Lyme Disease Awareness -- and a FREE kit

There are 100 documented strains of Lyme disease in the U.S., but the tests used for diagnosis are only based on one. With the Western blot being based only on one strain of the disease, significant numbers of people infected will go undiagnosed, making it much more difficult to cure.

Irwin Vanderhoof*, PhD, Professor at the New York University Stern School of Business estimates that Lyme Disease costs society about $1 billion per year. This includes unnecessary or inappropriate medical care, lost productivity, legal fees, and other direct/indirect expenses. However, the human toll can be high. Patients can have ongoing problems resulting in emotional distress, permanent physical damage, and significant disruption of life (e.g. job loss, divorce, loss of friends or family).

For more detailed information, please read the source at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease

Here are a couple of truly adorable layouts my CT Manager, iwannalife2, created with the mini kit shown above:



And now for your links to the FREEBIE mini kit shown above: Link Expired

Wow! I've recieved another award!

Thank you, Leah at http://leaho74.blogspot.com/, for giving me this lovely award!

The rules are:
1. Accept the award, post it in your blog together with the name of person who granted you the award and his/her blog link.
2. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that are worthy of this acknowledgment. Remember to contact them to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

And so, I'm passing this on to the following (with so many lovely blogging friends, it was really tough to choose only 15!:
1. Susie R at http://susierlayouts.blogspot.com/
2. AneczkaW Designs at http://aneczkaw.blogspot.com/
3. Angelfaye Designs at http://angelfayedesigns.blogspot.com/
4. A-liya's Dreams at http://a-liya.blogspot.com/
5. Kara's Kollage at http://kjoistudios.blogspot.com/
6. Heavenly Anomalies at http://heavenly-anomalies.blogspot.com/
7. Passion4Digiscraps at http://loristaton2863.blogspot.com/
8. This and That at http://austinmemoryscrapper.blogspot.com/
9. SandEz Creationz at http://sandezcreationz.blogspot.com/
10. Lizard Dau Designs at http://liz-lizarddaudesigns.blogspot.com/
11. Living4Him at http://living4him2.blogspot.com/
12. KatLen Kreations at http://katlen124.blogspot.com/
13. Panda Bear Designs at http://www.pandabeardesigns.blogspot.com/
14. Hooked On Digiscrap http://hookedondigiscrap.com/blog/
15. April Dawn Creations at http://aprildawncreations.blogspot.com/

February Freebie from Paris Designs!!

Wow, our friends at Paris Designs are giving away a February Freebie! Look over on the sidebar of my blog, scroll down, and you'll see a link for TurtlesRainbow. Click on that and you'll be whisked away to the free stuff! Please remember to leave them some luvin' for the goodies!