I know... I know... it's getting later and later for Share it Sunday, isn't it?

Well... that's why I put up Mr. Linky here. I'm still going to post what I have in my Google Doc but from now on I may stick with Mr. Linky... of course that depends on if Mr. Linky is having a bad day or not! I'll keep you informed!

Here's the giveaways for you to enter this week!

Mission Mommy is giving away a Corner Stork Baby Gift Set - ends 5/29


Sweeps4Bloggers is giving away OrganicVille - ends 6/3
The Richest Man In Town - ends 6/4
Sambucol Immunity Gift Basket - ends 6/4
Norman PhartEphant - ends 6/5
Late July Organic cookies - 3 winners - ends 6/5
The Alchemyst - books, mug - ends 6/6
AudioBook - The 8th Confession by James Patterson - ends 6/7
Ghostwriter by Travis Thrasher - 5 Winners - ends 6/8
The Natural Dentist - toothpaste & oral rinse prize pack - ends 6/8
Custom 16x20 canvas print - ends 6/4
Coffee Lovers Gift Basket from Coffee Bean Direct - ends 6/9
First Family by David Baldacci Audiobook - ends 6/9
JBanz Sunglasses - ends 6/10
Health At Every Size by Linda Bacon - ends 6/10
A Life Worth Living by William Giruzzi - ends 6/11


Mom Cafe is giving away A prize pack of Brita pitcher and Nalgene water bottle - ends 6/8


All That Blooms is giving away a Giant chocolate-dipped fortune cookie ($29.95 value!) - ends 6/19


MarieLynn Boutique Blog is giving away Five Lifetime Ad Spots - ends 6/7



Baby Signs With Elizabeth is giving away a Baby Signs Potty Training Kit - ends 6/12


Eighty MPH Mom is giving away a Kiss My Face Kids Collection (shampoos, hand soaps, etc.) - ends 6/14


Mahayla's Mommy is giving away a DVD copy of Pocket Snails Potty Adventure - ends 6/5 10 pm


A Mom's Balancing Act is giving away a Miracle Blanket - ends 6/12


Playsational is giving away a Marriott Prize Pack - ends 6/10


The Eclectic Element is giving away a Windie - ends 6/10


Little Lady Cakes is giving away Choice of two items from a list of over 30 cake decorating related prizes! - ends 6/6


Thanks for stopping by and Good Luck!

It's getting too hard to keep going through my Google Doc to share giveaway links, so please use Mr. Linky from now on. :-)

I've been tagged!

Kayla at The Eclectic Element Tagged me in this one.

For the record, these are ALL important to me!

6 Unimportant Things That Make Me Happy:



My phone. It can do everything.



Facebook. Can't live without it.



My Computer. I'd be lost without it.



My Keurig, my new love.



Coupons - I won't go to the store without them.

Now I tag the following people:


1. Leslie at Leslie Loves Veggies

2. Val at Sweeps4Bloggers

3. Jen at Eighty MPH Mom

4. CaseyDeuce at A Couch With a View

5. Jenn at The Icing on the Cupcake (this was my best friend back in school - show my girl some love!)

6. Jennifer at It's a Beauty Filled Life

Hope you play along!

Random.org chose #81, who was

Erin, from CanadianGiveaways, who said:

I would choose the original dinner game

Congrats Erin! I'm emailing you now! Please respond within 48 hours or I will have to choose another winner!

While you're here, check out the details on the Summer Soiree' I'm hosting! Remember to grab the button for your extra entries! You need it before June 14th to get the extra entries!

I LOVE entering sweepstakes, instant wins, anything! As a matter of fact, I won two things from the Moms Most Wanted party earlier tonight. I've won blog giveaways at a lot of blogs recently:

Sweeps4Bloggers
The Dirty Shirt
Momma in Flip Flops 2
Look What Mom Found
Robyns Online World
Mommy Goggles
Mommy Mandy
Type A Mom

And that's just to name a few!

How do I do it?

Well, persistance... and...

Another tip that I can tell you is: when you are entering a blog giveaway, if there are extra entries, cool... make your first entry. Then save the email and go back a couple of days later and make another comment, and keep doing that until the giveaway ends. When you leave comments back to back, you're lessening your odds. Space them out. Another thing is, if there are going to be say, 5 winners for a giveaway, but you've used comments 1 through 7, there's probably going to be many duplicates (I just experienced this with two of my recent giveaways!), so you are better to space your comments out. This also makes it harder when there are a low number of entries.

Try what I told you above, then come back here and tell me it didn't work?!

I promise you it will.

Want to learn how to win sweepstakes? Head over to Sweetie's Sweeps! (This is where I learned the above AND have learned to win Instant Win Games!)

While you're here, click on that Sweeps Advantage button on my right sidebar to find some cool sweeps!

I'm not a very positive person. I'm more of the "glass is half full" person, which you MAY have gathered from how and what I write.

I've been out of work for about 3 weeks, off and on. I'm losing LOADS of money. I'm a single mom. I need that money!!

Regardless, my son got sick, then my daughter, then I had it, but it seems like my daughter's keeps coming back or just won't go away.

It's had me worried. I even addressed this to the doctor last week. (2nd doctor's appt in 2 weeks...) So they gave me a blood test order. I took my daughter for it three days ago.

The doc called yesterday and said she has a Viral Infection. If you clicked on that link, then you see that there are TONS Of Viral Infections, from SARS to Cold Sores. The type she has is a stomach virus infection.

Let me tell you about my experience with a Viral Infection.

About 6 or 7 years ago (my last vacation, mind you!) my then-boyfriend, myself, and my kids headed to Ocean City, Maryland, to enjoy the beach, the Boardwalk, and the fun and the games. Oh, and don't forget Ripley's Believe it or Not!

We did alot while we were there: all of the things above, plus miniature golf, cruising the main drag, shopping, Assateague Island, the nightlife, and the seafood, my favorite! Somewhere along the line, I got a viral infection. I had recently been diagnosed with IBS, so I originally thought that was what was wrong with me. Three weeks later, and thirty pounds lighter, I was scared. I had the doctor running tests on me left and right. I was even delirious all the time. It was so not fun. Plus my then boss, was writing me up for missing time. "UM - HELLO?! I'm dying here!!!", I was thinking! I also had an upcoming outpatient surgery that was scheduled for 2-3 weeks later which I had to cancel.

I was happy about losing that weight. I was down two pants' sizes. I looked GOOD! But still... it was no fun. My potassium was so low he called me at home in the evening on a Friday to tell me he called in a prescription!

So, I'm not thrilled with those - ANY of them! The one thing I am happy about is that she's not throwing up - she has no symptoms besides her stomach hurting. Thank God for that one!

Here's some more info on Viral Infections, if you're interested.

It can't be treated, it just has to run its course. So I keep sending her to school, then at some point, either the next day or even up to 4 days later, they'll call me and tell me she's running a temperature and I'll have to go pick her up.

So. Not. Fun.

Add to that that I'm trying to keep her in because she's still sick, she says she feels fine, and then add on some ADHD. Oh and not to mention, my headache I've had since Sunday. That my doctor said "could be sinuses on the left side of my head", and that he's not really sure, so he put me on antibiotics and gave me some painkillers. Oh and then he told me that I should start feeling better in 3-5 days from the antibiotics and then I asked him what if I'm not? He told me that he would give me more antibiotics to take (2 rounds, a whole month's worth) and then proceed from there. hmmm... he's as clueless as I am. Nice... Guess I'll be using Vitals.com to find and research another doc soon!

Good times!

Plus I'm trying to clean up some in this house today, it is such a wreck. My Lord... I don't know how it got so bad! I think I should start playing along with Tackle It Tuesday over at 5 Minutes for Mom!

So much to do... In so little time!

Anyway... thanks for reading my blog and for following me! I'm over 300 followers here now. That's great!!!

Remember, when Life Knocks You Down, You Gotta Get Back Up!

Check out this video: Keri Hilson "Knocks You Down"

The SunChips Giveaway ended last night also. The winner of that (out of 72 entries including extras) was number 52, according to Random.org:



That means that Christine Wember is the winner! Christine, I'm emailing you now. You have 48 hours to respond or I'll have to choose another winner!

Thanks to everyone for entering and being guinea pigs for my first Form giveaway! :-)
(sorry it was a little confusing!)

Happy Saturday!

The winner for the SpellQuizzer Spelling Software giveaway has been chosen!



#2 - searcher, who said:

My Grandson could use this. With his love of computers this would be a great learning tool.

I'm emailing you now! You have 48 hours to respond or I will have to choose another winner!

Thank you to everyone who entered and I'm sorry that I couldn't give it to all of you! There were alot of homeschoolers who entered this giveaway! It really does help! It helped with my 10 year old daughter, who has ADHD.

Have a great day!

I received the above award from Sara over at Ordinary and Awesome. (Thanks Sara!)

Right now I can't think of anyone to pass it on to but to all of my friends here, consider yourselves recipients! (My head hurts too much still to think that much!)

Happy Friday!

I'm sorry this is so late but if you read my blog frequently, you know I've had a headache all week, so it's been a little rough over here!

Random.org has chosen the following numbers as winners for the Claritin items:
19, 13, 11, 3, 1, 15, 21, and 12

Remember when I posted the contest, there was a twist to it. One person will win the Claritin Grape Chewables, book, and a coupon, and the 7 other people will get a coupon. I will be emailing the winners (if email address are provided or accessible, of course!) and they will have 48 hours to respond or I will pick new winners. First person to respond gets the "grand prize" and the rest get coupons.

Here are the winners:

#1: Megan, who said

I love the children's Claritin. My nephews don't think it tastes too bad and they really seem to work.

Megan - I don't have your email. Please email me at pricousins at gmail dot com. Very odd "link" to your profile, btw. It took me to an Online Drugstore?? ok...LOL

#3: Risingsouth, who said:

I am a subscriber.

#11: valerie2350, who said:

technorati
valerie2350

#12(duplicate for #11)
#13(duplicate for #11 and #12)
#15 (duplicate for 11, 12, and 13)

#19: tobethode, who said:

We use the Children's claritin for my youngest son. I also have to keep the AC on all the time... no open windows here.

#21: The Mom Jen, who said:

Blogger Follower.

Redraws:


#5: Jessica [Mommy to a 3 yr old drama queen], who said:

I currently use Little Allergies Allergen Block!

#23: jceko77, who said:

I currently handle my daughter's allergies by giving them generic allergy syrup
jceko77@yahoo.com

#25: Mahayla's Mommy, who said:

I have your button

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone for entering!

It's been relatively quiet over here, huh? On Sunday, my head started hurting and it hasn't stopped. I won't even tell you how many Excedrin or Tylenol I have taken. I contemplated going to the hospital yesterday but since my son needs to be picked up from school at 3 every day, I didn't want to risk still being at the hospital while I needed to pick him up. So I made an appointment for my doctor instead. I go there today at 4, so I hope they can figure out what is wrong with me. To be honest, I've had migraine and headache issues for years but they are probably attributed to stress. I basically deal with them. This headache is unlike any other. It's only on the left side of my head, and is not going away with medication. It hurts incredibly.

Also - my daughter was running a fever again yesterday. She is not today but this keeps happening - this is the 3rd week now. I'm planning on getting her blood drawn so they can see if there is something else wrong with her.

I'll be posting normally again soon - hopefully....

The newest contest is up at ShopDebtFree.com. All you have to do to enter is If you could bike somewhere (anywhere), where would you want to cycle?

Contest open to US and CDN residents.
Enter today – contest closes Thursday May 28th at 1:00 pm EST.
One lucky winner will be chosen at random.

Good luck!

Remember my Review on JoeyTotes reusable bags? There was a coupon code there... Don't forget to use it by this Sunday, May 31st, to save 10% off of your purchase!

Use the code "SimpleKindaLife" at JoeyTotes.com during checkout!

She just HAD to get in there and get her photo taken while we were at Old Navy last week!

8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter: Season Two


About the Movie:

Emmy® winner John Ritter (TV’s “Three’s Company”) and four-time Golden Globe® nominee Katey Sagal (TV’s “Married with Children”) star as frazzled parents trying to raise three teenagers in the hilarious television comedy “8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.” Re-live the laughs with all 24 episodes from the hit show’s second season, which originally aired during the 2003-2004 television season on ABC, on DVD. During its three year run, the show received an Emmy® (Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series) and a People’s Choice Award (Favorite New TV Comedy Series). 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter: Season Two 3-disc set hits store shelves on May 19, 2009 for the suggested retail price of $29.98.



In this upbeat family comedy, Paul Hennessy (Ritter) is a sports writer who is prompted by his wife Cate’s (Sagal) return to nursing to take a more active role in raising their two teenage daughters, Bridget (Kaley Cuoco, TV’s “The Big Bang Theory”), and Kerry (Amy Davidson, TV’s “CSI: NY”), and their son Rory (Martin Spanjers, HBO’s “True Blood”). He is soon overwhelmed by his at-home responsibilities and misses being a sports writer. Paul begins writing a column about his struggles with his children and offers advice to people who are in his same position. His teenage daughters are dating, which sparks the use of the “8 simple rules for dating my teenage daughter.”

Street Date: 5/19/09
Order Date: 4/22/09
DVD Suggested Retail Price: $29.98 (3-disc set)


I love this show even though I don't get to see it often. At least I was able to catch up on the show with this DVD! I've always liked John Ritter and Katey Sagal is too funny!!

Special thanks to Bender Helper Impact for providing me with this DVD!

Would you like to win a copy?

Please fill out the form below:



This giveaway will end on June 7th, 2009 at midnight EST.

Thanks for entering and Good luck!

My apologies on this running a bit late... I've been doing laundry, playing Mafia Wars (LOL!), and spending time with the loved ones.

Here's the giveaways going on this week:

Three Different Directions is giving away Up to a $100 Gift Code to use to purchase a pair of glasses HERE ends 5/28

A Mom's Balancing Act is giving away Boon Stay-put Divided Plate HERE (ends 6/1), and some Celebrate Chocolate Truffles HERE (ends 5/26).

Sweeps4Bloggers is giving away Best of Simon and Kirby HERE (ends 5/29) and a pair of SwitchFlops Sandals HERE (ends 5/30), The Sassy Ladies book HERE (ends 5/30), a watch HERE (ends 5/31), Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child
HERE (ends 5/31), Log Cabin Syrup HERE (ends 6/1), Yes To Carrots Lip Glosses HERE (ends 6/1), Columbine by Dave Cullen HERE (ends 6/2), and a Play & Shine CD HERE (ends 6/3).

Heck of a Bunch is giving away 1 Yr. Subscription to Club Pogo HERE (ends 6/1).


JenniferSuarez.com is giving away a pair of Jade Earrings HERE (ends 5/27).

Eighty MPH Mom is giving away Post-It Recycled Notes (3 winners) HERE (ends 6/7).


The IE Mommy is having NINE Amazing giveaways HERE (various end dates).

Mom of Faith is giving away 2 Packs of Celebrate Chocolate Truffles HERE (ends 5/31).

Mother-2-Mother is giving away Bella Bambolina Child's Tote HERE (ends 6/1), a Darling Daughter Gift Certificate HERE (ends 5/30), iTweet or iBlog Tee HERE (ends 6/1), and a Mop Top Child's Hat HERE ends 6/10.


Live, Love, Laugh with Leslie is giving away SunChips HERE (ends 6/1), Piggy Paint HERE (ends 6/6), Mahatma Jasmine & Basmati Rice (5 winners!) HERE (ends 6/7), and some BIC Soleil Bella Razors (5 winners) HERE (ends 6/12).


Last Blog on Earth is giving away a My Tot Clock HERE (ends 5/31).

Mommy? I'm Hungry! is giving away a Grill Daddy brush HERE (ends 5/27).

Mission Mommy is giving away Corner Stork Baby gift set HERE (ends 5/29).

Barefoot Mommies is giving away Photo Cards from The Card Crate HERE (ends 6/2).

MomTrend is giving away Your Couture Kid Custom Designed Footstool ($150 value) HERE (ends 6/6).

Pegs Play is giving away a Branch Bracelet HERE (ends 5/30).

Treasia's Treasures is giving away a Cosmetic Bag HERE (ends 5/28).

Go enter, and Good luck!

It's that time again! It's time to Submit Your Giveaway so I can post them tomorrow!

See you later!

Look what arrived yesterday! I won a Creative Vado in Pink from MomTV last week! (Have you joined yet?! You SHOULD!)



So this means, soon you'll be seeing me VLOG! Maybe even for the Soiree'!

This is how easy it is to charge the Vado:



Just plug it in and let it charge for 2 or 3 hours.

Awesome! I love it already!

I was hoping to win on for Moms Nite Out (did you go to that?) There were sooo many people on that night and it was sooo fun! Special thanks to MomSelect, BSM Media, MomTalkRadio, NewBaby.com for hosting this event, as well as to all of the Sponsors! Did you know that they're planning a Mom's Nite Out for 2010 already?! It's TRUE!

A Special thank you to Moms Nite Out, Momlogic, Simon Malls, Little Debbie, Ragu, and all of the other Sponsors!

Today I have been in my room helping my daughter clean her room because it is TERRIBLE, and I was recording while I was in there. I threatened to put in on my blog and my daughter was like "Are you really going to put that on your blog?!" LOL! It was so funny!

I'm a little annoyed right now too because my vacuum isn't working right and she had this stuffed animal up there that busted and these little styrofoam balls that fill the thing, are ALL OVER THE PLACE! (I'm sure you know what I'm talking about!)

So I'm going to be finishing that up as well as a bunch of laundry. I'm not sure what we're doing for Memorial Day yet - hopefully a cookout somewhere! I had my boyfriend cook out yesterday. We had some Sirloin Burgers and some Cheddarwurst along with some Suddenly Salad Bacon & Ranch, pickles, SunChips, and deviled eggs. I had some for lunch too!

I hope that you and your families have tons of FUN planned for this "official start of summer" weekend! I wish I had money to go to the beach - I'd be there! Soon enough...

Have fun!

Diana over at Custom Blog Designs (who did this design, BTW) is giving away a blog makeover. You can enter to win it for yourself or you can give it to a blogging buddy.

Click HERE to enter prior to May 31st.

Good luck!

Random.org picked the following numbers as the winners for the YouCanMakeThis.com giveaway:

#51 who was:
Pierce from Bean a Mommy, who said

My technorati username is spliffy0

I added your button to my blog http://beenamommy.blogspot.com

# entry 1 for adding button

#42 who was

cwalker, from The Walker Family and ThePrudentShopper, who said:

If I win this I will probably be maiking pillows for both of my children. Plus, I love crafts, so my 5 nieces and 1 nephew will probably be getting one as well, lol.
Chancy

Congratulations to both of you! I'm emailing you momentarily. You have 48 hours to respond to my email or I will have to draw another winner!

Thanks to everyone for entering!

Have you seen the new SunChips commercials? You know, the one that they show the bag slowing become compost? You haven't?! Well, head over to Our Small Step on YouTube. I think it's so interesting how a bag from chips can become compost! And I commend Frito-Lay for doing it!

SunChips and National Geographic have teamed up to present the Green Effect Contest. Everyone is eligible to enter this contest. All you have to do to to be one of five groups or individuals to submit your idea how to make your community more green, and you can win $20,000 to make that dream a reality! The winners will also be profiled in National Geographic Magazine and will also win a trip to Washington, DC . Entries must be in by June 8th. Read the rest of the rules here.

In a call to help consumers turn their green ideas into action, SunChips has partnered with National Geographic to launch the “Green Effect” – a national initiative where consumers can submit their ideas on how to make their communities green for the chance to win $20,000 to make that green dream a reality.

You can learn more about the Green Effect, the compostable bag and the other little steps SunChips is making by visiting http://championmediaclients.com/sunchips.

SunChips sent me a bag like the one in the picture above, along with Harvest Cheddar flavored SunChips and Garden Salsa flavored SunChips. Personally, I LOVE the Cheddar flavor (I could eat the WHOLE BAG by myself!) but I have tried the Garden Salsa version and it was good too!



One lucky winner will win the prize in the photo above.

Please fill out the form below to enter:



As usual, extra entries I usually include are Twittering about this contest, Blogging about it, being a subscriber, etc. Just fill it out in the form.

This giveaway will end on May 29th, 2009 at midnight.

Thanks for entering and Good Luck!

Wow... Can I begin by telling you how busy I have been planning this thing?! My boyfriend JUST DOESN'T GET IT! (The horror! right?)

Yes, I got this idea from all of my friends doing parties with other bloggers on their blogs! So I started contacting companies that I see doing giveaways, as well as posts on Pitch Bloggers, and wherever else I can find sponsors. I'm also having people contact me which is GREAT! (Thank you! )

Without Further Ado...


I cordially invite you to attend the Summer Soiree located here, at Moody Mama Says (you can see her post here), and at Everyday Baby Steps. We will all be featuring a review or giveaway each day from June 15th through June 30th.

Feel free to grab our button:

<center><a href="http://angiemarion.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Summer Soiree'" src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/PriCousins/SummerSoiree1.png"/></a></center>

To make you WANT to grab this button, I offer you the following incentive.

If you grab the button now, this will enable you to get an additional 3 entries in each giveaway that you enter here during that time! This promotion will end on June 14th at midnight EST, So make you grab it and leave a comment on this post to ensure that I have you down for your additional entries!

I am so excited about this! I have great plans!

As always... thanks for coming by!

Friendly’s, a family dining chain of more than 500 restaurants, will kick off summer on Saturday, June 6, 2009 with Free Ice Cream Day. From noon to 5:00 p.m., customers can receive a one-scoop dish or cone of their flavor of choice at any participating Friendly’s restaurant. With 26 flavors to choose from including Hunka Chunka PB Fudge®, Black Raspberry and ever-popular Vanilla, Friendly’s offers a flavor for every taste. This is the second annual Free Ice Cream Day at Friendly’s. Last year the company gave away more than 300,000 free cones.

In conjunction with the promotion, Friendly’s is challenging consumers to find their “Ice Cream Treat” profile through a Facebook quiz. Answers to the lifestyle quiz reveal a personality match to a signature Friendly’s ice cream dessert, like a Jim Dandy™ (“You want the most out of life and know how to get it”), Friend-z® (“You’re in a constant social whirlwind and the life of the party”) or Fribble® (“You are a smooth operator who never loses your cool”). Other elements of the campaign will include a Twitter feed with promotion updates, along with Flickr and YouTube coverage of the event.

“We want to give away as much ice cream as possible,” said Friendly’s CEO Ned R. Lidvall. “We hope that by getting the word out online, a record-breaking number of people will come in to enjoy one of our 26 flavors. After a winter that was grueling – both because of the economy and because of the weather – people deserve a cool, delicious treat to kick off the summer.”

Become a fan of Friendly’s on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wilbraham-MA/Friendlys/140794460174

Friendly’s is also challenging consumers to find their “Ice Cream Treat Profile” through a Facebook quiz.

Follow Friendly’s on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/EatAtFriendlys

To sign up for Best Friends of Friendly’s (BFF) and automatically receive a free Three-Scoop Sundae coupon visit: https://secure.friendlys.com/bff/

Not here! But, over HERE instead!

Buy.com is giving away a Movie Medley Gourmet Gift basket including a FREE movie rental from Blockbuster, gourmet popcorn, lots of candy and more. To enter, go to the ShopDebtFree blog and list their favorite movie. The contest closes Thursday, May 21 at 1 p.m. EST and one winner will be chosen at random.

Good luck!

OOH yeah! (as the Macho Man Randy Savage would say!)

Mom Dot's Blog Link-a-Thon is done! (Did YOU sign up!?)

I'm so ecstatic to be listed among some GREAT blogs out there and hope to find MORE to read and enjoy!

Let me know if you find one that is Note-worthy!

Have fun blog-hopping and make some new friends!