Free magazines anyone?

February 22nd, 2009 Shawna

Do you use Rewards Gold? I do not really use them. But every so often I see them mentioned on Slick Deals. Why? Because they are always giving away free magazine subscriptions.

In fact, just this month I have gotten a free subscription to Women’s Health, Soap Opera Digest and some magazine about living with diabetes.

If you like free magazines Rewards Gold is the place to go. Or you can just skim Slick Deals for the info like I do!

Famous female pirates

February 17th, 2009 Shawna

Some known female pirates are:

Queen Artemisia of Halicarnassus (in Greece) was a known pirate around 480 B.C. in the Mediterranean region.

Elissa, commonly known as “Dido” was a pirate in 470 B.C., also in the Mediterranean region. She is also the legendary founder of Carthage.

Queen Teuta of Illyria was a pirate in the Adriatic Sea circa 232 B.C. to 228 B.C.

Norwegian Vikings Princess Sela, Princess Rusla, Russila and her sister Stikla pirated the seas between 420 A.D and 800 A.D.

Other female Viking pirates believed to sail the seas post 800 A.D. are Wigbiorg, Hetha, Wisna, Alfhild (a.k.a. Ælfhild, Alwilda, Alvilda), Ladgerda and Æthelflæd, who was known as the “Lady of the Mercias.”

A fairly famous pirate in the 1500’s was Grace O’Malley, who was also know to go by Granuaile, Grainne O’Malley. She commanded three galleys and 200 men in the Atlantic.

Between 1500 - 1800, it is estimated that hundreds of Chinese female pirates roamed the seas. Supposedly whole families of pirates lived at sea, including mothers, wives, daughters, and servant girls. Some were forced, some voluntarily joined and some were born into piracy.

Hillary in Asia

February 16th, 2009 Shawna

Well, Hillary is off! She is off to make her first international appearance as Secretary of State. Where is she going? She is going to Asia. Word is that she lands in Tokyo. Here’s hoping she makes some waves over there!

Got working mom’s guilt?

February 11th, 2009 Shawna

Are you a mother? Do you work outside the home? If you answer ‘yes’ to both of those then I bet I know something else. I bet you suffer from working mom’s guilt. What is it? Well, basically is it just mom’s that feel guilty about going to work and leaving the kids at the daycare. There is also some guilt about neglecting other “housewife” type duties. Do you suffer from working mom’s guilt?

Spring festivals in California

February 5th, 2009 Shawna

Ah, California. You gotta love it, right? And there are loads of awesome spring festivals in California. There are things like wine festivals. And of course there are film festivals!