Posts Tagged ‘Giveaway’

STEP ONE: view this video with your volume turned way the fuck up…

is it up??? like UP??? like you’re bustin out, doin ::the sprinkler:: UP??

k. good. we’re gettin the engine started…

STEP TWO: grab yourself a cocktail, it doesn’t need to contain alcohol and you will not be made fun of for drinking non-alcoholic beverages… unless it’s o’doul’s, in which case, you may just wanna keep that info to yourself. if you’re indecisive when it comes to beverages, scope these puppies out by clicking here and here for some yummy suggestions.

STEP THREE: try not to be scurred. you don’t even have to look at us, if you don’t want to. we’re not goin all BIG BROTHER on your ass and scoping you out, tracking your IP address, your blog (if you have one), your twitter account, your stats, etc. hell, i can’t even scope my own out without the help of @PrincessJenn. point being, we just wanna build community and hang with people who aren’t attending BlogHer in NYC for whatever reason. that’s it. you don’t have to have a blog yourself in order to leave comments here. you don’t have to have a twitter account, though it would help you out when it comes time to launch this bitch… but when it all comes down to it, this wee-babe was created last year on a whim and for shits and giggles and fun. our dazzling hosts this year are all about paying it forward. bottom line: we’re just here to hang, connect with people and get good dirt on one another.

STEP FOUR: participate. DUR… this means we want you to subscribe to our feed, leave comments, tells us who you are, get in on the kickass giveaways we have this year. and ps- can i just say that it’s incredible to have so many amazing people and businesses getting involved with us this year?!?! because last year, i had to write this post in order to get some shit. and it’s kinda nice knowing that i don’t have to go back to moonlighting this year. i’m just sayin…

STEP FIVE: let us know if you want to guest post on here. if you’re new to BlogHer@Home and want to put yourself out there with a post that says, “I DON’T FUCKING GET IT!!!” for cripes’ sake, speak up. contact us. no, seriously. please do because that means i’ll have less posts to write.

STEP SIX: patience dear grasshoppas… the actual BlogHer conference isn’t taking place for a few more weeks, which means that you have plenty of time to do a little research on here, see how things went down last year and get updates on how it’ll go down this year. follow BlogHer@Home on twitter for updates as well as for fun chatty time with us. hell, you don’t even have to wear pants. we won’t know!!! unless you tell us… hehehe…

in conclusion, this is your brain on BlogHer@Home. any questions?

When Kim asked us if she could do a fabulous sexy giveaway for all the BHAH people we said “Uh…well of course!”
Warning:  This post talks about sex and so probably isn’t safe for work or kids.  Your boyfriend / girlfriend / husband / wife / significant-other may thank you after you read it though…

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I like quickies and nooners and the I hope we don’t get caught by the kids sex. You know the sex with your clothes half off, hard and fast, your hair gets mussed up, and then ten minutes later you reappear all flushed and acting like nothing ever happened. And let me just say, having five kids has made me the queen of quickies. I know how to get in the perfect position and pull my man right into me to where there is instant access to the G-spot, so its easy for me to get what I want within a small time frame.

 

One of the thrilling things about the quickie is finding a place to do it. I think me and Mr. K have done it just about everywhere, before and after kids. There isn’t a room in this house that hasn’t been christened and since having kids I am very grateful for that big walk in closet that we have. But there is something to be said for foreplay.

 

I’ll admit, there has been a lot more quickies and nooners in the past thirteen years than there has been long sexual sessions with lots of foreplay. However since my hysterectomy, foreplay is where it is at. I need a little extra, okay, sometimes a lot extra to get me going, it just depends and there is nothing better than adding something extra to those long love making sessions. Things you often can’t get into when you are getting fucked in the laundry room while the kids are watching cartoons.

 

So when K-Y contacted me about reviewing their new YOURS+MINE KISSABLE SENSATIONS I was game. Getting Mr. K into the game though was an entirely different story. My husband is not as adventurous as I am, and he is not a fan of mixing stuff from the kitchen in with stuff that goes on in the bedroom. He is perfectly fine with fucking on the kitchen table as long as all the food is put away. However, he can be persuaded to go along with my little experiments and this wasn’t exactly food, it was just a flavored body product to be licked, kissed and sucked off the body, and well, that is what sold him. I mean what man is not into getting licked and sucked right?

 

The new K-Y YOURS+MINE KISSABLE SENSATIONS for the Body comes in two different flavors for him and her, decadent chocolate and refreshing strawberry. I believe the flavors can be for either him or her, and personally I thought the decadent chocolate flavor tasted and smelled better than the refreshing strawberry. I think this is just a personal preference. Unlike some flavored body products that you might pick up at a sex shop, these products did not have a strong odor and did not burn or give a tingling sensation on the body or on the mouth. They can also be used with other K-Y products from the YOURS+MINE collection or INTENSE, a female arousal gel.

 

Now, you didn’t think I would leave any of you out from all the licking, sucking and fucking did you? Because I think one of the great things about doing BlogHer@Home is the easy access to my partner for getting down and dirty. I mean how many of those people at BlogHer are going to have time for hawt sex! Not many. So the generous people at K-Y are allowing me to give away some of their great products to TWO fantastic, dynamic, very sexy BlogHer@Home readers. You will be getting not only the NEW K-Y KISSABLE SENSATIONS but also a K-Y YOURS+MINE lubricant.

 

To Enter: In the comments let me know where the most unusual place you have ever had a quickie, before or after kids. A winner will be announced next Thursday, same time and place, so you have until Wednesday to get your entries in.

 

Disclosure statement: This posting comments on products sent to me, Beautiful Wreck, on behalf of K-Y Brand to facilitate my review. They are also the sponsor of this giveaway.

 

so, in my 3 years of blogging, i’ve written only one sex post for a website a while back. ONE. i popped my cherry and posted a story about my very first experience in a sex shop. the post was saucy, complete with madonna references and ending with one of my besties buying the bullet for me… since she was responsible for popping my sex shop cherry.

that being said, here i am, with an orgasmic GIVEAWAY FOR YOU!!!

the only bootay the BlogHer in NYC attendees will be receiving the weekend of the conference will be if spectacularly sexay sleepovers take place.

those of us attending BlogHerAtHome… hehehe… BONUS!!!

and whether you are one who will be at your computer with bated breath to see mah bewbies (sorry to disappoint, i only save that for BHAH video conference meetings) or one who will be checking in with us throughout the weekend and then taking a break for some nookie, i can assure you, this giveaway will satisfy.

take it from the “almost” virginal sex poster.

enough of my bullshit… here are the details…

the ever-so-luscious Maniacal Mom is offering a generous gift basket containing the following goodies…

1. Fireworks, edible body lotion
2. RomantaTherapy Alluring Body lotion
3. Pure Instinct Perfume
4. Bullet
5. Nipple Nibblers
6. Mini Locking Toy Box (can’t be purchased on the site as this is normally only available for hostesses of Passion Parties total worth of this prized package (hehe… “package”) = $112.00 (before taxes)

so in order to win, submit pictures of your bewbies, we ask you to do the following… you will receive one entry for each (so 4 possible entries)…

• leave a comment below, telling us why you want/NEED this lusciousness in your life and/or your plans to use said contents should you find yourself to be the lucky weiner winner.
• head over to our generous donor’s site, scope out the goods, and comment us back here, letting us know of one thing you would want from her site to improve your sex life.
• Follow BlogHer@Home and Maniacal Mom on Twitter and leave us a comment saying that you do
• of course, tweeting out this post and sharing the love. don’t forget to comment back here with the link of your tweet puhlease.

should you come up empty-handed, fear not, you can visit her website and indulge in your own way.

so… jump on it, and let’s get this booty call party started!!!

**the fine print**

Contest available to US & Canadian residents

Please leave one comment per entry please.  Duplicate entries will be deleted.

Contest closes June 18,2010 @ 5pm EST

Winner will be drawn from all eligible entries by a random number generator

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UPDATE:

We have a winner from Maniacal Mom’s generous awesome giveaway of redonkulously awesome toys!

The winner is…

*drum roll*

@nannyanya!   Congratulations!  Please email or DM me your address so we can get you your goodies.

alright lovelies, if you haven’t seen all the twitter buzz about aidan donnelley rowley’s newly released rookie novel, Life After Yes, then you’re doing one of a number of things…  either you are 1. living in a hole that doesn’t have wifi… 2. not following her on twitter… 3. not reading her blog… 4. LIVING IN A HOLE.

so, what do we here at BlogHer@Home like to do with people who live in holes? we like to give shit away… ya know, to enlighten you and whatnot.

you can read my raging review of aidan donnelley rowley’s Life After Yes on amazon.com by clicking here, or you can be tantalizingly teased with the first sentence in chapter 1…

“I’m already with another man.”

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you know the drill… leave a comment below letting us know what exactly you say “YES” to and why = 1 entry
and of course follow BlogHerAtHome and aidan on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (leave us a comment with a link to the tweet) = 1 entry.

Contest closes June 4th at 5pm EST and winner will be chosen by a random number generator (just to make it fair and all)

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.  THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY

MEGA CONGRATS TO AIDAN!!!

Congratulations Smug Married who won the hot copy of ‘Life After Yes’!

Thank you to everyone who took part in our very first BlogHer@Home, both attendees and sponsors.  We were lucky to have an amazing group of people who participated and we had such a great time putting it on.  Hopefully we’ll be able to make next year even better.

A special thank you to the Room 704 ladies for organizing (and packaging, and shipping) the swag bags.  We love you guys.

I know you guys have been chomping at the bit to get the ‘official’ winners list, so without further ado, here it is:

• Apron Frenzy – One-of-a-kind floral half-apron  -  Kristen
• Common Cents – $20 Amazon Gift Card  - redhead.kate
• Fertility Stories – 10 sets of 5 pairs of pearl earrings – TheMaggers, Ladybugsgrama, Layla, thepsychobabble, Sarah, Jaime, HeartMyChloe, Christi, uthostage, Ali
• Temptation Designs – Custom Blog Header – Sara
• Little Alouette – Handmade Wooden Teething Toy – Averygoodyear and AmyElk
• Johnson Originals – Glass Pendant Necklace - Leslie
  
• Sara’s Drink Pendant Necklace – TheMaggers
• Ali’s $50 Starbuck’s Gift Card – Messponential
• Deb Rox – 5 Ways to {Blank} Your Blog book AND authentic BlogHer Swag – PickleSugarPlum
• Danny Evans signed, pre-release copy of his book RAGE Against the Meshugenah – steenface
• Dine Without Whine Lifetime Membership – Shannon
• Southern Monkey Designs – Custom Fabric Blocks – Masmom
• Friends of Maddie Dell Netbook – Yvonne

A huge thank you (and lots of love) to everyone who took part.

that’s right, TONIGHT as in THURSDAY eve.  race out to the liquor store immediately after reading this post, stock up on your snacks, and get ready to rock this bitch TONIGHT AT 9 PM EST.

{Note from Jenn:  Yeah, I know we said we were going to launch tomorrow. We couldn’t wait to start giving stuff away (and the tweets and emails asking when we were going to launch and could we do it soon were getting to be a bit much).  So Nic and I moved things up to tonight}

here’s how we’re launching yo….  we’re going all tinychat style on your asses…  so tonight at the designated time mentioned above (9 PM EST for those of you who missed it already) log in to http://www.tinychat.com/bhah09 and you will find your’s truly as well as jenn rockin out our pjs and starting our giveaways.

we will be giving away 5 items tonight folks…  danny‘s book RAGE Against the Meshugenah will be the first item to go, followed by our first of TWO sets of pearl earrings to giveaway, a luscious $50 giftcard to starbucks courtesy of ali, and ending with saucy sara‘s drinky-poo pendant.  go BIG or go home folks!  (oh wait, we are at home…)

GET YOUR COMMENTS IN NOW!!!  (if you haven’t already done so.)  we will be closing comments as soon as we launch this evening’s kick off chat.

Another Jenn note: No you don’t need to be online tonight to win, but wouldn’t it be da bomb to be the first to find out you’ve won?  Like for reals?

in addition to launching this drunken home haze of our’s, jenn and i will be providing you with a full schedule of events for the coming weekend.  so pay attention and don’t get too drunk…  or…  get drunk and recheck the schedule tomorrow.

aside from being scared shitless, jenn and i are both so unbelievably stoked about launching Blogher@Home.  we are proud of our little baby here, and have gotten so much awesome support from so many people.

THANK YOU!

word on the street is that the peeps who are in chicago will be hearing where the locale is for BlogHer 2010 will be, and tickets will then go on sale.

CRIKEY! (did i spell that right? it looks weird to me.)

this means a couple of things for jenn and myself… it means that we’d lurve a little sponsorship to attend BlogHer 2010 (hint hint wink wink) and it also means that we will be looking for hosts for Blogher@Home 2010.  that way you don’t have to look at our stinken faces, nor hear our drunken voices two years in a row via tinychat.

so…  what have we learned here????

1) BlogHer@Home launches TONIGHT at 9 pm EST

2) go to http://www.tinychat.com/bhah09 to find jenn and nic.

3) buy booze

4) our first 5 giveaways will be TONIGHT, get comments in NOW

5) jenn and nic would like sponsors for BlogHer 2010 puhlease

6) buy booze

ok….  class dismissed!  see ya tonight!

I’m not a great cook. There.  I said it.  Oh, it’s not that what I do make tastes awful or anything.  I can just never figure out what to make.  I spend half an hour before dinner each day staring in  the fridge (hoping something will jump out at me?)…then wandering to the pantry and staring intently at the shelves before wandering back to the fridge.

I’ve tried those meal planning calendars where you write down what you’re having each day, but I still struggle with that.  I lack the inspiration.  Even flipping through my numerous recipe books often results in a hastily prepared casserole because I lack the ingredients for anything better.

Enter Dine Without Whine. Founder Christine Steendahl has created a meal planning service especially for parents with kids.  No fancy, impossible ingredients that you’ve never heard of, let alone know how to prepare.  You get good, wholesome meals, and your family isn’t forced to eat Kraft Dinner for the third night in a row because you’re too exhausted to come up with anything better (not that that has EVER happened at my house… nope…never)

Every week, Dine Without Whine, emails you, not only a menu and recipes, but a full shopping list.  Doesn’t get any easier.

If you’re like me, you’ve checked out other menu planning services. But when I get to their sample menus my inner monologue sounds a bit like “Wouldn’t eat it, wouldn’t eat it, DEFINTELY wouldn’t eat it, don’t know what the hell that is, ummm, yeah, I guess that one might be OK”

So when I checked out the sample menus for Dine Without Whine, I was pleasantly surprised.  There was not one meal on there I wouldn’t make.  Seriously.

Here’s the best part.  Christine is offering one lucky BlogHer@Home attendee a LIFETIME membership to Dine Without Whine.

Yeah.  Lifetime.  As in, FREE FOREVER.  As in, you’re going to be the Mom that all the other kids want as their mom because you make the best meals.

Here’s how it can be yours:

• Leave a comment (any comment will do!) = 1 entry
• Visit Dine Without Whine and tell us what your favorite meal, from their sample meals, is= 1 entry
• What are your family dinner time challenges?  Tell us about it = 1 entry
• Follow BlogHerAtHome and Dine Without Whine on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway (leave us a comment with the link to the tweet)= 1 entry

UPDATED:  Congrats to steenface, winner of Danny Evans new book RAGE Against the Meshugenah

in exactly 14 days, RAGE Against the Meshugenah, authored by my favorite “neutered jew,” (his words, not mine) , Danny Evans will be released.  some of you may already be familiar with his brilliance from his blog DadGoneMad.com and some of you may just be wading in the shallow depths of his hilarity.

i urge you to dive in.  both feet.  now.

here is what i can personally vouch for…

• danny = good people, really good people, salt of the earth.
• RAGE will rock your world, seriously the whole world that you currently exist in.
• no one on the face of this planet is capable of writing about battling depression, and making their readers piss in their pants with laughter like this man… brilliant, i tell you.  fucking brilliant.
• danny and RAGE saved my marriage.

he is giving away a signed copy of his book to Blogher@Home, his masterpiece pre-release!

it’s only fitting that this magnificent man, has offered ONE signed copy of RAGE to ONE lucky winner.  (i mean c’mon, this is pre-release.  let us not be greedy.  simply pre-order at amazon if you haven’t already.)

Here’s how you can get it:

• Leave a comment briefly discussing NOT your sob story regarding depression, but your strength in overcoming it, especially through laughter = 1 entry
• Follow BlogHerAtHome and Danny on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway (leave us a comment with the link to the tweet)= 1 entry

THIS POST IS NSFW

my husband flies planes for the navy.  he has been deployed…  MULTIPLE TIMES (pun intended).  and that’s when my dear friend (whose name i shall not mention) introduced me to the vibrator.  YES!!!  THE VIBRATOR!!!  THE SILVER BULLET!!!!  and oh sweet jesus did it worked it’s wonderous magic for the 6 months (x 3) that he was gone.

so…  hub still flies planes, though is not currently deployed.  (WOO!  THANKS BARRACK!)  anyway, point being that BlogHer begins this coming weekend and there will be sex toys -a-plenty with you kinky, crazy, lovely, lovas out there.

and why shouldn’t those of us at home (or in my case, at a wedding) miss out on all the fun?!?!

thus, i direct you to maria‘s post where she descriptively tells you how to have a party in your pants…  pre-cocktail, post-cocktail, even during cocktail….  as long as there’s a smile on your gorgeous face.  :)

enjoy maria‘s post…  enter to win THE GREEN SHAFT (only for folks who are NOT going to BlogHer ’09 in Chicago) and shake your groove thang!!!

GET IT, GURL!!!!!!!!

UPDATE:  Comments are now closed.  We will be drawing for the Netbook tonight (Sunday July 26, 2009) at 7pm MST / 9pm EST on live chat

To help celebrate the launch of Friends of Maddie, our wonderful friends at Intel have provided  TWO Dell Mini 10 Netbooks to give to give away!

(What’s the difference between a netbook and a laptop? Here’s a handy guide)

There will be running two separate opportunities to win each Dell Netbook.

*DUE TO SOME ISSUES WITH PAYMENT PROCESSING WE HAVE RESTRUCTURED OUR GIVEAWAYS*

BlogHer@Home Giveaway

To win , all you need to do is leave a comment, on this page, with your name and Twitter id (if you have one). Use a valid email address. One comment per person will be accepted. Additional comments will be deleted.  Comments will be closed at Saturday, July 25th at midnight Pacific Time.

*If you previously donated prior to the Netbook sweepstakes rule change, you are still eligible to leave a comment. As a bonus, we will also double the number of entries you previously had. So if you donated $10, you will now receive four entries into the giveaway for the Netbook, rather than two.*

Because this is really all about launching our Friends of Maddie Non-Profit Organization, we are still gratefully accepting donations. Each donation you make allows us to achieve our mission – to support families supporting their critically ill babies. It takes $25 to fund each Family Support Pack. Our goal is to, one day, have them in each NICU in the country. For any donation you make, please leave an additional comment! Donations can be made at the Friends of Maddie site here.

Contest Rules:

The winner of the BlogHer @ Home giveaway will receive a Dell Mini 10 in the color of their choice. The giveaway is open to individuals worldwide who are NOT in attendance at BlogHer ‘09 in Chicago. The winner will be selected on Sunday, July 26th and the winner will be contacted via email. They will have until Tuesday, July 28th to respond to the email announcing that they are the winner. If we do not hear from the winner by July 28th, we will pick a new winner on July 29th. Winner will be chosen using Random.org. The winner will be contacted by a representative from Friends of Maddie and Intel, and the Dell Mini will be shipped directly to the address provided by the winner. No purchase is necessary to win. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

If you’re attending BlogHer, please visit March for Maddie for your opportunity to win a Netbook.