The contest is sponsored by me :D and it’s at my New York Travel Blog. Please check it out– the tickets are a $50 value! Not too bad for a weekend of New York food.

Have you moms and dads heard of Parent’s Choice Infant Formula Savings Sweepstakes? It’s a “generic” brand of baby formula that costs a fraction of the price of the fancy name-brand baby formula. The Parent’s Choice Infant formula is exclusively sold at Walmart as Walmart’s private brand baby formula. It’s a terrific cost saver. There is absolutely no nutritional difference between the name-brand formulas and Parent’s Choice. All formula sold in the United States must meet basic nutritional guidelines, and Parent’s Choice does. The only real difference between the two is the price. So save yourself some cash and get the Parent’s Choice– they’ve been in business for 13 years and have a reptutation for nutritious, inexpensive baby formula.

Another good reason to use Parent’s Choice is the Parent’s Choice Infant Formula Sweepstakes! It’s so easy to enter! Just go to the Parent’s Choice sweepstakes page and sign up. No purchase necessary. The prize is a $10,000 college scholarship in the form of a College Savings 529 Plan! The contest is already up and running, and will continue until August 1, 2011. So get your entry in. And save the money by buying Parent’s Choice forumla!

Who doesn’t love pizza?? I have never yet met anyone who doesn’t. Even frozen pizza from the grocery store has improved. Oh, I remember the days when it used to be a mere step up from spicy cardboard, but today’s FRESCHETTA pizza brands are pretty good. I love the Naturally Rising pizza, the husband likes the “gourmet” pizza. He likes to munch on the pizza on his breaks at work or late at night. The only problem was the size, the “one size fits all” pizzas. At work or late at night, the last thing you want to do is bake a whole pizza. And leftover frozen pizza is not very good (not in my opinion).

The good news is that there’s a new pizza in town! It’s the FRESCHETTA® By the Slice! I was given a coupon to check it out. Because this kind of pizza is still relatively new, my grocery store had only one kind, the Chicken, Spinach & Mushroom (the “gourmet” kind of pizza that the husband loves, though!). FRESCHETTA also offer a Six Cheese Medley, Vegetable Medley, and the BBQ Recipe Chicken (which sounds incredible and will be my first choice once my grocer stocks it).

As always, FRESCHETTA pizza is yummy. Not too salty and not too spicy. Spinach on pizza tends to be a little strong, but this was very mild and savory. I don’t care for the creamy style sauces (I prefer tomato), but the husband LOVES this stuff. The crust is thin, another plus for the husband. He liked it a lot. The one slice was just enough to satisfy his rumbling stomach, lol.

I really like the idea of the single slice. It’s much more economical than buying a whole pizza. The new FRESCHETTA is a great product for lunch breaks, dinner breaks or midnight snacks. I can’t wait to try to BBQ chicken.

Now about the giveaway. FRESCHETTA was so happy to have me review their product that they sent me a coupon and a special plastic storage container set to give away! The container sets are perfect for carrying to work or school. The coupon is good for one free FRESCHETTA® By the Slice.

To enter the contest, just leave a comment. I’ll pick a winner and notify him or her Tuesday, April 26th via email.

Be sure to check out FRESCHETTA® on Twitter at @FreschettaPizza and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/freschettapizza! You can get the latest scoop about new FRESCHETTA developments and more.

It’s PINK! You all know what that means…. the husband won’t take it to work! hahahahah!!! It’s MINE all MINE!!

Buxr sent me the mug to thank me for the review I did for them. Buxr is a pretty cool website (even cooler after giving me the mug!)– it’s a shopping website where you can get notices of deals, coupons, win prizes, and even support charities. The charity drive is ongoing for the month of December. Buxr will donate $1 for each friend that fellow Buxr members refer to the community. The page also has a VERY article on how to give to charity while on a budget. Buxr is a worthy site– I’m so glad to see the charity drive– check it out!

In other news, I won a contest!! Yes! I won the contest run by Lorena at Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Isn’t it very pretty? Lorena sells them, she has some other really beautiful, romantic prints, too.

I think these prints would make exquisite gifts for the holidays, or even as wedding presents.

Speaking of weddings, did you know that there is such a thing as best wedding insurance? There is! I hadn’t heard of it until I saw a website for a wedding insurance company. Apparently, enough brides and grooms get cold feet these days to warrant this kind of stuff!

Finally, I cannot BELIEVE how quickly this week has flown by. It’s hard to believe it’s Friday already. Has the week flown by for you?

We like to do things the old-fashioned way: we pull the name out of a hat!! Talk about technologically savvy, yeah. Well, computer support and technology is terrific, but some things are better done with the personal touch, eh? So we wrote everyone’s entries on paper, and dumped the papers into The Official Giveaway Selector Hat.

*drum roll*

*heart pounding*

And.. and… and……

THE WINNER IS RENEE of A Glimpse of Beautiful!!

Congratulations, Renee! You win a special DVD set of the new family movie, A Walk in My Shoes. The set includes the movie, special features, and a DVD featuring the soundtrack by Randy Jackson– who is incredibly talented, by the way.

This was a fun contest. I never had so many entries for a giveaway before. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. I’m sorry to all who didn’t win, but I will be having more giveaways in the future. Thank you SO MUCH for entering!

Firstly, my friend Rena at her blog A Little This and That is giving away an absolutely gorgeous 5×7 country print. It’s EASY to enter (she’s a gal after me own heart, she is)– all you have to do is leave a comment, mention the giveaway on Twitter, Facebook, or your own blog. Her giveaway ends December 2nd! Hurry up if you want to enter. Rene’s blog is really nice, so even if you don’t enter the giveaway, go visit the blog. She has a potpourri of posts and ideas.

Secondly, I am having a giveaway, too! Walmart and Proctor&Gamble have created another family-friendly TV movie, A Walk in My Shoes, and I’m giving away one free complete DVD set which includes the movie and the special features and the DVD movie soundtrack from Randy Jackson! You can see the movie trailer and enter the contest HERE. Like Rena, my contests are easy to enter– just leave a comment, “Follow” me on Twitter, Google Friends Connect, or subscribe to my RSS blog feed for chances to win.

A Walk in My Shoes will play on NBC on Friday, December 3rd. My giveaway ends at midnight that night, too. So don’t delay, you’ve got a few days left!

Both of these giveaways have things that would make really nice gifts. :D Check them out!

There’s an old Indian proverb, “Never criticize a man until you’ve walked a mile in his moccasins.” The movie title “Walk in My Shoes” reminded me of that.

Have you ever been critical or angry at someone or something, only to later see the situation from a different perspective? That happens to me. Like, A LOT. I used to be so presumptuous as a kid. Becoming older (and hopefully wiser) has helped me. Like John Wesley said, “The older I get, the more I am less exacting of others and more exacting of myself.” That’s a good thing, I think. I think young kids out there need to know that the world does not revolve around them– that we need to consider others AND realize that even people in authority (such as teachers) can make mistakes and learn things, too.

WalMart and Proctor & Gamble are at it again! They’ve made a new TV movie based on all this. It’s called Walk in My Shoes. I’ve seen the movie trailer and it looks good. It’s kind of like a Freaky Friday premise. This is from one of the press releases.

Stressed-out high school teacher Trish Fahey (Nancy Travis, “Three Men and a Baby,” “Becker”) can’t understand her students’ lack of effort in the classroom and why their parents don’t seem to care. This is especially true of Justin Kremer (Cameron Deane Stewart), a popular, skateboard-loving, basketball star who is underperforming in her class. Trish has him suspended from the basketball team and quickly chalks up the situation as a case of bad parenting.

This perspective dramatically changes when Trish meets Molly (Yara Martinez), a mysterious stranger intent on helping her see things differently. After a car accident, Trish wakes to find herself living the life of Cindy Kremer (Jana Lee Hamblin), the woman she has rashly judged and criticized. Molly helps Trish discover that there is more to the story and learns a powerful lesson that affects everyone she interacts with, including her husband, daughter and the Marine next door. No one is left unchanged.

WalMart and P&G have teamed up in the past to make two previously outstanding family-friendly movies: Secrets of the Mountain and The Jensen Project. We ABSOLUTELY LOVED Secrets of the Mountain. And The Jensen Project was exceptionally well done. It looks like Walk in My Shoes is going to be another hit.

In case you haven’t heard, WalMart and P&G are purposely encouraging family-friendly movies. They realize that we parents are sick of the anti-family junk out there. The movies that WM and P&G are producing are wholesome, family-friendly movies suitable for all ages. And they are VERY well done– the music is done by Randy Jackson, who did the music for the other two movies. The soundtrack features specials songs by young artists (and one of the songs is written by Charlie Peacock!).

The movie is coming to NBC on Friday, December 3, and it is expected to be a big hit, with people all over the country suddenly exhibiting random acts of extreme kindness and generosity!

Win the exclusive DVD/CD set of Walk in My Shoes

You can win a free DVD set that includes the movie Walk in My Shoes AND the fabulous soundtrack CD with the amazing music crafted by Randy Jackson. All you have to do is one or more of these things below. For each thing you do, that’s one entry. Obviously, the more things you do, the more chances you have to win.

• Leave a comment on this post. This counts as one entry!
• Subscribe to my RSS feed. This counts as one entry!
• Follow me on Google Friends Connect. This counts as one entry!
• Follow me on Twitter. This counts as one entry!
• For EACH entry, leave a comment here, telling me what you did. For example, if you subscribe to my RSS, follow me on Google Friends Connect, and leave a comment, please make THREE separate comments. This will help me to keep track of all your entries.
• If you already subscribe to my blog, are a GFC follower, and/or follow me on Twitter, let me know in the comments. These count as entries for you, too! Thanks for being a pal.

I’ve made it all pretty easy. My independent board of advisors (my kids) will choose the winner’s name from a hat on December 3th, 2010, by midnight. I will announce the winner on December 4th, via email.

It’s really easy to enter, and the DVD looks stupendous. I think it would make a great gift for a young person. Thanks for reading, and good luck with the contest!

Thanks to all of you who entered my Dressbarn $25 gift card giveaway contest! :D Dressbarn is a wonderful store. My independent panel chose the winner at 5pm this evening!

Wooo! Congratulations, hideawayhill! I’ll be emailing you for your contact info.

Thanks to everyone for participating!

Are you ready?? I called on my Independent Panel to choose a winner for the Secrets of the Mountain DVD Set! In case you didn’t know, American families are calling for more family-friendly movies and TV shows, and WalMart and Proctor & Gamble delivered. They joined up to create Secrets of the Mountain. You can read all about the movie and see a trailer here. Thanks to WalMart and P&G, they gave me the opportunity to have a giveaway of the DVD set!

And….

the winner is……

MEGSCOLE64!!!!!!!!!! Wooo baby!

I hope you love your DVD!
I really appreciate all of you who played along with my giveaway– it is so encouraging to have others join me in these things. I love you guys. :wubs:

I wish I had a prize to give to everyone. But hang in there— I will be having more giveaways on stuff in the future!

Congratulations Veronica!!! :bop:

*throws confetti*

You win five coupons for FREE Tony’s Pizza (up to $1.69 value each)!! Woooooo! The pizza is really good, we liked it. I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks to all the wonderful folks who entered my contest.