Carol's random babble

So I see a couple of giveaways on other blogs that end tonight: the Grand Event Cash Giveaway for $1,000 Paypal and a KitchenAid stand mixer . Of the two, of course, I would want the money first. I had to take back the brand-new laptop I had bought myself on Valentine's Day so I could have money to get my car fixed. The car is at the shop now, but I haven't heard from the mechanic. He said he would probably be able to look at it Thursday or Friday. Friday is payday, but I was planning to pay rent. So I've got what's left from the laptop money (since I had opened the box, they took 15 percent restocking fee - ouch!), which I put in my savings account so I wouldn't spend it. Anyway, there's also a Brother sewing machine and Kindle Fire giveaway on a couple of other sites. I have a Kindle Fire and love it and will be spending quite a lot of time with it tomorrow, as I'll be working from about 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. with a couple of breaks here and the...

Once again I will be giving away a copy of My Memories Suite 3 digital scrapbooking software. I'll post some examples so you can see some cool things you can do with this product. I made a "cover" for one of my Facebook pages. You can make custom page sizes, even the 851-by-315-pixel size for Facebook covers. I also used My Memories for the profile photo, so they match. See the blank area in the lower left corner? That will be covered up by the profile picture. If you click on this photo, you can see it bigger. This is the profile picture. Note that it has the same background as the cover. I'm going to make covers and matching profile photos for the Carol's Random Babble Facebook page, as well. I just haven't decided which photos to use. So, here's the giveaway. One download copy of My Memories Suite 3 digital scrapbooking software. The contest begins March 3 and ends March 15. Anyone over 18 in the U.S. and Canada may enter, including my n...

I will be hosting a giveaway on my blog in the next few days, but more on that later. Here's the big news and if you have your own blog and want to participate, please sign up for this using my blog name, Carol's Random Babble, as the referring blog:   Cost: $7 to enter, $2 is admin fee due to the magnitude of the giveaway, $5 is for Facebook Link only which will be due on May 13 to the winner of the giveaway. In addition, each blogger will supply the winner with $5 paypal cash. (This one is going to cost A LOT of my own time to organize, set up and make it a success I’m certain it will be. I’m pretty sure it will make the HP giveaway look like child’s play.) When: Blogs can sign up until March 30, 2012. Giveaway runs April 1st- May 13, 2012 which is Mother’s Day. How it works: There will be teams: The number of teams depends on how many people sign up. If 100 bloggers sign up, the teams will be divided into 10 bloggers per Rafflecopter and which means there will be...

For the Asus netbook PC giveaway, the winner is Lisa C. The administrator of the giveaway has notified and verified the winner. Congratulations! I should be starting a new giveaway in the next few days, so keep tuned in.

(Sorry, long post and a bit of whining. Feel free to skip this one if that bothers you.) This will be my last post typed on this particular computer. I will complete a couple of Family Search Indexing batches I had downloaded, and then remove all personal information from it before boxing it back up and returning it to the store. It's the only way I can think of to get cash to get my car towed into town so I can possibly fix it or if the fixing is too expensive, try to get another car. And yes, I'm feeling a teensy bit sorry for myself. But on the other hand, I kind of brought it on myself by buying the laptop in the first place. Had I saved that money, it would have been available without all the hassle of returning something and I wouldn't be moaning about the laptop. And my (I thought brilliant) idea about using my tax refund to pay my tithing for the year so I wouldn't have to constantly fret about it was apparently the wrong idea, I was informed at church...

Woke up earlier than I wanted to, couldn't go back to sleep. Had pork potstickers for breakfast, topped with Thai sweet chili sauce, and half a bottle of diet Dr Pepper, which was all I had left. I had forgotten to go to Walmart last night to get sodas, which is probably for the best, as you will see. Updated my history blog post for today , which is still not done, but is next on the list. It's an incredibly long post, about the death of a prominent citizen of Fort Dodge in 1907. Took a nap - not as long as I had hoped, but once woken up I couldn't get back to sleep. Why? Too much on my mind. When I drove home last night, my car was acting weird. The steering wheel vibrated more than usual - it does shake a bit and pulls to the left. But it also started making a strange noise as I approached home, and was kind of bouncy. I managed to get home, though, and left myself a note to check it out before going to work. So, after my brief nap, I took a flashlight and sleep...

A snow day, 2-hour delay and yet ... Despite my efforts and the extra time to sleep, Cayla is going to miss the bus again. Which means I have to drive her to school, and since I have to work some time this morning, I might as well just go to work. The difference between today and yesterday is that when I'm done with my morning assignment today, I will be heading home for a nap. Yesterday I didn't because of threatening weather, but today I've got to have more sleep. I may be getting ahead of myself by predicting a missed bus, but I doubt it. She's got 10 minutes to get dried off, dressed and out the door. But since it's already after 9 a.m., whether she misses the bus or not at this point I'll probably go to work early any way. It's just more fun to blame it on the kid. (Update: She made the bus, not at her stop but still within the little town where we live. I still have to go into town and since I'm up, I might as well do it sooner rather tha...