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FREEBIES, TRIAL PROGRAMS AND CONTESTS

If you are like me, you like bargains, freebies and trying something before buying it when possible. The offers below are directly from the company that sponsors them.

Click on the underlined link to get to the offer or website with more information. This page will be updated regularly, so bookmark if you wish.

DRAWINGS AND CONTESTS

SPECIAL CONTEST: Our sister site StandBesideHer.com is having a contest! CLICK HERE to enter to win a travel book package!

-Old Fashioned Living Contests: FOUR each month. This page has all four links and lists the prizes, end dates and instructions! Always great prizes from our sponsors each month.

-Ultimate Star Wars Contest The winner will get all 12 of the Star Wars 30th Anniversary Hardcovers as well as a Darth Vader Kotobukiya Model. Ends 1/2008

ONGOING DRAWINGS AND CONTESTS!

Isabubu Designs Fill out a simple form to enter their contest to win a year’s supply (6 pairs) of free booties! IsaBooties™ are soft-soled baby shoes combine hip colors with distinctive riboon accents-- and they are ADORABLE!

-US Handbags: subscribe to Snaptotes newsletter and register to win a chance at a FREE photobag. With every newsletter, a random member will be drawn to receive a free photobag.

-Architecturals.net: Enter to win a new prize each week! Sometimes it's new, sometimes it's vintage, but it's always fun! Visit the Architecturals.net antique market, the Artisans and Craftsmen artist community, and their Antique Restoration Center.

FREE STUFF FOR KIDS AND MOMS!

-CafeMom: Meet other moms with similar challenges and interests. Join groups within Cafe Mom to meet others with your interests and more. Similiar to a MySpace for moms! It's free too:)

-Prepared Pantry: They offer a FREE ebook "Baking with Kids: Cupcakes, Cookies, and a GrandfatherÂ’s Advice". This is a SUPER ebook-- I loved it! They do sign you up for their baking newsletter with is also free, and you can unsub anytime.

-IdealBiteFree, fun eco-living tips! Delivered daily via email. We have learned SO much good information from this newsletter!

-PrintableGamesAtoZ Free Baby Shower Basics eBook to help you throw the perfect baby shower!

-Baby-to-bee: FREE stuff for any Mother or Father-to-be! Coupons, subscriptions, samples and more.

-MainStreetMom Newsletter> Now you can get our four main newsletters in one, so you'll receive a free weekly ezine loaded with parenting tips, recipes, craft ideas, health and beauty ideas, and much more! here to subscribe.

FREEBIES AND TRIALS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY!

dotPhotoJoin free today and receive 50 FREE Prints! This is a great way to share and organize photos.

-Blue Mountain: visit for a wide selection of eCards and printable greeting cards for every occasion. Try it free for 30 days!

-OurStory: Tell your life story and keep it forever. Sign-up for a free account. Collect, Share & Keep the memories and moments from life's journey in a permanent, secure online archive. Each entry is organized by date, place and topic on your personalized timeline... letting you add chapters, see the whole picture, and easily find whatever you're looking for.

-Mvelopes Personal: Personal Budgeting Software. Sign up for the Free 30 day trial.

-Candle Bay: Register for Candle Bay's Candle Coins Program and receive a free $5.00 in coins. This is a nice program and their melts are great, as are the votives.

-Zone Labs: ZoneAlarm Free Download. Basic PC protection for the home user. A great program that we've used on our computer for over 4 years now!

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Memorial Day: Backyard Grilling
Memorial Day signals the start of barbecue season. Everyone wants to light that fire and charcoal that first meal. A few tips might pre- vent your entree from becoming a "Burnt Offering."

Read these tips for plenty of grilling ideas, make this year's barbecue perfect!

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Growing and Using Garlic Chives
Garlic chives, Allium tuberosum, is a hardy perennial (Zones 3-9) that will grow to about 12 inches high. The stems are skinnier and flat, instead of hollow as are regular chives, with greenish white blooms that are about an inch wide and not as rounded. They bloom in the summer rather than spring. The bloom stalks grow much taller than the leaves, sometimes up to 30 inches.

The stems and blooms are both edible and have a mild garlic onion taste. I've noticed many writers will list this as primarily as an Asian herb, as they are also known as Chinese chives, Chinese leeks, ku chai (China) or Nira (Japan), but it has many other uses as well!

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The Perfect Porch Swing
Perhaps it is the soothing rhythm or the reassuring creak of the porch swing that attracts us. Perhaps it is the companionable silence or quiet conversation. Or maybe swings simply remind us of more genteel times.

Although porch swings can be purchased in a wide range of materials, the most common are wicker and wood. You can also make your own porch swing from one of the myriad of woodworking patterns available at garden centers, hardware stores, or on the Internet.

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