Progresso Soup is my Friend
As many know… I have lost a big amount of weight over the last year. I did it so I could feel better about myself and have made some huge lifestyle changes to keep the weight off. To look back on myself before the weight loss, I just want to cry that I let myself get that big. I want to make sure to instill good eating habits in my children while they are young, so they can carry on the lifestyle changes when they are adults.
One food that our whole family loves and it helps in maintaining the weight loss is Progresso Soup. With Progresso Light and 100 Calorie Soups, you can enjoy a delicious cup of soup that provides great taste and variety all at 100 calories or less. Also they are 0 and 1 points for Weight Watchers 
. With surprisingly hearty ingredients like pasta, beans, corn and rice, and flavor-packed vegetables like tomatoes, carrots, and peppers, Progresso Light and 100 Calorie Soups offer varieties with a good source of fiber and a full serving of vegetables. Satisfying your taste buds, Progresso Light and 100 Calories Soups can help curb your hunger, making it easier for you to stick to your weight management plan.
Even my girls are asking for Progresso soup, so you know it has to be pretty darn tasty for kids to like it as well! I don’t really have a favorite in the Progresso soup as I like to have a variety, so when I purchase at the store… it is always a mixed combination. I was not able to try all the flavors until my friends at Progresso Soup and MyBlogSpark sent me 15 different kinds of Progresso soup. You know that made getting through this snowy winter so less stressful .
Progresso Soup is going beyond just cooking up a healthy bowl of soup. They want to help you by offering a contest. You have to hurry… it ends tonight! Go to www.Progresso.com/SouperYou to enter the Progresso “Souper You Debut” contest for the chance to win a full makeover in New York City.
Three grand prize winners will be awarded a trip for two to New York City from May 21st-23rd. The prize includes roundtrip airfare, a two-night stay in a NYC hotel, a full makeover, a $1,000 wardrobe shopping spree and personal consultation at a New York department store.
To enter, you´ll need to do the following:
* Go to www.Progresso.com/SouperYou to learn more and enter the contest
* Submit your essay (200 characters or less) telling Progresso why you love Progresso Light or 100 Calorie Soups and why you would like a makeover
* In addition, please submit a photo of yourself that visually reinforces the theme of your essay
Once you enter, you´ll have the chance for your photo and/or an excerpt from your essay to appear on www.Progresso.com/SouperYou, so be sure to check back frequently! Once the 10 finalists are announced, you can visit www.Progresso.com/SouperYou from March 29 through April 12 to vote for your favorite.
In addition, throughout the duration of the contest you can visit www.Progresso.com/SouperYou to download a coupon for $1 off any three varieties of Progresso Soup!
Also with the help of Progresso Soup, I want to help you as well. One of my readers can win their very own Progresso Soup gift pack. It contains the mug, jump rope and two cans of Progresso Soup.
All you have to do is leave me a comment below telling me what your favorite soup is and I will pick one Random winner on Wednesday, March 17, 2010.
Big Thank You to Progress Soup and MyBlogSpark for letting me participate in this giveaway!
No tags for this post.Childhood Favorite Toy is Coming Back Giveaway
Growing up, I had special toys in my life that I will always have such fond memories. One of those toys was the Rainbow Brite doll. She went everywhere with me, would eat dinner with us, ride on my bicycle and sleep with me each night. I was so thrilled to hear that Rainbow Brite was coming back. I for sure will be getting my girls their own doll so they will be able to make special memories.
With her cheerful look and personality, Rainbow Brite has blasted back onto the doll scene with a vibrant makeover, continuing to delight children with her empowering and imaginative adventures as she spreads her positive messages of courage, kindness, and hope.
Rainbow Brite even has their own website where your little girl can watch videos, play games, do downloads, and even print out coloring books. There is so many things online now that I am not fond of at all letting the girls see or play, so it has been wonderful to have a site the girls can go to that can be trusted. I love playing with the girls on the site and their CD as it just brings back so many wonderful great memories for me. I now get to create special memories with my girls.
I have 5 Rainbow Brite Adventure Pack CD’s to share with my readers. The CD includes Rainbow Brite animations, games, puzzles, songs, and so much more. Your little girl will enjoy the whole CD so much. Just please leave a comment below on what your favorite childhood toy was and I will pick 5 random comments to send them one of the CD’s.
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Keeping it real: I was provided these Rainbow Brite CDs to giveaway and was able to keep one of the CDs for my own girls after the review. This review is from my own thoughts and words!
No tags for this post.Songs from the Heart Celtic Woman Giveaway
As most of you all know, I lost my dear Grandmother last week. Music helps heal my heart so much and the Celtic Woman CD could not have came at a better time.
This CD Songs from the Heart motivates you, inspires you, and brings the biggest smile to your face! Every day I will get in my husband’s car (since he is the one with the CD player in his vehicle) and I will pop in the CD and turn it up so loud and go straight to track number 5 When You Believe. I will sing so loud and it just empowers me to get through the day. Each singer really has such a powerful voice that makes the music so unique and really inspiring to you.The Celtic Woman features vocalists Lisa Kelly, Chloe Agnew, Lynn Hilary and Alex Sharpe, with violinist Mairead Nesbitt.
Another song I have to listen to is track number 2 Amazing Grace as this was my Grandma’s favorite song and it helps me feel so close to her while it is playing. The instrumentals and vocalists behind this song is just so amazing to hear!
The CD includes 15 songs:
1. Fields Of Gold
2. Amazing Grace
3. Níl Sé’n Lá
4. My Lagan Love
5. When You Believe
6. The New Ground
7. Isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears
8. The Coast Of Galiçia
9. Non C’è Più
10. The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress
11. You’ll Be In My Heart
12. Goodnight My Angel
13. Galway Bay
14. The Lost Rose Fantasia
15. O, America!
You will recognize song titles like Sting’s Fields of God and Mariah Carey’s When You Believe. All the songs move seamlessly between Irish classics, contemporary covers and original compositions.
Celtic Woman is currently on tour now including dates at Radio City Music Hall. The group is all over the Billboard charts, selling more than 3.8 million records in the U.S. alone, and has had 7 sold-out US Tours. They have performed on Dancing with the Starts and have an upcoming PBS Special.
I would love to share a CD Gift pack with one of my readers. It includes an 18-month desktop calendar, heart charm keepsake and VIP access to a virtual Celtic Woman community. All you need to do is leave a comment below on why you would love to win by March 4 at 11:59pm EST and I will select a winner on March 5th.
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Keeping it real: I was provided this CD for review and to keep by Music Moms of Team Mom. The comments here are real and from my heart. I highly recommend this CD. It is a true delight.
No tags for this post.You Have Been Hit With a Snowball and Giveaway
The snow is falling all around and the ground is just absolutely beautiful. The weather makes for treacherous driving, but you have to admit that it can be fun playing in.
One of the fun games my girls and I love to participate in is snowball throwing. Oh yea just when you are not looking and SMACK… you are hit! The girls will run just laughing their little hearts out to get ready to throw their next snowball.
So when I heard that there was a petition to try and get Snowball throwing as an event at the Olympics, I was all over this. You see, I have always wanted to be a part of the Winter Olympics since I was a little girl but since graceful is not in my vocab… I have just given up all hopes until NOW. Now, I can throw a mean snowball so I think I should be the first one recruited for this event right? Who is with me?
Go sign the petition and let’s join together so we can all be in the even together. Now if you just feel like you cannot sign the petition now and need to work on your snowball throwing skills, no worries! Coca-Cola has developed an online game to get you prepared and perfect your snowball throwing skills. Let the games begin .
As you are preparing and perfecting your skills, I have 5 shirts (You pick your own size) from the IFST and Coca-Cola to giveaway to show you are serious about your snowball throwing skills for this year’s Winter Olympics. Also, guess what? One lucky reader will also win:
Collector’s edition bottle sets from the 2008 Beijing Olympics!
All you need to do is leave me a comment below to let me know how which video you liked the best from the IFST Blog.
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(Leave a comment for each entry you do) Contest will end Feb
May the Winter Olympic Games Begin!
Full Disclosure:
Coca-Cola is running an online parody campaign called the ‘International Federation of Snowball Throwing’ designed to generate excitement for the upcoming Olympics and promote TCCC’s Olympic sponsorship in an unexpected way. I was not paid in anyway to write this post. I love snowball throwing so wanted to join in. I may end up with some great Coca-Cola merchandise though
Yoplait Frozen Smoothie Review and Giveaway
I have always enjoyed smoothies, but it has been years since I have actually made my own here at the house. I was so ecstatic to be able to review the new Yoplait Frozen Smoothies. I wasn’t sure what to expect at first, but I have to say it was so easy to make and the taste was excellent. I could see myself eating one of these everyday as a great snack that would be great for points on my Weight Watchers adventure.
Did you know seven out of 10 Americans do not consume the daily recommended amount of fruit? Every Yoplait Smoothie contains a full serving of fruit as well as real Yoplait yogurt pieces with live & active cultures. Yoplait Smoothies are a good source of calcium when prepared with milk according to directions, and an excellent source of antioxidant vitamin C.
Simply add milk to a Yoplait freezer package, blend, and in less than two minutes you can enjoy a nutritious and delicious smoothie guilt free! At 110 calories per serving, Yoplait Frozen Smoothies make creating the at-home smoothie convenient, simple and worry free.
Let’s take a picture tour of how easy it was to make these!
Gather the milk and the smoothie package. I used the single Hamilton smoothie blender to make this smoothie.
Pour the entire package of the yoplait smoothie into the blender and add the milk.
Put the lid onto the blender.
Press the blender button to make the smoothie.
After a minute and half…. you have 2 servings of a fruit smoothie.
See how easy it is? This would be easy to make in the morning before you head out the door for the day or in the evenings for a snack. Like I said, the taste is delicious. It really is great taste that will leave you wanting more!
Would you like to try them out for yourself? Print off this $1.25 coupon to use on your purchase. Also… you can win your very own prize pack of a coupon for a free package and the blender. All you need to do is leave me a comment below telling me what is your favorite smoothie. I will pick a random winner after the contest ends on Feb 3, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. Extra entries?
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P.S. The coupon, blender, information and the prize pack to give away were all given to me from Yoplait and MyBlogSpark.
No tags for this post.Circus is Coming to Town Giveaway
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Charlotte, NC Show Dates:
Wednesday January 27: 7:00pm
Thursday January 28: 7:00pm
Friday January 29: 10:30am, 7:00pm
Saturday January 30: 11:00am, 3:00pm, 7:00pm
Sunday, January 31: 11:00am, 3:00pm, 7:00pm
Be sure to get to the arena early to check out the All Access Preshow.
Step onto the arena floor and into The Greatest Show On Earth® at the All Access Pre-show! Come an hour before show time to join Clown College® and learn how to be a circus clown.
10 Reasons You Can’t Miss the All Access Pre-show!
1) An amazing elephant paints right before your eyes.
2) Learn juggling, makeup and fun with the world famous Clown Alley.
3) See a one-of-a-kind special Ringling Bros®motorcycle as built by Orange County Choppers.
4) Meet the performers up close and get autographs.
5) Witness Klose’s Performing Canines jump through obstacles and hoops.
6) Be amazed as Zingmaster Alex teaches magic to audience members.
7) See performers jump rope and do tricks on the low wire.
Watch the contortions and table juggling of the Chinese Qi Qi Har Troupe.
9) Try on actual clothes used in The Greatest Show On Earth.
10) It’s FREE with your ticket, so get in on the fun!
You can win a family four pack for your family opening night. Just leave me a comment below that you would like to win and I will pick a random winner on January 21st at 12:00pm EST. Good Luck!
Cottonelle Debate
Are you team under or team over?
I am proud:
Cottonelle is getting to the bottom of a great debate raging across America. Cottonelle wants to know: how do you roll? Over or under? Vote for your preferred way to roll at CottonelleRollPoll.com.
Leave me a comment below and join in the debate to say if your family is Team Under or Team Over!
By leaving a comment on your post they will be entered to win 1 of 10 Cottonelle gift baskets randomly chosen on January 29, 2010 from all entries.
Full Disclosure: I am entering a contest for a month’s worth of Cottonelle toilet paper as a member of the Mom Bloggers Club.
No tags for this post.Cheerios 100,000 Book Giveaway!
We are a huge reading family. Each night we take time to sit down for family time and M reads her chapter book to us and then I will read to the girls. I just love having this time each night with the girls. Also, the girls love books. They are always asking for new books and so delighted when they see new books come in.
Cheerios has teamed up with Jon Scieszka and First Book to distribute 100,000 new books to kids in need across the country. Through the 100,000 Book Giveaway, the five states receiving the highest number of votes will each receive 20,000 new books for local kids – and we need your help to decide where the books should be donated!
By answering the trivia questions featured in this challenge, you can help select the states that will receive new books for local kids. For every trivia question you answer correctly now through August 31st, 2010, you can cast one vote for the state you want to receive new books. The more questions you answer correctly, the more votes you cast!
We take so much for advantage and don’t realize how a simple book is wanted so bad by children that just cannot afford them in their household and county school system. We are very fortunate here in our school system for the Pre-K division. Each week a new set of books is sent home in a reading bag for myself to read to L. We were so thrilled when this program started for the first time this year, but I never realized till Cheerios brought to my attention how this is wanted so badly by other states and school systems!
Please take a moment and go to the site and answer some of the trivia questions to cast your votes to where the books should be sent.
Cheerios sent to us through My Blog Spark a gift pack.
All the books shown above were included and also a box of the Frosty Cheerios. They included a Barnes and Noble gift card as well. Each book was the perfect shape to fit into travel bags for the girls and just the right length. Each night we would read one, and the girls just loved sitting there listening then asking questions at the end. No book is the same, so I really recommend at the end of each book you read to your child, to let them ask questions to see how much of the book they actually do comprehend!
Cheerios through My Blog Spark would like to offer one of my reader’s this same gift pack. All you need to do is:
1. Leave a comment about your reading routine with your family.
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I will close this contest on Dec. 19th at 11:59pm EST.
Full Disclosure: I did receive the Cheerios, prize pack, information, and giveaway from Cheerios through MyBlogSpark.
No tags for this post.Holiday Gift Guide 2009 Winners
Thanks everyone for reading and sharing our Holiday Gift Guide this year.
Drumroll Please…. Here is a list of the winners!
Story Building Palace from SprigToys.com
Comment #19 – Jill L
“The Original Christmas Classics”
Comment #8 – Carolina Mama
Veggie Tales: “Saint Nicholas A Story of Joyful Giving”
Comment #24 Miranda @ Keeper of the Cheerios
Comment #33 Nanette
Congratulations to all the winners!!! Stay tuned this week for more great Holiday Gift Ideas!
Holiday Gift Guide 2009
In an effort to make sure the girls have more toys that do not require any batteries, I have been on the lookout for “greener” toys for this holiday season. I’m so excited to share my finds!! I would like to announce One Moms World Holiday “Green” Toy and Entertainment Gift Guide.
Please feel free to share with your friends .
Guess what, I also have some of the items to give away TO YOU so it can help you out during this wonderful Holiday Season.
Giveaway Items:
Story Building Palace from SprigToys.com
“The Original Christmas Classics”
Veggie Tales: “Saint Nicholas A Story of Joyful Giving”
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Hope each and everyone one of you have a joyful and wonderful Holiday Season!! God Bless
