And the Mixbook Calendar Winner Is...

Mom's Just Want to Have Fun!

I'll be shooting you an email today to get your shipping address.  Congrats!

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And the Chocolate Winner Is...

Rojas Family!

I have your blogger profile, but no contact information, so shoot me an email:  istillhatepickles at gmail dot com.   I will get your address and send chocolate on the way!

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Mixbook Calendar Giveaway!!!

A month or two ago I had a Mixbook photo book giveaway, and now, just in time for the holidays, I have another great Mixbook giveaway for a custom photo calendar!  I am super excited to make one, as they are customizable down to being able to put photos and notes on certain dates.  2011 is just around the corner, so it's perfect timing!

To enter, leave a comment saying one fun thing you'd add to a custom calendar.  For additional entries, follow this blog (1 entry), my main blog (1 entry), or Twitter (1 entry).  Leave separate comments for each following to get all your entries counted.  Also, make sure I have a way to contact you, whether through an email hooked into google connect or via your comments!

This contest will run today through Wednesday, December 15 at 11:59pm.  And if you can't wait and want 20% from Mixbook, just use this code:  PICKLEMX20.

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Free Chocolate!

The best kind of giveaway may just be one you can eat.  I have a box of high quality chocolate from H&S, a company striving to put the heart and soul back into chocolate.  Beyond being fabulously tasty, H&S gives a portion of sales to Samaritan's Purse, a great organization that provides physical and spiritual needs to victims of poverty, natural disaster, war, or disease.

I will run this giveaway through Sunday, December 12 at 11:59pm and announce a winner on  Monday, December 13.  To enter, post a comment!  For extra entries, follow this blog, my main blog, or my Twitter account (@kikimojo).  Leave a separate comment for EACH below so your followings will be counted.

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And the Winner Is...

Starlightmommy!  

You have won my CSN Black Friday giveaway!  Check your email for details, and if you don't receive an email from me, shoot me one.  istillhatepickles at gmail dot com

Thanks, everyone for entering!  Check back soon for more giveaways!

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Black Friday Giveaway!

It's not Black Friday yet, but it's coming up!  And I know that everything from briefcases to bookshelves will be on sale.  I have a fabulous $45 giveaway for you from our friends at CSN!

Entry is easy.  It's all about following and commenting.  You can enter in several ways, but for each, you must LEAVE A COMMENT so I can do the drawing from there.  I will keep this open until Thanksgiving Day at 11:59 and announce the winner on Black Friday.  Open only to US and Canada residents--sorry my world friends!

Here's how to enter:

-Leave a comment here, 1 entry.
-Follow this blog, 1 entry.
-Follow my main blog I Still Hate Pickles, 1 entry.
-Follow me on Twitter (@kikimojo), 1 entry.

For each of these,  you MUST leave a SEPARATE comment here.  If you're already following me on all three, leave three comments telling me so.  Easy peasy!

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...And the Winner Is...

Looks like someone will be making a photobook of 2010!  According to Random.org*, the lucky winner is

Ginny!

I was kinda hoping Jenna would win so she'd have to make a book of my face, but I'm just happy to have things to give away!  Email me for code and info, Ginny!

*In case you're wondering how I do these drawings, Random.org has a random number generator where you can plug in the number of comments and then hit the button and they'll give you a random number.  It's pretty genius.

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Photobook Giveaway!

I'm super stoked to offer this giveaway from Mix Book! Enter to win a 20-page hardcover 8.5 X 11 photo book.  If you've never done a photo book, you are missing out.  They are beautiful, high quality, and so much easier and more streamlined than a photo album.   Mix Book has great options and is easy to use! I'm making a book of our beach trip photos and can't wait to get my hands ton it.

Here are the rules!

Contest runs until Sunday, Oct 31 at 11:59pm.

Each of your comments is an entry, so please leave a SEPARATE comment for each of the following for more chances to win!

-a comment here telling me what you'd put in your photobook
-follow this blog
-follow my main blog (I Still Hate Pickles)
-follow me on Twitter (@kikimojo)
-tweet the giveaway
-post on facebook
-post on your blog

Remember, if you do any of these following or posting things but don't leave a comment on THIS post to tell me, you are missing out on an entry.  The drawing will come directly from these comments, so leave a separate one for each.  Or, just comment once for one, simple entry!  I'll post the winner on November 1st.

As an added bonus, you can all receive 20% off a photobook for the rest of the year using this code: PICKLEMX20

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Dr. Seuss Winners!

And the winners are...

Heather and Kelsey Rose!

Shoot me an email at istillhatepickles at gmail dot com and I'll get them in the mail, stat!

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Dr. Seuss Giveaway!

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the classic Green Eggs and Ham, I have two copies of the Dr. Seuss book to give away! You can also enter the Ham It Up video contest to win $2,000 cash, limited-edition Dr. Seuss art, a year's supply of ham (ha!) or more prizes. If you want to enter the video contest, click HERE.

If you want to enter to win a copy of the book from me, here are the rules.  You can enter in one of the following ways (but all involve leaving comments):

-leave a comment, 1 entry
-follow this blog, 1 entry
-follow my main blog, 1 entry
-follow me on Twitter, 1 entry
-tweet about the giveaway, 1 entry
-post on Facebook about the giveaway, 1 entry
-post on your blog about the giveaway, 1 entry

FOR EVERY ACTION, YOU MUST LEAVE A COMMENT.  I will be drawing solely from comments, so if you already follow me on Twitter or this blog, but don't comment to tell me about it, you won't get an entry for that.  So comment away!  Contest ends Friday, October 15 at 11:59pm.  There will be TWO winners!

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October CSN Giveaway Winner!!

Drumroll, please.

And the winner of the $45 CSN gift certificate, as chosen by Random.org is......

Kathryn McDougal!!

Thanks for all the entries, follows, and Tweets!  Stay tuned Monday for a new giveaway!

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October CSN Giveaway!!

It's back!  I have $45 in credit to give away that you can use at CSN Stores.  Need a bookcase headboard?  Yup.  They sell them.  I have more fun shopping on their site!  It's crazy.  You can buy whatever you like or use the credit towards a bigger ticket item.

I'm making this a Twitter and follower heavy contest.  Here are the rules:

Comment here:  1 entry
Follow me on Twitter:  1 entry
Tweet about the giveaway: 1 entry
RT my tweets about the giveaway:  1 entry
Follow my main blog (Still Hate Pickles):  1 entry
Follow this blog:  1 entry

The more times you enter, the greater your chances, so follow, tweet, and comment! (If you are already following my blogs and Twitter, those are automatic entries.) The contest will run from Monday, October 4th until Friday October 8 at 11:59pm.  I'll announce a winner on Saturday, October 9th!  You MUST be a resident of the US or Canada to enter.

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Sling Giveaway Winner!

And the winner of the sling giveaway is:  Catherine MacKechney!  Congrats and I will be contacting you with the info for claiming your sling!  Thanks to everyone who entered, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I might be able to do another sling giveaway soon...

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Sling Giveaway!

Attention all babywearers:  this giveaway is for YOU!  Sevenslings has a great, new sling that you can see here.   They are in fun fabrics, and made of a blend of cotton and lycra, they will fit baby and yet not stretch out or lose shape over time.  Plus, machine washable, because you KNOW you'll need to wash it.   I love love LOVE carrying my babies in slings and there are so many benefits besides just the ease of getting around with baby.

Rules:
-Leave a comment here for one entry.
-Tweet the link for one entry.  (Leave a comment here so I can keep track.)
-Post the link on Facebook for one entry.  (Leave a comment here so I can keep track.)
-Post on your blog for one entry. (Leave a comment here so I can keep track.)

The contest will close on Saturday (Sept 18), so this is a real quickie!  Enter now or forever hold your peace.

The winner of this giveaway will receive a code for a free sling (or for a gift package for only $5).  You will have to pay your own shipping, but even paying for shipping means a GREAT deal on a sling!

Also, if you're here for the giveaway, come check out my real blog about my real (crazy) life.

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The Big Deal!

You may notice something new on my good old Pickle-Hating blog.  It's a widget in the sidebar, looking very much like the graphic below.  HauteLook on Blogher is going to offer great deals exclusively to the readers of the Blogher network.  You can click through my widgets (which somehow sounds kinda dirty) and register as a user to get the great deals.  If you just head to the Haute Look site, you won't be nabbing the good deals.  Here's a link and there will be one showing updates of the deals on my main blog.

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Crystal Light Winner!

And the winner of $100 from Crystal Light and Blogher is....

PHYLLIS!   

As picked by random.org.  Congrats, Phyllis, and thanks everyone for entering!

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Crystal Light CORRECTION: ALMOST CLOSED!

***CORRECTION!!!***

 You may enter the Crystal Light drawing until August 5th by leaving comments on any of the four posts marked Crystal Light below.  Sorry for the confusion!

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My Mental Toughness > My Physical Toughness

This is sponsored content from BlogHer and Crystal Light Pure Fitness.

When it comes to labels, I would not consider myself athletic.  Or sporty.  If I were a Spice Girl, I'd probably be Goofy Spice or Odd Spice.  That being said, I do work out five to six times a week and play an intensely physical sport in roller derby.  I enjoy exercise and have my whole life been a decent skater, but overall don't see me fitting in with great athletes or super sporty people. I don't think I give myself enough credit.  Sure, I was a bookworm growing up, but I also loved playing outside and climbing trees and kickball.  I played both soccer and tennis, and though I may not have been on varsity, I did start and play almost every gave in soccer and once won second place in a tennis tournament.  (Um, okay, so there were only three people in the tournament.)  For me, I've found that having the confidence in my ability really strengthens my ability and allows me to excel.

 The hardest physical challenge I ever had (besides giving birth) was backpacking in Colorado in the summer of 2000, and it's a great example of how the mental feeds the physical.  I was working in Texas at a church and we took a small group of guys and girls from zero feet above sea level to something like 2000 feet above sea level to backpack in the mountains for five straight days.  The altitude sickness alone had people puking and panting and crying after an hour of hiking. As a leader, I felt the pressure to really stay positive and keep going, despite my own exhaustion.

The beauty makes it look easy in pictures.  

I still remember that first day:  an ill-planned 9-hour hike to our first campsite.  Our guides must have really overestimated our stamina.  By the end, people were stumbling and had passed their heavy packs onto our guides, who were trying to balance their own packs as well.  We stopped to make camp and basically everyone crumpled to the ground.  Ten minutes later, our guides informed us that we really needed to move our campsite to a space about two football fields away. After a nine-hour uphill hiked with 40 pounds on your back, two football fields is an immense distance.  Especially after you've put your pack down and allowed yourself to rest.  The idea of putting it back on to walk even two-hundred yards is insane.  The guides felt bad and offered to make several trips themselves over the small hill, carrying other people's packs for them so they could just walk.  The offer was SO tempting, let me tell you.  I wanted to weep when I strapped my bag back on.  But I did it.  I put on my pack again, forced myself to stand, and put one foot in front of the other to get over that last hill of the day. The week did get a little easier, but most days I spent telling myself:  "Just one foot in front of the other.  Just one foot in front of the other.  Keep moving."

I felt incredibly proud of myself and our team of teenage girls for making it to the end.  Not that there was really a choice--once we started out, the only way to finish was to FINISH.  We didn't have the luxury of pillows, personal hygiene, or food choice.  No Crystal Light or sodas or coffee--only water from nearby streams mixed with a tiny bit of bleach.  (Yes, bleach.) At the end of the week, the camp was so impressed with my ability that they asked me to stay on and be a guide for the summer.  As much as the idea of repeating that same intense struggle, going without deodorant or bathing, and living out of a backpack for two months appealed to me, I kept my job at the church.

This is the last post for the month sponsored by Crystal Light Pure Fitness, which means the last chance for you to comment and win $100.  I hope you've also been taking advantage of reading other blogger's posts for more chances to win--visit the roundup page here to read and comment.  For rules and restrictions, click here. As we close, what is your proudest fitness accomplishment?  Leave a comment for another entry to win $100 from Blogher and Crystal Light.

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We Done Got Punked

Rob and I had a hot date last night to a dinner hosted by My Blog Spark, a group of bloggers that get to try and review products. I actually hadn't reviewed anything yet, so was surprised to get the invitation for a free meal and gift card just for being a part of it. I will, as you know, do about anything for a free meal. Rob and I assumed there would be some kind of presentation or something they were selling, but we didn't care. As I said: free meal.

We kept waiting for the trick, but there was no presentation, no forced and awkward conversation--just Rob and I at a table with a great four-course meal and a gift card in my purse.  Still, we thought there HAD to be something to this free dinner thing.  And what was with that guy who was videotaping everything? We were just finishing up our main course when the waiter dropped off the fortune cookies.  Rob opened his first and chuckled, then began to read aloud.  It went something like this:  Surprise!  The meal you just ate was actually a frozen entree from Wanchai Ferrry!

We knew there was a trick!  That just wasn't the one we were expecting.  Not.  At. All.  Especially given that my meal, Spicy Garlic Chicken, was fabulous and even passed the Rob test.  (He has very high standards for Chinese, especially when it comes to the dishes with fried chicken pieces and sauce.  He's a snob in that way.)  The chicken was great, the veggies were fresh, the sauce was spicy and sweet and wonderful.  A frozen meal, really?  Good thing I've got coupons!!

Overall, we had a great date and a funny night with the whole surprise aspect.  The good news is that not only did we find a great new product from the grocery store, but we found a restaurant we really liked.  Shanghai River provided the drinks, soups, appetizers and deserts--only the entree was from Wanchai Ferry.  Rob and I both about died over the beef skewers, which come with their own little fire pit you can heat the steak on at your table.  I like fire.  I like beef.  What's not to like about beef skewers?

So, thanks to My Blog Spark for a great deal and a great punk!  I will definitely be checking my freezer section for Wanchai Ferry AND heading back to Shanghai River to skewer me some beef.

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Scout Out the Giveaways!

In case you're not getting enough giveaways here, I found a new site called Giveaway Scout where you can find giveaways from sites all across the blogosphere! Happy winnings.

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Pour Some (Natural) Sugar on Me

This is sponsored content from BlogHer and Crystal Light Pure Fitness.

Summer is a great time to lighten up.  From switching T's to tanks and simplifying daily schedules, I'm all about toning it down and cooling it down.  The cooling down part is the best:  frozen drinks, ice cream, popsicles (Saw's favorite), limeades.  Okay, so I'm a little food-obsessed.

While I do love a ton of sugary things, one of the best and sweetest treats for summer is totally stripped down:   fruits.  Being a bargain hunter, this means that I can get great pirces on things like blackberries, blueberries, pineapples, raspberries, strawberries--YUM!  Fresh veggies are great too, but in the heat, cool fruit is super refreshing.  It's also wonderful to know that I'm not consuming extraneous "stuff."  Saw loves it too, and I'm always happy to have my kid eating real fruit v. fruit snacks. 

As far as drinks go, I'm a little diet-soda addicted, mostly because I like something cool and sweet-tasting without getting all my calories from a drink. If we're talking about stripping it down, drinking something light and low-calorie but made with actual growing things trumps chemically-created confections.  Crystal Light Pure Fitness gets its low-calorie sweetness from an all-natural sweetener.

Remember that I am doing a $100 giveaway sponsored by Crystal Light and Blogher, so every comment you leave on my Crystal Light posts is an entry.  (Click here for the official rules.) For this week's entry, what are your favorite sweet treats of summer?

Please visit the roundup page so that you can read what more bloggers are saying and enter for more moneys!

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July CSN Winner

And the winner is...DEANNA G!! If you haven't already been contacted by me, please shoot me an email so I can get you the info about receiving your gift certificate to CSN.

Thanks everyone for entering, and look below for another Crystal Light sponsored post. There will be four this month, and every one you comment on gives you another chance to win $100 at the end of the month!

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There Is and "I" in Team, and It's ME

This is sponsored content from BlogHer and Crystal Light Pure Fitness.

There are three main reasons that I want to get back in shape post-baby. Two of them are probably the most common for anyone wanting to be in shape:

1. to be healthy and fit
2. to achieve maximum hotness

Okay, so you might word that second one a little differently. The reality is that most people love the way they look better when they are in their best shape. Being healthy is a fabulous goal, but fitting into my old jeans and being able to feel somewhat decent in a bathing suit are important to me too.

This month I'm getting back to my focus on pre-baby shape now that most of my traveling and crazy times have ended. This means hitting the gym five to six times a week, eating well, replacing any sugary drinks with water and low-cal alternatives like Crystal Light Pure Fitness, and--my favorite--DERBY. My third goal (which is definitely not a mainstream one) is to kill it next season skating with Houston Roller Derby.  Right now I'm heavier than I normally am, and this slows me down.  Since I typically skate the position of the jammer who scores points for my team, being slower means that I am a weaker jammer.  Being a weaker jammer means that I'm not helping out my team the way I need to be, and the last thing I want is to be slowing down my whole team because I'm not in the shape I need to be.  For sure I want to be healthy and get back in my pre-pregnancy pants, but what really motivates me is knowing I have a team of people I don't want to let down.

Whether that's a trainer by your side in the gym, a good friend, a sports figure you look up to, or in my case, a whole team of amazing people skating beside you, that encouragement can be the extra boost to meet that fitness goal.  You can see the fire in my eyes here that comes from skating alongside my teammates.  (I swear it's fire and not just red-eye from my cheap camera.)  I am not pushing myself to be my best for me--I am pushing myself to be my best for US.

For another chance to win that $100, who inspires you to be fit?  Leave a comment here, and then visit the roundup of fellow bloggers for more chances to win cash.  If you want to peek at the rules, click here.

Hands in, everybody, for working together to achieve fitness goals!

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July CSN Giveaway!!

Here's another great giveaway from CSN, a fabulous internet shopping source with over 200 stores selling things far and wide: from twin beds to stilettos. That's a comprehensive shopping site!

Here's how to enter and up your chances at winning a $60 credit to shop your heart out:

-leave a comment here (with your contact info, please)
-post a link to this blog or my main blog on your facebook page, twitter, or blog and leave a comment for each of these extras

This giveaway will be open until Sunday, July 10th at 11:59pm. I will announce a winner on Monday! Per my new rules, if you do not claim your prize by responding to my post or email, I will draw another winner.

Happy shopping!!

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Rules, and Other "Things"

So I wanted to go ahead and put a few rules down for my giveaways on this blog, since I hadn't. I'll probably make this a permanent page as well for down the road. Here are some ground rules and other logistical things.

-The drawings are random! I do not pick friends, and I do not pick strangers. It is RANDOM.

-Please read how you can enter. Sometimes it's just a comment, and sometimes you'll have chances to win by posting via facebook, twitter and blog. You'll need to email me a link or post in comments so I can see your posts. If you don't tell me, I won't know.

-Check back to see if you won! This sounds simple, but often I don't hear back and have companies waiting for addresses and such to send prizes. You can subscribe or follow or just check back. The best thing really would be to LEAVE A FORM OF CONTACT IN YOUR COMMENT so I can contact you.

-If you won and I don't have contact info for you and don't hear back in seven days, I will be forced to do another drawing. Not because I'm impatient, but often because I have people waiting on me and need to be efficient.

Thanks! And get ready for another great giveaway...

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The Trick to Fitness Is the Trick

This is sponsored content from BlogHer and Crystal Light Pure Fitness.

It’s summer in Houston—let’s all get outdoors and exercise!! Don’t all of you get up at once.

If you happen to live in a city that’s hot in the summer, like oh, say, HOUSTON, then you’re nodding when I say that you may have to use tricks in the summer to stay active. While winter has that lovely hibernation quality, slowing you down into a funk of sweat pants and warm beverages and television, summer can lull you into the same spot on the couch with a tank top and a frozen drink and trashy summer TV.

As much as I do love being outdoors, to stay active in the summer, the trick is staying INSIDE. Usually this is not my house, because I tend to let dust collect on all my good-intentioned workout DVDs. My gym is five minutes away and has childcare (not yet for Lincoln, sadly), so that’s my number one go-to. If I plan just right, I can also catch up on my trashy TV like E! News. Though I’m sweating, I don’t feel like I’m breathing wet carpet, which is how it feels outside, and I am refreshed instead of like dying at the end of an hour or so.

But if I had my choice, though, I’d just do derby every day. While I'm benched due to C-section, I only skate like once or maybe twice a week, but it's time I cherish. I am pushing myself HARD right alongside other fun and diverse women. It's a workout and a social event and a little breather from being a mommy. Did I mention that we skate inside? Sawyer also gets inspired by my safety-conscious helmet-wearing.

The thing to keep in mind whenever you're working out especially in the summer is hydration. I'm honestly not sure how I did not shrivel up and die for the first 30 years of my life because I did not drink water. Period. energy drinks, sodas, diet drinks, coffee--but no water. I hated it. Please don't ask me why, since water has no taste.

Until I got pregnant with Sawyer and my midwife required it, I did NOT drink water. Then I discovered that water, too, needs a trick. In my case, that's ice. And lots of it. Now I would say that I drink something like 64 ounces a day of icy water and feel parched if I fall short of that.

Crystal Light is another great trick to get people drinking water. Studies have found that people who drink Crystal Light drink 20% more water. How about that! Even if you don't need tricks, Crystal Light Pure Fitness is fabulous for replenishing electrolytes and keeping you hydrated without tons of calories or artificial junk. Great for athletes or even just for normal people trying not to dry up in the summer heat.

What tricks do you use to stay fit or keep hydrated during the summer?? Leave a comment on this or any of the three more weekly posts sponsored by Crystal Light this month for a chance to win $100. (If you don't do math, that's FOUR total chances to win on my blog.)

You can also check out other blogger’s Crystal Light posts for more chances to win, plus a chance to win $1,000!

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Snikiddy Snacks Giveaway Winners!!

Here are my three winners for Snikiddy Snacks Baked Fries samples:

Ginny
Lisa
Sarah Rothell

Please shoot me an email with your addresses and I can get your snacks shipped! And everyone get ready, because we have a new month-long running giveaway starting Monday where you can win $100!

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Snikkidy Giveaway Extension!

I'm adding another 24 hours for the giveaway of Snikkidy Snacks, so you have until TUESDAY at 11:59pm to enter!  Please leave a comment on the giveaway post.  You can leave extra comments for extra entries if you post on facebook, your blog, or twitter!  Also, please please PLEASE leave your email or a way to contact you on your comment so I can let you know that you won!

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Potty Product Review: The Little Looster

When Sawyer got interested in all things potty a few months ago, I thought we'd never potty train him because he was afraid of the toilet.  He hated the little potty, and is so small that the big toilet was really difficult for him to navigate.  So even though he was interested and could tell us before he was going to go, he had absolutely no interest in going ON the toilet.  Last week was his first time to go on the toilet, and it was great!  But still kind of hard for him to manage without falling in.  Until now.

Last week, I received a really cool potty product called The Little Looster for review.  You can see it here at the base of the toilet in our lovely staged photo.  Basically, it's a sturdy plastic stool, shaped to fit around the toilet and provide three-sided stability for the little ones.  It's PERFECT.

Since that first wobbly success, we've had a number of poops and pees on the toilet, all aided by the Little Looster.  It cleans off really well, being plastic, and in our potty adventures, we've definitely had to clean it off, if you get my drift.  I can also see it transitioning to a great boost for tooth brushing at the sink.  So if you are needing some help in potty training and helping your little ones feel confident on the big toilet, definitely give this product a try!

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Snikkidy Snacks Giveaway!

This week, Snikiddy Snacks sent me a sample of their gluten-free Baked Fries to sample and I have three more samples to give away, so leave a comment at the bottom of this post to enter!  (You can also do multiple posts to let me know if you posted a link to my blog on facebook, twitter, or your blog.)  Here you can see Saw enjoying them, and I tried them as well.  We are lucky enough to not have allergies (that we know about yet) at our home, but I do have friends who can't have gluten.  I actually forgot that these were gluten-free until after we'd polished off the bag.  I was really surprised, because they basically reminded me of any other great cheese snack.  (This week, with my Dad here, I will admit we got into cheese balls.)  Definitely a more healthy alternative to some of those more processed, cheesy chips, the Snikiddy Snacks Baked Fries were a hit at our house!  Leave comments to win your free sample.  I'll draw for a winner on Tuesday, so leave your comments by 11:59pm on Monday! *****Make that 11:59pm TUESDAY!  WINNER ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY.

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June Giveaway Winner!!!

And the winner is....AMY!!  Please shoot me an email so I can get your contact info for shipping and find out which prize you would like: istillhatepickles at gmail dot com .

Thanks, everyone for entering, and keep checking I Still Hate Pickles for news of giveaways and reviews!

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June Giveaway Time!

I have another fantastic giveaway from CSN Stores, an online shopping site with over 200 stores, selling everything from bedroom slippers to the bathroom sink.  I've been browsing all morning (instead of, ahem, folding the laundry) and was overwhelmed by how much they have to offer!  I'm excited to partner with them in another giveaway.  Here are the details:

How to Enter
-Leave a comment here for one entry
-Add my button to your site (the code is on the right sidebar), and leave a comment with your link for an additional entry
-Post a link to my main blog, www.stillhatepickles.com on your Facebook page,  blog or Twitter t for an additional entry (an entry for each--you can email me the link at istillhatepickles at gmail dot com)
-This giveaway closes Wednesday, June 8 and a winner will be announced on Thursday, June 9

The Prize
-Your choice of ONE of these two tents:

The Play Hut Big Red Fire Engine Pop Up Play Tent  or the Bazoongi Kids Special Edition Bughouse Play Tent


-OR (since I realize you don't all have little ones) this 8" Calphalon Omelette/Frying Pan with Lid.

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Calphalon Winner!

I'm happy to announce that Kelly C (Mom in Real Life) is the winner of our Calphalon Giveaway! Kelly, shoot me an email with your address so you can receive your prize. I think you were having a bad week--hope this helps!

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Calphalon Giveaway: CLOSED

I will announce a winner on Monday!

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Calphalon Giveaway!

It's been too long since the last giveaway! I am super excited to announce that I have a set of Calphalon omelet pans (10 and 12 inch) for a lucky reader. This prize is from CSN stores, a company with over 200 online stores selling everything from cribs to food items to tv stands. They have great prices and great deals! Here is a link if you'd like to see the Calphalon pans up for grabs.

Giveaway Rules
-Contest will run until Friday, April 2 at 11:59pm, and the winner will be announce next Monday morning, April 5.
-To enter, simply leave a comment on this post. If you're seeing this on Facebook through Notes, you must actually come to my blog address, www.hatepickleslovethis.blogspot.com, and comment on this post.
-For an additional entry, send a friend to my blog. If they mention you in the comments on this post, in addition to entering themselves, you will get a bonus chance to win. So if you leave a comment and send five friends who each comment that you sent them, you'll get six entries.
-After the winner is announced, I'll need that person to shoot me an email with a physical address. You probably don't want to post your email or address online.

Good luck! I can tell you that having Calphalon pans in the kitchen is a treat! I am still using the ones I got 7 years ago for my wedding and love them.

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