Whale Done Giveaway

I have been a fan of Ken Blanchard for many many years. He helped me with the One Minute Manager when I was a young executive. Well he has now teamed up with a great group of trainers to give us Whale Done Parenting.

First I have to say that I think we all can use parenting help. Kids do not come with owners manuals (and some should). And there is all sorts of ways to help children become healthy adults. Here is a book to share positive parenting techniques for you and your kids.

Here we start with killer whale trainer-in-training Amy Sheldrake, who is able to get a killer whale to preform amazing tricks but had a hard time getting her own son to do simple task. So Amy and her husband started using the same principals that they used on killer whales on their own son. Once Amy and Matt were able to get the hang of the five Whale Done principles, they then saw a dramatic difference in overcoming challenges like following bedtime routines, dealing with tantrums, introducing new foods, sharing, avoiding overuse of the word no, learning to care for a pet, and instituting time-outs. Isn't this something we all would like to have a handle on?

Well, we are going to share this with you too! Yes, a giveaway! You can get your own copy of Whale Done Parenting right here. We are giving away 5 copies, yes 5! To enter first and foremost visit Whale Done Parenting and look at their first two chapters preview. Tell me something you found interesting there. (This is mandatory to enter.) You can also have extra entries too. Additional entries can all be done with a separate comment for each for following, having my button, twittering, links on face book, sending others to the giveaway (they have to credit you) and blogging about this great giveaway. Make sure that I can contact you some how in order to let you know if your the winner.

Flavorful Winner

Welcome back everyone. I hope you all had a great holiday and enjoyed time with your family and friends. I know we did. And especially had fun since my Dear Hubby was on vacation and at home from BOTH jobs for a whole week. I feel so relaxed and ready to tackle the Christmas season now.

So I thought we would start off our new week with a drawing for a winner. Yes, there is a winner for A Century of Flavor by Nielsen-Massey Vanillas. I went to the random number generator and found out sometimes it is good to be #1. For our winner is:

Charity said...

I would love to try the Smoothies!! I drink smoothies quite often and never thought of adding vanilla to them:) Please enter me in your giveaway. Thanks!!

I am telling you that if you are ever looking for a giveaway then pop over to Charity's site. She is listed as the giveaway lady. And there are amazing listings on her blog. Congrats Charity! I am on my way to let you know your a winner.

Taking a Break

Ladies and Gents,

Image by Pink Sherbet Photography via Flickr

Hope y'all don't mind but we are taking a break.
You know how it goes.
Stuffed with all that food on the holiday.
And all the time it took to fix things up.
Then to clean up afterwards.

Well we worked our lil manicured nails to the ground.
So now we are stopping to repair and regroup.
We will see y'all Monday!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

I am quite thankful to all of my readers.

Closed due to Illness

I do not believe it...but I came down sick in 5 minutes.

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Yes, really!
From ok life is fine to fever, chills, nausea, aches and pain.
I was watching TV last night (NCIS for those out there like me) and

BOOM! BANG!

my teeth started clattering, my body shaking and cold all over.
And then the wave of

ON NO AM I GOING TO BE ILL?

flooded over me.

I ended up in bed with my pink flannel pjs on. Covers 3 deep and up to my chin. I even had a night cap on--honest--my head was cold. And then of course I started to burn up too!

BTW, did I mention I will have 16 people here for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow? Or that this is the FIRST time I have ever hosted a holiday meal for my Dear Hubby's family?

You know I just can't be sick!

I Just Want to. . .

Not be bounced out of bed at 3 am

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or 4 am
or 5 am
or anytime early....

I am getting really tired,
and sleepy,
and fussy about it all!

Speakaboos Shout Out!

Here is a shout out to Speakaboos! I visited there with Miss Emma and she loved seeing the

Cover of Aesop's Fables (Owlet Book)

stories online. It is like having a read aloud book being done for you. And sometimes folks my voice just gives out and it is nice to have someone else read to Miss Emma and ME!

Speakaboos, a publisher of exceptional digital content for kids, today released storybook favorites read by the cast of ABC's "General Hospital," as well as educational activities and games. Featuring stories read by Kelly Monaco, Rebecca Herbst, Jason Thompson, and Greg Vaughan, Speakaboos continues to provide a dynamic and educational online destination for children. All stories and activities are available on Speakaboos.com for free, and may be downloaded for offline and mobile viewing for an additional charge.
Currently in beta, Speakaboos already offers over 75 kids' stories and songs such as Arthur, Goldilocks, The Ugly Duckling, Old McDonald and Aesop's Fables with audio provided by talented actors and musicians such as Kevin Bacon, Nick Cannon, John Krasinski and Kelly Ripa. At least fifteen percent of Speakaboos' revenue is contributed directly to charities supporting children's causes.

Storybook releases include:

* Billy and the Brown-Out read by Greg Vaughan
* Bluebeard read by Rebecca Herbst
* Frankenstein read by Greg Vaughan
* The Frog Prince read by Kelly Monaco and Jason Thompson
* The Little Mermaid read by Kelly Monaco and Jason Thompson
* The Wise Little Girl read by Rebecca Herbst

Relish! Winner

And the Winner for the FREE 1 yr subscription to RELISH! is..........

Drumroll please,

TA-DA!

Nessa said...

The almond crusted chicken fingers sound great!

Congrats Nessa. I know you will be using this service with all the amazing food you cook already. And thanks to Random Number Generator for picking all my winners for me.

Let's Say Thanks

A great way to say Thanks to the troops.

Image via Wikipedia

And for Free too!

Go to Let's Say Thanks by Xerox.com,
pick out a card,
sign it and press send.

The postcards are then printed on the Xerox iGen3^® Digital Production Press and mailed in care packages by military support organization Give2TheTroops^®.

The postcards, depicting patriotic scenes and hometown images, were selected from a pool of entries from children across the country.

Looking for the Prairie Maid

I have heard from 4 of my 5 winners of The Green Day.

Image by Nationaal Archief via Flickr

I need for The Prairie Maid to contact me with address information to send her book to her too.
Please holler as you do not have any address listed.
If not another winner will be chosen by midnight tonight (sat 10-21-09).

Green Winners

Staying Green All Year Long

Winners one and all!

Ladies here y'all go!

I will be sending out notices today. Get your addresses and your very own copy of The Green Year will be in the mail to you.

Thanks for entering.

Bobbi Janay @When did I go from a kid to a grown up? said...

I love the idea of this book.

Prairiemaid said...

My "green tip".....turn the lights off! And I only say about a hundred times a day!

I'm another SSS'er and just visiting the different blogs. Yours is really neat!

PJ said...

Hey Kiddo! Hope you enjoyed your trip. Of Course, you know my idea of being green. Collect aluminum cans, sell them, give the money to a good cause. It's really a complex idea, because not only are you helping to "clean up the environment, but the money you get can help any "charity" you want. Mine happens to be Foreign Missionaries. It is also a great thing to get your kids involved in, because it's not difficult, and it teaches them responsibility, and how to give to others. So many kids now days have the "ME" frame of mind. This would help them feel better about themselves knowing that they have helped others. You could even give them the responsiblity of choosing the "charity or cause" the money would go to as long as it is for a needful cause, you know what I mean. Something that would really help others. Anyway, that's my green idea. Clean environment, help your kids self-esteem and teach them, and be a blessing to others in need.

As far as my post, I dare not think about if anything were to happen to or between my hubby and myself, instead of becoming a "cat lady" with way too many cats, I would probably do the same thing with dogs from the shelter. (Except for certain kinds that scare me to death). Glad your home safe!

PJ

Bombtastic Belle said...

My green tip is to turn lights off, turn the AC up when you can or off and have the windows open.
eod_army_wife04(at)yahoo(dot)com

pippirose said...

My green tip: hanging at least a few of the heavier wet stuff (like sweatshirts) on the shower rod, instead of putting them in the dryer.
I live in an apartment, so space is an issue, but not only does this save some dryer time...it also saves the sweatshirts and sweaters from shrinking!
:o)

World Vision Gift Catalog

Here is my all time favorite for Crazed Mind's 2009 Gift Guide! The World Vision Gift Catalog. And I can not say it any better than they can. So folks, here is the best deal and true meaning of a giving season.

Through the World Vision Gift Catalog, you can make a donation to dozens of different projects around the world to help children and families in need. It’s much better than giving an impersonal gift card or a last-minute purchase like a sweater, and the donations can go a long way to promoting health and wellness in the developing world. These items make great gifts for moms, dads, grandparents AND children! The World Vision Gift Catalog is a wonderful opportunity to give great, inexpensive gifts that no one will want to exchange.

The World Vision gifts are a great value for people trying to pinch their pennies and please their loved ones. And they stretch a family’s “giving dollars” this year because, thanks to corporate product donations and government matching grants, many of the gifts will help provide much more than the $25 gift! A sampling of inexpensive gift items include:

- $16 will buy two soccer or basketballs for a child

- $17 will buy improved hybrid or drought-resistant seeds for a nourishing harvest and income

- $18 will buy enough bed nets to protect an entire family from malaria

- $25 will provide $350 worth of school supplies in the U.S.

- $25 buys two chickens to provide a lasting source of nutrition and income for a family

They would like to offer one free gift from the catalog as a holiday giveaway for you. The free gift is a Thai necklace. All you have to do is visit World Vision Gift Catalog and tell me what you would pick as a gift to give to others. (This is mandatory to enter.) You can also have extra entries too. Additional entries can all be done with a separate comment for each for following, having my button, twittering, links on face book, sending others to the giveaway (they have to credit you) and blogging about this great giveaway. Make sure that I can contact you some how in order to let you know if your the winner.

Here are the great links you can also use from Facebook, Twitter and of course to World Vision itself.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/truespiritofchristmas

Twitter: www.twitter.com/christmastour

Campaign website: www.worldvisiongifts.org

You can also do that one more extra step too. Pop over to hotelscombined.com. They are doing a monetary donation for those who also want to use facebook, twitter and blogs to support World Vision. Add the graphic below to your blog sidebar and they will send $20 to World Vision. Now that is easy. Spread the word through being a facebook fan and they will send a $5 donation. Follow them on twitter and tweet for a $10 dontation. That could be $35 of donations sent just from each of us doing what we do best. Social networking to help others.

I recommend HotelsCombined.com and sent $20 to World Vision!

You can shout and help too.

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Berenstain Bears Living Lights

The Berenstain Bears use to be a staple in my daughter's book collection. And now I am adding them to my collection for my grand children. But better still, there is a new series of Berenstain Bears. It is the Living Lights titles that I am showing here. Now that loveable family of bears can also show how they have grown into this supportive moral family. From 'Giving Thanks' to 'Christmas Tree', this is a pack that I want to use during the holiday season.

The first Berenstain Bear book was published in 1962 (a year before I was born) under the oversight of Dr. Seuss. Now that is a great mentor to have. Parents Stan and Jan started this series and now their son Michael has joined the team. Michael grew up watching his parents create their magazine cartoons and later the Berenstain Bears books.




Michael Berenstain is now working with his mother bringing this classic series to a new generation and with a new spin. When Berenstain found Christ, he also found his mission: to reveal the much-loved bear family’s faith in an original series. Zonderkidz has released the following titles in the series thus far, many of which are already becoming classics:

(1) The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree,
(2) The Berenstain Bears^® and the Golden Rule,
(3) The Berenstain Bears^®: Faithful Friends,
(4) The Berenstain Bears^® Give Thanks,
(5) The Berenstain Bears^® Go to Sunday School,
(6) The Berenstain Bears^® God Loves You!,
(7) The Berenstain Bears^® Love Their Neighbors,
(8) The Berenstain Bears^® Play a Good Game,
(9) The Berenstain Bears^® Say Their Prayers.

A Shortcut List

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Hoover and Dirt Devil. All opinions are 100% mine.

Dirt Devil is helping out with Black Friday and Cyber Monday by letting us access their Dirt Devil Holiday Gift Guide. Here we can find sites to access for November 27th and also November 30th. These are for those buying specials to kick off the holidays and to get those great cyber only deals. There is also listings on how to get promo codes for free shipping shortcuts, reduced price and special offers. Many sites are also offering free shipping and rebates to increase your shopping experience.

And it continues on with buying guide help for gifts for him, her, children, home and on and on. Yes you can find listings of daily web deals to meet all of your gift giving needs. I was surprised to see sites listed where you can name your own price, pick up locally and using comparison search engines. They even have an area for those hard to find personalized items. Shopping has gone from trudging to store after store to point and click. It can not be any easier. Especially with all the help in this 2009 Holiday Gift Guide. There is over 300 ways to save in this guide.

Top it all off with the great holiday deals that you can get at DirtDevil.com. Free shipping, closeout prices and exclusive offers on their own great products. Make sure you check out this shortcut list to top all others.

Imagia and the Magic Pearls

Growing up the youngest of 5 children and with a large gap between girls (10 years), I learned to rely on my imagination for friendship. And it was in the places of my mind that I truly blossomed. There I could do anything, be anyone and have many many friends.

Well, now there is a tale of Imagia and the Magic Pearls. This elf princess also has learned to live in her imagination. Desiring to have other friends to play with but stuck in her palace and with her lessons she seems to be a prisoner of her own life. (Gosh, don't we all relate to that one!) Of course, like all of us, Imagia has to break free and discover the world around her. Tales from the Mapmaker will open up a new land of Trillow. Here Imagia not only wanders into a castle ruled by the evil queen Baddora but also meets her new friend, Flutterwalk. And it is here that Imagia really learns the power of her imagination.

Monroe S. Tarver, both author and illustrator, has given a new childhood princess story which he is developing into a series of stories. Focused for children ages 5-9, this story weaves in a new cast of characters, moral lessons, the power of imagination and embracing an ethnic princess. With rich paintings to surround the story, you are swept away to a new land of Trillow. And one that takes you on those unexpected twist and turns. This is a new tale that has been released just this month at Amazon.com for only $6.99. I feel it would make a wonderful addition to any child's bookshelf this holiday season.

Tweet with the Best of Them

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Sponsored Tweets. All opinions are 100% mine.

We have looked at ways to monetize our blogs and we can now do the same with Twitter. Yes, you know all those clicks you make visiting everyone...well that can pay off! You can now have sponsored tweets. Just think of it as being a product spokes person in a quick forum.

First you set your price then choose your offers. You can receive your payouts with a turn around of only 24 hours for an offer to be accepted. Not too bad. Of course you do need to let the credit build to $50 before you cash out each time. There is a code of ethics and 100% disclosure is required. We all know that there is FTC regulations and we all must comply. I love that they have a disclosure engine to help me out there.

And you can sign up for sponsored tweets today. With just one click, then tweet tweet your way to those sweet deals. Oh and just to know you can roll with the big time. The celebrities are even tweeting for dollars. Kim Kardashian, Bob Vila, Sister Hazel and Leann Rimes are just a few of the stars that are participating in sponsored tweets. Pass the good news on even. Yes, there is a referral program too! You know how one good Tweet deserves another and another and . . . you get the idea.

SO join in and be a Web Celeb, Hot Blog or even a Staff Pick. You never know how you roll til you rolling in the dough.