Outnumbered 3 to 1: June 2009

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Back 2 School Spectacular

I'm teaming up with Kristin from Our Ordinary Life, Jackie from Monkey Mayhem and Sky from Seeryus Mama to bring you a wonderful Back 2 School Spectacular. I know it's only July and school is far off, but we're getting everything together now so we can make sure this event rocks your socks off! Join us starting August 3rd for fantastic reviews and awesome giveaways. Don't forget to grab the button so you can help us all spread the word! Of course, there is something in it for you too. You'll gain 2 extra entries into each and every giveaway on all 4 sites just for displaying the button!

Furry Travelers Inc - Review

The To Go Bowl is an ideal and necessary travel tool. Your pet will stay well-hydrated throughout the trip and you don't have to stop frequently for "drinking breaks" as you previously did. To Go Bowl fits into your vehicle's cup holder and also sits flat on the floor without its base to transition easily from the car to the hotel room, ground or home. The cup holder base can also be used to store treats and comes with a separate lid to keep treats fresh.

Also works great in boats and RV's! For the smallest to largest breeds. Don't leave home without your TO GO BOWL!

Made of FDA approved Polypropylene, the TO GO BOWL is dishwasher safe and proudly made in the USA.

We had the chance to try this for our dogs. It's really easy to use and comes apart and goes back together with ease. The whole thing fits back together and the cup holder part actually fits right into the bowl. It definitely makes it convenient to be able to let the dogs drink while in the truck, and will be especially nice on long road trips upnorth.

Award Time!

Thank you Angela from Mom's Fortress of Solitude and Stephanie from A Pocket Full of Buttons for passing this award on to me! Their blogs are really great, you should stop by. Stephanie makes some super cute clothes too which are for sale in her Etsy Shop.

"The Humane Award honors certain bloggers that I feel are kindhearted individuals. They regularly take part in my blog and always leave the sweetest comments. If it wasn’t for them, my site would just be an ordinary blog. Their blogs are also amazing and are tastefully done on a daily basis. I thank them and look forward to our growing friendships through the blog world.

Link back to the person who gifted you with the award and share the love with other bloggers.”

Mel from The Bubble

Martha from A Sense of Humor is Essential

Night Owl Mama

Andrea from Red Knows How and Momma's Review

Contest Tuesday

It's time once again for Contest Tuesday. Don't forget to check back every Tuesday for a fresh linky so you can get in on some great giveaways or to link your own. Feel free to link up as many giveaways as you want.

Also, it's not required, but it would be great if you could help spread the word about this link by posting my button, tweeting, etc.

Here are the current giveaways going on here at Outnumbered 3 to 1.

Win a $25 GC for amy adele Ends Today

3 winners will each receive a copy of The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos Ends Today

$50 GC for Tiny Prints

$50 GC for The Simple Stencil

Win your choice of item up to $50 from Eden Fantasys

3 winners will each receive a copy of Swimsuit by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

2 winners will each receive their choice of 2 bandage tins from Ouchies

Monday, June 29, 2009

UPrinting Blog Sponsorship

You may have heard about the UPrinting Blog Sponsorship Program before. I have been a member for around 2 months and I think it's great so far. I have ran a giveaway for a poster print and I also won a business card giveaway from another blog. It's a win win situation.

Why UPrinting.com isn't your average printing company:

Blog Sponsorships:
If you are looking to find a sponsor for your blog, UPrinting.com is definitely interested. We offer giveaways, advertising and more for qualified bloggers.

Non-Profit Sponsorships:
The U-Community Program sponsors hundreds of non-profits and education to improve our local communities.

Social Justice Projects:
The UPrinting Kiva account promotes small business growth in developing countries.

Green Printing:
UPrinting supports a sustainable future by recycling, using non-toxic inks, and offering eco-friendly recycled paper stocks for business cards and postcard printing.

Giveaway Contestants - Please Read!!

I have said this many many times, and I cannot stress this enough:

If you are entering a giveaway, please make sure that you do the mandatory entry before the bonus entries. It is usually just to simply visit the sponsor's website and comment on something you like. It only takes a second and makes the rest of your entries valid. By not doing that first step, you are essentially just wasting your time because before I choose a winner I have to make sure everyone followed the rules. (Which by the way really is a pain in the butt having to delete comments that didn't follow the rules) Now I have quite a few giveaways ending tomorrow and within the next few days. If you entered any of them, and you know you did not follow that first mandatory entry, I will give you a chance to go back and do that. I wouldn't want all of those bonus entries and daily tweets to be a total waste of your time.

Music for Me & More

At Music for Me & More, personalization isn’t just printing a child’s name on a book cover or clumsily inserting it into a blank space in a recording. It’s skillfully weaving a child’s name throughout a story, song, or play-by-play so that it looks or sounds as if it were created for that child alone.

Lil Man is really into Jesus, God, Prayers and The Bible. I thought, what better way to teach him the true meaning of Christmas than through a fun personalized story for him. The Story of Christmas helps to teach children what Christmas is all about, that it's not all about presents and Santa Claus. what makes it even more special is that it's a s if the book was written for him and even includes the names of his brother, cousin and best friend.

He really loves that the book is special just for him and that his name is on it. C'mon, what kid doesn't love personalized stuff!

Music for Me & More offers wonderful gifts for that special child in your life. You can get them a Personalized Book, Personalized Music CDs, Personalized Letters & Phone Call and Personalized Photo Movie DVDs. They even have personalized book and CDs in Spanish.

A special thank you to Extraordinary Mothers and Music for Me & More for helping to make this review possible.

Not Me Monday

Yes, sadly, the weekend is over and it's time for another Not Me Monday. Head on over to My Charming Kids for more or to link your own.

It was not so hot out this past week that we spent the majority of our time at the b/f's aunt's house so the kids could swim, and I was not the only adult acting like a kid myself and playing in the pool with the kiddos. (Hey, their loss not mine lol)

I did not get so tired out from lifting the kids and throwing them in the pool and it was not fun for all of us!

I did not completely wear myself out from helping my good friend J move on Friday night and ALL day Saturday.

I was not so glad when we were finally done and I could sit my butt in a chair and get off my feet.

I was not so completely tired today that I did not let the b/f take both kids and the dog for a walk down to the lake all alone. And I did not wonder how the hell he had the energy since he did most of the moving.

I did not sit at my desk most of the day and blog, check emails, tweet about contests and finally sort through the tons of beads that the wonderful Denise from Lauren Nicole Gifts sent me weeks ago.

I did not get tired of sorting and leave all the small ones until a later day!

Blogs That Have a Mr. Linky to List Your Contests

Here are some great places (sorted by day of the week) that you can list your contests at, or places you can find out about a whole bunch of contests at once. If you do a weekly contest listing on your blog and it's not listed, please email me with you blog url and the day of the week you list it and I'll be happy to add you to this list! This list is for blogs with giveaway linkys only!

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