Tom's of Maine Toothpaste winner!

Congratulations to Lace! She won the Tom's of Maine toothpaste giveaway.
You have 48 hours to respond to my email otherwise a new winner will be chosen.

Here is what she had to say

lace said...
I've been interested in Toms of Maine toothpaste. I just haven't made the jump to actually purchasing. Would love to give it a try. I've slowly been switching to all natural products.

Again Congrats and look for more great green giveaways in the near future!

Don't forget about my giveaway for the Hand stamped heart necklace, it ends Saturday.

Tuesday's Green Tip

Hi all...so sorry for the late post, I have had a super busy day. Today was almost 60 F......VERY unusual for Wisconsin....bummer I was working most of the day :(

Today is Green day here on my blog...so lets get started.

Here are 10 simple tips to make your life a little greener.

1) Wash "Ziploc" bags after use instead of throwing them away however do not reuse if meat was stored in them!

2) Wash your laundry in cold water and only wash when you have a full load.

3) Avoid aerosol cans if possible, you can not recycle them

4) When you are in the market for a new computer consider a laptop. It uses 5 times less energy then desktop models.

5) Take your own reusable coffee mug each time you go get coffee. I use a travel mug with coffee from home.

6) Wrap your water heater in an insulated blanket and lower the temp to 120 F.

7) Line dry clothing when weather and season permits

8) Go to your local library instead of buying books

9) Whenever possible use green cleaners

10) Bring you own reusable bags to the grocery store. If you need to choose, go with paper and make sure you recycle it!

There you go.....10 tips to help you live a greener life!

Until next week...keep it green.



Don't forget about my giveaway here. I will post the winner of the Toms of Maine Wednesday AM! Thanks to all who entered.

If you can't win it...... buy it!

So I have an obsession to go along with my addiction and my confession. I love coffee...all kinds and any way.....plain and simple. I LOVE COFFEE.

I have been OBSESSED with the Keurig, not just "oh I would like one" obsessed but more like "I NEED TO WIN ONE I NEED TO WIN ONE because I didn't want to spend the money" obsessed and so I entered and I entered and I lost rack and I did not win :(
So obsessed I took a gamble and emailed them asking for one to do a review on......NO!!!! Not surprised...not enough blog traffic! CRAP!!

Bummer...I was sad. I started dreaming about this machine.... a machine a few months ago I never would have thought of buying. I am all about Starbucks but it can get very expensive!

I would talk about wining one to my hubby all the time. Told him, "no way am I going to buy one...I will win one!" In the meantime I was saving change just in case I did not win one. I had hawk eyes when it came to spotting change on the floor. I would dump my purse out, looking in the car and in the couch. I am not kidding you, this is how bad I needed this beautiful machine.

Yesterday I was in full blown obsession mode blabbing on and on about how cool it would be to win one. I picked up the Sunday paper and there she was....my Keurig at Target with a $10 gift card if you purchased her. WHAT A DEAL!!!!

I slept on it....and dreamed of it again, not really. Last night was about high school people...planning my class reunion and I have been having allot of those. That is a whole other post. Back to the subject at hand...my machine! I woke up this morning and thought hey...I might have enough change. I grabbed my container and brought it to the bank and guess what......NO!!!!! CRAP!!! But oh so close...close enough that I threw caution to the wind and high tailed it to Target and got the last one!

YEP......THE LAST ONE ON THE SHELF! YIPPEE!!! Now I am so wired from all the coffee I drank that will be up to 2 AM! :)

I love my Keurig! :)

Don't for get about my giveaways!!! This one ends tomorrow and this one ends Saturday!

Quotable Sunday

Here we are again Sunday! Time for Quotable Sundays....if you would like to join just hop over to Toni and she will tell you how!

My quotes today are about life.....

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.-John Lennon

Life is a long lesson in humility. - James Barrie

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.- Winston Churchill



Don't forget about my giveaways! Click here and here! Watch for more great giveaways coming soon!!!

Hand Stamped Jewelry...GIVEAWAY

Last October I was thinking about my Christmas shopping. I know it seems early but we pay cash for Christmas so we start early.

I was looking for something special for my mother, the woman who has it all. I was searching around Etsy when I came across THE PERFECT GIFT! I was so excited, I knew she would love it and she did when I gave it to her a few weeks later, I told you I was excited and could not wait to give it to her! I am bad that way. Very bad!

Let me tell you about the perfect gift. It is a hand stamped necklace, the exact one I had pictured in my head. That is why I was so excited. There are four small silver discs plus a little pearl. Each disc has a name of one of her grandchildren hand stamped on it. I found it at SimaG's Etsy store she is absolutely amazing! She was able to fit my nephews name, which is 8 letters long on that small disc. I like the fact that discs can be added just in case one or two or three need to be added.

I was so impressed with the necklace she made for my mother that I had her make one for my 12 year old god daughter. Hers was quite simple one small disc with the letter "S" for her first name plus the little pearl. She adored it and won't take it off. Isn't that the sweetest?

The necklaces came packaged in little tin boxes with some lavender , such a special touch. I highly recommend that you go pay her a visit and see her creations. You will not be disappointed AT ALL.

Now I have some WONDERFUL news! SimaG is providing one lucky person this beautiful necklace.

YES! You saw that correctly. One person will win this beautiful customized necklace.
This is open to USA and Canada only. Open to all if you are not a blogger PLEASE make sure you leave email so I can contact you if you are the winner.
Winner will be chosen by random number generator Saturday February 14th at 12:00 noon CST.

Here are the rules :
You can get up to 3 entries for this one
1) Visit SimaG's Etsy store and tell me your favorite creation
2) Follow me on my blog
3) Blog about this contest. You must link to my post and SimaG's Etsy store!

Good luck!