Sick Happens | Open Letter to the State of Texas

Dear State of Texas, Thank you for taking the time to send me three letters, one for each of my school aged children, to let me know that they have a high number of absences. I understand that in pursuant to Section § of the Texas Education Code, that I am hereby advised that if a student has unexcused absences from school for 10 or more days or parts of days within a six (6 - in case I can not spell) month period in the same school year, or for three (3 - in case I can not spell…
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Soundfreaq Sound Kick Speaker Review | 2012 Holiday-Must Have

Those of you who know my family, know that we love especially at Christmastime.  What makes this Soundfreaq Sound Kick Speaker so exciting for us, is that now, we're not tethered to our headphones to stream great quality sound from our phones. I love that phones now have the capabilities to listen to so many different apps for streaming music, but the quality of my phone speakers aren't all that great.  This is where the Soundfreaq Sound Kick Speaker comes in.  It's Bluetooth enabled, which means I can pair my phone to the speaker, put my phone down, and walk…
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How to Store Fresh Lemon Juice

I'm pretty sure this kind of post is all over the internet and all over Pinterest by now (I haven't looked) but for the sake of me being behind the times and not thinking about this until Thanksgiving, I'm going to pretend like my Grandfather was the first person to ever think of this - How to Store Fresh Lemon Juice! My Memaw and Papaw have a lemon tree in their back yard and they have the best lemons.  It's cool, because they're different from store bought lemons, because the tough outer peeling that you're used to, is SO not…
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Blue Nile’s The Extraordinary Days of Christmas | Facebook Game

I love this time of year.  Not only is there an awesome feeling in the air, but I love finding great deals for my kiddos as well as fun games and giveaways such as Blue Nile’s The Extraordinary Days of Christmas.  I wasn't familiar with Blue Nile until Groupon featured them, but they have the most incredibly beautiful jewelry.  It's an extremely popular site with wonderful gifts for everyone - even kids. I've been given the opportunity to own a beautiful pair of Blue Nile Leaf Chandelier Earrings, and if one could ever be in love with jewelry, I'm there. …
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Holiday Shopping Online? Support my Small Business & use my Links!

If you're looking to support Small Businesses this Hoilday Season, but prefer to do your shopping online, I have a solution for you!  Every time you click on a a link on my website that takes you to a larger site like Groupon, Amazon, Zulily, Totsy, etc.,  you're supporting MY work at home, small business! Are you looking for specialist redundancy advice for employers? Making people redundant at your business is something that should only be done with extensive consideration. If you are in this situation, before you take any action, get in touch with these consultants on redundancy law…
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Transformers 4 Replaces Shia LeBeouf – for the Hotter!

Last night, Andy and I were talking about upcoming movies, and what we can't wait to see.  He told me that Shia LeBeouf isn't going to be in the new Transformers.  Yes, Transformers 4 replaces Shai LeBeouf! His replacement? I'm pretty excited about this!  Mark Wahlberg! I'm pretty sure the boys won't care who has the starring role, as long as it's full of action, but Kylie on the other She'll be pretty upset!  I think it's about time that they got smart and started appealing to those of us who actually PAY for the tickets and the toys!  Feed…
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