I'm Back- And With A Giveaway Too!

Tweet I haven't really talked about it much, but I get offered lots of opportunities for you, my dear readers. Lots of pictures from upcoming movies, coloring pages, invitations to Twitter parties. You'd be amazed at all of the companies that would allow me to spend my time and energy and blog promoting their product for free. It's so generous of them! Although recently an on-line clothing store offered up a 5% coupon for their website. That one was hard to pass up.

But finally, I have the chance to offer you guys something cool. Something useful! There's a new application on Facebook called Sneakpeeq. To sum it up, it's like a social daily deal application (although the deals last a few days). Sneakpeeq offers deals on lots of different items. I've been checking them out lately, and I've seen gorgeous jewelry, Say Yes to Carrots products, art, housewares, chocolates! And the cool folks at Sneakpeeq have offered me a $25 gift certificate to give away.  Yeay! Free stuff!

Here's the catch: NOTHING. You just have to join Sneakpeeq through this link:

CLICK HERE TO JOIN SNEAKPEEQ ON FACEBOOK!

You do have to be new to Sneakpeeq to be eligible to win (and in the US), but that's it. On March 2nd Sneakpeeq will send me the e-mail addresses of everyone who has joined, and I'll pick a winner at random. 

And just for joining Sneakpeeq through this link, you'll get a 20% off coupon. I've been having fun peeking at all the deals and earning rewards and special offers. I really do think you'll enjoy Sneakpeeq if you check it out!

Sneakpeeq has provided a $25 gift certificate for me to give away. They have not offered me anything else to buy my affections. I'm just doing it because I love you, and because I think they're super cool. 

How Much Do You Rely On The Internet?

Tweet For about the past week or so, our internet has been spotty. Spotty as in, it doesn't work half of the time. I'm not sure what the problem is yet- something about a conflict of IP addresses, and we just don't know yet. Not Blessed Daddy is supposed to give it a thorough overhaul this weekend.

It's amazing all I've been able to get done when I'm not on the computer! The housework and laundry are getting done- the kids have been playing outside more- I've been reading! I had no idea how much technology was hampering our lives. Being off-line has been awesome!


I'm totally lying. Life without technology is NOT WORTH LIVING.


I cannot function without the internet. First of all, there are all the practical things I'm missing- monitoring the bank account, checking e-mails and browsing our school's vendor list to order our homeschooling supplies. Then there's the social aspect- I miss my tweeps! I miss my blog. I want to see what crappy pictures of me people are tagging on Facebook. I want my friends! Waaaaaaa. I want to be able to log onto Amazon and look for those books I've been thinking about ordering. I want to check the Crocs website to see if anything I like is finally cheap enough for me to buy. I want my internet!


And the children! Doesn't anyone think about the children??? The Spawn already fight over one computer. Fighting over one computer with intermittent internet? Freaking brutal. BRUTAL.

So, I must say farewell, my dear mama friends. I hope the internet is still working when I'm done writing so I can post this. I miss you.I miss you all. Someday, we will be together again. For now we just have to be strong. Don't cry for me Argentina, and all that jazz.
Goodbye.

Facebook, Twitter- But Not Myspace, 'Cause That's For Booty Calls

Tweet Back in my day, teenagers had a pager. Do kids these days even know what a pager is? Maybe our parents had a cell phone, maybe not. Nowadays, kids have computers, cell phones, Nintendo DS's with Wi-Fi, PSP's, the list goes on and on. It's insane. When I left high school, I started my first e-mail account (which I have to this day!). Now my 9 year old has a Facebook and an e-mail account and visits his favorite bloggers regularly. Crazy, I tell you! 

So Not Blessed Mama is doing her best to ride the technology wave. I had a Myspace a few years back, but it slowly faded away as Facebook became popular. Then I discovered the world of blogging- and now, I am reluctantly finally starting a Twitter account. All the cool bloggers do it, so I figured I had better too. Gotta be hip, you know. Good Lord, I am so old....

Click here to follow Not Blessed Mama on Facebook!!!

(and if I am doing that wrong, just search Facebook for me!)

And click here to follow me on that crazy Twitter thing!

And here is your reward for being such a loyal reader-

a super cute picture of a 2 week old baby dolphin.

Why? Because it's so damn cute!

If you have a Twitter, Facebook, Blog, doctor's report or parking ticket, post it in the comments- I'd love to check them out. ;)