Green Giant® Valley Fresh Steamers™ Vegetables with Pasta Winner!

Sorry it took me so long to get to this! We have had a crazy weekend with very high winds and lots of damage to clean up!

The winner (chosen randomly is janetfaye) I will send you an email with instructions!

Thanks for entering!

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Green Giant® Valley Fresh Steamers™ Vegetables with Pasta Giveaway!

Making meal time easier than ever, Green Giant has introduced vegetables with pasta and savory sauces to their already convenient and tasty line-up of Valley Fresh Steamers frozen mixes.

New Valley Fresh Steamers Vegetables with Pasta varieties include:

Macaroni and Cheese Sauce with Broccoli - classic elbow pasta and broccoli in a mouth watering cheese sauce

Pasta and Vegetables with Alfredo Sauce – delicious corkscrew pasta with carrohttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifts and broccoli in a savory Alfredo sauce

Steam-in-the-bag sides will have your family asking for seconds. Join in the conversation today on the

Did you see that picture in the top of this post? MyBlogspark & Green Giant are helping me give that prize which includes:

• 2 Green Giant placemats
• Broccoli stress reliever
• 32 oz. serving bowl
• Surprise face serving spoon
• A VIP coupon for the new Valley Fresh Steamers with Pasta

I will select a winner randomly on after 11pm on December 1st!

There will only be one entry allowed per person for this giveaway.

To enter you must be a follower of this blog and leave a comment answering one of these questions:
“Do you ever have to be creative to get your child(ren) to eat vegetables?”
-OR-
“What do you add to your vegetables to make them more appealing for your entire family?”

Winner of the Kroget Gift Card Giveaway!

The randomly chosen winner of the Kroger $25 Gift Card Giveaway is:

Lisa from Healthy & Frugal Wife!

Congrats! A new giveaway will be posted later today!!

Get a Melissa & Doug 25% Off Coupon When You Take the North "Poll"

Melissa & Doug want you to tell them which of their educational toys you think is the best! Just click on the image below to place your vote in the North "Poll!" You'll Get a Melissa & Doug 25% Off Coupon** to use at MelissaAndDoug.com just for voting!

Help me decide!

I have been trying to figure out what Christmas cards to order. I love sending out the cards but it always seems like my Christmas budget is gone before I get to them.

Which one do you like the best?

Do you have a good way to display the Christmas cards that you get? What do you do with them after the holiday? I have a spot on my wall where I tape them up, and then the photo ones from my extended family I usually cut the photo off the card and then just stick them in a box. I need some new ideas!

GIVEAWAY a $25 Kroger Gift Card

...which participating General Mills products would you stock up on during the following promotion at Kroger?

From November 13th through November 26th, with the purchase of any four participating General Mills products, you will either receive free milk (up to $3; limit of 2) or to receive $3 off your shopping order**

Look for some of your favorite participating General Mills products like Cheerios, Pillsbury Ready to Bake Cookies, Nature Valley Bars and Fiber One Bars

Promotion varies in different locations. Please be sure to check your local Kroger Co. Family of Stores for specific deals and offers which include Kroger, Ralphs, King Scoopers, City Market, Dillons, Smith´s, Fry´s, QFC, Baker´s, Owen´s, Jay C Food Stores, Hilander, Gerbes, Food4Less, Fred Meyer, Pay Less Supermarkets and Scott´s Food & Pharmacy

What´s better than being rewarded for buying your favorite products from your favorite store? Visit Kroger.com for more information and great ways to save and be sure to check out the Kroger Facebook page to join the conversation and share which General Mills products you´d like to stock up on during the promotion.

With the help of Kroger and MyBlogSpark I am able to giveaway a $25 Kroger Gift Card to one of my lucky readers, just in time for the Holidays!

To enter:

1 - entry for following this blog (please leave a comment telling me you did this)
1 - entry for leaving a comment here telling me which participating General Mills products would you stock up on during the following promotion at Kroger
2 - entries for "Liking" the Kroger Facebook page (Please be sure to leave 2 comments here after you do this)
3- entries for placing a link to this giveaway on your Facebook Page (Please leave 3 comments with the link here)
3 - entries for blogging about this giveaway on your own blog linking back to here! (please leave 3 comments telling me you did this, with a link)

I will be selecting a winner randomly on November 21st!!

I forgot to tell you!

Last week at my Weight Watchers meeting I reached the goal I had for the week! I was hoping that I would have been down 1.2 pounds bringing my total to -15 lbs -- Guess What? I actually lost 2.2 last week for a total of -16!! That was the week of Halloween!

Thursday is my meeting day - so I have a couple of days to see what I did this week. I have tracked 100% of my food this week and I hope I can keep up my momentum because I have another goal before Thanksgiving...

Anyway, today I made these mini pumpkin pies! They were yummy! Only 1 point each!

Weight Watchers Week 6

So today was my 6th weigh in at Weight Watchers. This week I lost 2.2 pounds. I was so happy. Last week I was only down .6 and I was a little disappointed. But after chatting with a friend I realized that .6 lbs is about what 2 sticks of butter weigh. Everyone can stand to lose 2 sticks of butter -- I didn't want that butter anyway :)

So far my total loss is 13.8 pounds. Earlier this week I was at the gym and I was using a 6lb medicine ball as part of my workout and it I was thinking how heavy that ball was. It hit me that I have lost more than 2 of those balls! It really helps put things in perspective when you pick something up and realize how much weight we are carrying around.

My goal for this coming week is to lose at least 1.2 so I can reach my first 15 lb loss! It will be hard because of Halloween - but I know that I can do it! While eating a piece of candy would make me happy for a minute - it's not worth not reaching my overall goal.

Halloween is the first official food holiday of the season and I feel that if I can get through this first hurdle I will have the confidence to get over the next too!

Wish me luck and come back next week to see how I did!

Help Mary Kay take a stand against Domestic Violence!

View the video below on October 19th to help Mary Kay take a stand against Domestic Violence!

In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness month (October), Mary Kay® premiered documentaries to put a national spotlight on the cause. Women nationwide, alongside female celebrities Maria Menounos ("Extra"), JoAnna Garcia Swisher ("Better with You") and Alexa Vega ("Spy Kids"), joined forces through the Mary Kay Inspiring Stories program to unite their voices to make a difference.

We are banding together on October 19th and hope that on that day you will help us support the cause and bring attention to the issue of domestic violence by watching the below Give Joy documentary short narrated by Alexa Vega. With each view we can change the future of domestic violence today.



Become a fan of Mary Kay at www.facebook.com/marykay: Mary Kay Inc. will donate $1 to the Mary Kay Foundation for every new Facebook fan during the month of October - up to $1 million.

If you want to order any Mary Kay let me know! I have having a show next Friday!