So yes, it's Christmas Eve Eve and my house is going crazy. I am no where done getting ready for it. I have presents to wrap. I can't send the kids outside because it's -30C every day. I can't even handle going outside and with the wind it's so much colder.
And the presents...they are just sitting waiting for me to wrap them. I just never get an ounce of peace in the house to sneak off and wrap them. And in this small apartment where am I going to really sneak off to? May be the bathroom would be the only place that I could actually get away with it, to bad it's so tiny.. :)
I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and gets to where they need to be safe and sound. And if you are having a delay at the airport you can write me a letter in the comments. Ha ha...
Besides the celebrity gossip writing gig I do, I also do surveys. In the last couple of ones I've had to do I have had to sign a confidentially agreement before I could do it. So, I know about new products others don't know about. I think it's so freaky! But I have seen before with a movie, I had to watch two trailers and tell them which one I liked better. I have seen the trailer in the public now and can't remember if they chose the one I liked or not.
Don't ask me to tell you about the new products...don't they know I can't keep secrets? I gossip for a living...I have to tell everyone everything! Okay, I am pushing publish now before I give away the secrets of everything I know!
This week is going to be so busy for me. I don't have my shopping done and I haven't wrapped not even one present yet. The kids are off on Friday for two weeks so I have to get going QUICK!
When I was growing up my mom and I were really into music. And our favourite song to sing? The 12 Days Of Christmas...Canadian style...so here is my most favourite Christmas song of all.
The last couple of weeks have been rough for me. It was the anniversary of my Grandfather's death and I don't feel I'm any closer to being over it than when I found out. He was more like my dad than my grandfather. I miss him a lot.
And last week I stopped writing for the blog Go Smell The Flowers, they were really my first blogging friends here so I'll miss them. I was going to leave at the end of the month but I was getting sick and tired of getting beat up by the trolls so I left. But, because if it I can spend more time here.
I really want to get this site going and even switch over to a .com for it soon. I would love to have a place where mom's can feel like they are understood. I hope I can do that.
I am horrible at trying to eat cheaply...I always think that good food has to cost a fortune. But here as some hints to help me and other's to save money and eat healthy.
I am a little obsessed with Twilight. I'm in the process of reading the third book now. I have to say it's a great get away for me at the night. I'm just sad that someday I won't have anymore to read. I would be content to just read their story for the rest of my life.
See more on Twilight at my celebrity gossip site TEN Gossip.
I saw this list over at P2P today and I had to copy it...anything in italics I have done...
1. Started your own blog - way too many too count! 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to charity 7. Been to Disneyland/world -I've been there twice 8. Climbed a mountain 9. Held a praying mantis -I took one to school one day (they liked that one better than the snake I took) 10. Sang a solo 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea 14. Taught yourself an art from scratch 15. Adopted a child 16. Had food poisoning -My mom sucked sometimes at cooking 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty 18. Grown your own vegetables 19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France 20. Slept on an overnight train 21. Had a pillow fight 22. Hitch hiked 23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill 24. Built a snow fort -I lived in the snow belt...I have made so many! 25. Held a lamb 26. Gone skinny dipping 27. Run a Marathon 28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice 29. Seen a total eclipse - of the moon 30. Watched a sunrise or sunset 31. Hit a home run 32. Been on a cruise 33. Seen Niagara Falls in person -I used to live close to it 34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors 35. Seen an Amish community 36. Taught yourself a new language 37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person 39. Gone rock climbing 40. Seen Michelangelo’s David 41. Sung karaoke (badly) -we had karaoke at my first wedding reception 42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt 43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant 44. Visited Africa 45. Walked on a beach by moonlight 46. Been transported in an ambulance 47. Had your portrait painted 48. Gone deep sea fishing 49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person 50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris 51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling 52. Kissed in the rain 53. Played in the mud 54. Gone to a drive-in theater 55. Been in a movie 56. Visited the Great Wall of China 57. Started a business -Freelancing is my business 58. Taken a martial arts class 59. Visited Russia 60. Served at a soup kitchen 61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies 62. Gone whale watching 63. Got flowers for no reason 64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma 65. Gone sky diving 66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp 67. Bounced a check 68. Flown in a helicopter 69. Saved a favorite childhood toy 70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial 71. Eaten Caviar 72. Pieced a quilt 73. Stood in Times Square 74. Toured the Everglades 75. Been fired from a job 76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London 77. Broken a bone 78. Been on a speeding motorcycle 79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person 80. Published a book -I was a ghostwriter but it was still published 81. Visited the Vatican 82. Bought a brand new car - our van. 83. Walked in Jerusalem 84. Had your picture in the newspaper 85. Read the entire Bible 86. Visited the White House 87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 88. Had chickenpox 89. Saved someone’s life 90. Sat on a jury 91. Met someone famous 92. Joined a book club 93. Lost a loved one 94. Had a baby 95. Seen the Alamo in person 96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake 97. Been involved in a law suit 98. Owned a cell phone - 99. Been stung by a bee
Finally someone has listened and are pulling Bratz dolls from the shelf after Christmas. These dolls were released in 2001 and even Dr. Phil said they looked like hookers. And we all know Dr. Phil is right about everything!
The popular line of fashion dolls has been found to infringe on Mattel's Barbie dolls and will be removed from store shelves after Christmas.
In the lawsuit, Carter Bryant, the creator of Bratz, was found to have come up with the idea for the dolls while working for Mattel. As a result, the manufacture of the more than 40 kinds of Bratz figures has been banned. The entire Bratz business has sold $3.1 billion in dolls in seven years. MGA will also need to pay $100 million in damages.
But this won't solve all of Mattel's problems...Hannah Montana dolls are still out there! But this is still a great start!
