Celtic Woman!! GIVEAWAY!!!!

I love Celtic Woman! My husband actually introduced me to their music (and Celtic music altogether) several years ago! We watch their specials on PBS and really enjoy them! (My husband is a bagpiper)

If you're not familiar with them, Celtic Woman is an all-female singing group featuring vocalists Chloë Agnew, Lisa Kelly, Lisa Lambe and Celtic violinist Máiréad Nesbitt. They perform classic Irish songs (“Green Grow the Rushes"), timeless pop anthems (“Bridge Over Troubled Water"), and inspirational songs (“Ave Maria”) with their signature Celtic Woman twist.

They have a new album that just came out TODAY! Called "Believe" I am so excited to listen to it! Here is a link to one of the songs on the album called "Teir Abhaile Riu" I LOVE IT!! They are also starting a new tour and have a DVD available of their concert - watch the trailer HERE! This concert features a 20 piece orchestra, 7 piece Celtic Woman Band, 16 piece Atlanta Bag Pipe Band; lush vocal harmonies from a 10 piece Aontas Choir, 30 member children’s choir and featuring a world champion Irish dancer formerly a lead performer in Riverdance! Hopefully we will be able to go to the concert when it comes to Utah in April! Here are their tour dates.

Okay here's the good stuff!! I get to giveaway 2 great prizes to 2 great readers!!

Hold on to your seat.... are you ready?

I am giving away a signed copy of the CD of the new album "Believe"!!!

AND

A signed copy of the DVD!!!

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Here is what you have to do to win!

1- entry for following this blog! (Leave me a comment)
1- entry for leaving me a comment telling me how freakin awesome you think this giveaway is!-
1- entry for leaving me a comment telling me that you have listened to the amazing song "Teir Abhaile Riu"
1- entry for leaving me a comment telling me that you watched the DVD trailer
2-entries for "Liking" Celtic Woman on Facebook (Leave me 2 comments)
2- entries for linking to this blog post on your own Facebook Page (Leave me 2 comments with the link)
2- entries for following Celtic Woman on Twitter (Leave me 2 comments)
2- entries for Tweeting about this giveaway linking back to here (Leave me 2 comments with the link)
3- entries for pinning this blog post on Pinterest! (Leave me 3 comments with the link)
3- entries for blogging about this giveaway on your blog (Leave me 3 comments with the link)

I am going to randomly select a winner for the CD and a winner for the DVD on January 31st at 11:59pm - in celebration of my grandpa's birthday (He would have been 98 this year)!

Note: Valid in the US and Cananda

Renovating a Home

Guest post by Gerard Mcdaniel

My husband and I just bought our first home, and we are so excited about everything. It took us a really long time to save up for the down payment, and we can’t wait to start with the renovations we want to do. We are going to gut the kitchen and put in all new appliances first. The next thing we want to do is re-do all of the bathrooms because they are all pretty old. Good thing my husband is very handy. We’re going to save t on because we’re doing everything ourselves. A neighbor suggested we go to www.totalalarmsystems.com and get set up with a home alarm. We hadn’t even thought about doing something like that, but it’s a great idea. We want to feel safe in our new home, and getting an alarm is definitely one way we could try to protect our home and assets. I can’t wait until we finally have all of our ducks in a row so our life can get back on a routine. This whole process of buying a homereally takes up a lot of your time and energy.

Green Giant® Valley Fresh Steamers™ Vegetables with Pasta Winner!

Sorry it took me so long to get to this! We have had a crazy weekend with very high winds and lots of damage to clean up!

The winner (chosen randomly is janetfaye) I will send you an email with instructions!

Thanks for entering!

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Green Giant® Valley Fresh Steamers™ Vegetables with Pasta Giveaway!

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Did you see that picture in the top of this post? MyBlogspark & Green Giant are helping me give that prize which includes:

• 2 Green Giant placemats
• Broccoli stress reliever
• 32 oz. serving bowl
• Surprise face serving spoon
• A VIP coupon for the new Valley Fresh Steamers with Pasta

I will select a winner randomly on after 11pm on December 1st!

There will only be one entry allowed per person for this giveaway.

To enter you must be a follower of this blog and leave a comment answering one of these questions:
“Do you ever have to be creative to get your child(ren) to eat vegetables?”
-OR-
“What do you add to your vegetables to make them more appealing for your entire family?”

Winner of the Kroget Gift Card Giveaway!

The randomly chosen winner of the Kroger $25 Gift Card Giveaway is:

Lisa from Healthy & Frugal Wife!

Congrats! A new giveaway will be posted later today!!

Get a Melissa & Doug 25% Off Coupon When You Take the North "Poll"

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Help me decide!

I have been trying to figure out what Christmas cards to order. I love sending out the cards but it always seems like my Christmas budget is gone before I get to them.

Which one do you like the best?

Do you have a good way to display the Christmas cards that you get? What do you do with them after the holiday? I have a spot on my wall where I tape them up, and then the photo ones from my extended family I usually cut the photo off the card and then just stick them in a box. I need some new ideas!

GIVEAWAY a $25 Kroger Gift Card

...which participating General Mills products would you stock up on during the following promotion at Kroger?

From November 13th through November 26th, with the purchase of any four participating General Mills products, you will either receive free milk (up to $3; limit of 2) or to receive $3 off your shopping order**

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With the help of Kroger and MyBlogSpark I am able to giveaway a $25 Kroger Gift Card to one of my lucky readers, just in time for the Holidays!

To enter:

1 - entry for following this blog (please leave a comment telling me you did this)
1 - entry for leaving a comment here telling me which participating General Mills products would you stock up on during the following promotion at Kroger
2 - entries for "Liking" the Kroger Facebook page (Please be sure to leave 2 comments here after you do this)
3- entries for placing a link to this giveaway on your Facebook Page (Please leave 3 comments with the link here)
3 - entries for blogging about this giveaway on your own blog linking back to here! (please leave 3 comments telling me you did this, with a link)

I will be selecting a winner randomly on November 21st!!

I forgot to tell you!

Last week at my Weight Watchers meeting I reached the goal I had for the week! I was hoping that I would have been down 1.2 pounds bringing my total to -15 lbs -- Guess What? I actually lost 2.2 last week for a total of -16!! That was the week of Halloween!

Thursday is my meeting day - so I have a couple of days to see what I did this week. I have tracked 100% of my food this week and I hope I can keep up my momentum because I have another goal before Thanksgiving...

Anyway, today I made these mini pumpkin pies! They were yummy! Only 1 point each!