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I am a Blogger, web & graphic designer, girlfriend, student, model, nurses aid, night owl, friend of 420, activist, Catholic, Buddhist, yoga follower, survivalist, friend, daughter, Canadian, Atlantan, strawberry blonde spaz, with a kind heart.
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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Sing-a-Long Sunday


New and improved Sing-a-long Sunday! I found out about this through live. Live. Laugh. Make Something. It's a normal McLinky of blog users posting songs that have been in their heads all week. I have several, so Ta-da!


Saturday, March 27, 2010

When the little blue bird who has never said a word...

Starts to sing Spring!!! Spring, spring!!!!


Yes folks, spring is finally here by the looks of these cherry blossoms. 
(Left) Jo & I picking blossoms. (Right) Beautiful trained Bonsai trees.


Being in Georgia has been a wonderful experience for me. Although I HATE the cold, and often snow-less winter, coupled with the obnoxious heat beating down during the summer, spring and fall are always wonderful. There seems to be a certain smell to the air. Maybe it's the non-pollution smell, never really sure. 






Today was the annual Cherry Blossom Festival of Conyers, Ga. This was my first year attending the event, but I know it won't be my last. I thoroughly enjoined the wonderful 4D experience of the festival. There were so many stands with wonderful goodies, such as:
  • Mountain Melodies Mfg. - "A unique musical instrument handcrafted in the Blue Ridge Mountains." This booth was really cool. They make instrument you pluck with your fingers. Really neat sound, and very helpful and pleasant people.
  • Josie's Back Yard - "Gourmet dog treats, cypress bird feeders, and cypress furniture." These ladies are great! Jo's mother bought these wonderfull things called "Poser paws". They are "Cow Hooves, Smoked with Bacon Flavor, Baked and Filled with Peanut Butter, Honey and other natural ingredients." I watched our three Shepherds tear these apart within about 3 hours. Thirty minutes of licking peanut butter and two and a half hours chewing the hooves.
  • Little Creek Candles - "Handmade candles using the best and safest materials available." OMG so good. I loved these candles, they smelled amazing. Plus, they're refillable!!! Cool! The candles are made with PENRICO mineral oil gel. They smelled fabulous, and I was told they burn for "100+" hours (about 4 months). My favorite smell was the "Gardenia-Lily". 
  • Soaps by Jan - "Here you will find my All Natural Products. I grow my own herbs, and NEVER useartificial colors or fragrances. Feel thedifference of All Natural." I loved these soaps. The smells were very homey, and when she told me she grew all her own herbs, I was impressed. 
There was one booth, One More Generation, that deserves special attention. This organization is fighting to help endangered animals, well, get off the endangered list. OMG was started by a brother and sister team. Nine year old Carter and seven year old Olivia started OMG after sponsoring several cheetahs from South Africa. Once Carter and Olivia learned their beloved cheetahs were endangered, they started to look into the endangered animals list and realized just how many animals were on the list that could've been prevented. I had the opurtunity to meet these guys today. Both Carter and Olivia approached me themselves asking for help with their wonderful cause. 

They told me of a horrible practice taking place all over the southern US. Rattlesnake Roundups. Now I'm not terrified of snakes like many people I know, but I'm also not the biggest fan. I don't believe in the killing of animals unless you find yourself in a survival situation, and when I was told about this I was appalled. Here's an exert from One More Generation.Org:
"The snakes used in these roundups are first captured from their natural habitats. In many cases gasoline is poured into dens to force out the snakes. During the roundups the snakes are subjected to brutal torture including being kicked, stomped on, whipped, burned, and skinned alive. Snakes are then callously killed by decapitation. False information on snakebites are given out at roundups to inspire fear and the justification of the barbaric animal cruelty and disregard of life that is carried out. Roundups account for the deaths of over 100,000 snakes annually across the United States (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists). One of the most alarming aspects of rattlesnake roundups is that they are considered family entertainment."
"They are often put on like fairs and carnivals."


When they told me of the cruelty shown to not only the snakes, but all the animals that live in these borrows, I knew I had to sign up. On the Rattlesnake Roundups page you can find a letter that you too can sign and make a difference.


Yay it's Us!

Visiting the festival was great fun. It was nice to actually be outside. Here in Georgia we've have a lot of gross weather. Blech, so it was great fun to be in the sun. I think that wraps most of everything up. But here are a couple more pictures just for fun.












Small Cherry Blossom bonsai.
Blown glass Charmander and blue thingy (Jo knows the name).
A possible future career choice, but for now just a funny picture.
Edna (left), Jo & Amanda (Jo's mother, right)
Trying to get it together.
Edna (left), Jo & Myself

March 27 Saturday follow up on Friday follow up + Cheesy lighter fight video



Friday, March 26, 2010

Friday Follow Wooo!


MckLinky Blog Hop

Thursday, March 25, 2010

SpoiledMama Giveaway + Koi With Bubbles

New layout and intro to Vlogging

New layout

Well I finally buckled down and completed a layout. I've been wanting to do one for a while. Oddly enough I just kinda threw it together and it turned out quite well. The "digi-scraps" are from Shabby Princess. Befor this layout I had never encountered nor used any "digi-scraps". I had seen these thypes of layouts befor but had never known about them.

I like this layout a lot. I think it does a great job of portraying my growing interest in web/graphic design. I did the codding myself for the most part. It was a little tough, mostly because I'm getting used to blogging. I also made a button for my mom, which can be found at the right of my page. Check her out, I will be making a layout for her soon enough.

I also wanted to tell everyone that starting tonight I will start my new Vlog series. So check that out as well. I think that is how I will be doing my giveaway blogs from now on. Mostly because it's much faster.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Blondes have more fun... but with this flat iron it won't matter.

So I may take care of my skin but I am HORRIBLE when it comes to my hair. I haven't seen my natural hair color in full effect sense I was 15. . . 7 years ago. And most of those 7 years I was either blonde or pink. And not just blonde, more like platinum.

On top of me not taking care of my hair I also LOVE my flat iron, and like Amanda from Natural Mommie, I have a tendency to use cheapy flat irons. In fact, the one I used now is my boyfriends, which was our friends Tori's to begin with, so don't get me started. We all share our stuff in "the land of Jo-Omar". You will learn more about Jo-Omar as time goes on.

I'm rambling but that's ok. Anyways this is my link out to this new Hana Professional 1" Flat Iron giveaway. Check it out


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Coffee coffee coffee

Ok so I found my favorite coffee maker in a give a way!!!!! I'm so happy. In fact I'd be happier if I won... lol

Check it out


Woooo!

YAY good skin!!!

So I may be younge, but one things my mom always taught me was to take care of my skin. And I try, doesn't always work but I try.

I used to sell Avon which is where I got my obsession with lotion from. Not only that but my skin is both oily and dry at the same time, plus I get a lot of dirt of my face and it seems to just sit no matter how much I scrub.

Now, I was directed to leave you a link for SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Gel.Now mom will tell you I'm pretty oppositional. I just kinda like the word No, but this actually sounds really nice. I also like the Murad Energizing Pomegranate Cleanser. But that's probablly because I am obsessed with Pom.

Well that's it for now,

Jude

Ahem.

Hey everyone!
Well this is my new blog! This will be the blog I use for my give-a-ways and contests. This is NOT the blog I will be using in conjunction with my website (http://www.lillianonparade.net) Which will be up by the end of the month. I invite you to check it out.



My mom (Judy aka Beachbird2) got me started on these things. It's possibly because she sends me emails with "Look what I just won" in the subject line.



But any who, I will start to do these and see what happens. Occasionally I will post personal blogs such as "I got a new job", which I did, or "I went to blah blah blah." Basically anything I deem interesting. From time to time I also may post links. If I post a link, check it out. It's usually pretty interesting.