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I was messing around on the Coffee Mate Brew Crew site as a brew crew member. I came across the activity of creating a “word cloud”. To be honest I really wasn’t sure what that meant. It’s basically a collage of a bunch of words.

I gave it a try. It gave me the option of just typing in a bunch of words or using a link to my blog to create a word cloud. I though it would be fun to create one from the blog here so I gave it a ago. Here’s what showed up:

I thought it was pretty interesting what it pulled out.  I think if you click the pic it will take you to the site and give you a more clear version.  For some reason it was really small when I copied and pasted the code. Tried to enlarge it but it made it blurry.

You can try creating your own word cloud for free here: www.wordle.net

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I love the story of how Lovable Labels was started. Lovable Labels was created by a mom after her first child entered daycare. She was told that EVERYTHING had to be labeled: shoes, coats, toys, any of her child’s belongings they took to daycare. She new she needed a way to label everything so it would last. Whether it was something that went outdoors, indoors, would be washed frequently, etc. After intensive research, Lovable Labels was born.

When my two oldest were in daycare, this product would have save me a lot of money and hassle.  Lovable Labels are dishwasher safe, microwave safe, and UV resistant.  The clothing labels are also washing machine safe and dryer safe.

There are lots of types of labels to choose from:

Regular sticker labels good for marking things like larger toys, books, school projects, and more.

Slimline stickers: i used one of these babies to mark the side of my digital camera.  Even though I have one of the slimmest Kodak Easy Share cameras in fit perfectly on the side of my camera.  These would also be great for other smaller electronic devices like: cell phone, ereaders, handheld game systems, etc.  I used one on one of my key chains to mark my keys.

Shoe Labels: perfectly shaped to fit in the heel of a shoe.  Great for daycare for your kids’ shoes or marking your own shoes if you need to change into different shoes at work.

Fun Stickies: These come in fun shapes like footballs for instance.  Get your child’s name on a football sticker use it to mark their sports equipment or a cute way to label their belongings or even add their own character in their room.

Press n’ Stick Clothing Dots: no iron, no sew just peel and stick. They are washer, dryer and bleach safe.

Iron-ons: use thes to stretchy labels for jackets, clothing articles, cloth bags and more.

Allergy Alert Labels: This is a great idea.  Add it to the information sheets your school or day care sends home, put it on a child’s lunch box, or wherever you feel appropriate.

Original Bag Tags: They come in lots of cute shapes.  Add your own personality to labeling your bags like back packs, luggage, reusable shopping bags and more.

Mini-Metal tags: look like dog tags or key chains.  use these on your key, back packs, bags, purse, wherever you want.

Loveable Labels made me a Love Bug and sent me some cute personalized stickers to sample.  I stuck a couple on my coupon binder.  It needed a perk up plus it labeled my binder.

Lovable Labels offers combo packs and starter/camp pack sets if you need several types of labels.

Lovable Labels also offers a unique fundraiser.  Great for a fundraiser for daycares, schools, clubs and more.

You can find Lovable Labels on twitter: @mylovablelabels

On facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/lovablelabels.officialfanpage?v=app_4949752878

and last but not least, the Lovable Labels blog: http://lovablelabelsblog.com/

Are you thinking you can use some of these labels yourself?  Let me help you save some money.  Use coupon code: AngieBLB1 to get 10% off your Lovable Labels order.

This coupon code is valid until July 28, 2012!

Feel free to share the coupon code with your friends too.

***I’m a Lovable Labels “Love Bug”.  I received free samples of Lovable Labels products. I also have the chance of earning free products by mentioning and writing about Loveable Labels.***

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If you didn’t know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. This is a cause near and dear to my heart.  My mother had a battle with breast cancer.  My maternal grandmother had breast cancer as well.  I’m certainly a supporter of breast cancer events and charities so I thought I’d pass this one a long.

This Saturday, October 1, 2011. Get your hair cut at MasterCuts and 10% of the proceeds will be donated to the Regis Foundation for breast cancer research.  You can find out more info by visiting clipforthecure.org.

***This is NOT a sponsored post.  I received this info through my MasterCuts email subscription and thought this would be great info to pass along***

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Last year, one of my boys came home several days in one week complaining of a bad headache. He’d lay on the couch and fall asleep. I took him to his pediatrician. He did a physical and asked a bunch of questions. He said that when he did the eye chart he noticed that one eye seemed to be worse than the other. He recommended I take him to see an optometrist. It never occured to me that it could possibly be a vision issue. They do eye exams every year at the school and it was never brought up before.

Acuvue sent over some interesting info to me.  I thought it would be worth while to pass on to all of you.

Did you know that one in for children have undetected vision problems?

The president of the American Optometric Association (AOA), Dr. Dori Carlson, shared in a recent interview that school vision screening are helpful but, can miss 75% of vision problems.  What’s even more surprising, of those children that were discovered to have vision problems at a school screening, 40% receive no follow up after being diagnosed!

Vision correction is very important for children.  Why? Because vision greatly impacts learning.  Think about it, if a child can’t read a blackboard, read their text book, or their test paper, how can they be expected to learn and study the information? Dr. Carlson shares in a new episode of “Healthy Vision™ with Dr. Val Jones” tells the solution is comprehensive eye exams for young children.

Some people may think they would notice if their child had a vision problem but according to Dr. Carlson, that’s not necessarily the case.  Children can be misdiagnosed as having a hearing or balance problem when really they may have a strong deficit in one eye or the other.

You can learn more about healthy vision for your child by tuning into Healthy Vision™ with Dr. Val Jones, a free podcast on Blog Talk Radio: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/healthyvision also on Get Better Health, and on Itunes by searching Healthy Vision™ with Dr. Val Jones.

***I received this info from Acuvue.  I did not receive and monetary or product compensation for this post.  I chose to pass this info on due to the helpful content.***

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I really like PlumDistrict. It’s a daily deal site with some real quality deals. The items they offer are already deeply discounted. This week thought they are offering an additional 30% off your purchase on PlumDistrict Monday through Friday. Use code: plumlove at checkout.

If you don’t have a PlumDistrict account, it’s free to sign up, plus you get a $5 credit for sign up.  Remember the 30% off code is only good up to and including Friday.

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