I got my Opera prizes in the mail today!
As I’m sure you can imagine, I was totally
bouncin’ off the walls stoked when I
saw the package!Here’s me being overjoyed in my new t-shirt…
I thought I was only getting a t-shirt.
I was wrong! I got some tasty candy, too!
Too bad I’m on a diet…trying to lose my
flabbiness! I’ll save it for a later date.

Here’s a picture of the candy…

• I just got home from the mall. My son asked me to give him a ride, so I agreed. I have no problems giving him rides to places he wants to go - especially when it’s raining outside. He asked me if I wanted to go in with him and look around, and I said I didn’t. I could tell he was disappointed, which shocked me, so I changed my mind and told him I’d go in with him. He’d gotten some Christmas/birthday money from a couple of his grandparents, so he was dying to spend it. He got a Zelda wallet, a keychain, and a tobacco roller.

• My feet are cold. I wonder where my slippers are.

• I couldn’t find ‘em and didn’t feel like going downstairs, so I just asked Sunny if I could borrow hers. She said, “Sure!”

• My slippers are way more cozy than Sunny’s. Now I feel guilty for her lack of coziness. But hey - I let her choose out of the entire section and these are the ones she went with.. So nevermind. No more guilt. Besides, hers cost twice what mine did!

• I’m doing the Master Cleanse Diet. This time, for 5-6 days. So far, it’s going very well. I’ve had 6 what I like to call “Lemon Cocktails” so far, and four bottles of water. When I say “bottles”, I’m referring to that enormous bottle from my last blog entry. So yeah - I’ve taken in lots of fluids today. I LOVE the flavor of the Lemon Cocktails, so this is working well. If I start to feel hungry, I go drink one. Then I come back upstairs and chuck a bunch of water. No more hunger. The hunger will be there for the first 2-3 days, but then it’ll be simple. I should know, I’ve starved myself plenty of times in my life. This is the first time I’m doing it in a healthy way. It feels good to know that. My kids and Lonnie need me, after all.

• I’ve been getting at least one Christmas card per day! Today I got one from Casey!!! I was so excited. The card was so cool, too. It was black with silver on it…totally hip and stylish. She said on Twitter that she got mine today, too! I hope she liked it. Mine was more cute than stylish…hehe. Matthew said that his family got mine today, too!!! I am loving this! I’m going to continue to write to so many people after the holidays are over. They’ll probably be sorry they ever gave me their address.

• I need to call my Dad tomorrow. I didn’t talk to him at all last week! That’s a first time in a very long time that a week’s gone by without talking to him. I HATE it when that happens.

• I don’t think I’m going to take my multi vitamin while doing this Master Cleanse thing. I don’t want to do something wrong. I’m following the instructions to the letter.

• I dropped into Bath & Body Works while we were at the mall. I sprayed a sample of one of their holiday perfumes on myself. It’s called Warm Vanilla Sugar®, and I LOVE it! I sprayed a spritz on my wrist, took a whiff and went, “Ahhhhhh”…so then I sprayed my neck, too. Mmmm…I can still smell it. I love it! They had matching hand lotion, so I used that as well. It’s only $26.50 for 2.5 Fluid Ounces…that’s a very reasonable price. I wish I had it. I’d go buy it up STAT! I adore smelling good. It’s so important to me. I hate to smell overly perfumey, but I love to have a hint of, “Mmmm…she smells so good!”

• I have no idea what to make the family for dinner tonight. I don’t want to make something I really, really like since I can’t eat it, but I want them to have something they enjoy. Hmm…I’ll think of something.

• Lonnie’s sicker than a dog today. He’s been all Hell bent on getting super healthy lately. Well, he went a bit too far this time and over dosed on vitamins. Now he’s paying for it. He feels horrible. Headache, body aches, nauseated….the whole niner. Perhaps this will finally teach him to chill out when it comes to his body. You just can’t go taking 320483 different types of vitamins and vitamin juices…etc., and expect to feel wonderful. It doesn’t work that way. I feel really crappy for him, but GOSH!!! It’s his own doing.

• The shorter French tips are working out so much better for typing. I can handle this much better. They look way less cool and sexeh, but better than nothing.

• My right shoulder is KILLING me today. I keep getting a total cramp in it. I need to use the percussion massager on it. I wish Lonnie felt more up to it. That’d be lovely. That’s okay, though. I can do it myself.

• I wish Sarah was online right now. We were going to webcam tonight! I wonder what she’s doing. Probably the usual - being the best wife and mother known to man.

• Today is the anniversary of my ex’s death. I can’t believe how well I’m doing. I must be learning to get over it. I haven’t even cried once today! That was another reason I started The Master Cleanse Diet today. Symbolism. I’m cleansing myself inside and out! It’s just one more way for me to rid myself of him & his horrible memory.

• I suppose I’ll call it quits for now. Have a wonderful day/night, everyone!!!

As many, if not all, of you know, I’m a sucker for freebies. I’m always sending away for free samples and whatnot off the Internet. I used to post them in posts called “Freebies Du Jour©“…but for some reason, I stopped. I think it was just that I got so tired of having to take pictures of every single item everyday.

Anyway, I got a sample in the mail a couple months ago that I’ve just got to tell you about. If you have a cat or dog…or multiple cats &/or dogs, this post is for you! During my searches for free samples, I came across a pet sample called Greenies©. I’ve gotten lots and lots of free samples for my kitties in the mail, so I was thinking something like, “Ah, cool. Hopefully they’ like these.” Some of the stuff I’d gotten in the past was stuff they absolutely hated.

When I cracked open the little bag of Greenies©, my kitties came running over at the speed of light!    :lol:     They must smell really good to kitties. They don’t stink or anything to me, but I’d not go saying they’re too appetizing, either. Well, I gave each of them a Greenie© to see what their reaction would be. Let me tell you - I have NEVER seen them snarf anything down that quickly before. Then they looked up at me like, “PLEASE give us more!!!”….so I did. I gave them a few more each.I’m so happy that I got that free sample in the mail. Ever since then we’ve been buying Greenies© for our cats. They adore them. When they hear the little bag rattling, they come running so quickly they peel out!  

For you who’ve got cats, here’s an excerpt for:

It would be nice if the only thing cats needed was our loving attention. But the truth is they require a bit more than that. That’s why, Feline Greenies® dental treats have added vitamins and minerals to make them 100% nutritionally complete and balanced.

Here is a short excerpt about Greenies© for those of you who’ve got dogs:

An independent third party dental test showed that using Greenies© dental chews once a day resulted in a 69% reduction in tartar and a 10.5% reduction in plaque (versus dogs who ate the same dry dog food diet minus the Greenies© dental chew). Isn’t a good healthy smile reason enough to start feeding your pet Greenies©?

Soooo, not only are these things really, really tasty to our furry friends, but they are actually pretty good for them as well. They’re quite reasonably priced, so there’s no excuse for not getting your pets some Greenies©! Trust me - they will love you even more for it!

In addition to the totally awesome Opera stuff I got from Charlie, I also got some free stuff that I had ordered from different places.

I got a sample from the generous folks over at Tide…

I also got a sample from the Bounce people…

Lastly, I was graced with a couple samples of Reynold’s Oven Bags…

I didn’t bother taking a picture of all the free stuff together.  I’m feeling a bit lazy at the moment.