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Archive for February 13th, 2010

I’ve been tip-toeing through the wonderful world of blog giveaways and contests, but mostly on one of my other blogs. Truth be told, that’s what this blog was originally intended for, but then I ended up making this my “anything goes” blog. But, when I came across the Fairy Blog Mother, I had to post about her and her site here. Why??? Because I’m pretty sure she and I were related in a former life.

Anyway, this is about one of the giveaways she’s got going on at her blog right now. Our Fairy Blog Mother, aka Annette, is going to give one of her lucky readers a gorgeous Crystal T-Shirt of their choice from Sparkle Plenty. I went over to check out the site and they’ve got some of the most beautiful t-shirt and tank tops I’ve seen. They create beautiful appliques with Swarovski crystals for all kinds of shirts. They also make jewelry and temporary tatoos with the crystals. I totally fell in love.

The giveaway is for the crystal t-shirt of the winners choosing, but I’d have to go with the one found on Annette’s site. Being a Boy Scout leader, I’ve got a thing for the Fleur de Lis motif. That and it’s always reminded me of the Three Musketeers (the one with Kiefer Sutherland in it…LOL). So, in the off chance that I might actually win this contest, I’m going for that t-shirt. But, giveaway aside, you have to go check out Annette’s blog. I laughed til my sides hurt. I’m going to do a full write up about her blog at a later date, but I had to get over here and tell you about this awesome giveaway. So what are you waiting for, get over there and get signed up. Or, just sit back and wait until sometime after the 26th of Feb (end of the giveaway) when I can post pics of myself wearing this way cool t-shirt. You’ll be so jealous. LOLOLOL

Do you really pay much attention to the browser you use? I’m not a big advocate of any of the browser names, until last night. I’ve been using FireFox for a couple years now. I really liked it, a lot more than I did Internet Explorer. IE didn’t seem secure enough for my liking, but I actually liked the way FireFox allowed me to check out my favorite sites. It was just easier. That is until a couple weeks ago when I updated to the latest version.

After updating to the newer version, I noticed that it took forever to even get online. Now, it could be that I did something wrong, or because I live in the middle of nowhere and our Internet connection pretty much sucks. Whatever the reason, all hell broke loose last night. In the middle of what I was doing, FireFox totally broke down and crashed. I couldn’t even get back online with this browser. So, I said screw it and decided to use IE.

I haven’t used IE in a very long time, so I kept getting messages to update to the latest version. Finally, I gave in and updated. That was a huge mistake. After completing the update and restarting my computer, I found that I couldn’t get online at all. IE doesn’t work at all now and I still have problems getting on with FireFox. So, what’s a country girl to do??? She joins the 21st century and downloads Google Chrome.

So, I am now using Google Chrome. It’s kinda cool, but I’m having trouble getting used to a few things. Finding all my favorite sites is a little annoying, but I’m getting the hang of it. It’s a lot faster than either of the other browsers, but I’ve noticed that some of the pics on certain sites don’t load completely. Not sure why, but haven’t completely ruled out operator error. LOL

I’m not exactly advocating Google Chrome, but I can say that out of the three, it is the only one that has allowed me to get online in the past 48 hours. I have to use it for awhile before I can truly say whether or not I really like it. For now, I’ll use it and see if I can’t figure out all the in’s and out’s. And if I can’t, I’ll have my kid come in and teach me how to use it. LOL