Why you should vote for me in the Oprah - Your OWN Show contest!

In case you haven't heard Kohl's is sponsoring a contest with Oprah and Mark Burnett to find the next great talk show host to have their very own show on the new OWN network!

Of course, I had to apply and you can see my video and hopefully VOTE for me HERE.

Now let me give you some examples of my interviewing experience:

Yanni Voices Backstage Interview and Dance Moves - oh yes I did!

Laila Ali - Girlfriend gives a shout-out to all the moms

Chris Mann,recording artist and super funny guy (see his blog for more giggles) Note - this was my very first interview and I've learned a LOT since then...like stop talking and let the interviewee finish sentences.

Jared Fogle (Subway)

So, did I earn your vote?

Janine

Let Rayovac Power You to a Free "Magic Wand" Disney Vacation!

Did you know Rayovac is the official battery of Disneyworld and Disneyland? Together they have come up with a fun sweepstakes that will send one lucky family on a magic wand vacation (including 5 days/4 nights, plus airfare and ground transportation for 4, a $250 Disney gift card and $100 'magic wand' gift basket).

Just look at the fun you can have with a magic wand vacation...

Here's where to enter to win the trip to Disney

Look like fun doesn't it? It wasn't too long ago we were enjoying ourselves at Disney for the Social Media Moms Celebration and I'm ready to go back!

Enter the sweepstakes here: www.rayovac.com/disneyvacation

And here is where you can win even more prizes!

Play along and during the MomSelect "Rayovac Powers Your Vacation" Twitter party!

Wednesday, May 19th from 7:00 - 9:00 pm CST

Follow hosts: @Rayovac_battery, @MomTalkRadio, @CirclePRMary on twitter and use hashtag #rayvac when you tweet for fun prizes

Follow hashtag #rayovac

Want to see a little bit from our trip? Check out Disney Makes Everyone Feel Like a VIP and the Disney Quickie Fashion Friday oh and of course the one where Disney made me cry.

Good luck!

Janine

Disclosure: The post makes me eligible to win a $100 Disney gift card and $35 in Rayovac batteries from MomSelect and Rayovac. All opinions expressed here are my own and this post was not reviewed nor approved prior to publishing. Besides, do a quick search on "Disney" using the search tool on the home page of this blog and you'll see I'm a fan already.

Contest: 100K Miles on my Van means I'm heading to Giant for Cereal

Yes, my minivan has over 100,000 miles on it. I've never owned a car this long and I've never had a car with over 100,000 miles on it.

I want a new car.

I want a hybrid.

So what am I going to do about it?

I'm heading to Giant food THIS WEEK (through April 29th) to buy 5 General Mills items and bring a reusable shopping bag!

Giant Food has partnered with General Mills to keep us in the spirit of green to celebrate Earth Day all month long. All you have to do is purchase 5 participating General Mills items with your Giant Bonus Card and bring a reusable shopping bag for your chance to win a 2010 eco-friendly Hybrid car.

You can also head to your local Giant (or Stop & Shop) store to fill out a sweepstakes form but I think buying the cereal is yummier.

Here are more details:

From April 16-29, buy 5 participating General Mills items with your Giant card, use a re-useable shopping bag and you’ll be automatically entered to win. There are two different sets of participating General Mills items for each week of the promotion (participating brands listed below). No purchase is necessary. You can enter without making a purchase by completing an official entry form at your local Giant store. The more you buy the better your chances are to win! Limit one entry per visit. Open to residents of MA, RI, CT, NH, NJ, NY, MD, DE, VA or DC and individuals at least 18 years old. For details about the sweepstakes, see in-store for complete rules.

Here's a short list of participating General Mills items:

Cascadian Farms Ceral

Cascadin Farms Frozen Vegetables

Progresso Light, Reduced Sodium and High Fiber Soups

Betty Crocker Boxed Muffins

Cheerios

Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Honey Nut Cheerios

Kix

Lucky Charms

Yo-Plus, Yoplait Fiber One or Yoplait Delights multi pak

Pillsbury Grand Biscuits

Nature Valley Crunchy, Sweet & Salty, Trail Mix and Yogurt Bars

Green Giant Boxed Vegegable or Prepared Vegetables

Green Giant Simply Steam Seasoned Vegetables or Rices

and tons more.

This contest is easy for me because I love General Mills products and I have a whole collection of reusable bags that I keep in my car.  So, I'm buying cereal to hopefully win a car - but I'd love to know what you've done to try and win a car!

Janine

Disclosure: I received a $20 gift card to Giant through General Mills and MyBlogSpark at no cost. All opinions expressed her are my own and were not reviewed nor approved prior to publishing.

Contest: Your family can win $5,000 for dancing!

The Primrose Schools and Children's Miracle Network have partnered to get families moving and grooving to the tune of $5,000.

Let me explain....

Dancing for exercise and to win a prize

The Family Dance Off video contest is a great way to show families that dancing is not only fun, but a fun way to build some physical activity into your day, or night.

To enter to win all you have to do is make a 30 second video of your family dancing (hint, the sillier the better and knowing my friends here you guys can ham it up I'm sure...do me proud), register and upload it to http://www.familydanceoff.com/, then get your friends and family to vote for you.

Here's what you can win!

• $5,000 grand prize
• Wii Fit Bundle
• FLIP Video camera
• $30,000 donation to your local Children’s Miracle Network hospital

And of course if you win you need to share some of it with me - right? Like a finders fee?

Twofer dancing (sort of) at Disney

Start working on those dance moves

Want to see some of the competition? Visit the gallery of videos here. Then upload your own video and be sure to tell your friends, family, Twitter and Facebook buddies to start voting for you.

Heck, come back here and leave me a comment that you entered and I'll vote for you!

And keep dancing...for your heart, for the kids, and because frankly you look silly and that's what I love about you.

Janine

Disclosure: This blog post counts as an entry to win a gift card from Mom Select. All views and opinions with regard to the website or company are my own and are not influenced, nor reviewed by the company prior to posting.

Win free groceries for a year from Cozi

First, I don't like competition, but I'm hoping that by posting this contest it will increase my chances of getting in on some of the winnings.

Here's the deal:

If you win, you share some of that free year of groceries with me...deal?

Go to Cozi and give them your email address, that's it.

Cozi is cool

They won't spam you, share your email address, or otherwise bother you. I met the CEO of Cozi in person at the Type-A-Mom conference so I can comfortably vouch for them.

For more chances to win you can email some friends right from the Cozi site.

What else do you do with Cozi?

I've been using it lately to track my shopping lists and then send the list to my cell phone (or the Mister's if he's out).

It has a great calendar feature and you can alert family members on their phones with reminders.

You can even dip your toe into blogging with the family journal feature.

So, do we have a deal?

Janine