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
I don’t have pierced ears, but if I did, you better bet your bottom dollar that I’d be over at girly mama reviews right now entering to win Opium Earrings from Elyria Sterling’s new Temple Street Collection. Deadline: Oct. 16.
Lisa {Workout Mommy} has been blogging two years (plus, she’s about ready to have baby #3). To celebrate, she’s giving away a $10 Starbucks gift card. Caramel Apple Cider, here I come! Enter before Oct. 16.
Used & Abused is giving away a $75 gift code to Lisa Leonard Jewelry. Deadline: Oct. 18.
Win a BOBA Baby Carrier (it’s brand new and it looks pretty cool). Deadline: Oct. 19.
Win 2 dining passes to Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes at Rockin’ Mama. Deadline: Oct. 25.
Folgers wants to make your holidays a “homecoming” to remember. Just answer this question in 200 words or less: “What is the best part of wakin’ up at home during the holidays?” Five grand-prize winners will receive a seven-day/six-night round trip to their home in the continental United States, lodging, a rental car, $1,000 spending money, a digital camera, and a Gift Basket. Enter the “Home for the Holidays” contest before Nov. 7.
Announcements
I feel special. Somebody nominated me for The Bump’s Mommy Blog Awards…and I’m a finalist. Thank you! You can vote for me (or any of the other deserving nominees) anytime before Oct. 19.
Good Reads
Elizabeth’s recent post about moving made me cry: Our Bethlehem {My Full Cup}.
Erin {it’s your movie} writes about miscarriage and the pain that “grows a little bigger every day”: click crash thud.
Experiencing morning sickness? Read: Nausea Remedies: Pregnancy and Labor {via HealthyBabyNetwork.com blog}
Exhausted by the mounds of laundry, the dishes in the sink, and the crumbs on the floor? Read Thankful Chores {My Bloggy Mind}.
Check out Keith’s 20 Easy Halloween Costume Ideas {Almightydad}.
Interesting (and frightening): Birth-control pill is linked to male infertility, says Vatican paper {via Catholic News Service}.
Blogging expert Melanie Nelson {Blogging Basics 101} shares tips and advice for Attending a Blog Conference.
Miscellany
This is true: A 2 year old’s brain {doodles}
This is fun: Create a font from your own handwriting {fontcapture}.
These ideas are cool: Five Ways to Announce Your Baby’s Gender {Graco Heart to Heart blog}.
Do you text behind the wheel? It can be as dangerous (or more dangerous) than drunk driving: Who’s the Designated Texter? {Mom Sends the Msg}.
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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.
I always enjoy your fantastic Tues roundups— you always come up with new, fresh and fabulous links…
I thought I was the only one without pierced ears?!
I voted for you!
voted for you & as always, love your tues tours!
Thanks for the tip on the chance to win a BOBA. I’ve been “oohing and ahhing” over it ever since it was released! Good luck in the The Bump’s Mommy Blog award…I voted for you!
First, contrats on the award! You deserve it. Second, thanks as always for the great contests. Third, I always enjoy the “Good Reads.” The one on the birth control pill is interesting and possibly valid, but I’ll listen to it more when a party that isn’t anti-birth control is the one reporting it. Call me skeptical, but I feel a little bias in there. Finally, I totally want to try the whole make your own font thing! Did you do it?
Here’s another girl who doesn’t have pierced ears!
Oh & the the 2 year old’s brain – that chart is right on the money!
Awesome list! Hey, it’s gotta be awesome, I’m in it! Thanks. I so wish we had a Soupplantation (in reference to Rockin’ Mama) here in Boulder. They were so awesome when I lived in So Cal.
my ears are not pierced either. My sweet husband never noticed and bought me earings for our first christmas lol
Hi Stephanie,
I’m also giving away passes to Sweet Tomatoes/Souplantation, and if you’re interested, I have a list of all the other bloggers from Family Review Network who are giving this prize away (or will be soon).
I so needed the thankful chores today…especially after having loads of cleaning up to do after a playgroup was held at my house!
I see you are a finalist, but when I vote for you, it doesn’t seem to register.
I voted for you- good luck!!! :)
I’m so glad you enjoyed my post. Thanks for mentioning it! It is something that is dear to my heart. :)
I also went and voted for your blog. I hope you win!
I voted!!!
thanks again for the shout-out steph!
xoxo
i just love your tuesday tours!!