The viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge came my way. Miranda from Plus Sized Mama and author of Lemonade and Holy Stuff challenged me. I get what the intention was in the beginning. Well, kind of. Bring awareness to the horrid disease that takes the joy of living from so many people. I did a bit of research online so that I could be more educated on the disease. What has gotten lost in the challenge, however, is the education and the actual donations to a reputable charity that is in dire need of … [Read more...]
May 1, 2011
The Results Are In!!!
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This month I promised to make a donation to the National Parkinson Foundation for every legitimate comment made on my blog during the month of April. By legitimate I mean from real people and not spammers!!! There are a lot of those out there in the blogosphere. I blogged about it for the first time here. Well, the results are in and after going through all of my comments for the month I had an all time high of 153 comments (not including my responses) . I know that commenting on blogs is … [Read more...]
It's Just Life 
From Water to Research–Comments for A Cause
I am a little late in posting today but I am finally getting to the exciting news about Comments for a Cause. For the past 2 1/2 years I have featured a different cause each month on It's Just Life and for every comment made during that month on any blog post I have donated 50 cents to that featured cause. My husband and I are thrilled with the response that this has elicited and each month the perfect cause seems to appear. In September I chose Samaritan's Purse---specifically their work in … [Read more...]