Perfect Pairings-Psalm 34:14

For the past two weeks we've witnessed thousands of people putting aside their political, religious, economic and social differences and come together in peace in the spirit of the Olympics. I hope the athletes listen to the Word of God will take the following Bible verse back to their countries and continue to live in peace with other countries around the world.

Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. --Psalm 34:14

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Conversation with a 2-Year-Old

"What's up?"

"Not much here, just sucking on a sucker."

"Being cute."

"Potty training is a joke to me--I do it for the suckers."

"Gotta go play dinosaurs and hit my brother now."

"Did I mention I'm cute?"

"Yeah, I thought so."

Move Over Katie Couric

Many of my Facebook friends read a "statue update" of mine lately where I said:

"I find it hilarious that my 6 year old reads the newspaper while eating her breakfast before school. She has the most serious look on her face."

Several people commented that I needed to take a picture of that. I don't think they believe that a 6 year old would actually read the newspaper. After all, newspaper readership has been increasingly on the decline since the birth of the internet. I could give you a bunch of statistics on newspaper readership (remember--until July 2009 I was in the marketing/PR/advertising world--I know what I'm talking about), just let me just say that 18-49 year olds aren't really reading the newspaper as their main news source. Maybe there's a new trend emerging in newspaper demographics.

(I swear, I did not pose her for that pic. When she sees me coming with my camera she starts cheesing it up and posing. I had to be very stealth to get this pic).

It doesn't matter, I have a 6 year old who likes to read the paper. Yes, the first section she reads is the Comics, but then she moves on to the hard news sections, often spelling a word that she doesn't know and asking what it is.

As silly as it sounds, I'm proud of my little 6 year old for reading the newspaper. Some might think this is the foreshadowing of girl who's going to be nerdy. But I bet no one will call Meredith Vieira, Diane Sawyer, Ann Curry or Katie Couric a nerd.

I shouldn't find this surprising, after all, she is the product of a mother who has a degree in Journalism. And WM's mom has said that he used to do the same thing. Maybe it comes naturally.

Katie Couric? Watch out Katie Couric....there's a new Katie in "news" town!

WINNERS! WINNERS!

So I had my first real giveaway on the ol blog Saturday. I'm beginning to think Saturday night at 9:00 p.m. probably isn't the best time to post a giveaway. Most people have lives and are probably out and about and being cool on Saturday night. I, on the otherhand, am at home, watching the Olypmics and trying to convince my children it's bedtime. Next time I'll try to do is on say a Thursday afternoon or something.

Regardless...we have our winners! I did the Random Number Generator on random.org and it gave me the numbers 6 & 3, so, the winners are Commentor #6 & #3....

Kathleen & Danielle.

Here's proof that I didn't cheat...here's the screenshot of the Random Number Generator (which also happens to upload very, very tiny...but I think you can see it):

I'll get in contact with you girls, but if you could send me your address so that I can forward it onto Nice John at MagnaPods so he can send you your goodies, I would appreciate it!

Thanks for reading and commenting.

Perfect Pairings-Job 8:21

Sorry I'm a little late today. For more Perfect Pairings, go see Baloney!

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy--Job 8:21

Oh--that's marker on her neck, not blood...she's not crying because she's hurt, she was just being herself...SHOUTING for joy!

Blogging Business, Baby--and a GIVEAWAY!

Let me tell you about a little thing I've signed up for. Business to Blogger. See their button over there on the right? See it? Well, I got recommended to try it out from my bloggie friend, Dawn. I decided that since a real true live friend recommended it, that I should try it. So I did.

And it's free to sign up!

And it's legit!

You can go to their site and read about them by clicking over there on the button. Long story short, they let the Average Betty Blogger have opportunities to hook up with businesses to try, review and blog about their products. It's time for some of the big name bloggers to share in the wealth and give some of us little dogs some playtime in the blogger park. Sometimes there's a monetary pay off, sometimes it's free products or services. Either way, it's a great way to promote their business and your blog. It's all good.

So....when I got my first blogger email with "Opportunities" (that's what they call them), I was so excited! I read through them and picked one I thought would be a good fit for me. So I submitted my info and **POOF** a day later I received an email saying I'd been chosen! YAY!

I very nice guy, John, from MagnaPods wanted me to try out his magnetic organizers for the bathroom. WOW! He had hit the jackpot with me! I desperately need to organize my bathroom. He sent me two of his organizers to try and when the box arrived 3 very short days later I ripped into them like a kid on Christmas morning. Here's what I got! A toothbrush holder and cosmetic organizer. Nice, modern attractive packaging--probably would appeal to most women.

So, I took them into the bathroom....

WHAT???

Oh yeah, I don't have a medicine cabinet in my bathroom that these cute organizers would stick to. I began to panic and freak out. I was going to fail at my first review, nice John at MagnaPods was going to hate me, no one was going to read my blog and I would go down in history as the world's worst blogger.

BUT, being the resourceful gal I am, I thought, "well shoot, I bet I could use these anyway." I'll tell ya what...these are designed wonderfully because the bottom of them are flat (as opposed to curved or rounded like other organizational products designed to be hung). So, I just decided I'll put them on my shelf in bathroom closet where all my stuff is. They worked perfectly!!! And you know what...all my stuff is WAY more organized and I know where everything is. Let me show you:

Before (man, am I embarrassed to show you that)

After

They are especially great for make up brushes. But you know what...I think they'd be great to hang on your refrigerator to stick pens or pencils in. Back when I was a working girl, these would've been great to have at the office to put all those small office supplies in that seem to do nothing but get lost or junk up your desk.

So, to boil it down...these little organizers are great and versatile! Go visit MagnaPods website and take a look around.

GIVEAWAY-GIVEAWAY!

Now for the FUN part!!! Nice John at MagnaPods is giving away just what he sent me to TWO lucky Out on a Lam blog readers! Yay for you guys!!!! Here's what you need to do to enter into the giveaway. Leave me a comment--that'll get you one entry...any comment will do, you can tell me how great I am or what a dork I am or that I need to get my highlights done (yeah, I know, I'm just sayin') or that your dog pooped on your couch or that you're ready for spring. Doesn't matter--a comment=1 entry. If you want another entry, follow me on Twitter (just click on the "Tweet Like Me" link over there on the left), then come back and tell me that you're following me on Twitter. If you're already following me, just leave me a second comment telling me that. On Monday at noon, I will do the Random Number Generator thing and tell ya who the winners are. That's easy!

Good luck & Happy Organizing!!!!

The Lost

Hey!

Have you noticed I haven't posted anything in a couple days?

Yeah, I haven't.

I'm alive.

Busy.

I'm working on a post with a real, true live GIVEAWAY!

Hopefully it will be posted tonight. If not, tomorrow. Or Sunday. I think.