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Rachel Millman CD GIVEAWAY!!

I've been listening to a great new album- If I Believe by Rachel Millman. I was sent a copy of her CD to review and I have really enjoyed it!
Here is some information the publicist sent me:

IF I BELIEVE 5-song EP – In the vein of Colbie Callait, Jason Mraz and others, Indie artist Rachel Millman is part of a new wave of troubadours with empowering lyrics and organically-crafted melodies. Her debut single “Throwin’ Rocks at the Moon” is garnering national media attention and radio personalities are talking about the song’s unique title, lyrics and message. Throwin’ Rocks at the Moon is part of her recently released five-song EP entitled If I Believe and is the perfect holiday gift for the tween/teen crowd.

Rachel's music is very easy to listen to and I really love "Throwin' Rocks at The Moon". The lyrics are great and completely family friendly.


Thanks to Rachel Millman's PR people I have a copy of this great CD to give away! You can hear Rachel's music on her website www.rachelmillman.com.


WOULD YOU LIKE TO WIN THIS COOL CD?

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This giveaway is open to readers in the USA only (sorry fellow Canadians). I will choose a winner on December 8, 2009.

Winner will be chosen with random.org and notified by email so please leave me a way to contact you. Winner will have 48 hours to reply to my email or I will choose a new winner.

Don't forget to enter my other great because Christmas is coming giveaways. You can find over 25 different giveaways listed HERE.

a lovely surprise for me...

I've been in a bit of a funk lately and I think the gloomy weather has had at least a little bit to do with it. So my sweet wonderful husband decided to surprise me with this...


He brought me a tropical breakfast!! Well, as close to tropical as we can get here in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Tropical juice, fresh strawberries, pastries, yummy yogurt, beautiful flowers and a lovely magazine full of pictures of places I would love to be right now :).

I love my husband! He cheered me right up :)

Wear Your Music GIVEAWAY!!

Earlier this year I did a review for Wear Your Music. I absolutely love the concept of this company. Wear Your Music takes the old used guitar strings of great musicians ( Eric Clapton, Ziggy Marley, John Mayer, Santana, Peter Frampton, to name a few) and makes them into cool bracelets that allow fans to wear a piece of rock history on their wrists! They also make Fashion bracelets from non-famous strings too :)

I think these bracelets are a very cool gift idea to give to the music fan in your life.

In addition to recycling the strings that these musicians would normally throw away, WYM also uses 100% recycled silver for the beautiful engraved clasp on the bracelet. Each bracelet is packaged in a completely recycled DVD case and comes with a certificate of authenticity. A portion of proceeds goes back to each musician’s charity of choice, many of which are environmental non-profits. www.wearyourmusic.org .

Thanks so much to Wear Your Music for sponsoring this giveaway!

WOULD YOU LIKE TO WIN THIS COOL BRACELET?

~Leave me a comment here telling me that you would like to win! That's it!

FOR EXTRA ENTRIES

~ Subscribe to this blog via email

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~ email a couple friends about this giveaway and let me know that you did

~ stumble this site or giveaway


This giveaway is open to readers in the USA only (sorry fellow Canadians). I will choose a winner on December 7, 2009.

Winner will be chosen with random.org and notified by email so please leave me a way to contact you. Winner will have 48 hours to reply to my email or I will choose a new winner.

Don't forget to enter my other great because Christmas is coming giveaways. You can find over 25 different giveaways listed HERE.

an update...

Hi everyone,

The last couple days I've been sort of non-functioning. It started with a nasty migraine and then I was just wiped right out. Yesterday I went back to bed TWICE during the day and slept for hours. Then today I went back to bed after the boys went to school and slept until 1 pm. I NEVER do that. Doug was hanging out with Olivia and at some point in the morning ( I have no idea when) she climbed up beside me and went to sleep and we had a nap together. When we woke up she sat up, smiled and said "Momee you sweep (sleep) too?". Then she asked me to play hide and seek and cook her some rice. So we did.

I am just exhausted though STILL. I sure hope this feeling doesn't last too long.

I am very thankful for my awesome husband who keeps letting me sleep. Thanks Doug, I love you.

I have about 10 more giveaways to post this week and then I may never agree to do a gift guide ever again! It is just a LOT of work. But it has been fun to be able to give so much cool stuff away.

I think it is a little odd though that no one seems to want to win this great Ugandan bracelet... most of the giveaways have well over a hundred entries, some have over 200, one has over 300 and yet this beautiful bracelet has less than 10. Weird. You never can tell what people will like I guess! I guess because the post is also about World Vision right? Fascinating behaviour I must say.

I recently asked *aka TOLD* my husband that I NEEDED a time-out space for ME. With Olivia's crazy sleep schedule I never seem to get a single minute of non-kid time during my days. So my sweet husband set up our small TV and old dvd player in our room and told me I could disappear in there and watch Gilmore Girls and chick flicks to my hearts content. I haven't actually done it yet but the fact that it is a possibility is very nice.

I am in no way prepared for Christmas. I have no bought a single gift or put up a single decoration. I realize most of you have Thanksgiving this week but here in Canada we did that way back in October. And I'm glad because I just don't think I could do a major holiday this week! We also don't do the whole "black friday" thing here like you all do in the USA. In fact I had never even heard of it until I started blogging a few years ago!

Speaking of blogging it has now been over 3 years since I started this blog. I can't believe it has been that long! I started when I was 8ish months pregnant with Olivia and now here she is about to turn 3 years old in 2 weeks. TWO WEEKS! I'm not prepared for that either. I have no idea what to do for her birthday.

I wish you all a very happy Monday and to my American friends may all your Thanksgiving preparations go exceedingly smoothly!

What have you all been up to these days? Are you all ready for Christmas? What would YOU do for a 3 year old's birthday party on a tight budget?