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A few of my favorite things

Posted on November 1, 2008 8:23 pm by TheAngelForever

Today is the first day of the 15 Days of Marketing by Jessica Knows. When I read about what Jessica was planning on her blog I had to jump in. She is an amazing wealth of information and I knew I would learn a lot from her.

For homework today Jessica asked each of us participating to list what our three favorite brands are and why.

Think, think, think. . . . can you smell my brain about to catch on fire? Seriously, who knew that this could be so hard to do. There are so many brands that I like. Some I like as a woman, mother, wife, baker, teacher, human – and each for different reasons!

In the end I decided on these three brands:

Scholastic – As a mother and teacher Scholastic is a company you can trust. They have top notch books for kids of all ages. In addition to this, they have amazing resources for teachers, parents and students alike. Their website, magazine, and books have a wealth of information. Almost anyone you ask will recall looking at the Scholastic catalogs that would be sent home from school as a child. I still smile and get excited when they come home with my kindergarten kid.

Hanes – Years ago when you thought of Hanes you would only visualize underwear. These days Hanes has their underwear for the entire family, sweats, and other active wear. With two little boys I need items that will stand up to their active lives and Hanes does just that. I know when I buy something for my oldest son it will last to hand down to my little guy.

Nintendo – I still remember saving up my money for my original NES system. From there my family purchased one of the old style Game Boys and then Super Nintendo. When my husband and I were married we thought about buying a gaming system. We always knew it would be a Nintendo brand. After we had our second child I decided to surprise my husband with a Nintendo Wii. Even our non-gaming friends are in love with what Nintendo has done with this system. It is interactive, makes you move, think and get involved with the game you are playing. In addition to this I recently won a DS system and love the portability and versatility. Nintendo still continues to show they are on top of the gaming industry.I am looking forward to getting to know our Wii.

So those are three of my favorite brands. Now I feel so much like Oprah, only I do not have an audience full of people that will be receiving these items. . . not yet at least!

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Package of personalized fun

Posted on October 16, 2008 8:18 am by TheAngelForever

A little while ago Mommy Cracked had a really neat giveaway for some fabulous Olive Kids merchandise. Like I do from time to time, I entered a comment for a chance to win. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to finally get to see Olive Kids personalized items in my own house.

I have been in love with Olive Kids items for years now. I have drooled at their amazing bedroom sets with endless matching accessories (even for boys). I have thought about getting my boys and relatives some of the personalized products that they offer. Now thanks to seeing the items, I know this is something I will buy for people this holiday season.

Thanks to being a random winner of the giveaway I was allowed to pick out three personalized items. I had my choice of a placemat, name tag, and book mark. NHL selected our items. For the placemat we ordered the Out of This World one with our last name on it for everyone to be able to use. Next up NHL wanted the Robots name tag for his back pack. Last but not least we it was time for a very important item. As a new reader of chapter books, NHL takes his book marks seriously. He finally opted for the Pirates book mark.

I sent my selections to Kim at Olive Kids on a Thursday evening. The package with the items seen below arrived Saturday morning. Talk about your fast shipment and processing of personalized items!

Thank you again to Mommy Cracked and Olive kids for the great giveaway and fabulous goodies. . . we love them!

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Teething monster strikes again

Posted on October 7, 2008 8:07 am by TheAngelForever

Let me go on the record and say that the canine teeth are evil little boogers when they decide to come in. I vaguely recall these teeth being the worst when NHL was little, but my memory was quickly restored thanks to JSL. The little guy has been an absolute mess the last week or so. He does not want to eat, prefers nursing (YES he is still nursing) more often, will not settle at night to sleep, and is up many times during the night.

Last night was particularly bad. He did not settle until we pulled out the Motrin and gave it to him. Of course it helped him to get to sleep initially, but did not last. JSL was up at least 3-4 times during the night. After the second time he was up howling, he ended up in our bed where we all seem to be able to sleep some.

Prior to these evil little teeth pushing their way into JSL’s mouth, getting him to sleep at night was fairly easy. He loved to snuggle up with his new silky blanket and a pillow. Thanks to a great giveaway on An Island Life we were introduced to Kennedy Grace Boutique on Etsy. Cathi’s baby blankets are absolutely amazing. JSL quickly declared the beautiful silky soft new blanket his. We had Cathi make it with our last name so either of the boys could use it. NHL gladly allowed JSL to have it since he is quite attached to his "squeaky" blanket buddies.

Thanks again to Kailani and Cathi for helping to make our non-teething night time routines so wonderful. I can not wait until these pesky teeth are in and JSL can go back to simply curling up with his silky blanket to have sweet dreams.

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Winner and many thanks

Posted on August 2, 2008 9:28 am by TheAngelForever

Thank you to everyone that stopped by my Bloggy Giveaway for summer 2008. I hope to see many of you back here as regular readers to TheAngelForever. It was great meeting everyone that stopped by. I also surfed the Bloggy Carnival myself and entered a bunch of other giveaway.

Last night at about 8:15 I ended my giveaway and went to Random.org to select a winner. I entered 1 to 108 as possible choices and the following was the one chosen:

And the winner is . . .

Congratulations to Shilo who said that she likes to eat ice cream in the summer. I have already contacted Shilo and she has replied so I can start to make her prizes. Since she has two little ones at home I am making each of them an M&M cloth in their favorite color.

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Looking back I have to thank some other people for giveaways that I have won from them. NHL decided to check out all of the things with his handy dandy binocular that he made at school the other day.

First a thank you to Laura Williams for the great Tagasaurus that I won. Unfortunately, I am unable to get a photo of it right now because my son ran off with it and claimed it as his. I guess you can tell he really liked it!

Thanks to the ladies at 5 Minutes for Mom and Kutoka for the fabulous Preschooler CD Roms to help my son with reading. We are going to try to set those up this weekend since they arrived late this week. We know he will have fun getting to know Mia. An additional thank you to the company for tucking in a note reminding me where the prize was from so I can give credit. Sometimes with Mommy brain I can forget. Here is a look at the goodies that arrived Wednesday.

Handmade jewelry is such a special item and I was lucky to win a gorgeous necklace and earring set from killlashandra at Full Time in New Mexico. She had no clue that I love purple and below is her gorgeous creation that was made as a prize for her blog anniversary.

Last, but certainly not least I would like to thank Carrie at Reading to Know for the What Does Baby Say? book. My oldest son saw the package and immediately asked to open it. He quickly took the book to sit down and read. The little guy and I have started to look at it as well. He is fascinated with the easy to use flaps that are in the book. As a teacher I LOVE books and hope to share this passion with my boys. Here is NHL after he opened the book.

Again thank you to everyone for all of the bloggy giveaway fun! Have a great weekend!

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June fun in the mail

Posted on June 19, 2008 8:54 pm by TheAngelForever

Over the last few weeks I have received some fun packages in the mail. NHL always gets so excited to see what I have received. No matter what it is he is always happy to help me open up and see what is inside.

All of the following were items that I won in giveaways on blogs.

Thank you to 5 Minutes for Mom for the fun Alvin and the Chipmunks package. I won their giveaway for the CD and DVD from the newly released movie. JL and I laughed when we heard the Chipmunks singing Bad Day. Thanks to the great weather NHL has not had a moment to sit and watch the movie, but we will on the next rainy family fun day.

A package with a Baggu arrived courtesy of Cool Mom Picks. I absolutely LOVE this bag. The neat little sack that it comes in is wonderful. I keep it in my purse and have already used it for my bargain shopping at CVS several times. Several people have asked what it was since they were shocked such a large bag came out of the little sack in my purse. Thank you again Cool Mom Picks and Baggu!

As many of you know I love the band Barenaked Ladies (BNL). Not too long ago I found out that they actually made a CD for children. It is amazing and I was lucky enough to win a copy of it, along with the book from The ‘lil mommy that could. NHL was fascinated with the illustrations in the book and he an JSL both loved dancing to the music. This will quickly become a family favorite – way to go BNL for a family friendly CD! A special thank you to Lil Mommy for the fun giveaway.

Just yesterday a sweet little package arrived in the mail from CanCan of My Greening: Going Green. I love to knit, but I am forever afraid to branch out into more challenging items. CanCan was giving away a knitted gnome from Green Mountain Wee Woolies. When I went to their Etsy shop I was floored with the gorgeous creations. Now I know I should just keep knitting what I do and let the pros do these items. Thank you so much for the adorable gnome and surprise baby in the sling!

Here is a photo of three of the items mentioned above. Thank you again to all of the people involved in these – my family and I thank you and love everything!