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Favorite Mary Kay Products

January 14, 2009 by Amy 4 Comments

Last night I held a Mary Kay party.  Sort of kind of a party in that only 2 other guests showed up.  Thanks, Dani and Jill!  But yes a party because we had a great time having a little makeover and ending the party by watching some of American Idol together.  And I was VERY happy to figure out at the end of the night I had earned free products!  All around good deal!

I know Mary Kay has been around forever and a day and I really can’t count the number of Mary Kay parties I’ve attended but if you ever find yourself at a party and don’t know what to get or are willing to try some great stuff…here ya go.

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Microdermabrasion.  I actually don’t own this set yet but I plan on it.  I’ve had it done twice by a salon and still have one more session to go to.  I’ve tried it 2 or 3 times during demonstrations and am always happy with the results.  And really?  The cost is embarrassingly lower than the salon.

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Satin Hands. I dare you to try it and not see a difference.  Crazy good stuff.

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Eye Primer. This stuff I’ve had for years.  You know when you’ve had eyeshadow on for awhile and you get that ugly crease in your eyelid?  Well, no more!  Just put a small dab of this on it and it ain’t goin’ nowhere!

Have fun!

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Twitter Daily Posts

January 13, 2009 by Amy Leave a Comment

So I posted yesterday I was getting rid of the daily Twitter posts and then realize some people actually like it.  But I know others don’t.  And the thing is, I could care less about them because I wrote every single one and don’t care to read it again.  BUT if it is helping you keep up with me, I’m fine with it and vote Yes. If it’s highly annoying and you’re going to quit reading if I keep posting these stupid Twitter posts, please vote No. If you don’t care and/or you’re just as indecisive as me vote the 3rd option 🙂

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Twitter Tools – Gone

January 12, 2009 by Amy 6 Comments

Just FYI, I’m getting rid of all these automatic Twitter post.  It’s on my  nerves.  I twitter WAY too much for that.

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How to: Download Online Videos to Your Computer

January 10, 2009 by Amy 3 Comments

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This is not a paid post

Ever want to save an online video to your computer? I know people want to do it all the time with YouTube videos.  But it doesn’t stop at just YouTube videos.  As an entertainment blog owner, I think of Facebook videos, videos from News Station sites or other Entertainment web sites where I’d really like to have my own copy. Whether it be to upload to my iPhone or create a montage video of my own.  Sites such as http://keepvid.com have emerged and work well for YouTube videos but it doesn’t work for everything.

I’ve finally found a great software that automatically recognizes a video is playing in your browser and downloads it!  Effect Matrix has a tool called YouTube Video Download Tool.  The name is a bit misleading because it works on more than just YouTube.  I successfully downloaded a Facebook video just this morning! Just click the “Snart Sniffing” button and within seconds, the video is downloaded!  Love. it.

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Upcoming January Fun-Stuff

January 8, 2009 by Amy 1 Comment

My calendar seemed to fill up quickly after the first of the year but we have some fun stuff coming up this month.  Here’s what’s on my calendar so far:

Today 1/8 – Dinner and meeting at our house for Youth Group Leaders

Saturday 1/10 – Emma has a birthday party

Sunday 1/11 – Winter Jam concert featuring Toby Mac and Hawk Nelson

Monday 1/12 – writing date with Melissa

Tuesday 1/13 – Mary Kay party at my house

1/16 weekend – Scott is going skiing with the youth group

Tuesday 1/27 – Dinner at The Palm with J&J as part of Queen’s Feast

Friday 1/30 – Dinner at Ruth’s Chris with D&D as part of Queen’s Feast and possible overnight at a hotel in uptown Charlotte

Saturday 1/31 – Belated Choir Christmas Party

So Yeah.  Busy.  And fun.

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Amy the Writer

January 7, 2009 by Amy 1 Comment

So I’m slowly, slowly, slowly making progress on my non-novel.  Melissa finished her novel along with all the other “National Writing Month” winners, writing 50,000 words in 30 days.  I wouldn’t commit to that but I’ve been slowly writing since the end of November.  I think I have about 25,000 words.  Half the words in twice the time!

Melissa sent me a link to someone who had classified the different types of writers and thought it’d be interesting to post which ones I thought I could relate to.

Ahead-of-Themselves Worrywarts: People who are way too worried about what publishers will accept, and whether they’re going to get in legal trouble for some part of their story. Can I use names of real people? Is it okay if my character blows up a McDonald’s? Can I use X word in my YA novel?

I Would Do NaNoWriMo, But I Want to Put Real Thought into a Story: This wrimo-er isn’t exactly a real wrimo-er! You tell them about NaNoWriMo, and they say ‘Oh, I would LOVE to, but I want to put real thought into my novel.’ They watch your wordcount increase and they might read your NaNo, then you might get it published and it might become a bestseller, but that story that they wanted so badly to put tons of thought into just never seems to get on paper.

“My Characters Won’t Obey Me” NaNoers: whose imaginations run wild to such a degree that their characters become uncontrollable. Then they post a lot of threads wailing, and begging for help with keeping their unruly plots on track.

Obsessive Researcher Authors: who ask oodles of questions for verisimilitude and surf Wikipedia for hours, but it takes them forever to actually write their novels.

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The Red and Yellow Team

January 5, 2009 by Amy Leave a Comment

Today I got into a (very short) conversation with a coworker about football.  Surprise, surprise though.  All my coworkers are men (except my manager) and they all talk about sports almost all the time.  So I say I heard something about the Panthers playing Arizona?  I asked which team was that as I didn’t even know Arizona had a team.  He tells me they are the Cardinals and I say in all my female, color-loving glory “Aren’t they red and gold?”  No…red and black he says.  Well, they might not be the red and yellow team, but….

…there’s some yeller in there.

And may I say I’m pulling for that blue and black Carolina team this weekend!

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iPhone Ocarina App “Amazing Grace”

January 4, 2009 by Amy 4 Comments

(actual Ocarinas pictured) OK, the video pretty much says it all but in case you can’t see it, basically there’s this new iPhone app called Ocarina.  By blowing air into the mic on your phone, it turns your phone into a flute.  It seriously works.  It’s kind of amazing actually.  So I made this video of me sorta kinda playing Amazing Grace.  They cut out some of the song so I get lost a bit in the middle but anyway, the beginning and ending is decent and you get the picture.  Here is the sheet music I used in case you’re interested.

Can your cell phone do that??

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