But this is cool. Folgers announced that they are accepting entries for their Home for the Holidays Contest. You have from  September 30 to November 7th to tell Folgers what is the best part of waking up at home during the holidays. Make it sappy, y’all..think about those tear-jerker commercials they do!

From the entries five winners will be chosen to receive a seven day and six night trip home…As long as home is somewhere in the lower 48 states. You get to take three guests with you, too. The trip includes:

• Airfare
• Hotel
• Rental car
• Folgers gift basket
• $1,000 in spending money

That is pretty cool I think. Anyway..head over to Folgers Home for the Holidays for all the info…Good luck!

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Yeah, me too…Let’s see who our lucky winners are, shall we?

If you have won, please email me at maryeaudetATgmailDOTcom.  Remember to replace the AT and DOT with @ AND .

I will email you as well in the next day or so and you will have three days from the date of my email to claim your prize.  Ready?

The first winner is of the Kusmi Detox tea.  I have tried another of their teas, soon to review, and YUM!  Nice big tea leaves, wonderful mix of herbs and spices.

And the winner is Maggie!

The niext item is the amazing tea box from Teatulia.  Wow…I would have loved to keep my hands on this!  And the winner of this is Kelly Ann T!

Thank you so much for participating!  Keep reading because there are more giveaways in the works.

Many thanks to our sponsors:

Teatulia

Kusmi

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If you remember the reviews I did on Teatulia Tea you will be very excited about this giveaway.  You will get a beautiful wooden gift box like the one pictured filled with a variety of Teatulia Organic Teas.

These teas are some of the best I have ever had.  I am not kidding or exaggerating, they are amazingly clean and crisp tasting.  The ethics of the company are top notch, and they are involved in building community in the areas that the tea is grown.

Here’s how you enter to win.  Each thing you do is one entry.

• Leave a comment
• Blog about this contest and leave a comment telling me that you did (with the address)
• Subscribe to the RSS feed and leave a comment telling me you did.
• Go to Teatulia and read the About page.  Leave a comment naming one thing that teatulia is doing to improve the lives of those in the Tea Cooperative.
• Go to Teatulia Flavors page and name one flavor you would LOVE to try

Ships to US and Canada

You may enter until February 1, 11:59 P.M.

There you go, five ways to win.  Good luck!

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Kusmi Tea sent me two large (and I mean large) tins of tea to review and give away.  The review is still to come but I am giving away the tin of the Detox Tea.

In this day of pollutants, toxins, chemicals, and personal stress detox tea can help keep your system clean and running efficiently.  This means that your metabolism will also be working more efficiently and, hopefully, burning more calories.

The tea is described on site as:

Blend of Maté, chinese Green Tea and lemon grass full flavored with lemon.

Tasting advice: delicious plain or sweetened.

The combination of Maté and green tea virtues — diuretic and stimulating properties, richness in antioxidant — makes Kusmi Detox the perfect companion for slimming and detoxifying diets. Known for its tonic properties, mate does not have the side effects generated by caffeine.

This is a large tin of loose leaf tea.  I have it here at the house so I will send it out within a week of the completion of the contest. This contest is open until 11:59 p.m. Feb 1, 2009

To enter:

Leave a comment for one entry

Blog about the contest and leave a link to you blog post in a separate comment for a second entry

Subscribe to the RSS feed and leave a comment that you have, or if you are all ready a subscriber leaver a comment and let me know.

ships to U.S. only

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Love your coffee? Gotta have your lattes and espressos?  Well then, you might need something like this to make life bearable.

You know you want this.  You know….I want this!

Starbucks online is having a giveaway and you can enter to win this Ascaso Espresso machine.  This machine is touted as being the flagship of the Ascaso line.  It just doesn’t get better than this..and look! It comes in orange! (I am one of those weirdos that loves orange)

You have only until December 31, 2008 to register so you better get over there!

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October is traditionally an exciting month for b5media’s Lifestyles Channel and their readers. Summer is over and the Holidays have not yet begun, so it is the perfect time for us to thank our readers for their continued loyalty.

To do this, the Lifestyles Channel joins forces with hundreds of sponsors to create a two week extravaganza of giveaways, jump-starting the holiday season and allowing our readers to win gifts, both for themselves and for giving.

This year’s Blogtoberfest is better than ever before. We have simplified the process and the sponsors have been extremely generous in the gifts that they are offering and as the result, we’ll be passing on in excess of $7,000 worth of prizes.

Don’t miss a minute of the fun!

Blogtoberfest officially kicks off Monday, October 6, 2008

There are lots of great prizes to be given away. Prizes are available to U.S. and Canada residents unless otherwise noted.

All you have to do is:

1. Browse the channel or visit your favorite blogs
2. Watch for sponsored prize winning posts wearing the official Blogtoberfest button shown above.
3. Leave a comment on that exact post. Your comment IS your entry.
4. Check back with that blog within a week and see what the prize is and if you’re the lucky winner.

Consider subscribing to the various blog feeds to make sure you don’t miss out on any exciting opportunities. Many blogs will be conducting between 2 and 7 giveaways and just where those will be appearing is a secret and half the fun!

Each prize winning post will share links to other prize winning blogs for that same day. This makes hunting easier and improves your chances of winning!

That’s it!

Participating blogs found at the bottom of our channel hub:

www.b5media.com/channels_lifestyles.html

Don’t miss a thing!

A special thanks to Randa Clay Design for our beautiful Blogtoberfest Button!

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Just a heads up..I am giving away five autographed copies of a cookbook I recently reviewed on Baking Delights.  Even if you don’t cook it would be a cool Christmas gift for someone who likes to.

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This has been a great contest, and I want to thank everyone who participated!  I am going to order two copies of the book when I order it because I am looking forward to reading it myself!

Anyway it is time to announce the winner…………………………………………………….

Tiffany from Lattes and Life!

O.k…I used a random number generator, found here, to pick the winner so it is an odd coincidencde that Tiffany happened to ALSO be the one that told me about these books..

Anyway, congrats Tiffany!

I think she should have to do a complete book review on this book, don’t you?

Anyway…that was fun..and it won’t be the last giveway here so keep checking back!

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I hope your week has been awesome!

We have been having temperatures in the 100s and more scheduled for next week.  I think it was 103 today.

You have to love these bog, old houses though.  Seriously, even without the air conditioning the design creates great circulation and it rarely gets above 85 in here.  Very do-able with ceiling fans and lots of ice water.

I can’t believe that I posted a giveaway yesterday and no one commented! What in the world is wrong with you people?

Just kidding. Anyway..this is a reminder about that ….so check out the Kettle and Cup giveaway, it isn’t hard to enter.

Slashfood is one of my favorite blogs…Check out this video for how to make tea syrup to make tea sodas.

If you like to write and LOVE tea, or HATE tea and need to be converted check out the Felicitea contest.  You get free tea just for entering…Hurry it is only until July 31.

O.k..These guys did not get the memo from the kidney stone guys.   According to this study drinking tea may be healthier for you than drinking water…Maybe it isn’t the tea that causes kidney stones at all..maybe it is the BUBBA glass?

Mmm…Black Tea Spring Rolls made with Lapsang Souchong just sound amazing…

Karen has 20 Ways to Save on Coffee on her blog… Great ideas!You have to check out this Passion Fruit Rose Iced Tea at Dolce Dente

La-Tea-Dah has to be on of the most social ladies I know and she is at it again on her blog…she is sponsoring a summer blog hop…nothing formal, just a chance for a quick visit with friends.

In Australia they are beginning to use the fruit of the coffee plant as part of a skin care regime for more youthful looking skin….

And..it was only a matter of time until someone came out with juice based on coffee berries… 

That’s it for me.  I cleaned house today and it just feels so good. I bought a scented candle to celebrate…but Marc is working late tonight and I am wiped out…so I am off to relax and beg one of the kids for a foot rub.

Have a great weekend!

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If you haven’t read my news over at Baking Delights then I need to tell you…I have been contracted to do a cookbook. Yep..the contract is signed.

And..I admit it..I have wanted to do something to show my appreciation for all of you guys coming by and having a cup of coffee (or tea) with me everyday.

Because…well…my readers are the coolest. Seriously. If this is your first time here read through the comments…. It is like a who’s who of really cool people on the web.

And…It is time for the bloggy giveaways canival!

Anyway..so I have been thinking about the Coffee House Mysteries, and more importantly about the one that is coming out on the 30th of September, a mere five or six weeks away. And Amazon says it can be preordered. HOW COOL IS THAT?

And I decided that not only am I going to buy that book BUT I am going to give away a copy right (not copyright) HERE ..right on this very blog.

So..This is what you have to do….

1. Blog about my give away linking to this post on Kettle and Cup.

2.Snag the tea cup image and slap it on your post . You can use the big one OR the little one! I am flexible.

3. Leave me a link to your blog post and a comment in the comments section of THIS post.

4. If you don’t have a blog…just leave a comment and tell all your friends!

That is it. Sweet and simple.

The cut off date for comments will be next Friday, August 1, 2008 at midnight CST.

Now, the ball is in your court. Are you going to play or just stand there and hold the ball?

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