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Random Tuesday – In need of sleep, home, and community
Randomly Random every Monday night and its almost therapeutic.
Just getting out those crazy ideas, like I’m so tired I think i could sleep standing except for the fact that my feet would fall out below me.
Both of my kids are eating too much and Grandma doesn’t care. It’s like, if only I could make her see that when we stay for two weeks the kids put on five pounds, it’s not a big deal for someone my size to put on weight light that but a 2 and 3 year old, it’s a huge difference in weight. Just don’t know what to do about it.
I’ve got to go pick some winners and hand out some prizes. I’ve been spending so much time trying to figure out what to do with my blog, niche, brand that I haven’t been responding to e-mails. But, I’m not home and products are stacking up with my husband anyways. I’m going to be in big trouble so I’m trying to just say nothing, but if it’s really interesting I’ll respond.
In a way, I can’t wait to get home. I’m in such need of my own bed, my husband and my kids in their own beds. My kids love their own rooms and own beds.
I’m addicted to fancast now that I found out about it on-line. I just love All My Children even though I know nothing about any of the characters anymore. WOW, it’s so different. But I can watch it on my computer so it’s perfect. I’ll figure it out soon enough.
Sleep, I wish I could catch up, stock up and then go without. Jennifer James at BlissDom said that she doesn’t sleep, that’s the only way she gets it all done. She is like the queen of community in my opinion. WOW, impressive.
I’ve been thinking about implementing a community on my site but not sure what to do. I was told I could just do a forum embedded in my site and others use The Blog Frog, but I just don’t know what I should do. What do you think?
So many ideas spinning around and no idea what to do or how to keep it all tame.
Donation from Aurora: YooHoo & Friends Valentine’s Day and Easter Pals #giveaway
February 8, 2010 · Filed Under giveaway · 5 CommentsAurora sent me a donation to send off to the charity of my choice and one to giveaway on my blog. They sent the YooHoo & Friends raccoon and fox.
Kids of all ages, young an old will enjoy the five and eight inch YooHoo & Friends characters. My son, especially loves the cute little sounds they make when you push on their little tummies. I had to snatch it right back out of his hands before he decided that it was his new toy. He sister already understood it was a donation so she was yelling at her brother, “It’s a donation bubbie”. 
The 2010 introductions include the brand new 24-inch original YooHoo & Friends in pink and blue (MSRP: $109.99), which are great for rounding out retail displays. A birthday assortment includes two styles and each plays the song “Happy Birthday” when squeezed (5”, MSRP $7.99).Aurora is another company that also includes a free, interactive Web site www.yoohoofriends.com with the purchase of one of the YooHoo & Friends plush animals. Actually, it doesn’t even require an activiation code. I encourage you to learn more about the YooHoo & Friends’ endangered animals.
“Fans everywhere write to tell us that the Web site makes learning about creatures in their natural habitats fun and entertaining for their children.”
When on the site, you can play games, download wallpapers, calendars and icons, watch previews for the upcoming YooHoo & Friends animations and adopt and raise YooHoo & Friends. The YooHoo & Friends are forest creatures and their story is set in a forest called Yootopia, which features the “Tree of Life.” Your kids can join YooHoo & Friends on magical journeys that teach them to value friendship, harmony, honesty and courage. Which are life lessons we all need to learn and practice.
For Valentines:
YooHoo Greetings” which combines the two most popular selling Valentine’s Day items – a plush toy and greeting card. Showing its soft side, Aurora’s “I Wuv U” Bears and “U Make Me Wild” Monkeys are sure to tug at the heartstrings of your special someone. Pearls Before Swine’s cheeky Valentine editions, based on the world famous comic strip, round out Aurora’s product highlights for its Valentine’s catalog.
Welcoming Spring and Easter, YooHoo & Friends are available in six styles sporting bunny ears (5”, MSRP $6.99). The graduation themed YooHoo & Friends are available in yellow, pink and blue; each makes a sound, holds a ribbon scroll and dons a graduation cap that reads, “Big Dreams” (5”, MSRP $6.99).
The YooHoo & Friends line also includes four “WannaBes” featuring YooHoo & Friends dressed as other popular animals – pig, bear, frog and panda. The Springtime WannaBes are available in three styles as either a pink or purple bunny or duck. WannaBes have removable hoodies (5” with sound, MSRP $8.99), and retailers will appreciate 12-piece display box for impulse buys. “YooHoo WannaBes encourage kids to play, pretend and exercise their imaginations, which is reinforced as they head over to the virtual world of yoohoofriends.com,” Kessler says.
For Easter:
For Easter, Aurora’s bestselling YooHoo & Friends, one of the world’s most popular selling plush lines, is available in six styles and welcome Spring sporting bunny ears (5” with sound, MSRP $6.99). The cute and creative mischief-making YooHoo & Friends WannaBes are available in three styles as either a pink or purple bunny or duck. Each features bright colors with removable hoodies (5” with sound, MSRP $8.99). Retailers will appreciate YooHoo & Friends being sold as part of the 12-piece display box.
There are four new styles joining the Dreamy Eyes line whose cast of characters already includes Bashful the Rabbit, Loveable the Lamb and Dewie the Duck (10”, MSRP $11.99). New for Easter 2010 are the five-inch bee, butterfly and frog – each makes a funny sound when squeezed (MSRP $6.49).
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Give me Smiles on my Cozi JournalThe contest will run until Feb 22 nd 11:59 pm Pacific. The winner will be selected by www.random.org. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.
Aurora sent two plush, one for donation and the other for me to send to the giveaway winner.
Donation from St. Eve Kids: Pink Cozy, a blanket with sleeves #giveaway
February 8, 2010 · Filed Under giveaway · 11 Comments
St eve kids wrote to me and asked me if I would be willing to review their pink Cozys for kids. When they wrote to me they knew that my daughter was just a bit too young and that impressed me. Many companies do not get to know me or my family before they ask me to do all kinds of things. So I was so happy to accept their invitation to do a review. I knew that I could give it to someone in my MOMS Club or just use it as a donation. I’m going to donate it because it’s the perfect time of year to give someone an extra blanket; and what’s cooler than a blanket with sleeves?How would I describe the Cozys made by St. eve kids?
SOFT and PINK and HAS SLEEVES
I’m pretty sure we’re all familiar with the concept because you can find these things for adults everywhere. My husband even received a green one from his work as a gift. I of course claimed it and use it from time to time.
St Eve Kids created a comfortable line of children’s sleepwear, loungewear and underwear. They make soft cuddly products that keep children warm at night. The cuddly blanket they sent me, the Cozy, is beautiful and quite warm. It has the texture of felt but is even softer in my opinion. It’s perfect for relaxing and being comfortable while watching tv or playing a board game. It’s perfect for someone like me that is always cold. I love to wear my sweatshirt by the sleeves. I just put my sleeves in so that I can keep my arms and hands warmer while I’m at the computer. I think that my circulation stops pumping to my arms and hands while I’m typing. These Cozy’s are made for children and fit ages 6-9. I was reading someone else’s review (I would quote them if I could remember whose site it was) and she said that her 4 year old was able to wear it. It was big on her but it still fit. The St. Eve Cozy retails for $20.00 and is sold at Von Maur, Bon Ton stores and online through QVC. In February 2010, the Cozy will also be available on http://www.sleepwear.com.
Boys and girls alike will welcome a whole new world of playmates thanks to St. Eve Kid’s DramaU™ characters featured on the St. Eve Kid’s apparel. Meet Molly, Tommy, Tammy, Frankie, Johnny, Tweet, Shirley, Lulu, Peggy, Marky and Suzie – the bubbly characters, exclusive to St. Eve Kids, pop up on garments and make the perfect pals for kids bursting with personality and attitude. As an added bonus, St. Eve Kids is giving parents the opportunity to win a year supply of pajamas. For more information about this contest, visit www.DramaU.com.
About St. Eve Kids:
Headquartered in New York City, St. Eve Kids offers delightfully sweet and totally trendy under garments and pajama sets for boys and girls. The boys’ under garment line features briefs, boxers, and undershirts, while the girls’ collection includes panties, bralets, and camisoles. The apparel comes to life with a wide array of playful themes and colorful personalities, including the memorable characters of DramaU that children come to know and love. With styles that make any son or daughter smile and prices that please mom and dad, St. Eve Kids offers the ultimate bedtime snack. St. Eve Kids is available at Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Bealls, Kohl’s, Sears, and JC Penney.
To Enter:
Visit St. Eve Kids and let me know what other item from their store you would love to have.
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Give me Smiles on my Cozi JournalThe contest will run until Feb 22 nd 11:59 pm Pacific. The winner will be selected by www.random.org. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.
McDonalds Mac Snack Wrap, healthy choices #giveaway
February 8, 2010 · Filed Under giveaway · 47 CommentsThe golden arches known as McDonalds have turned the Big Mac into a healthy option, the Mac Snack Wrap.
The new Mac Snack Wrap has the same classic Big Mac taste, in a smaller snack-size portion, making it the perfect portable, high-quality premium snack for busy moms like you at a great value of $1.49. Now, you can get that Big Mac taste on-the-go in a warm flour tortilla, not to mention the benefit of the smaller snack-sized portion to help fulfill those cravings you get for Big Macs.
I have had the opportunity to try one. McDonalds provided me with a “Be Our Guest Card,” good for a free Mac Snack Wrap at any of their participating restaurants. I was a little afraid to try them because, let’s be honest, the photos looks awful. Sorry, but McDonalds, you need to take some new pictures. To me I think it’s the little batty onions in the photo. Yuck, I hate onions.
Do not let the photo fool you, I ordered one and a coffee. I expected to still be hungry but was going to wait before I ordered anything else. I liked it. It is hamburger pieces, a tiny bit of lettuce, pickles, special sauce, and cheese (I said no onions). I found it to be good, without the onions. In fact, when i finished it I ordered a new one. I purchased both of them with my own money and did not use the “be our guest card” because I didn’t have it on my while I was traveling.
I’m happy that McDonalds is trying to have healthier options for us to eat. I just wish that proportions sizes would go back down.
Not only did they intend on me using one of the cards but they are also providing nine other “Be our Guest Cards” for me to use as giveaways here on Mom Start. I will select 10 winners for this giveaway.
To Enter:
Tell me what you think McDonalds should make and add to their healthy options menu.
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Advertise this giveaway on any giveaway site, blog, or facebook and tell me where you advertised it (include link to giveaway). 5 Extra Entries for each one you do
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The contest will run until Feb 22 nd 11:59 pm Pacific. The winner will be selected by www.random.org. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.
McDonalds provided me with 10 “be our guest cards” One was for me to use and the other nine are to be given away. It is my choice to give all ten away and try the McSnack Wrap with my own money. What I wrote is my opinion and has not been influenced in any way.
Meal Plan Monday – Come Link Up
February 7, 2010 · Filed Under Meal plan · 5 CommentsFor more Meals visit the Org Junkie.
Well, this is another one that is going to be hard to do but in trying to keep up with being a consistent stronger blogger, I still want to post my Meal Plan for the week. I want to be eating healthy lunches in addition to the wonderful dinners that my stepmom will be cooking.
Monday
Carrots, PBJ
Tuesday
Potatoes
Wednesday
Hamburgers
Thursday
Corn Chowder
Friday
My sister will cook
Saturday
Sister
Sunday
I’m sure my stepmom will want to cook, but I’m adding carrots
Potty Training: Pirate Potty and Princess Potty #giveaway
February 7, 2010 · Filed Under giveaway · 34 CommentsJust this last week we received the Pirate Potty and the Princess Potty. I have not been home so I really can’t give you a great review on it. I can tell you from looking at the previews on line that it is a really cute way to get your kids in the potty frame of mind. I can’t say that it will make them potty train with the snap of the fingers. My daughter loves to have books with her while she’s practicing. We have a stack of books and these will be added to the stack for her and her brother to read.
BOOK SYNOPSIS:
Both books provide a helpful, step-by-step story that introduces girls & boys to the concept of toilet training. Pirate Potty is a pirate-themed, toilet-training book that is fit for the little swashbuckler in your life! Includes a pirate’s hat and reward stickers! Princess Potty follows the same theme…a toilet-training book that is fit for the Royal Highness in your life! This book includes tiara and reward stickers!
I love the illustrations and my daughter is going to love the stickers. Maybe that’s what I need to do to get her excited about going potty. Even chocolate hasn’t worked but she has a passion for stickers. I just thought my passion for chocolate was already engrained in her, I really am liking this idea now. I think the reward of stickers is going to work. I’m not sure she’s ready for a tiara yet. I also can’t wait to put the pirate hat on my son. I hope to be able to write up a real review for everyone later, I just have to stop making promises on my blog.
Scholastic is providing 5 copies of both the books for giveaway
To Enter:
Tell me about your potty pirate or potty princess
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Add my button on any site you ownThe contest will run until Feb 22nd 11:59 pm Pacific. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.
Sunday Savings with the Coupon Mom
February 7, 2010 · Filed Under Sunday Savings · CommentThis post was sent to me courtesy of American Pop, Social Media Marketing. I’m hoping it was entertaining and will help you with your next snacktastic event.
Just in time for the most snacktastic Sunday of the year, Coupon Mom shows two football fans how to throw a great tailgate party without fumbling their budget. Before tackling your Super Bowl shopping list, check out last week’s episode of the Coupon Mom Show to make sure your spending game plan goes off without a hitch!
Thursday’s new episode showcases Coupon Mom stocking the home-office of a work at home mom for under $100! Beyond getting started, Coupon Mom imparts her wisdom to this new mompreneur on how to keep her office running smoothly and well under budget.
See what other shoppers are saying about the Coupon Mom Show and join in on the conversation at the official site: http://show.couponmom.com. Tune in next week to see how Coupon Mom conquers catering a party for only a few dollars per person!
Momma Feels Young
February 6, 2010 · Filed Under personal · 7 Comments
Being a mother is the most difficult job you will ever encounter. You work work work and there is never a break. Most people that look at us do not even think that we work, but we are 24 hours 7 days a week. There are other moms out there that are like me; I do not live close to family. We do not have anyone that takes care of our kids and my husband is a bit on the none-trusting side and we haven’t gotten a sitter ever. So the only break I get is if my DH can give me one and he does from time to time but I still feel that I’m always taking care of them and at the end of the week I feel so old and tired. Last night, I saw Harry Connick Jr at BlissDom. I’m am not the kind of woman that sees stars or swoons over famous people. It’s just not a big deal, but this was so much fun. Being in a room of my peers, listening and dancing to great music, I felt like I was back in my younger years, (I’m not that old, but I just feel old sometimes) enjoying myself without any worries. I think it was the first time that I was able to not worry about my children at all since they were born. I was completely relaxed. I danced, and stood in line like a teenager waiting to get my photo taken with Harry Connick Jr. I can’t wait to see how the photo came out. The photo above I took with My Cannon EOS, I love my camera, it looks like he was looking right at me and I was so far away. I also had the pleasure of shaking his hand and it made me feel special even though he was shaking hands with everyone he took a photo with. All of these things made me feel young, it was wonderful and I have to thank all the people that put BlissDom together. THANK YOU!
My Blog Spark: Fiber One 90 Calorie Bars Healthy Gift Basket #giveaway
February 5, 2010 · Filed Under giveaway · 99 CommentsMy Blog Spark sent us a new gift basket to review. It’s been a great basket and I decided to actually donate it. You know me, I try to give as much as I can. We received everything pictures below:
The Fiber One Granola Bars taste great, I’ve purchased them before. This particular one is covered in chocolate and you know how much I like chocolate. These are also great for me even though I’m on a diet because of the chocolate, no, because of the extra Fiber and that it only has 90 calories.
General Mills through My Blog Spark is trying to promote healthier lifestyles. America needs more fiber in their diets, that’s why there is a trend in the food companies adding fiber to all of the foods we eat. We may not want them to, but I haven’t ever noticed a difference. To help, My Blog Spark is also providing, a plastic water bottle so that you can keep refilling and drinking the minimum amount of water that you are supposed to drink every day. Along with that they are including a healthy fit journal, where you can keep track of calories and a little pedometer. These are all tools to help you live healthier.
To Enter:
Tell me what you are doing to live a more healthy lifestyle.
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Advertise this giveaway on any giveaway site, blog, or facebook and tell me where you advertised it (include link to giveaway). 5 Extra Entries for each one you do
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The contest will run until Feb 22 nd 11:59 pm Pacific. The winner will be selected by www.random.org. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.
product, information, prize pack, and giveaway have all been provided by Fiber One through MyBlogSpark
Taking GoGo squeeZ Applesauce on the airplane #giveaway
February 5, 2010 · Filed Under giveaway · 76 Comments
GoGo squeeZ is a traveling food. It is so easy to grab and go. We received three boxes of GoGO squeeZ to review and it arrived just in time to take on our trip to Texas. I packed them in the diaper bag to take on the airplane and off we went. I have to admit, I was worried that they were going to take it away from me in the security line but they didn’t. They were more concerned about my car seat being dangerous than the applesauce. I think we ate three different times when we were on the plane and one of the times we ate some of the GoGo SqueeZ applesauce. I find GoGo squeez great because it is re-sealable. That’s an awesome thing for a child that might not finish their food. I don’t have that option because my kids always finish snack time, especially when it’s fruit. It’s not exactly no-mess, only because my little guy can find a way to make a mess of anything. He’s only 2, well not even 2 but he can get a little carried away while squeezing and exploring, but for the most part this is a mess free way to feed your kids. As long as they don’t over squeeze then they won’t have sticky fingers. My daughter did just fine and she is barely 3.
Materne GoGo SqueeZ is a favorite fruit snack with over 1 billion pouches consumed internationally. They were released in the US in 2008 to introduce Americans to another convenience; the ability to feed our kids without a mess, without needing a spoon, and without being at home. I think that most snacks that are easy for on the go are not healthy. GoGo SqueeZ is one serving of fruit and supports their mission: Helping parents feed their kids better foods when they are on the go.
GoGo squeeZ 4-packs are available for MSRP $2.99. GoGo squeeZ single pouches are available for MSRP 99 cents. Consumers can purchase GoGo squeeZ through Whole Foods, the natural section of supermarkets like Stop&Shop, Shaws and Jewel-Osco in select Toys ‘R Us/ Babies’ R US, and other retailers across the US. Currently available in “appleapple”, “applestrawberry” and new “applecinnamon,” “applepeach” and “applebanana” flavors, GoGo squeeZ is a 100 percent fruit, no added sugar product that are sure to keep kids squeezing. New applecinnamon,” “applepeach” and “applebanana” flavors combine the health benefits of all-natural fruit with a great taste. All GoGo squeeZ products contain no artificial flavors or preservatives and are gluten-free, dairy-free and kosher-certified.
To winners will each win 5 boxes of GoGo squeeZ applesauce.
To Enter:
Visit GoGo SqueeZ and tell me what flavor you really want to try.
Extra Entries:
Advertise this giveaway on any giveaway site, blog, or facebook and tell me where you advertised it (include link to giveaway). 5 Extra Entries for each one you do
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The contest will run until Feb 22 nd 11:59 pm Pacific. The winner will be selected by www.random.org. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.
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