Want to join the weekly meme? Head on over to MomDot. Every week, those participating respond to a different topic. The response is done in 6; either 6 words, 6 paragraphs, photos etc…

This Week’s Small Talk Six Topic:  6 of my favorite patriotic films.

There are a lot of great patriotic films that were created.  I chose the ones that touched my heart either throughout the movie or one particular scene.

Here is my list:

1. Independence Day - I just love the speech in this part of the movie.

2.  The Patriot - Truly an inspiring and sad movie.  I cried many times.  If you haven’t seen it, I recommend you do. This clip is a montage of the movie with James Blunt’s, “No Bravery” playing. Clips belong to Columbia Tristar.

3.  Braveheart - Mel Gibson does a great job paying tribute to the character of the film William Wallace.

4.  Gandhi - What one man did for his country ended up inspiring the world.

5. Pearl Habor -  This movie had a love story and displayed human bravery at the same time.

6.  We Were Soldiers - I did not purposely look for Mel Gibson flicks but I realized a lot of the patriotic movies had him in it.  He plays that role well.  I love this speech.

I just wanted to wish all my Bloggy friends from the United States a Happy Fourth of July weekend.  Have lots of fun.

GRAB THE BUTTON CODE on the the sidebar

Welcome to Friday Frustrations, a weekly blog carnival dedicated to getting things off our chests. If you would like to participate, grab the button and enter your Friday Frustrations link on Mr. Linky. You can write about several frustrations or just one. It’s up to you.

You don’t need to pick the same topic as I do.

I’m grateful for the fact that both my husband and I live in a country with medicare.  I didn’t have to worry about paying a ton of money to deliver both my sons or when I got my appendix out.

For those items (medications etc..) that are not covered, both my husband and I are covered with our work plan.  In theory, this is a good deal.  Since I changed companies 2 years ago, thus changing my group benefits, it’s been a different story.

For some reason, this company loves rejecting almost all my claims.  Yesterday I received the money that I claimed for the last 6 months of expenses.  I claimed over $600 in expenses for medications and vaccines and received $52.98 back.  Thank goodness for coverage or I would have been $52 short.  If I were talking you’d hear the sarcasm.

What’s worse is that I called before and was told that it would be covered.  Only 1 claim was accepted, which I don’t call covered.  When I called to ask them about it, the lady on the phone practically called me a liar and didn’t believe that I had been told it was covered.  It’s not my fault that the first time I called, I spoke to someone who didn’t know what she was talking about.  So now I have to send them to my husband’s insurance and pray that they accept it.

I know I shouldn’t complain because I still get the biggest expenses covered but it’s just a pain to be told one thing and then it not happen.  I don’t think that Insurance companies are trained in Customer Service either.  No offense to anyone reading this in the Insurance Industry.  I don’t mean to discriminate.  I’m just frustrated.

I would like to congratulate Lily who was chosen using Random.Org as the winner of the Bella Sara Prize Pack.

I have decided to give the winner 72 hours to respond instead of my standard 48 hours due to the U.S holiday weekend.

If you would like to join, or see more VlogEmotions, visit Fort Thompson.

It’s been an overall happy week here.  The weather has been off and on raining but today is a cloudy day so I’m definitely going to take advantage of the dry grass.

Warning: array_push() [function.array-push]: First argument should be an array in /home4/converu3/public_html/wp-content/plugins/zip-blenza/blenza.php on line 173

Warning: array_shift() [function.array-shift]: The argument should be an array in /home4/converu3/public_html/wp-content/plugins/zip-blenza/blenza.php on line 183

Today is a day of celebration for my family for two reasons:

It`s my oldest sister`s 40th birthday today.  Hope she doesn`t kill me for saying it.

Today also marks 142 years ( July 1st, 1867 ) that Canada united as a single country.  Happy Canada Day!

For more Wordless Wednesday, visit 5 Minutes for Mom or MomDot

My youngest is only 7 months so he lets me hold him, kiss him, love him as much as I can give.  Believe me it`s a lot.  I know that one day, he`ll be old enough to not want to be smothered any more by me.

Jeffrey on the other hand is learning his independence.  Part of that independence is not allowing me to use him as a hugging and kissing post as much as I want.  That`s o.k, I knew that this would happen once he got older.  I also know that one day, he won`t need me in his life as much as I think he does.  That`s the day I`m not looking forward to.

He`s already giving me a preview.

The phone rang early in the morning and it was his 5 yr old cousin calling to speak to him.  I went over to his room because I heard him just waking up.

Me:  The phone is for you.  It`s your cousin.

Jeffrey:  (Grabs the phone and motions with his hand for me to go away) (he whispers under his breath)  go away

After the conversation.

Me:  Why did you want me to go away when you were talking to your cousin?

Jeffrey:  I wanted some privacy.

What does a 4 yr old need with privacy?

They grow up way too fast.  I guess I should really enjoy these early years while I can.

When I shop online most of the services that I find are in the United States which means that I have to pay in U.S dollars costing more money because of the exchange rate.  If you live in Canada and are looking for web hosting, then check out Canadian Web Hosting Canada.

Since 1998, Canadian Web Hosting has been hosting websites for companies of all sizes. Since its inception, it has been 100% Canadian owned.

One of my concerns when looking for a web hosting company besides the technical stuff was ensuring that I received service when needed.  If my site went down, I wanted to know that I could get help from my web hosting company no matter what time of day.  Canadian Web Hosting’s offices are open every single day throughout the year including holidays.  There are also a variety of ways to contact the company, by calling the toll free support number, email, ticketing or real time live chat support (my favorite).  Another advantage of hosting with Canadian Web Hosting is that all the servers are physically located in Canada.

Here are some things you can get with Canadian Web Hosting:

- Fast reliable web hosting services in Canada.
- IPS and Email Spam Firewall Protection.
- 99.9% Uptime Guarantee.
- 30 Days Money Back Guarantee.
- All webhosting plans have no ads.

If you like options, then Canadian Web Hosting Canada aims to please.  Not only can you choose between different plans ( Basic, Value, Pro), you can also choose the type of Hosting (Standard or ASP hosting).

If you are looking for more than just a web hosting provider and would like web services, they offer Site Builder and SEO services.  Both of these web services offer a variety of packages to suit your different needs.

I’ve attended and hosted a few seminars and training conferences.  One thing that makes a huge difference in how the audience perceives whether they got their money’s worth is the quality and professionalism of the video and media presentation.

I’ve been to conferences where the speaker was dynamic and shared a lot of great information but because of the lack of multimedia, it was perceived as an amateur presentation.

If you are considering doing any sort of presentation; corporate, trade show, blog conference, sales, marketing or any other type then consider looking to a professional video production service for help.  They can definitely enhance your customer’s experience of the event.

This is where Richter Studios can help.  They can shoot in any format from any location.  Even if you already have the footage but need a little extra touch, they can help you add that extra quality.

Started in 1997 by David and Jeremy Richter, Richter Studios began as primarily an animation and interactive boutique. Today, Richter Studios is now a full-service multimedia firm. High-end corporate video productions are what the company is best known for but its interactive teams have also produced numerous award-winning web experiences and interactive applications for dozens of Fortune 500 firms over the years.

Here are just a few examples of Richter Studios’ wide range of services:

Video Services:  Corporate Video, High-Defintion and 4K Filming, Scriptwriting, Talent Selection and Editing/Animation.

Web Services: Web Design, Web 2.0 Experiences, Flash, HTML, PHP, CSS, MySQL, XHTML and Content Management.

Interactive Services: Custom Desktop Applications, Interactive CD’s/DVD’s, Interactive Kiosks, Touchscreens, Presentations.

Design Services:  Conceptual Design, Visual Makeovers, User Interface Design, Instructional Design, Presentation Design

Photography Services:  Canon EOS Mark II and III 1DS Photography, Talent Selection, Interiors/Exteriors/Models, Photo retouching.

The huge advantage of using Richter Studios is that they are  a one stop shop for all your Video Production, Interactive and Presentation needs.