Recently I have become acquainted with Karen of My Microscopic Life. She is a grad student in the great state of Iowa, and hangs out on the internets with good people like Weaselmomma, Nonna, and Oh Captain. In checking my sitemeter as I obsessively do ten to fifteen times each day do every now and then, I started to see that someone from the Ames, Iowa area seemed to be reading my archives. All of them, as in EVERY. SINGLE. MONTH. That’s like, four hundred and something posts. But that’s not all, folks. She left comments. Not hundreds of comments, but a comment here and there all along the way.…
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Help Me Help Him Get Out
I guess I’m in a pretty helpful mood this week. First I gave blood. Then I sent a shout-out about helping Sarah pay for her dream come true. Now it’s Nukedad’s turn. You see, Nukedad just applied for a cushy job in the Land Down Undah. The job? Taking care of an island. The pay? $100,000 USD. The job description? Unbelievable. I’ll just let you read his post about it, here. Make sure that you watch his application video and give it 5 stars; he said that if he gets the job, I get to take care of his beagles, Buddy and Penny, while he’s gone. Roxie and I would…
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Help Me Help Her Get Help
Today’s post is a shout-out for some assistance. My girl Sarah over at Snarkalicious is quite obsessed with NKOTB, which, if you’re unaware, stands for New Kids on the Block. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate her obsession probably about a 76. And that’s being conservative*. Sarah, who saw NKOTB in concert twice last year, just bought a ticket to another performance, and she spent the extra bucks to actually meet ALL of them. Anyway, being the fiscally responsible wife and mom that she is, she was trying to think of a way to raise a little bit of cash to pay for this “5-star ticket”…
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Just Another Manic Tuesday, The Sequel!
On Tuesday I got to put a checkmark next to a major errand on my list. I gave blood at my local Heartland Blood Center. Not only did I save 3 lives by donating, but I participated in my good friend Manic Mommy’s Virtual Blood Drive and could actually win an all-expenses paid trip to the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort or many other prizes that have been generously donated to help Manic Mommy’s cause! Those of you who have been reading the Scrawl for a while might remember last year, when Manic did this Virtual Blood Drive for the first time and she actually met me at the Blood…
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Soup-er!
I’ll just let you read the prologue to this story, here. Go on; I’ll wait. Are ya back? Good. NOW you can watch.