIT.COM

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FreeHomed--click here now!

I decided to throw this contest to bring my lurkers out into the open, and to get the word out about this website. To get a chance to win this book set, you need to add a link to this contest (anywhere) and leave a comment to let me know you did it.



FreeHomed--click here now!

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