Community Coffee Giveaway!

Confessions of a Misplaced Southern Belle is having a Community Coffee Giveaway!
The giveaway ends Saturday, Oct. 17.

We lived in New Orleans for 6 years. Hurricane Katrina didn't play nice and showed us the door! While living in New Orleans, I really learned how to cook and have fun cooking. I made a lot of friends who loved to cook and they shared a lot of recipes with me! Four years later we are still making New Orleans food.I was tickled to see this giveaway! I fell in love with coffee while living in New Orleans! I had never heard of Coffee with Chicory until living in New Orleans. Did you know that due to a coffee shortage during the Civil War, the chicory root was added to coffee extend their supply. Chicory is the root of the endive plant. They roast and ground it and add it to the grind. This addition gives the coffee a bittersweet, full bodied brew. I saw on their site that you can now buy a 12 oz bag of 100% chicory!!! How awesome!

Check out the giveaway at Confessions of a Misplaced Southern Belle for the details of the giveaway!

Make-Ahead Meals For Busy Moms Review Giveaway

Are you looking for a gift to give that someone special for Christmas, Birthday, etc? If so I recommend this cookbook. This book was made by a Busy Mom for Busy Mom's (or Dad's). The book is full of recipes that you can make-ahead and even freeze without sacrificing the food's taste and texture. This book is great for new moms, new brides, college graduates,etc! Very simple, easy to get ingredients and fun recipes!

Thank you to the author, Jane Doiron, for giving this Busy Mom a chance to review her cookbook and offer one as a giveaway to one of my lucky readers!

She starts off the cookbook with many Helpful Tips on making meals ahead of time! She suggest a vacuum sealer, stocking up on freezer bags and making sure you mark on your bags all the details about what is in the bag! I love the tip on freezing your food in disposable foil containers. This is handy when you are taking a dish for a pot luck or dropping off food to a friend in need! It saves the hassle of getting the dish back later.

*This books is overflowing with over 140 recipes! ( I had to count because I thought it just had about 100)

*Check out the table of contents! To see all the mouth-watering recipes!

*She includes "A Day Ahead", "Freezing Directions", "Thawing Out" directions, "Several hours before" directions, etc.

*I've made quite a few of the recipes thus far. Each one has had very easy and helpful tips.

Here are a 2 things I made:

Chicken Cannelloni

Italian Sub Salad

Some of the next recipes we will be making are the Big Ginger Cookies, Baked Chicken Chimichangas, Thai Chicken Thighs and Tiramisu.

To order the book check out Amazon or Barnes & Noble. You can also go to her site and download a copy right now!!! I have my recipes stored in my computer/online. This is an excellent way to save money and have it right on your computer for easy print off,etc.

YOU can also enter my giveaway to win yourself a copy!

To enter: Go to her website and come back and tell me something that you want to make!
This is your entry to win! Leave your email addy at least once. Leave separate comments for each entry.

BONUS entries (do all, one, or none)

1) Click to go to her blog and sign up for her newsletter! (She'll send you 4 recipes!)


2) Follow Jane on Twitter
3) Follow me on Twitter @susieqtpies
4) Follow Jan on Facebook
5) Follow my blog on Google Friend Connect and or NetworkedBlog (1 entry each)
6) Tweet the giveaway and include @susieqtpies in the tweet! (5 entries per tweet up to twice a day)
7)Put my button on your blog (5 entries)
8)ORDER the cookbook and get 10 entries!
9) Go to her blog and leave a comment or question on Do you like baking with Apples? (5 entries)

ENDS OCTOBER 25th. U.S. Residents only. Winner chosen by random.org.

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Calm, Cool and Connected with ResourcefulMommy

I'm a huge fan of ResourcefulMommy.com! Her site was one of the first blogs I found when I got on Twitter! She is the Mommy of all resourceful sites! She is the one, the only, Resourceful Mommy! She is the host of numerous Website warming's each week. IF you want to know what product has a new site or launching a campaign she is the go to Mommy!

Tonight she is hosting a site warming for the sponsor, AT&T's Calm, Cool & Connected Blog. The blog was launched by moms and dads who are employees at AT&T. The site is set up for parents to connect and learn about current technology to keep their family "calm, cool and connected." You can join their newsletter, site feed and follow on Twitter. They have giveaways offered each month! The most interesting thing I learned is that they are not paid by AT&T to do this!

Go to ResourcefulMommy and RSVP for their sitewarming tonight! Of course the sponsor has prizes to be won! I head that there are 4 Blackberry Pearl 8110's and gift cards!

See you there!

I"ll be tweeting as @susieqtpies and of course you must follow @ResourcefulMom!

Five For Fighting CD Review & Giveaway

Thanks to the One2One Network, I have a new album on my Zune playlist!!!! I'm "enjoying a slice of American pie" listening to Five For Fighting's new CD, Slice. I really love the songs on this album including Hope, Story of Your Life, Chances and Note To The Unknown Solider. This album genre is acoustic rock.

What a super press release:
"If every album provides snapshots of where an artist’s mind at heart is at the moment, Slice, the latest offering from John Ondrasik (aka Five for Fighting), is a collection of digital jpegs and faded Polaroids. The album takes stories of friends, family and even American servicemen, and sets them to music shot through with the spirit of the great songs of his youth. It’s a diary, or a blog, in which Ondrasik speaks his mind about current issues, experiences and sentiments, while setting those thoughts to piano, bass and drums."

The CD will be released on October 12th!

One of my readers will win A FREE AUTOGRAPHED CD of Slice!

Besides his song "Superman", this is the first time that I've taken the time to listen to Singer/songwriter John Ondrasik work. I added several more of his albums to my playlist today, too! I'm super excited about the music on this CD as well as learning about this awesome Artist!


DID YOU KNOW: (Thanks to the One2One Network for providing this information)

* John has a charity driven website: whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com that raises money for various charities when users view video clips provided by visitors to the site. Current views are over 3 million with approx. $300,000 donated. He is also a huge supporter of the US Troops. He created and produced "For The Troops", a free CD for every active service person in US Armed Forces.

Album Track listing:
1. Slice
2. Note To The Unknown Soldier
3. Tuesday
4. Chances
5. This Dance
6. Above The Timberline
7. Transfer
8. Hope
9. Story Of Your Life
10. Love Can't Change The Weather
11. Augie Nieto

TV Appearances:
CBS Saturday Morning 10/10
The View 10/14
The Today Show 10/16

Tour Dates:

18-Oct Toronto, ON El Mocambo
20-Oct New York, NY City Winery
22-Oct Bay Shore, NY (Long Island) YMCA Boulton Center
23-Oct Uncasville, CT The Wolf Den
24-Oct Washington, DC Jammin Java
26-Oct Boston, MA The Paradise
27-Oct Philadelphia, PA World Café Live (downstairs)
29-Oct Nashville, TN The Belcourt
30-Oct Chicago, IL Lakeshore
3-Nov Salt Lake City, UT The State Room
5-Nov Seattle, WA Crocodile
6-Nov Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
10-Nov San Francisco, CA Swedish American Hall
11-Nov Los Angeles, CA Largo at the Coronet

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PREORDER Slice through Amazon!
On sale now for only $9.99 and qualifies for Free super saver shipping on orders over $25
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Win it HERE!
1 reader will win 1 autographed copy of SLICE

Entry: 1) Tell me what your favorite Five for Fighting song is! You can hear Chances here! This must be done to enter the giveaway! Leave your email at least one time. Make a comment for each entry!

BONUS (Do all, one, or none!)

1) Follow my blog on Google Friends Connect.
2) Follow my blog on NetworkedBlogs via Facebook
3) Follow me on twitter @susieqtpies
4) Tweet the giveaway once a day for 5 entries! Feel free to use
Enter to win autographed CD Five For Fighting, newest CD, Slice @susieqtpies http://bit.ly/BOx9q
5) Fan on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fiveforfighting
6) Follow on FFF on Twitter
7)Blog the giveaway with a link back to my blog and Five For Fighting 5 Entries
8) Add my button to your blog 5 entries

ENDS October 28th. US only.
Winner will be chosen by Random.org & will have 48 hours to respond to my email.

Rebecca Wells The Crowning Glory Giveaway

Thanks to HarperCollins Publisher for giving me the chance to review, The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder, the newest book by Rebecca Wells! They are offering 3 hardback copies for 3 of my readers!

About the book from HarperCollins:

Known for her beloved Ya-Ya books (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Little Altars Everywhere, and Ya-Yas in Bloom), Rebecca Wells has helped women name, claim, and celebrate their shared sisterhood for over a decade. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood New York Times bestseller list for sixty-eight weeks, became a knockout feature film, sold more than 5 million copies, and inspired the creation of Ya-Ya clubs worldwide...

The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder is the sweet, sexy, funny journey of Calla Lily's life set in Wells's expanding fictional Louisiana landscape. In the small river town of La Luna, Calla bursts into being, a force of nature as luminous as the flower she is named for. Under the loving light of the Moon Lady, the feminine force that will guide and protect her throughout her life, Calla enjoys a blissful childhood—until it is cut short. Her mother, M'Dear, a woman of rapture and love, teaches Calla compassion, and passes on to her the art of healing through the humble womanly art of "fixing hair." At her mother's side, Calla further learns that this same touch of hands on the human body can quiet her own soul. It is also on the banks of the La Luna River that Calla encounters sweet, succulent first love, with a boy named Tuck.

But when Tuck leaves Calla with a broken heart, she transforms hurt into inspiration and heads for the wild and colorful city of New Orleans to study at L'Académie de Beauté de Crescent. In that extravagant big river city, she finds her destiny—and comes to understand fully the power of her "healing hands" to change lives and soothe pain, including her own. When Tuck reappears years later, he presents her with an offer that is colored by the memories of lost love. But who knows how Calla Lily, a "daughter of the Moon Lady," will respond?

A tale of family and friendship, tragedy and triumph, loss and love, The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder features the warmth, humor, soul, and wonder that have made Wells one of today's most cherished writers, and gives us an unforgettable new heroine to treasure.

As for me, I loved the book! I'm a huge fan of Rebecca Wells. She creates the most colorful, engaging characters unlike any other author that I have read. She captures the strength and determination of Calla Lily's spirit and takes her on a journey from a young child into a young woman. I'm always mesmerized by her descriptions of the people and the land of Louisiana. I had a hard time putting the book down each night. After reading, my mind would not stop thinking of Calla Lily!

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GIVEAWAY for 3 lucky readers!

To enter: Visit HarperCollins and come back here and tell me something about this book that I didn't mention here OR tell me another book you would be interested in reading from the Publisher.

BONUS entries: Do one, all or none! Up to you. The more you do you increase your chance to win! Please leave a separate comment for each entry and an email addy at least once.

1) Follow my blog -Google Friend Connect 1 entry

2) Follow my blog -Networked Blogs (Facebook) 1 entry

3) Follow me on twitter @susieqtpies

4) Tweet the giveaway once a day. "Win a copy of The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells http://bit.ly/1DkkYj @susieqtpies" 5 entries per tweet! Post message ID here!

5) Did you ever have a Ya-Ya Sisterhood name? If so what was it or what would you want it to be? 5 entries

6) Put my button on your blog. 5 entries

7) Blog the giveaway. 5 entries

End October 22nd. US entries ONLY please. Winner will have 48hrs to contact me once notified! Thanks again to HarperCollins!

4 Book Giveaway WINNERS!

Congrats to April, Mary, Mel, Marion and mom2boys for winning my 4 book giveaway from Hachette!!! http://bit.ly/17TeQ2 Email me your addy!