Tablespoon.com

Have you heard of Tablespoon.com yet?

Tablespoon.com is the newest site from General Mills where you can find and share recipes.

When you visit Tablespoon.com, you can:

• View more than 25,000 of the best recipes on the web
• Share recipes easily on places like Facebook and Twitter

When you join Tablespoon.com, you can:

• Add your own recipe creations
• Create your own version of existing recipes that suit your taste.
• Save up to $80 every month with printable coupons from brands you love Rate, comment, and save the recipes you try

Bonus! And if that wasn´t enough, if you add your recipes to Tablespoon, your recipe and profile could be featured in a Tablespoon newsletter, which is sent to thousands of subscribers! The Tablespoon team will select some of the highest rated member submitted recipes to be featured in the weekly newsletter. If your recipe is highly rated, it could even be the main feature!

General Mills and MyBlogSpark has provided me and offered to give one prize pack (pictured above) to a lucky reader!

To enter: Go to Tablespoon.com and browse the recipes. Tell me which recipe you would like to try out at home.

For extra entries: Join Tablespoon.com and add a recipe and come back and post it here.

Entries will be taken until Saturday, November 14th at 9am CST. At that time I will post the winner and you have 48 hours to get back to me or a new winner will be picked.

Michael Buble Crazy Love

I will be honest, when I received a copy of Michael Buble’s newest release, Crazy Love, I had no idea who he was. My oldest daughter even asked me why I had it since she knew I had no clue who he was.

Let me tell you, after listening to this CD over and over and over and over and…well you get it, I have decided that if they make a movie of my life that Crazy Love will be the soundtrack to it. This is one of these CD’s you can play all day long and never get tired of it.

Even his first single, Haven’t Met You Yet, goes along with my lifestyle, lol. Take a look and see!

You can find more about Michael Buble from his site or facebook fan page. I strongly encourage you to check out his videos on YouTube also. I can’t believe this is the first I have ever heard of him, but better late than never. You can order your own copy of Michael Buble’s Crazy Love here.

Mystic Wonders Wonder Ball Review and Giveaway

Back in August I was set a Complete Laundry System from Mystic Wonders Inc. It comes with a Wonder Ball for the washing machine and two Wonder Dryer Balls for the dryer.

I wanted to use the Complete Laundry System for awhile before posting it. First off let me say I was skeptical that this would be all I needed to do my laundry, no detergent, no dryer sheets no anything.

Right off I could tell I liked the dryer balls. The little nubs on them keep the clothes separated and redistribute the heat cutting down on drying time. I could tell a difference in my drying time from the very first load.

The washing ball took me a little longer to like. First off it says you don’t need ANY detergent with it, which kind of scared me. I do use detergent with mine but only use about 1/5 what I normally would. This saves me a ton of money right there. After about 6 weeks using it, once the old detergents were out of the clothing, I could tell a huge difference in the softness of the clothing.

The dryer balls are engineered to last forever where the washer ball needs to be replaced/recharged every 3 years or 2000 washes. Can you imagine how much money this will save you?

Mystic Wonders has offered to give one lucky reader their own Complete Laundry System.

To enter: Leave a comment with how many loads of laundry you do a month.

For bonus entries:either share this giveaway on your blog, facebook or twitter. Then come back and leave a link to where you shared it.

You can tweet about it up to four times a day with each one earning an extra entry.

Entries will be taken until Friday, November 20th at noon CST. At that time I will post the winner and you have 48 hours to get back to me with your information.

Winner of Once in a Blue Moon

Winner of Once in a Blue Moon and Woman in Red is...

christine said...

I love to read every chance I get, and for the most part I have enough time to read, but every now and then I come across a book that I just don't want to put down, and that's when I wish I had more time to read.

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Better Life Winner

Winner of Better Life green cleaning products is:

Cricket said...

tweeted! :) http://twitter.com/cjw518/status/4946820106

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Snow White DVD Winner Picked!

A new winner is picked for the Snow White DVD giveaway since the first winner didn't come forward.

The new winner is....

Misty said...

My favorite is Happy, wouldn't you like to be happy ALL THE TIME? :)

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Once in a Blue Moon Review / Giveaway

I was given a copy of Eileen Goudge’s latest book Once In A Blue Moon to review by One2One Network. In all honestly I have not finished the book yet with my hectic schedule, but I have really enjoyed what I have read so far.

Sisters Lindsay and Kerrie Ann have known hardship from an early age. Without guidance from their neglectful mother, their only aid came from an unlikely source, a retired exotic dancer by the name of Miss Honi Love. When the girls’ mother was sent to prison, Miss Honi tried unsuccessfully to save them from being separated and sent into foster care.

Thirty years later, Lindsay is still trying to reconnect with her sister. The owner of a bookstore in the sleepy California seaside town of Blue Moon Bay, she was lucky enough to have been adopted by a loving couple. Unbeknownst to her, Kerrie Ann has suffered a very different life. Bounced from one foster home to the next, she ran away as a teenager before becoming a drug-addicted single mother. Now, newly sober, Kerrie Ann is fighting to regain custody of the little girl who was taken from her.

Neither sister’s expectations are met when they’re finally reunited. But as the two sisters engage in the fiercest battles of their lives, they are at last drawn together despite their differences, restoring belief in the unshakable bond of family.

Wow right! I can’t wait to finish it. I have gotten drawn into the characters lives. You can find our more about Eileen Goudge from either her Facebook page or you can also follow her on Twitter.

You can win your own copy of Once in a Blue Moon and also a copy of Eileen's best sellers Woman in Red.

to enter: Leave a comment about how often you read and if you think that is enough time or you wish you had more time.

entries will be taken until thursday, November 5 at noon CST. At that time a winner will be picked and you will have 48 hours to get back to me with your information or a new winner will be picked.

Winner of Snow White Picked

Winner of the Snow White DVD/ Blu Ray combo pack is

momof5 said...

I like the dwarves, they all think they are fine without snow white and then learn they really need and love her.
thanks

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Better Life Green Cleaning Products

If you have been following my blog any length of time you might know my dirty little secret….I don’t like cleaning!  I can’t stand the smell of chemicals and with an asthmatic child in the house she would always have to leave if I did some heavy cleaning…so many times it didn’t get done.

A month or two ago I came across Better Life green cleaning products. I was given the Starter Set above to try out. I didn’t want to just get it and simply post a review on it right away. I wanted time to (gasp) clean with it.

Better Life offers a wide range of products for all of your cleaning needs. I have been using all of the products in the starter pack since I got it. Right now, because of my cleaning needs, my favorite is the what-EVER!

Besides having the coolest labels I have seen, what-EVER! is an all purpose cleaner that also disinfects. It has actually been proven to remove more germs and bacteria than conventional disinfectants! And the best part,it is solvent-free (no ammonia, alcohol, ethers) and pH neutral. For my family this means that even my daughter with asthma has no excuse not to help clean now…sorry honey. It cut through splattered grease on the microwave and cook top like you would not believe!

Better Life Green Cleaning Products has offered to give one lucky reader the same starter pack that I received.

To enter: Visit Better Life online and check out the “Flower Test” and give me your opinion/feelings on the test.

For extra entries: follow me on twitter @jane4girls 

Then tweet this: I need Better Life http://www.cleanhappens.com/ from @jane4girls so @cleanhappens in my house! http://jane4girls.blogspot.com/ Go win it!

You can tweet twice a day. Entries will be taken until Friday, October 30th at noon CST. I will then post the winner and you will have 48 hours to get back to me with your mailing information or a new winner will be picked. Anonymous entries will not count, I need a name and email address or link to your blog.

Winner of Harry Connick Jr CD!!

free indeed said...

Ok, I'm one of the few who doesn't know this guy???? I know the songs on this CD...guess that's my age showing? An obscure fact...his voice was in the animated movie The IRon Giant...now to figure out where? I'lll love to hear these songs sung by him...hope he hasn't changed them tooo much!

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Diamond Edition

Disney just released a new DVD / Blu-Ray combo pack of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. You can print a $10 coupon for it here. There is also a $5 mail in rebate here.

Snow White is one of my most favorite Disney movies of all times, it brings back great memories. We were able to get an advanced copy of this from One2One Network, thank you!

Currently Target has it for $24.99 and Wal-mart has it for $19.99 (both prices before coupon and rebate). ToysRUs also has it for $19.99, but if you spend $25 on ANY Disney Princess purchase you can also get a FREE baking set. (normally they will use the before coupon price for the qualifier) If you are even thinking about getting this DVD I suggest you print the $10 coupon now as they are limited and it expires Oct. 10th.

You can watch a trailer of the movie here.

BUT….. thanks to One2One Network you can win your very own copy!

To enter:

Leave a comment about your favorite Snow White character.

For extra entries:

Tweet this: Win a Snow White Diamond Edition DVD/Blu-Ray combo @jane4girls http://jane4girls.blogspot.com/  @one2onenetwork

You can tweet twice per day for an extra entry each

Blog about this giveaway on your blog with a link back to the giveaway

Entries will be taken until Friday, October 23 at noon CST. At that time I will post the winner and you have 48 hours to get back to me with your mailing information or a new winner will be picked.

If you are going to enter please make sure you are subscribed so you will get an email notification if you win!

Harry Connick Jr. Your Songs

Harry Connick Jr (flutter) just released a new album “Your Songs” on September 22nd.

He added his own soulful jazz twist to old time favorites. Songs included on the new CD are:

Album Tracklisting (Originally performed by):

All The Way (Frank Sinatra)
Just The Way You Are (Billy Joel)
Can’t Help Falling In Love With You (Elvis Presley)
And I Love Her (The Beatles)
(They Long To Be) Close To You (The Carpenters)
Besame Mucho
The Way You Look Tonight
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack)
Your Song (Elton John)
Some Enchanted Evening
And I Love You So (Don McLean)
Who Can I Turn To? (Tony Bennett)
Smile (Charlie Chaplin)
Mona Lisa (Nat King Cole)

There are several songs like Your Song and Just the Way you Are that I love, but there are others that while Harry sings them great, I can’t imagine anyone else singing them such as Can’t Help Falling in Love With You.

If you don’t know who Harry Connick Jr is (gasp) then you can find out more about him on his website or on facebook.

One lucky reader will get their own copy of Harry Connick Jr’s Your Songs to swoon over thanks to One2One Network.

To enter:

1. Go to Harry’s website or facebook page and tell me something about him, besides that he is good looking and sings great.

and/or

2. Tweet this: #harryconnickjr your songs giveaway on @jane4girls blog http://jane4girls.blogspot.com/

You can tweet twice a day and then after each tweet come back and leave a comment that you tweeted.

Entries will be taken until Wednesday, October 7th at 5pm CST. At that time I will pick the winner and you will have 48 hours to get back to me with your information.

NOTE: if you enter to win make sure you are subscribed either by networked blogs or email so that you will know if you won or not. Anonymous entries will be voided.

Over now...A contest for ME! Please help me win

I have not had a chance to try new Purex 3-in-1 Sheets yet, but after watching this hilarious video and printing my coupon I am going to be trying them very soon.

This is a Purex Insider contest. The Insider with the most unique views of this video will win. Please help me win by watching and then re-posting the video with my link onto your blog, facebook or twitter. I would really appreciate it!

The contest ends October 2nd, so if you have not clicked the link for the video please do so before then.

Swiffer WetJet Review

About a month ago I got the new Swiffer WetJet in the mail from MyBlogSpark. Since I don’t like mopping I put it off for a bit my floor was clean I had to wait for it to get very dirty.

The newly designed Swiffer WetJet has dual spray nozzles in front to start breaking up the dirt with the solution before the WetJet pad even touches it. There is also a removable large scrubby strip in the front that is great for getting those dried on messes.   

Almost all of my downstairs is ceramic tile and it really hides the dirt well. After cleaning the entire area this is what my WetJet pad looked like. Pretty gross huh?  It really locked in the dirt and picked up the pet hair too.

The Swiffer WetJet was so easy to use that my kids wanted to use it too. I kind of felt like Tom Sawyer and painting the fence. It was so much easier than using the old fashioned mop and bucket and lugging that around the floor.

Swiffer is so sure that you will love the WetJet that they are even offering a Money Back Guarantee on it.

Back to School Pack Winner

New winner of Back To School pack

jlshad

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Winner Picked!

new winner of the Back to School pack

is.....RM

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Piggy Paint

We were recently sent some Piggy Paint for the girls to try out.

In case you have not heard of it Piggy Paint is a kid (and mom) friendly nail polish that contains no formaldehyde, toluene, phthalates, biphenyl A, ethyl acetate or acetone.  It is a water-based polish that is specially formulated of natural ingredients.

With three girls always wanting to have their nails done this is a nice alternative to other polishes. I like that it is odorless as our house can sometimes smell like a nail salon.  This is also a safe polish for little kids who are always sticking their hands (or feet) in their mouths. Luckily mine are past that stage.

You can follow Piggy Paint on twitter or look for them on Facebook for secret sales and special offers. Or you can use this code: 4GIRLS15L for 15% off your purchase until October 15. This code is good on anything including sales items. If you spend over $25 shipping is FREE!

Winners Posted Come Check it Out

Sorry for not posting these earlier.

Winner of Haagen-Dazs is Lisa the scrap princess


Winner of Back to School cookie pack is cooking like a frugalite


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Pepperidge Farm Fishful Thinking

Munchkin Caterpillar Spillars

Munchkin Caterpillar Spillers review by Kimberly at Just Frugalicious. I received these but had no little ones to try them out, so I passed them onto Kimberly.

"We picked them up from her house last Thursday (before we visited Chick Fil A for their complimentary sandwiches). I really wanted to keep them all packaged up until we returned home – hoping not to have to gather them, three kids, Chick Fil A Sandwiches, backpacks, any anything else that might have been in the truck when we unloaded at home. But, that didn’t happen! With three inquisitive kids in the back seat of the Avalanche…..the package didn’t stay contained for too long! And, I of course ended up hunting throughout the entire back seat to try to find all the cups!!

At bath time, I had finally found all the cups and re-introduced them to Evan! HE LOVED THEM! He would scoop up the water and spill it out…… He loved when the water ran out of the bottom of the cup!

The cups are suppose to hook together to make a catapillar, but we didn’t have much success with that function of the product. The cups wouldn’t stay attached – and with one touch of a finger, they disconnected.

Addison, our nearly 4 year old, loved the cups as much as Evan did! She played with him as I gave his bath – and at the end all three of us were equally wet, I believe!

Evan was entertained by the cups and big sister!

What suprised me was how fast the toys dried! I pulled them out of the bathwater and tossed them into the sink to drain. By the time I had Evan to his bed to finish drying and dressing him, the toys were nearly water-free. I tossed them in his bed with him – in an attempt to keep him occupied while Big Sister had a bath!

Of course when I walked back into his room, all the cups had been tossed out of his crib (except this one) – which he quickly tossed upon my arrival. What a game of pick-up!!"

PUR Flavor options winner

Winner of the PUR Flavor Options pitcher is:

Shelley said...

I would like to see blueberry. Thanks
Mrspoofa(at)aol.com

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Make Back to School Special

About two years ago my family started a tradition: Fresh Baked Cookie Wednesday. It marked the middle of the school week for my kids and gave us time to snack together after school and talk about the plans for the weekend.

MyBlogSpark and Pillsbury gave me some of the Ready to Bake Back to School cookies to try out. One thing we love about these (besides just eating them raw) is that you can bake as little or as many as you want. That comes in very handy in my house since my kids only like “hot” cookies, so I can make 6-8 of them and not have leftovers or I can make the whole batch.

The Back to School Ready to Bake cookies are available for a limited time and one lucky ready is going to get to try them out also, plus the items pictured above thanks to Pillsbury and MyBlogSpark.

How to enter:

Leave a comment about a school tradition your family takes part it. That is it! I will pick a random answer and post the winner. Entries will be taken until Tuesday, September 15th at noon CST. At that time I will post the winner and you have 48 hours to get back to me with your mailing information or a new winner will be picked.

New winner for Top This Box Top giveaway

new winner

pamelab1 said...

pizza rolls, chicken nuggets (anything that can be nuked) or sandwiches.

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Top This BTFE giveaway

Winner of the Box Top for Education pack and coupons is :

Leisha said...

Sandwiches are great on the go foods for us. Whether it be PB&J or ham and cheese, they are portable, quick and filling for anytime of the day!

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Mabel’s Labels

Mabel’s Labels is another great label company. Not only do they have labels for all your kids back to school essentials like clothing, shoes, books and lunch box accessories they also have labels for organizing your home.

Mabel’s Labels offers a “Neat Freak” combo pack, a "Classroom” pack and also “Custom canister and spice” labels.

From now until September 15th, you can earn Mabel Moolah. For every $80 you spend in a single transaction you will get a code for $25 in Mabel Moolah to come back and use between November 3-25th.

Mabel’s Labels – Perfect for school, camp or daycare.
www.mabel.ca

New winner picked for Fiber One...again

Maybe third time is a charm!

one more winner was picked for the Fiber One giveaway since only one of the two new winners came forward.

new winner is kittykat. you will have 48 hours from the time stamp on this post to contact me or a new winner will be picked.

Hip-T winner

Winner of the Hip-T is

Chau

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New winners picked for Fiber One

wow, three original winners picked and only one came forward...now to pick two more winners. Again I stress subscribing to the blog so you don't miss your shot at winning a great giveaway item.

onecrypticmama

and

deanewilliams

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PUR Flavor Options Review and Giveaway

Okay to be completely honest when I first heard about PUR Flavor Options when it first came out several years ago I was confused. Sometimes it doesn’t take much. Anyway I thought that you basically bought a “mix” to go into your filtered water so you would get some sort of filtered pitcher of kool-aid…wrong.

Put simply you have your pitcher of filtered water and can buy small flavor cartridges that fit into the top of the PUR pitcher.

Filtered water comes out as you pour, but with the push of a button you can add little shots of flavor to your water…or just keep it unflavored if you want, that is the option.

The available flavors are lemon, grape, strawberry, peach and raspberry. Each flavor cartridge provides up to 75 servings and contain no sugar, calories or dyes.

I was recently given a PUR Flavor Options pitcher to try out at home. It took awhile to figure out how much flavoring I liked in my water. I am now officially a “3 click” grape lover while my kids are  “2 click” raspberry lovers. That is one of the nice things about the PUR Flavor Options is that everyone can add more or less flavor to their water just with the click of a button.

One lucky reader is going to get to try the PUR Flavor Options system at their own home.

How to enter:

Leave a comment about what other flavors you might light seeing from PUR.

For extra entries:

Follow me on twitter and tweet this: PUR Flavor Options gives you the option of adding flavor to your filtered water #jane4girls http://bit.ly/10EjRI

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Follow my blog

Blog about this on your blog with a link to the post

Entries will be taken until Thursday, September 10th at noon CST. At that time I will post the winner. You will have 48 hours to get back to me with your mailing information or a new winner will be picked.

Haagen-Dazs Five

Recently I was sent coupons from Haagen-Dazs to try out a few of their different yummy creations.

One of their product lines that we tried out is called five. The reason behind the name is that this line contains only five ingredients: skim milk, cream, sugar, egg yolks and vanilla. So simple…so good.

This is the closest thing to home made ice cream without all the work of cranking and all the wait time.

By the way Haagen-Dazs loves Honey Bees. To find out how they are helping the honey bees, go to www.helpthehoneybees.com.

Haagen-Dazs has also offered to give away a special prize to my readers consisting of 3 FREE item coupons and a re-usable tote!

How to enter:

leave a comment about your favorite flavor of ice cream

For extra entries:

Follow my blog

Blog about this on your blog with a link back then come back and post a comment telling me you did so

Follow me on twitter

Tweet this: http://bit.ly/PVb9j Haagen-Dazs loves Honey Bees and I love FREE ice cream @jane4girls 

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Entries will be taken until Monday, September 14th at noon CST. At that time I will post the winners name. You have 48 hours to get back to me with your mailing information or a new winner will be picked.

Anonymous entries must have a name & email address so I know who you are.