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More free stuff for my readers

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I found another site where you can get free stuff! I know you’ve appreciated my other posts where I’ve told you about getting items for free or discounts on items so I thought I’d let you know about Freebie Fanatics.

When you visit Freebie Fanatics you’ll find hundreds of articles on how to get free stuff for babies, or even free wedding stuff. Just go to site and browse through the categories. Once you find a category you’re interested in, perhaps one such as the free food where you’ll find articles about how to get free samples and even full sized products from many different companies.

I know that a lot of people like to use coupons too. There’s a whole section at Freebie Fanatics with free coupons where you’ll find articles on how to get free coupons for just about any product you can imagine.

Oh, and if you have pets you’ll enjoy the section that has free stuff for pets such as free puppy training items, pet food samples and even toys for your pets.

My bet is that many of you will check out Freebie Fanatics- who could pass up free stuff? I know I can’t. LOL





I think he got the job!

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Chris went to work Tuesday evening and everyone that he ran into kept congratulating him on getting the OR attendant position that I mentioned in a post this past weekend. Only problem was that he hadn’t been interviewed for the job yet. Huh?

Well he went and had his interview this afternoon and while they didn’t say that he got the job the director of the OR Recovery area told him he should speak with his current boss about the possibility that he would be changing positions before she did. Chris has balls (well of course, he’s a guy) so he told the director about people congratulating him the night before, and while she still didn’t confirm that he got the job she did reply to him that she “might have mentioned it to a few people.”

It will still be a part time job in the hospital but he’ll have more hours. He’s guaranteed 4 DAYS a week. No more day,evening and night shifts! Plus he’ll only have to be on call every third weekend, and when he’s on call he’ll get paid for four hours work even if he only goes in for an hour. AND since he’s still part time he’ll still be receiving the 14% on top of his hourly pay in lieu of benefits. HA!

The job hasn’t been confirmed but it’s looking good. Keep your fingers crossed please!

Leave yourself a message

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I just found a site that offers a very unique and helpful service that I think many people could use. The site is BrainCast. It’s a free message and memo service that allows you to record reminders for yourself on the go, and automatically delivers them to your PC at home for later use. You can even store and organize your messages online if you want to keep track of them.

Not only can you leave your self a message from anywhere using any US based cell or land line telephone network, but you can call the Braincast toll free number and access your messages via the phone anywhere you are at absolutely no cost.

For example- you are at work and a meeting is going to start in a few minutes, and you suddenly remember that you need to buy more laundry detergent. Quickly use your cell or telephone and leave yourself a memo. Go to the grocery store on your way home from work and when you have that nagging feeling that you are forgetting something you can call the Braincast toll free number to collect your message and get that reminder that you need to pick up laundry detergent, which you would have forgotten about if you hadn’t been able to listen to your message.

Whenever you leave yourself a message you’ll get an email reminding you that you’ve left a message. Then you can listen to your messages on the Braincast website or by calling the toll free number from anywhere that you happen to be. You can label your messages too, and by doing that you’ll be able to organize your messages anyway you want.

It’s free and I think it’s worth a try. I did not try out this service myself because I’m in Canada and the site states that it works with US based cell and telephone systems so I figured it wouldn’t work for me. I might sign up and see if I’m right later. Either way, I think this might be a handy service for you to try.

If you do sign up to try Braincast’s message system would you let me know if you enjoyed the service and if my post was helpful? Thanks.

Weird things happen to me

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Last Thursday evening I was sitting on the couch. My husband and I had just eaten dinner and I was talking to him. I can’t remember what I was talking about – what was on TV perhaps? Anyway, at the end of whatever I was saying I made a weird noise that involved me sticking out my tongue or twisting it around and moving my head to the side at the same time. It was supposed to be a funny sound to punctuate whatever I was talking about I guess.

Yes, you know I’m weird, don’t look at me that way!

Right after I did that I had extreme pain under my jaw on the right side. The pain traveled to the back of my throat, the top of my head. WTF? It hurt to swallow. OMG what did I just do to myself? And how? All I did was make a funny sound. People do that every day don’t they? Why the hell was it hurting so much?

I must have pulled a muscle in the base of my tongue or some muscle just under my jaw. Now who does that? No one! No one but super klutzy me that is. I hoped the pain would ease off in a few minutes. You know like when you hit your elbow. It hurts like crazy when you bang your elbow but five minutes later you can barely remember that you hit it. It took until the next day before it didn’t hurt or feel funny.

I’m shaking my head. You’d think that if I was going to pull a muscle in my tongue or jaw that I’d at least be doing something interesting or erotic when it happened.

Are you creative or inventive?

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I know a lot of inventive people – actually I bet many of you have thought of new products that would make day to life tasks a little bit easier, or you might have thought of totally new inventions that would help many.

Well, if you are inventive, you might want to visit the Invent-Tech Network blog where you can stay informed about recently licensed products and inventions. One of the more recent posts on the Invent-Tech blog discusses how a licensed product by Invent-Tech hits store shelves. Yes, it’s true, a delicious chocolate candy is now on the shelves of Walmart , Krogers and many other stores. The candy was invented by one of the Invent-Tech members.

My father was one of those people who often came up with new ideas for products that would make life easier – one was an easier way of getting pickles out of the jar. It was basically to have them already stuck on a little rack that you could pull out of the Jar. Approximately 10 years after he mentioned his pickle idea someone else invented a similar product.

If you are working on a new idea, invention or want to learn more about how to create and market your new products you should visit the Invent-Tech Network blog where you will find latest Invent-Tech news, media buzz, product licensing announcements and trade show updates.

If you are interested in inventions and want to learn more about what is involved as well as patents and marketing, you should also drop by the Invent-Tech website. There are free offers for inventors, information for the Media and Manufacturers, as well as trade show and event listings.

The next time one of my friends or relatives starts talking about a great idea that they have for a product I’m going to point them toward Invent-Tech. If they’re serious about their idea they will hopefully appreciate the tip.

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