Diana Rambles

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Wordless Wednesday: Turtle Improv

Got Milk? Giveaway Winner

The Random generator has been run on the Got Milk? Giveaway.

MOMFOREVERANDEVER is the winner! Congrats!

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Germy Wormy Winners

Sorry I was late to post this...I was sleeping on the job!!

Random number generator was run on the Germy Wormy Giveaway.

Congrats to Jen & Alexis. I will contact you about your prize!

Monday, June 29, 2009

Giant Fortune Cookies: Review & Giveaway

I am VERY excited about this review & giveaway. It's by far the YUMMIEST I've done! The other day we got a GIANT chocolate covered fortune cookie sent to use from GiantFortuneCookies.com. As you can see it was packaged very carefully and arrived in one piece. My kiddos were SOOO excited to break into it and eat, but I made them wait til after dinner. Then like a pack of wild wildebeests ascending on a group of helpless lambs, we devoured it! OMG~ It's the YUMMIEST fortune cookie I've ever had. I've had some chocolate covered fortune cookies before, but they paled in comparison to this. The cookie itself is thick, crunchy, and very flavorful. No processed taste at all...just pure goodness. The chocolate was heavenly and the little sprinkle dots were a perfect touch of candy sweet. The cookie contained a GIANT fortune. Ours was very generic, but you can request a custom fortune. What a UNIQUE gift!! I think it would be fun for a birthday, anniversary, graduation, or a baby shower. Since I've seen and tasted a Giant Fortune Cookie, I will be ordering some for gifts in the future.

GiantFortuneCookies.com and FancyFortuneCookies.com are sister sites run by the same family. I really like that they are a family focused company. The couple who owns it brings their baby to work along with them. What an awesome business! They specialize in not just giant fortune cookies but gourmet fortune cookies. All available with custom sayings. The fortune cookies come in about 20 different flavors and colors. They make their own cookies fresh to order and ship them directly from Indiana. There are unlimited possibilities to how these cookies can be used!

Check out the photos~

By the way, the cookie was so delish that we ate it in one sitting!!!

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GiantFortuneCookies.com is giving away one of their Giant Fortune Cookies to one of my lucky readers. YUM!!! This giveaway will go through 11:59pm on Monday, July 6. The winner will be picked via Random.org on July 7 and be posted here at Diana Rambles. The winner will be notified and has 48 hours to respond. US & Canada addresses only, please. Make sure to leave an email contact if it’s not linked to your blog account or if I do not have your email address. **PLEASE leave a separate comment for each entry. Each comment is numbered and a winner will be chosen based on comment number.**

To enter this giveaway~

Visit GiantFortuneCookies.com or FancyFortuneCookies.com and find something you'd like to order. Come back here and tell us what you would order. This step is required.

You can earn 1 extra entry for telling us what custom fortune you would get and what it would be used for. Please post a comment saying you did this.

You can earn 2 extra entries for blogging about this giveaway. Make sure you include a link to this blog (Diana Rambles) and GiantFortuneCookies.com. Please post 2 comments saying you did this with a link to your post.
You can earn 1 extra entry by posting my Diana Rambles button on the sidebar of your blog. The button grab code is on my left sidebar. Make sure you leave an additional comment saying you posted the button with a link to your blog IF it's not linked to your profile.

You can earn 1 extra entry for being a public follower of this blog (Diana Rambles). Make sure you leave an additional comment saying you are a follower.

That is a possibility of 6 entries. I will be verifying all entries and removing any that don't follow the rules. Please make sure you leave your email address if it's not linked on your blog or profile. Good luck!

I ♥ Faces - Just for Fun

This week's challenge theme for I ♥ Faces is wedding bells, but I don't have any decent photographs...so I decided to go with the alternate just for fun theme. There is no judging on this category, which is fine cause I don't think I ever have a (snowball's chance in &@!!) chance to get picked. I thought 2 of my entries had merit, but I am probably the only one who thought that. No knock on the professional photographer participants out there, but I am not sure how fair the challenges are. I liked the one week when they had professional & amateur categories. I'm just a mom trying to preserve childhood memories and have a little fun...and hopefully learn some new skills along the way.

I picked this pic of my daughter that I just love. It just captures her perfectly. I just LOVE the shape of her eyes (that always have a twinkle) and her pretty mouth and chin. She's only 3, but I think this photo is a little window into what she will look like when she is older. Simply beautiful!

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Self Portrait Sunday

Maria's Space hosts a weekly meme called Self Portrait Sunday. I thought I'd participate this week. I got 2 new pair of sunglasses today and Dori and I struck a diva pose! LOL!

Saturday, June 27, 2009

What Should I Wear?

Next weekend we are going to Iowa for the wedding of some friends from college. They've been together over 20 years and are finally tying the knot! I was chatting with the groom via FB today and I inquired about the dress. He said he is wearing a suit & tie. He thought people would go dressy casual. Wedding is in a Baptist church and then a reception at the hotel (where we are staying.) It's a brand new hotel, but not a super upscale. I don't have much in the way of dresses so I am wondering if pants or even dressy capris are OK? I'd probably go with some kind of blouse that needs ironing (my idea of nice!) Does that sound OK? What would you suggest I wear?

For DH & DS, I am having them wear khakis and button shirts, and DD will wear a dress. DT (teen) is staying home.

Be My Baby: Book Review

I recently got the chance to read Be My Baby: Parents and Children Talk About Adoption by Gail Kinn. This book is filled with wonderful stories and photographs of adoptive families and children. The books is divided into different story parts. One is written by adoptive parents telling how their families came to be. Another is candid thoughts and feelings of adoptive children ages nine through nineteen. Then there is a section where adults adopted as children reflect on how adoption has affected their lives. Finally, birth mothers share their experiences and feelings toward placing their children for adoption. You can read an excerpt from the book here.

I was taken by the coffee table style of the book. The large pages allow for beautifully detailed photographs, which were taken by Ken Shung. It's nice to pick up and read just one story or even a whole section at a time. Being an adoptive parent I felt that a few of these stories hit very close to home. Whether you are an adoptive parent or not, you will be touched by the honest and thoughtful stories in the book.

This book would serve as the perfect gift for anyone involved with adoption. I am going to get a few copies and have them on hand to give out as shower gifts. You can get Be My Baby at your local bookstore or Amazon. It retails for $27.50. ISBN 9781579651526 by Workman Publishing