Re-Tweet Club! Stop by for a Sweet Tweet!

Want help sharing your posts, reviews, and giveaways? Want to increase your Klout? Then you’ve come to the right place!
Let’s help each other out with retweets!

Join the Retweet Club!

With your hosts:

@Syrana, @Marirene74, and @HaveSippy

The Rules:

1 – The first rule about the Retweet Club is to talk about the Retweet Club.

2 – Tweet the last entry on the spreadsheet (copy and paste!) – The first spot will always be about the RT Club post!

3 – Choose any post you want that’s family friendly!

4 – Add your tweet to be retweeted – typed AS you want it tweeted (refer to the first spot for an example).  Please make sure it is only 140 characters.

5 – Use bit.ly or tinyurl to shorten your post links.

6 – You can retweet more than one and post more than one request.  We ask that you retweet one for each that you post.  We will randomly tweet off the list too.

Optional – You can follow the hosts and send us a tweet telling us you are part of the #RTClub and we’ll follow you back!

If you’d like the code to post the listing on your blog, please contact me and I’ll send it to you.

**PLEASE NOTE** It takes about 5 minutes for the spreadsheet on this post to update with your submission. To see the spreadsheet and confirm your information was recorded you may CLICK HERE.

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Beautiful Sterling Anabella Palm Beach curtains- Perfect for your Little One’s room

I had a really, really hard time finding curtains for my son’s room.  As you know, we re-did it a few months ago, when he got his “Big Boy Bed”, and the only 2 things that I didn’t finish, were the curtains, and the toy box.  While I still have not found just the right toy box, I HAVE found great curtains, at Baby Bedding Zone.

These Sterling Anabella Palm Beach curtains are great- theyare heavy-duty to block out the sun in the early morning, which as any parent knows is a MUST HAVE for children’s or baby’s window treatments.  They are also very thick, and are lined, which keeps the drafts out in the winter, and the air conditioning IN in the summer. 

They would work well for windows of many sizes, since they are very long.  I had to hem these a bit, but there was no problem doing so, and they still look good in my little guy’s room. 
I was not originally going to go with white for his curtains- but since the rest of his room is so colorful, it really worked nicely, I think.  The green sash and boarder works with the rest of the room’s theme and colors, as well.  All in all, I think these would be a solid addition to any nursery, and would grow nicely with the child into their big kid rooms.

Here is a little more information about Sterling Anabella Palm Beach curtains-

“Never before has it been so easy to create the perfect room for your child. Each luxurious, soft-to-the-touch cotton drapery ensemble by Sterling Anabella has been designed to complement your sophisticated sense of style.
Set of 2 white pique drapery panels with scalloped edge trim in blue. Includes double sided tie back in white pique with blue accent color on reverse. Rod pocket top and white lining. 96″ long.
Made from 100% Egyptian cotton.”

Baby Bedding Zone is a great place for all your bedding needs!  Some of the cutest cribs in my opinion are the pirate crib beddingfrog crib bedding, and of course- jungle crib bedding!  Check them out for your decorating needs  🙂 

Disclosure- I received the above mentioned product for review.  All opinions are my own, yours may differ. 
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Start your day right with Fiber One 80 Calories cereal- Review and Contest

We all know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day- but that is no reason why it has to be full of sugar, empty calories, and no real nutritional value!  Especially now that Fiber One 80 Calories cereal is here.
Make sure you start your day off right, whether it’s for back to school, the office, or sticking to that diet-  skim milk a nice healthy cereal, and a piece of fruit will really start your day off well, keep you full and help you stay focused.

You can also go to http://www.fiberone.com/ to check out more healthy living advice, and for coupons for your favorite Fiber One products.  (My son LOVES the toaster tarts in the cinnamon flavor!)

Here is a bit more information for you;
“The wait is over – brand new Fiber One 80 Calories cereal is on store shelves now! Each crunchy wheat and corn puff square in every bowl of Fiber One 80 Calories cereal has a light honey flavor – a delicious way to start your day. Fiber helps satisfy your hunger and helps you feel full, making it a great tool to help manage your weight.”

  • With 40 percent of the Daily Value of fiber in one 80 calorie serving, Fiber One 80 Calories cereal can help curb your hunger, which can help you stick to your weight loss plan.
  • With great-tasting Fiber One 80 Calories cereal, there is a new breakfast option that helps you feel satisfied without sacrificing flavor!

One of you will be able to win this great prize pack!  However, make sure you check your local grocery store’s aisle to have in the meantime.   You do eat breakfast, right?   hehe    🙂
Here is what you can win-

-box of Fiber One 80 Calories Cereal

-sensor pedometer with USB connector to chart walking progress

-neoprene iPod/smartphone holder with armstrap

and here is how to enter!

Mandatory entry

You must be a public follower on Google Friend Connect.
Leave me your email so I can contact you if you win.  In  your comment, please.

 Extra Entries
Leave a separate comment for each entry.


– Go to Fiber One’s Website, and let me know something you liked or learned there

– Like Fiber One on Facebook (PSSSST!  there is also a coupon on there!)  This is not mandatory, and Facebook is in no way sponsoring this contest.
-“Like” me on Facebook -feel free to give me some comment love!  🙂  This is not mandatory, and Facebook is in no way sponsoring this giveaway. 
+2 entries

-Subscribe to Have Sippy Will Travel by email, and confirm subscription  or via RSS
+3 entries

Follow me on Twitter ( or you can use my adorable button to the side!) and tweet about this contest
#Win Fiber One Cereal  http://t.co/cBeQiCy  @HaveSippy #B2S #backtoschool #weightloss #fitness
 
*can be done daily

Please make sure you follow first!
+2 entries

– Follow any of the Collective Media Magic Back To School event Bloggers’ sites! 

3 Princes and a Princess 2, Closer to Lucy, Have Sippy Will Travel, and The Thrifty Things.  You can Follow GFC, Twitter, or Facebook- each is worth an entry. 

– Email a friend about this contest, with a CC to me at  kangabunnie@gmail.com
(you get an extra entry if they enter, too!)

 -Add my button to your blog, and leave me the link so I can find it

– Follow me on “Networked Blogs”

– blog about this giveaway, and link back to this contest (leave me the URL in comment, please)

-Add me to your blogroll, with a link back to me

– Vote for me on “We’re On The Fence!”  (Just Click the Button to the left that says “We’re On the Fence” until it confirms you voted for your’s truly!)   *Can be done daily

– enter another one of my giveaways

– comment on a non-giveaway post

– Like this post on Facebook, Stumble it, or hit G+1 button  (each is worth one entry)

OOO, so many ways to win! Good luck!


DISCLOSURE: I received the above product for review.  All opinions are mine, yours may differ.  I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.
No purchase necessary.  Void where prohibited by law.  Open to US shipping addresses only.  Limited to US residents; 18 years old and above.  Sponsor is responsible for providing and mailing prize. Ends Aug 27, 2011.

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Mars Needs Moms- Review and Contest

We just received a copy of Mars Needs Moms for review, and we loved it! My kids really liked it- and my son is being very nice to me, for fear that an alien will try to take me away if he’s not nice to his mommy. NOT really the thing I was looking for out of a movie- but he’s not having nightmares, and he’s being an extra-good boy, so I’ll take it! 🙂

The animation was insane! The acting came through, and you can almost forget that it is computer generated and not “real” people on screen. The facial gestures alone are fantastic. Even though this is a “kids” movie, it was one we all enjoyed, and my grandma wants to see it. We are bringing it over next week 🙂

The aliens are not “scary” looking, so they won’t scare your kids. They also make silly gestures and sound funny when they spoke, which my son loved. He thought they were just hilarious.

Seth Green is the “body” behind the main character of the movie, but not the voice. However, you can totally tell it is him, and I LOVE the extras from the movie- they are really fun and funny. As fans of Seth Green, my husband and I were cracking up.

Film Synopsis:
Take out the trash, eat your broccoli — who needs moms anyway? Nine-year-old Milo (Seth Green) finds out how much he needs his mom (Joan Cusack) when she’s nabbed by Martians who plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young. In a race against time and oxygen, his quest to save her knows no bounds. And with some unexpected help, Milo just might find his way back to her — in more ways than one.

The 4-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack Includes Cool Bonus Features Such As An All-New Special 3D Exclusive Featurette, An Extra-Terrestrial Language Tutorial, Cast & Crew Behind the Scenes, Deleted Scenes and More!

The Disney Blu-ray Combo Packs provide families with an enhanced entertainment experience – offering the flexibility to enjoy the film at home, in the car and on portable devices, in several platforms of [Read more…]

Win a Top Trainers DVD set!

(This information was given to me by the sponsor in order to run this contest- I have not tried these products, so I cannot tell you about them from my own experience.  This is not a personal recommendation for this reason, but here is the product information for you    🙂   )

Each time a celebrity sheds a massive amount of weight or gives birth and miraculously regains their post baby body, most of us regard this with envy. We think, “Sure I could do that too, if I had their dream team of personal trainers.”  Personal fitness trainers are expensive and depending on the city one lives in, they can range as high as $300.00 an hour. 

Fitness trainers certainly have their benefits; they are motivational and ensure that work out regimens are varied and target different areas of the body including strength, toning and aerobic endurance. Those who cannot afford trainers or seek more privacy in the comfort of their own homes often turn to workout DVDs.  The drawback to most is that they focus on one type of exercise such as Yoga and kickboxing. Even more limiting are the celebrity DVDs that focus only on one body part!  Now you can shed pounds and tone like a Hollywood A-lister with 10 DVDs and 10 “personal trainers in a box” from HealthyFitBodies.com.
Paying for a gym or health club membership these days can take more weight off your wallet than it does off your waist. “The average gym membership costs between $40 and $50 a month, but when you add the initiation fee, you’re looking at as much as $800 a year,” says Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt, the authors of Freakonomics. They stated in The New York Times that, “People who buy annual gym memberships often overestimate how much they’ll actually use the facilities by 70%.”  With HealthyFitBodies.com you can trim the fat in your wallet and on your waist and get a year’s worth of value with a one time only purchase of $89.95. What’s even better is that you don’t have to leave your home to exercise.
The founders behind HealthyFitBodies.com have collaborated with the best trainers nationwide to provide one DVD set, offering fitness enthusiasts a dream team of personal trainers in a box.  The Top Trainers program is designed to constantly challenge you and your body.  The program uses the “blend method” offering workouts from multiple fitness disciplines. By blending all different techniques for weight loss they have created the optimal mixture of exercises to have the maximum effectiveness.
With the BLEND METHOD, you will be challenged with workouts for:
Cardio                    Buns                       Latin Dance
Thighs                    Yoga                       Plyometrics          
Core                       Ballet                      Interval Training
Abs                         Pilates                    Kickboxing
Each of the ten DVDs features a separate trainer with a specific workout routine. If you’re not in a Pilates mood and want to workout some frustration simply pop in the kickboxing DVD.  Feeling more Zen?  There’s the Yoga DVD. For those who want to spice things up, there is the Latin Dance DVD. The Top Trainers system gives people options and the opportunity to explore fitness routines they may not have tried.  Here’s a quick run down of what each of the DVDs features:
Lindsay Brin’s Shed Five Fast
Lindsay’s program gives you two different 30 minute workouts that are total body and balance toning exercises with bursts of energetic cardio.
Ellen Barrett’s Yogini
Ellen incorporates classic yoga poses subtly intensified with Pilates and body-sculpting techniques.   You get the flexibility benefits of yoga plus the firming benefits of muscle toning. If you want to blast fat, firm up and de-stress, this is an all in one workout that is perfect for you.
Angie Miller’s Core and Strength Fusion
Angie’s workout is a fresh, creative and fun total body workout. It is a challenging program that will give you the tools you need to achieve a stronger fitter you!
Jennifer Galardi’s Ballet Body
Jennifer’s workout allows you to achieve the coveted sleek, toned muscles of ballet dancers. Jennifer has created five mini workouts blending exercises from classic ballet, Pilates and yoga to deliver a workout that elongates and strengthens your entire body and it feels amazing.
Tracey Mallet’s Six Minute Quick Blast Method
Tracey’s workout includes a total body calorie blast that fuses cardio with deep toning techniques to lengthen and strengthen your entire body. It targets the core for a flat, lean belly and healthy back.
Michelle Dozois’ Your Best Body Circuit
Get ready to create your best body ever! Michelle’s workout is a complete weight and fat loss system which utilizes a powerful combination of fun and easy to follow cardio intervals and metabolism boosting exercises.
Ilaria Montagnani’s PowerStrike 5
An intense kickboxing workout filled with energy packed, exciting new drills and challenging choreographed routines.
Christi Taylor’s Mission: Possible
An exceptional step and multi-impact workout for all exercise levels. Christi’s workout will help burn calories and increase your flexibility.
Susan Tuttle’s Latin Sensation
You will love exercising to spicy Latin rhythms with Susan Tuttle’s Latin Sensation dance workout. Listen to great music as she takes you through a variety of Latin dance routines such as Salsa, Meringue, Cumbia, Cha Cha and Reggaeton.
Stephanie Vitorino’s Ultimate Body Shaper
Allows you to get in the shape that you have always wanted. This workout takes your body where no workout has gone before.
For those who have “felt the burn” with other fitness DVDs, there are no extras that need to be purchased. Top Trainers come with 5 free gifts including:
•  Fitness Guide
•  Wall Calendar
•  1 free month subscription to ediets.com
•  Resistance band
•  Yoga for weight loss DVD
With Top Trainers you can rest assured that you are getting the best fitness trainers. 
You can win this set here!
Here is how to enter.  

Mandatory entry

You must be a public follower on Google Friend Connect.
Leave me your email so I can contact you if you win.  In  your comment, please.

 Extra Entries
Leave a separate comment for each entry.

-“Like” me on Facebook -feel free to give me some comment love!  🙂  This is not mandatory, and Facebook is in no way sponsoring this giveaway. 
+2 entries

-Subscribe to Have Sippy Will Travel by email, and confirm subscription  or via RSS
+3 entries

Follow me on Twitter ( or you can use my adorable button to the side!) and tweet about this contest
#Win a Top Trainers DVD set! http://t.co/9ASTkrt  #fitness #weightloss @HaveSippy
 
*can be done daily

Please make sure you follow first!
+2 entries

– Follow any of the Collective Media Magic Back To School event Bloggers’ sites! 

3 Princes and a Princess 2, Closer to Lucy, Have Sippy Will Travel, and The Thrifty Things.  You can Follow GFC, Twitter, or Facebook- each is worth an entry. 

– Email a friend about this contest, with a CC to me at  kangabunnie@gmail.com
(you get an extra entry if they enter, too!)

 -Add my button to your blog, and leave me the link so I can find it

– Follow me on “Networked Blogs”

– blog about this giveaway, and link back to this contest (leave me the URL in comment, please)

-Add me to your blogroll, with a link back to me

– Vote for me on “We’re On The Fence!”  (Just Click the Button to the left that says “We’re On the Fence” until it confirms you voted for your’s truly!)   *Can be done daily

– enter another one of my giveaways

– comment on a non-giveaway post

– Like this post on Facebook, Stumble it, or hit G+1 button  (each is worth one entry)

OOO, so many ways to win! Good luck!

DISCLOSURE: I am receiving no compensation for this post .  I have never tried this product.  I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.
No purchase necessary.  Void where prohibited by law.  Open to US shipping addresses only.  Limited to US residents; 18 years old and above.  Sponsor is responsible for providing and mailing prize. Ends Aug 26, 2011.

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At What Point Should One Become Involved?

This was just shocking to me today, and I can’t even digest it.  I’m so disgusted right now….

So, we were running around all day.  My kids were really well behaved, so I told them they could choose where we grabbed lunch.  Bad move- they picked McDonalds.  Ugh.  Sigh, fast food once in a while won’t kill them, right?
SO Anyway- they eat, and there is a Play Place in this one, so they are playing, running around, etc.  There are a few other parents there as well with their kids. 

A few minutes after we got there, these two women, mothers of a combined 5 children aged roughly two to six years old, walk out the door.  Alone.  So I start to freak- but my husband points at a man alone at a table, and says that he is the dad/husband of one of the women.  I still feel odd, but think, weeeeeellll, OK.  But, it FEELS wrong, you know?

About 20 minutes later, the two women come back, park the SUV, and start banging on the doors and windows, yelling for the kids to come out.  Like, YELLING.  The kids go running out the door.  The man stays at the table- obviously NOT a daddy to those children.  No waving or talking to them or the women- he clearly doesn’t even know them!

Those women left 5 small kids alone in a McDonalds for roughly 20 minutes.  With strangers.  On a highway.  What are were they thinking?  What if they got hurt or wandered off, or even had to potty?  If they were abducted?  I wanted to go slap them, scream at them, something- my husband kept yanking me back into my chair, I was furious.  The mommy and teacher, the HUMAN in me just wanted to…I have no idea, but they just have no business being mothers.  I really try not to judge others, I REALLY make an effort-  but these women, so nonchalantly wandering off and leaving these little, little kids alone, then coming back and screaming at them like the children were at fault (let alone the rest of our kids having to hear that language) and tossing them into a car like “who cares”?

I wrote down the license plate to call the police, but my husband says to just drop it and it isn’t my business.  What do you think?
Am I being crazy, should I drop it?  What would you do?

I did tell the manager when I saw the moms coming back/picking them up, however what I really wanted to do was call the cops.  They do have security cameras at the Play Place, I gave them the license plate number, and I hope that the police get them.  But I wanted to call and make sure that they were told. If I wasn’t with my husband, who kept stopping me, the call would have been made.  Mr. “Non-Confrontation”….I’m so frustrated. I am a person of action, this is NOT how I roll…I should have called and just fought with him later, I am so mad. 

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Win Strawberry Shortcake Twirling Flower Fashions Doll

I know, my Little Man is a boy- but I thought it would be nice to include a few girls things in the Birthday Bash  🙂   So, for you mommies of girls- here you go!  Strawberry Shortcake– but this is not “our” Strawberry Shortcake, mommies!  She has been redone for the new generation.  Sigh.  All things must change, I guess?
Strawberry still has her trademark scent, though!

This is the Strawberry Shortcake Twirling Flower Fashions Doll Playset.  
It’s a great summer toy, because it also involves water play.  So it is fun for outdoors, or for the kitchen if you are worried about a mess  🙂  I’m not- I could care less about water, LOL.  I just put it on a towel.
My Little Man and Kamikaze had fun playing with it, as did the girls at the Pre-K.  One of the girls, if fact, “borrowed” it, and has yet to bring it back, haha.  Kids!  What can you do.
Here is a little more information for you-

“Create fashion “magic” with your sweet-smelling Strawberry Shortcake figure! Put your stylish red-haired friend on her flower stage and start the spinning action. While she’s twirling, spray water from her flower spritzer and a design will “magically” appear on her skirt! Are you two ready to create a new look? Put on her other color-change skirt or just wait for the first one to dry and then use your flower spritzer to create another new design!

Scented figure comes with 2 color-change skirts, dress, flower stage, flower spritzer, splash guard and instructions.

Ages 4 and up.”

You can buy this cute toy here for $19.99, and you can also enter to win below.  Here is how to enter!

Mandatory entry

You must be a public follower on Google Friend Connect.
Leave me your email so I can contact you if you win.  In  your comment, please.

 Extra Entries
Leave a separate comment for each entry.

-What is your favorite Hasbro toy?  Links help! 

-“Like” me on Facebook -feel free to give me some comment love!  🙂  This is not mandatory, and Facebook is in no way sponsoring this giveaway. 
+2 entries

-Subscribe to Have Sippy Will Travel by email, and confirm subscription  or via RSS
+3 entries

Follow me on Twitter ( or you can use my adorable button to the side!) and tweet about this contest
#Win Strawberry Shortcake Twirling Flower Fashions … http://t.co/61BUpzJ @HaveSippy #birthdaybash
 
*can be done daily

Please make sure you follow first!
+2 entries

– Follow any of the Collective Media Magic Back To School event Bloggers’ sites! 

3 Princes and a Princess 2, Closer to Lucy, Have Sippy Will Travel, and The Thrifty Things.  You can Follow GFC, Twitter, or Facebook- each is worth an entry. 

– Email a friend about this contest, with a CC to me at  kangabunnie@gmail.com
(you get an extra entry if they enter, too!)

 -Add my button to your blog, and leave me the link so I can find it

– Follow me on “Networked Blogs”

– blog about this giveaway, and link back to this contest (leave me the URL in comment, please)

-Add me to your blogroll, with a link back to me

– Vote for me on “We’re On The Fence!”  (Just Click the Button to the left that says “We’re On the Fence” until it confirms you voted for your’s truly!)   *Can be done daily

– enter another one of my giveaways

– comment on a non-giveaway post

– Like this post on Facebook, Stumble it, or hit G+1 button  (each is worth one entry)

OOO, so many ways to win! Good luck!

DISCLOSURE: I will  receive the above products  for review . I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.
No purchase necessary.  Void where prohibited by law.  Open to US shipping addresses only.  Limited to US residents; 18 years old and above.  Sponsor is responsible for providing and mailing prize. Ends Aug 25, 2011.

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All Business Cards

There are many ways to get your name out there in the modern world, email advertising, fliers, blogs, websites, word of mouth, but one of the most effective ways to make sure someone remembers you, and has been so for quite some time business cards.  How else will someone remember who you are and why you are important then with a little reminder.  Maybe a blurb about yourself and your, business or possibly a small iconograph to serve as a remembrance of the awesome that is you.  Either way, in order to make that connection, the business cards will act as your connection. 

You want to keep that connection alive.
One business card company is AllBusinessCards.com . First of all their prices are phenomenal.  As of right now they have a promotion 1000 cards for $20, unheard of.  The colors are OK, but not quite vivid or eye popping.  Also, be sure your design is absolutely perfect, some companieshave very few people reviewing your design and end product. 
If you are on a budget AllBusinessCards is a good start.  Start simple and work your way up to the top notch cards.
Here are a few more reasons to buy will All Business Cards-

  • Rush Delivery Available– Cards in as little as 2-3 business days with rush production and next day shipping.
  • Enviromentally Friendly– Soy based ink is used on all our products.
  • Thousands of Templates– Design all your stationery online using our vast selection of templates

Disclosure- I received the above product for review.  All opinions are my own. 
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