The Safe Dog Handbook for dog owners outlines a lot of safety points, both basic and some lesser known on the care and keeping of your four-legged friends.

Last week I ran a giveaway for the book, and today I pick the lucky winner! Entrants were asked to give a tip or advice on how they keep their dogs safe or to talk about a close-call incident they may have had in the past.
The lucky winner of “The Safe Dog Handbook,” chosen at random, is: Laurie! Priscilla!
Priscilla says: “When I leave my little Cujo alone in the house,I walk though the …read more

My recent giveaway for an awesome prize pack featuring the Next Iron Chef goodies and Alton Brown’s newest cookbook, “Good Eats: The Early Years,” was a great success! I had a lot of fun seeing who everyone’s favorite Food Network personalities were as well!

It seems a lot of entrants share favorites as far as the celebrity chefs and cooks go, with Alton Brown, Paula Deen, Guy Fieri and Bobby Flay leading the pack! There was no right or wrong answer, of course, and the winner has been chosen from random draw.
The winner of the Next Iron Chef prize pack and …read more

Many of you entered our contest for the book Cube Chic, and for good reason. Cube life can get a bit boring! With a book like this you could get ideas to spruce up your workplace. (And you spend enough time there, so why not?)

Our winner, chosen randomly, was Nicole! Nicole said, “I would LOVE to win this so I could decorate my husband’s cube. He’s always complaining about how plain it is. There’s a woman 2 down from him that has a beautiful one w/ all kinds of plants and flowers.”
See, it’s not just the …read more

Many of you that entered the giveaway for the book Momisms said you wanted to get it for some lighthearted fun! It’s true, this book is very tongue in cheek and humorous. Like you guys, I love books that poke some good-natured fun at the things we all do.

Today we choose our winner: Heather C.! Congrats to her! She said, “Hmmm, I always wondered what I meant when I say certain things. lol”
See, it’s not just the kids of the world that want this book, it’s the moms too! Now, Heather, if you see …read more

We’ve got our Wonderful Pistachio winner. Lisa Vanhook is the winner of five 16-oz bags of pistachios. Score!  Watch your email for a message from me, Lisa.

I hope that you enjoy your Pistachios and get a break from your snack of choice, “Chips, chips, and chips…”  
Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway. If you’d like to learn more about healthy pistachios, visit the Wonderful Pistachio website. I hope to have another great giveaway up very soon, so keep watching Food and Nutrition, here at BlissTree.
Image credit: Michelle Smith

Thanks to all of you who signed up to win the BlackBerry Pearl 8100. There were so many charming and heartfelt comments that I wish I could raid the TMobile store and send one to everyone. But…I have only one phone.

Here was the highly scientific way we devised to find a winner. First, we printed out all the comments. Then we cut out each one..

… and balled them up and tossed them in a bowl. We actually had to switch over to a larger bowl, which helped mix them up a bit.

Then I let my son select the winner.
And the winner is – …read more

I hope you’ve been enjoying our interview with author Debra Gano. (Parts 1 and 2 are available now.) Debra is the author of Beauty’s Secret, which we’ve recently offered as a giveaway to our dedicated readers. Want to know who won? Of course you do!

The winner is Lisa! Lisa was chosen at random and said, “This seems like such a fantastic and vital read that my sister and I could both gain insight from.” Glad to see this book will get passed along from one sister to another.
Image: sxc.hu.

Recently we held a giveaway for a prenatal dance fitness DVD, and the winner is: Allison! Allison was chosen at random and said in her comment, “This would be fantastic–I’m in my 2nd trimester and would love to be a bit more in shape for delivery and so maybe the 3rd trimester (during the summer…) will be a little more bearable!”
Congrats, Allison! I know you’re going to love this DVD.

I caught an article recently that talked about staying in shape during pregnancy, and one of the points was to not rely on your heart to see if …read more

Caring for our loved ones today can be a difficult thing. You hear so much about people that are less than reputable when it comes to caring for our children or even elders. It’s scary. That’s why so many of you entered our Care4Hire giveaway package. The winner of that giveaway is: Courtney!

Congrats to Courtney, and if you didn’t win, I came across a good article on what to say when interviewer a caregiver. In addition, it also has tips for how to successfully hire someone, and one of the points that stuck out …read more

How many writers do we have out there? We get lots of great writers coming to visit the pages of Blisstree, so I knew this giveaway would be a big hit. And it was! Thanks so much to everyone who entered to win a copy of Writing in the Zone.

I wish I could give every one of you a copy of this awesome CD! But alas, only one person can win, and that person is:
Angie P!
Angie was chosen at random, and said in her comment, ” My teen likes to write. This would be …read more