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Let's get right to the " Did You Know" fun, shall we?   DID YOU KNOW... that I have been blessed by the luck of the Irish lately?   I have won 3 giveaways in the last two weeks!! Check me out!  I won an $80 gift card to CSN Stores from Otin . ..a $25 Gift Card to Krogers from Polka Dot Moon (who has a very cool etsy shop btw...) and this morning I won a $60 gift card to CSN Stores from Shannon over at It's Trickey!    I 'm hoping this arrives any day now! DID YOU KNOW... that this photo of Catherine (who looks psychotic here) and her dance teacher, Caitlin (whom she adores ), was taken only an hour before Irish Dancer Girl came down with major illness and had to leave her dance competition?  She could only complete 3 out of 8 dances, poor girl!  We had to high tail it back to Tucson for recuperation asap!  She's doing much better now, thank goodness! DID YOU KNOW... that I HATE clowns?  (my evil sister sent me that magnet a...

Back in the old days last year, I made up a bloggy thing called "Did You Know? Tuesday" ...It was my very lame and lazy attempt to write a bunch of stuff and pass it off as a post...oops...did I type that out loud???  I meant to say that it was my brilliant way to creatively write snippets of thoughts into one tidy post.  So dear readers, today I bestow upon you the return of "Did You Know? Tuesday" in all it's golden witty splendor....that's right...prepared to be ( bored silly and yawning in about 30 seconds...)  DaZzLeD!....Ready...set...Go!   Did You Know... that my 7 year old daughter received a job promotion today?  That's right!  She was promoted from  "Pack Mule"  to  "Roadie"  for doing such a bang up job carrying her brother's guitar gear to his lesson.  Bravo, Teen Caveboy for offering up such a worthy promotion! (and for promoting child labor...good on you!  High fives all around! That's my...

It's Tuesday! At the Bee and Rose that means it's time for "Did You Know?"...bits of this and that from my cluttered mind. (cluttered...not dirty...sorry, Chilly...) And we're off...(it's short and sweet today!) Did You Know... that the ever fabulous DiPaola Momma over at Chicken Nuggets of Wisdom has the chance to get her lovely face on a box of Honeynut Cheerios?? Isn't that cool?! She has a fantastic opportunity to help fight hunger in our communities through an awesome campaign via ShopRite. ShopRite has created “Blog It Forward To Fight Hunger” to get people involved in the fight against hunger through blogging. All she needs is a bit of comment lovin'! How easy is that?! Go HERE for more exciting details! Did You Know. ... that by visiting this awesome blogger... you can help a family in need today? Just click on the picture and it will take you right over. I will be over there today bidding on items in a wonderful auction that Shann...

It's time for another round of "Did You Know? Tuesday" ! Today, we have some excitement around the Bee and Rose hive! Let's get started! Did You Know..... Oh yes, you do! Know why? Because of you, I am the proud new owner of this .... I am enormously grateful for your votes! Some of you even voted multiple times!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! "I Love You More" has very special meaning in our house so I'm delighted to win this! A big THANKS goes out to Kristen at La Dolce Vita for having me as a Featured Reader and for sharing the opportunity to win this fabulous necklace! If you have a moment, please stop by Kristen's blog and Etsy shop. She is simply amazing! (Pssst....She is featuring this lovable blogger this week..... YaYa ! Go on over and give YaYa some comment vote lovin' so she can win a bit of lovliness from Kristen too!) Did You Know ....that the very sweet Danielle at Brown Eyed Gal shared two fabulous awards with...

Welcome to another installment of "Did You Know Tuesday" ! DYKT is my sneaky way of creating a post out of a bunch of jibberish because I'm unable string together more than a couple of coherent thoughts at any given time these days. (stupid perimenopause!) ReAdY? SeT! GO! DID YOU KNOW ....that I won this gorgeous boucle scarf from Ally over at Laughadaisy ?? I cannot wait to wear it this fall!!! Look how cute it's packaged! I hope you'll swing on by her Etsy shop for a visit! Lots of cute stuff over there! Thank you again, Ally! I LOVE IT! (you can buy this here. ...) DID YOU KNOW ....that it's not very kind to be judgemental toward homeschooling families...especially if you own or work at an educational resource store? If I am shopping in your store for my home classroom, it's very rude to physically push me aside (yes, I was physically brushed aside) to help (and this is a direct quote) the "real teachers." I am a REAL teacher, dumba...

I am back with another self created edition of "Did You Know? Tuesday!" I know...I can feel your pity delight all the way over here! Off we go! Did You Know.... **that I am an awesome baton twirler? (Chilly, I know you are blown away by this confession, but it's true!) ** that I have a panini press and I'm not afraid to use it? If it can be smashed into a grilled sandwich, watch out! ** that these are my favorite flip flops (Skechers Skullys) on the planet?...and that mine (shown below the nice crisp clean one) are tattered from tons of wear but I refuse to stop wearing them???...see?...super nasty, but I can't stop wearing them!...and yes...I have lots of really "nice" shoes too...(Thank you, blueviolet , for giving me the courage to come clean...or not!) Did You Know... . ** that I want to wear this very cool glow in the dark stick figure princess costume for Halloween? ** that I hung out with this kooky bunch as a kid? ** that I think he's ...