I love fragrances. I love body sprays, perfumes, colognes, Eau de Toilette’s, and smelly goods of every kind. My favorite scents are woodsy varieties. Musk (especially), sandalwood, that kind of thing. I like some florals, but not the fru-fru kinds. And vanilla is NOT my fragrance. I love it, it don’t love me. But I found a giveaway that might be just right.

Over at Candid-Cleaver-Cost Effective, you can enter to win a gorgeous Lilac body scents set from Pampered Rose.com. Lilac’s happens to be one of the floral that I do like. I have a Lilac bush in my front yard and love the aroma that floats around it each spring. And according to the Webmistress at CCC, this variety of Lilac perfumes smell closer to the real thing than any she’s ever encountered. However, she did say that she wasn’t impressed with the extract.

There are a lot of ways to enter this contest, but you’ve got to head over to The Pampered Rose and choose one thing that you’d most like to have as the mandatory entry. Without this one, none of the others count. But trust me, the visit is well worth it. There are a ton of lotions, perfumes, body sprays, and soaps that will have you craving a long, luxurious bath.

Head over to Candid-Clever-Cost Effective now and see if you can’t win yourself this aromatic set. You might just get a chance to kick the rest of the family out so you can have one evening of pure luxury.

Happy Tuesday to one and all. I’m thrilled that I get to be involved in another round of Follow Me Back Tuesdays. I did this last week on one of my other blogs, but I think this week I’ll be promoting this one. Why???? Just cause. I used to the the Follow me Fridays, but I think I like this one a little better. Not because of anything major, just because Tuesdays are better for me schedule-wise.

So, how does this thing work??? Just like the other one did. You go check out and follow the 4 hostesses on the list at the McLinky party. I’ll post the hostesses here, just to make it easier. You also need to follow the person in the number 5 position, which this week is Mommy of One…..And Counting. (Congrats honey).

Next, you need to add your name and blog site to the list. I’ll post that list here as the code doesn’t mess this blog up like it does my Blogger blog. Once your name is on the list, start watching for others that will come in and follow your blog. Be nice and follow anyone back that follows you, and go check out a few of the other blogs on the list and follow them. After all, that’s what this is all about. Also, remember to leave a comment with anyone and everyone you follow. That way we know you were here.

Now, like on my other blog, instead of just saying hi to those who follow me, I’m going to go one step further and do a little write up about the people that follow this blog for this week. Depending on how many follow me, I may have to do more than one post. Last week, I got like 14 followers and it took quite a bit to talk about everyone in one post. Hey, I’m not opposed to doing more than one. (Hint, Hint). LOL

Anyway, let’s get this party started. HAPPY TUESDAY AND HAPPY BLOGGING!!!!!

How often to you use a hair straightener??? Me, all the time. I was “blessed” with naturally curly hair and I HATE it. Growing up in the 80’s, it was cool having big hair. But even then I wanted the Marcia Brady straight hair look. My hair wouldn’t do anything that I wanted it too and there were a lot of time that it was all I could do to keep from shaving my head bald.

Then came a really cool invention called the Flat Iron, aka, hair straightener. I used to use my curling iron as a straightener so this was the coolest thing I’d ever heard of. Problem was that I was well into my 30’s before I could afford one. Now, I have about 3 of them, but they’re all inexpensive models that only last about 6 or 7 uses before they just don’t straighten my hair as well as they should. I’d love to have one of those nice ceramic types, but there’s no way I can afford one of those right now.

Then I saw this killer giveaway at Mommy Living the Life of Riley. She’s giving away a beautiful Avanti Wet-Dry Nano-Titanium Ceramic Silver Digital Flat Iron from the cool people at FlatIronExperts.com. I love this flat iron as it can be used on either dry or wet hair. And with my hair, that’s a major plus. I’d much rather get it done while still wet, than have to try and blow dry it as straight as possible, then use a flat iron on it to get it even straighter. It takes forever and there are a lot of times that I just don’t bother and wear my hair up so no one can see it.

If you’d like a chance to win this cool flat iron, run over to Mommy Living the Life of Riley and get in on the giveaway. Mandatory entries are pretty easy. You only need to choose another flat iron from FlatIronExperts.com that you’d like to have and become a Google Friend on the Mommy site. From there, she’s got a ton of other ways to gain entries into the giveaway so there are a lot of chances to win. This contest ends on August 20th, so get your entries in now.

Well hello to one and all. Sorry that I’ve been gone so long, but life just jumped up and grabbed me. This has been the fastest summer ever and I don’t see it slowing down anytime soon. The reason is that I went back into the real world work force and I’m not used to that. LOL

More stuff coming soon, I promise.

Okay kids, so check this out. First and foremost, I am NOT a Twilight fan. Yeah I know, I’ll probably end up on some CIA list for this or something, but I’m just not. My daughter, on the other hand, is totally into that little cutie Taylor Lautner, and if I have one more female tell me how much my son looks like “Edward”, I might just lose my mind.

However, I’ve found a contest where you have to choose a side and you could win an Amazon Kindle or one of several other prizes. Does this have something to do with the Twilight saga? Heck no. Weren’t you listening when I said I wasn’t a fan. I am, however, a fan of fantasy fiction and this contest is killer, (no pun intended).

Author Moira Rogers is throwing a Pick a Side contest until the 14th of June. She has created two interesting characters and it’s our job to pick the best. One is a vampire lumberjack and the other is a werewolf bootlegger. Yeah, I got all tingly too. But that’s not the big thing for me. You see, in my world ( the real one, not the one I put into my stories), I am the granddaughter of an actual bootlegger and I’m married to a guy who’s known as “Chainsaw”. No, I’m not making this stuff up, but I do feel a story coming on.

So, here’ s the thing. You have to head over to Moira’s blog and pick a side. But more than that, you’ve got to be ready to defend your answer because once you’ve made your decision, you’ve got to do a blog post about it then leave a comment (a real one, not one of those “great post” comments) about why you chose the side you did. Then, Moira will add a link from her site to yours and tell which side you chose. This is where you need to be ready, because others on that list of links may come by your site and either agree with you, or try and get you to switch sides.

So, which side am I picking? Well, that was a tough decision. As I said, my grandfather was an actual bootlegger in the late 20’s/early 30’s. From what I understand, he had a heck of a time trying to explain to my great-grandmother why there were bullet holes in the trunk of her car one Sunday morning.

But, my hubby has been cutting trees down for a long time and has been known as “Chainsaw” since the early 90’s. Plus, the idea of having a big rugged man nibbling on my neck does a lot more for me than the idea of a big furry guy peeing on my leg. So, I vote for The Vampire Lumberjack.

Okay, stop laughing and get over to Moira’s site and cast your vote before it’s too late. And remember, “Vote for the Lumberjack and you won’t get a Back Attack”.