Today is the last day to enter the giveaway for Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Home.  I have FIVE copies to give away.  I’m excited to put a great tool in your hands so that you can learn to “clean like the dickens”.
Good luck!

Recent news about possible health risks caused from BPA in plastics is a big concern for parents.  Thanks to Munckin, you don’t need to spend another moment worrying if your baby is being exposed to harmful chemicals.  Munchkin has your baby’s safety in mind.  They have designed glass baby bottles with Mighty Grip.
The Munchkin Mighty Grip Glass Bottles have molded glass ribs for easy gripping and vented silicone nipples to help prevent gas and colic.  The glass and silicone disc make this bottle safe for storing breast milk.  The bottles also have an ounce/milliliter markings to track portion size, are available …read more

This weekend, b5media’s Sports Channel is celebrating the Breeder’s Cup with a not-so-little contest that you could net you a $200 Amazon Gift Certificate.

Head on over to Thoroughbred Fever for the mechanics of the giveaway. Place close attention and make sure you read the post. It’s easy to join, but it have a requirement to it.

To round out the Blogtoberfest giveaways here at Keeping the Castle, I’ve picked out the winner of the 3rd and last surprise prize. The prize is:

A bottle of EcoSmart Insect Repellent. This is a DEET-free bug repellent so you and your family will be able to fight off those nasty things without harmful chemicals.
And the winner is Theresa.
Congratulations! I will email you for the address to get the prize out to. Thank you very much for everyone who joined!

Before I go into the topic of this post, I have two questions for you:

Are you online a lot?
Do you have a to do list?

If you answered yes to those two questions and want to simplify your life, you have to try NowDoThis.
NowDoThis, created by Jakob Lodwick and William Cotton, is the simplest to do list I have ever seen. The site shows only 3 things on a white background:

a task
a “done” button
an “edit list” link

To use the site, first click on “edit list” and enter the list of things you need to do, in the order that you …read more

Thanks to everyone who joined the second Blogtoberfest-sponsored post here at Keeping the Castle!
The very fun surprise gift is:

A Huru Humi Prize Package which consist of one Huru Humi, a t-shirt and stickers. This product line helps children develop communication, self-expression and social skills.
And the winner, picked using random.org, is:
LindleyOct 11, 2008 at 11:11 am
Just made chili this week with all the veggies we got from our yearly trip to the local farm. I didn’t even know there was a whole month dedicated to chili!

Congratulations, Lindley! For everyone, it’s not too late to join in the Blogtoberfest …read more

There are a lot of fans of Ty Pennington around here! Did you all see today’s episode of Extreme Makeover Home Edition, featuring the Anders-Beatty family? What a heart-warming tribute to teachers everywhere!
But back to the topic at hand… Thank you to all 105 of you who left a comment at the Blogtoberfest-sponsored post last Monday. The surprise prize for that post is a ‘Travel with Toddlers Gift Set’.

October is National Chili Month. It’s perfect, isn’t it? As the weather is turning cooler and the trees are changing colors, a hot bowl of delicious chili may be just what’s needed to feel warm all over.
To commemorate the month, I compiled these mouthwatering chili recipes from all over the web:

Blue-ribbon chili at Moms Who Think
Chicken chili at All Recipes
Turkey Chili at Simply Recipes
Cooking Light’s All-American chili at My Recipes

Today kicks off the beginning of our Second Annual b5media Lifestyles Channel Blogtoberfest Two Week Giveaway Event!
This year, we’re happy to introduce our sponsors, who with a combined effort, are giving away over $7,000 in prizes.
Go through the list and see what you can’t live without, or would just love to give to someone you know.
Now, to make things especially fun, we’ve mixed up the prizes and placed some on unlike sites so it won’t be so easy to figure out where those prizes are lurking.

Cleatskins- A cleat that you …read more

Ty Pennington, the host of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, combines an art education (specifically graphic design, painting and sculpture), carpentry skills, modeling and acting in one package. He attended Kennesaw College before transferring to the Atlanta Art Institute and then the Atlanta College of Art. His modeling after college took him all over the world, working for clothing companies and appearing in TV commercials.
On TV, Ty first gained popularity as the hunky, sometimes-shirtless carpenter of TLC’s Trading Spaces. He has since added to his TV credits as the design team leader and host of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and …read more