Dear Readers,

I’m writing to let you know about a terrible piece of legislation called “The Freedom of Choice Act” (FOCA).

FOCA would establish the right to abortion as a fundamental right (like the right to free speech) and wipe away every restriction on abortion nationwide.

It will eradicate state and federal abortion laws the majority of Americans support and prevent states from enacting protective measures in the future.

• FOCA will do away with state laws on parental involvement, on partial-birth abortion, and on all other protections.
• FOCA will compel taxpayer funding of abortions.
• FOCA will force faith-based hospitals and healthcare facilities to perform abortions.

Please read the expert analysis by Americans United for Life (AUL) and sign the Fight FOCA petition at: http://www.fightfoca.com/

Thank you,
Becky

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It is a reliable service for only $24.95/mo. Let me know if you want to sign up and i’ll send you an email. Or just go sign up and make sure to put kdforever as your referrer on the order form. Just please don’t be like Nathaniel’s dad and sign up without mentioning us at all. ::sigh:: If you use cable, make the switch to the faster DSL today! If you still use dial-up…first, sorry. Second, now is the perfect time to awake from the dark ages. Here’s to a new age of Youtube and Hulu!

Also let me know if you want to sign up for MyPoints.com (i’ve gotten $190 in gift cards so far) or ING Direct, who have higher interest rates (the good kind that earn you money) than most banks and NO FEES. Of course, both of these have sign-up bonuses for both you and I, so what are you waiting for!?

I am not a fan.  Well, i’m a fan of sales, but today has been a crazy day, i finished my shopping before 9a.  I did all my shopping on Amazon.com 

and i wish i could go into more detail on the great deals i snagged, but i can’t for obvious reasons.  Although, i wish i had added more to my cart last night.  I did a lot of browsing and figuring out and only added something when i knew that’s what i wanted.  However, i found that the selection had drastacly dropped.  For example, last night it says that thousands of DVDs were on sale starting at $4.99.  This morning it said hundreds.  Now it’s over 200 starting at $4.99 and 122 available starting at $8.49.  I am happy with the selection though.  Besides the site being a little buggy, it was an overable enjoyable experience and i was happy to avoid the crowds…or so i thought.

I had actually already encountered crowds the night before.  We were out of milk so i stopped at Albertson’s on my way home from work.  I had a hard time finding a spot, which should’ve been a red flag to go home.  I go inside and there are people everywhere, and i was looking for an ad and didn’t find one (there was a coupon in it that if you buy four Kellog’s cereal, you get a free gallon of milk).  So i go home and we just had ramen for dinner.  I couldn’t deal with it.  I found the ad we got in the mail under my desk, where i placed it for “safe keeping.”  Sure enough, i found the coupon in it, but it had expired yesterday.  We still need milk.  Today i stopped at Target on my way home from a bridal shower (i’ll get back to this) and in the middle of shopping, Nathaniel calls and asks where i am (he’s at work) because our landlord was at our place in response to a complaint about the hard water (nasty deposits on everything but they don’t want to buy a water softener).  He asks if i even have a Target gift card…oops.  I put the milk back and left the cart.  I was parked pretty far away and had to go back through the mall.  I knew i should’ve put off Target until after i got home.  So that’s twice i had to fight crowds for no reason.

Make that thrice.  Or two and a half times?  I stopped at Macy’s this morning in between getting my hair cut and the bridal shower.  I was later getting to the salon than i had intended, but i got out at 11a so i was still making good time.  If i already had a gift, i would’ve been on time.  But i had put it off, so i stopped at Macy’s in Fashion Island and all that took an hour just for a muffin pan.  The thing is, we have a Macy’s right by us.  It’s what i parked by when i went to Target.  I need to not put off things.  I was worried about money and was going to try to find something at Target that was similar to something on the registry, but all of a sudden it was today and i was without a gift.  So i ended up getting there 90min late.  I only stayed an hour because there were only two other girls i knew, so i left when they did.  I’m not good with people, be it large crowds or a roomful of women.

Yesterday we did snag some good deals though.  If you aren’t familiar with CVS, they sometimes have deals where you get cash back on your store card for future purchases.  These are called Extra Care Bucks (ECB).  So bear with me as i be weird and post my purchases.  There is a point.  Oh and check out how long the receipt was!

$1.00 Hershey’s Cookies ‘N’ Cream

$2.99 Aussie spray gel

$7.99 Schick Quattro

$2.99 Colgate Total Advance

$6.99 L’oreal lipgloss

$3.79 Sally Hansen Max Growth nail polish

$3.79 Sally Hansen Max Growth nail polish

$3.99 5hr Extra (energy) shot 2pk

$5.99 Covergirl Smoother 

$1.49 Gatorade 20oz

$0.05 Bottle Deposit