Have Sippy Will Travel thanks all the Veterans, current soldiers, and all the families for what they give for our country.
God Bless, and stay safe!
Thank you, Veterans!
November 11, 2010 by 2 Comments
Music for a Good Cause
November 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
True Joy Acoustics – Ukulele Kits
UKULELE anyone? Lots of fun, even therapeutic! These all-inclusive kits are distributed by True Joy Acoustics in Cincinnati, OH and feature a ready-to-play FLEA™ brand ukulele. They’re extra tough (kid proof!), easy to wipe down, and packed with essential gear to tune and strum it, learn basic techniques and tote it anywhere. No prior music experience required. Ukuleles are an easy alternative or stepping-stone to learning other instruments. In addition, Ukulele Musician Maker™ Kit sales help others in our community: (1) all kits are quality packed by a visually impaired workforce, and (2) for every nine kits sold, a 10th kit is donated to a pediatric hospital music therapy program. Learn music, help others … that’s True Joy! For more information, please visit: www.truejoyacoustics.com
What’s up, Google PR???
November 10, 2010 by 2 Comments
Here is a great post from Lindsay at Just My Blog
and FOR REAL, what’s up, Google???? I emailed them weeks ago, and got a trite “there is no update anticipated at this time”. We should ALL email the junk out of them, and force them to either poo or get off the pot already!!!
Here is her post, go link up and take a stand for bloggers!
BTW, here is the email- mail@prchecker.info
Go get ’em, girls!!! (and guys!)
Why is everyone so stuck on Google’s PageRank?
Filed under Blogging by Lindsay on November 10, 2010 at 12:01 am {10 comments} 
In the past week, I have been turned down for three reviews and/or PR campaigns based on my {lack of} Google PageRank. This has me annoyed and, quite frankly, confused. Why are companies relying so much on a third party site to tell them how good or bad my site is for them? Do they not realize that Google hasn’t updated their PageRank since April?
That means that any blog that moved to their own domain or changed domains since April has a PR score of Zero. This includes me. I moved from Blogger to WordPress and to my own domain in June. Before that, I was at PR 2 (after 4 months of blogging). So, logically, I should at least be at a 3 now, right? I get double the traffic, about 4 times the number of followers, over 100 more email subscribers and over 1,500 new Twitter followers.
But, since my Google PR hasn’t updated, I am being denied reviews and other opportunities. Google doesn’t think I’m cool enough, so I can’t work with your company? Really?
It’s getting ludicrous honestly. Even Simply Stacie, which has thousands of subscribers and does tons of reviews is getting turned down for things because her PR is zero. She moved to her own domain and over to WordPress in May {guessing} and since PR hasn’t updated, she is back at zero. Her old site still has a PR of 3, even though it’s auto-redirected to her new site. My site is the same way….I put up a 301 redirect several months ago hoping it would trigger the PR shift. Nope.
So, it’s time to educate the PR folks out there and remind them that just because I have a Google PR of zero does not make my blog worthless! I am still just as capable of working with your brand or reviewing your product as anyone else! As a matter of fact, let’s all get together and let the PR people know that we, as a blogosphere, do not want to be accepted or rejected based solely on an outdated algorithm. We would much rather be judged solely on our content, our traffic and our readership. If you like our work, then forget about PR and give us a chance!
If you agree, please write a post about it and link up (at her site). If even a few of us link up together, we can show the PR reps out there that it’s an issue and maybe they’ll take notice.
Vidazorb- Part 2!
November 8, 2010 by 1 Comment
OK, so you know I have a review/giveaway going on for Vidazorb?
(GO ENTER!!!)
I just wanted to tell you again how great it is….I know, I know, I said it in the review. But, below, is a few (and just a few) of the things we tried for my Little Man’s gastrointestinal issues. And the Bonus? His skin issues cleared up- NO MORE STEROID CREAMS! I had no idea that would happen…but the proof is in the pudding!
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| These don’t even count all the stuff we threw away or all his skin creams, prescription creams, and meds! |
My baby bugga-boo has had issues with his skin since he was an itty- bitty, too. Here are just a few pics. They are over the years, From age 16 months to 3 years. [Read more…]
Mondays…
November 8, 2010 by 1 Comment
Yay, Monday is OVER!!!
It sleet-ed here today, yuck!
Here is a fun Holiday Photo of our dog! See, he’s smiling 🙂
Kidorable Update
November 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Anyone who would like extra entries into the Kidorable Giveaway, please feel free to do this cute 5 question quiz, and paste your results into a reply/comment as an extra entry.
