Around The Blogosphere – Week 94

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Welcome to our weekly roundup here at “5 Minutes Around the Blogosphere”.

As you know, you can come back all week and add a post or giveaway to our Mister Linky. Be sure to check back often, as new links will be added daily. You don’t want to miss out on something fun.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Too much negativity in your life? Check out love.mylife.com – a site that focuses on the uplifting stories of life!

  Love My Life users are encouraged to submit their own happy moments here.Participation is also encouraged on Twitter, and the best and most creative tweets will be included on
  the Love My Life blog.

  Love My Life will be moderated by its owners, but user feedback and participation is encouraged. Each post will have a permalink to its own page, and commenting will be open for all posts. Go share your happy moment now!

CONTESTS & SWEEPSTAKES

• Earthbound Farm has just launched acontest seeking quotes from children for the inside of its clamshell salad labels. Kids are encouraged to submit quotes thanking those who purchase organic for helping protect the future.

  For each child’s quote that is chosen, they have the opportunity to win a $500 US Savings Bond for their future education. In addition, a $500 donation in their name will be given to their choice of certain dedicated nonprofit environmental organizations. Winning quotes will appear on the back of new and improved salad labels and on the Earthbound Farm website!

  Four winners will be selected in July and then add a new winner every month through the end of 2009!

  To enter the contest, visit the website here.

• HP has launched a new contest on YouTube called You on You. The contest runs through Sept. 22 and invites people from around the world to create and upload 1-minute videos expressing who they are – without showing their faces.

  Participants have a chance to win up to $300,000 in cash and product prizes, including $40,000 for first place and HP’s Artist Edition notebooks for the top 100 most-voted-on videos and top 100 semifinalists!

  Showcase your creativity using any technique – from a music video to a comedy or Mini-biography – and then share videos with friends and family across multiple social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LiveSpaces and Orkut. In addition, the winning video will be recognized on YouTube’s homepage.

  Here is a video by ‘You on You’ host and Grammy-nominated Artist, Kenna, that explains how to participate!

BLOG GIVEAWAYS

For Everyone

• Contest Corner 2 month suppy Brez Snoring Aid (7/27 US Only)
• Mom Knows It All Driscoll’s $5 coupon (7/27 US Only)
• Here and There Driscoll’s $5 coupon (7/27 US Only)
• Thrifty Jinxy Sleep Number C4 Queen Bed Set (7/27 US Only)
• Did You See That? Personalized book (7/28)
• Not Entirely British Debbie Coon CD – You Are Loved (7/29)
• My Organized Chaos Kena Kai Lifestyle Gear (7/30 US & Canada)
• The Nurse Mommy Skoy cloths (8/1 US Only)
• The Nurse Mommy Bamboosa wash cloths (8/1 US Only)
• A Working, Blogging Mommy Skoy cloths (8/1 US Only)
• A Working, Blogging Mommy Queen size pink Zebra sheet set (8/2 US Only)
• The Nurse Mommy Zen Lamp (8/2 US Only)
• The Nurse Mommy $25 to Brown Bow Gifts (8/2 Worldwide)
• The Nurse Mommy $25 to Signature Creations (8/3 Worldwide)
• The Nurse Mommy Simple Green Product Naturals Line (8/4 US Only)
• A Working, Blogging Mommy Bottle of Smelly Washer (8/5 US Only)
• All Because Two People Fell In LOVE $50 gift card to 1st class wedding invitations (8/5 US Only)
• Life’s a Charm 3 x 5 Greek Flokati Rug (8/9 US Only)
• Melinda Joy Ripenstitch Dog Collar (8/22 US & Canada)

For Women

• Sicky Feet Reviews Peace Love Mom Tee (7/30)
• The Nurse Mommy Apron from Carolyn’s Kitchen (7/31 US Only)

Baby Essentials

• Mom Know It All Aden + Anais sleeping bag (7/26 US Only)
• Mom Knows It All Your Baby Can Read Deluxe Set (7/26 US Only)
• Riding With No Hands Safety 1st “Summer Road Trip Safety” basket (7/29 US Only)
• My Organized Chaos Mooshu Trainers (7/30 US & Canada)
• A Working, Blogging Mommy Lovey Blanket (7/31 US Only)
• Baby GoodBuys Fuzzi Bunz cloth diapers (8/2 US Only)
• Evergreen Moms Kaboost Booster Seat (8/2 US & Canada)
• Glimpse Grobag Sleeping Bag and Grobag Egg (8/3 Canada Only)
• The Laughs Will Go On Natures Paradise Baby Organic Gift Basket (8/3 Worldwide)

Just For Kids

• Muse Reviews Perfect Pointer (7/29 US Only)
• Contest Corner Mitchell Musso CD – 2 winners (7/30 Worldwide)
• My Organized Chaos Strider Running Bike (7/30 Canada Only)
• Evergreen Moms Cherry Zenblocks (7/30 US & Canada)
• All Because Two People Fell In LOVE Trix Swirls summer fun package (7/31 US Only)
• The A to Z Twins Hand painted step stool (7/31)
• Contest Corner Soft Toy from Douglas Plush (8/2 US Only)
• A Working, Blogging Mommy Children’s music CD (8/3 US Only)
• The Nurse Mommy Toddler or Infant hooded towel (8/3 US Only)
• Muse Reviews Tracey Singer CD (8/3 US Only)
• Traveling With Baby Putumayo Kids CD (8/7 US Only)
• All Because Two People Fell In LOVE Precious Girls Package (8/8 US Only)
• Quiverfull Family Rock’ n Learn – Telling Time DVD (9/1 US & Canada)

Books for Grown-Ups

• Here and There What the Drug Companies Won’t Tell You and Your Doctor Doesn’t Know (7/26 US Only)
• Sticky Feet Reviews The Momnificent Life (7/30)
• Susan Heim on Parenting Toddler Interpreter (7/31 US Only)
• Muse Reviews Secrets of Simplicity (8/2 US Only)
• Quiverfull Family Blue Like Play Dough (8/3 US Only)

Books for Kids

• Mom-Musings The Siege of Macindaw – Ranger’s Apprentice, Book 6 (7/29 Worldwide)

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