Found Not Lost

I can’t believe I missed out on getting this opportunity! Must be ’cause I’ve been offline for the most part of the last week having a week-long birthday celebration for The Clone. If you like scary books, mystery books and vampires, then you’ve got to check out this collection of titles:

You can win all 5 titles by entering the giveaway on Patricia’s Vampire Notes.

I received this via email and just sharing with you. These would be perfect for the holidays. And if you’re lucky enough to get the cash, even better to get goodies for the kids or pet supplies or just a nice treat. Have a great day!

	The Fragrance Collection by Glade® is getting into the spirit of the season by giving away free products and cash prizes—perfect for indulging a little over the holidays. Each day you can win a free 2 oz. soy-based candle or a $100 American Express gift card! Play now See full official rules.

With all the giveaways we’ve been holding lately, I have been taking thorough advantage of the McLinky Giveaway Hop every Friday. For a list of all the giveaways I am hosting on my sites, check out my giveaway round up on my main blog, Amoores.com.

Once there, make sure you click on the McLinky list at the bottom of the post where you will find more places on the blogosphere holding giveaways. There’s always a variety of items given away from books, like mine, snacks, clothing, the best wrinkle creams, shampoos, soaps, you name it. I have actually won some pretty awesome prizes from entering these giveaways. Sometimes entry requirements are as easy as leaving a comment on someone’s blog. And you know what they always say, you only need one entry to win!

If you’re a blog reader like I am, I’m sure you’ve seen WAT-AAH! on other sites. I did, before I even got to try the actual samples, I entered a few giveaways on friend’s blogs. I didn’t win any of them unfortunately but I finally did get to sample some of what they were talking about. I received a sample pack of WAT-AAH! containing one bottle of each ‘flavor’ and some cute items like stickers and temporary tattoos that my daughters just loved.

First off, they knew what they were doing when they said these were designed for children because my girls were immediately attracted to the packaging. As a mom, I can tell you that when marketing to kids, packaging is very important and no matter how we moms warn them about the allure of packaging, they ignore us and go for the thing that catches their eyes first anyway. My girls liked how you can see another message on the back of the front label when you look at it from the back. They got a kick out of that one. I know, easily amused they are

I’ve always encouraged the girls to drink lots of water and when they started playing sports and heard the same speech about staying hydrated from their coach, the message finally sunk in. I know! Isn’t it just typical how we moms can repeat the same advice over and over again and all we get are eye rolls then someone else like their coach tells them the same things and all of a sudden, it’s “coach said….. drink lots of water…… good for you…… hydrated……” Geesh!
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I’m giving away this Pillsbury prize pack on my food blog. The prize pack consists of a white cookie jar, a Pillsbury canvas bag, and coupon for free cookies! You can’t beat that, now can you?

No need to pull out the weight loss supplements just yet. Don’t worry, I’ll make you work the calories off. Visit my review and giveaway post on the food blog and see what hoops you need to jump to win this prize pack

I am extending the giveaway for the book, Blue Like Play Dough by Tricia Goyer. You will have another week to enter so get on over there and leave me a comment or click the reTweet button. It’s that easy! It is really a great and inspirational book for every mom or mom to be.

It’s the height of summer and you know that usually finds us puttering in the backyard. We’ve been busy battling bugs and pests but we’ve also been busy harvesting and cooking green beans, zucchini, tomatoes, squash, greens, peppers, swiss chard, sweet potato tops, etc.

My husband has been working on a few building and renovating projects in the backyard. He’s built pent sheds, a compost bin and several trellises for the squash, beans and cucumbers to climb on. Visit us in our garden! I’ve been trying to post more photos regularly.