Did he kiss another woman?

Ok, I have to tell you. I have always wondered about married actors/actresses kissing others during the making of a movie. I have a hard time justifying it just for a job, you know?

So I was wondering last night about the actress in the movie and confirmed that it was NOT Kirk Cameron's wife in the film with him. Then I was curious about the only kissing scene in the whole movie. I was in disbelief that he would kiss another woman that way. It was such an intimate moment, but done so that maybe it wasn't the actress.

I was right....I just read the fireproof blog and they flew in his wife just for the last scene. Isn't that romantic?

FIREPROOF the movie

I just wanted to update you on our movie experience. Yesterday was my husband's and my 14th wedding anniversary. We decided to take an evening away from the kids and go see the movie FIREPROOF which I spoke about in an earlier post.

I thought the movie was fantastic. It was clean, no foul language.....nothing the kids couldn't see. Obviously, the actors weren't big name actors, so some of the acting was subpar, but it didn't hurt the film at all. They were completely believable and true to life. There was a enough action in the movie to keep you on the edge of your seat and holding your breath for what was going to happen next. There was enough comedy in the movie to make it funny and it didn't feel like a chic flick.

Now for the emotional part. Yes, I cried.....balled through most of it. My husband even got glassy eyed and sniffly. There is no way you can be married or at least emotionally involved with someone, and not be moved by this movie. I started tearing up in the first 2 minutes of the movie, but I fought back full blown tears. By the end I just gave up and let them stream down my face. (Bring tissues if you go see it....you WILL need them!) The story line was right on the mark. In fact I could relate with so much of it, it was scary. It had my husband and I nudging each other saying, "sound familiar?" and "been there, done that" many many times.

Of course this is a religious film and talks about Christ and how he loves you and only wants what's best for you. But even if you are turned off by that message, you would enjoy this movie and it's story line. There is so much more to it. Even if your marriage is good, you will find that maybe you could treat your partner a little better, make him/her feel a little more cherished then you do.


Please, go see this movie. You will be glad you did. Click the link to see the trailer.

FIREPROOF the movie

Wanna go see a great movie?

If you have seen FACING THE GIANTS and enjoyed it, then you will probably like FIREPROOF. It's produced by the same people. I haven't seen it yet, but the trailer drove me to tears, so I am sure that the movie will have me balling like a baby!!

Check out the website and trailer here: FIREPROOF the movie

My husband and I are going to go see it real soon and I will be sure to come back and tell you how it was. If you've seen it, then come share what you thought here.

Have you ever had to put your foot down.....

Ever have to put your foot down with your kids and feel bad doing it?

My 13 year old has reached the age where Mom is old and dumb and doesn't know anything, least of all how a young girl should dress.

For Halloween this year she decided she wanted to be a jailbird. We discussed the details very little but I told her that I would look for fabric, but if it wasn't cheap enough, we'd probably buy the costume at the store. Well, turns out that a local fabric store had a pink and black stripe fabric on clearance for $3 a yard, so I snatched it up knowing that she would love it. I was right, she was really excited. Then we started discussing the costume that she wanted to make.

Turns out, her idea of a jailbird and my idea of a jailbird are two very different things. I saw the big baggy pants and long sleeve top. She saw the cute minidress, sleeveless with matching arm sleeves and pink wings to go with it (where does that fit in with a jailbird?). It was something that after careful investigation I could only find under the category of SEXY FEMALE COSTUMES. So I told her it wasn't appropriate and she said the baggy costume I had in mind wasn't "CUTE"! Well after discussing it a couple times, I finally put my foot down. She could either do the pants and shirt combination, or a sack dress style with sleeves (knee length of course), or she would not have a costume at all, since I had already spent the money on fabric.

I felt kind of bad, like I was taking all the fun out of it, but personally going for the cutsie costumes instead of being creative and creating something from scratch takes all the fun out of Halloween.

Guess what she chose.........NO COSTUME at all. I think she thought that I would cave when she told me that and allow her what she wanted. Not a chance. I think that Halloween has been so heavily commercialized that it's no longer a fun holiday for the kids. I really don't care whether we celebrate it or not. Gone are the days of cute kids dressed up like bunnies and lions and Cinderella. Gone are the days of kids putting together their own costumes from Goodwill or the trunk in Grandma's attic.

So what would you have done? How are you feeling about Halloween these days? Have you noticed that the costumes have gotten sexier and sexier even for the little ones? I think its high time that more of us put our foot down and refuse to let our little girls dress like that. How about you?

The Giggle Girls have the Winter Blues!!

The Giggle Girls have the Winter Blues! Come check out all our newest designs in different shades of blue!!


Click on the logo to see our designs!

God is still there....

He's still there, even now, during hard times. He will gladly hold back the storm and give you peace of mind. He loves you and wants you to be happy and safe.

In this time of need for so many people, I thought that this might inspire some of you to press on.....he's still there caring for us and protecting us.

Lifehouse "Everything" skit

Check out these satires.

Again, I will not debate politics, but these are hilarious!!!

I actually had to laugh at both of these.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPG25Wf0aa4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiQJ9Xp0xxU

10 Mistakes of WAHMs and How to Avoid Them
By Jennifer Rogers,
Founder and Owner Moms United in Business, LLC

1. Being a social networking butterfly: Joining many networking sites without taking the time to truly connect on a personal level with members. Not building quality relationships, only looking out for #1 to increase sales and profit.

Solution: Narrow down your networking groups to 1-3 and commit yourself to taking time to truly connect with other members. It is not the number of connections you make that contributes to your success, but the quality of your connections and relationships. Not sure what sites/groups you want to devote your precious free time to? Really investigate what each site/group has to offer and if you feel at home there. While one site/group may be an awesome networking source for another WAHM it may not be a perfect fit for you. Find the sites/groups that are inline with your personality, your own goals and that you actually enjoy being a member. Social Networking online, also referred to as Web 2.0, can be very time consuming. Don't waste your time being a social butterfly getting nowhere fast. Use your time wisely and narrow down your social networking avenues.

2. Advertising/Spamming: Promoting your business anywhere and everywhere with no regard for professional networking or building relationships with potential clients/customers.

Solution: While using ad groups, forums and advertising networking sites can be beneficial it should not be the only marketing campaign you use. You should not waste time spending hours upon hours sending out email blasts and the like. When you have been in business long enough you will see that these methods of making sales do not really work all that well, if at all. Use ad groups and lists in moderation. Nothing screams unprofessional more than a spammer. I see the same WAHMs over and over again posting the same ads in various forums and groups and most of the times those are the same ones that complain about how much time they spend working their business without monetary results.

3. Using poor grammar and spelling: Not taking the time to proof read emails (even social/personal emails), not bothering to capitalize words when appropriate, and multiple spelling errors.

Solution: This too screams unprofessional. We all make mistakes, typos and the like. However, and I know you have seen them, those that post without care or thought into what they are writing. Take the time to proof read all posts and emails. Your written words have as much of an impact online as first impressions have off line.

4. Expecting instant results: Being in business a matter of days, weeks or months and expecting a steady income.

Solution: Understand that most home based businesses do NOT see an actual profit within the first year, and a lot do not see a steady income for up to 3 years. Keep in mind, you reap what you sow, and if you continue to work hard, have patience and keep a steady pace you can be successful. Remember the fable the Tortoise and the Hare?

5. No follow up: Not following up with previous clients/customers or potiential clients/customers.

Solution: Go above and beyond. Send a personal note or card via Snail Mail thanking your client/customer for their business. At the very least, send a follow up email immediately and then one more a few weeks or months down the road. A word of caution, be genuine, this is NOT the time to advertise your business. Do NOT send a note, card or email merely promoting your business or newest products. If mailing out a note or card, feel free to include your business card. Offer a newsletter through your site or blog for those interested in this kind of information.

6. Not using a signature tag in your emails or forum postings.

Solution: Always include a signature tag with your business links and brief info. While some groups and forums do not allow you to do this, a lot do. If it is allowed take advantage, if it is not, abide by the owner's rules and remove any signature tags when posting to those particular groups or forums. Keep your signature brief and to the point. It is aggrevating when a signature includes 20 links with information, huge banners or graphics. Again, this screams unprofessional.

7. No concrete short and long term goals.

Solution: Take the time to write out your short term and long term goals. This will keep you focused and on track. Planning is everything. Long term goals can include a year from now or more. Break down your goals to both weekly and daily goals to make them easier to accomplish and to keep you from feeling overwhelmed.

8. Lack of quality content on sites, blogs and in newsletters.

Solution: Use your sites, blogs and newsletters as avenues to connect with your visitors and readers. Do not use your sites, blogs and newsletters as only an avenue for advertising your products or services. Those are a dime a dozen. Keep your content fresh and geared to your target market. Offer them concrete information they can use or relate to. If writing your own content intimidates you, or is not your strength, use free reprint articles. There are thousands of free articles for reprint sites. Take advantage of them!

9. Not offering freebies/giveaways.

Solution: Offer exciting contests, freebies and giveaways. Nothing draws interest and traffic more than offering something for nothing. BNI (Business Networking International) uses the concept of "Giver's Gain". What does this mean? By giving of yourself, your time, and yes even your products, you will gain more in the end. You could also look at this as another example of you reap what you sow, or what some refer to as "karma". Give and you will recieve.

10. Suffering from Burnout.

Solution: Make time for yourself! As wahms we are constantly giving to others, and while I do advocate the above concept, this includes giving to yourself as well. When you are stressed and suffering from burnout everyone and everything suffers. Remember, this is a marathon, not a sprint. To be at your best and to not succumb to burnout you must pace yourself when juggling the stresses of work and family. You must make yourself a priority on your to do list. You will end up being more fulfilled, more content and more productive.

Don't Quit!!

Don't Quit

by: Unknown Author

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,

When funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.

When care is pressing you down a bit.

Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns

As every one of us sometimes learns.

And many a failure turns about

When he might have won had he stuck it out:

Don't give up though the pace seems slow

-You may succeed with another blow.

Success is failure turned inside out

-The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.

And you never can tell how close you are.

It may be near when it seems so far:

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit

It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

How to Help Young Children Learn to Budget

How to Help Young Children Learn to Budget

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The Giggle Girls Winter Blues launch started today. Come check out all the great listings we've got up. Search GGDB blues to see them. There are some great designs all done with shades of blue.

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=ggdb+blues&category0=

Ok, so I lied. I am posting tonight.

I am wiped out!!! It's been a long day. Ok, it's been a long week! The show went alright. I had a feeling with the current state of the economy and all that I wouldn't have a great day. It wasn't great, but it was alright. I made a little money, gave out tons of flyers, and even got a few leads for customers. So all in all, the day wasn't a complete bust.

I am going now to start listing some of this unsold inventory, so make sure to keep checking back to see all the goodies I list this week.

Somehow, Someway, I've managed to keep up with posts all week. Now I am down to the 24 hour crunch before the craft show. I will most definitely not post tomorrow and possibly not even Sunday as I'll probably be resting. Have a great weekend! I'll try and take lots of pictures and share with you next week.

Treating Colds

We are going into cold and flu season. Don't I know this all too well! School was in session only 1 week and my whole family had a cold. Now I seem to have picked up another one. So, it's only natural that I would be thinking about ways to make myself feel better. I usually try to take as little medicine as possible. Nowadays it's ibuprofen and cough drops for my throat. But several years ago I used to live on Dayquil or other cold/flu remedies, only to discover a higher incident of sinus infections and bronchitis. I finally came to my own conclusion that staying away from the extra drugs was better. Trying to dry up or stop the natural process only causes more problems in the long run. The cough suppressants only drove the phlegm into my lungs causing bronchitis. Drying it all up with antihistamines usually caused sinus infections later that were 10 times as bad as the cold I originally had. Of course this is my own observations and how things seem to work with me and my family and is certainly not scientific. I am seeing more and more studies done though that all these cold medicines aren't working like they thought they were. Here's a few sources on cold meds and how to effectively and safely treat your cold.

http://www.aap.org/new/kidcolds.htm

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00056.html

http://www.mercyhealthplans.com/savvyshopper/healthheadlines/060111.aspx

Explaining the Bailout

I don't have a degree in economics and all this talk about the bailout plan confuses me. So I found this email from Congress Women Sue Myrick very interesting.

Below is an op-ed written by Representative, along with an audio update on the credit market crisis.
Credit Market Crisis
The credit market crisis affects you, probably more than you can imagine. For that reason I spent several days last week talking with local business people – many I have known twenty to thirty years. Their businesses are solid. Yet their credit was frozen, causing them to say they would have to lay off employees. That could mean massive unemployment in our area. Most businesses use short-term loans for cash flow, buying equipment, renovations, etc. That’s the way business works. They know they have the income from contracts or sales to pay it off. Mecklenburg County’s debt service is also escalating, causing them to have to make hard decisions.
One car dealer told me that two thirds of all the people who applied for a car loan on his lot last week were denied, even though they had excellent credit. A textile mill in Kings Mountain closed, citing unavailable credit.
Voting for a bill I hate was the hardest decision of my life, worse than agreeing to undergo chemotherapy and radiation when I had breast cancer, with no guarantee it would work. It was the same with that bill.
One was a personal decision that affected one person – me. The bad bill affected 300+ million people. I could not risk doing nothing. We were simply out of time. According to one of my most trusted financial advisers, we’re seeing decades of history happening in weeks.
I talked with an economist who works with business people all over the country, and he told me he’s never seen such fear in their eyes – except when he was in the World Trade Center on 9/11.
People wonder how that bill will help them. Well, the loans the government will buy do have value – homes – behind them. Once the economy stabilizes and home values stop falling, those loans will be sold and the money will go toward our country’s debt.
There are checks and balances on the money. $250 billion to start and that will be monitored before the additional funds can be used. It’s not a blank check.
By voting no the first time, we forced the Securities and Exchange Commission to change the accounting rules so the loans can be listed at fair value.
Also, the FDIC insurance limits are raised from $100,000 to $250,000, which helps small businesses and individuals. It also included some other tax provisions to benefit you.
I believe in doing what is right for you and for our country.
There is a credit crisis. Either you believe that fact or you don't. I do.
I'm old enough to remember the effects of the Great Depression. Make no doubt about it, if the credit markets do freeze up, commerce will grind to a halt. Not a slow down... but a complete freeze. That action would lead to a deep recession – possibly depression - and I felt it had to be avoided.
Sincerely,
Sue MyrickMember of Congress

How to can Tomatoes from your garden

With all the talk of becoming more self-sufficient, going green, and of course the current.....saving money......I thought a post about how to can tomatoes from your own garden would be good. You know they are vine-ripened, no preservatives and if you choose to make it so, they can be organic. It's a little daunting when you first get started. You have to purchase some supplies that you should be able to reuse over and over, but it's really not hard. Besides, there's nothing like tomatoes from your own garden. The ones in the stores just don't compare.

Here's a site that explains it well, with tips and advice, and it even has great illustrations. Give it a try.

http://www.pickyourown.org/canning_tomatoes.htm

I just did my own salsa and will have to share the recipe. My family loved it!!

I spent all day today at my sewing machines. I will have to share the pictures tomorrow when I have enough light to take pictures. I am making aprons and matching chef hats for little girls for the holidays. They turned out so cute. I still have lots more to do and will, no doubt, be working overtime this week trying to get it all done. But for now I am going to bed. Got to get my rest so I can do it again tomorrow. Tomorrow should be even more productive because the kids were out of school today, so that meant lots of interruptions.

So Good Night!! :)

How to make a pillowcase dress

Keeping with my short and sweet posts this week, I found this great blog with directions on how to make a pillowcase dress. The directions are short and sweet too. I was really surprised at how simple they are to make and I've been sewing for a very long time!

http://www.jenleheny.com/pillowcase-dress-instructions

Check it out.

Wow!, we hit our 2000th visitor today!

I know that really isn't that many people. But I am definitely up from the 3 or 4 visitors I used to get in a week!! Keep telling people about my blog! I really appreciate all who already do and I would love to hear from you.

Thanks loyal readers.

Homemade cleaning supplies

Just another quick post. Jen, our great leader of MUIB told us about her sister's blog and her list of homemade GREEN cleaners. Some I already knew about, some I didn't.

http://mysouthernhippiemarriedmomoffourlife.blogspot.com/2008/10/homemade-green-cleaning-recipes.html

Worth a try either way.

Want to start selling on eBay?

Here's a page with some great tips on getting started. There's also some great links with other info that might benefit both buyers and sellers.

Check it out!

http://www.drexelantiques.com/ebayhelp.html

So on to other things. I don't want to dwell on politcal junk too long. I have no desire to debate it with anyone. I just think everyone should be informed no matter who they plan on voting for.

So this week, I have really been cramming, trying to get ready for a craft show next weekend. I may be a little scarce for the the next 9 days or so as I finish up all this product that's not ready. I will try and post something, though it might short and sweet.

Wish me luck.

Did Obama support infanticide?

I wanted to dig a little deeper into this debate going on between Gianna Jessen and Obama and whether he voted against the Illinois Born Alive Infants Protection Act. This is what I found.

http://www.bornalivetruth.org/pressreleases.aspx

http://www.bornalivetruth.org

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obama_and_infanticide.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/04/the-next-smear-against-ob_n_116891.html

http://townhall.com/columnists/TerenceJeffrey/2008/01/09/obama_is_the_most_pro-abortion_candidate_ever?page=2


I don't know, you be the judge.

Fun post for October 1st!

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