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

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

• Two 1-year Premium memberships to MyPunchbowl.com (enter by 7/13/2009 at 11:59:00 EST)
• Two copies of the pattern for Personalized Name Pillows from YouCanMakeThis.com (enter by 7/15/2009 at 11:59:00 EST)
• One set of 250 custom stickers from UPrinting.com (enter by 7/15/2009 at 11:59:00 EST)
• Three sample packs of the newest SafetyTat Quick Stick Write-On designs (enter by 7/17/2009 at 11:59:00 EST)
• One free month of weekly mailings from Mail4kids (no starter kit) (enter by 7/20/2009 at 11:59:00 EST)

This week’s reviews were for the book The Household Guide To Dying, and a new community for expectant parents called Barefoot & Pregnant.

Other new posts this week include Five Tips for Summer ‘Staycations’, I received 3rd place in the 2009 Best Review Blog Awards (thank you to Parent Reviewers!), and this week’s Deals & Steals post.

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 site 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 on other sites include:

• It’s Resourceful Mommy’s Bloggiversary! Join in on Wednesday, July 22nd from 8 to 10 p.m. eastern time on Twitter.
• I love Michelle’s list of 8 Things I’ve Learned About Blogging over at Scribbit.
• If you haven’t switched to Firefox yet – here’s your chance! The newest version (3.5) has been released and it’s better than ever. 
• Are you headed to BlogHer this year? It’s only 12 days away now… I will be there, and will definitely be making sure I check over this list of 5 Things Bloggers Should Bring To Conferences from Blogging Tips!
• If you’re not sure what SEO is or don’t know very much about it, take a look at 8 First Step SEO Tips for Bloggers over at ProBlogger.
  

Speaking of BlogHer, I need to mention that all of my conference-related posts will be published over on my other site, due to the fact that my trip is partially sponsored, and therefore poses a conflict with my BlogHer ads here. I can say that I will be leaving on Thursday, July 23rd and returning home on Sunday, July 26th. I am hoping to have some posts in place here for the days I’ll be gone so you all won’t be lonely but don’t forget to subscribe to my review site to keep up on all of the conference happenings! I’ll also be tweeting, so you can follow me on Twitter as well to hear all about the trip, in 140 characters or less, lol. 

Anyone interested in guest posting while I’m away?  Drop me an e-mail at debmomof3 (at) comcast (dot) net!

Hope you all have a great weekend!