Spotlight Saturday Blog Hop

It's Spotlight Saturday Hosted By

Between the Lines, Survey Junkie, and Little Yaya's

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Welcome to our fun blog hop with a twist!  Every week swing by to link up your blog and one you want to spotlight!  Did you find a new blog you liked this week?  Is there one you visit on a daily basis?  Well, simply link up your Spotlighted blog right under yours.  We will Spotlight our favorite blogs of the week in spots 4, 5, and 6.  

This week is Spotlight a favorite  Blogger!  I'm Spotlighting Blueviolet from A Nut in a Nutshell!  Next week we will be spotlighting one of our favorite Mommy Blogs!

How it Works

1) Link up your own blog.
2)Link up a blog you want to spotlight for the week.(ex. Spotlight: Roslyn's Closet)
3) Follow your three hosts.
4) Grab our button and post it on your sidebar or in a Spotlight Saturday Post.
5) Follow as many blogs from the list as you like and leave a comment so they know you stopped by.
6) Return the favor by following blogs that followed you.
(Be aware that URL's cannot be duplicated so please have a second spotlight choice in mind. If your blog's URL has already been spotlighted, just add one you'd like to spotlight. And don't forget to leave a comment with the blog you spotlighted so they can come and join the blog hopping fun! )

Don't Miss Spotlight Saturday!

Don't forget tomorrow is Spotlight Saturday!  Hope you all come back in the morning to join us, along with Survey Junkie and Little Yaya's, for our fun little Blog Hop with a twist!!!  Link up your own blog and another that you would love to share with the rest of us!  Linky opens at midnight!

Introducing "Supergirl" by Nastia Liukin (plus Contest and Giveaway)

 JCPENNEY, WARNER BROS. CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND WORLD CHAMPION NASTIA LIUKIN PRESENT SUPERGIRL

The Supergirl by Nastia collection features trend-right, affordable apparel that encourages a message of empowerment, creativity, strength, intelligence and independence—the symbolic attributes and S-Shielf of Supergirl, the iconic DC Comics super heroine. The collection, created for today’s 4-12-year-old girls, will be available exclusively at JCPenney – in stores and on jcp.com.

Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP), on behalf of DC Comics, and JCPenney and five-time Olympic Medalist and World Champion Nastia Liukin debuted her new collection, Supergirl by Nastia over the summer. Nastia did a five-market tour JCPenney stores around the country where she provided young girls motivational advice on achieving their goals, feeling confident and being smart, strong and empowered—being a Supergirl. Nastia also introduced her new fun, affordable lifestyle collection, Supergirl by Nastia, available exclusively at JCPenney stores nationwide.

“The Supergirl S-Shield is considered a universal symbol of girl power and we’re looking forward to celebrating with Nastia and fans around the country as we unveil the highly anticipated Supergirl by Nastia collection,” said Karen McTier, executive vice president, domestic licensing and worldwide marketing, Warner Bros. Consumer Products. “Today’s girl is truly a Supergirl and we are proud to be partnering with Nastia Liukin and JCPenney to bring the entire collection to life at retail for all girls and their parents.”

The line retails from $20 - $38, making it affordable and exciting for girls to style themselves like a Supergirl. The collection will include active fleece, dresses and tunics, knit pants, signature Supergirl tees, dancewear, fashion leggings, shrug tops and more.

For the past four years, Warner Bros. has been supporting female athletes with the Supergirl Jam, the only large-scale, all-girls action sports competition and lifestyle/music festival. The Supergirl S-Shield is the universally recognized symbol of strength and leadership under which today’s sports girls unite. These “actionistas” embody the intelligence, independence, strength and creativity of the Supergirl brand. 

Supergirl Sweepstakes: Training With Nastia

Hard work, determination, commitment – don’t you think you deserve a reward for all that you do for my favorite sport, gymnastics? I do! Which is why I am offering one lucky gymnast the chance to hang with me! We’ll have a private lunch and training session as well as a meet-and-greet event at your gym so all your friends will get the chance to talk to me, Nastia Liukin. And that’s not all. Have you seen my new fashion line at JCPenney, Supergirl by Nastia? It combines my love of gymnastics with my love of fashion! If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out and, by entering the sweepstakes, you could win some awesome merchandise from the collection. So get going today! When you register, you help your gym to also win. The more students from your gym who sign up, the greater the chances are for the gym to win $10,000 in new equipment.

Giveaway

Between the Lines has 3 signed head shots of Nastia Liukin and Supergirl Magnets to giveaway!

Mandatory Entry:  Visit Supergirl or JCPenny's website and leave me a comment telling me your favorite Supergirl product   Please leave your email address so I can contact you if you are the winner.

Extras: (Remember each entry must have a separate comment and an email address is needed to contact winner.)

~ Follow me on Facebook (5)
~ Follow Supergirl on Facebook (5)

~Follow Between the Lines (2)         

~ Subscribe to my email (2)

~ Grab my button and leave a link of where it’s displayed (5)

~Add me to your Blogroll and leave a link (5)

~ Follow Supergirl on Twitter (2)

~Follow me on Twitter (2)

~ Add my Spotlight Saturday button and leave a link (5)

~Tweet this giveaway leaving me your link. (3x a day not back to back) (1 entry each)

This giveaway will end on March 4th @10p.m Eastern

Giveaway open to US only.  Winner will be chosen randomly. An email notification will be sent to the email address provided by the winner. The winner must respond within 48 hours. Failure to do so will result in being disqualified and a new winner will be chosen.

Disclaimer: This is a prewritten press release. I received no  compensation for the post. Prizes are mailed out by the distributor and Between the Lines cannot be held accountable for prizes not sent

10 Things I Never Thought I'd Say

Last Sunday, Lori Pace, the blog author of A Day in Motherhood, was featured on Simply Stacie.  She wrote a short, but funny post about her top 10 list of things she never thought she would say.  I thought it was a fun idea and wanted to share a few of the things I never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I would say. 

10 ~ Your sister is not food!
9 ~ I don't care if you throw up in the kitchen, just keep it off the carpet.
8 ~ Yes, you do have to wear clothes outside.
7~  We don't draw on Daddy's Computer Screen!
6 ~ Your bath can just wait another day.
5 ~ Cereal is a very healthy dinner.
4 ~ Fine.  Go to school with messy hair.  It doesn't bother me.  (It really does though. :)
3~ Play with your toys.  They're fun, I promise.
2~ I know you ate at lunch time, but you still need to eat dinner too.
And the #1 thing, I never thought I'd ever say....




1~ We do not hide poop in our backpack!

What is something that you never thought you would say to your children?  Grab a latte, put up your feet, and join the discussion!

Love it, Hate it, Gotta Get it

Technology never ceases to amaze me.  Every day, new devices are developed or improved.  And while, most of these modern day devices are unbelievable to me, some I wish would just disappear and never be reinvented.

LOVE IT
One of my newest discoveries, and absolute LOVE, are my new car seat warmers!  How did we manage before them??  There is nothing more unpleasant than stepping out into 20 degree temps and then having to sit on a seat that is colder.  This is definitely an invention that I am so thankful for.  Another new love is my iPad.  It is like my own personal mini computer.  I can check my email and Facebook, play games on my own or with my mom who is hundreds of miles away, listen to my favorite music, read some great books, catch up on any missed shows, watch a Netflix movie, and so much more.   The iPad is probably the best present that my hubby has ever bought me!

HATE IT
Some of today's latest and greatest technology has me shaking my head.  I might be the only one, but I can certainly do without  cell phones that get internet and blue tooth ear pieces.  If I'm home and need to check something on the internet, I can use my computer or iPad.  If I'm out with friends or family, I figure I should be visiting with them and not be surfing the web.  Of course, I understand that these types of cell phones are great for the work environment, but as a WAHM, it is not really a piece of technology I need.  Now the blue tooth ear pieces...I wish they could be banned from public places.   I am all for people using them when they are driving in the car, but at the grocery store???   How many times have you stopped to answer someone in the store only to discover that they weren't talking to you??   It has happened to me more times than I care to admit.  But what can you expect?   They are standing there all alone, looking at you, and talking.  You are bound to think they are trying to get your attention.

GOTTA GET IT
Now on to those cool invention that I've seen in action, but don't own.  On the top of my list is a GPS Navigator.  I've never been a big fan of driving to new places and the main reason why is because I'm terrified of getting lost and not being able to find my way home.  I'm not sure if having GPS would completely eliminate the fear, but I'm sure it would help.  Deicer spray is another AMAZING invention that I need to get. :)  My dad use to spray it on the windows when I was in college, but for some reason I forgot it until this winter.  Every morning I look at the ice on the car windows and I think, 'I really need to find out where they sell that spray.'  But for some reason, I always forget to buy it.

What great inventions to Love, Hate, or Gotta Get???  Grab a latte, put up your feet, and join the discussion!

Baby Einstein Discovery Kit Giveaway

When my girls were younger, not a day would go by where we wouldn't watch a Baby Einstein DVD.  They would laugh, dance, sing, and learn.  Baby Einstein introduced them to classical music, new animals, and the world around them.  Although my girls are now too old for Baby Einstein, I know many of you have little ones who are just old enough to start enjoying them.  Thanks to Baby Einstein, one lucky reader will be able to win one of their upcoming  new Discovery Kits. Here is what Baby Einstein has to say about them:

Baby Einstein, an award-winning leader of infant products, is proud to announce the upcoming release of three exciting new titles –Baby Lullaby, Neptune’s Oceans and World of Rhythm- as part of its recently launched Discovery Kit collection. Baby Einstein Discovery Kits help provide parents with new ways to introduce their babies to the beautiful music, nature, animals and the world around them in playful and engaging ways - for which the company’s products are known.

The latest Discovery Kits are available for purchase on February 22nd. Each kit features a DVD, a music CD and a picture book or Discovery Cards, with each element complementing the others. The new Discovery Kits encourage parents to take what they and their little one have seen on screen, in the book or on the Discovery Cards, or listened to on the CD and apply it to baby’s everyday life.  The kits are also designed to grow as baby grows and are organized in a way that offers three distinct levels of discovery: Experience, Explore & Expression.

Mandatory Entry:  Visit Baby Einstein and leave me a comment telling me a DVD you'd love to share with your little one.   Please leave your email address so I can contact you if you are the winner.

Extras: (Remember each entry must have a separate comment and an email address is needed to contact winner.)

~ Follow me on Facebook (5) ~ Follow Baby Einstein on Facebook (5)

~Follow Between the Lines (2)         

~ Subscribe to my email (2)

~ Grab my button and leave a link of where it’s displayed (5)

~Add me to your Blogroll and leave a link (5)

~ Follow Baby Einstein on Twitter (2)

~Follow me on Twitter (2)

~ Add my Spotlight Saturday button and leave a link (5)

~Tweet this giveaway leaving me your link. (3x a day not back to back) (1 entry each)

~ Enter another one of my current giveaways (1 each)

~Blog about this giveaway and leave me a link (10)

This giveaway will end on March 2nd @10p.m Eastern

Giveaway open to US and Canada only.  Winner will be chosen randomly. An email notification will be sent to the email address provided by the winner. The winner must respond within 48 hours. Failure to do so will result in being disqualified and a new winner will be chosen.

Disclaimer:  I received no compensation for my review nor was I under any obligation to give a positive review. Prizes are mailed out by the distributor and Between the Lines cannot be held accountable for prizes not sent