by Robin | Mar 24, 2009 | Advice, Good causes, Photos, WFMW, Wordless Wednesday
Do you collect Box Tops for Education? It's a great initiative begun by General Mills in 1996. If yours isn't taking part, you're missing out on FREE cash–just look at the brands included! The above represents about a year's...
by Robin | Mar 11, 2009 | Compassion International, Do Something!, Good causes, Personal
It's 1:15 on a Wednesday afternoon and my stomach is growling because I've yet to have lunch. It's important to note I've had precisely 2.5 cups of coffee and two butter-lavished blueberry muffins, and yet I'm still hungry. My pantry...
by Robin | Feb 19, 2009 | Good causes, Health, On my soapbox, Personal, Photos, Unsolicited Endorsement
Until 1983, I could actually blame it on being too thin*; for the next 25 years, it was nothing short of selfish cowardice. In February of last year, there was a moment of redemption, but just two months after that, exclusion returned. This time it...
by Robin | Nov 6, 2008 | Compassion International, Good causes, Kids, Personal
compassion Pronunciation: \k?m-?pa-sh?n\ Function: noun : sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it That’s one definition, but Compassion International’s...
by Robin | Oct 30, 2008 | Books, Giveaways, Good causes, Story Bleed
[March] Because I recently tested some Febreze products, my marketing rep let me know about a collaboration between Febreze and Family Dollar that provides FREE products for troops. I thought it worthwhile enough to pass along: ...
by Robin | Oct 29, 2008 | Compassion International, Giveaways, Good causes
If you sincerely believe "giving is better than receiving", then you have to enter today’s Bloggy Giveaway: A Christmas gift given in your honor for my Compassion International sponsor child, Isaura. Compassion International is a child advocacy...