June 2011 | Miki's Hope

I gotta do something!!

Thursday, June 30, 2011

I really can't stand what I do for a living-----bookkeeping-----I absolutely despise it--always have and obviously always will---I did try to go back to college at the age of 40--4 years later I had my BA in Environmental Science--but could I use it--NO--every time I went for a job in that field either they just wanted to meet a woman who could be both a 2 yr accountant and have a BA in Environmental science (and they admitted to this much less!!) or they wanted me to volunteer--now I am single, self supporting--that was not going to happen--sooooo I went and got a bookkeeping job--the guy I worked under had a heart attack---they fired him!! I QUIT (after a couple of weeks so as not to get him in trouble)--came home and literally started my own bookkeeping service---did that for about 9 or 10 years--lots and lots of clients but then the economy went downhill--and although I could still get other clients--they all wanted me to work for almost nothing---so I finally accepted a job with one of those clients for 3 days a week--just recently another client literally overnight--no warning--told me they were going to to their own bookkeeping--fine-I wished them the best of luck and said goodbye--but did mention that I was sorry I could no longer keep transferring my days cause I had to be in NJ 3 days ----I could almost hear him gulp--and did I mention I had been with them for over 10 years---yes it hurt---but what the heck---and now the guy in NJ--well the accountant convinced him that they should audit how I set up the accounting department (I had to do it in one day--literally-and considering, I did a pretty good job---very little confusion--easy transition) Of course I probably missed some things---but this accountant is trying to bankrupt my client--his charges are astronomical-Well this accountant and my boss concocted a way to audit the department without me knowing--unfortunately for them--guess who wanted his bill paid immediately--so I read the invoice--and realized just what they had done--I am devastated---totally and absolutely devastated--and I had to sign the blasted check--insult to injury---lucky for him I signed BEFORE I read it---If I could I would quit tomorrow---I just hope that somehow or another I can start selling like crazy cause I honestly do not know how much longer I can take this.


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Eclipse Spa has a BRAND NEW look!

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

You all know how much I love Eclipse Spa products-and honestly for me I wouldn't care how it came packaged--I love what is inside those packages and what it does for me and my skin!! That being said-----the new look is absolutely beautiful and the website is also totally different (my same url to get there thank heavens!!)-
Anne Keefe, the owner, is still working on the men's line that should be back soon--as for the bath bombs-well that might take a while longer-but she absolutely promised me they would return (thank goodness I still have a bunch of them here that I keep for my PERSONAL use or I would be going through withdrawal about now).
And there are a couple of new fragrances--and she now sells two scent oils as well--I managed to get some of the Moroccan Nights Lotion--Oh my--what a marvelous scent--and in the sugar scrubs there is a new orange blossom scent!! I really want all of you to go in and take a look--
Here is a sneak peak----


Now high tail it over there and check it out!!!!




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Thank you every one of you!!

I have only had this blog for approximately 4 1/2 months and I can not tell all of you how grateful I am that you chose to follow me!! And then I woke up at 3:30 am to an email from a friend (at Sammy Makes Six) telling me to go check my Google Page Rank---now honestly I really expected it to still be a big goose egg (0/10)--Imagine my utter amazement and surprise when I checked and saw 2/10 !!!!!!! I'm in shock!!! I just had to thank everyone who comes here and enjoys my admittedly random posts!! I would also like to personally thank my friend Sheri Carpenter who set up this blog for me, showed me how and what to do and putting up with all my "HELP how do I do this or can you do it for me emails from this 60 year old going on 30 (sometimes anyway)!!!"

Always keep an eye on my blog---you never know when I will start "thinking" and dream up yet another giveaway on the spur of the moment---but those are usually the best kind anyway----and of course a give away or two on one of the products I sell or that one of my friends sell!! (Hint-- miraclemomas is having a giveaway on Lilla Rose Hair Accessories for me right now that ends on 6/28 and SammyMakesSix will be having a giveaway on Lilla Rose shortly after--if you want to look at some of these just click on the left where it says Lilla Rose for a preview of some of them)

Thank you again---everyone--from the bottom of my heart!!!

(Thank you for making my Mom smile!!!)





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No Shipping Charge at My Scent Essence

Sunday, June 26, 2011

One of the things I like best about My Scent Essence is that there is NO CHARGE FOR SHIPPING!!! I really love their sachets and have a couple sitting in a bowl on the windowsill at work--I was very surprised when my boss came in the other day (a male)--picked one up and said "Hey these really smell good!" It was the Egyption Sheets scent-one of my personal favorites and the one I have out near my computer as well!!! The Scent Beads (which can not be burned) come packaged 2 to a package for 6.00 and no shipping charge--you can't beat that!!!
Of course they have lots of beautiful warmers and little heart shaped melts in two different types that all smell wonderful as well
I really hope you go and check out this site!!





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“Just One More Thing,” Peter Falk dies at age 83

Friday, June 24, 2011

I came home to the blurb from the NY Times on my email tonight--Peter Falk--who played the character Detective Columbo for many many years--which definitely was one of my favorite shows--died at the age of 83. This show was the essence of "don't judge a book or a person by it's cover or their clothing!! Always rumpled and acting kind of dumb (which he definitely wasn't) I think he made the phrase (as he walked back with his head shaking) "Just one more thing" popular!! I ca see him in my minds eye--just about walking out a door (with his head shaking because something was not right)--when his finger would come up--he would turn around and say "just one more thing"---and the crime would get solved!! As I said the New York Times is running a 3 page article on Peter Falk if you would like to know more about this amazing actor's life.
And I give you---Peter Falk--as Columbo-may he rest in peace




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Monday, June 20, 2011

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I am not normally political but this senior says it all!!

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Another one of my friends sent me this the other day and asked me to forward it on to 20 more people if I agree---well I kinda do-and I almost did not post this since I try to stay away from political statements of any kind- BUT I mean heck--I've been paying into social security for longer then I can remember!! I really agree with this seniors last paragraph!!!!!!!!!

THIS SENIOR CITIZEN NAILED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alan Simpson, Senator from Wyoming, Co-Chair of Obama's deficit
commission, calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he
compared "Social Security" to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats.
August, 2010.

Here's a response in a letter from a unknown fellow in Montana...
I think he is a little ticked off! He also tells it like it is !
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"Hey Alan, let's get a few things straight..

1. As a career politician, you have been on the public dole for FIFTY
YEARS.

2. I have been paying Social Security taxes for 48 YEARS (since I was 15
years old. I am now 63).

3 My Social Security payments, and those of millions of other
Americans, were safely tucked away in an interest bearing account for
decades until you political pukes decided to raid the account and give
OUR money to a bunch of zero ambition losers in return for votes, thus
bankrupting the system and turning Social Security into a Ponzi scheme
that would have made Bernie Madoff proud.

4. Recently, just like Lucy & Charlie Brown, you and your ilk pulled the
proverbial football away from millions of American seniors nearing
retirement and moved the goalposts for full retirement from age 65 to
age 67. NOW, you and your shill commission is proposing to move the
goalposts YET AGAIN.

5 I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying into Medicare
from Day One, and now you morons propose to change the rules of the
game.. Why? Because you idiots mismanaged other parts of the economy
to such an extent that you need to steal money from Medicare to pay
the bills..

6. I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying income taxes
our entire lives, and now you propose to increase our taxes yet again. Why?
Because you incompetent bastards spent our money so profligately that
you just kept on spending even after you ran out of money. Now, you come
to the American taxpayers and say you need more to pay off YOUR debt.

To add insult to injury, you label us "greedy" for calling "bullshit" on
your incompetence. Well, Captain Bullshit, I have a few questions for
YOU.

1. How much money have you earned from the American taxpayers during
your pathetic 50-year political career?

2. At what age did you retire from your pathetic political career, and
how much are you receiving in annual retirement benefits from the
American taxpayers?

3. How much do you pay for YOUR government provided health insurance?

4. What cuts in YOUR retirement and healthcare benefits are you
proposing in your disgusting deficit reduction proposal, or, as usual,
have you exempted yourself and your political cronies?

It is you, Captain Bullshit, and your political co-conspirators called
Congress who are the "greedy" ones. It is you and your fellow
nutcases who have bankrupted America and stolen the American dream
from millions of loyal, patriotic taxpayers. And for what? Votes.
That's right, sir. You and yours have bankrupted America for the sole
purpose of advancing your pathetic political careers. You know it, we
know it, and you know that we know it.

And you can take that to the bank, you miserable son of a bitch.

If you like the way things are in America, delete this. If you agree
with what a fellow Montana citizen says, PASS IT ON!!!!

This would change everything and should be retroactive!

No one has been able to explain why young men and women serve in the U.S. Military for 20 years, risking their lives protecting freedom, and only get 50% of their pay. While politicians hold their political positions in the safe confines of the capital, protected by these same men and women, and receive full pay retirement after serving one term. It just does not make any sense.

On Fox news they learned that the staffers of Congress family members are exempt from having to pay back student loans. This will get national attention if other news networks will broadcast it. When you add this to the below, just where will all of it stop?

35 States file lawsuit against the Federal Government

Governors of 35 states have filed suit against the Federal Government for imposing unlawful burdens upon them. It only takes 38 (of the 50) States to convene a Constitutional Convention.

This will take less than thirty seconds to read. If you agree, please pass it on.

This is an idea that we should address.

For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest is to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform... in all of its forms. Somehow, that doesn't seem logical. We do not have an elite that is above the law. I truly don't care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever. The self-serving must stop.

If each person that receives this will forward it on to 20 people, in three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message.. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.

Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."




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Trivia

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Another one of my friends sent me this---so I am sharing!! Enjoy

If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth.. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left side of your mouth. (What about the people who are ambidextrous?)

To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 million individual flowers

Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by 'Bayer'.

Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!

People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.

Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.

Astronauts can't belch - there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.

Ancient Roman, Chinese and German societies often used urine as mouthwash.

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion to shave them off!

Because of the speed at which Earth moves around the Sun, it is impossible for a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58 seconds.

The night of January 20 is "Saint Agnes's Eve", which is regarded as a time when a young woman dreams of her future husband.

Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros

It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!

Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end

If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off. (This doesn't quite make sense)

Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of tobacco-related diseases.

Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals

Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.

The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.

Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent

Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450°F

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean

The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man

Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density

The University of Alaska spans four time zones

The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself. (This I know is a TRUE fact!!!!!!!!)

In ancient Greece , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted. (Uh Oh--what if she was a lousy catcher?)

Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday.

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

A comet's tail always points away from the sun

The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent

Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers - that is why it is found in some medicines.

The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.

If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.

When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight

In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed

Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside

Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams

The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year

The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust

Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters

Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy

Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down

Everything weighs one percent less at the equator (Maybe I should move there?)

For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off

The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.

In 2011, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays. This apparently happens once every 823 years! This is called 'money bags'.


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Massages--Do you like them?

Good morning everyone--I was sitting here thinking--about massages of all things--I actually don't like massages--THEY HURT--being a bookkeeper my back and neck muscles are hard as rocks---Oh I have tried a massage or two over the years--heck I used to be able to get them for free (I bartered bookkeeping for services for a couple of years about 3 years ago)--and I still didn't like them--I used to ask for manicures, pedicure, leg waxing, facial--virtually anything except a massage!! Crazy-huh? Well that is how much they hurt!!! Just recently one of my bosses was actually willing to pay for me to get one---I refused!!! I do like one type--the hot rock massage---just lay those nice warm rocks all along my spine and back and shoulders and neck--then leave me alone--do not touch me!! I do not believe there is gain in pain--whether it be exercise or anything else!! And I usually feel a lot worse after a massage then I did before it!!
So--do you like massages?




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What a day!!!!

Monday, June 13, 2011

What a day I've had--I REALLY meant to go to my client today but had to take my Mom to the doctor instead---She had contracted a stomach virus (probably from me) and was in the hospital from Wednesday morning till Saturday when I broke her out of there!! Of course she probably should have stayed another day--but she was feeling slightly better------ever since then she has had me hopping---(remember I am still not feeling quite myself either)---Now I am really glad she has a good and caring doctor--but picture me sitting in that office for 2 hours!!!!!!!! Then taking her grocery shopping and had to carry up the groceries for her (did I mention I am not feeling that great and am having trouble breathing cause of allergies I hope)
Well I finally got home-----I called her and she is emptying out the dishwasher, making herself homemade chicken noodle soup and feeling better lol!! Now do not get me wrong here BUT I AM NOT FEELING WELL and I do love her---but------------------
Meanwhile back at the ranch Gremlin has been meowing non stop lately--and sneezing--and demanding that I hop to it whenever he meows---heaven help me--I feel like crawling into bed and putting the covers over my head and not re appearing until everyone else is feeling better!!!!

MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW







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This is scary

Sunday, June 12, 2011

I got this from a girl who posted it to a shopping group I belong to (Mary Keyser)

Here's something to think about.


Winston, come into the dining room, it's time to eat," Julia yelled to her husband. "In a minute, honey, it's a tie score," he answered.
Actually Winston wasn't very interested in the traditional holiday football game between Detroit and Washington .

Ever since the government passed the Civility in Sports Statute of 2017, outlawing tackle football for its "unseemly violence" and the "bad example it sets for the rest of the world," Winston was far less of a football fan than he used to be. Two-hand touch wasn't nearly as exciting.

Yet it wasn't the game that Winston was uninterested in. It was more the thought of eating another Tofu Turkey. Even though it was the best type of VeggieMeat available after the government revised the American
Anti-Obesity Act of 2018, adding fowl to the list of federally-forbidden foods, (which already included potatoes, cranberry sauce and mince-meat pie), it wasn't anything like real turkey. And ever since the government officially changed the name of "Thanksgiving Day" to "A National Day of Atonement" in 2020 to officially acknowledge the Pilgrims' historically brutal treatment of Native Americans, the holiday had lost a lot of its luster.

Eating in the dining room was also a bit daunting. The unearthly gleam of government-mandated fluorescent light bulbs made the Tofu Turkey look even weirder than it actually was, and the room was always cold. Ever since Congress passed the Power Conservation Act of 2016, mandating all thermostats - which were monitored and controlled by the electric company - be kept at 68 degrees, every room on the north side of the house was barely tolerable throughout the entire winter.

Still, it was good getting together with family. Or at least most of the family. Winston missed his mother, who passed on in October, when she had used up her legal allotment of life-saving medical treatment. He had had many heated conversations with the Regional Health Consortium, spawned when the private insurance market finally went bankrupt, and everyone was forced into the government health care program. And though he demanded she be kept on her treatment, it was a futile effort. "The RHC's resources are limited," explained the government bureaucrat Winston spoke with on the phone. "Your mother received all the benefits to which she was entitled. I'm sorry for your loss."

Ed couldn't make it either. He had forgotten to plug in his electric car last night, the only kind available after the Anti-Fossil Fuel Bill of 2021 outlawed the use of the combustion engines-for everyone but government officials. The fifty mile round trip was about ten miles too far, and Ed didn't want to spend a frosty night on the road somewhere between here and there.

Thankfully, Winston's brother, John, and his wife were flying in. Winston made sure that the dining room chairs had extra cushions for the occasion. No one complained more than John about the pain of sitting down so soon after the government-mandated cavity searches at airports, which severely aggravated his hemorrhoids. Ever since a terrorist successfully smuggled a cavity bomb onto a jetliner, the TSA told Americans the added "inconvenience" was an "absolute necessity" in order to stay "one step ahead of the terrorists." Winston's own body had grown accustomed to such probing ever since the government expanded their scope to just about anywhere a crowd gathered, via Anti-Profiling Act of 2022. That law made it a crime to single out any group or individual for "unequal scrutiny," even when probable cause was involved. Thus, cavity searches at malls, train stations, bus depots, etc., etc., had become almost routine. Almost.

The Supreme Court is reviewing the statute, but most Americans expect a Court composed of six progressives and three conservatives to leave the law intact. "A living Constitution is extremely flexible," said the Court's eldest member, Elena Kagan. " Europe has had laws like this one for years. We should learn from their example," she added.

Winston's thoughts turned to his own children. He got along fairly well with his 12-year-old daughter, Brittany, mostly because she ignored him. Winston had long ago surrendered to the idea that she could text anyone at any time, even during Atonement Dinner. Their only real confrontation had occurred when he limited her to 50,000 texts a month, explaining that was all he could afford. She whined for a week, but got over it.

His 16-year-old son, Jason, was another matter altogether. Perhaps it was the constant bombarding he got in public school that global warming, the bird flu, terrorism or any of a number of other calamities were "just around the corner," but Jason had developed a kind of nihilistic attitude that ranged between simmering surliness and outright hostility. It didn't help that Jason had reported his father to the police for smoking a cigarette in the house, an act made criminal by the Smoking Control Statute of 2018, which outlawed smoking anywhere within 500 feet of another human being. Winston paid the $5,000 fine, which might have been considered excessive before the American dollar became virtually worthless as a result of QE13. The latest round of quantitative easing the federal government initiated was, once again, to "spur economic growth." This time they promised to push unemployment below its years-long rate of 18%, but Winston was not particularly hopeful.

Yet the family had a lot for which to be thankful, Winston thought, before remembering it was a Day of Atonement. At least he had his memories. He felt a twinge of sadness when he realized his children would never know what life was like in the Good Old Days, long before government promises to make life "fair for everyone" realized their full potential. Winston, like so many of his fellow Americans, never realized how much things could change when they didn't happen all at once, but little by little, so people could get used to them.

He wondered what might have happened if the public had stood up while there was still time, maybe back around 2011, when all the real nonsense began. "Maybe we wouldn't be where we are today if we'd just said 'enough is enough' when we had the chance," he thought.
Maybe so, Winston. Maybe so.






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It's been pretty crazy around here---

Friday, June 10, 2011

Hi all--this has been one heck of a week--I was pretty sick there for a while but managed to keep going to work (luckily had Wednesday off) some kind of a stomach bug--then my Mom called me Wednesday night and told me she was in the hospital and that they were keeping her there!! She also has some kind of stomach thing but she is 89 (and normally full of pep)--and became dehydrated. She is still there and she doesn't think they will let her out today either--she told me all she does is sleep--can still barely eat or drink--they have to keep giving her fluids intravenously--and in between all this I signed up for a new site--really nice stuff and affordable!! I was told I have to do some things to it--like add a message or something but I can not figure out how!! So--I think I will put up a post about it after I get home-cause the site is functional!! If you'd like to go take a peek the url is www.lillarose.biz/MicheleB I just know you are all going to LOVE it!!!
Better go to work now!!

(HUM-SHE SICK--MAYBE SHE STAY HOME?)





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I was thinking

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

I was sitting here thinking--nothing dangerous this time--I was thinking about how I really like the smell of certain items--never thought about this before--I have always loved the smell of White Musk but recently I have come to realize that I absolutely love the smell of CUCUMBER--yup you read that correctly--Cucumber. I belong to a couple of buying groups thus am always trying new and different products--It all started when I won a hostess gift from Avon---cucumber scented bath gel---then I suddenly realized why I liked Jorden Essentials clay mask (besides the fact that it is gentle enough to use daily!!)--it smells like cucumber!! I was going to buy something from Kathy Miranda again (Jordon Essentials rep) and saw a Sweet Cucumber Melon Hydrating Body Spritzer--received it--LOVE IT--using it every day!!! Now I sell lots of different products myself and I really do love Eclipse Spa (you can not beat their lotion or bath bombs or sugar scrub!)--but they don't have these types of products--Kathy has no idea that I am writing this lol (maybe I'll email her later)--If you would like to try some of the Jorden essential Products please go to Kathy's Jordon essentials site You should also try the Eclipse Spa Products!!

So do you have a favorite scent that you never even really thought about?

I LOVE THE SMELL OF CHICKEN (Hint, Hint)







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Take The 7 Day Challenge Giveaway Ends 06/30

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

 THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED
THE WINNER IS #39 1955NURSE.

Last Month Sheri joined a company called Plexus Slim after doing a product review for a friend of hers.

 Plexus Slim is an all-natural weight loss product, packaged as a very small powder packet that you can easily slip into your purse or your pocket. 
Half an hour before a meal – it does not matter which meal, it can be breakfast, lunch or dinner – pour the powder into a 12-17 ounce glass or bottle of water, stir and drink. That’s all there is to it! The fat just melts away.
Plexus Slim will:
• Help you lose weight and inches by burning fat, not muscle.
• Help keep blood sugar, cholesterol, and lipids at healthy levels
• Help increase your will-power over food, and reduces binge eating
Plexus Slim’s ingredients are all natural, and they are completely safe. Some of the Ingredients are, Soy Lecithin, Beet Root, Stevia, Lo Han Fruit, Grape Skin, Citric Acid, and Natural Fruit Flavors. All ingredients are natural with no artificial coloring or flavoring. No MSG or synthetics.Plexus Slim is naturally sweetened with the Stevia Leaf Extract and Lo Han Fruit Extract, and they do not cause a blood sugar spike when consumed.
 Plexus Slim does not contain any stimulants such as caffeine, ma huang, ephedra or any other type of stimulatory ingredient. (None of that shaky, nervous feeling you get from stimulants)
After being on The Pink Drink for 32 days total now She has lost 18 pounds and 6 inches from my waist and thighs and has dropped 2 pant sizes!!!!! Sheri Says, "I feel amazing, not tired all the time like I use to be and have way more energy than I ever did have! I am in complete amazement at how this product works. It is absolutely amazing and the testimonials we are getting from people are just amazing."

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A few thoughts to shake your head over

Sunday, June 5, 2011

A friend sent me this and I decided it was good enough to share with everyone--of course I could not get the photos over---let's just say I'm protecting the identity of these people! (NOT--)


An absolute KEEPER
This old but, still funny.


-- If you ever feel a little bit stupid, just dig this up and read it again; you'll begin to think you're a genius..
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(On September 17, 1994, Alabama's Heather Whitestone was selected as Miss America 1995.)

Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?
Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever,"
--Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.
(This chick read far too much E.E. Cummings!!)
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"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."
--Mariah Carey
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"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life,"
-- Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign
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"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body,"
--Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.
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"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC . ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

"That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it,"
--A congressional candidate in Texas .
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"Half this game is ninety percent mental."
--Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark
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"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.."
--Al Gore, Vice President
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"I love California . I practically grew up in Phoenix ....."
-- Dan Quayle
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"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?"
--Lee Iacocca
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"The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
--Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.
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"We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people."
-- Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor.
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"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."
--Department of Social Services, Greenville , South Carolina
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"Traditionally, most of Australia 's imports come from overseas."
--Keppel Enderbery
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"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night.. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record."
-- Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman
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Feeling smarter yet?
Send it on to
your brilliant friends.

I just did !!




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Haven't really written anything in a week

Friday, June 3, 2011

I have been up to my ears with work and been close to tears most of this week--have not been much in the mood for writingn or posting or hopping. At the moment my blood pressure is still elevated from approx 12 noon!! Imagine finding out that someone changed the way you told them to do something because it would save time--I exploded---there I was having to hand something to an accountant (sitting right next to me) and to find out that what was supposed to be a list of products all said Miscellaneous instead--we won't mention that I also use this report to prepare sales tax and to do an invoice from one company to another---well after I laced into everyone--including the boss who I'm sure had something to do with this--(since he is on a campaign to cut peoples hours lately) I worked with them to supposedly make this take less time---in my humble opinion it will take longer--after having to manipulate the spreadsheet--take out duplicate entries and deleted invoices-separate it as to pay type (I use it for the bank rec as well and Amex takes longer to clear then the others). But what do I know--I am only a 35+ year bookkeeper with a 2 year accounting degree who knows Quickbooks like the back of her own hand if not better---I don't really ever want to go back there--but I don't want to go totally freelance anymore either--the strange part is I got home this evening and picked up my phone for the first time since 5/31 and there was a message from an old client who I left a while back who wants to know if I still do bookkeeping---he is in NYC and I don't want to work down there even one more day a month then I already do--Heck I don't want to do bookkeeping anymore--I never even wanted to be a bookkeeper--I was just kind of thrown into it and was good at it and could never seem to get out--I even went back to school at age 40 and got a BA on environmental science--but still got railroaded back into bookkeeping--
If you know any young people out there who are thinking about bookkeeping or accounting--tell them to think twice--bookkeepers are perhaps the most unappreciated people in a business even though they keep it going--It does not make sense and never will-but that is a true fact-----------



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DoYouBake-June 2011-Customer Specials

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

You don't want to miss out on these deals!! Really great value--really delicious products!!





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And the winner of Cheryl's Tupperware giveaway -----

The winner of the Tupperware Whip n Prep Chef is number 237

Anonymous said... 237

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May 31, 2011 11:40 PM

Congratulations!! I will be emailing you shortly!! Please respond within 48 hours or I will have to choose a new winner.

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