Walmart Gift Card Giveaway

Thanksgiving is such a wonderful time of year. It's a time to spend quality time with those special family members and friends. It's always so nice to enjoy a wonderful meal with great company. I have some really great Thanksgiving memories to cherish always. It's always a big to do in our family. My mom always seems to share her kindness to those who have no family to share the holidays with. Some years I can remember have up to 30 plus people squeezed at our dinning room table enjoying our holiday meal. Isn't that what Thanksgiving is all about? Sharing with others and being thankful for what we all have, no matter how small. There are so many less fortunate this holiday season. It’s important that we think about and give to these less fortunate. My mom always makes the most delicious turkey and stuffing. While my little sister makes all the home made pies, and yes we always have a pumpkin pie to enjoy on top of tons of other yummy holiday dishes. My job always seems to be the mash potatoes each year. The best holiday tip I could give anybody would be to have each and everyone of your guest to bring one of their favorite dishes to pass. That way it makes it easier on the hostess and you get to contribute to the holiday feast. It's always such a comfort for me to spend these special times with my family and friends. Do you have any great Thanksgiving memories you'd like to share? If so, I'd love to hear all about them. Remember tis the season to share. You have to make a stop at Walmart's Holiday Meals website. At this amazing site they give these great tips on how to prepare a holiday meal for eight for as low as $20.00. Plus, there are some amazing recipes from the Food Network’s Melissa d’Arabians. Okay, now to the gift card giveaway.

If you'd like to be entered in my Walmart gift card giveaway just leave me a comment about some of your very own favorite memories or money-saving tips for the holidays. Then please add a post about this fun giveaway on your blog. This giveaway will run until December 4th, 2009. The drawing will be on December 5th 2009 and I will announce the lucky winners. There will be two lucky winners for this giveaway. I have two gift cards to give away. Please make sure when you leave a comment to please leave me a link or email where you can be reached. Good luck to all!

I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Walmart. In addition, I received a Walmart gift certificate to thank me for taking the time to participate and two to offer as a giveaway.

Thanks so much for taking time to stop by my place. I want to send warm Thanksgiving wishes out to all my sweet blogging friends.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

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The New Look

It's been a while since I updated the look of my blog. So, I decided to try a new look this morning. I really like it. What do you think? just wanted to give you guys a heads up and let you know I have lots of work to do on this site. Please be patient. I'll have it up and running in no time. Hope everyone is having a great week.

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A Great Way To Fight The Flu

I've been asked to review this amazing product called Respiratory Guard. This review is a result of a feedback campaign by Respiratory Guard. The recipients were asked to give their honest opinion about the product they received. Good reviews were not incentivized and poor reviews will not be censored for their opinion of the product. Respiratory Guard is a dietary supplement that is rich in bioflavonoids and it helps to support your immune defenses. At this point in our life’s I'm so glad I had the opportunity to review this great product. My little one started kindergarten this year and seems to be bringing home ever nasty flu bug there is. Then mommy and daddy catch the same very flu bug. I'm also very worried about the H1N1 virus, but have decided at this point not to get the flu vaccines this year. I started taking the respiratory guard and I truly think it's helping my immune system to fight off some of those nasty colds going around. I wake up in the mornings and I feel like I have more energy. If this dietary supplement will help keep me healthy then I'm all for it. It seems like when I get sick I go down hill very quickly and then my  asthma kicks in.   I'm hoping this dietary supplement will help me stay healthy this flu season.  The best part about the Respiratory Guard is that they are lozenges that either you can chew or let dissolve in your mouth. I have a very hard time swallowing pills, so these lozenges are a great addition to my vitamin routine in the mornings. I'm taking the naturally flavored elderberry extract lozenges, which taste great. I'm so unsure about getting any of the flu vaccines this year.  I think Respiratory guard will really give my immune system a boost and I can hopefully avoid the flu.   If you're trying to stay the healthiest you can be this flu season then I would highly recommend trying Respiratory Guard.

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Adding To Our Fleet

It's been a long four years, but well worth the wait. Let me explain. Way back in 2006 we were in need of a new vehicle. The problem was that when we would turn in a vehicle it would always be the hubby's work trucks. So during the trade in process we could never get the amount we needed to pay off the entire loan, which left us with some serious negative equity. This negative equity would follow us form loan to loan. The hubby is in the construction field and he really puts his trucks through some serious beatings. Let me send out a huge waring for anyone who is stuck in this vicious cycle of debt. Don't do it. Try and get out of this terrible rut. We finally smarted up and decide the hubby would only be driving junkers to work. No new cars for him. This has been working out great for us.

Back in 2006 I decided it was time to put an end to this debt. We had to bite the bullet and suck it up. So we took on a gigantic truck payment of $502 per month for 4 years to pay this debt off and I'm proud to say we finally did it. Yippie!! Actually we paid it off three months early with the help of the Toyota dealership. The incentive was for us to buy/lease a new truck and they would pay the remaining lease payments off. I just want to jump for joy. I'm so happy. This was a huge victory for the hubby and I. Our huge lease payments have finally come to an end and it was time to turn the lease in. We've been looking around for a while for the best deals on new trucks and decided we were going to buy a Toyota Tundra. I just love it and it has so many more fun options to play with then our old truck.  The best part is that it has the smoothest ride.  I just wanted to share my happiness with everyone. Check out below my beautiful new shinny baby. Isn't she puuurrrty?  Click on the picture if you want to see a larger size.

Thanks for taking time to stop by today.

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Wishes For A Little Boy With Cancer

This has been circulating among my Facebook friends this morning and I felt I should share it with all my blogging buddies out there. It just breaks my heart too hear news like this. I guess it hits close to home for me because I have a child the same age. I just can't begin to imagine going through something this terrible and losing a child to cancer. It's hearing stories like these that really put things into perspective for me. It makes me realize how lucky I really am in life. Please read the following and feel free to participate. By participating you'll be touching a sweet little boys life in a special way. 


Help Noah out !! --- a 5 yr old little boy named Noah is in the last stages of Nueroblastoma cancer (2 1/2 yr battle). The family is celebrating Christmas next week, and Noah's request is to get a lot of Christmas cards. Lets send the little guy some: Noah Biorkman, 1141 Fountain View Circle, South Lyon, MI 48178. Lets see how many cards we can get him! Pass it on!!

Check out the video and see how sweet this little guy is. 

I've just finished our card to Noah and it's going out in the mail tomorrow morning. 


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