Giveaway - Walgreen's Digital Temple Thermometer

I was sent two Walgreen's Digital Temple Thermometers - one to try out and one to giveaway. So here it is ...

Its features:
- large backlight display
- fever alert
- for use on temple or underarm

- for use when awake or asleep.

I haven't had a need to try mine out yet, but I do remember the fight I'd have with my kids to get an accurate reading on a thermometer.

If this looks like something you'd like to win, leave a comment below including your email address. Subscribers, click the title above to go to the original blog to leave your comment.

Deadline: September 20, 11:59 EST. Winner will be announced on Tuesday, September 22.

Back-to-School Giveaway, August 4-18

To help you get organized for school, I'm sponsoring a Back-to-School Giveaway of 1-2-3 ... Get Organized books (over $45 in value):

Three Steps to Clever Cleaning
Three Steps to Decluttering
Three Steps to Organizing Your Child's Room
Three Steps to Organizing Your Kitchen
Three Steps to Planning Dinner (ebook)
Hassle Free Dinners (ebook)
Your choice:

• Three Steps to Time Management for the Stay-at-Home Mom
• Three Steps to Time Management for the Single Mom (ebook)
• Three Steps to Time Management for the Working Mom (ebook)

So that's seven books, each one on a different topic. I wrote the 1-2-3 ... Get Organized series for the organizationally overwhelmed. Tackle one area at a time, and move on to the next!

The books are small, colorful, and glossy. Since they are spirals, you can open your book, lay it flat while you're following one tip, and come back to it for the next item.
Even though they're small, they're packed with helpful information to get the job done.

How to enter (11 possible entries in all):

1. Email your list about the giveaway (include me - Bev@1-2-3GetOrganized.com). Come back and leave three comments to that effect. (3 entries)
2. Blog about the 1-2-3 ... Get Organized Back-to-School giveaway, leaving a comment below including the link to your post. (1 entry)
3. Put our 1-2-3 ... Get Organized Blog button on your blog or site, come back and leave a comment to that effect, with the link to that page. (1 entry)
4. Tell your friends on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc., and leave a comment saying so. (1 entry)
5. Subscribe to 1-2-3 ... Get Organized blog. Comment that you've subscribed or that you already subscribe. (1 entry)
   
6. Subscribe to receive notices of special offers or sales of 1-2-3 ... Get Organized books. Come back and leave your comment. (1 entry)
7. Subscribe to Mom Audience - my marketplace for moms. Comment here saying you've done so. (1 entry)
8. Put a Mom Audience button on your site. Leave your comment here. (1 entry)
   
9. Leave a comment below about why you might like to have these books. (1 entry)

The deadline is midnight (eastern) Tuesday, August 18, 2009. The winner will be randomly chosen by one of my foster daughters and announced here on Thursday, August 20, 2009.

Subscribers, click here to enter the giveaway.

Announcing my winners!

Good Saturday morning! I don't usually blog on Saturdays, but this is an exception - announcing the winners of my giveaways:

My first prize: Hassle Free Dinners PLUS Three Steps to Planning Dinner goes to: Diane from where do I get started?????????. Drop by her blog for a visit!

My second prize: A free sponsorship of a Mom Audience weekly email ($250 value) goes to: Em from Em - M is for mommy. Check out her skyoozmee - a unique new burpcloth to make feeding time cleaner and easier than ever before! www.skyoozmee.com.

My third prize: A 6-month sidebar ad on Mom Audience emails ($125 value) goes to: Angie from Tiny Tots With Style. Such cute clothes for your little ones!

My fourth prize: your choice of my time management books for mom - part of my 1-2-3...Get Organized series goes to: Meagan at Meagan Designs Kaedan Krafts. Check out her "tomorrow's fashions today."

The Ultimate Blog Party - My Fourth Prize

My fourth prize in The Ultimate Blog Party is your choice of my time management books for mom (pdf) - part of my 1-2-3...Get Organized series. These include Three Steps to Time Management for the Stay-at-Home, Three Steps to Time Management for the Single Mom, and Three Steps to Time Management for the Working Mom.

To enter:

1. Go to my website and see which mom time management book you'd like. Come back and comment about which one you'd prefer and why.

2. Sign up to receive my blog for another entry - come back and leave a comment to that effect.

3. For a third chance to win, go to my blog introducing Mom Audience - a marketplace for moms that will bring moms, mompreneurs, and businesses-that-cater-to-moms together. Sign up to be notified of the official launch if this is something that interests you. Come back and tell me you did so.

4. And lastly, for another chance to win, if you'd like information about advertising on Mom Audience email me at Bev@1-2-3getorganized.com. Come back and leave a comment after doing so.

5. Just kidding! For a bunch more entries, blog, twitter or whatever on your networks about this prize with a link. For each one, make a separate comment and you'll get an extra entry.

Make sure to leave your email address on each entry.


To enter other giveaways, go to the Ultimate Blog Party above. The winner will be announced on March 28.

The Ultimate Blog Party - My Third Prize

My third prize in The Ultimate Blog Party is a 6-month sidebar ad on Mom Audience emails ($125). I'm offering duplicate prizes here on my blog.

Each Mom Audience email will showcase new businesses, blogs, products, social networks, causes, websites, discounts, giveaways, contests, and lots more categories that interest moms. The purpose of Mom Audience is to bring moms, mompreneurs, and mom-appealing businesses together in a marketplace for moms.

Mom Audience is my brand new venture and will be launched around April 1 and the first Mom Audience email will go out around April 15.


To enter, comment by leaving your name and email address.

For a second chance to win, go to my blog introducing Mom Audience and sign up to be notified of Mom Audience's launch. Come back and comment.

A third entry is yours if you email me to receive info about advertising on Mom Audience. Come back and leave a comment to that effect.

And a fourth way to win is to comment, telling us what you would like to showcase to other moms.

For a bunch more entries, blog, twitter or whatever on your networks about this prize with a link. For each one, make a separate comment and you'll get an extra entry.

Make sure to leave your email address on each entry.

To enter more giveaways in the Ultimate Blog Party, click above. The winner will be announced on March 28.

The Ultimate Blog Party - My Second Prize

My second prize in The Ultimate Blog Party sponsored by 5 Minutes for Mom (I'm offering duplicate prizes here on my blog):

A free sponsorship of a Mom Audience weekly email ($250 value). Each Mom Audience email will showcase new businesses, blogs, products, social networks, causes, websites, discounts, giveaways, contests, and lots more categories that interest moms.

Sponsors will have a blurb at the beginning of each email, showcasing their stuff. Your sponsorship will put you in front of your target audience - moms! I hope to bring you new readers, new clients and more notoriety!

Mom Audience is a brand new venture of mine and will be launched around April 1 and the first Mom Audience email will go out around April 15.


To enter, comment by leaving your name and email address.

For a second chance to win, go to my blog introducing Mom Audience and sign up to be notified of Mom Audience's launch. Come back and comment.

A third entry is yours if you email me to receive info about advertising on Mom Audience. Come back and leave a comment to that effect.

And a fourth way to win is to comment, telling us what you would like to showcase to other moms.

For a bunch more entries, blog, twitter or whatever on your networks about this prize with a link. For each one, make a separate comment and you'll get an extra entry.

Make sure to leave your email address on each entry.

To enter more giveaways in the Ultimate Blog Party, click above. Winners will be announced on March 28.

The Ultimate Blog Party - My First Prize

Today starts the Ultimate Blog Party sponsored by 5 Minutes for Mom. I'm offering the same prizes here on my blog as at the party.

My first prize is a package including:

- Hassle Free Dinners (pdf)- 52 weeks of dinner menus, instructions, and weekly grocery lists. The menus are color-coded, and include nutritional and cost-per-serving information. It's a marriage of professional organization and dinnertime!

PLUS

- Three Steps to Planning Dinner (pdf) with editable grocery lists and recipe pages. This books walks you through planning quick, easy, and delicious meal for your family in the shortest amount of time. Included are some of my family's favorite recipes and a place to start your own family cookbook.


What do you need to do to win?

1. Go to my website and choose a book(s) you'd like to have. Come back and comment, listing the book and why you'd like to have it or give it as a gift.

2. Sign up to receive my blog for another entry - come back and leave a comment to that effect.

3. For a third chance to win, go to my blog introducing Mom Audience - a marketplace for moms that will bring moms, mompreneurs, and mom-appealing businesses together. Sign up to be notified of the official launch if this is something that interests you. Come back and tell me you did so.

4. And lastly, for another chance to win, if you'd like information about advertising on Mom Audience email me at Bev@1-2-3getorganized.com. Come back and leave a comment after doing so.

5. Just kidding! For a bunch more of entries, blog, twitter or whatever on your networks about this prize with a link. For each one, make a separate comment and you'll get an extra entry.

Make sure to leave your email address on each entry.

So here are your four chances to put meals on the table that are quick, tasty, and balanced. I hope you win!

To enter other giveaways, go to the Ultimate Blog Party above. Winners will be announced on March 28.

Announcing the Winner of My Five 1-2-3...Get Organized Books!

I have the joy of announcing that Joy is the lucky winner of my five 1-2-3...Get Organized books!

Thanks so much for entering! I'm going to try to get by to your blogs for a visit soon!! Meanwhile, stay in touch and let me know if you have anything you'd like me to blog about.

Review by Photo Bug Baby

Photo Bug Baby has reviewed two of my books, Three Steps to Time Management for the College Student and Three Steps to Planning Your Child's Parties. If you're a photo bug, you must enter one of their numerous photo contests! What a fun place!

Ellie's Bags - A New Idea in Diaper Bags - For You or as a Gift

Ellie's Bags is getting ready to launch their new line of diaper bags on August 13. In the meantime, they are sponsoring a giveaway - a $25 gift certificate. Use it for yourself or give it to a friend. Click the title above to sign up!

Our February contest winner!

Our February contest winner is Kristi from Maryland! She has a great way to store little things - file stickers, clear tabs for hanging files and the paper inserts, shipping labels, Roladex blank cards, price stickers for garage sales, name stickers for your children's school items, video/cassette labels, craft items, scrapbook embellishsments, etc.

"I get small ziplock bags that are the size of the item I have --- then I get a hole puncher and punch a hole ABOVE the zip area --- then you go to Staples (www.Staples.com) and get those metal ring fasteners --- and put all the baggies on the metal ring-- and then THROW THE WHOLE thing in your drawer.

NOTHING FALLS OUT OR AROUND and when you need those "LITTLE items" you just pull out the metal fastener --- and flip through each bag since they are see-thru, and then open the clip in the right area and take out the bag you want to use ---BINGO!

If you have lots of similar items -- I got a peg board and just slid each baggie grouping on a LONG peg."

Kristi suggests buying baggies online - much less expensive!