After watching just the preview, I couldn’t wait to see it!

In theaters October 23^rd

Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, based on the popular series of books by Darren Shan, is a fantasy-adventure about a teenager who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires.  Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares.

The Vampire’s Assistant Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/TheVampiresAssistant

CIRQUE DU FREAK has been rated PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned – Some Material May Be Inappropriate for Children Under 13) for sequences of intense supernatural violence and action, thematic elements and some language.

DETAILS ON THE BOOK RELEASE:

THE VAMPIRE’S ASSISTANT and Other Tales from the Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan

New movie edition features the first three books–Cirque Du Freak, The Vampire’s Assistant, and Tunnels of Blood– bound up in one volume!

Of course, living in the virtual CAVE of existence that I reside in, I had never heard of the books, but you can be sure I’ll be hitting B&N or Amazon as soon as this blog post is written! But as soon as the movie hits theaters here in Martinsburg, I’ll be there!

UPDATED:  My oldest son (13) and I went to see the movie and it was just as much fun as the previews.  I love John C. Reilly and he never disappoints in his odd ways! 

Besides letting you know about this really cool movie, though, I have a GREAT giveaway for you! and you… and YOU! and oh yeah, you over there too – the one with the pink furry bunny slippers!

THE VAMPIRE’S ASSISTANT

MOVIE GIVEAWAY

One (1) Grand Prize winner receives:

• $50 Fandango.com Gift Card & a family friendly prize pack ($100 value!)

Four (4) Additional winners will receive:

• A family friendly prize pack which includes a backpack, young adult t-shirt, locker mirror & book! ($50 value!)

  

Shipping Guidelines:

Prizing is only available to United States mailing address only. (International readers can enter if they have a friend in the States who can accept their prizes by mail.)

Didn’t I tell you this was a great giveaway?!

As usual, I have LOTS of ways for you to enter to win one of these fabulous prizes.  Please be sure to leave a separate comment for each thing you choose to do, though – that way you get lots of chances

• Leave a comment here with the last movie you saw in the movie theater.
• Leave a comment here or blog about what vampire super power you’d like to have.
• Grab my button and put it on your blog.
• Become a facebook fan.
• Follow me on twitter.
• Tweet this contest!  Use the hashtag #dawniemomvampire and comment here with your twitter name. You can tweet a maximum of 4 times a day!
• Share this post with my handy-dandy buttons below, and then send me the link showing that you’ve done so (leave that link here in a comment).
• Winners will be drawn on October 31st!

Enter Fruit Roll-ups.  It’s fruit.  But it’s fun.  But it’s fruit!  But it’s fun!  (See a pattern?)  Fruit Roll-ups have contiually evolved and changed to keep kids engaged and wanting more.  When the first ingredient in a kids’ snack is a FRUIT, I’m sold.

Now Fruit Roll-Ups can be PERSONALIZED, too!  Now, I have to explain something.  My oldest son has never liked Fruit Roll-ups because he doesn’t like getting his fingers sticky (I know… ), so I ordered our personalized Fruit Roll-ups for my daughter.  When she first opened the package and unrolled it, she saw the message I’d put on there for her: 

She got SUCH a big kick out of that!  Over the next couple of days, as the box of 30 dwindled, my oldest decided to try one.   HE LOVED it! LOL 

Ok, so anyway – you can order your own personalized fruit roll-ups for any occasion!  I am thinking they’d be a great birthday party favor!  

The best part, of course, is that I have a code to give away for you to receive your OWN box of 30 personalized fruit roll-ups (a $30 value)! 

If you’d like to win, leave a comment below!  Want extra entries?  For each thing you do, leave an extra comment!

• Tweet about my birthday bash giveaways and use #dawniemom in your tweet.
• Post my button and a link to this blog on your blog, then enter your blog address in your entry.
• If you have a food blog, head over to my food blog and sign up for the Food Buzz Publisher program through my link – that’ll earn you 10 extra!

I also have a major issue with allergies so yeah, this was perfect for me!

I put the Protect-A-Bed Premium mattress protector on my bed & pillow immediately, and was pleasantly surprised!  I was concerned that, because it’s got a waterproof protection side to keep moisture from the mattress, that we’d hear it crinkle when we moved around.  But this thing is so quiet!  You’d never know that it’s waterproof at all.  Even the pillow case is waterproof!

The very next morning, I noticed that when I woke up, my head wasn’t all stuffy, as it typically is because of my allergies.  The pillow protector had worked!  It was awesome! 

I know, there’s not a whole lot I can say about a mattress pad, but seriously, I’m SO pleased with it!   Visit Protect-a-Bed’s site and check out the variety of products they have for your bed and even the baby’s CRIB!

Best of all, of course, is that I have a giveaway for you!  One lucky lucky reader will win their choice of AllerZip Mattress protector, a Premium Mattress Protector or Crib Mattress Protector!  You’ll also receive a Premium Pillow Protector!  

Would you like to win? Tell me why you need a Protect-a-Bed Mattress Protector! Allergies? Other?   [USA & Canada Please]

I’ll draw a winner on my Birthday!  (March 12th)

This is only 1 of several giveaways I’ll be having during the next week in celebration of my sisters’ (March 6th) and my birthday (March 12th)!  So be sure to come back and see what else I have in store

Add me to your feed reader. I have lots of really cool giveaways coming up in the next 6 days!

Cozi is an online organizational tool that gives you all the tools you need to get at least some part of your life organized.  Color coded calendars, shopping lists, family journals and even an incredible desktop screensaver program that allows you to cycle through your photos in a collage that’s just such a nice surprise to walk in to when you’ve left your computer for a while. (Yes, believe it or not, I really DO leave my computer from time to time. lol)

In addition to the ways that moms can get their shopping lists and calendars already on any mobile phone via text message and using our toll free number, Cozi now has a mobile version especially for the iPhone and Windows Mobile phones.  Families can now sign-in and access their Cozi account using their mobile web browsers.   They can add and edit shopping lists and view and edit their family calendar using the mobile version of Cozi right from their iPhone.  This is a new feature! You can learn more about it here:    http://www.cozi.com/Promo-Cozi-Mobile.htm

But the best part of any blog post is the part about the contest, right? So here it is:

Use Cozi to manage and coordinate all the things your busy family wants and needs to do this year. And if you do so before February 4, you’re automatically entered to win a 2-day in-home organization makeover with one of the country’s top organization pros and author of Eliminate Chaos: The 10-Step Process to Organize Your Home and Life

How it works:

• Use Cozi before February 4 (add or edit a calendar appointment, add or edit a list, send a quick message, sync your Cozi calendar with Outlook, add or edit a family journal post, or run the Cozi Collage screen saver)
• You’re automatically entered to win
• It’s that easy!

My thanks to Mom Central for allowing me the opportunity to share this with you

So I’m visiting them all – and blogging about it, so go check out The Centsible Sawyer  for the contest, plus lots of very cool money-saving tips!

So I’m hoping to win this Mom’s Ultimate Organizer – maybe it’ll help!  It certainly can’t hurt LOL 

Before the movie came out, I had never heard of Twilight, never knew that there were books that preceded it.  When I asked my sister last night if she’d heard of this Twilight thing, she just about flipped!  Apparently, I’ve missed the boat on this one.

I watched the recent HBO series “True Blood” and LOVED it – and so it seems I might like Twilight as well.  So of course, when Mom Generations announced their new service, The Giveaway Connection, and that their first giveaway would be a Twilight Collector’s Edition, I was all over that!

The Twilight Collector’s Edition (The Twilight Saga) includes a hardcover copy of “Twilight,” a ribbon bookmark, cloth cover, ragged edges, new chapter opener designs, and a protective slipcase. The retail value is $30.00.

• If you’d like a chance to win this, leave a comment.
• If you’d like a 2nd entry, blog about this giveaway.
• If you’d like a 3rd entry, put my button on your blog and link to me
• If you’d like a 4th entry, stumble this entry and comment with your StumbleUpon name.
• If you’d like a 5th entry, Tweet it and leave a comment with your twitter name.

How’s that???  This contest will end next Friday, December 12th and is open to US residents only.

Lol  It’s true. These little ones running around? Tax deductions! How cool is that? LOL  TurboTax, my most favorite tax preparation software, is celebrating those little tax deductions – specifically those last minute ones (those born December 1-31, 2008) by hosting America’s Cutest Last-Minute Tax Deduction contest!  All you have to do to enter your little tax deduction is log on and upload a photo of your baby that’s born between (yesterday) and New Year’s Eve.  Then you beg/ask/implore people to vote for your cutest baby!  I know – another photo contest.

But this one’s way better.

The winner of THIS photo contest wins a $5,000 United States Savings Bond!

Check out last year’s winner:

Isn’t he adorable!  So, all you pregnant mamas – get to poppin that kid out before December 31st – get the photo uploaded by January 9th.

Also, I have a great giveaway for you!  I have TWO of these adorable onesies that Baby Owen is wearing to give away.  They’re sized 6 months, and if you’d like to win 1 of them, please just leave a comment

As always, if you would like an extra entry, blog about my giveaway.

Another entry?  Post my button on your blog.

ANOTHER entry? Subscribe to my feed

Just leave a comment indicating each way you’re entering.

I’m easy like that

I will draw a random winner from all qualified entries next Friday, December 12th!

TypeAMom.net is having an incredible contest right now.  You have to go check it out – like RIGHT now. Seriously!