tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548299050392795832012-02-18T10:30:54.093-05:00Everyday Life with 3 boys, 1 hubby, 1 dog. Lots of Preschool , Elementary School, Scouts, Karate, and ramblings going on. Reviews and Giveaways. PR Friendly.Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.comBlogger1099125EverydayRamblingsOfMyLifehttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-55501514485882232322012-02-29T23:59:00.000-05:002012-02-15T11:40:18.705-05:002012-02-15T11:40:18.705-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Leapin' for Leap Pad Giveaway" height="150" src="http://shepromotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LeapPad.png" title="LeapPad" width="150" /> </div><h1 style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the Leapin' for Leap Pad Giveaway!</h1><div style="text-align: center;">This giveaway event is organized by <a href="http://shepromotes.com/" target="_blank">ShePromotes</a> and sponsored by a group of fabulous ShePromotes bloggers! We've come together to offer you one of the hottest children's products of the year -- the <strong>Leap Frog Explorer Tablet</strong>! Even better, as part of the event, you will have the chance to enter to win 1 of 2 Leap Frog Explorer Tablet prize packs! Yes, we are giving away 2 to 2 lucky winners! </div><h3 style="text-align: center;">How to enter</h3><div style="text-align: center;">Use the Rafflecopter form below to enter for your chance to win. The giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents, 18+ and will be open through 11:59pm EST on February, 29th. You have until the end of the day on Leap Day to enter for your chance to win! Please note that there are two separate Rafflecopter forms. Each prize package has its own form and its own entry requirements. You will earn bonus entries for entering on both Rafflecopter forms! <a href="http://www.darcyandbrian.com/?p=10433" target="new">Enter to win the other prize package here!</a> </div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Good luck and get Leapin' for Leap Pad!</h2><a name='more'></a><script id="raflin-c3509c5d" type="text/javascript"> /*{literal}<![CDATA[*/ window.RAFLIN = window.RAFLIN || {}; window.RAFLIN['c3509c5d'] = {id: 'YmM5M2I1MjYwMmFhYzljMTY3NjI3YzdhZGQ4YTJkOjM1'}; var url='//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/static/js/raflcptr/build/raflcptr.min.js', head=(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]); (function(d,n,h){if(!!d.getElementById(n))return;var j=d.createElement('script');j.id=n;j.type='text/javascript';j.async=true;j.src=url;h.appendChild(j);}(document,'rsoijs',head)); /*]]>{/literal}*/ </script> <a href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/" id="rpow-c3509c5d" style="color: #999999; display: block; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal sans-serif; text-align: center; width: 100%;" target="_blank">a <i>Rafflecopter</i> giveaway</a> <noscript>&lt;a href="http://rafl.es/enable-js"&gt;You need javascript enabled to see this giveaway&lt;/a&gt;.</noscript><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-5550151448588223232?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8Q-oWcBPSYQsFnVK4_DgL_UXUE0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8Q-oWcBPSYQsFnVK4_DgL_UXUE0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8Q-oWcBPSYQsFnVK4_DgL_UXUE0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8Q-oWcBPSYQsFnVK4_DgL_UXUE0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/wQFiJicha_M" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com0http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/leapin-for-leap-pad-giveaway.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-17868701955278964552012-02-19T23:59:00.001-05:002012-02-15T11:39:09.479-05:002012-02-15T11:39:09.479-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thefrugalnavywife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/10k-giveaway.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-14694" height="229" src="http://www.TheFrugalNavyWife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/10k-giveaway.jpg" title="10k-giveaway" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have teamed up with <a href="http://www.thefrugalnavywife.com/">The Frugal Navy Wife</a> and several other bloggers to celebrate The Frugal Navy Wife's 10k mile mark on Facebook!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">What can you win? $100 CASH! (paid via PayPal) OR if you wish to get your $100 in gift card form you can pick a Gift Card to anyplace you want (as long as it can be ordered online and shipped)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">What do you have to do to win? Just enter in the Rafflecopter below.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can do as many or as few entires as you want!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Giveaway runs from Friday Feb. 10 2012 until 11:59pm on Sunday Feb 19 2012</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">During this time frame whatch <a href="http://www.thefrugalnavywife.com/">The Frugal Navy Wife</a> for mini giveaways as well. Such as Bath and Body Works stuff, Amazon Gift Cards and more!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">What are you waiting for? Go enter now and tell your friends!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><script id="raflin-77bd4e3d" type="text/javascript"> /*{literal}<![CDATA[*/ window.RAFLIN = window.RAFLIN || {}; window.RAFLIN['77bd4e3d'] = {id: 'MDdlNzFiODFkNjNmNzRkZmYzNGViZTMwMmQ3YTVmOjMz'}; var url='//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/static/js/raflcptr/build/raflcptr.min.js', head=(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]); (function(d,n,h){if(!!d.getElementById(n))return;var j=d.createElement('script');j.id=n;j.type='text/javascript';j.async=true;j.src=url;h.appendChild(j);}(document,'rsoijs',head)); /*]]>{/literal}*/ </script></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="rafl-powered" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/" id="rpow-77bd4e3d" style="color: #999999; display: block; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 10px/normal sans-serif; text-align: center; width: 100%;" target="_blank">a <i>Rafflecopter</i> giveaway</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><noscript>&lt;a href="http://rafl.es/enable-js"&gt;You need javascript enabled to see this giveaway&lt;/a&gt;.</noscript></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-1786870195527896455?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ClOIXCONy1pjvVsZEAaPCNv2p94/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ClOIXCONy1pjvVsZEAaPCNv2p94/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ClOIXCONy1pjvVsZEAaPCNv2p94/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ClOIXCONy1pjvVsZEAaPCNv2p94/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/9J0eDLNd2wY" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com7http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/frugal-navy-wife-10k-giveaway-bash.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-78851826672726367002012-02-18T00:01:00.000-05:002012-02-18T00:01:00.678-05:002012-02-18T00:01:00.678-05:00<center><h1>Welcome to February Frenzy!</h1><br /> <img src="http://shepromotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FebruaryFrenzy.png" /></center><br /> <br /> February Frenzy is hosted by <a href="http://shepromotes.com/" target="new">ShePromotes</a> along with all of the sponsoring blogs! Through February 29th the sponsoring blogs will be bringing you a $5 Paypal giveaway a day! That’s 22 chances to win this month!<br /> <br /> Today’s giveaway is hosted by <a href="http://ohmyheartsie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Oh My Heartsie</a>&nbsp;so stop on by and enter to win!<br /> <br /> To see the full schedule of February Frenzy giveaways and enter all of the open giveaways, visit the <a href="http://shepromotes.com/february-frenzy-giveaway-a-day" target="new">February Frenzy page at ShePromotes</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-7885182667272636700?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZSWJkznVeJBeh7uXfKfqXYO0xgw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZSWJkznVeJBeh7uXfKfqXYO0xgw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZSWJkznVeJBeh7uXfKfqXYO0xgw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZSWJkznVeJBeh7uXfKfqXYO0xgw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/5fyzxNxBFR0" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com0http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/february-frenzy-giveaway-for-218.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-80787578720633350792012-02-17T00:01:00.000-05:002012-02-17T00:01:03.269-05:002012-02-17T00:01:03.269-05:00<center><h1>Welcome to February Frenzy!</h1><br /> <img src="http://shepromotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FebruaryFrenzy.png" /></center><br /> <br /> February Frenzy is hosted by <a href="http://shepromotes.com/" target="new">ShePromotes</a> along with all of the sponsoring blogs! Through February 29th the sponsoring blogs will be bringing you a $5 Paypal giveaway a day! That’s 22 chances to win this month!<br /> <br /> Today’s giveaway is hosted by <a href="http://www.mamagoesbam.com/" target="_blank">Mama Goes Bam</a>&nbsp;so stop on by and enter to win!<br /> <br /> To see the full schedule of February Frenzy giveaways and enter all of the open giveaways, visit the <a href="http://shepromotes.com/february-frenzy-giveaway-a-day" target="new">February Frenzy page at ShePromotes</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-8078757872063335079?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hEd5eMMIl14jnAxAitLbFVJku2o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hEd5eMMIl14jnAxAitLbFVJku2o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hEd5eMMIl14jnAxAitLbFVJku2o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hEd5eMMIl14jnAxAitLbFVJku2o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/Af_vO44BotY" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com0http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/february-frenzy-giveaway-for-217.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-42066264902305312022012-02-16T12:57:00.001-05:002012-02-16T12:57:10.987-05:002012-02-16T12:57:10.987-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">A couple of months ago, I found this great site called, <a href="http://www.thepennyhoarder.com/">The Penny Hoarder</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Their emails are titled <em><span style="color: blue;">Wacky &amp; Weird Ways to Make Money from THIS Week.</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Today and email came across for their ways this week. These include, a company that advertises on your home, political surveys and a giveaway for an envelope of cash (yes, you read that right).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">And while I clicked ALL 3 links to read up on them, the giveaway for cash definitely kept my interest.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I mean, a family of 5 on 1 income, who doesn't need extra cash, right!?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thepennyhoarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/photo-114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.thepennyhoarder.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/photo-114.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Now the money they are giving away, was made from Free items. You can read about it (and enter) <a href="http://www.thepennyhoarder.com/2012/02/win-an-envelope-of-cash-from-thepennyhoarder-com">here.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I really like their emails and have follow up on a couple of their tips and made money of my own.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-4206626490230531202?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xd6o2x6uUr_RXk6xS_B30shn1hU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xd6o2x6uUr_RXk6xS_B30shn1hU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xd6o2x6uUr_RXk6xS_B30shn1hU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xd6o2x6uUr_RXk6xS_B30shn1hU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/SJpdeD5tYqs" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com0http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/penny-hoarder.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-35545220032262819722012-02-16T10:37:00.000-05:002012-02-16T10:37:50.395-05:002012-02-16T10:37:50.395-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a border="0" href="http://amomreportingforduty.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w495/aprils83/blogbutton.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">So I ran across a new blog called; <a href="http://amomreportingforduty.blogspot.com/">Reporting for Duty: Mommyhood</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">This Full Time Mom is also Active-Duty Air Force.. She is holding her very 1st giveaway!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The giveaway is geared towards little girls (since she has 2 of her own), but even if you don't have girls of your own (like me), I am sure you know someone who does and this would make a perfect gift!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Enter her <a href="http://amomreportingforduty.blogspot.com/2012/02/st-pattys-day-giveaway.html?showComment=1329406267335#c5868774533646010076">St. Patty's Day Giveaway!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Please head on over and enter.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's show is great New(ish) Mom Blogger some incredible love !</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Because I KNOW your guys are the GREATEST !</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-3554522003226281972?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XMZkYIgYQPRmGwStQ3NW2ea-f5Y/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XMZkYIgYQPRmGwStQ3NW2ea-f5Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XMZkYIgYQPRmGwStQ3NW2ea-f5Y/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XMZkYIgYQPRmGwStQ3NW2ea-f5Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/tWhgDjs9Do8" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com0http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/new-giveaway-from-new-ish-mom-blogger.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-91518789326094262932012-02-16T00:01:00.001-05:002012-02-16T13:04:47.143-05:002012-02-16T13:04:47.143-05:00<center><h1>Welcome to February Frenzy!</h1><br /> <img src="http://shepromotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FebruaryFrenzy.png" /></center><br /> <br /> February Frenzy is hosted by <a href="http://shepromotes.com/" target="new">ShePromotes</a> along with all of the sponsoring blogs! Through February 29th the sponsoring blogs will be bringing you a $5 Paypal giveaway a day! That’s 22 chances to win this month!<br /> <br /> Today’s giveaway is hosted by <a href="http://giveawayblogdom.com/" target="_blank">Giveaway Blogdom</a>&nbsp;so stop on by and enter to win!<br /> <br /> To see the full schedule of February Frenzy giveaways and enter all of the open giveaways, visit the <a href="http://shepromotes.com/february-frenzy-giveaway-a-day" target="new">February Frenzy page at ShePromotes</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-9151878932609426293?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LDmonRANs2bleE3IMrN_cYvwt3I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LDmonRANs2bleE3IMrN_cYvwt3I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LDmonRANs2bleE3IMrN_cYvwt3I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LDmonRANs2bleE3IMrN_cYvwt3I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/9egIKKrV7c4" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com0http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/february-frenzy-giveraway-for-216.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-83475025390370831972012-02-15T15:19:00.000-05:002012-02-15T15:18:09.463-05:002012-02-15T15:18:09.463-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.alexas-angels.com/consumer/" target="_blank">Alexas Angels</a> is a great site with some beautiful items.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Also Check out the <a href="http://www.alexas-angels.com/consumer/products_en_1_25_0_0_0-POSI-IVI-Y-.php" target="_blank">POSI+IVI+Y</a> Collection!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-8347502539037083197?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kSWIcgIjqsG9gieW3HScAP2dFHk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kSWIcgIjqsG9gieW3HScAP2dFHk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kSWIcgIjqsG9gieW3HScAP2dFHk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kSWIcgIjqsG9gieW3HScAP2dFHk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/aMOCB9eiStY" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com1http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/14-off-at-alexas-angels-read-more.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-57259661143830893632012-02-15T13:10:00.001-05:002012-02-15T14:57:00.652-05:002012-02-15T14:57:00.652-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">I am so excited !!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hit 5000 Facebook Fans yesterday!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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position: absolute; top: -9999em; width: 10px;" tabindex="0"></iframe><br /> <div style="text-align: center;">The 3 winners for the <a href="http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/share-love-giveaway-hop-february-7th.html"><span style="color: #118899;">Share the Love Giveaway </span></a>have been emailed</div><div style="text-align: center;">and have 48 hours to respond!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/congratulations%20animated" target="_blank"><img alt="congrats Pictures, Images and Photos" border="0" src="http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy253/blue-nightingale/contest%20banners%20and%20images/animated-flowers-congratulations.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Congratulations to: </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o731ZV_KkS8/TzvebCWGW2I/AAAAAAAACI4/JLhFhfEGrRU/s1600/sharethelovewinners.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o731ZV_KkS8/TzvebCWGW2I/AAAAAAAACI4/JLhFhfEGrRU/s320/sharethelovewinners.png" width="235" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-5115534418180531233?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_H1L2Ga1DzQ_YvQKjeUmjwoHBEY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_H1L2Ga1DzQ_YvQKjeUmjwoHBEY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_H1L2Ga1DzQ_YvQKjeUmjwoHBEY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_H1L2Ga1DzQ_YvQKjeUmjwoHBEY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/GwnFME7LA0k" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com0http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/share-love-giveaway-winners.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-15115308091643550552012-02-15T11:30:00.000-05:002012-02-15T11:30:30.153-05:002012-02-15T11:30:30.153-05:00<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" id="twttrHubFrame" name="twttrHubFrame" scrolling="no" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1329256447.html" style="height: 10px; position: absolute; top: -9999em; width: 10px;" tabindex="0"></iframe><br /> <div style="text-align: center;">The 3 winners for the <span style="color: #118899;">From Our Hearts To Yours Giveaway</span>&nbsp;have been emailed</div><div style="text-align: center;">and have 48 hours to respond!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/congratulations%20animated" target="_blank"><img alt="congrats Pictures, Images and Photos" border="0" src="http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy253/blue-nightingale/contest%20banners%20and%20images/animated-flowers-congratulations.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Congratulations to: </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8dBAuQG9LYA/TzvdTMKcrRI/AAAAAAAACIs/Bg2jS7DSaj0/s1600/ourheart2yourswinners.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8dBAuQG9LYA/TzvdTMKcrRI/AAAAAAAACIs/Bg2jS7DSaj0/s400/ourheart2yourswinners.png" width="291" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-1511530809164355055?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5L42884eUTOzjE9SMntEwcbRMGc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5L42884eUTOzjE9SMntEwcbRMGc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5L42884eUTOzjE9SMntEwcbRMGc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5L42884eUTOzjE9SMntEwcbRMGc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/zH0IR5a8hh8" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com0http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/from-our-hearts-to-yours-winners.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-77035588810119420242012-02-15T06:46:00.000-05:002012-02-15T06:46:00.139-05:002012-02-15T06:46:00.139-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VmqBiJqsuyA/Tzpl0ZMpslI/AAAAAAAACIU/mU0N76dbT2A/s1600/giving+button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VmqBiJqsuyA/Tzpl0ZMpslI/AAAAAAAACIU/mU0N76dbT2A/s1600/giving+button.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <span class="ital-inline"><span name="hotword">Today, I will be focusing on giving to Charities, while on a budget.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span class="ital-inline"><span name="hotword">Charities are struggling to accommodate all the people in need, because the need is so great. But with finances and the economy the way they are, many people are deterred from giving because honestly, they need to take care of their family first. There can be ways to do both, plus, if you have children, this is an amazing opportunity to show compassion for others, even when you have little yourself.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span class="ital-inline"><span name="hotword"></span></span><span class="ital-inline"><span name="hotword"></span></span><span class="ital-inline"><span name="hotword"></span></span><span class="ital-inline"><span name="hotword"></span></span><span class="ital-inline"><span name="hotword"></span></span><span class="ital-inline"><span name="hotword"></span></span><span class="ital-inline"><span name="hotword"></span></span><span class="ital-inline"><span name="hotword">Volunteering: Many people do not have time to volunteer. Some work 2 jobs, or are single parents. Volunteering can be a family experience. This doesn't mean you have to work in a soup kitchen with a 4 year old in tow. They may not understand. There are many charitable organizations that love to have volunteers. </span></span><br /> <br /> <span class="ital-inline"><span name="hotword">As I researched this topic, the articles were endless.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span class="ital-inline"><span name="hotword">Charities that deliver meals to elderly or home bound was a very large part of this. This is not a holiday gift, this is an everyday thing. In your area, I suspect there is at least one organization that does this. Your cost is time and gas. You'll be making a difference in someones life and helping a charity in need. You can bring a child with you and as an added bonus, a homemade card is just such a welcome gift for so many of those in elder care, or who otherwise have no one who visits them.</span></span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mymoneymakingexperiment.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/people-and-globe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://mymoneymakingexperiment.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/people-and-globe.jpg" width="195" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mymoneymakingexperiment.com/charity-begins-at-home/"><em><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo Credit</span></em></a></td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <br /> <span class="ital-inline"><span name="hotword">Here is another one I liked.</span></span><br /> <span class="ital-inline"><span name="hotword">Donations&nbsp;are a great need for low income families who&nbsp;have to choose between food, furniture, prescription drugs, children's clothes, or school supplies.</span></span><br /> <span class="ital-inline"><span name="hotword">Many local churches help families in need with these very items. Do you have furniture in your home or garage that you no longer use? How about clothing your children have outgrown?</span></span><br /> <span class="ital-inline"><span name="hotword">Contact a church in your area to find out if they have a list of items that families in need have provided. Many times, the church will have you bring the items to their office, as the families usually remain anonymous.</span></span><br /> <br /> As spring cleaning comes around for so many and closets are emptied, before you toss the clothes in a garbage bag or give to an organization that may sell the clothing, please check around for local families who could benefit and would very much appreciate your generous giving.<br /> <br /> If you do give financially, set a budget for yourself. If you can spare $10.00 per month, then stick to it. Many charities call or mail for financial requests, but stick to your budget. Find a charity that you identify with.<br /> <br /> <em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Please remember that if giving to a charity, donations could be tax deductible. Please check to see if the charity&nbsp;has&nbsp;a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Some organizations are not required to obtain 501(c)(3) status from the IRS. These include churches and other religious organizations.</span></em><br /> <br /> <br /> <em>As a contributor on <a href="http://livingonloveandcents.com/category/helping-others/" target="_blank"><em>Living on Love and Cents</em></a><em> in the </em><a href="http://livingonloveandcents.com/category/helping-others/" target="_blank"><em>Helping Others</em></a><em> Section, </em>Tara F brings ideas for Giving on a budget.. 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There are over 100 bloggers participating in this hop, and each blogger has their own prize package of at least $25 worth of Valentine-related items! So after you have entered my giveaway, I encourage you to hop along and see what the other bloggers are giving away too!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lifewithtwoboys.com/"><img alt="WithOurBest button" src="http://www.withourbest.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Valentines-Hop-Button-125x1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> <a name='more'></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jsQ3cFAiyVc/TyX-eBkigUI/AAAAAAAACDc/5OVWIYO8vCo/s1600/Valentinesbanner+728x90+px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="48" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jsQ3cFAiyVc/TyX-eBkigUI/AAAAAAAACDc/5OVWIYO8vCo/s400/Valentinesbanner+728x90+px.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://syncrohearts.com/catalog/images/SH_game_box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://syncrohearts.com/catalog/images/SH_game_box.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.syncrohearts.com/" target="_blank">SYNCROHEARTS</a> is a board game for couples which a husband was inspired to create for his&nbsp;own marriage. This couple was&nbsp;caught up in a busy life with kids and careers when&nbsp;they began drifting apart.&nbsp;The objective of the game is to help couples reconnect and spend more quality time together.<br /> In the trials of juggling careers, parenting, life in general couples tend to forget to take time out together just for themselves.<br /> Syncrohearts is like a relationship tune-up and it helps couples get more mileage out of their relationship by opening up the lines of communication with love, laughter and romance. Children notice when their parents are more loving toward each other.<br /> Syncrohearts is not a sex game, it is much more - it is a love game; intimate lovemaking may be just one of the benefits of playing together!<br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(ARV $39.88)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-63NQmB_B4bg/TydW1Lud_SI/AAAAAAAACEY/aloSwHtSP2g/s1600/CelebratingRomance2frontWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-63NQmB_B4bg/TydW1Lud_SI/AAAAAAAACEY/aloSwHtSP2g/s1600/CelebratingRomance2frontWEB.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Valentine's, be the star you are in a personalized romance novel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">This Valentine's, passionate couples everywhere can quicken their pulses with a personalized romance novel from yournovel.com. The customized capers come in both huggy-kissy "mild" or sexy-sweaty "wild" versions. Each book is personalized throughout with more than 20 details about the starring couple crafted from an online questionnaire, such as their names, hometown, places of work, eye and hair color, best friends, favorite perfume, cologne and music, affectionate nicknames for one another, and how long they've been a couple. There's even the option of adding the starring couple's photo to the book cover, and novels come in paperback or hardback.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Depending on the title selected, the starring couple finds themselves skinny-dipping in the Caribbean, frolicking under a waterfall, or making love none-too-easily in a swinging hammock. And, because these novels are adventure romances, they'll also be chasing bad guys on wave runners off the U.S. coast, foiling a stalker on a luxury cruise ship, tangling with a cougar in the wild, fighting off bad guys near Rome's Coliseum or confronting black pearl thieves in Tahiti.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.yournovel.com/" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">yournovel.com's</span></em></a><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"> founders Kathy M. Newbern and J.S. Fletcher, who form the husband/wife writing team Fletcher Newbern, have been penning the novels since they met and fell in love in 1992. For their 20th year in business, they held their second personalized romance writing contest that produced, Celebrating Romance 2, a collection of 10 short, romantic tales that are sure to quicken the pulses of their readers.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">( ARV$ 150.00)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7-1OipT23VU/TyhnF6qt3xI/AAAAAAAACFY/Krp-PDWC9eM/s1600/paypal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="72" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7-1OipT23VU/TyhnF6qt3xI/AAAAAAAACFY/Krp-PDWC9eM/s200/paypal.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t1SYu_Syw3g/Tyhlb6TX1aI/AAAAAAAACFM/s-dhgEWm8V8/s1600/Amazon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="77" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t1SYu_Syw3g/Tyhlb6TX1aI/AAAAAAAACFM/s-dhgEWm8V8/s200/Amazon.png" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am including from me (Everyday Ramblings of My Life)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your Choice! $5.00 or Paypal</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">You MUST complete the 2 mandatory entries&nbsp; (1 for each of my Fabulous Sponsors)<br /> and then the rest, all additional!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Thank you for entering!!</span></strong></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't forget to check out the rest of the blogs participating.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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position: absolute; top: -9999em; width: 10px;" tabindex="0"></iframe>Ending tonight !! <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/share-love-giveaway-hop-february-7th.html"><span style="color: #118899;"><strike>Share the Love Giveaway Hop ends 2/15 (12:01am EST)</strike></span></a><br /> <a href="http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/01/from-our-hearts-to-yours-giveaway-feb-1.html"><span style="color: #118899;"><strike>From Our Hearts To Yours Giveaway ends 12/15 (12:01am EST)</strike></span></a> <br /> <a href="http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/february-frenzy-giveaway-day-for-215.html"><span style="color: #118899;">February Frenzy Giveaway a Day for 2/15 $5.00 Paypal Giveaway!</span></a><br /> <br /> Other giveaways<br /> <a href="http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/are-you-looking-for-fun-and-unique-way.html"><span style="color: #118899;">Fortune Cookie Factory, Giant Cookie Giveaway ends 2/18/12 (12:01am EST)</span></a><br /> <a href="http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/frugal-navy-wife-10k-giveaway-bash.html"><span style="color: #118899;">The Frugal Navy Wife 10K Giveaway Bash - ends Sunday Feb 19</span></a><br /> <a href="http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/leapin-for-leap-pad-giveaway.html"><span style="color: #118899;">Leapin' for Leap Pad Giveaway ends 2/29</span></a><br /> <a href="http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/5000-facebook-fan-giveaway.html">5000 Facebook Fan Giveaway ends 3/4</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-8531851299144322957?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ijrM0zbEzCPI_SjzdOhhAbHZVac/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ijrM0zbEzCPI_SjzdOhhAbHZVac/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ijrM0zbEzCPI_SjzdOhhAbHZVac/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ijrM0zbEzCPI_SjzdOhhAbHZVac/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/CqD3Iws7z5s" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com0http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/dont-forget-to-enter.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-55696437957533384202012-02-14T16:22:00.000-05:002012-02-14T16:22:49.900-05:002012-02-14T16:22:49.900-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">I hope you and your loved ones have a fabulous day/evening.</div><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0i3gwJSQF1w/TzrP36oXGDI/AAAAAAAACIg/LAQ1wNTYAn0/s1600/valentine+cookies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="259" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0i3gwJSQF1w/TzrP36oXGDI/AAAAAAAACIg/LAQ1wNTYAn0/s320/valentine+cookies.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a few of the special dessert cookies</td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've made a special dessert for my family tonight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heart shaped chocolate chip cookies with choclate and vanilla icing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My hubby left me a beautiful card this morning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was waiting for me as I returned home from taking the boys to school.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Definitely started my day off right !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am looking forward to an evening with my my handsome guys!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/happy%20valentines/profiletwenty08/HappyValentinesDayHeartsPurpleSpark.gif?o=0" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn173/profiletwenty08/HappyValentinesDayHeartsPurpleSpark.gif" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-5569643795753338420?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q1O174CiI3bJThOCOxA6vqI99Og/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q1O174CiI3bJThOCOxA6vqI99Og/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q1O174CiI3bJThOCOxA6vqI99Og/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q1O174CiI3bJThOCOxA6vqI99Og/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/DXIbaTrSejo" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com0http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/happy-valentines-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-51343875486350782932012-02-14T10:07:00.000-05:002012-02-14T10:07:32.161-05:002012-02-14T10:07:32.161-05:00<center><h1>Welcome to February Frenzy!</h1><br /> <img src="http://shepromotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FebruaryFrenzy.png" /></center><br /> <br /> February Frenzy is hosted by <a href="http://shepromotes.com/" target="new">ShePromotes</a> along with all of the sponsoring blogs! Through February 29th the sponsoring blogs will be bringing you a $5 Paypal giveaway a day! That’s 22 chances to win this month!<br /> <br /> Today’s giveaway is hosted by <a href="http://www.blogzenith.com/" target="_blank">Blog Zenith</a>&nbsp;so stop on by and enter to win!<br /> <br /> To see the full schedule of February Frenzy giveaways and enter all of the open giveaways, visit the <a href="http://shepromotes.com/february-frenzy-giveaway-a-day" target="new">February Frenzy page at ShePromotes</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-5134387548635078293?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RjXJ2_Qr1D7NQ1P0EPRb0NwwZe8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RjXJ2_Qr1D7NQ1P0EPRb0NwwZe8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RjXJ2_Qr1D7NQ1P0EPRb0NwwZe8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RjXJ2_Qr1D7NQ1P0EPRb0NwwZe8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/8Mp-csisFqU" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com0http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/february-frenzy-giveaway-for-214.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-16980338655953066352012-02-14T00:00:00.004-05:002012-02-15T10:32:27.074-05:002012-02-15T10:32:27.074-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Share the Love Giveaway Hop" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26" height="150" src="http://shepromotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/sharethelove.png" title="Share the Love Giveaway Hop" width="150" /></div><br /> Welcome to the Share the Love Giveaway Hop hosted by <a href="http://www.shepromotes.com/">ShePromotes</a>. This event will take place from 9am EST on February 7th and end at approximately 11:59pm EST on February 14th. There are lots of great prizes offered to share the love with you. The prizes are not all love or Valentine's Day themed, we just are simply sharing our love for great products with you! After you are done entering our giveaway you'll want to check out everyone else's AND enter for a chance to win the GRAND PRIZE Kindle Fire sponsored by <a href="http://www.tweetalicious.com/" rel="nofollow">Tweetalicious</a>! Each blog you stop and enter at will be another entry!<br /> <br /> <a name='more'></a><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.tomoson.com/uploads/promotions/8506_4144_2011_11_17_12_34_11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.tomoson.com/uploads/promotions/8506_4144_2011_11_17_12_34_11.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Empower your beliefs with one of our inspirational Power Bead Bracelets! Crafted of Ceramic, Crystal Beads, and Rhodium with 18K Gold-Plated accents. Stretch style. Reverse of charm reads: "believe in the power of". 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Through February 29th the sponsoring blogs will be bringing you a $5 Paypal giveaway a day! That’s 22 chances to win this month!<br /> <br /> Today’s giveaway is hosted by <a href="http://savingmorethanme.com/" target="_blank">Saving More Than Me</a>&nbsp;so stop on by and enter to win!<br /> <br /> To see the full schedule of February Frenzy giveaways and enter all of the open giveaways, visit the <a href="http://shepromotes.com/february-frenzy-giveaway-a-day" target="new">February Frenzy page at ShePromotes</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-8668550840519485428?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s5dU1oNh2x5X8U-5W68E9BU9Hz4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s5dU1oNh2x5X8U-5W68E9BU9Hz4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s5dU1oNh2x5X8U-5W68E9BU9Hz4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s5dU1oNh2x5X8U-5W68E9BU9Hz4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/-b0aGnavFfk" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com0http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/february-frenzy-giveaway-for-213.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-58624846949182707552012-02-12T00:01:00.000-05:002012-02-12T00:01:01.383-05:002012-02-12T00:01:01.383-05:00<center><h1>Welcome to February Frenzy!</h1><br /> <img src="http://shepromotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FebruaryFrenzy.png" /></center><br /> <br /> February Frenzy is hosted by <a href="http://shepromotes.com/" target="new">ShePromotes</a> along with all of the sponsoring blogs! Through February 29th the sponsoring blogs will be bringing you a $5 Paypal giveaway a day! That’s 22 chances to win this month!<br /> <br /> Today’s giveaway is hosted by <a href="http://www.retail-therapy-lounge.com/" target="_blank">Retail Therapy Lounge</a>&nbsp;so stop on by and enter to win!<br /> <br /> To see the full schedule of February Frenzy giveaways and enter all of the open giveaways, visit the <a href="http://shepromotes.com/february-frenzy-giveaway-a-day" target="new">February Frenzy page at ShePromotes</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-5862484694918270755?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-WLqEfiiMnofGIW0w4MSS9PplVY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-WLqEfiiMnofGIW0w4MSS9PplVY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-WLqEfiiMnofGIW0w4MSS9PplVY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-WLqEfiiMnofGIW0w4MSS9PplVY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/Jrtub4m3bFc" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com0http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/february-frenzy-giveaway-for-212.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-30651386414056106012012-02-11T13:33:00.000-05:002012-02-11T13:33:24.617-05:002012-02-11T13:33:24.617-05:00<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" id="twttrHubFrame" name="twttrHubFrame" scrolling="no" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1326407570.html" style="height: 10px; position: absolute; top: -9999em; width: 10px;" tabindex="0"></iframe><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you to all who entered the <a href="http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/01/barnes-and-nobles-gift-card-giveaway.html"><span style="color: #118899;">Barnes and Nobles Gift Card Giveaway</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The winner has been chosen by Random.org is has been notified.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Congratulations to ...</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KzpphCHOB2I/Tza0LO99KkI/AAAAAAAACII/NP6rMtz-vvM/s1600/BNgc+giveaway+feb2012.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KzpphCHOB2I/Tza0LO99KkI/AAAAAAAACII/NP6rMtz-vvM/s320/BNgc+giveaway+feb2012.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The winner has 48 hours to respond.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-3065138641405610601?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L6a05CIWXECAR58BFsIWR0W-9DU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L6a05CIWXECAR58BFsIWR0W-9DU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L6a05CIWXECAR58BFsIWR0W-9DU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L6a05CIWXECAR58BFsIWR0W-9DU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/r53nZzDtpro" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com0http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/b-winner-announced.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-14620432496164679092012-02-11T00:01:00.003-05:002012-02-11T00:01:01.457-05:002012-02-11T00:01:01.457-05:00<center><h1>Welcome to February Frenzy!</h1><br /> <img src="http://shepromotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FebruaryFrenzy.png" /></center><br /> <br /> February Frenzy is hosted by <a href="http://shepromotes.com/" target="new">ShePromotes</a> along with all of the sponsoring blogs! Through February 29th the sponsoring blogs will be bringing you a $5 Paypal giveaway a day! That’s 22 chances to win this month!<br /> <br /> Today’s giveaway is hosted by <a href="http://www.mommiespointofview.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mommies Point of View</a>&nbsp;so stop on by and enter to win!<br /> <br /> To see the full schedule of February Frenzy giveaways and enter all of the open giveaways, visit the <a href="http://shepromotes.com/february-frenzy-giveaway-a-day" target="new">February Frenzy page at ShePromotes</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-1462043249616467909?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zlc9_MMNun8Kf4yD-5S0EXdUuMI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zlc9_MMNun8Kf4yD-5S0EXdUuMI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zlc9_MMNun8Kf4yD-5S0EXdUuMI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zlc9_MMNun8Kf4yD-5S0EXdUuMI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/gD_uU8zt2dg" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com0http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/february-frenzy-giveaway-for-211.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-22509469790082786672012-02-10T14:31:00.000-05:002012-02-10T14:31:06.364-05:002012-02-10T14:31:06.364-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br /> “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”</div><div style="text-align: center;">― Mother Teresa</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Today's Thought from </span></em><a href="http://www.realsimple.com/magazine-more/inside-website/daily-thought/daily-thought-for-02-10-12-00100000074977/index.html?xid=dailynews-02-10-2012" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Real Simple</span></em></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Whether your kind words are for your spouse, children, extended family or friends, or even a stranger,</div><div style="text-align: center;">they are remembered and embraced more than we can ever imagine!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qr9XqPCYmHE/TzVwRsVV29I/AAAAAAAACH8/ePvnrS3NeLk/s1600/100_1747.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qr9XqPCYmHE/TzVwRsVV29I/AAAAAAAACH8/ePvnrS3NeLk/s320/100_1747.JPG" width="305" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-2250946979008278667?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bUd7eGEKtylitncITVuml1zpL4I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bUd7eGEKtylitncITVuml1zpL4I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bUd7eGEKtylitncITVuml1zpL4I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bUd7eGEKtylitncITVuml1zpL4I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/et_8s9YFDkc" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com2http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/kind-words.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-77531710313673050702012-02-10T00:01:00.000-05:002012-02-10T00:01:01.335-05:002012-02-10T00:01:01.335-05:00<center><h1>Welcome to February Frenzy!</h1><br /> <img src="http://shepromotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FebruaryFrenzy.png" /></center><br /> <br /> February Frenzy is hosted by <a href="http://shepromotes.com/" target="new">ShePromotes</a> along with all of the sponsoring blogs! Through February 29th the sponsoring blogs will be bringing you a $5 Paypal giveaway a day! That’s 22 chances to win this month!<br /> <br /> Today’s giveaway is hosted by <a href="http://www.wicproject.com/" target="_blank">The WIC Project</a>&nbsp;so stop on by and enter to win!<br /> <br /> To see the full schedule of February Frenzy giveaways and enter all of the open giveaways, visit the <a href="http://shepromotes.com/february-frenzy-giveaway-a-day" target="new">February Frenzy page at ShePromotes</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-7753171031367305070?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OOAE0sKdXql2F5Ak9DuAFIecC0I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OOAE0sKdXql2F5Ak9DuAFIecC0I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OOAE0sKdXql2F5Ak9DuAFIecC0I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OOAE0sKdXql2F5Ak9DuAFIecC0I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/Zbt_3jXviF4" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com0http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/february-frenzy-giveaway-day-for-210.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354829905039279583.post-37460501162435957352012-02-09T14:20:00.002-05:002012-02-09T17:19:49.731-05:002012-02-09T17:19:49.731-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">For those of you who remember&nbsp;my <a href="http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2011/12/random-acts-of-kindness.html" target="_blank">RAOK post</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">or the beginnings of our <a href="http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2011/12/our-christmas-jar-project.html" target="_blank">Christmas Jar from 12/29/11</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I just wanted to give a small update on our progress.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">We are still continuing our quest to make a difference when the</div><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas 2012 Holiday season rolls around.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is our jar as of 2/9/12:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zONPgfRQ0c0/TzQbeaB7NTI/AAAAAAAACHw/elQc5lz3MW8/s1600/100_1741.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zONPgfRQ0c0/TzQbeaB7NTI/AAAAAAAACHw/elQc5lz3MW8/s320/100_1741.JPG" width="216" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a Spaghetti Sauce Jar and it's just about1/4 of the way filled.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not too terribly bad for less than 2 months of collecting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We've decided, after polling some of my readers, that we are going to [hoping to] make as many smaller jars as possible once the season is upon us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We would like to fill the jar completely by the time school gets out (in early June), so we can cash in our change (get some dollar bills) and start anew with change again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am not sure how much is in the jar, we are not counting it, but I am happy with our progress.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even my littlest has given pennies he has found to the jar.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like that it's a family affair!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1354829905039279583-3746050116243595735?l=www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CZjb1Wav40JccmjgycVchIEipgM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CZjb1Wav40JccmjgycVchIEipgM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CZjb1Wav40JccmjgycVchIEipgM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CZjb1Wav40JccmjgycVchIEipgM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EverydayRamblingsOfMyLife/~4/PiQ-yx1KAbI" height="1" width="1"/>Tara Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764729993085814253noreply@blogger.com6http://www.everydayramblingsofmylife.com/2012/02/our-christmas-jar-update.html