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Just wanted to give everyone a chance to enter the Ritz Crackerfuls $100 giveaway. Entries close tomorrow, July 31 at 5 PM PST. The video is just because.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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It’s the last two weeks before my kids go back to school and the good news is my services are very much in demand the whole world around but sadly, there is still only one of me, so I have that feeling that I’ve got 50 lbs pressing against my chest and so I thought okay, yeah, that’s a sign I need to go on and write about Dolly Parton.
There was a time when I thought Dolly Parton was impossibly cheesy. I fancied myself a very deep thinker with profound, complex emotions and there was no way that I could relate to somethingy so hokey and homey.
Then I grew up and blah, blah, blah life lessons, experiences, hard roads et cetera et cetera and now I think Dolly Parton is one of the most awesome people that have ever lived.
She has such a great sense of humor about herself but at the same time you can tell she takes pride in who she is and where she came from. Here’s some quotes I love:
I look just like the girls next door… if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.
I was the first woman to burn my bra – it took the fire department four days to put it out.
I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb… and I also know that I’m not blonde.
You’d be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!
She also has such a great attitude about work and life. Remember, she grew up one of 12 children, dirt poor in a one room shack in the Smoky Mountains and instead of turning her back on her community when she made it, she’s given back and invested in the area and people.
I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.
If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.
People make jokes about my bosoms, why don’t they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It’s obvious I’ve got big ones and if people want to assume they’re not mine, then let them.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
When I’m inspired, I get excited because I can’t wait to see what I’ll come up with next.
Every month my kids get new books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. If you have kids in your life from birth to age 5, I highly suggest that you see if the program is available in your county (they also serve Canada and are expanding into the UK!). I am not sure if it works the same in all areas, but in my county there are no income restrictions and they encourage everyone to participate. Some of the books that we’ve been sent have been loved to tatters and they are so excited every time a new one comes in the mail. Can you imagine how much this program must mean to kids that aren’t as fortunate and might otherwise have no books to call their own?
When I think about all Dolly Parton has achieved and how much she’s given back, it inspires me to do the best that I can do. She really is a hero. I wrote this today as much to remind myself of that as I did to share with you how wonderful I think Dolly Parton is.
Who is your hero? Or, if you don’t have a hero, what is your favorite Dolly Parton song?
PS I noticed that the Imagination Library Fan page is trying to reach 10K fans before school starts. Why not help them reach their goal?
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Dried Crickets
I was almost completely finished with this post when Firefox went crash, boom, bam and so now I have to start all over. Only, I’m really tired, so this is the bare bones edition. If you want the explanation behind these pictures, go to the I Hate My Message Board Fan page.
My posts elsewhere:
How I will have an actively frugal weekend
12 things to keep in mind for back to school shopping
12 super cheap, super nutritious foods you should be eating
And to answer the question I know is on everyone’s mind, no I don’t know why they ask the girl that buys crap like canned chickens to write personal finance posts.
A post that touched my heart:
What makes the perfect dad by Stickyfingers
A post that inspired me to follow my instincts:
The benefits of losing control by Lateral Action
A post that made me laugh:
Mind your own business, Gmail!
Posts that made me wonder if I’d somehow made friends with the cast of Little House on the Prairie:
First Attempt at (Anti) Social Home Canning by Kim Woodbridge
Long nights, hot jars: why you should try home canning by Two hands and a Roadmap
Post where somebody will win $100 next Saturday:
My brave battle against workday boredom, a review of some tasty crackers and $100 giveaway by Me on This Blog please enter.
And to end on a high note, we have a new, most viewed ever post on this blog!
PS if you missed it, Microwavable Milkshakes was featured on the Consumerist. Also, I found the first edition in drafts but it’s too late now, that ship has sailed.
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New from Kroger, it's microwavable milkshakes!
When I saw these microwavable milkshakes today, I knew I had to go on and get some and post about it, because no doubt thousands of shoppers across the nation are waiting to see what I think before they take the plunge. My only wish is that I’d saved some of the microwavable pork rinds to see if they = or != Wendy’s fries dipped in a Frosty.
Because that’s the kind of reporting that you get a Bloggie for, I tell you what.
This will be short and sweet, my dear 15 year old son Nicholas agreed to help me out. Please note: if you are his Grandma, it is summer vacation and I am letting him get shaggy as is his wont to do.
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Low Carb!
I first became aware of microwavable pork rinds sometime before my first son was born when I found several bags in my parent’s house. I was not brave enough to try them then and ever since I’ve kind of regretted that.
Then I saw a display of bags by the check out counter at Ike’s Discount Drug and thought to myself, in not now, when? If not me, who?
And yeah, yeah, yeah, I know these have been around forever. We can’t all be hip to all the new convenience products made out of external organs like you are.
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