Calling all book lovers....

YA fiction author, Valerie Kemp is cleaning off her bookshelves and sharing the wealth, so to speak. 

She has a great contest going on right now that gives you m ultiple chances to gain entries.

http://valeriekwrites.blogspot.com/2010/09/clearing-out-my-shelves-mega-giveaway.html

Hurry...this contest ends September 30th!!

Best of luck to all of you!!

And those of you who know me...know I'll be right there beside you trying to win ;)

Today I'm blog hopping.....

 

Won't you join me and meet some new friends, find some great new blogs, and get yourself some new followers??

If you are a new follower, please leave me a comment so that I may follow you back, but also so that I may enter your name in my "random winner" giveaways that are going on right now in honor of my

"100 follower blog party"

Have a great day!! 

Wishing everyone luck at being a 'random winner' today!

I'm going back to bed til the kids get home..

Not feeling so well today :(

Pepto-Bismol Prize Pack giveaway.....

Pepto-Bismol is "the brand people trust for soothing relief generation after generation."

I don't know about you...but I don't like to take any chances.....I always have some Pepto on hand...

just in case!!

Take a few minutes and click on some of these infographics below! 

Fun and informative at the same time :)

Pepto-Bismol has offerred one lucky winner a prize package consisting of a bottle of Pepto-Bismol Max, a box of chewable Pepto-Bismol tablets and a T-shirt.

 Enter Now

Mandatory Entry: Visit http://www.pepto-bismol.com/ and tell me something you learned!

Extra entires:  You may do as many or as few of these as you wish, just be sure to include your EMAIL ADDRESS in each comment, so I can easily contact you if you win!

--Follow Pepto-Bismol on facebook. http://www.facebook.com/peptobismol?ref=ts

--Subscribe to my blog via email (2 entires)

--Follow me on twitter. http://twitter.com/soklad

--Tweet about this giveaway and leave me the link. Can be done once each day.

--Post about this giveaway on facebook and leave me the link. (2 entries)

--Blog about this giveaway and leave me the link. (5 entries)

Good luck!

Ergonomic Pen - UGLee PEN Review/Giveaway....

UGLee Pen

Wow, I have nothing but great things to tell you about the UGLee Pen!! The designer of this ergonomic pen, Dr.Lee let me have a 3 pack of  white  UGLee pens to try out for myself.

Well, I can tell you that they were such a hit in our house that I only have one left

(and that is only by great hiding on my part...lol)

Seriously though, my teenagers grabbed the other two and I haven't seen them since.

These pens are wonderful. They are so comfortable to hold on to when writing, especially for

long periods of time, as I so often do...and so do my high school and college students,

for that matter, which is why I haven't hunted my other two pens down yet!!

These ergonomic pens are also great for young children who are just learning to write

because of the grip! My youngest is constantly trying to use mine.

I even heard that other moms have asked Dr. Lee to design a pencil in the same manner as the

UGLee pen...and guess what???

The pencils are already in the works!! I can't wait to get my hands on some of these :)

You won't believe how nice these pens write. The ink just flows so nicely, so smoothly

on the paper, and to top it off...the ink doesn't smudge!!

There isn't a doubt in my mind that this isn't my new pen of choice.

I will soon be ordering our family some more UGLee pens

in different colors, and even with different color inks.

That's right, not only can you choose the color of your pen on the outside,

but you can order refill ink cartridges in black, blue and/or red ink :)

Now who is going to try UGLee pens because you seen them here??

Hopefully, all of you!

And, positively ONE of you....

Dr. Lee has so generously offered one of my followers their own 3 pack of UGLee pens

in their choice of color.

Mandatory Entry:  You must follow my blog via GFC..AND...you must visit http://ugleepen.com and tell me which color you would choose if you win.

Extra entries: As usual, you may do as many or as few of these as you like, just make sure to include YOUR EMAIL address in each comment so that I can easily get ahold of the winner. I don't have much time to hunt you down :)

--Visit http://ugleepen.com to watch a short video of your choice, and tell me what you learned. (2 entries)

--Tell me how much the UGLee pen weighs.

--Follow UGLee pen on facebook AND leave a comment saying you just entered the giveaway at

 "4 the LUV of SaNiTy"  http://facebook.com/ugleepen  (2 giveaways)

--Follow UGLee pen on twitter. http://twitter.com/ugleepen

Tweet about this giveaway and leave me the link. (2 entries)

Can be done once each day!

Make an UGLee pen purchace. (10 entires) You must be able to show proof if you win.

Subscribe to my blog via email.

Follow me on twitter. http://twitter.com/soklad

Post about this giveaway on facebook and leave me the link. (3 entries)

Blog about this giveaway and leave me the link. (5 entries)

Good luck!

Are you my random pick winner???

Were you notified that you were a "random pick winner" today?? 

If so, leave me a comment to claim your prize!!

Once the number of  "random winner prizes" matchs the number of "random winners"... I will then

post the items that I have to give away and the winners will be

able to choose which item they would like.

I guess it will pretty much be like a

'first come, first serve'

type of thing :)

~Steph

Banned Books Week is coming up...

Banned Books Week is Sept 25th through Oct 2nd, 2010

This is "an annual event celebrating your freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment."

~ALA (Americal Library Association)

Why not join in all the fun and read a banned book??

I think you'll be surprised when you see some of the titles!!

I'm betting you've already read many of these books and had no idea that it was a banned book!!

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm

http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/read-out.html

Here is a list of frequently challenged books.....if you are interested....

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics/reasonsbanned/index.cfm

Let me give you just three titles that are included:

"Catcher in the Rye"

"Of Mice and Men"

and

"To Kill a Mockingbird"

Surprised??? Comments???

Won't you please join me????

Jewelry Stylist Review and Giveaway.....

When I found out that I had the opportunity to review some products from Jewelry Stylist I was completely thrilled! I absolutely love their jewelry. Erica graciously sent me two beautiful pieces of jewelry to review. It was so hard to choose what I wanted because of their very large and gorgeous selections to choose from. Here are a few that I thought about choosing before I finally settled on what I wanted.

I finally decided on a heart necklace and a heart bracelet.

 First as some of you may already know, and as many of you will learn, I am an absolute heart freak! I love anything and everything that has hearts on it. Second, I am a huge necklace fan. I am almost never without a necklace around my neck. I mostly blame this on...thank my daughter for this fact. She started buying me necklaces years ago, and most recently has been buying me them in an abundance. I have some very beautiful necklaces that I have received from her that I can wear when I get all dressed up (which sadly, isn't often enough!) and then I have a lot of costume jewelry that can be worn at anytime with my casual attire. I have pretty much gotten to the point where I feel lost without a necklace.

I too, often wear bracelets, but usually none as fancy as the one I selected from Jewelry Stylist. It is absolutely gorgeous (pretty much like a tennis bracelet with a heart on it, but not that simple when it comes to style and quality!!) Now I just have to figure out a reason to get all dressed up so that I can wear it ;)

When I buy necklaces, I am usually worried about the chain, because they so often break. This necklace chain is of great quality. I'm going to have a great time wearing and enjoying these great pieces....oh and did I mention showing them off...lol :)

And here is the best part of this whole thing....one lucky winner is going to receive this beautiful heart necklace to enjoy for themselves.

Mandatory Entry: Visit jewelrystylist.com and tell me your favorite item that is not already shown here.

Extra Entries: You may do as many or as few of these as you wish...BUT...to be counted as a valid entry, you must have FIRST completely the mandatory entry. Please make sure you leave YOUR EMAIL so I can contact you if you win.

Please feel free to leave all entries in one comment (ex +2 for fb (your fb name) +2 twitter (your twitter name)  You make take two extra entries for adding up your total and leaving it at the bottom of comment.

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 +2  Follow Jewelry Stylist on facebook.

Follow Jewelry Stylist on twitter.

+10 Make a purchase from Jewelry Stylist. Must prove purchase if you are the winner!

Follow me via GFC.

+2  Follow my blog by feeds.

Follow me on twitter   and tweet about this giveaway, leaving me a link to your tweet.

 +3  Enter another one of my giveaways and let me know which one you entered.

+5 Blog about this giveaway and leave me a link to your post.

Giveaway ends 10/21

Good luck!!