Welcome to “Tuesday Tours: What’s Happening on the Web” where I serve as your tour guide and showcase the best contests, freebies, deals, and reads for moms on the web…all in one convenient location.
Contests
Viv’s Cool Mom Reviews is giving away an iPod Touch (the ultimate iPod). Enter before Feb. 13.
Two more opportunities to win See Kai Run shoes! Enter at Our Happy Happenings before Feb. 13 AND at Mogul Baby before Feb. 16.
More iPod Touch fun! Enter to win yours over at To Think Is To Create prior to Feb. 14.
I love Old Navy. How ’bout you? Enter to win a $50 gift card to Old Navy over at There Once Was A Girl before Feb. 14.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day! Win one of two $100 gift cards to ProFlowers over at This Week for Dinner (my new favorite “foodie” blog). Deadline: Feb. 15.
Submit a photo of your messy car to Mom Central’s Moms and Cars Photo Contest and you could win a $50 gift card to Amazon.com. The post went live on 02-02-09 and there are currently no entries so your chances are good. Deadline: Feb. 16.
Talk about a useful giveaway (my favorite kind)! A $50 gift certificate to diapers.com is up for grabs over at Momtrends. Deadline: Feb. 28.
Good Reads
Jennifer James of Mom Bloggers Club does it again! She’s the queen of providing relevant, useful articles about blogging and her most recent one is no exception: 3 Secrets to Successful Mom Blogging.
Being a mom isn’t always easy. In fact, sometimes it’s downright hard (and unbelievably exhausting). Steph {Adventures in Babywearing} tells it like it is in her recent post: Dear Stay At Home Working Mom. And Darcie {Such the Spot} wrote beautifully on the topic this past week as well: Finding Me.
Have you heard all the buzz about Blissdom? You know, the blogging conference that was held in Nashville this past weekend. Read “re-caps” from the event over at Musings of A Housewife.
Yahoo News reports: Body Language Reveals Wealth. Apparently, people with higher socio-economic status are “more rude when conversing with others.”
Ceceila {Ask Baby Kid} answers the question: How can I obtain a blog conference sponsorship?
Need to know how to deliver a baby in an emergency? It’s really simpler than you may think. Read Dr. Dave Hnida’s step-by-step instructions: How To Deliver A Baby In A Library.
Miscellany
Jo-Lynne’s been raving about these Trademark Logo Knit Pants from Aeropostale and I’m tempted to buy a pair for postpartum wear (they’re on-sale for $12.99!). I wish they came in Navy, Black, or Maroon though…
Nightline just aired a great segment about what Unicef, Pampers, and Salma Hayek are doing to fight Tetanus in Africa. It’s only 8 minutes long and is super powerful. It’s especially moving when Salma breastfeeds a malnourished African baby boy.
Applesauce muffins with cream cheese frosting. Mmmm. {Via Marvelous Kiddo}
This just in: Starbucks is going to start selling value meals for $3.95, beginning March 3. Whatdoyathink?
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*** If you have a contest or an announcement that you think might be a good fit for Tuesday Tours, e-mail me at stephanie@metropolitanmama.net.
Great Tuesday Tour! I found a few new blogs to read. I actually just cleared out a few blogs from my reader and have now replaced them. Oops! The goal was to cut my blog list down but I just can’t help it LOL
Happy Wednesday!
All kinds of iPod Touch love going on this week huh? All I have is a Shuffle. Guess I should click my way over…
Starbucks offering meals? That’s interesting. Although after reading that piece I think that their definition of a ‘meal’ is a tad weak!
Thanks for both the compliment and the link Stephanie. And of course for all the work you put into this week’s compilation.
I love the article on the secrets to successful Mom Blogging, it’s nice to hear how other bloggers are making their blog work for them! I was intrigued by her statement about charging for giveaways….
Great information. Thank you for sharing. I’m going to have to check out some of those links.
I kinda like the idea of a coffee and breakfast sandwich. It could be a nice treat.
Thanks for linking up to all the contests! And there is NO way I would publish a photo of my dirty car (not mine but hubby’s) for only $50.00. LOL I would be far too embarrassed and would need thousands of dollars to do that.
Nell
So I can actually win money for my rolling Mom-mobile mess of a car?!
And should I call ahead to tell the library I’m planning on giving birth there, or just let it be a surprise to them?
I love your tuesday tours, you always find the best stuff!