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Thanks to all who entered. Using random.org as always, we have a winner! Congratulations to Dezeme who left comment #2 ! You'll receive an autographed copy of Bundle of Trouble written by Diana Orgain . You'll have 36 hours to respond after I send you an email notification that your my winner. Congratulations again! Enjoy, it's a great read! Dezeme said... I am now following Diana on twitter . I am @scrappydz November 26, 2009 12:43 AM  Here are your random numbers: 2 Timestamp: 2009-12-03 04:35:53 UTC

I've decided to extend this giveaway another 3 days until Nov. 30th! So read the review, leave me a comment on this post or the the original review and your entered! It's that easy! Mommy-hood, meets comedy, meets mystery, Bundle of Trouble is a bundle of emotions, you'll laugh, you'll wonder "who did it?" and most of all, you'll be intrigued, through every chapter. Click here to read more

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Stylit.Tv is at it again! They have another great giftbag giveaway going on. This gifbag is worth over $2300. and features gifts including makeup, candles, clothes, shoes and a $695 pair of Capelta boots. If your not already a member of Stylit.TV , it's easy to sign up , and you can always find bonus codes to give you more bonus credits to enter to win fabulous giftbags like the celebrities receive. Check out this video to learn more. Stylit.TV - Current Every time you log into to Stylit.TV your earn free credits also! Sign up now!

Mommy-hood, meets comedy, meets mystery, Bundle of Trouble is a bundle of emotions, you'll laugh, you'll wonder "who did it?" and most of all, you'll be intrigued, through every chapter. Office manager Kate Connolly becomes a super-sleuth and a new mom in the same week. From the moment she and newborn Laurie lock eyes, Kate can't imagine returning to work after her six-week maternity leave, but in expensive San Francisco, she and her ad exec husband, Jim, need every bit of both incomes. Then a dead body is fished out of the bay and linked to Jim's estranged brother, George. Both the police and PI Albert Galigani, hired by the dead man's mother, believe that Jim and Kate know more than they're revealing. Kate is determined to find the elusive George and get some answers, but she soon gets in over her head. Kate Connolly, a big fan of "To Do" lists  throughout the book, one example, To-Do List: 1. Take Laurie to her one-month well

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We have a winner in the Tropical Traditions Giveaway!! The winner chosen through random.org is Melanie Sands 35.) Melanie S said... Tweet tweet! http://twitter.com/SaywardBC/status/4446370309 September 28, 2009 12:36 PM Here are your random numbers: 35 Timestamp: 2009-10-01 15:23:59 UTC I've emailed the winner, if I don't hear back from her within 36 hours I will have to draw another winner! Congrats Melanie!!

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Welcome to my "Thursday Three" My Thursday Three can be any three things you choose to share. My Thursday three for this week is 3 things that have given me a smile today. My first smile today was watching my parrot Isabella take a bath in her water bowl and act like the crazy chick she is. Notice the wet neck & chest. My 2nd smile today came from this video, it is so cute! This video is of a baby dancing to Beyonce's Single Ladies Music Video. My 3rd smile today came from the hubby bringing home a box of donuts. I really don't need any donuts but they sure were good! No picture sorry, didn't think of it in time. What made you smile today?

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I recently had the pleasure of trying Tropical Traditions Organic Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil. This coconut oil has so many uses it's unbelievable, well until you try it for yourself anyway. Then you'll be a believer too. Now my husband is not a fan of anything coconut and around the same time I received my jar of Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil my husband went to his Dr. to find out his cholesterol and blood pressure were pretty high. We've always cooked with vegetable oil, olive oil, butter, you name it, we've probably tried it (even bacon grease in the fried potatoes). Well after reading some of the health reasons for using TTVCO in the book I received with my jar of TTVCO , I decided to try to be a little sneaky. I've cooked almost everything with the TTVCO and so far he hasn't said a word. I even put it in the cornbread mix that my husband just has to have! That's because even though the TTVCO has a great coconut smell and taste, when you cook wit

Well guess what? I won the Bearpaws from oneboredmommy's blog giveaway!! Here is a pic of the pair I chose & I think my cat, Oscar approves..lol. There is a great shoe/boot giveaway going on over at " One Bored Mommy ". She is giving away your choice of shoe from Bear Paw Shoes . there are several methods of entry so hurry up and check it out! while your there you should check out her whole blog, it's pretty neat!

You won't find a better deal than this! I'm offering any business one full year, 12 months, 52 weeks, etc..... you get the idea of FREE advertising, To any family friendly (no adult content) company who is willing to donate a new laptop with built in web-cam in exchange for the advertising. This computer is for a Military Family who is in need of a computer with a web-cam and video chat capabilities to keep in touch with and be able to talk to, and see each other while a Wife and children wait at home to be reunited with their husband/father and US soldier. If your interested in donating a laptop to their family please leave a comment on this post with a way for me to contact you and give you the details of where the laptop should be sent. After the laptop is shipped we will set up an advertisement for your company for a full 12 months FREE of charge. Also, if you want to donate just a web-cam, You will receive six months of advertising after the camera has been delivered. Lea

Pinecone Research is currently accepting new members, jump on this quick. Pinecone Research is a survey company that is by invitation only that pays $3.00 per survey. Pinecone also sends full size products to randomly selected people for free, and pays you again to review the product. I've taken Pinecone surveys for years and it's worth it. CLICK THE BANNER TO SIGN UP: Pinecone used to pay exclusively by check but they have since started paying with with PayPal. You get paid within one to two days normally now that they use PayPal . You can still choose to be paid by check. I would sign up right away for this one because these invitations never last long! Pinecone Research is a two thumbs up survey company. Opinions + Survey participations = Rewards

Play everyday for a chance to win prizes like, gift cards to be used to purchase video games, music, DVD's and more! This Promotion ends September 27th. You could be the lucky winner of a $10,000 home entertainment setup or one of hundreds of other prizes so play every day! Each play gets you 1 sweepstakes entry.

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So it's that time again. Time for the weekly blog hop.This week's theme is "YOUR FAVORITE PHOTO(S)". It's time to show off your latest photos that you love. So one of my favorite photos is a picture of my 1968 Mustang, but I won't use it again because I already used it in another blog hop. This is one of my favorite pictures. It's my Friend's daughter who just lost her two front teeth and my bird Harold decided he might like to hang out on top of her head...lol. This is a recent picture from this past weekend. I love this picture because it's a picture of my son opening his Birthday card with the key to his car in it for his 16th Birthday. The huge smile on his face says it all! A good time was had by all and I may be prejudice but I think I have one of the best son's in the world!

Thanks to all of you who entered and helped me make my first giveaway a success! We have our winner! The Bake Me A Wish Triple Chocolate Enrobed Brownie cake goes too......#9 Twincere! Here are your random numbers: 9 Timestamp: 2009-08-05 21:24:21 UTC Congratulations to Twincere, I've sent you an email, please get back to me within 36 hours or I will have to pick another winner! Share |

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Welcome to my very first blog review with a giveaway! Good luck to you and me both! When you think about eating your favorite dessert, what comes to mind? Now, imagine that being 10 times better. Are you with me so far? You know, the dessert that is so good it makes you feel all warm and gooey inside while it's melting across your taste buds until you feel a sense of euphoria. Okay, that may be a tad over board but you get my drift. Recently I had the pleasure of trying a gourmet cake from Bake Me A Wish . We tried the Peanut Butter Mousse cake. Let me tell ya, I had no hesitations about doing this review! I asked my son to help me with this review,(he picked the cake) he was quick to say yes. Of course, he's a teenager, do you know one who doesn't like cake? Sadly for him he went on vacation with relatives the same time I received the cake. I say sadly because I really liked this cake and so did a few friends of mine so, my son only got one piece, the last piece! (Don

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This week's blog hop, on TUESDAY, 7/14/09, the theme is THREE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ME. One: I have a great best friend and her name is Tammy. This is us on our first road trip together. Two: I drive a 1968 Mustang that my husband bought and fully restored for me. Three: I have a younger sister, Liz. I love her to pieces.

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Hello all, If you don't already know my name is Lisa Miller. I'm a wife, mother of 2 boys, Bird Mama of 3 and I'm also owned by 2 cats. By day I'm a blogger (or at least I try to be) and Twitter-aholic. My husband and I love to ride our motorcycle or drive one of our Antique hot rods on the weekends. We're pretty much home bodies most of the time though. I've been writing this blog for about a year now and have been learning along the way, and there is still tons more for me to learn! I just got started with some products to review and next week will be my first ever blog giveaway! I love to try new products! I've been taking online surveys and reviewing products for years. My friends always come to me for advice about products too. So, I thought what better to do than publish my reviews, and even better yet, give the products away to my readers! So I hope you'll come back and follow my blog so you don't miss out on any giveaways.

Make sure you check back here later in the week. I just received my first product to review and then I'm gonna give one away! It could be yours! Trust me, this is going to be a "Sweet" Review!! I'm not sure which part I'm more excited about, trying it or giving one away.

Mom Blogger/Reviewers are quickly becoming a great media outlet for companies and their products. I've been writing my blog and doing some other online things for the last few years for some extra cash, but that's not really my mission. I've finally started to get to the niche I've been after, reviews and giveaways. I've been doing online surveys and reviewing products for about 5 - 6 years now. I really love to try new products/services before others and then share my opinions about them. I do not want to do this for money, just the opportunity to honestly test and review products and services in exchange for the product to try, and evaluate. I'm also open to doing straight giveaways without a review as long as the prize is shipped to the winner by you. Also in the case of a review and giveaway, the product/service reviewed will not be returned unless we come to an agreement about the product/service before hand and You are still responsible for shipping th

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This week I received a free Quaker True Delights chewy granola bar. It was dark chocolate, raspberry, almond and it was delicious! I also received a coupon for $1.00 off any box of of Quaker True delights granola bars. I also received my prize, a $10.00 iTunes gift card from Tweet-A-Prize that I won a few weeks ago. That will go to my son of course. You can see pictures of all my winnings by going to my other blog at http://opinionbird.today.com and click on the " My Winnings with Pictures " Tab. You can also follow tweet a prize on twitter by following @tweetaprize for your chance to win some great prizes! They give away prizes almost daily with a bigger prize at the end of each week.

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Fellow "Mom Blogger" having a great contest for your girls! She is giving away a "Disney Fairies Necklace" to one lucky person! Check it out here: Tie a Knot and Hang On: Disney Fairies Necklace Giveaway While you there check out the rest of her blog!

Used with permission and As written by Ezra's Mommy, "Manic Mother" on her blogger.com Blog Please help my family kick cancers ass! I don’t even know where to start this post…its going to be hard to write, as I am already choking back tears and haven’t finished the first sentence. I am taking some hours away from the hospital, to write this and to try to clear my head. As many of you know my youngest son was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) 2 days ago, the day my world fell out from under me. We took him to the Dr. the other day because he was bitten by either a spider or a tick. Shortly after we noticed the bites we saw he wasn’t feeling well, kind of lethargic, and not eating much, he also was limping in one leg. I assumed he was having a reaction from the bites. They did an x-ray of his legs to make sure he hadn’t fractured anything as a precautionary measure. The x-ray showed he had some abnormalities in his bones. We are in the grocery store and I ge

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Want a personal invitation to the best place to win fabulous fashion, beauty products, gift bags like the ones given to celebrities at posh events, valued at $500. to $5,000., and tons of other prizes? Well here is your chance! Stylit.TV has launched their Alpha site. Stylit.TV's new site is not open to the public though. So how do you get in? Well I've been given a personal invitation code to share with 25 lucky people. I love Stylit.TV I've won 3 of their giveaways and got some fabulous gifts. My first win was Revitalash Mascara by Athena Cosmetics (ARV $24.), A hand made BLACK AND WHITE DRUZY AGATE GEODE STONE ring by Dara Ettinger (ARV $125.), and last week I won the Popits shooting star (ARV $10.) with the Popits Carriers (flip-flops ARV $ 16.) Now you can be a winner to! Follow me on Twitter for updates about Stylit.TV giveaways. You can also follow @StylitTV on Twitter Now I'm sure you want me to get right to the point about Stylit.TV 's launch of th

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Thanks to MomDot for holding the " Blog Link A Thon ". There was a great turn out. 330 Bloggers participated in the link a thon giving each blogger 330 links to their own site. That's your link on 330 other blogs! How cool is that!? Here is the list of the 330 Bloggers who participated. I'm sure you'll find 1 or 2 or 330 (lol) you'll want to check out, I know I'm finding lots of great sites through this list! 1. Lori@Not Always Charming 2. Fairy Blog Mother 3. Crazy Adventures in Parenting 4. Engineer a Debt Free Life 5. Sweet ‘n’ Sassy Girls 6. Good Golly Miss Blondie 7. SavvySuzie 8. For The Love of Baby! 9. Tammy@lovemy2dogs 10. Blessings Abound 11. Coupons, Deals and More 12. Hairstyles For Girls 13. Stacie @ The Divine Miss Mommy 14. A latte in the morning 15. KiddiesCorner Deals 16. 3 Kids and Us | Mom Blog 17. The Ohana Mama 18. Coupon Queens of Laurel Run 19. Today’s Journey 20. Eve @ Confessions of a Housewife 21. My Charmed Life 22. Laurie@Doub