It has officially been 1 year since I started my little blog here, and I cannot believe it. Is it just me or does time fly when you are OLD (YES, says this here OLD person). Blogging has been great fun for the most part – its helped me get to know some other fantastic bloggers and their blogs, and though I’ve learned a lot, I still have a lot to learn. As I go into year two, I hope to tweak BORED Mommy and decide what I want my blog to really be about. With a new blog design and move to WordPress.org in the works, I hope that it will only get better from here.
So, I just want to thank everyone who has ever stopped by, and read any of my posts and/or commented – I appreciate it very much, and hope you will come back for more as I tweak my bloggity blog for the better. A wet kiss to each and every one of you.
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And to make this a little more fun, I thought it would be great to get some prizes together to CELEBRATE this rather momentous (not really, but kind of special in a teeny tiny kind of way) occasion. Several fabulous people, whom I happen to adore and totally dig on Twitter, were lovely enough to help me out by sponsoring something for this almighty celebration. You are all awesome – two wet kisses to each of you – you are so very welcome.
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Here is a list of all the fabulous prizes available to be won:
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Boutique Karma (@BoutiqueKarma) is giving away a coffee sleeve – your choice of design!
AND
Bored Mommy (yours truly) is giving you a $10 gift card to Starbucks to help you use that coffee sleeve!
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cow & the moon paper co. (@cowandthemoonco) is giving away a Thank You prize pack!
(It includes: 1 pack of bubbles thank you cards, one pack of birdie thank you cards, one pack each of little dude & little princess thank you notes, and a small handful of itty bitties.)
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Grace Announcements (@GraceAnnounce) is giving away 100 custom designed CALL ME cards!
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Mabel’s Labels (@Mabelhood) is giving away an LOL Essentials Combo!
(Includes 30 Sticky Labels, 12 Shoe Labels, 2 Teeny Tags & 40 Iron Ons (or) 70 Tag Mates)
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Clear Space Online (@MeditatingMummy) is offering a 1 Year Subscription to her site!
- It’s like a magazine subscription, a book club and a gym membership for your body, mind and soul
(This includes unlimited access to their podcast library, articles, and interview series)
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The LOVELY Kathy Buckworth (@KathyBuckworth) is giving away copies of two of her books – The BlackBerry Diaries and Shut Up & Eat!
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Scholastic Canada (@Scholasticcda) is giving away a prize pack including three children’s board books!
(Grumpy Bird, Read Me A Book and Welcome Summer!)
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Deb Bosilevac Photography (@dorthybitestoto) is giving away a beautiful 8 x 10 print (one of a series of 15)
(Winner will receive 3/200)
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And finally, I will also be giving away one of Jillian Michaels’ workout dvds, because I should not be the only one swearing at the television on a nightly basis. Join me in my misery.
I chose this one, because it hurts the most – enjoy!
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HOW TO ENTER:
MANDATORY ENTRY –
~ Please visit one of the sponsors’ sites (their links are above) & tell me about a product and/or service that you are interested in.)
ADDITIONAL ENTRIES (optional) -
Please leave individual comments for each (each comment = entry)
~ Follow me (@BOREDMommy) on Twitter (and/or let me know if you already do!)
~ Subscribe to my blog (and/or let me know if you already do!)
~ Tweet the following (please add the Twitter link to the comment – will count as one entry max):
I just entered the @BOREDmommy 1st Blogoversary Giveaway! http://bit.ly/daXjUS #giveaway
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This giveaway is open to both Canadian & U.S. residents!!
It will run from June 15th until June 22nd, 2010, at 9p.m. est.
Winners will be announced June 23rd, 2010
Winners will be chosen using random.org – please make sure you leave a valid email address and/or your Twitter handle so that I can find you if you win a prize!
Sponsors will be shipping prizes directly to the winners once the contest has ended.
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Again, a thank you to all the lovely people who donated to my blogoversary giveaway:
Mabel’s Labels, Grace Announcements, Boutique Karma, Clear Space Online, cow and the moon co., Scholastic Canada, Kathy Buckworth and Deb Bosilevac Photography.
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CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS!!!
1. Boutique Karma coffee sleeve & $10 Starbucks card – @mommywords
2. Cow & the Moon paper co. prize pack – @unemployed_mom
3. Grace Announcements – 100 Call Me Cards – @sf_frugalista
4. Mabel’s Labels prize pack – @elainea
5. Clear Space Online – 1 yr membership – @MyMessyParadise
6. KathyBuckworth books – @BoutiqueKarma
7. Scholastic Books – @sandyel
8. Deb Bosilevac Photo print – @CoffeesCommutes
9. Jillian Michaels dvd – Shawna Greyling (not on Twitter)
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Happy Blogiverary!
Yay, Happy Blog Birthday (and yes it is a special occasion!)
I love Scholastic Canada and am a follower of theirs. My daughter just loves books and I’ve never seen that Grumpy Bird book, haha – its looks like a great read
Already following you on twitter (asmithonline)
I’m subscribed to your RSS feed through google
Tweeted
http://twitter.com/asmithonline/status/16204863374
asmithonline at yahoo dot ca
@asmithonline
happy birthday!
I follow you on twitter already!
…and also already subscribe! SCORE.
Happy 1st Blogoversary Maria! What fabulous prizes!!!
I’d love to win a 1 Year Subscription to Clearspace.
Congrats on the success of your blog!
Maria!! A year, congrats. So happy for you and so excited for what the future holds. (First stop BlogHer, next stop, blog domination?!)
AT any rate, thank you, thank you for introducing me to Boutique Karma. Everybody is getting a mug hugger for Christmas. I LOVE these, and I so need my own personal Starbucks sleeve. Oh yes I do. In fact, I’m not going to wait to win. I’m going to go ahead and order myself one.
P.S. You better know it, but I follow you on Twitter (bwahahaha) and I subscribe. Of course I subscribe!!
Happy Blogoversary to you Maria!! Cheers to many, many more posts!!
congratulations… lots and lots of happy time for you!!
I want a Boutique Karma Sleeve!! What a great idea!
I follow you on Twitter. Duh…
I subscribe via RSS
Happy Blogoversary
I love the placemats at Grace Announcements…if I didn’t think guests would look at me oddly, I’d get one for my husband and myself
I follow you on Twitter!
tweeted it
I really want to read the Blackberry Diaries!!!
Following you on Twitter
LovinStilettos
I’m already subscribed with Google Friend Connect
Tweeted
http://twitter.com/LovinStilettos/status/16222305546
I really enjoy reading your blog and hearing about your kids antics. It makes me realize that my house is just as crazy (maybe more so with the baby added in).
I love Mabel’s Label’s and since our new addition, Avery, joined us last August I am in need of some labels for Avery. Get it? Avery – Labels – ha ha my bad attempt at making a joke…. need more coffee
I also subscribe to your blog
Happy anniversary!
I love the cow & the moon paper co’s birch tree thanks cards… I’m sort of addicted to thank you cards and real mail in general.
Now following you on Twitter! (@melissity)
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/melissity/status/16224352237
Also subscribing via RSS.
Samantha here, from Mabel’s Labels! Wishing you a Happy Blogoversary, Maria! :]
I love mabels labels so need this for camp
sultansmom@gmail.con
Hey there lady! A big congrats on your blogiversary – and nice swag!!
I really need some of those shoe labels!
(@JackiYo)
Yay for one year!
I follow you on Twitter
I subscribe to you in my reader.
Happy Blogoversary! How exciting! I love the Grace announcements and could so use an announcement as Violet is already more than 4 months old! Oops!
I follow you on twitter @mommywords
I subscribe via Google reader
Happy Blogoversary – you’ve come a long way baby!!
I’m such a book junkie – and believe one can never have enough children’s books (hence my organization of the Scholastic orders for my daughter’s prek )
I love the Wall Art from Grace Announcements!!! Especially the tree… Happy Blogoversary!!! I’m going to tweet it now!
just tweeted it!
and OBVIOUSLY I follow you on Twitter!
Happy blog birthday!! I would love to win the Mabel’s Labels shoe tags…you wouldn’t believe how many kids have the same runners at my son’s daycare right now!
Yay Maria! I’m so happy you are blogging. I remember the day when you started, honestly… you asked on Twitter if you should start a blog and I was like YES DAMN IT, YES! So yay. Congrats to you, love your blog. xo
I love Mabel’s Labels mama cards! And their combo packs, all of them!
Of course, I follow you on Twitter. (Duh)
And I subscribe to your blog. xo
Love your blog! I just started following and am now following you on twitter!
Congrats on 1 year! That’s Awesome!!!
I really love the coffee cozies and the crayon rollups from boutquekarma! Have to have my coffee and my kids have crayons EVERYWHERE!
AND I just tweeted about it! http://twitter.com/velmametz
Thanks!
Awww… happy birthday! One year flies by fast. I am loving Grace Announcement’s wall art. She is so talented. Now, it’s up to me to make a decision on what to get!
And I follow you on Twitter as well
I’m under: lemonfrshdesign
I’m following you on Twitter!
Congratulations on the one year blog! I really need those Mabel’s Labels for the start of school
Just joined your feed
I love the birch tree thank you card at Cow and the moon paper co.
Happy 1st Blogoversary!
denimc{at}gmail{dot}com
ps. great giveaways!
Congrats on a whole year of total madness! I mean…to blog for a whole year…that makes us ALL crazy, right? I only expect bigger and better from you Poutana.
I <3 paper – I'm all about the cutest and most fun cards possible – so the Cow & Moon paper thank you cards would be right up my alley.
Again….big, huge congratulations! ((hugs))
I am already a twitter follower @ItsToni – how could I NOT be??
I subscribe with Google Reader.
http://twitter.com/ItsToni/statuses/16232153012
Tweet Tweet!
I like the Grace Announcements Alphabet Tree Wall art!
I’m following you on twitter
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/avayasmom/status/16233421636
Happy Blog Anniversary! Keep doing what you are doing! Really enjoy reading your blog!
I subscribe to your Blog, as well as follow you on twitter.
Now off to tweet “I just entered the @BOREDmommy 1st Blogoversary Giveaway! http://bit.ly/daXjUS #giveaway”
Have Blogoversary!
Sorry, forgot the comment about one of the amazing sponsors!
I love Mabels Labels – their essential pack of labels is a godsend to a mom of three like me!
I follow you on twitter
I am a Mabels Labels junkie, I love the shoe labels
I receive your emil updates
Happy blogoversary! Now following!
I like the crayon roll ups from Boutique Karma – I need one of those for the car/diaper bag! So cute too!
Fun giveaways girl, Happy, Happy 1 year!!
Of course I follow you on twitter…
Tweet, tweet! http://twitter.com/elainea/statuses/16245860377
I love the crafter labels at Mabels labels
I’m following you on twitter at boredmommy
I did the initial entry yesterday and am back for the additional entries
I follow you on twitter @thesehappydays
denimc{at}gmail{dot}com
I subscribe by email
denimc{at}gmail{dot}com
I tweeted!: http://twitter.com/thesehappydays/status/16251229720
Happy blogiversary!!
Can’t wait to win!
Whooo it’s a party! happy blogoversary!!
I follow you on Twitter
I love Scholastic – have been eyeing the Grumpy Bird book for ds!
I subscribe to your blog
I would like to read some of Kathy’s books. I notice she has written quite a few.
The Scholastic site has a great selection of books for the kids
I follow you on Twitter!
(and Happy Big A day!)
I just Subscribed to your blog!
Love Mabel’s Labels and will be needing to order a Classic School Combo pack before my daughter starts school in the fall.
Happy Blogoversary!!
I checked out Boutique Karma’s groovy shop and I LOVE the kitten coffee sleeve!
Tweeted your giveaway here: http://twitter.com/ottawamom/status/16265504658
Do I really need to check out the Starbuck’s site … I practically live there!
Follow you on twitter
I sooooo want the Mabel’s Labels so my ratfink ex-husband stops stealing my kids’ clothes that belong here! Love those.
I already follow you and subscribe to teh blog
I also subscribe to your blog through Bloglines!
The Cow & Moon Co: Thank goodness I am not the last person on earth who absolutely loves paper cards. I just adore them — they are little miniature works of art! I send them to my clients all the time for thank-yous — paper, not email (especially my Canada Post clients of course!). I’d like to have those little itty bitty “lovin’” cards. Adorable.
I love Mabel’s Labels and am almost completely run out of my last batch! So, I would definitely love another set … my faves are the round circles. They’re supposed to be for shoes but I use them on everything because I like the shape.
I already have Kathy’s books.
Even though my husband can’t stand it when I spend money on Scholastic orders, I do it every time! I remember how much I looked forward to my order arriving when I was a kid, so I just can’t deny that to my DD. Plus, she adores reading.
Happy blogoversary to you! You always make me laugh!
What a great giveaway. I love them all. Especially love Scholastic Canada.
I follow you on twitter (imamommynow)
And I subscribe via RSS.
I had a look at the Grace Announce site, there is so much beautiful stuff there. I like the idea of the Call Me card and also the fact that you can get those beautiful designs in digital format! Love that!
I follow you on twitter my dear!
I now subscribe to your blog, I thought I already did… hmmm
I checked out the Cow and the Moon paper company site. I had never heard of them. Their stuff is so cute. Their itty bitty cards sound just adorable!
I tweeted about your anniversary giveaway
http://twitter.com/twohandsfull/status/16270592108
I tweeted, I follow, I read, now I win??!
Way to go You! Happy Blogoversary
Yay! Congratulations!
Great Giveaway too:)
I love Cow & The Moon Paper Co.! Thanks for introducing me to them:) I adore all the cards but my fav is the Birch Tree Thank You Cards
I also follow you on twitter:)
@loopy4ewe
And I just tweeted your tweet:)
Happy Blogoversary! Your blog is as old as my DD!
This is a great giveaway. I would love some return address labels from Grace Announcements.
I already follow you on Twitter.
@somekindofmom
And I already subscribe to your blog
Here’s my tweet: http://twitter.com/Somekindofmom/status/16272962473
happy anniversary:). i just had my first month blog anniversary,lol;)
i visited most of the gifters but would love a shot at mabel’s labels camp pack. already ordered one for my dd this summer but need another already! great prizes:)
angelaauclair@gmail.com
I subscribed to your blog and I also follow you on twitter (annbac9).
and i follow you on twitter as aaucl
and i now follow your blog:)
(aaucl on twitter)
Happy Anniversary! I would love to win the Call Me cards from Grace Announcements. I love her work and would love to get some Call Me cards
I love, love, super love Mabel’s Labels sticky labels.
I already follow you on Twitter.
Congrats on your one-year blogoversary!
I really like cow & the moon paper co. Their stuff is not only cute, but it’s also eco-friendly. Plus, they keep striving to make their products even more so. They’ve got my vote!
Yes, I still follow you on Twitter (@sweetkeet).
I also tweeted about your giveaway, btw.
HAPPY Blogoversary!!!! And wow look at all the awesome prizes you are giving away. I hope someone gave you a gift too.
I love the Mama Cards on Mabel’s Labels. And the 411 wrist bands are so SMART!
And I follow you on twitter (@myfamilygossip)
And I subscribe to your blog.
I love Boutique Karma’s crayon roll ups! Happy anniversary Bored mommy!
Happy Blogiversary!
I really like Grace Announcement’s ‘Call me’ cards. I actually like all the sponsors, what a first class line up!
Happy Blogoversary to you! Love all of your giveaways!
I’d have to say that I love the Garden Flowers reusable coffee sleeve. Gotta love the green options!
I’m a twitter follower @sf_frugalista
Happy Blogaversary!
I love the idea of the ‘Call Me Cards’ & the ‘Personalized Wall Art’ from Grace Announcements. The Call Me Cards would be so much easier than digging in my purse for a pen and a scrap of paper that would probably be a receipt I would need at a later date!
I subscribe to your blog via google reader with my other email address…
ch ris t in amb w AT gmail DOT com, no spaces.
Tweeted here:
http://twitter.com/sf_frugalista/statuses/16315181696
I follow you on Twitter (@ChuChiFace)
I love the cards at Cow & The Moon Paper Co., especially the thank you cards!
http://www.cowandthemoon.ca/products/thanks/index.html
I am a twitter follower (that is how I learned about this fantastic giveaway)! Thanks.
Unemployed_Mom
Congrats on 1 year! I retweeted this!
http://twitter.com/Unemployed_Mom/statuses/16334962952
HAPPY BLOGOVERSARY!! I made the move from Wordpress.com to Wordpress.org after about a year and have never regretted it!! I just re-designed my blog — Hope you had a great blogoversary!
I love the call me cards. The Krista is my favoite.
Congrats on your one year blogaversary – you rock!! These are fantastic giveaways – right up my alley!
I went to the Scholastic website b/c I’m a teacher and a book whore . . . I LOVE their curriculum resources and pretty much adore all of the books!
I follow you on Twitter!
I’m a blog subscriber!!!
how to pick only one! pretty much anything on mabel’s labels. but i love the bag tags.
Happy Anniversary!
I follow you on twitter.
and i tweeted https://twitter.com/smothermother
Congrats! I love the Boutique Karma stuff, I’ve seen her on iCraft :0
I follow you on twitter (@PoppysBoutique)
I’m also a subscriber
happy happy blogoversary! Just had my one year too… time sure flies when you’re writing about the minutia of life, huh?
Congrats!!! on a great year! Sending you all my love from London (and kisses too!)
J
Happy Blogoversary!! It’s very exciting
I absolutely love the “little princess thanks notes” from Cow and the Moon. And the crayon roll ups from Boutique Karma are great too. Oh so many things to love!
I follow you on Twitter (I’m @mapsgirl)
I subscribe to your blog
I tweeted! http://dabr.co.uk/status/16390897641
Our blog babies were born so close to each other! Happy Blogoversary!! Congratulations, you’ve done well, lady.
xo
Your children are ADORABLE by the way.
I love the Mabel’s Labels. ALl of them!
Congrats! I’d love any of the Deb Bosilevac prints – our walls are bare!
I follow @BOREDMommy on Twitter @MacaroniKidNYC
I like the little princess invitation and thank you cards from Cow and the Moon!
I follow you on Twitter @sarah_jbd.
I’m a subscriber.
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/Sarah_jbd/status/16420438628
I just bought some Mabels Labels (the small ones) for my daugthter’s bottles at daycare. I also follow you on twitter and subscribe to your blog.
I’m dying to get my hands on some clothing labels for Gabey. Hoping that way his dad can stop funneling all of his stuff away from my house by claiming that HE bought it.
I was checking out Scholastic and think their Scope magazine looks like a great one to share with kids!
charmtime at gmail dot com
I follow you on Twitter (littlecomper) charmtime at gmail dot com
I subscribe to your blog charmtime at gmail dot com
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/littlecomper/status/16543635958
charmtime at gmail dot com
I’m interested in camp/school pack of labels from Mabel’s Labels…my daughter is going to sleepaway camp for 2 weeks this summer and has a tendency to lose things.
I follow you on Twitter.
@Skaketgirl
I subscribe via email.
Since I had never been there before, I checked out Grace Announcements. I love the selection – any occasion! I was drawn to the Photo Birthday cards since the Twins’ birthday is coming up. I really like the Flowers and Smiles cards – so sweet!
I follow you on Twitter {@MyChaos}
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/MyChaos/status/16653204152
I subscribe to google reader too!
I follow you on Twitter.
I subscribe to your blog
here’s my tweet link- http://twitter.com/CLBuchananPhoto/status/16654006180
I really like the Mabel’s Labels pack- I’m tired of buying uniform sweaters for my son- this should fix that problem once and for all!
Just tweeted
http://twitter.com/pagurekd/status/16654456718
I follow on twitter!
I love anything from Mabel’s Labels..but the Custom neat Freak combo is my FAVE!!
Congrats and this is a FAB Contest..I follow you and Mabel’s and enjoy every tweet…
Cheers
Dee
I really love Mabel’s Labels iron ons! Would love to win her prize pack!
I follow you on twitter
@mywholesomehome
So many great products and prizes! I love all thing Mabel. I think the 411 wristbands are a super idea. Added safety for your kids in crowded places, and some added peace of mind for the parents!
And I love the Grace Announcements Call Me cards. Such a smart idea, with beautiful designs!
I subscribe to your blog
And I follow you on Twitter (@mom2michael)
And I just tweeted. But I’m not smart enough to know how to give you the url for an individual tweet. hmmph.
I really like the Coffee Sleeve – Wishing Flower from Boutique Karma! great idea.
I was immediately drawn to the coffee sleeve (being the Starbucks addict that I am) so I checked out Boutique Karma. My first thought was “Wow”! M second thought was “I wish I had known about this site a week ago when I was shoppig for teachers’ gifts!”
I love the cozies and the eye pillows!
I already follow you on Twitter!! Yay!
I just subscribed to your blog!
I really enjoy Kathy’s books, give good laugh I need on parenting.
I follow you on Twitter @InfoSara
And I just tweeted.
Happy Blogiversary!
I love Scholastic, I’m a book addict. I come by it naturally, my Mom was a librarian far many years when I was growing up.
I follow you on Twitter
I just tweeted about the contest, but not sure how to leave you a link
happy anniversary! i like the 411 wristbands from mabel’s labels! they are such an awesome company!
i follow you on twitter (i’m marfmom)
cow & the moon paper co. (@cowandthemoonco) is giving away a Thank You prize pack! I think this is a fabulous prize along with all the others, HAPPY BLOGOVERSARY !!
reweeted your message @pavanco
following you on twitter @pavanco
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