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Fussy & The Cast of Lost Perform The Can-Can!

Can you guess why I am so excited today? No?

Allow me to show you. Play this video!

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Woot-Woot! Y'all know what Fussy will be doing at 9pm tonight. ~Cue angel choir~

I will photo-blog it like I do Oprah & Dr. Oz, but I will wait until Saturday to post. That way if you need to TiVo it, I won't spoil your Friday date with Lost.

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One more thing- Thanks to the Bloggie nomination (thank you Friends of Fussy!) I have received so many wonderful emails. Thank you so much! Many Friends of Fussy are asking for a Fussy FAQs page. I have no idea what to write and I'm afraid I would bore y'all to death!

"I could eat my body weight in Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby ice cream. Rumors of large catfish in local lakes cause me great distress ~shudders~. I was an only child. I never miss Meet the Press. I am not to be spoken to before my coffee. Zzzzzz...."

Wake up! See? I warned you that it would be bor-ring.

Your turn, Friends of Fussy, whaddya wanna know? Send an email or put them in my beloved comment section! You ask. I'll answer.

Your wish, my wonderful friends, is my command!

Love, Fussy

PS- That is a nice color on you. It really brings out your eyes! ;)

Fussy's Five Ways to Spoil Your Children

Five Handy Ways to Spoil Your Children

1) Spend more money than you make to give your children everything their hearts desire. Tell yourself that you do this because you want to give them a happy childhood. If all their friends have it, it would be wrong not to give them the same things. Even though the more you buy for them, the more they complain of boredom.

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2) Schedule every free moment with 'enrichment'. If they get bored, make sure to fill their time with every possible activity possible. You may also want to get a second job to cover the cost. Hey, it's for the kids, right?

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3) Give constant praise and compliments. Constantly work to reinforce your children's self-esteem. Lavish praise and compliments of all kinds. Tell your children how special, smart and wonderful they are with out any effort put forth.

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4) Always take your children's side, no matter what. When any problem arises in your child's life be sure to always take the position that your child is a victim of other's misdeeds. 

Childhood squabbles? Tell your child how awful the other child is and call the offenders parents and let them have it!

Teacher is mean? March up to the principle and file a complaint.

Be sure to disregard any evidence that refutes your position!

Let 'em have it, Mamma!

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5) Take away all chances your children have for personal growth. Take away the opportunity your children have to overcome obstacles and for learning to tolerate frustration and delay gratification. Look at childhood as a time of pure bliss and without responsibilities. Give your child the childhood you wished you received.

The best way to remove all opportunities for growth is be a proud Helicopter Parent and hover above your children ready to take away all stress!

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Enjoy the fallout from these tips!

Love, Fussy

PS- Hey, Friends of Fussy, notice all those little hyperlinks randomly put in the text? They each link to a parenting article that I recommend. Why put them in? Because I love you, of course.

Caption Voting has Arrived!

Voting ends Saturday at 6pm. I'll announce the winner in Sunday's Linkapalooza. This week you can vote three times. Three at once or the same one three times, I suppose.

Go give the finalists some bloggy love- Christine, Sleeping Mommy, Burgh baby's Mama, Bev, Nancy and Nancypants.

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Friends of Fussy, If you have a great photo or stumble across one please send a link. I spend hours finding just the right shot and would love a little back up! ;) I'll give you a sup-fab shout-out when your suggestion is used!

Love, Fussy

Fussy Has a Jewelry Winner!

Thank you all so much for joining in for the surprise give away. I loved hearing about everyone's favorites. Not only did I learn about tons of new things to do/try/buy/eat, but I learn more and more about you with every comment.

To be both arbitrary and fair, I had my kids choose. I said, "Pick a number between 0 and 7." Then I asked my 6 year old to pick a number between 0 and 9.

The boys oh-so scientifically chose 53. I counted the comments 6 times, so not to miscount. It would be just like me to miscount.

The winner is Michelle of MichelleSmiles.com. Congrats. Just send an email with your address and a picture you would like me to work my magic on!

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If you did not win this time do not fret! I give away photo jewelry once or twice a month.

One more surprise, I am giving away another photo necklace and a stunning ruby crystal and silver choker & earring set. These are part of Shannon's Bloggy Giveaways.

Here is a peek of the set I am giving away. Go on now, go enter here!

And yes, Friends of Fussy, I know I'm gonna have some 'splainin to do when Mr. Smartypants realizes I'm giving more bling away! :)

Love you, you, you, you, and of course YOU,

Fussy