Thank goodness for Twitter — for some reason, I thought this giveaway was for Wednesday not last night! After I tabulated all the extra entries, Random.org pulled #50 to be the winner. This is where the extra entries come in really handy because Christine won this membership with her blog post! I will be emailing her shortly!
Every so often I come across a product, I know I must have. Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 Preferred is one of those products (though I am not picky, I’d even take the Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 Standard). I know, you are asking yourself what Dragon Naturally Speaking is and why you need it.
Well, the first question you need to ask yourself is how fast do you type? Personally, I type pretty darn fast (over 70 wpm). However, what Dragon Naturally Speaking does for you is allows you to talk, and it types what you say. You do need to “say” the paragraph breaks and punctuation. However, you end up with typing 150 words per minute! Most people I know cannot type that fast! It makes it much easier to generate more content in less time too. I know when I am composing a post like this I am actually saying the words in my head anyway. However, my head works faster than my fingers. That is why I love this product. Do you do podcasts? You can use Dragon to convert your podcasts into a transcript that you can also post on your site! There are just so many uses that I can come up with for this. I know people who use this and absolutely loved it including the New York times (click here for the NY Times Review of DNS10). Some other uses include people with disabilities such as dyslexia and even people with carpal tunnel who can’t type anymore. Heck, I’ve heard that John McCain doesn’t use the computer due to his injuries suffered when he was a POW. This is would even be helpful for him!
If you would like to see this in action, watch the videos below:
Don’t you want one of these to make your blogging easier?
I personally have a lot on my plate. I am a mom, a freelancer, and a blogger with 5 blogs. My free time is limited, and now that I am getting older, I am finding that my mind is not as good as it use to be. When I saw ListPlanIt, I knew this was something I could definitely use! I swear that this site has every kind of list you could ever need (my mother would be in heaven here — she loves making lists!). I have to admit that my most favorite list had to be the grocery shopping one. It allowed me to organize my shopping list, so I wouldn’t be running all over the store finding what I need. It made me categorize each item I needed, so when I was in that department, I was able to get everything in one shot. It is amazing how something so simple can save you a lot of time. The second set of lists that I love is the time management ones. Who can’t use a little help with time management? You can do everything from a year in advance to daily routine planning. I like being to write down what reviews I want to do, so I don’t miss anything. There is even a weekly planner with meals! I am in love with the meal planning lists. There are just so many lists here, and I can find a use for almost all of them! I literally could go on and on and on.
Now, can you use website that will help you organize your life? (Seriously, who can’t?) If so, I have the best giveaway for you. ListPlanIt will give the winner a Quarterly Membership to their site to check it out. Once you start using these lists, you will find it addicting. What do you need to do to win?
Each one of these things will give you one entry:
1. Leave a comment on this post. I want to know which lists you think you would use the most.
2. Twitter about this contest. Please leave me your username so I can verify.
3. Stumble this post. If you don’t know what Stumble Upon is, please read Lori’s post at Blogging Cents. She explains it extremely well.
4. Add this post to other social media sites like Digg, Kirtsy, Blogging Zoom, Reddit, Propeller, Etc.
For 5 additional entries,
1. Blog about this on your blog. Please give me the URL, so I can verify.
2. Add this to any forums you belong too. Please give me the URL, so I can verify.
3. Subscribe to this blog using either my email or RSS feed
4. Add my badge to your sidebar:
Good luck! This contest will end Oct. 6, 2008 at 8:00 PM CST.
Sometimes you come across sites that you have to pass on, because they are just so cool. Personally, we aren’t a huge Halloween house here. My kids are little and easily scared. However, Bill has a cousin who loves Halloween. She loves it so much that she actually got married on that date! It was a dress up ball, and we all rented costumes! I know that she would love, love, love the site I found.
One of the best Halloween invitations sites has to be Invitation Consultants. Normally, most the Halloween invitations I have ever seen are boring. However, as you can see by the invitation that I included in this post, these are definitely NOT boring. I love the detail on all of the invitations. The pictures are crisp and scary. I also am floored by the amount of invitations they have to choose from. Most sites only give you a couple to choose from. I quit counting at 30 for here. They have awesome invitations even if you don’t such a graphic one too!
Invitation Consultants can definitely solve all of your halloween invitation needs. I’m not even havinga party, and I even want to order some!
I am a diehard Pampers fan. My kids are pee machines, and no other diaper held up better than Pampers. My favorite Pampers diapers have to be the Pampers Swaddlers. Now, I am super excited to announce that Pampers has a new Swaddlers on the market. They are called Pampers Swaddlers Sensitive. These diapers are both hypoallergenic and very gentle for your babies skin. These are definitely for the little ones with super sensitive skin or were born with diaper rash (yes, I know children who it looked like were born with diaper rash). These are super soft diapers; it would be surprised if you could find another diaper out there soft like this. The absorb away liner is awesome. It truly does keep the wetness away from the baby’s little butt. The sides of this diaper are also ultra breathable and soft and stretchy. You can actually take the sides of the diaper and blow through them and still feel your breath. Why is this important? My kids would get pricky heat rashes where the sides are with other diapers — never with pampers. I have to think the breathablility helped prevented this. Though, I have to say that I think the most awesome part of these new diapers is the what I like to call “The Pee Indicator”. Nothing is more frustrating than when you can’t tell if they went in the diaper or not. It will look like it, but not feel like, and then you end up doing a poll of the room to see if you should change your little one. Pampers Wetness Indicator (that’s what they like to call it) is a strip on the outside of the diaper that changes from yellow to blue when your baby is wet. No more guessing!
Now, Pampers was kind enough to send me a pack of the Pampers Swaddlers Sensitive diapers to giveaway to one of my lucky readers! This pack has 34 diapers in it and are a Size 2 (which is 12-18 lbs). What do you have to do win this?
Each one of these things will give you one entry:
1. Leave a comment on this post. I want to know why you would like to try these diapers.
2. Twitter about this contest. Please leave me your username so I can verify.
3. Stumble this post. If you don’t know what Stumble Upon is, please read Lori’s post at Blogging Cents. She explains it extremely well.
4. Add this post to other social media sites like Digg, Kirtsy, Blogging Zoom, Reddit, Propeller, Etc.
For 5 additional entries,
1. Blog about this on your blog. Please give me the URL, so I can verify.
2. Add this to any forums you belong too. Please give me the URL, so I can verify.
3. Subscribe to this blog using either my email or RSS feed
4. Add my badge to your sidebar:
Good luck! This contest will end Sept. 24, 2008 at 8:00 PM CST.
Yes, you heard it right. I am completely jealous of all of you, since I only got one of these to borrow! The Sony Digital Photo Frame is worth about $249.99, so this is a giveaway you want enter!
Let me tell you a little bit about this frame. It is a 9-inch digital photo frame with 800×480 resolution and 15:9 aspect ratio LCD screen. It has 512MB of internal memory with optional image resizing to maximize the internal memory. It also includes HDMI output for viewing photos in high definition on an HDTV. You are able to auto correct images with features such as red-eye correction. It also offers nine slide show styles and clock and calendar modes. Now, I know that all sounds difficult to figure out what to do. However, I was able to do this all without reading the manual! This digital picture frame is even BlueTooth ready! You can also run the pictures off several different kinds of memory cards: Memory Stick media and Memory Stick PRO Duo media, SD, MMC, CF, Microdrive, and xD Picture cards. I seriously could not believe how crisp these pictures are. I am seriously sad that I have to venture over to Fed Ex on Monday and send mine back.
Now, I know you don’t want to read about how much fun we had playing testing this out for you, my readers, so . . . . what do you have to do to get one of these in your house?
1. Leave a comment on this post. Check out Sony’s site and tell me what feature you think you would like best on this frame. One comment please and let me know everything you did on that comment. If you don’t list a feature, you are not eligible to win.
2. Stumble this post. If you don’t know what Stumble Upon is, please read Lori’s post at Blogging Cents. She explains it extremely well.
3. Vote for this post on other social media sites. One extra entry for each social media site you vote for this on. (I’ll be adding some links to make this especially easy for you to vote — Digg, Propeller, Mixx, Kirtsy, Entreview, Reddit, Blogging Zoom)
4. Twitter about this contest. Please leave me your Twitter name in your comment.
For 5 additional entries,
1. Blog about this on your blog. Please give me the URL, so I can verify.
2. Add this to any forums you belong too. Please give me the URL, so I can verify.
3. Subscribe to this blog using either my email or RSS feed
This contest will run from now till August 24th at 8 PM CST. It is for US residents only. Good luck!
Challenges of Life is a blog that has a little bit of everything. I read posts about how to get your kids to eat vegetables and tips to applying makeup. As you can tell, she covers all aross the board. Normally, orange is not a color I like especially on a theme. However, Challenges of Life pulls it off with style. This blog has an awesome design. You don’t have 40 million widgets blinking at you. Everything just compliments each other. Her blog theme is very pleasing to the eye, and her sidebars definitely do not take away from the post content. Like I stated in my last review, the only thing I would change is that she needs an about page. I like to read about the author of the blog. It gives one a better understanding of why they write about what they do and gives another glimpse into their life.
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