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Create a wishlist for the gift items you desire

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Now this sounds like an interesting idea. Have you ever been planning a party for someone, possibly an anniversary, a shower, a baby shower, birthday, or graduation party? People often want or are required to bring gifts for these types of parties but sometimes it’s hard to let everyone know what the person you are holding the party for needs.

Well, Wishbin.com, has create a site that allows you to create and organize as many wish lists as you like. If you have an event coming up for yourself- say you are pregnant and the babies due in a couple of months, you suspect that your best friend will have a baby shower for you – why not be proactive and create a baby gift registry wish list? The site lists products from well known online retailers such as Amazon, Target, Banana Republic, and Best Buy, and all one needs to do is add products that they’d like to receive to their list as they browse the site. The list can even be downloaded and placed on a website for all to see so that when you send out invitations for that special party you can direct the guests to visit the site where you posted the wishlist.

I just thought of another use for the wishlist too. You can create multiple lists on the site. Why not create lists for your loved ones and as you learn what items they’d like to receive for their birthday or Christmas you could add the product to the list. As their special day approaches you can just look at the lists and select a gift to give to your loved one.

Check out the Wishlist.com site and see what you think. Now, hmm, maybe I should create one and put it on my site so that you’ll all know what you can get me if you’re feeling generous. LOL





Sore Loser

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I’m totally out of it after the race to put together the puzzle. I had massive internet connection problems from 3 pm Thursday until sometime this afternoon, so in the final portion of the puzzle race I was fighting an internet connection that was slower than a dial up connection. It’s a wonder that I even managed to collect all the puzzle pieces and post my completed puzzle within a few minutes of the end of the contest. Yes, it was close!

I paid the price though. I was up from Wednesday Morning until 2 am Thursday puzzle hunting. Then I slept from 2 am until 5:30 am this morning and then got up to hunt for the final two puzzle pieces. The contest ended at about 11:45 when Colleen beat me and a few others by submitting the puzzle first. I crashed on the couch at 1:30 pm or so and woke up a bit after 4 pm. I guess today, in two short periods of sleep I kind of caught up, but I feel terrible. I’m wiped out, my eyes are burning, I’m light headed and my abdomen is aching like crazy. Yeah- when I don’t manage to get some sleep the Crohns really flares.

Thanks Ted for dragging out the contest. LOL Now it’s going to take me a week or two to recover ’cause I think it made my Crohns flare worse. I wish I wouldn’t jump at challenges the way I do. I’m a total A type personality. Of course I was taunted with the possibility of winning $1000 and if you’ve been reading this site for anytime you know I’m not working because of the Crohns so I really did need that money. That’s why I pushed myself so hard. I’m going to pay for it.

Two very kind people helped me at one point or another during the contest. I won’t mention their names here just in case they don’t want others to know, but I will say that I totally appreciate their help and kindness and I’ll try to help them out in some way in the future. Thank you!

Want to win $250?

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I thought that would catch your attention. The folks over at Razz have a contest going on right now, and if you enter You could be the next RAZZ Idol.

That’s right. Just go to the site and use their Razz mixer – pictured above- and create a recording. They say that you can enter the contest by make a recording that introduces yourself, or perhaps a fake news report, an original DJ Mix, a Poetry Slam or Spoken Word, a comedy monologue, or you could make an advertisement that totally sucks up to the folks at Razz. Add a music intro to your recording too if you want.

I haven’t tried it out yet but the site looks very straightforward and easy to use. I most definitely will be entering the contest. They will pick 10 runner-ups who will win $25 each, and the grand prize winner will win $250. Winners will be judged by the staff at Razz and notified by email. You must use a background track, your voice and other sound effects to qualify for the Grand prize.

Good Luck!

American Greetings online calendar

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I don’t know about you but I really enjoy using an online calendar to list all of the things that I tend to forget about in. I already use an online calendar service but after looking at, and signing up for, American Greetings free online calendar I’m going to fully switch over to their service.

I use the online calendar to list appointments – you know I’ve got a lot of doctors appointments, family and friends birthdays, Anniversaries, and other upcoming events that I want to be sure to remember. What I really like about the American Greeting service is that I can set it up to remind me of important dates in advance either by email or by a message to my cell phone. I think that’s a fantastic idea.

Once you get a reminder for someones birthday you can just go back to the American Greetings site and choose a free birthday card and send it off to that person right away or schedule a delivery in advance. Another great feature at the site. Check it out- and get yourself more organized.

Turn your spouses into bloggers

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I was exchanging emails back and forth yesterday with a Canadian blogger that I’ve recently met – well met over the Internet I mean – and when I told her how many blogs I’m working on she was surprised and replied, something to the effect that “My husband calls himself a blog widower…” because she spends so much time on her blog and visiting blogs that she enjoys.

I think my husband Chris felt that way for a long time too. I was always working on my blogs, visiting other peoples sites (which I haven’t had much time for lately, sorry!), and surfing for credits to keep my sites running through the traffic engines. I think he wanted to help out a bit but he had no idea what to do.

I slowly started to convert him over to blogging.

First I got him surfing for me while I used our other computer to write out my posts. Then, when he offered to help again, I asked him to start looking for funny strange stories for Odd Planet. He did a good job so I started showing him how to blog the stories, find good photos to go along with them and to post. Now he’s taken over Odd Planet.

He’s a musician too. An amazing guitar player. So I suggested that he start a music related blog. One where he could possibly teach others how to play guitar through video clips and the use of guitar tabs and whatever else he could think of. Well, he’s started blogging on the new site a while back and we’re just about ready to show it off to the world. He’s enjoying writing on his new site too.

So for any of you who have spouses that are starting to feel like blogging widows or widowers – tell them that if they can’t beat ’em, join ’em. That’s what Chris did and he loves it.

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