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Chicago Toy and Game Fair Giveaway!

Lisa — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:27:12 +0000

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The Chicago Toy and Game Fair is coming November 19 – 20! If you read this blog regularly, you’ll know that I’ve given a family pass every week, and this week is no different!

At the Chicago Toy and Game Fair, you can play and purchase hot new toys and games as well as favorite classics, and meet their inventors. There are two unforgettable days of fun for all ages – Star Wars Breakfast, stage events, life-sized toys & games, contests galore, Young Inventor Challenge, costumed characters, mind-bending tournaments and much, much more.

If you want to take your family, here’s what you need to do:

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Doubting Thomas

Lisa — Thu, 05 May 2011 16:11:14 +0000

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I’m going to go somewhere on this blog that I really haven’t before — church. As you all know, my daughter attends Catholic school. Part of that deal is that we attend to church on Sundays (not that we didn’t do that before. However, I do have to admit that we go more now that she goes to school there). I try not to go into too much religion here, because I don’t want to offend others that aren’t my religion. However, our priest brought up something in our homily on Sunday that mirrors life too much that I can’t not comment on it.

In the Catholic Church, we are in the Easter season. Our readings and homily were about Thomas and how the term doubting Thomas has come around. Father Wayne talked about how many of us have seen Jesus (nobody raised their hand of course). However, even though we’ve never seen God, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit, we all believe in them. (There was more to the homily than this but this is jist of it).

Last night, Bill made the comment to me about how real life right now is mirroring this homily. The news was lamenting on about how Obama isn’t going to release the pictures of a dead Osama bin Laden. How does this tie into the homily (if you haven’t caught it yet)?

Our government has said he’s dead. I have to go on the faith that they are telling the truth. Even though I can’t see with my own very eyes (like I can’t see Jesus), I have to believe that he is. I’m not a Doubting Thomas.

Personally, I don’t want to see these pictures, and I do not think they should be released. Just because we are citizens of the United States doesn’t mean we are privy to things like this. Plus, those people who are clamoring so much for them aren’t going to believe that the pictures are real anyway (remember Obama’s long for birth certificate).

What are your thoughts? Do you believe Osama is dead? Do you want to see the pictures? Why? And if your Catholic, do you have a homily that really struck home for you?

Prilosec OTC Giveaway!

Lisa — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:15:40 +0000

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This giveaway is now over. The winner is abitnerdy. Congrats!

I rarely get heartburn myself — only when pregnant or if I eat cocktail sauce. However, ever since Bill had food poisoning, he gets it quite often. If you can believe it, he even gets heartburn from water (I still can’t figure that one out). One of the ways his doctors have controlled it is Prilosec.

Since this is product known and trusted in our home, I wanted to pass along a great deal and a great giveaway to you all!

For the great deal: Buy two 42-count Prilosec OTC products in a single transaction and get a $25 gift card!

And now for my great giveaway! I’ve arranged for one of my lucky readers to get a special Prilosec OTC gift pack with a $100 AMEX giftcard! Here’s what you need to do:

Leave a comment and tell me your favorite guilty-pleasure food! (mine’s shrimp with cocktail sauce!)

These will give you extra entries:

1. Twitter about this contest. I’ve made it super easy by adding a tweet button up by the title of this post! You can do this daily — just leave me a comment letting me know.

2. Stumble this post and add this post to other social media sites like Digg, Kirtsy, Blogging Zoom, Reddit, Propeller, Etc. (1 entry for each social network).

3. Add this to any forums you belong too. Please give me the URL, so I can verify.

4. Comment on another post on this blog. Let me know which one, so I can give you credit. The more posts you comment on, the more entries you get.

5. Add this contest of contest linkies (and let me know which ones please). Each Contest Linky gets you another entry.

Each of these gives you 5 additional entries:

1. Blog about this on your blog. Please give me the URL, so I can verify.

2. Subscribe to this blog using either my email or RSS feed

3. Add my badge to your sidebar:

4. Subscribe via Kindle

This contest will end on January 26th at 11:59 pm CST! Good Luck!

Wednesday’s Hero

Lisa — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:28:11 +0000

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I sat here trying to think how to start this post. What did I want it to say? How long did I want it to be? I wasn’t sure how to begin. I turned on some Christmas music to help get me in the right frame of mind to write a Christmas Wednesday Hero post, but it wasn’t really helping. I mean, how do you properly thank a group of people who have given up everything in their lives to serve you and protect people all over the world with just a single post on a silly blog? Many of these Men and Women haven’t seen their friends and families in months and many won’t be seeing them for many more months. How do you thank them? They are away from home during the time of year when everyone should be together. How do you thank them for that? Some of them will never see their home or loved ones again because they laid down their life for a complete stranger. How do you thank them for that? I guess the better question would be are we able to thank them enough?

To all those who have completed their service, the ones who are serving, the ones who have payed the ultimate sacrifice and those who may have never served but help those who have and are, Thank You and Merry Christmas.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Luvs Giveaway

Lisa — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:37:13 +0000

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This giveaway is now over. The winner is Jennifer. Congrats!

It’s only been a short time since Will was in diapers, so I know what it is like to try and find the best diapers on the market. However, I found that Luvs has been soliciting feedback from current users and due to demand Luvs will be replacing the backsheet currently found on their diaper products with an adorable, new monkey design – (a look that is preferred three-to-one by those surveyed)! The diaper packaging will also received an upgrade that will consist of new, updated photography and an added back package panel that will provide parents and caretakers with additional product information. While our look may be new, the diapers will still be comprised of the same trusted and safe materials used in all previous versions of the product – and will still have the same performance, quality and value parents have come to expect from the Luvs brand.

The new Luvs packs won’t be in stores until later this fall, I have arranged for one lucky reader of mine to receive a sample pack (before they even hit shelves!!). They currently only have them in size 4 to offer right now. Here’s what you need to do:

Tell me one thing you look for in a diaper.

Each of these gives you one additional entry:

1. Twitter about this contest. I’ve made it super easy by adding a tweet button up by the title of this post! You can do this daily — just leave me a comment letting me know.

2. Stumble this post and add this post to other social media sites like Digg, Kirtsy, Blogging Zoom, Reddit, Propeller, Etc. (1 entry for each social network).

3. Add this to any forums you belong too. Please give me the URL, so I can verify.

4. Comment on another post on this blog. Let me know which one, so I can give you credit. The more posts you comment on, the more entries you get.

5. Add this contest of contest linkies (and let me know which ones please). Each Contest Linky gets you another entry.

Each of these gives you 5 additional entries:

1. Blog about this on your blog. Please give me the URL, so I can verify.

2. Subscribe to this blog using either my email or RSS feed

3. Add my badge to your sidebar:

4. Subscribe via Kindle

This contest will end on November 15th at 11:59 pm CST! Good Luck!