Friday, May 8, 2009

Visual aid for 3.69 trillion dollar budget...

The average person can't even imagine such a large number, so here is (another) visual aid to help you understand Obama's 3.69 trillion dollar budget!

Sweeps4Bloggers Douglas Cuddle Toys Giveaway


I love contests!

I especially love ones that I can enter simply by posting to a blog or telling others about it! I just found out about this web site called Sweeps4Bloggers. There seems to be several giveaways running at one time on this site, including one from Douglas Cuddle Toys.

I am entering the Douglas Cuddle Toys Giveaway, and that is the reason for this post! I will get two extra entries for posting this to my blog. So - go check it out!

Better hurry, because the contest ends at 8 pm Pacific Time on May 14th!

Locks of Love!

On Tuesday of this week, 11 y/o donated her hair to Locks of Love, which is a non-profit organization that helps disadvantaged kids with cancer or other diseases by giving them wigs made with real hair. Go to their web site and you'll be able to see some of the people who have been helped, as well as some of the people who helped them. It's very touching.

11 y/o had started growing her hair long about 1 1/2 to 2 years ago with the intention of donating it. She has extremely thick hair. The longer it got, the more difficult the tangles would become. I suppose most girls with long beautiful hair cry - at least a little - when they get their hair cut. Not my girl. She was R-E-A-D-Y! So was I!

Now, if only I could get 8 y/o to follow suit...my vaccuum cleaner would be very happy!







Success! Ten inches gone! Isn't she pretty?