Jurassic Park Explorer DVD Game Giveaway!

August 25, 2009

[photopress:Jurassic_Park_Explorer_medium.jpg,full,pp_image] Almost every little boy that I know LOVES dinosaurs! Last year, my son received the Jurassic park Explorer DVD game for his birthday. He was so excited to open the box and play the game. The game comes with a game board and a DVD. The game is almost entirely played with the DVD, [...]

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Build-A-Bear Gift Card Giveaway

August 24, 2009

I posted a couple of weeks ago that me and the kids took the train to NYC to visit Build-A-Bear Workshop, met Jamia Nash, and built some bears. Build-A-Bear Workshop unveiled a special Peace, Love and Hugs bear to help them announce their campaign to donate to Save the Children. If you visit Build-A-Bear Workshop’s [...]

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Ordering Online

August 22, 2009

Over the years, online ordering has become easier and more secure. However, you still need to be aware that there are still sites out there with the sole purpose of stealing your credit card number, or charging you too much for a product. The following steps will help you … Always use a credit card. [...]

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Please Bear With Me…

August 21, 2009

I have changed my blog theme because I can not figure out why I keep getting 404 errors when someone submits a comment. Even though the comments were getting recorded, users were still getting an error page. Hopefully, I will be able to figure it out soon and return to my original theme. Thank you [...]

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Back to School Shopping Can Teach Kids About Money

August 21, 2009

The Parent Bloggers Network wants to hear your thoughts on back to school shopping and teaching your children financial responsibility. They have teamed up with Capital One who is offering a free courses in money management. [photopress:back_to_school.jpg,full,pp_image]A few years ago, I used to dread back to school shopping. My kids would always want to spend [...]

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Hellmann’s® and Billy Ray Cyrus Team Up to Help Fight Hunger {Giveaway Too!}

August 21, 2009

Yesterday, I was invited to attend an event held by Hellmann’s® the makers of Hellmann’s® and Best Foods Mayonnaise and other products. Two of my children and I took the train to New York City and listened as Hellmann’s® introduced their new campaign to help feed the hungry. Not only did we meet some great [...]

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Winners!

August 18, 2009

The winners of the two DVDS are: Julie and Tina. Julie will be receiving The Secret and Tina will be receiving The Inheritance. [photopress:winners_week7_8.jpg,full,pp_image] Check out these other contests on my blog: Funky Monkey Snacks (ends August 24th) Summer Family Fun Movie Giveaway Week 9 (ends August 24th) 200 Custom Postcards (two winners, ends September [...]

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Summer Family Fun Movie Giveaway – Week 9

August 18, 2009

Wow! Can you believe that the summer is almost over! And I have tons of giveaways coming up. Please check back next week for my week long giveaway bash! [photopress:family_movie_fun_1.jpg,full,pp_image] Welcome to week nine of the Summer Family Fun Movie Giveaway! This week The Shopping Duck is giving away: [photopress:mickey_dvd.jpg,full,pp_image] Mickey. “With a tax agent [...]

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Back to School, Means Back to Diet

August 17, 2009

Why is it so hard to diet in the summer? Because the kids are home! I have found that when they are around and I have to fix them something to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner, that it is much harder to diet. They don’t want to eat healthy salads all the time (really?), [...]

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Custom Postcards Giveaway

August 17, 2009

[photopress:postcard_dr_image.PNG,full,pp_image] We just celebrated my daugther’s 10th birthday with family and friends. Now my daughter needs to sit down and write out thank you cards to everyone. Then I had an idea. Instead, why don’t we design Custom Postcards to send to everyone? We can add a fun picture and these postcards would make a [...]

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