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Product Review - Cool Kid Video

I have got to tell you about the coolest kid video ever.

This week, I received the most wonderful package of videos my kids and I have ever seen.

Ever hear of Kideo? Kideo takes your child's picture and inserts it into a video making them the STAR. What kid doesn't get excited about seeing themselves on TV?????

They have 9 different titles to choose from including some of the most popular kid favorites.

• Does your son love Spider-man? Does he constantly dress up in his too small Halloween costume because he thinks he IS Spider-man? Well, now he can star AS Spider-man in his own video.

• If Dora is the one for your kid, how about letting them star in their own 24 minute Dora video? Complete with all of their favorite Dora characters.

• How about Arthur? My personal favorite, because your child is seen very often. Super Cute!!!

They also have:

• Barney
• Baby Genius
• Care Bears
• Gregory and Me

The DVDs run 18-25 minutes and your child will be as entertained as mine. I promise.

Hey, your kids are watching these kid shows anyway. How about creating a heirloom that can be enjoyed for years to come? Long after your kids grow out of these videos they will still be interested in watching them because they are the star! I doubt you will be selling these at your garage sale anytime soon.

My kids were beyond happy with these DVD's. They spent the afternoon watching them. They danced, they sang along, they were beyond excited to see themselves on the videos playing with their favorite characters.

My daughter couldn't believe that she was in a video with Dora. She loved all the characters and watched it 12 times the first day she got it and when she woke up this morning it was the first thing she asked for.

I loved watching her face as she said, "they said my name mommy. They said my name!"


She sang along with them when they sang "backpack" and the birthday song.



My son loved the Spider-man video. He is Spider-man in the movie, and had to put on his costume and move along with his character on the screen. We have watched this video about 15 times in the past 2 days.

Now, let me tell you how easy it is to get your very own video:

• Head over to Kideo, let them know which one you want
• Send a picture of your child either through email or snail mail and the pros at Kideo will make your child a star.

Great gift ideas for any holiday, birthday, graduation, etc.

I want to be THAT Aunt. I hope none of my nieces or nephews are reading this because I really want to surprise them.

The folks at Kideo were kind enough to give my readers a $5.00 discount.

Now is the time to start thinking about the most amazing, fun, personalized, gift for your kids, nieces, nephews, kids you babysit for, or your husband (if he is a Spider-man fan, this is a great gift). Shhhh....I might just have to get one for my husband for his stocking this year.

Head over to Kideo's website now to place an order. Oh, and be sure to use the unique discount code created for my readers which is REES.

Amateur Book Review - The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Lives of Bees - by Sue Monk Kidd - Great book. I just heard that will will be a movie starring Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo (who I love from Hotel Rwanda) and Jennifer Hudson. Pretty exciting that it will be an all star cast.

Back to the book. The book takes place in the 60's and deals with racial tensions of the time. That is not why I wanted to read the book. The reason I wanted to read it was because the main character Lily's mom has died and she is on a mission to find out who her mom was. She is hungry for information about her mother which I can totally relate to.

In the story Lily she has a few saved mementos of her mom's and one of them, a piece of wood with a label on it featuring s a Black Madonna with the words Tiburon, South Carolina on the back. She and her maid/nanny (outspoken Rosaleen) get in a little trouble and Lily takes the opportunity to break free from her dad. She and Rosaleen head to South Carolina where they run into three black bee keeper sisters.

For me the story is about sisterhood, friends, and bravery. I adored the religion that the sisterhood made up to honor the Black Madonna along with a wonderfully poetic description of the times, an the nature of bee keeping.

This is a fantastic book and a really quick read. 4 out of 5 stars.

Seriously, Johnny Depp is Hot

Johnny Depp brought his own kid to a show where he performed with The Kids, according to people.com.

On Friday night, Depp and his band mates played a benefit in Pompano Beach, Fla., with his 9-year-old, Lily-Rose, in VIP seating with her mother, Vanessa Paradis.

Depp played lead electric guitar and sang background at Club Cinema with the group that was formed in 1978.

Manic Monday - Iron

This is the first thing that came to my mind when I read Mo's meme theme for Manic Monday.

This is my first Chotskies submission. I usually just submit from Maria's Space.



I honestly love Ozzy!!!

Check out my brother-in-laws Black Sabbath cover band Wicked Ways in Brooklyn if you ever get a chance.

Sarah Palin What Do You Think???

I am very intrigued by Sarah Palin, McCains appointed running mate but I am not sure about her the women!

Sarah is the Governor of Alaska and a mom of 5 the last baby was born in April (she was 44).
What I know about Sarah:

She is good looking. She won the Miss Wasilla beauty contest, then finished second in the Miss Alaska pageant, at which she won a college scholarship.

Her husband is hot.

Her baby was diagnosed with Down's Syndrome. On April 18, 2008, while in office as governor, Palin gave birth to her second son and fifth child, Trig Paxson Van Palin, who, as prenatal genetic testing had shown, has Down syndrome. She returned to the office three days after giving birth. Her decision to have the baby was applauded by the pro-life community.

Her son is serving in the Army.

Her kids all have strange names (Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig).

She would throw Roe vs. Wade (This is a big one for me, almost a make or break deal).

She has a bachelor of science degree in communications-journalism from the University of Idaho.

She hunts animals(when she was young she and her dad used to go hunt Moose before school).

She was a local sports reporter for a local Anchorage TV station.

She worked as a commercial fisher with her husband.

She is a marathon runner.

Is she a good candidate?

Palin initially expressed support for the Gravina Island Bridge project, commonly known outside the state as the "Bridge to Nowhere." However, once it had become a nationwide symbol of wasteful earmark spending and some federal funding was lost, Palin cancelled the bridge because Alaska's congressional delegation was unable to prevent the state of Alaska from having to pay for part of the bridge's construction. Alaska still kept the federal money,but she stated that Alaska should rely less on federal funding

She puts education, public safety, and transportation would be three cornerstones of her administration.

A poll published by Hays Research on July 28, 2008 showed Palin's approval rating at 80%,[28] while another Ivan Moore poll showed it at 76%. While Alaska's Daily News has her rating at 65%.

Palin frequently had an approval rating above 90% in 2007

n response to high oil and gas prices, and the resulting state government budget surplus, Palin proposed giving Alaskans $100-a-month energy debit cards. She also proposed providing grants to electrical utilities so that they would reduce customers' rates. She subsequently dropped the debit card proposal, and in its place she proposed to send Alaskans $1,200 directly, paid for partially by the money given to the state of Alaska that was to be spent on the "Bridge to Nowhere,"[citation needed] and eliminate the state sales tax on gasoline.

In August 2008, Palin signed a bill into law giving the state of Alaska authority to award TransCanada Pipelines a license to build and operate the $26-billion-dollar pipeline to transport natural gas from the North Slope to the Lower 48 through Canada.

In 2007, Palin approved a $150 cash incentive for each Alaskan wolf to be killed by hunters in helicopters. She agreed with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to allow Alaska state biologists to hunt wolves from helicopters as part of a "predator control" program which was allowed under a provision in a 35-year-old federal ban on the practice granting 700 permits to the state of Alaska

She has called the global warming theory supported by Kempthrone and most scientists "unreliable", and asserted that human activity has not caused Arctic ice to melt, stating that "I'm not one though who would attribute it [global warming] to being man-made" after she was announced as Senator McCain's presumptive running mate.

In June 2007, Palin signed into law a $6.6 billion operating budget—the largest in Alaska's history. At the same time, she used her veto power to make the second-largest cuts of the construction budget in state history. The $237 million in cuts represented over 300 local projects, and reduced the construction budget to nearly $1.6 billion

June 6, 2007, the Alaska Creamery Board recommended closing Matanuska Maid Dairy, an unprofitable state-owned business, Palin objected, citing concern for the impact on dairy farmers and the fact that the dairy had just received $600,000 in state money. When Palin found out that the Board of Agriculture and Conservation appoints Creamery Board members, she replaced the entire membership of the Board of Agriculture and Conservation. The new board reversed the decision to close the dairy, but later in 2007, with Palin's support, the unprofitable business was put up for sale.

On July 11, 2008, Palin dismissed Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan for not adequately filling state trooper vacancies, and because he "did not turn out to be a team player on budgeting issues." She instead offered him a position as executive director of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which he turned down. Her power to fire him is not in dispute, but Monegan alleged that his dismissal may have been an abuse of power tied to his reluctance to fire Palin's former brother-in-law, Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten, who had been involved in a divorce and child custody battle with Palin's sister, Molly McCann. Palin is currently being investigated by an independent investigator hired by the Alaska Legislature to determine whether she abused her power when she fired Monegan.

Palin is pro-life and a prominent member of Feminists for Life, the largest and most visible pro-life feminist organization.

Concerning education, she did not feel higher education was important to support for women. In her opinion a wifes role is home and pregnant.

She opposes same sex marriage.

Palin admits that she used marijuana at a time when the state had legalized possession of small amounts. She says that she did not like it and she does not support legalizing marijuana, concerned about the message it would send to her children

Palin is a life-time member of the National Rifle Association, and is popular among gun rights activists.

Palin hunts, ice fishes, eats mooseburger, rides snowmobiles, has run a marathon, and owns a float plane.

What I think: I am really not sure yet how I feel about this MILF being the VP.

First, McCain is 72 years old and had been diagnosed with Cancer what like 4 times? He is just a broken hip away from Sarah being President.

I also think it is interesting that she is Pro-Life but shoots animals for fun and sport.

Also, she returned to the office 3 days after giving birth to her newest son but who is taking care of the baby? Is he getting early intervention?

I still have a lot of research to do, if you are looking for more, head over to one of those other political blogs who will undoubtedly have a lot more to say than me.

Lost Bloopers

Jason and Liz - She Thinks She Needs Me

I love this song and this is perfect for Jason and Liz's relationship.

Jason is my Daytime Sawyer

Happy Birthday Michael Jackson

Animations provided by MySpaceAnimations.com

Today Michael Jackson turned 50 years old. Isn't that crazy? That makes me feel very old.

The 13-time Grammy winner, has sold more than 750 million albums.

This morning he told "Good Morning America" that he's "looking forward to doing a lot of great things. ... I think the best is yet to come in my true humble opinion."

What is Michael going to do for his 50th Birthday?

"Probably have a little cake with his kids and watch some cartoons."

I love bloopers - Lost Season 1

Lost - Season 4 - Bloopers

Sawyer And Kate Video - Courtesy of You Tube

Sawyer Cracks Me Up

Because I Can't Get Enough Sawyer

Sawyer Clips

The Making of Cool Water Ad with Josh "My husband" Holloway

A Little Eye Candy on A Beautiful Day

Seriously! Is there a better piece of man meat out there???

More Dress Up Games For Girls - FREE

My niece will die over these new games I found surfing today.

AZdressup

This site is great for ages 6-13.

They even have a celebrity section where they can dress Troy and Gabriella from H.S. Muscial along with many other teen celebrities.

There is even a section where they can design their own guitar.

On the Cartoon Doll Emporium Site, your child gets to dress up some more dolls
and create the perfect look with cute animations.

Wish I had time to play.

Rachel Dress Up - Dress up the girl

Zwinky

Have you ever seen yourself as a Zwinky?

Zwinky's are cute little dolls you make to look like you. It's free which is one of my favorite 4 letter words.

 

 

Here is mine....isn't she cute.

Younger people will love this. Play games, earn points and hang out with your friends or make new ones all in a safe environment.

Standing at His Own Wake

Interesting? Creepy? Disturbing? Is this the new way?

I don't know what to make of this. It is a little weird but if this was his last wish I guess he should get it.

Doubt I would be able to attend a wake where the deceased was actually standing against the wall it would FREAK me out.

How did they actually stand him there? Did he have one of those mannequin poles around his waist?

Is anyone else as creeped out as I am?

American Idol Evens the Score

The 8th Season of American Idol will bring about a small change in the form of another female on the panel.

Grammy-nominated songwriter Kara DioGuard will be at the dais with Randy, Paula and Simon. Her songs have been recorded by Faith Hill, Christina Aguilera, Carrie Underwood, Ashlee Simpson, Pink, Pussy Cat Dolls, Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani and more.

I wonder if she will play the straight, good cop to Paula's wackiness and Simon and Randy's callousness.

The big wigs at Fox feel that Paula will have backup and that the show was in need of some "girl power." Ahhhh...ok.

I think waiting for another judge's opinion is a waste of time but that's just me. What the hell do I know? I am not running a money maker like Idol. I am just sitting here wasting time writing on a stupid blog that no body reads judging from my comment section.

Did that get your attention people??? No, still no comments! Oh well I tried.

Dancing with the Stars Announced

Dancing with the Stars is starting up again on September 22nd.

Which celebrities will be hitting the floor?

Susan Lucci - Soap star
Toni Braxton - R&B Singer
Lance Bass - Of Boy Band Fame
Cloris Leachman - Actress
Kim Kardashian - Tabloid Famous
Ted McGinley - Actor
Brooke Burke - Actress
Warren Sapp - NFL Champ
Misty May-Treanor - Olympic athlete for Volleyball
Maurice Greene who won two gold medals in track at the 2000 games in Sydney.
Rocco DiSpirito - Chef
Cody Linley from "Hannah Montana"
Jeffrey Ross - Comedian

Amateur Movie Review - War

I had high hopes for this movie. I didn't really feel that I would be at all interested but I thought my husband would love it and figured Jason Stratham would keep me very interested.

He didn't and Jason couldn't save this movie at all.

We were a little confused on the plot at times.

We understood that Jason plays an Jack Crawford an FBI agent who is seeking revenge on some dude named Rogue who killed Jack's partner, wife and daughter. We also got that Jack knows it was this dude Rogue because of some titanium bullet that Rogue uses. I guess the problem was this Rogue dude starts this War between to groups the Triads and Yakuzas in San Francisco. Why? We don't know but what we do eventually find out is that all of this has something to do with a particular someone getting plastic surgery and coming back as someone else to avenge his kin. He eventually kills the person who was avenging him yada, yada, yada...you get the picture? No? Us either.

Ummm... sounds good right? Wrong. We both hated it.

Chotskies gives this film a C-

My Amateur Transporter Review is here.

The only reason I didn't give it a D was because Jason Stratham was in it and I just find him so hot!

The Lost Book Club - 2nd Book Begins Sept 1st

Are you a fan of Lost? Did you know they have a book club?

If you are reading along with the Lost Book Club you already know about this.

The Lost Book Club will be beginning their second book on September 1st.

The Book: The Lord of the Flies

The Read: September 1st - September 20th

The first book was Carrie by Stephen King.

Pick up a book, it's good for your soul!!

The Numbers Are Good - KFC Commercial

This is too funny...
KFC commercial spoofing Lost.

How to Make An American Quilt

If you have not yet seen this movie or if it has been years see it!

This is a great movie with an amazing cast.

Winona Ryder, Anna Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Dermot Mulroney, Maya Angelo, Jarod Leto, Jean Simmons, Johnathon Schaech.

There are some sensual scenes (PG-13 due to drug and sensual scenes) that even now give my stomach butterflies. Picture a young Johnathon Schaech, hot wet and dripping water or removing Winona's hair pin in a field at night and you will understand.

Big Brother 10 - Going Wild Clips

Big Brother 10 Behind the Scenes with Danielle from Season 3 and 7

Big Brother HOH Competition - Spoiler