It's summer canning season! My mother-in-law is an excellent canner, but I am just getting started. Are you wondering what canning might be? Well, it's the art of taking fresh fruits and vegetables and preserving them for later use. Think "canned goods aisle" at your local grocery store, only do-it-yourself rather than factory!
The first thing you need when you start the canning process is good lighting in your kitchen. You may even want to consider recessed lighting as an attractive option!
I am going to be getting a few things from CSN stores to begin my canning journey. Check back soon for a review and to see how my adventures turn out!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Coming Soon - Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Watch a clip here!
ABOUT THE FILM:
What would you do if you met a fairy? Witness the historic moment when Tinker Bell first meets a human being, and it’s not who you think.
Years before meeting Wendy and the Lost Boys, Tinker Bell met Lizzy, a little girl with a steadfast belief in the power of pixie dust and the magic land of fairies. During the fairies’ summer visit to the flowering meadows of England, two very different worlds unite for the first time and Tink develops a special bond with a curious child in need of a friend. As her fellow fairies launch a daring rescue, Tinker Bell takes a huge risk, putting her own safety and the future of all fairykind in jeopardy.
Experience Disney’s astonishing all-new movie about the true power of faith and friendship. Bursting with excitement and imagination, Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue is magical entertainment for the whole family. You might even learn to fly.
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue releases as a Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Movie Download on Tuesday, September 21. The film features the voices of Mae Whitman as Tinker Bell, Pamela Adlon as Vidia, Kristin Chenoweth (LOVE HER!) as Rosetta, Lucy Liu as Silvermist, Raven Symone as Iridessa, Lauren Mote as Lizzy and Michael Sheen as Dr. Griffith (Lizzy’s Father).
Disclaimer: I received this information from Click Communications. No compensation was received for this post. I honestly cannot wait for my kids to see this movie when it comes out!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Kroger Family of Stores' Pound for Pound Challenge
The Kroger Co. Family of Stores, General Mills, NBC's hit TV Show "The Biggest Loser" and other sponsors are partnering to donate up to $1,080,000 to Feeding America this year.
The Kroger Family of Stores includes Kroger, Fred Meyer, Ralph´s, King Soopers, City Market, Dillon's, Smith´s, Fry´s, QFC, Baker´s, Owen´s, Jay C Food Stores, Hilander, Gerbes, Food4Less, Pay Less Super Markets and Scott´s Food & Pharmacy.
Through June 30, 2010, for every pound you pledge to lose, the Pound For Pound Challenge will donate 14¢ to Feeding America. That's enough to deliver one pound of groceries to a local food bank.
That's a lot of food! Wanna join in?
Visit this site to make your pledge to lose weight and to get more information and to find tools to change your life for the better. It is free, easy and only takes a minute to make a change that can help you and help the hungry in your community.
Guess what? You can win a $30 Kroger gift card! Just leave a comment for me and tell me how much weight you pledged to lose and what state/community you will be feeding with your pledge!
Here are the rules of the giveaway:
You must be a follower of BusyJulie to enter.
This contest is for US entrants only.
Giveaway ends at 11:00 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, June 27, 2010.
Winner will chosen at random and will be notified by email. You have 24 hours to reply. If I don't hear from your, I'll have to choose another winner!
Get extra entries by: (Leave a separate comment for each extra entry!)
Becoming a new follower of BusyJulie. If you are already a follower, leave a comment telling me so!
Following BusyJulie on Twitter.
Tweeting about this giveaway. Leave the link in your comment.
Blogging about this giveaway will earn you 3 extra entries - Be sure to leave a link in your comments!
Disclaimer: I received a $30 Kroger Family of Stores gift card, and the above information and giveaway were all provided by the Kroger Family of Stores and General Mills through MyBlogSpark.
National Men's Health Week! Happy Father's Day!
New research has found that men are 31% less likely than women to have visited a doctor within the past year? That right. Men report making fewer routine health care appointments compared with women (56.5% versus 73.8%).
It's National Men's Health Week (June 14 - 20), and in conjunction, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Ad Council are starting a new movement on behalf of their national public service advertising campaign designed to encourage middle-age men to learn which preventive medical tests they need to get and when to get them.
Looking for a Father's Day card? Go here and get a one that will tell your Honey you love him AND encourage him to visit the doctor!
Meeting some resistance from your hubs about going to the doctor? Tell him to go here and take a quiz to see how much he really knows about maintaining his health.
Encourage the all the men you know to visit this site, which provides recommended ages for preventive medical tests, a health care quiz designed to test knowledge of preventive health care, tips for talking with doctors, a glossary of consumer health terms, and links to online resources to find more medical information. Basically, it's everything you and your man needs to know about staying healthy and strong and with you as long as possible!
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