I've been entering and entering giveaways for Christmas...I've also been doing research on some of the best gifts to give children and adults and here is what I found:
Along with the link up I sometimes like to make a post of some of my favorite giveaways going on... especially with the Holidays coming soon winning some of these would surely help!
I would like to know if any of my readers have won because of this :).
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Co-hosts: Tales From A Southern Mom, Amy & Aron's Real Life Reviews, IMHO Views, Reviews and GiveawaysAre you looking for the softest most awesome plush ever? Aurora World offers a huge variety of amazingly soft plush. For the full review click here.One lucky reader will win the assortment of plush pictured!!!
This giveaway is US, 18 or older. Only one entrant per household. Giveaway ends on 11/30 11:59 PM EST . Winner will be notified by email and has 24 hours to respond. If there is no response during that time a new winner will be chosen. Good Luck Everyone!!!
The bloggers promoting this giveaway on not responsible for prize distribution. The sponsor will send out the prize. This giveaway is not associated with Facebook, Twitter, or any other social media.
Thanks!
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I recently came across an amazingly inspiring group on Facebook and the owner of the group agreed to do am interview on Simply Mama of 2. I was so ecstatic that I had to share it with you!
Hi!
My name is Amanda McCarthy!
I am a Mommy, Wife, and a Full Time Fundraiser Director.
I started a group called “Peak Happiness”to bring the community together!
Peak Happinessis about REAL people making REAL changes in the lives of those in
their community.
What is Peak?
Peak stands for:
P-Passion
E- Excitement
A-Abundance
K-Kindness
Peak is everything you are and will be.
Happiness is your future!
I am excited to share this journey with you! My mission in life is to ensure that every
person I encounter knows just how special and important they are to the world.
What inspired you to start Peak?
During the early spring of 2013, I was sitting outside on an unusually
warm day on my back porch steps watching my children play outside.
A beautiful early spring day... I should have been thanking god for
such luck given an incredibly cold winter and children who were
tearing my house into pieces in need of the opportunity to stretch
their legs and RUN!
Instead, I was at one of my lowest points in my
life.
While sitting on the porch, picking at the grass and thinking, I ran through
all of the things I didn’t have and have done wrong:
- 25 years old and I have lost myself in the midst of becoming a
wife/mother/home maker. Who am I?
- I’m losing my patience with my children who just about NEVER
sleep.
- I want to work but who will hire me? I dropped out of high school,
got my G.E.D, have no real college experience other than a few
classes here and there, and since my husband works a rotating
schedule, I will never find anyone willing to work around it.
- I have no friends that I can connect with. I am alone. I live in a busy
town, and I walk past people everyday. Nobody bothers to say hello,
wave back, or acknowledge I exist. If only someone would notice me,
and see that I am struggling.
- My husband has accomplished so much in his career and here I am
mastering the art of keeping my baby still while changing his diaper.
That's when I found the four leaf clover that changed my life. I had
never before found one and for a moment, time stopped and I was
LUCKY! I dropped it like 5 seconds after finding it, but, the feeling
stuck with me. I FELT LUCKY every single day! The same day, I
heard a commercial to be on the Steve Harvey show for a man cave
makeover. Well, long story short - we were on the show, Steve gave
us our man cave makeover, and I found a job I LOVE shortly after.
Find hope in the little things.
What are some of the things PEAK is doing?
Along with motivating each other to live our BEST life, we are
introducing kind initiatives such as our upcoming :
“Merry Give-A-Giftmas”.
If you want to get inspired and are TRULY ready to live WITHOUT
A very special thank you to all of the bloggers participating in this giveaway. I appreciate all of your hard work.
Now for the fun stuff. This giveaway is open to US. There are daily bonus entries for sharing this giveaway on your social media channels. I can't ask you to "Like" our pages but, if you A see something you like, let us know so we can bring you more of it. We LOVE it when you "LIKE" our pages.
a Rafflecopter giveaway Thank you for taking the time out to enter into the giveaway. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to email Amy & Aron's Real Life Reviews at grovesamy81@gmail.com Winner will receive the prize directly from the participating companies. None of the Bloggers Participating in this giveaway are responsible for shipping the prize.
I really wanted to try some different kind of chicken recipe the other day...so I did.
Firstly, let me tell you that I usually HATE chicken thighs and cooking them in a skillet. I did it anyways and it turned out GREAT!
HERE IS THE RECIPE:
Serves: 4-5
Prep time: 15 Mins
Cook Times: about 30 mins (give or take on size of chicken ect)
You will need a large skillet preferably a Cast Iron Skillet like the one below. (any heavy skillet will work though)
Ingredients: 1 Package of Chicken Thighs 1 package of uncooked carrots Lemon Pepper 1 tbsp Thyme (I used dried because I didn't have fresh) Lime Juice 2 TABLESPOON Olive oil seperated 10 OZ Chicken Broth Peas Wide Egg Noodles Butter/Margarine
Step 1: About an hour before cooking place chicken thighs 1 tbsp olive, some lemon pepper (to your liking) , squirt of lime juice, and 1 tbsp thyme in a zip lock bag and shake up. Step 2: Rinse, Peel and Chop Carrots and put into a bowl.
Step 3: Add 1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil to skillet until hot.
Add carrots and stir around until browned
Heheheh My daughter had to get involved :)
Carrots should look like this ^^
When finished take out of the pan and put into bowl.
Step 4:
Add Chicken to the skillet over Medium heat. Cook for about 8 mins. IMPORTANT: don't move or flip chicken let cook !!!
When you Flip it it should be brown like the picture below.
Step 5:
Now you can add the Chicken broth, put the carrots back in and add salt and pepper if desired. Cover and let cook for about 20 mins or until chicken is done and veggies are tender.
Step 6:
Boil water and cook Egg Noodles according to package while the chicken is finishing cooking. Also, Cook peas (we prefer the steam in bag.
Step 7:
Remove Chicken and place on a plate (or platter).
Mix in desired amount of peas and all of the carrots with the noodles. We add butter (optional) to the noodles.
When serving just place the Chicken with a little bit of broth on top of the noodle mix.
***I didn't have lemon slices on had but the make a great garnish and add some yummy flavor to the chicken**
