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movie party….in MOMs room!

May 21, 2012 Filed in Uncategorized

I am always looking for fun ways to spend time with my kids.
3M sent a projector to help us be creative with family time.
i couldn't wait to use it.

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My mind was immediately full of ideas!
We have an outdoor movie party every year at the end of summer. 
We provide every kind of topping you can imagine and our guests bring their favorite 
kinds of ice cream.
In the past we've borrowed a projector, but now we have the 3Mô Mobile Projector!
It's small and portable and hooks up to an iTouch, iPod, iPad or even my laptop -- amazing!

Most of the time I am not up for hosting a big party with lots of prep and planning. 
But we always have family night on Fridays. It's usually pizza and board games.
this week I surprised the kids with a formal invitation to my party.

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All we need for family night is us!
Just seeing that sign made my three youngest completely thrilled.

We piled onto my bed and used our new 3M projector to make memories together. 
Comfy jammies were required, slippers were also in attendance. 
We needed LOTS of soft pillows and favorite blankets.

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I popped popcorn, bought chocolate chip cookies and we used water bottles for drinks.
Actually, we even shared water bottles, because we are family! 
I don't think I can watch a movie without Mike & Ike's so i made sure we had those too.


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My little girls were very excited. They love to be cuddly with me and with their dad.

The hardest part of the entire evening was choosing a movie! 
We watch lots of movies so it was a challenge to pick one that keeps their interest 
and that they haven't seen. My favorite family movie is "The Emperor's New Groove," so we almost 
chose that. But we hadn't seen HUGO so i went with that one. I rented it from iTunes, downloading 
on the iTouch. The kids found their comfy spot and settled in. There was just barely enough room 
for us, but the squishier the better when it comes to cuddling!

We loved spending time together in a fun new way. You don't need a big party to have fun. 
Sometimes the best times are when you are just together, even if you're smooshed. Ha ha ha!

The 3M projector will be great for slumber parties, camping, team parties...so many possibilities! 
It's so small we can even take it on vacation.

It turns your tiny little iTouch into a movie theater -- that's awesome! 
You can get an additional cable to hook it up to PCs if you don't have the i-products. 
It is also able to be hooked up to bigger speakers for more sound.
It's available at Target. 
Learn more and find special offers here. 

Where would you use it first at your house? Tell me in the comment section to be entered for a 
chance to win a $150 Target gift card!

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Shannon - Love this! My husband would set up the tent in our family room and we would watch it from there!

Emily Larsen - My dream/goal…have a family date night once a month and watch a movie–I love the bedroom idea. For Christmas I would love to spend Christmas Eve at a hotel–free continental breakfast, dinner in the night before and this would be so fun to do on the hotel wall. And of course, presents and swimming in the morning.

IT recruitment - Movie night with my family member is the best way to catch up things
and bonding as well, popcorn’s plus juice or wine will make our night
great!

Katie Jacobson - We would build the screen i found on pintrest using pvc pipe and a white flat sheet. And host movie night as a good behavior reward letting the “child of honor” pick a movie, or have a family night once a week with it. My kids love watching movies and love inviting their friends over to watch movies

Carmen - Since we don’t have a tv in our room, we would use it for movie nights in our room
For a special treat.

denise@victory rd. - i’d use it in the driveway and host a drive-in movie night,
at a friends pool and host a “dive-in movie” night,
in our back yard for camp outs,
and finally and what i’d lvoe most- to use it as you did- the family huddled together in our bed, but watching our family movies on a rainy winter day! *dream*

Debra F - We have a big screen TV (not huge though) in the basement and every Friday night we do family movie night. We order from Netflix, pop pocorn, the kids get to choose either a soda or some candy and we watch as a family.

angie lilly - We actually have a projector in our bedroom but the light bulb in it died and we haven’t replaced it due to cost (over $300 per bulb!). We loved watching movies on it though and do miss it. If we decide to get a new bulb, I know it will stay right over our bed like it is now! LOL

Jill H. - In the living room

Jammie - we love movie night, a little popcorn and some junior mints to make a ton of memories. sweepmorey at gmail dot com

maria cantu - We would use it in my bedroom first.

Ashley Tucker - https://twitter.com/ajoy1332/status/218493283565969408
ajoy1332 at yahoo dot com

Ashley Tucker - I’d use it in the bedroom!
ajoy1332 at yahoo dot com

Jes - we have wanted one for so long, we have 6 kids and have been dying to purchase one!!

Cori Westphal - I’d set this up in my sons room, because it’s the darkest room in the house!
coriwestphal at msn dot com

Betty C - I have the perfect wall in my bedroom so that’s where I would use it first. I’d also like to use it outside some evening.

Eugenie Wu - we usually order pizza delivery and Eskimo Pie and rent a dvd. half the time it seems to involve vampires movies.

Howell - we like to have popcorn or some snacks like pizza or Mexican bites. always hard to choose a movie.

Shel - In our living room on our wall for family movie night.
shel704 at aol dot com

Kerry - I’d love to use it outside on a beautiful summer night!

Kpagliaro - I would love to have this for my 6 year old daughter! We don’t allow her to have a tv in her room, so she would be thrilled to use this projector to have a family movie night in her own bedroom. We would do popcorn and coke (movie night only treat:)! Thanks for posting this cute idea and for the chance to win!

LAMusing - We’d use it on the patio on warm summer nights!

Tabathia B - tweet
https://twitter.com/ChelleB36/status/215198883603693568
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com

Tabathia B - renting a movie from blockbuster or redbox and picking up a pizza from little ceaser’s
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samantha Jo campen - We have a huge empty wall in our living room I haven’t done anything with. It would be great for a Star Wars marathon with our son!
Samanthajocampen at gmail

Ashley Hatten - https://twitter.com/shuggysmommy/status/213018384579829760
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Ashley Hatten - Definitely would use it outside on the shed in our back yard! How fun for summer evenings!! thanks so much!

Crystal Rau - So great for our upcoming movie night bday party in July!!!

Tian Hapsari - Me and my husband favorite way to watch the movie is cuddle up on the couch and prepare tons of snack and drink. thank you for the chance.

jennifer horn - We pile up on the couch with a lot of popcorn and stay up late.

Erika - My favorite is with lots of good food and no lights on. This sounds like so much fun!
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Denise L - We have a 2 year old, so not many family movie nights lately. When our little one gets older, I can’t wait to show movies outside on the side of the garage. Totally reminds me of the Drive-Ins of my childhood 🙂

Sunshyn V - I would use it on the deck that we are currently building. It would be awesome to be able to watch movies outdoors.

steph - id use it in our bedroom for an indoor campout!

Jen - My son loves to create home movies and we are always crowding around the ipad or laptop to view them. This would be a perfect way to share his creations and view them together as a family.

cw - I would love to use it in our backyard this summer!

Jennifer S - Movie Night for me: Pizza with my hubby curled up on the couch with our dog.

Kellie Rose Wilson - We would use it in our family room, snuggled in blankets while eating popcorn!

Melissa T - honestly… i’d use it in bed.. on the ceiling, it seems so awesome! 😀

vanessa delgado - we enjoy watching movies cuddled on our big couch with blankets and eating popcorn and doritos with cheese dip.

Anne - We would love to use it our bedroom, garge with the neighbors, and n trips.

elisabeth (bovagoods) - this is brilliant! i want i want!!!

Gina M Maddox - We love hanging out on the sofa with a big bowl of popcorn. The projector looks awesome!
Thanks for the chance to win!
gina.m.maddox (AT) gmail (DOT) com

Dina - We were just talking about movie nights on the garage door yesterday! This would work great.

ria - probably outside on the balcony

Rebecca Graham - I would use it outside.

sy - We watch movies on hdtv using xbox streaming, the projector would be much more portable, it’d be nice to watch movies in bed. Thanks for the review and giveaway.
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Amy Lanham - Oh this is soooo cool! I would love to have one of these for backyard movie bike drive-in! That would be so fun with lots of naighborhood kiddies!

Christina Tong - I tweeted about this giveaway: https://twitter.com/ctong2/status/208467722575691776
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Christina Tong - I would use it first at the backyard with my family and friends after a barbecue. We would have a lot of fun.
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Leann Lindeman - We would watch a movie in our living room.. we have a super tall ceiling… perfect for this!

valerie - My daughter just got her first iTouch. She would love the projector to watch movies in her room at sleepovers! Would also be so fun to do an outside family movie night. 🙂

sandra - with lots of popcorn and snacks

anash - we would use it in our backyard and camp out! Thanks for a super giveaway!

anash - Tweeted:
https://twitter.com/anashct3/status/208181849242091520
Thanks for the chance to win!
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anash - Tweeted:
https://twitter.com/anashct3/status/208181849242091520
Thanks for the chance to win!
email: anashct1 [at] yahoo [dot] com

anash - for family nights this would suit us! Thanks for a super giveaway!

Angie - Oh- definitely outside for family movie night! I would love to have a movie night for our whole neighborhood, just like yours! This is so cute! And convenient! I love how small it is…projectors are awesome, but this one takes the cake…!

Charity - Sounds really cool!

jessica - I would pull it out to celebrate the last day of school, in the backyard, withy every pillow from the house, and something cold to drink.

Emily T - Thanks for sharing…ah, the possibilities! We would do drive in movies on the driveway/garage door with the neighborhood kids.

maria - At the dentist’s office! if my kid’s dentist gets a flat screen with cartoons at the pediatric dentist, why can’t I watch something when I’m just laying there getting my teeth cleaned ;0) We’d watch movies in our room, take on vacation for the hotel room or cabin, use for our school movie night fundraisers, use while taking a bubble bath – not near the tub of course, outdoor movie parties, parties for slideshows, the possibilities are endless! I must have one! Love that it’s so portable.

Paola - Ohhhh…i would love to have many movie nights in my backyard…it would be soooo much fun.
Paola

Vaughn Thayer - We would be able to use this in so many different ways! I have a lot of movies saved on my computer, so being able to hang a sheet on the fence and have a summer evening movie would be so much fun, also it would be fun to use it during those rainy afternoons during the summer.
In addition to using it at home, I would be able to use it in my preschool classroom to show movies or videos of the circle time songs that we sing.
Our family would get a lot of use out of the projector!

Tina M - in the back yard

MyLinda - This would be so much fun!! I think we would steal your idea and have a movie night in mom & dad’s bed 🙂

TamiV - I just bought the most fabulous vintage screen at a barn sale last week, now I just need the projector! I would love to watch movies outside this summer, I love that this little projector is so portable! 🙂 Pick me please!

jenni - It would be SO FUN to show a movie in the backyard! Or the basement! Our family would find lots of uses for this!!

Jessie C. - In the living room first.

Nicole F. - Movie night on the backyard fence! I’ve been dying to do this for so long! 🙂

Stephanie C. - I’d love to do an outdoor movie!

Dee - I’d use it on the patio for a movie night outdoors 🙂

Kelly D - I would project a movie onto our Great Room wall.

Jennifer Radtke - We would use it in our bedroom. We have beautiful white walls in there and the hubby’s old cabinet sized speakers. This would be SO much fun.

Julia - Outdoor movie night for the neighborhood for sure! We have so few warm nights here in the SF Bay Area (that’s to the fog) I’ve wanted to take advantage of them with a movie night since we bought our house. Our driveway can easily fit 4 cars, so if we make it a bring-you-own-chair deal the whole street could come!
My choice for the first movie: The Princess Bride

Amanda S - We would use this in the living room….set up with lots of blankets, pillows, and snacks 🙂

Cindy Brooks - We’d hang a big sheet outside and watch on the deck under the stars!
someluckydog at gmail dot com

tara pittman - WE love redbox and pizza

kateh - A great big 5th grade graduation presentation party with rolling picture’s from kinder through the huge 5th grade performance! Yeah!

heather - This is such a fun product!!! We do playroom movie nights and it would be a lot easier to use this little guy than drag the old tv in and set up the dvd player!! 🙂

Brandy - Maybe on the ceiling in our family room!

Linda R. - My husband has been wanting to do an outdoor neighborhood movie night ever since I showed him one of your blog posts about it. Our new neighborhood is crawling with kids, and it would be a blast to get everybody together!

Melissa N. - I’d do like you, I’d put it in our bedroom first, and snuggle down with the hubs, baby, cat and two dogs and enjoy a good cartoon 🙂

Tammy - I’d definitely use it at our cabin in the woods. String a large white sheet between two trees and set up lounge chairs for everyone to enjoy under the stars! A bonfire off to the side and lots of blanket. What more could you ask for on a beautiful summer night.

christine f. - Whoa! That’s the coolest gizmo ever.

Katie - I would use it on the very white wall in our apartment’s living room. We haven’t hung anything there yet and it is just perfect to show a movie every Saturday on it for date night.

jodi - we would do movie night on our screened in porch – too fun!

Denise - This sounds like such fun! I would love to have one!

Heather - I actually think this would be so fun to take camping, but inside my house I would have to make a giant screen on a living room wall. And now I need some Mike N Ikes….

Wendy B., NJ - I would love to use this for family movie night in our room too! We no longer have a vcr/dvd player in there and this would be perfect!

Trudy - hang up a bedsheet outside for movies and invite other families over!

Michelle Holden - My family would love this!! We have a wall perfect in our bedroom for family nights and a wall in the backyard for kids night!!! You rock Meg

beth - Our family room – great spot above the fireplace with plenty of room for all of us (and friends!) on the sectional!

Tracey Garcia - ohhhhh I want it sooooo bad!!! I have been wanting to have a movie night in the back yard forever and didn’t have a way to project the movie. I hope I win!!!1

Denissa - Would love to do it outside on the side of our house! How fun!!

kim Stefanoni - Love this-We’d use it in the back yard to watch a movie with the neighbors or use it in the basement and cuddle up for a “sleep out” down there!

Jodie Reimink - We’d use it to watch movies during swim meets 🙂

Becky - Outdoor movie in the backyard for sure!

Kelly Massman - basement-we have a great big white wall there!! Thanks for a chance to win and have a great day!
kmassmanATgmailDOTcom

Marie Treat - I would love to have a movie night in our backyard!! So fun!

kim - family room! my 2 kids love movie night also…with sleeping bags and pillows ready to cuddle on couch and watch a movie!

Tim - Awesome!

Jodi Lozauskas - I would SO have a movie night in my backyard. We have a great shed that would be perfect for shining a movie on. Some pillows, blankets, chimenea going…what could be better? We have a great neighborhood,so I can see everyone in my backyard!

Virginia Bibler - Awesome! Sounds so fun!

Amy - This 3M projector is totally cool…I would love to have one so I can bring the movie night outdoor, especially in the summer. I love family movie night. My son and daughter takes turn picking a movie to watch (limited to 1 per night though). I’m always the one who prepare the snacks and drinks for our fun night cuddling on the couch.
Amy [at] utry [dot] it

Angela - I would use this in our backyard projected onto the house for a big family movie night!

The Lovely One - I love the extra effort you put in to family movie night!

Briana - We would use it on the living room wall for a fun family night.

Annette D - We enjoy picking out a fun movie that the whole family will enjoy and ordering pizza to eat while we watch!

Kirsten Dehmlow - We would use the projector to show a movie for my daughter’s birthday party!

Patricia - Tweeted too!
Patricia Harrison ‏@frankiecamaro
Awesome contest! http://megduerksen.typepad.com/whatever/2012/05/movie-partyin-moms-room.html

Patricia - This would be outstanding against the back of our garage this summer!

Angela McGowan - This is too cool!! I’d use it in the former garage that I converted into a family room, and I’d have lots of friends and family over!!

Mae - Welcome summer party for the neighborhood!!

Angie Vincent - I would love to use this for our moms/kids camping playdate this summer. How fun to sit around a fire with our kindergartners watching movies outside!

Jenna - I think we could do a big outdoor movie party at the lake!

Rebekah - Outdoor movie, for sure!

Jenny B. - I am not sure where I would use it in my house first (lots of possibilities!) – I can see my 7-year-old wanting to play a giant game of Angry Birds. 🙂 I can also think of great ways to use it teaching school. Every teacher needs an iPad and one of these projectors!

Tamara H. - The first place we would use would definately be the backyard movie theater….a sheet, two ladders and two boards!

Alaina Bennett - My son’s wedding rehearsal that is going to be outdoors! That would be so awesome!!!!!!!!!

Meaghan - I have wanted one of these forever!!! I’d love to have friends over or a schools out party /) so many memories

Whitney - Movie night occurs at least once a week at my house, but I have been dying to host a ‘drive-in’ movie night in our backyard. There is only one problem…we have no way to project the movie. Kind of a key component! this would be perfect and the size would make it so easy to store when the night is over. I need this 3M projector! 🙂

Tiffany - Oh my gosh! We have a vaulted ceiling in our family room with only a mirror hanging there. Would be PERFECT on that wall with our couches and pillows/blankets! I hope I win, I have been thinking about getting one of those ever since Meg started blogging about her neighborhood movie night in the summer. HOW FUN!!

Biz - We have a great room that we can’t afford to put a tv in right now, but it has a giant white wall that would be perfect to project movies off of!

Amy - What an amazing little little projector! I’d love to try a backyard movie party. There’s an empty lot behind our house so we’d have lots of room. The more the merrier!

Kelly - I would use it in our front living room that has no tv so it would be perfect!

Lorilei - Our living room!

Corie - Our big back yard has a downward slope, which makes it pretty hard to use for outdoor dining, soccer, etc. But it’s great for the slip-n-slide, and…. an outdoor movie!! Yes, please!

Jessie Sterling - So stinking cool!! I would use this in the backyard with neighbors for sure!

Mollie - I would use it just as you did, a big party in the bedroom, all snuggles up together!

Lisa K - First I would use it for an end of the school year party – a night time pool party and movie on a big white sheet behind the pool! Second, I would use it when my two college roomies come with their kids for our annual get together – three mamas and 15 kids – I think an outdoor movie night would be great entertainment!

Jen M. - I was JUST thinking about having an outdoor movie night and this is just what I need to make that happen!

Mary B - Wow, awesome! That would be so much fun to do with our small family right now!! Thanks for the chance to win!!

Kris - This is amazing!!! Win or not, I’m asking for this for Christmas. I wish I had known about it before Mother’s Day. I am in LOVE.
First place in the house….not in the house at all. My soon to be 3 year old is requesting her friends come over and watch Sleeping Beauty. I’m thinking outside. With a sheet hanging from our house. Princess chairs, princess crowns, plastic high heels and lots of junk food.
AAHHHHH….ok, I probably cannot wait until Christmas!

s - depends on whether it needs to be plugged in or not…if it works without being plugged in, I’d set up a sheet at the lake and we’d hunker down in beach chairs with snacks.
If we need to plug it in, we’d use blow up mattresses in our larger family room, grab snacks, and settle in!

Yvette E - What a great new gadget I would start in the backyard with movies after swimming in the pool and movie night which is usually Friday in our house

Helen - We moved and have a great neighborhood – would love to have a neighborhood block party with an outdoor movie!!

Teresa M - My favorite movie nites don’t happen all the time,. It is when I get to visit my granddaughter and we snuggle on the couch with popcorn and get to watch a movie we love.

Liam R - Watch movies with the kids

Lacey N - I would use it for movie night in the yard. I was just talking to my daughter about wanting to do this 🙂

lisa elizarraras - would love to try this out in the front yard!!

Melody - It would be great to project on the side of the house for an outdoor movie night!

Jennifer - We just got our little pool up today, and my DD’s 4 year b-day party is in a few months. We would love to be able to let the kids swim late on that summer night while enjoying a movie (probably My Little Pony)!

sonya - lilsoak + friends - Backyard for sure with awesome lounge chairs.

jennibell - I would have one of your outdoor summer ice cream movie parties!

stephanie - probably in one of the kid’s rooms……sleeping bags and pillows….and lots of snacks : )

Kelly - That is just about the coolest thing ever!!!

tinycandi - Awesome idea! I would definitely use it in my room!

Amber - omg! that is so cool! we do family movie nights and it would be AWESOME to be able to do them outside!!
the So Cal summer weather is perfect for a night at the movies and I can just see the kids eating s’mores watching Madagascar now!!

ErinG - I have always wanted to have an outdoor movie party! This would be perfect!

shauna - this is rad! we’d definitely use this on our garage! we have gotta get one this summer.

Ashley Hall - We do family movie night on Sundays! We would use it in our room with the whole family!

Shannon - Family movie night outdoors and playing games n the iPad2 on the ceiling!!!

Misela - We would watch a movie under the stars while at the beach this summer…what could be better than cuddling up with your favorite someone on a warm night and watching a romantic movie outside?

Amanda Larkins - Very neat! We would use it in our living room.

Brandi - Looks like the perfect girls night activity in the backyard!

Cindy B. - Would love to do outside movies with my 3 grandgirls!!!

Lisa B - That looks like so much fun!!

Jennie W - We’d use this on our back deck on a warm summer evening…after the baby is in bed.

Sara M. - We’re lucky enough to have a family ranch house (with cows and pigs and fishin’ and all that good stuff) that we love to go to. It’d be amazing to have movies under the stars!

Jennifer B - I would hang up a big white blanket from our old oak tree and have an outdoor movie night and campfire!

Lisa - Right now, we have an empty room (due to a water leak) so it would make a perfect “big screen” room! Popcorn for mom, Reese’s mini peanut butter cups for son, and here come “TRANSFORMERS”! He would LOVE a wall-size viewing!

Julie W - This looks like the best thing ever. I am so excited.

Caryn O - We have a big wall in our playroom that is completely empty….this would be perfect for it!!!

Erica - My husband and I were just talking about possibly getting one, but the price has always seemed so high. This one is affordable thanks for sharing!

Katalin Meszaros - I would love to have this for my nephews and nieces and have a backyard movie night with them.

Molly - So cool! I would love to have an outside movie night with my kids.

Marie - What a great idea! I would use it first in my room too. My kids love being in our bed. What a great way to change up movie night.

April R - oh wow! how fun!
wish we had a big ol’ barn wall to host an outdoor movie night; that’d be my first choice.
a close second would be to snuggle up on the bed in our jammies 🙂
what a great idea!

Angela - Outside movie is on our summer bucket list. I think this would be an awesome father’s day gift.

Tami C - Are you kidding me?! We would use the crazy out of that projector! Out door movie nights for the kids at home and at church. Fun fun!

Kelly - Would LOVE to use this out back on the side of our shed.
Family movie night is the best, indeed!!

Kristy - What an amazing product! We would use it in the backyard, for sure!

Kerstie Pederson - We have neighborhood movie nights every summer. Everyone has a different piece of the equipment so… it a little bit of a pain. SO, the first thing I would do with this , is to invite the neighbors for a stress free easy movie night!

Janet B. - We would first use it in the den on the big blank wall!

Kate - So fun! I would use it first in my little boys room – he just got a new big man bed, and he is a little scared of it. This would make it a fun, happy place!

KelleyW - We would use it in our playroom. Oh how my boys would love this!

Brandy McCoy - I would use it to project pictures onto my daughter’s wall so that we can repaint/redecorate her room to her specifications. LOL I love DIY wall paintings.

shannan - would be fabulous for this summer!

Dana Howell - It would be great to carry around and show friends and fam school performances and award ceremonies that you have recorded!

Lynda M. - I would host a dive in movie night at our pool watching the movie on pool floats!!

kelly d - In the family room!!!

Sarah Vincent - I think it would be a fun way to break in our new movie room at our new house!

Jen Jeschke - We LOVE movie nights at our house, we’ve set up a tv on our deck for all of the kids to sit and watch and made a fire, etc….this would be amazing to have!

Meredith - I think we would use it out on the built in patio. It’s quiet and quaint little spot, take the air mattress out there and cuddle up!

nancy beach - This is awesome. We love movie night!

Jennifer W. - We just built a treehouse, and I’m envisioning a movie on the wall of the treehouse!!!!

sarah roberts - Such a fun idea for family time! We would love to use it at our house!

Tiffany Smith - Awesomeness!! I hadn’t heard of anything like this! Our family would use it in our monthly sleepover in our living room fort 🙂

Janel Sagert - Would love this for me and my littles!

Jenn D - We would use it in the family room- with all of the blankets and pillows off our beds surrounding us 🙂

cassie o - i’ve been talking my husband’s ear off about wanting to host a movie night in our backyard and the only thing stopping us is locating a projector! problem solved! (and i love how portable it is!)

Ruth - I would love to use it in our backyard!

Stephanie - We don’t have a TV in our bedroom, so I would love to curl up in bed and watch a movie with my hubby!

Ruth Baumgartner - Every Friday is Family Movie Night at our house, always pizza, always fun-even if the movie is lame! This would be perfect for making it all the sweeter!

Emily - We would hang a sheet and bring our sleeping bags outside! Would be perfect to watch “The Sandlot” one of our families favorites!!!! We could roast hotdogs ans smores on our firepit!

Erin - I’m this would be great for a “drive in movie” of sorts in the backyard. I’ve always wanted to do that and this sounds perfect. Loved your idea of movie in the bedroom, though. We’ll have to try that too!

Chrissy - Oh wow!! HOW COOL! Either a family movie night first or have the kids invite a bunch of friends for a movie party! So cool!

Alyssa - This would be perfect for my bedroom! I would love one.

jen smith - i would use it in my room cause we have a king size comfy bed and it’s my favorite place to watch tv and movies!

Meaghan - That looks like so much fun! an outdoor movie night would be awesome in our new backyard!

Lissa Welch - I’m thinking it would be so cool projected on the ceiling so you can lay flat in bed and just look up!

Elizabeth - I have been wanting to do a Backyard movie for a long time now but we could never afford a projector! This is perfect! And I love how I just discovered your blog! Seems like kismet!

Kelly - What a neat product. Would be great to watch movies off of our iPad.

Tracy - In my bedroom, for sure!

Beth - Hi Meg! I just blogged about your giveaway on my blog: http://partofthemiracles.blogspot.com/2012/05/busted-paw-slow-computer-books-and-last.html Thanks!
Beth

Naomi Williams - I would use this for my daughter’s bday party coming up…7 year olds would LOVE this! 🙂

Kristin Hayne - Oh man… I would use this for girl nights… family nights in our backyard (we have a great blank wall to project onto) and even at family events to show the movies I make!! So excited about this!! Had no idea that these were compatible to the iTouch!

shara - love it! we would totally use it in the backyard! set up a fun little family movie night outside 🙂

Pam - An outdoor summer movie is on my list as a special treat for my boys. I would love to win the card to buy this! Thank you for the opportunity!

Linda B - I would love to use it to watch my PBS Masterpiece Mystery episodes in the Master bedroom.

Michelle - How fun! We’d definitely have family movie night with this!!!

Kirsten J - This would totally go in my daughter’s room – perfect for a sleepover!!

Cassandra - Very cool, we could use it outside during those hot summer nights!

Lynn - I would use it at my husband’s 40th birthday party in July. It is a suprise and it’s a mustache theme. I would love to play “Smokey and the Bandit” on the side of the garage. The guys would just love it!

Linette Stephens - Definitely outside!! So much fun to have lots of people over have lots of fun snacks and watch a movie outside!!

Bree - I also posted about this on my blog.

Bree - Thank you for the giveaway. This would be perfect for our new neighborhood movie parties.

giving - We would have a HUGE neighborhood movie night! Right in our backyard! I am SURE ALL THE NEIGHBORS will want one!!! COOL! Thanks for offering this giveaway! 🙂

Karen - We are hosting an “Alien” movie night this weekend. It would be so much better if we could project it and make it big!
P.S. I LOVE your rainbow quilt on the foot of you bed!

northern cottage - how fun that you all stacked in there for a snuggle fest! At our house – we’d kick off the summer right with an outdoor movie (including fun snacks & BUGSPRAY) Just imagine being surrounded by the night sky full of stars, fireflies in the background and snuggling up with loved ones to enjoy the show!

Jen - I’ve been wanting to do an outdoor neighborhood movie night for a while now. This is perfect! I love how small it is, and it would be much easier to set up than complicated ones.

Susan C. - We would watch a movie in our living room.

Holly R. - That looks exciting. I think that we would do a family movie night in our basement. I love the invitation idea, too!

DiAnn Cardona - School is out for us on June 20th. We would have a movie night to celebrate. Thannk you.

Stacy Loggins - Would love to do movies in the backyard, we have a great deck for lots of people, the kids would love to have their friends over for some movies!!

Jessica - I think I would project a movie on the garage door!

Stephanie - I would use it EVERYWHERE! What a cool little projector!

Ashley H. - outside in the front yard for a neighborhood “drive-in” night!

Shawna - Thinking of all the possibilities….

Nicole C - I’ve been dreaming of movies on the lawn- quilts on the ground, popcorn, and strings of lights everywhere…

~Heather - Basically: cocoa, popcorn and a blanket big enough to cover us all.

Courtney - Ohmygoodness! We just bought a house and have NO living room furniture… So I would set up blankets and pillows and “camp out” on the floor! 🙂

Melissa - I would use it in the backyard and have a altitude movie party for the older kids on the circle. Maybe some favorite 80’s movies!

Julie J - I would use it outside for a party for my teenage daughter and her friends. We also have teens from our church over at times and we would definitely use it for that as well.

Becky J - 🙂 I have always wanted to do a movie under the stars night…our family of 5 loves good movies…so…we’d be packing it out on our deck to have a backyard movie premiere!! Thanks Meg for the awesome giveaway!! 🙂 p.s. I think we would roast weenies and have smores to round out the FUN!!

christineb - THis would be fun in the yard! Love this.

Erin - We are re-finishing our basement this summer. What a fun addition to our “new” family space!

Jessica Miller - I would use it in our NEW living room in our NEW house! How exciting! I can think of no better way to make our new home feel like a family home than to hook this up & watch away!

amy - I think we would set up a movie night in the driveway and watch it on the garage door. We would have a great time with the neighbors!

whitney - Love that this is small and portable!!!

Ali - How fun! I must start such a tradition for the summer! If we had a projector I would love to have an outdoor movie night. I guess I would have to put up flyers in the hen house and rabbit hutch….

Christy - We just bought a camper and are very excited to go camping as a family. This would be a great addition to our camping gear!

Elizabeth - This looks like such a fun item to have! My kids would love this!

Jill - Oooooooooooooo LOVE movie night! ALL of it! We have a great back patio at our new house. It would be IDEAL for a movie night! THAT is where I would try it FIRST! The possibilities are….ENDLESS!
What fun!

Analia - Summer movie nights in the backyard!!! Sounds awesome! And the projector is so tiny!

FabLabCO - My kids have had a great time brainstorming different activities we could do this summer with a mobile projector. Make their own movie to show to their grandparents is my favorite.

Lizz - I would use it with my grandparents to show them pictures at their apartment, since they don’t use the internet. 🙂
I would probably use it even more at school, I am an art teacher and would love to use the projection and touch screen technology from my ipad with my lesson!! I really want one of these, so fun!!

Heather - We would pile the blankets and pillows and kids in the living room for a family night!
Projectors are awesome but very pricey, I’m very excited about this one!

Susan Ketcham - outside for sure, so fun!

Ronda - Outside movie nights in the summer! This would be so much fun for the kids and adults. 🙂

Lisa - We have movie night every week as well and I would love to win this!!! Would definitely use it in our new backyard! 🙂

Jen Lemke - I would use it in our backyard for an outdoor movie night! So fun!

kristin - and sheesh….PRESCHOOL!!!!!! imagine what i could do with it there?!?!?!?!

kristin - okay. i would shamelessly beg for one of these. first thought i had: the kids always want to watch movies of when they were babies (which means i spend the whole time teary) and this would let us watch them on something other than the laptop. oh, it’s fantastic.

Lindsey J. - How fun!!! I would love to use this with my 2 little boys and all their friends in the backyard. What a great way to kick off summer.

Annette - Uhmmm, YEAH! I am a complete technology dork, but I think even I could do this…
Thanks!

Su@TheIntentionalHome - I so want this. Just this weekend, we had 21 teenagers over to our house and for part of the evening we all went out on the deck to watch a movie. Hung a big white sheet on the side of the house. . got out the blankets (it was chilly this weekend) and popcorn. Movies outside are so much more fun than inside. Or movies all in Mom and Dad’s bed are so much more fun than just in front of tv. So I would do the deck movie showing again if I won this projector. . . no more borrowing one 🙂 Thanks for a generous giveaway.

Patsy Schmidt - We would use it all piled up in our bed….outside on the side of our barn….everywhere! And I am so happy I found your blog……I LOVE it and you (even though we just ‘met’. ;).
Patsy. http://Www.missmaggierae.blogspot.com

rosemarie - i would use it outside in the backyard we have been wanting one of these for years

Deanna Winne - I’d love to do the outside party like your family.

Laine - I would totally use this for a family movie night in our room. My kids would LOVE that and think it was the best thing in the while wide world! =D

Shelley - Camping is the first place I’d take it!! How fun would that be??

Nancy - Oh that is fun! Probably down in our family room with the big blank wall!!

sharon morrissette - this is me commenting that i like movie projectors.
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GretchenP - the bedroom sounds great to me! 🙂 thanks for the giveaway!

Katy Pflaum - This would be so great for college movie nights. I would use it somewhere under the stars first with a group of friends!

Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - Oh I think this would be so much fun in our backyard with lots of neighbors and lots of yummy snacks.

Sarah - Would love to have a family movie night outside!

Robin Riley - For sure a backyard movie party!!

Donna - I would love this!! I’ve been wanting a projector and this would be the perfect one. I think I would use it for a backyard movie night the first time.

jeri - I would hang up white sheets in our back yard and have the neighbors over for a “drive in” movie night. We’d light up the fire pit and make s’mores. Everyone could bring their own blankets and pillows!

Jessi Caddell-Hunsucker - I would use this in the side yard of our new farm house 🙂 we could snuggle up and have a little fire with smores! yay i can’t wait for summer!

Karen - I would love to use the 3m projector for a fun movie night for my 10year olds birthday – on the trampoline! Thanks!

Stephanie Walker - This is so cool! I have not ever seen it until your blog nwould love it for my family.

christine ishmael - We’d watch a movie in our backyard projected against the garage wall! Lots of pillows & snacks!

Elizabeth Beesley - Hello awesome! We would love this. I can see us with sleeping bags, pillows and blankets out on our screened in porch. Love it.

Jill Trecker - We’d take it out front and have neighborhood movie night projected on the garage door and sit in the driveway! Very fun.

Allison - Definitely in the living room with all the furniture pushed out if the way with mattresses on the floor. 🙂

Lisa - OMG! i would die for one of these! I have been wanting to have an outdoor movie night, lots of them actually, during the summer. I would use mine outside for sure! How fun!!

Lauren - I’d use it to watch movies in bed since there’s no tv in my room!

Heather Salazar - This is great, I love it!
I would host a backyard movie night.
Heather

Barbara Nelson - Wow, I would use it on the deck puside and invite my nephews over they would love it.
Thanks for the chance, Barbara

katherine - would love to win!!

Christian Kay - We would definitely have a stay in bed movie WEEKEND if we had a movie projector! Sounds like so much fun!

robyn - we would have summer movie nights all summer long…outside of course and with smores!

Carol - A kid-friendly movie and a sleepover with the Grandkids.

tobi - THE DECK!

Connie - I would definitely use this for movie nights random places like the side of a barn, the old outdoor theater at the park, the wall in the bathroom… the possibilities are endless!!

Jenn - Meg – That thing looks too good to be true! I am excited to check it out! How was the picture quality?

Kelly - definitely the backyard although it would completely solve our “do we get a tv?” question too since we could use it right in our living room without craning our necks to see the computer! 🙂 Kelly

Jenn - SO FUN! I’d play that baby on the wall in our garage!!! Or maybe on the wall in my girls’ bedroom…loved your invitations!

Barbara Youngren - I would use it in our loft when the grandkids are here. Sounds like so much fun!

Beth - I would use it for outdoor summer parties!!

Carrie - How fun would it be to watch a movie in the backyard while we are in the pool?! A dive-in movie!!

Heather - I’d use it on the balcony, projecting on the side of the house. It would be so fun, especially with the wonderful weather we’ve been having.

Debbie B - tweeted here:
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Linda Totman - We would use it outside on blankets around the pool projected on the side of the house!

Carla G - I would let my boys use it in their rooms (and have friends sleep over, of course!!). Fun! 🙂

KatieD - In the back yard!

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - I would love to do a family movie night in the backyard

e - I would use it to show my three year old all the Disney movies that are too scary to be seen in a big theater – he’ll feel safe in our house and I could fast forward as needed! 🙂

Jennifer T. - We have family movie night every Friday. We would show a movie in our back yard with the projector. How fun!

Amy - We also have regular family movie nights with our 4 kiddos but would LOVE to try one outside underneath the stars. How fun would that be???

Cory - I would host a movie night in the backyard.

Jena Selph - Its a toss up…I LOVE your idea with the sign and cuddling with my girls in our room (that still has a VHS!) but an outdoor movie night with neighbors and friends sounds awesome! Good times for sure! Thanks so much for a chance to win!

Debbie B - we enjoy our family movie night in the living room with popcorn and chips and dips
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Kate W. - i would love to use it, snuggled up in bed like this 🙂

ginny - on the side of the shed. we hosted a huge party last october and a friend brought their projector and we watched the cardinals win a game in the world series.

Kristen - Too much fun…we have always dreamed about making out backyard into a movie theater!

Lisa - Am dying to have one of these for neighborhood get togethers or fun family nights! I hope I win! So fun!

jennie - What a fun family night, Meg!!

Leslie Blair - We would use it for our annual father-child campout in our friend’s backyard. an outdoor movie on the side of the house is always the last activity of the night.

Beth P - That sounds soooo fun!!!

elizabeth highsmith - Outdoor movie would be so fun!

Cathy A - On the screen porch!

Eliece - I’d use it on the garage door or in the backyard.

beth - Wow, very cool. I’d probably try an outdoor movie party, that’s always seemed like a lot of fun!

mel - i think it would be lots of fun for the kids and their friends for an “end of year movie party” outside in the yard!

Jess Mead - How cool is this!?!? A snuggly movie night in our bed sounds fabulous!!

Missy Mayo - Fun! We could use it in our backyard… I’m thinking of football season!! 🙂

Jennifer - Oh my goodness … what a MAGICAL little gadget! 🙂 We’d definitely host lots of backyard movie nights. This would also be great to use on overnights with my Girl Scout troop! What fun!

LibraryGirl62 - I would use it just like you did-to get my two “leaving me for college” babies in my bed to cuddle and spend some time together 🙂

betsy berre - we live on the creek and love the hum of the frogs and sounds of the fountains outside. we would set up blankets and project it on a sheet out back! so fun

Kasey - Fun! I’d use it in our playroom.

Mariah Steart - This is so rad! I would use it on our back deck and invite all of our neighborhood friends

Kristin Fleck - HOW COOL!! we’d use it in our bedroom

Maria - Love the bedroom movie night…I think that would be the first place…

danelle - We would take it to the lake and have an outdoor movie party with lake friends in our sleeping bags!

Barbara - Outside! Kowabunga – that would be LOTS of fun!
Thanks, Meg, for the chance!!

kathy - I didnt even know I COULD have a movie night that cool! WOW! It would be fun to do in my little little boys’ room. with the whole family.

Makila - We are wanting to do an outdoor movie night! Wahoo for the giveaway.
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jen - backyard movie night pronto!!!

Tiffany - In college we would do a “dive in drive in”. We’d go to the college pool and project a movie on a wall. Watching a movie, while swimming is super fun! It would be a blast to host a party like that at my parents’ pool!

amy jupin - so cool!
i would love to surprise john with something like this!
we would use it outback on the screened porch for the first summer sleepover!
i just want to keep typing with exclamation points!!!!!

Carol - Love it! We would use it to watch movies in our side yard on a sheet – yay!

Jennifer - Summer movies outside. For sure.

Jen - We have two boys, 6(next month) and three. Whenever their dad is out of town for work, the three of us have a movie night. It’s their special mom and kid thing. This would make it so fun to do outside this summer, projected on the side of our white house.

Amy @ Little for a Little While - How fun! Our house is small, so it’d have to be in mom and dad’s room too, or outside!

Sarah{Handbags*N*Pigtails} - Oh my goodness I would love to win this for my husband. Not only do we dream of outdoor movies in the summer with the girls(both at home and on our camping trips) but also with our youth group.
We’ve been youth leaders for nearly 9 years now and the kids loved it when we’ve borrowed an old fashioned projector in the past. The last one we showed was Faith Like Potatoes so its been awhile.

Sara Manring - Love your family movie night idea – and with the invitation too! It would be fun to host a neighborhood movie night and tie some christian outreach with it.

Katelyn - This would be great to be use in our living room!!

Melissa S - out on the deck

Joy - We would have movie night for my sweet boys 12th birthday.

Tracy Fisher - I would use it in our bedroom. Everyone in one bed. Snacks and all (Milk Duds, Popcorn with real butter and Gummy Bears). I only have 3 1/2 years until our oldest is off to college. I need more of these moments… that is what I know for sure. 🙂
Tracy

Jill Jones - Holy heck, I could do some damage at Target with $150!
-Jill

rachel - I’m a teacher and I need this in my classroom. Oh the possibilities!

Amanda - Super fun! With the nights finally staying warm here in PA, we’d do an outdoor movie night with the movie playing on the garage. What a neat machine!

marcie - That is soooo cool!! The first place I use it wouldn’t actually be at home. I am a children’s director at a church and I would plan a cool family night there first I’m sure and then I woulkd definitely use it at home too 🙂
Marcie

Andi - Outside for sure!

Megan J - I would have used it for today’s Girl Scout meeting. We watched a first aid video on my laptop in the basement of the church. 🙂 We would probably do the same thing you did and have a family movie in our bed.

beth - I asked for one of these for my birthday. I thought it would be fun to take it on our vacation to Wisconsin, hang a sheet from the trees and have an outdoor movie night!

Hope - would use it for youth group gatherings.

Brigid - Having this nifty little gadget would get us motivated to finish our backyard movie theater… I mean patio;-)

Sara M - in our bedroom instead of a big tv hanging on the wall

kimmie - this would be so much fun in the pool area! we could float in the pool and watch! so fun 🙂

Stephanie - How neat! We are brand new to this house–been here a week and a half. Since we don’t even have furniture yet, it would be so un to gather in our living room with blankets and sleeping bags to watch a movie.

Johanna - I would totally do just like you—pile all the kids in the bed and watch Despicable Me!!

Kelley - I would love to have one of those projectors!! But more realistically… I would probably use a Target Gift Card to buy just a bunch of necessary items: shampoo, soap, toothpaste, etc.

Tracy - Backyard movie or in the tent when camping! My kiddos LOVE watching movies in our bed too!

Angela - Such a sweet idea! I personally love the formal invitations. Nice touch!

Lari - We would probably use it for an outdoor movie and invite friends over. The 1st on we watch would probably be a Star Wars movie…what can I say??? I live in a house w/ all boys! 😉

Kari - My husband and I have completely opposite schedules so we hardly ever get to spend time together other than sleeping. We try to keep a set date every other weekend, to have a “date”. On top of that, he’s the type of guy who doesn’t really like to go out and do things. So we usually end up spending our time together watching movies and vegging out. Having this awesome little projector would make our movie dates so much better. :]

Carrie H - I would take it on vacation with us! WE don’t really have any open walls to project on to 🙁

Rachel B - I’m moving into my first apartment in just a few weeks, and we will have plenty of blank wall space in the beginning. I’d love to curl up on the couch with my two roommates and watch a movie on our first night in our new home.

AmandaK - Totally want to try it outside!!

Heather - I am thinking Drive in Movies at the lake! Instead of cars we use boats. The movie could be projected off the house!

jen - Woot woot! I’ll play for family movie night…what an awesome way to make it current!

Jamie - We would definitely take it outside somewhere!! Our old church used to hold outdoor movie nights during the summer as an outreach event. Super fun! So, maybe we’d bring it to our church here in the new town.

Meghan - We would have a movie night on our barn for our neighbors and have s’mores by a campfire. Woohoo!

Leah - I would love it for outdoor movie nights during our block party!

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1542680225 - Sounds fantastic! I’d use it for our final girl scout event of the school year—movies and ‘que in the backyard, with a cool “strong girl” movie playing on the side of the garage under the stars!

gina - I’ve always wanted to have an outdoor movie party on our lower-level deck. I’d scatter loungers, pillows, and of course, snacks for everyone to snuggle in and enjoy the movie!!

colleen - probably like you, i’d show a movie in my room…biggest bed- bigger wall!

melissa - I would definitely use it on the back deck!

Hannah - We always love to camp out in the backyard, I would love to use it in the Tent. That would bring a new level of fun to camping 🙂

Amanda - My space of choice would be outside in our backyard. We have the perfect spot on the side of our shed to hang a sheet, get cozy on the grass, and watch! 🙂 What a fabulous gadget!!!

Dawn - I would use it in the backyard…might help in the never ending battle of keeping the teens home. Ha! Thanks for the chance to win!

Kimberly - Total LOVe 🙂 This would be a great block party night!

christa - anywhere!!! how convenient! what an awesome idea!

Sarah Casella - Living at Grandma and Grandpa’s while we wait to move into our “new to us” home…this would be so much fun in the attic!!

Wendy - We would definitely use this for our weekly family movie nights! We’d have to use it inside with the blinds closed on a huge blank wall we have in our family room. We wouldn’t be able to use it outside in the summerime, because we live in Alaska and it just isn’t ever dark at night and, of course, in the wintertime it’s way too cold, although it IS dark most of the time hahaha! I have 8 children and the 4 youngest are super cuddly and LOVE snuggling with Mom and Dad…or even older sisters and brothers! I JUST started a blog, so it’s not really up and running all the way yet, but I love your blog and read it very often. You inspire me a lot!

Caitlyn - This would be perfect for our empty wall in the living room (:

Carrie - What a great new tool!! I have been wanting a projector for so long! Thank you for the chance!! 🙂

Jamie Forsyth - We would definitely be hanging a sheet from the deck in the backyard and crossing one thing off the Forsyth Family Summer Bucket List 2012–by watching a movie in the backyard!

TankTop - I would hang a sheet from the loft in the living room and we would watch a family movie.

Kathi - On the side of the barn.

nicole @ deliajude - i think we would steal your idea and watch a movie in my bed. or the backyard!

Leann - We would project it on to the side of our house for the neighborhood to enjoy together!

Lauren Brown - Tweeted! https://twitter.com/#!/LaurenBrown72

Lauren Brown - I would use it at my wedding to show guests our wedding video. It would be super easy for one of our tech savvy attendants to have the video saved on their iphone, plug it in, and ta-da!

Bryn - I’ve always dreamed about hosing a movie party on our roof deck! This would be SO PERFECT!

karen - Movies by the pool!!!! Summer!!!!

Andrea - My daughter is just planning an end of school movie night for her and her BFF’s….they are having ice cream sundaes with all the toppings…it would be so fun for them if we had a 3M Mobile projector and they could do this outside!!!!!

Amy K. - We have one tv in our house – a crappy, awful tv! I would put a nice sheet over the whole dang entertainment center (that’s right, an entertainment center… some day we will enter the 21st century) & have super-duper movie night right here in our living room.

Carrie - I LOVE this product, what a great idea! I would use this in our bedroom for a family slumber party, in the backyard, on vacation, ooohh so many possibilities!!

Aileen O. - I have been waiting for something like this!! I would invite all the neighborhood kids over and have a driveway movie night!! What a cool product!!

Amy - I love how you snuggled in your room…
I’d like to try it with the kiddos and friends outside. Looks like so much fun!

amy pugmire - downstairs in our basement.

Stephany W. - Outdoor movie night on our deck would be a great family night!

Judy S - tweet tweet
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Judy S - would love to use this in the backyard
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Terri Peters - A movie in the drive-way sounds like a fun summer night activity for me and my family!

Michelle - Love that you made a poster for your family movie night. 🙂

Nicole - Summer night movie parties outside in my backyard of course!!

courtney b - with a margarita, candy and lots of popcorn!!

Amanda Sakovitz - I would use this in our family room so we could really spread out!

donna - We just bought a house on the lake – and I am planning many parties in my head. One that I would really love to do down by the water is an evening movie night………the only thing i don’t have is the projector. If I win, I will make it my first “housewarming” party.

Colleen - Seems kind of crazy, but I’m always jotting recipes on scraps of paper then taking them to the kitchen to cook…Could it be that I could project them onto the wall and see it full size when cooking…hmmm….

Tiffany - I think we would set it up in our sports-themed loft and have a weekend of sports films ranging from /Field of Dreams/ to /Bull Durham/ to /The Longest Yard/ and /Brian’s Song./ What an awesome little device!

Christy - How cool!! This would be a great tradition to start with my kiddos. We’d have to try it one of the kids room first

Merissa - Not quite in my house, but with all my traveling this summer and leading summer camps, I am sure I will be the coolest youth ministry leader around! Movies ANYWHERE!

Linda - We love family reading nights in our room. Would love, love to add movie night too.

Connie M. - I would love to use this when the family goes camping. Hang a sheet up between two trees and watch a movie in the great outdoors.

Amy Hartman - I would hand a white sheet from the trees in my side yard and use it for my girl’s 3rd birthday party this summer.

Vanessa J - My cousins (ages 8-24) and I love having movie nights at our different houses when we’re all home for the summer. Planet Earth is our favorite!

Danielle Thompson - we would use it in our backyard. We’ve done the outdoor movie fun but had to borrow a projector it’s be rad to have our own mini!

Cathy - I would use it in my art room at school to show youtube art demos. I’d also do videos of some of our projects in progress to be shown at the end of year art show! Wheee! so great!

Jamie - This is awesome!! love it!!

Alisha - Oh, we’d have to use it outside on the back side of the house. The kids would LOVE it!! How fun!

Stephanie Z. - Im all over this! stephanie z.

shannon - i would make tents in out living room and invite my gal-pals over for a chick flick on the big screen! complete with pedicures.

Jenny L - We just had a movie night with a projector, but we had to borrow the projector too! This would be great for our family!! I think we would use it outside first!

Laura W. - Outdoor movie night!

Anne - I would use it in our family room or outside for an outdoor movie

mrs. dunbar - Oh wow! We would use it on the side wall of our house. Its along the driveway and have all of the neighbors over for a Neighborhood movie night.

jenn stewart - I have been dying to do a backyard film festival and this would be perfect

Christie - Oh….man! Our garage door would be the perfect place for an outdoor movie night with friends during the summer!! Love it!

Ali - I would definitely use this outside. We just moved into a new neighborhood and this would be a great way to get to know everyone. I can almost taste the s’mores that we’d make while watching a movie too. YUM!!! Got to have chocolate with a movie.

NLSnider - Perfect for my daughter’s 13th birthday party! We would watch it outside.

Charlton - I love your idea, so I would probably do exactly what you did with my daughter!

Carrie - awesome!! we would use it outside!! summer times is upon us and this would be awesome!!

Carla TV - Oh I would use it to show a film from old 8mm film we put on DVD. This way the kids can see what thier dad was like growing up with his sisters. Thanks for sharing!

Heidi Gruber - This would be great to use in our backyard this summer. We love being outside with our kids so having a movie party sounds fabulous!!!

paula - with the fabulous weather we are having right now in Kansas I would use it the very first time for movie night on the deck. what a fun thingy to have around the house.

Laura - I would totally use this outside and have all my children invite their friends and family. Maybe make it a swim and watch movie night. Our family would love this

Lauren - I would use it in our backyard, so we could have a flick n’ float!

Kristen - https://twitter.com/#!/_kymitchell_ I tweeted, but I’m not sure how to copy my post.

Christina Self - It’s a toss up for me between taking it outside on the side of the house while laying in the pool or on our bedroom ceiling for the ultimate lazy way to watch a movie!

Kristen - Definitely in our bedroom!! We don’t have a tv in there so this would be awesome to snuggle in bed and watch something!

kendra - oh this would be so fun
our living rm wall or we have a perfect spot in the back yard!

Pam - Love that! Movie on the deck. Definitely.

Sara B. - We would use it on our screened in porch sitting on our new sectional! 🙂

Tracy - I would use it in my living room!

Tabitha - I would definitely get one of these with the card. It sounds like so much fun!

Jen Boyd - On our camping trip with family. How cool – campfire, marshmallows and a super cool movie!

Karey - This is so cool! I would definitely try it out for the first time in my bedroom….no better place to watch a movie 🙂

Lindsay - We would definitely have a movie party in our backyard against a sheet hung up! What a fun friday evening for your family!

Emily - That is a really neat invention! Would love to try it out.

stacy - I’ve been jealous of your outdoor movie parties for some time now. So that would be my first choice. But we also camp alot so I could definately see using ALOT. HOW FUN!!!

liz - in our backyard…with my kiddo in a cardboard “car” for a drive-in. He loves going to those, but they usually have movies that aren’t super kid friendly. Plus, he could invite friends over. SUPER fun idea.

Beth - We would like to try to show the movie on the outside of our second story so it would seems like you were looking up at a screen at a drive in.
Thanks!

Angie Rathbun - I really don’t want a tv in our bedroom, but a projector would be a perfect compromise. Thank you for this opportunity to win!

kribss - Yesterday I was thinking how cool it would be to have a projector to watch movies outside around or in the pool!

ashley - wow ! i had never seen one of this before! so practical!

Natalie - Family Movie Night is a fantastic idea!! I would love to throw one of those outdoor movie parties!

Elizabeth - Outside on the patio! Friday night is movie and homemade pizza night around here so one of these projectors would fit in just fine!

christiejayne - outside for sure!! I’ve been wanting to do an outdoors movie night for awhile!!

michelle - Would love to throw an outdoor movie theme party for my sons birthday!

Meredith - I would have to use this outside for Movie Nights in the backyard! How FUN!!!

Kelli - I would use it in the backyard for a summer movie party! Fun times.

Vickie - I would use it on our garage door for a neighborhood outdoor movie night this summer!

Christy - I would love to try an outdoor movie night! My kids love trying to catch lightening bugs and being outside at night, so this would make a great summer activity!

courtney - Wow! That would be awesome in the back yard and a great way to get to know our neighbors!! Neighborhood Movie Night! Woohoo!

Jen - I would take it to my BFF’s pool to have a Dive In Movie night!

Leslie Slakoff - We’d use it on our garage door and invite all the neighbors over on a warm summer night!!!

Michelle - Our family would LOVE this!!! If we won it, we would have a family night outside in the backyard! We have never done this before, but the thought has always been in my mind!!
Thank you so much! Happy movie watching to you, Meg! 🙂

Routhie - I would love to try this in our driveway or our kid’s playroom. 🙂

Becky Joyce - I love the idea of family movie night, either in the “big bed” (mom & dad’s room) or outside on a warm night with a sheet against our fence. Love it!!!

Jacci - Wait, this is strong enough to use outside? If it is, I’d be all about playing a movie on a canvas tarp outside! Hung on the house! 🙂 Or maybe on our garage door… we could watch from the van like a drive-in 🙂

Kensie Cutter - We would use it for our youth group! We are always hosting teens at our house or having “Movie Premiers” in the youth building! This would be a such a handy tool and making movie watching for largish group less complicated! Woo!
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melissa erin - pick me. pick me. 🙂 love.love.love your movie night idea in your bed. simple. 🙂 but would also love to try it down by our pond. we live on a farm and have a pond, beachy area…would be awesome to set up a big screen and go to town. 🙂

Short, Sweet Season - I have wanted something like this forever. I so want to have a backyard movie party.

Annalee - Definitely an outside summer movie!! This would be great for block parties, family nights, even watching home movies!!!

Danielle Lindberg - I would take it camping with us and project it on the side of our trailer!! That would be soooo much fun, smores, campfire and a movie!

Tara - We are always looking for fun things to do at our house so the kids can invite a bunch of friends over (we have a high schooler, middle schooler and kindergartener). Not easy to do with the age span of our kids! Movie night under the stars would be PERFECT!!

Stacy - i would use it in family movie night in my room also!!!

Maggie Vis - friday night is already ‘big bed’ night for my kids…it would be awesome to have movies before!

Tammy - that sounds like a great family time activity! Love your invitation!
fun, fun times!

Linda - Love the endless ideas that are possible with this new technology. As “Marmee and Pops” to our three grandchildren, we would spend some good quality time either inside or outside enjoying this piece of equipment.

Amber - I have a nice big wall in my bedroom we could use this one. I want one!

Rebecca - This is great! I’d absolutely be using this on our back patio.

Jill - Would love to use this in our basement with a bunch of beanbags!

Alice H - what a fun giveaway! we love movies! I threw my daughter a movie party outside for her 13th birthday and some of my friends loaned me their projector, surround sound, etc. The kids had a blast. Thanks so much for the giveaway.

Jess - I would love to have an outdoor family movie night…on the farm. 🙂

stephanie - How fun! What a cool gadget!

laura r. in MS - This would make movie nights at the beach a breeze!

Heidi - Using it in the backyard would be super fun! First we would have to get an ipad…that would be super fun too!

Melanie - It would be movie night in my bedroom! Any chance my kids get to snuggle into mom and dad’s bed they are thrilled. Although outside would be fun too.

Amanda Elmer - My parents do a “Grandparents Camp” for all the grand kids. I would totally get them one so they could have a ‘drive in theater’ in the drive way! So fun.

Stephanie - i love watching a movie with popcorn!

Staci Amy - SO.STINKIN.FUN!!!!!!!! I soooo want one!!! We just finished our backyard…this would be the perfect icing on the cake 🙂 Thanks for this opportunity Meg!!!!!!

Momof2 - We would use it in our driveway for a summer movie night with the neighbors!!!

Dena - We don’t have a huge tv so we’d use this probably on the wall in our finished basement.

Fefe - Outside would be awesome!

elz - First, I’d use it on our fence in our backyard so we could have a swim in movie night. That would be so much fun!

Kiki Craig - We have done back yard family movie nights with the neighbors projector from work, this would work awesome!

Nicole - I love!!!!! We have never been able to get ahold of a projector…….backyard here we come!

Jaimey Tripp - Oh my gosh I love the idea of piling into mom and dads bed, but I think we would probably use our family room and enjoy our new huge comfy couch

Sarah Osborn - Outside movie night would be so fun on summer nights!!

Anne-Marie P. - We would have a movie night in the basement on the big blank wall!

Adrienne s - Outside on the deck!

Emily - Oh I must have one of these. I’ve been dying to have outdoor neighborhood movie nights this summer. This would be AWESOME!!!

Amy Gualtieri - Since school vacation starts in 18 days…I would use it to host a end of the year movie night in our side yard with all our neighbors! The possibilities are endless!

Megan - That little projector looks super handy. I think our annual summer trip to the lake will be the perfect time to debut movie night and with all of the cousins it will be very memorable!

Heidi Henderson - outside would be neat….

Maureen - I would empty out the garage and hang a sheet then invite the neighborhood. Would love to get my little hands on one of those. Thanks for the chance.

Lynn - would love to have movie night under the stars in our backyard!

Megan - The first place I’d try it is in our bedroom, my hubby and I always want to watch a movie in bed but hate having to hold the iPad… this would be perfect! Then, definitely outside. 🙂

Melissa - We know all of our neighbors and their littles, so we would definitely use it for a block movie party this summer. I can just imagine all the kids cuddled up in the grass watching a movie with yummy snacks. SO MUCH FUN!

Ali - We’d have our own family drive in movie night by hanging a sheet from our garage! We’ll be able to watch movies while floating in our pool! So fun!
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Denise LaRue - I have been wanting something like this for outdoor summer movies for a long time – the front porch would be awesome !

Julie - i would try it out on the back of our garage for our three kids – they would LOVE it!

Lauryn - I’ve always wanted to do an outdoor movie with family and friends. I’d imagine I’d set up a white sheet across the back fence, projecting it there. It would be awesome!!!!

kassondra - I always wanted to throw an outdoor movie party like yours. we have the perfect back yard and spot to show the movie but no projector 🙁 crossing my fingers 🙂

kristy - I would love to do a backyard movie night in the summer. Wow. That’d be great to have!!!

Mindi - We are totally stealing your outdoor movie night!! We would love this!! Love your blog:)

amanda - What a fun way to spend time as a family. We would get a ton of use out of a movie projector!
Thank you!

zoraya - I would love to have a backyard movie night! my kids (and us too!) would love it!

Aby Gittings - i would do exactly what you did!! My girls would LOVE it!!!

Jennifer Dixon - I think it’d be fun to use it in my middle daughters’ room. She always says that they only watch movies in my oldest daughters room(cause that’s where the tv is)

Gretchen - We would use it on our screened porch… enjoying nature without the bugs! 😉

Kristen W. - I would use it out on our deck!

lauren - I would love to use it in our backyard or in our room ! This looks so fun!!

Stacey B - Outdoor movie party for sure! I would hang a white sheet from our pergola to create a screen.

Anna Marie - Oh goodness how cool is that?!? We would use it at my parent’s house and invite all the cousins over for a fun outdoor movie night on the patio.

Maggie - I would love to use this on our garage door during our annual summer block party.

Nicole B. - FUN! We would definitely use it outside and invite the neighbor kids over to watch with our kiddos – ice cream/movie party to celebrate the end of school!

ira lee - hello outdoor movie!!!! with lots of additional friends big and small. sleeping bags, hammocks, quilts on the ground! ive been wanting one of these for a while!

Robyn Farmer - We do driveway movie nights and invite friends over twice a year. I think I would do it more often if I had that projector. So much fun!

sarah beth thompson - I would love to have one. We’d do family movie night outside on the side of the garage!!!

Wendy - I would LOVE a family outdoor movie night!

Brady Wilhelm - We would watch it outside on our garage door!! We live out in Kansas country too and I can’t imagine anything more awesome than sitting under the stars on a cool summer evening with my family watching a movie and making memories!

Gina - Outdoors would be so fun! Weather permitting of course:)

Holly - Plan A: back porch. Plan B-in-case-of-bugs: piled into the living room.

Tami - An outdoor movie would be so much fun!!! We have family movie night on Friday’s too!!!

Shar - Backyard party for kids; backyard party for the adults!!

Juli - outside in our side yard! We did that with a group of teens from our church a few years ago and had sooo much fun.

Michele Zakeri - Outdoor movies on the garage door would be awesome!!! OR movies on the ceiling!!

Kati - We would use it first on a camping trip!! We tried movie night while camping before but it didn’t really work out! This would be great!

colleen - I have been trying to have an outdoor movie party for my son’s July b-day for a couple of years. Movies and fireflies what could be better!

Karen - This would be awesome! I’ve been wanting to do movies in the backyard against the house, so this would be perfect! Thanks for the opportunity!

Angie - We have really been wanting to have a movie night in the backyard with our kids but would have to rent the projector. This would be so much fun!

jennifer - SO fun! We would probably use it on the big wall in the basement first.

Katie Sellers - Fun fun! I think we would use it at Grandma & Pop-Pop’s with all the cousins! Right out of the pool and onto a movie!
Thanks!

Stephanie Youngwith - We LOVE family night and this would make it even better. We would use it in the living room!

April H - This would be so great to take on camping trips in our camper. We could just all gather outside for a movie and invite other campers over to join!!!!

jaime - This would be a great way to display favorite pictures of a birthday boy/girl at their next party!

Betsy - I think we would try watching a movie out under the stars… But we would probably end up in a bed inside! What fun!!

Emily - So cool! I would take it with us when we go camping at my in-laws camp site. Outdoor movies!! 🙂

Mrs. Ruffled Flats - I would use it for romantic stay-at-home dates with my hubby man!

Beth Ann - We would use it outside – as an outdoor movie and when we go camping this summer.

Ellis - How fun! I could see us using this in the backyard this summer for an impromptu block party/movie night!

sara @ it's good to be queen - i love this new product! how fun! i wonder if I could use it to make artwork…you know like you use the old school overhead projectors? so fun! and yes to the movie night…fo. sho.

Karie - What a cool projector…I’ve always wanted to do a backyard movie night…this would be perfect 🙂

Tiffany - How about in the yard for a bring your blanket end of school year treat. I love Mike and Ikes too, they are manufactured just miles from me, yummmmmmmm. Awesome giveaway. Thanks for the chance, I promise to invite you all over for movie nite if I win.

Erin - Whoa, awesome! We love family movie night…this would open up so many possibilities for where to have it! 🙂

Rebecca S. - I tweeted about the giveaway here: https://twitter.com/#!/rebeccastt/status/204633036413870082

jen lacey - just in time for a summer outside movie night!!!

Emily - This would be awesome to have, so useful and fun!

Rebecca S. - I’d love to use it in our backyard for a street party!

Stephanie - I LOVE the idea of movie night outside with friends and yummy snacks but have never known how we could swing it without a projector system (I’m not tech savvy!) but this looks awesome! Would love to surprise my kids!

allison albainy - I would LOVE to do a driveway “drivein” on our white fence! I can just picture the kids on their ride on toys and adults on their beach chairs!…ooh even at the beach this summer..projected on a towel screen when it starts to get dark!
We’d love it!

Heidi hicks - We already copy your outdoor movie night (by renting a projector) but I definitely want to copy this too! Great idea!

Katie Skiff - Awesome!! I think I would use it either in our bedroom like you did, or out on the deck!! How fun would that be!!

Krista - How FUN! I would try it in my bedroom too!

Cindy - How fun!!! I love that you can take it on the go! 🙂 we would use it all the time…scouts, camping, backyard, and on and on! Thanks for this fun contest meg! 🙂

Liz Schmidt - In our son’s fort in the backyard. So fun!

Sophie~Bug's Mom - I would use it first out in the driveway and use the garage door as the screen! What fun!

Melissa - Awesome! I would love to win one of these! I seem so far behind “technology” wise, It seems there is something new every day!

Robin - do I need another reason to shop at Target? thank you, now I have one. (smile)

Wendy - Backyard summer movies! 🙂

Jennifer@heylittlemother.com - I think this is the coolest thing ever! I would let each of our six kids invite their friends and have our own drive-in movie party in our backyard. Snack bar and all. LOVE!

Cathy - i would love to have a projector to have outdoor movie nights.

Sandy - backyard movies by the campfire

Becky - i would love this! our back yard has become the place to be b/c of the trampoline so extending the hours during the summer with a movie?? awesome!

Amy - We have a great covered patio where we could all watch a movie while we bbq and eat s’mores. Perfect for the summer.

Jessica - Wow! That’s so cool!

melissa - Oh I would definitely use it outside while we sat around the campfire! Oh the summer fun to be had. I really hope our family wins! Thanks for the fun review and giveaway.

Katie g - The backyard!

Audrey - What a great little gadget! We would use it outside during this great weather we’ve been having lately!

Dani - That sounds so fun! I think I’d hang an old sheet outside and do a “drive-in” movie for my kids! We love drive-ins, so one at home would be so much fun!

Kristen Szyslowski - Our backyard, of course!

Julianne Brimner - Outside below our deck would be awesome….just have to hang a sheet.

Jen - I believe we would have to watch a movie from the newly built fort in the yard. Our oldest little tike would definitely need popcorn to accompany his movie too and chocolate covered raisins, which he refers to as dark raisins! 🙂

jenn - We would use it in our backyard and have friends over! It’s hot enough in Charleston to do pur summer parties. Now if you could just get rid of the mosquitoa too! 🙂

Gina - I have never seen this before and I go to Target a lot!!
Sounds fun!

Gretchen - So Cool! Actually, I would use it in the same place… mom and dad’s bedroom because we have a big, empty wall that would be perfect.

Rosemary - That is so cool! This would be awesome for my family gatherings during the summer.

Ingrid - Our favorite way to do family movie night is with a free movie from the library.

Amanda - For my daughters 4th birthday party, we borrowed a projector from a friend of a friend of friend (which was a huge hassle), re-arranged the furniture in the living room and hung a sheet on the wall to create a movie theatre. Everyone loved it and my daughter still begs us to re-create our homemade movie theatre for her again. This would make that possible!

Holly - We’d use it in the backyard for movie night!

Arlene - Two ways…#1 for help in teaching classes…the traditional projector is always a technical ‘boogie man field’ never knowing if it will work or not…did you push F1 or F5 or what-the-heck-ever button.
#2 Parties with the Grands.
I, no, WE would love it.
Thanks the chance.

Janelle Shultz - what an awesome concept! & what’s the best about this little gadget…portability! i think a backyard movie would be fab!!!!

jenk - I would use it outside – we have an outdoor shade that’s part of our pergola and it would make a great screen.

Rachel - This would make a perfect Father’s Day gift for my husband. What a great idea!

Sarah - I would LOVE to use this in our backyard or at my in-laws beach place when all the cousins are together again this summer!!

Kim - On our garage door! What a fun outdoor summer activity!

Karen - So cozy!!! I see a neighborhood movie party in my future! So fun!!

Dwall - Basement wall- perfect spot!

MJ - I would use it in our living room (large wall surface) and have an in-house campout.

Rebecca Coolidge - I would watch a movie with my little girlie in her room, she would get such a kick out of it 🙂

Kim K. - Definitely outside – we can view it on our garage while floating in our pool….that would be awesome!!
Kim K.
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Chris Lawlor - I would try it in a bedroom for a family movie night.

Katie Fisher - Great idea! I could use this at home with my family or in my classroom with my students!

Cathy Shealy - In the gameroom.

janet caldwell - We would have a drive-in night in our backyard with our neighbors. Hopefully the raccoon won’t show up. Thanks!

Deanna M - Would use it for our house church for outreach!

Elena - We would use it in our family room

Molly L - I’d love to use it in our king size bed! Our kids are still little (5,3 and 1) so we spend lots of time cuddling, watching tv and just hanging out in bed!

ko. s - We would use it on our back deck and host a little movie night for all the kiddos on our street!

Suzy Adams - I would love to show a movie in our backyard. I would also bring it to my parents Arizona house for a pool/movie night! How fun! Thanks for this opportunity, Meg!

BullyMama - Definitely in my yard! Every summer when you post your outdoor movie party I get excited and think I am going to do that for my kids, but I don’t have a projector and the thought of picking one out kind of overwhelms me… I do have an iphone though so this looks like it might be the perfect solution!

Rebecca - This would be great in my bedroom. Wish I still had a little one to snuggle with…
would still definitely use it with my son!

Amanda Myers - I am a single mom with just one kiddo who has always wanted a big family. We also live in a neighborhood where he is the only kid his age for severl blocks. The 3M projector would be the best thing ever for movie nights to bring all of his friends over to our house!

JamieC - We’d have our own drive in movies in our driveway! On Halloween we love to sit outside and hand out candy, this way we could put Charlie Brown’s Christmas on the garage door, love it!

Michelle Whitlow - That is so cool!!! I’ve always wanted to get a projector to have summer movies outside 🙂 Or we have a big wall with nothing on it yet that would work great for indoor movie night!

Crissie - Oooohhh! We could really use this!! How fun!!!

mami2jcn - We would use this in our bonus room.

Andrea - We have been looking for a used projector to take on our many camping trips, but this option is WAY better for ease of packing/use! That is definitely where we’d use it first!

Patti Hill - Definitely outside! Either in our backyard or at our neighborhood park and invite the neighbors. Thank you for such a fun contest!

Cheryl Hale - We would use it at the neighbor hood pool/poolhouse. That would be so much fun for the entire neighober of several different communties to get to know each other and experience a movie while swimming.

jessica kiehn - outside on on blanket with our girls this summer!

Ruth Elder - I am forever lugging the big T.V. to the front window to show ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown’ on Halloween night, so the trick-or-treaters can see it. This would enable us to just project it on the side of the house. Love this idea!

Shannon - Probably for movie time in the basement.

Jennifer - I would use it outside for sure!!! So fun!

Ashley - How fun! I would use it in our room too – like you! Family movie night! They would be so excited!

Marjorie - I would try to use it outside! So much fun for summer parties!

Erin - For our movie nights, we pop popcorn, sprinkle in a few M-n-Ms, all sit on the sofa and watch together. Fun times!

Lianne - I would try it outside in our backyard! Thanks for the chance!

Annie - This is so awesome! We have Friday Family Movie nights, and this would make it alot more fun! We would use it outside or in the toy room and some where different then the family room.

Sara - Hang a white bedsheet on my kids’ playset and watch a movie under the stars. Fun

Mollie D - Drive in theatre in our back yard!

whitneybens@yahoo.com - Definetely in the basement/playroom…we’d put it on the wall and cuddle up!!

Rebecca - I would love to win ! Thanks for the opportunity !

Benay Blume - I can think of a million uses for this projector. Thanks for the opportunity!
I blogged about this giveaway.
http://benayblume.blogspot.com.br/2012/05/movie-recommendation-oldie-but-goodie.html

kristen - I’ve been borrowing a projector for outdoor movies so this would be PERFECT! i would use ours on our patio for these upcoming summer nights!

Anna - We would all pile into my king size bed for sure! I love family movie night!

Sarah - We would use it in our bedroom, living room, basement and when we were visiting family 🙂

Rebecca L - I would have our nieces and nephews over for a party either in the basement or the backyard.

Erin - I would use it in my backyard for a movie night! I hope I win!!

DLG in Mich - I love the idea of having an outdoor movie party by the pool with a fire for making s’mores. What a blast!

Amber Weigel - I love this!! Backyard movie night?! Yes please!!!

Sheri Flatt - I would use it in our master bedroom too. I think that is a great idea!

Johnnie - We dont have cable or local tv even, just netflix via the laptop or itouch. So we are always cuddled up and sharing/fighting to watch a show…the series “Wonder Years” is our family nite choosen favorite! Outside campout/slumber party would be fun too! But would love to watch on our living room wall too. The laptop screen doesnt go very far among 4 people sharing! 🙂

jen@thecottagenest - Umm, hello? Where wouldn’t I use it? On the backporch, on the side of the garage, in our bedroom, in Paris!!!

Chocalatta - oh oh – i would love this, i borrow a projector for outdoor movies or just fund times with my girlfriends…

Cassie - How fun!! I would make a HUGE pile and blankets and pillows on the trampoline and project a movie on the house or the fence. This little thing looks awesome!!

Kim Black - What a great idea! it’d go perfect for outdoor movies!

Lisa - This is awesome! I would totally do an outdoor showing cause I’ve always wanted to do that. Although doing one in our bedroom sounds pretty fun too! 🙂

Antinette - My daughter wants to have her first slumber party this summer-it would be so fun to do a movie!

Brenna - Outside by the pool. Love it!

Christy - Wow super cool! We would use on our back porch!!

tiffany gardner - we would SOOOO use this in our little backyard. that way my 16 month old could run free while my 2 big kids enjoy movie night with us! thanks for the chance!!

Stefanie S. - In my bedroom instead of the old box tv!

Whitney - I would love to have a movie night outside with friends and family… we just moved into a rental house on a little lake and we have the perfect backyard for it! Memories are worth everything!

Julie Briggs - On our backporch which has the perfect setup!

Kristi Rediske - I would use it on our new carport and I would have the grandkids over and we would probably watch “Enchanted” because we all love that movie. Sure would be fun!

Joleen - So cool!! My husband has been wanting something like this, maybe I just found a fathers day present, thanks!

Heather F. - I’ve always wanted to host an outdoor movie night for my kids and their friends!

Tracie - Definitely outside. I think I would host a big movie night at our family farm with all the cousins. We could hang a sheet between two trees, roast some s’mores and hang out under the stars! This product is awesome!

Wendy C - I just added an Outdoor Movie Party to our summer fun list – how awesome!

Benay Blume - We always have family movie night on Fridays too. My family would love the projector to use outside!

Allison - We would take it camping and project it up on the side of the camper!

Jennifer - Awesome! I would have an outdoor movie party!

TJ - That is AWESOME!!! I would use it all the time to let the kids watch videos of themselves.

Melia - Wow! I would love to win this! So fun!

Carrie - Oh my! I would most certainly have an outdoor movie night with lots of friends and lots of snacks!

Mrs. Edberg - Nice product, cool giveaway! Thanks!

lauren - so fun! i would use it in our master bedroom. it would look so much better w/o a gigundo TV in there!! 🙂 *

Katie - What a fun idea. It’s amazing what we can do with technology.
I would use this in my home for family movie nights, but it would be AWESOME for my middle school classroom!
Also, I tweeted about this… https://twitter.com/#!/MrsMathieson2

holly - LURV FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT

Shelly - I would love to use this in our backyard!

Julie, momto7 - I was just researching projectors – this looks great! I would definitely try a backyard movie showing; I have always wanted to do one. Thanks for the giveaway!

Amy M - That is SO COOL!!

Angie Angel - Outside for sure. We have a huge side of our garage and I have always wanted to throw an outdoor movie party!

Olivia - I would use it from my laptop since I don’t have a tv for watching movies!
Great giveaway. Thanks!

Loni M - I love the posted flyer. I would love to use it outside in our backyard!

Laura Phelps - I am thinking my bedroom too…only without the kids, just nick and a bottle of wine 🙂

Caitlin - I would definitely use it in our room! I love watching movies in bed, but we don’t have a tv down there.

Chelsea - I would love to have a backyard movie night with all our friends!

Lisa - I love the idea of using it outside, but right now we’re using our small bedroom t.v. for a computer monitor, so I’d probably use it to watch movies in bed.

Holly - Backyard on the patio!

Lelia - I would love to cuddle up in bed with the husband & kiddos too!!

Jennifer - How cool is that!? I like the idea of view a movie in our backyard. We have several places we could show the movie on and it would be exciting for my family to see it outside. I’ve never been to a drive in. Great idea!

Kristin S - a. You are the coolest mom in the entire world.
b. That projector is awesome. We lug a VPU around and this is far more handy and practical.

Justin - We would use this in the backyard on our new patio!!

Jen D. - I would love to have this to watch family movies!

Suzy W. - This would be great for the backyard!

Rebecca - So Cool!! Camp out in the living room with popcorn, lemonade and sliced apples! Great give-away!

Melissa - I think we would use it in our basement. My little boy LOVES playing downstairs and watching movies with daddy!

emmeline - would love to have a backyard movie night this summer! thanks for the chance!

christina - hang a sheet and borrow our neighbor’s deck and popcorn for everyone! sounds like a winner to me!

Peggy in TN - Outside for sure!

Bethany - This looks like so much fun… I keep on looking at all these summer backyard movie parties and this would be the perfect solution!

carrie k - I’m dying to have an outdoor movie party before my daughter starts kindergarten in the fall! I would love this!!

Leah - I’ve always wanted to watch a movie outside so that’s what I’d do first!

Steve DeRoos - Way Cool!!! Would love to do that with our kids. BTW, a fairly dark room would be required given the brightness (Lumens) of the projector.

Nichole - This would be so fun for our family!!

Michelle Webster - I would use it for crafts (and movies). I alway seem to have to make big projects–a painted mural, a sign. If I had the projector I could download the picture I want, project it onto the piece of wood or wall I am working on, and trace the picture. It would be the size I want and perfect.

Christy - outside! The weather we are having is perfect! Too nice to be inside…Love this idea!

becky - i would definitely use it for our annual/bi/tri annual movie parties that we throw in the backyard (our favorite are family friendly scary movies around halloween with spooky breezes in the trees above us…and with this, i wouldn’t have to always borrow my bro-in-law’s and deal with that big expensive headache!

Laura - My family would love that – we could have the whole neighborhood over for movie night!

Amy - camping! So fun to watch it while sitting in the tent!!
Awesome!!

shannon - I’ve always wanted to do a backyard movie night with all the neighborhood families this would be perfect!

MH Toth - I’d love to set up a heavy blackout curtain on our garage door and invite the cul-de-sac for weekly “drive-in” movies this summer!

Jenna@CallHerHappy - I think I would have to copy you and use it in our room! Our little gal would love to watch some Elmo on that 🙂
Jenna
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carrie - Meg – would it work for outside? Would it make a big enough clear enough picture? Just curious!? B/c I’d love to have a party like you have at our house now that we have the land for it. so that is what I’d use it for!!

kelly - we are hosting my husband’s aunt’s 75th birthday party this summer….65 people! (plus a bunch of kids!) it’s an outside barbeque, so i think it would be fun to have this playing outside! so fun!!

Jennifer - Outside for sure! Maybe even like a drive-in theater…or camping! Oh the possibilities…

Michelle A - So fun! We are planning on doing an outdoor movie night with family and friends so this would be perfect for that. It would also be great to use for sleepovers!

Rachael - I have wanted a projector for a LONG time!!!

Stephanie - I’ve always wanted to have an outdoor movie party!

Kristi Bailey - That thing is amazing! I would love to try it in our backyard during a warm summer night.

Bekah Moon - I think an outdoor movie party would be a must!

Carolyn - Wow- this is very interesting. Actually we are getting ready to start a family room reno project and wanted to get a projector to replace our TV. I’d like to know more information about this!

Rachel Matilda - I would use it in my bedroom too…what a fantastic idea for family night!

Liesl - Definitely outside! Our old drive in movie theater in the closest town (30 miles) was recently torn down, so maybe we would have a “drive-in” night!!

Meredith - I would do an outside movie night with the kids and some friends. We do movie night as a family already in our room with popcorn and candy. We love it. Would love to be able to do it outside with such a wonderful little surprise. I never even knew there was such a thing.

Agnieszka - I am imagining a movie night in a tent on a camping trip.

Vicki - My kids would be over the moon about this!!! How fun!!! I could totally see using this as a backyard movie night!!
Thanks for the chance!! 🙂

Sarah - We would use this camping and have movie night at the campsite!!!!

Nicole Q. - Outside !! We’ve done an outdoor movie party before too. They are the best. I’m wanting to get one on the calendar now !!

Lee Ann - What fun! We have a big projector, but can only use it in the winter – when it gets dark early because we don’t have blinds in our family room. This would be sooooo fun to use in the bedroom or camping!

Becky - This would be fun to have a outside movie night with the neighbors!

Erin McDaniel - So cool! Getting movies from iTunes is so convenient, but watching on that tiny iPhone screen isn’t always so great. I love the idea of watching outside in the summertime.

sarah - how amazing!!! This would make summer time even more fun

Holly - we would totally have to ave an outdoor party! That is cool!

Melyssa - On the back of my parents house with all the siblings and spouses gathered. Or on my garage with my little cousins and their neighborhood friends.

the whyte house - how fun! definitely for a backyard. however, as much fun as we would have with this, i would probably give it to my friend, dina. she has a massive backyard and i know she would love it for her family!

rachel - Outside our house on the River…the best of both worlds. 🙂 Sounds dreamy.

erica - our house isn’t very big & it’s a townhouse so there’s no yard, so i would take it to my parents backyard for an outside party with the kids! 🙂

Ani G W - I would love to have this! What a great gadget with so many possibilities! Thanks for sharing because I’ve never heard of it!!

Maria - That is way cool! I think we would first use it in our backyard for a friend movie night!

lyn - I think we would use it in our backyard. How fun to have a movie night outside.

Rhonda Fendt - So much fun! We would make use of this for sure… I host a Camp California for my son, niece and nephew… we do camp outs in the back yard. This would make a fun addition to out adventure.

Brandie - That would be amazing! We would definately do a backyard movie night. How fun!!

Jennifer in VA - We would use it on our screen porch, ASAP!

Allison Waken - We’d use it in the backyard by the pool for dive in movies for sure!

Emily - How awesome! I would use the projector to watch movies in bed, since my husband and I only have a TV in our living room.

Laura - Outside!!! We have outdoor movie night on Fridays with the neighborhood kids! This would be perfect!!!

secret mom thoughts - I would use the projector outside.

mary - i would totally love this …and show movies outside in our yard!

kate - I would try this out in our backyard on the deck! It has been a tough year for our family and I think this would be super fun for the kids! Thanks for the chance to win!!

Trae Kendrick - Very cool! I’d use it at church with our Wildly Blessed Women’s group. We currently do not have a projector, and I’d love to have one! I didn’t know there were options as affordable as this. Can’t wait!

Betsy - I would love to host an outdoor movie party.

jaimie Cahill - In the backyard, alongside a campfire with s’mores!

Megan B - How cool! We have a really big bedroom, so we’d definitely use it there first!

Jen N. - I would love to do a backyard movie party. My hubby would have visions of playing video games on a giant “screen.”

Cindy - How cool is this!? I love your sign inviting the kids to join you and their dad. 🙂
If I had one, I’d take it outside with a big sheet and play a movie and let all the neighborhood kids join me,my husband and stepkids. We’d be the coolest on the block, for sure! 😉

Kari - I would love to use this in our backyard.

JessicaF - I would love to have an outdoor movie party with all our friends! This has been a dream of mine ever since we moved out to our farm!

Heather - I have wanted to to a backyard movie party for a long time, so definitely outside!

Rachael - We would use it to have all of our nieces and nephews over for an outdoor movie night!!

Lisa B - I would love to use this on the back porch:)

BriBedell - How fun!! This old blow my kids minds 🙂 lol

raquel - We would hang up a big sheet by the pool and have a “dive” in movie night!

Abbie Swartzentruber - I would have to hook it up in our backyard and have a fun summer movie night:) How fun is that?? It would really be a special treat because we rarely watch movies together as a family – thanks for sharing your ideas!!!!

Kim Bernhardt - on our garage, we were just talking about having a movie night becasue we have the perfect location!

Kate in the Shade - Whoa! Tiny projector but so many possibilities!

kristin butler - i would like to try outside too, but my kids love to cuddle in our bed too! so that would be the choice.

Pink and Green Mama MaryLea - FUN!!
Love this idea and am totally going to invite my girls to a movie night in our room too!! They will love it — of course a cute little projector like this would make it extra fun ; )
Wonder if it would turn into a spontaneous block party if we projected a movie on our garage doors?
Thanks for the opportunity.
: ) MaryLea

Janelle - Wow. That sounds like so much fun. Would love to try it outside…looking for ways to make our neighbors a bit more neighborly :}

sarah - How nifty! Is the picture good (or good enough?)!
I’ve always wanted to watch movies outside

Becca - Awesome! This looks like so much fun!

Linda - That is so cool! We love having movie parties. We’ve always borrowed a projector too. I’ve seen your post about hosting one outside and would love to have a neighborhood party like that! I love that it is so small and just works with your ipod! Amazing!

meredith - So cool! We have wanted something like this for a long time. I think I would try it out on our garage door in order to get to know our neighbors better!

Lisa - Amazing! Summer “drive-in” movies in our yard for sure! We already have that on our summer list but it would be great not to have to borrow a projector!

Seriously Sassy Mama - We would watch it in our new living room in our new house.

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right now.

April 26, 2012 Filed in Uncategorized

traveling makes me a little off…a little funny.
does it do that to you?

 i am tired. 
i keep messing up stuff.

like….driving all the way to the grocery store and forgetting the prescription i went for in the first place.
like….trying to go for a run but not even being able to make it a mile!!
like….getting exctied for my hair cut and color and then realizing it was yesterday and i missed it!

i seriously could go on.

here's something a bit more interesting….but not much.  :)
kimberlee does these kinds of posts sometimes so i am copying her.   

right now i am…..

watching:  Mad Men….are you watching? it's kind of weird this season, right? but so awesome too?!! Don Draper is quite handsome in his new happy life….for now.  i am waiting for the ax to fall.

drinking:  ice coffee….coffee, half & half & ice

wearing:  oh gross….my nasty workout clothes from this morning…3 miles but lots of walking!

eating:  my easy rice dip and chips but without the chicken

listening:  tom petty….because mr. duerksen is taking me to his concert tonight!  Woooo!!
                          i will sing like jerry maguire along with every one else in the arena! 

avoiding: cleaning up my messy house for the baby sitter….i am too tired.  i don't want to do it.   blahhh

wishing:  i could EVER just go to bed at a decent time.  no one is stopping me…it's ALL my fault.

feeling:  off….tired?  conflicted?  hurt?  sad?  overwhelmed?  probably mostly all from being tired.  :)

missing:  pam…..chicago jen….ashley…..julie….lorel…shauna.…jeannett….lindsey.…amy...  this answer coincides with the feeling one i think.

thankful:  for the incubator project….cried my eyes out reading it!!

craving:  cheesecake….make this cheesecake….you will thank me.

wondering:  about how i will be able to pull off everything i have going on?!!  .

praying:  for understanding, for patience, for deep unconditional love to grow in me,  

needing:  time with my man ALONE.         (annie took this yesterday)

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thinking:  about water and well mechanics…there are still 5 days left to reach the adveture project's goal of getting one million people access to clean water!!!  …..and i am thinking about taking a nap!

dreaming:  about going to africa again….talking all day and night with pam.

loving:  this post about the stoves we helped provide in haiti.

 

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ok….the bus is going to pull up in minutes.

i am hopping in the shower and cleaning up this house.
it must be done.

:) 

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Kim Barlow - Love the picture of you and Annie and the one of you and the Mr.!
Have an awesome day!
Kim

Nicole G - Love this post! It made me happy reading your thoughts in this post and knowing that I feel many of them too and I’m not alone. Hope you had a great concert date with the hubby! You guys are so cute 😉 And, I love that shirt…I have it..in both the pink stripes and one with khaki stripes!

April R - she totally has your smile 🙂
that’s awesome

Kristin S - Meg, love this post and totally copying at some point this weekend. Maybe Sunday when I slow down.
Diggin’ that shirt!
And I love that you kiss your husband in front of your kids AND pay a sitter and choose time with your husband. Priceless.
As a babysitter since age 11, I never once cared if the house was clean when I arrived. Gave me something to do when the kids were in bed since my mom taught me to always leave a home better and cleaner than I found it. I loved a mountain of dishes in the sink to conquer. Yes, I was THAT babysitter. never wanted to get caught watching TV… like families don’t do that every night.

Laura Phelps - if it makes you feel any better, I did not go anywhere, and I am messing EVERYTHING UP.
Like…I called the school to get a message to Belle…but I called the wrong school.
Like..I sent out e mails to my class reminding them to sign up for next year..then never signed up my own children.
and if you want to see MESS…hop on over here.
It is awful.
There is EASTER BREAD on the counter…it is green and fuzzy…awesome.
but I did not miss my hair appt.
THAT would have made me cry.
I can almost cry just thinking about you missing yours.

Jill - Meg, I don’t know how you do it but even on an “off day” you still are a huge encouragement to me! My 4 kids are wearing me out, Moving to many times has worn be out. Everything seems to just wear me out but you, even if your feeling a bit off, you always seem to be one of the “things” that can make my rainy day feel sunny for a moment or two. <3 Even if I do end up reading the same posting for a few days straight. LOL
I hope you had a blast out with the hubby last night and are rejuvenated!

Cindy - Just clicked over on your link for the rice and cheese, etc. LOOKS GOOD! LOOKS EASY! Two important things for me- good and easy. 🙂 And…adorable picture of you and the Mr. smoochin’. Enjoy that concert!

alyssa - Hey, I was there too! It was soooooo good. We were left of the stage. So surreal seeing Petty in real life. Hope he made your day a little happier! Oh and I guess your hubby too!

Julie - I miss you like whoa. And I’ve been sooooooo emo lately and it bugs. Being a girl is hard. Being a girl with friends in the wrong states is hard. Cheesecake would help. But it would really really help if we all could share it.
Unrelated to cheesecake consumption- you look SKINNYYYYY in that last pic!

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shauna - i miss you too.
come over.
and i want deep unconditional love to grow in me too.

ko. s - Whew momma! You are full full full yet somehow embody such grace. You amaze me!

Meaghan - I love that Annie snapped that picture of you two kissing. I don’t remember my parents ever exchanging kisses. Not hard to believe they are divorced now. It’s good to let your kids see just how much you love each other.

Flower Patch Farmgirl - Staying up too late is my bane, too.
But at least you run.
Also, DD is happy this season?? Spoiler alert!!!!

Tiffany - Pics today made me smile.

Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - Enjoy your night out with hubby…lucky you! and I so love your post…you are SOOOO very normal.

laura b - Im loving Mad Men this season. But I love it every season. If I was Peggy I would have lost my mind several seasons ago and screamed at all those men!!! Have a good night and maybe tomorrow everything will fall back into place.

Stacy Hyatt Costner - I hope you have a great time at the concert! I love to listen and sing Tom Petty songs in my car! I went to one of his concerts in the 90’s and it was awesome!

Mindy Harris - i like ‘right now’ posts. i have done them before.
i am also watching madmen and i too think it’s a bit weird this season. i listen to zou bisou bisou song on youtube like every day. i can’t get it out of my system.
i also participated in the incubator project and balled.
happy almost wknd.

happygirl - I think Mad Men is GREAT this season. Didn’t you just LOVE fat Betty? (January Jones is actually pregnant, so they just made her character fat, hilarious) I’m right with you on the earlier bedtime. I have to be at work at 7 tomorrow morning. How will I do it?

seriously sassy mama - I love Tom Petty. I really need to find a babysitter so my man and I can have some time together. After the move! Have a great time!

Lorie - I still haven’t even unpacked from SNAP!! So much to do! But that rice dip looks amazing and I think it might be our dinner! 😡

Jessica - I totally get the feeling “off” after traveling. I’m always am glad to be home but getting back to my routine is hard especially since I am the designated un-packer/laundress. Enjoy the concert, Tom Petty is so awesome live.

Emily - How will you get all done? You will, you just keep chipping away at it. And it happens. Have a wonderful date night!!

ann - Meg, you are so awesome. I can’t believe how much you do and still keep such a good attitude! Hope you get some time with your sweetie. Such cute pictures! Hugs from Chicago, Ann

Tiffany - I love Mad Men, but am still undecided about this season. I miss Betty a little too much!
By the way, I nominated you for a Blog Award on my site, check it out!

Terrie - I’ve never watched Mad Men…I’m ducking because I just know that you threw something at me and said nu-uh!
I’ve done the same thing…looked forward to a cut & color only to realize that I was 24 hours too late! UGH!!
Could you BELIEVE that incubator project?! AWESOME!!
And I’m struggling with some of those same feelings….too often.
And let’s not even discuss the bedtime thing ok? Don’t know why I can’t just shut down and go to bed at a decent time! Oh yeah…we weren’t going to discuss it…
Have fun at the concert tonight!! 🙂

Robyn Farmer - You can do it!

amy cornwell - I’m so glad I’m not the only one that feels “off” when I get home. Although that also makes me sad for you because it’s a horrible feeling. I feel the same way, can’t get out of it. Today was a little better than yesterday, I hope you’re on the upswing as well. Enjoy your night with your man and laugh, kiss and hold hands all night long. Praying for our funks to subside soon! xo

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how do you pay tribute?

March 15, 2012 Filed in Uncategorized

the people at Starbucks asked bloggers how we pay tribute to special people in our lives?

i loved thinking about this question.
i am a gift giver.
i see little things when i'm out and about and pick them out for special people in my life.

because isn't it the most fun to receive a gift out of the blue just for being loved?

a package in the mail just to say, "You are Special"?

i have had so many people in my life this year helping me with my business.
they help me because they believe in me and are supporting me.
and i apprciate those cheerleaders in my life SO MUCH.
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i sent each of those helpers a gift card (to Starbucks of course)
and some chocolate.
and a big THANK YOU for supporting me!

when my friends are talking about their busy lives and the stress they are under, i start planning out a way to help in my head, and it's usually by making a meal to lighten their load that day.
i love being able to call and say, "hey i made you dinner…when can i bring it by?"

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when a birthday comes along i usually pay tribute by taking the birthday girl out to dinner!
treating for a birthday meal is always a blast!

baking Pam's cheesecake and delivering it is like getting to play santa claus!
there is no way a friend would not smile after receiving a beautiful cheesecake.
it's impossible.
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in the summer i make blueberry buckle and always make more so we can share with friends.

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when it's the last day of school or last day of practice or GREAT JOB today…we go for ice cream!

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sending cards and letters is something i have always done.
i like writing handwritten notes!
it's old school.
it's pre-internet.
and it's special.
i save cards and letters that made me feel loved.
if a letter made me stop and be thankful for that person i always save it.

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and when i REALLY want to pay tribute to a friend i choose the gift of time.
preferably over coffee.
with a scone on the side…any scone will do.

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Raise a cup once more to the limited-time return of Starbucks Tribute Blend. Itís still just for you, and still because of you. Available for a limited time in whole bean and Starbucks VIA.

Share with me today the ways that you pay tribute to people you love and be entered to win a $100 Starbucks gift card!
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Betty Curran - I try to pay attention when people mention how much they like something. It might be a vanilla scented candle or a candy they haven’t been able to find and then I look for those things when I’m doing my regular shopping. Especially when I travel I sometimes find things that aren’t available locally and I stock up so I can treat my family and friends when they need a little pick-me-up.

sy - I tell them how grateful I am and give gifts if it’s appropraite. thanks for the giveaway!

christina - I like to make cookies or things like that but even a phone call can be so nice just to talk to them and get to share all the things that have happened, and to tell them how important they are to me and how much I miss them!

Mari - I keep pictures of loved ones in scrapbooks, and make scrapbooks for friends, who appreciate them and treasure them as time capsules of our experiences together.
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Jammie - I try to do small things through out the day to show them how much they mean to me. sweepmorey at gmail dot com

Krys R - You’re right, this is an awesome prize!
My girlfriends and I are all Starbucks fanatics, so a Starbucks Card is normally a part of our special occasions and celebrations!

ACMommy3 - Love the mug pictured above. 🙂 I enjoy surprising family and friends with homemade goodies, flowers, chocolate, and definitely giftcards to Starbucks! It’s especially fun for me to pick just an “ordinary” day to spoil someone, the surprised and happy look on their face just makes my entire week go better! 😀

Jaclyn - I love to bake chocolate chip cookies!

Indigo - I pay tribute with a bouquet of fresh flowers. :)LOVE me some Starbucks!

arely - snail mail!

Sarah L - Simply remembering to say thanks to everyone who touches my life is a good way to live.
An attitude of gratitude.
Thanks for the contest.

Carmen - I make all my own cards for friends and family. They love the personal touch.

Kerry - Sending hand written notes is a great way to pay tribute!

ANGEL JACKLYN - I LEAVE LITTLE NOTES LYING AROUND AS THANK YOUS & HAVE A GOOD DAY’S =)
I THINK IT’S A GOOD WAY TO START TO THE DAY & A GREAT SURPRISE TO FIND

Tina - home-baked goodies or an unexpected card are the best treats!

Desi - I love to cook for my fiancee. And I love to spend quality time with my mama and treat her to dinner or a movie just to let her know I appreciate her and everything she has done for me throughout my life.

Maggie Rose - Tweeted about the giveaway! https://twitter.com/maggieroseblog

Maggie Rose - I like to take them out for coffee or a drink and treat them 🙂

Gina - Baking Brownies!!

Betsy - I like to give a little unexpected gift and call right before I drop it off- so they don’t know what is up. So fun!

Mrs. - Sister-in-law is organizing a BIG family event for 13. SHE is addicted to Starbucks Chai, so weather I win or not, I’ll be thanking her with a gift card. Thanks for the idea.

Victoria - I send a lot of notes…notes in lunch boxes, notes to teachers, cards to Grandmother, husband, that kind of thing. I like your ideas though and need to remember to be more thoughtful and appreciative to people.

Wendy - i like to write cards or bake/cook something for them. 🙂

Toni :O) - My kids are all about Dairy Queen on the last day of school…it’s a wonderful way to start summer and for me to say to them, “Great job, you survived another year of school!” I’m also taking meals to one of my bridesmaids who is battling liver cancer at the age of 42….it’s a small gesture but one I know she greatly appreciates and I want her to know I’m her for her anytime and that I love her!

Merissa - I usually try to make something with my hands. Crafts, food, cards, gifts, whatever I can get “my hands” on

Gillian - I love handwritten notes too…just so much more special than an email!

Carrie K - brownies or mini m&m cookies are my go to way to show love 🙂 im trying really hard to get better about the card sending too!!

Toni - I like doing something out of the blue at random. The other day I bought my aunt a cookbook b/c she is always there for me and always so generous. I also like sending special texts or emails just out of the blue, little smiles, or thanks for all you do, or I love yous! Cooking for people is fun and rewarding too! Giving them yumminess!!!

angie lilly - I am a HUGE card person. I send ecards for everything and paper cards for special things or to people that don’t have email! Example: my hubby just got a new job after dealing with being told he was going to be laid off at the end of April. The job search was harsh and unfair (was looking for a transfer within the same company) and he worked SO hard and was on top of everything like a mad man! I sent him a ecard telling him how much I appreciate him and how proud of him I am, got him a paper card too, and posted stuff on his Facebook wall as well — All singing his praises! LOL That’s how I roll! LOL

Lisa - I LOVE gift-giving. Handmade gifts are my favorite – just made some sweet friends a tablecloth as a housewarming gift.

Wendy - I love to bake. A loaf of homemade breabread or a sweet treat is a great way to acknowledge someone.

Jeannette from Plant City - I bake for the ones I love and make homemade cards and such (I am a Stampin Up demonstrator). I also give gift cards to friends and co-workers as well and Starbucks is one that I give often 🙂

meredith - I honor the special people in my life when they achieved something by giving them a big hug and kudos – and sometimes a special treat!

Kelly Massman - YUM!!!!! It’s nice to celebrate with a dinner out (or even a frappucino treat)!!!
thanks for a chance to win!
And, have a GREAT day!
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Karina Lee - i usually make or bake them something homemade

sandra - we send notes or gifts so they know they’re appreciated

steph - with handwritten cards!

tara pittman - I bake them cookies

Agnieszka - I bake home made treats. People don’t know it, but it’s pretty much the only time I bake other than Christmas, so it’s kinda special 😉

sam - There are few things nicer than a random handwritten note or small gift. It’s a little gesture that shows someone was thinking about you and took the time to let you know. I try to do it as often as possible.

Maria Cantu - I usually bake a cake or some cookies for them.

Jen - It all depends on who it is…
With my Mom, whom I don’t get to see a lot, whenever given the chance, we go out for coffee and sit and talk. This is something she doesn’t get to do a lot due to her Parkinson’s disease so those times are special when they happen. It is a love we both share and being able to share it together and treat her to an afternoon about her makes me feel good inside.
With my munchkins or husband… I like to leave them little notes to congratulate them or take them out on a “date” that focuses on them and who they are.

AJ - I make it a point to tell them in person or by card how amazing I think they are.

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eunice b - quality time is a wonderful way to show appreciation…esp to my dear husband who is my Starbucks date!
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Tracy Robertson - I tweeted
https://twitter.com/#!/tracylr233/status/182566983915683840
thank you!

Tracy Robertson - I always remember to compliment them and tell them how much they are appreciated.

anna pry - making and sending cards
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Tina M - handwritten cards and picutres

Ris - I love to send mail, even if it’s to someone who lives in the same town. Getting (and sending!) mail is so fun.

Nicole F. - i love handwritten notes & finding the perfect unique gift for someone! we need more encouragement in this world! 🙂

Elena - I like to bake or cook something yummy for my loved ones

Jessie C. - I pay tribute to my parents by always telling them how much I love them and sending them handmade cards with gifts in all occasions .
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Jessica F - I like to surprise them with something homemade… homemade baked goods or a homemade card!

Susan Smith - I pay tribute to those I love buy keeping photos out and sharing stories about them with my children

Erika - Honestly, I do it through blogging. My parents, inlaws, and other relatives read my blog, and I talk a lot about our family (good things!).

Kelly G. - I used to be a gift giver always, but one day my friends approached me because apparently I was making them feel guilty because they couldn’t reciprocate gifts! I felt terrible, but now I turn to making treats and CD mixes for my best friends to share the love!
Thanks for the giveaway opportunity 🙂

Dana - I, too, love personalized note cards and baking for all the people I love in my life!

Mary - I do the same. I buy small gifts while I’m out or take someone out to lunch/coffee. I always hope that those I love know that I love and am so thankful for them!

Debbie B - here is the link to my tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/bellows22/status/181610198622945281

Debbie B - flowers or a card and sharing special memories with others

Tracie Behan - I love going to coffee/starbucks with girlfriends and catching up…

Caitlin - I also love surprising them with a little gift. Anything from home baked goods to perfume or coffee. Just a sweet surprise to say I love you.

tara pollard pakosta - The thing I most love to do is take pictures for people of their children and either hand them a CD of the images or print them out and put them in a little book! I love to give the gift of pictures, it’s PRICELESS!
tara

Dee - I pay tribute to my grandmother by whipping up her special chocolate chip cookies 🙂

anash - Tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/anashct3/status/181229545804939264
Thanks for the chance to win!
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anash - to pay tribute I do random acts of kindness for my loved ones, little gifts here and there to let them know I care! Thanks for a super giveaway!
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Julie - Cards for sure. Wish I had more time to make meals.

cw - I honor and celebrate my families accomplishments by using the special red plate that says “you are special today”. I serve favorite meals to that person on the plate and we write on the bottom what we are celebrating and the date so we can look back.

kribss - I LOVE sharing baked goods with neighbors and friends or sending something with the husband for him to share with his office. I also LOVE sending happy mail to our favorite people back home in Indiana.

Kim F - Sometimes it’s the spontaneous things like going for ce cream after school or a special homeade mea that makes my kids or friends so happy. I like t bring sunflowers or tulips to friends to brighten their day.

Annette D - I like to treat my friends and family to a special dinner!

Jenny @ Savour the Senses - I try to honor those close to me by doing little things each day to make their lives a little easier and happier. I will do the dishes for my roommates, cook dinner for a friend, pick up the tab, compliment them, any little thing that will subtly make their day better. I hope that by doing this frequently, their overall happiness will increase more than if they were to get a big gift one time.

Erica Best - I pay tribute to my mother and my dad who past some years back by showing them i love them and spending time with them best i could.
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Kristin S - I love this question too. It made me stop. I LOVE snail mail so notes to others ministers to my soul probably more than them receiving.
But specifically, I was thinking about two of my closest friends who have lost children. One at 8 days old and the other lost two toddlers a few years apart. My calendar is marked to remember the birth and homegoing days for all three of these precious children. Whether it is a note or email or text that I’m thinking of their memory or praying for their parents, it is a way to pay tribute to their short little lives.

Jenny - Like many readers, handwritten notes are my “thing” and I am known for decorating my friends mailboxes and front doors for their birthdays! Doesn’t matter how old you are, everyone loves to feel special :). Thanks Meg,,,

Southern Gal - Homemade goodies and/or a handwritten note are my favorite ways to pay tribute to a friend. Thanks!

ValleyWriter - I pay tribute through baked goods. There’s nothing a cookie or cake can’t make better!

Bekah Moon - having them over for a home cooked meal!

Leigh - We make cards and bake cakes!

Elisabeth - I love sending cards when people least expect it!

Megan - Handwritten notes… coffee dates… swinging dinner by! Anything to help, but those are just a few of my fav’s.

Angie - I love sending notes and cards to people. If I bump into a long lost friend at a store I make sure to send them a note in a few weeks to let them know that they are still on my mind and in my prayers.

Amy - I pay tribute to the people I love by telling them so. Let them know you appreciate them and love them, and mean what you say.  It’s always nice to spend quality time with those I love and look back to the memories we share and create more sweet memories together.
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amanda fuentes - I am a baker and a phone caller. Lately I’ve been trying to send more mail, the real old fashioned kind.

Dee - Baked goods are always a good way to pay tribute! This is what I do. 🙂

karen peachey - starbucks is my favorite treat as well!! Both to give & receive!:)

Lorilei - I send them cards and pictures.

giving - Hand written notes and definitely something yummy and homemade. Always brings a smile to faces! 🙂

Jennifer W. - I like to write a note or give a small gift. Hand-written things are so unusual these days that its like you’re giving the person a million bucks!!!

Shelby P - And here’s a tweet for you!
https://twitter.com/#!/blondiestarr101/status/180686308048510976

Alice H - I enjoy cooking so I usually will make my kids their favorite meal. Or let them pick out what we will do for the day. I also like giving little gifts to people as well. Thanks for the giveaway.

Shelby P - I think baking a treat or making a bouquet of their favorite flowers are great ways to show tribute!

Kristy - I like to make little handmade gifts or yummy treats and surprise them. Although, these are usually accompanied by a little note as well. 🙂

Gretchen - I, too, love to look for things that fit the person’s personality. When in doubt, I usually do a coffee gift card or flowers. Who can resist those?? 😉

Brenna - I think this is why I love your blog so much….I feel like I can relate to so much of what you post about. I love sending cards and small packages of fun! Even sticking a piece of gum into a card reminds me of when my Grandma used to do that for me. I love it!
Thanks for you blog! It’s the first one I check nearly every day!

Lisa - I make hand-made valentines for my mother each year, and during the summer I pick bouquets of field flowers for her. I like finding homemade surprises on Etsy for my sisters. For great efforts at school,or just to thank him for being a great kid, I give my son a gc from his favorite game-rental store. The best way to show a little extra love to my husband . . . homemade choc chip cookies with roasted pecans. And for friends and family far away I like to mail handwritten notes on pretty stationery. I also like to leave “may basket” type surprises on local friends’ doors . . . just for fun!

Vicki - Something baked with love, tied up with ribbon and a handmade card.

amy cornwell - I write handwritten, handmade cards to my loved ones as well as people who need encouragement (http://amycornwell.blogspot.com/2011/12/encouragement-round-2.html) Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

megan - I love your fun ideas!!
I always thank TEACHERS at the end of the school year for loving my child. Sometimes I give a “relax/summer” gift– gift card to sonic, beach towel, shades….
or through the school year I will send a little sweet treat for them to eat at lunch….
they always seem to enjoy it!!

Tiffany - Mailing a card is always a personal, intentional way to say you care. I do this often with friends I don’t see often. WAY better than just “facebooking”. And I always stay up late the night before one of my kids birthday and decorate the house with balloons, signs and decorations so when the get up they find a big surprise party! Even if we don’t have a party (with other guests other than family) for them they always wake up to a big I LOVE YOU AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY party.

Diana Yarborough - Writing notes and baked goods.

Rachel J - Calling to say hi, letting them know I’m praying for them and sharing conversation over a meal is always nice! 🙂

Donna - Baking cookies!

Alicia - I pay tribute by sending handwritten notes. I love it when I get mail unexpectedly, so I pass this along to others. It’s always nice to get a surprise in the mail, and even better when it’s a note with someone telling you how much you mean to them…

Michelle - I like to set up a “coffee date” where I can just talk/listen and spend TIME with my friend on her special day. There is nothing better than having a listening ear that cares for you deeply!
I also love giving a thoughtful gift that I KNOW my friend will LOVE!!

Dian Olivr - well, there’s nothing like checking your real life mailbox and finding a note from someone. I usually make a card and send it. And for really special, I take flowers. Flowers from my yard are the best…especially hydrangias! Or maybe a small nosegay wrapped in a cone of music paper. Sometimes just a big hug!

Julie, momto7 - Um is it terrible to admit that I am TERRIBLE at this? But I do try to meet needs as they come to mind. Meals for families with newborns is a great ministry.

Michelle B. - I work right across the street from a Starbucks and am there every day, so it makes sense that when I want to do something special, I pick up a gift card or a pound of coffee. On a rough day, I’ll zip across the street and buy an employee their favorite coffee drink, just to “thanks” and “I appreciate you”.

Virginia Bibler - I am a total gift giver. I just love searching for just the perfect gift to pay tribute!

Su@TheIntentionalHome - I am a words girl. Hand written words of encouragement are how I love up on my friends.

Nicole - I’m an old school handwritten note lover. My friends joke that I single-handedly keep the post office afloat 😉 I also live for a latte from Starbucks! Bless you and thank you for this giveaway! I’m a night shift nurse… it will come in quite handy!

Eliece - I think everyone loves Starbucks so it is my universal gift. I’m thinking I need to do more random thank yous this year after reading this.

Karen - I like to make something crafty, usually a cool paper star to hang in the window.

Kristin - i love sending handwritten notes, delivering homemade treats (usually muffins, cupcakes or cookies), and lately i really enjoy making paper flower bouquets.

Amy - Sonic Happy Hour for my pals!
Also I love to send care packages to my brother & sister still in college. I loved care packages when I was in college.

Chelsea - We love having friends over for dinner, and I also write a lot of thank you notes

elizabeth highsmith - thank you notes!!! handwritten and sent with a pretty stamp!

Hettie WWW.hettiedejong.blogspot.com - Whenever someone comes to visit us, we make them a loaf of my grandma’s special cranberry bread. Always, send handwritten thank you notes to those that have given to our family.

Barbara Youngren - My “love language” for honoring someone or trying to make them feel special is to cook their favorites, or cook something special I really think they will like. It’s my way of telling someone how incredible they are to me.
i also like to write notes and letters. I realized how simple this was to do, and how much it meant to me to receive one… you just have to take time, but isn;t that what makes it special? If it was too easy it wouldn’t be honoring.

Becky Joyce - I cook or bake for the people I love. I just love to see people I love loving the food I made. 🙂

Kasey - I love sending cards in the mail. It’s always fun to find a personal card in the midst of bills. : )

Amanda - Right now in my MOPS group we’re doing a mystery MOP exchange where once a month for the year we exchange gifts with a secret partner, paying tribute to each other for being amaing moms and friends. It’s been super fun thinking of all of the different ways to show love. So far I’ve mailed anonomyous handmade/handwritten cards, bought a book I thought she’d enjoy, gave a sbux gift card, and sent homemade chocolate covered pretzals.
The best tribute is the time and effort you put into celebrating someone 🙂

Tami C - I like to pay tribute with a small, thoughtful gift. Lately I’ve been inspired by homemade mason jar foods – mostly found on Pinterest. A simple vanilla sugar, or BBQ rub mix.

Beth Ann - My favorite is bringing friends a container of ice cream, some toppings, plastic bowls & spoons and a note saying “sundays are fundays with ice cream sundaes! Happy Sunday!”. Just because.

LibraryGirl62 - I am a food person. I bake. It makes us all happy 🙂

Erica - Post cards. I send tons of postcards. From vacation, from thrift stores, home made ones. They are rarely FOR any purpose. But everyone likes getting mail.

Stefanie - I always buy them starbucks or Jamba juice!!…I know a fellow teacher next door to me that could use the starbucks!

Jennifer - I enjoy leaving little notes for my kids so they know they are special. And…I <3 Starbucks!

mel - i like to just call out of the blue and chat. most of my good friends live away from me now that we recently moved. when we get together my favorite is just hanging out at the house and talking. going to dinner is fun and i love a sweet card just because!

Whitney - Giving time to someone is the ultimate way to give tribute. Oh, and I love handwritten cards too!

rebekah - I love to surprise my husband with his favorite foods. He usually will eat whatever so I pick our meals and treats. When I surprise him with one of his favorites it means a lot to him!

Lori Austin - Leaving a small bouquet of flowers in a mason jar on the doorstep, delivering their fav Starbucks drink or just dropping them a quick note (sooo many cute bundles of notecards can be found in the $1 bins these days!!).

Carrie C. in VA - handwritten thank you notes

courtney b - we pay tribute by celebrating everytime someone does something good in our family by having a huge dinner for whoever did the special something.
That person gets whatever they want for dinner that night!:)

Andrea Jeanne - I like to give people flowers from our garden. My husband has planted an outrageous garden in our yard and all around the outside fence. I love to cut some flowers and tie on a beautiful bow from my ribbon stash. Makes a great surprise.

Amanda Larkins - I usually prepare a handmade cross stitch to show people I love them or bake them a cake.

Rachel V. - I love to cook for people. Seriously… how could a batch of homemade cinnamon rolls NOT cheer someone up!? 🙂

Amy - Spending a little one on one time with the ones I care about is really hard to do these days with everyone so busy. But we try to make it happen as often as possible. Not just for special occasions, but just because!

Angela - I love your ideas. I send thank you cards and just because notes, I make cookies, give starbuck’s gift cards, invite people over for dinner. 🙂

Elizabeth - Just a simple text or call to ask how they ‘re doing and to tell them I love them. That’s the cheapest way I can think of 🙂

Vicky - I like to pay tribute with a nice hand written note and a gift card.

cailan - These are all such lovely, thoughtful ideas! The other week my husband and I had a date at Starbucks – a FIRST in our marriage, because he doesn’t like coffee, but he loved the tea! 🙂

Holly - I like sending a hand written note.

Jody - A sweet treat – always – banana bread, brownies, or sugar cookies…something simple wrapped up pretty – it brings on smiles always!!

Michele - The ways I pay tribute to people are to take them out for coffee or lunch, buy them a Starbucks card or invite them to my house for dinner.

Michelle - I plan to honor them while they are alive by giving gifts and other verbal tokens of my expression.

alyssa - I bake!

erin j - I make them food. It could be a dessert or an entire meal but food in general means love to me.

the arthurz - I am better at writing my thoughts down, than sharing the in person. So, I send cards to people – not just for their birthday, but just to encourage, surprise and hopefully brighten their day. I also love to bake, which means lots of yummy treats to give away!Thanks for the chance!

Emily - How fun! I bake for my friends – desserts “just because” & chicken tortilla soup if they are sick!

Kelly - A hand written note, a phone call, a visit “just because”, and baked goods are always a great gift. For a new neighbor, I make up a list of our favorite local places with phone numbers. That way, they know where the best pizza, florist, dry cleaner can be found!!

mary - I love to sew them something special.

Jennifer - I like to write notes. I’m not quick on my feet with words. I like to reflect and craft a note that shows how I feel about someone.

Meghan - I love giving home baked goods to pay tribute to those I love!

colleen from alabama - My love language is gifts so my tributes usually involve some little thing i call a “happy”! The people that i love get them just because i love them! I try to remind them often! Happies can be something i buy, bake, write or make (i even rhyme!) Most of all,they are designed to make the recipients happy, so their likes, taste buds and sense of humor are all taken into account when gathering the gift. And of me, it is just plain fun to put it together.

Antonette - I love baking- nothing says “I care about you” like food! I guess that’s just the Italian in me!

Betsey - I love to send an unexpected card or gift! Or I bake special treats to give to so,meme or take tomy co-workers to tellmthem I appreciate them!

lynette - I like to make something special for my friends or family, food or crafty gifts.

Carrie H - I love to tell them what they have done, or make them a special meal.

Kate W. - i love to bake for the people i love 🙂

Linda B - I love sending surprise care packages. I have so much fun finding the right things to put in them!

Tanya - I like sending cards and notes. Thanks for the giveaway.

Lori Allen - At one point in my marriage my husband and I had a journal that we would take turns writing in. It was a place where we could encourage eachother, remind eachother of our love, thank or appreciate one another…It was so fun to find it waiting on my pillow.

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - I’m a card sender. I just love to put little surprises in the mail!

Stephanie - I do the same thing! Surprise gifts on random days, or after rough days, for friends. 🙂 My favorite is for friends at work… I bring them a cup of some kind of yummy coffee for their morning. This works well because no one is a “regular” at the coffee shops. But we all love our starbucks, so its fun to surprise them with a quick drive thru starbucks before heading into work. 🙂 I can’t say I don’t get anything out of it either. 😉

mami2jcn - I pay tribute to my relatives by taking a lot of photos and videos and sharing them with my children.

Tegan Aubrie | Twelve13 - I am a note-writer. I think it’s a lost art and love to send people cards and letters in the mail. 🙂

jacqui anderson - baking for them or doing a craft for them. just out of the blue is the best form of gift!

Shelby Adakai - This is sad to admit, but two days ago was the first time that I’ve ever tried Starbucks! I tried the white chocolate steamer and a little apple pie…YUM!!! It’s my new favorite place, and I had to order more to bring home for my hubby to try!
I also love doing little fun surprises for friends. I love making tiny gifts seem more exciting by wrapping them up with cute doilies or ruffled fabric. I don’t think it really matters what the gift is, just letting them know that you were thinking of them is what really counts!

Julianne Brimner - I love to send handwritten notes….something about snail mail that warms your heart. My husband oversees a lot of younger staff at our church. I like to brag on them all the time and they get their fave dessert on their birthdays.

sara @ it's good to be queen - i love all your sweet ideas. i’m going to remember those. i like to bake a sweet treat to say thank you to friends or people who bless us or just someone who needs it. i also enjoy sending a handwritten note. 🙂

Kristi - You are such a sweet and caring friend. I am going to have to take a page from your book in paying tribute to those who are near and dear to me.
In my group of mommy friends we always make sure to celebrate our friend’s birthday together in whatever way they choose. Tonight we will be getting together for a game night in honor of one of our friend’s bdays. We are all bringing something to share and I can’t wait to get to the good times!

Momof2 - By the way… I love your blog. New reader. Came over from under the sycamore!! We are also hoping to move to the country soon, so I am loving to hear about your new adventures! Thanks for sharing!! Also, where did you get that mug…keep calm and eat a cupcake??? That is pretty much my motto…: )

Colleen Kielty - I pay tribute by sending birthday cards to my friends near & far. Great giveaway!

Preethi Narayan - I like sending cards 🙂

Momof2 - We love to bake at this house!! So it is always a baked good and a love note designed by my 2 or 3 year old!

Kelli Seawright - My favorite way to pay tribute is by spending time with a person, usually over a cup of coffee. I will say pintrest has helped to pay tribute too, just check out what dessert they recently pinned and make it for them, or get their birthday gift from something they pinned! I love that secret inside into what they love!

shannon - I love sending sweet cards or baking up some goodies for others 🙂

danielle - I’ll admit, sometimes being frugal gets in the way of giving really great gifts. However, I’m working on it and know that you don’t have to spend much. A hand-written note sent by mail says wonders…the gift card just makes it rock!

Maria - I love to send cards with a special thank you tucked inside, I’m always on the lookout for really sweet and different cards…so I have a good little stash.

tiffany gardner - everytime i bake a yummy treat i always share with a neighbor…or two..or three. but i think the most important thing i do is pray for them… 🙂

Renee - hand written cards to friends far away; a favorite meal of my husband’s to say i love you!

Erin V - I love to send a handwritten note through the mail. And I love to bake so giving someone freshly baked cookies or cupcakes is so fun.

Annie - I love hiding hand written notes for my family to find, or sending a card in the mail to a friend, just because.

Sara G. - I like to make a hot, bubbly bath for my kids along with a lighted candle, soft music and an icy drink in a fancy glass. They LOVE it!

Karie - Quality time or handwritten notes. What a fun giveaway 🙂

MegM - Cards are my favorite. I even keep them in my desk at work so I have them on hand. I also enjoy putting candy bars on my co-workers deskt to let them know I appreciate them.

Allison H. - I love giving handwritten notes and gifts to my loved ones too! Thanks for the great giveaway!!

Julia - I love giving people something I made. It’s usually food or something I’ve sewn.

Ali - I’ve started making homemade cards with my leftover scrapbooking scraps. It’s so much fun for me to make the card, and I even more excited when I give it. I think its more heartfelt. Especially when I made homemade Valentines for my sisters and brother in another state this past year.

Charity - I love creative handmade gifts.

Lori H - A handwritten note from me (with legible handwriting) is rare, so I save them for tributes!

Laura Phelps - I bring them Starbucks.
Not even kidding.
My dear neighbor…7 kids…twin baby boys…I like to surprise her and bring her her favorite..white mocha latte.
And I pray.
I say a rosary for a person on my mind…
this week I have been praying so much for my mom and dad.
they have saved me this week.
my dad has brought me a Starbucks latte every day this week.
EVERY DAY.
Even though I gave it up for Lent!
He shakes his head at me unable to move in bed and says, “You deserve this”
so yeah
lots of prayers as a tribute for my dad this week.

Alison - I love cooking a good dinner and fixing up a fancy cocktail for a treat for someone. It’s so nice to be cooked for! And I love buying my kiddo little treats from the Target $1 section for car rides or for a rainy day.

melissa - i love that you love to mail handwritten notes and gifts “just because.”
i do that, too. i love getting surprises in the mail so i’m just sure my friends do as well.

Trisha - It depends on who it is for, but usually a card with fresh baked cookies or a gift card to someplace I know they will enjoy.

Tiffanie - I love to bake special treats or bring dinner. Starbucks gift cards are such a great gift too. Thanks for the chance to win

Mandy - I love baking and cooking for friends and family – mostly trying new recipes on pinterest and then sharing with little hand written notes on custom stationary!
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Heather S. - Unexpected love notes. I slip these in my daughters’ bathroom drawers to be found in the morning. I slip them on the dash of my husband’s car. I drop them in the mail to friends and family. There really is nothing better than a handwritten note. And yes, if a Starbucks card happens to be in there, all the better!

Jody - I love sending note cards. I have also sent Starbucks gift certificates via email or FB. It is an easy way to give a gift & a nice surprise for the recipient.

Bethany - Yum, usually I’ll bake something gooey or write a note. Snail mail is always awesome… and totally unexpected! But coffee is always nice too!

Mrs. B. - I try to verbally tell people the things I appreciate about them. I also like to randomly write a note, send an e-mail, buy a treat, etc.

Dani - My kids get special treats… money, gift cards, their favorite dessert, etc.
I love to write to my friends just to say hey you were on my mind today!

Shar - I love sending hand written notes to someone. I don’t think an email or FB post is enought. (Although, better than nothing, I suppose.)
I also like to get gifts for people for no reason other than it is perfect for that person!

sarah - I like to feed people. I’m big on baking or making food. I want to start doing more handwritten cards and letters. Who doesn’t love that?

Linda Garcia - I would love to give treats all the time, but the budget doesn’t really allow for that too much. When I see something I think the person will love, I pick it up and add it to my gift stash for their next holiday or birthday. I like to think it’s a tribute to their personality to find those great little “where did you find this?!” gifts

Andrea - My favorite is to offer a day or evening of babysitting so that they can run errands or go out on a date. No one has turned me down yet. 😉

shelly - Who doesn’t love a Starbucks gift card and a note?!? I love doing special little things for my friends–gift cards are great, but my favorite is grabbing a couple cups of coffee and a treat and then go knock on my friend’s door! Coffee/Gab fest=LIFE is Good!

keely - I’m with you- when someone keeps coming to mind, I slip them something in the mail- a hand-written card, a “funny” from the newspaper. It’s the little things that mean the most!

Angela B. - I love writing notes and sending them in the mail. I love connecting that way and I love getting mail so I figure I’ll share that with others. I also like to make handmade gifts or baked goods and hope the receiver knows I was thinking of them and putting love into the gift all while making it.
This is an awesome giveaway!

natalie (the sweets life) - my favorite way is to bake for them!!!

Tere - Food is love….I cook and bake for those I love…

Jenn - I do things much like you. When I’m out and about I pick up things I think friends or fam will like. When their special day comes around or when I think they need a pick me up, I bust them out. I’m also about the handmade card and gifts for that matter. Thanks for the giveaway! I know I would feel pretty special if I won it. Who doesn’t love Starbucks!?

Meredith - My parents and inlaws help us out so much everyday that once a year (I know we should do it more), but we have a game night and dinner for them. My kids have a lot of fun doing that. I hope this year they will help plan a fun dinner. Special notes are always nice.

GB Jost - When we moved into our house, we found a pile of papers that were left by the previous owners. In those papers was a drawing of our house by a local artist. The cards were in black and white, so I use a red felt tip pin and color red on the house. They look so cool, and I love it! I use them for anything and everything.

tabitha - I love giving useful gifts too and things that someone would never get for themselves but want.

Sheila P. - I have good intentions, but usually life happens and I don’t get around to doing little things for other people. A handwritten note and/or a gift card is what I end up doing when it does happen.

Trish - i heart me some good ol’ fashioned snail mail!

Stephanie - I am addicted to cute note cards. I found if I have them AND stamps on hand (and cute stickers) I send them often!

christine n. - Honestly, a Starbucks card is my preferred ‘thank you’ gift –i always want my gifts to be useful or practical and EVERYONE enjoys an occasional fancy coffee (or baked good or herbal tea).

sarah - Love this. I need to get better at showing people they are special. For me making something be it a craft or food is always my go-to way to do something nice for someone else!

lisa - i send notes too … but sometimes i send starbucks gift cards too! who doesn’t love starbucks?? i swear it’s my love language. starbucks … and target 🙂

Jen N. - I write little letters or I use it at as an excuse to make something delicious for them.

Meghan Hansen - I make a lot of thinking of you phone calls to check in and let people knw thy are on my mind. I also live to share what we bake:)

Rebecca - I pay tribute by rewarding a job well done, with a homemade something!

Rebecca - I love handwritten notes as well! I have my “stash” of cards on hand at all times~!

Wendy - I love to make them their favorite treat, and it’s so fun when it’s a surprise.

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March 2, 2012 Filed in Uncategorized

This is a sponsored review from BlogHer and Hostess

Hostess® products have been a part of my life ever since i can remember.
i have a deep love for the Hostess CupCake®.
it will never change.
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when talby went to her first camp this summer i sent her a care package
and it had these New Frosted Devil's Food Donettes® and a card.
she was thrilled…said it was the best mail ever!
according to Hostess, Donettes are one of their most popular products. 
have you ever had them for breakfast?
we do on special occasions…vacation road trips, birthdays, or no-school days just to make it more fun!
kids think it's pretty awesome.

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one of these goodies is always in my cart when i grocery shop.
the Hostess Chocolate Creme Twinkies® are NEW!
my kids thought it was great, combining two of their favorite things…chocolate and Twinkies!
with five kids we go through lots of Hostess snacks every week.
LOTS.
how cute is that little cowboy Twinkie dude?

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having a special treat in the house is something i try to keep on hand all the time.
for rewards for good behavior like sharing or listening,
for saying "well done" on a test, 
for saying "cheer up"
or just because they are YUMMY.

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my personal favorite is the CupCake.
the swirl of white frosting makes me smile.

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school lunches at our house have a Hostess treat every time.
the type of snack cake varies, but there is always a sweet treat from Hostess in their lunch box.

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when my children come home from school they have reading time, homework time, piano practice
and some basketball time. 
somewhere in there my kids have a snack.
they love the days where they get a big glass of cold milk and a yummy Hostess CupCake.

we usually get a little messy when we eat them.

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you can't help but smile when you are eating one.
🙂
getting the whipped cream in the center is a treat in itself!
talby claims her favorite food in the world to be whipped cream so these goodies are the best!
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we eat our snack over homework or while we read books.
they always ask for more.
"just one more pleeeeeeeease!"

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it's cool to see my kids enjoying the exact same snack i did when i was a little girl.
there aren't a lot of things in life i can say that about.
they have iPods and DVRs and computers.
they use cell phones and text.
they have handheld video games, electronic books, 
light-up scooters and dvd players in the car with wireless headphones.

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but when i was seven years old…i ate that same Hostess CupCake after school, sitting by my sister, 
laughing at her silly stories and she laughed at mine.
just like my kids are doing today.
that is pretty sweet.

You can learn more about the new products on the Hostess Facebook page.

thanks to BlogHer and Hostess, I'm hosting a giveaway for a $100 Visa gift card!

to be entered for a chance to win, leave a comment sharing your favorite memory involving Hostess snack cakes

Rules: No duplicate comments.

You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods:

a) Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post b) Tweet about this promotion and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment on this post c) Blog about this promotion and leave the URL to that post in a comment on this post d) For those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules to learn about an alternate form of entry.

This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older. Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail. You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected. The Official Rules are available here. This sweepstakes runs from 2/29/12 – 3/31/12

Be sure to visit the Promotions & Prizes page on BlogHer.com where you can read other bloggers’ reviews and find more chances to win!


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Kimberly - My favorite memory is coming home from school and eating Twinkies with a glass of cold milk.

Ashley Tucker - I always loved the cupcakes as a kid!
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Eugenie - My earliest fave memory is getting home and dunking chocolate Hostess Donettes in milk.

Mari - My favorite memory is getting a hostess snack as a treat when I visited my grandparents.
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ewhatley - It started with hostess treats in my lunchbox for school and for the rest of my life, I’ve never been able to resist those little chocolate donuts. Thanks a lot, Mom!

Betty Curran - My dad and I always shared Hostess cupcakes. It was especially nice when I got old enough to also have coffee with mine 🙂

ACMommy3 - A favorite memory I have was going grocery shopping with my mom as a child and we’d always buy a package of hostess treats to enjoy on the way home! Simple but so fun! 🙂

Christina Tong - I tweeted about this Giveaway: https://twitter.com/#!/ctong2/status/185957762193309697
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Christina Tong - I remember when I gave my children the Twinkies® after school they were so happy and we enjoyed the super soft cake that afternoon, this is my favorite memory of a Hostess® snack cake and it is nothing better than you see your loved ones feel so happy.
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Anne K. - I was raised on Hostess snacks. We have an outlet store not far from where I grew up. There is nothing better than Hostess… except for discount Hostess! 😀

Sarah L - I remember always eating my Twinkie by first biting off each end and then eating the middle.
Thanks for the contest.

Diane - Ding Dongs! (not the doorbell kind) 🙂

Lee - My favorite memory of a Hostess® snack cake is the velvety sponge cake Twinkie and biting into the cream filling. Ummm.

Carmen - Grandpa would walk to the store a couple times a week when he lived with us and bring home Hostess snacks! We loved that!

ANGEL JACKLYN - I remember gambeling Twinkies in Elementary school. We traded them & stocked up on ’em for everything. It’s not one memory in particular that makes me laugh- it’s ALL of them lol =)
Good times!

Teresa Moore - I can remember the rare times my mom would buy ding dongs. We would get one if it was a special occasion!

Desi - My favorite memories are of grade school when I would pack hostess snacks and all my friends would say I had the best lunches and try to bribe me for my food. Takes me back to my childhood!

Shelley C - Can’t get enough HOSTESS!

Courtney M - I had a Hostess cupcake tower on my dessert table at my wedding…need I say more??

Jenn Guymon - I didn’t eat a lot of these growing up, but now that I have children of my own, we love to buy some for a special treat. The kids love the Cupcakes and DingDongs best.

Kris Bates - I remember as a kid, my mom would not let us kids have snack cakes unless it was a special occasion- which meant we coveted them. My dad would always buy Ding Dongs and hide them in the mini fridge in his tool room under the work bench. Whenever I would help him with whatever project he had to do [ from changing the breaks on the car to weeding the garden, and even building the brick walkway] he would sneak a snack cake to me as a reward. It was our little secret and moment we would share while bonding. Every time I see them at the store, I buy 2 boxes so I can share them with him. Makes me smile thinking about it. 😀

Kris Bates - I tweeted about this cause they are yummy treats!!!
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Maria Cantu - I like most Hostess snacks and I would get to choose a different one each week we’d go to the grocery store.

Jessica Wood - Cupcakes, yum!

Brenna - Best after school snack EVER! Yum!

rosemarie - love cupcakes pack them in kids lunches and i save mine for dessert

Gillian - I always used to get the Hostess fruit pies after school 🙂

Stevie - Hostess cupcakes…so remind me of my child hood!

Toni - It was a special day at the grocery store when we were allowed to buy ding dongs! We would then get home and divide them up between my sister and I. I would always eat mine so fast and she would save hers for weeks! Ding Dongs were a special buy at the grocery store!!!

angie lilly - mmmmm I love love love their Banana Walnut Mini Muffins! When I used to work, I would have a baggy of them with a cold OJ for breakfast nearly every morning. I miss that tradition, but not the working. LOL! Thanks for the chance to win!!!

Brenda - Love me some chocolate donuts! Yummy!

Analia - The hostess cupcakes are a favorite since we were little kids. We would down the block to the NY deli just to pick come up after school!

Kerry - I have always loved the donettes – especially in college. They were always a great study snack!

tara pittman - eating the cream filling from twinkies

Gina M Maddox - TWEET-https://twitter.com/#!/CrazyItalian0/status/184049198721794048
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Gina M Maddox - My mom used to pack them in my school lunches from time to time, and they always made me smile when I opened my lunch and spotted one. 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win!
gina.m.maddox (AT) gmail (DOT) com

linda brooks - I was a little girl and my dad bought me my first twinkie it was so good.

sy - A coworker brought in 7 pounds of twinkies for his 7 year work anniversary, I ate a lot of it and was very productive. Twinkies are awesome. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Jammie - one of my favorite memories is with my cousin. He was a twinkie nut. sweepmorey at gmail dot com

Karina Lee - my mom always put a hostess cupcake in my lunch as a kid

Rita Alarcon - My family often went camping and our favorite breakfast for the road trip was Hostess Donettes with Chocolate Milk

rebecca morgan - got on twitter and it was 2:31 pm 20 mar 12 it was down this morning but it is working now i retweeted the site yummy

Melanie - My favorite as a kid was the chocolate cupcake – I would split it with my best friend at lunch!

rebecca morgan - twitter is down now i left a nice comment telling them how to reach you but the tweet feed back was out it is the 3:45 am on the 20 march 12

rebecca morgan - love anything from hostess, i loved it when i was little, field trips with the school i all ways had a cupcake 2 pack in my lunch bag those were the days i would run to Clark gas station and get 1 for my lunch the next day ,, by the way i tryed the new twinkies with chocolate filling good but i like the old white better but any snack is a good snack when it is wrapped with love i hope to win i could use the money to buy some ding dong and a snow ball thanks Hostess 4 the give away ,, p.s. cute kids

Melissa Johnson - I liked them all but as a child I would always pick the Pink Snowballs if given a choice. When I did, I never had to share, apparently they are the Lima Beans of the Snack treat world!

Leann Lindeman - My favorite as a child was the chocolate cupcake.. I didn’t get them often, so it was a real treat!

Claudia Davis - My favorite memory involving Hostess snack cakes is always having one , usually a twinkie, packed for lunch in my lunch box.

Erica Best - when i was little and my mom use to pack a hostess cupcake on friday as treat.
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Erika - I remember biting open the cupcakes to get to the filling inside!

Suzanne - Oh how I looooved Hostess cupcakes growing up and still am addicted!

Caitlynne - We had a crazy great aunt that would always bring a box of Twinkies to family functions for my sister and I (not twins). She would yell “Twinkies for the twinkies!” and then give us the box. My mom always tried to tell her that we were actually three years apart and not twins at all…but she wouldn’t have it. My sister and I were just excited for the treat.

meredith - i loooove ding dongs! I dont buy them usually b/c i dont want to ruin my diet – so they are only for special exceptions – like traveling

Btrflywmn - Hanging out with my little brother and eating Hostess cupcakes, playing and having fun together. My brother passed away many years ago, I cherish those memories.

Heather - Yellow Zingers- loved them then and now!

Tina M - I remember eating them with my brother after school

Courtney R. - When I was a little girl, I LOVED the Hostess Cupcakes because I thought it spelled my name on them (like a birthday cake). As a woman, I love them because, HELLO – they are delicious!!!

Tim - The twinkie I just had …

Kelly - How can one not love twinkies! Thanks!!

Elizabeth - Never met a ding dong I didn’t like 🙂

rosemarie - love hostess

jennibell - My favorite Hostess memory are Ding Dongs!! Remember the thin aluminum wrappers they used to come in? My sister and I would try to smooth the wrapper out without tearing it. Funny thing to remember, huh? I don’t like processed foods as a rule, but still can’t pass up a Ding Dong!

Diana Yarborough - Loved the cupcake, but cannot remember the last time I had one. Would be a good treat.

ashley - My favorite Hostess memory was going to the Hostess store with my aunt – a sugar junkie’s heaven!! Mmmmmm….thinking about it makes my mouth water. I have a problem.

Lisa - Coming from a family of four kids (in the 60’s)we always had homemade cookies (which is reguarded as a REAL treat nowadays!!)so when we got to buy TWINKIES,HO HO’S or SUZY Q’S it was a real treat!

Michele - We always had Hostess products in our house growing up, but my ultimate favorite are Ding Dongs. I would eat all of the chocolate off the outside first and then eat the cake and creamy center. Yum!

Lela Pohlmann - My great aunt Katie always had the Twinkies for us when we went to visit her. Loved it!

Melissa - Twinkies were my favorite as a kid. I think my grandma would let me eat two or three. That makes me want to hurl now. LOL

Heidi Tapley - Like many of the other posters, memories of childhood include mom’s delicious lunches, and what made them so delicious – the Ding Dongs or Hostess Cupcakes. Although I can enjoy their scrumptiousness on a daily basis like years ago, they are still a sweet treat full of yummy goodness and lovely memories.

Kathryn - LOVE Hostess!! I was never allowed to eat them as a child. Now, as a special treat during our family movie nights, I surprise the kids with a mix of different cakes and let them choose their favorites!!

erin j - I remember working really hard to eat all of the chocolate covering off the Hohos and then eating the cake in a single layer (slowly unraveling the swirl). It really made it last and was so fun.

Lisa G. - Hostess snacks were always a part of our ‘special’ packed lunches for field trips! Such fun memories!

mel - i remember sometimes getting twinkies in my lunchbox at school. yum! makes me want to run to the store and get some right now!

GB Jost - I have just a quick comment…Ding Dongs straight from the fridge (or freezer) during a hot summer day!
Need I say more?
Thanks!

Lelia - I have not had a Hostess cake in years!!!! Good memories of them in the lunchbox too though! =)

megan - my mom would only get us hostess products for special occasions like field trips and sleepovers…and the excitement over them was crazy. oh the little things in life!

Shiloh Walter - Love Hostess Cupcakes! Can never keep them in the house long enough with kids though.

secret mom thoughts - I loved eating Hostess cupcakes with my school lunch. It was the best part of lunch.

Andrea Siebert - mmm…anything chocolate is good…

Eileen Rosenberg - When I was young I lived with my aunt for a year. Every night after dinner she would pull out a massive hat box filled with different Hostess cakes. I was allowed one and it was one of the hardest decisions in my life at the time 🙂

Angie G - My mom used to pack the Hostess cupcakes in my lunch – yummy!

Nicole - I love the swiss cake rolls because we always had them in our lunch for school!

Katie Middlebrook - One of my husband’s best friends, old co-worker, and bachelor LOVES to take hostess cakes, cut them up, stick fun toothpicks in them and take them to every party he attends :).

Deeanna - When I was little my dad and I would go down to the corner store and buy hoho’s and to this day when I visit we have hoho’s in the morning just the two of us 🙂

Meredith - Ding Dongs are a personal favorite of mine. I need to get them for my kids as a special treat. My 8yr old would love to see that in his lunch box.

Kim Black - Ding Dongs are by far my favorite but who can resist any of their scrumptious treats!

Katelyn - The cupcakes are delicious!

Hannah O - i always get a hostess snack from the candy machine at work.. whenever i need a quick snack i always stand by the machine and wonder what I’m going to choose & what sounds good.. it ALWAYS ends up being something Hostess!

Leah - When we went camping as kids, my mom always packed those little donuts for breakfast for one of the mornings. I loved it!

Michelle - I remember always having the chocolate cupcakes for lunch during field trips.

Kathryn C. - Tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/katbirdfl/status/179017671596183552
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Kathryn C. - One of my favorite memories of Hostess Twinkies is when my baby brother snatched a whole box of them out of the grocery bag after my mom got home from shopping. He tore out to his room and ate every last one of them. I remember he was so sick that night and my mom found the box in his room and figured out why he was sick. We loved twinkies as children and I give them to my children. I still love them but don’t eat them as often. Thanks for the giveaway!
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anna pry - i remember getting hostess snacks in my lunchbox as a kid
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steph - i remember getting a special twinkie surprise in my lunchbox!

Sunshyn V - My favorite memory of Hostess is how I used to messily eat their Cupcakes, one component at a time. So yummy. 🙂
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janet trieschman - I used to have hostess snacks in my lunch at school. My mom always packed them for me. The new chocolate versions seem so tasty. I can’t wait to try them, I haven’t seen them in the stores yet. We have a Hostess store in our town, so that might be a place to look as well! Can’t wait.

tiffany - My favorite hostess cakes will forever be the twinkies.. funny how as a child i could eat a box of them and never gain an ounce. now, i gain 5 lbs watching my kids eat them, lol

Jamie - My mom always packed Twinkies in my lunchbox in 1st grade (long time ago!) 😉

Debra F - I remember if my brother and I got good report cards as kids, my mom would let us pick out a special treat at the supermarket, and I would always pick a box of Twinkies.

Angela F. - I just love that everytime I see them in the store I want them. I know I can’t have them all the time but when I do they are yummy. I love the cupcakes they are my favorite… wish I had one right now.

Erin - We always had Ding Dongs when I was a kid. Remember when they came in foil wrappers? I miss that. 🙂

Mary Sovinski - Hostess items were on sale at the grocery store when I was shopping w/my children. For a special treat we bought a box of HoHos and Twinkies for lunch treats. The kids are in heaven!

Dahbou - My favorite memory is from about five years ago when I first tasted a Hostess cupcake. I was shocked that I’d never had one before and thrilled that they were so delicious!

Jeannette from Plant City - we didn’t get them very often but Twinkies were my favorite, I haven’t had one in years but I am tempted to try one that has been deep fried at the Strawberry Festival this year 🙂

Jessica F - I remember the awesome feeling in elementary school when I could eat a Twinkie as a dessert!

Sheila P. - I’m confused. I had heard earlier this year that Twinkies were being discontinued. I cried for a week. Not really, but they were my favorite thing to find in my lunch box growing up – but it didn’t happen often.

sandra - twinkies in my lunch bag were a real treat

Jill H. - I remember my Mom froze Hostess Cupcakes to keep them fresh longer and I ate it straight out of the freezer and I’ve been eating them that way ever since! Love it!

Karen - Mmm, cupcakes!

Susan Smith - My Mom would always pack a Twinkie into my school lunch and the kids would try to get me to trade something from their lunch for it.

Terri Upton - Our favorite is the Powdered Donettes. We get them for special treats. The are funny to eat together because the white powder get everywhere and if you laugh while eating it really makes a mess. Great memories.

Tracey Byram - My mom used to pack 2 Ding Dongs in my school lunch every day. One for me and one for my best friend. I was never sure if my friend liked me or my Ding Dongs more.

HollyWilcox - My grandma always kept her bread box full of Hostess. My brother and I would spend our summers swimming there. We’d run into the house, stuff a donut in our mouth and jump in the pool. We didn’t want Grandma to catch us stealing her treats. But, every time we went back, the breadbox was full again. 🙂

Natalie J Vandenberghe - A favorite memory is seeing the joy on my son’s face when he gets to have a Hostess snack 😉
Thanks for the giveaway!

natalie@thesweetslife - i traded every day in 8th grade for my friend’s ho-hos! 🙂

Kristin Hayne - I love Hostess products… they are a staple in our house. A fun one. My favorite memory is sticking our fingers inside the twinkies and eating the creme filling first…. ickky and messy but oh so yummy….

Christie - It is a special treat or occasion when my kids get powdered donuts and they love them. Great time and memories.

Rebekah from Simply Rebekah - Clearly I need to win this because I don’t have any hostess memories! I don’t think I’ve ever eaten a Twinkie in my life. Help me out with that, will ya? 🙂

lynette - Ding Dongs were my favorite as a kid and I still love them!

Jessie C. - I remember me and my sisters were allowed to have as many Hostess cupcakes for birthdays.

Amanda Larkins - My mom would always buy some for me and my sister at the local “bread store”. I miss spending time with them. We live 5 hours away now….

Jenna - Using the foil from the Ding Dongs on my foil ball: HA!

jessica - I didn’t discover the joys of hostess treats until I got to college! Hah. Twinkies are the best when studying international relations 🙂

shara - we didn’t have much growing up as my mom was a single parent. so the BIG treat for us was when she’d bring home those hostess pies. the cherry pie was, to me, like little bites of heaven.

Ashley K - My husband just heard that they might discontinue twinkies and we have a 17 month old boy. My husband said that our boy can’t live a life without twinkies. He went to the store immediately and purchased so many twinkies that I might need a bigger pantry!

Lorilei - I loved loved loved the Hostess Cupcakes growing up. I remember peeling off the top frosting part and saving that for after I’d eaten the cupcake part. They are so yummy!

karen peachey - Yummo!! The cupcakes are our fave!

Robin - Could anything be better than a refrigerated DING DONG? I love that chocolate frosting cold. I put one on a pretty plate and eat it with a fork. It lasts waaaay longer folks.

Annie - the cupcakes were my favorite. Now by daughter LOVES the chocolate mini donuts every chance she gets for breakfast!

Stacy M. - I am a ding dong fan! But I hide them from the family, they are all mine. I know shame on me. I do on occasion buy some for everyone. 🙂

Tori - There is no greater comfort food, than food that has comforted you all your life!

Juli - We would get donettes sometimes and eat them on Sunday mornings while getting ready for church. Great memories.

s - many hostess memories but one sticks out above all others – my family and I traveled for my niece’s graduation and one night, my brothers, my nephew, and I hit a super Walmart and picked up a ton of snacks including Suzy Qs and other hostess treats – I went to my room to change and then to my brothers’ and nephew’s room to find out in that short time that they had consumed more than 2/3 of the stash!!
I’ve made a suzyq ice cream cake for one brother’s bday. And my kids and I have done ding dong ditches with, you guessed it, Ding Dongs, at one of my brother’s houses. Just gotta love hostess!

Carrie A - My favorite memory is of hostess donettes whenever we have out of town family. I always say I’m buying them for the littles that are visiting, but I’m secretly buying them ’cause I LOVE ’em!

Debbie B - here’s my second entry tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/bellows22/status/176509477107941376

Debbie B - memories of my mother putting hostess cupcakes in my lunch for school!

melanie - Ding Dongs were the travel snack of choice when we did road trips growing up. YUM. I still choose them from time to time when I stop at a gas station.

Routhie - I used to take a bite out of my twinkie and pretend it tasted/smelled funny. I would ask on my older brothers to smell it and right when they got their noses close enough, I would push the twinkie onto their nose. It was worth it every time they fell for it.

Megan B - We actually don’t keep Hostess products at our house BECAUSE – my mom always has them and wants it to be a special “Mimi’s house” thing. 🙂 My son always gets a Ding Dong when he visits his Mimi and Big Papa. 🙂

Julie Wetzold Schellin - Long live Ding Dongs!! Thanks for the giveaway!

Rebecca - Never met a twinkie I didn’t like!

Kasey - I used to love Twinkies when I was little. Can’t bring myself to put any of that
junk in my body anymore!

Nicole F. - Pink snowballs make me think of spending time with my dad at his shop when I was a kid. He loved snowballs so of course I did too! 🙂

sara @ it's good to be queen - oh man now i really want a bag of donettes. love those things. my mom would buy those for a treat on the weekends growing up. i haven’t really bought hostess snacks for my kids…not really sure why. i guess trying to be healthy. i do buy the donettes every once in a while for fun. and a lot when i was preggers. i think this would be a fun after school snack for my boys…i’m gonna do it.

Andrea - Twinkies were my favorite growing up and now my girls love them too!

Lisa Foster - My great-aunt Louise always kept a stash of Twinkies in a big bowl on her kitchen counter for my uncle. Every time I would vist them as a child I would run to the kitchen and plead for just one package (which she always obliged)

LibraryGirl62 - We got to go to the Hostess factory for field trips. We each received a loaf of bread, a white paper cap and a HOSTESS CUPCAKE!!!
Best. Day. Ever!!!!

Rebecca - Comfort food! Yum!

Library Momma - My grandma always had twinkies when we were little, mom not so much!

Michelle From Australia - I know I am not eligible for the giveaway as I am not a US resident 🙁 BUT, do you know I haven’t ever tried any of the products you pictured??? And my ‘things to do when next in America’ list just got about half a dozen things longer…..

Andrea @ Big Creek Cottage - I was raised by the greatest single mom in the world. She was a teacher and clearly ( I know this now) did not make much money…..but I didn’t know it…. Our favorite “treat” each weekend was purchasing hostess cupcakes or ding dongs….Ding dongs were her favorites. Every time i have a ding dong (probably more than I should)……i remember us enjoying our treat together. My favorite is still the yummy cup cakes!

Janelle - cute post 🙂

Stacey - Oh those pink snowballs, I haven’t thought about those in years. I should lighten up and let my kiddos try some of these treats out…. : )

Kelly Massman - I remember eating yummy regular twinkies when I was young–it was a rare treat back then… thanks for a chance to win!
And, have a GREAT day!
kmassmanATgmailDOTcom

Cheryl - I remember that we didn’t get Hostess treats very often but sometimes my mom would get them and put them in our lunches. It was so special to open my lunch and find a cupcake inside.

Ronda - Cupcakes are my favorite as well. They were always in my lunchbox!:)

Alisa - this i a bit of a tease… we dont have hostess goodies here in NewZealand.. but man oh man I want to try now…

giving - yum! peeling the white swirly off the top of the cupcake and eating that first. then peeling the chocolate frosting off and eating it. then breaking the cupcake in half and licking the frosting out….takes me back to elementary school 🙂

Jessica B - I love pretty much anything Hostess, but my daughter and I LOVE the white donettes (or snow donuts as she calls them). They are usually a special treat, but now that I am pregnant again it seems like they are in the house more than they aren’t. 🙂

linda - we always had travel soccer tournaments for my brother…i always remember having hostess donuts for breakfast in the hotel rooms before we had to watch his games for the day–best part of the day! now my kids love the ho-ho’s, cupcakes and donettes!

Sarah - My favorite is the regular Twinkie! I used to love them dunked in milk like a cookie!!! YUM! I didn’t even know they had them with chocolate filling….may have to head to the grocery store! HA!

Cindy - My favorite memory w/Hostess brings me back to the farm. (I’m an Iowa girl!) 🙂 We’d walk rows and rows and acres and acres of soybeans in the summer pulling weeds for my dad. My mom would pack lunches for us if we’d be working far away or she’d bring us lunches if we were in fields close to home, but one thing was always sure~Hostess cupcakes to follow our lunchmeat sandwiches! I remember sitting in a pasture to eat lunch with my dad and sisters in the hot summer sun! At the time I despised it, now I look back and love the work-ethic it taught me.

Shelby A. - My mom would buy a package of Ding Dongs and hide them in the freezer. If we were having a bad day, she would take out a frozen Ding Dong and microwave it for a few seconds until it was warm and gooey. That always helped us feel better, (and still does!)

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Meg, thank you for this opportunity. I love Hostess! So yummy.

jen - my favorite memory of a hostess snack cake was when i actually got one!! my father owned restaurants, my mother is a caterer and i eventually had my own baking business so treats like that were just never around or thought of. but when we did breakdown and have them {usually at the pleading of my sister and me} they were wonderful!

Amy - Hostess treats are the best! I remember playing at a friend’s house one day and her mom took us out to get a special treat for being so good. I chose a Hostess cherry pie. I was pretty sure that I was the luckiest girl in the world! 🙂

Elizabeth Ann - Hostess CupCakes were always a special treat in my lunch box growing up. I remember trying to sneak them from the cupboard after school as well 🙂

Vicki - When I was growing up, we always knew that Grama B would have Hostess Ding Dongs in her freezer just waiting for our visit. We would wait a polite few minutes before we would put on our biggest puppy eyes and gather around Grama and ask for our treat. Pulling back the frozen foil and taking that first bite of icy cold chocolatey goodness with the still-creamy-when-frozen delicious center wrapped up in the perfect combination of waxiness and chocolatiness outerlayer… words cannot express… other than the words I just used. :o)
30 years later, when I was pregnant with my first child, the chocolate donettes were one of my most consistent cravings… obviously a comfort food for me from waaaaaay back. I still sneak them into my cart every now and then. But I think it may be time to free up some freezer space and return to my first love. YooHoo! DingDongs! Pack your bags, cuz I’m comin’ to gitcha!

Molly - I love how my daughters say Cruellers when they want me to buy a at the store 🙂

megan - I love when my preschooler comes home and says, “Thanks mom, I loved my lunch today!” (I know he means the extra special dessert/Hostess snack I packed). He is ALL ABOUT the dessert!!

Sandy - Ding Dongs were my favorite!!! Remember, Suzie Q’s, were they Hostess?? They were insanely good!!!

Betsy - Oh, my favorite memoryof anything Hostess is when we would camp on Cape Cod and find a couple bags of the Donettes in one of the big plastic tubs full of treats. Started when I was 8, and now my 8 year old daughter goes searching for them when we camp at the Cape now. Love it.

cw - I remember the stash of frozen ding dongs in our basement freezer. I loved eating them frozen!!

MeganM - Hostess Cupcakes were always a treat for my sister and me. We would peel off the frosting and save that for last! They are so yummy!

Peggy in TN - I grew up with a Hostess treat in my lunch sack every day too! My favorite part of the cupcake back then was lifting the frosting off and saving it for last. Happy times. Happy memories.

Jenn - The little chocolate donuts are awesome. I call them chocolate waxy donuts…so good. I haven’t had them in forever! Now onto the Ding Dongs, my Kryptonite. Yes, that’s right. I cannot have them in the house, sadly. I will eat the entire box in one sitting. Not good, but well good, but not good for me. I call them Dang Dongs, because they are so dang good. I know, cheesy. I’m anxious to see all that you will do with your new house. Exciting stuff!

Edie S. - Mmmm, I have great memories of those cupcakes as a kid! My mom very rarely bought snacks like that, but I still remember standing in the yard at a cousin’s house in the hot sun savoring a slightly melted Hostess cupcake with the white swirlies on top!!

Laine - I loved the cupcakes when I was a kid! (still do actually!) My mom only bought them on special occasions. And I always put them in the freezer before eating them, too…oh yeah, and peeled the icing off the top before eating it, lol. Here I am trying to lose my pregnancy weight and you’re making me hungry! =P

Kristy - Oh, how I love the donettes! I wish I didn’t. When I was little and my dad (who has a huge sweet tooth) needed a little treat he would take us to the store on the way home from school and let us pick a Hostess treat. Yum!

Julia F - I remember when I was a kid, eating the Hostess Cupcake in a particular order. Picking the white curly-q icing off, peeling the chocolate icing off in one piece, eating the whip cream center, then finally the cake. I’m putting these on my grocery list now…

Karie - Hostess snacks were a super special treat when I was a kid…my mom didn’t splurge on them often, so when she did, it was a BIG deal!

michelle@decorandthedog - I used to make fun of my for sticking her Hostess cupcakes in the freezer. Now I do the same thing!

Julianne Brimner - My mom never had store bought snacks in our house, only homemade cookies or pies. I loved her home baked goods, but when I went to my friend’s house she had twinkies…so yummy. And now that I know there are chocolate creme filled twinkies…oh my.

mary - For many years I taught second grade at an urban school. Every month we celebrated birthdays. Most months no one brought anything to celebrate so I would go around the corner to the hostess discount store and load up on treats. We would stick a candle in and a party was born. I love the chocolate rolls!

Amy Lynne - We we’re given a lot of sweets as kids, but during my long college days I would grab a pack of the orange cupcakes. Oh my word, such a good reward for tackling all my course assignments! My hubby recently brought me a pack and I had to giggle as the memories came rushing back!

Staci - When I was younger we would freeze twinkies when we took trips to the beach. They were GOOD! and refreshing. Thanks for sharing and making me hungry!!!

Melody - we always had a special hostess treat in our lunches growing up as well – the swirly cupcakes were my favorite – haven’t thought about them in ages…but I think a trip to the store is in order tomorrow to pick up a box. 🙂

Amy - I tweeted about this giveaway:
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Amy - I remember I always enjoyed a Hostess Ho Hos after school with brothers. We would enjoy this yummy snack together, share (or fight over) toys and always have fun after school. I’m so glad to have this same memory shared with my brothers. That is my favorite Hostess snack cake memory!
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Mary Beth Hunt - We keep our Twinkies in the freezer and I admit to eating them frozen a time or two……

yvette - twinkies remind me of middle school. they were sold in our snack bar and I think I ate one every day!

Kate W. - i wish they were not so delicious 🙂 so yummy!

Maria - We usually grab a few bags of the mini donuts when we go camping for our departure/end of camping morning breakfast…they are always welcomed and expected!

Amanda - The white powdered sugar donettes were a staple in my house growing up. Now I eat them a bit more “grown up” by dunking them in coffee. YUM!

Colleen - My friends and I in high school polishing off a box of twinkies and smearing the cream on their noses. It was so fun. And I love the Ding Dongs!

Wendy - A nice chocolate Hostess cupcake with white icing in the middle and a big tall cold glass of milk ….. yum!

Allison - Now I want a cupcake! 🙂

Laura Phelps - haven’t eaten a Hostess ANYTHING in a hundred years
ok
not a hundred
thats stupid
I am only 41
so……
I guess I was about 12 maybe, the last time I ate Hostess
Devil Dog…is that Hostess?
that’s what I ate
as for my kids now
I make all of their snacks from scratch
all homemade
organic
no sugar
vegan
just kidding
I feed them crap
ok
all for now
better go to bed
I am rambling…
and craving a devil a dog……

Thuy - I remember my parents packing these yummy cupcakes in my lunchbox and now I am doing the same for my kiddos! =)

Lisa - My husband has a love relationship with hostess cupcakes! Haha! There was something awhile back about hostess going bankrupt or something. Guess not! You are much more fun then I am! I stress about letting my kids have stuff like this for snacks. 🙂

Katy @ Live Laugh Love Craft - Oh.my.gosh. The chocolate donettes are my fav!! My girls and Husband love them, too. Yum………………….

kribss - The cupcakes are my favorites too! Best memory, like so many others, was just getting them as a special treat since we didn’t have a lot of money when I was growing up.

kendra - ahh, Hostess. My dad has delivered for them for years so we always had a cupboard packed with these goodies. I hated them. Now away from home for 13 years they aren’t so bad:) Try the ding dong warmed in the microwave for a few seconds……mmmmmm, that’s good stuff right there!

tara - My mom made the best lunches on the planet…all the other kids were jealous of my lunches. for real.
there was always a hostess treat in the box…I’m sure that’s what they were jealous of!

Gretchen - Hohos make me oh-so happy!!!
Ding dongs run a VERY close second.
Seeing your pictures suddenly gives me a CRAVING!!! 🙂

Tanya H - For my 25th birthday, we were moving 3 hours away and I was in preterm labor, lol. My mom came down last minute to drive me to our new home, so I could stay reclined in the front seat and “on bedrest”. When we stopped for a pitstop, she bought me HoHo’s and had our car-full sing happy birthday to me. It totally made me cry but was absolutely one of the highlights of that otherwise lousy day! 🙂

marci hurst - i remember sharing ho-ho’s at lunchtime with my best friend Mary–now my kids share them at school with their friends 🙂

Jen N. - I remember always, always peeling off the frosting layer of the Hostess Cupcakes and saving it for last. Delish!

Krissy - Hoho’s have ALWAYS been my favorite!! I still eat them the same way i did when i was little. I peel off the chocolate coating and eat it first. Then i “unroll” it and eat the layers one at a time. Then i eat the last roll with all the yummy goodness in the middle!! Mmm…might be time to buy some. :o)

Ashley Cook - They were always the treat in my lunch box. I have food allergies, and hostess powdered sugar doughnuts were one of the few things on my “Safe” list. 🙂

Naomi Williams - I am a BIG fan of the cupcakes! My mom used to give them to us on RARE occasions in our school lunches! We had a Hostess discount store in our town that sold the day old stuff…it was my favorite place to shop…every last item in that store was deliciously carb-filled and it smelled like those mini fried fruit pies! We got a lot of bread and more healthy items there, but I loved the Zingers (pink coconut ones!!!) and the other great treats we would get on occasion.
Once, when I was in first grade, that store held a coloring contest of Snoopy sitting on his dog house. My entry ended up having funny lines on the grass part b/c I colored it on the side of cardboard box b/c I was in such a hurry to turn it in. The judges called it creativity, and I WON! It is the ONLY time in my whole life I have ever won anything, and it was at the Hostess store! What memories!

beth - my grandma would keep the cupcakes and those chocolate covered whipped cream filled cupcakes in her freezer. so whenever we went there, I knew those were waiting for me. and they are so good cold! you’ve got my mouth all ready for one….may have to pop one (or more!) of those boxes in the car this shopping trip!

Lisa - LOVE Hostess cupcakes…my kids do too 🙂

Collette Ezzell - I have always been partial to Hostess Cupcakes the most but Twinkies hold a special place in my heart as well. After we left the box of twinkies out after making lunches, our cat Oogie somehow found his way up onto the kitchen countertop because we came home from work and on the family room floor was a twinkie wrapper with what looked like a deflated yellow balloon inside it. Upon closer inspection, it was indeed the outside of a twinkie, with all the creme filling out of it, Oogie loved Twinkies too!

Nicole B. - My Dad always did the grocery shopping, and he has quite a sweet tooth. He would always get some kind of Hostess treat, but the Ding Dongs were his/our favorite – I think partly because we loved the name, too!

Sabrina - My mom would never buy these for me, but once in awhile she would surprise me with some Twinkies! Best day ever!

shannon - I remember going to my Grandmas and I swear she would collect every Hostess dessert there was and always send us home with boxes and boxes of them! They are so yummy 🙂

Nichole - Ding Dongs. So, my fiance went looking for them like crazy a while back and we couldn’t find them. Then he did, and I think I ate more than he did.
He went CRAZY when he found them. Absolutely insane.

Karey - Hostess cupcakes are my favorite too!!! Yummy!

Lynda M. - Ho Ho’s were my fav! Cream swirled into chocolate cake and then dipped in chocolate – oh my! I used to have one after school too – great memories 🙂

Kati - I used to eat them EVERYDAY in my lunch at school. SO good. One year I gave them up for lent….that was a long season without yummies!

Toni :O) - Oh man, I so had those treats in my lunches too…my fav? Suzy Q of course!!! Woot Woot! The BEST!!! Although now I have to say I love me a King Don but they are very, very rare as I’m trying to eat healthier! hah! Fun post…your kids are just so dang cute!

Jolene (Homespun Heritage) - Too many to choose a fave! ~YUMLY~

Chris Lawlor - Yum says it best!

ko. s - They weren’t allowed in our house! Tsk…tsk…I use to trade lunches in elementary school to get one of those snacks! Now I’m teaching my kids moderation and they love these yummy snacks! I love tossing a pack to them after school and watching their faces light up!

52scrap - I was addicted to Twinkies while pregnant with my third baby. Had to have them, all the time!!! 🙂 Maybe why I am still carrying baby weight, even after my baby is 5!

GretchenP - my dad would get the 2 pack of cupcakes, eat one and split the other for me and my brother.. omg the best!

Juli - I wasn’t allowed these when I was a child. But once a year, traveling from Kansas to California, we were told we could pick one Hostess treat out when we gassed up the car. Just one treat, the entire road trip long. I always picked the pink “snowball” one. Heaven!

lauren - my mom and i used to devour the boxes of the powdered donettes on weekend mornings when we were both home…me from school and her from work. she was [and still is!] a very early riser, so i would pad out to the kitchen to discover her sitting there reading and enjoying the donettes! to this day, i still eat them and remember those mornings spent with her with a smile! 🙂 *

Vonda - I love me some Hostess cupcakes. Having said that, they don’t seem to ROCK MY BODY. lol

Emily - I’ve never really thought about that, that I ate hostess snacks as a kid and now my kids are. Chocolaty, whip creamy goodness…

Lori Austin - Twinkies have always been my fav. My parents raised us on
extremely limited means while I was growing up so to buy a box
of Twinkies was a HUGE treat. Yum…now I really want a Twinkie. 😉

Tiffany - It was always a special treat to see mom throw one in the shopping cart, or discover them in the grocery bag as we were putting them away when we got home.

tiffany gardner - pregnancy and cupcakes….need I say more????

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it’s march!

March 1, 2012 Filed in Uncategorized

are you ready to ROCK your body?  😀

say yes!

i went to our house in the country today and cleaned all day.
DEEP clean.
i loved it.
1. it was QUIET….so quiet
2. it feels good to clean something really well.
3. i like my new space and i love change and i love this sweet house
4. the kitchen is very Mad Men/betty draper and is almost identical to my grandmothers so i thought about her a lot today…thought about her moving into that kitchen for the first time long ago…it even sounds like her kitchen did the way the cabinets close and how they feel.

                     Kitchen

at 12:30 i put down my sponges and took off for a run.
because it's march 1st.
and boy did i try every which way to talk myself out of it.

but i did it.
and LOVED it….it was a perfect sunny day here and i ran on the country roads.
i walked 10 minutes and ran 50 minutes.

also in march i am watching what i eat much more closely.

here is my ROCK your BODY tip for the day…..

myfitnesspal.com 
i use that app on my phone and record everything i eat.
Mfp

it has a search button so anything you eat you can find it….it has everything!  
type in non fat sugar free peppermint latte….there it is!
type in fiesta salad Doc Greens….there it is!

you can track your calories and then my favorite part….record your exercise for the day and suddenly a bunch of calories disappear!  i LOVE doing that part.
it has place for you to weigh in if you want, join groups, read their blog, go to their facebook page.
App

MFP has no idea who i am, i just thought you'd like this app for your phone too!

so my challenge #1 to you for tomorrow…
download that app OR just login and become a member online.
i am not being obsessive about what i eat but when you write down everything….you really do eat less.

AND challenge #2 is to go exercise.
go walk for 30 mintues….or run….just get moving.
you will feel SO MUCH better than if you don't.

 

p.s.  i challenged myself to make it 100 miles in march.
        it will be very hard.
        and i will count walking too…sometimes i just can't run another step.
        100 miles in march.
        boom.

4 miles down and 96 to go.  :)

(sorry about the syrupy sugary post below….it was written before march 1…and tomorrow's too….you'll see)

are you joining me?
say hello in the comments is you are Rockin' out with me!! 

 

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Annika - I use that app, too! It is awesome! And it’s shocking how many calories some food has that I I had thought fairly harmless a while ago! Like a tablespoon of olive oil!

Tami - I am so happy that you are settling in. It looks like a beautiful area. Blessings in your new home. Tami

Jenna - I am taking (hard) exercise classes 3 nights a week and starting to train for my first 5k in years in March: YIKES!

Jenn - alright you all inspired me… started P90x again last night… my shoulders are currently cursing this rock your bodyness! but my mind is happy 🙂

Tonya - ok…even though i’m a few days late, i’m doin’ it! just downloaded the app to my phone and am going to throw on my shoes and head out the door! thanks for the kick in the pants, meg!

shannon - Ok I’m in! I have been going to the gym off and on for 2 months…it’s about time there was some consistency….ok…so I’ll go with 40 miles in March!!!!! 😀 (holy cow did I really just write that for the public to see?)

catie - i LOVE MFP! it’s such a great app! and i love that you can scan the barcode to enter a food. so great! i also kicked march off with a great 5 mile run (long run day) and i’m training for a 10K in june.
so excited!

Jennifer Cooper - I love MFP. I used to do Weight Watchers online and paid $17.95/month. MFP is free and it has more foods. It’s the Wikipedia of food and exercise tracking. I find it motivating to keep track and earn extra calories through exercise.

Kameron - I’m in! I did 3.1 miles tonight! I was proud I only walked for ~5 minutes of it. My calves are killing me but I am in! I am running a half marathon in May so I can’t slack!

Seriously Sassy Mama - I started a 100 day challenge through my job. It has been five weeks now and I have lost 7 pounds. The inches are coming off, and I feel awesome! I love the My fitness pal app. You can also go online and use it, just in case you do not have a fancy phone. The database is awesome. I am on a quest to get to 125 before the summer. I am 132, and I will do it!

Angela B. - I am joining you for some March exercise madness! I downloaded the app and then got myself outside for some sledding with the kids. I couldn’t find Jillian Michaels workouts on there to add as exercise- I will be trying to do those 5 days a week. I did her ripped in 30 for 3 months last year and didn’t lose a pound. I think I ate all the calories I burned off. This app should help!

Alicia D - awesome! i am right there with you with the running and eating healthier! started running last summer which I haven’t done since i was literally 12. I hadn’t worked out in the past 4 years like AT ALL. now im training for the Philly Broad Street 10-miler! It’s all mind over matter. Good luck with your March goals! 🙂

Cindy - Yes! I am ready! So grateful for the inspiration. I need it! Also, thanks to you, I’m signed up the KC Color Run…a little reward for myself once I stick with this 😉 They sold out incredibly fast though!! Unfortunately two of my girlfriends didn’t get in. Bummer.

Lisa - Thank you for sharing that app!!! I need something like that. I started exercising 3 months ago. My body feels stronger, but I’ve only lost 4lbs. I need to crack down on the eating. I just LOVE food! haha 🙂

Maria - Love my fitness pal…I sync it with my Fitbit (pedometer) and love that both get me thinking about what I eat and how much I move!
Next up, couch to 5k…
I’m with you for 100 miles…hopefully will get some running in there somewhere!

Sandra Sosa - downloaded the app to my phone and i’m ready to rock march right along with ya!!! eat your heart out swimsuit season.. cause i’m comin’ for ya! LOL thanks for all the inspiration. love.. love.. love… your new country home too. that’s my dream.

Mindi - I just got an iPhone on Valentine’s Day and this was one of the first apps I downloaded… it really does help to record everything you eat I think. If I see how many calories it is I have to decide if it’s really worth it or not.
And I haven’t run in forever and I also downloaded the free Couch to 5k app and can’t wait to use it. Once I complete it I want to get the 10k one… I have goals, just need to accomplish them!
I love your blog, can’t wait to see what you do with the new home!!!

Annabelle - I use myfitnesspal already and really enjoy it – I had been using a different app before, but I’ve found I like this one better.
I’ll be joining you to rock March – signed up for http://www.thecolorrun.com in May (sounds right up your alley BTW, getting covered in rainbow dust on a run?!) and need to get my train on!! Don’t know if I’ll run 100 miles, but I definitely want to be active every day. Thanks for the motivation!

Kate - I’m in! My friend and I are doing Weight Watchers, and committed to no cheating, and exercise EVERY DAY in the month of March! Even if it is just some hand weights at home…it beats the couch. It is our March Madeness!!!!

Pensingers.blogspot.com - I love the idea of rocking it out for the whole month! I completed my first half marathn in January, but due to injury and then habit, have fallen away since then. And boy do I miss it! I’ll join you in this body rocking quest to push myself to get motivated and move my butt! I always feel so SO much better after. Thanks for this!

Shannon - This is a way better app than another one I tried and deleted. Thanks for the tip! My goal this year is to run a 5K by May. I know that’s simple for plenty of people, but going from zero to a 5K is kind of a big deal. The biggest problem I’m having is the weather. I don’t pay for a gym membership and some days I just can’t make myself get out in the wind and wet but I am making progress. I feel better and I am super proud of myself! I like your 100 miles in March goal!

shiela - your post got me running 5.12 miles this morning (treadmill at the gym). i needed it since i had been feeling sick & yucky lately. two days ago, i signed up for the full marathon in october (on my actual 40th b-day! super crazy, ey?) i liked looking at those super creative pancakes n all. however, those syrup just kinda eeeks me out. congrats on your new place-how exciting n everything. best & warm wishes!!!

Donna - Rock ‘n and roll’n in March! WooHoo!

Lisa - I’m with jen, but here I go! Don’t have a smartphone so I joined online, and I can already see that the fast-food breakfast that I treat myself with on Fridays is gonna have to stop. I’m not a runner, but I AM GOING TO START WALKING AT LEAST 4 DAYS A WEEK (do you hear that, Self?!) I’ve been needing this for a long time – thanks for the inspiration! ROCK ON!

Lori H - Meg, do you read Flower Patch Farmgirl’s blog? Her situation includes a Draper rental kitchen too! If you don’t already, check it out, I think you’d love it!

Tanya - I’m rockin’ with ya girl.
I’ll take challenge two.
I’m going to tailor mine to 60 miles in March cause that’s where I’m at.
I did 2 yesterday and ran for a large portion of that. That was a milestone for moi 😀
Yay!!
One this is FOR SURE ~ you do feel A LOT better when you’re rockin’ your body….hard to get started but always always worh it.

Cori - good luck with your running. I can’t wait to see blogs about your new place, I love your style.

Lindsey - Wow – Meg! I might be hard-pressed to WALK 50 minutes – great job RUNNING 50 minutes! Thanks for the pep-talk! I will get my exercise on!

Lori S - I have been using MFP for about 3 weeks now! Best ap ever! Because I log everything and other people can see what I’m eating every day, it really makes it easier to NOT have that danish, or NOT go through the drive-thru just because I’m in a hurry! So far I have lost 6.5 pounds. I also just started doing the Slim in 6 video work outs.

Jessica Jackson - I love MFP! I’ve been using it for about 2 months and have dropped 15 pounds! I’m just now starting 30 Day Shred so I’m hoping to knock off another 40lbs before I’m through. 🙂

Kimberly Dial - I will download MFP to my phone but … the 100 miles? I feel certain that will not happen … maybe 50 though!

becky@oursweetpeas - The house looks precious. I have a farm house fantasy. I love my house though so it may never be realized. 🙂
Anyways, I am committing to 60 miles this month. It is wimpy compared to yours but I am a walker and I am JUST starting to get back to regular exercise (now that my daughter is 19 months old and my twins are going to be starting kindergarten in the fall ;), yeah, I have NO excuses). Anyways this will still be an average of about 3 miles on ALL weekdays. I tend to over-commit so I am trying to not let myself. 🙂 This seems do-able.
Good luck with your goals and that gorgeous house, BOTH of them. 🙂

Kimberlee Jost - Go girl.
I am cheering you on.
And rocking my body for swimsuit season, too.
100 miles is not for me, but I am completely inspired.
Thank you. 🙂

Linda - on my way htis morning. Trying to be “faithful” to go 3x a week. Quite an adjustment in thinking but my weight and diabetes demands I do something. Such a backslider; I regained so much weight back. Think I will download; need all the help I can get! No running though. Gave that up when I left the army 28 years ago. hated it!! 🙂

Shauna - Rocking with you! Watching what is eaten and running! Im getting ready for a race in Newton tomorrow! Im pretty excited! Love Rock your Body March!

Anna - I’m a huge an of MFP! I’ve been tracking since right after Christmas and have lost 17 lbs just by watching the calories i’ve been eating. Of course, as my sweet hubby says “Just think what the number whould be if you were exercising daily!” – gotta love encouragement! So I’ll join you for Rock your Body March!

Michelle - I love MFP! I had a lot of success with it last year and then got lost in too many activities but I’m back on track again! Looks like you’ve got yourself a great house! Enjoy!
Michelle
http://www.thingsthatmatter-m.blogspot.com

Katie - Wow! 100 miles…I am training for a 1/2 marathon and figured out I will be running 88 miles in March – I am not sure how to get another 12 in…I love the idea though of setting a mileage goal…this will come in handy when I am not training for a race. Thanks for the idea!

jen - okay…yes yes yes i will do it. committed.
or will i be committed when this is over???
{eekkk…what have i gotten myself into???}

Jessie - I’m with you! Love that app! Instead of giving something up for lent I decided to get back in shape! I rejoined jazzercise on Tuesday and haven’t missed a day yet!

Rachel J - Count me in!

Harriet - YES! This is just the encouragement that I need. 🙂

Jamie Burdorf - I actually downloaded this app in January and I LOVE it! I’m down 19.6 pounds in just 46 days. It’s awesome. Good luck with your goals!

Amanda - I LOVE that app! I downloaded it a few months ago and used it for a while but then lost interest in seeing how much garbage I ate. But now I am back in the groove. I don’t run (I walk) but I love the idea of doing 100 miles in March. Don’t know if I can make that goal but it will be fun to try 🙂 Thanks so much for the inspiration!!!!

Michelle From Australia - I’m doing to sit in my desk chair here in Australia and feel guilty. Whilst you run your 100 miles. Or maybe. Just maybe you might be the one to coax me into my jogging shoes. Time will tell.
p.s. I love, love, love your kitchen in the ‘other’ house. But I’m sure you will have this one looking ‘Meg Beautiful’ very soon.
Sending prayers your way for good moving weather….

Jen@ADropintheBucket - Totally joining you! Already got my exercise in (I’m in Scotland and usually get up early in the am before husband goes off to work to get it done), and I am going to look the app. I am doing weight watchers, but maybe this can eventually replace it!

Karen - Wow. This is a great app! Thank you for sharing! I really need to get on this!! 😉

Courtney - I’m doing Weight Watchers but need a jolt to get back on track with that – so I’ll skip MFP but I will do better with tracking on WW.
I’m ready to rock my body with you! The 100 miles in march sounds crazy hard, but I’m going to try! I’ll also be counting time on my bike toward my miles because many days it’s too hard to get out and walk/run but I can manage to spend 30 minutes on my bike and get a few miles in that way!
Let’s do this thing!

Alisa - Im on MFP but am very bad at logging in and tracking. I think my goal needs to be track every bite and keep moving.
is there a way to make a closed group on MFP? We could have a group of whatever march rock your body ladies…. 🙂

Vanilla Bean Crafts - I’m doing HCG this month, but I downloaded it for when I’m done!! yay!!!
Ellie

sue - The kitchen is very different to your other one..Are you sure you really want to do this ?

courtney child - Hahaha…great minds MUST think alike!! I started rockin’ my body today too!! Went to the store yesterday, bought all kinds of yummy, healthy foods and started my journey on getting healthy and fit today too!! I also have the app you talked about in your post, and it is nice to be accountable for what you put in your mouth. Here’s wishing us luck and success!! By the way, I love your blog…I look forward to it each and everyday!!
Thanks, Courtney

Hannah - I’m getting married in June, so I’m definitely exercising and eating a lot healthier (and a lot less:) It’s always good to know I’m not alone!

Karen Gerstenberger - I am a walker, for the most part: 3 – 6 miles a day, depending on the day. I would like to work on toning what I have, but have had trouble getting motivated to change up the workout. Running hurts – I love the endorphins, but dont like the pain. I’m older than you are! 😉 I did download the app – that might help with motivation. Thank you for the invitation/challenge!

Leah - Why is it that we avoid exercise so much yet it feels so good when you’re done? I need to remember that feeling and exercise more.

keri - forever folding laundry - I’ve been trying to rock this body too here for the past couple of months.
I can’t believe I’m actually about to say this out loud,
but…I’m actually starting to enjoy running.
That shocks me!
I didn’t think it was possible.
So…I’m with you.
I’m running tomorrow. 9am. Boom.
Let’s do this.

Midwest Magnolia - Melissa Lewis - Oooh, thanks for the app tip. I will definitely be doing that. I am totally joining in on your rock the body challenge. I actually ordered some running shoes TODAY so that I can start working out, for real. Part of why I dread it is because I have awful shoes that hurt my feet. So now, I am actually looking forward to it. Thanks for the encouragement!

Laura Lee - I only run if I am being chased…. 🙂 But I am cheering you on! Amazing goal! And I am going to try my best to get back to my work out routine this month too. Seems like nothing but non stop sick kids here for two months! I am ready to feel healthy again!

Sheri - awesome idea – i’m going to rockin’ out too. 100 miles in march! it’s on!

lauren - I ran my first 3 1/2 miles post-baby today (she was born Christmas morning) but I’m going to step it up quickly since I’m running a half marathon in may & just registered for a half ironman (triathlon) in August! March 1st kicked it all off for me! yeah!

beth e. - rockin the body with you all the way from vancouver island british columbia. just did level 2 jillian michaels 30 day shred. shoulders burning. sipping some green tea and having a bit of plain greek yogurt with fresh strawberries and a sprinkle of granola. sending you good energy for tomorrow! p.s. love the new kitchen,very cute.

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IHOP syrup…at home!

March 1, 2012 Filed in Uncategorized

when i was asked to review IHOP at HomeÆ Syrups i immediately said yes.
we are a breakfast loving family!

i make waffles and craig makes pancakes.
not on the same days, of course, but those are each of our specialties.
i very rarely attempt pancakes on my own, and i have never heard of craig making waffles.

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it's one of his favorite meals.
our entire married life he has made his mother's recipe for homemade pancakes.
he mixes it in a blender so only one dish gets dirty (besides the griddle).
and our kids have ALWAYS helped him with the mixing, pouring and flipping.
my youngest girls fight over the privilege of adding the ingredients!
they love to make breakfast with their dad.

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scott even jumped in to flip one.
he usually just shows up to eat the pancakes….hardly ever to flip one!

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and he can NEVER wait for the whole family to sit down together to eat.
he digs in.
and is finished before anyone else even comes to the table.

while craig makes the pancakes, i make the scrambled eggs and cut up some fruit.

this morning was lauren's birthday, so annie and i thought it would be fun to add sprinkles to the pancakes!
she shook like crazy until they were adequately sprinkle filled.

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whenever you cook with annie (or draw or play games or…anything)
she usually hugs and kisses you throughout the process.
it's just who she is.
it's her way of letting you know she is happy in that moment.
i love that.

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the birthday girl appeared.
seventeen years old…that is crazy.

i called everyone in for breakfast, and they were honestly so excited to try the new syrup.
IHOP at Home sent us Original, Lite, Sugar Free, Rooty Tooty Fresh N FruityÆ Strawberry, and Rooty Tooty Fresh N FruityÆ Blueberry!
what a treat to have so many choices.
the boys tried the fruit flavored syrups…LOVED them.
Annie chose Original.

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She was a happy camper.

we don't live near any IHOP restaurants.
the kids beg to go there when they see one…which we do when we are visiting grandma or on vacation.
but now we can pretend we are there by using their syrup AT HOME!
maybe i will get some spray whipped cream, and we'll make our own funny face pancakes!

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i used the Sugar Free flavor.
i like my syrup not quite as sweet as my kids like it to taste.
and it's nice to save those calories too.
sprinkles on my breakfast made me smile.

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at every meal at house…this is what waffle does.
meal times are his favorite times of the day.
i bet breakfast meals are his favorite.

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my family loved trying the syrups!

what does your family think of IHOP at Home Syrup?

answer that question to be entered for a chance to win a $100 Walmart gift card and an IHOP at Home Syrup gift pack!

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Ashley Tucker - These sound great and we can’t wait to try them!!
ajoy1332 at yahoo dot com

Eugenie - We like the flavor of the IHOP Strawberry syrup the most.

Mari - We haven’t tried it but we’d probably like the original flavor.
runningmatey at hotmail dot com

Betty Curran - I haven’t seen them yet but I’d really love to try them with waffles.

ACMommy3 - Yum, these syrups sound great, we haven’t tried any yet, but my family is always excited about syrup with our homemade pancakes and waffles! Love the Sprinkles idea, how fun, we’ll have to try that. 🙂 I want to try the Lite one first. 🙂

Lee - We like the Rooty Tooty Fresh ‘N Fruity® Blueberry syrup. It has a strong taste of blueberries.

Anne K. - Oh my gosh! Even though I’m posting at 9pm, I have the worst taste for pancakes now!!!!
We haven’t tried IHOP at home yet, but would love to!

ewhatley - We all love IHOP and waffles and pancakes so this syrup will definitely be on our table.

kay swederski - My family loves it. Saturday mornings we eat together and have french toast and the syrup is great!

Desi - Looks delish to me though we have never tried it or even heard of it! Now I want some pancakes 🙂

Shelley C - YUMMMM IHOP!

Jenn Guymon - I didn’t know they made IHOP syrup for the home! Definitely going to have to find some. We love IHOP!!!

Amber Fussell - Would love to try IHOP’s at Home syrup. We love breakfast for dinner!

Carmen - We haven’t tried IHOP syrup yet. Sprinkle pancakes sound like fun – maybe I’d need the sugar-free syrup to counter balance 🙂

Jill L - My kids are excited to be adding this to our Saturday morning breakfasts!!
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Jessica Wood - Ihop rules!

Sarah L - Haven’t tried them yet, but the blueberry would be my favorite.
Thanks for the contest.

Brenna - I love IHOP. Can’t wait to try these syrups! Yum.

Cori Westphal - I think it’s a great idea for anyone who doesn’t have an IHop close to them!
coriwestphal at msn dot com

Merissa - Sounds like a great way to bring IHOP home for those lazy mornings…yummy!

Gillian - Love Walmart’s prices, and Ihop’s EVERYTHING 🙂

Carrie K - this sounds delicious…i would love to try it!!

angie lilly - oooo I love it! The closest IHOP to me is over an hour away and I have never been to it or any IHOP but have always wanted to try them! This would allow me to do just that! SO cool! Thanks for sharing!

Analia - We love pancakes with syrup too! IHOP brings lots of memories back from my childhood…pancakes with the family on Saturday mornings!

Kerry - We haven’t been able to try it yet, but it looks fabulous!

Karina Lee - we’ve never tried it, but we love ihop

linda brooks - My family loves pancakes and would love to try IHOP at Home Syrup.

Gina M Maddox - tweet-https://twitter.com/#!/CrazyItalian0/status/183687175366377473
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Gina M Maddox - We would love to try this, sounds delicious! Thanks for the chance to win!
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Jammie - We are just learning about the ihop in home syrup. Our local walmart carries it so I am going to have to get some the next time I am out. sweepmorey at gmail dot com

sy - I’ll try this because I love the syrups at ihop restaurants. Thanks for the review and giveaway.
songyueyu at gmail

Melanie - I haven’t tried it yet but I am excited to! It sounds delicious.

Jessica F - We haven’t tried it yet but we love the syrup at the restaurant!

Jennifer C - The IHOP at Home Syrup sounds great. My daughter and I must eat gluten-free, so we can’t enjoy pancakes at IHOP anymore. I’m going to contact the manufacturer and see if the new syrups are gluten-free. Maybe we can have homemade gluten-free pancakes with IHOP syrup!

Debbie B - i haven’t found this yet in my area but I do love IHOP syrup in the restaurant
debbiebellows (at) gmail (dot) com

Mary - My mom who is 95 loves their syrup
marybug2 @ yahoo. com

Kathryn C. - Tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/katbirdfl/status/181412785417232385
katbirdfl (at) gmail (dot) com

Kathryn C. - We have not tried the IHOP at home syrup, as a matter of fact I didn’t even know they made it for home and it was in the store. Thanks for the review and giveaway!
katbirdfl (at) gmail (dot) com

Erica Best - I have never tried IHOP syrup
purple_lover_04 at msn dot com

Bev Edge - I know my family would love these syrups! We’ll have to get some for our favorite pancakes for dinner!

whitney f - We have not tried the IHop at home syrups!!! But we love IHop, so we should try some soon!!!

Kari - My family LOVES IHOP! We go there often. It’s usually our 1st choice when we decide to go out to eat. My sister and I always order the same thing, every time we go. She gets Blueberry pancakes with Strawberry topping, and puts Blueberry Syrup on it. I get the Belgian Waffle with strawberry topping and use the boysenberry syrup. DELICIOUS! Now my mouth is watering, and I think I know what I’m having for dinner!

Maria Cantu - I haven’t tried this yet but would like to try the strawberry one.
MCantu1019 at aol dot com

Leann Lindeman - We haven’t tried them, but all sound good!

Elena - I love IHOP! I haven’t tried the syrup at home yet
elena150980 at yahoo dot com

Stephanie - we love iHop! we go there at least 4 times a month

courtney b - i have never tried it but i would love too! looks yummy! and i love ihop!

mami2jcn - I haven’t tried it yet but my kids would really enjoy it!

Tina M - I haven’t tried the IHOP at Home Syrup, would love to give it a try

Caitlynne - We haven’t tried the ihop at home syrup but we loooove the restaurant and we have pancake night every month on the 8th so this would be fun to try!

Janis - Love IHOP, Especially with the Grands!! Can’t wait to try the syrups.

Janelle - I didn’t know IHOP made syrups to take home! IHOP is my favorite breakfast place so I’m sure their syrup’s are delicious! 🙂

Karla - Daddy’s breakfasts are the best at our house. YUM!!

margo black - I would love to have some of that syrup in my house!!

Tim - I think it looks fantastic.

Elizabeth - Yum!!! Love Ihop pancakes 🙂 My belly likes them even more 🙂

jennibell - My family would *love* to have IHOP syrup at home!! Will have to get some. . .but then they will complain that my pancakes don’t taste as good as IHOP (and I would have to agree). . .will they have a pancake mix next?!?
BTW, ever since I read a post of yours about Craig making pancakes in a blender I have never done anything but — just made them this morning in fact. It is the most ingenious way to make them!!

Diana Yarborough - They would love it. We have the same old syrup normally. It would be good to change it up.

Michele - Assuming this is the same syrup that they serve in their restaurants; it’s delicious!

meredith - i think my family would love it – ihop is a vacation treat!!!

Heidi Tapley - We haven’t tried the Home IHop syrup, but if it is anything like what they have in the restaurant, it will surely be a family favorite.

Kathryn - Teddy bear pancakes with fruity syrup–does it get any better than that?!

Paula Caldwell - We have not tried the ihop syrup yet, but it is now on my shopping list to get next time I am at Walmart. Thanks!

Lisa G. - Haven’t tried them yet, but I’m meeting a friend there for brunch tomorrow! Love me some iHop! 😉

Natalie J Vandenberghe - We didn’t know about IHOP at Home Syrup until this past weekend. I can’t wait to buy it because I think my family will love the delicious flavors that we can enjoy at home.
Wish I had been at your house for breakfast 😉
Thanks for the giveaway!

mel - i do like the syrups at the restaurant so i’m sure it would be great to have them at home. the blueberry is my fave!

danielle - It rocks because there’s no place like home!

megan - i love pancakes. my favorite kind is chocolate chip banana! yummy!

Shiloh Walter - Love IHOP!

secret mom thoughts - My family would love to have IHOP syrup at home. It is almost the best part of IHOP.

Andrea Siebert - yay-love pancakes!

Eileen Rosenberg - I like the idea of the sugar free syrup however my mom used to always make a blueberry sauce/syrup when she made pancakes so I bet the blueberry one would bring back memories 🙂

Angie G - Will definitely try IHOP syrups – we love pancakes at our house!

Nicole - I’ve never had it but you make it look yummy!!

Amanda Sakovitz - We love IHOP but we haven’t tried their at home syrups yet but will definitely buy it next time at the supermarket

Deeanna - Yummy in our tummies 😉

Meredith - I would love to try it, sounds yummy. I also want to add jimmies (sprinkles) to my pancakes, kids would love it.

Kim Black - I’ve never seen the IHop at home syrup but you can bet your bottoms i’ll be going to get some!!

Hannah O - I’ve never seen IHOP syrup sold in the stores out by me in Southeastern Ohio..? Where can you get it? I’ll definitely need to try some! and I agree with other comments – we need the recipe for those cakes : )

Kat - I didn’t know they made at Home Syrup! We’ll definitely have to try it out because we LOVE IHOP! We also frequently make pancakes and waffles 🙂
mamakat@writeme.com

Leah - I love pancakes and would love to try all of those flavors!

Michelle - I think that IHOP having an at home product rocks and will motivate me to make pancakes.

anna pry - never tried it yet but my kids would love the different flavors for sure
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steph - we havent tried them but they look tasty!

Heather - Breakfast is our favorite family meal too. Every Saturday I make a huge breakfast for us to share. Looks like pancakes and IHOP syrup are on the menu soon!

Debra F - I know my kids would love the strawberry syrup…..they often spread the strawberry jelly on their pancakes, so this would be perfect for them.

Christina Tong - I tweeted about this giveaway:
https://twitter.com/#!/ctong2/status/178400246752215041
ctong2[at]gmail[dot]com

Christina Tong - My family loves IHOP. My husband loves pancake and we love to cook our breakfast at home. I am so happy to know there is IHOP at Home Syrup with fruity flavor, we must try the Rooty Tooty Fresh ‘N Fruity® Blueberry syrup and the Strawberry syrup too.
ctong2[at]gmail[dot]com

Sunshyn V - We love their restaurant syrups so we’re looking forward to trying the at Home versions. The berry flavors sound particularly wonderful.
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sandra - it sounds tasty

Jill H. - I didn’t know about iHop Home Syrup until now, but I’m super excited about it! I love iHop’s blueberry syrup so I can’t wait to buy some at the store! I’m sure we will love it!

Dee - We haven’t yet tried this pack but as happy patrons of IHOP we know they’ll be delicious and can’t wait to give that blueberry one a taste test! 🙂

Erika - My favorite meal is breakfast (for dinner!), so this sounds really yummy!

Jachel - I lOve flavored syrups from IHOP, they are amazing, if only they’d also make the butter pecan.

Susan Smith - We haven’t tried the IHOP Syrup at Home but I love all of the different flavors of syrup.

Karen - I loved going to IHOP when I was a kid. I especially loved the blueberry syrup. It’s always been my fave.

Katy - YUM!! We are a breakfast family as well!
My husband is drooling over the fruit syrups!!

Jeannette from Plant City - I haven’t tried these yet but they sound yummy!! I would probably like all of them and I’m sure my kids would as well. 🙂

Robin M. - Haven’t tried it yet… but I need to!

Christie - I didn’t know ihop had at home syrup…but would love to try it and so would me hungry kids.

marci h - Never tried it yet but WOW it sure does look good 🙂
marci h
tristatecruisers at yahoo dot com

Jessie C. - My family loves IHOP, their pancakes are the best! We haven’t tried IHOP at Home Syrups yet, but would definitely love to.
tcarolinep at gmail dot com

Carrie A - Our family recently tried the SF IHOP @ home syrup and my diabetic husband who generally rejects all things SF gave it rave reviews! He said he liked it better than the full sugar AJ syrup, yeah!

Amy - Pancakes with sprinkles make me smile! I would love to try IHOP syrup at home, especially the strawberry one. Yum! Might have to add sprinkles to my shopping list as well!

Dahbou - Unfortunately, there is no IHOP near us, either, so we always stop at one when we’re on the road. IHOP at Home Syrup sounds like the perfect product for delicious family breakfasts in between our occasional restaurant visits.

Kelly Massman - We haven’t tried it yet but it sounds yummy! Will look for it the next time we are shopping! thanks for a chance to win!
And, have a GREAT day!
kmassmanATgmailDOTcom

Maureen - Love your blog Meg, but it makes me sad to see so much sponsored stuff….totally get the money making aspect of blogging, but I really love your posts that do not include a major brand name……I am not a blogger, but notice so many of the blogs that I love to read are turning into this….is this just how it naturally goes?

Kasey - I didn’t even know it existed! But I love IHOP, so I bet it’s good.

Molly - I had no idea you could buy the syrup!! Yummy!!

cw - I have never tried it, but I think we would like it. We haven’t been to an IHOP in years, but I remember them well from when I was a child and love their pancakes and syrup.

Laine - Wow, I never knew that they sold their syrup!! I LOVE pancakes, I seriously could eat them everyday. Cannot wait to try this!!

Sharon Rooney - Tweet
https://twitter.com/#!/jerseygirl137/status/175948988552458241
jerseygirl137(at)yahoo(dot)com

Sharon Rooney - Wow, your pancakes look wonderful. YUM!
I didn’t know they made IHOP at home. My family just loves IHOP, I will have to put this on my shopping list.
jerseygirl137(at)yahoo(dot)com

ellen - We havent tried it but it sure looks good- your pics made me hungry, and we love IHop!

Kytah00 - WE’RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THESE NEW SYRUPS & CAN’T WAIT TO STOP BY THE STORE & PICK SOME UP!
kytah00@yahoo.com

Amy - I tweeted about this giveaway:
https://twitter.com/#!/uTry_it/status/175864612393197570
Amy [at] utry [dot] it

Amy - My family loves IHOP and we love to cook at home too. The IHOP at Home Syrup is perfect when we wanted to stay in and cook together instead of dining out.
Amy [at] utry [dot] it

yvette arevalos - my family loves pancakes! please send me some to try!

tara - one of our family traditions is having breakfast every single sunday night….having some ihop syrup would be an amazing addition to our french toast casserole or waffles or pancakes!!!

Laura in LA - Very neat! I don’t know of any other kind of strawberry & blueberry syrups & now you can have it at home.

Julie - My family (and me!) would go nuts for their syrups at home. My husband makes the pancakes in our family too. 🙂

Naomi Williams - I have just perfected a pancake recipe (took almost 11 years of marriage) that would be fantastic with some new syrup choices. We live in a tiny town and there are no IHOPS within 100 miles of us!
The few times I have been to an IHOP, I was in love with their syrups! I do love syrup. I will try 5 different flavors on the same pancake, pouring just a little bit at a time! I would LOVE to win a sample pack of syrups to try on my newly perfect pancakes.

Lynda M. - I make pancakes almost every Saturday morning – my daughter loves them. I will have to try to find the ihop syrups since my daughter loves ihop too, but we hardly ever go there. Happy Birthday to Lauren 🙂

GretchenP - all those different flavors sound fantastic! i’m sure we’d love it! thank you for the giveaway!! 🙂

Tian Hapsari - Tweet about this giveaway:
https://twitter.com/#!/tiankinasih/status/175753768443449344

Tian Hapsari - I never try ihop syrup, but I would love to give it a try since my family really love pancake. thank you for hosting this giveaway.

Linda - Have you ever shared your pancake recipe or is it a family secret?

Peggy in TN - I love fruit flavored syrup and will definitely try either of those.

Katelyn - I LOVE IHOP, so this would be great to have at home, instead of going out to the restaurant.

Whitney - I am not usually a pancake fan. BUT I love IHop’s. I usually get chocolate chip… but I think the reason I like them so much is because I always put strawberry and blueberry syrup on them when I am there. I tried Smucker’s Strawberry, but it wasn’t the same. So excited when I saw this!

Heather S. - Where’s the recipe for Craig’s mom’s pancakes? 🙂 Looks yummy!

Mary Beth Hunt - Now I want some pancakes. And I’m a “soaked-in-syrup” girl! Happy Birthday to the 17 year old!

Ashley Cook - twitter.com/#!/ashleyjnc/status/175694839277568001

Kelli - We love IHOP- everyone in the family loves a different syrup. Me- sugarfree Hubby-orginial Kid -fruit . Thanks for the chance!

Ashley Cook - I’ve always wanted to try the fruit syrups and haven’t. They look yummy! I rarely ever get a chance to go to IHOP, but this might inspire a trip 😉 Not good for my five pounds lost this week, Shame on you Meg haha.

Maine Mummy - Fantastic idea! Love IHOP!

meaghan - ooooh…original all the way!!!

Lelia - We have never been to an I-hop, so we’d love to try the syrup!! =D

Andrea - My kids love trying all the flavors of syrup when we eat at IHOP, so I know they would love it at home!

Ashley K - Looks delicious. My husband would love the fruit flavored and I’m sure my 17 month old would love the original. 🙂

Ashley - Yum! I can have gluten free pancakes with ihop syrup! I love strawberry and the boys love original.

Amanda Larkins - Those sound delicious! I will have to give them a try!!

Jenn - We are big pancake people. We actually have a couple of IHOPs in our town and I love eating out for breakfast. Unfortunately, we don’t get to as often as I would like. So we make pancakes every weekend. All the flavors and options sound great! I now know where to get them too!

Wendy - Ooooh yum! Love the IHOP syrup!

Stacey - Yummy!

Linda B - I hadn’t seen these yet. I would love to try them!

Lorilei - Can’t wait to try it!

AJ - We are a pancake/waffle family too! I do most of the cooking but my husband excels at breakfasts!

Krissy - My boyfriend and I LOVE ihop!!! He’d love the berry ones, and i like original.
I love Annie!! She’s too cute and super sweet! <3

nora - We would love it I’m sure! Especially the blueberry syrup. Friday dinner in our house is “French Toast Friday!” yum.
aw, the photo of waffle made me miss our doggie who we lost in november. he was such a good helper at cleaning the floors under the babies. 🙂

Kate - We love IHOP! We just got a brand new one in our town that is open 24 hours a day! Pancakes all night long, yeeha! I would love to try their syrup at home.

Alice H - My kids would love that! I make all kinds of fun pancakes. One time I made Smores pancakes. Yum! Thanks for the giveaway.

Janelle - Well my family thinks nothing about IHOP at home syrup but we would like too! They LOVE IHOP pancakes…who doesn’t!?

beth - I’ve never tried (or even heard of it til now!) but I LOVE syrupy sweet pancakes. Yum! I think I may be making blueberry pancakes tomorrow now…..

Jen - my family loves breakfast too-chocolate chip pancakes every Sunday

Kati - I think it is a great idea! I would love to try out the flavors. We love having breakfast for dinner! 🙂

Lori H - I haven’t tried it, but it sounds worth a shot!

tara pollard pakosta - just wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to your beautiful LaureN! 17, wow! she sure is a beautiful girl!!! tell her to make an appearance into the camera more OFTEN!
tara

karenth - I think the at home syrup is a great idea! I usually wimp out on trying flavored syrups, but the at home pack might push me over the edge!!

Kate W. - we recently moved to a town without IHOP, boo-hoo 🙁 Can’t wait to try these and try to replicate it at home!

tiffany gardner - one word. AWESOME.

Erica - My kids love IHOP. (I love that kids eat free at dinner time.) My favorite syrup is butter pecan. It’s too bad you didn’t get that kind, because it’s heaven.

giving - YUMMMMMY! Can’t wait to try them!!!

K - this is FANTASTIC for when we cannot get to IHOP!! 🙂

Jolene (Homespun Heritage) - We eat breakfast for dinner usually 1 or 2 times a week…My husband is the pancake king and my 8 yr old son, Jakob, is the waffle guy. He does ALL the waffles in our house…he’s just great at it!
We’d love to try the IHOP syrups!

Wendy - i didn’t even realize IHOP made this syrup! i will have to try it. yummy. i love ihop.

Nicole F. - We haven’t tried IHOP syrups yet, but we would love to! Love me some pancakes and waffles!

colleen from alabama - We have an IHOP within 5 miles of our house – dangerous(in a good way!) However, nothing beats eating pancakes and waffles in your pjs! I know we would all be licking our lips with that yummy syrup!

Andrea - We love pancakes and would love to try their syrup at home!

Jennifer - IHOP syrups at home…yes please!

Heather M. - How fun! My family LOVES pancakes and these would be so fun to try. Thanks for the fun giveaway!

Tiffany - I would love to try the Rooty Tootie Fruity syrup! We have 5 in our family that all love different flavors. Thanks!

Anne - Fun pictures! We love pancake night at our house, but to be honest, we’re food snobs when it comes to syrup and go for the real deal made locally. Real maple syrup is so much tastier than Mrs. Butterworth’s, Log Cabin or IHOP syrup. You can keep the synthetic rainbow of flavors, IHOP! 🙂

Jen - We like IHOP, one of our twins more than anyone else in our family. More than anyone else in town. That kid can put away the pancakes, so their syrup would totally make his day. And, that would make my day 🙂

amy - my kids love IHOP!! ihop at home syrup would make “breakfast for dinner” a weekly occurence.

ginny - we’d love to try all those syrup flavors! and i hope you share the pancake recipe too please. i’ve only ever made bisquick pancakes.

Beth Ann - Love em’! We do breakfast for dinner once a week, complete with syrup choices, fruit topping bar and of course whip cream! It is my kids favorite meal and I love it in that any leftovers can be kept in the fridge to warmed up in the toaster subsequent mornings for breakfast!

Wendy - We haven’t tried their syrup, but we’re looking forward to trying it soon! We love IHOP!

Elizabeth Tadigiri - I love IHOP pancakes and also never miss to try ALL of the syrups when I go there.

Wendy W - I’m so jealous that you’ve had the opportunity to try the other flavors as all I’ve been able to find is the original. I love it and so does my two year old who seems to dislike everything. Yum!

Rachel Matilda - This is awesome…now I can enjoy the strawberry syrup at home which is my FAVE main reason why I used to visit Ihop!

Shar - My G-kids will love these syrups. Can’t wait to try. My birthday is March 1 too! So, Happy B-day, L!!

Edie S. - I haven’t eaten at IHOP in years! There was one in my college town, and my boyfriend (now husband) and I ate there every weekend he came to visit. I know our kids would love the fruity syrups!

Kirsten J - Sounds yummy – I love the idea of an IHOP treat at home. I remember loving the strawberry when I was a kid 🙂

Julie - Haven’t tried them yet but they look yummy and we love IHOP!!!

Angela B. - We have never tried IHOP syrups. Sounds good! Happy birthday to your beautiful daughter!

Kendra - Haven’t tried them, but would like to!

Julie, momto7 - Cool giveaway! We love breakfast too, and IHOP syrups are so yum!

Christy - I haven’t actually tried the IHOP at home syrup, but I’m sure I would love it. We love IHOP. They have the BEST pancakes!

Regina - We are a breakfast-lovin’ family too! Didn’t know IHOP was marketing in the grocery isle now, but am looking forward to trying it all!

Rachel J - What I really want to know is if Annie’s pj’s come in my size???? SO adorable!

Donna - We haven’t tried the at home syrups yet, but we go to IHOP quite a bit. Breakfast is a good meal at any time of the day! My youngest is amazed that IHOP is open 24 hours a day…he thiinks that is so cool!

Elizabeth - Oh I love their pancakes and like you I prefer plain ol’ syrup no flavors 🙂

rosemarie - I love IHOP they have the best crepes ..I always get them when we go there. I am going to try the strawberry ..

Laura Phelps - is this syrup part of the rock your body plan???
personally, I am not a syrup girl.
but my kids would eat it.
in a bowl.
with a spoon.
like Elf :-)..”I love sugar!!!”

Lisa - Annie is just a doll!

Sarah b - I’d love to try it!! We are cracker barrel junkies, but we’d love trying some new fun syrups. My daughter would adore the strawberry!! 🙂

Michelle From Australia - Another American thing we miss out on 🙁 We visit IHOP a lot each time we are fortunate enough to be in the USA 🙂

amy - I think IHOP at home would add some happy Americana to a very German kitchen! 🙂 I’ll have to have my mom send me some. 🙂 …..and P.S. – so very jealous of your country house!

Jen N. - I haven’t tried the syrups yet, but we LOVE IHOP.

shara - pancakes are my little boy’s FAVORITE meal, so i think this syrup would be well-received in our home!
sharabachman at gmail dot com

Leah - Looks delicious. And happy bday to Lauren!

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - I can’t wait to try the syrup… I know my kids would love it!

shannon - How fun do all those flavors sound! I haven’t tried them yet but I will be looking for them the next time I’m at the store. My girls love pancakes for breakfast!

Amy N - We haven’t tried them yet, but the strawberry syrup looks good!

Jessica - It looks really yummy! I’d love to try it sometime. Your family is adorable, as always!

Tina I - Your 17 year old is beautiful! So nice to see a photo of her. Also loved the pic of your little one where you caught the steam coming up off the pancake. You have a beautiful family!

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alrighty then……

February 21, 2012 Filed in Uncategorized

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come on over and read all about craft weekend number 3.
all the crafts are shown and those are some happy ladies!

WHATEVER CRAFT WEEKEND blog is waiting for you.  :)

 

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Lesley - Hi Meg, I’m going to put coming to one of your craft weekends on my bucket list! It just seems like soooooo much fun. So, can you please keep them going until I get to come?? Thanks!

Trudy - The pom-pom fringe makes me think of the book “Goldilocks Returns” by Lisa Campbell Ernst. Have you ever read that Meg?

Lori Austin - What fun you girls are having with these super special weekends. I’m parked on my rear end with mono – the bright colors and happy faces are cheering me up. Thanks. 🙂

Jen H. - Love it! How fun!
My favorite craft was the freestyle canvas. I would love it if you could do a tutorial on that. Esp. the best way to get the letters on there. So many pretty and creative pieces!

beth davis - It was a pretty day in Kansas on Saturday, so I decided to trek it to Marion to the antique store – unbeknowst to me, there was a van-filled with the CRAFT WEEKEND girls! It was fun to see a glimpse into the weekend.
The sweet lady behind the counter invited me to follow you all out to the ‘barn’ – what a cool place!
Anyway – I felt like a ‘fly on the wall’ for a brief moment – not wanting to invade your fun, but it was very neat to see.
BTW – I am on the waiting list, too!
Glad you all had a great weekend!
Beth

happygirl - You are the bravest woman I know.

stephany @ home is what you make it - What a great weekend!
Thanks for the inspiration!!

Molly - your craft weekend post just made me so happy! i can only imagine how happy it would make me to be there! 🙂

Laura Phelps - okay….on my way….just need to refill the coffee cup….

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