It’s true. People that sleep with their eyes open freak me right the flip out in a major way. There are 2 people in my house that sleep with their eyes open, at times, and one dog. What this does is convinces me, almost daily, that they have died in their sleep and I must shake them.
The progression goes something like this:
I notice the person is sleeping with their eyes open.
I watch for a while to make sure there is REM (rapid eye movement), where the eyes move back and forth slowly to indicate that the person has entered deep sleep.
I make faces at the person to see if they are really sleeping or trying to freak me out.
I laugh because they don’t know I’m making faces.
They may not breathe for a second.
Their eyes stop.
Oh no!
Wait.
Are they alive?
I shake them hard.
They snort, roll over, and have no idea I just woke them up from REM sleep.
I sigh happily that I can no longer see creepy open-eyed sleeping.
Some people, none that I would ever hang out with, but some people, might even call me spoiled.
But I don’t know any of those people. Mom, I’m talking to you.
Anyway, I’m picky about many things, but one thing that I don’t compromise on is my hair care. There are about 3 brands I will use, after testing almost everything out there. One of them is the Redken brand. I like the way it makes my hair FEEL and the way my hair works WITH me instead of against me when I use it. I don’t always like the different scents, but, again, I’m picky. I’ll put up with a scent if everything else works, and in most cases, it does.
I found redken products in which everything, including scent, falls together nicely. Those products are the Smooth Down line.
Even though I’m picky about my hair, I’m fairly low maintenance about it, too, as anyone that has met me in person can attest. I like to ponytail/bun/braid/scrunch and go. These allow me to do it.
So, because it’s been a while since I’ve done a giveaway and because I like this stuff so much, I up and bought you a present. Yep, the giveaway is sponsored by yours truly and no one is paying me to say the good stuff, though Redken, if you are out there, I’ve already done the dirty work and if you want to throw me a bone, I’m here.
Here’s how to enter and the types of chances you can take to win:
1) Leave a comment before September 30, 2009 at 5pm CST telling me who you’d give this set to if you won. It can be you, your wife, your sister, your mom, whomever.
2) You can tweet this giveway and/or link it on facebook and/or link to it on your own blog for extra chances to win! Make sure you leave individual comments so all of your entries count.
3) New blog followers/subscribers get one extra chance! Make sure you leave an individual comment letting me know how you are following/subscribing.
4) Loyal blog followers/subscribers (meaning you’ve been here for at least the last week) get three extra chances. Make sure you leave an individual comment for each of these.
5) Follow me on twitter or already following me on twitter earns you 1 more. Don’t forget to leave an individual comment for this.
Things to know:
**US only for this one. Sorry, it is super heavy and I don’t want to try to ship liquids internationally.
**Comments posted after the deadline won’t be included in the drawing.
**If you win, you must email me your mailing address within a week of the drawing end in order to receive your prize. I am not responsible for anything that happens once this stuff leaves my hands. If it explodes, leaks, gets lost, etc., I’ll feel really bad, but I can’t replace it.
**I will be using a randomizer to choose the winner of the giveaway. As long as your answer fits the criteria, you are eligible (unless you are me, Leon or A.J.)
Things to remember here: 1/You can always follow me on twitter to get sneak peeks at giveaways and find out when they are coming and 2/the giveaways are made possible by me.
I’d like to make my giveaways more frequent/more awesome, but that will only happen if I receive support via my paypal button or my wishlist (not required, but if you are happy with the site and want to support me, that’s awesome), both of which are located on the right hand side of your screen. If you wish to sponsor a giveaway item yourself or promote your own store/site, please contact me. Thank you!
America is a litigious society. And America is being led by my 8-year old son, AJ, who, since his dad is in the legal field, believes that every perceived slight against him is tort-worthy. We’ve already had one discussion this school year as to why he cannot tell his classmates that he’s “going to sue their butt” and we thought it was effective. However, during our time in Chicago, and during our time with friends this weekend, it became clear that our message to AJ went unheard.
Tort-worthy reasons that AJ believes he can sue you:
If you will not play Pokeman with him.
If you play Pokeman with him and beat him.
If you imply that you are better than him at Pokeman.
If you do not share candy with him (though the vice versa is NOT true–his not sharing with you is not a sue-able offense).
If you make him eat Dominos pizza twice in one week.
Daring to use his batter’s helmet because all the other batter’s helmets were in use. It’s far better for you to risk head injury.
Beating him at Mario Kart.
Grounding him.
Daring to drink the last cold cola in the house.
Not saving him any cheese.
Diverting his attention from Teen Titans.
Double-knotting his cleats the WRONG WAY.
You can see where this is going. So, because I’m a good citizen, it’s up to me to nip this litigious little self-righteous being right where it hurts. We’re going to have the torts discussion again and then he’s going to sit through his Daddy telling him all the 8 million tort worthy offenses until his little ears bleed and he is so bored that he never wants to hear the word “sue” again.
Ok, this is one of those things that I could watch a million times and never get bored. I’ve been sick all week and this just made me laugh loud and long. It also made me want another baby. Yeah. I don’t want to talk about that.
Now I’m off to look at Craigslist and find another dog to supplant the need for another child. But my gosh, this baby is adorable.
You all know how much I love a good freebie. My love language is definitely gifts and my love tank has been rather, well, low lately. As such, I expected nothing but junk mail from the mail box today, but someone somewhere out there decided to put a deposit in my love tank.
Ok, that sounded a lot worse than it should have.
You know what I meant. Or you have if you’ve read The Five Love Languages. And if you haven’t, you should cleanse your dirty mind. Or make a dirty joke. Whatever.
Back in August, I won a contest over at Wrighty’s Reads, one of my favorite haunts. I never win anything, so I was really excited. The book came in today and I am thrilled. So, thank you to the contest sponsor as well as the publisher and author who give away the freebies.
And remember, don’t neglect your own love tanks today. Fill them with whatever love language fills them most quickly. And if you’d like to fill my love tank, my amazon wishlist is in my sidebar.
Life is like a game. We all have challenges, thoughts, opinions and beliefs. Often, it feels like something out there, life, karma, catty people, or blue shells (for the Kart lovers), seeks to bring us down. Luckily, we always get up. This is where I wear my heart on my sleeve and my foot in my mouth.
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It’s true. People that sleep with their eyes open freak me right the flip out in a major way. There are 2 people in my house that sleep with their eyes open, at times, and one dog. What this does is convinces me, almost daily, that they have died in their sleep and I must shake them.
. And if you haven’t, you should cleanse your dirty mind. Or make a dirty joke. Whatever.
Life is like a game. We all have challenges, thoughts, opinions and beliefs. Often, it feels like something out there, life, karma, catty people, or blue shells (for the Kart lovers), seeks to bring us down. Luckily, we always get up. This is where I wear my heart on my sleeve and my foot in my mouth.
