Winner: Freschetta Pizza Giveaway

And the winner is.....

#8 commenter: The Gang's Momma!  Congratulations!!!

You still have a few days to purchase a  Freschetta pizza and enter the code on their website Freschetta Proud to Support Pink Program!  For each entry,  Freschetta pizza will donate $1 to help fund breast cancer research.  I am going to enter my code tonight!

Eat Pizza, Support Breast Cancer, and a Giveaway!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Many companies are doing their part to raise money to support breast cancer research.  The Freschetta company is presenting the Freschetta Proud to Support Pink Program.  They have a goal of making a $50,000 donation to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.  Of course, you, the consumer play a part in Freschetta reaching their goal.  How can you help?  From now until October 31st, purchase a specially marked package of Freschetta Pizzas and Artisan Pizza Crusts (use the $1 coupon found on their site) and enter your code on the Proud to Support Pink website.  For every code that is entered, Freschetta will donate $1, and you will be entered to win a pink iPOD shuffle - they are giving away 50 each week to those who enter a code...and each week 50 pink iPOD shuffles will be donated to four cancer centers around America for breast cancer patients to use during their treatments.  I think that this is a great and easy way to help and support breast cancer research!  Even if you only purchase one pizza and enter your code online, you will make a difference in someone's life.

the GIVEAWAY!
One of my readers will receive a coupon for a FREE Freschetta pizza PLUS two free pairs of Freschetta Proud to Support Pink earphones - one to keep and one to share with a friend as a reminder of proactive health.

One winner will receive this gift pack!

The Rules to Enter the Giveaway:
1. Leave a comment on my blog telling me what your favorite pizza topping is!  (entry #1)
2. Gain a second entry by sharing this giveaway on facebook - be sure to come back and leave a comment telling me that you "facebooked it"
3. Please be sure that I have a way to contact you, if you are the winner
4. All comments will be closed at 10pm EST on Saturday, October 29th!

Be proactive and be sure to do your monthly self breast exam - it could save your life!

Note: The makers of Freschetta Pizza contacted me and provided a free coupon and earphones for me to review and keep!  However, all opinions and thoughts are strictly my own!

Exciting Things Happening!

I am excited about a few things that will be coming up...

TWO giveaways that I will be hosting - if you like pizza and soft hands, then you will most likely enjoy the giveaways that are coming VERY soon!!!

Yum, yum!!!

My hands definitely need TLC in the winter - perfect timing!

 I am also going to be able to meet someone from the "blog-world" - I have been following her blog for a few years and I am really excited about that...more about that when I am able to give details!

The giveaways are coming soon!  Stay tuned!

Happy Birthday Sis!

Happy Birthday to one of the people that I have known my entire life - My SISTER!!!  You are so special to me and many people around you!  I hope that you have a blessed day and many more decades to come!

I love you very much and am so thankful that we live so close to each other that we can celebrate YOU together!  Happy Birthday!!!

Winner: Carmex Giveaway

Congratulations to commenter #3!!!

CONGRATS to TCC - you are the winner!

I will be contacting you to gather your mailing information!  Enjoy your Carmex Prize package!

If you did not win, you can request to win a sample on their website - check it out here!

Carmex: Review and Giveaway

Recently I was given the opportunity to try out two new lip moisturizers that are made by Carmex: Carmex Lime Twist Stick and Carmex Vanilla Stick.  I did not know what to expect because I have tried Carmex in the past and I found that it actually caused my lips to become chapped!  However, I was willing to put the lip moisturizers to the test and see how my lips responded.

I tried each of the sticks for about one week each and I have to say that I loved the scent of each of them, they moisturized my lips, and I would definitely recommend them to someone who was looking to try a new lip moisturizer.  If I had to choose one as my favorite, it would be the Lime Twist Stick.  I enjoyed the citrus scent a little more than the vanilla, although they were both very nice.

Would you like a chance to try out the lip moisturizers too?  If you do, then you can enter the giveaway on my blog that is sponsored by Carmex!  You will receive everything that is pictured in the photo - the blanket too!

To enter the giveaway, all you need to do is:
1. Leave a comment and tell me what lip balm you currently use.
2. This giveaway will end on Monday, September 5^th at 9pm – so be sure to enter soon!

Update: 100 Books in 100 Days

This summer has definitely turned out different than what I had originally planned back in May.  I completed 2 weeks of the "home camp" ideas that I found over at  "Life as Mom".  I was having so much fun planning the units and working on the projects that the kids and I were doing, but "things" happened this summer and the ideas that I had for the summer had to change a little bit too.  I did not continue the themes that I had planned for about 8 weeks of the summer, and I know that I can continue with those ideas when the timing is right.  One thing that did not change was reading books with the kids.


We LOVE to read in our house.  So, I came up with an idea to complete this summer that I called "100 books and 100 days."  I challenged myself (and Dawson) to read 100 books to our kids - who are 3 and 5 - in 100 days.  Back in May, I had listed 16 of the books that made it on to this list.  I have not blogged too much this summer, so I have not had a chance to update the number of books that we have read...and August 31st, the 100th day, will be here before you know it!


I have to admit...I don't think that every book that we have read to them has made it on to this list, however, every LIBRARY book that we have read together or every book that we listed for our library summer reading has made it on to the list.  


Below is the updated list of books that we have read to our boys this summer:

17. Down by the Bay  by Raffi
18. Puppy Mudge Takes a Bath by Cynthia Rylant
19. Bounce by Doreen Cronin
20. Rainbow Fish by Finds His Way by Marcus Pfister
21. Swimming by Leo Lionni
22. Hungry, Hungry Sharks by Joanna Cole
23. Whales and Dolphins by Peter and Connie Roop
24. Rainbow Fish to the Rescue by Marcus Pfister
25. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
26. Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin
27. Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack by Doreen Cronin
28. A Busy Day at the Farm by Doreen Cronin
29. Thump, Quack, Moo: a Whacky Adventure by Doreen Cronin
30. In the Garden: Who's Been Here? By Lindsay Barrett George
31. Big Chickens by Leslie Helakoski
32. Big Chickens Fly the Coop by Leslie Helakoski
33. Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson and Nancy Carpenter
34. Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
35. Funny Farm by Mark Teague
36. Hurry! Hurry! By Eve Bunting
37. The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall
38. Spot Goes to the Farm by Eric Hill
39. The Cow Who Clucked by Denise Fleming
40. On the Farm by David Elliott
41. A Surprise Garden by Disney
42. Tiny on the Farm by Cari Meister
43. Apples by Gail Gibbons
44. Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
45. Apples by Gail Gibbons
46. Summertime in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
47. A Lion Named Shirley Williamson by Bernard Waber
48. The Berenstein Bears Down on the Farm by Stan and Jan Berenstein
49. The Fish who Cried Wolf by Julia Donaldson
50. Birthday Zoo by Lynn Munsinger
51. The Bear went over the Mountain by Rosemary Wells
52. Grandfather's Dream by Holly Keller
53. My Mommy and Me by Laura Trayser
54. Open Wide by Laurie Keller
55. Finding Nemo
56. Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms by Julia Rawlinson
57. Stop Thief by Robert Kalan
58. A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza
59. ABC Safari by Karen Lee
60. Safari Animals by Missy Kavanaugh
61. I Went Walking by Sue Williams
62. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (we have read this many times...but it still counts!)
63. Ten Apples up on the Top by Dr. Seuss
64. Doggies by Sandra Boynton
65. Bounce Around, Tigger
66. Mama, Mama by Jean Marzollo
67. What did you Say? By Mandy Stanley
68. Can't you sleep, Little Bear? by Martin Waddell
69. I Love you, Little One by Nancy Tafuri
70. Bears in the Forrest by Karen Wallace
71. Buginnings: Colors by Max Lucado
72. The Big Red Blanket
73. The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
74. Coyote and the Laughing Butterfly by Harriet Peck Taylor
75. Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat by Cynthia Rylant
76. My Dog Talks by Gail Herman
77. Henry and Mudge and the Tumbling Trip by Cynthia Rylant
78. Mr. Putter and Tabby Pick the Pears by Cynthia Rylant
79. Henry and Mudge in the Family Trees by Cynthia Rylant
80. Dinosaur by Peter Sis
81. What Do You Say When a Monkey Acts this Way? By Jane Belk Moncure
82. Mabela the Clever Retold by Margaret Read MacDonald
83. Henry and Mudge and the Funny Lunch by Cynthia Rylant
84. Where's My Teddy? By Jez Alborough

I am really excited to see that we have already read (at least) 84 books to our kids this summer...and this does not include the Bible stories that we read to our kids from the children's Bibles!  We will definitely meet and exceed our goal of 100 books!


Do you read with your kids during the summer?  Do your kids read on their own?  Do you do a little of both?