Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce--TWITTER PARTY!

Love Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce? Then join them at their Twitter Party Friday, July 30th at 2:00 p.m.(CT). They are offering lots of prizes ranging from cookbooks to a case of their All Purpose Sauce!! Help them spread the word by tweeting the following: “Join @CountryBobs Friday, 2 p.m. (CT) for a Twitter party using hashtag #AllPurposeSauce. You can win Country Bob’s stuff too! Please RT” and then hop on over to their party and join in on the fun!! Also, be sure to check back here in the next few weeks for my review of Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce and for your chance to win!!! Until then, feel free to enter any of my other giveaways!...

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Blog Hopping Monday

It's that time again! Monday seems to be a huge blog hopping day and I love to play along! Rest assured, if you were a new follower of my blog through last Monday's follow, I am a little behind, but I will definitely follow you back!! So, while you are here, why not take a moment to enter some great giveaways! Today starts the giveaway for a $25 Gift Certificate to The Vintage Pearl.com and still going on is the canvas print "Daybreak" giveaway by artist Billy Jacobs! Happy Bloggin...

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If your name is AMANDA...you might be a winner! (CLOSED)

Update: We have a winner!! Amanda T was the first to email me and her prize will be shipped out first thing Monday morning!! Thanks for playing Amanda and hope you like your gift! The first person named AMANDA that emails me is the winner of a small gift (very small) that I picked up while on vacation. Why Amanda you may ask yourself... well, let's just say that "Ashley" will be minus one souvenir! Email me by using my Contact form and if you are the first, I'll email you back to ask for your shipping address. Happy Blogging...

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Review: Soda Stream...Magic in a Bottle!

While on vacation, I will visit the Le Gourmet Chef store located in the Tanger Outlet Mall in Branson, Mo. This is on the list of things I "must" do before heading out of town toward home. If you have read any of my previous blog entries, it is obvious I am not the best cook, so why would I need to visit a specialty store that features cooking items and more? Simple: I need more flavor! I'm thinking Ginger Ale would be a good flavor to try, and I must pick up more Cola as we have already depleted a whole bottle of it (which is equalivant to 33 cans of soda) since our Soda Stream arrived.   My family drinks a lot of soda, if I let them....

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How not to start a vacation!

Vacations are supposed to fun and after all the planning, reservations and traveling...one kind of expects things to go well, from the beginning at least, and hopefully on through to the end. Today was DAY ONE of our vacation. My children, who usually bicker at each other during any extended period of time being cooped up in a vehicle, didn't argue even once! I thought..."WooHOO! This is what I'm talkin' about". We arrive to our destination, meet up with our friends that will be vacationing with us and head to the cabin in the woods that we've had reserved since last year! As soon as we walked into the cabin, our mouths dropped. Simply beautiful! All of us are in agreement. When we retire we want a cabin "just like this". A few hours later and we are having nothing but bad luck and second...

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Winner Announced: Tatouage Designs.com Gift Certificate

UPDATE~(7/24/10) Our previous winner did not meet the obligation of responding to the winning email notification within five business days. Therefore, a new winner has been picked.  I hate when this happens, but am happy to announce that the new winner is....Loni B!! Congratulations, I am emailing you now and you will have five business days to respond!  (Thank you Loni for your email, your gift certificate has been sent to the email address requested)...

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Review: Jamba All Natural Smoothies- "Celebrate the Good Things in Life"

Smoothies are my favorite things to make! All I have to do is gather some fresh fruit, cut it up, toss it in a blender, add some yogurt (or coconut milk) and blend. Sounds easy right? Most the time it is, but sometimes, I forget about the fresh fruit and it sits in the refrigerator too long and by the time I decide I want a strawberry-banana smoothie, the strawberries are growing mold beards!! Not at all appetizing and definitely disappointing when your taste buds are still craving the smoothie long after the fruit has been tossed into the compost bin. No more!! Introducing Jamba All Natural Smoothies! If the name sounds familiar it is...

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Picking Wild Berries

The children and I went on a little adventure! We wanted to make a cobbler, so we went on the search for some wild blackberries or raspberries, and boy, did we find some!! They were at the back end of our property in an area that was grown up and a bit snaky looking.  I was afraid to get too close to the weeded area as I had seen a snake in the yard earlier in the month and I still could not get the mental image of it out of my head. On that day, I had been picking up pool toys that the children had left around the yard (barefoot of course) and I walked out to the middle of an open field to retrieve a toy and then walked back to the garage. ...

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Arm & Hammer Kid's Spinbrush My Way Review

My ten year old daughter loves to draw, paint and create! She spends most of her time doodling and cutting out her own version of paper dolls and then decorates them with colored pencils. Her favorite subjects in school have always been reading, art and music (more right brained activities) and I try to encourage her interest as often as possible.         Red Bird-4th Grade When I seen the new Arm & Hammer Spinbrush My Way battery powered toothbrushes, I knew this would be something she would absolutely love! The Arm & Hammer Spinbrush My Way toothbrush is designed for girls aged 3-12 years...

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