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Ok, I officially have the coooooolest daughter in the whole world. She entered me in America’s Favorite Mom contest. You have to read the story she wrote about me and the pics she sent in. WOW! That rocks my world. Will you vote for me (and see if your kids will submit YOU for America’s Favorite mom too!). They are giving away like $25,000 in prizes and the top 5 winners get to be on TV. Awesome!

See it here and I’d be grateful if you’d cast a vote too!
http://www.americasfavoritemom.com/mothers-day-2008/mom/Kristie-T-12511

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Do you ever feel like you want to throw something at your computer screen and you just need to walk away? Here’s a fun idea for you. Flubber! Do you remember that fun green goo called Slime from when we were kids? Well, Flubber is a lot like that except it doesn’t stick to things or leave stains like Slime did.

How to Make Flubber

Here’s a You Tube video that shows you step by step how to make Flubber.

You’ll have an absolute blast with Flubber. Woo Hoo!

Anyone ever made this with your kids?

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This morning we made a new addition to our family - a sweet little puggle named Ginger. She is 8 weeks old and sooo loving and sweet. She is 7 lb 8 oz. We are soooo happy. Can’t tell you how long and how many years we have wanted a dog.

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Michelle and I had a BLAST this weekend attending our 20 year high school reunion. It was so much fun to see how our classmates had “grown up”. We had only 87 people in our graduating class. And cause we were such a small school, we knew these people from Kindergarten through High school. We were kind of like family.

We had a great time. There was a fun trivia game. Then we watched a great movie (thanks Wendy and Sydney for the months it took to put that together).

And for me and Michelle, it was just like old times. It was so much fun to get dressed and got out again after all these years. You see, Michelle and I have known each other since 6th grade. And after high school, I moved away to Chicago and she settled and started a family in Iowa. So we love getting together, letting the kids play, and having girlfriend time again.

Have you gone to a class reunion recently? How was yours? Any cool stories to share?

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Maybe it’s just me, but I sooooo do not get all those chat symbols , online lingo terms and abbreviations when chatting with people online in emails, forums or even text messsaging on your cell phone. (In fact, I just sent my first text message a couple days ago on my cell phone. )

When people say things like:
BRB, TTYL, LOL, BFF, ROTFL I just had no clue what they were talking about.

Relax, if you are frustrated with this secret online language, there is help.
If you are chatting challenged like me, here are 2 great resources to help you out.

Online signs and symbols
Email, Online Chat and Text Messaging Acronyms

Hope that helps you get up to speed so you can be kewl online too!

Am I the only one that didn’t know this stuff? What are your favorite online lingo expressions?

TTYL
Your BFF
Kristie T

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I personally celebrate Christmas. As a Christian, it is a day to honor the birth of Christ. It reminds me to live as though Christmas was everyday in your heart.

Not everyone celebrates Christmas. Others may celebrate Kwanza or Hannukuk. But what about others, what can they celebrate?

Introducing Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us… (See Seinfeld Festivus episode here)

My husband was Googling and found reference to Festivus, a holiday celebrated on December 23 in Wikipedia. This holiday was first made public on the show Seinfeld in December 1997. Since then, the holiday has taken on a “cult-like” following of it’s own. Festivus was created as an alternative holiday in response to the commercialization of Christmas.

The holiday traditions include the traditional Festivus Pole that requires no decoration, a Festivus Dinner of meatloaf or spaghetti in red sauce. Then after dinner, the family participates in the “Airing of the Grievances” where your family gathers around and tells each other all the ways they have disappointed each other over the past year. Then finally, the celebration ends with Feats of Strength when the head of the household is pinned in a wrestling match.

Apparently this holiday is based on the real life celebrations of Daniel O’Keefe, one of the Seinfeld writers.

Whatever holiday you celebrate, I wish you and your family the very merriest of holidays and a very happy and prosperous New Year!

What fun holiday traditions does your family partake in every year?

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I’ve been tagged by my friend Mila Sidman to list 5 things you didn’t know about me, so here goes:

1) I was totally in love (obsessed) with guitarist Eddie Van Halen in my high school years.

2) I used to attend public events and parades as Birdie and Hamburgler as a teenager. I even rode in a convertible with Ronald McDonald waving to kids!

3) I used to sing in the contemporary rock group at my church.

4) As a kid, I used to sell pet rocks and mud pies to my neighbors who were kind enough to buy them for a quarter each.

5) I am a descendant of Daniel Boone.

That’s it, now i’m tagging:

Lorrie Morgan Ferrero
Sherman Hu
Denise Wakeman
Joan Stewart
Sarah Zeldman

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Okay, since it’s the weekend and I’m not working, I am amusing myself. Want to see something else funny? Are you a Spongebob fan? See Plankton’s Christmas Video - Get ready to laugh!

Plankton’s Holiday Hits includes:
- Oh Come All Ye Fearful
- Joy to the World
- Deck the Halls with Fist of Fury
- Nutcracker Suite

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Need a break from your business day? Take a look at this funny Napoleon Dynamite christmas video. If you are a Napoleon Dynamite fan, you’ll appreciate this!

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I just had to share how excited I am for my mom. She is an artist and a teacher at a school in Conroe, Texas. They asked her to do a mural in the school. And to be very honest, the school thought they were just getting a nice painting. And what my mom created is really a masterpiece that encompasses the entire hallway. She finally finished it after working on it for 6 months.

It’s funny, she said that the other teachers came up to her and said, we thought the painting would be nice, but we have NO idea it would turn out like this. She really blew them away.

Anyway, they are doing a big unveling ceremony for it on Wednesday. I guess the papers, TV etc are coming out to cover it. And they are having a ceremony to honor her, her work, and her contribution to the community.

So, I just wanted to share how proud I am of my mom. Everyone deserves one shining moment in their lives - this is hers. I am SO proud of her.

Since I am in Chicago, I haven’t seen it. But I guess it’s got the “I think I can” Choo Choo Train going thru it and so other cool stuff woven in. I am having her send a picture which I will post here later.

My mom taught me that you can do ANYTHING you set your mind to. She has fought against some terrible things in her life. She has always been put down for being different. But it’s because of her different take on things and her creativity that she has really made a difference.

So here’s to my mom. If any of you are in Texas and see anything in the newspapers or on TV about Paula Nelson from Conroe, Texas (by Houston) and her mural at the school in Conroe, please let me know.

How has your mom inspired you?

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