Happy Birthday to Joe

Coming up Joe will have his 8th Bone Marrow Transplant birthday! His sister Nichole was his donor so it is her celebration too!

I LOVE YOU TWO!!!!!!!!!

It is so hard to relive those horrible days when we all were wondering if he'd live or die. I am thankful each and every day that he is alive and well and around to be a pain in the backside. I wouldn't have it any other way!

I've Joined the 21st Century

First, it was a blog. Now, Facebook. Yup; I'm there. It's a work in progress as I try to steal a few minutes here and there to add to the site. Let me know if I've flaked on adding important stuff...

And no, I don't know how to link these two sites together yet... sheesh!

World Water Day

This Sunday, March 22, is World Water Day - Established by the UN in 1993, it's an international day of observance and action to draw attention to the plight of the more than 1 billion people worldwide that lack access to clean, safe drinking water and to make safe, clean water available to all. Celebrated since 1993, World Water Day was designated in 1992 when the United Nations (UN) General Assembly passed a resolution. With each passing year, the observance has grown larger and stronger.
In the developed world, our addiction to single-serving water bottles undermines responsible use of water and diverts our attention from investing in public tap water systems and home filtration. So commit to making a difference today, by purchasing a high-quality, safe reusable water bottle for each member of your family. It's a true win-win -- you'll save both money and natural resources.

Go here: www.worldwaterday.org to find out what else you can do!

A Contest to Check Out!

Here is a contest with a very good prize and it raises money for a good cause. Make your 90-second video about beauty, upload it to YouTube, and send a link to north@marthabee.com.

The best video gets an iPod Touch.

But even better; every entry earns $10 for a charity that repairs cleft lips and palates on children in impoverished countries (up to $1000).

For more information look here:
North of Beautiful Contest

March 4 is National Grammar Day!!!!!!

Do you adore clean, correct sentences? Do ungrammatical advertisements make you cringe? We understand completely, and this is why the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar and MSN Encarta have designated March 4 as National Grammar Day.

How can you participate?

Speak well! Write well! And on March 4, march forth and spread the word. We want people to think about language and how it can be used best.

Some of the members of SPOGG (Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar) are planning Good-Grammar Potlucks at their offices. What do you serve at good-grammar potlucks? High-fiber foods, of course. They're good for the colon.

So who is the celebrity with the worst grammar? In today's time it can be quite hard to decide. After all, it's not easy being in the public eye all the time, having your every move and statement recorded. You can't even leave the house wearing an extremely short skirt and no underwear without the darned paparazzi photographing your posterior for posterity.

Still, this is no excuse for bad grammar. Our task now is to decide which celebrity deserves to win the SPOGG Award for Most Appalling Celebrity Grammar. The contestants:

President George W. Bush
We're not the sort to kick a man when he's down (frankly, we're not fond of upright kicking, either). But President Bush really ought to know the plural of the word "child." After all, he's the father of twins.

While running for president, he asked, "Is our children learning?" Then, on Sept. 26, 2007, he proved that this wasn't a one-time fluke when he said, "Childrens do learn."

Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton produced a T-shirt that said, "THATS HOT," cheating the poor apostrophe from its rightful place on her bosom. What's more, she sent Lindsay Lohan a text message that said, "i chill with perez, but not enough for your name to get broughten up." Broughten? Is she the only text-messager who likes to lengthen words?

Courtney Love
It's perhaps unfair to judge Courtney Love by her grammar. It's not even English she's writing on her blog. And we quote:

have a beer with?
i would never votefor a presidenty based on the "person id most like to have a beer witH" Fox transparently obvious talking point. Its maddeningly sexist and mostly its DUMB.
Beer isnt even GOOD. i mean REALLY. "ahh ahm a gonna belly up to the sports bar and have a brewski y'all want one?"
i mean who has really had more than TEN beers in thier life on my blog?

It's entirely possible there are too many errors to correct.

So, post your comment and include your vote on who should win this year's award!