With being a person who enters sweepstakes, I never new there was a difference until I started entering. I then discovered there is many different kinds. You have your giveaways, your contests, your blog giveaways, then you have your sweepstakes. The top 5 sweepstakes are as followed... Car Sweepstakes - Who doesn't want a brand new vehicle with hardly no miles! I know I do, so I enter these ones as well. Electronic Sweepstakes - Anything electronics here, ipads, iphones, home theater systems, tablets, and all those other electronics. Cash Sweepstakes - These are the ones many people try to enter. These range anywhere from $10 all the way to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Vacation Sweepstakes - Want a free vacation? Enter these sweepstakes you can win trips to other places in the USA and even trips to exotic lands. Instant Win Sweepstakes - These are very popular and often have a lot of winners. A company will hold a sweepstakes where one will have a chance to win … [Read more...]
Anxiety Learned or Imbalance?
When I first went to get help for my anxiety I was told it was all in my head and I needed to learn to deal with it. Some believe anxiety is learned, while others believe it's an imbalance. Did I learn my anxiety or was I born with it. I can sit here and recall many times when I would have an attack, I can tell you what triggered it and all the symptoms that followed with it. I have tried many times the learn to deal with it approach. Many times failed. If you have anxiety you would know that there really is no learn to deal with it. While at times I can keep the symptoms down to a minimum I can not completely remove the feelings I have when an attack happens. Never had anxiety, not sure what an attack is? Let me explain, picture going down a big roller coaster at an amusement park the rush you get. Try walking around everyday feeling that same way but the rush is a rush of fear. A fear that something will happen that is beyond your control. Growing up we had a house fire … [Read more...]
Making Life Easier
Have you ever thought about getting permanent makeup? I don't wear a whole lot of makeup, my normal is eyeliner, blush and lipstick. Half the time I don't even use a foundation. Thankfully I was blessed with a nice complexion. Not long ago I seen a show on permanent makeup. I started thinking to myself how nice it would be to have permanent eyeliner. When I wear eyeliner, I only wear black anyways. It helps bring out my eyes better. With having permanent eyeliner, I would never have to worry about messing up my eyeliner when I went into one of my depression states, where it seems like all I want to do is cry. Not only that it would be very nice to just leave the house and not have to worry about applying eyeliner. Us women got the wrong end of the stick, not only do we have to shave almost daily, we have to also worry about what we look like when we leave the house. Having the ability to have permanent face makeup would be a blessing. How many of you have thought about getting … [Read more...]
Anxiety Controls My Life
As I sit here, I am having one of my wonderful attacks. I hate feeling the way I feel most the time. I try to keep my mind on other things, that's why I enter giveaways. Entering giveaways lets me focus on entering instead of everything else in my life. If you have ever had a panic attack you probably know what I am talking about. Through-out the day I have about 3 to 4 attacks. The symptoms include hot and cold flashes, nausea, and a deep emptiness in the pit of my stomach. When I get to feeling this way I just want to be left a lone. I want to drown in my own little world. I recently started having a lot of headaches, I normally don't have headaches. If you suffer from anxiety you know where I am coming from when I say anxiety controls my life. I cannot go out with my husband and have a good time because I freak, I cannot take my daughter to fun places because I freak. Simple trips to Memphis don't happen because I freak. Yesterday I went to Memphis for the first time by … [Read more...]
Discipline May Not Be Easy But Is Needed
Being a parent is far from easy; when our children were born, a manual didn’t come with them. Each parent has their own way of raising their children. Growing up we learn how to parent from our own parent figures. One of the hardest parts of being a parent is disciplining our children. We want them to grow up well behaved and have good manners so disciplining is very important. If children are not given proper discipline at a young age a parent will often find, as their child gets older, they’re harder to handle. Positive discipline will have a huge impact on your child. At the time, we as parents may feel guilty; however, by proper disciplining we are helping guide our children in the right direction in life. They will feel more safe, secured, and valued, as they grow older. They will also show you as the parent more respect. When it comes to disciplining, it’s important to discipline based on age. I am not here to tell you how to properly discipline. Each child reacts to … [Read more...]
My Top 5 Favorite Oldie Love Songs
I have to say I am a sucker for romance. I could watch some of my favorite love movies over and over and not get bored with them. I could also sit here and listen to the same music. Growing up some of my favorite songs came either from the country station or my mix of Oldies Love Songs. My top 5 favorite oldies long songs are... 5. Walkin After Midnight - Patsy Cline 4. All Shook Up - Elvis Presley 3. A Teenager in Love - Dion & the Belmonts 2. Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis Presley 1. When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge Elvis Presley was a very big part of our home, mom listened to him almost daily. When I moved to Tennessee it was neat to see where he grew up, and even learn about his home. Music is one of those natural stress relievers to me, I can be sitting here having a bad day, and I turn on some music I grew up listening to and everything seems to get a bit better. Although this is music before my time. I still loved listening to it, I supposed … [Read more...]
Homemade Doggie Treats!
Treats for pets can be pretty expensive, so I have decided to try to make our puppy some homemade treats. Some of his favorite treats are beef bones. I have decided to make him some chicken/salmon bones with a little spinach, broccoli, oat meal, instant milk, and some flour. While I as making them he was just like a little kid watching me while licking his lips. I have them in the oven right now, so I am not so sure how these will turn out. I hope they harden, if not I know he will still love them, since we have been feeding him the mix in with his food. The reason for this mixture is because it's high in vitamin k. Our puppy got into some mouse poison the other night. While we got him to throw it all up within 10 minutes, and it was older stuff and he didn't get a lot. We have to make sure he gets a lot of vitamin k so his blood doesn't start to thin out. If this happens we maybe in trouble. He is acting like normal and showing no signs of issues. While I know he is not out … [Read more...]
Diary of a Whimpy Kid DogDays
Coming soon to a theater near you! We love the Diary of a Whimpy kid series! So when we seen the commerical come on showing it was coming to the theater on August 3rd we got super excited. Although we will not be able to go to see it at the movies, we know it won't be long and it will hit DVD and we will be able to rent it. One thing about our family, is we love watching movies. Whether is be a sad one, or one that has us on the edge of our seats. Have you seen the video yet? Check it out... What did you think? Is this one that will make your movie collection. … [Read more...]
How To Get Twitter Followers
Have you ever wondered how to get twitter followers? I am sure some of you just starting out in the social media world has wondered how to build up your sites. Did you know there are places out there that will help you get Free Twitter Followers. Did you know there are companies out there that will help you. If you're just starting out, and wanting to get a jump start on those twitter friends, facebook likes, or even youtube views; Social Clerks is a great place to start. Sign=up is free, and they will never ask you for your social media passwords. This site works on a credit system which can either be earned or purchased. To earn credits, simple refer your friends to the site, or you can gain credits, by liking/following other users. Once you have gained enough credits you to can trade them in for likes/followers. Social Clerks does follow all twitter and facebook rules, and doing this is not breaking no rules. This is a great way to be social, and to meet new people. They … [Read more...]
Freebies Galore!
Recently, I got into hitting up the giveaways and sweepstakes BIG time, I am not hanging with the little dogs no more. I spend a lot of time on the computer not only putting up awesome reviews, and giveaways on The Neat Things in Life, but also searching the web for sweepstakes, and freebies. While doing this I discovered I Crave Freebies! I have to say I absolutely love her site. Since finding this site, I have signed up for a lot of freebies! I cannot wait until my mailbox is over flowing with free samples. One way to make ends meet in my home is by me doing what I do online. Although, it is tough every little bit helps. If you are in a tough spot in life, I recommend you looking into entering giveaways, and signing up for some freebies. You can get a lot of free samples, that will help reduce some household costs. May not be a lot but a free hair washing or two can help some. … [Read more...]
