Winners errrr. Winner.

Thursday, December 31, 2009

So here's a crazy bit of lucky. I drew two different numbers for two different giveaways and drew the same name for both.


Congratulations!
#35 & $135 Anna
Flower Duet DVD Winner & ecostore Gift Certificate Winner


Thanks to everyone who entered!
The winner has been notified via email and has 48 hours to claim her prize.

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Christmas Gifts Reviewed

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Most of my reviews are for products which I was provided free of charge specifically for reviewing purposes. Well, I did receive these Christmas gifts free of charge but not for the intent of reviews. But as a mom review blogger I want to provide "honest" reviews of products I find and use so here are my thoughts on my Christmas gifts.


1. Membership to the YMCA - I asked for a membership to a gym that offered childcare. My husband bought me the Y membership since it is close to our house, has childcare and is affordable. I've been a few times already and I have to say it's fairly comparable to any other gym I've been a member of. The staff is very nice and helpful. The facility is clean and all the equipment is in good shape. I still want to try a few classes but I need to get comfortable with my new environment first. Overall I give the Y a big thumbs up!


2. Swell Season, Strict Joy CD - Love this album. Ever since I saw Once I've loved the music of Glen Hansard. This album doesn't let you down. I got the deluxe edition with bonus live CDs.


3. Vintage Wallpaper Necklace from Lucky Accessories - Beautiful. Not only is this a beautiful necklace but it's made by my dear friend Kiona. She's so creative and I love all of her work.


4. Handmade Home by Amanda Soule - If you don't follow this blog you should. If you don't own her books you should. Now I just need to take some sewing lessons so I can create some of these beautiful masterpieces.


5. David Gray Draw The Line LP & Concet Tickets - I can review the concert since it isn't until April. However, I love David Gray and the Draw the Line record brings everything I expect from a David Gray album plus a little more. I love that the record comes with a digital download, that is always nice. I'm very excited for the upcoming concert. The husband wins extra points for this gift since David Gray's Slow Motion was the first dance song at our wedding.


6. Scrubs Season 8 - Zach Braff. enough said! I've only watched the first episode but I do love some Scrubs.


7. G-Force DVD - Tracy Morgan, Will Arnett, Steve Buscemi, Zach Galifianakis, Bill Nighy. Such a cute movie. Not to mention that my friend Sharon worked on the animation! Go roomie! (This was her official title: stereoscopic lighting and compositing)


I did get a few other gifts but either they haven't been used yet or I don't feel like writing reviews for my new gym socks. 


The featured products were NOT provided to me free of charge by anyone other than my husband or Santa. The opinions expressed in this review are my own and not influenced by any company.

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Winners

Monday, December 28, 2009

A few more winners today.


Munchie Mug Winner
#78 Jennifer T.


Wee Squeak Shoes Winner
#153 Natalie A.


Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone that entered. The winners have been emailed and have 48 hours to claim their prize.

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Cheap Cookie Cutter Review

Sugar Cookies are a staple in most American homes around the holidays. I have fond memories of baking and decorating sugar cookies with my mom at Christmas. I want my kids to have that same feeling you get when you take a bite out of a warm sugar cookie that you worked so hard to create. However, I never realized how costly cookie cutters can be, especially if you want a high quality product. 


Cheap Cookie Cutters offers stylish yet very affordable cookie cutters. I reviewed 4 of their holiday cookie cutters on Christmas Eve when I made 2 dozen cookies for our family Christmas dinner. I didn't get a chance to take a picture of them because they were gone before I knew what happened. The kids loved all the fun shapes and I loved that the cookie cutters was easy to use and clean. 


In addition to all the traditional Christmas cookie cutters Cheap Cookie Cutters offers a variety of cutters for every occasion. I particularly love the Space Character Cookie Cutters and the Super Hero Cookie Cutters.












Buy: Shop the great selection of Cheap Cookie Cutters online.

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Winners

Sunday, December 27, 2009

A big thanks to everyone who entered the following contests. We have two winners today!


The Winner of the Naumes Fruit Gift Box:
#89 barbara.montyj


The Winner of the Seagate Free Agent Go External Hard Drive
#8 Patricia Carlson


Congratulations to Barbara and Patricia.
The winners have been emailed and have 48 hours to reply and claim their prize.

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I'm the Blogger of the Week.

Saturday, December 26, 2009




Today's Blogger of the Week is ME! ~ Jessica



Happy Day After Christmas!
I've been wanting to answer these questions for awhile now so I thought I'd take this opportunity to let you know a little more about me.


How old is your blog or long have you been blogging?
I've been blogging since 2003 (the xanga days) as a way to connect with my friends from college but I didn't start The B Keeps Us Honest until November 1, 2009. I also blog about my family, We3Liebs.


What made you choose the name of your blog?
The B Keeps Us Honest is actually a joke my husband made in a conversation we were having about our last name, Lieb. You figure it out.


Why do you blog and what do you love about blogging?
I originally started blogging to stay connected with my college friends that are scattered around the world. Then it became a place for me to document the planning of my wedding and then the birth of my son. Over the course of blogging for myself I started to find that I like sharing information about great products and deals with my readers and that's why this blog was born.


What are a few of your favorite posts on your blog? (include the direct URL links)
Since most of my post are time sensitive I will just tell you to look at the top of the page and read some of my current giveaways.


Are you married?  If so, how long?
Yes, I have been married for 2 years to my super hot husband, Joe.


Do you have children?  If so, how many?
I have an adorable almost 18 month old son, Jude.


What is your favorite movie?
We love movies and I don't think I can pick just one. So here are a few of my favorites: Star Wars, The Goonies, Life Aquatic, Benny & Joon, Wag the Dog   


Who is your favorite actor?
Geez I ask myself hard questions. Actors: Johnny Depp, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ewan McGregor. Actresses: Natalie Portman, Anjelica Huston, Helena Bonham Carter


What is your favorite band or musician?
Again more than just one... The National, Morrissey, U2, Over the Rhine, Swell Season, David Gray and many more.


What is your favorite food?
Other than Chocolate... Pizza with chicken and pineapple or maybe Sushi or maybe Cuban. Or maybe a pizza with sushi and arroz con pollo... ok maybe not.


What is your favorite candy?
Ritter Sport Dark Chocolate with Hazelnuts



What else should readers know about you?
We try to live fairly natural and organic. We cloth diaper and love it. I like reading humorous books like David Sedaris and Gideon Defoe. I love spending time with my family more than anything... except for God. I love my church. And I hate cleaning the bathtub. 




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Christmas Eve + Christmas Day

Friday, December 25, 2009

As is Tradition in the Hamm family we always get together on Christmas Eve to eat and exchange presents. When my Grandma, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Brother, Nieces and Nephews get together it's a little crazy time but always a good time. This year we celebrated at my uncle's new house. We ate lasagna and lots of cookies. With 10 kids under the age of 13, opening presents is chaos but exciting to watch. All the kids ran around and had a great time. Jude tried his hardest to keep up with the big kids. Needless to say he slept great! The adults drank eggnog, told dirty jokes and chased the little ones around.






After putting Jude to bed we set up the stockings.






The tree

Christmas morning we stayed home just the three of us. We opened our stockings. Ate a breakfast of bananas, cinnamon rolls, orange juice and coffee. Then opened all of our fun presents from Santa and each other.



Stocking Fun






Santa knows how to bring it!



Vikings



Wubbzy



Mr. Potato Head proved to be buckets of fun as advertised.



Dad capturing the memories




After presents Grandma and Boogie came over to with a few more gifts then we ate lunch at the Chinese buffet.  Jude got some great gifts. I'm proud to say that most of his gifts from mom, dad and Santa were either purchase on super clearance, with coupons or won on blog contests!

Here a list of Jude's loot:
Big bag of Mega Blocks
Learning Clock, Stacking Toys and Shape Sorter set.
CAT Dump Truck
Little People Travel House
Handy Manny mini-see and say
Toy Camera
Workbench
Leap Frog Alphabet
Yo Gabba Gabba Viking Ship
Toodee from YGG
2 Wooden Puzzles
Mr. Potato Head
Stuffed Husky
2 small Bath Toys
Small Truck
A few outfits from Grandma
Converse One Stars
3 Wow Wow Wubbzy DVDs
2 Wallace and Gromit DVDs
Leap Frog Learning DVDs
Sock
Mittens

Dad's Loot
New Gola Shoes
The Simpsons Season 12
Flight of the Concords Season 2
Boom Blox Wii Game
Puzzle Quest DS Game
Coffee Mug
2 small Star Wars Lego Sets
Star Wars Christmas Ornament
Batman Begins DVD
Darjeeling Limited DVD
UP DVD
Micro SD Card

Mom's Loot
Membership to the YMCA
David Gray Draw the Line LP
Concert Tickets to David Gray
Scrubs Season 8 DVD
Handmade Home by Amanda Soule
Necklace from Lucky Accessories
Non-nursing bras
Sparkling Pomegranate Juice
Gym Shoes

Wow that's a lot of stuff.

After lunch and nap time we went to a Christmas Potluck at Pocket Smiles' house. Ate some delicious food. Played with lots of friends. Had an awesome time.

Now the babe is sleeping soundly. Dad is playing a new Wii game and mom is blogging.

Merry Christmas!

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SC Christmas

The weekend before christmas we ventured down to SC to visit Joe's family and celebrate Christmas with them. Jude had a great time chasing the dogs and cats around the house. We all got some great gifts, ate a lot and just enjoyed being with family.











We got a lot of fun gifts and just so I will remember later here's the list:

Jude
Several Gymboree Outfits with Trains and Dogs on them
Vest Coat
Columbia Jacket
Columbia Hiking Boots
3 Puzzles
Where is Spot Book
Stuffed Plush Spot Dog
Jack in the Box
Eco-Home
Socks


Joe
Socks
Jacket
USB Battery Charger
Car Battery Charger
Voltage Tester
Travel Coffee Mug
Lego Indiana Jones 2 Wii Game
Super Mario Bros Wii Game
Under the Dome by Stephen King
USD Drive

Jessica
Socks
Cutting Mats
G-Force DVD
Travel Coffee Mug
Swell Season CD
USB Drive
Laptop Memory
Killers DVD

Joe, Jessica & Jude
40 in TV



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LET It Snow

A few days ago we experienced a few snow flurries which is big news in NC. Joe took Jude outside for a few minutes to check it out.





You can't really see the snow falling but trust me it was there and he thought it was awesome.

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Winners

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Thank you everyone who entered the Moby Wrap and Ojolie Membership giveaways.
Today we have two winners.


The Moby Wrap Giveaway Winner: 
#154 Jennifer Miller


The Ojolie Membership Winner:
#17 rainmommy


Congratulations to the winners.
Winners have been emailed and have 48 hours to claim their prizes.

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Merry Christmas to Us.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Today we're celebrating Christmas with the in-laws. It has been an awesome day and we're getting ready to eat our traditional Christmas dinner. So I will not be posting any reviews of giveaways today but I promise to get back on track tomorrow.


My in-laws blessed us with a much needed new TV. (Ours is like a million years old and makes a high pitch squealing sound when you turn it on.) I have the best in-laws ever.


The only bad part is we have to wait a whole week until they can bring it up to us since our car is filled with baby paraphernalia. :(


See ya tomorrow!

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Winners

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Four new winners today!


POM Wonderful Winners
#47 - K. Rock
#173 - Anonymous -Scott


Patient Style Socks
#161 thishumanscondition


Blush Topless Undershirt
#117 Hobo Mama


Congratulations to all the winners. All winner have been emailed and have 48 hours to claim their prize.


PLEASE NOTE that you will win NOTHING if I have NO way to contact you.
So Please leave a way for me to contact you.

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Blogger of the Week: I'd Rather Be Changing Diapers

Saturday, December 19, 2009




Today's Blogger of the Week is Heather from I'd Rather Be Changing Diapers


How old is your blog or long have you been blogging?
My blog is about 1 month old but I have been blogging on my family blog since my son was born in March 2008


What made you choose the name of your blog?
I love being a mother and what better way of saying that than saying I'd rather be changing diapers.  I honestly don't mind changing diapers especially since I am cloth diapering and cloth diapers are cute!


Why do you blog and what do you love about blogging?
I blog on my family blog so that my family can see our boys growing up.  We don't live near any of them.  I blog on my giveaway/review blog because I love being able to give things away to people.  I know I love picking names and being able to email them and say they won something.


What are a few of your favorite posts on your blog?
My favorite is the Charm Factory review and giveaway.  I love their charms.


And the Oompa Toys review and giveaway.  I want all the toys off their website.


Are you married?  If so, how long?
Yes I am married.  I have been married since September 17, 2005.


Do you have children?  If so, how many?
I have 2 wonderful and sweet boys born March 8, 2008 and August 25, 2009


What is your favorite movie?
That is a hard one because I love so many movies!  I love the Twilight movie.


Who is your favorite actor?
I know he isn't very well known but I love Jensen Ackles.  He is on one of my favorite tv shows- Supernatural.  I also like Gerard Butler.


What is your favorite band or musician?
I love Rascal Flatts and Casting Crowns.


What is your favorite food?
I love chocolate :)  Besides that I like chinese food


What is your favorite candy?
My favorite is Twix bars


What else should readers know about you?
I am a 25 year old stay at home mom who is addicted to the internet :)   I love providing giveaways and good deals to others so that is the reason for starting my blog.  It's on blogspot right now but after the new year I am going to transition it to my own website. 
My twitter account is here: https://twitter.com/HeatherMcDougle
The facebook fan page is here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Charleston-SC/Id-Rather-Be-Changing-Diapers/177734258157?ref=mf






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An apple a day

Friday, December 18, 2009



Yes he finished the whole thing all by himself.

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Help 1-800-Flowers raise $ for Toys for Tots

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

This Holiday Season 1-800-Flowers is raising money for Toys for Tots.





To help raise money 1-800-Flowers has created a Secret Santa program on Facebook. The Secret Santa program allows you to send a Free gift to someone you care about. 1-800-flowers.com will donate $5,000 to Toys for Tots if the Secret Santa gift is sent 10,000 times.


Your Secret Santa gift will be sent to your chosen recipient without revealing who it came from until Reveal Day on December 21st. You and the recipient will receive a 15% off discount code for sending or opening your gifts, as well.



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ImagiPLAY Winner

It's been a busy day with cleaning, baking, and playing with Jude.
But it is now nap time and I've picked the winner for the ImagiPLAY giveaway (via random.org)


The Winner is:
#115 mama K


Congratulations Mama K!


Thanks to everyone who entered!
The winner has been notified via email and has 48 hours to claim their prize.

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Earn an Extra Entry - It's More fun to Share

Monday, December 14, 2009

Because it's More Fun to Share I'm offering everyone an extra entry in any of my current giveaways:




















Here's what you need to do:
1. Find this graphic at the end of each post in which you want to earn an additional entry.



2. Share the giveaway by using Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, Etc
3. Leave a comment on that post letting me know how you SHARED.




One "SHARE" entry per giveaway.
Do not leave your "SHARE" comments on this post.

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About This Blog

The B Keeps Us Honest is dedicated to providing honest reviews, awesome giveaways and information on hot deals!
This site's purpose is to provide an avenue to spread the word about some great products. The best way to spread the word about great products is by word of mouth, and that is what The B Keeps Us Honest is all about.

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All the opinions expressed here are mine and mine alone. I post about products that I like or personally prefer, products that I have found, tested, and loved. I do receive free samples to review and giveaway, the opinions expressed are still my own. I do not receive payment in exchange for a review. Please do your research on a product before you buy it and decide if it is right for you and/or your family.

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