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Awesome! I just checked my email and saw that this blog has been picked as one of the bloggers of the month! Sweet! Even better that it’s with theotakutopian1 and shesroyaltree! Congrats to us!

purrsonality’s author had posted the contents of her purse in one of her posts from awhile ago. I thought it would be fun to follow suit.

1. my faux animal skin wallet (from Target)
2. small card wallet
3. key card to get into my work building
4. a Nokia 7610
5. camera case w/ Nikon Coolpix cam
6. sunglasses
7. blue drawstring bag that houses my earphones and iPod connector cord
8. iPod 20 gb video (my 3rd iPod. told the Apple peeps that if this breaks, I will be switching to Zune. LOL.)
9. a pair of scissors
10. small bit of body lotion
11. small bit of hand sanitizer
12. Sheer Cover travel brush with Aromaleigh mineral makeup
13. Hello Kitty mirror compact (my mom got this for me in Japan)
14. lip balm tint, lip gloss shimmer (never know what I’m in the mood for)
15. my car key, valet key, and house keys
16. movie stubs
17. bits of paper and such containing driving directions, coupons, or shopping lists, etc.
18. emergency female hygiene products (always prepared for the crimson wave!)
19. a Shagbag I use to carry things I buy when I go shopping (instead of plastic bags)
20. an ecojot notebook and cute pen

My friend put up a very long, insightful post about 2008 being a very tough year for her as she sent most of it struggling in various therapy classes to gain control over her eating disorder. It was very revealing and helped a lot of us understand her better, especially since we weren’t really sure how to help her.

My 2008 wasn’t quite as challenging or life-changing as hers, but it was a year that made me question a lot of things in my life and why nothing was falling into place. I think the transition out of college into the “real world” has finally hit me.

I hope 2009 is a much better year for her, me, and everyone else who felt that 2008 wasn’t their year…

Today is my first day back to work from our small holiday break and, of course, I am not glad to be back. The holiday break was too short and too fun and I didn’t want it to end!

I have work to do, but I can’t seem to get motivated enough to breeze through them. Good thing I’m not too busy or nothing will get done! I just keep yawning and yawning.

Anyhoo, so my coworker and I are discussing napping under our desks and it reminded me of an article I read in Newsweek several months ago about designated nap areas that some companies have started putting up.

I definitely wish we had one of those “sleeping pods”! Though I could always just sleep under the desk like an old officemate used to do… but he got fired so maybe not so much….

I got this from my friend who lives in Pa. and I thought I’d pass it along:

This little girl lives down the road from me. I wanted to share the below with all of you. Many of the Volunteer Fire Companies in the area including Rothsville will be delivering cards to this young girl on Thursday evening. If you would like to send her cards her address is at the bottom of this email. Please feel free to cross post and share with your prayer groups and your Churches. thanks!!

This is the story of a 5-yr old Lititz girl, Hannah Garman, who was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, a rare and incurable brain tumor. She has been given 12 weeks to live and is currently in her 7th week. She was going to be the flower girl at a wedding in May, but was diagnosed a week after we asked her to be the flower girl. This is especially sad because her mother died 2 yrs ago from breast cancer.

Right now she has lost most of her motor skills. She is confined to bed and cannot really do anything or play with the gifts she is getting from people, but she LOVES getting cards - she has gotten so many from people she does not know and just loves to have grandma read about the people who send them and see their pictures and is so proud of all her cards. Her room is just filled with cards.

When asked what she wants for Christmas she said she wants to see how many Christmas cards she can get. Many people have passed this wish along to their churches, prayer groups, friends and family. There are school groups where children are making her cards. People are including pictures so she can see who it is that is sending her the card.

If you would like to help with her wish, you can send a card to her at:

Hannah Garman
704 Orchard Rd
Lititz, PA 17543

THANKS! Feel free to pass this along to your own prayer group, church, school, etc. Let’s see if we can have the cards coming in big postal bags for her this Christmas, since it will be her last holiday.

So I was looking through gift websites for ideas on what to get my friends, I came upon PerpetualKid.com.

They carry Knock Knock stuff, which I am a fan of. They also carry a lot of interesting things… like bacon dental floss, toast bandages, etc. More pictures below the cut…

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