I received an email from a dear friend whose son has autism.  In the last few years, I am completely amazed how many different people that I have met in day to day life that has a child with autism.  The video I was sent to watch is about autism with the Five For Fighting song playing along with it. 

http://www.whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com/videos/view/id/408214

There are many other videos that people have added to the site for different charities and illnesses that they are trying to bring awareness to.  Please visit the site today and view these videos.

It was about a website that gives money to charities just by watching the videos.  I found it so amazingly simple to watch a video that I though I would pass this along.  The very least I can do is watch a video.  This is worth passing on to everyone you know. 

By simply watching the videos on http://www.whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com/, you can help. 

According to the website,

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I am so excited that I just had to share!!

I am online ALOT. I do listen to online radio stations because it is easy for me to find just about anything I want to hear. Today, I found out that there is a new radio station at Live365 that plays mostly John Waite music (solo stuff and stuff by The Babys and Bad English). I have been a John Waite fan since I was about 13, and now I am about to be…ummm 40.   I haven’t heard some of these songs in a long time. I only have most of it on vinyl (LOL). I haven’t bought the CDs because my MOM funds are not used for too many splurges. The only The Babys cds I have is Anthology and that doesn’t have all of those songs I forgot I loved.  We do have a Rhapsody account, but when my husband is listening to it at work, I knock him off when I log in. It is one of the few things that keeps his sanity at work, so I let him listen!! The new John Waite station plays a bunch of songs that aren’t available on Rhapsody, so now I am super excited (of course, i am easily amused).

As I am writing, I am listening to some stuff that I haven’t heard in forever! The Dj is also including live stuff that you can’t find anywheres else. This is so cool ÂÂ

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Well, my husband and I got to go out this weekend! We went to New Orleans to see The Police (see previous post about this). Well, we got to NO a little early so that we could get dinner in the French Quarter. I had purchased a gift certificate to the Oceana Grill from Restaurant.com an was really excited to use it. I had already checked out their menu on the website.  My husband and I don’t make it to New Orleans very often, but when we do go, we try to get a good meal. We usually go there to go to a concert!ÂÂ

We both love Barbequed Shrimp, so we started with that as an appetizer.  They were really awesome ( I figured they would be, when we saw on the menu that the Oceana was a sister restaurant to the The Alpine (also in New Orleans), where we have been a few times for their awesome Barbequed Shrimp. I am glad that we did not order this as an entree. As good as they were, they were a bit to rich to make a full meal out of it (and we were hungry!). This is not a bbq sauce that you would think of. It has an olive oil and garlic base with herbs like rosemary and some good ole creole spice!

After sopping up the sauce with our French bread (a must if you want to experience all of the flavors), we were ready for our entree. We both ordered the Fresh Ahi Tuna stuffed with crabmeat dressing, Blackened and topped with Crawfish and mushroom cream sauce. OMG…this was a huge dish that just looked like it was going to be good. The first bit proved that it didn’t just look good…it was kick your mamma good. In addition to the tuna, there was also a heeping pile of jambalaya and sauteed zucchini and yellow squash. I did not want to waste my valuable stomach space on the jambalaya, but my husband said it tasted (with much more stomach space to fill) good. I tried as hard as I could to eat all of my tuna, but hust couldn’t go anymore (without seriously hurting myself). I usually like my tuna cooked ( well, overcooked) to not see pink. The waiter strongly suggested that I not cook it much past medium, and I could definately tell the difference between my medium well and hubby;s medium. His looked too pink inside for me, and mine was just a little pink. I was fine with that. I am glad that I listened to the waiter and not had it cooked well done. It would have dried it out too much. My tuna was perfect. The sauce was not as rich as I was thinking it might have been, and I was glad. It was a light sauce that really complimented the tuna and crabmeat stuffing.�
Yes, we did order dessert, even though I had to have my unfinished entree removed from me so as not to pop. My husband ordered the bread pudding, and I just couldn’t resist taking a few bites. It was not too sweet or too rich, so my stomach welcomed the sweet ending to a perfect meal.

The Oceana is casual dress, like most French Quarter restaurants, but don’t let that fool you as far as the quality of a meal you get.

I am glad that we had the gift certificate, because the entrees were $25.00 a piece, plus the appetizer, dessert, and each a drink. The $25.00 Restaurant.com Dining Certificates cost $10.00 and I just printed it on my home printer, so it was definately worth getting one.  I am so glad that I found the Oceana Grill and we will definately go there again (but not without getting a gift certificate first!). Sadly, there are no restaurants in my town that I can get gift certificates for. I am going to Houston in a few weeks, so I am going to try to find a place to get a certificate for!

After the meal, we went to The Police concert. We got there just in time to sit around for about an hour before the opening act came on. Fiction Plane was the band, and they were pretty good, but I would have to go find their music online to hear them recorded (it’s hard to say if you like a band from just hearing them live…you can’t destinguise the lyrics if you don’t already know them). My husband looked them up online after the show, and found out that the singer was Sting’s son.ÂÂ

The Police sounded great. I was not too crazy about how Sting sang Don’t Stand So Close To Me. He softened and mellowed  up the “don’t stands” too much in my opinion. They played a nice mix from all of their albums, and I am still stuck with “when the world is running down, you make the best of what’s still around” stuck in my head!! They were tight since they have been playing on tour for a little while now.ÂÂ

Great Date, Great Meal, Great Concert!!

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Every time I go to Goodwill or a garage sale, I see lots of books. I also see cds and even dvds. There are so many people out there that buy these, because it is kind of cheap. It does add up after awhile. It is nice to get new books, movies, and cds every once in awhile to replace the ones that we are tired of playing, watching or have finished reading. Well, I just came across a site called SwitchPlanet.com where you can swap out these with other members! It’s a cool idea. You set up an account for free. You list the items you have to swap (they accept DVDs, CDs, videos games, and books). It doesn’t cost you anything to list these. When you list, you do not ask for money for your item, you ask for the internal currency called switchbucs. When another member wants an item you have listed, they must have enough switchbucs in their account to get your item. If they don’t, they can purchase these from the site. Once they request the item, and have the correct amount of switchbucs, you mail out the item to them. You pay for the shipping costs. That is it. When you request an item, the person you request from pays to ship the item to you. No money is exchanged. The item is now yours to keep! You can switch with any member, it doesn’t have to be with the member that wants your stuff or the member whose stuff you want.ÂÂ

SwitchPlanet.com is not just a swap site, it is a social site. There are member groups with different themes. You can join groups that have members with similar interests to yours. You can start your own group if there isn’t one that appeals to you! Just like other social websites, you can create a profile for others to find out a little bit more about you.

If you are in to giving to charities, or have thought about donating and just never get around to doing it, Switch Planet offers something called Switch Funds. This is where you can donate to some very good causes throught your Switch Planet account. This is a great way to give a little bit back to the planet while you are saving a little money by swapping out stuff you don’t use for free. Neat idea!

You can meet new friends and get new games, movies, and music…nice combo! Try it out today, I did!

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