Who hasn’t wished they could make a fresh start on something, at some point in life? I know that I have wished in many times. Right now, my wish would be for a Fresh Start health wise. I would get all kinds of procedures done. What would you do…if you had $10,000 to do it with?

While 73 percent of women say they wish they could make a fresh start, the number one reason they haven’t been able to follow through is lack of money.* Carefree is helping women turn their wish for a fresh start into a reality with the chance to receive up to $10,000 in funding through the Carefree Fresh Start Fund. To apply, women need to submit a short essay and photo at CarefreeFreshStart.com by July 10, 2009.

Carefree has also partnered with Ariane de Bonvoisin, change expert and book author, to introduce a new website (http://www.CarefreeFreshStart.com) that provides women with advice on how to make a change in any area of life: style, wellness, career or relationships.

SKILLMAN, N.J. - June 2, 2009 — Whether changing jobs, starting a new relationship, losing a few pounds or even simply getting a makeover, who hasn’t wished they could make a fresh start on something, at some point in life? The makers of CAREFREE® pantiliners are partnering with First30Days.com - experts at helping people through change - on a new program to help women turn that very common wish into a reality. Women who visit the campaign’s new Web site, CarefreeFreshStart.com , will find tips for making a fresh start and the chance to receive up to $10,000 through the CAREFREE® Fresh Start Fund.

To apply for funding, women simply need to share why they want a fresh start, plans for reaching their goal, and how the funding could help. Entries will be evaluated by a panel of judges including Ariane de Bonvoisin, the founder of First30Days.com, based on the strength of the plan, use of funding and persuasiveness. Ten finalists will receive funding to help make their fresh start a reality, and the public will then have the chance to vote online for the best fresh start plan.

The top three winners will receive $10,000, $5,000 and $3,000 respectively, as well as a personal consultation from Ariane and a three-day/two-night trip to New York City to be honored at the CAREFREE® Fresh Start celebration event in partnership with Step Up Women’s Network, the national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to strengthening community resources for women and girls. All other finalists will receive $1,000 to help begin making their fresh start. The deadline for submissions is July 10, 2009.

“The CAREFREE® brand has always aimed to give women the confidence they need to manage life’s everyday obstacles,” says Lori Deo, Vice President of Marketing for the CAREFREE® brand. “Through the CAREFREE® Fresh Start Fund and our partnership with First30Days.com we hope to give women the resources to make a fresh start that will help them lead the life they’ve always wanted.”

“Now, more than ever, I hear from so many women going through changes in their life or wishing to make a fresh start, but needing a little extra support,” says Ariane de Bonvoisin. “The whole First30Days team and I are thrilled to have the opportunity to be a part of the CAREFREE® Fresh Start program and help give women that optimism they need to succeed.”

For a complete list of rules or to apply for the CAREFREE® Fresh Start Fund, please visit http://www.CarefreeFreshStart.com.

Interactive Book-Webscene is a unique publisher that integrates the written word with the internet. They offer some great titles for children to integrate into their daily learning regimen. They are fun, interactive and educational.

The beginning reader series, KA Reader, is great for homeschoolers or those considering homeschooling. They use step-by-step lessons that make it easy for parents and educators to choose what a child learns and when. They help develop vocabulary through word families (at, bat, cat, hat, etc.) There are also online activities included with each book that provides the parent/educator with assessment tool that is not only fun but it can be used over and over again with subsequent children. The assessment tool assesses comprehension, vocabulary, and spelling.

Here’s just a taste of the IBW reading experience… Coming Home describes how three friends “scout” to discover why a pond’s water is no longer clear. After reading one passage from the book, the webscene helps a child understand what the word “scout” means. The webscene for this passage is found at www.KA-Reader.com/8-3

The Busy Preschoolers Guide To Learning is a preschool curriculum for teaching 105 readiness skills. It incorporates fun original plays, poems and activities built around the 26 letters of the alphabet. They also incorporate different learning approaches to fit your child’s individual learning stlye (e.g. visual, kinetic, or auditory). The online activities that go along with each book further enhances the learned skills of each activity in the book while also providing opportunities for child-parent interactivity.

In The Busy Preschooler’s Guide to Learning kids discover that “A is for Air.” The poem includes step-by-step directions to follow so that you can help your child learn skills such as identifying parts of the body, position and direction, following directions and motor skills. Once you complete the activity together, head online to the webscene that supports the skills your child just learned. And don’t forgot the click on the ABC-TRACE-123 link at the bottom of the page to practice handwriting! www.BusyPreschoolers.com/a

If you are a homeschooler, considering homeschooling or like to enhance your child’s education with learning opportunities outside of the school environment, you will LOVE IBW books. They are easy to use and provide excellent learning opportunities while making it fun and entertaining. Your child will be begging for more after one lesson.

I encourage you to visit www.IBW-Books.com to see all of the great publications they have to offer through their publisher, Ghost Hunter Productions. They have several series that are great for the 8 and up crowd as well. Earth Academy 7 and the Ghost Hunter are sure to please the adventurous side of and child.

You can also visit www.IBW-Booksellers.com to learn how you can make extra money. Not only will you represent a product with no competition but you will receive an Immediate 20% commission on all sales at the close of each event.

Now, you can enter to win it! One reader will win their choice of either:

The Busy Preschoolers Guide to Learning - fun activities built around the 26 letters of the alphabet, with step-by-step help to guide parents in how to use everyday situations to teach 105 skills their kids need to know before they walk in the kindergarten door. (Retail value $60)

or

Three (3) KA Readers - beginning readers that use a new kind of storytelling where kids see an animation unfold at the close of every chapter. Dr. Suess-like rhyming books hooks the kids in the fun of words. Online activities help parents assess the child’s reading and comprehension. (Retail value $60)

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Chewing a piece of Trident gum is like experiencing “a little piece of happy”. It gives you a little lift and leaves you with a smile. Trident gum’s A Little Piece of Happy campaign encourages people to keep a pack of Trident with them so that they can enjoy a little piece of happy wherever they are. Even through these tough times, it will remind you that their little piece of happiness is always waiting, whenever they need it. Trident will always be their little piece of Happy!

This is such a fun campaign Trident has started. And it does make you smile…just watch and see:

Predatoress * The Tale of How I Defeated Dracula and Became a Force for Good Is Finally Told * by Emma Gabor is a story of a how an 18 year old Hungarian girl named Emma becomes a Vampire and walks you through her journey of good and evil.

Not wanting to walk through her new “life” as an undead alone she turns her best friends into vampires. The story is told through her eyes and draws the reader in through her emotions, actions, and her despair at what she has become. I don’t want to tell you too much for it is a story that you must read for yourself. But as a reluctant vampire who thirsts for blood and her despair over what she has become who finds love in an unlikely place you will find compassion for her plight and you will root her on in her quest to find a cure. It is a classic tale of good triumphing over evil (vampirism), with the heroine being both the victim and the conqueror of evil. So if you are looking for a good read this summer, check out Predatoress!

Predatoress will be released on July 4th and the autographed book will be available free through TrialPay. Just sign up with, subscribe to, or order from their ever growing list of partners: American Express, Apple, Blockbuster, Discover, FTD Flowers, Match.com, Netflix, Real, Skype, Sony, and many others.

You can also receive a 38% DISCOUNT for the book - only from Predatoress.com and the publisher, Newmedia Publishing.

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How do you sleep?

Sleep apnea, snoring, fatigue, neck and back pain, bed soreness - all of these may be symptoms of poor sleep posture. Luckily, now there’s a way to train your body to sleep in the ideal position for a rejuvenating full night’s rest. Rather than allowing you to roll onto your back or stomach (which can cause a twisting of the spine and back strain), the SleepPosture^TM Pillow encourages side sleeping - the most natural and healthy position for your body.

I am a side sleeper and I usually sleep with about 3 pillows to get just the right position. With the Sleep Posture Pillow, it is all you need. I was a little skeptical at first, but I really like it after using it for awhile. I seem to be sleeping better and I love the place for your ear because before the Sleep Posture Pillow I would wake up in the morning with my ear hurting. No more feeling like I have cauliflower ear.

The SleepPosture Pillow is uniquely shaped to support the head, neck, back and jaw in the proper alignment. A small space on the pillow comfortably accommodates a person’s ear and prevents painful “ear folding.” Give your muscles and bones a chance to relax the way they need to with the SleepPosture Pillow

The only thing I have to say is that they need to make the pillow cases for sale…and in colors!

The circus is in town, and you’re the star! Go Play Circus Star by Majesco lets you step into the shoes of a circus performer whose job is to wow the crowd with death defying stunts, animal tricks and sleight of hand. As part of Majesco’s new Go Play line, Circus Star delivers a motion-based experience that the entire family can enjoy together!

* Master 15 authentic mini games that offer unique controls and performance opportunities: Human Cannonball, Big Cat Taming, Juggling Excitement, Starry Magic, Trampoline Acrobatics, Tightrope Walking, Rola Bola, The Amazing Silks, Knife Throwing, Pie Dodging, Elephant Balancing, Pony Dancing, Mile-High Stunt Diver, Unicycle Rider and Trapeze
* Unlock four different venues from the Park to the Big Top to the Arena and Las Vegas Stadium. Each venue is a different difficulty level.
* Compete against up to 3 other players to determine who is the biggest star.
* Wii Balance Board compatible with a majority of events.
* Fill up your trick meter to pull off a series of more daring and death defying feats. The more impressive the trick, the more fans you will gain and the more money you earn.
* Use earnings to unlock additional events and progress in your circus career.
* Interactive crowd system responds to the quality of your performance. Big stars will get them roaring whereas novice performers can expect tomatoes in the face.
* Animal events let you control the action while increasing the danger.
* Choose from 6 unique stars, each with 5 fabulous costumes.
* Earn encouragement from The Ringmaster who guides you through your career.

We have LOVED playing GoPlay Circus Star! It is fun for all ages and is family friendly which fits perfect with the GoPlay brand. We do not have a balance board which made some of the games really challenging but it can be played with just the Wii Remotes. We do plan to get a balance board because we want to try many of the other titles in this series…GoPlay Lumberjacks, GoPlay Water Sports, GoPlay City Sports and GoPlay Street Games.

The only thing we were disappointed in was the lack of Circus Music. In the middle of playing for our first time Tate was like “Hey, where is all the really cool circus music?”

GoPlay Circus Star will tests your skills of balance, coordination, and concentration and we loved that we could compete against one another. Just watch out for the tomatoes!! Check out Circus Star today and prepare yourself for a rip-roaring good time!

We love to grill at any time of the year, especially during the summer. Here in the south it gets really hot and when you turn the oven on…let’s just say your poor air conditioning goes into overtime. Not that it ever really turns off until late September. Over the past week or so we have seen temperatures in the high 90’s with heat indexes up to 110. Add in the humidity…SAUNA CITY!

Now this is a GRILL! One that every Man here in the South would drool over. It cracks me up everytime I see it so I just had to show it to you.

Tonight is Karate, I am hoping Tate is still enthused about going. He usually goes on Mondays and Fridays, but this Friday they were closed for testing. That has given Tate time to reconsider his decision to continue on. That boy is such a hermit. He is going to end up being one of those people all the kids in the neighborhood are scared of with only his desktops for companionship.  School didn’t work, traditionally sports didn’t work. It is either Karate or Chess Club. Chess club they don’t even talk to one another, just sit and play chess…I think that would defeat the purpose somewhat.