Thursday, January 07, 2010
One A Day VitaCraves Complete Adult Multivitamin Gummies
I joined a cool site called Smile.ly, and they, together with One A Day, sent me a free bottle of One A Day VitaCraves Complete Adult Multivitamin Gummies to try.
Eating a gummy is much nicer than popping a pill, and these are pretty tasty. It's also easier to get pill-hating family members to eat a gummy rather than taking a regular vitamin; my husband is very resistant to taking supplements, but he chewed these up willingly. I'll be using the coupon they also sent me when the bottle runs out; if you want to get your own coupon, or to join Smile.ly and get your own products to try, go here.
Eating a gummy is much nicer than popping a pill, and these are pretty tasty. It's also easier to get pill-hating family members to eat a gummy rather than taking a regular vitamin; my husband is very resistant to taking supplements, but he chewed these up willingly. I'll be using the coupon they also sent me when the bottle runs out; if you want to get your own coupon, or to join Smile.ly and get your own products to try, go here.
New goodies from Progresso
The fine folks at MyBlogSpark and Progresso are at it again!! First off, there's a contest:
"Celebrate the New Year and a new you with Progresso Light and 100 Calorie Soups because from January 4 through March 15th, you and your readers can visit
www.Progresso.com/SouperYou
to enter the Progresso "Souper You Debut" contest for the chance to win a full makeover in New York City.
Three grand prize winners will be awarded a trip for two to New York City from May 21st-23rd. The prize includes roundtrip airfare, a two-night stay in a NYC hotel, a full makeover, a $1,000 wardrobe shopping spree and personal consultation at a New York department store.
To enter, you´ll need to do the following:
Go to www.Progresso.com/SouperYou to learn more and enter the contest
Submit your essay (200 characters or less) telling Progresso why you love Progresso Light or 100 Calorie Soups and why you would like a makeover
In addition, please submit a photo of yourself that visually reinforces the theme of your essay
Once you enter, you´ll have the chance for your photo and/or an excerpt from your essay to appear on www.Progresso.com/SouperYou, so be sure to check back frequently! Once the 10 finalists are announced, you can visit www.Progresso.com/SouperYou from March 29 through April 12 to vote for your favorite.
In addition, throughout the duration of the contest you can visit
www.Progresso.com/SouperYou
to download a coupon for $1 off any three varieties of Progresso Soup!
With surprisingly hearty ingredients like pasta, beans, corn and rice, and flavor-packed vegetables like tomatoes, carrots, and peppers, Progresso Light and 100 Calorie Soups offer varieties with a good source of fiber and a full serving of vegetables. Satisfying your taste buds, Progresso Light and 100 Calories Soups can help curb your hunger, making it easier for you to stick to your weight management plan."
They sent me a "Souper You Debut" gift pack that had 15 (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) cans of several different varieties of the Progresso Light and 100 Calorie Soups, as well as a Progresso digital jump rope that keeps track of jumps and calories burned and a Progresso soup mug.
They've also provided a gift pack that contains the mug, jump rope and two cans of Progresso Soup to give away to one of you; whoever sends me the most creative idea for a new soup will get it. I'll post the winner by the end of the weekend.
My husband and I have already been slurping soup; I can tell you that the chicken and dumpling one doesn't taste like it's lower in calories, and he has declared the french onion to be a great mixer with rice. A battle may ensue over the pot roast one... wonder who'll win THAT, lol? However chilly the weather gets, the Omni household will be blissfully adrift on a warm sea of Progresso... :-)
"Celebrate the New Year and a new you with Progresso Light and 100 Calorie Soups because from January 4 through March 15th, you and your readers can visit
www.Progresso.com/SouperYou
to enter the Progresso "Souper You Debut" contest for the chance to win a full makeover in New York City.
Three grand prize winners will be awarded a trip for two to New York City from May 21st-23rd. The prize includes roundtrip airfare, a two-night stay in a NYC hotel, a full makeover, a $1,000 wardrobe shopping spree and personal consultation at a New York department store.
To enter, you´ll need to do the following:
Go to www.Progresso.com/SouperYou to learn more and enter the contest
Submit your essay (200 characters or less) telling Progresso why you love Progresso Light or 100 Calorie Soups and why you would like a makeover
In addition, please submit a photo of yourself that visually reinforces the theme of your essay
Once you enter, you´ll have the chance for your photo and/or an excerpt from your essay to appear on www.Progresso.com/SouperYou, so be sure to check back frequently! Once the 10 finalists are announced, you can visit www.Progresso.com/SouperYou from March 29 through April 12 to vote for your favorite.
In addition, throughout the duration of the contest you can visit
www.Progresso.com/SouperYou
to download a coupon for $1 off any three varieties of Progresso Soup!
With surprisingly hearty ingredients like pasta, beans, corn and rice, and flavor-packed vegetables like tomatoes, carrots, and peppers, Progresso Light and 100 Calorie Soups offer varieties with a good source of fiber and a full serving of vegetables. Satisfying your taste buds, Progresso Light and 100 Calories Soups can help curb your hunger, making it easier for you to stick to your weight management plan."
They sent me a "Souper You Debut" gift pack that had 15 (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) cans of several different varieties of the Progresso Light and 100 Calorie Soups, as well as a Progresso digital jump rope that keeps track of jumps and calories burned and a Progresso soup mug.
They've also provided a gift pack that contains the mug, jump rope and two cans of Progresso Soup to give away to one of you; whoever sends me the most creative idea for a new soup will get it. I'll post the winner by the end of the weekend.
My husband and I have already been slurping soup; I can tell you that the chicken and dumpling one doesn't taste like it's lower in calories, and he has declared the french onion to be a great mixer with rice. A battle may ensue over the pot roast one... wonder who'll win THAT, lol? However chilly the weather gets, the Omni household will be blissfully adrift on a warm sea of Progresso... :-)
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
A miracle?
The Bad Thing has been partially solved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today, a MONTH after the last email I got from the company involved (which not only gave me no answers about MY FRIGGING $ that they had confiscated or my future income stream but literally said to not contact them again), a month during which there was no reply to any of my calls or emails, a CHECK came from them... for every penny they owed me PLUS an extra * 50% *!! No letter, no explanation, just the check.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Remember my wondering how I'd know if God helped me with TBT (as I asked Him to at the start of this whole spiritual conversion) or if it got solved as a logical result of my own efforts? Well, technically, I haven't gotten a chance to MAKE any efforts on my behalf, all I've been doing is steadily emailing and calling people at that office telling them that they've acted in error and to please respond telling me what the f*** HAPPENED so I can rebut their claims and get the issue hashed out, I haven't had even ONE discussion with anyone about the problem yet, or been able to make any kind of case in my messages to them because I don't know what their attempts to screw me have been based on... and yet here out of the blue is a check for 50% more than they owed me... and if that isn't indicative of God having a hand in this I don't know what could be, short of the check being delivered by a chariot full of angels.
The overall issue hasn't been dealt with, I verified that on their website, but getting my $ is BIG. I have no idea what events at their office led to this, or why they didn't CONTACT me and TELL me that they were sending $, or if the extra $ is meant to compensate me for my struggles, bribe me into dropping the issue, or is maybe just an accounting error in my favor... but whichever it is, it's nothing short of miraculous.
Today, a MONTH after the last email I got from the company involved (which not only gave me no answers about MY FRIGGING $ that they had confiscated or my future income stream but literally said to not contact them again), a month during which there was no reply to any of my calls or emails, a CHECK came from them... for every penny they owed me PLUS an extra * 50% *!! No letter, no explanation, just the check.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Remember my wondering how I'd know if God helped me with TBT (as I asked Him to at the start of this whole spiritual conversion) or if it got solved as a logical result of my own efforts? Well, technically, I haven't gotten a chance to MAKE any efforts on my behalf, all I've been doing is steadily emailing and calling people at that office telling them that they've acted in error and to please respond telling me what the f*** HAPPENED so I can rebut their claims and get the issue hashed out, I haven't had even ONE discussion with anyone about the problem yet, or been able to make any kind of case in my messages to them because I don't know what their attempts to screw me have been based on... and yet here out of the blue is a check for 50% more than they owed me... and if that isn't indicative of God having a hand in this I don't know what could be, short of the check being delivered by a chariot full of angels.
The overall issue hasn't been dealt with, I verified that on their website, but getting my $ is BIG. I have no idea what events at their office led to this, or why they didn't CONTACT me and TELL me that they were sending $, or if the extra $ is meant to compensate me for my struggles, bribe me into dropping the issue, or is maybe just an accounting error in my favor... but whichever it is, it's nothing short of miraculous.
Sunday, January 03, 2010
And the winner is...
The winner of the MyBlogSpark and Old El Paso "Tackle the Taste" gift pack is... Terri M!!
If you didn't win, don't worry; there'll be lots more prizes in the coming months.
If you didn't win, don't worry; there'll be lots more prizes in the coming months.
Friday, January 01, 2010
My most religious friend weighs in
I gave her the whole story last night. She did not think that I'm suffering some bizarre psychosis... although, granted, it was very unlikely that SHE would. In fact, she revealed that when SHE first had experience with God she went through much the same things I did, right down to the wondering if she was going crazy. She told me it was comforting to her that *I* went through the same stuff... but how about how comforting HER experience was to ME, given how it's always seemed to me that she clearly had a connection to SOMETHING.
She thought that my revelation that karma was essentially God's subconscious mind was "profound"; we'll be spending some time talking about that one in the near future, which will hopefully lead to more insight.
A sobering thought from her was that possibly God WON'T be fixing The Bad Thing, that what he fixed was the anxiety that was crushing me and that's it. I admit that it's possible that the various "flashes" that I've had indicating that TBT was going to be fixed (including a recent one when I was preparing to put birthdays and such on my new calendar, opened it to January and thought with satisfaction, out of the blue, "THIS is the month that TBT was fixed") could have been just wishful thinking from a desperate mind... although that's how I was ready to dismiss the directly God-related things as well until He made that impossible. It's also entirely possible that TBT will be fixed purely based on my persistence, and God didn't see any need to do any more than hold me together to do so.
I admit to being disappointed that TBT has dragged on for 2 months, casting a pall over the entire holiday season and the start of a new year, a new decade, despite God's intervention in my life. It makes it hard to imagine how I'm supposed to make a convincing case for Him in the new spiritual blog when what I asked for help with is still dragging on and on weeks later. I guess this is where faith is supposed to come in... but, since He knows my nature, He knows that blind faith isn't how I operate. Of course I WANT to be able to feel faith in SOMETHING, with the hope and comfort that would come with it, the peace of mind... but, wouldn't it be foolish to have faith that He'll fix things if fixing my anxiety level is the limit of His intended help? Don't get me wrong, that's a HUGE amount of help, but what I mean is that just because He's proven to me that He'll do ONE sort of thing doesn't mean that I should then have faith that He'll do EVERYTHING... after all, not even the most religious person claims that God will do EVERYTHING He's asked to help with, or anywhere close to it.
If I in fact can't tell the difference between a message from God, either directly or via karma in the sorts of psychic flashes I've had all my life, and bursts of... wishful thinking... that'd be a serious impediment both to the development of faith and general spirituality. Barring further divine interventions, I'm dead in the water spiritually until TBT is resolved and I can sort out what happened.
God IS clearly still with me, though. My friend had gotten pretty sick in time for last night's party, although she hadn't let on to ME that she had more than a little sniffle. Yesterday morning, I asked God to help her to have the wisdom, understanding, etc that she'd need to help ME when I gave her the news (knowing that SHE would pray for that for herself if she knew such news was coming). At the party, people hadn't even finished arriving yet when she disappeared; she had gone to her room to take some medicine and try to collect herself, but she fell asleep and napped for FOUR hours. When she finally emerged, she made a repeated, dismayed issue of how she's NEVER slept with guests in her home before, much less for hours... well, really, who DOES? After she got the news, though, she revealed that she'd been so muddled pre-nap that she couldn't make proper sense of something I'd said to her, and that withOUT the nap she would've been worse than useless to me.
I told her about my having asked God to help her be ready to help ME... and we both immediately saw His hand in getting her to sleep the hours she needed (she who rarely gets 4 hours of solid sleep on her best night, as she kept reiterating) so that she could in fact provide meaningful feedback.
2010 will be an interesting year...
She thought that my revelation that karma was essentially God's subconscious mind was "profound"; we'll be spending some time talking about that one in the near future, which will hopefully lead to more insight.
A sobering thought from her was that possibly God WON'T be fixing The Bad Thing, that what he fixed was the anxiety that was crushing me and that's it. I admit that it's possible that the various "flashes" that I've had indicating that TBT was going to be fixed (including a recent one when I was preparing to put birthdays and such on my new calendar, opened it to January and thought with satisfaction, out of the blue, "THIS is the month that TBT was fixed") could have been just wishful thinking from a desperate mind... although that's how I was ready to dismiss the directly God-related things as well until He made that impossible. It's also entirely possible that TBT will be fixed purely based on my persistence, and God didn't see any need to do any more than hold me together to do so.
I admit to being disappointed that TBT has dragged on for 2 months, casting a pall over the entire holiday season and the start of a new year, a new decade, despite God's intervention in my life. It makes it hard to imagine how I'm supposed to make a convincing case for Him in the new spiritual blog when what I asked for help with is still dragging on and on weeks later. I guess this is where faith is supposed to come in... but, since He knows my nature, He knows that blind faith isn't how I operate. Of course I WANT to be able to feel faith in SOMETHING, with the hope and comfort that would come with it, the peace of mind... but, wouldn't it be foolish to have faith that He'll fix things if fixing my anxiety level is the limit of His intended help? Don't get me wrong, that's a HUGE amount of help, but what I mean is that just because He's proven to me that He'll do ONE sort of thing doesn't mean that I should then have faith that He'll do EVERYTHING... after all, not even the most religious person claims that God will do EVERYTHING He's asked to help with, or anywhere close to it.
If I in fact can't tell the difference between a message from God, either directly or via karma in the sorts of psychic flashes I've had all my life, and bursts of... wishful thinking... that'd be a serious impediment both to the development of faith and general spirituality. Barring further divine interventions, I'm dead in the water spiritually until TBT is resolved and I can sort out what happened.
God IS clearly still with me, though. My friend had gotten pretty sick in time for last night's party, although she hadn't let on to ME that she had more than a little sniffle. Yesterday morning, I asked God to help her to have the wisdom, understanding, etc that she'd need to help ME when I gave her the news (knowing that SHE would pray for that for herself if she knew such news was coming). At the party, people hadn't even finished arriving yet when she disappeared; she had gone to her room to take some medicine and try to collect herself, but she fell asleep and napped for FOUR hours. When she finally emerged, she made a repeated, dismayed issue of how she's NEVER slept with guests in her home before, much less for hours... well, really, who DOES? After she got the news, though, she revealed that she'd been so muddled pre-nap that she couldn't make proper sense of something I'd said to her, and that withOUT the nap she would've been worse than useless to me.
I told her about my having asked God to help her be ready to help ME... and we both immediately saw His hand in getting her to sleep the hours she needed (she who rarely gets 4 hours of solid sleep on her best night, as she kept reiterating) so that she could in fact provide meaningful feedback.
2010 will be an interesting year...
