Giveaway Winner!-UPDATED!

Hi all! We have a winner to our Pillsbury giveaway:
Mavericks Mommymanny_01373@
http://plowlady.blogspot.com/search/label/Our%20Giveaways
(Had to pick a new winner due to bad email addy, so be careful entering your info!!)

CLOSED- Pillsbury Orange Sweet Rolls gift pack

Hi everyone! Our giveaway has now ended and our winner was drawn randomly out of all the entries. Our winner is: mavericks_mommy said...
When I was little my mother would always make a big breakfast. We would have cinnamon rolls and bacon sausage and pancakes or french toast. Sundays were the one day we really got to see our dad so we would just talk about our week. Congratulations!



Hey there folks! We are honored to offer you, our readers, the opportunity to enjoy a Sunday morning breakfast with an awesome gift pack from Pillsbury:

You, the winner, will receive a Pillsbury Orange Sweet Rolls gift pack that includes a VIP coupon for Pillsbury Orange Sweet Rolls as well as a photo album to help keep your family's sweet Sunday morning memories close at hand.

Nothing says family like time spent with your loved ones! Special thanks to MyBlogSpark and Pillsbury for seeing the love and importance family time means. What better way then to bake up something fresh from the oven and sharing it - and while you are at it, grab a camera and snap some pictures!! Pillsbury has this also in mind by sending you an awesome photo album to keep those pictures in.

MyBlogSpark has come up with the absolute BEST description of these yummy, oh so delicious rolls:

Pillsbury Orange Sweet Rolls are warm, fresh, and ready to serve in just minutes. With an ooey-gooey texture and a delicious orange icing, Orange Sweet Rolls have a mouth watering aroma that is sure to bring your family together like no other breakfast! Packed with the love and flavor of a treat made from scratch, but without the time and cleanup, Orange Sweet Rolls are the perfect addition to your family's Sunday morning traditions.

This paragraph alone makes me want to run to the kitchen and turn on the oven! When we received our coupon, I couldn't wait to bake these puppies up - I asked my sister to bake these for us and she shared her thoughts with us: the kitchen smells AMAZING! Orange....what is it that makes anything orange taste doubly good in the morning?

Here is a cool idea, while you are entering, why don't you send me an email at robnmar at gmail.com with a photo of one of your family's sweet Sunday morning moments - how cool is that?!

We will run this contest until February 21, midnight -
You have up to four entries in this giveaway. :

1-Leave a comment stating whether you are a subscriber or follow us on twitter.
2-Leave a comment sharing how you enjoy Sunday mornings with your family.
3-Leave a comment on what your favorite childhood memories of Sunday morning breakfasts are.
4-Leave a comment stating if you are emailing us a picture of your family.

Good luck!




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(Disclaimer: the product, information, and gift packs were all given to us from Pillsbury and MyBlogSpark)

Giveaway Winners...

Before I lose connection, I wanted to share the giveaway winners with you:]
Karen H and Mary J - I emailed them and their coupons are on the way...thank you all for entering and all of your kind words!!!

Congrats!!!!

CLOSED-General Mills Cereal Spark - New Giveaway!

Hi all...if you are like us, we LOVE cereal. Funny how when you are a kid, only the sugary stuff fills the tummy. Honey Bear and I have become addicted to cereal over the years and right now, General Mills and MyBlogSpark.com have generously offered us free cereal coupons to not only try more of their cereal products ourselves, but to help others try them too!

General Mills announced a commitment to further reduce sugar in cereals advertised to kids under 12 to single digit grams of sugar per serving. The company has already been reducing sugar in cereals while increasing key nutrients, such as calcium and vitamin D, and providing whole grain. I know that I would have bought more while my son was younger, but thats ok, Honey Bear and I eat more now due to the lowering of the sugar content.

Did you know that ready-to-eat cereal eaters consume less fat, less cholesterol and more fiber than non-cereal eaters? Cereals also deliver important vitamins, minerals and other essential nutrients, making cereal a top source of key nutrients in children´s diets.

Other cereal benefits: Ready-to-eat cereals, including presweetened cereals, account for only 5% of sugar in children´s diets.

Ready-to-eat cereal is the No. 1 source of whole grains in a child´s diet today.

More frequent cereal eaters tend to have healthier body weights and lower Body Mass Index measures.Studies also demonstrate the benefits of eating breakfast. A 1998 study showed that children who eat breakfast tend to perform better at school. Compared to children who skip breakfast, children who eat breakfast score higher on tests, are less likely to miss class or be tardy, have fewer reported discipline problems, and make fewer trips to the office.

For more information about kids and cereals, please visit Cereal Health and Wellness.

Studies have been done which demonstrate the benefits of eating breakfast, regardless if you are not a morning person, you can enjoy a bowl of cereal ANYTIME of the day or night - its a great midnight snack!

If you are interested in recieiving a coupon good on any General Mills Cereal, please email me directly, as we are on the road and I would have a greater chance of getting to my emails then to the blog. Email me at: robnmar at gmail.com to enter this giveaway. This giveaway ends January 25th, so get your emails to me! Two lucky winners will recieve coupons in the regular mail - they will be chosen at random from the emails we recieve.

If you dont want to wait, visit here you will find a $1 off coupon for one of four General Mills cereals.


(Coupons, online coupon link, and information have been provided by General Mills and MyBlogSpark. I recieved a coupon for a free box of cereal for participating in this promotion)

Brand New Giveaway - $25 BJ's gift card

Our winner has been chosen:

I'm an email subscriber!Thanks,onepilgrim86[at]yahoo[dot]com
December 17, 2009 12:51 PM



Hi all! Thanks to BJ´s Wholesale Club and General Mills through MyBlogSpark, we were given the opportunity to shop at BJ's Wholesale Club with a 60 day trial membership. BJ's is a warehouse club with one thing different - they accept all manufacturer's coupons which can be used in conjunction with BJ's coupons. For us, that is what makes or breaks our shopping at a warehouse club - coupons.

The BJ's coupon policy is that if a product in a bulk package can be sold individually, you can use a coupon for each product in the package which means, if there are four packages within one big package, and the package is able to be broken down and sold individually, you will be able to use FOUR coupons for that package. Or, break the package open and buy the four individually, its all the same.

Right now, BJ's has a membership special going on where you can get a 14 month membership for $35 (regular member is $45 for 12 months). Click here to locate a club near you and click HERE to get your 60 day FREE trial membership.

In addition, MyBlogSpark is offering one of our readers a $25 BJ's gift card so that they can also take advantage of all the great savings and stock up on all their holiday needs (You will need to either download the free trial membership or already have a membership to use the giftcard).

To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is: (post your answers in the comment section below)

*become a subscriber to our email list OR follow us on twitter @plowlady
OR
*if you have a blog, join MyBlogSpark.com
OR
*leave a comment about something you would like to find under your Christmas tree from BJs
OR
*pass along this giveaway around the net, and tell us that you shared it

A winner will be chosen randomly for your comments

Thats it folks...easy as pie. This giveaway ends Friday, December 18, 2009 at midnight.

Thank you in advance for all of your entries and for passing the word along!

Winner Of The Simple Green Naturals Products!

Ta-da! We have a winner of the Simple Green Naturals cleaning products:

Randomly chosen by contest machine is:
#44 Carol (cdziuba)

Congrats to you and thank you so much to the other entries!!

Review and Giveaway - Simple Green Naturals™!

Simple Green Naturals™! Green on the inside, green on the outside -- Special thanks going out to Denise at Simple Green for this opportunity to not only review this awesome line of products (natural cleaners are all I use!!), but she is also offering to one lucky winner a complete set that I received!!

I bought a few different cleaners to compare quality, dollar sense, and performance - I am highly recommending this line of Simple Green Naturals to you because they not only smell GREAT, but also work fantastic!!

Seriously, we share a bathroom, which I am cleaning at least three times a day. I normally make a mixture of bleach or vinegar with water for disinfecting purposes, but no one likes the smell. So, I buy products like Lysol, Spic 'n Span, Fantastic, and the like - but no one likes the chemical smell or me using these chemically based products. So when Denise sent me these natural products, I was ecstatic!

The first product I used was the glass and surface cleaner. I used it on the window that's in (yes IN) the shower. It immediately removed the soap scum, (mist) which has collected on it and the rosemary mint fragrance made the shower smell, expensive!

I put the liquid handsoap by the sink for all to use and of course, I have used it at least a dozen times since I've put it up there! There's no fragrance, no dry feeling, no soapy leftover on my hands, this is something I have been trying so many different soaps to find!

I used the bathroom cleanser on the shower, toilet and sink. The added rosemary mint smell just makes the bathroom smell, like I said, expensive! I love this smell and never thought the two would make this great smell.

Then we have the multi surface care cleaner which is a lemon verbena aroma to it. With it's clean, fresh lemon smell, and the performance of the product, I am thoroughly impressed on how this worked in my kitchen!

Also included was the carpet care. There's absolutely no aroma to it, you just spray and blot - took my shopping cart (in New York, these are common) wheel stains out of the carpet in a snap!

And lastly, we have dishwashing liquid. Another nice citrus smell which when I used on my pans, took any and all grease off! I hate it when I have to keep re-washing a pan to get that 'greasy feeling' off the bottom of a pan (I cook with olive oil OFTEN!). Well, this dishwashing liquid took it right off in one wash!

It's been an absolute pleasure to not only review these products: Dishwashing liquid, liquid hand soap, multi-surface care, bathroom cleanser, glass & surface care, and carpet care, but this entire set will be sent to one lucky reader!

Simple Green Naturals are made from 100% naturally sourced ingredients, are never tested on animals, promote recycling of the bottles and I had a little laugh with this one, even a common sense note on each bottle - but that's a good thing! If you accidentally get any into your eyes or swallow it, water is your best friend!

For this giveaway:

1 - please visit Simple Green and tell me what product you have used in the past, still use, or would like to use.
You will also find they have done thier own product comparison, and have that information on their site to help you in any choice to go natural; you can purchase their products online; and
2 - enter The Great Green Sweeps, <<<--now closed, no need to enter this option :-)
3 - and sign up for their newsletter.

Do one or all three of these and let me know (Giving you one to three chances to win right there!). For added entries, you can sign up for my own newsletter or twitter me, vote for me at Top Blog Sites, or tell a friend (all of which are located at the right hand side of blog-any page) - just let me know in a separate post that you did.

U.S. only, no P.O. Boxes (prize will be shipped via Fed Ex).

This giveaway ends March 27, 2009

PS: (from their newsletter) Exclusively at buysimplegreen.com! This month’s offer – get a free EGBAR plush toy with every order over $25.00. Order today and enter promotional code EGBAR09 when checking out. Don’t delay - he’s too cute to pass up! EGBAR is Simple Green’s environmental ambassador and his name is short for Everything’s Gonna Be All Right!



Thanks to: for listing this giveaway

Thank you to Just a mom's take on things... for posting my giveaway.
Thank you to Sweeties Sweeps for posting my giveaway

Now Closed - New Giveaway - Thom Filicia’s new book, Thom Filicia Style

Our winner has been chosen and contacted! Congrats cdziuba !! Thank you to all who entered and please make sure you visit our NEW giveaway - Simple Greens Natural cleaning product line!!

Thank you all again for entering, we really appreciate it!



Well, we've got a brand new giveaway for you here, it's a copy of Thom Filicia’s new book, Thom Filicia Style. Thom loves working with people and helping them create special spaces that speak to their personality; spaces that their friends and family will gravitate towards. We've got one copy (hardcover) to give to one lucky winner!

Contest runs 2/28/09-3/14/09, US residents only, please leave a comment stating what you look forward to in 2009 and please, very important....make sure to leave your email address so I can contact you...thank you and good luck!

Thank you to Sweeties Sweeps for listing my blog giveaway
Thanks to Contests 4 Mamas for posting this giveaway
Thanks to All Things Bloggy for posting this giveaway
Thanks to Charlotte (Life's a Charm!) for posting this giveaway

Winners For The Cookbook Samplers Has Been Chosen!

Thank you goes out to all entrants in our cookbook sampler giveaway!! Thank you also for the people who subscribed to my daily mail through it...I really appreciate this.

The winners are Mac and Gwen, both have been emailed their congrats and info request. If I don't hear back from them, a new winner (s) will be chosen.

The winning entrants were chosen randomly by contest machine and the entrant #'s were #2 Mac and #54 Gwen...congrats to you both!

A New Give Away Is Here!

This giveaway is now closed: The winning entrants were chosen randomly by contest machine and the entrant #'s were #2 Mac and #54 Gwen...congrats to you both!

I told you I'd have some surprises for you :-)

I've got two, yes TWO sample cookbooks to giveaway to two lucky winners!! These cookbooks are the type you'd find being sold for a school, organization or church fundraiser -- they're real nice.

They both have the exact same recipes in them, but come in two different book formats. I love cookbooks, and used to have a HUGE collection - I collected antique ones mostly, but spent so many hours pouring over them and my absolute favs were from honey bears' mom...oh how I loved her. But, I don't have any left...

I received three of these cookbook samples and am giving away two of them (no need for repeats in our tiny living quarters).

Winners will recieve ONE of these from the picture above. Just fill out the quick entry form and winner will be chosen 2/28/09!

Thank you to Sweeties Sweeps for posting my giveaway.
Thank you to A Contest Blog for posting my giveaway as well!

Winner Of My First Giveaway Is Chosen!!

Hi everyone!!

Well, I want to first thank everyone who entered this giveaway - I want to thank everyone who promoted it and passed the info on for me...It not only brought attention to my blog, I have been able to make some real nice Internet friends, so thank you from the bottom of my heart!

I don't have a digital camera to show you how the winner was chose, but what I did was, I copied everyone's info into an excel document, took your entry number, put it in the cap which is a prize, tossed and tossed and tossed!

Out came the winning number/name... S. Johnson ... you've been emailed your congratulatory note and to collect your mailing address, I'll have it out to you as soon as you respond!

Thank you all!!

I hope to have another awesome giveaway here for you real soon. Til then, good luck to everyone on all the giveaways you enter, I'm proof that you DO win (and so is S. Johnson!)

Now Closed - My Very First Giveaway Is Here! Time To Enter!!

The winner has been chosed, S. Johnson. Thank you to all who entered, and please, check back often for new giveaways!!

Hi there everyone...

I am holding my first giveaway and hope it opens the doorway to many more in the future.

Until then, let me introduce to you this wonderful girls collection from:

A Soldiers Flowers

These items are handmade and look like a lot of love went into their work. Any young lady would look wonderful in these accessories. The buyer feedback from the site is excellent!

This giveaway is open until February 18, 2009

First we have a black hat with a matching black/red/white clip on flower: (colors in pic are different, but the style is the same)




Next, we have a white hat without the brim with Hannah Montana flower (so cute!!)

Then we have two pony tail holders with spring color tones ribbons and white butterflies

A stretchy headband and three sets of hair clips (skull and roses, multi colored butterflies, blonde little girl) and is apprx 2" wide.

If you'd like to enter, be sure to do so by February 18th! Winner gets to pick from this list which item they would like:
black hat w/flower, white hat w/Hannah Montana, Two ribbon/butterfly pony tail holders, or stretchy headband with three sets of clips.

Rules for entering:

US resident

Subscribe via email or list me in your favorite blogs

Just fill out this quick little form, it has everything there for you

that's it!!





Thank you to Sweeties Sweeps for listing my blog giveaway.

Thanks to Contests 4 Mamas for posting this giveaway