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Attention Parents! Kidz Bop Contest! Enter NOW!

This just in! Kidz Bop — that wonderful company that you know for its kid-friendly music and videos — is having a special Halloween costume photo contest. First prize will mean that your child’s picture will appear in a new Kidz Bop video. Want to enter your child? Here’s how! 1. Take a picture of your child in his/her Halloween costume. 2. Go to KidzBop.com to print the mail-in entry form. 3. Fill out the form, attach the photo, and mail it in by October 4, 2006. 4. Check the website on October 20th to see the new video! Watch … Continue reading →

How to Get a Free Disney Vacation? Win One!

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First, I must apologize for my absense. Overcoming being sick whilst having no health insurance should surely be a blog topic at Families.com in the near future. Luckily, I will be feeling 100% (hopefully) by September 1st when I step onto a plane and embark on my Disney vacation that I won through McDonald’s Happiest Celebration Sweepstakes. When I mention this to family and friends, the first response is usually, “People actually win those things?” Yes! Under law, someone has to win these types of sweepstakes, so why not you? The key to winning sweepstakes? You have to actually enter! … Continue reading →

The New Face of Savory Dog Contest

Savory Dog is looking for a new face! That face needs to be furry… this is your pup’s chance to appear on the Savory Dog Food Seasonings label for a year! Entering is very easy. First, you have to be a Dogster member. Registering at Dogster is free and easy. Lally and Moose have Dogster pages, with biographies and pictures and Pup Pals and everything! If you already have a Dogster account, you’re more than halfway there. Visit the official entry page and pick which of your pups you’d like to enter in the New Face of Savory Dog contest. … Continue reading →

Cooking Contests – Do You Enter?

Have you ever entered a cooking contest? They’re everywhere I’ve learned. From local and statewide contests to the Pillsbury Bake-off, contests abound. You just need to know where to look. I’ve come across three major competitions lately. One is the National Chicken Cooking Competition. It is held annually and the grand prize is $100,000. Yep, you read it right. That’s a pretty big incentive to get your creative juices flowing. The rules for this contest are relatively simple. You need to have a recipe that includes chicken. The nice part is that it can be in virtually any form, from … Continue reading →

Come and Talk to Me

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About a week ago, I posted a contest to win a free DVD of the Abs Diet Workout. I asked for folks to write in and tell me in a short piece what motivates them to lose weight. Where do they get their inspiration? I didn’t get any responses and I was a little disappointed. A few years ago, when I was in school I had this great teacher who defied most conventions of teaching that I had known up until that time. When we walked into a room in the morning, a thought would be written on the board. … Continue reading →

Old Navy’s Mascot Search

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You’ve probably seen those commercials for Old Navy with their four-legged mascot, Magic. Magic was a scruffy shelter pup who rocketed to fashion stardom as Old Navy’s favorite furry fan. Now that Magic has retired to live the good life and is ready to pass the mantle on to a new generation of four-legged fashion fiends! If you think your pup is Old Navy star material, just visit their website and submit a photo and description of your dog before May 29th. You can also visit a casting call in your area. The Old Navy folks — including a panel … Continue reading →

Managing Tension Headaches

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If you’re like me, you are no stranger to headaches. Up to eighty percent of all adults experience tension headaches. Call them what you will: stress headaches, daily headaches, muscle contraction headaches — they all stink. I used to get tension headaches frequently in my last job, and I blamed them on a lot of things. It was the fluorescent lights. It was the pressure of the deadlines. It was the critical coworkers. Tension headaches are usually caused by environmental or internal stress, and I was getting both at the office. You may get your tension headaches infrequently — maybe … Continue reading →