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Make Mother's Day Memories

This is going to be a difficult Mother's Day for our family this year.  My Mother-In-Law was diagnosed with Brain Cancer a little over a month ago.  She is currently receiving radiation.  This will probably be our last Mother's Day with her.  I want to cherish every moment of the day with her.  I am going to be making a special ham dinner to bring to her home.  I bought her a wig as a gift since she lost all of her hair.  I will be getting her other gifts as well that will be useful and keep her comforted.    She means the world to me and is the sweetest, most loving woman I have ever known.  When my mother died in 1999 she was there to comfort me and has always made me feel like I was a daughter to her as well.

My wish is for all of you to remember the women who have nurtured, loved and influenced your lives on this Mother's Day.  May the memories that you make last your lifetime.

                                                      Happy Mother's Day

Rent, Buy or Sell College Books

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Do you have a child attending college? Do you attend college yourself?  If you do, you know how expensive it can be to purchase college textbooks.  With CollegeBookRenter.com you can save money by renting the books you need.  Just provide them with your list of books or ISBN numbers and they will send your books directly to you.  You can choose from 3 different rental periods. When you're done you can print out a shipping label and return the books for free. It's that easy.  You can even qualify for a discount if you rent three or more books.



You can also earn money by selling any unwanted college textbooks that you no longer use.

CBR wants to give you the most cash for your used textbooks! They offer fast, secure payments, and will even pay for the shipping!

Use their  Sell Textbooks search bar to find the textbook you would like to sell to CBR.

Choose whether you would like to be paid via check, PayPal or CBR credit.

Ship your books to CBR at no charge!

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Goodcook.com Food Chopper Is My New Favorite Gadget

I am having a blast using my new Food Chopper from Goodcook.com.  It makes dicing a breeze! I love making soups and stir frying and sautees for my family and chopping up the vegetables use to consume a lot of my prep time.  With the Food Chopper it is a breeze!

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This is so simple to use.  No electricity is needed.  Just press your palm on the soft spot of the chopper and it does all of the work for you.  It stores nicely with a lid to protect the blade.

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Rod Stewart "Time" Review

 Rod Stewart has spent four decades being a rock star, three being a parent, and has a new album's worth of rollicking stories to tell.

Time is his first album of new material in almost 20 years (and his hairstyle hasn't changed one bit!)

 I can still remember the first time I listened to Rod Stewart's music when I was in my early childhood and his distinct voice captivated me. I was an instant fan. I really enjoyed listening to this album. It is new and fresh and well written.

There are different tempo songs to appeal to all. Time, released May 7th, 2013, marks Stewart's long-awaited return to his songwriting roots and features 12 tracks, 11 of which he wrote and produced. The album was born from a burst of inspiration that came while Rod was reviewing his life for his recent memoir.

Rod rediscovered his voice as a songwriter and rekindled his gift for writing the honest, nerve-touching narratives that have been the cornerstone to the first three decades of his career. "Suddenly ideas for lyrics were piling up in my head," he says. "Next thing I knew, I had a song called 'It's Over' about divorce and separation. And now I was getting up in the middle of the night and scrambling for a pen to write things down, which has never happened to me. I finished seven or eight songs very quickly and I still wasn't done, and it became apparent that I would eventually have a whole album of material to record."

 Along with the release of Time, Stewart is set to embark on the European leg of his Live the Life tour on June 1st, while American dates with Steve Winwood will kick off October 17th.


  Time Track Listing:
1. She Makes Me Happy
2. Can’t Stop Me Now
3. It’s Over 4. Brighton Beach
5. Beautiful Morning
6. Live The Life
7. Finest Woman
8. Time
9. Picture In A Frame
10. Sexual Religion
11. Make Love To Me Tonight
12. Pure Love

 Links To Buy Album:

  Itunes
  Amazon


Disclaimer:  I participated in this campaign for One2One Network. I received a free copy of the CD to facilitate my review. By posting, I am eligible for incentives.

Chick-Fil-A #FreshMade Giveaway!

Forget about yesterday, today is #FreshMade! Each day we have a choice, a choice to do the same old routine or do something unique and different.  What have you wanted to do for a long time? 2013 is almost halfway over and it’s time to do something new. It’s time to grow, it’s time to make your dreams a reality. Chick-fil-A is helping you make today #FreshMade, by creating new menu options that you can feel good about! They are introducing 3 new premium salads and an improved wrap all under 430 calories made with premium ingredients. 2 of my blog followers will win a coupon for a Chick-Fil-A Salad (enter below) a Rafflecopter giveaway Disclaimer: No compensation received. All prizes provided by sponsor Chick-Fil-A.

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Win a Skytop Lodge Getaway!

Win a Fabulous Two Night Getaway for a Family of 4

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The Adventure Heats Up at Skytop Lodge

Sktyop Lodge, one of America's best all-inclusive resorts (Travel + Leisure), is an ideal family getaway offering 5,500 of pristine nature hikes, Skytop Lodge is the ultimate Pocono Mountains Retreat.

Skytop offers outstanding themed weekends, Mothers's Day, May 10-12, is also Skytop's anniversary weekend.  This celebrates the 85th year and it is a weekend to be experienced!  You'll enjoy butlered picnics, sensational food and wine pairings, dancing and a fabulous Mother's Day Brunch.  For the photographer or outdoor enthusiast, Skytop's Wildlife Photography and Birding Weekend, May 17-19, features photography workshops, nature walks and expeditions set against a stunning backdrop of waterfalls, meadows, lakes and stunning mountain vistas.

This just in, Skytop is honored to present the screening of the Sundance Film Festival's critiacally acclaimed Vanishing of the Bees.  The exclusive viewing is part of the "Bee Mindful" weekend, May 3-5, and initiative which is raising awareness of Colony Collapse Disorder whish threatens the bee population and our food supply.   This weekend we will also be breaking ground on a wildflower garden to promote a healthy habitat for local honeybees.

Memorial Day weekend, May 24-27, is a great way to kick off the summer at Skytop Lodge.  In addition to the miles of hiking and biking trails as well as lake activities, Skytop offers an exciting Adventure Center including three-tiered zipline/challenge course, as well as a shooting and fishing center.  The Skytop Tennis Center features Mohesh R. Koregaokar.  Affectionately known as "Moe", he has over 30 years of playing, tourings, coaching and consulting exposure at all levels of expertise and abilities.  Having served as personal coach for Andy Roddick and Venus and Serena Williams, Skytop is honored to welcome Moe to the Skytop team.  Skytop also offers an award-winning championship golf course under the direction of PGA professional, Brian Boyle.

Surrounded by stunning mountain vistas, Skytop's 19-hole championship golf course features 6,656 yards of golf that tests all levels of play through rolling hills, open meadows, waterfalls, mountain streams and woodlands.  The course has a rating of 72.0 and a slope rating of 117.  "The small greens are what make it a more difficult course to score on", said Skytop's Director of Golf and Head Professional, Brian Boyle.   "It puts a premium on a golfer's chipping and putting".

Give Dad an extra special father's day gift - an experience with sporting clays, fly fishing, tennis or golf lesson.  Fourth of July is an event not to be missed at Skytop - you'll enjoy fireworks, picnics, music and more!   All summer long Skytop is the ideal destination of choice for families - traditional family, family of friends or your family reunion.

For more information on these and other fabulous theme weekends, visitwww.skytop.com/theme-weekends.

Check out the Skytop Photo Gallery http://www.skytop.com/Photo-Gallery

My Gym Fit Sweeps and Discount

Throughout 2013, My Gym locations across North America will celebrate thirty years of providing fitness and fun to families by offering money saving membership and class discounts, conducting a search to crown My Gym’s Fit & Healthy Family and hosting fun and fitness-filled My Gym 30^th Birthday party/ Open Houses.

• Offered April 1 through June 30, the My Gym discounts include free membership to families signing on for the first time and 30% off for four weeks of classes at participating locations.
  
  
  
  
• Also taking place April 1 through June 30, My Gym’s 30^th anniversary Fit & Healthy Family Contest is a initiative designed to encourage families to demonstrate how they have made fitness a key part of their family’s lifestyle and share their own family fitness tips with families everywhere through the My Gym contest’s social media. www.facebook.com/mygymfun
  
  
  
  
• In August, participating My Gym locations throughout the North America will open their doors for free-to-the-public 30^thbirthday party/open houses – My Gym style.
  
  
  
  

Open to families in North America, the My Gym Fit & Healthy Family Contest invites families with at least two members in the same household (and one member a child under the age of ten) to enter by submitting a photo of their family engaged in physical activity along with 100-200 words sharing their favorite family fitness tip(s). 

The photos and accompanying tips will be posted on My Gym’s Official Facebook Page for the public to vote for their favorite entry. Families receiving the most votes will become among the 30 semi-finalists from which the Grand Prize winner will be chosen. Semi-finalists will win prizes from My Gym's official cleaning sponsor BabyGanics (babyganics.com), the leading provider of household and personal care products for every touch point in a baby's life; DVD’s of the popular children’s animated series Chuggington (chuggington.com); a prestigious Recognition Certificate from the President's Council on Fitness Sports and Nutrition (fitness.gov); and a specially-designed My Gym prize pack. 

The grand prize family will win the acclaimed sports activity toy line from Little Tikes (littletikes.com) along with a year free of My Gym classes and a birthday party

To download the discount coupon, to electronically enter the contest and for all details and rules, please visitwww.facebook.com/mygymfun

Disclaimer: I was compensated with  the following for this post from US Family Bloggers and My Gym Fit:

• A CD from The Activators - We Make Fitness Fun! 
• A FREE Class at your local My Gym
• Eligibility to WIN the My Gym Fit & Healthy Family Sweepstakes - register separately through www.facebook.com/mygymfun

Michael Buble' : To Be Loved

I am a huge fan of Michael Buble's music.  I love Michael's distinct voice and style of music.  I really enjoyed listening to his new album "To Be Loved".   He certainly did not disappoint this fan.  I loved the remakes and duets that were performed.  My favorite song on the album is You Make Me Feel So Young.  It's such a great song and he performs it perfectly.

In his new album, Michael brings some of the greatest hits from the past back to life in his own way.

"I want to take you on a wonderful journey about love—all different kinds of love," Michael says."The album swings big time: it rocks, it’s soulful, it’s happy, sometimes a little sad. It’s romantic, it’s yummy, and it’s heartfelt."

To Be Loved, out now, finds the Grammy winner covering songs by Frank Sinatra, the Bee Gees, Jackson 5, Elvis Presley, Van Morrison, and more. In the mix of golden standards are four original songs co-written by Bublé, dipping into his personal life for inspiration.

I especially enjoyed the duets with Reese Witherspoon and Bryan Adams!

Upcoming TV Appearances:

• Dancing With the Stars - 4/30/13
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show - 5/3/13

To Be Loved Track Listing:

1. "You Make Me Feel So Young"   

2. "It's a Beautiful Day" 

3. "To Love Somebody"

4. "Who's Lovin You"

5. "Something Stupid" (featuring Reese Witherspoon) 

6. "Come Dance with Me"

7. "Close Your Eyes"

8. "After All" (featuring Bryan Adams)

9. "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" (with Naturally 7)

10. "To Be Loved"

11. "You've Got a Friend in Me"  

12. "Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)" (featuring The Puppini Sisters)

13. "I Got It Easy"    

14. "Young at Heart"

Links To Buy Album:

• iTunes
• Amazon

Be sure to check this album out today! I think you will enjoy it as much as I do!

Disclaimer: I participated in this campaign for One2One Network. I received a free copy of the album to facilitate my review. By posting, I am eligible for incentives. All opinions stated are my own.