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Thursday, July 02, 2009

The Sixth Picture Game

I read Life as Mom's Sixth Picture Game post and decided to take part in it. Here's the 6th picture in the 6th folder in my pictures folder:

This is a picture from our trip to Napa Valley, CA that I won from Meow Mix & Del Monte Foods last year. After our luxurious weekend of spa treatments and dinner and lunch with Iron Chef, Cat Cora, we wanted to take a hot air balloon ride over Napa Valley. The first group of people had already taken off as you can see the small balloon in the air while we waited for ours to be completely blown up.

Unfortunately, we never got off the ground. While we waited for ours to blow up, the wind had picked up and made it dangerous for us take the balloon ride. I was quite upset considering we were leaving very early the next morning and we wouldn't have another chance to go back the next day to try again. It took me a few hours to get over the disappointment. I don't know if we'll ever be able to make a trip back to Napa Valley, but if we do, that's the first thing I want to do when I get there. :) I can only imagine how gorgeous the view must be from a hot air balloon.

Anyway, if you want to play along, here are the rules:

1) Go to your photo folders
2) Select the sixth file folder
3) Open it and select the sixth photo in that file folder
4) Write a story for that picture, post it and
5) Select five bloggy friends to tag
6) Be sure to let them know they've been tagged

Like Fishmama from Life as Mom, I don't want to tag people that don't like doing these kind of things so if you come across this post and would like to participate, please do, and leave a link to your post in the comments here so I can visit your post.

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Busch Gardens or Aquatica for Free

This deal is for Florida and Georgia residents only.

Go buy a Seaworld one-day ticket and get a Busch Gardens or Aquatica ticket for FREE! 2 parks for the price of one, not bad!

Here's the link. Not sure how long this offer will last.

Aquatica is a blast. We got to go last year after winning tickets from a Pepsi/Publix sweepstakes. Would love to go again!

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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Cirque du Soleil Saltimbanco

Have you ever heard of or seen a Cirque du Soleil show? I saw La Nouba in Orlando many years ago and my husband and I still talk about that show.

We were able to go see Saltimbanco opening night here in Tampa! We took our 4 yr old daughter and one of our friends' 7 yr old son with us. It was absolutely awesome! We all had a blast and my daughter still talks about and keeps asking to go see it again. My favorite parts were when Eddie the clown would come out and get audience members involved. And depending on the audience member picked, they can really make us laugh like the guy picked for the very last clown act. He didn't just imitate the clown as instructed but added his own flair and it made the act so much more than it would've been than if he just imitated the clown. He had everyone roaring in laughter. I wish I could see that act again. Now my husband wants to go see La Nouba again.

I highly recommend this show or any other Cirque du Soleil. You won't be disappointed.
Go to Cirque du Soleil to see the different acts and characters of this show. One of my favorite acts was the Boleadoras.

Check out the special 4 pack offer for Tampa and Estero.

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Blog Giveaways 6/21

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!

Baby Loving Mama: win SmartKnitKids seamless socks (ends 6/30)
Mom's Focus on Cyber World: win SafetyTats tattoos (ends 6/26)
My Mom's View: win a Sunsmarty protective bathing suit (ends 6/25)
Life More Simply: win a Blubandoo Cooling Headwear (ends 6/29)
Therapeutic Reviews and Giveaways: win a Hamilton Beach Single Serve Blender (ends 6/24)


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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Horton Hears a Who & More On Sale!

There are a ton of DVDs of TV shows, comedies, and dramas on sale! Here are a few of what's on sale:

Horton Hears a Who (Widescreen and Full-Screen Single-Disc Edition)
On sale for $11.99 - regularly $19.99

Wall-E (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)
On sale for $12.99 - regularly $29.99

Love's Abiding Joy
On sale for $7.99 - regularly $14.98

Meet Dave
On sale for $11.99 - regularly $19.98

Prison Break - Season One
On sale for $12.99 - regularly $59.98

Check out the full list here.

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Friday, June 12, 2009

Blog Giveaways 6/12

The Mom Buzz: win a Worm Factory (ends 6/14)
The Mom Buzz and got free ecards: win $50 or $100 amazon.com GC (ends 6/17)
Busy Mom Reviews: win a SKLZ Sport-Brella (ends 6/16)
Seeryus Mama: win a Magellan GPS (ends 6/24)
Etsy It Up!: win a monogrammed apron (ends 6/15)
Ebay Selling Coach: 10 Sunday coupon inserts (end date unknown)
Frugal Girls: win a Complete Laundry System (ends 6/24)


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Sunday, June 07, 2009

Tomato Hornworms Are Attacking

I started a vegetable garden a few months ago in EarthBox. My tomato plant is blooming and I have at least 15 tomatoes growing now.

I made a discovery this morning when I went to move the earthbox onto the patio from the yard to allow the lawn guys to cut the grass. I noticed these black dots all over the white cover that looked almost like rat droppings or something. I inspected my plant and all of sudden noticed a caterpillar on it. Then I saw another, and another. It was infested with these caterpillars. I did a search and found out these buggers are the larvae of the Hawkmoth and Sphinx moth. I picked off at least 10 of them by cutting off the parts of the branches they were on. There was no way I was going to handpick them off. LOL I later saw a bird eating one of the caterpillars I threw onto the grass.

Now I'll have to check every day for caterpillars to pick off. They do fast work of eating the leaves. Several branches at the top have been picked clean! They are also hard to see because they blend right in with the branches.
Here are 2 shots I took of the caterpillars before I picked them off:



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Funnies: Making People Smile

A friend fowarded this to me:

This is exactly why you should always, ALWAYS...

twirl once in front of the mirror before leaving the house.




But just think how many people she made smile throughout the day .

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Friday, June 05, 2009

Mail Call: 6/5/09 & Honey Nut Cheerios Win

Awesome mail day today. Besides the usual junk mail, I got a visit from UPS with a package for me. I got the Sony noise cancelling headphones I won from iMommies. This will be an awesome Father's Day gift for him. :)

Also, I got in my email the confirmation of my $5 win from Honey Nut Cheerios today. I won yesterday also so that's a total of $10 that I won so far. I'm going to keep playing til I've reached my limit of $50. You can enter 10x a day and win once a day for 10 days. Use this code to enter with: K30FR-H4F3H-7720. This is an extremely winnable instant win and I'm proof! I won 2 days in a row.

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It's Free Chocolate Friday!


Don't forget to log onto realchocolate.com today and get a coupon for a single sized package of chocolate. It starts every Friday at 9am EST until 9/25.

There's a limit to one per email address and 4 coupons per household. I got my 4 coupons already in the mail a few days ago.

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