Have You Ever Won a Blog Contest?

Winning is everything right?  Have you ever won a contest or even a sweepstakes? I have and I have some tips on winning a blog contest!  First of all let me tell you a little about me.  I have been entering and winning contests, sweepstakes and giveaways for five years.  I have not entered consistently over all those years which means I haven’t won consistently either, but I have been winning. Blogging is a big part of my life Now {Read More}

Real Moms Talk About Romano’s Macaroni Grill Restaurant Favorites.

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I was recently given the opportunity to taste and review Romano’s Macaroni Grill’s new boxed dinner kits thanks to MyBlogSpark We received the Creamy Basil dinner and I have to say that my children loved it! All four of them! (Needless to say we need two boxes to feed everyone) I cooked some chicken while the noodles boiled then added the sauce packet and voila’ ~ yummy goodness that we’ll be purchasing from the store on a regular basis from {Read More}

Real Moms Talk About The Spice Depot

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The lovely people at The Spice Depot sent me a few of their Grinder Top Spice Blends to try. The minute I received them I was intrigued and ultimately fell in love with them.  They are easy to use & provide fresh spices with every use.  I received Spicy Sea Salt, JoJo Potato and Salad Seasoning These nifty little spice bottles have a grinder incorporated right into the tops of the bottle essentially giving you the ability to have “fresh” {Read More}

Real Moms Talk About Bella Sara Treasures & Miniatures

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We love Bella Sara at my house and thanks to the Team Mom we got the chance to review a couple of their newest products: Bella Sara Treasures Each Treasures card pack contains 5 random horse and/or treasure cards, a random sticker card, a random tattoo card, a mini-game, a card checklist, online codes, and positive messages. My daughter immediately opened up the packages to oohs & ahhs and carried them around the house showing everyone for day. Included in {Read More}

Real Moms Talk About Author Leslie Patricelli

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A Real Mom Review by Tracy Roberts. I was very fortunate to receive copies of 2 of Leslie Patricelli’s books to review. Higher! Higher! The sky’s not limit in a witty picture book about a child on a wing & the wonders of the imagination (ages 2-5 retail $15.99) and Baby Happy, Baby Sad A playful look at a pair of emotions that are a part of every baby’s day (ages 1-3; retail $6.99) The books were perfect for my {Read More}

Love Vampires? Win Prizes!

Our friends over at Love Impossible.com are having a contest and we thought it would be fun to let ya’ll get in on the goodies! Here’s the contest info – At www.LoveImpossible.com — Vampires make us steamy. If you can relate, join us for our latest contest. PRIZES: You may win one of  the following: Twilight on DVD. 1. Twilight Saga DVD preordered and shipped to your home. OR 2. Choice of any Vampire Romance book on our website shipped {Read More}

Real Moms Talk About MyMMs.com

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Moms Central and MyMMs.com recently gave us the opportunity to review their site and ordering processes by allowing us to create our own customized M & Ms – Read our Mom’s New Year 09 Bonanza Kick Off post if you’d like to have a bag of our creations for yourself . Once you’re on the site you have the option of choosing your color combination and you can even include a personalized message or  favorite photograph. They make ordering a {Read More}

Real Moms Talk About: Barbie And The Diamond Castle

A lot of women in my generation grew up on Barbie – and many of us, like me, swore we wouldn’t have them for our girls. They are unrealistic and didn’t portray the type of role model we wanted for our girls. Inevitably, as we started having girls, Barbie made her way in anyway. She’s popular, she’s pretty and girls love her! So of course, while my girls don’t have a lot of Barbie stuff – when the Barbie movies {Read More}

Real Moms Talk About Stride Rite Early Walkers

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Once again we have the opportunity to share another great item with you courtesy of Stride Rite with a special thanks to TwitterMoms for the heads-up. We were sent a pair of size 5 Stride Rite Early Walkers – adorable little monkey shoes (the little flap on the back says cheeky monkey).  Nathan wasn’t sure if he wanted to wear them or play with them.  He just turned 1 but started walking a couple months ago. We’ve been keeping it {Read More}

Real Moms Talk About Parents Critter Conga

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When Team Mom told us that Parents would be sending us out some of their newest toys to review I was excited.  But it turns out that I wasn’t half as excited as 3/4 of our children. Our youngest had his first birthday around the time we received the product so we saved it for him to open.  He loves music and we knew that Critter Conga ($30 retail) was sure to bring him years of musical fun. Turns out {Read More}

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