Gear Up For Super Bowl Sunday With Gorton’s

Fishify your Football Favorites!

We're celebrating both the Super Bowl and the new USDA recommendation to eat seafood twice a week by giving away a year of Twice-A-Week-Gorton's Seafood package! That's 104 FREE Gorton's Products ~ a $624 Value! Enter below by uploading a photo of your Game Day Seafood dish for a chance to win!

For ideas on what to serve at your pre-game party, check out Gorton's great recipes <http://www.gortons.com/recipes>  like Salmon Nachos, Tenders Tacos or Grilled Shrimp Bruschetta.

I have not received any compensation for this post.

Handmade With Love Giveaways

I’m so excited to be featuring handmade prizes from some great people! I’d love to have you check them out:

Heather from Tiny Bubbles: $20 Gift Certificate to Esty Shop

Dana from The Giggling E: $30 Gift Certificate to Etsy Shop


Amanda from Toggle Bandz: Toggle Bandz w/ free shipping



Daphne from Daph’s Dark Little Corner: Valentines Doll

Here’s what you need to do to enter the Handmade With Love Giveaway:


You MUST leave a way to contact you either have it in your profile or leave an email address! I don't have the time to be searching for your information (I'm lucky to know my own information...most of the time).

My Handmade With Love Blog Hop is open to US Residents, 18 yrs and older. Blog Hop runs February 2-6th and ends at 11:59pm PST on February 6th.

Winner has 48 hours to respond or I will draw a new winner. Prizes will be provided by the individual/shop.

REQUIRED

Become a follower either here or at my other blog Woven by Words where my giveaways will be moving to: http://wovenbywords.blogspot.com You can choose!

EXTRAS

Follow on Twitter ONLY ONE of these people:

Like on ONLY ONE Facebook:

Toggle Bandz

The Giggling E

Tiny Bubbles

Daph’s Dark Little Corner

Favorite ONLY ONE Etsy Shop Or Follow Blog

Daph’s Dark Little Corner

The Giggling E

Tiny Bubbles

Tweet the following:

“RT Enter to #WIN 4 winners from the Handmade With Love Blog Hop @bigguysmama @saphire2379 @thegigglinge http://bit.ly/f5Ru6U“

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*I have only received a free Toggle Bandz. I have not received any compensation or product from the other 3 sponsors. I’d like to thank each Sponsor for being part of my blog hop! I am so thankful for your contribution!!

Lovable Labels Review & Giveaway

Do you find labeling a necessity? With two boys who have a lot of the same things, Lovable Labels comes in handy dandy!! As soon as we got our labels we went straight for the Nintendo DS’s.

Just to let you know, I’ve colored out my boys names so I can do my part in keeping their identities private. The photo below represents the pack Buddy got!

The boys have matching one, cause why would they want ones that don’t look the same? We’ve had issues with mix ups in the past. Now with the boy names on the back there won’t be any mistaking whose is whose.I also have a couple of containers for work that I put a label from each of my boys on: coffee cup and a water bottle. Everyone from our store received the same water bottle and I don’t care to have mine mixed up with anyone else’s.Next my boys have a number of PS2 games that they share, but some of them were given to them as individuals. I can’t keep track of who has which game so we are able to go thru them and I can label them for each boy. Thank goodness. I also like the boys having these labels on them for when they visit cousins or neighbors. With their names smack dab in the middle of them there’s no denying whose they are.You know what’s really cute? I was given 9 little labels that say “I ♥ Blogging”. How cute is that? Guess I’ll have to stick one of those in the middle of the computer screen, although I think the boys know the computer is mine, all mine. *grin*

Now, here’s some info about Lovable Labels: They launched in 2003 and have continued to develop inventive and useful products. Their labels are waterproof, dishwasher and microwave safe, washer and dryer safe, sun safe, bleach safe, sunscreen safe, and temperature safe.

My oldest daughter is planning on going to Uganda on a mission trip this summer and because she has medicine allergies she’ll have to wear an ID band. Thank goodness Lovable Labels has Medical wristbands so we can tuck her info inside it and it will stay safe!

Here’s your opportunity to win a Friendship Pack + Friendship Sampler Pack! Ahhhh I know, so exciting! Here’s whatcha gotta do.

Required: Visit Lovable Labels and tell me which set you like.

Giveaway open to Canadian and US residents only 18 yrs or older. Please leave your email in the required entry or have it available in your profile. No email/contact = No entry. Giveaway ends 2/8/11 at 11:59 PST. Winner has 48 hours to respond.

Extra Entries:


I’d like to thank Lovable Labels for sending a Friendship Sticker Pack and Buddy pack for my boys. They will also be providing the products for giveaway. The opinions expressed are my own and never influenced by the company.

International Spy Museum: Washington D.C. Review

Every time we go to Virginia to be with my family at Christmas, we make a day trip up to Washington D.C. It’s fun to go by the White House and go through as many Smithsonian Museums as possible.

We hadn’t really gone with Doodle before because he had always been too young to do all that walking around. I mean, we walk a LOT, for hours. It’s always my brother, my girls and Buddy. This year I knew I had a plan and Doodle was going to go with us.

For years I’ve wanted to take the boys to the International Spy Museum but really felt they were too young for it. I also knew that if we did the Spy Museum, we wouldn’t be doing the other Smithsonian Museums. I was ready for something new and thought my boys were going to love this.

I contacted the Spy Museum and they agree to partner with my blog and let us check them out!

My brother, myself and the boys decided to check it out the day after Christmas! I was concerned they’d be pretty busy, but I think a lot of people were nervous to drive into D.C. with the “storm” that was supposed to come. Eh, I’m from Minnesota, I wasn’t worried about it!

At the beginning of the Museum you take on a new identity. That was something I thought was really exciting. Who knew I’d be so taken in by the Spy Museum! I took my new identity very seriously! Well, at least my own. I kept forgetting to call the guys by their new names! LOLThere was so much I didn’t know about spying. The history of it, people who started up organizations for United States spying, etc. It was all so fascinating. You’re able to walk through the evolution of spying technology.

Unfortunately, Doodle wasn’t so fascinated by it as I was. Buddy thought it was interesting enough. My brother and I wanted to take our time going through the Museum. We were able to distract Doodle with a few interactive parts, but not long into it he started wondering how long we were going to be there.

Let me just say, for the record, that I think if you have a young child the same age as my Doodle, 7, and they’re really into spying, then I think this would be a great experience. Personally, I think I wanted my boys to be excited about being there as I thought they’d be. Oh well, I tried. I also think that if we would’ve done some spy research before we went to D.C. the boys would’ve been more connected with it. I wanted to surprise them. Ah well.My brother and I really like the experience. I learned so much walking through the museum, sometimes at my bored 7yo’s pace, so there’s more I’d love to go back and learn.

One thing I thought would’ve been cool as we were walking through this elaborate museum would’ve been to interact with people pretending to be spies and see if they could get information from us. You know, come up to us and ask us our name, where we were from, etc. How cool would that have been?

We met up with the girls, along with my brother’s girlfriend, who had all gone to the Holocaust Museum. Here was their interpretation of what they thought we did at the International Spy Museum.If I do have the opportunity to go back, I’m going to do some of the grown-up activities!! I would love to do the:

Spy In The City ~ You get a GPS to follow throughout the city. The museum sends you information to follow and complete a mission! This would actually be fun for the whole family.

Operation Spy ~ A one-hour spy adventure to find a trigger for a missing nuclear trigger.

Spy At Night ~ You do Operation Spy, there’s trivia, a Cipher Wheel, special guests on specified nights, and at the end of the night is food and drinks.

Spy City Tour ~ You prepare for an interactive mission and take part in an undercover operation! You’ll also learn about disguises from CIA Chiefs of Disguise!

You can follow the International Spy Museum on:

Twitter

Facebook

If you’re going to be in D.C. during Valentine’s Day, check out the Love A Spy opportunity?

• Dinner for two at Zola plus champagne toast
• Admission to Spy at Night (clandestine cocktails and conversation)
• Admission to the Spy Museum’s permanent exhibit

I’d like to thank the International Spy Museum for the 2 free tickets we received for a tour. The opinions expressed are my own and never influenced by the company.

Toggle Bandz: Handmade With Love Blog Hop Introduction

How much do you love little girls in headbands? I know when my girlies were little I loved playing with their hair. Of couse waaaay back then there weren’t creative ideas like Toggle Bandz.

Here’s what Amanda says about her product:

“Toggle Bandz were created by myself (stay at home military wife) having had found frustrations in market headbands and hair accessories. My 5 yr old daughter has thin fine hair and they would slip or roll right off her head. So I developed Toggle Bandz adjustable headbands. I make them all sizes,widths,colors and themes, Custom orders are always welcome.”

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Toggle Bandz: http://www.togglebandz.weebly.com

*New Toggle Bandz added frequently so remember to check back!! Referral Perks. Spread the word about Toggle Bandz for every 10 people you get to order you get a free Toggle Bandz of your choice*

I’m so excited to share about these headbands because I thought they were such a great idea! Of couse, my girls are grown up and I can only ask my boys to do so much. =)

So, off I headed to church to see if one of my friend’s daughter’s would be willing to wear it for me and then they would be able to keep it. Thankfully we have some great parents who bear with me and my blogging. tee hee hee

Little H was so cute after we got the headband on her. You could tell she knew adorable she was. It was really easy to slide the toggle up to the right point so that it fit her head. I got my photos and off she went happy as a clam with her adorable new headband!

So here’s how adorable the Toggle Bandz are:

I want to thank Amanda for sending me the Toggle Bandz for review and for being able to pass it on to this adorable little girl. The opinions expressed are my own and never influenced by the company.

The Giggling E: Handmade With Love Blog Hop Introduction

Business Name: The Giggling E, handcrafted items for you and your little one!

Featured Products: Diva Diaper Bags, doll diaper bags, quilted doll quilts, one-of-kind embroidery designs, aprons, knitted items, custom/personalized orders and soon to come boutique custom children clothing!

Etsy Shop: www.thegigglinge.etsy.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/gigglinge
Twitter: The Giggling E

I began the Giggling E by joining together the two things I loved the most – my children and my passion to create.  With the birth of my son, Ellison, I discovered an abundance of items that could be purchase from a store for my little one.  However, I quickly concluded that there is so much more I can make with my own two hands that will make life with children much more enjoyable and, at the same time, teach my children the gratification from the act of making.  Also, knowing many other new moms, I found that there was a shared desire to have products for our children with a special personal touch.

With the encouragement of those wonderful mom friends, I began making products and selling them through Etsy.  The company name is a tribute to our son’s vivacious character – our ever-giggling Ellison. The fun has multiplied with our daughter, Madison, who also inspires me to keep dreaming of new things. My giggling bundles of joy have continually inspired my creations and I am delighted to share them through my shop.

I have not received any compensation or products from The Giggling E. This is an informational post for the upcoming Handmade With Love Blog Hop.

Hip Hip Hurray Giveaway Linky

Can’t believe I was pretty much without a computer last week! I had my 10yr old computer hooked up, but it was a lot like using a dial-up computer. I was able to get thru more pages and look thru emails faster on my Droid2 than with the computer. Sigh…I’m back on track now and ready for some Linky Lovin’!

Here are 2 of my giveaways. I have a few more coming up now that I have computer back. Oh I love having it back.

Dora Talking Digital Camera 1/27

Gorton's Seafood Giveaway 5 Winners 1/31

To add your giveaway linky you must link to your giveaway not to your homepage! It will be deleted if it doesn’t. Spam will go as well. If you believe I’ve deleted your linky by accident, please let me know.