Sting The Scorpion is unraveling with anticipation of Christmas!
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12/21/13
12/20/13
Bloggers! Sign up for The New Year Giveaway Hop
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12/19/13
Santa's Beard Organic Cotton Candy - Review
The Santa's Beard Story:
Santa's white beard grows more everyday.
But if it's too long, and gets caught on his sleigh,
he wouldn't be able to give presents that day.
So the elves work hard to keep the beard neat;
when one elf discovered "Hey, this beard is sweet!"
The clever little elf, gathered the fluff,
And asked Santa Claus "Can we package this stuff?"
Santa said "Sure, that's a wonderful plan!
We'll stuff it in stockings across the land!"
I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.
Santa Christmas T-Shirt Review
My new Christmas t-shirt lets Santa (and anyone else who is thinking of bringing me a holiday gift) know that my wish list is a mile long! With "Dear Santa, I want it all!" printed on the front it's a great statement t-shirt for holiday parties, for photos with Santa, and for Christmas day activities. This shirt is available in small, medium, large, and extra large. It's a high quality cotton t-shirt with screen-printing on the front, and it's oh-so-comfortable!
I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.
Gold Rush Pay Dirt Gold Panning Kit - Review
Disclosure: I received product at no charge in exchange for my honest review.
Inside each kit there is also a certificate of authenticity and a panning ledger, since panning for gold is an easily repeated activity. Just save the dirt and search again another day! You can even order additional bags of pay dirt. It's also a great teaching opportunity for parents to share information with kids about the history of the gold rush in America.
We have, so far, found several pieces of gold and even some rocks with a visible vein of gold running through, but even more valuable was the time that we spent together as a family with the television off and everyone out of their rooms. Sitting in a circle on the floor of the family room, we shared smiles and laughter as we made memories together.
12/18/13
Giveaway - HP Chromebook and HP ENVY Printer #HPFamilyTime
Welcome to the #HPFamilyTime Giveaway hosted by Viva Veltoro and Blogging Mamas and generously sponsored by HP!
Recently, Ruth fromViva Viva Veltoro had the fantastic opportunity to receive an HP Holiday Bundle to help bring creativity and joy to the hectic holiday season. Ruth received an HP ENVY17 Special Edition Notebook, an HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One Printer, ink, and a Snapfish Gift Card and soon started creating cheerful holiday greetings and fun crafts with her new HP products. That's just the beginning of this crafty adventure though! With the launch of the new Blogging Mamas website, be on the look out for even more DIYs, tutorials, and crafts, sure to delight the whole family all year round!
HP wants to spread holiday cheer to our readers too! They're giving away another HP Holiday Bundle, including an HP Chromebook 14 AND an HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One to one lucky person! Here is a little more information about these great products from HP:
- HP True Vision HD Webcam
- HP Imagepad: Precise multifinger and gesture navigation
- HP Care Pack with Accidental Damage Protection: Enjoy 24/7 assistance from an HP technician
- HP SmartFriend Complete: Live two-way conversation with our specially trained HP technicians, available 24/7.
The HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One is a home-use printer built for creative hobbies such as scrapbooking and arts and crafts projects. The unit is also great for families with its ability to print lab-quality photos. With the HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One you can scan photos and documents directly to a mobile device for sharing or storing, as well as view photos and print quickly from the 2.65-inch color touchscreen on the front of the unit and memory card slots. You can also print wirelessly from virtually anywhere you roam directly from your smartphone, tablet, and internet-connected PC. This printer is also full of value - you can print more for less with optional high-capacity cartridges, or enroll in HP Instant Ink (their new ink replacement service that can save you up to 50%).
Isn't this a fantastic prize package?!
How would you use your HP Bundle to connect with your family during the holidays?
To enter to win an HP Holiday Bundle, including an HP Chromebook 14 and HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One Printer, use the Giveaway Tools form below. This giveaway is open to US residents, ages 18 and up. Ends on 1/5/14 at 11:59 PM EST.
Wednesday Wealth Giveaway Link Up (Dec 18-25)
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Merry Christmas!
12/17/13
Sausage Pizza Baguettes #Recipe - Tasty Tuesday Link Up
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Sausage Pizza Baguettes
Ingredients:1 pound ground sausage
2 cans Nacho Cheese Soup
2 baguette bread loaves (a long thin bread loaf, hard on the outside and soft on the inside)
Brown the sausage in a skillet. Chop at it as you brown it, to break it into small pieces. Drain and pour sausage into a large bowl. Pour two cans of Nacho Cheese Soup into the bowl and mix well with the sausage. Slice the baguette bread width-wise and lay out on a cookie sheet. Using a spoon, spread the sausage cheese blend on each slice of baguette. Try to get the cheese to the edges. Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes. Serves 6. This was SO easy and everyone LOVED it! We had it for lunch but it would be a fabulous party appetizer too.
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Seven More Giveaway Winners
So many winners to announce in December!
Congratulations to our newest winners!
Katie Roch - $50 Eve's Addiction Gift Card
Lyza Jo - Mooshka Doll Lera
Jude Skocki Kelly - 5 Pairs Heat Holders Socks
Rebecca Williams Parsons - 2 Mini Lalaloopsy Dolls
Stephen Alexander - 3 Voila Hallah Bread Mixes
Sandy Cain - $25 Music and Arts Gift Card
Jennifer Rote - 4 Destruction Board Books and Hardhat
Enter my newest giveaways HERE.
Liberty Bottleworks - American Made Metal Drinking Bottles
Disclosure: I received product at no charge in exchange for my honest review.
12/16/13
Win $50 Amazon or Paypal from Play2Shop
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Like to play online games? Like to shop? Like free stuff? Me too! I joined Play2Shop, a fun community where I can play games, earn rewards and get free stuff! You can join too and create your own free account! Sign up HERE then enter my giveaway below!
Play2Shop combines the best of casual gaming sites and shopping reward sites to create a place where we can earn rewards and cash back for shopping at over a thousand partner merchants like Amazon, Tiger Direct, Kohls, Toys R Us, and many more. Playing games is always more fun when you get rewarded! Game categories include: Arcade Games,
Board Games,
Card Games,
Puzzle Games,
Racing Games,
Shooter Games and
Strategy Games. They even offer mobile-friendly games. It's a great site that is really easy to navigate and they have my favorite games. Sign up HERE for free and don't forget to enter to win my $50 giveaway below!
or $50 Paypal Cash below!
Winner must be a member of Play2Shop at the time of the giveaway or prize will be forfeited. Giveaway is open worldwide to anyone able to receive an Amazon Gift Code or Paypal Cash. Must be 18 years or older to be eligible to win. One winner will be selected. Winner may choose either a $50 Amazon Gift Code or $50 Paypal Cash. Giveaway ends at midnight on 1/6/2014. Only the first entry is mandatory; bonus entries increase your chance to win. Void where prohibited by law.
Be Merry and #CartonSmart this Holiday Season
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Carton Smart for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.
If every single person makes one small change in their daily lives, collectively we can make a huge positive impact on our world. Tetra Pak encourages all of us to Become Carton Smart and make a smart choice this holiday season by choosing foods packaged in cartons when filling our pantries and feeding our families. Pacific Foods is a brand that is committed to doing the right thing for you and me, the environment, and their employees. They have a huge selection of pantry-stable foods, from chicken stock to pumpkin puree and cranberry sauce, all of which I received to create a holiday meal.
Tetra Pak cartons are made of 70% paper, a renewable resource, from selectively harvested, regrown trees that are FSC-certified (Forest Stewardship Council). Cartons use only 1/3 of the packaging compared to cans, or even an egg! Cartons are also recyclable and result in 60% less landfill waste than cans. The unique packaging process preserves flavor and nutrients without the use of preservatives.
Cartons are so easy to store because they take up less room and are even stackable in my pantry. I was very pleasantly surprised to discover they are very easy to open too! They are also recloseable so I can use just what I need, then store the rest in the fridge right in the carton.
I used my Pacific Foods Pumpkin Puree to create White Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins that are incredibly moist and delicious. I mixed a 18oz white cake box mix with the carton of Pumpkin Puree, plus 1 tsp ground Saigon cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg, and 3 tsp white sugar. Then I folded one cup of white chocolate chips into the batter.
Then I sprayed some cooking oil on a muffin pan, preheated my oven to 350 degrees F, and spoon-scooped the pumpkin batter into the pan. The Pumpkin Puree is wonderfully thick and so fresh! I baked them for 25 minutes and my house smelled amazing.
They came out so delicious-looking that it was hard to let them just sit there on the counter to cool down. When my husband and my son got home, it was decided we were having dessert first. They are so moist and simply dreamy!
I made Garlic Chicken with the Pacific Foods Chicken Stock. I poured the entire carton into a 9"x13" baking pan, stirred in a tablespoon of chicken rub spice, placed five boneless chicken pieces into the Chicken Stock, then sprinkled chicken rub on each piece. I chopped half a white onion and added the pieces around the chicken, sprinkled some minced garlic on top of each chicken piece, then covered the pan with foil and baked at 350 for an hour. The Garlic Chicken was incredibly juicy and very tasty!
I whipped up a five minute stuffing as our bread side and simply opened the carton of Pacific Foods Cranberry Sauce for our fruit side. It slid right out of the carton onto the plate and all I had to do was slice it. I'm not one to eat much cranberry but this Cranberry Sauce is awesome. It was a simple and delicious meal, with no leftovers, to celebrate my son arriving home from college for the holiday break!
You can be Carton Smart too! First you can Follow #CartonSmart on Pinterest and Tweet @CartonSmart then shop your local store for Pacific Foods packaged in Tetra Pak cartons. Share your #CartonSmart holiday feast! What will YOU make? Do you have smart entertaining tips for great tasting foods with little waste? I'd love to hear your ideas!
Christmas Elf Texas Style Day 16
Sting The Scorpion has a spa day to relax from the hustle and bustle!
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Ageless Derma Anti-Aging Products - Review #AgelessDermaTSMP
Disclosure: I received product at no charge in exchange for my honest review.
I've been starting my morning skincare routine with the Ageless Derma Natural Foaming Scrub. I love the thick and grainy feeling as it goes onto my face. It foams up nicely to deep cleanse, and helps exfoliate my dead skin cells, leaving my face feeling so refreshed and squeaky clean. It's like a spa facial experience at home! I also love the easy-to-transport, snap-lid bottle it comes in so I can take this bottle along with me when I travel.
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