Help To Get A Child A Pair Of Shoes

TOMS Shoes
was founded on a simple premise: For every pair purchased, TOMS will give a pair of shoes to a child in need. One for One. TOMSshoes.com

In 2006 an American traveler, Blake Mycoskie, befriended children in Argentina and found they had no shoes to protect their feet. Wanting to help, he created a company that would match every pair of shoes sold with a pair given to a child in need. Blake later returned to Argentina and gave 10,000 pairs of shoes... What made it happen? It was the generosity of TOMS customers and supporters.. This year TOMS plans to give over 300,000 pairs of shoes to children... OVER 300,000 Pairs...
In many developing countries many children go without shoes... Here in America it's hard to understand that...Can you imagine walking down an alley barefoot and cutting yourself and opening your poor foot to all kinds of horrible bacterias and infections? Many children live with that possibility everyday and in many developing countries there is limited access to the medication they would need to combat an infection.
Wearing shoes prevents feet from getting cuts and sores. It prevents them from exposing their feet to contaminated soil and rugged terrain. The leading cause of disease in developing countries is soil transmitted parasites which penetrate the skin through open sores. Wearing shoes can prevent this and the risk of amputation.
Many times children can't attend school barefoot because shoes are a required part of their uniform. If they don't have shoes, they don't go to school. If they don't receive an education, they don't have the opportunity to realize their potential.
There are many areas you can get involved with TOMS shoes. From interning, to becoming a campus rep, Join a Vagabond Tour to help and develop relationships, or you can buy a pair of TOMS Shoes
and know that you just gave a new pair of shoes to a child in need.
For every pair of shoes purchased, TOMS will give a pair of shoes to a child in need. One for One.. Much of the information for this article was taken from www.tomsshoes.com

Family Movie Night

One of my favorite things to do is have Family Movie Night at home. We recently purchased a HUGE LCD HDTV with ALL the bells and whistles.. When we watch a movie on our new Blue-ray DVD player (it came as a bonus with our TV - aren't we the lucky ones) it feels like we are there participating... We can use any DVD and it shows better on our Blue-ray.. but when we rent a Blue-ray DVD from Blockbuster...it's a completely new experience... Better than going to the movies. We recently watched Spider man and let me tell you, I felt him flying between the buildings... I felt like yelling out yippee....but I did not want to scare the kids.
My husband the sports guy is IN LOVE... Now he can watch his favorite sport on HDTV - golf.. You can literally see each blade of grass on the course... Not only does he watch golf - he also watches baseball, basketball, and the Discovery Channel in HD - feels like you're swimming with the fishes and close to being attached by an alligator... this is amazing stuff...
So tonight I am going to put our newly arrived Blockbuster Blue-ray disc Get 50% off your first month with BLOCKBUSTER Online
and I'm going to pop some Kettle corn... get my grubbies on, crack open a diet coke, and snuggle with my family as we watch The Dark Knight...

I've Been Tagged - Now You're It!

Here's a silly game of of "My top 8 things"... I was tagged by Jerriann at "Salty" Sister From Salt Creek Ranch. Go visit her blog and say hi... and thank you Jerriann this is fun!

The Rules Are As Follows

1. Mention the person that tagged you.
2. Complete the list of 8's
3. Tag 8 other bloggers
4. Tell them they have been tagged.

8 Things I Look Forward To

1. Picking up my kids from school
2. Going up to our cabin in Big Bear
3. Sunday Morning Church and Bible Study
4. Talking to my friend Karen
5. Dusty coming home from work
6. Writing on my blog
7. Having a Clean House
8. Family vacations

8 Things I Did Yesterday

1. Picked up the kids from school
2. Worked 15 hours
3. Cooked dinner - meatloaf, cheesy mashed potatoes, corn, and salad
4. Grocery shopped with my coupons and super savers at Albertson's - saved $52
5. Prayed
6. Wrote in my blog.
7. Closed two loans.
8. Kissed and hugged my girls... husband too!

8 Things I Wish I Could Do

1. Fly
2. Think on my feet faster
3. Always be serene
4. Have the right words to comfort a loved one.
5. Ten things at once and master them all
6. Talk in Public without wanting to Puke... (working on that one - just don't sit in the front row)
7. Always be perky.
8. Memorize great quotes and be able to pull them out... to impress of course..

8 Shows I Watch

1. American Idol
2. Lie To Me
3. The History Channel - Everything and Anything
4. Jay Leno - If I'm up
5. Supernatural
6. The News
7. Cold Cases
8. Criminal Minds

8 Bloggers I Tagged

1. Judy at Benmakesten
2. Zaida at Cutlerama

3. Roxanna at Roxanna Grimes
4. Karen at Crystal Velvet Weddings
5. Delia at At Office, At Home, I'm Never Alone
6. Jacki at Hunting, Fishing, and Other Grounds for Divorce
7. Diane at Good Mourning Glory
8. Mari at 365 Days

You gals are it...

The Hannah Montana Movie

I love going to the movies with my kids because they usually like the same kind of "chick flicks" I do... I couldn't pay Dusty enough to go with me.. If there isn't blood, gore, or something deep and disturbing than Dusty won't watch it. One of his favorite movies is "Leaving Las Vegas" that really depressing movie with Nicolas Cage. Cage won an Oscar for it but it was about a drunk trying to drink himself to death while he befriends a Las Vegas prostitute...way too depressing and deep for me. I like light and airy movies... or scary movies...but not too scary...Prom Date, I thought was entertaining...My all time favorite of favorite movies is Pride and Prejudice...I've watched it about twenty times and each time is like the first.. The romance of it...
I have a movie recommendation for those of you with preteens... and maybe some teenagers. The New Hannah Montana movie.. I know it sounds really cheesy... I can't stand the TV show.. but you know... This movie is really good. It has family values, good music, and a good story line.. It definitely won't be up for any Oscars but it's a warm and breezy kind of movie...where you walk out warm and fuzzy....and who doesn't like feeling warm and fuzzy???? My preteen soon to be teenager acted like she hated it but I watched her throughout the movie and she was smiling.... she tries to act sooo cool....but honey I am so on to you....
So, go see Hannah Montana movie with your favorite girl and eat some popcorn for me.