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24 Hours Only! Win a Disneyland Family Vacation

Oct 102013

I shared last week that I’m getting the trip of a lifetime, being Disney’s guest at the Thor: The Dark World red carpet premiere, followed by a chance to view the new Thor: Treasures of Asgard experience at Disneyland. And today I want to bring you the opportunity to win your own trip of a lifetime!

For 24 hours, starting today at 12 noon EST, residents of the US and Canada can enter to win one of two family vacations for 4 to the Disneyland Resort for the October 26th opening of Thor: Treasures of Asgard. Yep, if you win, you’ll see it even before me! You’ll also receive 4-Day Park Tickets so you can experience all Disneyland has to offer.

Win a Trip to Disneyland in the Thor Facebook Disneyland Sweepstakes #Loki #Thor #ThorDarkWorld

To enter you’ll just need to head over to the Thor Facebook page and declare your allegiance. Who would you travel with if you had the chance to go to Asgard: #Thor or #Loki? Pretty easy entry, right?

Now, statistics weren’t exactly my favorite part of math in high school, but I feel like the odds for a sweepstakes that’s only open for 24 hours must be pretty good. So hurry over after noon today and get your entry in. I would LOVE it if one of you all won!

Will #Thor or #Loki be your entry in the Disneyland sweepstakes?

Give Lunch a Makeover and Make It Michelina’s

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Oct 042013

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Michelina’s. All opinions are 100% mine.

I wish that I had more time to savor lunch. But to be honest, I’m lucky if I get to finish lunch – and even more lucky if I get to sit down to do so. Bubbles is often most interested in eating whatever we’re eating, so there’s a lot of “a bite please?”.

After she’s eaten her own lunch and loses interest in yours, then she wants to play. And there’s only so long you can put off a toddler with “Mommy is eating, sweetie” before you just raise your hands in defeat and go to play dinosaurs. That’s part of the reason I often turn to frozen meals for lunch. They cook quickly and often represnt most of your food groups in one package.

But when I do have a few extra minutes I like to add my own personal twist. Michelina’s Lean Gourmet® makes it easy to do so, especially when they provide so many recipe inspirations on their website. You make their frozen entrees the base of your meal and add in a few extras. Here are my Top 3 recipes I’d like to recreate from their site:

2013 Fall Fashionista Event Giveaway (US/CAN)

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Oct 032013

I’m excited to be participating in this year’s Fall Fashionista Giveaway Event. Lately I’ve been able to bring you more posts on fashion and accessories for women, and I thought it would be fun to add to your fall wardrobe a bit.

2013 Fall Fashionista Event Giveaway

The Fall Fashionista Giveaway Event is hosted by The Chief Blonde at Still Blonde After All These Years http://stillblondeafteralltheseyears.com and Katy from ModlyChichttp://www.modlychic.com/. K Squared Glamour http://www.ksquaredglamour.org/ is our co-host! All Fashion! Only FASHION event! Largest Fashion Giveaway event on the internet with $26,000+ in prizes, 100+ participating blogs and 3/4 million entries. Each individual blog has a minimum of $125 prize!

I shared with you a few weeks ago my review of Wantables. It’s a subscription service that lets you plug in your likes and dislikes and then receive a box of accessories based on your preferences. They also have some seasonal boxes you can pick up, like their current Halloween box, full of things to help you pull off a great costume. Continue reading »

Our Trip to Maine

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Sep 232013

Last week we traveled to Maine to surprise my Grandmother for her 85th birthday. We surprised more than her – only my parents and brothers knew we were coming. It was a lot of fun to contact different family members and friends and say “oh, hi! We’re here!”.

We were only gone for a short time so we left the laptop at home. I had scheduled a few posts for you all while I was gone, but apparently the scheduler also decided to go on vacation. You’ll see those posts come through over the next few days.

Waiting to get on the airplane with her buddy Bunny-Bunny.

Bubbles was an excellent traveler. She clearly loves flying. Apparently watching that episode of the Bubble Guppies where they went on the airplane was a good idea because when the engines came on, instead of being scared, she went down the checklist of what the plane needed to fly: engine, wings, and wheels. The guy sitting behind us commented that he definitely hoped that our plane had all three. Continue reading »

Suffering from “Texting Thumb”? Maybe It’s Time to Take a Tech Time Out

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Sep 122013

This is a partnered post on behalf of Tech Time Out. All words and opinions are my own.

There’s no doubt that tech devices are pretty much cemented as part of our daily lives. People text, Tweet, and Facebook status-update 24 hours a day. Video games are no longer just PC or console based; they’re at your smartphone fingertips. And phone calls are almost a thing of the past with Skype and other face-talk programs on our phones and PCs.

I’m actually a huge supporter of using technology to it’s fullest. My father took one of the first computer courses available at a local college when I was probably 4 years old. I learned to make the screen change colors and play “music” by programming on the Commodore 64 he bought on which to practice (yes, I’m that old). By the time I was in high school, I had my first webpage (anyone remember Geocities?), was teaching adult ed classes on how to use the Internet, and was working for my school’s computer-building start-up company.

Taking a Family Tech Time Out - Blowing Bubbles

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