Archive for November, 2009
Undermount Stainless Steel Sink
The following is a paid post written and reviewed for DailyDollarReport.com. It is completely of my opinion and is not influenced by being paid.
Have you recently purchased a granite counter top for your new home or have you updated and remodeled? If you have you were probably shocked at the prices when you were sent to a plumbing supply center or a kitchen and bath dealer to pick out your stainless steel sink and faucets. The number one rule in selecting a sink is stay away from the hype, and do not over pay for a name brand sink that your neighbors will not recognize.
Focus on quality and utility, your kitchen is a work center and your sink should complement your families lifestyle. Do you cook a lot, and wash large pans if so you may want to consider a large single bowl 30 X 18 this sink is the current trend. Once you select the appropriate style sink for your family you need to consider the quality of the sink.
A undermount stainless steel sink can be a perfect fit to your kitchen. The cost of a new faucet varies from a few hundred dollars to thousands of dollars. While choosing the right stainless steel faucet for your kitchen you need to consider a few things. Firstly, make sure that the faucet is compatible with the water connection type of your kitchen. It would depend on the number of mounting holes which you already have. Then make sure that it is easier to use. Some women prefer single handle faucets over dual handle ones. Then you should choose the finish of the faucet so that it goes well with the overall kitchen decor. If your sink is big, you may want to choose a two handle design. Stylish kitchen faucets are frequently cross designed. The cross design faucet is very functional and gives the kitchen a particular look when matched with an exotic or classy hand grip.
Visit The Houston Rodeo
The following is a paid post written and reviewed for DailyDollarReport.com. It is completely of my opinion and is not influenced by being paid.
From personal experience, the Houston Rodeo is a great experience that leads to horrible traffic. For the month of March avoid the area if you are not heading to or from Rodeo. The “regulars” have their unofficial uniforms: Men wear jeans, button shirt, hat, boots, stand alone, but women wear boots, short jean skirts, with or without hat. Be aware that the actual concerts start closer to 9 on weekdays despite that the Rodeo fun starts at about 7. For tickets to concerts at the Houston Rodeo, you need to show up early and expect a line. Tickets are relatively cheap and great to bring along a group to the event.
Ah Ha! I figured out a way to yelp about rodeo food! Food is pricey. The Paradise Burger was much better than expected, but still not worth the $6. The Fried Oreoes are not to be missed, assuming you head out to the carnival area before it closes, if not you will miss them in the same way I did last night!
Let’s not forget one of the staples of Rodeo: Beer! If you are a common person just visiting the rodeo, expect to pay about $7 per bottle of beer. Yes, it sucks, but if you are part of the cool kids club, ie. a Rodeo Committeeman then you can find beer and mixed drinks for only $4. If you are not on a committee then make friends with someone who is! Committeemen also get in for free and can bring a friend. (That would be how I get in!)
Win A Plantronics Bluetooth Headset
Would you like to win a Plantronics Discovery 975 bluetooth headset for yourself?
********REQUIRED**********
Go to Plantronics and tell MommyPR another product you like from there.
***********Extra Entries*********
Link Friends to the giveaway on facebook (1 entry daily)
Link Friends to the giveaway on Twitter (1 entry daily)
Blog about this giveaway (5 bonus entries)
Follow @MommyPR, @TheReviewKid, @AbusedChildren, @TweenRant on Fridays (an extra 8 entries)
This giveaway is for United States and will end on November 23rd at 11:59 Pacific Standard Time
Logitech Pro 9000 Giveaway
Would you like to win a Logitech Pro 9000 Quickcam???
Heres what you gotta do
Visit Logitech’s site and comment here what other great product you like and why you would like to win this webcam and come back here and leave me a comment
For Additional Entries
- You can tweet once about this giveaway, all subsequent tweets will be disregarded
- You can blog about this contest and provide with the link
- Favorite on technorati
- Add the button to your blog
- Subscribe to the blog
Contest Ends December 2, 2009
Amazon Kindle Giveaway
How to enter:
Join my mailing list (+1) To enter you must sign up for the new weekly e-mail. This e-mail will summarize everything that’s been going on at Bibliofreak in the last seven days, plus have new content. During the contest, there will be an additional contest-related e-mail once a week, but after the contest, that will cease. Past that, I promise you won’t receive any more than two emails per week from me. Every email will include a handy link in case you want to unsubscribe from the list (so no hitting the spam button, please!).
The sign up box is at the top of the column on the right. Just fill out the information, and hit “subscribe now”.
After signing up, you will receive an email confirming that you really and truly want to subscribe. In order to enter, you MUST click on the link in that email to confirm that you want to join the list. If you don’t confirm, you don’t get entered. Also, you must be an active (not unsubscribed) member of the mailing list on December 18th to qualify for the giveaway.
Blog Post (+5 – one time only): Post about this giveaway on your own blog, letting your readers know about the giveaway and how to join.
Make a YouTube Video (+5): Don’t just tell me how you want a Kindle, show me! The more fun, interesting, funny, goofy, the better! In order to qualify, please put the terms Bibliofreak and Kindle Giveaway in the title of the video. Make sure to e-mail me as soon as you upload your video to YouTube, as the first person who claims it is theirs will get the credit. Sorry, there’s just no other way to verify who posted it!
Featured YouTube Video (+20): Each week, in The Great Kindle Give Away newsletter, I’ll select one featured video, which, for whatever reason, appeals to me above all others (it made me laugh, it made me cry, a little girl crawled out of my computer screen, etc.). This featured video will get an extra 20 entries!
Follow me on Twitter (+1): Go here. Follow me.
Tweet about it with #kindlegiveaway (+1 – one time only)
Become a fan of Bibliofreak on Facebook (+1): Go here. Become my fan!
Post this link on Digg/Reddit/StumbleUpon (+1): Spread the word through your social network.
THE BEST PART (+1 per entry): When you sign up, you will receive a unique link to this giveaway page. Whenever you choose to do any of the above, make sure to use this link. For every person that clicks and joins the mailing list from your link, you’ll receive an extra entry. What does that mean? If you get 100 of your readers/friends/family to join our list through your links, then you get 100 extra entries! If 200 join, you get 200 entries. If 1,000… well, you get the idea.
(Note: I would never expect anyone to take advantage of this by providing fake or duplicate emails. If you do feel tempted to do this, don’t. We’ll catch you and you’ll be disqualified. Trust me.)
Send us your entries: To make both of our lives easier, e-mail your entries to thegreatkindlegiveaway@gmail.com. Be sure to use the e-mail address you signed up for the newsletter with. And most importantly, be sure to give us evidence of your actions. If you tweet about #kindlegiveaway, include the URL of your tweet. If you become a fan on Facebook, tell me your FB user name. Get my point?
The drawing: The drawing will occur on December 18th. The drawing will be randomized using random.org. Every point you get above qualifies you for another entry. Having the highest score doesn’t guarantee you a Kindle, but it does increase your chances.
Win A WooThemes Membership
How to Enter?
- Visit WooThemes and leave a comment below with which theme you want and why? [Required]
- All entries must be submitted on WP Themes before November 20, 2009 – Sunday before 11:59pm
- 3 Winners will be chosen randomly using random.org
- Winners will be contacted by email and will have 5 days to claim the prize
Get Extra Chances to Win the Contest
- Blog about the contest [1 extra chance] and leave a separate comment below with the blog URL
- Signup for our newsletter [1 extra chance] and leave a separate comment below
- Follow us on Twitter and retweet the contest [1 extra chance] and leave a separate comment below with your Twitter ID
Every reader has four methods to enter the contest. Choose any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries! Thank you WooThemes for supporting the contest.
Win A FreeAgent Theater + HD Media Player
Enter to Win:
Enter to win one of the Seagate FreeAgent Theater + HD Media Player. (99.00)
Extra Entries:
- Advertise this giveaway on any giveaway site and tell me where you advertised it. 10 Extra Entries
- Subscribe to Mom Start blog
- Follow on twitter tell me your twitter ID
- Blog about the giveaway include a link to me and to the sponsor for 10 extra entries
- Tweet the giveaway (every time you tweet you get an entry) Link to the giveaway please!!!
- Comment on any other non giveaway post and come back and tell me you did
- Use any of the Share options at the bottom of this post: Digg, Stumble, or fav me on Technorati (two entries for each one)
Leave a comment for every entry
The contest will run until November 30th 11:59 pm Pacific. The winner will be selected by www.random.org. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.
Win A Seagate FreeAgent Go
YOUR TURN: How many photos/videos do you take per week?
WIN IT! One winner will receive a 2TB Desk for Mac ($289.99) OR a FreeAgent Go 1TB (~$200.00). To enter, leave any topic-related comment on this post prior to Tuesday, November 17th at 11:59 p.m. (Don’t forget to follow the rules…all generic comments like “Enter me!,” “Love it,” and “Cool stuff!” will be disqualified.).
Win A Free iPhone 3GS
That’s right, it’s another Freebie Link contest! This time, you have the chance to win a free 32gb iPhone 3GS! This contest is a raffle and in order to obtain entries, you must complete these:
- Post comments on new freebies posted. By new posts, we don’t mean search back through old freebies and post comments there, because those won’t count. Any comment posted MUST be genuine. Every 5 comment you post will give you 1 entry into the raffle. (Be sure to use your valid email address when you comment so we can enter you into the raffle.)
- Post a link to Freebie Link on your blog or website. This does include Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace. Be sure to get the word out about all of the great things we have on this website! After you post our link, be sure to use our contact form to give us the URL our link is posted on. Doing this will give you 7 enteries into the raffle. Yes you can do this for more than one site. More sites equal more enteries. (Be sure to include your email to be entered into the raffle.)
- Subscribe to our RSS feed. After you subscribe, contact us using our contact form to tell us you subscribed. This will be worth 3 entries. (Be sure to also send us your valid email address so we can contact you if you win.)
We will randomly choose one lucky winner from those who have earned their entries.
- We will choose the winner on 11/30/09
- We will stop accepting entries on 11/29/09.
- You can do the first two tasks as much as you want, the more you do them, the better the chance you have to win the raffle!
If you have any questions or need help, just post a comment!
Win A Lenovo Netbook
To Enter:
All you have to do to enter to win one of the IdeaPad S Series Netbooks listed above is visit the Lenovo website and pick a product that is a must have for your household this upcoming holiday season (other than these great netbooks).
Leave a comment below letting us know what you picked!
Extra Entries:
Visit the Mommy PR Contest Rules page for all the extra entries available.
NOTE: You are only allowed to enter each “extra entry” once, except for your daily Tweets. Failure to abide by this will result in your comments being deleted.
Open to US residents only
Contest open until 11:59pm PST on 11/18/09
For all other rules please visit our Contest Rules page
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