My New Place

I have moved. My new address is juliannahbydesign.net. Please update your bookmarks and subscribe to me there.

I am very excited about having my own domain and more control over my blog. Please visit my new site so I can get my google rank up.

Just know that I am still working on my new site. I will get it together soon. Once the holidays are over I will have some more time.

Trouble in Blog Land

I tried to switch to a custom domain name and it seemed to go well but when I try to view my blog it starts to load but then it just stops. I posted this problem in Google help and the person checking on it said they could see my blog with no problem. So I have know idea what is going on. Wish me luck on fixing this problem.

Great Deals Online That Benefits Lung Cancer Awareness

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Bidazzled. All opinions are 100% mine.

In early November, a new online auction site was launched. Online auctions are a great way to go shopping because you can get great deals on the things you want to purchase. At Bidazzled, winners typically save over 80% of retail prices. There are also no losers. If a bidder does not win, they will still receive up to 50 bonus points for participating. Winners are typically
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When you sign up you get five free bids and during the first month, two winners won Nintendo Wiis with only their five free bids! If you register by January 15 Bidazzled you will receive 15 additional free bids. Just enter these codes on the registration page:

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Bids can be purchased for $1 or in a pack at $25 dollars. If you purchase a pack, you will receive bonus bids. If you join, you will also get in on a lucrative Viral Referral program.

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Oh the Weather Outside is Frightening

I had an interesting day yesterday. It started out with a monster storm that contained almost hurricane force winds and torrential rain. When I woke up the wind was howling and leaves, tree branches and lord knows what else was flying everywhere. My dog buddy did not want to go outside and promptly peed on a rug in my bedroom. My big, red dog Lucie went outside, raced around in the mud, and of course tracked it back in the house. Nice.

I left to go to work and had to dislodge tumbleweed from underneath my car. As I was driving to work in the pouring rain, I barely missed hitting a downed tree. When I arrived at work apparently said tree had encounters with several other co-workers of mine. Thank goodness, it was early and there was not many people on the road as we all had to serve to miss the tree. We all concluded that after missing the tree there was no need for coffee as we were more than awake at that point.

When I left to go home I discovered my car had been hit with mud rain. What is mud rain? Well this is something new to me, but all I can say is my car looked like it had not seen a car wash in years and I actually had to turn on the window washer in order to see out.

Driving home, I ran over numerous palm tree branches and other debris. When I finally arrived home, the tumbleweed was still in my driveway. Now you would think with almost 70mph winds that tumbleweed would have left. Nope. Still there.

Once at home I cleaned the sticks, leaves and dirt off my back porch and tried to keep Lucie out of the mud. I thought about washing the car but decided to wait a couple of days. Another storm has been forecasted for this weekend. Maybe I will get lucky and this storm will contain clean rain. One can only hope.

I Need a New Vacuum!

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Dirt Devil. All opinions are 100% mine.

My vacuum cleaner is broken. It has decided to spit the dirt back at me rather than picking it up. Luckily I have mostly tile floors but my carpeted floors cannot go on without attention, so the time has come for a new vacuum.

While browsing the internet in search of a good deal I went to DirtDevil.com and while I was there I found the Dirt Devil Holiday Buying Guide. It is a downloadable catalogue that Dirt Devil has compiled with ways to get the best holiday deals. There are over 300 ways to save by shopping online with the Guide. Many sites are offering promos for reduced prices, free shipping as well as other special offers. The guide shows how to save with promo codes and the easiest way to find them. For example you can search the retailers name and include “promo code” to find great deals. I was able to find a great deal on a new vacuum cleaner using this tip in the guide.

December 17 many retailers will be offering free shipping and if you order on that day they guarantee delivery by Christmas! Plus there are links to sites that help you get free shipping all during the holiday season.

Besides the great Guide, DirtDevil has great holiday gifts for men, women and the whole family! So go check out the Dirt Devil Holiday Guide. They have done all the work and all you have to do is follow a few links and after a few mouse clicks your holiday shopping will be done. No crowds, no lines to wait in or trying to find a parking space. Now that is my idea of shopping!

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Great Prizes Just in Time for Christmas

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Charter Communication. All opinions are 100% mine.

Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet? Yea, me either. If you are like me you are probably looking for the best deal on the gifts you want to give. Probably want the easiest way to purchase them too. I love to shop online. Just point and click and before you know the purchases arrive on your doorstep.

Better yet what if you do not have to pay for all your purchases? Well I found a site that lets you enter sweepstakes to win the great gifts you want. Just visit Charter's Daily Deal Web Site for two ways to win cool prizes like FREE gift cards and get great deals on Charter Cable, Internet and Phone services.

Charter's is finishing a great year of goundbreaking sweepstakes that began with Black Friday and Cyber Monday where they offered gift cards worth up to $200! For 38 days Charter’s is giving out great prizes like iPods, Camcorders, GPS units, webcams, Photo frames and much more. There are great Showtime programs like Dexter, The Tudors, and Californication, which by the way my son told me over Thanksgiving that this is a great show! They also have boxed sets of Big Love and Entourage, personal favorites of mine.

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During the last two years, Charter has surpassed the industry in creative and newsworthy Sweepstakes including terrific prizes like an HDTV-a-day, Toyota Prius, a new 2010 Chevy Camaro, Xbox 360s and much more.

Charter’s is worth checking out! After all, who does not like to win truly great prizes!

What is a Turducken?

That was my question last year. I first heard about it on the radio so naturally I had to find out all about it. It seems that a Turducken is a chicken stuffed into a duck that is then stuffed into a turkey. I really wonder who ever came up with this. Apparently, there are many people enjoying this dish for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

The first Turducken is traced back to Paul Prudhomme, a creole chef. It is said he created the dish for the Duvell Festival in Washington . There is a company called Herbert’s Specialty Meats in Maurice Louisiana that prepares around 5,000 Turducken orders a week during Thanksgiving. I guess there are quite a few people out there that like Turducken!

I am not so sure this would be something I would like. I am not especially fond of duck. Although a chicken in a turkey might not be so bad. Hmm. Turchicken anyone?