Congratulations to Jackie for being chosen by Random.org as the winner! Your coupons are on their way.
Typical mornings at my house are a greeted with the alarm going off and a rush to get dressed and out the door. Rarely do we have time to stop and have a healthy breakfast.
Recently I was given an opportunity from MyBlogSpark & General Mills to review and blog about GM Cereals. I received 4 VIP coupons in the mail and promptly went to the store I used 2 of them. I chose Honey Nut Cheerios & Multi Grain Cheerios because these seemed to be the healthier options for my family. One of the things my diet seems to lack is fiber. If my diet is lacking then I am positive my other family members aren’t getting enough either. Cheerios contains soluble fiber and Whole Grain Oats so it is also heart healthy which is a good thing for maintaining good cholesterol levels. I also worry about the amount of sugar in the foods I and was pleased to learn that General Mills is reducing the amount of sugar in some of their cereals, especially those geared towards children. As for the Cheerios, I found that they only have 1 gram of sugar per serving which was amazing since they taste so good! My kids love the Honey Nut Cheerios and the Multigrain Cheerios and that pleased me since they contain less sugar per serving than their normal cereal choices.
General Mills & MyBlogSpark have helped me realize that there are quick and NUTRITIONAL alternatives to starting the day off in a rush! Rather than sending my kids out the door with a potential 24 grams of sugar in hand, they can have a bowl or baggie of Honey Nut Cheerios with only 9 grams of sugar and many more vitamins & minerals that they need to get through the day! We have taken this opportunity to change some not so good habits to some great lifelong great choices. Cheerios are a great way to start or even end the day .
I’m off to go grab some more GM cereals for us to try next week. I’m thinking I will grab a box of Wheaties for my hubby…he will need them for that list of “honey do’s” I will be giving him this weekend. 
If you would like to win 2 free boxes of General Mills cereals for your family to try as well, just leave me a comment with some of your favorite quick & healthy alternatives to breakfast for your family. This is a mandatory entry. You can also earn extra entries by following me on Facebook or Twitter or by blogging or tweeting about this giveaway and commenting me with a link for a total of 5 entries. Giveaway will end on Friday, January 29th at 11:59pm.
Good luck to you and thank you to MyBlogSpark and General Mills!
SweepsU.com site review & 6-month membership giveaway!! Ends 7/30/10
As an avid sweepstaker, I am always interested when fresh, new ideas to finding, entering and tracking contests and sweepstakes come along. When the founders of SweepsU.com offered an opportunity to Beta test their new site, I signed up right away. I was very impressed with all of the information on the site. They provide a Library, a FAQ section and a Forums section as well, with many nice people to help you along the way!
Before I get too far in to the details, I guess I should tell you that yes, people really do win and yes, there truly are legitimate sweepstakes sites out there! I agree, you have to be very careful of what you enter and whom you give your personal information to. That is another reason I like SweepsU so much. The sweeps on the site are all checked by more than one person to be sure they 1) are not spam traps and that the prizes are REAL and offered by legitimate sponsors and 2) as an added bonus (in my book), are not duplicated on the site so that I do not accidentally enter again, disqualifying myself.
I have tried many different ways of keeping track and even other subscription sites and I really have to say I really like the SweepsU tracking and notification system A LOT! With one click, your browser window opens to the entry form and the sweepstake is entered in to your tracker for the day, week or month, depending on what type of entry it is. Sometimes I may bookmark a sweep with good intentions of coming back to enter it tomorrow and the next day and the next…well, I can assure you, with my hectic days, that rarely every happens. With SweepsU.com, you have an option to have an email sent to you to notify you that it is time to enter your sweeps again! What could be better than that? Right from that email you can enter all of the sweeps you have saved to your tracker with one click (per sweep, that is). Also, if you are in a hurry, you can use their Sweeps Unleashed option to have your browser open multiple Internet windows at one time allowing you to enter sweeps at a much faster speed. You can choose from 5 – 50 tabbed windows opened at one time depending on the speed of your computer. This makes entering much easier and faster and I can get the sweep that I feel are my best chance of winning entered for the day and go on with the other things I need to do – like finding bargains!!
The nice folks over at SweepsU.com have given me the not one but two 6-month subscriptions to give away to two of my lucky readers!! Right now, if you head on over to SweepsU you can sign up for a free 7-day trial (no credit card required!) and try the site out for your self! If you are interested in winning one of the memberships, here is how you do it:
The giveaway will begin 7/23/10 at 10:00am CST and the last entry will be counted no later than 10:00am on 7/30/10 CST. Winners will be announced on my blog and notified via email from SweepsU.com shortly after that.
Good luck & happy sweeping!!!