Saturday, November 7th, 2009
As parents, we have a lot of power. We teach our kids right from wrong from the time they are little to the time they reach adulthood. MADD agrees with this and has created a great website about talking with our kids called The Power Of Parents. We teach our kids about not sticking things in light sockets, but for some reason, a lot of paretns don’t talk to their kids about underage drinking and drunk driving. I’ll be honest — I really think as parents we have to show our kids how we want them to act. Bill and I do not drive drunk. Ever. We decide at the beginning of the night who is driving and that person does not drink. I certainly hope that this shows my kids a good example.
Did you know that last year, 11,773 people were killed because of drunk driving? Scary isn’t it? Could you live with yourself if you killed someone? Could you live with yourself if your child killed someone due to drunk driving? The Power Of Parents has some great ways to start that conversation. You can also find them on their own blog, twitter, and Facebook. What are you waiting for? Start that conversation with your kids!
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Tags: alcohol, Driving under the influence, Drunk driving, health, Legal drinking age, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Organizations, Power Of Parents
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
I would like to say that I was sober for the entire time I was at Izeafest. I ended up as the driver 2 out of the 3 nights, and I really don’t believe in drunk driving. That being said I did do the IzeaHunt without anything alcohol in me. We had to do a ton of wild and crazy things. What was at stake? A $100 gift card for Home Depot for all of us. When money is on the line, well, you do crazy things. Honestly I wish I would have brought some other outdoor clothing with. My clothes were almost destroyed from this scavenger hunt. It took several washings once I got home to get the shaving cream and chocolate sauce out!
For some reason, I cannot find my team photos on Flickr at all. What I will do is show you some of the other teams instead. You will see how crazy this really did get:
Ohh I take that back, I did find one and you can’t see me (yeah! — I’m in the blue shirt):
Ok, we had to do crazy things like take a picture with a 6′5″ person, make a human sundae, get pineapple and a potato, walk somebody else’s dog, etc. There was 4 pages of things, and we only had about an hour to try and do as much as we could. One of the more crazy things we had to do was find a toilet seat and bring it back. I think Ted was the only one who was able to do that! Unfortunately, my team did not win. However, it was still a ton of fun!
After the hunt was over, we all took a break, sat down, talked, and ate some great food. I was able to sit down and talk to Cass and Sean Jackson. It was hard to believe that I was going to be hopping on a plane the next morning and heading back home (what I didn’t know at this time was that Chicago had gotten record levels of rain and my yard was literally a swimming pool. The water in my yard was up to my knees!). We were able to compare notes and just enjoy ourselves.
Tags: alcohol, Anything, break, card, cass, Chicago, chocolate, clothing, cream, Depot, dog, driver, driving, flickr, food, fun, gift, home, honestly, hour, Izeafest, IzeaHunt, line, money, morning, ohh, person, picture, pineapple, plane, potato, reason, sauce, scavenger, Sean Jackson, seat, shaving, shirt, show, somebody, stake, sundae, take, team, ted, time, toilet, ton, yard, yeah
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
When I first heard about this product, I was a little surprised about it. Antipoleez is a product that you can use to get rid of bad breath resulting from consumption of alcohol, tobacco and food. I can see this being a product that you would use if you don’t want your significant other knowing you went out after work for drinks. However, I see a much better use for this. Being a nonsmoker, I cannot stand the smell of cigarette smoke. When I was pregnant, I was super sensitive to the smell. However, I live with a smoker. I would love for him to use a product like this so it isn’t like kissing an ashtray. When I was pregnant, Bill would have a cigarette at lunch and I could smell it on him at dinnertime that night. He would have loved this product. It would have saved us a lot of toothpaste. The other benefit is that it takes care of bad breath. I also have husband who loves garlic. His breath, at times, could knock you over (though I don’t have to worry about vampires!). There are many great uses for this product — I just have to talk Bill into getting it.
Tags: alcohol, amp, benefit, bet, Bill, cigarette, drinks, eve, garlic, hp, ing, ip, knowing, love, lunch, mp, ot, prod, smoker, surprise, target, ter, time, toothpaste, wh, worry
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Woo hoo! Two weeks in a row I remembered to do the Four Foods On Friday. Though, after answering these questions you may think I need some diet pills. Here we go:
#1. What’s your favorite potato chip? Do Nacho Cheese Doritos count as a potato chip. Probably not, so I’d have to say I don’t really care for potato chips.
#2. Do you use butter, margarine, both or neither? Margarine
#3. What’s your favorite mixed alcoholic (or virgin) drink? Strawberry Margaritas
#4. What’s your favorite vegetable and how do you prepare it? Green Beans. I open the can and put in the pan and turn the stove on. LOL I don’t cook much, can you tell?
Tags: alcohol, butt, Butter, cheese, chips, crafts, doritos, eed, eta, hp, ing, ip, lab88, lol, Margarine, ot, Potato chip, prob, recipes, shopping, Snacks, tab, target, ter, virgin, wh, Woo Hoo
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Monday, October 9th, 2006
What’s the Best form of Birth Control after 50?
Nudity
What’s the difference between a Girlfriend and a Wife?
45 lbs.
What’s the difference between a Boyfriend and a Husband?
45 minutes.
Why is it so hard to Find Men who are Caring, Kind, and Good Looking?
Because those Men Already have Boyfriends.
What’s the difference between a New Husband and a New Dog?
After a year, the Dog is still Excited to See YOU.
What makes Men chase Women they have No Intention of Marrying?
The same urge that makes Dogs chase Cars they have No Intention of Driving.
What do you call a Smart Blonde?
A Golden Retriever.
What has a whole bunch of little Balls and Screws Old Ladies?
Bingo Machine.
Why was Alcohol created?
So Ugly People could have Sex, too.
What did the Blonde say when she found out she was Pregnant?
“Are YOU sure it’s Mine?”
Tags: alcohol, balls, bingo_machine, birth_control, boyfriends, chase_cars, chase_women, dogs, intention, screws, smart, urge
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