Winner Winner chicken Dinner!

And the two lucky winners of the Play it Smooth giveaway are:

Crazy Mom Lori

 and


AJerseygirl46

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Congratulations Ladies.  Check your emails

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What? You want to know who won?

And the winners are:

#7 Sonja's Mom
#11 Jerseygirl45
#3 household6
#6 Mama Minnie
#1 Shades

Congratulations winners! You win a the newest Michael Buble CD, Crazy Love, and I LOVE this CD. Honest!

Check your email and/or latest blog post for a note from me with instructions on claiming your prize.

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Crazy Love - Michael Buble

The below mentioned product(s) was/were given to me at no charge for review. I am not being monetarily paid for this review (other than receipt of the free product). I will give my honest opinion and thoughts regarding said product(s).

Warner Bros Records has asked me to review the newest Michael Bublé CD, Crazy Love.

The official word from Warner Bros is this:

'Crazy Love', Michael Bublé's first CD in two and a half years, features two original songs along with his always original take on 11 standards from various eras. The multi-Grammy winning artist hunkered down in recording studios in LA, Brooklyn, New York and his hometown of Vancouver for the last six months to make his 'ultimate record about the inevitable roller coaster ride of relationships.' The first single, 'Haven't Met You Yet,' written by Bublé (with Alan Chang and Amy Foster) is scheduled to be released to radio on August 31st. Additional tunes on the album include 'Cry Me A River,' 'You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You,' 'Georgia On My Mind' and 'Baby (You've Got What It Takes)' which was performed with Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings. The title song is a cover of the Van Morrison gem 'Crazy Love.' The CD closes out with a haunting version of 'Stardust' which is performed with the acapella group Naturally 7. The album was produced by David Foster, Bob Rock and Humberto Gatica.

I have listened to the CD over and over this week while cleaning my house and doing my homework and cooking dinner and I love it. Sometimes I don’t really care for a particular cover of a song coughMr. & Mrs. Jonescough, however, I can say that his cover on this CD of Heartache Tonight and All of Me are two of the best I have heard in a long time. IMHO of course. I was going to put the CD in the car so I could listen on my way to work but I can’t keep it out of my daughter’s room long enough. If she was older, she would probably be one of those weird stalker fans. She has a photo collage on her nightstand of various Michael Bublé CD covers, flowers and a wedding ring. I’m not sure exactly where she’s going with that. She is only 12 after all. I'll be broke if she ever finds out there is an official Michael Bublé website.

Warner Bros has also authorized a contest. YEAH! WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER! I will be giving away FIVE Crazy Love CDs to FIVE lucky winners. The CDs are valued at $18.98 each. The only catch is, wait! There is no catch!

The Rules:

“The Michael Bublé ‘Crazy Love’ CD giveaway is open to participants with a United States mailing address only (international readers can enter if they have a friend in the States who can accept their prizes by mail.”

To Enter:

Leave a comment (including a VALID email address) here telling me your favorite Michael Bublé song and bingo presto, you’re entered. Get an extra entry for each Twitter, Facebook or blog post about the contest. Just leave a separate link for each extra entry. The contest will run until midnight, November 7, 2009, when comments will close and winners will be randomly chosen.

Pantene Full & Thick

This is a compensated review from BlogHer and Pantene Full & Thick

Anyone who reads my blog will recall that I have been struggling with hair issues for quite some time. Earlier this year, my hair and I had a standoff of sorts. I said “hair, I’m tired of your wispy ways and limpness. I am tired of looking like an old washed out mop. I want the hair I used to have. I want hair that looks like hair and not faded Christmas tinsel. I know you can do it!” Yet, even with the pep talks and various products, my hair was having no part of it. I tried different shampoos and conditioners. I tried washing my hair every day and that didn’t even help. I was considering a perm and the flashback to my 80s hair almost made me cry. I just wanted a little body, some appearance of thickness. Mostly, I wanted my hair to look like it was not pasted to the top of my head by the middle of the day.

I went through a myriad of shampoos and conditions and even went to the doctor to ask if my age and hormone levels could be the root cause (ha!) of my hair problems. It seemed that when I turned the big Four-OH! last year, my hair decided it had had enough and began to limp out, break off and otherwise boycott all efforts I made at prettiness. As luck would have it in the midst of my hair product experimentation, BlogHer approached me with this review.

I had already tried five different shampoos since the first of the year, working my way down the list of suggestions my readers had provided earlier. When my Pantene arrived, the first thing I did was open it and take a smell. I like a shampoo that smells good but not heavily perfumed. Pantene smelled very light and fragrant but not overpowering. I washed my hair that night and was surprised that the shampoo is clear. I am not sure what I expected, but it wasn’t clear shampoo. I also like the fact that I only needed a small amount to clean my hair with a head full of bubbly lather. I conditioned and was surprised at the difference I felt simply combing it out. The true test would be the morning when I woke up. Usually, if I wash my hair at night, when I wake up in the morning it is limp and thin. However, the miracle of Pantene Full & Thick was that my hair actually had some fullness and thickness to it the next morning! Even better? My hair still looked good that night!

I was hesitant though to love this new Pantene Full & Thick just yet. I still had another day of hair to deal with. I used Pantene again and decided to blow dry my hair. Wow. Note to self: no need to hang my head upside down to blow dry it using Pantene. Yeah. I had big 80s hair that was, well, big. I had to tame it back just a little with some water. However, again, I was able to go two full days without washing my hair and that is huge for me.

I decided to wash both of my daughters’ hair with the Pantene Full & Thick. This was comical at best. My 12 year old has really thick, full hair. This shampoo gave her a full on lion’s mane. Not the look she was going for at all! My 9 year old has thin, wispy hair like mine. Her hair was beautiful and full of body and bounce. She is hooked and asked if I could buy her some Pantene for “just her.”

I have been using the Pantene Full & Thick all week and I honestly have no complaints. My hair looks good. It feels good. It has more body than it has had in over a year and it is not breaking off. It even smells good the next day and is easy to comb through.

If you have thin or limp hair like I did, I would feel totally comfortable recommending Pantene Full & Thick. I also appreciate the fact that the conditioner is a light conditioner that does not weigh down my hair, but still leaves it soft and manageable so I can pull it up at work if necessary, and when I drop it back down, it still looks good. I finally have movie star hair!

Well, almost.

Oh Look! A Contest:

Would you love to win a $100 Visa card and a year’s supply of Pantene? If so, leave me a comment below and tell me how much time do you spend dealing with hair issues daily and do you have any tips or tricks you can share - or you may leave a link to your post on your own blog in the comments below. The contest will begin at 9:00 a.m. (PST) July 1, 2009 and will end 5:00 p.m. (PST) August 1, 2009. Make sure that the e-mail address you leave is correct.
Rules:
• No duplicate comments.
• You may receive an additional entry by linking on twitter and leaving a link in the comments.
• You may receive an additional entry by blogging about this contest and leaving a link in the comments.
• This giveaway is open to US residents, aged 18 and over
• Winners will be selected via random draw, and will notified by e-mail.
• You have 48 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.
• Please see the official rules here: Official Rules

Check out the rest of the BlogHer reviews for 8 additional chances to win!


UPDATE: We have a winner! Congratulations Heatherzilla. Check your email.

Zing Zang Zoom! The Circus is Coming!

Hey kids! Guess what? (don’t you hate it when people say guess what and you have absolutely no idea what the heck they’re asking you to guess about?)

The Circus is coming! Zing Zang Zoom! The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus is coming to Phoenix, like, right now. This month!

The following dates and times have been scheduled for the Phoenix showing at US Airways Center:

Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 25, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Friday, June 26, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 27, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 and 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 28, 2009, at 1:00 and 5:00 p.m.

If you would like to attend any of these showings, here is deal you cannot resist:

Purchase a family 4-pack of tickets for only $44 at www.ticketmaster.com and enter the coupon code: MOM

The best part of all? As if the circus coming to town wasn’t cool enough: You can win tickets right here! Simply leave a comment here telling me your favorite circus memory (or lack thereof). I will choose a random winner Friday, June 19th, at 8:30 p.m. Arizona time. I will email the winner and you must get back to me that night with your name. You will be able to pick up your tickets (with a valid picture ID) at Will Call the night of the show.

And the Winner is...

Taking myself and jmlk out of the running left the following participants (in order of appearance):

1. Beth
2. Pam
3. Marlene
4. Amy Bright
5. SexyBrat
6. Mommiof3
7. Amy

And the random number generated was: Lucky Number THREE!

Yeah! Marlene, you are the winner. Please email me your name at whyrustalkingme at gmail dot com so I can arrange for your tickets to be at Will Call the night of the show.

Thanks everyone for playing!

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Oh Look! A Princess! (Win Tickets!)

Hey, did you know that Disney on Ice, Disneyland Adventure is coming to Phoenix? In April? Well, you do now!

The following dates and times have been scheduled for the Phoenix showing at US Airways Center:

Thursday, April 9, 2009, at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 10, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 11, 2009, at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 12, 2009, at 1:30 and 5:30 p.m.

If you would like to attend any of these eight showings, here is deal you cannot resist:

Purchase a family 4-pack of tickets for only $44 at www.ticketmaster.com and enter the coupon code: MOM

The best part of all? You can win tickets right here! Simply leave a comment sharing what it would mean to you as a parent to take your kids to this show. I will chose a random winner Wednesday, April 2^nd at 7:30 p.m. Arizona time. I will email the winner and you must get back to me that night with your name. You will be able to pick up your tickets (with a valid picture ID) at Will Call the night of the show.

Bring on the sharing!