The ABSOLUTE BEST Cell Phone deal on the internet! - WORKS!

Ok -- I am totally serious!  Buying a phone this way is the BEST and it is the ONLY way that I will buy cell phones or service anymore.  I have bought my last three phones this way, and have never had issues, always great customer service!

Here it is:  AMAZON.COM!

Many of these phone you can get for $.01!  That's ONE CENT!  And, sometimes, you will even get a rebate that sends YOU money.  I have had BOTH.  





Like this Android phone from AT&T:





Or these Droid phones from Verizon Wireless:  



Or Blackberry from AT&T:



Or Windows Phone from T-Mobile:

These are just a few!

The rebates come from BOTH the phone carrier and Amazon, so you can get a great deal.  I got a Blackberry for $18, but if I had bought it the week before it would have been $.01.  I have also actually gotten money BACK -- I bought a phone and service and they sent me $24.95.  It's very cool, and I recommend it to all my friends!

It's a PLAN!

Service plans are the same as if you went to a cell phone store or online with the provider.  You can even add insurance, data plans, etc.  Just check the availability in your area.  Also, you can RENEW your contract and just get a new phone.  OR, get a totally new plan. 


Here are some other deals (as of today, February 23, 2011) and they change every few weeks, so be sure to check back...  Use this link or the ones above:

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How to get your teenage son to believe a clean room is AWESOME -- WORKS!

O.K.  I'm going to write it.  Hopefully my son won't see this or he will be MORTIFIED.  But, it happened when he was younger, so I guess that's okay.  Well, it happened when he was 13.  A couple of months ago.  But still...

Like most teenage boys, my wonderful son finds cleaning his room lacking awesomeness, so he chooses not to do it.  They do not want to do anything unless it has even a small amount of awesomeness.  I can try to convince his of the awesomeness that occurs to his brain when his eyes gaze opon the appearance of a clean room, but he will have nothing of it.  It does not compute.  I should be satisfied with that, and just close his door and turn away.  But NOOOOO -- this mom cannot do that.  The thought that maybe there could be a piece of cheese in the corner that these GIGANTAUR Texas cockroaches could dine on just gives me the heebies.

Well, it happened.  One day I was fed up.  The wonderful child had been asked several times to clean his room with the threat that he would not be able to attend a much anticipated party.  He went to the party, however, out of default because I failed to check his bedroom and had not followed up. Failure of the number one rule of training children.

The next morning, however, the room was still not cleaned, and my wonderful son got up and commenced to play video games.  Mind you, he had committed to let the neighbor's dog outside to go pee in the morning while they were out of town.  It was close to 10:00 in the morning.  I very STRONGLY suggested that he get his bee-hunker over to the neighbors house and let that dog out.  While he was gone, I took his video game controllers and marched upstairs.  On the way up, I grabbed some 30 gallon garbage bags.  I was on a mission. 

I started filling the bags with every thing that was not connected to the wall.  The bedding itself filled two of those bags.  In the process, my wonderful son shows up and asks, "What are you doing, mom?" (quite sheepishly, I might add).  I said, "I am cleaning your room, and you can pay me for it."  He said, incredulously, "How much?!" and I said, really without even realizing what I was saying, "$10 per bag!"    He then started to help me pick up and I calmly said, "You can leave now....I will do this."

When I was finished, I had myself a fine collection of large garbage bags.  I suggested to my wonderful son that he buy back his bedding first, which he very begrudgingly did.  He had to clean out each bag before being able to buy back the next one.  To him, this was the biggest FAIL he could imagine.  His beloved iPod was at the bottom of one of those bags -- I just didn't know which one.  He'd have to find that out for himself.

Fifty dollars poorer (of hard-earned money he was saving for a fancy camera), my wonderful son had his bags emptied, his bed made and his room cleaned.  And now, whenever I feel that the room is lacking in awesomeness, I ask him, "Would you like me to clean your room for you, son?"  For some reason, I never have had to again.

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Excellence Hair Color!!! Not! DOESN'T Work!

Yikes!  I picked up a box for my head the other day, thinking it was just another "tone" to try on my mane.  Boy, was I in for a BIG SURPRISE!

I thought I had used this product in the past, but I don't think so, or I would have remembered.  I'm not sure if anyone has experienced this with this product, but if you have, let me know!

All seemed great when I first applied it -- I liked that it had a nice little comb applicator you could use if you wanted, and it was very nice to apply -- no problems.  Even had enough to cover my whole head of hair -- and I have a lot of it (less than when I was younger, but that's a different story....)  And, I loved the color.  Covered my grays and reds quite nicely.

Anyway, the problem didn't arise until the 2nd day when they say you can wash your hair.  As I was trying to wash, I was finding that I wasn't able to get the feel of "squeaky clean".  It seemed that my hair was coated with Crisco.  But, I figured that that was the way it was supposed to feel until maybe the 2nd shampoo.  After drying my hair, I realized that it STILL didn't feel clean.  It felt like I still had a coating of Crisco in it, and it didn't shine.  So, I decided to wash it again.

After the 3rd wash (and that means the full "Wash, Rinse, Repeat" scenario), I realized that I was having major problems.  Hair STILL was GREASE BOMB.  I realized I needed to take some drastic measures.

So, I ran down to the store and bought me a bottle of a clarifying shampoo, believing this to do the trick.  Nope.  DOESN'T work.  Even after FOUR shampoos.  Then, later that day, I was asking myself, "What cuts through grease?" and I thought of Lemon Juice.  So I grabbed the bottle of lemon juice from the fridge and commenced to wash my hair again -- this also FOUR TIMES with the lemon juice.  Still -- DOESN'T work.  I am desperate!!!

So, I think again, "What can I use, what can I use???"  and it DAWNED on me -- Dawn Dish Detergent.  I figured if it was good enough for birds in an oil spill then it was good enough for me. 

Guess WHAT?  IT WORKED!  Woooo hoooo!  FINALLY, my hair was squeaky clean after just one wash with Dawn.  But, I "washed, rinsed, and repeated", just for good measure.  I was SO GLAD to finally find something that worked to get out the Crisco feeling from my hair.

So, to save you all the pain, I am sharing this with you.  DO NOT USE Excellence Creme by L'Oreal.  It will cause you much grief....even if you like the color.

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