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I took the Halloween habits quiz and here is what I found out:

What Your Halloween Habits Say About You

You are an outgoing person who’s a bit of a showoff. It’s likely that you dress up for Halloween every year.You often feel invisible when you’re in public. And it’s a shame, because you’re really quite a [...]

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I thought I’d share one of the We Blog Cartoons today, since Dave has generously made them available for use on personal blogs. Here’s a cartoon that reminds me of my own desk:

Cartoon by Dave Walker.
Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

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Last week I blogged that I had two bottles of the new shielding lotion, Gloves In A Bottle, to give away to two lucky commentators.
The contest is now over. A total of eight folks left comments on the Gloves In A Bottle post. I used a random number generator to select the following lucky winners:

lace
CanCan

Each [...]

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It’s time for my monthly giveaway post. October is a good month for contests.
Here’s what I’ve unearthed so far this month:

I’m not just a mom .. .I’m a Home Mom - As usual, this blog lists tons of contests. One of her giveaways is an advance DVD copy of a new show for kids. Here [...]

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Over at Casual Keystrokes is blogging about a fun, yet important contest:
Win A Design-her Gals Gift Certificate And Join Me On A Virtual Walk.
The contest is fun because it’s sponsored by a fun site: Design-her Gals that lets you create a virtual self. Did you play with paper dolls when you were little? This is [...]

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What color crayon would you be?
I took the test, and here is how it came out:

You Are a Yellow Crayon

Your world is colored with happy, warm, fun colors.
You have a thoughtful and wise way about you. Some people might even consider you a genius.
Charming and eloquent, you are able to get people to do things [...]

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Okay, I was visiting a fun new blog today (Mom Coming Home) and she had a link to a site, Reasonably Clever, that allows you to design yourself as a plastic children’s toy.
Naturally, I couldn’t resist and you see the results below (I’m taking some editing outdoors ).

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Here they are. (It’s a super long list this month.)

Subscribe to New Zealand house and garden and be entered in a drawing for cool stuff
bloggy giveaways blog, the name says it all
Write Away, win a child’s or an adult’s book
At 5minutesformom.com win a movie, or baby clothes
At an Island Review, win shoes or a [...]

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I just took the Quick and Dirty Career Test and here are my results:

Your Career Personality: Original, Devoted, and Service Oriented

Your Ideal Careers:Art directorBook editor
College professor
Composer
Film director
Graphic designer
Novelist
Stage actor
Psychiatrist
Writer

The Quick and Dirty Career Test
I see that writer is on the list of things that I should do. Good thing too, I’d hate to think I [...]

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It’s time for another fun :), but meaningless poll.
I thought it would be fun if we all listed what we ate for breakfast. I’ll start:
I had cereal, milk, and Diet Pepsi (yeah, I know …)
What did you have for breakfast?

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