Found Not Lost

I filled up the car for $66 last Friday. That’s at the second gas station I went to because the first one was out of gas. Where I gassed up, they only had regular unleaded they were out of premium gas. What we once took for granted, having a full tank of gas whenever and wherever we needed to, may be coming to an end. Even when the gas pipe lines are finally back up to full function, the problem will remain that the cost of fuel will impact our budgets. Our large cars and SUVs may be a thing of the past soon. More and more people are opting for smaller cars or even hybrid cars partially powered with electricity.

Now if you are lucky enough to be in the Charter Cable service area, you can win a Honda Civic Hybrid worth over $24,000. With a hybrid car, not only will you save money on fuel, you will also be on your way to reducing your carbon footprint. In order to be eligible for the drawing, all you have to do is order one or more of Charter’s services. Charter Cable TV offers digital television, hgih speed internet access and digital telephone services. You can take any combination of the three and be automatically entered to the Civic Hybrid giveaway.

Opting for one of their services is not the only way to become eligible to win the hybrid though, you can also simply register and your name will be added to the drawing.

I just happened by MomReviews this morning and found out about this handbag giveaway. Now who doesn’t love a handbag? Not me, certainly! I was all over this handbag giveaway from Handbag Planet immediately.

The Handbag Planet will officially launch on October 15 and on that day, they will give away a handbag every hour! Handbag Planet will be a site where you can get designer bags for a fraction of the cost. To sign up for the giveaway, all you have to do is click on the link above and enter your first name and email address. That’s it! If you’re feeling generous and feel like sharing with your friends, you can increase your chances of winning by spreading the word to your friends. Now keep in mind, that means your chances of winning will decrease the more friends you invite.  But if you have a blog or website, you can earn more chances by blogging about the contest like I just did. So you want a new handbag?

Here are a few food related posts In Our Kitchen that you may be interested in. There’s no recipe involved, but you may want to join in on the fun:
The Food Network Giveaway. Sign up and you can win: 1) Food Network Cookbook, 2) Food Network Apron, 3) Barbecue Tools and 4) Food Network Margarita Glasses (not in photo).

Have you ever wanted to make your own potted meat? Don’t cringe! It’s actually the rage now to serve potted meat, only don’t call it that, call it by its fancy name, Rillette and you’ll be all set and lookin’ very gourmetish (I know, that’s not a word ).

Here’s another giveaway, it’s Country Bob’s All Purpose Sauce. You can use it for anything! Well… you probably could if you want to

Lisa Reviews is giving away a Sony Digital Photo Frame! I’ve been eyeing these at the store for a while but they have just been a little too much to splurge on. I would love to have one though. Especially right now that the girls are on vacation, they have been giving me photo updates of their activities. It would be nice to be able to display them and share them with others rather than just having their digital pictures on my laptop.

This frame can hold up to 1000 photos, it can auto correct photos so you don’t want a lot of time fixing them up before displaying them, it automatically detects your photo’s orientation so you don’t have to take time that they’re all turned the right way either. You can basically dump the pictures in and enjoy! Another convenient feature is that it comes with a remote so you can control the display without having to go up to it to control the slideshow, or for when you don’t want the images to display, you can switch to clock/calendar mode via remote.

Pretty cool, huh? Go on over to Lisa’s site and sign up for the giveaway! The requirements to win are all quite easy to do.

If I won this kitchen, I’d have to build a whole new house for it! I just ran across this contest today, and did it go straight to the heart of my desires. I would love to have a kitchen like this especially since almost all of my appliances, none of them less than ten years old, are starting to give out. My husband and I have been salivating over a subzero freezer that would take up half of our kitchen and probably blow the crappy wiring in our kitchen, but what the heck, we can dream can’t we?

This Dream Kitchen contest is also a fantasy. If you win the $50,000 grand prize, you will get:
* Sub-Zero PRO 48
* Sub-Zero Wine Storage
* Wolf Dual Fuel Range
* Wolf Ventilation
* Kohler Kitchen Products
* Dean & DeLuca Gourmet Products
* Windsor Sonoma Wine
* McGuire Table and Chairs

The sweepstakes only runs until July 31st, so better get on over there if you want a chance to win!