Thanks everyone for participating in the Shutterfly giveaway! Winners will need to email me at msmarriageadventures {at} gmail {dot} com by Tuesday to claim your prize.
Congrats to:
Craving Mommyhood
Monica Rinaldo
Laura @ Unpunctuated Life
Save on Your Christmas Budget
October 28, 2011 By 13 Comments
I know it sounds crazy to think about it, but the time to order holiday cards is almost here! Luckily Shutterfly is here to help us all.
How? By crossing off Christmas cards on our “To-Do” list and helping us do it FOR FREE! That’s right, Free y’all.
I have to admit I love Shutterfly. They have the best card collection around. I have used them to make a wedding gift for Alex, anniversary gifts, and print many MANY photos so that we can enjoy our memories outside of a thumb drive. However, as per usual they have surpassed my expectations for the holiday collection.
I thought about doing a stationary card, because a personal note is always welcome during the holidays. Before I quickly realized that for us, the photo cards are the best bet, because I love adding that personal touch of a photo from our year. (Plus it helps family keep track of our aging faces :-p!)
I really love the vintage style cards as it suits our rustic, country ways. (And our cowboy boots)
Clearly not Alex and I
But then again there is something magical about this card. It has to do with the squirrels. And the family crest. We’re the nuts around here!
Not our Boys – Our's are Furrier.
But then again, there is something so wonderfully classic about a good ol’ fashioned card. Simplistic, yes, but also beautiful.
Ain't We Cute? Just kidding!
So how can they help you this year? Well, Shutterfly has teamed up with bloggers and they are helping ME give YOU a chance to win one (1) of three (3) prizes for twenty-five (25) free cards!
I’ll be keeping this contest up and live for a full week so that y’all have a chance to enter as much as you possibly can. Be sure to follow the directions and feel free to do as many of them as you want!
Ways to enter:
- Follow Our Marriage Adventure by clicking HERE and letting me know you’ve done so in the comments
- Follow Our Marriage Adventure on Facebook and put a comment telling me who you are so I can find ya
- Follow me on Twitter as @MrsOurMA
You can also gain additional entries by:
- Tweet the following message “@MrsOurMA is working with #shutterfly to giveaway #FreeCards. I’ve entered and so should you at http://ourmarriageadventure.com” then pop the link to your tweet in the comments
- Blogging about this and linking your post in the comments
The contest will close on Friday, November 4th 2011 at 10 p.m. EST so be sure to enter before then. Winners will then be pulled using Random.ORG based on the number of comments you’ve left. Three winners will be chosen and announced via entry ways 1 – 3 on Saturday November 5, 2011. Good Luck Y’all!
MommyPage {Dot} Com
October 26, 2011 By 1 Comment
MommyPage {dot} com was kind enough to interview me recently about my blog and more specifically Alex and I’s journey into infertility. You can check out my interview HERE.
Y’all should totally check this site out because they have a TON of coupons just for Mom’s. And quite frankly, a lot of great ones even if you aren’t a mom. Like Me! In the meantime, I’m gonna let Sarah Abfalter from MommyPage tell you a little more about this place.
We’ve just launched a new site, MommyPage, to bring expectant moms, new moms and veteran moms a single source to all of the deals, coupons and savings opportunities offered online!Our goal at MommyPage is to scour the internet to find and consolidate the latest free samples, coupons, and special offers from some of the best name brands that moms like us love! When the brands we love most aren’t offering something special – we have a team of moms that reach out to those companies to encourage them to offer something great to our MommyPage Turners! MommyPage currently has found and posted offers such as VTech Kids, Kellogg’s, ThredUp, Baby Talk and American Baby!
Beyond our offers and deals, MommyPage helps all moms navigate their way through parenting. Our community of moms share stories on buying maternity clothing, healthy eating for two, baby behavior, first day at preschool and more! Being a mom is about managing a home and a lifestyle. With our tips on parenting and access to savings, we hope to help moms make parenthood a successful adventure!
We hope that you allow us to join you in your adventure in parenting! Visit our Mommy Page today.
Thanks Sarah! Y’all should go check it out, and don’t forget to read my interview!
Avoiding the Negatives
October 10, 2011 By 4 Comments
Last night we started our third week of “The Love Dare” and up until now its been pretty simple. You read the daily devotion, you have a weekly dare, and occasionally you delve a little deeper by reading bible verses and reflecting on them.
The “dares” themselves have been super simple. Week one was pray. CHA-ECK! Week two was complete a task together from start to finish, and I consider grocery shopping to be said chore so BOOM! We are kicking it.
This week, “Say nothing negative about or to your spouse for it is better to say nothing than to be negative.” My immediate reaction was that this was gonna be a tougher week.
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Alex just stared at me until I heard crickets. (Sorry the real ones freak me out …. no WAY was I putting an image of that on here.)
Then I had to scramble and explain that its not because I’m constantly THINKING negatives, its simply…how many times a day do you speak to your spouse and accidentally let something negative slip out. Both of you know it’s not intended poorly it just happens.
For Example. “Honey, why can’t you unload the dishwasher when you see a sink full of dishes??” or perhaps “Honey why on earth can’t you hang up your towel so it actually DRIES?”
Neither of those are “You stink!” but they are still negative. Stop and think about it for a minute. Heck try think over the last 24 hours worth of conversing with your spouse. How many negatively - connotative things did you say or do?
No seriously – please tell me. Maybe those crickets chirping was because Alex was right and I’d really rather know than be all “wow this IS a challenge” and be the only one staring at my side of the room.
Vedette Winners
April 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
***Update on 4/22/11***
Well it’s before 8p.m. so that counts as on time right? Oh well….CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS
Photo courtesy of Vedette
Vedette Shape wear winners are:
1. Mindy
2. Barefootprchr
3. Vikki
Remember you have 72 hours to email me at MsMarriageAdventures@gmail.com to claim your prize or I move down the line.Thanks everyone for participating and Vedette for sponsoring the Giveaway!
From Jeans to Dresses
April 5, 2011 By 17 Comments
I don’t know about y’all, but I’m a jeans and tank top kind of gal. In fact, most days of the week when I’m at home I’m in blue jeans, a white tank and flip-flops.Sometimes though, Alex says “Baby, let’s go out someplace nice tonight.”As those occasions are unusual, I make sure to say a big fat YES each and every time. Only catch, I want to dress up for my hubby. So I’ll pull out my classic little black dress. We all have one of these, right ladies? It may not be black, it may not be a dress but in your closet is the “go to” outfit.Here’s the catch though…this dress doesn’t look quite right without a touch of help. Now, yes I could probably do a ton of sit-ups and get myself a six-pack of abs but here’s reality. I don’t have time for that! What I do have time for is to slip on a little shape-wear slip.
Photo courtesy of Vedette
Here lately my go-to item has been the Vedette waist cincher in the Juliane style. Oh.My.Gosh do I love this thing y’all. So here’s the thing…I’ve tried shape wear before. Last time I went shopping I was at the mall, trying on a “waist-minimizing” slip and I felt like I was trying to squeeze myself into a sausage casing!That’s just the ticket to sexy, the scent and view of “hard work” right before a big date. Not that I sweat, I’m far to lady-like for that. I only glisten. No really. I do. Promise.Only Vedette’s products….they aren’t anything like sausage casings. You can get in and out of them with about as much ease as you can hope for in a product that is designed to slim and shape your assets.So when Vedette offered to send me one of their items to try, I was super excited. So far the past three times I’ve worn it has been amazing. It fits perfectly every time and even after several hours I’m still comfortable. You can’t ever tell I’m wearing anything more than a basic slip and because the style I have has straps…I don’t tug on anything! (Nothing more attractive than the shift, rub, blatant tug because your undergarments are shifting around.) I think the biggest complaint I have about their shape wear isn’t even their fault. A word of advice though, if you border between sizes listen to them. Order the larger size. It will make the item fit that much better upon immediate wearing. Vedette is really great about advising you on sizing, I just was stubborn and ordered the smaller size.The style I received is definitely meant to cinch your waist. The one thing I won’t do is wear it to an event where I plan on chowing down. It does exactly what its supposed to do. It cinches your waist and your stomach. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, just not a buffet thing. Also, while I love my shape-wear, I don’t know that I’ll wear it outside of special occasions. I wouldn’t necessarily wear it out to the grocery store because how else would I be able to snack my way through the deli and bakery section? I kid, I kid. Kind of.Now for the fun part…Vedette is helping Our Marriage Adventure give away THREE (3) of their shape-wear items. Up for grabs are the Bianca, the Madeleine, and the Jaqui styles. How fun is that?The contest will run from today until Tuesday, April 12th at Midnight. Winners will be selected and announced on Wednesday, April 13th by 7 p.m. EST. Winners will have 72 hours to reply to me by email to claim your prize otherwise the next winner will be announced.How to Enter:Required: Go to Vedette’s website, tell me which one of the three styles you like best, and leave a comment with the style name here.One (1) additional entry for each of the following:1. Sign up for the email subscription to Our Marriage Adventure, make sure you leave me a separate comment telling me you’ve done so2. Follow Our Marriage Adventure on Facebook, be sure to leave a separate comment telling me you’ve done soon3. Follow Our Marriage Adventure Twitter, leave a separate comment letting me know your profile name4. Follow Vedette on either their Blog, Twitter, or Facebook accounts….be sure to leave a separate comment for each one of these you follow and let me know that you’ve done this.That’s all you’ve got to do. Good luck everyone!***************UPDATE*****************This contest has ended, congrats to the winners!
And the Winner Is….
January 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
2
Timestamp: 2011-01-15 14:36:25 UTC
Mrs.Bee! Congrats and thanks for the follow on Facebook. Please email me at msmarriageadventures@gmail.com with your eBook selection from Books-A-Million.
Thank you to Rebecca and G for also participating!
numbers assigned and chosen by Random.Org based on order in which they were received.
NookColor
January 11, 2011 By 5 Comments
For Christmas 2010 I received the NookColor, a tablet reader that works primarily through Barnes and Noble. Its become my favorite new toy and because of that I wanted to share with you the Good and Not So Good as well as host a little giveaway to celebrate the launch of Our Marriage Adventure’s brand new Reviews Blog!
Good
The NookColor does everything and more that I could hope for with a tablet reader, and it does it in color. The touch screen interface is similar to any of the Apple i-touch products (iphone, iPod touch). Some of the favorite features that I have been able to utilize is the web-browsing in full active color through any WiFi connection, the horizontal to vertical screen orientation, the children’s books, and the bookshelves. The WiFi connection and the screen orientation are fairly self-explanatory so I won’t expand there.The Children’s books I can only see becoming more useful to me as Alex and I go forth with expanding our family as most children’s books offered have a “Read to Me” feature that allows your child to hold the reader and flip the pages by passing their fingers across the screen while a wonderfully animated voice reads the book to you. You also have the option to “Read” your story yourself.The bookshelves are extremely popular to me in part due to the fact that you can organize them in any manner you want. Additionally books are able to be added to multiple shelves. Basically you go in and create yourself a bookshelf, label it, and then add your books. You can do this organization either on the NookColor itself or on your computer.
Not So Good
I think by far my largest complaint about the NookColor is that unlike its predecessor the Nook3G and many other tablets, you are required to have a WiFi connection in order to link up online. While its nice to not have to pay for 3G service, it would be ideal to have that option available.Another downer is the lack of apps available at this time. Compared to other tablets, this does seem rather limited, however the device is relatively new and compared to say the iPad, which has a wide array of apps available, the price point is much lower so you do get what you pay for. I’m sure this will change over time as creators have the time to develop and put out new apps for the device.So in a nutshell, if you are looking for a tablet reader that isn’t linked to a single store or entity than the NookColor is a great device. It does have some limitations, but as long as you are aware of them walking in you shouldn’t be disappointed in your purchase at all.
Now then for the fun part – in honor of Our Marriage Adventure’s brand spankin’ new Reviews Blog, I’m going to share my Nook love by offering up one (1) free e-book of the reader’s choice purchased from Books-A-Million. The contest will run until 8 p.m. EST on Friday, January 14, 2011. A winner will be chosen and announced on Saturday the 15th.
To Enter:1. Leave a comment below stating what your favorite genre of books is…
You can receive 1 additional entry for each of those options:
1. “Like” Our Marriage Adventure on Facebook, leave a comment on the Page wall letting me know you’ve done so, if you already “Like” Our Marriage Adventure, leave a comment on the wall
2. Tweet the following @MrsOurMA is hosting a giveaway to celebrate her Reviews Blog at http://wp.me/p1hM34-eGood Luck!
Hey Y'all. I'm Stephanie, a 20-something Southern Belle that's just trying to balance marriage, work, and life along with our latest journey. Infertility. Click here to learn more about Our Marriage Adventure
