2010 February | Table for Five

Hershey’s Special Dark and Extra Dark Chocolate Giveaway!

February 8, 2010 By Elizabeth

This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to the three winners: 1. comment #146 Lindley A 2. comment #235 Holly B. 3. comment #378 susitravl ___________________________ With Heart Health Month as well as National Chocolate Month both occurring in February, now is the time to treat your body right. According to world-renowned health and fitness expert Bob Greene, you can stay on track to live your Best Life while enjoying Hershey’s Extra Dark Chocolate and Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate. Hershey’s Extra Dark Chocolate is the only chocolate to receive the Best Life Treat Seal of Approval, which was created by Greene and appears on select foods. The treat seal is intended to help consumers make healthier food and lifestyle decisions. Chocolate lovers can visit www.hersheys.com/thebestlife to learn how to incorporate Hershey’s Extra Dark Chocolate in their daily Best Life Diet with recipes like Chocolate Ginger Spice Muffins, Chili con Cocoa and Chocolate-Banana … [Read more...]

Scientists looking for black holes should check my house

February 4, 2010 By Elizabeth

It's no secret that I'm unorganized, a piler, a clutterer. But it's not like the crew of Hoarders will be parking 1-800-Got-Junk trucks out front or anything. The surfaces might be piled with stuff, but you can tell there are surfaces underneath. Nevertheless, every once in a while, something disappears and no matter how hard we look, we just can't find it. The first thing to go missing was one of Kaitlyn's shoes. A shoe is not a tiny thing, and yet although we've torn the house apart, we just can't find it anywhere. Then, the case for my Nintendo DS vanished. We've looked and looked and looked, it is just gone. And now, this morning, I went to fix a cup of coffee, and the bottle of coffee creamer I bought at the grocery store last night isn't in the refrigerator. I checked every shelf and drawer, I even checked the freezer because you never know. It's just gone. So what is up with that? Where did those things GO? I hate having to buy Kaitlyn another pair of shoes when she has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Stuff I think about Tagged With: cleaning, clutter, organizing

Kraft Foods Gift Basket Giveaway

February 1, 2010 By Elizabeth

this giveaway is closed. Kraft Foods, makers of products like Oreos, Ritz crackers, Stove Top stuffing, and Maxwell House coffee, have re-launched their Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube pages to make it even easier for busy cooks to find great recipes and cooking tips. On their terrific recipe site, Kraft has a Community forum where you can ask questions and share your favorite recipes. I'm not exactly a pro in the kitchen, and I subscribe to Kraft Food & Family magazine for dinner tips, and also rely heavily on the Budget Wi$e section of the Kraft website, especially their "1 Bag, 5 Dinners" menus. We also use a lot of Kraft Food products, so I'm thrilled to be helping them with this giveaway! To help spread the word about all the ways you can interact with Kraft Foods, they sent me a gift basket full of products, and will send one to the winner of this giveaway. The HUGE gift basket is packed with food and kitchen items including new varieties of Ritz crackers, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contests and Giveaways Tagged With: Facebook, Kraft, Kraft Food, Twitter, youtube