tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73444200034781312122024-02-20T14:40:14.713-05:00Imaginary Empire of JoyA REAL Happy Housewife of New York. Wharton school graduate. Long Island girl. Financial guru. Bargain hunter. My good friends call me Jackie O (of all trades). One woman hot topic blog spot with financial suggestions, parenting advice and anecdotes, spicy Jamaican and international cuisine recipes, beauty and shopping hits and misses, do it yourself home projects, Reality TV, news, reading lists, movie watching and anything else worth mentioning.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10677461590655675797noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344420003478131212.post-31294724870951233582012-01-10T10:20:00.001-05:002012-01-10T10:20:17.587-05:00Apple Products Deal 94% offFor all of my Apple product users.. quickly head over to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/">www.amazon.com</a> <br />
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<span id="bxgy_cartadd"><input alt="Add all three to Cart" border="0" class="dpSprite s_add3ToCart button-margin" id="bxgy_cartadd_button" name="submit.addToCart" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/transparent-pixel._V192234675_.gif" title="" type="image" value="" /></span><span id="bxgy_wl_button_block"><input align="top" alt="Add all three to Wish List" border="0" class="wl-button-sprite button-margin wl_three" height="22" id="bxgy_wladd_button" name="submit.add-to-registry.wishlist" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/transparent-pixel._V192234675_.gif" type="image" width="146" /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10677461590655675797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344420003478131212.post-70799807662564299022012-01-09T22:26:00.000-05:002012-01-09T22:26:09.966-05:00Car SafetyIt is frightening to see parents or temporary guardians put small children in the backseat and barely have them strapped in, much less in a properly installed car safety seat. Please observe these guidelines from heathychildren.org. Protect your loved ones!<br />
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<td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-1">Infant seats and rear-facing convertible seats</td>
<td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1">All infants and toddlers should ride in a <strong>Rear-Facing Car Safety Seat</strong> until they are 2 years of age or until they reach the highest weight or height allowed by their car safety seat’s manufacturer.</td></tr>
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Toddlers/Preschoolers</td>
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<td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1">All children 2 years or older, or those
younger than 2 years who have outgrown the rear-facing weight or height
limit for their car safety seat, should use a <strong>Forward-Facing Car Safety Seat </strong>with a harness for as long as possible, up to the highest weight or height allowed by their car safety seat’s manufacturer.</td></tr>
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<td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1"> School-aged children</td>
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<td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-1">All children whose weight or height is above the forward-facing limit for their car safety seat should use a <strong>Belt-Positioning Booster Seat </strong>until
the vehicle seat belt fits properly, typically when they have reached 4
feet 9 inches in height and are between 8 and 12 years of age.</td></tr>
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When children are old enough and large enough to use the vehicle seat belt alone, they should always use <strong>Lap and Shoulder Seat Belts</strong> for optimal protection.<br />
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All children younger than 13 years should be restrained in the <strong>Rear Seats</strong> of vehicles for optimal protection.</td></tr>
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Public Health, the Smoke Free Philadelphia program provides free stop
smoking classes (including free Nicotine Replacement Therapy-gum and
patches) and free educational material to help make for a more healthy
Philadelphia. Call, 215-683-LIVE. <a href="http://www.smokefreephilly.org/" title="www.smokefreephilly.org">www.smokefreephilly.org</a>
- <a href="http://www.smokefreephilly.org/Docs/Smoke%20Free%20Pledge.pdf" title="Click here for smoke free pledge">Click here for smoke free pledge</a>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-weight: normal;">Get a free smoke alarm and/or carbon monoxide detector. As part
of a national fire and poison prevention initiative, many state fire
marshals and local fire departments offer the life-saving devices at no
charge to low-income homeowners and renters, as well as seniors. Many times they even come out and install!</span></span></h2>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10677461590655675797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344420003478131212.post-83793641932647752102012-01-09T22:00:00.002-05:002012-01-09T22:00:57.559-05:00Organization is the Key to Time Creation“A place for everything and everything in its place.”<br />ISABELLA MARY BEETON, THE BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT, 1861Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10677461590655675797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344420003478131212.post-38910003120355237192012-01-09T14:19:00.002-05:002012-01-09T14:19:29.171-05:00<div style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Are you saving money with every check? <span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you are not, here is my challenge. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Open up an online savings account for every member of your family. (I like ING because there are several ways to make money just by opening accounts.) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Link it to an existing bank account. This will take a couple days because you will have to verify your accounts and confirm deposits. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Create an automatic schedule of transfers to your account. Can't afford it you say? What about 50 cents? Already saving? Increase your savings amount. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Something will always be better than nothing. You will be surprised at how much you can put away. Challenge yourself over the upcoming months and watch your fortune grow. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10677461590655675797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344420003478131212.post-28564708645834095972012-01-09T07:36:00.001-05:002012-01-09T07:36:16.818-05:00Goal Setting for 2012<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt</div>
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I BELIEVE. I wish to leave a legacy of <b>love </b>and <b>joy</b>. I am putting myself on blast and walking into the light of my potential to <i>change the world</i> with your help!! For those of you who know me... which is most likely anyone reading this post (<span style="font-size: x-small;">LOL</span>)... I have an enthusiasm for life (most noted by my fondness for exclamation points) and believe that <b><u>if </u><u><i>you </i>want it</u> you have to make it happen!! </b></div>
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This year I set some serious goals for myself and I wrote them down in several locations. </div>
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If <i><u>you </u></i>want to <i>make it happen in your life</i>... If <i><u>you </u></i>will <i><b>no longer create or accept excuses for your life</b></i> and instead <b>take control of your life</b>... <span style="font-size: large;">we can celebrate phenomenal personal growth every day</span>. </div>
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Each day is a gift and an opportunity. Nothing is promised and nothing is perfect. If you can frame your mind around the positives of your situation and work to find solutions- you may just skip the anxiety, stress and negativity that comes with life's challenges.</div>
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If you want to join me on this journey I have some tips. Step one. <b>Write it down!!!!</b> Goal setting must be SMART- specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time targeted. Answer the following questions with each goal. (S)What do you wish to accomplish? (M) What needs to happen to measure completion? (A) What do you need to do to achieve this goal? (R) Can you finance this goal? (T) What are the deadlines? </div>
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Share your goals with me. Let me support you. Subscribe to loveforjoy.blogspot.com.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10677461590655675797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344420003478131212.post-30357140398196032932009-10-13T11:29:00.003-04:002009-10-13T11:53:17.297-04:001012<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwVa-lASNVEhNO-aB7fii6ar2m81STHLzRqc0IFwSHlEJEimiGb1l1T_6aPLc8FEwozxUdITHsnQom6EhtrJQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10677461590655675797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344420003478131212.post-69135393542155944322009-07-20T13:58:00.003-04:002009-07-20T16:07:59.176-04:00Good Reads!<div id="ms__id140">My name is Joy and I am a Readaholic! The summer before 11th grade I read all of the romance novels in the Manhasset Public Library. Some of my recent faves are Midnight by Sister Souljah (can't wait for the sequel), American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (interesting perspective about Laura Bush and family), My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (touching and in theatres) and Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger (author of Devil Wears Prada). I'm currently reading Julie & Julia by Julie Powell (in theatres also). </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10677461590655675797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344420003478131212.post-46146297979139078402009-07-20T12:17:00.002-04:002009-07-20T12:33:34.742-04:00Yes, you can... but no you shouldn't..<div id="ms__id76">Down with Chia Obama. The American people would flip out if President Obama started wearing an afro. The pseudo Obama comes in Determined or Happy poses.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10677461590655675797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344420003478131212.post-12400152534219441942009-07-20T12:03:00.002-04:002009-07-20T12:16:28.484-04:00Financial Tip of the Day!<div id="ms__id68">Having too much fun with your credit cards?!? Get a charge card. This is essentially a short term loan because you pay the balance off in full at the end of the month. On time payments will reflect positively on your credit report and even though 'credit' is not provided, there is usually a spending limit. If utilized properly, this can help you get on track to being debt free!! Want more credit card tips... post your questions and I do my best to answer them or refer you to a source to address your needs.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10677461590655675797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344420003478131212.post-18416398115573781342009-07-20T10:54:00.003-04:002009-07-20T11:59:56.929-04:00lights, camera, action!<div id="ms__id44">Stone is loooovvving the camera!!! I am loving her bedhead.</div>
<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy7W1YzZl8UYmF1DicXYUC2_9b_ijE0fEsoXLf5B_BOmQF019sOuXkphKBrELlVfZY0bf1ZDuv2pg36IRAZKQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10677461590655675797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344420003478131212.post-49027209652798692852009-07-20T10:32:00.001-04:002009-07-20T10:32:04.935-04:00Jibber Jabber<span xmlns=''><p><span style='font-family:Georgia; font-size:12pt'>So somehow there are a million things to do in a day. I have to make <span style='color:#006600'>picking up the laptop a habit</span> (they it takes 21 days to form a habit). When I start writing it's usually because I have material. But then "my material" disturbs me and I tell myself I am going to do this later. How do I believe the same lie every day? I have a SOLUTION... more videos. <br /></span></p><p><br /> </p><p><span style='font-family:Georgia; font-size:12pt'>This morning I put our exuberant dog Ralph, a miniature Eskimo and toy Collie mix into the backyard. Let me tell you, as sweet as Ralph is, he can possibly be the most annoying emcee in the history of the world. If you even <em>think</em> of walking past my house, Ralph is going to let everyone know 24/7. We have had Ralph since he was a puppy and got him two weeks after we got married (in 2003). Kyle worked as a valet at nights and I wanted something warm in bed with me (hello… that's why I got married!). Ralph was also an early graduation gift, as in I bought him 5 months before I was scheduled to graduate... and yes, I did graduate. Ralph and my bonding in bed <strong>quickly</strong> ended after he released a warm stream of potent puppy pee on my new duvet the first night. Not only did I start walking that 8 week old puppy in the brisk Philadelphia snow that night... my puppy trained within days! I'm not up for puppy roulette. At 7:15am, I turned on the sprinkler in the mini lawn and garden in the backyard and sat in the sun. What a great way to start to the day!<br /></span></p><p><br /> </p><p><span style='font-family:Georgia; font-size:12pt'>It really excites me to add little elements of organization and cleanliness to my home. Yesterday, I cleaned and lined 80% of my cabinets with new tile pattern contact paper (picked it up at Bobby's Department Store in Brooklyn for $1.99 for 9 ft), hung a sequence of pictures of Stone and Kai above the cabinets in the kitchen, weeded and watered the front yard and went shopping for baby gifts. <br /></span></p><p><br /> </p><p><span style='font-family:Georgia; font-size:12pt'>Thursday was both my father and my nephew's birthday, so my sister Tiffany came to NY with her son (my nephew) Kai and her husband Rob from Chicago. My daughter Stone is Kai's long lost twin. Kai is Stone's shadow and always shows love and affection- to the point of physical attack. <br /></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Georgia; font-size:12pt'>Friday was hair day. For me hair day is a deep condition with either Una, Alter Ego or Sebastian, a roller set at the Dominican Salon, and rollers at night. Depending on the day and time I get out and out in 2.5 hours or less. I have even been in and out in 45 minutes, however, I went in washed with a deep conditioner in my hair. I can't speak for all black women but most have many chapters in our book of hair. My sister is fully engaged in the great battle. The rumble in the jungle… at least that is what her roots are like. The fight of the Perm versus the Virgin (hair)… when a woman chooses to grow out the perm and go natural. That is one battle I will watch from the sidelines! In May, I went to visit my younger sister Tiffany in Chicago and help out with her best friend's Angela's wedding (Tiffany is the Matron of Honor). The older sister in me took over and with no beauty salons open at 10pm on Friday night, I appointed myself to the task. She is pregnant and let's just say her she reverted to the "When my mom does my hair it doesn't hurt…" and I retorted "How the heck can you go for so long without washing your hair?! It can't be that bad of a process… Can it?" First she made me part it into four quadrants. She tells me it's all the rage for 'the transition.' It got done and she looked beautiful. I also did Sandra, the Maid of Honor's hair (sometimes I have Asian hair, so hooking it up is a breeze). Pictures to come!!<br /></span></p></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10677461590655675797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344420003478131212.post-61410837221395894402009-07-15T13:23:00.001-04:002009-07-15T14:36:43.953-04:00Origins Charcoal Mask rocks!!!<div id="ms__id53"> </div>
<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwW83aMbMLYUiYA_vm5YLs7tw3PHUk93tSh2HgnWXvCMYbMQ0tjXMyNBJ2Oki-WE4FjrvV0PofkfCX2EsXpTg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10677461590655675797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344420003478131212.post-29757871272022911732009-07-15T11:27:00.001-04:002009-07-15T11:27:57.228-04:00HELLO WORLD!!!!!<span xmlns=''><p><span style='font-family:Georgia; font-size:11pt'>Finally... no excuses! Uncut! I come to you as I am. Like, what is wrong like being a Celebrity in your own mind? My life is full and I want to share it with you. Don't worry, I know who I am! And I am OK with not being perfect. I am a child of the King and the most fabulous me that ever existed!!! Holla!!!! <br /></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Georgia; font-size:11pt'>A REAL Happy Housewife of New York. Wharton school graduate. Long Island girl. Financial guru. Bargain hunter. My good friends call me Jackie O (of all trades). The truth is I enjoy luxury and know that you can get it for cents or less on the dollar if you do some research. I am a 27 year old woman with a touch of ADD and way too many creative interests. So I thought why not share!! My life is far from boring and with a 2 year old little girl named Stone Love (which is like mostly like living with an angel and occasionally like being tortured in late night potty sessions- the record is 10 times after she was put down). <br /></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Georgia; font-size:11pt'>This blog is an opportunity to live out loud the life I live. It is a challenge to me to try to track the myriad of things that happen in a day and create a living journal of Joy. I want to live my best life and thought about my life goals. I have helped many clients make successful financial decisions and we always start by writing a plan. How can you live the life of your dreams if you can't even write them down? How can you maintain your dream if you don't know what it takes to sustain them? You can make today better than yesterday with the stroke of a pen!!! <br /></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Georgia; font-size:11pt'>I would love this to be a forum where most anything can be discussed. Consider it a one woman hot topic spot with financial suggestions, parenting advice and anecdotes, spicy Jamaican and international cuisine recipes, beauty and shopping hits and misses, Reality TV, news, and anything else that can be discussed. <br /></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Georgia; font-size:11pt'>Please share your love for joy with everyone you know!<br /></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Georgia; font-size:11pt'>Disclaimer: The thoughts in my mind do not define me as a person… if I could control them I would. <br /></span></p></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10677461590655675797noreply@blogger.com3