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
Need a vacation? Musings of a Housewife is giving away 2 free nights at any Hyatt. Enter before May 13.
GoodyBlog is hosting a Mother’s Day Blog Party and you could win a Year of Netflix and a Wii, a Scooba, or a Toshiba Laptop. Deadline: May 16.
Tell Colleen {Classy Mommy} about your favorite family snacks for a chance to win a $500 American Express Gift Card. Deadline: May 17.
Local Love
The Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona invites you to the Tucson Volunteer Fair on Sunday, May 16. Over 85 non-profit organizations will be on-hand to answer questions & help you get connected.
I attended the Global Leadership Summit last year and it was truly the most outstanding conference I have ever attended. The quality of the speakers was top-rate. This year’s Summit will be held on August 5-6, 2010, at satellite campuses around the world. If you live in or around Tucson, you can order tickets locally through Vail Christian Church. Register by 5/18 for the $95 super early bird price.
Good Reads
From The Washington Post: Va. launching portable housing for aging relatives. What do you think about this concept?
From Mashable: 5 Ways to Send Real-Life Gifts To Your Twitter Friends. Has anyone ever done this? I’m intrigued.
From Donald Miller: Does God Have a Specific Plan for Your Life? Probably Not.
Jeanine shares 5 Simple Ways to Teach Children to Clean.
Advice from GoodyBlog: Two Ways To Get Your Kids To Eat More Veggies.
From the Telegraph: Baby boy survives for nearly two days after abortion.
Melissa {Nunnally Family Fun} writes about her desire to be a Runner.
Miscellany
My girls and I will likely try this Homemade Frozen Yogurt recipe soon – it sounds like the perfect summer treat! (via The Crunchy Conscience)
Buy a Nashville Flood Tee and 100% of the profits will go toward helping the victims of the recent flooding in Nashville and the Middle TN area.
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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 thought the “Does God Have a Specific Plan…” article was quite interesting. I’d say I mostly agree with him, but not fully. I’ve talked about this with the girls that I mentor, and I tell them that my take on this subject is that He gives us the tools and the free will to choose and to choose well what we do for the most part, but for most people there are also checkpoints along the way He’d like us to reach. How we get there is our choice, but if we’re following His “big picture” plan for our life we’ll get to those checkpoints along the way. If we get there it means to Him that we’re obedient, and it means to us that we’re on the right track. Does that make sense?
Well, I would say that my parents probably would have bought one of those units for my grandma if they had been around 7 years ago. I think it’s a cool idea!
And now, after reading about the baby living through the abortion I think I need to go to bed. How awful. :(
The baby after abortion, my heart hurts thinking about it.
I don’t even know what to say about that, so so sad.
Oh, people pods? Really? It’s really a shame that the elderly are treated with so little respect in most American households. They are members of families, not outdoor pets. I just can’t get behind that.
Wow. That boys surviving the abortion story really sobered me. What a tragedy and what evidence for the miracle of life. Thanks.
I really enjoy Tuesday Tours it leads me to articles I wouldn’t have found other wise.
But I have to say it totally brought happy tears to my eyes that you featured me on your Tuesday Tours. To me you are a pretty famous blogger and I always get so excited when you comment & now you featured me. Thanks!
Going to check out some of the links now!!
The portable housing for seniors doesn’t sound very appealing to me at all. I can’t get past the picture of my parents or grandparents living in my shed! If someone doesn’t want to live in a nursing home, would they really think that this would be a better alternative? Or if someone doesn’t want their parents or grandparents living in their home, is having them live in the backyard a better option? I also can’t believe it is very secure. I wish there were more home health care options where elderly people could safely live in their own homes.
I don’t think I will be able to read the abortion story. So sad. Our country has a long way to go as far as how we treat people in the beginning of life and at the end of life.
Thanks for the link, Stephanie! I’m with Melissa – a little star struck :)
Thank you again Stephanie for linking to my blog. Just when I wonder if anyone is reading ‘out there’ you link to me and I honestly feel so special. So, thanks again. I really really appreciate it! And…as soon as I get from underneath this pile of things to do, I’ve been thinking and rethinking my thoughts on your generation y post, I will add my comment there. Such great posts!
Stephanie -
I come to you every week to see where your Tuesday tour takes me.
I was so saddened by the news from Italy. Thank you for sharing. It is important to remember how precious life is and that all life is worthy of love.
good! cool