Monthly Archives: December 2010

Atlanta Moms.. Enter to Win Great Prizes from Local Atlanta Bloggers

Here are a few great items you can enter to win from local Atlanta bloggers.  Let’s support our local bloggers and enter their great giveaway contest!

Jolly Mom giveaway

Conair’s Infiniti Pro Hair Dryer – Ends 12/28

Really, Are You Serious? giveaway

World Best Cat Liter – Ends 12/22

My Busy Children

Childrens book “Freddi the Dog” – Ends 12/29

Noctis Designer T-Shirt – Ends 1/1/2011

Sports Action figures – Ends 1/5/2011

Stash Mama

Family Four Pack of tickets to Beauty and The Beast – Ends 1/3 at 5pm

Zuvo Water Filtration System – Ends 12/31

Atlanta bloggers, add your giveaway here!  Email me at alicia@themommyinsider.com.

Give the Gift of Getting There Safely and Efficiently with a Map Update from NAVTEQ

Do you want to give friends and family a gift that you know they won’t return or re-gift this year?  Look no further than a NAVTEQ in-dash navigation system map update.   Did you know that NAVTEQ is the company whose technology and maps power most of the in-dash navigation systems and GPS-powered devices in the US?

NAVTEQ in-dash map updates

Unfortunately my 2006 Nissan Quest is not equipped with in-dash navigation but chances are that if you, your friends, or family have an in-dash navigation system, it’s powered by NAVTEQ so giving them a NAVTEQ Map Update is a no-brainer.

Holidays = Travel, right?
Well, that doesn’t apply just to you or me.. It applies to millions of people who like to share the highways with us.  If you have kids and will be travelling.. between traffic, accidents, construction, and much needed ‘pit-stops’, you’ll be very grateful for your GPS system this year.  However, if your navigation maps aren’t updated your GPS system isn’t going to help you as much as it could if it was updated.

The world changes, so should your maps. You don’t want your family, your parents, or teenage kids to be stuck somewhere that you aren’t familiar with so it’s really important to have a GPS navigation system and NAVTEQ’s map updates make the perfect gift!

The holiday season is in full swing, which means a lot of running around and a lot of trying to figure what to get for that hard-to-shop-for loved one. A nav system map update from NAVTEQ can help save time when it comes to both of these issues. Whether store hopping to find that sold-out toy, or need to find a place to pick up a hostess gift on the way to the holiday party, an updated map will get you there.

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of NAVTEQ.  All opinions are 100% mine.

A Story: The Backwards Laundry Switch

I asked my 11 year old son to switch his laundry a little while ago and just realized that he didn’t bring the clothes that were in the dryer, upstairs.  I asked him what he did with the dry clothes and he said he put them back in the washing machine.  I asked him why he did that and he said “Mom, they were in the dryer for like a week”.  “Huh?”, I said.  He said “Mom, you always tell me to re-wash clothes if we left them in the washing machine over night because they’ll smell”.   I couldn’t get on to him after saying that.  I just couldn’t.   I didn’t know what to say.
He was either seriously not thinking about the difference between clothes being left in a washing machine for a few days and clothes being left in a dryer for a few days or he was being really lazy.  Either way, I laughed it off because it was actually pretty funny and I’m sure he won’t do it again.  Or will he?

Marry Me staring Lucy Lui – a Lifetime Movie review

Marry Me staring Lucy Lui - Lifetime MovieI don’t watch TV often.. at all. It takes a very interesting pitch, or really great reviews from family and friends for me to actually sit down to watch a TV show or movie.  My sister recently got me to watch Modern Family and now I’m hooked. I only watch it on Hulu though and on my own time, when I have a few spare minutes.. like at 1:30 in the morning when I can’t sleep.

Despite that, I am so glad I took advantage of the opportunity to review Marry Me, a Lifetime movie staring Lucy Lui.  What a great movie.  Realistic?  No.  Fairytale?  Absolutely!

Lucy Lui plays a single woman who throughout the movie obtains three fiances which creates one big fiasco.

Rae Ann Carter, played by Lucy Lui, is a social worker who despite her rocky love-life past has three men who are trying to win her heart and ask her to marry them.  Rae Ann seems desperate to settle down but sabotages her relationship with the one fiance that truly loves her.  That’s all I’ll say, so I don’t spoil the movie for you.

Marry Me airs December 12th at 9m EST so get the kids to bed, pop some popcorn, pour a glass of wine, and enjoy the 1st part of this two part movie tonight!

Watch a trailer of Marry Me below:

About “Marry Me” – from MyLifetime.com

Lucy Liu stars as Rae Ann Carter, a single aspiring-artist-turned-social-worker who always wanted a fairy-tale romance — to fall madly in love and live happily ever after. But when her two-year relationship falls apart, Rae unexpectedly falls for a new man, Luke (Steven Pasquale), who asks her to marry him after a few short dates. Just as everything seems to fall into place for Rae, her ex-boyfriend Adam (Bobby Cannavale) suddenly re-emerges into her life with a proposal of his own. Things get even further complicated when a third man (Enrique Murciano), smitten by Rae, enters the picture and asks for her hand in marriage, as well. With three men after her heart, who will be Rae’s Prince Charming?

When can you watch Marry Me?

The two night event premieres Sunday, December 12th and concludes on Monday, December 13, airing at 9pm ET/PT on both nights. Other stars include Steven Pasquale (Rescue Me), Bobby Cannavale (The Other Guys), Enrique Murciano (Without a Trace), Annie Potts (Law & Order: SUV), Vanessa Marano (Dexter), Elizabeth Bogush (Big Bang Theory) and Danielle Nicolet (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation).

Enjoy the movie.. let yourself go and enjoy the romance and humor of Marry Me on Lifetime TV.

Win a Calvin Klein Python Shopper Bag from Designer Chatter!

Designer Chatter Calvin Klein giveaway

Do you take reusable shopping bags with you to your local grocery store? I hope so!  What about the book store or the mall?  Probably not.  It just doesn’t seem right to take a flimsy reusable grocery store shopping bag to the mall does it?  Well, now you don’t have to. Check out the Calvin Klein Python Shopper Bag sold at Designer Chatter.   Its classic style and designer quality make it the perfect black shopping bag to take with you every time you go to the mall, the book store, or the beauty store.  Carry the Calvin Klein Python Shopper Bag alone or with your regular hand bag!

Calvin Klein Tote Bag

  • Shiny snake skin tote with silver hardware
  • Magnetic closure
  • inside pockets
  • Width 13″ Length 12″ Handle 9″
  • PVC
  • Imported

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GIVEAWAY!

We are giving 3 lucky readers a Calvin Klein Python Shopper Bag from Designer Chatter!

To enter to win:

Mandatory – 1. Click here to go to Designer Chatter and browse their jewelry selection.  Then come back here and tell us what your favorite piece of jewelry is in the comments below.

Mandatory – 2. ‘Like’ our Facebook page. The 3 winners (First name, Last initial) will be announced on our Facebook page and must respond within 24 hours or a back up winner will be chosen.

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Entries accepted through December 22nd.