Cream Cheese and Bagels For Everyone!

I was not a winner today, but I will go back tomorrow and try again! You see, I love cream cheese and bagels so this contest is perfect for me. And since I know that people actually do win, I will continue to go there daily and try to win too! lol!!

Here's the link if you want to try to win also. There are 100 winners daily!! Neato Mosquito!!

Krafts' Breakfast from Heaven

Hat tip to Connie over at Easy Share for sharing this contest! Thank you!!

Blessed Nest $100 GC Contest!

Blessed Nest is hosting a very generous contest!! In celebration of World Breastfeeding Month, these gals have decided to giveaway a $100 gift certificate to be used at the Blessed Nest Store...I told you it was a generous giveaway!!

These nesting pillows are so neat. I wish I had one when Gus was in and out of the hospital. I wasn't able to actually breastfeed him because of a lot of different issues but I did hold him for hours on end and though he was only a little guy (around 6 pounds at 6 months)he would become quiet heavy! lol!! This Nesting Pillow would have been a blessing!

Head on over to check out the Blessed Nest Store! Neat!!

I Want This!

Blue Thistle Books is having a curriculum sale and giveaway....and this is what they are giving away!! Yowsie!! Me wants!!!

If you haven't visited Blue Thistle Books you are really missing a lovely treat! The site is just beautiful and the graphics make me happy! I see that BTB has the Easy Grammar Plus that I just ordered from someone else....on sale(BTB has it on sale)....sigh....oh woe is me....

Head on over and do some shopping! Neat!

Meta-Dad Giveaway is Driving Me Nuts!!

Meta-Dad has a contest going on right now that you MUST go and check out. Not so you can actually win anything...I don't care whether you win or not...it's not about your winning anything because it's all about me finding out what the stinkin' answers are to his questions! He has posted three great questions...I have only gotten one right and the other two are driving me nuts!!!

So go...right now...and see if you know the answers. If you do, I guess it would be ok if you answered them but just make sure you come back here and tell me the answers. I just don't think I can wait until tomorrow.....help....me....please! lol!!

Contests!

Surely you all are not missing the HUGE giveaway carnival over at Rocks In My Dryer! As of right now, there are just over 400 different contests you can enter...no lie! I'm slowly working my way through the list. I've only gotten to #134 but I will keep going...must...enter...more....contests!

Be sure to scroll down to enter my contest!!

Dog Days of Summer Giveaway!

Click here for the winners!!

Contest is now closed! Check back in a little while for the winners!!

I was so excited to find out about the Dog Days of Summer Giveaway that Rocks in my Dryer is hosting! I've been trying to come up with a fun contest but have not been able to think of anything creative...that's why I am thrilled to participate in this HUGE giveaway!! So, I'll stop babbling and show you what I will be giving away.


These are candle mats that I have machine pieced and then hand quilted. They remind me of Christmas and that's why I chose these: Christmas in July!

Contest rules:

• To enter, just leave a comment under this post!
• Contest will run from Monday, July 23rd through Friday, July 27th.
• I will draw two names on the 27th at 8pm EST and will post the winners shortly thereafter!

Be sure to check out and enter the other giveaways over at Rocks in my Dryer!

Win an iPod!

Pete wants an iPod so I am always looking for contests where one is being given away.

Tonight I found out about ToastTheTrends- Fashion which is a neat blog about fashion and beauty. I love the photos of the runway models and the outfits…it’s a really nice blog! What’s even better is that you can win an iPod!----> All you have to do is leave a comment, tell your friends about the contest and link to the blog. Easy peasy!

Go there now!! Neat!

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Being a Good Steward

I’m all for teaching our children how to be good stewards of their money. And that’s why I am considering using PAYjr Visa Buxx with Nik. This is not a credit card but rather a card that I could put money on and then Nik would be able to use it where credit cards are accepted. I can also track what he is spending his money on which I think is wonderful…it may show me where he may have some poor spending habits…like if he spends $25 on candy! Lol!! Another great feature of this card is that it can be cancelled anytime….so there is no risk!

Right now, there is a card design contest being held. The prize is an Apple MacBook! Isn’t that cool!! I bet Nik will want to enter a design. Neat!

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WoooHooo!! I Won!!

How completely cool! I won this week's book giveaway at Deena's! I'll be receiving Veil of Fire by Marlo Schalesky and this sounds like a great book. I can't wait to get it in the mail. This is one of the books that will kick off Cook's Communications "Sizzling Summer of Fiction" reading campaign! That sounds neat too! There is also a book group guide so maybe I need to invite a few friends to read this along with me! Sounds like fun!

Make sure you visit Deena's to sign up for next week's book. It sounds great too!

And thank you Deena for the book!!!

Mommy of Three Is At It Again!

Karen from Mommy of Three is giving away two more books...with more to come soon! If you love to read then you definetly need to check out her reviews and enter the contests.

The first book is Jerome Teel's The Divine Appointment.


The second book is A Sister's Secret by Wanda E Brunstetter.


I have this all figured out! Sonya...I want you to sign up for the second book because I signed up for the first one....we'll both win, read and then trade! lol!!

Queen For A Day!

How completely cool would it be to win tickets to see Queen Latifah in concert?

Limbo 41414 is hosting 3 different month long contests in their “Every Woman is a Queen” promotion. All you have to do is visit the Limbo site and Play online now or text the message “QUEEN”. There will be daily prizes given away also…Neat!

Following is the Press Release:

BE QUEEN FOR A DAY…
COVERGIRL QUEEN COLLECTION COSMETICS AND LIMBO 41414 GIVE USERS THE CHANCE TO SEE HIP-HOP AND HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY’S QUEEN LATIFAH PERFORM LIVE IN CONCERT

In an Exclusive Series of “Limbo” Games the Mobile Entertainment Pioneer Awards
Three Grand Prizes that Also Include a Year’s Supply of Queen Collection Cosmetics

(Burlingame, Calif.) – June 6, 2007 – All hail the Queen! CoverGirl Queen Collection Cosmetics and mobile entertainment pioneer Limbo 41414 team up to offer a one-of-a-kind prize package fit for a queen! Limbo will host three separate month-long Limbo games – aptly entitled “Every Woman is a Queen” – that will provide aspiring royals a chance to win a trip for two to see Grammy and Oscar-nominated hip-hop artist Queen Latifah perform live in concert this fall, sponsored by CoverGirl and American Airlines. In addition to this crown jewel of a prize, the three lucky grand prize winners will also receive an autographed copy of her upcoming jazz-inspired album Trav’lin’ Light (in stores September 25) plus a year’s supply of the CoverGirl’s bestselling Queen Collection cosmetics! Plus, as if living the life of royalty weren’t enough, Limbo will award additional prizes daily, including copies of Queen Latifah’s eagerly anticipated new album and samples from the Queen Collection. The first of the three games is now live, and all mobile users have to do is simply text message the word QUEEN to 41414 or visit www.41414.com to play online.

Limbo is an addictively fun game – played via text messaging on a cell phone or online. Limbo is distinct from any other experience in that the winner is the person that picks the lowest number that no other player picks, or the lowest unique number. It encourages players to stay highly engaged during each round as they receive comments and tips regarding their picks (e.g., “you’re the lowest unique,” “your pick is unique but not the lowest,” etc.).

Since launching in January 2006, Limbo has rewarded more than 650 Limbo winners, awarding more than $530,000 in prizes. To learn more about Limbo and see all of the current live Limbo games, visit www.41414.com.

Queen Latifah has shined as the official spokesperson for Covergirl’s Queen Collection cosmetics since 2006. Hailed by the hip-hop world and by Hollywood, Queen Latifah first made a name for herself in 1989 with the groundbreaking hip-hop album All Hail the Queen, establishing herself as the first female rapper to become a bona fide star. In the years since, her popularity has transcended all forms of media, thanks to her crossover success in such hit films as Jungle Fever and Chicago, in which her role as Mama earned Queen Latifah both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination. In 2004, the artist returned to her musical roots to release a jazz collection of standards entitled The Dana Owens Album, which included collaborations with Herbie Hancock and Al Green. This September’s Trav’lin’ Light will further showcase Queen Latifah’s musical talents and passion for jazz.

About Limbo 41414
Limbo (www.41414.com) is defining a new category of web and mobile entertainment with its patent-pending interactive gameplay. Limbo brings consumers an engaging, community-driven gaming experience while delivering exposure to leading brands and media companies through branded prizes. The award-winning company headquartered in Burlingame, California, Limbo is a private corporation backed by three of the world’s top venture capital funds: Azure Capital Partners (www.azurecap.com), Draper Fisher Jurvetson (www.dfj.com), and New Enterprises Associates (www.nea.com).

Limbo 41414's engaging Limbo game can be played online at www.41414.com and through all major U.S. mobile operators, including Alltel, Amp'd, Boost, Cincinnati Bell, Cingular, Dobson, Nextel, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, Verizon, and Virgin Mobile USA, in addition to Canadian giants Aliant Mobility, Bell Mobility, Fido, MTS Mobility, Rogers Wireless, SaskTel Mobility, TELUS Mobility, and Virgin Mobile Canada.

About CoverGirl’s Queen Collection
CoverGirl and Queen Latifah launched the Queen Collection in January 2006 to celebrate the beauty of women of color. The collection features a wide range of shades for the face, rich gem tones and vibrant colors for lips, nails and eyes, which allow women of color to feel confident and beautiful inside and out. "Every Woman is a Queen" and can now celebrate her beauty with a cosmetic line created just for her. Please visit WWW.EVERYWOMANISAQUEEN.COM for more information.


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I Won A Book!

I am so thrilled that I have won a book from Mommy of Three's Book Tour this past week!! I have really been wanting to read lately but I haven't been able to find anything that keeps my interest. So, I'm really excited because all of the books she reviewed seem like good books to me!!

I can't wait to get my book!!!

Thanks Mommy of Three, for hosting a wonderful book tour. I look forward to more in the future!!

Book Tour Day 3 and 4

Well, folks I missed Day 4 of the Book Tour over at Mommy of Three's blog so I'm going to include it now in the Day 4 post!

The book for Day 3 is Fair Game by Carol Cox. Of course, you can read more about this book over at Mommy of Three's blog.



Book 4 on the Book Tour is Veil of Fire by Marlo Schaleski. Check out the complete synopsis over at Mommy of Three's...she has also linked to downloadable reader's guides!


Both of these books are being given away in drawings so be sure you head on over to Mommy of Three's blog and enter to win. All you have to do is post about this contest on your blog then go leave Mommy of Three a comment letting her know!! Easy Peasy!!

Book Tour Day 2

Well, folks it's Day Two of the Book tour over at Mommy of Three's blog! Be sure to visit and enter to win this book! I think I forgot to mention that yesterday...

Today she has posted about a book called Bygones by Kim Vogel Sawyer. This is a book about a Mennonite woman who returns back to the Mennonite community after being away for quite a few years. I love books like this..I'm completely fascinated with the Amish and Mennonite communities. I love how everything is simple and practical...much unlike my life! lol!! I'm definitely going to have to read this one!

Gone With the Groom

Mommy of Three has a neat contest going on right now! She is hosting a book tour where you can get a review of the books and read an interview with the author.

Today's book is Gone With the Groom by Janice Thompson, You can read the "teaser" and the interview over at Mommy of Three's blog. She asked for funny wedding stories and I really don't have one at all! The only thing I can think of is that I put Pete's wedding band on the wrong hand because I was so nervous! And then there's the car...someone had used shoe polish and had written "Just Did It!" on the windshield....I was so embarrased!!

Anywhoooo..be sure to head on over to Mommy of Threes' to check this book out!

Look at These Books Ruth is Giving Away!!

Ruth over at Thyen Table for One is hosting a fantastic contest this week! All you have to do is visit her meme posts at her blog this week...sign the Mr. Linky and leave a comment. Easy enough!! Contest deadline is May 30th at midnight and the drawings will be held early the next morning.

Visit Ruth's Menu Plan Monday to enter to win Robin Miller's Quick Fix Meals.


To win Amy Knapp's Family Organizing Handbook, visit her Tackle it Tuesday post.

And last but not least, when you visit Ruth's Wordless Wednesday post, you can enter to win a picture frame! Don't you think Ruth is clever...I love how her prizes match the memes. I probably would not have thought of that! lol!

Thanks Ruth...this is a great contest!!

A Baby Bottle and Romance

TeaMouse is having another writing contest! This time the theme is "romance". The following is my entry...

As I approach the one year anniversary of Gus' death, what we fondly like to call his Coronation Ceremony, I have been reminiscing quite a bit. I have a lot of memories from this journey and I'm trying to get them all down on paper.

When I think of romance, I think about a time when Gus was just about a month old and in the NICU. Pete would always go to the NICU in the mornings so he could get the doctors' reports. He had to do this because, at that time, I really couldn't process much. Between being post-partum, having a deathly ill child and being 2 hours from home, I was a complete mess. All I heard was "he's not going to make it..." even when the reports were fairly good! (the head nurse ordered me to stop pumping, start eating chocolate and get some Zoloft...things were much better after that, but that's another story for another time! lol!)

One morning I got a phone call from Pete telling me that I needed to come down to the hospital because the doctors had decided it was time to try to feed Gus with a bottle! I was so excited...I just remember thanking God for this progress. I went down and scrubbed in...sat down and feed my baby for the very first time ever.

Later, it hit me what Pete had done. He very easily could have fed Gus himself and then told me about it later....he could have demanded that I give him a turn feeding Gus...but he didn't. He was so sensitive to my needs and desires and to me, that is true romance.

Pete did this very thing several other times...even on the day that Gus died.

I told him that I needed to hold Gus as he passed and he told me that he wouldn't have it any other way. He could have put his foot down and told me that I "had to share" and that we both should be holding Gus. He knew though...he knew what I needed and he loved me so much that he denied himself the privilege of holding Gus as he died.

That's romance, folks...and I am blessed...

Be sure to go over to TeaMouse's to read the other posts about romance! I think it is so nice of her to host these contests!

Look What I Won!

Tea Mouse hosted the "World's #1 Mom" contest and I was a co-winner along with SusieJ! I submitted my post called Bog Boy.

Be sure to head on over to Tea Mouse's and visit her neat blog!!

Who Gets...This Target Gift Card?!

I usually don't check out contest sites but this one caught my attention! Whogets.com runs a continuous sweepstakes but not the way we all are used to...at Whogets.com, you get to pick the winners of the contests!! There are two stages with the last stage being made up of seven randomly chosen finalists. These finalist are given the chance to tell us why they should win and then we get to vote for who we think should win! This sounds like a lot of fun...I bet some of the persuasive stories are funny!! Some of the current prizes are $50 Target Gift Card, Scarlett Goblets from the Bombay Company, several DVDs and more!

This is FREE and there is no catch for the members which means NO SPAM!!

I'm going to see how I can get one of those Target Gift Cards!!

This is a sponsored post.

Bog Boy

Tea Mouse is hosting the "World's #1 Mom" contest and she is asking for entries. You are to write about why you are a great mom...she really encourages us to share our funny stories! So here's my entry for her contest:

The Bog Boy
(oh how I wish I had a photo! lol!!)


It was a nice day at home school co-op. The sun was shining and there was a light breeze…just a wonderful day to play outside! After lunch, the boys asked if they could stay awhile and play with the other boys and of course, I said yes. I sat with some other moms and we talked about curriculum, current events and whatever else crossed our minds. Belle was playing with some of her little friends. All was well!

Awhile into our conversations, we heard that there was a kid stuck in one of the big mud bogs up behind the church. Not to worry though…he wasn’t stuck bad and he was getting out even as we were hearing about it. So we went on talking…priorities you know! Lol!! I’m not sure why we didn’t go check on the kid but we didn’t! After awhile everyone started leaving…I started calling for my kids so that we could leave also. I asked if anyone had found out who the “Bog Boy” was but no one knew. We were all making jokes about the poor mom who was going to have to deal with all that mud!

2o minutes later I have only managed to gather up one child…I have stopped to talk again and I know that my kids are fine because they know they have to stay in a certain area. As I’m talking to my friend, I see Jake running down the hill waving his arms and yelling at me…I have no idea what he’s saying…then I see it! Coming up over the top of the hill is the “Bog Boy”…this kid is twice his size because of all the mud packed on him….he looks like a monster! Lol!! I turn to my friend and we joke again about the mom who is going to have to deal with all that mud. As “Bog Boy” gets closer I hear a voice that sounds familiar, “Hi, Mom”……sigh…….my first-born, by the book, don’t break the laws or else child, Nik……is the “Bog Boy”!!!

I made him strip down (after everyone left!) to his drawers before he got into the van…his mud shoes were put in a box in the floor along with his “Bog Boy” uniform….sigh….I got myself a big serving of “Never say never!” that day.

Nik said that he had seen something “shiny” in the mud and he wanted it….so he went in after it and soon started to be sucked in by the mud. One of his friends had held out a flimsy little branch to help him and Jake just ran around freaking out!! Lol!!