Quirky, Nuts, Oddball.....Yeah that's Me!

Do you or your family members have some odd quirks?  Are y'all the 'nutty' ones on the family tree?  And do you know all those embarrassing but funny stories?  Well of course that is all of us in one way or another.  I know that there are a few quirks here.  Let's see. . .

1.  Am the only one who really likes to wash my hair in the kitchen sink.  Odd as it seems, I prefer to use the kitchen sink...it feels like I can get to my head of hair better.  Sorta 1950's ain't it?

2.  Did you know I met my Dear Hubby (before he was DH) at a family funeral.  Eeeck...sorta redneck huh?

3.  I hate showers!  Why?  I can't stand the water hitting me.....feels awful to me.  I feel the same way about rain.

4.  Dear Hubby has 8 people in his immediate family that share 3 names, but they are not Jr., Sr or the third.  John, Curtis and Virginia Mary are honest to goodness used up names there.

5.  Dear Hubby twirls around in circles when he is stressed out.  We laugh and tell him to stop.  But he does go round and round and round.

6.  College Girl suffers from automatonophobia which is the fear of wax figures, humanoid robots, audio animatronics or other figures designed to represent humans. She discovered this at a museum for the mentally ill that was filled with mannequin's.

7.  College Girl and I can not go to a store without 'fronting' the shelves.  Meaning we put things in order, with the labels facing forward and move items to their proper place if they are not there.  Stores love us!

Why am I sharing this odd ball quirks?  Well I know we all do things a lil different.  That is what makes us human and sometimes funny.  But it is interesting to know of other peoples quirks.   I have been enjoying the short stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul:  Family Matters.  It is filled with outrageous true stories about families in general.  Amusing and many laugh out loud stories, you know the crazy day to day events we all love.  I am happy to know I can share 3 of these books with my readers.  Comments are the way to enter.  And this time I want to know one of your odd quirks...or that of a family member.  Extra entries are by following me on GFC.  Make sure I have your email too so I can notify the winners. This is limited to U.S. and Canada residents.  Thanks so much!


DISCLOSURE: I received a complimentary copy of this book to facilitate this review. No other compensation was provided.

Mary Kay Blogger Party

Image by hugovk via Flickr

This last weekend I attended a play that College Girl was in. Of course I was wanting to look good. You know that is when I was broke out. Yeah, in my 40's and still have acne. I needed some great full coverage make up. Well I use Mary Kay so I was not worried. Well not until I realized I did not have any foundation left. Nope. None at all! Well my neighbor had given me some foundation of another brand for Christmas. And it looked like it would be a great coverage. And it was. Until my eyes started watering and would not stop. Dang it! Another makeup that either makes my eyes water or breaks me out. That is why I started wearing Mary Kay in the first place. It is the only make up that consistently gives me good coverage (not caked on look either) and I do not have an adverse reaction to it.

Well I am glad to say that I am friends with Jana from Life with the Leonards. And she is now a consultant for Mary Kay! Yipee. And she is going to hook me up with some more foundation. Thanks so much Jana. But she is also your hook up too. Yeppers! We have conspired on how to help out all you ladies just as well. So thanks first to Jana and her great ideas.

So here is what we are doing and how it works. First of we are having a Mary Kay Giveaway. Yippeee! We all love giveaways. And she is offering the Fragrance Free Satin Hands Pampering Set. If you have never used Satin Hands then oh my goodness....are you in for a surprise. I loved it from the first time I ever tried it. This kit has become my go to gift for all my girls gifts from Sweet 16 to Graduations. What a wonderful thing to share with the Bride to be too! You can enter for the Mary Kay Giveaway by leaving a comment and telling us either your favorite Mary Kay product or what your make up woes are that you would like fixed. Extra entries will be by:
following Jana at Life with the Leonards,
Tweeting about this Giveaway...daily entries available. Just leave a comment with the URL in it.
And an additional 5 entries for those who purchase from Jana.

Now about the purchasing...you can also get an extra 10% discount if you email Jana at JanaLeonard@Marykay.com with your order. By doing that and leaving her a way to contact you by phone or email then she can give you the 10% off of your order. Do not order through the Mary Kay site as she can not give the 10% off there. (Mention Crazed Mind in your email.)

Now we will be offering the 10% off and the giveaway for the next two weeks. I will be picking a winner on May 2nd. That way you can use your gift or order as a Mothers Day present if you wish. We are so excited to be able to offer this to you and hope it makes your day too! Now enter the giveaway, tweet about it and get your extra 5 entries by making an order.

Art Give Away

Yes we are lucky enough to have another give away.

YIPPPEEE!

I know that everyone here loves a good ol give away.

And who would not love getting a special family treasure.

I know that for many years I did children's photography for a living.

And having photos of our kids is the fastest way to make any mom or dad happy.

So this time we are giving you---your kids or pets or sunrise or what ever you wish.

How? Well because your going to get a

Large Format Posters is the online printing website hosting this week’s giveaway. They are going to give one of my lucky readers Custom Poster Printing. Will that not be fantastic?

Large Format Posters loves photos as much as I do. If you don't believe that you should see my walls. They are ceiling to "couch" covered in photos.

From CRAZED MIND

Well, now is your chance to enlarge that special photo you’ve been wanting to display. The photo can be of anything you want, as long it will make you happy to see it enlarged! Large Format Posters are offering a free High-gloss or Semi-gloss 18x24" Digitally Printed Posters for one of my readers!

I am going to get one too!

Doesn't that make me a lucky woman. Well I think so. I am not sure what picture I am going to use just yet. There are so many to choose from.

From CRAZED MIND

This is some Granny M's beautiful flowers that she has grown in her garden.

From CRAZED MIND

Here is a very lovely church here in my town. I think it would make a beautiful piece on my wall.

From CRAZED MIND

Of course I would love another photo of my College Girl!

SO MAKE SURE YOU ENTER TOO!

You can enter the giveaway by leaving a comment telling me what photo you would have a Custom Poster Printing done.

You can also add extra ways to enter by blogging about this giveaway and leaving me a link in the comments.

Another entry will be to post this giveaway on Twitter. Make sure I know about it.

Send someone to my blog and they let me know and you get an extra entry.

OF COURSE make sure you are one of my Followers for an entry (post this please).

And if you have my button button who has the button on your blog use that as another extra entry (again please post on the comments).

So you can get 6 entries into this give away! Make sure you use them all.

Now for the fine print! Here are the details when the LUCKY one wins.

Blog Winner Poster Printing will be awarded by a coupon code on Friday August 7, 2009. The email sent out with the coupon code will also include directions on how to order. Make sure you have your high-resolution photo ready. SO be really sure I have a way of contacting you if you win. Giveaway is open to US/CAN residents. Ground shipping of prizes is free, but there is a $5 handling fee that must be paid by winner. Large Format Posters reserves the right not to print obscene or offensive materials. All designs submitted in the form of a giveaway may be used by Large Format Posters for online marketing and promotional uses. The designs will be used solely as examples and will not be printed or commercially distributed.

Be-Bop to the Blog Hop

What is Blog Hop '09 you ask? It's this great idea that Robin of Pensieve & Musings of a Housewife thought up so that all of us not hitting Chi-town for BlogHer can party from home. You get to hop around, find new blogs, and meet lots of new friends. How cool is that?! Want to join the fun? Just click on the graphic above!

They are keeping this short and sweet so we can get right to it! If you haven't yet checked out the Blog Hop FAQs, be sure to do so to maximize your Blog Hop experience (and to discover some fabulous giveaways!). Details on how to win the giveaways will be posted at Pensive Me, but keep in mind you must have the Blog Hop '09 posted in your sidebar to be eligible :).
And because we all want to support the entire blogging community--and for this week in particular, bloggers who weren't able to make it to BlogHer in Chicago--check out these alternate venues for mixing and mingling blogging style.

SEE YOU AT THE HOP

Hi Blog Hoppers! Thanks for stopping by! I'm Lynette and I've been blogging for about lil while now. Here at CRAZED MIND, I write about a little bit of everything: life, small town Texas life, the adventures of being a SAHM, product & web reviews, giveaways, College Girl, Dear Hubby and Granny M, just whatever pops into my head. I am so glad you stopped by! I look forward to finding some great blogs to read during the hop & to making new friends! Enjoy the hopping!

Piggy Paint $20 Give Away ends July 26th.
Don't forget to use your coupon code of CRAZEDMIND15L for another 15% off expiration September 15, 2009.