Every year, hundreds of words are dropped from the dictionary in order to make room for newer, trendier words. What happens to the words that don’t make the cut? They get adopted at www.savethewords.org!

My word is starrify, a verb meaning to decorate with stars. A word that should have never been booted from the dictionary, in my opinion. But I tend to starrify most everything, so I might be bias.

Anyone can adopt a word, but once you do, you become responsible for using the word as much as possible to integrate it back into popular usage and hopefully, back into the dictionary!

What word did you adopt?

The holidays may be over, but the spirit of giving can carry on throughout the year with Sears Heroes at Home. The Heros at Home wish registry helps to make sure that the families of our soldiers and veterans have what they need this holiday season, and all year-long.

There are 30,583 military families that are extremely thankful for the Sears gift cards they receive that can help buy clothes, appliances, shoes, and toys. If the video above doesn’t show how valuable our small donations can be, visit the Heros at Home wish registry and read the stories of some of the military families and view some of the necessities and simple luxuries we take for granted on their wish lists.

Sears was kind enough to give me and one of my readers each a $100 gift certificate this holiday season. I donated a portion of my gift card to the Heros at Home wish registry, and I hope the winning reader does the same, because the more we donate, the more each family receives.

Please visit the Heros at Home wish registry and make a donation or leave some words of encouragement for our military families.

Donations are not tax-deductible and will be given to the familes in the form of a Sears gift card.

After a night of babysitting three of my four cousins, I don’t think we’ll be looking to buy baby bedding of our own anytime soon. They are loud, exhausting, messy, and absolutely hysterical.

They immediately dig in my purse to see if I brought my camera along, and then they begin hamming it up. There would have been triple the pictures, but my battery ran out within the first hour.

It’s only fitting since I named my website after myself that I see just how many Corrin Foster’s there are in the United States.

HowManyOfMe.com

There is 1 person with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Just as I suspected. One of a kind! Even if I ever decide to take my married name, I’d still be the only Corrin Malinowski!

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 0 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Mike and I are both going to be gone at the end of the month, so Oliver needs to be boarded. He was downright spoiled with the Good Dog Hotel when we lived in Indianapolis and the closest thing we can find in Northwest Indiana is Auntie Barbara’s Bed, Bath and Biscuit.

My parent’s dog, Floyd, does very well when he stays at Auntie Barbara’s, with a huge farmhouse, a barn that’s been converted into pet suites, and 10 acres to run and play.

We have to take Oliver in next week for an “interview,” which lasts 30-45 minutes, to see if he qualifies to stay at the Bed, Bath and Biscuit. When I called to schedule, Auntie Barbara didn’t even ask my name or phone number, but wanted to know lots about Oliver. We’ve been instructed to bring his vet records and toys to the interview, and we’re praying he doesn’t bite her because we haven’t started dog training yet.

We’re such suckers and can’t fathom putting Ollie in a kennel while we’re away.