House Hunting An iPad

February 16, 2012

The following post and giveaway is sponsored by HGTV’s House Hunters, yaaaaay House Hunters! Like I mentioned last week, Mike and I are super-fans of HGTV’s House Hunters, and tonight the new season for House Hunters International is starting 10:30/9:30 central on HGTV. I will be live tweeting it (with the tag #HouseHunters), but I am ALSO [...]

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Beauty Mint Giveaway

February 6, 2012

This review and giveaway is sponsored by BeautyMint.com. Leave a comment for a chance to win a personalized skin care set! I am very lucky to be blessed with nice skin. I used to take terrible care of it; that is to say, I didn’t care for it at all. I slept in my makeup, [...]

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From Me To You

December 19, 2011

my love tree, let me show it to you I wanted to do something nice for a stranger this year, and after talking with Mike and our family, we thought doing something for a reader was the way to go. You all are amazingly supportive and awesome, and to thank you for caring about my [...]

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A Holiday Giveaway

November 15, 2011

This post – and giveaway! – is sponsored by Shutterfly. Send holiday joy with a custom card from Shutterfly. Ever since I was a little kid I have loved looking at the holiday cards that get sent to our home each holiday season. My favorites have always been the ones that stood out from among [...]

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Photography: Archiving 102

October 1, 2011

So, you have your photos organized. Now what? You have to back them up! I bought an HP portable external hard drive after my desktop computer crashed (specifically this one) and it’s been fabulous. I feel so much better about my photos knowing they are backed up on a hard drive (and also on flickr). [...]

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Giveaway: Dove Nourishing Oil Haircare Line

June 26, 2011

I am a hair product junkie. My shower currently has six different kinds of shampoo and conditioner in our shower organizer (Mike just has room for one bottle, sad trombone). My products range from super expensive to affordable quality brands you can buy at the grocery or drug store. A few weeks ago Dove asked [...]

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