It continues today, I love the Paranormal shows on TV now.  Actually a new one just aired, Extreme Paranormal, and the lead guy Shaun, is from the southside of Indianapolis, which is where I am from, he is a friend of friends.

Well I got wind of some spooky stories for you to share with you kids, and a fun website taboot!  Some of my favorite authors, and what is better, is that it is free!  plus free of advertising!

New titles released just in time for Halloween at www.MrsP.com, include stories such as “The Hand” by Guy de Maupassant, generally considered the greatest French short story writer, “The Monkey’s Paw” by WW Jacobs, “The Tell Tale Heart” by the master of macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, and “Nightmare” by WS Gilbert.

Mrs. P has these titles housed in her special attic room, full of Spooktacular special effects and games. The Halloween collection joins over 38 other children’s classic stories in the library from such famed authors as The Brothers Grimm, Hans, Christian Anderson, Beatrix Potter, and Lewis Carroll.

All free and no advertising. Great for slumber parties this Halloween.

MrsP.com, the award winning interactive digital storybook website for children, today released its Halloween classics in the Magic Library. MrsP.com creates and publishes free video stories read and performed by acclaimed T.V. actress Kathy Kinney. All storybook titles are available for free viewing on the MrsP.com website. The new Halloween classics, in addition to Mrs. P’s other stories, can also be downloaded for offline viewing through Audible.com and iTunes.com under the “Mrs. P Presents” banner. Offering the titles as digital downloads makes it easier than ever for parents to provide educational and entertaining content choices for their children on whatever device they choose.

WWOOF and See the World

WWOOF

Ever know someone that you knew was destined to see the world?  No matter how they do it, they just have the will and drive.  Maybe it is you, or maybe it is you child?

I was recently introduced to a way to volunteer on organic farms and see the world!  And surprise, it was started in the UK back in 1971!  Since then WWOOF has become an international movement that has helped many people share most sustainable ways of living, as well as letting them see the world.

WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms.

WWOOF is a total exchange, you work their sustainable farms and you will be repaid by the WWOOF host with food accommodations and also learning!  You will learn organic farming, and sustainability.

WWOOF puts those that are looking for volunteer help, with those that are looking to volunteer.  You don’t have to go to a different country, you can find a WWOOF farm near you.

WWOOF organizations publish a lists of organic farms, smallholdings and gardeners that welcome volunteer help at certain times and that will do the proper exchange. The diversity of hosts available offers a large variety of tasks and experiences.

Volunteer helpers (”WWOOFers”) choose the hosts that most interest them and make direct contact to arrange a stay. Volunteers usually live as part of the family.  Check in to your American Visa.

I thought this was such a unique program, that I wanted to pass it along to you.  I know i wouldn’t be fit to do this.  But I know tons of people that would love the chance!

Eco-Chic! Green Chic Weekly Roundup!

We’ve got an excellent roundup of interesting articles centered around cruelty-free products, eco-friendly, organic, and all things natural this week!

The Fashionable Gal is giving away a CLARISONIC! Just donate to Fashionable Gals For A Cure, and you’ll be entered to win a pink Clarisonic of your very own!

The Fashionable Housewife reveals her five favorite Chic & Eco Friendly Handbags For Fall 2009.

The Fashionable Bambino dishes on Tips for Parenting a Disorganized Child.

My Beauty Bunny shares a cruelty-free beauty review from a (metrosexual) male’s perspective!

Posh Swaps talks about the Make Do and Mend craze that is sweeping the UK. A great way to reduce waste!

Quinta Trends loves 12na (Doceñada) dresses

This week, College Candy helps to school Fashion Pulse Daily in the ways of doing more savvy, eco-friendly shopping and overall living.

Cosabella Smooth Shapewear Review and Giveaway

COSABELLA, meaning “beautiful thing,” was founded in 1983 by the Italian husband & wife team of Ugo and Valeria Campello. The intimate apparel company got its start, and initial recognition, with the design of bodysuits in the mid-eighties. Now after celebrating their 25th anniversary in 2008, Cosabella is renowned for their comfortable, colorful & diverse collections that include loungewear, swimwear, beachwear, hosiery, shape wear, & new eco-friendly loungewear & lingerie.

The Breathe collection consists initially of seven basic shape wear pieces sized small, medium, large and extra large. Each style is designed to target specific problem areas as an everyday control wear with medium  compression.

Versatility of the fabric and styling means that each style can be adjusted to its most effective position on the body depending on the individual.

Cosabella transcends innerwear to outerwear by bringing fashion colors to basics. Our Shapewear is ready for this next step. Our Smooth Camisole is styled as an outerwear top and together with our Smooth thong is available in the latest fashion colors of dark violet, chocolate, pink lily, and white in addition to the basics of black and nude.  With Red, turquoise and Fuchsia to debut 11/15.

• Breathability, natural, and skin friendly.
• Permanent antibacterial and antistatic properties.
• Eco-Fordable price points.
• Protection from ultraviolet rays.
• Absorbs natural body moisture keeping the skin dry and lowering the body temperature by several degrees.
• Odor preventative (due to mineral content and ability to absorb moisture).
• Well being fabric makes the wearer feel cool and super comfortable.

I was able to give the Smooth Thong a try.  I should first say, I am not a real big fan of thongs.  (i feel like I have wedgy.  lol.)  But the Smooth Thong fits so well, and doesn’t move around like a typical thong, so I didn’t have that problem.  It was actually really comfortable.  Most shape wear has so much elastic and so much artificial, man made material that they cause me to sweat, then get really cold.  I didn’t that issue here.  The Breathe Collection is made from 67% Bamboo, so it allows your skin to breathe, a huge bonus from all other shapewear.  Breathable Shapewear!  Plus eco-friendly, we found a winner!

Cosabella did supply me with the Smooth thong to try out, although the didn’t sway my personal opinion.  Cosabella is also offering one Prissy Green Reader the chance to win a Smooth Camisole and Smooth Thong for themselves!  a $102 value!

To enter, look around their Smooth Shapewear, or look around their Eco Category and tell me something you would like to try out and why.  Please don’t use the Smooth Camisole or the Smooth Thong, go for something else.

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The Living Beauty Detox Program- Read Here FREE!

October 2009 Fall is here, signaling a change in weather, daylight, and temperature. It makes sense that with the seasonal shift we, too, experience mental, emotional, and physical changes. Bestselling author Ann Louise Gittleman addresses this in a common sense, accessible detox program built around the seasons, and for the month of October, you can read 100% of this book for free! But don’t stop there—join us as we cleanse for beauty, cast spells, serve others, pray for a cure, and exorcise our demons (literally).

Full Cauldron: Living Beauty Detox Program The Living Beauty Detox Program by Ann Louise Gittleman As fall begins, why not start fresh with a clean body, mind, and spirit? Renowned health expert, Ann Louise Gittleman, guides you through a season-by-season program of diet and detox, which cleanses toxins and balances hormones.  From adolescence to maturity, winter, spring, summer or fall: learn what to eat, what not to eat, why your body aligns with nature, and its highest potential for beauty. Read the entire book for free! Words of Wisdom “When the light of your spirit shows on your face and in your life, you are a beautiful human being.  For this to happen in an enduring way, you need to take exceptionally good care of both your body and your soul.  You just have to get the order right: the soul came first.” —Victoria Moran, Lit From Within “No one has ever lived our life before. We ourselves must learn how to live with integrity and wisdom.” —Jack Kornfield, Soul Food

Whoop Whoop! Save 20% at Skin Botanica and SkinCare RX

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20% Fall Savings at SkinCareRx.com. Enter Code FALLSALE20 at Checkout. *Some Exclusions May Apply.

Sale is good throuch November 2, but don’t wait!  You might forget!

Seventh Generation and Safer Chemicals Million Baby Crawl! Giveaway

Seventh Generation needs your help making our nation’s outdated chemical law tougher, in order to make the world safer for our children. Join us in spreading the word about the Million Baby Crawl to help educate and empower parents to raise their voices for stronger standards on toxic chemicals.

Jeffrey Hollender co-founder of Seventh Generation had this to say,

“We assume our homes are safe havens, but the fact is that the vast majority of the chemical compounds found in the products we use there have never been tested. And in most cases manufacturers don’t even have to tell us on product labels what those toxins are.

This is a dangerous recipe for harm that virtually every family is exposed to every day,” said Seventh Generation co-founder and Chief Inspired Protagonist, Jeffrey Hollender. “We’re on a mission to come together and change that once and for all.”

Did you know that…

• In the 33 years since Congress passed that nation’s chemical regulatory law, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TCSA), the Environmental Protection Agency has required testing on just 200 of the more than 80,000 chemical compounds developed for products used in the home.
• Under the current law, the EPA does not have the authority to demand the information it needs to evaluate a chemical’s risk, and neither manufacturers nor the EPA are required to prove a chemical’s safety as a condition of use.
• 1.25 million kids younger than six are unintentionally poisoned in the home each year by things like cosmetics and personal care products, cleaning substances, pain relievers and cough and cold medicines (American Association of Poison Control Centers)
• Studies show that nearly 200 industrial chemicals and pollutants have been found in the umbilical cord blood of newborns (EWG).

So what can you do?  I ask the same thing.

To help turn this new bill into law, Seventh Generation has partnered with Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, a diverse nationwide coalition comprised of environmental groups, health professionals and others working to pass smart federal policies that protect us from toxic chemicals.

• Join the Million Baby Crawl and email a friend!
• Learn more about Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families and email Congress to let them know you think it’s time to update the law governing toxic chemicals. www.saferchemicals.org
• Learn more about safe products with Seventh Generation’s Label Reading Guide.
• Join the Twitter Party for Million Baby Crawl.  Hashtag #MBCrawl. Date TBD, but I promise you will know one panelist!  **me!**  And as soon as I know the date, I will let you all know.
  

Andy Igrejas of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition had this to say:
“It’s time for commonsense limits on toxic chemicals in our homes, workplaces, and in the products we use.” “We must act together to see that the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act is passed and families are protected from unsafe products. The Million Baby Crawl will take much more than baby steps toward making these things happen.”

In order to spread the word about this new campaign, Seventh Generation is providing one winner with a Seventh Generation starter kit.  To enter to win, please visit the Million Baby Crawl and tell me something unique you learned there.

Seventh Generation Living Home Starter Kit includes: Glass Cleaner, All-Purpose Cleaner, Toilet Bowl Cleaner, Shower Cleaner, Tub and Tile Cleaner, Kitchen Cleaner, 2 Natural Paper Towels (120 count) and a Reusable Tote!

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Toshiba Laptop Dead in less then 10 months…

augh augh augh!

So I found out what MIGHT be wrong with my precious Toshiba laptop.  I took it to a computer shop near me, and they guy was like, ” I can fix it, but I won’t.”

Let me explain really quick what the issue is.  First know that my computer is less then 10 months old.  My screen goes black, then comes back.  It never actually shuts off, just the backlight goes out for a second, then comes back.  Well it has progressively been getting worse, and if I use it for too long it will go out, until I have to hold the screen a certain way, and keep holding it to view the screen.  Think foil and antennae.   Pretty hard to type with 1 hand!  But it is killing me!

So back to nice man telling me for free that he won’t fix it.

I say, “oh sweet.  can you tell me why?”  So I understand now why he doesnt’ want to.  Basically it is $50 an hour labor, and he said it would take at least 4 hours, and because the backlight wire either needs replaced or soudered back he wouldn’t be able to guarantee the work.

So I call Toshiba….They tell me it will be $425.  holy christ wagons, I could buy a new lap top for just a little more then that! Now mind you, I don’t use my laptop for downloading music, I use it for documents, writing, and photos for Prissy Green only.  Oh, and watching movies via hulu.com.

I haven’t been rough with it.  I don’t take it on trips. It stays on a table in our living room.  So the fact that a difficult piece to fix needs fixed kinda ticks me off.  I repeat, it is less then 10 months old!

So right now I am waiting to hear back from the nearest Authorized Toshiba Repair shop…. I am hoping if I smile pretty enough they will give me a discount.  It is just too close to Craig’s Birthday and Christmas to drop a couple to a few hundred.  It would have to wait until next year.  and that will make me cry.

So send some Laptop love to my Toshiba Satellite.  I am keeping my fingers crossed that it is a decent price!~

Enzymatic Therapy Review and Giveaway

I know you have seen the commercial with Jamie Lee Curtis and her begging you to get “regular”?  Those commercials sorta gross me out.  Right in between the commercials for Burger King and Red Robin.

Well we are humans, and we can get gassy, and we can get constipated.  But I promise I will leave that talk short and sweet.  Well I will try to be sweet.

I was recently sent Acidophilus Pearls IC by Enzymatic Therapy. Pearls are a beneficial small pill of probiotics that can help you get relief from occasional gas, loose stools, constipation, sensitive stomach and lactose intolerance.  Ensures your body is not weighed down by toxins which may limit your immune defenses.  AND Probiotics help support healthy skin from the inside out: they help manage and eliminate free radicals and toxins.

I really didn’t need these for the belly issues, but do occasionally have a sensitive stomach.   And i think I have some lactose intolerance at times.  What I read about and wanted to try them for is ridding myself of toxins and free radicals!  After all, I use oodles of beauty products, but don’t take much besides a Multi-Vitamin and Seabuckthorn Oil.

Well I think maybe I needed them more then I realized.  I have felt so much better in the last 3 weeks since starting them.  and they are simple to take. One  a day. I take them at night with everything else.  And they are really tiny.  Smaller then a pearl, but made to look like one.  True Delivery™ Technology guarantees active cultures survive stomach acids, arrive in your intestines and thrive to provide exceptional support. In fact, it delivers up to 900% more active cultures to the intestines than competing probiotics.

And they are patented capsule, which ensures live cultures are undamaged by harmful stomach acids and delivered to your intestines, where they go to work.

The Patented formulation, plus no refrigeration are the two key components that make them better then anything else on the market.

Enzymatic Therapy supplied me with the item for review, and is also sponsoring a giveaway.

We would like to offer THREE winners a one month supply of Acidophilus Pearls IC PLUS Eskimo-3, a fish oil supplement.

Fish oil has been helping me regulate my hormones and helping my acne prone skin, although I don’t think that has been proven by the medical industry as of yet.  Fish Oils also helps cholesterol, brain health and joint function. Eskimo 3 does not use any endangered fish and is PCB and Mercury free. One serving (3 pills) will provide you with 1.5 Grams of EFA 3.

**a tip, if you use fish oil and get a fish burp taste, keep them in the freezer!

So what do you need to do to win one of the THREE prizes being given away?

Go visit Enzymatic Therapy and tell me something you learned, or another product from them that you would like to try.  This package is worth a little over $40!

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**Nothing expressed here is to be taken as medical advice, before starting any new supplement, please speak with your physician.

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