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Domino’s {Spoil Your Family Giveaway #45}
Welcome to day 32 of the Spoil Your Family Summer Giveaway Event being hosted by Annette from Annette Funnyjello and myself. To continue with today’s theme of “A Night In with your Loved Ones”, our next sponsor is Domino’s Pizza. Be sure to visit Annette’s blog for another chance to win the same prize being offered here.
If you’re a regular reader, you may remember that Ben (my fiancé) works for Domino’s Pizza. We eat the stuff all the time, to the point where I’m sick of it. Today, I want to let you know about a new promotion they are running.
Domino’s is beginning a new “Show Us Your Pizza” campaign where they are making some promises about the way their pizzas are photographed from now on.
Here at Domino’s, we don’t think our inspired Domino’s pizza needs the “extra” things typically done to food at photo shoots to look mouth watering. Our pizza is good enough to stand on its own. That’s why we’re making the following promises about how we photograph our pizzas from this day forward. Did we just buck the food photography trend? Oh yes we did.
1. We will only photograph real, honest-to-goodness pizzas.
That means fresh from our own ovens, with exactly the same ingredients we deliver to your doorstep. Nothing else added.2. Our employees will make the pizza we shoot.
Not an art director or model maker or food stylist. A Domino’s employee trained to make pizzas the only way they know how: by hand.3. We will not artificially manipulate the food we shoot.
No tweezers, no steam guns, no model knives cutting perfect perforations in the cheese. The only thing that will touch the pizzas we shoot is the pizza-maker’s hands and a standard Domino’s pizza cutter.
Even better, you can receive prizes for sending in photos of your own Domino’s pizza. Eight winners will receive $500 AND a chance for their photo to appear in a Domino’s ad. Do you think you have what it takes? Enter HERE.
Giveaway: One reader will win a $20 Domino’s gift card.
Required Entry: Tell me something you learned from the Show Us Your Pizza website.
For extra entries you can do any or ALL of the following:
* Follow my blog through Google Friend Connect (sidebar).
* Subscribe to my feed via e-mail or RSS.
* Follow @lelandsmama on Twitter.
* Follow @dominos on Twitter.
* Tweet about this giveaway using the retweet button at the top of this post (or if you’re feeling creative, use your own tweet). This can be done once daily.
* Grab my button and place it on your sidebar or blog roll. Leave me a link to the location of the button in the comments section of this post.
* Grab the Spoil Your Family Summer Event button and place it on your sidebar or blog roll. Leave me a link to the location of the button in the comments section of this post. (Remember it’s 5 entries, which means 5 comments if you had the button before July 1st!)
* Leave a comment on a non-giveaway post and leave a comment below telling me where you commented. This can be any post written in the past month and can be done as many times on separate posts as you would like for extra entries. Make sure the comment you leave is legitimate, at least 3 words.
* Blog about this giveaway = 5 Entries (Please leave 5 comments). Link back to this post and Domino’s Pizza. (Make sure you leave me a link to your blog entry. Blog post must be at least 100 words and NOT be copied and pasted from my blog.)
* Enter the Domino’s giveaway at Annette Funnyjello.
* “Like” Mama Makes Money on Facebook.
* “Like” Domino’s on Facebook.
* Follow Mama Makes Money on Networked Blogs.
* Add this giveaway to a Mister Linky, Contest Site, Forum, Facebook, Myspace, Stumble, Digg, etc. (unlimited entries).
This giveaway will end on Sunday August 15, 2010 at 11:59 PM CST and is open to residents of the USA. I will choose the winner via random.org and announce and e-mail the winner some time on August 16, 2010.
Disclosure: Domino’s did NOT provide me with product(s) to review for this post. They are, however, providing the prize to the winner of this giveaway. All opinions expressed about the company are 100% mine.
Roku {Spoil Your Family Giveaway #44}
Welcome to day 32 of the Spoil Your Family Summer Giveaway Event being hosted by Annette from Annette Funnyjello and myself. Yesterday, we featured companies for a night out with your significant other. Today, we are focusing on two companies that would make for a lovely night in with the family. Our first sponsor is Roku. Be sure to visit Annette’s blog for a chance to double your entries in this COMBINED giveaway.
Today is the one year anniversary of my Roku review from my other blog. You can read my first impressions of the Roku HERE. Annette was lucky enough to receive an upgrade of the standard Roku recently called the Roku HD-XR and you can read her review HERE.
One year later and I still love my Roku and use it daily. My son watches his cartoons on it and the fiancé and I keep up with our shows too such as Weeds, The Office, Dexter and so many more. Over the past year Roku has added many new features. We are now able to listen to Pandora and our iTunes library on the device. There are channels where you can access independent films, kung fu classics and drive-in type movies from the 50s and 60s. The choices are becoming endless. I can’t wait to see what other channels and features Roku releases in the future.
And even better, iPhone apps have been created for those times when I’ve lost my Roku remote. Yes…that’s right, I have a Roku remote app on my iPhone…and my fiance’s iPod Touch. We have a two year old who misplaces our remote all too often.
Here are some reasons I would love to upgrade from a standard Roku to the Roku HD-XR. Well, first of all, I have an HD television and I think the quality of my shows would vastly improve. You can set up surround sound with the HD-XR, but I don’t have that option on mine. Last but not least, extended range Wireless-N delivers HD video virtually anywhere in your home. So, suffice it to say I am going to be very jealous of the lucky winner of this giveaway.
Giveaway: One winner from my blog or Annette’s blog will win a Roku HD-XR of their own (ARV $129.99). Entering on both blogs will double your entries in this COMBINED giveaway, it will NOT enter you in two separate giveaways.
Required Entry: Tell me something you learned from the Roku website.
For extra entries you can do any or ALL of the following:
* Follow my blog through Google Friend Connect (sidebar).
* Subscribe to my feed via e-mail or RSS.
* Follow @lelandsmama on Twitter.
* Follow @RokuPlayer on Twitter.
* Tweet about this giveaway using the retweet button at the top of this post (or if you’re feeling creative, use your own tweet). This can be done once daily.
* Grab my button and place it on your sidebar or blog roll. Leave me a link to the location of the button in the comments section of this post.
* Grab the Spoil Your Family Summer Event button and place it on your sidebar or blog roll. Leave me a link to the location of the button in the comments section of this post. (Remember it’s 5 entries, which means 5 comments if you had the button before July 1st!)
* Leave a comment on a non-giveaway post and leave a comment below telling me where you commented. This can be any post written in the past month and can be done as many times on separate posts as you would like for extra entries. Make sure the comment you leave is legitimate, at least 3 words.
* Blog about this giveaway = 5 Entries (Please leave 5 comments). Link back to this post and Roku. (Make sure you leave me a link to your blog entry. Blog post must be at least 100 words and NOT be copied and pasted from my blog.)
* Double your chances of winning by entering this COMBINED Roku giveaway at Annette Funnyjello.
* “Like” Mama Makes Money on Facebook.
* “Like” Roku on Facebook.
* Follow Mama Makes Money on Networked Blogs.
* Add this giveaway to a Mister Linky, Contest Site, Forum, Facebook, Myspace, Stumble, Digg, etc. (unlimited entries).
This giveaway will end on Sunday August 22, 2010 at 11:59 PM CST and is open to residents of the USA. I will choose the winner via random.org and announce and e-mail the winner some time on August 23, 2010.
Disclosure: Roku did NOT provide me with product(s) to review for this post. They are, however, providing the prize to the winner of this giveaway and did provide me with a product a year ago. All opinions expressed about the company are 100% mine.
Fandango {Spoil Your Family Giveaway #43}
Welcome to day 31 of the Spoil Your Family Summer Giveaway Event being hosted by Annette from Annette Funnyjello and myself. We are continuing today’s fun “night on the town” theme with our second sponsor, Fandango. Be sure to visit Annette’s blog for a second chance to win the same prize being offered here.
Fandango, the nation’s leading moviegoer destination, sells tickets to more than 16,000 screens. Fandango entertains and informs consumers with exclusive film clips, trailers, celebrity interviews, fan reviews and news, while offering them the ability to quickly select a film and conveniently buy tickets in advance. Fandango is available at www.fandango.com and 1-800-FANDANGO.
I, unfortunately, never used the Fandango website or phone number until recently and I regret it. I used to go to the movies all the time, not so much since I had Leland. But this website is a great resource for finding info on upcoming releases, scoring tickets to the new release that sell out quickly and for reading and writing reviews of films.
Giveaway: One winner will receive a $30 gift code for Fandango, one-time use. Expires 10/31.
Required Entry: Tell me something you learned from the Fandango website.
For extra entries you can do any or ALL of the following:
* Follow my blog through Google Friend Connect (sidebar).
* Subscribe to my feed via e-mail or RSS.
* Follow @lelandsmama on Twitter.
* Follow @Fandango on Twitter.
* Tweet about this giveaway using the retweet button at the top of this post (or if you’re feeling creative, use your own tweet). This can be done once daily.
* Grab my button and place it on your sidebar or blog roll. Leave me a link to the location of the button in the comments section of this post.
* Grab the Spoil Your Family Summer Event button and place it on your sidebar or blog roll. Leave me a link to the location of the button in the comments section of this post. (Remember it’s 5 entries, which means 5 comments if you had the button before July 1st!)
* Leave a comment on a non-giveaway post and leave a comment below telling me where you commented. This can be any post written in the past month and can be done as many times on separate posts as you would like for extra entries. Make sure the comment you leave is legitimate, at least 3 words.
* Blog about this giveaway = 5 Entries (Please leave 5 comments). Link back to this post and Fandango. (Make sure you leave me a link to your blog entry. Blog post must be at least 100 words and NOT be copied and pasted from my blog.)
* Enter the Fandango giveaway at Annette Funnyjello.
* “Like” Mama Makes Money on Facebook.
* “Like” Fandango on Facebook.
* Follow Mama Makes Money on Networked Blogs.
* Add this giveaway to a Mister Linky, Contest Site, Forum, Facebook, Myspace, Stumble, Digg, etc. (unlimited entries).
This giveaway will end on Saturday August 14, 2010 at 11:59 PM CST and is open to residents of the USA. I will choose the winner via random.org and announce and e-mail the winner some time on August 15, 2010.
Disclosure: Fandango did NOT provide me with product(s) to review for this post. They are, however, providing the prize to the winner of this giveaway. All opinions expressed about the company are 100% mine.
Chili’s {Spoil Your Family Review #42}
Welcome to day 31 of the Spoil Your Family Summer Giveaway Event being hosted by Annette from Annette Funnyjello and myself. Today we are featuring two companies that would make for a wonderful night out with your significant other. Unfortunately, we aren’t able to offer a giveaway for our first sponsor, Chili’s Grill & Bar, but please check out Annette’s blog for her fantastic review of the restaurant anyway.
Last Saturday, the family and I had a whole fun filled day to do whatever we wanted. At the end of the day, Ben and I took Leland to Chili’s for dinner. We ordered way too much food but it was all delicious and all of the leftovers were gobbled up the next day. Here is everything we ordered:
Appetizer – Triple Dipper
The Triple Dipper allows you to choose three appetizers from the menu you would like to try. We tried the Boneless Buffalo Wings, Southwestern Eggrolls and Hot Spinach & Artichoke Dip. All of it tasted amazing, but my personal favorite of the three were the Buffalo Wings, which was unexpected because I normally don’t like them anywhere else.
My Dinner – BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich
BBQ pulled pork, caramelized onions, Gouda and spicy cole slaw on a sesame seed or wheat bun. Served with Shiner Bock® BBQ sauce. The spicy cole slaw makes this sandwich unique and so tasty. This is one of the best sandwiches I have ever tried. I also had a Caesar salad and a side of loaded mashed potatoes…so tasty!
Ben’s Dinner – Steakhouse Sandwich
Seasoned sliced sirloin, with provolone, sauteed mushrooms, caramelized onions, arugula and horseradish cream on warm flatbread. He also had a house salad and veggies on the side. Ben liked this sandwich a lot, but says he prefers the Classic Bacon Burger which he has had other times.
Leland’s Dinner – Pepper Pals Corn Dog
Leland had his corn dog with a side of mandarin oranges and a really yummy Fruit Chiller Drink. It tasted like frozen strawberry lemonade. I think this was the first time he ever had a corn dog and we discovered that he eats the bread first and then the wiener. He’s a silly kid.
Dessert – Brownie Sundae
Warm, rich chocolate brownie topped with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge. I take it this was delicious since I didn’t get any. Ben ate all of it by himself.
All in all, a wonderful and might I add inexpensive meal (compared to other restaurants), provided by Chili’s. I can’t wait to go back without Leland, so mommy and daddy can enjoy some margaritas. Yummy!
Chili’s is currently running a promotion called “Shout Out to Eat Out,” located at ShoutOutToEatOut.com. This contest is centered around telling Chili’s why you don’t want to cook tonight, and you could be entered to win a gift card to Chili’s everyday until August 30th, 2010. To enter the contest users have to upload a 10 second to 30 second video telling why they do not want to cook tonight. One winner each day will be selected at random.
Connect with Chili’s:
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/#!/Chilis?ref=ts
Twitter – http://twitter.com/chilis
Disclosure: Chili’s did provide me with product(s) to review for this post. All opinions expressed about the company are 100% mine.
Tech4o {Spoil Your Family Review + Giveaway #41}
Welcome to day 30 of the Spoil Your Family Summer Giveaway Event being hosted by Annette from Annette Funnyjello and myself. Today’s last sponsor is Tech4o, best known for their outdoor multifunctional watches and Sport and Training Watches. Be sure to visit Annette’s blog today for a chance to win a similar giveaway from Eureka.
“Tech4o is dedicated to developing smart new products with the latest technology to enhance your experience. Feel the adventure with Tech4o’s products for outdoor exploration and personal performance measurement. Boundaries are broken, your soul is set free, and the pursuit is greater with Tech4o.”
Ben, my fiancé, has worn a calculator watch since middle school. When he received the Traileader Jet watch from Tech4o, it was a mind altering experience to say the very least.
Looks like a watch, works like the ultimate survival tool! With its stealthy black aesthetic and reversed display with no-glare mineral glass, the Traileader Jet altimeter watch packs everything you need to navigate the wildest of wild places into a compact, rugged stainless steel case – including a digital compass!. Equipped with rugged ventilated polymer band. The altimeter watch and digital compass are perfect for the outdoor enthusiast.
Features:
- Precision altimeter watch and digital compass for wayfinding
- Barometer and thermometer monitor weather conditions
- Onboard accelerometer measures speed and distance
- Stainless steel construction and recessed lens are designed for the long haul
- Stealthy, black aesthetic with reversed display and no-glare mineral glass
This watch is another tool that works wonderfully for camping, hiking, biking and so much more. Many times it will come in handy when you’re not expecting to need one of the really cool functions. Be warned, this watch is a bit heavier than your average watch, but how can it not be with so many features?
Ben says the only thing missing is a calculator. Oh boy…he’ll never outgrow that thing. However, it would be a nice additional tool on this product or other Tech4o running watches.
Giveaway: One winner will receive a Traileader Jet watch of their own (ARV $159.90).
Required Entry: Tell me another item you love from the Tech4o website.
For extra entries you can do any or ALL of the following:
* Follow my blog through Google Friend Connect (sidebar).
* Subscribe to my feed via e-mail or RSS.
* Follow @lelandsmama on Twitter.
* Tweet about this giveaway using the retweet button at the top of this post (or if you’re feeling creative, use your own tweet). This can be done once daily.
* Grab my button and place it on your sidebar or blog roll. Leave me a link to the location of the button in the comments section of this post.
* Grab the Spoil Your Family Summer Event button and place it on your sidebar or blog roll. Leave me a link to the location of the button in the comments section of this post. (Remember it’s 5 entries, which means 5 comments if you had the button before July 1st!)
* Leave a comment on a non-giveaway post and leave a comment below telling me where you commented. This can be any post written in the past month and can be done as many times on separate posts as you would like for extra entries. Make sure the comment you leave is legitimate, at least 3 words.
* Blog about this giveaway = 5 Entries (Please leave 5 comments). Link back to this post and Tech4o. (Make sure you leave me a link to your blog entry. Blog post must be at least 100 words and NOT be copied and pasted from my blog.)
* Enter the Eureka Tent giveaway at Annette Funnyjello.
* “Like” Mama Makes Money on Facebook.
* “Like” Tech4o on their Tech4o Facebook Page.
* Follow Mama Makes Money on Networked Blogs.
* Add this giveaway to a Mister Linky, Contest Site, Forum, Facebook, Myspace, Stumble, Digg, etc. (unlimited entries).
This giveaway will end on Friday August 20, 2010 at 11:59 PM CST and is open to residents of the USA. I will choose the winner via random.org and announce and e-mail the winner some time on August 21, 2010.
Disclosure: Tech4o did provide me with product(s) to review for this post. They are also providing the prize to the winner of this giveaway. All opinions expressed about the company are 100% mine.
Kelty {Spoil Your Family Review + Giveaway #40}
Welcome to the Spoil Your Family Summer Giveaway Event being hosted by Annette from Annette Funnyjello and myself. Today’s sponsors are targeted to our dad readers and their wives entering for them. Both companies we are featuring today are great for those camping trips. Our first sponsor is Kelty. Be sure to visit Annette’s blog for a second chance to win the same prize being offered here.
If you are unfamiliar with Kelty, they sell several travel and camping products such as tents, sleeping bags and backpacks, which is what I will be writing about today.
My fiancé was in dire need of a backpack. He had been using the same one since high school and it was finally busting at the seems from all the use. Kelty sent us the Redstart 1600 backpack in the color Woods Green to review.
For those multi-layered days the sleek Redstart features a handy front mesh pocket, perfect for storing the rain shell, maps, and snacks.
Packbag Features:
• Hydration compatible
• Front-panel access
• Shove-it pocket fits a bicycle helmet
• Reservoir sleeve
• Mesh water bottle pockets
• Side compression straps
• Daisy chain
• Ice-axe loop
• Lash tabs
• Key fob
• Carry handleSuspension Features:
• HDPE frame sheet
• Ventilating backpanel and shoulder straps
• Webbing waist belt
• Wicking backpanel
• Padded backpanel and shoulder straps
• Sternum strap
This backpack is perfect for all of the biking journeys Ben has every day. This item gets plenty of use. It holds a lot more than it looks like it would as well. This was the only bag Ben brought with him to New York when he was gone for nearly a week so you can imagine how many items were stored in the backpack. It is still in great condition and it seems like a very tough backpack. I would definitely recommend it for biking, hiking, camping, travel and even school use.
Giveaway: One winner will receive a Redstart 1600 backpack of their own (ARV $55.95).
Required Entry: Tell me another item you love from the Kelty website.
For extra entries you can do any or ALL of the following:
* Follow my blog through Google Friend Connect (sidebar).
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* Follow @lelandsmama on Twitter.
* Follow @keltypacks on Twitter.
* Tweet about this giveaway using the retweet button at the top of this post (or if you’re feeling creative, use your own tweet). This can be done once daily.
* Grab my button and place it on your sidebar or blog roll. Leave me a link to the location of the button in the comments section of this post.
* Grab the Spoil Your Family Summer Event button and place it on your sidebar or blog roll. Leave me a link to the location of the button in the comments section of this post. (Remember it’s 5 entries, which means 5 comments if you had the button before July 1st!)
* Leave a comment on a non-giveaway post and leave a comment below telling me where you commented. This can be any post written in the past month and can be done as many times on separate posts as you would like for extra entries. Make sure the comment you leave is legitimate, at least 3 words.
* Blog about this giveaway = 5 Entries (Please leave 5 comments). Link back to this post and Kelty. (Make sure you leave me a link to your blog entry. Blog post must be at least 100 words and NOT be copied and pasted from my blog.)
* Enter the Kelty giveaway at Annette Funnyjello.
* “Like” Mama Makes Money on Facebook.
* “Like” Kelty on Facebook.
* Follow Mama Makes Money on Networked Blogs.
* Add this giveaway to a Mister Linky, Contest Site, Forum, Facebook, Myspace, Stumble, Digg, etc. (unlimited entries).
This giveaway will end on Friday August 20, 2010 at 11:59 PM CST and is open to residents of the USA. I will choose the winner via random.org and announce and e-mail the winner some time on August 21, 2010.
Disclosure: Kelty did provided me with product(s) to review for this post. They are also providing the prize to the winner of this giveaway. All opinions expressed about the company are 100% mine.
Gift Card Mall {Spoil Your Family Giveaway #26}
Welcome to day 20 of the Spoil Your Family Summer Giveaway Event being hosted by Annette from Annette Funnyjello and myself. Today’s fabulous sponsor is Gift Card Mall. Please visit Annette’s blog for another chance to win the same prize being offered here.
As the largest provider of third-party gift cards in the United States and Canada, Blackhawk Network developed GiftCardMall.com to provide convenient online access to the brands consumers love. As a premium gifting Web site, GiftCardMall.com offers the best retail branded cards delivered via email or traditional mail. Offered in a range of denominations, the cards can be used online or on location at the issuing retailer. In addition to Blackhawk’s best brands available on GiftCardMall.com there also available through the company’s network of storefronts nationwide.
Gift Card Mall offers gift cards in denominations from $20 to $500. My favorite feature on the site is the “Design Your Own” gift card option. There are over 130 different gift cards to choose from. Here is a list of some of the brands available for purchase:
* iTunes
* Visa
* The Home Depot
* Best Buy
* JC Penney
* The Cheesecake Factory
* Sephora
* Fandango
* 24 Hour Fitness
* TJ Maxx
* and so many more!
Giveaway: One winner will receive a $100 Gift Card Mall gift card from their choice of brand the company offers.
Required Entry: Tell me which brand of gift card you would choose from the Gift Card Mall website.
For extra entries you can do any or ALL of the following:
* Follow my blog through Google Friend Connect (sidebar).
* Subscribe to my feed via e-mail or RSS.
* Follow @lelandsmama on Twitter.
* Follow @GCMall on Twitter.
* Tweet about this giveaway using the retweet button at the top of this post (or if you’re feeling creative, use your own tweet). This can be done once daily.
* Grab my button and place it on your sidebar or blog roll. Leave me a link to the location of the button in the comments section of this post.
* Grab the Spoil Your Family Summer Event button and place it on your sidebar or blog roll. Leave me a link to the location of the button in the comments section of this post. (Remember it’s 5 entries, which means 5 comments if you had the button before July 1st!)
* Leave a comment on a non-giveaway post and leave a comment below telling me where you commented. This can be any post written in the past month and can be done as many times on separate posts as you would like for extra entries. Make sure the comment you leave is legitimate, at least 3 words.
* Blog about this giveaway = 5 Entries (Please leave 5 comments). Link back to this post and Gift Card Mall. (Make sure you leave me a link to your blog entry. Blog post must be at least 100 words and NOT be copied and pasted from my blog.)
* Enter the Gift Card Mall giveaway at Annette Funnyjello.
* “Like” Mama Makes Money on Facebook.
* “Like” Gift Card Mall on Facebook.
* Follow Mama Makes Money on Networked Blogs.
* Add this giveaway to a Mister Linky, Contest Site, Forum, Facebook, Myspace, Stumble, Digg, etc. (unlimited entries).
This giveaway will end on Friday August 20, 2010 at 11:59 PM CST and is open to residents of the USA. I will choose the winner via random.org and announce and e-mail the winner some time on August 21, 2010.
Disclosure: Gift Card Mall did NOT provide me with product(s) to review for this post. They are, however, providing the prize to the winner of this giveaway. All opinions expressed about the company are 100% mine.
Zuvo Water {Spoil Your Family Giveaway #39}
Welcome to day 29 of the Spoil Your Family Summer Giveaway Event being hosted by Annette from Annette Funnyjello and myself. Today’s sponsor is Zuvo Water. Be sure to visit Annette’s blog for another chance to win the same prize being offered here and to check out her review of this product.
The smartly-designed Zuvo Water Purator™ fits in any kitchen… either above the counter or under the counter.
For those who prefer a countertop installation, the Zuvo Water Purator easily and quickly connects directly to most standard faucets. In minutes, you will be getting clean, healthy, great tasting water right from your tap.
For those that prefer an under-counter installation, the Zuvo Water Purator can also be easily installed under the counter and connected directly to a Zuvo Butler Faucet. Once installed, the Zuvo Water Purator gives you easy access to clean, healthy, great tasting water right from your Zuvo Butler Faucet.
The Zuvo Water Purator is marketed as having healthy, clean, great-tasting water that is better for your health, your wallet and the planet. The product normally retails for $299.99 but you can find one HERE on Amazon for as low as $199.07 brand new. That’s a great deal for starting a healthier lifestyle.
Giveaway: One lucky reader will win a Zuvo Water Purator (ARV $299.99).
Required Entry: Tell me something you learned from the Zuvo website.
For extra entries you can do any or ALL of the following:
* Follow my blog through Google Friend Connect (sidebar).
* Subscribe to my feed via e-mail or RSS.
* Follow @lelandsmama on Twitter.
* Follow @zuvowater on Twitter.
* Tweet about this giveaway using the retweet button at the top of this post (or if you’re feeling creative, use your own tweet). This can be done once daily.
* Grab my button and place it on your sidebar or blog roll. Leave me a link to the location of the button in the comments section of this post.
* Grab the Spoil Your Family Summer Event button and place it on your sidebar or blog roll. Leave me a link to the location of the button in the comments section of this post. (Remember it’s 5 entries, which means 5 comments if you had the button before July 1st!)
* Leave a comment on a non-giveaway post and leave a comment below telling me where you commented. This can be any post written in the past month and can be done as many times on separate posts as you would like for extra entries. Make sure the comment you leave is legitimate, at least 3 words.
* Blog about this giveaway = 5 Entries (Please leave 5 comments). Link back to this post and Zuvo Water. (Make sure you leave me a link to your blog entry. Blog post must be at least 100 words and NOT be copied and pasted from my blog.)
* Enter the Zuvo Water giveaway at Annette Funnyjello.
* “Like” Mama Makes Money on Facebook.
* “Like” Zuvo Water on Facebook.
* Follow Mama Makes Money on Networked Blogs.
* Add this giveaway to a Mister Linky, Contest Site, Forum, Facebook, Myspace, Stumble, Digg, etc. (unlimited entries).
This giveaway will end on Thursday August 19, 2010 at 11:59 PM CST and is open to residents of the USA. I will choose the winner via random.org and announce and e-mail the winner some time on August 20, 2010.
Disclosure: Zuvo Water did NOT provide me with product(s) to review for this post. They are, however, providing the prize to the winner of this giveaway. All opinions expressed about the company are 100% mine.
Ben & Jerry’s {Spoil Your Family Review + Giveaway #38}
Welcome to day 28 of the Spoil Your Family Summer Giveaway Event being hosted by Annette from Annette Funnyjello and myself. Today’s sponsor is the very yummy Ben & Jerry’s. Be sure to visit Annette’s blog for another chance to win the same prize being offered here.
I love Ben & Jerry’s, have loved them for years, since my very first taste of their Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream. Since then, I have tried many different unique and tasty flavors. Even though they are all incredibly delicious, I would like to highlight my top five favorite flavors.
Half Baked – Chocolate & Vanilla Ice Creams with Fudge Brownies & Gobs of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Imagine Whirled Peace – Caramel & Sweet Cream Ice Creams Swirled with Fudge Peace Signs & Toffee Cookie Pieces
Mud Pie – Chocolate & Coffee Liqueur Ice Creams Swirled Together with a Chocolate Cookie Swirl
New York Super Fudge Chunk – Chocolate Ice Cream with White & Dark Fudge Chunks, Pecans, Walnuts & Fudge Covered Almonds
and my most favorite…
Dublin Mudslide – Irish Cream Liqueur Ice Cream with Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies and a Coffee Fudge Swirl
Dublin Mudslide is hard to find around here, so I often buy Mud Pie since it’s similar. There are a few other flavors I would love to try that are also hard to find here: Fossil Fuel, Mint Chocolate Chunk and Mint Chocolate Cookie to name a few.
If there were a Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop around here, I know I would be there all too often. I do, however, wish the company still shipped ice cream, especially when it comes to those hard to find flavors. It would be a great option for parties, like Leland’s second birthday or our Summer wedding which are both just around the corner.
Giveaway: Two lucky readers will each win 10 Ben & Jerry’s FREE pint coupons (ARV $30 for each winner).
Required Entry: Tell me which flavor you would most like to try from the Ben & Jerry’s website.
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This giveaway will end on Wednesday August 18, 2010 at 11:59 PM CST and is open to residents of the USA. I will choose the winner via random.org and announce and e-mail the winner some time on August 19, 2010.
Disclosure: Ben & Jerry’s provided me with product(s) to review for this post. They are also providing the prize to the winner of this giveaway. All opinions expressed about the company are 100% mine.
Corel {Spoil Your Family Review + Giveaway #37}
Welcome to day 27 of the Spoil Your Family Summer Giveaway Event being hosted by Annette from Annette Funnyjello and myself. Today’s sponsor is Corel. Be sure to visit Annette’s blog for another chance to win the same prize pack being given away here.
Corel is one of the world’s top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. Through the years, we’ve built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easier to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value. Our award-winning product portfolio includes some of the world’s most widely recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo, Corel® Painter™, VideoStudio®, WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office and WinZip®.
Corel Paint It!
Turn your photos into beautiful paintings in just three easy steps with Corel® Paint it!™. This fun photo painting software takes your favorite photo memories and magically transforms them into unique, hand-painted works of art. Simply choose a painting style and press Start Photo Painting. Then add fun effects to make it truly yours. Save, print, share online or frame your photo art creations. Voila, it’s your life, automagically painted!
With Corel Paint It!, you have several different options as far as painting styles go. You can choose: Oil, Impressionist, Modern, Illustration, Detailed Watercolor, Watercolor Sketch, Colored Pencil Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Pen & Ink Drawing and finally the one I went with for the photo below, which is Pastel Drawing.
The neatest thing about the program to me, is that you can watch it transform each photo stroke by stroke, as if it were really being painted by an artist sitting in front of you. It takes some time, but it’s so worth it, just to see the layers of strokes it would have taken an artist to complete a piece of art like that.
This program usually retails for $39.99 but can be found HERE on Amazon for as low as $29.99.
Corel Digital Studio 2010
For the first time on the PC, Corel® Digital Studio™ 2010 brings photo editing, movie making, DVD/AVCHD™ burning, creative projects and easy sharing software together, with one common look and feel that makes your digital experience simple. Now you can organize, edit, create, back up and share all your memories in one place—faster, easier and with truly amazing results.
Corel Digital Studio offers many options for photo editing some of my favorites including effects such as black & white, antique and sepia. I also like that it offers touch-up options such as teeth whitening, adding sun tans and fixing blemishes and red eye. I do still wish it offered more effects, but for the price, there are a ton of options. The only thing I could not find and think really needs to be included is an option to resize. I had to use another program just to resize the photo below.
I’ll be using VideoStudio and DVD Factory more extensively after my wedding. I definitely want to create DVDs for family and friends who can’t be there on our special day, and of course for us to look back on in future years. I love that I can easily import videos and photos and add both to my videos…and then just add them to Youtube with one click. That is extremely convenient.
Digital Studio 2010 installation was really quick and simple considering how many different programs it’s installing. I was very impressed with the speed and I love that I can use all of the programs now without the disc because we all know how much of a pain it can be to find a disc when you have a toddler moving things around.
This program bundle normally retails for $99.99 but can be found Corel Digital Studio 2010 on Amazon for as low as $24 brand new. This is a steal, so if you don’t win one of the giveaways, you should definitely purchase it.
Giveaway: One lucky reader will win both Corel programs highlighted above, Paint It! and Digital Studio 2010 (Total ARV $140).
Required Entry: Tell me which product you would most like to own from the Corel website.
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* Follow @CorelDealsUS_CA on Twitter.
* Tweet about this giveaway using the retweet button at the top of this post (or if you’re feeling creative, use your own tweet). This can be done once daily.
* Grab my button and place it on your sidebar or blog roll. Leave me a link to the location of the button in the comments section of this post.
* Grab the Spoil Your Family Summer Event button and place it on your sidebar or blog roll. Leave me a link to the location of the button in the comments section of this post. (Remember it’s 5 entries, which means 5 comments if you had the button before July 1st!)
* Leave a comment on a non-giveaway post and leave a comment below telling me where you commented. This can be any post written in the past month and can be done as many times on separate posts as you would like for extra entries. Make sure the comment you leave is legitimate, at least 3 words.
* Blog about this giveaway = 5 Entries (Please leave 5 comments). Link back to this post and Corel. (Make sure you leave me a link to your blog entry. Blog post must be at least 100 words and NOT be copied and pasted from my blog.)
* Enter the Corel giveaway at Annette Funnyjello.
* “Like” Mama Makes Money on Facebook.
* “Like” Corel on Facebook.
* Follow Mama Makes Money on Networked Blogs.
* Add this giveaway to a Mister Linky, Contest Site, Forum, Facebook, Myspace, Stumble, Digg, etc. (unlimited entries).
This giveaway will end on Tuesday August 17, 2010 at 11:59 PM CST and is open to residents of the USA and Canada. I will choose the winner via random.org and announce and e-mail the winner some time on August 18, 2010.
Disclosure: Corel provided me with product(s) to review for this post. They are also providing the prize to the winner of this giveaway. All opinions expressed about the company are 100% mine.













































