Did you spend Valentine’s Day alone? Did your date not bring you candy and flowers? Did you get all dressed up for nothing? Well, immediately go your local drug store and stock up on all the half off Valentine’s candy, teddy bears, and fuzzy handcuffs, because once you sign up for passion search you’ll be celebrating Valentine’s Day the right way on the 14th of everymonth!

Passion Search is a 100% free dating site with over 19 million members. Talk about a lot of fish in the sea! No credit card required, no lengthy quizzes to take, no introspective questions to answer. Just a great site to connect with others that are looking for the same thing you are…passion!

Now, even though I am happily married, I did go ahead and scope the site out for all of my single readers because I want you all to put those fuzzy handcuffs to good use! I now also have a secret dating profile in case my husband is looking for passion behind my back! Juuust kidding!

A simple intro helps you narrow down your search by gender, location, and age and then you are ready to start meeting people. It can’t get any easier than that!

Just imagine how thrilled I was when Mike asked if I wanted to go to the Chicago Auto Show for Valentine’s Day. Yeah, not very.

I get where the idea came from, and in theory it’s good. I have a 2010 Prius on order and it’s been unveiled and will be on display at the show, but besides spending 10 minutes looking at my soon-to-be new car, spending a holiday all about love and romance at an auto show isn’t very lovey-dovey.

I nicely said that I didn’t want to go, so crisis adverted, but what’s your worst Valentine’s Day story? Eat at a greasy spoon? Get a bouquet that had more baby’s breath than roses? A box of nasty cherry cordial candies?

Worst Valentine’s Day story, judged by Mike and I, gets a copy of the soundtrack to he’s just not that into you! It can be your story, your friend’s story, or a story that’s not really all that bad in the grand scheme of things.

Contest ends Saturday at midnight, just in case this is the worst Valentine’s Day ever.

Please enter a valid first name and email address when entering. Not responsible for invalid entry information. Must comment with your worst Valentine’s Day story to be eligable. US and Canada.

PS – Sorry for making a contest out of your big Valentine’s Day plans, Mike. Hearts.

Hurricane season is here! Board up the windows, bring in the lawn furniture, stock up on water and toilet paper, and make sure your home insurance policy covers hurricane damage! As important as toilet paper is, I suggest you investigate your insurance policy, first.

HomeInsurance.com can help you find a provider that protects you from whatever natural disaster your house may be subjected to. From hurricanes to tornadoes, floods to fires, there’s a policy out there that covers your home.

Once you’re covered, then you can stock up on water and toilet paper in case Hurricane Bertha (or whatever the hurricane of the moment is) decides to visit this season.

When my sister and I were little, we were part of a local winter fashion show, and I think our careers would have taken off if we hadn’t sat at the end of the runway, eating cookies, with our knees apart so everyone could see up our fancy dresses.

If you have a child with a little more couth, and a lot more talent, than my sister and I, Gonnabe is your connection to the entertainment industry. It’s a database of opportunities for young dancers, singers, actors and models that can help them build their portfolio and work with the professionals they need to gain poise and experience. Job postings, casting calls, and photo shoots are all part of the Gonnabe experience, along with the ability to upload headshots, video and audio to showcase talents.

Gonnabe‘s years of experience and professional talent directors offer your budding young star a place to network and learn the industry without the pressures of a talent agency or placement service.

Have you ever had 15 pounds of chicken wings in your freezer? I hadn’t. Until today.

You see, I work for a marketing company that specializes in food. That means all our clients make something yummy that you can either buy in a grocery store or are served at a restaurant. When the client needs a brochure or a billboard or a display for a convention, it typically incorporates food photography, which my company also does, and is how I ended up with 15 pounds of chicken wings.

There was a photoshoot yesterday showcasing chicken recipes that is going to be featured in the client’s next newsletter. When you have a food photoshoot, you never know how the recipes are going to turn out, so you buy extra food in case the first batch of chicken wings isn’t photogenic. Well, this time the first batch was photogenic, so the extras were up for grabs and ended up in my freezer.

Over the past three months, I’ve lugged home an entire turkey, a whole salmon, various fruits and veggies, and now chicken wings. Call it a perk.

Edit: Yes. That’s the finished photograph from yesterday’s photoshoot to the left.