Drive Safe in the New Year

What are your plans for bringing in the New Year? Hopefully you are not planning to get behind the wheel while driving drunk. Growing up in an alcoholic home I know the affects of alcohol first hand. As a child I saw many people drive drunk. In my teens, I started taking keys away from alcoholics that drank with my Mom in my childhood home. I didn't get the keys away from all of them as I was just a child, but I did try. I've picked up drunks from bars in the past because I've told family and friend if you’re drinking alcohol call me I'll pick you up. It has been a long time since I've had to do that because I live in another state than the alcoholics in my family.

I'm stay home with my family to enjoy New Year's Eve. So many People end up in major accidents or dead each year on New Year's Eve. Some are innocent people driving down the road, while others are driving drunk causing accidents. I don’t drink alcohol as I've seen the affects it has on people in my life. It has  robbed families of their family member and friends both dead and alive. If you are affected by alcoholism find an Alanon, Acoa, or AA meeting in your area. There are a lot of online groups too.

Here's some statistics from MADD:

• MADD serves a victim or survivor of drunk driving every 10 minutes.

• One in three people will be involved in an alcohol-related crash in their lifetime.

• 50 to 75% of convicted drunk drivers continue to drive on a suspended license.

• High school students who use alcohol or other substances are five times more likely to drop out of school or believe good grades are not important.

• One in three 8th graders drinks alcohol.

• One in five teens binge drink. Only 1 in 100 parents believes his or her teen binge drinks.

• Every minute, one person is injured from an alcohol-related crash.

• Car crashes are the leading cause of death for teens and one out of three of those is alcohol related.

From NHTSA.Gov Site

• In 2009, 10,839 people were killed in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes. These alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities accounted for 32 percent of the total motor vehicle traffic fatalities in the United States.

• In 2009, a total of 1,314 children age 14 and younger were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes. Of those 1,314 fatalities, 181 (14%) occurred in alcohol-impaired driving crashes. Out of those 181 deaths, 92 (51%) were occupants of a vehicle with a driver who had a BAC level of .08 or higher, and another 27 children (15%) were pedestrians or pedalcyclists struck by drivers with a BAC of .08 or higher.

• The rate of alcohol impairment among drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2009 was four times higher at night than during the day.

Please.....If you're going to drive, don't drink and drive and you’ll save a life.

On a Lighter Note, How do you celebrate your New Year's Eve?

JCPenny Giveaway on Simply being Mommy

Simply Being Mommy is having a $100 JCPenney Gift Card Giveaway.

Wordless Wednesday: Old Man Winter

My Current Giveaway Friendship Stone

Friendship Stone Pack Giveaway/Review Ends 12/30/10 US ONLY

Friendship Stone was so generous to send me one of their Individual Friendship Stone Gift Set with a wonderful tiger’s eye. It came with a suede feel blue drawstring bag and the story of the friendship stone.

The Friendship Stone Concept

"Without friends no one would choose to live,
though he had all other goods." - Aristotle

 The Friendship Stone is a unique and individual Tiger’s Eye friendship gift,each stone with its quirky way of reacting to light and its own personality –
just like people! The Friendship Stone serves as an important reminder
of the bond of friendship - something of yourself that you can leave with
someone else; a meaningful friendship gift above price, as unique as the way you feel
about each special friend you have.

 

Before I even received the friendship stone I knew who I was going to give it to. I planned on giving it  to my daughter for her birthday. She has a large rock collection that she's been collecting since she was 5 years old. She'll find rocks on the ground and bring them home so exciting like a kid getting candy from the candy store. I love to see that little smile on her face when she's found some buried treasure from the earth. She'll show me the rock and talk about it like a kid at Christmas.

 I ended up giving it to her a couple days before her birthday. She was having major anxiety attacks over her final exams at school. We've been working on the anxiety issues for years and were just starting to get somewhere. I gave her the Friendship Stone Gift Set to hold while she took  her finals and the week went pretty good even thought the first day of finals she fell over in the snow and I had to take her to school because she woke up late. She kept the friendship stone in her hand throughout the week. She knows she passed two of them already which is great.

The friendship stone is great way to share the love with those you care about in this tough world. 

Guess What?  is giving one lucky reader  a Friendship Stone to join your family.

Here's how you can win your own Friendship Stone Gift Pack (the same set I received.):

Mandatory Entry:

•   Like Friendship Stone on Facebook   and tell them amomschoice sent you. (leave your Email and FB name). (MUST Be GFC Follower of my BLOG)

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 Disclosure: Disclosure: Review product was provided to me. No other compensation was received. Opinions expressed above were all my own, and were not influenced in any way.

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PetCakes Giveaway Winner

Congratulations to the Winner of the PetCakes Giveaway

 

 

April said...

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December 10, 2010 10:28 PM

 

The Next Giveaway Will be Post in the Next Couple Days. 

Offer From NoMoreRack Earn Apple Products (ends 12/16/10)

I was given this info from another blogger. You can earn a apple product.  You'll get a $10 gift card from them for signing up (per the website.

NoMoreRack is having a great giveaway promotion going on right now! All you have to do is send over 35 friends and have them register for NoMoreRack and “like” NoMoreRack on Facebook, and you’ll get an Ipod shuffle!

• 35 friends = Ipod Shuffle
• 65 friends = Apple TV
• 100 friends = Ipod Nano
• 400 friends = Ipad

 Please like NoMoreRack and Sign up here

Click here to sign up

There's no limit on the number of Apple products you can earn, so refer all the friends you like!

You can substitute an item for the equivalent of another in quantity. For example, if you refer 100 friends you can choose between an iPod Nano or 3 iPod Shuffles!

Act fast! Only friends referred between December 14th noon EST and December 16th noon EST (48 hours) will count towards this promotion!

Note:
- Friend registration must be a valid email address and cannot be fraudulently generated.
- If your friends were fraudulently generated, you will be disqualified from this promotion.
- No duplicated email addresses are allowed.
- Registered users cannot register again with a different email address.
- Only friends who register between December 14th noon EST and December 16th noon EST (48 hours) count towards this promotion.

Disclosure: It's out of my control if the company doesn't  comply. I copied info from site so I can try to earn an apple product. Thank YOU

Wordless Wednesday: Christmas Dog 2010

DIY Cell Phone Cases

I created these for our cellphone cases. They were made from an old pair of jeans and leftover material I had from old projects. They are both pretty simple to make. You'll need to attach the pocket first. and make sure you add your ribbon for the clip too. If you have any questions ask away. I used a hair elastic for the clasp on the second one and a snap for the first one. The first one has the pocket.

Linky Party 

My Life with Rats and More Giveaway

My Life with Rats and More is having a giveaway for a Brand New E Reader that's open World Wide. I love her rats so much. They are so cute. I used to have two so I know how great they can be. Check out her giveaway. I want to win this so much because I love to read. Thanks Amanda

Is Video Girl Barbie Good or Evil?

Have you seen the Mattel Video Barbie? It's a Barbie doll with a hidden video camera that records for 30 minutes. At first, I thought it was a cute toy until I saw a report on CNN. The FBI is concerned the Barbie could be used to lure children by sex offenders. Seeing the report made me think a little more about it. Yes, it can be a cute toy, but in the wrong hands it's evil.

The problem is a child under 10 doesn't have the mental capacity to understand a video camera. All they know is they can see themselves on television. They don't understand a video camera can ruin some one's life. Small brains don't understand the effects of video tapping. All they know is how to  play with their friends and go to school. Everyone has done something you regret, but would you like it uploaded to YouTube? Chances are the answer is no. Before you put technology in a child's hands think long and hard. It's not a popularity contest. It's a matter of life.

A video camera is a beautiful way to preserve memories and protect people from criminals. But an adult who’s responsible enough to understand a video camera is a better choice. Yes, I know it's a cute toy, but you could buy them Barbie without a video camera and spend some time taking pictures on your camera and developing them. Children have no business learning technology until they understand it. The only exception is playing a game on the computer with adult supervision. If you don't have a password on your computer it might be time to do it. Technology is both good and evil. It just depends whose hands it gets in and how it's used.

What do you think about it and would your buy one?

Wordless Wednesday: This is the Good Life

Giveaways with More to Come

PetCakes Giveaway and Review (Ends 12/10/10)US Only

Well Made Toys makes some of the cutest toys. They sent me the  new collectible plush pet line called    PetCakes Series 1and they are so darn cute. They look good enough to eat. Some of you probably know that my daughter is crazy about dogs so you'll know who's getting them for her Birthday or Christmas. I haven't decided which one yet. They remind me of the beanie babies she has collected. Lately, she's been crazy about all the cake making shows on Food Network or TLC. I have to turn them off when she's doing dishes or she'll never get dishes done.  They are  are bigger than you think. One PetCake is bigger than your average beanie baby. Series 2 has wild animals instead of dogs so more to come.

Each of the PetCakes has a different name, so I thought they need a proper introduction. :)

         Randy Candy,  Coco Coconut, 

  Twinkle Sprinkles, Blueberry Buddy

First on the list is my favorite Coco Coconut who’s a poodle. I have to confess she's my favorite because I have a Maltese Poodle and I grew up around poodles.  She’s got a frosty top with a cherry on top.
Second, is Twinkle Sprinkles, who’s a Beagle with a pink frosting top.
Third is Randy Candy who’s a Mutt. Such a cute name for a mutt isn't it?
Last, but not least is Blueberry Buddy who’s a Shar Pei. He's cute with his blueberry top.

PetCakes Series 1 features these cozy collectibles puppies, for ages 3 and up. They are sold individually; each has a suggested retail price of $13.99.

PetCakes are available at Toys R Us (online only, not in stores), Etoys,  Amazon and specialty stores.

I'll say I like them better than beanie babies, but I'm probably biased because I'm a dog lover. Wonder if they'll come out with CatCakes Next?

                               Giveaway Item

Guess What? Well Made Toy's is giving one lucky reader  two PetCakes to join your family.

Here's how you can win one of them:

Mandatory Entry:
Be a GFC follower of my blog AND leave your Email.
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• Leave a comment on another post (1 extra entry)
• Advertise my giveaway on a giveaway linky or list (leave me the link)(2 entries)
• Blog about the giveaway and link back to this post (4 entries)

 Disclosure: Disclosure: Review product was provided to me. No other compensation was received. Opinions expressed above were all my own, and were not influenced in any way.
(A comment per entry- 1 entry=1 comment 2 entries=2 comments) Winner will have 72 hours to respond to my email once winner is announced. Winner will be chosen using Random.org. Open to US resident only. If I don't have an email I cannot contact you.