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Winning Ways
What were the keys to victory for Obama?

New Mom Names Baby After President-Elect Barack Obama

HOLLYWOOD, Fla — Barack Obama may have a "funny name," as he once said — but it might just catch on among the nation's newborns.

A Florida couple became among the country's first to bestow it on their child, even before most had declared the Illinois senator the president-elect.

Sanjae Obama Fisher was born at 8 p.m. EST at Hollywood's Memorial Regional Hospital to Patrick and Sasha Hall Fisher.

A hospital spokeswoman says it was the father's idea. But mom still got to watch the election, after 14 hours at the hospital.

Sanjae has two siblings, 8-year-old sister Shaniah and 4-year-old brother Shane.

President Obama

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President Obama

The tears in the eyes of Jesse Jackson. That was the most moving moment for me. His face spoke the defining moment in history. Injustice fading into hope. And please watch this once more. Barack Obama lost a grandmother just before the election. He still has another grandmother. It's almost unbelievable that the president of the most powerful nation in the world has a grandmother living in rural Kenya.

For me, more than anything else, that's his promise to the world. Where the world of the White House meets rural Kenya, that's where progress is made and the future is changed.

Jurriaan Kamp

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President Obama's Victory Speech

Barack Obama’s Victory Speech

Below are Barack Obama’s remarks as prepared for delivery tonight in Chicago:

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.

It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled – Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.

It’s the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he’s fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation’s promise in the months ahead.

I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.

I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation’s next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that’s coming with us to the White House. And while she’s no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.

To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod, and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics – you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you’ve sacrificed to get it done.

But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to – it belongs to you.

I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn’t start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington – it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.

It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation’s apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory.

I know you didn’t do this just to win an election and I know you didn’t do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime – two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they’ll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor’s bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.

The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America – I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you – we as a people will get there.

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won’t agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can’t solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it’s been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years – block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek – it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.

So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers – in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.

Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House – a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, “We are not enemies, but friends…though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection.” And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn – I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.

And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world – our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down – we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security – we support you. And to all those who have wondered if America’s beacon still burns as bright – tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.

For that is the true genius of America – that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.

This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that’s on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She’s a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing – Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn’t vote for two reasons – because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.

And tonight, I think about all that she’s seen throughout her century in America – the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can’t, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.

At a time when women’s voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.

When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that “We Shall Overcome.” Yes we can.

A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.

America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves – if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?

This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time – to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth – that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:

Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.President O

John McCain's Concession Speech

McCain Warmly Congratulates Obama

Elizabeth Holmes reports from Phoenix on the presidential race.

John McCain conceded the election to Barack Obama, ending a nearly two-year long campaign for the Arizona senator.

The Republican presidential candidate had no introduction. He simply stepped to the microphone and graciously congratulated his Democratic opponent on his victory.

“In a contest as long as difficult as this campaign has been his success alone commands my respect,” McCain said to a chorus of boos. He repeatedly urged the crowd to stop with a “please.”

McCain offered nothing but praise for Obama, despite a bitter battle which included repeated attacks from both sides. “I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president,” McCain said.

The rowdy audience on the lawn in the middle of the Arizona Biltmore hotel wasn’t feeling the same. They booed repeatedly and yelled profanities at the mention of Obama. “Bullshit!” one man yelled.

McCain, joined on stage by running mate Sarah Palin, continued his goodwill speech despite the crowd’s reaction. “I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together,” he said.

McCain also made note of the moment in history he was part of—the first time an African American was elected to the Oval Office. He remarked on how far the country had come since President Theodore Roosevelt invited of Booker T. Washington to the White House more than a century ago.

“America today is a world away from the cruel…bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African American to the presidency of the United States,” McCain said. “Let there be no reason now for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this the greatest nation on earth.”

Several senior aides have said throughout the day that McCain was running in the toughest environment possible, what with the unpopularity of President George W. Bush and the Republican Party as a whole—compounded by the recent economic turmoil.

McCain wasn’t out to blame anything specific during his concession speech. “I don’t know what more we could’ve done to try and win this election,” McCain said. “Every candidate makes mistakes and I’m sure I made my share of ‘em.”

He did take time to thank his campaign staff, including campaign manager Rick Davis, senior strategist Steve Schmidt and his close friend, Mark Salter. “Thank you so much, a lost election can never mean more to me than the privilege of your faith and friendship.”

Obama-mania

I am do glad to be able to witness this history changing moment. This is such an emotional time for all of us. We either got who we voted for or we didn't. In my case, I got my "wish". I say this because when I go and vote, it's like making a wish. And it came true tonight.

My wish for Barack Obama is that he will stay true to his words and make this world a better place. Yes, I understand that he is not a super-hero, but he is the closest thing to one that we have right now.

I know, they are all politicians. But I really believed Barack's words, promises and plans. I am hoping that the politician in him will not prevail and the man he is and the dreams that he has will.

This just goes to prove that the good will win and that ALL men are created equal. As Martin Luther King said, "Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom."

And this goes perfect for Obama's change. I can't wait to see what is to come of all this. I finally feel like I can breathe. Jobs will be better, the economy will get better and the world will be a better place. In time. Nothing happens overnight. I hope that I am not rushing things, but we need change now!

My hopes for the new president is that he will listen to us. He is connected enough with us to read our emails and on social networking sites. Hopefully, whoever it is that is in charge of these accounts, they will bring our concerns to the new president and he will find a way to make things more bearable. "You hear our voices, you need our help."

"A government of the people and by the people has not parished. This is our victory!"

Please, don't let us down. "We as a people will get there". Yes we can!
"Let us look not only after ourselves, but after each other." "We are not enemies, but friends."

God Bless America!

ALL men are created equal. Welcome President Barack Obama. gObama!!!

The fat lady hasn't sung yet, but we can hear her clear her throat as Obama is in a little bit of a lead!

365 Ways To Kiss Your Love

To melt a girl’s heart, it is known that love poetry will do the trick.

When you find the girl of your dreams, you need to make sure that you know how to kiss her properly. Here are 365 ways to kiss your love.
- 1 - ICE KISS
Celebrate the first day of winter with an ice kiss. Put an ice cube in your mouth until your mouth becomes cold. Remove the cube, track down your love and plant a kiss that will send chills!

- 2 - ELECTRIC SHOCK KISS
The two of you shuffle your feet furiously on carpet. When you both have an electric charge, lean over and slowly aim for each other's lips. With your lips about one-half inch apart, move in even slower until a spark jumps between the two of you. Instantly after this happens, kiss one another...the please us the kiss right after the shock!

- 3 - CAMPING KISS
On a beautiful cool night, you and your love crawl into a sleeping bag outside. Cuddle and kiss.

- 4 - REWARD KISS
Next time your love performs some disliked home chore like cleaning the bathroom, mowing the lawn, or taking out the garbage, show your appreciation by tucking a candy kiss in a strategic location.

- 5 - POST-IT KISS
Use 3M Post-It notes to make a trail through your house that leads to your lips. Put a lipstick print or lip symbol on each note with an arrow pointing to the next note. You, of course, are at the end of the trail with a Post-It note over your lips that says, "LIFT FOR KISS"

- 6 - KISSING IN THE RAIN
The next time it rains, grab an umbrella, rain coats, and your love. Then go outside and kiss in the rain. If the spirit of the kiss moves you, remove the umbrella and kiss 'till the two of you are soaked.

- 7 - HERSHEY`S KISSES
Prepare a small bag of Hershey`s kisses and slip it into your love's purse, briefcase, or lunchbox. Attach a note that reads "SORRY, I CAN'T BE THERE IN PERSON, BUT THINK OF ME AND DO THE FOLLOWING: Close your eyes and place the candy between your lips. Drop the candy in your mouth and roll it on your tongue until it melts.

- 8 - TRACY AND HEPBURN KISS
Make flash cards, and the two of you re-enact the following kissing scene from WOMAN OF THE YEAR:

(1942): (Reclining face to face on a couch, woman on top.)
SAM: Something I've got to get off my chest.
TESS: I'm too heavy?
SAM: I love you.
TESS: Me, too.
SAM: Positive.
TESS: That's nice. Even when I'm sober?
SAM: Even when you're brilliant. (The two of you kiss.)

- 9 - KISSES IN A BALLOON
Cut out small red tissue lips, and place them inside an opaque balloon filled with helium (any party store could do this for you) Tie the balloon to your love's chair at dinner. Desert is a shower of kisses delivered by a sharp pin.

- 10 - TOLL KISS
Next time you are driving your love somewhere, stop the car before crossing a bridge or going through a tunnel, and say the toll must be paid before you can go any further. Of course, the toll cost in one kiss.

- 11 - MORSE CODE KISS
If you know Morse code, great, If not, this is a great way to learn. Find a Morse Code chart. Using long and short kisses, spell out a message to your love and have him or her try to decipher them.

- 12 - KISSING METER KISSES
We have parking meters, so why not kissing meters? Turn a box into your own kissing meter and wear it around your neck. Give your love kissing tokens to start your kissing meter. Have an "expired" sign appear when you need another kiss.

- 13 - AUDIO STIMULATION
Make a cassette of kissing noises and place in your love's cassette player (walkman, car or home) with a note attached.

- 14 - BREAKFAST IN BED KISS
Slip out of bed early and prepare a special "Kissing" breakfast to serve to your love in bed. Pick foods that you can easily pick up and feed to your love. Kiss between bites!

- 15 - STAIRWELL KISS
This kiss is to be done at a party or at a gathering with your love. Steal away to a private location like behind a door or tree, or on the stairwell and passionately kiss each other. The risk of being discovered in the act is the key element.

- 16 - SCUBA KISSING
Wearing a diving mask and fins, simulate swimming underwater. Snorkel across the room to your love and kiss him or her.

The World’s Most Romantic, Unique and Fun Dating Ideas by Michael Webb, As soon on Oprah (www.oprah.com )

There are 12 Star Signs: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces.

Love has long been known to be without definition. Only someone who is truly in love can understand the power of love. The best description that can be given for this feeling of love is "you'll understand it when you experience it." Apart from this, there are no words that can be used to accurately describe love.

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We need change! The audacity of hope...gObama!!

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Don't Forget To Vote Today!!

Don't forget to vote today, Tuesday, November 4, 2008! And let's see some pics of you @ your polling place!! Just submit the image as a comment!

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You Are an Audrey!

You are an Audrey -- "I am at peace"

You are an Audrey -- "I am at peace"




Audreys are receptive, good-natured, and supportive. They seek union with others and the world around them.



How to Get Along with Me

* * If you want me to do something, how you ask is important. I especially don't like expectations or pressure
* * I like to listen and to be of service, but don't take advantage of this
* * Listen until I finish speaking, even though I meander a bit
* * Give me time to finish things and make decisions. It's OK to nudge me gently and nonjudgmentally
* * Ask me questions to help me get clear
* * Tell me when you like how I look. I'm not averse to flattery
* * Hug me, show physical affection. It opens me up to my feelings
* * I like a good discussion but not a confrontation
* * Let me know you like what I've done or said
* * Laugh with me and share in my enjoyment of life




What I Like About Being an Audrey

* * being nonjudgmental and accepting
* * caring for and being concerned about others
* * being able to relax and have a good time
* * knowing that most people enjoy my company; I'm easy to be around
* * my ability to see many different sides of an issue and to be a good mediator and facilitator
* * my heightened awareness of sensations, aesthetics, and the here and now
* * being able to go with the flow and feel one with the universe




What's Hard About Being an Audrey

* * being judged and misunderstood for being placid and/or indecisive
* * being critical of myself for lacking initiative and discipline
* * being too sensitive to criticism; taking every raised eyebrow and twitch of the mouth personally
* * being confused about what I really want
* * caring too much about what others will think of me
* * not being listened to or taken seriously




Audreys as Children Often

* * feel ignored and that their wants, opinions, and feelings are unimportant
* * tune out a lot, especially when others argue
* * are "good" children: deny anger or keep it to themselves




Audreys as Parents

* * are supportive, kind, and warm
* * are sometimes overly permissive or nondirective

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On (11/4), head to your local US Starbucks and we’ll give you a FREE tall (12 oz) cup of brewed coffee at no charge (limit one per customer) as a celebration of this important day. AN UPDATE: to make this as easy as possible, we're going to extend this offer for a free coffee on election day to everyone who asks!

Volunteer

1-800-Volunteer.org, a service of the Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network provides listings of local and virtual volunteering as well as contact information for Volunteer Centers across the nation. 1-800-Volunteer is the most comprehensive system available for recruiting and engaging Spanish and English speaking volunteers, mobilizing volunteers during disaster situations, communicating with the public, and meeting the complex needs of nonprofit organizations. 1-800-Volunteer.org connects you to volunteer opportunities in your community, helps you track your volunteer service, and sends you automatic e-mail notifications - enabling you to respond when you're needed most. This free service is your direct link to local opportunities selected by your Volunteer Center and brought to you by the Points of Light Foundation and the Volunteer Center National Network. (www.1-800-Volunteer.org)

The Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network engages and mobilizes millions of volunteers who are helping to solve serious social problems in thousands of communities. Through a variety of programs and services, the Foundation encourages people from all walks of life - businesses, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, low-income communities, families, youth, and older adults - to volunteer.

The Foundation's mission is to engage more people more effectively in volunteer community service to help solve serious social problems.

Based in Washington, D.C., the Foundation advocates community service through a partnership with the Volunteer Center National Network (VCNN). Together, they reach millions of people in thousands of communities to help mobilize people and resources, which deliver solutions that address community problems.

Volunteer Centers are conveners for the community, catalysts for social action and key local resources for volunteer involvement. They bring people and community needs together through a range of programs and services based upon community needs, demographic area, population size, and other factors.
The Volunteer Center's role in the community is centered on the ability to:

* Connect people with the opportunity to serve
* Build the capacity for effective local volunteering
* Promote volunteering
* Participate in strategic initiatives that mobilize volunteers

MENTOR is the nation's leading advocate and expert resource for youth mentoring, delivering research, policy recommendations, advocacy, and practical performance tools that facilitate expansion of mentoring initiatives. MENTOR believes that, with the help and guidance of an adult mentor, each child and youth can unlock his or her potential.

For nearly two decades, MENTOR has worked to expand the world of quality youth mentoring. In cooperation with a strong national network of more than 4,100 mentoring partnerships and programs nationwide, MENTOR helps to connect young Americans who want and need caring adults in their lives with the power of mentoring.

We seek to leverage resources and provide tools that local mentoring programs need to operate high-quality mentoring, build greater awareness of the need for mentors, and raise the profile of mentoring among corporate leaders, foundation executives, policymakers, and researchers. The ultimate beneficiaries of our work are the millions of young people who are currently benefiting from the guidance of caring adult mentors.

Help us close the gap and become a mentor to a child or youth in your local community! www.mentoring.org

The Mentoring Center - Seeking to improve the quality and effectiveness of mentoring programs and providing a direct service mentoring program model designed to transform the lives of the most highly at-risk youth. MENTOR believes that, with the help and guidance of an adult mentor, each child can discover how to unlock and achieve his or her potential. www.mentor.org

Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America - Helping children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with measurable impact. Big Brother and Big Sisters vision is successful mentoring relationships for all children who need and want them, contributing to better schools, brighter futures, and stronger communities for all. www.bbbsa.org

Boys and Girls Clubs of America - Inspiring and enabling all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens. Club programs and services promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence. Boys & Girls Clubs are a safe place to learn and grow - all while having fun. They are truly The Positive Place For Kids. www.bgca.org

Youth Service America (YSA) - Resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people, ages 5-25, to serve locally, nationally, and globally. Founded in 1986, YSA's mission is to expand the impact of the youth service movement with communities, schools, corporations, and governments. YSA envisions a global culture of engaged youth who are committed to a lifetime of service, learning, leadership and achievement. www.ysa.org

American Red Cross - Providing free assistance to victims of natural disasters nationwide and helping people prepare themselves, family and community for emergencies, "Together, we can save a life." The American Red Cross has helped people mobilize to help their neighbors for 125 years. Last year, victims of a record 72,883 disasters, most of them fires, turned to the nearly 1 million volunteers and 35,000 employees of the Red Cross for help and hope. Through more than 800 locally supported chapters, more than 15 million people each year gain the skills they need to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their homes, communities and world. Almost 4 million people give blood-the gift of life-through the Red Cross, making it the largest supplier of blood and blood products in the United States. The Red Cross helps thousands of U.S. service members separated from their families by military duty stay connected. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, a global network of more than 180 national societies, the Red Cross helps restore hope and dignity to the world's most vulnerable people. An average of 91 cents of every dollar the Red Cross spends is invested in humanitarian services and programs. The Red Cross is not a government agency; it relies on donations of time, money, and blood to do its work. www.redcross.org

Habitat for Humanity International - Based in Americus, Ga., is an ecumenical Christian ministry that welcomes to its work all people dedicated to the cause of eliminating poverty housing. Since 1976, Habitat has built more than 200,000 houses in nearly 100 countries, providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for more than one million people. Together with Habitat for Humanity, your family can help others realize the dream of home ownership. Visit www.habitat.org to find out how you can make a difference.

Keep America Beautiful - Beautifying America by focusing on litter prevention, beautification and community improvement, and waste reduction. Keep America Beautiful involves millions of volunteers each year in hands-on community improvement activities, where they learn how to take personal responsibility for improving their local community environments and their quality of life. We teach young people how to care for, preserve, and protect our environment. www.kab.org

Take Pride in America - Helping preserve our nation's landmarks. A national partnership established by the U.S. Department of the Interior that aims to engage, support and recognize volunteers who work to improve our public parks, forests, grasslands, wildlife refuges, cultural and historical sites, local playgrounds and other recreation areas. Together we protect and enhance the special legacy all Americans share - our public lands that cover more than one in every three acres across the Nation. www.takepride.gov

The Nature Conservancy - Preserving the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. www.nature.org

The Make-A-Wish Foundation® - Grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy. Born in 1980 when a group of caring individuals helped a young boy fulfill his dream of becoming a police officer, the Foundation is now the largest wish-granting charity in the world, with 72 chapters in the U.S. and its territories. Granting more than 12,000 wishes a year and 132,000 wishes in the United States since inception, the Make-A-Wish Foundation celebrates '25 Years Making Wishes Come True" in 2005. For more information about the Make-A-Wish Foundation, visit www.wish.org and discover how you can share the power of a wish®.

Special Olympics - Helping to offer a shining example of what people can achieve given the opportunity to unlock their potential and discover ability. www.specialolympics.org

Toys for Tots - Offering new toys to needy children during the holidays through a program of the United States Marine Corps Reserves. The principal Toys for Tots activities which take place each year are the collection and distribution of toys in the communities in which a Marine Corps Reserve Unit is located and in communities without a Reserve Unit that has a Marine Corps League Detachment or group of men and women, generally veteran Marines, authorized by Marine Toys for Tots Foundation to conduct a local Toys for Tots campaign. Local Toys for Tots Campaign Coordinators conduct an array of activities throughout the year, which include golf tournaments, foot races, bicycle races and other purely voluntary events designed to increase interest in Toys for Tots, and concurrently generate toy and monetary donations. www.toysfortots.org

American Library Association - Promoting the highest quality library and information services and public access to information. Founded in 1876 and headquartered in Chicago, the American Library Association -- the "voice of America's libraries" -- is the largest library association in the world. Its 66,000 members are primarily librarians, but also trustees, publishers and others who support the work of the association. The mission of the ALA is to promote the highest quality library and information services and the profession of librarianship, as well as ensure access to information for all people. ALA invites you to contact your local school, academic or public library to find out how you can help make a difference - whether that's volunteering your time, offering your expertise, joining a local Friends group, reading to children, or donating books and materials. For more information on how to become a library advocate, see the ALA Website at www.ala.org and click on "Issues and Advocacy."

CaliforniaVolunteers.org is the largest statewide volunteer matching network in the nation, connecting the people of California with thousands of volunteer opportunities across the state. An innovative online portal helps residents find a full range of opportunities in local communities through an intuitive and sophisticated database. The website catalogues both short and long-term volunteer opportunities, allowing visitors to search by location, area of interest or length of commitment. For more information or to begin your search, go to www.CaliforniaVolunteers.org.

HomeAid is a leading national non-profit provider of housing for today's homeless. Founded in 1989, the organization has built housing for more than 60,000 men, women and children. Established by the Building Industry Association of Southern California, an affiliate of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), HomeAid has completed more than 135 housing projects nationwide with another 54 projects currently in development. HomeAid includes a network of 19 chapters in 13 states and four offices in Newport Beach, CA (headquarters); Washington, D.C.; Augusta, GA; and New Orleans, LA (for hurricane-rebuilding efforts). For more information about HomeAid, call 1-888-3HOMEAID or visit www.homeaid.org

Disney - Disney brightens the lives of children and families when they need it most. For more information, log on to www.DisneyHand.com.

Krispy Kreme offering a free star shaped doughnut

Krispy Kreme will celebrate National Election Day by offering customers with an "I Voted" sticker a free star shaped doughnut with patriotic sprinkles.

We want Change - The O-dacity of Hope!

Recruiting Budget Babes

Want to be a listed as a Budget Babe on my blog?

Then all you need to do is either submit a local (around Springfield, MA) Shopportunity or a Shopportunity that is Nationwide.

Either put it in the comments or send me an email with a link back to you.

That's it, it's as easy as that!

'Good Samaritan' saves crying woman's foreclosed home

Tracy Orr sat in the back of the room and prepared to watch her foreclosed home go up for auction this past Saturday. That's when a pesky stranger sat down beside her and struck up a conversation.

"Are you here to buy a house?" Marilyn Mock said.

Orr couldn't hold it in. The tears flowed. She pointed to the auction brochure at a home that didn't have a picture. "That's my house," she said.

Within moments, the four-bedroom, two-bath home in Pottsboro, Texas, went up for sale. People up front began casting their bids. The home that Orr purchased in September 2004 was slipping away.

She stood and moved toward the crowd. Behind her, Mock got into the action.

"She didn't know I was doing it," Mock says. "I just kept asking her if [her home] was worth it, and she just kept crying. She probably thought I was crazy, 'Why does this woman keep asking me that?' "

Mock says she bought the home for about $30,000. That's when Mock did what most bidders at a foreclosure auction never do.

"She said, 'I did this for you. I'm doing this for you,' " Orr says. "When it was all done, I was just in shock."

"I thought maybe her and her husband do these types of things to buy them and turn them. She said, 'No, you just look like you needed a friend.' "

"All this happened within like 5 minutes. She never even asked me my name. She didn't ask me my financial situation. She had no idea what [the house] looked like. She just did it out of the graciousness of her heart, just a 'Good Samaritan,' " Orr says. "It's amazing."

Orr says she had taken out a mortgage of $80,000 in 2004 when she first bought the home. At the time, she says she worked for the U.S. Postal Service. But she lost her job a month after taking out the loan when she says the Post Office fired her over a DWI while off-duty. She says a wrongful termination lawsuit is pending.

Without a job, she fell behind on her home payments. She sold some property in 2006 for $12,000 and paid it to the mortgage company, thinking she had done enough to save herself from foreclosure -- but to no avail, she says.

"It's just been a bad deal," says Orr, who now works at All Saints Camp and Conference Center, a Christian group with ties to the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, Texas.

With the foreclosure auction approaching, she planned to make the nearly 80-mile drive to Dallas this past Saturday with an investor friend. But she says he ditched her at the last-minute. She went to the auction with her family, and suddenly found herself in the back with Mock.

"I always talk to everyone around me," Mock says. "I mean you can always find out all kinds of interesting things when you talk to people around you. So I just asked her, 'Are you here to buy a house?' "

Mock, who is known as the "Rock Lady" for her small business selling flagstone and other rocks in Rockwall, Texas, says she went to the auction with her 27-year-old son to help him buy his first home. He bought his home, and soon afterward Mock came across Orr.

Mock says she's using one of her business dump trucks as collateral for the $30,000 sale price. "I can't afford to just give [the house] to her," she says.

As for Orr's payments, Mock says, "We'll just figure out however much she can pay on it. That way, she can have her house back."

Why be so generous?

"She was just so sad. You put yourself in their situation and you realize you just got to do something," says Mock, who says she has trouble walking by homeless people on the street and not helping them out.

"If it was you, you'd want somebody to stop and help you."

When she told her husband of 30 years that she'd just bought a home for a stranger, she says his reaction was: "Whatever."

"He's used to it," she says with a booming laugh.

Mock says she's excited for another reason too. Orr's house is located near a Texas fishing hot-spot. "She says I can come up there and fish, and I love to fish!"

Orr, who nearly lost her home, says her newfound friend has "given me back faith and hope to keep going and hold my head up."

"Things happen for a reason," Orr says.

Watch why a woman would buy back a stranger's home »

Free Popcorn @ Ace Hardware

Today we went to Ace Hardware a.k.a. Rocky's on Island Pond Road in Springfield for a few things. While we were there, I could smell the great smell of popcorn. As we began to recognize that smell and begin to salivate, we saw the popcorn machine they had near the checkout line. The sign on it said: Free popcorn to go with your shopping (or something like that). So, we grabbed a bag that was on the top of the popcorn machine and began to fill it. As we did, an employee told us to help ourselves. What a nice surprise and great way to break up the day. The popcorn was delicious and I am looking for a reason to go back!
And now that Halloween is over, we took apart the pumpkins and are baking the seeds right now. They certainly smell good. For the first time ever, I have baked them without burning them. Who knew it would take so many years to perfect cooking them!

Knowledge is realizing that the street is one-way, wisdom is looking both directions anyway.

Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.

Jeanne The Plumber, every politician's go to WOman is doing leaves and laundry. Oh what a Sunday.

Changed her name to Jeanne The Plumber!

I agree; Make college affordable!

Of course!

Cavalier Activity

Mainstream America

Roe v. Wade

Real World Folks

yes, throw each other under the bus.

oh the dumb examples; band aids for their words.

I wouldn't mind receiving money...I just don't want to owe any.

Spread the wealth...I want some!!!!!!

Joe...where are you!! Talk to him and tell them both!

if you don't have insurance, you probably don't have a job; which means you can't pay into an insurance plan.

Let's set this straight right now....NOBODY better raise our f'n taxes.

Transportation is a very important tool.

is he trying to talk down to Obama?

I admire Obama's eloquence, too. He does wear it well.

Breth of freth air, lol

Yes, no more borrowing billions of dollars

One good thing; He can say nuclear.

Breath of freth air, hahaha

Yes, we will make a judgement; November is nearing.

reputiated?
no such word according to www.dictionary.com

Stop interrupting!

now now...No Interrupting, boys!

Yes, restore this economy! Now stop talking about it and get to it!!

television?? who watches television! watch it online!

Yes, we are less interested in their feelings on the campaigns...but I do love a good fight of words!

I think they are both running negative ads.

Giving McCain a tissue and smacking the back of Obama's hand.

The tone can never be different...it's always about Dems vs. Repubs, for as long as I can remember.

Fightin' Diirrty!!!

Take the high road or Hit the road!

"It hasn't worked"; True. You can't keep doing the same thing and expecting different results.

Barack, I'm not popular with the teachers, either. :)

American's are hurting and they are angry. All the more reason to vote!

McCain to Obama: If you wanted to run against Bush you should have run 4 years ago...ouch!

We owe a half trillion to China!!!

Sweetheart Deal? doesn't sound good.

Invest in America and the American peeps!

holy wow! the defecit is $455 billion could make it to Trillions?!

McCain: said "Spread the wealth around" about 5 times in a row....ooooh 6!

I want to meet this Joe the Plumber guy that Obama and McCain keep talking about. What about the rest of us?

Barack about what McCain said: "he has been watching some ads of John McCain's." Smooth!

LOL @ John McCain...stumbling on his words; repeating himself.
Who the hell is this Joe person that he is making promises to? What about the rest of us?

Watching the third and last Presidential Debate '08.

A great way to start the day!

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Gets to keep the rental for anotherday and Cooking pasta for dinner, it is Wednesday, after all!

Wii Humor

There is a lot of truth to this Instant Message I had with my friend, yet at the same time, very hilarious. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. It still has me laughing.

SirPeteTheGreat: you have just the wii and pc yes?
me: yes
SirPeteTheGreat: i don't have a lot of online enabled wii games
me: neither do w
we
me: sorry, i hiccupped
lmao
SirPeteTheGreat: lol
i was expecting something like "neither do wii"
me: i wanted to soooooooo bad
but i didnt want to be cliche
SirPeteTheGreat: oh whatever...the thing's name lends itself to so many bad jokes it's silly
me: lmao
i love how you put that
very humurous yet true
SirPeteTheGreat: not all of them entirely clean... "so pete, what are you going to do after work?" "oh head home, check my email, then play with my wii..."
me: lmao
that is so funny
actually scratch that hilarous
SirPeteTheGreat:
it's better than someone else's wii...
me: hahahha
very very true

Just got home.

how facebook can help you save lives

Yes, it's true. You can use this social networking site for more than posting cute party pics!


Oh, the guilt you feel when you log on and spend ours lurking at people you haven't seen in years! We call this "Facebook remorse." But you can turn that Facebook frown upside down -- and actually do something productive with your social site time -- by simply adding an application.
"Takes All Types" is a Facebook button that you just add to your profile. If you sign up as a blood donor, you'll receive texts or e-mails letting you know when your blood type is needed in your area. Click here for more info. Trust us, visiting your ex-boyfriend's page will come with a lot less guilt if you do!

Is going to Mel's to hang out.

Me, the Accidental Housewife is: Listening to the PussyCat Dolls and doing Domestic Things.

is tired and going to bed. Goodnight Friends!

Washing the kid's uniforms for school, catching up on laundry and cleaning the house. Columbus rocks, he saved my ass for another day.

Putting the kids to bed...will be having a few cold ones and company over my house @ 8 p.m. Want to come over? Either call, IM, or email.

So much to say, So little time

I know that I should be blogging more, but haven't. I have so much to say lately that I think I feel overwhelmed. I can really write when I get going and Shawn always teases me and asks me if I am writing a book. Some of my previous posts were, to me, quite lengthy. As I am almost sure that they were for you, too.

Just wondering who is reading what you think? Do you agree or what do you have to say?

Today: Fall Foliage Photo Shoot @ Quabbin...see you there!

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Jesus Take The Wheel

Yesterday I got in a car accident. It was the scariest thing in my life.

I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, because I'm not myself you see.

(Lil) Green Patch Requests

You have 236 (lil) green patch requests. That's what My Facebook said when I logged on there and saw my friend requests.
I am glad that the (Lil) Green Patch Requests aren't allowing me to send flowers as gifts to my facebook friends. I am so tired of doing that. I must have sent out atleast 100 of them. This must be annoying someone. But it is making me do it to be able to accept the flower; I have to send one to a friend. I send a flower back to the person that sent me one. Receive a gift, Give a gift. I admit, I blatantly ignored my requests. I just didn't feel like allowing another application run on my page. On every site, there are so many. Some show up on your page and others only you can see. It is becoming chaos for me and VERY time consuming.
So, this week, I decided to get my friend requests and application requests out of queue.
200 requests accepted and 36 more to go.
I am sitting here drinking a nice cold beer, downloading Perfect World and Project Torque and accepting my friend request's on Facebook.

Also, another thing...I am using my laptop. I think the computer has gotten it's years and use. It is tired; Very Very Tired.

It is funny to see how your mind can be trained, because when I was on the other computer, it would shut itself off, unbeknownst to anyone and usually when you are in the middle of something of importance. This trained my ears to listen for little sounds that the computer would make to signal to me that it is shutting off RIGHT NOW. So, now I sit on my laptop, waiting out of habit, for it to shut down. If the page takes a certain amount of time; I am prepared for it to happen...and then it doesn't. It just goes to show that we are creatures of habit and that even an old dog can be taught new tricks! :)

Enjoying drinking a beer, downloading Perfect World and Project Torque. Life is good.

Getting ready to bring the kids and the hamster for the Hamster Ball Race @ Petco. Go Hamsters!!

Very FUNNY......School Absence Notes!!!! Just in time for back to school!

Even if you've heard these, they are always funny to read again.

These are excuse notes from parents (including ORIGINAL SPELLING) collected by schools from all over the country.

1. My son is under a doctor's care and should not take P.E. Today. Please execute him.

2. Please excuse Lisa for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot.

3. Dear School: Please ekscuse John being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and also 33.

4. Please excuse Gloria from Jim today. She is administrating.

5. Please excuse Roland from P.E. For a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip.

6. John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face.

7. Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing part.

8. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins.

9. Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side.

10. Please excuse Ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels.

11. Please excuse Pedro from being absent yesterday. He had (diahre) (dyrea) (direathe) the shits. [words in ( )'S were crossed out.]

12. Please excuse Tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea and his boots leak.

13. Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust.

14. Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was his father's fault.

15. I kept Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because I don't know what size she wear.

16. Please excuse Jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the Sunday paper off the porch and when we found it Monday we thought it was Sunday.

17. Sally won't be in school a week from Friday. We have to attend her funeral.

18. My daughter was absent yesterday because she was tired. She spent a weekend with the Marines.

19. Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well.

20. Please excuse Mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps.

21. Gloria was absent yesterday as she was having a gangover.

22. Please excuse Burma, she has been sick and under the doctor.

23. Maryann was absent December 11-16, because she had a fever, sore throat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever and sore throat, her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night.

24. Please excuse little Jimmy for not being in school yesterday. His father is gone and I could not get him ready because I was in bed with the doctor...

And the moral is the same: slow and steady wins the race.

The Tortoise and the Hare. And the moral is the same: slow and steady wins the race. Focus on the task at hand, single-mindedly see it through, and the gold can be yours!

After an almost gruelling summer of trying to get my car fixed, my mission has finally been accomplished. I finally got my check from doing an MTV event at Six Flags. That money was used to get my knock sensor on my car, which was causing my check engine light to be on. This was causing my car from passing inspection. The problem was that when my car was due for inspection, someone had hit my car while I was at a Big Brother and The Holding Company concert. I guess that is Murphy's Law in effect. 

I only had basic coverage on my car and was lucky enough to get that fixed by Rick's Auto Body. Which you can read about that in this earlier post.

I had planned on getting the check engine light fixed and had went to the local auto part store so that they could hook up the scanner to my car to find out the code(s) that was keeping my check engine light on and to find out if it needed to be special ordered and how much it would be. It was $93.44 including tax. So, I knew to put aside that much money to get the part. Today was the day to get it. When I called the store and spoke to someone there, they recommended me to a local place that I had no idea about. East Coast Swappers is the hidden gem in Springfield, MA. 

I took pictures and will be posting them within the next day or two. So, make sure to check them out in my flickr.

East Coast Swappers is a local business in Springfield, MA and they fix mostly Subaru's. The racing ones, even. Did you know that in Connecticut and New York, they have courses you can race and drift? I had no idea, until today. I bought my knock sensor from them, which they pulled off one of their spare engines. How cool is that? They saved me $44.00. I brought it home and thought we could change it, but you need a torque wrench, which we do not own. So I called them back and told them I did not have a torque wrench to do this. He told me if I came back at 3, they would put it on for $20.00. This was still $24 cheaper than if I had bought that one part from the store. 

Going there is like the shop in the movie, The Fast And The Furious. They had about 5 racing cars in there, all supped up, working on them. Either fixing what was wrong with them or adding in the extras to make the cars faster. I guess they install turbos and whatever you want to make your Subaru's performance even better and faster.

I called up Welker's Gulf Station today to find out how much inspection stickers were. I thought they were $35 and Shawn thought it was $50. In Massachusetts, they are $29.00. So the money they saved me, I am going to be able to get my inspection sticker. A much appreciated and big thank you to all the guys at East Coast Swappers. You have no idea...how much you saved me!

I talked to my friend, Jessica today. She lives in Mississippi. She told me that in MS, inspection stickers are $5. I wish they were that cheap here. I don't know why the price difference. She also told me that cigarettes there are under $5.00, as well. 

Mission Accomplished: Got the knock sensor, got it installed, check engine light off and Petco done. Check. What's left? Inspection. The Bad News: It sounds like I have an exhaust leak.

On my way to get a knock sensor to fix my check engine light! And then off to work for 1 hour @ Petco. To be continued...the inspection sticker :)

Free Audiobook and 25 free songs...

Looking for free music or an audiobook? Maybe you should check out this offer. From what I gathered when I read this is, you get to download one free audiobook and as a bonus, 25 free songs. All you have to do is download your free audiobook today and take two weeks to decide if you like eMusic. If you're not 100% satisfied simply cancel before your trial period ends and there's absolutely no cost. Keep the FREE audiobook as a gift just for checking out eMusic. How cool is that?

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Download your FREE audiobook today and take two weeks to decide if you like eMusic. If you're not 100% satisfied simply cancel before your trial period ends and there's absolutely no cost. Keep the FREE audiobook as a gift just for checking out eMusic.

Mohegan Sun Player's Club

Did you know that if you have a Mohegan Sun Player's Club Card, you can use the points=$$ on the card for gas at their gas station, stores and restaraunts? I am telling you this because if you are going to go and spend the money to get there and then spend the money to play, why not use the money they give you to balance it off? You will probably need gas anyways, so, why not?

Player's Club

Be rewarded for every credit or chip you wager! Sign up for a free Mohegan Sun Player's Club membership and use your card to earn valuable club points.

Plus gain access to exclusive private player's lounges, casino host services and a monthly subscription to the insider online e-newsletter for the latest information on upcoming events and promotions.

Earn & Redeem Points

How to earn points:

Slots and Video Poker

To earn points, insert your card into the reader on any Slot or Video Poker machine. You'll immediately begin earning points for play. In order to receive credit, your point balance and greeting must be displayed. If the reader doesn't greet you, reinsert the card until it does, or go to any Player's Club booth for assistance.

Table Games

When playing Table Games, simply present your Player's Club card prior to each play session. Points are earned based upon your average bet and length of play.

Race Book

Use your card every time you place a wager at the Race Book window, Autotote or Tiny Tim to earn points based upon the amount of your wager.

Keno

Use your Player's Club card to earn points while you play Keno. Simply present your card to any Keno representative.

How to redeem your points:

The Shops at Mohegan Sun, Kids Quest, food and beverage outlets and Mohegan Sun Mobil Gas Station:

Simply place your Player's Club card in any machine and input your personal PIN number on the keypad provided.

Sit-down restaurants, concerts and sporting events:

Simply present your card with valid identification and points will be automatically debited from your account. Be sure to check your point balance prior to redemption by inserting your card in any Slot or Video Poker machine and viewing the reader display or by checking your points online.