Freedom Giveaway Hop - $25. Amazon.com Giftcard

I'm excited to participate in the Freedom Giveaway  Hop hosted by Simply Stacie and I am a Reader, Not a Writer.

There are over 200 blogs participating, all with book related prizes. All the blogs are listed in the linky below, so after you enter my giveaway, click over to the other great blogs and enter their giveaways, too.

My Giveaway:


$25. Amazon.com gift card (emailed to the winner) to buy books


I know I could find some great books to buy with $25. Do you have an eReader? Buy books to download! I don't have one, but Amazon.com has an app you can download to read eBooks on your computer. I'm loving it! They have a numerous free books, and lots of books are only $2.99 each. That would certainly stretch $25  into lots of books!

Paper books or eBooks, the choice is yours!  Here's how to enter:



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Once a Month Cleaning Update

I mentioned back in May about being interested in once a month housecleaning. Well, I'm back with a report.

I started out going only two weeks between cleanings. By cleaning, I mean the list of weekly cleaning chores, such as mopping, dusting, wiping down cabinets, etc. Not the daily chores.

After doing bi-weekly cleaning a couple of times, I tried going the full month. I really love it!

The most obvious clue that I was going longer between cleanings was dust. Which, by the way, I use the crochet dust mitt I made. It works great!



So, like I was saying, it really wasn't that obvious that I was going longer between cleanings. Really, what makes or breaks a cleaning schedule is the daily work.

If I see that someone got something on the cabinet in the kitchen, I wipe it while I'm wiping the counters off. If I see that someone let the bathroom sink dirty, I rinse it out when I'm there. It's those sort of things that make a difference in your cleaning, regardless of your cleaning schedule.

Will I continue once a month cleaning? Yes! It frees up an hour or two every week that I can spend on other tasks. But yet, it doesn't take any longer to clean on cleaning day!

Although, I will vary the cleaning schedule according to our family happenings. We're having company at the end of this month, so it makes sense to wait and clean right before they get here. If it works out better for us and our schedule to do a 3 week schedule, I will be flexible.

So what do you think? Do you think a monthly cleaning schedule would work for your family?

Thursday's Giveaways

I love entering giveaways, and have even won a few things. I really love hosting giveaways on Linda's Lunacy. It's so much fun to give stuff away! Now, with Thursday's Giveaways,
you can find lots of great giveaways to enter!


While your here, check out my current giveaways!




                             


  You Can Do a Graphic Novel Book and Hens and Chicks Handmade Soap

And I have another awesome giveaway going up Thursday night! Check back to find out what it is!






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The posting of my button is not required, but help in spreading the word that Linda's Lunacy has a giveaway linky is greatly appreciated! So thank you!

Adding your giveaway to Linda's Lunacy Thursday's Giveaways is very easy! Just use this format, please.

Blog name - name of item being given away - ending date

See? Easy!

Please, only link family friendly giveaways. My kids read here, and anything not family friendly, will be promptly deleted. Sorry, but it's for my kids. :)

Have fun, and I hope you win something!

Fiber One Cereal Giveaway WINNER!

I used Random.org to select the winner of the Fiber One Cereal Giveaway. The winner has responded to my email and My Blog Spark will be shipping the prize shortly.

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Congratulations sewmuchstuff!

Wordless Wednesday - No, I'm not!

No, I'm not petting the dog!

For more pictures, visit Wordless Wednesday,
Wordless Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Mom ,
Say "Cheese" at It's a Blog Party
A Beautiful Mess,
Live and Love Outloud,
Mama to 4 Blessings
Wordy or Not So Wordy Wednesday
Frugality is Free
Dear Crissy
Baba's Farm Life
Mrs. Mama Hen

Hens and Chicks Soap Giveaway

I love handmade soaps. To bad I'm too much of a chicken to make my own. lol I'm afraid of the lye. Maybe in a couple of years when my youngest is 13, and old enough to know to stay far away, I'll make some. In the mean time, I have to buy it from others who make handmade soap.

Hens and Chicks makes awesome handmade soap. For about a week now, I've been using their Oats and Honey bar soap. I love it! You can see and feel the oats in the bar. However when your washing your hands, it doesn't feel gritty. It has a great lather.

An actual picture of me washing my actual hands with the Oats and Honey soap

The Oats and Honey soap has great fragrance, you can smell both the oats and the honey, but it is not an overwhelming fragrance. That would make it a perfect soap for a man, too.

My skin is definitely softer than it was before I started using this soap. This would be an awesome soap for dried, cracked winter hands.

Do you like hand made soaps, too? How would you like to win a bar?


The Giveaway:


Enter to win ONE bar of Oats & Honey Soap from Hens & Chicks Soap

To Enter the Giveaway:

Do any (or all!) of the following:

1.Follow Linda's Lunacy with Google Friend Connect and leave a comment on this post saying your following. If your already a follower, just leave a comment saying so.
2. Subscribe to my blog by email, leave a comment and don't forget to confirm the subscription
3. Follow Linda's Lunacy on Twitter and tweet the giveaway. You can tweet once per day, just leave the link to your tweet every day.

Sample tweet: 
Enter to win a bar of Hens and Chicks soap at Linda's Lunacy http://bit.ly/mIPz3R   #giveaway 

5. Like Linda's Lunacy on Facebook and leave a comment on this post.
6. Follow Linda's Lunacy on Networked Blogs and leave a comment on this post.
7. Like Hens and Chicks Soap on Facebook and leave a comment on this post.
8. Follow Hens and Chicks Soap's Blog with Google Friend Connect and leave a comment on this post.
9. Visit Hens and Chicks Soap's Blog and leave a comment here saying what other of their soaps you would like to try.


That's right, no mandatory entry. You choose how you want to enter! 


*This giveaway ends on Tuesday, July 12th at 11:59 pm  Open to US only. The winner will be selected by random.org. I will notify the winner by email. The winner must respond within 48 hours to claim their prize, or another winner will be chosen. I will verify entries.







*Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. I received one bar of soap for me, and one bar of soap to giveaway. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."

Great Coupons From MyCoupons.com

The challenge is on; find a way to save the most amounts on your purchase.  Where do you start?  Many sites have coupons, but what about double or even triple dipping on savings.  Check out this idea!  Go to MyCoupons.com.  They have hundreds of online coupon codes and discounted gift cards.  Here is what you can do!  Click on the discounted gift cards tab.  You will find gift cards for purchase at a price below face value.  Here is a quick example.  Need to send flowers or a gift?  You can buy a 1800Flowers gift card with a $50 balance for $40.  Instant savings of $10!  Then grab 1800Flowers Coupons for 15% off your purchase.  That will save you $7.50 off your purchase and add that to your instant savings with a gift card and now you saved 35% on your order.  How great is that?  Plus, if 1800Flowers is offering any type of online promotion, you might be able to get an additional bonus or further discounts.  This is only one example of the savings at MyCoupons.com.  They have tons of offers, so make sure to start your online shopping at their site.  Pick up the coupon codes to use at all you favorite merchants and they even have exclusive savings like Drugstore.com Coupons and Harry & David Coupons.  Have fun shopping and if you come across a great deal, let us know, we love to hear about the best ways to save money using coupons.  

Monique Rowe is a guest writer for My Coupons.com and writes about being thrifty and doing product reviews at The One Income Dollar.

 

This is a sponsored post, but I do use coupons, and the picture is my actual coupon binder. :)