Simply Mert

A Cowboy’s Wife is having a contest on her food blog! You can win a Hamilton Beach® Stand Mixer and she’ll ship anywhere so everyone is eligible!

The Prize:

The winner will receive a brand new
Hamilton Beach 4.5-qt. Eclectrics Stand Mixer, Pineapple Yellow!!

About the mixer:

From Hamilton Beach’s “Eclectrics” line, this all-metal stand mixer comes with a host of accessories - a Flat Beater for cakes and cookies, a Dough Hook for bread and a Wire Whisk for whipped cream or pudding. The 4.5-qt. stainless steel bowl comes with a Pouring Shield that helps prevent splattering while in operation. The pouring shield has a built-in chute for adding ingredients. Powered by 400 watts, the stand mixer has a two-way mixing action to ensure all ingredients are incorporated into the mix. The quick-release, tilt-up head assists when removing the bowl. 9 x 14 x 14-in. When you’re ready for a kitchen re-do, don’t call in the carpenters! Instead, “counterscape” your kitchen with Hamilton Beach’s retro-designed, affordably priced electrics in happy, sun-saturated colors. Their “Eclectrics” line includes updates to those classic appliances from the 1950s. All of their “Eclectrics” are available in six colors: Apple Green, Moroccan Red, Pineapple Yellow, Intrigue Blue, Sugar White and Licorice Black.

One of my online BFF’s is hosting a giveaway at her blog for momAgenda’s desktop calendars! I don’t know about you, but I can use all the help I can get right now… Life is getting a little cah-razy. Sometimes just putting something down on paper is enough to motivate me to get things done.

If you would like to enter the giveaway, head over to Kailani’s blog An Island Life to enter. For extra entries you can subscribe to her feed or write a blog post like this one.

It’s a shiny, brand new year full of possibilities… that need organizing, so scoot and enter today!

I heard about a blog giveaway for 100 bucks a month for a year and I was so overjoyed to hear about it, it actually brought a tear to my eye! This last couple of months have been interesting since taking over the responsibilities of the finances.

Though my poor hubby is relieved to be free of the nightmare that is our check book, I am once again acutely aware of the misery that I had handed over to him over 4 years ago. It’s no secret that John and I suck at money management… it’s just that I suck a little less

Anywho, digressions aside, I’m going to do everything within my powah (said in Darth Vader-ish tones) to win this puppy. I sit here typing with crossed fingers and eyes. :B

Here are the ways to enter (quoted from The Big Bald Blog):

It’s easy to enter! To enter the contest, just do any of the following:

1. Subscribe to RSS via email (2 entries per blog)
2. Write a useful comment (1 entry per comment on each blog listed below)
3. Write a post about this contest on your blog (25 entries if you link to this post as well as mention all of the other sponsors)

That is it! Feel free to leave your comments on this post and earn an entry and possibly the easiest $100 you have ever won. If you really want to increase your odds, make a blog post and subscribe to the sponsoring blogs and contribute comments actively on them. Who knows… making new friends might just earn you some more moolah!

Here are the blogs you need to visit for extra entries:

1. Mixed Market Arts
2. JoeTech.com
3. Link Bait
4. Gorilla Sushi
5. CK Marketing
6. The Big Bald Blog
7. How 2 Blogger

GOOD LUCK!

Oh yeah, you heard me right! Elizabeth at Table For Five was offered an opportunity to host a giveaway on her blog… A years supply of Orville Redenbacher’s Natural Popcorn and a years subscription for Netflix!

Recently we had to cut back a little and unfortunately Netflix was the first thing to go, so when I saw Elizabeth’s blog post I immediately began to drool over the prospect. My daughters are voracious popcorn eaters so I know they would be just as excited as I am.

Elizabeth only has a few guidelines, so it’s as simple as writing a blog post just like this before January 5th, AND she changed the rules a little so that you can enter each of your blogs if you have more than one.

What are you waiting for? Hurry on over and write that post

I won, I won !*does the ridiculous shake-the-booty while churning- the -butter dance*
My quest for an iPod finally paid off, due to the regularly irregular pimpage of the ASP homestead. Mr. Fabulous had a contest going a while ago for an Ipod Shuffle, an *cough* iPod accessory *cough*, or a Barnes and Nobel gift certificate. In return, all he wanted was a little pimping, link love and possibly a vote.

Why pimp myself? My daughter wants a MP3 player but I refuse to buy her one. Everyone has their price as they say and evidently mine is anything with an “i” in front of it. Seriously though Anna has been wanting a MP3 player, and though I hate to sully an iPod with only Disney tween music (Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus, High School Musical 1 &2, Aly and AJ…), a mommy’s gotta do what a mommy’s gotta do.

This solves our MP3 player dilemma because we don’t want to necessarily buy her something that costs 79$, but on the other hand you get what you pay for right? I have seen quite a few cheaper brands in the 30$ range, but most of them get bad reviews. The other thing is that we ave to consider how much to pay vs how responsible an almost 7 yr old can be.

My only hope is that the truly fab Mr. Fabulous doesn’t change his mind about giving me my prize once he reads this. Thanks again Mr. Fabulous! To see the video drawing of my name- from a Blues Brothers hat and an afro wig- you can see it here.*Caution : NSFW or little ears*

Can you telly I REALLY want to win a Nano? Tech Juicer is having a contest to win a iPod Nano in any color.

If you would like to enter the contest, there are 3 ways to enter. Quoted from the site:

1. Comment! Thats it. You can comment once and that will gain you 1 entry.
2. Blog about / link to this post! All you need to do is write and trackback to this post. If you cannot trackback just add a link and write a comment below with the link. Every unique trackback (1 link form each unique page). This will get you 2 entries!
3. Use one of our text numbers, selected countires unfortunately (see banner below for numbers). You can text in an infinite number of times. Each entry gets you 4 entries!

Also, there will be a second prize:

This prize will go to the website with the most referrals to this post! We will use Google Annalytics to determine this. All you have to do is refer users to this post.

The prize is a 125X125 banner ad on the right of this page. FOREVER! For aslong as TechJuicer.com exists you will have a banner ad!

So, if you click on the banner above, I will get credit for your referral. Even if you don’t enter the contest i still will get credit I think.

Again… fingers, toes and eyes crossed. Wish me luck!

Jason over at Success For Your Blog is having a a contest to give away an iPod Nano. When I found his page I was interested right away, his latest article is titled Make over $20,000 a month on your blog, how could I not be interested? After reading only a few minutes I knew that his blog could be a wealth of knowledge on how to run a successful blog and tips on making money.

I didn’t start this blog to make money, I really enjoy writing about the daily doses of daughter drama… but it doesn’t hurt to make a buck or two in the process. I’m sure I’ll be able to find something to perk up the old blog.

One of the requirements of the contest is to share some blog pimpage and a little linky love, so I think I will link to 2 really nice and COOL people I have just met in the blogosphere.

Elizabeth at Table for Five

Shelley at Design By S.L.S.

I realllly want this iPod Nano, so I’ve got fingers, toes and eyes crossed… wish me luck!

The author of the blog Pointless Drivel is having a giveaway in hopes that the word will get out about his award nomination for the Blogger’s Choice Awards “Best Humor Blog”. Mr. Fabulous wants us to not only vote for him, but he wants you to enter his giveaway by asking your readers to vote for him too.

To enter (quoted from his site) :

That’s where you guys come in. All you have to do to get entered into the drawing is write a post telling people to both vote for me and asking them to also write a post urging their readers to vote for me. Once you have written your post, just make a comment here with the url and *poof* you are entered.

Want to know what is at stake? An iPod Shuffle (plus a very *cough* interesting iPod accessory, go to his site to find out more)

OR a $75 gift card to Barnes & Noble.com.

How would you like to win $50 to spend in a vintage children’s store? Kailani of An Island Life is holding a giveaway to Warm Biscuit Bedding Company. Stop by before September 28th for all the details.

I personally loved the little purses and bags that they make since I have been making little purses the last couple of months that I am going to try to sell at craft fairs this holiday season. The designs at the Warm Biscuit Bedding Company are adorable, and you can have them personalized too.

While your at it, why not check out Kailani’s review site An Island Review. She has the inside scoop on giveaways and contests that are going on in the ’sphere.

I was reading Kailani’s site An Island Review, and I saw a post about this giveaway at It’s Write Now.I love gadgets, and love free gadgets even more so of course I am entering! If you want to enter you must link to her blog, link to The Contest Post, then leave a comment at the contest post. Pretty simple for such a great reward. I’ve got my fingers and toes crossed, how about you?