5 minutes for mom is having a photo contest. prego is the sponsor and you could win 500 in groceries
i suppose it could of been worse. this was even after a little clean up. william is 9 months and eating mommys bday cake
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sleeping for a new bed
5 minutes for mom is having a sleeping angel contest. post a pic of your child sleeping, and you can win a new bedroom set.
here is my little angel sleeping. william is 9 months old.
i would like to win the bed in lily rose
breast cancer awarness
over the next couple weeks you’ll see some changes to my blog. i’m getting it ready for breast cancer awarness month. which is the month of october. this is very important to me. both my grandmothers are survivors, and 2 of my aunts are survivors.
an estimated 182,460 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to occur among women in the united states during 2008. An estimated 40,480 women will die from breast cancer. It is estimated that 1,990 men will be diagnosed and 450 men will die of breast cancer during 2008. In addition to invasive breast cancer, 67,770 new cases of in situ breast cancer are expected to occur among women in 2008. Of these, approximately 85 percent will be ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). American Cancer Society Cancer Facts & Figures 2008
know your risk
ask your family about health history and ask your doctor about personal risks
get screened
always get screened
have a exam every 3 years starting at age 20(you should get one every year at your well woman check) and every year starting at age 40
don’t be afraid to ask your doctor a question, if you feel like something is wrong or your breast have changed. get checked out immediately.
make sure you take care of yourself, eat healthy, and exercise.
breast cancer is very serious and affects a lot of woman. please take your time and raise awarness and support the cause. you can find a local event/walk here
if you want to know more please visit these sites
susan g koman
national breast cancer foundation
the breast cancer site
*fox entertainment and mgm home entertainment have joined forces with the susan g koman foundation for a great promotion to raise awarness for breast cancer. props and pans is joining in and giving away the dvd’s for the cure.
dvd’s for the cure includes 15 romantic comedies in special pink packaging, that will be available for purchase 9/23/08 there are 10 returning classics like ever after, legally blonde,never been kissed, thelma and louise, to name a few. plus includes some new titles like little miss sunshine, the princess bride, and edward scissorhands(one of my absolute favs)
carribean or $1000 your choice
this is your monthly reminder to go enter the sail away to a good night sleeps contest at metropolitan mama. she has teamed up with protect a bed to offer one lucky person(see below)
you could win a cruise to the carribean for 2(airfare provided)
lifestyle to busy for a trip, just don’t have time, can’t leave your kids, swap the trip for a $1000.00
so what are you waiting for head on over and enter. 
don’t forget there are weekly drawings and even a monthly drawing for protect a bed products and outback steakhouse giftcards
win a lands end 100 G.C.
lands end wants to hear your opinion. heres a great way to get your voice heard and make a difference when it comes to preparing for the winter months.
take the 2008 lands end outerwear survey. it’s only 19 questions and will take only a couple minutes of your time. when you complete the survey your name will be entered in a drawing for one of 5 100 lands end gift cards. you must take the survey before 8/28/08
go to the survey now
this opportunity was given by mom select
please i need a laptop
i don’t have a extraordinary circumstance,but am hoping i qualify in the running for a new hp laptop at 5 minutes for mom. please consider my family for a nod. this may not be a heartwarming story, but this is more about educational costs and family time.
when i blog, i use a desktop and i don’t seem to mind it. except when i need to fight with my husband over the computer. he is in college his last year before he graduates, but he is planning on going to graduate school and persue his phd. so we have a long way to go. a laptop will be in reach then but not now.
please nominate my family for a laptop. as i believe it would help us tremendously between me being able to continusously blog and my husband being able to take it to school. it is actually a requirement to have a laptop in the up coming school year. (i’m crying right now, even thinking that this could ever happen.) this would make my dreams come true.my hubby has been wanting one for so long. everytime we get ready to buy one, the kids need something. thats more important.my husband spends majority of his time at school, due to the fact of the kids misbehaving and concentration issues. (emailed 5 minutes for mom). a laptop would let him go upstairs or even outside and work. he’s be closer to home than 45 minutes away where his school is
we do not have cell phones. probably one of the few in the world. this would be a great way for my hubby to keep in touch during class. we’ve already had a instant where my daughter cracked her head open and i had to rely on neighbors for help.
a little info on my husband schooling, he is persuing his degree in chemistry, with a concentration in biochemistry. we eventually wants to become a professor at a university. he tells me about all this research he does and i get sick. but he comes home with images from the massspectrometer and downloads them on our computer, than writes a million pages. okay that was an exaggeration. we go through a black ink cartridge ina week. thats how much data and notes he goes through. this laptop if i win is mainly fo rhim, with his education. since we have about 5-9 more years of college.
i agree that having a laptop makes blogging so much easier. thats one reason i want it. blogging is my big passion right now. my way to the outside is the internet. that sound pathetic i know. i began blogging just for the contests, but it has grown into a way to make dear friends, share parenting tips and problems, and even sometimes a way to vent. even though those never get published. i don’t have any friends. to be continued hubby needs computer ( iam so embarassed. i wish he’d just let me finish the post. school is more important than blogging. i apoligize again. My friends are on the internet. my family is in california and arizona and i am in north carolina. so the computer is mainly the way i keep in touch with my family. we do have a phone,but whenever i get a call. i have two little girls fallow me around saying i want to talk. plus my family have never met my youngest daughter and my son. so i send pics constantly.
so i would really like a laptop to help with my husbands education. and so we don’t fight over the one i’m on right now!
**i am adding this 8/23/08. this is actually become so much more now. my mother in law, recently passed and my husband sold back his textbooks. to pay for her funeral, so this would really help. as they have e books now
i want to adopt a puppy/plush
my kids want a dog, i want a dog. my husband will never allow it. he says it’s to hard to clean up after and to much trouble. i did have a dog, but had to give it up when i got pregnant. was not a kid friendly dog.
5 minutes for mom is looking for someone to adopt 3 puppies, and they are easy to care for. the dalmatian, german shorthaired pointer, and boston terrier are plush and require nothing but a child or adults love.
my husband would have no objection to these since there is not much care. everyone can be happy. me and the kids get a puppy and my husband doesn’t have to clean up the poop. i really want one. my favs are the boston terrier and the dalmatian. but the german shorthaired pointer is cute too
glued to the computer
i’m sure a lot of you are doing the same thing i have caught myself doing. every hour i get on an d go staraight to the bloggy giveaway carnival and see the new giveaways posted. it’s addicting. my problem is most of the giveaways end on the 1 and i’ll be out of town. so if i win , i probably won’t be able to claim it in time.
right now there are 678 giveaways on blogs up. i have entered about 40. doen’t seem like a lot but i only enter contests for stuff i could use need or want. there s alot of contests out there for stuff that would never get used by me.
you could win some baby swag
hurry on over to some one spoil me. they are having a free raffle, to win $200 worth baby swag. you have to hurry up the deadline is tomorrow. they are offering 50 momager cards, sweet grace baby art, tuni and g onesie, and a pink plaid eco friendly diaper cake.
if your a new mom, soon to be mom, a friend, or even a 20 yr mom. hurry on over and sign up. here
are you a mom to be
mom to be depot is a cool site, that has everything you need when your expecting, and through postpartum. the must have products for mom and baby, advice on parenting, health, fitness, beauty and more.
they talk with celebrity moms and give you tips on how to plan the perfect baby shower, from the experts. it’s updated daily so go check out their site. it’s a must for the new mom. mom to be depot. go now
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