Chanel No. 5

Shoppers Drug Mart is supposedly giving away a sample of Chanel No. 5. It's eau de toilette ( which translates to toilet water), and I want some.
I was hesitant to post this as the last fragrance sample I decided to pick up, was in a little peel back card. What's with that? Don't they know we want those itsy small glass bottles, with the little plastic wand ? I wonder what Chanel is giving out? I'll let you know.
PRINT YOUR COUPON HERE

Please Mum

Starting tomorrow Feb 1st, you'll be able to bring in your "gently used" clothing, and get some Please Mum green backs for it. They don't have to be Please Mum clothes.

"We will not be accepting clothing with stains/holes, undergarments, swimwear, winter outerwear, or accessories."

Interested? CHECK IT OUT HERE

Monday's Sexual Health Post

Seems as though everyone is dieting these days, so I thought we could use a bit of info on sex and dieting. It's no secret that shedding a few pounds can improve your sex life. You feel better about yourself, and movement is better.

So what position burns the most calories for us women?
Woman on top burns the most calories.
I also read, and found quite entertaining, that faking an orgasm can burn more calories than actually having one.
Since it's usually pretty easy to achieve an orgasm while we are on top, my advice to my female friends is this: We will have and enjoy the first orgasm, and while keeping our calorie burning position, we'll fake a second one. It'll be our secret.

Missionary position burns the least calories, not surprising. If missionary is your "regular" position, you may want to fake an orgasm to burn some calories. Then again, if you are always using the plain old missionary position, you are likely already faking your orgasm. Missionary sex in a telephone booth will however burn calories, and give you a stiff neck.

Twin beds, hammocks, and narrow hospital beds also aid in calorie burning.
Should you get caught in the hospital having sex on one of their beds, please don't mention my blog. Anything you read here and try is at your own risk.

You need to have sex three to five times a week to lose weight from sex, and you have to put some effort into it. On the average, 30 minutes of sex will burn 85 calories . ( 15 minutes will burn off a dry slice of diet bread, and if you have sex with superman for an hour and a half, you can have ham and mayo too.... followed with a lemon to remove the smile from your face)

So what about the effects of dieting on the brain, and our sex drive. I didn't read anything of interest, but from experience, I think going to bed hungry may affect our brain. In the middle of the night, Loverboy tried to lovingly awake me to "tend to his needs" ( and it wasn't to iron his shirt), and as awoke I was dreaming of buttering a thick slice of french bread.
I used to frequently dream of a dark french lover, now I dream of white french bread.

That's all for today... stay on top of things !

Save.ca

For those of you who use save.ca, they have a great coupon... buy two stayfree or OB tampons products and save $5.00. Get it here

Madashack lake

Today Loverboy & I went to Great Pubnico Lake, and to both Little Madashack , and greater Madashack lakes, in fine company.
( Madashack : the Indians called "Meteseg," meaning "Mixed up,")

I didn't really recall being there before, until we reached the" shiny kettle" camp. I had seen the old " dirty kettle" camp before. It may well have been from my previous life, coming from the other direction.
On the way back, I tapped Loverboy on the shoulder to ask an important question...
"Do we have to take the same path? The one with the rocks, slough hole and steep hill, in order to get back?"
His answer: "Gosh ! I found the path to be really good today. And yes, it's the way back'.

So I figured out I did better if I didn't watch those ahead. So I just held on and looked the logo on the back of his collar .
It was great fun! Thanks to Mr & Mrs Plane Man for your hospitality, and the invite for supper. We'll take a raincheck.

Cloverleaf Tuna

If you check out CLOVERLEAF TUNA's website and look at 5 recipes, they'll send you coupons for :

buy one get one free 170 g white albacore tuna..... and a few other coupons.

White albacore tune is good.
(Mom order this, since you like it)
Once there click:"Search and Save"
It's easy, keep going back to the search and save and when you have viewed 5 recipes, there's a short form for receive your free coupons by mail.
I do have to say that the Salsa tuna roll-ups, and the Montuna Cristo sandwich look very do-able. And that salmon pâté ...yummy

Anna McGoldrick tours

Anna has great tours advertised. Wonderful places.

Only thing that would prevent me from going, is fear.
Fear that she may actually be on the tour.

Rudders on Saturday Night

Make a date, and plan for supper.

AVERY, ALAN & NORMAND WILL BE PERFORMING 60'S 70'S HITS AT RUDDER'S SATURDAY JAN 29th.

From 7 to 10pm

How do you save energy?

Today I answered that question. NS power was looking for energy saving tips.

Of course, in the summer I hang my clothes on the line, (T shirts pinned at the armpit seam...hehe)
But in the winter, after I wash a load of laundry late at night, I will leave the washer door open, and loosen up the clothes that are stuck together from having been spun. In the morning I dry the laundry in the dryer in much less time, as the clothes have dried a bit.

What energy tip do you have? Comments allowed ...

Best birthday gift

I saw the "little branch" today. She was by at work, and knew we were going to make valentines. She said her birthday was early February and the best gift she could get when she was a young girl, was that big book of valentines to cut out !
Oh, I loved those big booklets ! And you could make some envelopes too . I found this picture and that valentine with the boy looks so familiar, and so does the bird one!!

National Hockey card day

is on Feb. 12, 2011. Toys R Us, Jean Coutu, London Drugs, Rexall, and PharmaPlus will be giving away a free pack of Upper Deck NHL cards commemorating top Canadian born legends, players, and rookies! Limit one per customer while supplies last. There are 15 cards included in this year's pack:

1) Taylor Hall
2) Tyler Seguin
3) Jeff Skinner
4) Jordan Eberle
5) P.K. Subban
6) Jason Spezza
7) Dion Phaneuf
8) Jarome Iginla
9) Roberto Luongo
10) Sidney Crosby
11) Patrick Roy
12) Mario Lemieux
13) Gordie Howe
14) Bobby Orr
15) Wayne Gretzky

Small business lighting solutions

Check out this website : LIGHTING SOLUTIONS

And your small business may be able to get new fixures/lighting at a fraction of the cost.
NS Power covers 80% of the total cost.
And, on approved credit, you can pay your 20% contribution
(at 0% interest) over a period of up to 2 years.

Your business is eligible if you:
• Use less than 300,000 kWh annually and have an average
monthly demand below 100kW.
• Have at least 12 months of billing history at the current
location.
• Have a rate code of 4, 10, 11 or 21. (You can find your
code by looking at the box beside your meter number
on your NS Power bill. If you can't find your code, contact
NS Power at 1-800-428-6230).
To confirm your eligibility, contact NS Power at
lighting.solutions@nspower.ca or call
1-800-428-6230, option 3 (Business) and then
option 4 (Energy Advisor).

The good news

As I was chopping my yellow pepper, the door flew open, and an excited Son #2 waltzed in from school.
Son #2: Mame ! I have such good news , you are never going to believe it !
Me: Oh my ! What? Tell me quick !
Son #2 : You know that test, I thought I had failed.... well I had 43.5 /50 !!!

I stared at him with my jaw dropped ! I was in disbelief ! and before I could say "WOW"
he added...
Son # 2 : and I got detention today.
Mame: Sit down.
Son #2: You know Mame... it's like they say... you got the good news first and the bad news later....
Mame: well you could have let me enjoy the good news for another 30 seconds !!!

Good grief !

NHL retiree

Ah Storyteller.... I just couldn't resist !

Photo taken by Ronnie d'Entremont.

Need a snow brush?

Well if you do, Canadian Tire has an online coupon for $5 off any snowbrush valued over $9.99.
CLICK HERE to view it and print it.

Sex, social media, and dating

Some psychologists find that young males and females who text, and are starting to date, have sex earlier than in the old days.
The reason is the constant texting has lead them to believe that indeed they know the person very well, well enough to go to bed with them .
In the old days. these things took time.
You know, the accidental brush of your hand against his, finally holding hands for a bit, then the first kiss may take a couple dates. As for conversations ... well that was hard given the neighbouring communities were long distance if you called. When he did come over to your house, you hung out in a room full of family members, grandparents too, and I had a father who loved to tease any boyfriends.
If they came back after meeting him... I figured they were pretty easy going.

Do you shiver after you pee?

Maybe your male spouse does?
And why is that?
Women, once they start to pee, use gravity to empty their bladders. Men, au contraire, use some muscles to get the last drop out, which misses the bowl, and falls onto the toilet seat. Often, soon after, they will shiver. This shiver has a name: post-micturition convulsion syndrome. It's " the feeling of a shiver running down the spine following urination, occurs in most males and many females."

Some claim it has to do with a chill feeling, after having emptied that warm urine.

Next urine based question... why do women travel together to the bathroom?

HALO for pets

I hate to blog about free stuff that takes effort. But if you want two free cans of Halo dog or cat food, you can get a coupon that expires in 2 weeks. In our area, they sell Halo food at Nature's pets on Starr's road inn Yarmouth... somewhere close to Sister Sarah's.
You CLICK HERE and enter your email address. Then you fill out a form to subscribe to their newsletter. They send you a welcome email, with a link to a coupon. And you print it.
It's just that easy...hehe.

Healthy Lifestyle changes

In making healthy lifestyle changes , you may want to address some of these issues:

What time is bedtime?

What time do you get up?

How do you spend your free time?

How do you spend your money?

How do you shop,cook, eat?

How much TV do you watch?

How do you do with family and friends?

Experts say we can't expect to change it all. But step by step we can go to bed earlier, manage our time better, eat healthier, put money away on a regular basis, move more, and have more fun with family and friends !

Monday's Sexual Health Post

Ideas to blog are never hard to find.
I had a chuckle this week at BINGO, when the Hostess, who works in the car cleaning business, said a customer asked her for a "rim job". She said the rim job was easy, and over with before he even knew it. He was very satisfied with her rim job.

Of course, a rim job, is slang for analingus. Which simply means pleasuring one's anus with their tongue. Rimming, as it is often called, should indeed be done with as clean an anus as possible. No surprise eh? It is considered pleasurable, but in statistics, it is practiced far, far, far less than cunnilingus, and fellatio.
Tips for safe analingus:

• Wash thoroughly.
  
• Use a dental dam. Dental dams are sheets of latex which provides a barrier between the anus and the mouth. They are available at most pharmacies, or you can make your own by cutting open an unlubricated condom, or latex gloves or even plastic food wrap.
• Rinse. After analingus without a dental dam, you should rinse your mouth with a good mouthwash or at least water.

Jennie-Rae d'Entremont Fundraiser

ZUMBA AT DRUMLIN SCHOOL TUESDAY JAN 25TH FROM 7 TO 8 PM
	COST? 8$ and other donations will be accepted!!! PURPOSE? The purpose of this fundraiser is to raise money for an orphanage in Mexico. All the money she raises will go to that orphanage to buy clothes, toiletry products, bedding, furniture, toys, books, etc. She will be going to the orphanage in March to visit and buy what they will need with this money! Jennie-Rae hopes you can all come out and support this amazing cause! :) OTHER QUESTIONS? e-mail at jennie_rae@hotmail.com ALL ARE WELCOMED, regardless of age.

K-tel Canadian mint

This song Where Evil Grows, always reminds me of my late brother Craig. The Poppy Family recorded it. I've heard it a couple times lately. He had a record with this song it. It was released in 1973, when I was 10 and he was 15. LISTEN HERE

	Let It Ride
	Just As Bad As You
	Save The Last Dance For Me
	Be My Baby
	I Am What I Am
	Seasons In The Sun
	When I Die
	Sun Goes By
	Sunny Days
	Werewolf
	She
	Wild Eyes
	Cousin Mary
	Anything You Want
	Teen Angel
	Where Evil Grows
	Tell Laura I Love Her
	I Thought Of You Again
	Good-Bye Mama
	There's Something I Like About That
	Cause We're In Love
	Oh What A Feeling

Trouble Falling Sleeping?

Trouble falling asleep my friend?
Here's what I do, not that I have much trouble falling asleep . Ask Loverboy and he'll tell you that I fall sleep under 3 minutes after flipping over. Having said that, I sleep much better with him home. We chat in bed, and watch TV together, so it occupies my mind.

If I have lots on my mind, I'll write it down.
I take it out of my head, and put it on paper.
I don't write a paragraph, just a line.
If I am worried about forgetting to call someone tomorrow at 2pm, I write it down. Sometimes it's something that I know I'll remember, but it keeps popping up. So I get rid of it.
If it's something I want to solve, I write it down, and plan on fixing the problem tomorrow.
Of course, once you awaken for the new day, all problems are never as big as perceived when you are tired, and your brain is tired as well.
Sweet dreams......

Crustless Pumpkin Pie

15 oz can pumpkin
1 egg
1.5 c skim milk
3/4 cup Splenda
salt
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
Pam spray your entire pie plate. Cook 400 degrees for 15 minutes, then reduce your heat to 375 for another 45 minutes.
( recipe several years old. Not sure how weight watchers works now, but it used to be 5 weight watcher points for the entire pie.)

Share the softness

Send a package of kleenex to someone you love, or someone you don't. Kleenex wants you to send someone this cute little package of kleenex, it's free ! You can personalize it, but beware... the message is on the outside of the envelope when it arrives. So write something simple, like, "for your sniffles".... not something like,..." pour le fond de tes drases."

CLICK HERE

You asked for it

Here's a site with free ebooks for your KINDLE !

Click HERE, which is the Project Gutenberg website. Here you can download over 30,000 free books, and you can easily put these onto your Kindle. Scroll down a bit to the site map.

I see they have top 100's, or you can search by title or author.

You need to select the plain text version without compression.

Click on "main site" and then save the book to your computer.

Connect your Kindle reader to your computer via USB and then place the text file you just downloaded into the Kindle folder labeled "documents."

Of course Amazon supposedly has free ebooks as well.

A lot to be said

There's a lot to be said about about school secretaries and church donations .... but nope, you won't hear it from me.

Nintendo DS 3D

You can preorder now at future shop.

Pizza at the Red Cap

Homemade Gourmet 9 inch Personal Pizzas now available for EAT IN only!Works, Pepperoni and All meat are your choices today.
"specialty pizzas" will be available soon.
Amy invites you to "Taste the Difference Freshness Makes"

Yummmm ! that sounds good.

Astro Yogurt

DO you buy Astro Yogurt? Well if you do, save 6 proof of purchase from specially marked yogurt, and they'll send you a free dry fit workout shirt, valued at $50 !

Disaster Financial Assistance

Anybody with questions or who require help in filling in the forms for the Provincial Disaster Financial Assistance program can contact Chris d'Entremont's office at 648-2020. The office is located in Tusket in the Vaughne Assurance building.

Municipal staff will be at the Club des Audacieux in Quinan from 5pm- 7pm on Tuesday January 25th to assist with filling in the forms as well.

East Side mario's

Have an instant win game. Spin once every 24 hours. I won a free dessert, but could have won an appetizer, $50 mastercard gift card, or $25 to canadian tire, or an Orlando trip !
CLICK HERE

Atkins diet

Here's a free get started kit, with coupons for 2 free bars.
CHECK IT OUT !

2011 property assessment

Go get your assessment. Click here and enter your assessment number and PIN access number from the top right. EVERYONE should check this out. Look at all the pages. Make sure everything is right.

Can you see anybody's assessment? Why sure. If you want to compare your assessment with others, all you have to do is click here and search by location. Enter their civic address, district of Argyle, ( or whichever ) and press search.
~~It is important to remember that property assessments are based on market value two years prior to the date you receive your notice. That is because it takes a significant amount of time to review, analyze and interpret sales for every property that changed hands in Nova Scotia in any given year. ~~From those stats, they get your market value. The amount on your assessment is the market value of your property in January 2009.

Living wharves ... In Pubnico

Here's the Savour the Sea video from the Living Wharves Project that was in Pubnico.
Hey Piano Teacher ! I think you'll recognize a special lady in this video !
See it HERE

Emergen-C

I have ordered this vitamin drink before, and never received it.
Here it is again.... click here

Free Vegetarian Starter kit

Here's a free vegetarian starter kit. Order yours here!

Mme Maillet

Are you ready for tomorrow's meeting?
Has Fluffy given you your therapy for the week?
What are you bringing for show and tell?
Last time it was your new uplifting piece of clothing.
See you there !

Simply ?

Well for about 24 hours I wouldn't have called my accounting program Simply. It was more like headache. I couldn't upgrade the new version, and couldn't open the old one. At 9am I called the 1-800-number. The office is closed, as their hours are 6am to 8 pm, pacific.
After 7 unsuccessful installations, and many long sighs, I smartened up, and chose Advance and not typical, and checked things out. I found the culprit close to the end of the list. Some kind of manager was causing my headaches. After I solved the upgrade problem, I spoke to TS who told me she knew of someone else who had the same problem.
Simply accounting.... yes, maybe on some days.

Free Flixsticks

I've received these before. They are great ! Order yours here!
They ask for your state ... guess they don't realize we have provinces.

Disaster Financial Assistance

The Province has initiated a new $5.6 million Disaster Financial Assistance program to help Nova Scotians with uninsurable damage from the November 4-10 rain storms and floods. Please contact the NS Disaster Recovery Centre toll free line at
1-866-424-5620 if this applies to you or someone you know.

Applications for assistance are being accepted from January 14 to March 7, 2011. Criteria to see who is eligible and applications are available at http://emo.gov.ns.ca/

Please pass along the word.

Monday's Sexual Health Post

Good morning. Today we are going to talk about the wet stuff.... and I don't mean the weather.
First: WET SEX.
Our natural lubrication is made up of all kinds of cool stuff, and varies in taste, color, stickiness, all depending on our monthly cycle. There are many reasons we can suffer from vaginal dryness... not enough stimulation, anxiety about the sex, menopause, breast feeding, antihistamines, contraceptive creams, diabetes, oral contraceptives, and aging. ( just to name a few)
When the playground isn't wet enough, it can make the game pretty rough. So lubricants are a great business to be in ! (There was great reviews about 100% natural " Liquid Goddess" which can be bought at amazon. (Wow, they sell that?) Water based lubricants are the best as they wash off easily, and they don't interfere with a condom's strength. You can apply lubricant to your vaginal opening or to your mate's penis. I read of lubricant vaginal suppositories, and if I come across a free sample, you'll be the first to know...(wink, wink)

Secondly: DRY SEX.
This is not about "humping with clothes on".
Some women actually practice dry sex. Dry sex is very common in some parts of Africa.
She tries to remove, wipe away, all her vaginal lubrication before having intercourse.
And why in the world would someone want to do that? Good question.
The only reason is that dry sex feels tighter than wet sex, to the man. Never mind about the poor woman's vagina, especially when she goes to pee ! Not only is this uncomfortable for women, it is believed to increase the risk of transmitting sexual diseases.
I'm so not interested......

It's Complicated/Tom Petty

For you Mme d'Eon a Poisson.... my favorite scene from it's Complicated. The one with Tom Petty's "Don't Do Me Like" that playing. The last half of the clip is the best and it ends with her head in the toilet, after the bikini wax comment.

see it here

Free Hand washing timer

OK, this is partially cool. Teach everyone how long they should wash their hands, with a free timer.
I see Canadian provinces are listed in the drop- down list.
Limit is 3.
Order yours here

Social Security Sex

That's when you are getting it regularly, but it's hardly enough to live on.

Thanks La Girl !

Samples of Tampax and Always

Click here and fill out their form. I tried to but the email I used was already registered...oops !

Salsa

Making salsa is about as fun as dancing the salsa. I made the T-shirt hanger's recipe from the "A La Carte" cookbook today. Modified it a bit: used 3 cans diced tomatoes instead of fresh, added an extra can of paste, had no chillies but used 5 and a half jalapeno peppers, and I omitted the garlic powder. Taste Delicious !

4.5 lbs tomatoes
3 mild green chillies
1 large Spanish onion
1 red pepper
3 or 4 jalapeno peppers
5.5 oz tomato paste
3/4 cup vinegar
1/4 brown sugar
1 tbsp coarse salt
2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp garlic powder

Chop all, simmer 2 hours, and bottle !

Tips for dancing the salsa: move in a sensuous, and playful manner; don't be afraid to move your hips; your partner needs to be assertive and lead strongly. You need to move elegantly, therefore that leaves me out.

Winter storage idea

I saw this in Home Simple and kind of thought it was a neat idea, for winter, when scarves and mitts are everywhere.

• Use a hanging shoe organizer. Inexpensive, over-the-door shoe racks are for more than just footwear! The pockets are the perfect place to stash winter accessories like scarves (tightly roll them for easy storing), pairs of mittens and gloves, knit hats and fleece headbands.

Cinnamon Doll

Yes, La Vielle.... Velvet was Chrissy's cousin, and Cinnamon was Velvet's sister. Here she is !!








And here's the entire clan... Chrissy, Velvet, Mia, and Cinnamon. I don't recall seeing them on the back wall at Shoppe a Slu.