Owner: Bird on a Wire URL:www.lagniappemarketing.net Join Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:07:45 -0600 Rating:0 Site Description: Bird On A Wire is a blog about finances. Wisdom from a life advisor teaching others to identify values, banish debt, start saving, and investing. In otherwords, how to create the good life. We teach you how to budget and love it, how living frugally doesn Site statistics:Click here
First Ever Kick Ass CookBook ??? 2008-06-06 12:09:00 And Guide to Life
We’re looking for contributions to our first ever Kick Ass Cookbook (and guide to life). The cookbook recipes will be from women, just like you. Any category is fine, you choose one. Southern cooking is just one section. Just one guideline: its got to be publishable. (Don’t copy it from Southern [...] Read more:First
Sex and The Great Depression 2008-06-06 10:12:55 Kudzu was first grown in the South as a shade plant on porches. In the early 20th century, the U.S. Government paid farmers to plant the vine to control hillside erosion and as feed for cattle. Civilian Conservation Corps workers planted thousands of hectares of kudzu during the Great
Depression. To Kill it out….you have [...]
Time Heals? 2008-06-09 14:19:56 Time heals.
He’s in a better place.
He’s still with you.
You need to go back to work. You need to write about it. You need to get out and walk every day. You should go to therapy, go shopping, go to church. These things will make you feel better.
Time heals. Once you get though a year of “firsts” it’ll all [...] Read more:Heals
You Won’t Believe This 2008-06-10 10:45:21 Southern Women have always been admired for their ingenuity and frugal ways. Just about this time each year when I was growing up, I spent a few months with my grand parents. They were truck farmers (they took their home grown veggies and fresh laid chicken eggs to the farmers market every day) Tomatoes were [...]
Easy Thursday Dinner 2008-06-12 12:36:56 It’s Thursday
. Kind of a ho-hum day. The work week is almost up, then comes the weekend work. Blah. What’s for dinner when you don’t feel like cooking? This is the easiest ever midweek meal. Sure to please even your pickiest of eaters. And…you can cook it like a pro…without breaking the bank!
Ingredients:
1- (41/2-5 pound) roasting [...] Read more:Dinner
Finally! 2008-06-13 13:09:18 Well its finally Friday. Not much to say for the week, but its over. I don’t have any terribly sexy shots of me hang gliding, or parasailing above our beachfront property, (haven’t been there in almost a year) nor do I have pictures of the grandkids doing grand kid things, or foul comments about my [...] Read more:Finally
10 Things You Should Know 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I am not a rockstar mommy blogger and honestly if it takes imitating one to be on top , I'm out
I am opinionated, sometimes snarky, but never vulgar. (see Girl Raised In The South)
If they (or anyone (ahem)) offers to publish my book, I'm all over it ...
Isn’t That Special? 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I've heard this (or some variant) throughout my life, more times than I could ever count: "Your mother loved you enough to give you up." I remember specific instances when this was said to me as a child. Hearing it now, at 52, I want to puke. It makes me ...
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Finally! 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Well its finally Friday. Not much to say for the week, but its over. I don't have any terribly sexy shots of me hang gliding, or parasailing above our beachfront property, (haven't been there in almost a year) nor do I have pictures of the grandkids doing grand kid things, ...
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Easy Thursday Dinner 0000-00-00 00:00:00 It's Thursday
. Kind of a ho-hum day. The work week is almost up, then comes the weekend work. Blah. What's for dinner when you don't feel like cooking? This is the easiest ever midweek meal. Sure to please even your pickiest of eaters. And...you can cook it like a pro...without ...
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You Won’t Believe This 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Southern Women have always been admired for their ingenuity and frugal ways. Just about this time each year when I was growing up, I spent a few months with my grand parents. They were truck farmers (they took their home grown veggies and fresh laid chicken eggs to the farmers ...
Time Heals? 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Time heals.
He's in a better place.
He's still with you.
You need to go back to work. You need to write about it. You need to get out and walk every day. You should go to therapy, go shopping, go to church. These things will make you feel better.
Time heals. Once ...
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First Ever Kick Ass CookBook 0000-00-00 00:00:00 And Guide to Life
We're looking for contributions to our first ever Kick Ass Cookbook (and guide to life). The cookbook recipes will be from women, just like you. Any category is fine, you choose one. Southern cooking is just one section. Just one guideline: its got to be publishable. (Don't ...
Read more:First
Sex and The Great Depression 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Kudzu was first grown in the South as a shade plant on porches. In the early 20th century, the U.S. Government paid farmers to plant the vine to control hillside erosion and as feed for cattle. Civilian Conservation Corps workers planted thousands of hectares of kudzu during the Great
Depression. ...
Location, Location, and what was that other thing? 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I wrote yesterday's article, Instant Blogification, in a coffee shop. I know, you think of a coffee shop as a place where folks slurp their lattes as fast as they can before being ousted from their seats by the barista, to make room for the next customer. A place where, ...
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Butterball Naked 0000-00-00 00:00:00 When I first graduated college (back in the 70's) and plowed into the business world, wide-eyed and full of hope, things were easy. I was fortunate enough to be employed with a major airline. My future was secure. My husband, at the time, was career military. Life was ...
Life Changing 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Here's an unusual promotion and an interesting way to use a
Facebook application to build the buzz about, presumptively , a new
product. I added a widget over on the sidebar so you can keep up with the progress.
The Life Changing
Box is possibly the first big-ticket,
promotional Facebook app. ...
This Ain’t Your Mamma’s BarBQ 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Well, its almost Friday, looking forward to the weekend, and heck the 4th of July is just around the corner. I thought I'd share my fabulous BarBQ Shrimp recipe with you all. Bring this to the table at your next outdoor gathering, and you'll be the star of the party!
Now, ...
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This Is How Ya Do The Watermelon Crawl 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Quick, what's the first thing that comes to your mind when I say Summer in The South? Yep, hot, sweltering hot days. And most of my childhood, those sweltering hot days were usually accompanied by, you guessed it WATERMELON. Here are my favorite 3 great summer coolers for the adults ...
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Whine and Cheese 0000-00-00 00:00:00 This week again, I'm back in Mississippi. Working from the local library. Why? Because ehubby is too tight to spring for DSL. So, I'm condemned to work from behind a firewall and filters that frankly just suck. No access to Facebook, Stumble, Twitter or much other than Google. Instead of ...
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The River Runs Through It 0000-00-00 00:00:00 US floods hit food pricesConsumers were warned to expect even sharper increases in global food prices after US officials said that some of the country’s best farmland was facing its worst flooding for 15 years. Agriculture officials and traders said the damage could push up worldwide corn and soyabean prices, ...
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All The Neato Cool Kids… 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Neenz and the great team at Alltop have added Yours Truly to the Alltop Moms category. Just in time for my determined return to a more aggressive and consistent blogging schedule.
Now, in case you've been living under a rock for the last year, Alltop aggregates or imports the stories of ...
I Have Just One Question 0000-00-00 00:00:00 If you have a teen, ARE a teen, have ever been a teen you MUST see this video!
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING????
(And yes I'm screaming!)ShareThis
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Tie A Ribbon 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Most of you know this, but for those who don't, I'm on a mission this year to raise $1million dollars for Alzheimer's research and education. I've raised a little over $50 K myself and am still working hard every day for the cause. The association made it easier for me ...
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Monday Monday 0000-00-00 00:00:00 It's time I spread a little love to some really great gals. They keep me laughing through the tears and always remember to check in when I'm gone too long.
Auds at Barking Mad has posted her Monday
Randomness and I just read through her weekend posts and BBQ fiasco. I ...
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Breakin 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I'm loading up for a well deserved break this week and I'd just love love love, (seriously) love it if some of my readers would consider doing a guest post or two. (pretty please) I'll only be outta pocket a few days and it'd be great if you'd consider a ...
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Who Gave God My Email Address? 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Subject: To You From GOD
To: YOU
Date: TODAY
From: GOD
Subject: YOURSELF
Reference: LIFE
This is God. Today I will be handling All of ...
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, Address
Rid All That Adds No Value 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I'm reading a great little book this week, How Toyota Became #1: Leadership Lessons from the World's Greatest Car Company. And I've been learning quite a bit. One valuable lesson comes from Chapter 4. Rid All That Adds No Value
. So, you're going to see some things missing here at ...
We’re Not In Kansas Anymore 2008-07-23 15:18:41
I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions here. And participate in the poll over on the sidebar. (oh please do this!)
From ozdom: Occasionally in self-defense I will want to post or comment in the bird's blog (who I will refer to in the future as the chic-my favorite term of endearment). My favorite football coach always said a good defense is a good offense. So, you sometimes might find migh Read more:Kansas
, Kansas Anymore
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