MVM Giveaway Listings - Enter, Link-Up, or Both

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• List your giveaways below.
• Hop over and enter 1 or 2 (or all) of the giveaways! If you're the lucky winner, we'd love to hear!

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Breast Cancer Awareness: Arctic Zero Giveaway

Many thanks to Mommies Point of View, Oh! My Heartsie  for sponsoring the following Breast Cancer Awareness Events and Giveaways! The review below is from Oh! My Heartsie. Many thanks to her for putting this together for us :)

Mommies Point of View, Oh! My Heartsie  is sponsoring the
Breast Cancer Awareness events.
We are pleased to bring Arctic Zero Product's 
as part of our series of 
Breast Cancer Awareness Events 
There are 4 more Events in the Series
While you are here we invite you to visit the tabs above to see other sponsors
and breast cancer survivor stories, and awareness resources.

 I received the Arctic Zero Frozen deserts to try, and found them to be really different. They are made of monk fruit which I had never heard of. Apparently Monk Fruit adds all the sweetness without any calories.The Monks used this fruit over 800 years ago.

For me it is guilt free dessert and I have some favorites, my husband did too along with my son. We really like the texture of the bars, they are only 87 calories, the flavors I like where the vanilla with chocolate coating and the chocolate with 
chocolate coating and orange with chocolate coating. 
My husband liked the strawberry but not the chocolate coating.

When I tried the pints of Arctic Zero I found they are best if left out on the counter for about 3-5 minutes before serving, as they seem to be so solid frozen.

 The texture is different than any other frozen desert that I am used to, its not creamy like ice cream its not icy like sherbet and its not like Italian ices. It has the texture of gelatin in a frozen state.

My husband will like the Mint Chocolate and my son ate the whole pint of chocolate, and cookies n cream, they said the same about the texture being different. All in all they tasted good, the flavors are mild and the pints are only 37 calories per 1/2 cup serving, after I tried all the flavors and decided that the chocolate was my favorite. I'm not a fan of the vanilla maple or the pumpkin flavor, only in pie.
A great calorie savings and would buy them again as 
I found them in the store I shop and there also available online at Amazon.

Nutritional Facts Click Here
FAQ's Of Arctic Zero Frozen Treats Click Here
I invite you to visit their website My Arctic Zero
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Prizes For This First Giveaway Includes:

Arctic Zero Products To include 8 Pints of all the flavors of Frozen Deserts
and 2 boxes of their Bars in Chocolate~Vanilla and a combination box of Strawberry and Orange
chocolate covered bars. They are shipped direct to your house and arrive frozen.
I was given the product for my review and received no monies for my opinion. 

Now for the Giveaway Just follow the instructions 
in the Rafflecopter for a chance to win
all that is pictured in the banner!!!
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    Next In The Series of Events Starts on October 5th 
 "Squeeze The Boobies " 

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Book Tour Review - Crashers by Lindy S Hudis

A modern day cautionary tale, Crashers is a true-to-life novel that uncovers how the innocent get lured into the scheme of “cappers” and “hammers.”

A riveting story of love and desperation, greed and redemption.

Crashers: A Tale of "Cappers" and "Hammers"

By Lindy S Hudis

~ Connect with the author ~

Website: http://www.crashersbook.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lindy.hudis
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lindyscribe

Synopsis

(from book's website: http://www.crashersbook.com)

A chance encounter with a stranger in whom Shari confides her troubles proves fortuitous: he tells her of a get-rich-quick scheme that will put her and her fiancé on easy street. Seduced by the chance to move from hard times to good times in no time, Sheri takes the carrot offered her, and finds herself acting as a “stuffed passenger”—the “victim” in a staged auto accident. The act goes according to plan and Shari gets her payday, but getting out and breaking free of the insurance fraud underworld will take nothing short of a miracle. 

My Review:

I'm still trying to determine exactly how I feel about some of the main characters. You don't really want to like them or relate to their actions (insurance fraud, endangering the lives of others, preying on the vulnerabilities of the weak and underprivileged, exploiting the rich just because they're rich)but you can't help but to somewhat understand why they made the choices that they made.

I didn't really get drawn into the story line until about chapter 3 or 4, but once I did...I was hooked! I often say the testament of a great story line is one that has me wanting more after the last page. Crashers did that for me.

Was I disappointed with the ending? Slightly. Surprised? Definitely. But as is life, not everything can be tied up with a pretty little bow and put back on the shelf. Crashers gives an inside look at fraudulent car accidents and makes you think twice when that car behind you gets a little too close for comfort.

I received this book to review through Moms With Voices Media, all the opinions above are 100% my own.

Pay it Forward Challenge

Bloggy challenge! I found this over at Life With The Little Man and I HAD to participate!
It falls right in line with my passion for giving back and paying it forward :)


The first three people that comment on this post will get a gift from me within the next month. All you have to do is follow the rules below.

1. Within a month, I will create something unique to share with the first 3 people that comment on this specific post.

2. ...but, in order for your present to arrive, you must play along. Spread the love on YOUR own blog promising to send a little something special to the first three that comment on your post.

3. You get 72 hours (that's 3 days) to re-post this SAME post, or I'll have to move on to the next person.

4. PLEASE, only comment if you are willing to pay it forward.

So, if you are interested, comment away! Please include the following in your comment:

Name

Blog address

E-mail address

Something about you to let me get to know you better! Could be your fav color, your fav season, favorite food, how many pets you have, how many kids you have, what you do for a living, anything!

PS. You can leave more than one thing ;)

Thanks for the awesome Pay it Forward Tiffanie!!!

Running Out? Run In! Publix Event

I'm a huge fan of shopping at Publix - especially when it comes to utilizing their Buy One, Get One Free sales and being able to use both store and manufacturer coupons on products.

One of my favorite events with them is their Running Out? Run In! event where you can stock up on key items my family uses - especially Pampers, Tide and Charmin toilet paper.  The event is going on now through September 26th.

In addition to the added savings with special Publix coupons for this event, you can, also, get a free gallon of milk if you purchase 6 items!!! That came in handy to go with the General Mills' Cinnamon Toast Crunch my oldest son loves!  In addition to the cereal, we were, also, able to pick up 2 packs of Pampers diapers, Charmin toilet paper, and Tide pods - all for less than $25 by combining manufacturer's coupons and the Running Out? Run In. coupons found at my local Publix.

Even better news....one of my readers will win a $25 gift card from Publix...enter below on the Rafflecopter and good luck :)

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Disclosure:  The Publix gift card, information, and additional gift pack has been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark.

Flash Cash: $60 Dunkin' Donuts, Pay Pal or Amazon

$60 Dunkin' Donuts Gift Card 6-Hour FLASH Giveaway!!!

A few AWESOME Bloggers have teamed up to give you this wonderful $60 Dunkin' Donuts Gift Card!

We believe in quick, small, and easy giveaways!

Our giveaways only have a FEW entries to fill out and you will know if you WIN in just a couple of hours!

WHAT FUN!

Good luck on tonight's giveaway!

See you back on Monday for another great FLASH giveaway!

Here are our WONDERFUL participating sites for this evening's 6-Hour FLASH Giveaway!!

Check out these awesome sites when you have time! 

*NOTE: You can choose PayPal/Amazon GC in substitution of the Dunkin' Donuts GC.

Mama Luvs Books

Sarah's Blog of Fun

Debbie Does Coupons

Roasted Beanz

Zoe's Printable Coupons

Acadiana's Thrifty Mom 

Full Price? Never!

Mommy Guru

CityGrips

The Mommy Kerrie Show

From Crayons to Coupons

Divas With a Purpose

Lady and the Blog

Mom Blog Society

Mom To Bed By 8

Wonderful Things in Life

Coupon Hauls

Mommy's Memorandum 

Sweepstakes Mama

Linda's Angels

Shoes, Fashion, Fitness

Virtually Yours 

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DWP Challenge Day 5: Diva Circle

"Across species and throughout human cultures, females have banded together for protection and mutual support. They have groomed each other, tended each other's young, nursed each other in illness and engaged in the aimless sociability that generally has mystified male anthropologists.

But the power of girlfriends is beginning to yield its secrets to science. For women, friendship not only rules, it protects. It buffers the hardships of life's transitions, lowers blood pressure, boosts immunity and promotes healing. It might help explain why women, on average, have lower rates of heart disease and longer life expectancies than men." 

~ Melissa Healy, Seattle Times

The friendships I have with other divas are absolutely priceless.  My divas have inspired me in so many ways.  We've celebrated together, cried together, mourned together, succeeded together, motivated one another and so much more.

Today's challenge is to connect with 4 other divas and commit to motivating and uplifting each other over the next 5 days. It can be as simple as a mass text or email, inspirational Facebook posts, or conference calls. Whatever your schedules will allow and you can all  commit to.  My circle for the next 5 days is super diverse and eclectic! I can't wait to see how we motivate and inspire each other.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. 

 ~ Alice Walker

Week 1 of the Challenge:

Day 1: Write Personal Mission Statement

Day 2: Rather than criticize, coach. Motivate with positive feedback and influence.

Day 3: Do something nice for someone else - leave a soda money by the vending machine, pay for someone's coffee, let that extra car turn during your morning or afternoon commute, etc

Day 4: Focus on the positive all day. No negative thoughts. (Warning - often when you make a conscious effort to be positive, it will seem as though anything and everything that can go wrong will - keep smiling and stay positive through it all).

Day 5: Connect with at least 4 other people and commit to motivating and inspiring one another for the next 5 days. It doesn't have to be anything ornate - just a simple motivating text, email, Facebook post, etc.

Day 6: Have a selfish moment. Do something for yourself.

Day 7: Share lessons from your successes and failures with someone that can benefit from it.

You can see an overview and the inspiration behind this 14-day challenge here.

Flash Cash - $60 Target Gift Card

$60 Target Gift Card 6-Hour FLASH Giveaway!!!

A few AWESOME Bloggers have teamed up to give you this wonderful $60 Target Gift Card! 

We believe in quick, small, and easy giveaways! 

Our giveaways only have a FEW entries to fill out and you will know if you WIN in just a couple of  hours! 

 WHAT FUN! 

Good luck on tonight's giveaway! 

See you back on Friday for another great FLASH giveaway!

DWP Challenge Day 4: Positive Thoughts

Positive thinking and talk is definitely not a new topic here on Divas With A Purpose.

A couple of years ago, I wrote about Dreamkillers and the experience I had with someone close to me speaking negative thoughts into my psyche and how it affected me for years to come. Being positive is not always an easy thing to do. However, the more you focus on it and practice it, the easier it becomes part of your natural habit.

Many times it's easier to focus on the negative - complain - make a lot of noise rather than rise above all of that (and others) look at the brighter side of things.

Today I had to deal with some specialness and had to check myself.  Rather than complain about and berate those that didn't do what they were supposed to do, I had to stop, breathe and explain how their actions affected the grand scheme of things.  Often times when people do things - it's not that their lazy or slack - they truly don't realize how what they do affects others and aren't able to prioritize correctly.

Did you have any trying moments today? Did positive thinking and talking help you re-focus and become more productive?

Week 1 of the Challenge:

Day 1: Write Personal Mission Statement

Day 2: Rather than criticize, coach. Motivate with positive feedback and influence.

Day 3: Do something nice for someone else - leave a soda money by the vending machine, pay for someone's coffee, let that extra car turn during your morning or afternoon commute, etc

Day 4: Focus on the positive all day. No negative thoughts. (Warning - often when you make a conscious effort to be positive, it will seem as though anything and everything that can go wrong will - keep smiling and stay positive through it all).

Day 5: Connect with at least 4 other people and commit to motivating and inspiring one another for the next 5 days. It doesn't have to be anything ornate - just a simple motivating text, email, Facebook post, etc.

Day 6: Have a selfish moment. Do something for yourself.

Day 7: Share lessons from your successes and failures with someone that can benefit from it.

You can see an overview and the inspiration behind this 14-day challenge here.

DWP Challenge Day 3: Nice Gestures

Today's challenge was rather simple compared to yesterday's for me. I needed that mental break!

I just had to be nice - now sometimes that can be easier said than done. I chose to focus on my commutes back and forth to work because I have a tendency to be a little short-tempered in the car. Just a tad!

I smiled more and even used nice hand gestures :)

What random act of kindness did you do for someone today? Day's not over yet if you haven't done anything...try it...it'll bring a smile to your face and their's!

The significance of this, you ask? Well, being nice is always a good thing but some other benefits:

~  it helps add significance and meaning to your life

~ it's a stress reliever and confidence booster

~ it helps distract and alleviate some of your own problems

~ people take notice and do nice things for others, too

So, really, what are you waiting for?

~~~

Week 1 of the Challenge:

Day 1: Write Personal Mission Statement

Day 2: Rather than criticize, coach. Motivate with positive feedback and influence.

Day 3: Do something nice for someone else - leave a soda money by the vending machine, pay for someone's coffee, let that extra car turn during your morning or afternoon commute, etc

Day 4: Focus on the positive all day. No negative thoughts. (Warning - often when you make a conscious effort to be positive, it will seem as though anything and everything that can go wrong will - keep smiling and stay positive through it all).

Day 5: Connect with at least 4 other people and commit to motivating and inspiring one another for the next 5 days. It doesn't have to be anything ornate - just a simple motivating text, email, Facebook post, etc.

Day 6: Have a selfish moment. Do something for yourself.

Day 7: Share lessons from your successes and failures with someone that can benefit from it.

You can see an overview and the inspiration behind this 14-day challenge here.

6 Hour Flash Cash - $50 Amazon or Pay Pal

$50 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway

6-Hour Flash

A few AWESOME Bloggers have teamed up 
to give you this wonderful $50 Amazon Gift Card! 

We believe in quick, small, and easy giveaways! 

Our giveaways only have a FEW entries to
fill out and you will know if you 
WIN in just a couple of hours! 

WHAT FUN! 
Good luck on this 6-hour flash giveaway! 
See you  back on Wednesday for other great FLASH giveaway!

Avengers Combo Pack Giveaway

I must admit it...my husband and sons have gotten me hooked on comic series movies and we're excited about getting our copy of The Avengers on September 25th!

Enter below for your chance to win The Avengers 2 Disc Combo Pac (DVD & Blu-Ray) from MommyBearMedia.Com 

The great thing about Mommy Bear Media is that they specialize in family friendly movies only! They only carry G, PG, and some PG-13 movies and TV shows.

This giveaway ends on September 30th - Good Luck Divas :)


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DWP Challenge Day 2: More Coaching, Less Critizing

Whew! Today's challenge is proving to be a challenge! How ironic that it fell f on a Sunday when I'm home with my family and they are the one's I have to focus on being less critical of and more positive with. Definitely an eye opener.

For those that don't know my household dynamics - my husband, myself, my 11 year old son, my 4 year old son and the 11 month old teething diva-in-training. Plenty opportunities for not-so-fun conversations on most days.

My family had a birthday party for my niece yesterday and my kiddos are still high on all the cake, ice cream and candy their grandparents stuffed them with before hightailing it out of here to the peace and quietness of their home.

I'm a huge advocate of watching the words we speak to and over our children.  I can still remember negative, nasty things said to me decades ago. They truly can impact your self-esteem, confidence and worth.

I started the day out by explaining the challenge to my children and letting them know that today's focus was on being less critical of others and their actions. Needless to say, we've all taken on the challenge and have been mindful to remind each other if someone's words seem to take on a negative connotation.  There have been less arguments between my boys and I even caught my oldest "coaching" his younger brother on how to play a computer game so they could play together. Winning!

How do you motivate your loved ones with positive  feedback and influence? Once I get my kids to buy into a behavior it's awesome to see how they incorporate it into their daily lives and remind us all if we slip up.

~~~~~

Week 1 of the Challenge:

Day 1: Write Personal Mission Statement

Day 2: Rather than criticize, coach. Motivate with positive feedback and influence.

Day 3: Do something nice for someone else - leave a soda money by the vending machine, pay for someone's coffee, let that extra car turn during your morning or afternoon commute, etc

Day 4: Focus on the positive all day. No negative thoughts. (Warning - often when you make a conscious effort to be positive, it will seem as though anything and everything that can go wrong will - keep smiling and stay positive through it all).

Day 5: Connect with at least 4 other people and commit to motivating and inspiring one another for the next 5 days. It doesn't have to be anything ornate - just a simple motivating text, email, Facebook post, etc.

Day 6: Have a selfish moment. Do something for yourself.

Day 7: Share lessons from your successes and failures with someone that can benefit from it.

You can see an overview and the inspiration behind this 14-day challenge here.

DWP Challenge Day 1: Mission Statement

Let's be clear - I don't expect the mission statement to be completed, polished and wrapped in a tiny bow within 10-15 minutes.

However, I'm spending the day reflecting on what I want to put in my personal statement - something that I know will evolve and change as I grow.

This has been on my list of to-do's for entirely way too long and it's time to start whittling away at it.

Why a personal mission statement? That song You Fancy, Huh? just popped into my head :)

This is just a way to focus and align your life's purpose with your daily walk.  That still sounds pretty serious and official-like, right? Really, in my opinion, it's a brief statement or list of words that give you a clear overview on how you'd like to live each day.  Will you do it each and every day? Of course not, but it helps you focus your energies and activities.

Most company mission statements communicate their primary goals, values and purpose. As individuals focused on making a difference in our families, organizations, communities and those we reach - why shouldn't we be able to communicate the same?

Some questions to reflect on:

~ what makes you smile?
~what are you naturally good at?
~if you could teach anything, what would it be?
~what are your core values? what's most important to you?
~what 3-5 words come to mind when you think of yourself?
~what do you do when you're procrastinating?
~what do people come to you for advice on?


“Writing or reviewing a mission statement changes you because it forces you to think through your priorities deeply, carefully, and to align your behavior with your beliefs”
~Stephen Covey,The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Putting it all together...first and foremost, it's YOUR personal mission statement so it can read and be phrased however you like. Whatever motivates, inspires and helps you. Some start each sentence off with words like "I will", "I am", "I believe", "I do" Some use only positive affirmations and some use negative words to emphasize what they want to remove from their environments. Do you. Begin writing and see what comes out. Take some time to polish it and work on it until you're satisfied. Once you're done ~ type it out, make it pretty and put it somewhere you'll see each day to inspire and motivate you to be the best you that you can be.
My Work in Progress:

I will stay true to my values and beliefs.

I will focus on the positive and remain thankful for all of life’s blessings – no matter how minute or trivial.

I will instill an attitude of gratitude in my children and live a virtuous life for them to pattern their personal walk.

I can do anything I set my mind to – I will go back to school to complete my educational goals.

I will focus on what brings me happiness – motivating and inspiring women to live their best, strive for better and empowering others no matter their circumstances.

I am embracing my inner DIVATUDE


Week 1 of the Challenge:

Day 1: Write Personal Mission Statement

Day 2: Rather than criticize, coach. Motivate with positive feedback and influence.

Day 3: Do something nice for someone else - leave a soda money by the vending machine, pay for someone's coffee, let that extra car turn during your morning or afternoon commute, etc

Day 4: Focus on the positive all day. No negative thoughts. (Warning - often when you make a conscious effort to be positive, it will seem as though anything and everything that can go wrong will - keep smiling and stay positive through it all).

Day 5: Connect with at least 4 other people and commit to motivating and inspiring one another for the next 5 days. It doesn't have to be anything ornate - just a simple motivating text, email, Facebook post, etc.

Day 6: Have a selfish moment. Do something for yourself.

Day 7: Share lessons from your successes and failures with someone that can benefit from it.

You can see an overview and the inspiration behind this 14-day challenge here.
Have a fantastic day :)

Bloggers Uniting to "Stomp Out Cancer"

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we are putting together an Event,
called “Bloggers Have The Power To Somp Out Cancer” there will be Giveaways and Fundraisers to bring the awareness of what can be done and with your help and support we will make this a huge event.

• If you are interested in participating you can sign up to help spread the word
• You can share a story for yourself or for a loved one
• You can sign up to offer a giveaway or participate in one
• You can join us for Twitter Parties (Hashtag - #cancerstomp )
• You could donate a prize and receive recognition during our event
• You can be a sponsor and we will give you recognition
• You can make a donation large or small to your choice organization
• We also are offering a product review in exchange for a prize for event
• Stay up to date by following Twitter messages with #cancerstomp

Interested In Participating

If you are interested in any portion that is mentioned,

please take a look at the form {Click Here }

“Sharing A Story”

If you would like to share your story please write it here {Click Here}

these will be shared on our blogs.

To Companies:

If you are a company

and would like to sponsor you can send email inquiry to Karren Haller cancerstomp@gmail.com