So, evidently Dirty Dancing is $10 per ticket just because it's a 20th Anniversary thing!Today I...
This one makes me very sad.
This is totally me.
Who cares what your therapist thinks?
Thank you.(I got this post, almost word for word, from M Worsham)
This little boy's name is Shane Bernier. Many of you may have heard of him, but he is 7 years old and lives in Lancaster, Ontario. When he was 5, he was diagnosed with Lymphoblastic Leukemia and was doing well until June, where he experienced a relapse. Instead of asking for money, toys, or a trip to Disney World, his one wish is to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records for receiving the most birthday cards. His goal is 350 million cards. Each card he receives will give him that much more hope. His birthday is May 30th and the record begins on May 1st. The rules are that he has to receive the card between those dates and it has to be a store bought card...(homemade doesn't count, but will still be appreciated!) You can get real birthday cards at Walmart for 48 cents...which I think we can all spare. I think this is very cool and the fact that this little boy still has a positive outlook, warms my heart. I will be sending a card for sure...maybe even two. It will only take a few minutes of your time and about a dollar to help make Shane's wish come true!!
If you want to send Shane a card, the address is:
Shane Bernier
PO Box 484
Lancaster, Ontario
K0C 1N0
Canada
(it takes 2 stamps!!!)
For the whole story, go here
[I am speaking mainly to my friends that are my age as opposed to the adults that I know. I'm also not trying to step on anyone's toes, just bringing up an issue I've noticed.]
I know some people who are aggressively against credit cards. They think they are the most awful thing and can destroy your life. They CAN destroy your life, but this sort of mentality usually comes from someone who ignorantly misused a credit card.
Using self control and good money management, a credit card can be an incredible asset and is almost absolutely necessary in order to have good credit. This is my credit blog! I just wanted to tell you how Lewis and I work it out, just as an example (although not an absolute suggestion). You have to choose what is best for you, I just hate when people maintain a really negative view of credit cards because their parents were in debt. You don't have to use a credit card like that! This is how we do it, but investigate for yourself and do what is best for you!!
Lewis and I use our credit cards for almost everything. We don't use cash or checks unless absolutely necessary. But we don't spend above our budget. This way, we pay off our credit cards completely upon every due date. We never carry a balance into the next month, therefore never paying interest. If you use your credit card like cash and only spend what you can afford to pay off that month, your credit score will rise and very quickly.
Both of us have high credit scores. (I don't know the etiquette on that kind of thing, so I'm not going to say specifically what they are, but from what I've heard I think Lewis' is really high. Mine is only 20 points behind his, but I've only had credit for like a year and a half or something.) But anyway, because our credit scores are high, we never have to pay a deposit or anything for a cell phone or utility company when setting up new service, we got approved for a lower mortgage loan rate than we would have gotten otherwise, and we are easily approved for housing or car purchases (although we have paid in full up front for both our cars, so we don't pay interest on those either). Now, I will admit that Lewis' dad was an accountant for the Kentucky State Government, so Lewis' financial planning is very meticulous and budgeted. Not everyone comes from that sort of background, but there are classes you can take and there is lots of information you can read to become more educated in financial planning!
I do understand that some people have a problem with spending. Having a $4,000 limit on a credit card when you are in college can be a huge problem for some people. I did have a friend who I think had some sort of problem. He literally could not keep himself from spending to the limit on his credit card. If you are like this, then definitely avoid credit cards. But for those of you who have good self-control and are just afraid of it because your parents were thousands and thousands of dollars in debt, you don't have to be like your parents!! It will be okay!!
Either way, I just want to encourage everyone to learn as much as you can and to practice self-control before shutting out credit cards or loans completely. They can be a really great asset in our culture today.
Here are some sites about credit planning and money management:
Money Matters
Smart About Money
CNN - 5 Tips for Cleaning up your Credit
There are also classes at local colleges that teach money management. I know at UK there is a FAM 251 class - Personal and Family Finance and at BCTCS there is a MGT 120 class - Personal Finance.
These are suggested books from IdealBite.
I will be checking them out!!
I'm sorry, I just think this is hilarious. I'm going through my saved IdealBite emails!!
The Bite Company Background Why Care Keeping It Real (Also, Starbucks uses exclusively Silk Soymilk at all of their stores.)
Think there ain't nothing like the real thing?
Not so - at least in the dairy department. Take Silk Soymilk. It looks like milk. It pours like milk. It tastes like milk (although some discriminating Biters prefer the taste of Silk to cow's milk). And you can find it next to the regular milk at your local supermarket. The difference? It could be the soy-lution to a few of the world's problems, due to the natural health benefits of soy and Silk's commitment to going green (like using clean wind energy). Vive la difference!
Back in 1977, entrepreneur Steve Demos sold tofu products from a small store in Boulder, CO. After his ice cream and meatless hot dogs brands failed to take off, Demos put all his energy into making soymilk, selling from dispensers at his store. Thirty years later Silk's the number-one producer of organic soymilk. And when Ellen Feeney, VP of Responsible Livelihood at WhiteWave Foods (Silk's parent company) tells us, "We take our commitment to the environment seriously," she's not kidding. The company's alternative energy use and green HQs prove it. Eco-initiatives aside, pour some Silk on your cereal, stir it into your coffee, or just sip it as a filling snack, 'cuz this is soy you're gonna enjoy.
Silk suffered some scrutiny in 2003. After a soy crop failure in the U.S., it needed to outsource some of its soy production to China and South America. Feeney says that while there are no plans to grow 100% of their soy stateside, the company "will continue to source the vast majority of [its] soy domestically." Also, Silk does not use recycled cartons, but neither do most similar food brands, since "there aren't a lot of FDA-approved options for food-contact packaging."
I LOVE this!! I don't have one, but now I want one!!
This American Express card donates 1% of everything you spend to the Global Fund, to fight AIDS in Africa!
Check out more information here.
This was my favorite part! Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Kevin Bacon, Gwyneth Paltrow, lots more...and BUFFY! (Sarah Michelle Gellar)
Yay!! Check it out...
I'm kinda bored with the movies that have been coming out lately.
But I'm excited about these:
http://nyc.metblogs.com/archives/images/2006/04/green%20tea.JPGMe & Hannah & Brooke are watching Buffy at Hannahs apartment.
We are awesome.
I am also reading My Secret, Frank Warrens other PostSecret book.
You should check it out.
(P.S. I am on Brookes computer and her apostrophe key doesnt work.)
So I left work today at 10am because I'm still sick.
It sucks. Everybody is getting it!! I stayed home more to keep from getting other people sick than anything because it's just getting passed from person to person! Gross!!
Anyway, I got to take a nap and use a LOT of tissues and read some of my History book because I didn't go to class tonight!
Hope everyone else's day was lovely!!!
Also, I watched a bunch of Buffy videos. I'm preparing a Buffy post for the future, but I'm not ready yet.
This is from the white house correspondents dinner from last night.
This one if my favorite!! That's a teacher's classroom!!!
I've been drinking tea. And now I'm trying to find some tea cups and accessories for my new house!!
This is what I found at Target:
And this is what I found at Bed, Bath & Beyond:
My friend Brooke:
