History Channel's The Bible and $15 Walmart GC giveaway

The Bible Series is premiering on The History Channel on March 3rd.  It will be on Sundays at 8pm.

Info from the History Channel: From Executive Producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett comes The Bible — an epic 10-part miniseries retelling stories from the Scriptures for a whole new generation. Breathtaking in scope and scale, The Bible features powerful performances, exotic locales and dazzling visual effects that breathe spectacular life into the dramatic tales of faith and courage from Genesis through Revelation. This historic television event is sure to entertain and inspire the whole family! Where will YOU be 3.3.13?

It will be interesting to see the how the series turns out. It has potential to be great. I can't wait to check it out.

 Would you like to win a $15 Walmart Giftcard or code? Giveaway ends 3/17 at 12:00am.

 Enter Below to win!

I was not compensated for this post.  The History Channel provide the materials and is sponsoring the giveaway. 

 

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Monitor Calibration and Photography

My husband got me the Spyder 4 monitor calibrator for Christmas.  I must not have done it correctly the first time I calibrated because there wasn't much change.  I knew from editing and printing pictures that my monitor was too cool.  I just calibrated it tonight and it's a huge difference.  I feel like I need to go back and re-edit a bunch of pictures.  I'm not sure why I didn't do this sooner.

Here are a couple pictures of my youngest sister.  Her Senior Recital is coming up.  :)

This one is my favorite.

Silly kids..

Sissy: Mommy Bubby said the S word
Me: I don't know what that means
Sissy: He said stop!

A KG student was moved to another classroom with a different teacher. A student in his old class said he was moved because his teacher was sick with a sore throat and couldn't yell at him anymore. Ironically, this teacher is not one to "yell" at kids. She may raise her voice, but rarely yells.

We went to the Y and as I was walking my kids out of the changing area a woman walks in front if us in just her shirt. My 2 yr old yelled "Eww! Nakey Butt, Nakey Butt.".

I wish I'd write this stuff down more often. I'd have a book.

Domeo Ipad Case Review and Giveaway

Do you need a great iPad case? I got to try out the Recliner case from Domeo and I love it.  My husband and I share our iPad and I got custody of it for 3 days while I was at a conference in Tampa.  It was the Florida Music Educators Conference and all the session notes and schedules were online or on an iPad app.  The Recliner case came in handy!

I carried everything (iPad, notebook, clipboard, pens, etc) in a laptop bag and the padding on the recliner case made me feel like my iPad was safe while squished in with everything else.  It is very "cushy."  My husband didn't like the cushy feel to it, but I like it.  I like the added protection.

I love the adjustable angles.  Here are just some of them.

 It is very easy to snap in and it stays secure.  It definitely won't fall out.  The magnets are well placed so it stays shut or the flap holds down the back while open.  There is also a stylus holder.

 If you need a great iPad case I recommend the recliner from Domeo.

Would you like to win a free iPad case?  They have other neat and interesting designs as well.  Enter below to win!  If you want to buy now,  they are offering a discount for my readers.  Save 20% off & free shipping with this code:  DJFT  www.domeoproducts.com

 I was not compensated for this review.  I did receive the product free of charge to review from Domeo Products.

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Target $1 shop + teacher

My Target was adding teacher items to their $1 area. I saw lots of bookmarks, 100 day of school stickers, dry erase boards, and erasers. My favorite find is this blank book.



Our kids write their own book for Young Author's Week in April/ May. Usually the school provides blank books, but sometimes budget cuts means no books.

This pack has 2 for a $1. There is a bigger book that is a $1 for one.

Family Picture holding Letters - Great gift

This is the best gift ever!

Okay so it's a little selfish to call this the best gift ever when I'm the one that gave it, but it is awesome. I found the idea on Pinterest from this blog.

We have a very large blended family and I thought this would be perfect for my Mom and Step-Dad. It's something everyone can do no matter how far away you live. My brother and his family live in Germany (military) so we don't get to see them often.

Here is our project.



It's 12X24. Mpix.com will print 12x24, but I ran out of time.  I printed it at Sams as a 20x24 and cut off the excess.  I needed something to fill in the top two squares, so we added the Japanese symbols to match their house decor. I printed some smaller ones too. I need to print more because everyone wants their own. I even kept one 5x7 for myself.

They both love it!! Now if we could just get everyone together in person.

Proof that Santa was here - iCaughtSanta photo giveaway

We are So excited to be able to catch Santa in our house again this year!  My daughter absolutely LOVED it last year.  She was giddy and just couldn't believe we got a picture of him in our house.

Here is last year's picture.

Here is my before picture:

Here is my after picture with Santa:

I made a photo using the iCaughtSanta website.  It was very easy to use!  I just uploaded a picture, picked my Santa pose (there are quite a few different ones to choose even one of Santa sleeping), and adjusted size, color, etc.  That's it. 

It is so easy!  I can't wait to show my daughter this year's picture.  She had a little girl at pre-school tell her Santa isn't real.  This will help ease her mind a little.  

 

From iCaughtSanta:

A personalized picture from iCaughtSanta is the perfect gift for any child… PROOF that their favorite fictional character is not only real, but was actually ‘Caught on Camera’ in their very own home! Kids will be amazed when they see the "proof" and you'll be a Hero! Choose from our world famous cast of characters including Santa Claus, Rudolph, The Easter Bunny and The Tooth Fairy. This year we've added Black and Hispanic Santas too.

5 lucky readers will win their own iCaughtSanta Photo!!  Enter through rafflecopter below.  This is a quick giveaway so enter now!

If you don't want to wait, get your picture done now for only $7.50 (regularly $9.99) You can also enter to win an Ipad!!  http://www.icaughtsanta.com/contest 

 

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