CONTEST FOR A GREAT TRIP

I found a WICKED CONTEST here: http://t.co/TCrKH81R

Enter for your chance to win a great trip!! $5000 giveaway for a dream trip for you (and whoever you take )

Ontario Canada!!

Heads up on a Great Giveaway

Oh how I wish I could have been chosen as a blogger for the Glymm Box giveaways that are going around the web right now. I am very curious about the program and would love to try them out. Hey, what girl doesn't want to try out new makeup!! Glymm boxes are right up my alley. Since I can't review one.. I will have to settle for winning one lol.

If any of you want to test your luck for a Glymm Box.. Head over here to Toronto Beauty Reviews : TORONTO BEAUTY REVIEWS GLYMM BOX GIVEAWAY

Will Rogers Wisdom

... Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

                                                                                 Will Rogers

I read this quote today and it immediately hit home.  Lets just say I had precisely the right ears to hear it today.  Thought I would share it with you all.

Become a ZWAPPER with me !!

Good Morning Zwappers!! (or soon to be Zwappers as might be the case lol)


So what am I talking about you ask? What is a Zwapper you say?

ZWAP is a new canadian contest forum I have joined. And ZWAPPERS is the affectionate name the members have taken to calling themselves.  I love it over there. The people are friendly and the contests are plenty!!  Did you know just for JOINING you can get a 2.50 Tim Hortons Gift card sent to you?  And thats not all! Be an active member and the rewards keep coming!

LINK ME you say?  ok then :)    http://www.forum.zwap.com/

Zwap is currently holding a contest for its members (told ya they were awesome!! ) . Members are asked to recruit new members to the forum to be entered into the draw.  So here I am recruiting you (P.S. if you ever so kindly want to say FOKXXY sent me when you join.. my feelings certainly wouldn't be hurt lol but it is not a requirement) . Would I recruit you if there wasn't a reward.  YOU BET YOUR BOTTOM I WOULD!!  So far I am loving this forum.  The members have been helpful , friendly and full of good posts! I likes it!

Soooo GET ON IT PEOPLES :)  


http://www.forum.zwap.com/

Snack Pack Share a Smile Tour

Smiles to everyone and Welcome! 

Snack Pack is currently running their Share A Smile campaign on facebook. Their goal is to raise $20,000 to donate to Food Banks Canada. 

Each time you head over to facebook and share a smile with a friend, Snack Pack will donate $1 to Food Banks Canada!! And while you are there being part of this amazing campaign and helping them reach their goal you can also sign up to win weekly prizes!! 

 What are you waiting for? Head on over to the campaign and share a smile! 

I have shared a total of 10 times in the past few weeks and have earned my Super Smiler+10 Badge  Not only that but my smiles have donated $10 to Food Banks Canada so far! So get out there and start SMILING!!

As I was pondering the Snack Pack Share A Smile campaign an old saying kept running through my head...

It takes 33 muscles to frown and only 17 muscles to smile :)

Now the saying above is not literal. There are disagreements over how many muscles each action really takes. No matter how many ways there are to say it , the important part behind the message is the meaning not the numbers.

SMILE ! 

Smiling is contagious!

SMILE !  

Smiling helps us stay positive ! Want to test the theory?  Smile loud and proud and just for fun try and think about something negative without losing that silly grin off your face :)

SMILE ! 

What makes me smile? Most of my smiles daily come from the 10 year old boy that brings me joy, laughter and hugs everyday.  I can't help but smile at what a wonderful young man he is becoming.  I smile when he laughs. I smile when he smiles.  The remainder of my daily smiles usually come from the silly Jack Russel that is bounding after my 10 year old at a blurry pace :) 

What are your reasons to smile?

 



Disclosure - I am participating in the Snack Pack program by Mom Central on behalf of Conagra Foods Canada. I received a gift card as a thank you for my participation. The opinions on this blog are my own.

Chance to Win and IPAD at My Life with Rats and more..

Just stumbled onto a great blog giveaway over at

My Life with Rats and More...

They are giving you a chance to win an IPAD!! Thats right!! I said an IPAD !!

Head on over for your chance to enter!!

http://mylifewithratsandmore.blogspot.com/2010/11/giveaway-apple-ipad-1-winner-open_05.html

Good Luck All!!

Reunion Island Coffee Review

  If you asked me a few years ago if I wanted a cup of coffee I would have laughed at you. I worked a lot of late nights and on top of never liking the taste of coffee I also didn't need anything to keep me awake longer. Winding down and getting into sleep mode after work was hard enough without throwing coffee into the mix.

  My love affair with coffee finally began about 3 years ago. I started working mornings in administration and coffee became a regular thing for me. Now I need it. Now I CRAVE it.  Not only do I grab a coffee each morning in drive thru on my way to work but I also leave my house on Saturday and Sunday mornings to hit the drive thru for my coffee fix....usually while still in my PJ's :)

  So the question everyone asks me is "why don't you make coffee at home?". It is a simple answer really. I honestly have not found one that I like. I can't seem to find a brand that suits me. I have tried everything from cheap coffee to the ridiculously expensive coffee. I have bought well known name brands and I have bought brands that most people probably never heard of. The one thing I hadn't tried yet was coffee beans that I grind myself.

  When Reunion Island Coffee contacted me to do a review I responded with a giant coffee addicted YES!!! My package arrived and I was thrilled to see that it was coffee beans that I had to grind myself. Double Yes!! Something I hadn't tried before!!  I was dying to give this coffee a taste test when I suddenly realized that I didn't own a coffee bean grinder (oops!). One short trip to a local store and I purchased myself a cheap one at $7.77 that works perfectly.

    I have to tell you.  I enjoyed Reunion Island Coffee.  It did take me a little getting used to the grinding of the beans and I found I was off a little when measuring out my grounds to water ratio.  I originally put less in grinds than I was supposed to .  The measurement recommendation on the package just looked like a lot compared to what I was used to measuring.  The Columbia Las Hermosas coffee I was sent suggests 2 tablespoons per 180 ml cup and I was afraid it would turn out too strong.  Note to self : Always follow directions :) 

 I found the flavour of this coffee to be bold without being overpowering.  Reunion Island Coffee puts a scale on the bag that goes from Mild to Bold and the coffee I was sent rated around the middle of that scale.  It was perfect for me.  I don't like my coffee too weak but I don't think I would have enjoyed a coffee rated at the high end of the boldness scale.  This coffee was very smooth to me.  Much smoother than the coffees I have tried in the last few months.  I am quite happy with it. 

   Reunion Island Coffee  is based in Oakville, Ontario.  I love that they are a Canadian based company.  It was founded in 1996 and the company is also involved with Organic and Fair Trade products.

You can check them out at their website here: Reunion Island Coffee

Or you can Follow Reunion Island Coffee on Twitter


As for me ... I'm off to brew another pot :)


Reunion Island Coffee provided me with a bag of coffee and a travel coffee mug. My opinion was not influenced by this. I was not monetarily compensated for this review.

Therma Cell Contest

Hi!

I entered the ThermaCELL May Lantern A Day Giveaway and thought you might be interested too. You can win some great prizes. Help me out and enter my registration code  ZMZTUK  when asked who referred you. Go to www.thermacell.com/giveaway to enter!

I would love some help with this. Thankx guys! 

WIN a WII at One Savvy Mom!

WII!! WII!! WII!!

I just came from One Savvy Mom! and I think if you get the chance you should hop on over and check her out!  She is kindly giving away a Nintendo Wii Console to one lucky reader!

What a great giveaway! Hurry though.. it ends May 14! You have to be in it to win it!

Enter for your chance to win here:  http://savvycouponmommy.blogspot.com/2010/04/nintendo-wii-console-ends-514.html 

BestKidsApps Contest and my Perfect Mothers day!

I’m participating in a contest at Best Kids Apps, a blog about iPhone apps for kids, for a chance to win an iPad.

The contest is being run by Best Kids Apps who you can find here:   iPhone apps for kids


I  promised to tell them (and you ) my idea for a perfect Mother's Day.  So here it is.  My perfect Mother's Day is simple.  I just want to spend it with my son.  That is all it really takes for me to be HAPPY! I will probably be visiting my mom of course but I have no idea what to bring her.  Maybe something for her garden!

Winners - Putamayo Giveaway!

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!

Congrats Jennifer L. and Fredamans you are the winners of my Putumayo giveaway!


Congrats! I am off to email you both now!

Thank You Fredamans

So many wonderful people lately have introduced me to great music. Just wanted to drop a quick thank you to Fredamans for introducing me to this song :)

Getting To Know Me

They say you can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to. I believe it to be true. Thought I would share with you some of my favorite songs of the moment.


















What do you think?

Earth Day Giveaway at Boba

Hey All!

Happy Earth Day to everyone! I hope you are all making a commitment today to make change in your daily lives from this point forward on at least ONE thing in your life. We are looking into starting a compost system at our house and today is the perfect day to implement it.

I was traveling around the web looking for Earth Day Giveaways and stumbled onto this one from Boba http://www.bobababycarrier.com/index.php?page=celebrate-earth-day  .  You can win an Organic Boba 2G Baby Carrier !!!! It is open to canada too! You better hurry though.. it ends at 4pm today MST.

Good Luck! You have to be in it to win it!! 

Bloggers Who Don't Follow Through

Before everyone jumps down my throat on this one.. YES, I KNOW there are lots of wonderful bloggers who DO follow through. I am happily building lasting relationships with them on a daily basis :) but this post isn't about them. Its about the ones that don't.

  It is a situation that irks me.  A month ago or so I was sent a giveaway by a friend of mine for COACH purses!  3 handbags to be exact.  Two Coach and one Guess.  Sweet giveaway we thought. 

  We entered.  Believe me, this was no small task.  To enter you had to jump through a bazillion hoops (yes.. I am exaggerating for effect.. but seriously.. there were a lot of things to do).  You had to follow the blog.  Follow on twitter.  Tweet.  Write a 100 word blog post linking to all things she wanted you to and a few other things ( I would have all the exact details but the blogger has since removed said giveaway post).  These were not extra entry options.  These were MANDATORY.  Yes, you had to do all of them.  It was a lot of work.  The prizes were good and the entries were down around the 50 entry mark.. so we entered.

  The giveaway end date comes and goes and no winner is announced.  A week passes and we check the blog faithfully as the blogger had been adamant about NOT emailing the winner (Really people? Really? You require our email address but you won't contact us if we win.. and on top of that you will only give us 24 hours to find our win and contact you before we are DQ'd.. is it necessary to be that way? Really? .. but I digress...).  Eventually the blogger posts a message stating something along the lines of.. I'm sorry.. been busy... will announce the winner this weekend.  No biggie, I understand that bloggers are people, with lives, families, pets, husbands, other jobs and just plain old "me time" to deal with.  Sometimes picking a winner just isn't top priority.  I get it.  I have those obligations too.  So I wait.  Everyone waits.  All 80 people or so that worked hard putting together entries for this giveaway wait.  The weekend comes and goes.  The blog has no new posts.  A few more days pass.  Then a couple more.  Till one day .. just when I am thinking I should pop a polite " Hi there, just wondering if you have drawn a winner?" email.. I pop onto the blog to see this .. and I quote "

Goodbye




Monday, March 15, 2010


I no longer have time to blog so goodbye blog world :( i really loved my followers and my blog idk maybe ill do it again you can still follow my twitter if you would like


for the last time


xoxo

Yup, she up and left us. No winner.  No nothing.  Just stiffed everyone on the giveaway.  People wished her luck and happiness and politely asked if the giveaway winner would be announced.  Nothing.  My friend sent her an email.  Nothing.  I tweeted her. Nothing.  The only response we saw was her come back to the blog and delete the giveaway post.  Oh, and she managed to come back once more and write a one line post about chicken nuggets.  Ya, chicken freakin nuggets.. sheesh.  I wanted to hunt this girl down and slap her silly with coach bags whilst throwing chicken nuggets at her and screaming "WHY??!!!" .. but again.. I digress...

Apparently I needed to get all this off my chest. :) Its been eating me inside. 

The thing is (and I know its a few bad apples spoiling the bunch here) this isn't the only time I have seen this.  I am currently waiting on a winner announcement in a contest where there are 4 prizes and 4 winners.  Obviously I won (and so did the others) but there has been no winners announcements and no emails and yet the blogger still has time to come in and post three times a week about everything else under the sun.  It has been 2 weeks since that one ended.  In the course of my tour around the blogosphere this past year I have seen bloggers who don't answer emails, don't ship prizes, don't announce winners and generally just don't care enough to follow through.  It is horrible.  It is frustrating.  It is unnecessary.  I'm tired of it.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the good bloggers.  UN- love the crappy ones.  Anyone else have similar experiences, thoughts, gripes.. or just plain old want to disagree with me??

PUTUMAYO GIVEAWAY

The wonderful people at Putumayo sent me a Rhythm and Blues CD and I am happy to report that they sent me 2 extras to give away to my readers!

I am a fan of many types of music. I don't always rate blues music at the top of my list of things to listen to but it rarely falls at the bottom of my list either. So when Putumayo asked me to review their CD I jumped at it.

I enjoyed listening to these songs. They were perfect for a Friday night wind down Rhythm and Blues style! There were a few songs that weren't my style but thats par for any CD I buy anyway. I don't know if I have ever bought any CD where I loved every single song. I think my favorite title on this is "'Til Your Fool Comes Home" which was really catchy and upbeat,  but I also really liked "Put Me Down Easy".

Here is the Tracklist:

1 Lavelle White - I've Never Found a Man to Love
2 James Hunter - 'Til Your Fool Comes Home
3 Cracked Ice - Sweet Feeling
4 The Quantic Soul Orchestra featuring Kabir - Who Knows
5 The Emotions - My Honey and Me
6 Sam Moore, Keb' Mo' and Angie Stone - Wang Dang Doodle
7 Catherine Russell - Put Me Down Easy
8 Ruthie Foster - 'Cuz I'm Here
9 Snooks Eaglin - A Mother's Love
10 Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
11 Rockie Charles - Before I Find the Right Girl for Me
12 Irma Thomas with Henry Butler - River Is Waiting

You can sample any of these great songs or buy the CD  HERE  OR you can WIN ONE right here on Lady Luck's Abode!!!! 

Win it!!  2 winners will each receive one copy of the CD.

Mandatory Entry:
1. Just tell me you want to win and leave me your email address .

Extra Entry Options :
1. Become a follower of my blog with Google Friend Connect
2. Follow Lady Luck's Abode on TWITTER (leave me your twitter name in comment)

3. Become a fan of  Lady Luck's Abode on Facebook

Rules:
Giveaway is open to residents of the Canada and the U.S only who are 18 years of age or older.  Giveaway ends on May 1, 2010 at 11:59 pm .  Winner will be chosen by Random.org.  By participating in this contest you are automatically agreeing to the rules set forth above as well as the rules listed HERE :
Good Luck! You have to be in it to win it!

** I was given a product to review for this giveaway but in no way did that affect the outcome of this review.  Please see  my Disclosure Policy  for any questions you may have regarding this.

WINNER!! New Moon Giveaway!

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!

Congrats to thaeter7 who was comment #103 !!! Random Org chose you as the winner of my New Moon Giveaway!!!

thaeter7 said... 103 I liked "Queen of the damned,I am an Anne rice fan.



rally_thade**@*otmail.com



Congrats! I am off to email you now!

WINNER!!! Eden Fantasys

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!

Comment #38 - J. Anderson for winning my Eden Fantasys giveaway!!

J.Anderson said... 38

Follower!

jennette****@msn.com

I will be in touch with you shortly!! 

Iron Man 2 Super Hero Super Giveaway

ENTER TO WIN AN IRON MAN PRIZE PACK !!!

Iron Man 2 Super Hero Super Giveaway


This is a great prize pack and the contest is hosted on Mommy PR!!

There will be 3 grand prize winners and 3 runners up!

Go check it out!!

Good Luck!

Iron man Prize Pack on The Father Life

I found a great giveaway on The Father Life   for an Iron Man Prize Pack

Enter to win here: http://thefatherlife.com/mag/2010/03/21/iron-man-super-hero-super-giveaway/

There will be 3 first place winners and 3 runner ups.  Good Luck!!