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Guess Who’s a Brand Ambassador for The View?
If you guessed Daenel, you would be correct! I received my notification in my email this evening. And I’ve been shouting all kinds of yays ever since. I’ve been a fan of The View since their beginnings in 1997. Now I haven’t always agreed with the ladies, especially during the Hot Topics session but that’s what made it fun ~ yelling at the TV (like they could hear me) or laughing with them (sometimes they can make me laugh so hard I snort). So what does a Brand Ambassador do? Basically, I find out inside information about the show, provide feedback to the ABC Daytime marketing team, get the chance…
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Product Review and Giveaway: Progresso Soup Prize Pack (Closed)
Ugh! We are right smack dab in the middle of winter and most of us have already been snowed in at least once or twice so far. Seriously, I am starting to get the worst case of cabin fever ever known to mankind. The only things that are making this winter bearable are the stack of books that need to be read and the cans of Progresso Soup that are sitting in the cupboard. In fact, I can smell the Beef Pot Roast soup cooking right now… Oh, wait, that’s my kids cooking a can of soup for an afterschool “snack” before basketball and color guard practices. But don’t think…
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
My husband and I aren’t mushy people. In fact, we’re the people who make fun of mushy people. So we almost didn’t bother to celebrate Valentine’s Day but then I found out my friend, KB, was hosting a Valentine’s Day Dinner at her coffee shop. Once I saw the menu, I knew I had to buck tradition and make reservations. In fact, I was so excited about the meal that I told my sister~in~law and she and her husband joined us. So what was on the menu? Appetizer ~ Shrimp Cocktail with Jumbo Lump Crab Salad ~ A wonderful blend of greens, mushrooms, tomatoes, apples, celery and balsamic dressing Main…
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Black History Month Recommended Reads: Women in the Civil Rights Movement
February is Black History Month and I’m never really quite sure how to handle it. Should I write a post dedicated to some aspect of Black history? Should I write a month long series? Should I just ignore it and move on? I think my attitude reflects the conflicted world in which I was raised. We weren’t raised with Black consciousness. In fact, I remember back in the day when Roots would come on the television my mother would get a little upset because Blacks were being shown as slaves. I never viewed slavery as my shame, I viewed it as the shame of a people who thought the subjugation…
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Product Review: POM Wonderful
I’m a big fan of the exotic ~ be it person, place or thing. If it’s different I’m drawn to it (just ask my poor children who have to go through life with names like Anjuli, Jazmine and Arkese). But I especially love exotic foods (seriously, there is almost nothing I won’t try once). I think this comes from living with my father and stepfather, both of whom loved to experiment in the kitchen. Recently I was given the opportunity to try pomegranate juice by a company called POM Wonderful. Now I’ve had some experience with the pomegranate, you know, cutting it open, sucking on the seeds til the meat…
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Product Review: Tuna Creations by StarKist
I’m a busy married mother of four who is always on the lookout for quick and easy meals that my family will love, so when I was offered the chance to try Tuna Creations by StarKist, I jumped. I mean, really, who wouldn’t want to try something new and different (my family and I are always joking that someone needs to invent a new animal ’cause we’re tired of pig, cow and chicken). Well, this comes pretty darned close to a new animal ~ tuna marinated in a zesty sauce! When I went to the store to select my Tuna Creations flavors, I was torn between the Lemon Pepper Tuna…
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Flashback Friday
Alrighty now, thanks to the magical skills of Christie at My Life – A Work in Progress, it’s time to hop into the time machine for Flashback Friday and see where it takes us… *cue The Police ~ Every breath you take….* The year is 1983 and I am at the 7-Eleven buying as much candy as I can for twenty-five cents, ’cause you know, back in the day you could buy a bag of candy for a quarter. Do you remember the candy that looked like a football? Or the ones that looked like little hamburgers? How about Bazooka Joe and the little comics? I used to try to…
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Meatloaf Mice
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Book Review: Sweetsmoke by David Fuller
Sweetsmoke is the story of Cassius Howard, a secretly literate slave, and his desire to find justice for his murdered friend, Emoline Justice. Emoline was a free black woman who served as surrogate mother and mentor to Cassius while he was recovering from a severe beating. Using his cunning and the limited freedoms granted to him as a favored slave, Cassius is able to gather clues to the identity of Emoline’s murderer. These clues take him from his plantation, Sweetsmoke, to the campgrounds of Confederate and Union soldiers to the middle of a battlefield during the Civil War. Along the way, Cassius meets a host of characters who alternately move…
