January 2009

I ♥ Faces – Contest Entry

January 14, 2009

I’ve seen a few people mentioning the photo contest at I ♥ Faces and decided to check things out. While I am far from a great photographer, my kids still seem to come out looking pretty good in photos, so figured I’d enter. This week’s theme is anything goes, so I just decided to choose [...]

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Think the CPSIA Doesn’t Affect You? Think Again!

January 7, 2009

I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), which is the government’s “solution” to the issues we’ve faced in recent years with dangerous chemicals and substances being found in children’s products. When most people are hearing that the government wants companies to have their products tested under very [...]

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Giveaway Winners!

January 5, 2009

I just did the drawing for the Hooray for the Underdog! giveaway. At least I’m prompt about something. Here’s what Random.org has to say. Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 2 72 Timestamp: 2009-01-06 05:09:48 UTC This means that the winner of the journal is: Comment #2 WordVixen says: Just tweeted the contest: [...]

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Pass the Tissues

January 4, 2009

Oh wow, is it 2009 already? Somehow I misses the first few days of the New Year, totally sidelined by the worst sinus infection I have had in years. I seriously now know what a no-anesthesia lobotomy must feel like. However, after a lot of generic Nyquil and a few days of sleep, I can [...]

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