And the winner of the Giveaway is Tim!

Tim won the giveaway! CONGRATULATIONS!

I'll be contacting you today.

Sorry for the delay. These last few days were beyond crazy and I only now managed to get to my blog. Tim, I'll be contacting you.

What??? Nobody wants Twenty Free Bucks?

Alright, People! I announced a give-away several days ago. Make that about 2 weeks ago, and only two people entered.  Hey, great odds for them and I am sure they are thrilled no-one else entered. But if I am to be able to get more give-away sponsored by different companies I can't show them that only two people entered. The giveaway ends on the 15th at midnight CT. Here is a link to the give-away , go enter for your chance to win $20, usable at any of the CSN stores.

Site review and Giveaway!

I have the opportunity to give a product review for CSN stores and bless one of my readers with a (drumroll please) $20 gift card usable at any of their on-line stores. While this does not cover shipping costs you still get $ 20 free bucks. A sweet deal in my book. Thank you very much! CSN stores.


The review? It's on TV stands. Here is a link to their Flat Panel TV Stands . You know, until I was asked to write this review I didn't really spend much time thinking about TV stands. But once I did, well... The thing is, almost all of us have at least one TV and TV stands just are part of it. Even if you have a wall mounted TV, you'll still need a place for all the other gizmos. You know, the cable box, voltage conditioner, game equipment, DVD player, etc. We have two flat screen TVs. One is in the family room (which will soon be my FIL's room). The other one is in what used to be our living room. One is a stand alone TV on a stand (older), the other one is mounted to the TV stand itself (way more secure). Both stands are are open. And here comes the decision making if you are planning to buy one. While we like the closed TV stands for their neat appearance they have two drawbacks. Heat from the gizmos and hard to access cables etc if you need to make adjustments. The drawback with the open one is that no matter how neat you are, it just looks more cluttered. The biggest drawback by far  is dust! dust! dust! Although we are done buying TVs (I am saying NO to a TV in the bedroom) I can't help but wish that I had known about tvstands.com when we bought the last TV 1½ years ago. Best Buy didn't even come close with their selections. And here is what really rocks... some of their models even ship free!

Here is what you can do to win the gift card. You have chances for two entries! Leave me your name (screen name is fine) and link to your blog. If you have no blog be sure to send me a separate feedback with your e-mail address so I can contact you if you win. If you send me two comments like that I can post one and leave the one with your e-mail private since all my posts are first screened. For your second entry visit a CSN site and post a link to an item you would buy with the $20 giftcard or put the giftcard towards.

This give-away ends midnight CST on March 15, 2011 and is open to US entrants only.

How will the winner be chosen? We have a very scientific approach. On March 16, 2011 I will print the entries on equally sized pieces of paper. My blind folded son will pick one piece of paper and his sister (who knows how to read and will not be blindfolded LOL) will read the name. I will notify the winner via e-mail and on their blog if I have their blog address. The winner will also be announced on my blog. The winner's name and e-mail will be forwarded to CSN Stores and they will then e-mail a coupon code to the winner.



Bon Chance!

And the Giveaway winner is.....

..... (Drumroll Please.....)


Gina from Fairiemom78.blogspot.com!

Congratulations Gina, I am sure you will love this set. Please send me a comment with your e-mail address (won't be published) and I'll forward it to the publishing company.

Thank you all for taking part in this give-away. I enjoyed the added bonus of learning about lots of new blogs and visiting them.  I just wish I could send each one of you one these wonderful kits.

Giveaway!!! Giveaway!!! Giveaway!!! Giveaway!!!

I am stoked pleased to present this amazing give-away. Publications Internation Ltd has graciously consented to a 6 book set give-away of their interactive library. As some of you may recall, I wrote a review on their products a few weeks ago. In case you missed it, here it is again.

Fun in education has come a long way since I grew up. Take the above pictured set for example. I wish they had stuff like that when I grew up! So what is this you ask?


Combine richly illustrated 'Britannica' produced books with a SD-X Interactive Reader Pen and let the magic happen. It did in my house. So much so, that the kids had fights over who got to use it when and how long. We purchased the the above pictured set at Sam's Club for about $25 (sold out in a few days) and it's worth every penny and more. The set contains 3 books and a 'Reader' Pen which when placed at various points on each page provides hours of additional information and audioclips. We bought the set which has 'EARTH', 'HUMANS' and 'SPACE'. There are, however, other combinations available. The set is published by PIL Books and here, for your convenience, is a link to their interactive store. In addition to the hours and hours of interesting soundbites your child can also challenge herself with quizzes. Now, because this set became the ball everyone wanted to play with in our home I appreciated the added bonus in the headset port available on the pen's top. This was helpful for us as one kid was able to listen to his heart's content to the lessons while perusing a richly illustrated book without distracting his sister who was working on something else at the same time. We simply used the headphones from his I-Pod Shuffle.

And here's the BIG NEWS!!!!The wonderful folks at PIL are making the magic happen for one of you lucky winners.  Here is how you enter:

1. Leave a comment and be sure to leave a link to your blog.  If you have no blog leave me two comments, one I can publish and one that contains your e-mail address (which will not be published) . This will be counted as one entry.
2. For an extra entry visit the PIL website and copy a link to a product that really interests you. Come back and leave me a comment with the link added to the PIL link you liked.

How will the winner be chosen? We have a very scientific approach. On January 10th I will print the entries on equally sized pieces of paper. My blind folded son will pick one piece of paper and his sister (who knows how to read and will not be blindfolded LOL) will read the name. I will notify the winner via e-mail and on their blog if I have their blog address. Please contact me immediately (my comments are only published after approval so your e-mail address and real life name are safe and won't be published)  The winner's name and e-mail will be forwarded to PIL Publications and they will then mail the goodies to the winner. Now please understand, that PIL agreed (understandably so)  to mail  the book set to winners in the continental US only.  If you live outside the continental US you will unfortunately not be able to qualify for this give-away.

If you have any questions please let me know. I've never done this before and hope I didn't make things too hard to  understand.

Bon chance!