Watch the video for the review! I am totally honest with you when I say, this is one of the best pound cakes I have ever tasted….. other than my mom’s cake.

Here is your chances to win this cake. You can do all of them or just the first one.  The first one is mandatory to be signed up to win.

• Go to Janie’s Cakes and tell me in the comment section below how Janie gets her eggs to make the cakes. While you are searching for the answer, check out her site.
• Become “Friends’ with Janie’s Cakes on Facebook.  Come back and leave a comment about connecting on facebook.
• Follow Janie’s Cakes on Twitter and tweet about the giveaway.  Leave comment with a link to your tweet.
• Follow A Thrift Geek on Facebook. Leave a comment on the facebook wall letting me know you are following me.
• Follow A Thrifty Geek on Twitter and tweet about the giveaway.  leave a comment with the link to your tweet.

The giveaway will end this Sunday and the winner will be announced on Monday morning.  Just think, you could win this just in time for Mother’s day!!!

Good luck!!

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Gidan is doing a Mom’s Grand Slam Getaway.  The Grand Prize for one lucky winner (mom) is a getaway weekend with a friend in the great American city of her choice ( Chicago, Miami, New York City or Los Angeles.) The trip includes travel for two with deluxe accommodations and airfare provided by Gildan AND  a $3,000 spending cash!

It is a short form to fill out so give yourself a chance to win.

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UPrinting has partnered with my site to give a reader 250 Die Cut Business cards printing. I love their business cards.  I have gone on the site and designed my cards and used the leaf die cut card.  I love how they turned out.  I can’t wait to receive my set. You might say that you don’t need business cards but everyone can use business cards.  You can use cards for……

• business cards for your job
• cards to use as gift tags that already has your family’s name on it .
• Cards that you can give out with your family contact information on it.  This is great when you are out and you meet someone that you want to connect with later.
• Cards that are appointment setting cards for a service company.
• Cards that say, Mommy of…….. and your phone number and email.  This is great to give to teachers, school administration and baby sitters, etc.

UPrinting is giving one lucky reader a set of 250 Die Cut business cards.  These cards are valued right at $50. Prize Information:250 Die-cut Business Cards for one winner 2×3.5″ Rounded Corners, 2×2″ Rounded Corners, 1.75×3.5″ Rounded Corners, 2×3.5″ Leaf, 2×3.5 Rounded one corner, 2×3.5″ Half-Circle Side, 2×3.5″ Oval, or 2.5″ Circle 14pt Cardstock Gloss / Matte / High Gloss (UV), or 13pt Cardstock Uncoated 6 Business days print turnaround time Free US shipping only

Here is how to get in this giveaway!!!

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“You should assume that I will receive free print products in exchange for the post. Any and all reviews posted are based solely on my own experience and may be atypical. Please practice due diligence in making any related purchase decisions.”

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Want to win a $100 Amazon Gift Code?

150 Fabulous Bloggers have joined together in this Twitter/Facebook blast to give you the chance to win one!

You have many chances to win and can enter daily from now until April 22nd.  To enter use the rafflecopter form.

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We have a winner! Congrats!!! Kim Scutchfield
Here is how Kim spent her Easter. What a great day!
I spent Easter enjoying a church service and spending time with my son. I then sent him off on a mission trip to New York, with his Sunday school class. What a great day!
Send me your address to where I can mail you your Bible.
thethriftygeek@live.com

In honor of Easter, I would like to give away a Busy Mom’s Bible.  This is a beautiful leather bible that is purple, green & white.

As mom’s we are all so busy taking care of our family, our homes and jobs that I know it is hard to find time to just sit and read and connect with God.

This Bible has

• 52 one minute “thought starter” devotions with suggestions for deeper study
• Subject index for topical study
• Extra thin edition  for easier carry
• Words of Christ in red
• Ribbon marker.

Look into the one minute devotions.

Delight in His  gifts

“If you, then though you are eveil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!”  Matthew 7:11

God wants us to delight in His good gifts. What parent wants a child to put a present back under the Christmas tree and walk away disappointed?  We want to see joy on her face as she received gifts from us.  We want her to enjoy what we have given her.  We know she loves her doll if she picks it up and hugs it.  We’re sure he loves his bike if he climbs on it and rides it.  Our heavenly Father longs for us to enjoy the gifts He gives, to wrap our arms around them and use them for His good pleasure.  God’s gifts are there for the taking….. with pleasure.

Reflect and pray:  In what ways do your memories of your earthly parents affect your reading of Matthew 7?  What is one good gift God has given you?  What Spiritual gifts have you been given?

I am so thankful for the gift that Jesus gave us that we celebrate during the Easter season.   I remember accepting this gift and how at peace and renewed I felt and the security it gave me in knowing that I have a heavenly Father that loves me so much that He died on the cross to give me forgiveness.    The gift of salvation is one that doesn’t fade away, get broken or get stolen.  This gift is one that you will have for eternity.  God gives you all the gifts that you need.  All you have to do is trust Him and accept him as your Lord and Savior.

My friend April, has given this Bible to me to share with one lucky reader.  All you have to do to be in this giveaway is leave a comment below on how you are going to celebrate Easter.  Even if you have a Bible, sign up to win this one and then share it with a mom that you know might need a Bible.

This giveaway will end on Monday at noon.

Have a blessed day!

-Anna

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Bloggers: here is a giveaway that you can participate in to grow the awareness of your site. [Sign up HERE!]

This is no cost to the blogger or the reader.

The giveaway is April 4 -11 and the prize is $100 Paypal Cash.

The giveaway will be post here on my site so if you want a chance to win, be sure to come back on the 4th to sign up.

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Do you sometimes just crave orange juice?   I do.  There is sometimes that all I want is a big glass of cold orange juice.  Maybe it is my body telling me I need more vitamin C or maybe it is a comfort drink, I am not sure, but I am sure that it is wonderful.   When I buy orange juice, I try to get Tropicana Orange juice because it is 100% pure orange juice.  Plus 100% of the oranges comes from Florida.   My favorite is Tropicana Orange juice with pulp.  I love the feel of the pulp in the juice.

Did you know that Tropicana is the largest buyer of fruit in Florida?  That is a big statistic to be proud of in this economy.  Florida should be proud.  They purchase around 11.6 billion of oranges from Florida each year.  The growers probably love seeing Tropicana coming.   Tropicana works with 22 different groves throughout central and southern Florida.   Some of the relationships with the groves have been together since the 1960′s.   I love hearing stories about companies that invest back into the communities.  Tropicana is loyal to their growers.

I can remember when I was young, my family took a trip to Florida for vacation.  We stopped at the Florida line and went into the welcome center.  There was a counter set up in the welcome center that served fresh squeezed orange juice.  That taste has stayed with me for years now.  I remember my mom made me stop getting samples.  I am sure I drank orange juice before then, but I can remember the taste, the feel and the smell of the fresh orange juice.  Tropicana reminds me of that day.

As we were leaving the welcome center, I was walking through the sandy grass and walked right on a fire ant bed.  They attacked my legs. I will never forget that feeling of the ants crawling and stinging my legs.  My mom rushed me into the bathroom and washed my legs and killed the ants.   The only good thing that came out of this was, I got to go back to the counter and get another sample of orange juice.

Tropicana is having a sweepstakes right now on Facebook.  If you go and “like” their Tropicana page, you can sign up for their Tropicana Perfect Pick Sweepstakes.  They are sending one lucky person to Sarasota Florida and then 99 winners will get a years worth of orange juice.   The sweepstakes ends on April 20, 2012. While you are on the Facebook page, you can learn more about Tropicana and the growers that grow for them.

You can “like”  here.

“I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and Tropicana blogging program, to earn My SocialMoms Rewards Points. The opinions and ideas expressed here are my own. To read more posts on this topic, click here

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We have a winner of the $25 gift card.  #57

Melissa Bird!!!!Her comment on how she saves money at Kroger is “ My biggest savings was on Morningstar Farms products. When Kroger had them on sale 2 or $6.00 I had my Morningstar coupons and saved so much money. It was more like buy 1 get 1 free. Very good deal!”

I have emailed Janice and she will have 24 hours to respond. If she has not responded, I will select another winner through Random.org.

Here is a sample of items that will be on sale that week…Kroger is having their Cart Buster Event starting 2/29/12 – 3/6/12.  This is a great time to stock up on food items.   Last year during the Cart Buster Event I loaded up on Progresso soup!  I am just now running out.

During the Kroger Cart Buster Event you can log on each day starting 2/29/12 until 3/6/12 and grab “deal of the day” items.  You can go to Cartbuster.com each day and download the digital coupons for great deals and even some freebies.

Kroger and My Blog Spark is giving away a $25 Kroger gift card to one of my lucky readers.  All you have to do is leave a comment below on your biggest savings so far at a grocery store.

If you want additional entries, you can do the following and leave a comment for each one.

“Like”  Kroger on facebook

“Follow” Kroger on Twitter

“Like”  A Thrifty Geek on Facebook

“Follow”  A Thrifty Geek on Twitter

Give away ends 3/06/12

The Kroger Family of Stores gift card, information, and giveaway were all provided by the Kroger Family of Stores and General Mills/Nestle/Proctor & Gamble/Pepsi/Kraft through MyBlogSpark.

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Ok Moms do you agree that you can never go to the bathroom or take a bath without being joined by almost everyone in the house?  It is so true. I remember when I was growing up we had one bathroom and when mom would go to the bathroom we would all congregate in or outside the door because there was always something we needed to ask or tell her.  Then when I had kids it all started happening to me.  But let me ask this questions…. why is it that when the dads all go to the bathroom, they can hide out in there for hours and the kids don’t bother them?  hmmm.  I think the bathroom is the hub of the home, especially when mom is in it.

Clorox has created a site that moms can go and “hide” in for a while that is packed full of fun called The Clorox Lounge.  You can be entertained by Comic relief, contest, savings ideas, and exciting give-a-ways. Sherri Shepherd, a comedian and mom hosts the site and if you have heard her, you know she is hilarious. You can see a You Tube video below of Sherri talking about The Clorox Lounge.

The Clorox Lounge is kicking off with the Last Comic Sitting competition that is going on for 8 weeks and they are giving away $10,000 to someone…. I would love $10,000.  I might have to build me a “woman cave” with $10,000.   Be sure to jump over and enjoy the site along with signing up for the giveaway.  I think Clorox has hit the nail with this site.   A great place for moms to get a break.

Speaking of break…..we moms do need a break for it might drive us to do things a little crazy.  I remember when my kids were little I tried so hard to introduce them to different foods.  I was determined to get them to like brussels sprouts.   They hated them, but I would tell them they had to eat one brussels sprout to each year they were in age.  It got really bad when my 10 year old had to eat 10.  That is when I realized, I needed a break. HA!

Jump over and “like” Clorox Ode to the Commode Facebook page to stay up to date.

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