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I'll announce the winner of the jewelry on Monday. Sorry I didn't publish the poll yesterday. I'm recovering from some hellacious food poisoning. I have no idea what I ate, but it tried to kick my trash, if you know what I mean. ( thanks to my homegirl, Chilihead, for that funny phrase! )

That's right, interwebz, I am publicly feeling sorry for myself. In all honesty, it is my excuse for not answering my billionty emails. I promise I am not ignoring you, I'm just so far behind. I do love you so much!

I'm working on the redesign & relaunch of Blissfully Domestic. Karla and I are bringing in so many talented and wonderful women to contribute. Seriously, not to brag or anything, but my magazine RAWKS! The brilliance of the women who contribute humbles me.

Also, HomeschoolHacks is moving under the umbrella of Blissfully Domestic. I am picking some wonderful Homeschool moms to contribute there. If you would like to be considered, please email me.

Whew, are you still awake? Sorry about all the business notes, how about something funny?

Or, if you are a really twisted soul, like me, who isn't easily offended you will love this-

Love you, Fuss

Name that Inappropriate Photo

Yay, good news, I will do a poll this week with the top 10 captions. I get to start giving jewelry away again. All my worldly possessions will come out of storage in the next two weeks. I can't say yet where we are moving, it is a surprise! I'll announce later this week.

Keep it clean, keep it short so it will fit in the poll spaces, and have fun. I absolutely love reading all your entries. If I become momentarily incontinent or snort coffee on the keyboard you are in the top 10 automatically. If you don't have a caption, but love one, please leave a comment and tell me which one(s) to put in the top 10, K?

Oh, yeah, can't forget- You look beautiful today. I swear you are losing weight. What is your secret?

Love you, Fussy

Peek into my week

Fussypants Jr.

Plotting.

Reminder.

My baby.

Hope y'all had a wonderful week.

Love, Fussy

Fight the Frump- Keeping the Wrinkles away.

You may have noticed that your darling Mrs. Fussypants is a bit on the pasty ghostly pale Irish side.

Fair skin and tons of wrinkles sadly go hand in hand. I have been researching the best sunscreen on the market in my ultra-frugal price range. I absolutely love Neutrogena with Helioplex.

Much to my dismay, most skin damage is done by UVA rays and traditional SPF refers to UVB protection. ( **le sigh**) This formula protects against the UVA rays also. The ingredients to look for are avobenzone and oxybenoze for broad spectrum protection.

It is impossible to slather on the recommended amount and even then enough sunshine gets through to cause skin damage. What do I do? I wear my trusty hat and sunglasses!

Ok, I'm not really at the beach. I'm really in the driveway with my 9 year old as my photographer. I so love the photoshop!

Now it is your turn to share how you Fight the Frump! Link up your post and be sure to link back here to this post.

Love, Fuss

Southern Livin'- Junebug Tricks

I remember visiting my great-grandmother as a little girl and loving her 'country way' of doing things. She taught me to catch lightnin' bugs in a mason jar and make a magical nightlight. I learned how to make the best biscuits from scratch this side of the Mississippi. But the most amazing trick she taught me was how to turn a scary looking beetle into a toy.

Justin, my eldest son, will demonstrate. This was his first time ever trying to catch, much less lasso, a giant flying beetle.

Yes, that is a scary looking beetle, but it doesn't bite. Really, he's quite friendly. His name is Ed. Ok, his name is Buggy, but I still called him Ed.

This is the tricky part.

I so tried to capture the Junebug's flight, but Ed flew in circles at the end of the string.

Plus, the boys were so thrilled that they couldn't be still for me to take a decent picture. Look at the sheer delight on Justin's face!

So today, when I am Queen of my own BittHer '08 Conference, instead of partying like a bloggy rawk stah at BlogHer; I am grateful for the delight of my boys. I revel in the joy of their discovery of childhood fun know not-too-long ago by their Mommy.

Despite my BittHer '08 Pity Party, I am grateful. Look at what my most awesome friend, Mrs. Hannigan, made for us attending BittHer.

Now it is your turn. Share what makes you happy, maybe tell the world of your awesomeness, or just share what you are grateful for. Link your posts URL and be sure to link back here.

Love, Fussy