Wee, Wee, Wiiiiiiiiii....all the way home!!!

You need to check out Tweetest Backgrounds blog. She's got some mighty fine Twitter backgrounds for sale and a niiice week two giveway. (Wish I wasn't so preoccupied during the Week One grand opening giveaway!!) This week is a chance for a Wii! Second prize is a nifty Twitter background.

Hurry on over to the Wii giveaway page and check it out. Giveaway ends July 10th.

**Hoping I'll be back to the posting, soon. We've been living life and enjoying the summer, friends, and all that those things bring!**

A few other giveaways...

So, my kids are a little past the potty-training age, but I am pretty impressed by Huggies Pull Ups "The Potty Project" site. Lots of great tips and videos. Yeah, videos...but once you get past the discomfort (took me all of 0.3 seconds), you will love it...they are hilarious and endearing... "Relaaax...just relaaaaax...."

First, though you should check out Frugal Mommy of 2 Girls site for an awesome potty training giveaway--all that you need for pottytraining, including an ultra-flip video camcorder!

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The next one is a Father's Day giveaway that ends TOMORROW (June 19th), so you need to hurry on over! Saving Cents with Sense is hosting a $100 Home Depot giftcard giveaway! I don't know of any dad who wouldn't love a gift like that! We are great Home Depot fans in our household. We rent equipment from them, too, for our fun home-improvement projects. So, check it out soon and be sure to thank me in your acceptance speech when you win. :)

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This one I KNOW my kids would love, as well as my nieces, nephews, and pretty much everyone else I am acquainted with. Go Graham Go is hosting a Street Surfing: Wave LX Skateboard Giveaway! And does it ever look cool! Check it out to see if it is for you...or anyone else you know. I am sure it will match many in your circle of friends and family. AND it will encourage the kids to get away from the video games and go outside to play this summer! How great is that?!

Fun in the Sun giveaway...coming up!!!

Okay, I know and you know I am up waaaaay too late tonight. So, let me show you what has kept my interest for so long!

Running Away? I'll Help You Pack! is teaming up with Misadventures in Baby Raising for an AWESOME giveaway week (plus!) starting June 22nd to July 1st. They have some great sponsors lined up and it looks to be a fun and exciting time! Run on over to their sites (Running) (Misadventures) for a preview of what is in store!

See, isn't this worth a later bedtime?? :)

Father's Day Fling Giveaways!!

You really need to check out these giveaways! Four bloggers got together for some AWESOME giveaways...this is just one (I may point you in the direction of others in a later post...) So, it's Life Starring Ellie and Eve, Mom Start, 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires, & Blessings Abound...

So, the latest one I entered is the Father's Day Fling (#14!!! There are MORE!) Professional Office Guy Giveaway Package. It includes a Keurig Platinum Brewing System and 4 boxes of K-Cups, Peek Pronto with 3 months of paid service, Lands’ End Attaché, and Boost Mobile i776w Cell Phone in brown with $50 pre-paid card! Seriously amazing stuff!
Links to this giveaway... Blessings Abound, Life Starring Ellie and Eve, Mom Start, 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires.


Another cool giveaway from these same bloggers is the Fling #13--Sportmans Prize Package. I KNOW my hubby would love this one. My dad would too, in his younger years. Now, he would just enjoy hearing about our adventures (and the pictures, too!). This one includes the Motorola Motonav TN30, Redington Red.X Outfit Series Rod and Reel, Eureka N!ergy 9 Tent, and E! Power Pak! Everything for the PERFECT combo of outdoor and techie fun.
Links to this giveaway... Blessings Abound, Life Starring Ellie and Eve, Mom Start, 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires.

Here's another great giveaway in their Father's Day Fling. Perfect for my husband, because he doesn't have his own camera, yet. It's the Best Buy Electronics Prize Package! I gotta tell you, I LOVE Best Buy. I window shop there more than at my fave clothing store! This package includes both the Insignia^TM 7.0-Megapixel Digital Camera and the Rocketfish 2MP Autofocus Webcam!
Links to this giveaway... Blessings Abound, Life Starring Ellie and Eve, Mom Start, 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires.

Oh, and this is ANOTHER perfect giveaway for my hubby... the Handy Man Dad's Dremel Tool! He's a great handyman...from fixing up our home (remodel) to woodworking! This would fit right in! This giveaway includes a a Dremel Multi-Max!
Links to this giveaway... Blessings Abound, Life Starring Ellie and Eve, Mom Start, 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires.

So, check out one or all of the blogs listed above. (You can enter at all of their blogs, increasing your chance to win!) There are more giveaways than I just listed. I am sure you will find many that will tickle your fancy!

Kodak Picture Book giveaway @ Rockin Mama

Hey, check out Rockin Mama's awesome giveaway! I love Kodak Picture Books! I have seen them (though I have yet to create one!) and they are beautiful! Just think what a great gift this would be for someone in your life.

Hop on over an enter for your chance to win!

Busy Mommy Giveaways!

You really need to check out Busy Mommy! She is going to celebrate Summer with a fantastic giveaway event for moms! The Second Annual Spring into Summer Giveaway will be held from June 9-20. The Spring into Summer Giveaway will feature great prizes for moms, including an amazing grand prize - a Wii and Wii Fit! Keep your eyes open for some of these amazing prizes! I know I will!

Go here (or click on the button to the right) to check it out.

Pioneer Woman giveaway...BOOTS

Okay, so I know that it would be the odds of winning Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes to ever win a Pioneer Woman giveaway, but I love her site and her giveaways, so I am a sucker and keep entering!

This one is verrry interesting. Very cool and very appropriate for my (married-into) family! She is giving away a pair of cowboy boots--style/type to be chosen by the winner, not to exceed $400. The brand is Lucchese and they look divine! Go and have a peek, then go to The Pioneer Woman and try your luck! Hurry, though. It ends at 8 pm Pacific time today (Monday the 8th).

If you win, be sure to thank me in your acceptance speech! :D

Casio Exlim Digital Camera giveaway!!

In celebration of Father's Day, Casio has generously offered to give away a Casio Exilim EX-FS10 Digital Camera to one lucky reader on The Mommy-Files.

This is a very cool camera...takes great videos, too! So, run on over to the site and sign up now for your chance to win!!!

Good luck, all!!

Okay...let's go for a Combo Post...Steaks & Video Camera

Wooo hoooo! The Mommy-Files is STILL at it (and so am I!). There are TWO more giveaways to try for (and probably more on the site...you really need to check it out).

One is for a Vado Pocket Video Camera from Creative Labs. It is so amazing and so compact! It gives you 2 hours of great video with wonderful video quality at the touch of a button. You also get 2x zoom, awesome low-light performance, and a nice size, 2" antiglare screen! This is a $99 value (great, by the way for grad gifts, Father's Day, birthdays--easy enough for those afraid of technology and fun and compact enough for the younger bunch). Click here to check it out and enter!

The second giveaway will satisfy the actual hunger in you...no, I am not being figuritive or symbolic, you will be FULL and can CONSUME this giveaway! The Mommy Files (again! isn't she incredible?) is giving away a Fire Up the Grill Package from Omaha Steaks, Inc (courtesy of Omaha Steaks, Inc.--aren't THEY incredible?) Now, I just have two words for you......RED MEAT! Seriously...not trying to offend any vegetarians out there, but there is nothing better than STEAKS (good, tender steaks--like these!) for dinner. From the seasoning to the sizzle on the grill...the aroma...the anticipation....ahhhhhhh...it's all a part of an incredible dinner!

Steaks are just a part of this package, however....

In the Fire Up the Grill Package from Omaha Steaks, you receive the following items:
- 2 (6 oz.) Filet Mignons
- 2 (6 oz.) Top Sirloins
- 4 (4 oz. approx.) Boneless Chicken Breasts
- 4 (4 oz.) Omaha Steaks Burgers
- 4 (4 oz.) Boneless Pork Chops
- 4 (5.75 oz.) Stuffed Baked Potatoes
- 1 (6 in.) Chocolate Lover's Cake

Oooooo, chocolate cake!! So, run on over and enter this giveaway, too!!

Red Lobster for the seafood lover in you....EVERYBODY SING!

Okay, I am embarrassed now. I can't find the time to post for HOW LONG and now you are receiving a GLUT of posts from me. That's okay, though. These are for your greater good...you could win a $50 gift card to Red Lobster for a Father's Day Giveaway! Truly! Check it out at The Mommy Files. Anyone could use a free dinner---to have it be seafood at Red Lobster is just cake, baby. (Kim, if you win this, we'll go together...Joel can fix some Mexican food and have Jim over for "guy time". Just remember not to kiss him until you have sterilized your entire face!)

The giveaway ends June 15th--don't be late! (Check out her other giveaways, too...pretty stellar!)

Oh, my! Oh, my! A Toshiba laptop giveaway...

I am really taking it out of all of you, aren't I? After a loooong dry-spell of posting, here I am going all willy-nilly on you. I just have to say, it is all for a good cause. 'Cause if you read these and enter--you may win--THAT is good! (Yeah, stretching a bit, I know.)

Anyway...a new friend on the blogsphere (the mommy-files) is hosting a Toshiba giveway. A Toshiba Portege A-600 giveaway. (Cue ooooo's and ahhhhhh's)

Okay, here's some really cool facts about this computer. I just love specs...if this won't convince you to enter, well, I don't know what to do with you. You must have a plethora of computers at your disposal. Go have a bagel with strawberry cream cheese schmere. It'll make you feel better. Onward...

The Toshiba Portege A-600 is lightweight and ultraportable. (So you won't get exhausted hauling it around on your international adventures!)

- 12.1" diagonal wide screen with LED backlit display
- Toshiba Primary High Capacity 6 Cell li-ion battery pack
- 4th Generation Easy Guard Technology
- onboard Bluetooth
- USB Sleep and Charge/eSATA Combo Port
- Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor SU9400
- Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (SP1, 32-bit)
- 3GB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz SDRAM (memory)
- 320GB HDD (5400rpm) (hard drive)
- DVD-SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) with Labelflash™ drive - Cosmic black finish
- Fingerprint reader (SO COOL! 007 Cool!)
- Built-in Webcam
- eSATA/USB sleep-and-charge* combo port

As a photographer, the 3GB RAM does it for me...it will be as speedy as you need for your interim photo editing. The hard drive space is pretty snazzy, too! Oh, but the fingerprint reader did it for me...I can just hear the theme music now! Webcam is great too for keeping in touch with friends and family on Skype.

Go here to enter...really! Do it! Hurry! It would be a great gift for dad, hubby, yourself, me.... Hey, I'm just sayin'!

Wanna netbook??? Follow me......

Okay, so I was wandering around the internet, with nary a thought on my mind when I stumbled into this AMAZING GIVEAWAY!! I thought I should post to let everyone know about it, so you could get in on the action too.

Blissfully Domestic is giving away an HP Mini Vivienne Tam Edition computer, thanks to the generousity of Intel! It is SUPER small and lightweight (less than 2.5 lbs and about an inch thick!). Don't think you can give it to hubby or dad for D-day, though...it's a beautiful pink with peonies on it. Really pretty, plus it'll keep the guys in your life from snatching it and laying claim! This lil netbook is great for internet stuff...updating facebook and other social networking sites, email; also word processing and such. Not so good with photo editing, so I guess I would need to keep the trusty HP desktop for a while longer. :) There's WiFi and a camera for your long-distance video-chat needs...

So hurry on over to Blissfully Domestic's HP Giveaway post to enter to win!!!! You've gotta jump through the hoops before midnight (not sure what time zone) on June 8th. Have fun!!!!!

Wii, Wii, Wii...all the way home!!!!!!

So, I was visiting my niece's blog and found some verrry interesting news I had to look into...

And YES! it's TRUE! (Not that I doubted you, Alesha...)

Christian Personal Finance is celebrating their TWO YEAR anniversary and are giving away a Wii and an ipod nano! How generous. This is an interesting site, too...good tips and reading there.

So, hurry on over (click here) and enter in to win!! Hurry...you only have until June 4th to enter!

FREE Jack in the Box Tacos!!!!

For those of you without Jack-in-the-Box restaurants, I mourn with you. Breakfast any time...real milk milkshakes...curly fries...Sourdough Jacks.... But, when you are in the mood, there is simply nothing better than their greasy goodness of a taco... ohhhhh yeahhhhhh. Even better when they are FREE!!! Yes, free!!! Two weeks ago we indulged in their free curly fries and now, this! Woo hoo! So, print yours out (one per person...need to use it inside, because they are limiting the coupons to one per vehicle in the drivethru) and join everyone on Tuesday, February 24th for 2 free Jack in the Box tacos!!!

FREE TACOS @ JACK IN THE BOX

Oh, and if you have time, watch some of the videos on the Hang in There Jack website. Pretty hilarious. It all started during the Superbowl when Jack made an ill-timed step off of a curb...

Let me know what you think!! (I thrive on feedback....)

Jenn in AZ

Hey, everyone!!

Okay, so I have been blogging...um...very very sporadically...on another site for a while, but decided to create a blog specifically for my couponing/freebie addiction. Thanks to my sweet niece and her blog, I may get more involved with the giveaway portion of the internet blogging universe. I was really involved with it for a while (my niece's kids were recipients of some ultra-cool winnings that my kids were too old for...), but I let it go by the wayside. So, keep a watch on future entries here for giveaway alerts!

So, what has brought me to couponing? I used to coupon a bit when my kids were in diapers...mostly just saving a few bucks here and there on baby items and other things when I remembered. Lately, however, a great friend introduced me to Coupon Sense and I have become terribly addicted!! I started major couponing in mid-October 2008 and tried to keep track of my receipts by entering them into a spreadsheet. I didn't enter all of my receipts (can't remember everything!), but with the receipts I did enter, I have saved $1,133.48 in coupons alone!!!! I have saved $2530.19 if you combine the coupons and the ad savings. WOW!! This is sooo worth it to me. And, as a bonus, it's like a GAME! I love looking for the best possible price scenerio and it is so much easier to find this with all of the helpful couponers blogging about it!! I am looking forward to linking my savings posts to their sites (my family is getting tired of guessing how much a trip to CVS saved us!). I will post links to the sites that have helped me in this, my couponing infancy. :)

So, this will be an eclectic blog...some couponing stuff, rebate finds, giveaway alerts, possibly fun & informative reviews of new products I have been able to try. Hmmmm, maybe some fun family/friend/photo stuff along the way.

I am glad you have visited my new blog. I hope to see you again soon! You'll save $$...really, you will! And you won't BELIEVE how much!

Jenn in AZ