Archive for September, 2011

Fitness Challenge Giveaways!

Fitness Challenge Giveaways!

So we started the month with a challenge to you to exercise more during September.  How’d the month go for you?  I didn’t lift weights quite as much as I hoped to at the start of the month, but I ended well– and have the sore muscles today to prove it.  I am getting...
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Last two cookbooks to give away!

Last two cookbooks to give away!

Though I will be glad to take a break from writing giveaway posts, it has been fun to announce winners and hear from folks excited about receiving their loot.  Speaking of loot, the winner of the Green Mountain Coffee giveaway was commenter #21, Valerie.  Valerie has already been notified. The winner of the baby...
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Giveaway: 300 Best Rice Cooker Recipes

Giveaway: 300 Best Rice Cooker Recipes

This book was given to me in exchange for a review. The opinions expressed are my own. Today’s cookbook giveaway is so up my alley!  I’ve blogged several times about my love of rice cookers.  300 Best Rice Cooker Recipes shares tons of new recipes that can be done entirely in the rice cooker, along...
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Baby giveaway!

Baby giveaway!

Today’s giveaway is a group of useful baby items. The first is a cute partitioned plate with pictures on it to demonstrate healthy ratios of meats, veggies and starches. Next is a book filled with all sorts of ideas to help babies sleep. Now, I need to mention that I disagree with a few...
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Our 5K

Our 5K

Unlike my first 5K in June, I went into this race with some serious goals.  I was hoping to finish in 32 minutes.  I was also hoping to make my final mile my fastest. Knowing that there’d be things I couldn’t control or predict in the race, I also made a more modest fallback...
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Winners

The three winners of Shaun Grove’s Third World Symphony are: #51- Beth Ann #71 -MissyQ #80- EDJ The book Finding Aster goes to #3 Heather In Search of Fatherhood goes to #22 ESNzira ~~~ Congrats, gals!   Email me your address and I will get these items headed in your direction! Next week will be...
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5K playlist

5K playlist

Here’s my playlist for tomorrow’s race. I think it could safely be called eclectic.
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2-Book Giveaway: Mothers, Fathers

2-Book Giveaway: Mothers, Fathers

I have SO many giveaways this month that I’m getting behind.   I’m off to take my son to get his driver’s license this morning– wish him luck!!  Then my daughters and I are going to pick up our race packets for Saturday’s race– my 13 and 16yo daughters are running that 5k with...
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Posted in Fun & Games, Parenthood | 28 Comments »

Orphans, poverty, my place?

Orphans, poverty, my place?

(Music giveaway below!) ~~~~ I first met Shaun Groves in a waiting area in the Miami International Airport.   We were on our way to spend a week together in the Dominican Republic along with several other bloggers, where Shaun (who’d invited us) would be showing us the work of Compassion International.   I hadn’t really...
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