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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

SmartPond Fountain Pump with Low-Water Shut-Off and Light Giveaway

For any back yard enthusiast to create a calming oasis a water feature is perfect. When I had the chance to host a giveaway for a fountain pump I was excited to be sharing such a cool one like this SmartPond Low Water Shut Off and Light. The "smart pump" technology allows the pump to shut-off when the water level becomes too low and automatically resumes pumping when water is refilled to the appropriate level. Different from standard pond pumps since it creates aeration and movement so bugs like mosquitoes are not attracted to it.

This SmartPond pump is available exclusively at Lowe's stores.

o Ideal for small to medium fountains

o New technology monitors water levels

o Long-lasting due to elimination of pump burn-out

o Energy efficient

o 16 ft cord

o UL certified

The site has a helpful section called The Smart Approach to help you build an in-ground pond with specs and even a video. Here is a fountain project for a two tiered fountain using the pump you can win here.

GIVEAWAY

Win a SmartPond Fountain Pump with Low-Water Shut-Off and Light

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*Limited to US residents; 18 years old and above. Giveaway starts July 6, 2011 and ends on July 21, 2011 at midnight PST. Winner will be emailed and has 48 hours to respond before another winner is selected. I was not paid for this giveaway or post. The opinions on this item are 100% mine and may vary from others.

Moms Who Mow Event

Today starts our Moms Who Mow event here on the blog. I am very excited to share my lawn and gardening adventures with everyone and to hear yours. Please feel free to leave tips and stories on any of the Moms Who Mow posts. I enjoy learning from everyone. I will be hosting some giveaways this week as well. We have some cool stuff to giveaway so be sure to check back daily from today until July 12th.

We will be giving away a bubble blowing lawn toy for kids, a water fountain pump, books, DVDs, snacks, garden gloves, planting kits and more!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July!! I hope everyone is having a great day. I thought this Winnie the Pooh picture was really cute. I have loved Pooh bear since I was a kid. I am very excited it will be in the theaters July 15th.

There is a cute line from the new movie I wanted to share:
"Sometimes it takes two to tackle a task. Especially if one supervises." -Winnie the Pooh

Here are a few baking Winnie the Pooh activities you can do for fun

Sweet Beehive Cake

Winnie the Pooh Cake Pops

~HAPPY 4th of JULY~

I always love a great bargain. I have my coupons, my ads, my rewards cards and my lists. If I can save money on food and household items it allows me to have money for fun stuff, although I do find coupons for activities too. I wanted you, my readers to be able to check our website for the latest ad match ups for some of my favorite stores such as Target, Walmart, Rite Aid, CVS, Safeway and more. So each week I will make a post for the sales and ad matches from some of the great bloggers I know. You can click the links for the different stores and they will have the ad match ups there. Don't forget to come back and enter our current giveaways as well.

Happy Savings and I hope you can take advantage of the great deals out there to have money to save or use on something fun.

Target from Freebie Spot

Walmart from Deal Seeking Mom

Raley's / Bel Air from My Frugal Adventures

Safeway from My Frugal Adventures

Whole Foods from Organic Deals

Kroger in the South East from Frugal Coupon Living

Publix from I Heart Publix

Walgreens from Wild for Wags

CVS from Frugal on the Cheap

Rite Aid from Frugal on the Cheap

There is even a Coupon Database that has tips, coupons and more! From Frugal Coupon Living

HIT Entertainment 3 pack DVD Review and Giveaway

I am a huge fan of buying DVDs in our house. I prefer them over letting my son watch TV and seeing commercials. I like that I can pre-watch a DVD to see if it is something I want him to see as well. Plus I refuse to pay for cable call me frugal but I do not want pay to watch advertisements! I am happy to have found HIT Entertainment and the great characters they have. Of course I have my favorites, my son his and we have been discovering new ones along the way.

Timmy Time Picture Day is a really cute movie! I like the claymation type of characters (reminded me of my old pals Gumby and Pokey, who Sam nor our older brother would watch with me lol) My son watched so closely there are no words really in the Timmy movies. It was like he was making it up in his head what he knew they were saying since he does a lot of the grumbling, pointing and showing like they do.

This DVD it was picture day and there were the ordinary follies that little ones have with getting their pictures taken. It was cute and my son giggled a lot. Overall I liked the sweetness of Timmy Time. You can find Timmy's website here. We went to the County fair last weekend and when we saw a sheep I yelled "Look its Timmy!" Another kid looked at me and smiled so I think he might have been a fan too!

Fireman Sam was a fun movie to watch. We loved this since fireman are heroes! I liked the Britishness (if thats a word lol) of it. Sam has an accent a bit and it made it fun to watch for me and I am sure my son didn't notice. I thought it was a perfect one to watch after Timmy Time since there was a sheep story in this DVD as well. The little boy stays home from school and has to watch over a sheep. They get in a bit of mischief and Fireman Sam saved the day! There are a few episodes on this DVD and the run time is 55 minutes. My son liked Sam and his fellow fireman since it is like the rescue heroes he watches on TV. Fireman Sam has his own website here.

Of course my son absolutely adored this DVD since it had three of his favorite characters, Barney, Thomas the Train and Bob the Builder! Preschool Fun included 8 adventures from the Barney, Angelina ballerina, Thomas the Train, Fireman Sam, Bob the Builder, Rory the Race Car, and more! My son liked of course his favorites and I could tell he was excited to see different characters one after the other. Even the Angelina Ballerina wasn't as girly as I thought it would be. There are male dancers that do hip hop and play music, definitely different form the Angelina I read as a kid. It was a great DVD to have. If you have never watched any of the HIT Entertainment characters I would suggest purchasing this one for you and your kids to see what the characters are like.

GIVEAWAY

Win the 3 DVDs from HIT Entertainment