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Bye Chevy Malibu!
Today I had to turn in my Malibu from Imelda Bettinger on Vimeo.
Bye Chevy Malibu! Thanks to The Houston Chevy Dealers for giving me the opportunity to try out the all new Chevy Malibu for 4 weeks. I’m going to miss you! Bye XM Radio! Bye remote start! Bye OnStar Turn by Turn Navigation! Bye Blutooth! Bye iPhone charger! Bye cute, peppy car! It’s been fun!
Chevy Girlfriend Getaway Kickoff
March 17th… CBS Radio.. My new car!
It’s not every day you are chosen to drive a brand new car for a month with super cool activities planned around it but it happened to me and four other Houston women!
I’m so excited to be apart of the Chevy Girlfriend Getaway Houston program where I get the opportunity to drive a Chevy Malibu for a month and blog about my experiences!
I got to pick up my car, meet the other four women, have lunch provided by Panera and take photos on the roof of the building!
My new car is provided by Classic Chevrolet of Sugar Land. I’m here pictured with Joe Machacek and Howie Bently. They gave me a run down of all the cars features and bells and whistles like OnStar and the fabulous XM Radio! Oh and how could I forget, Bluetooth so I can talk on my iPhone hands free!
I’ll be posting videos about my many outings in the very roomy and zippy car. If you want to see how awesome it is for yourself, head to your nearest Chevy dealership and take a test drive, and they’ll give you a FREE one hour massage from Massage Envy!
Welcome to the adventure!
Disclosure: The “Girls On The Go” Campaign is being sponsored by the Houston Area Chevy Dealers. They have given me a 2010 Chevy Malibu to test drive for one month and blog about my experiences while using this vehicle. Girlfriend Getaway has given me some fun projects to do and will be providing me with gift cards to accomplish these tasks.
Hard Awakening: Alarm Clock iPhone App
Matt was looking for his “Clock” app to set his alarm clock on his iPhone last night, or well this morning at 1:30am or so.
He couldn’t find it and thought Mason might have deleted it so went to find another Alarm Clock app.
Well he had to find the most annoying one, Hard Awakening: Alarm Clock (iTunes link)!
This app has 70 different sounds, all of which I think he went through at the highest volume ever!
There is even a warning: CAUTION: some of the built-in rings could drive you crazy so use them with caution! We are not responsible if you go wild about your iPhone smashing it into pieces! Not for the faint hearted!
He ended up choosing one of the Reveille tunes and I was promptly woken up at 6:30am!
For a full review visit: http://www.apptism.com/apps/hard-awakening
Sure this app works, but boy is it annoying! You have been warned.
Photos via apptism
The Four Agreements
The Four Agreements
A practical guide to personal freedom.
By Don Miquel Ruiz
I have recently finished ready The Four Agreements after my friend Hilary suggested in a comment to a previous post. I gave the book as a gift to my sister about 10 years ago but never asked her if she read it or what she thought until recently.
This is a very small and simple book, but very profound. To embrace and live each of the Four Agreements is to find yourself experiencing personal freedom.
The Four Agreements are:
Be Impeccable With Your Word: Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
I have been guilty of saying many things I didn’t really mean and know my words have hurt people. I know how wrong that is and am much more aware not to do this.
Don’t Take Anything Personally: Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.
This one is hard. I usually think I don’t care about what people think of me, but really I have. I need to work on not taking anything personal, positive or negative. I need to find my own opinion of myself and be true to myself.
Don’t Make Assumptions: Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness, and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
What’s the old quote, when you assume, you make an ass out of you and me? I have definitely assumed things and build all kinds of dreams and stories around those assumptions that turned out to be totally wrong, which then cased a lot of suffering on my part. We now have a saying on our refrigerator reminding us not to make assumptions in our house but to talk to each other and ask questions instead.
Always Do Your Best: Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret.
Just as it says, do your best. Don’t try and do someone else’s best, do your best.
I learned a lot from this book and hope you find it just as useful.
Review: Origami Japanese Cuisine & Sushi Bar
Origami Japanese Cuisine & Sushi Bar
Category: Japanese
1220 Airline Rd Ste 150
Corpus Christi, TX 78412
(361) 993-3966
Originally written for Yelp and posted: 02/19/08
Used to go to this place weekly when I was in college.. sushi in college? That’s where my student loan money must have went.
Very nice people. Gave me free stuff all the time and the lady who ran the place had short, cute hair, like me.
They also take your photo on your birthday so I’m up on the walls in a few places.
Haven’t been in ages but would go back and try it again.
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