So I decided to post the Mingles on my personal blog here at Red Knows how, because noone wants to see my mug on Mommas Review. They want reviews and giveaways! So here it is… finally it worked.
To join in the Mingle visit Eighty MPH Mom!!!
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Mom Logic is giving away a killer prize pack of goodies to celebrate the new Kia 2011 Sorento. Which I must say for a non Kia lover this vehicle looks outstanding. It seats people like a mini van but looks like an SUV. Now that’s my kind of car since I refuse to be a mini van mom. It’s all sleek and surprisingly beautiful.
Mom Logic asks the question: If you could take your family on a road trip anywhere, where would you go and why?
This is the easiest question for me! My children have never, ever, been to Disney. And that is something that every child should experience. It’s a magical place that brings out the child in everyone. We would travel from Massachusetts down to Florida making fun stops along the way. In a vehicle like the Kia Sorento 2011 I bet it would be a comfortable and FUN ride!
If we wanted to go on a short road trip then I would take the kids to NYC for the weekend. It’s not that far from us (maybe four hours, tops) but we never seem to get there because our lack of a reliable travel vehicle. When I compare us traveling in my husbands Jeep Wrangler to us traveling in a nice and spacious one like the one above I swoon at the thought.
If you would like to enter this giveaway for a chance to win over $1000 worth of great stuff visit Mom Logic!
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My Rewards for Weight Loss
I’ve decided to reward myself when I lose weight until I reach my goal. As a way to keep track and to mark when I reach each goal I will be listing the goals here and as I hit them crossing them off.
- Goal #1 – Lose 10 lbs – Get a Manicure
- Goal #2 – Lose 20 lbs – Get a Pedicure
- Goal #3 – Lose 30lbs – Get a massage
- Goal #4 – Lose 40lbs – Get hair done
- Goal #5 – Lose 50lbs – Get a new pair of jeans
- Goal #6 – Lose 60lbs – Get a spa day including mani, pedi, and massage
- Ultimate Goal #7 – Lose all 70lbs – Buy a new wardrobe for my new body
Do you set goals for yourself? What sort of treats do you want when you reach your goals?
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Right now, A Psych Mommy, is running an amazing giveaway that I would love to win for my sister. She’s going through a rough patch right now and the little things make her happy. To appease her she is borrowing my flat iron, I’d love to win one just for her!
So head over to A Psych Mommy and try your chances to win a Babyliss Pro Nano Titanium Ultra Thin Flat Iron courtesy of Misikko.
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Win a pair of U-Neaks
I’ve been seeing these fantastic shoes around the blogosphere and each time they make me swoon! Thankfully I have another chance to win them, Outnumbered 3 to 1 is having a Blog Launch Party and she’s offering a pair of U-Neaks for one lucky winner. So go and enter… if you don’t want them, I’ll take them!!
Enter here: http://outnumbered3-1.blogspot.com/2009/05/uneaks-review-and-giveaway.html
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In My Opinion – 6th Week
Here is Take 6 of Write from Karen’s weekly video meme called “In My Opinion” It is so fun that you should join in. The questions this week were:
1. How many siblings do you have? What is your birth order? Do you agree with the birth order characteristics? Why, or why not?
2. What’s the tastiest meal that you can cook? Do you like to cook? Tell us about your cooking experiences.
3. Has anything bad ever happened to you that turned out to be for the best? Has anything good ever happened to that turned out to be a bad thing in the end? Tell us about it.
Next weeks questions are:
April 15th Questions
1. Tax Day. Boo! What are your thoughts on taxes? Necessary evil? Too much? Too little? How do you feel about Joe the Plumber’s mission to abolish the IRS? (You can find out more about the Fair Tax proposal here.)
2. Are you more likely to avoid conflict or engage in it head-on? Why?
3. Which do you prefer: the hustle and bustle of city life or the quiet and serenity of the country life? Why?
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Ever since starting Mommas ReviewI’ve grown an even larger addiction to social networking sites or cool little tools for improving me. I used to be a Myspace hag and that was my bread and butter of networking. Now I’ve realized there is so much more out there for me. I’m on Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, The Blog Frog, Twitter Moms and a couple Ning communities.
Well, thanks to my friend Speedy from Eighty MPH MOM I realized how much more there could be out there she pointed out the number one on this list to me which helped spur this post.
Best new place to share you and your ideas:
- Blippr- this site is similar to twitter in the respect that you only have a short message you can place. It combines a tweet length with a product review. What I ended up doing was spending hours looking at every ones reviews and finding some cool new sites.
- Yelp – forget large scale product reviews this site allows you to review your local haunts. I searched for my town (by not including what I was looking for just typing location) and found reviews of the local pizza place, restaurant, and places to visit with the kids. Largely addicting!
- Plurk - truthfully, I don’t know if I like Plurk. No one I know is on there so it kind of defeats the social aspect of it. And the layout is whack (ha! I said that). But the concept is fun where you basically are doing a time line of what’s going on with you as you go. You can incorporate photos and even YouTube videos. It’s intriguing.
Coolest new business tools:
- Twaitter - I cannot wait to spend all day using this. Twaitter is a web-based tool that allows you to schedule tweets! I can prepare announcements for Mommas Review or remember to share my best friends birthdays on Twitter. The pre-scheduling aspect is fantastic. They are also working on automatically tweeting a link to all blog posts (like RSS feeds on Twitter) so I can’t wait to try that either once they roll out with it. You can also set recurring tweets if you like to toot your own horn. This is FREE (my favorite word) up to 500 tweets.
- Gimp - No, gimp is not new. I know that. BUT I have decided that i can’t afford to purchase software like Photoshop and I know people like Jen my bestie, use Gimp for all their blog header/button making. It worked out great for her. I need to start figuring this out since I’m so fickle and always wanting change. I can’t keep bugging Amanda for it.
Best new app for your cell phone:
- Skype Mobile- yes, I just downloaded Skype onto my cell phone. This might seem odd to everyone since why would I need a phone service on my phone. I use Skype ever since joining Extraordinary Mothers, it is where alot of the women get together and chat. We use it for conference calls, sure. But mainly we use it as a chat application. Now I can chat with my EMSS ladies on the go. I can even call my Skype girls – and I don’t think I’d be wasting cell phone minutes. I definitely need to learn more but it’s exciting right now!
Do you visit any of these sites frequently? Are there any other cool ones that I must know about? Do tell, because I’m always interested in making a larger social footprint and having fun virtually.
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A story of phones
Once upon a time in the Proulx household we had plenty different portable phones. These phones were strong and durable. Or so we thought. Here is what happened to those phones:
- Phone 1 – Run over by my husband with his Jeep
- Phone 2 – Dropped into our fish pond by my husband
- Phone 3 – Run over by my husband with his Jeep – Snapped in half, not down the seem, like top and bottom completely seperate but connected by wiring. The phone still semi-worked after this
- Phone 4 – Dropped in a cup a water (kind of my fault)
- Phone 5 – Current phone – Dropped so many times the screen is a jumble of letters
As you can tell, phones don’t last so long in our household. Though this is a short story it ’tis the truth. Which is why we need a new phone. Especially a VTech Phone. My good friend Jennifer (aka Speedy) from Eighty MPH Mom is giving away a VTech cordless phone that is dreamy!
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