It’s been a while since I posted one of these – I’ve been focusing on the updates I’m making to my other site. But I’ve missed doing these posts, so am going to start doing them on a regular basis again. 

Just some quick links and fun stuff I found around the web this week lately:

First off, please don’t forget to enter my current giveaways over on my other site:

• One Woman’s World Snack Pack (includes a bowl, Baked!, Flat Earth and Smart Food snacks, and a two month subscription to NetFlix) (enter by 5/31/2009 at 11:59:00 EST)
• One $10 iTunes Gift Card courtesy of IHG (enter by 6/1/2009 at 11:59:00 EST)
• One $15 gift card, courtesy of Oscar Mayer Premium Beef Franks (enter by 6/5/2009 at 11:59:00 EST)
• 10 sets of 5 coupons each for Stouffer’s Corner Bistro Strombolis or Flatbread Melts (enter by 6/8/2009 at 11:59:00 EST)
• One $100 Grocery Gift Card & Wish-Bone Prize Pack (includes Wish-Bone prize pack valued at $46.10) (enter by 6/30/2009 at 5:00:00 PST)

This week’s reviews were for the Mamapedia™ website, the book A Carousel Tale by Elisa Kleven, and Skinny Cow‘s ice cream sandwiches.

Other new posts this week include a look at the birdhouse that we made for the Graco Nation Ambassador program, my weekly ‘Deals & Steals‘ list, and a heads-up about a new video series from the Making Life Better website.

There are more fun giveaways coming next week too, so stay tuned (and subscribed)…

This week’s Contest Round-Up is up over at the other site as well. And don’t forget to check the Contests page during the week – there are some pretty awesome giveaways happening around the blogosphere so you don’t want to miss out on your chance to enter any of them!

Some interesting posts I read this week lately on other sites include:

• ProBlogger recently published a list of “21 Blogging Mistakes“. What do you think – do you make any of these?
• A great post about limiting kids’ screen time over at Hip Mama’s Place – not just the ‘whys’ but also suggestions for other ways to help keep kids amused instead.
• Are you ready to send your child off to kindergarten next fall? Assess your ‘kindergarten readiness‘ over at 5 Minutes For Parenting!
• If you review (or even mention) products on your blog, check out this great tutorial by Jordan at MamaBlogga on how to Make Money off of Amazon.
• Root and Sprout is now in a blog-type format, with new articles, reviews and more every single day! I especially liked the recent “Surviving Your Toddler’s Doctor Visit: A to Z“  that has some very useful tips. And speaking of Root and Sprout – check out my review of the book “Picky? Not Me, MOM!: A Parents’ Guide to Children’s Nutrition” by Karla Heintz!
• Do you blog from your mobile phone? Does it work well for you? Here’s a thoughtful look at “Will Phone Blogging Ever Be Practical?” over at Blogging Tips. And if your blog is on Blogger, don’t miss their list of “10 Stunning New Blogger Templates you can Download for Free“.
• Daily Blog Tips has put together a list of “6 Useful FeedBurner Features that are Normally Ignored“. I already use some of these and am checking out the rest. 
• Have any of us moms really ‘mastered the juggle‘ of everyday life and responsibilities? Check out this list of tips to help over at Pink Lemonade of Life.

Hope you all have a great weekend!