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Get Organized with Extra Space Storage and WIN!

June 27, 2012 by 1 Comment

You know how moms often tell their bad confessions? I am going to tell one of mine right now. I am not an organized person at home. I can organize all day with my work but the organization is a big fat fail at home. Don’t get me wrong, I keep my house clean but my desk or drawers in the house are very chaotic. Every year, I have the same resolution – be better organized at home.

Fortunately, there is help for people like me. I was honored to meet Extra Space Storage earlier this year at the Blissdom Blog Conference. Very detailed and customer service oriented team members who literally swept me off of my feet to let me take a moment to relax while they packed all my things to ship back home for me. How awesome was that? Huge relief!

Extra Space Storage has over 870 locations to help tame your extra load. Do you have a piano, extra bedroom suit, lawn equipment that just will not fit anymore at your house? No problem, they can help you. Check them out.

WIN!

From now until July 8, you could win gift cards to receipt scanners and even an iPad in the Extra Space’s ‘What’s In Store’ game. You can even discover useful organization tips from their professional organizers!

TO ENTER:

Make sure to click this link and you will get to play Storage Wars. You will see this on your screen:

Then you will get to choose a unit which will determine your prize.

Good luck and I can’t wait to hear what you win. Will it be the iPad?

Disclosure: I was compensated for my time by Extra Space Storage in promoting their giveaway. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

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An Energy Drink that is healthy for YOU! – {Giveaway}

June 18, 2012 by 194 Comments

V8 has come out with a new Energy Drink – V8 V-Fusion Sparkling.

The great thing about these drinks are that they are made with 1/4 vegetables and 1/4 fruits. So many energy drinks are filled with non-healthy ingredients. There are no worries about this drink as they do not have the unhealthy ingredients.

There are only 60 calories in each 8-ounce can. The sugars in each can equal between 11 – 13 grams. The good thing about the sugars though… all the sugars are straight from the fruit included in the drink. There is no added sugar, artificial colors or preservatives. This is what I am talking about now!

I first tried these drinks at the Blissdom Conference in February of this year. I could not believe the taste. I had to get my friends at the conference to taste their drinks and actually talked them into giving me their extra drink. Seriously, the drinks are that good!

My precious M wanted to do a taste test and much to my surprise, she really enjoyed the drink as well. M and L are not real big vegetable fans, so this helps them get in the extra vegetables and fruit in their daily diet.

Available Flavors:

* Black Cherry Pomegranate
* Strawberry Lemonade
* Tangerine Raspberry

I love the fizz from soft drinks, but of course do not drink them often because of the calories and sweetners. This is a great alternative with just enough fizz, great taste and ingredients that you do not have to be shameful about.

Would you like to taste the flavors too? You are in luck!

WIN

One lucky reader is going to with a V8 V-Fusion Sparkling gift pack. Including:

* V8 V-Fusion Sparkling
* Gaiam Yoga/Gym tote with an easy-reach outside pocket for your refreshments (This bag is coming in so handy with my 5K Training.)
* A Philosophy Raspberry bubble bath to add some refreshing bubbles to your bath
* A $25 Sephora gift card to help you sparkle inside and out
* An Essie nail polish to add some sparkle to your nails
* A versatile to-go cup so you can quench your thirst with an iced V8 V-Fusion Sparkling on-the-go

ENTER

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Disclosure: I was provided a gift pack from V8 V-Fusion in order to facilitate my review and as a thank you for my time. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

Filed Under: Contests, Mom Reviews Tagged With: V8 Review, V8 V-Fusion Sparkling

Treat it Forward with Wendy’s this Father’s Day – {Giveaway}

June 11, 2012 by 31 Comments

As you know, this Sunday is Father’s Day! Though you may still be searching for that perfect gift for dad, Wendy’s has something that you can all do together to help other families! And it’s yummy, too! We did this last year as a family and had the best time sitting together eating our Frosty’s and laughing together at special memories we were reminiscing over the last year. You can enjoy your Frosty and treat it forward.

Now through Father’s Day, anyone can help children in foster care find permanent, loving homes. Continuing its Father’s Day Frosty Weekend tradition for the sixth year in a row, Wendy’s is inviting customers to help raise money for Wendy’s Wonderful Kids.

This signature program of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is dedicated to finding permanent adoptive families for children in foster care. Here’s what you need to know:

Who: Everyone! And dad, too!

What: Help Wendy’s make a big donation to Wendy’s Wonderful Kids, the signature program of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption that is dedicated to finding permanent adoptive families for children in foster care. They want to beat last year’s $1.4 million donation! Let’s help them get there!

When: Father’s Day Weekend (June 16 – 17)

How: There are three ways to donate:

1. Buy any Frosty product: On Saturday, June 16 and Sunday, June 17, for each Frosty product purchased, participating Wendy’s will donate 50-cents to Wendy’s Wonderful Kids. (includes the original, parfaits, shakes and floats).

2. Use a mobile-friendly website to check in at Wendy’s: Wendy’s will donate 50-cents for every customer that checks in at Wendy’s restaurants during Father’s Day Weekend (June 16 and 17 only) using Wendy’s special mobile-friendly website found at www.wendys.com/treatitforward.

3. Re-tweet: Now through Father’s Day, re-tweet one of @Wendys special Twitter posts with the hashtag #TreatItFwd—and Wendy’s will make a 50-cent donation. You can follow @Wendys on Twitter at https://twitter.com/wendys.

Please join in and help out this wonderful foundation. We are going to give you a boost as well.

WIN!

One lucky reader is going to win a $10 Wendy’s gift card.

TO ENTER:

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Disclosure: Wendy’s provided me a small gift for this post in conjunction with The Motherhood. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

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Come Build With Lego This Month at Myrtle Beach

June 6, 2012 by 22 Comments

Everyone loves LEGO’s right? It was such a fun treat growing up to play with LEGO’s. My girls started loving LEGO’s as toddlers with the bigger LEGO’s. Now, they have downsized to the little ones. Every time we visit Downtown Disney, they have to go into the LEGO store and just love seeing all the models made out of LEGO’s.

Guess what? You will get this opportunity as well in Myrtle Beach for FREE. The LEGO Summer Brickation will showcase the best of what the LEGO group has to offer. It will enable children and adults to benefit from a fun, hands-on experience of building and creating LEGO bricks and products. Different activity areas will be featured, providing families enjoyment in everything from building, games and challenges, to photo opportunities with life size LEGO models.

The exhibit will be open from now until July 17 near the Boardwalk Winery and Margaritaville at Broadway at the Beach. It will be open daily to public and remember it is free of charge. It doesn’t get much better than free right?

To help kick-off this fun exhibit, we have a fun giveaway package to one lucky reader. The prize pack contains: LEGO Club Magazine, 10 Bricks to Click (pack of ten bricks with building instructions) and pirate hat.

To Enter:

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Disclosure: This is a sponsored and compensated post from LEGO and Gigicoin. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

Filed Under: Contests, Family Travel, Travel Tagged With: broadway at the beach, lego brickation, myrtle beach

Lower your grocery bill with Food Lion + Giveaway!

March 25, 2012 by 49 Comments

We live by our budget each month. I check into our software daily to ensure we are not going over budget. Each week, I have a limit of $75 for our weekly groceries. Due to several factors in the economy, food prices are increasing at an alarming rate. We have to use coupons and purchase generic items in order to stay within our budget each week. I sit and do a weekly meal plan all the while ensuring we are staying away from high fructose corn syrup products. Is it easy? No, but it is definitely doable.

Thank goodness, Food Lion is helping us stay within our weekly budget. I have been a loyal Food Lion customer since I was a small child and would go shopping with my mom. Food Lion was also my first job. I was a cashier and got moved to Office Assistant very quickly during my high school days. So, naturally, I am going to give props since we go way back. It helps though with all the recent changes that Food Lion has went through in their stores.

Food Lion has lowered their prices all throughout their store. They have also added several food items under the brand name “My Essentials”

The My Essentials brand can be found on just about every food product that you can think of on the grocery shelves.

You may think since it is a generic brand, that the taste would be less than thrilling. This is actually the opposite. If you put the generic brand beside a regular brand, you would have a hard time telling the difference. My girls or hubby has yet to say a word about the food tasting different. I purchased all of the My Essentials items below this past week and none of the products have high fructose corn syrup. Huge score since you are receiving a healthier item minus the increased price.

Food Lion gave me a $150 gift card to do my shopping. I came out of the store with a total of $158 spent. The grocery trip fulfilled all our grocery needs for the next two weeks. I was one happy mom!

Overall, I am a very pleased customer. It did take me a while to shop because I was looking for the high fructose corn syrup in every product but I was able to come away with several My Essential items, several quality meats and lots of fresh produce. Take your time, remember your budget and keep your meal plan in your hand. You can shop for less at Food Lion.

When I came home from shopping, I actually whipped up an easy recipe for my Mom’s birthday using two items from the My Essentials brand. Check out this easy German Chocolate cake that is so moist. It got raving reviews from everyone at the party.

YOU can experience the new lower prices at Food Lion.

GIVEAWAY

One lucky reader is going to win a $50 gift card to Food Lion.
Congratulations to Comment #5. Please check your email!

To Enter:

1. Leave a comment to let us know if you have tried the new My Essentials brand at Food Lion.

Extra Entries:

2. Tweet this post

3. Subscribe to our feed

4. Follow @OneMomsWorld on Twitter

5. Follow @FoodLion on Twitter

Contest ends April 1, 2012 at 11:59pm ET.

Disclosure: I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central for Food Lion. I received a gift card and product kit to facilitate my review. All opinions and thoughts are of my own.

Filed Under: Contests, Mom Reviews Tagged With: food lion review, my essentials review

Decorate your home with Glade – WIN!

March 22, 2012 by 52 Comments

Let’s face the music — air fresheners can bring a wonderful aroma into our house, but the packaging isnot always the prettiest. Well Glade® must’ve heard us moms across the U.S. because the new Glade® Limited Edition Spring Collection is adorable!

In fact, the new Polka Dot Petals™ candle released a wonderful aroma in our house this weekend.

I didn’t have to compromise my style with the dispenser. This made for a very happy mom. As I had that extra bounce in my step, my husband just looked at me. He said: “So, is it the smell or the decor that has made you so happy?” — HA! The sun was shining in the windows, the candle was burning, and I was in full spring cleaning mode. I am not the only one that gets in these modes, right?

The extra cheer could possibly be coming from the Glade® packaging design. The Limited Edition Spring Collection offers fresh, exhilarating fragrances that are complemented by vibrant packaging design. In each of the rooms, I have placed a premium room spray. The packaging screams “WELCOME, SPRING!”

My favorite room spray is the Polka Dots Petals™. My husband is really enjoying the Magic Meadow™. He is a carpenter, so it would be expected in my opinion.

You can see for yourself — the Glade® Limited Edition Spring Collection home fragrance products look as good as they smell.

WIN!

One lucky fan is going to win a Glade® Limited Edition Spring Collection gift pack.

Congratulations to comment #9! Please check your email.

To Enter:

1. Leave a comment sharing which scent you like from the new Glade® Limited Edition Spring Collection.

Extra Entries:

2. Tweet this post

3. Subscribe to our feed

4. Follow @OneMomsWorld on Twitter

5. Follow @Glade on Twitter

2 Glade® Candle 4 oz. Jars and 3 Glade® Premium Room Sprays

Gift pack includes 2 Glade® Candle 4 oz. Jars and 3 Glade® Premium Room Sprays

Don’t forget to visit your local Food Lion and pick up the new Glade® Limited Edition Spring Collection before they run out!

Contest ends April 1, 2012 at 11:59pm ET. United States Only.

Disclosure: This post is in conjunction with a partnership with Glade®. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

Filed Under: Contests, Mom Reviews Tagged With: glade candle jars, glade review, glade room sprays, glade spring collection, magic meadow, polka dot petals

New Strawberry Shortcake DVD Coloring Contest

March 20, 2012 by 1 Comment

Spring gets sweeter with two new whimsical adventures. On our road trip this weekend, the girls were having fun with the new adventures. I love that a childhood favorite of mine is back just in time to be a favorite of my girls. Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Brick Road and Strawberry Shortcake: Bloomin’ Berry Garden, blossomed on DVD earlier this month from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

First, Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Brick Road follows Strawberry and her friends as they retell the classic “Wonderful Wizard of Oz.”  When a cyclone blows Strawberry to the strange land of Oz, she runs into trouble with the Wicked Witch and must journey to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard how to find her way back home.

Next, Strawberry Shortcake: Bloomin’ Berry Garden shows that it’s time for garden growing fun with Strawberry and her friends as they prepare for the Spring Flower Festival!  But when magical sparkles make the Berrykins grow tall and the girls shrink down small, they discover that even when they’re tiny, they can make a big difference.

There are not many shows left in today’s society that is good clean family fun. The girls have watched the DVDs over and over this past weekend and have enjoyed telling their favorite parts to me. I would love for  you to experience the fun with your kids as well.

COLORING CONTEST

1. Print this coloring sheet. Have your little one color to their delight.

2. Once the coloring sheet is finished, submit photos of your child’s beautifully colored sheets via Twitpic (or your fave twitter photo tool) to @onemomsworld and @FoxHomeEnt, using the hashtag #StrawberryShortcake.

3. Fox Entertainment will then choose five of their favorite submissions, and those readers’ entries will be re-tweeted from @FoxHomeEnt and each will win both new Strawberry Shortcake DVDs described above! Pretty cool right?

Let the coloring begin. I can’t wait to see the beautiful artwork!

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Firebird’s Grill serves up a delicious meal – WIN!

February 2, 2012 by 7 Comments

Sit back and imagine you are in a lodge with a fireplace and you are being treated with several courses of delicious meals. Wake-up! It does not have to be a dream as you can head over to Firebird’s Grill to be served up a dose of reality.

We love living in the mountains and love dining out in the mountains. I get all cozy when I walk into restaurants that have that lodge feeling atompshere. We were treated to a meal recently at Firebird’s Grill and I am still licking my lips. It was that good. Would you like to try it out for yourself? Stay with me till the end for an awesome giveaway.

As you walk into the Firebird’s Grill lodge, you are welcomed with their state of the art wood grill. Your food is actually cooked right in front of you with this huge grill that is open with a full view for all the guests.

Also, let me just say. There are no worries if you would like to be served up a little wine during dinner. HUGE selection across the wall.

Firebirds Wood Fired Grill introduced a taste of Colorado to the Carolinas when it first opened its doors in Charlotte, North Carolina in December of 2000. The restaurant is the creative concept of owner and restaurateur, Dennis Thompson, who regularly travels out west. He fell in love with the feel of the area as well as the food. Drawing from those experiences, he developed Firebirds.

As we were enjoying the lodge atmosphere, we enjoyed chatting with friends and having a fabulous taste test with appetizers.

Is your mouth watering yet? If the appetizers were this delicious, you can imagine how dinner filled our taste buds.

I ordered the pecan crusted trout. I can sit here and taste it now. Hands down the best trout I have ever tasted. It was divine!

My husband of course took this chance to order steak. I am not a fan of red meat, but my husband sure is a big fan. He enjoyed every bite and it was a quality size.

The girls enjoyed chicken tenders and I was so pleased it was paired with a fresh fruit bowl. As you can see, the kids portions were plentiful.

After all this delicious food, the team brought out a huge display of their desserts. Now, if your mouth was not watering before, please beware. The desserts hit the sweet spot just right. Oh can you imagine?!

DELICIOUS!

Firebird’s Grill is the place for a date with the one you love or even a huge family gathering. You will not be disappointed.

The whole experience was unique. You can just sit back and relax by the fireside and enjoy each others company. The restaurant was not loud. Also, the employees take great pride in their job. Everyone was very knowledgeable and delivered superb customer service. The interior design is also just so welcoming and inviting.

Since you are about to lick the screen with the food photos (haha), you should totally go for Valentine’s Day coming up. I can even help you a little. WIN!

One lucky reader is going to win a $50 Gift Card to the Firebird’s Grill of your choice.


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Disclosure: I am so grateful to Firebird’s Grill for treating my family to a full course meal. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

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Orlando Vacation Home Rentals + GIVEAWAY

January 8, 2012 by 80 Comments

As my readers know, we travel to Florida frequently. My husband’s family lives there so that is one reason we travel frequently, but the other reason is we love visiting Florida. One of our destinations that we thoroughly enjoy is the Orlando/Kissimmee area. We have stayed in several hotels that we absolutely have enjoyed, but it is nice when traveling with extended family members to have a choice that will give you more room. We were able to experience this with a recent stay in Orlando, Florida with Global Resort Homes. You will want to read all the way to the bottom of this post for an awesome giveaway!

From our first emails with their marketing team, I knew we were in professional and great hands. All my questions were answered with grace and very detailed. Also, they were very willing to get on the phone and talk as well. Customer service really plays a positive role in today’s society. So many companies only look at the bottom dollar and forget that people like to be treated with respect. Believe me, Global Resort Homes will go the extra mile for you.

As we drove the 10 hour trek to Florida, we were so ready to walk in and just relax. We were greeted with an amazing house. It really is your home away from home.

It was just so nice to walk into a beautiful decorated home with so much space and know you can just relax the entire time with your family. This particular house had 5 bathrooms and 4 bedrooms. There were two master bedrooms downstairs complete with their own bathrooms. Hubby and I both agreed we have not ever slept so soundly as we did while on vacation here. The beds are absolutely refreshing and so welcoming for a great night’s sleep.

There is also a third bedroom downstairs with a bathroom attached.

Each bedroom has it’s own television so there is no fighting over the show. Even though, with all the family and the pool outside, there probably will not be much television time unless late at night.

Also, the home comes complete with an awesome game room. See, I told you, who has time for television? The girls were having a blast with foosball while my husband was enjoying playing pool with family.

Upstairs includes two more bedrooms which one room is dedicated to Mickey Mouse. You are in the land of Disney after all.

The living room is spacious and has plenty of room to catch your Sunday football game with an afternoon nap on the sofa. Just speaking from experience!

One thing that is hard to do when you go on vacation and stay in a hotel is cook meals. You can spend so much money each day in meals. If you stay in a vacation home rental, then you are able to cook your own meals and save money. The kitchen was very spacious and you either had a choice of the dining room or sitting out by the pool with a huge table. We opted for the outside table most times to take in the beautiful sunshine but it was nice to have a full dining room for everyone as well.

Global Resort Vacation Home Positives:

* Only 10 to 15 minutes from the Main Gates of Disney
* Very quiet neighborhoods
* Great for extended family vacations
* Resort Parks with Clubhouse Activities
* Security Alarm
* Security Guards at the Gatehouses
* AWESOME Customer Service

As you can see, we were very impressed with our stay and very much recommend a vacation home rental for your next family vacation. Speaking of next family vacation… You can WIN accommodations for your next vacation right here!

GIVEAWAY

One lucky reader is going to win a 3 nights/4 days vacation rental from Global Resort Homes. Your home will be of your choice from a 2 -3 bedroom condo or townhome. You will select your dates. The vacation needs to be before December 20, 2012. Blackout dates include: March, April, June – August 15.

ENTER:

It is very easy to enter to win.


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Disclosure: Global Resort Homes provided us with a Vacation Home Rental for our stay. No compensation was given. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

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Beat those winter-time dry skin blues (WIN)

December 28, 2011 by 11 Comments

Winter is finally arriving here in the mountains of NC. My family is actually huge fans of winter as we are big snow lovers. The part of winter though that I wish would just disappear are the dry skin woes. For some reason, dry skin attacks my body in the winter in a mean way. I drive my husband insane with all the itching and complaining.

I am sure that I am not the only one with dry skin woes during the winter months. I was so thankful to be given the chance from Neutrogena to test out their Neutrogena’s Norwegian Formula hand cream.

My grandmother is the one that I first heard about Neutrogena. I respected her opinion so much, so I knew this hand cream would probably not let me down. Every night after I take a shower, I lather my hands really well with the hand cream. I will wake up in the mornings and feel my hands first thing. The first morning, I had to loudly proclaim to my husband – “Feel how soft my hands are!” Needless to say, he was pretty impressed and very happy. He said, will this tone down the itching and complaining?

The hand cream has been clinically proven to improve the look and feel of your skin. The formula is long-lasting, glycerin-rich, and concentrated. This is a product that you will want to keep close to you all winter. It only takes a very small dab each day. The hand cream is only $4.99 so definitely a product that is affordable for your budget. Also, the hand cream is available in original and fragrance-free.

WIN!

One One Mom’s World reader will win a Neutrogena® prize pack that includes: Neutrogena Hand Cream, Neutrogena Rainbath Shower and Bath Gel, Neutrogena Body Oil, Neutrogena Lip Moisturizer SPF 15 and Neutrogena Moisture Wrap Body Lotion.

To Enter:

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