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* Scott Towels: 30 Mega Rolls
* Scott Bath Tissue: 10 12-packs

Here’s the best part:  For one year, you won’t have to run out to the store to buy these bulky items, and lug them home. To win, leave a comment with your favorite household, kitchen, family, or money-saving tip. If you need some inspiration, check out the tips at Scott Common Sense. Here is my favorite tip, peeling potatoes without “peeling”, from the Scott page:

Boil potatoes with the skin on. When done, drain. Fold a SCOTT Towel in half and pick up a hot potato. Gently rub the potato back and forth and the skin comes right off. Shake the potato skin off and reuse the towel. It saves time and clean up. When finished, just discard the towel or, better yet, go green and place the towel and the peelings into a compost pile for next Spring’s gardening.

Inspire us here with your tips, (does not have to involve a paper towel!) and I’ll select a random winner to win a year’s supply of Scott Bath and Towel products on December 1, 2008. US Residents Only.

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The mounted fish on the wall sets the tone – this is a lake house. A haven to five males and one female; yet there is no spot to lounge, or eat, at the same time. The floor plan was clearly designed by a man with two things on his mind: Fishing and cleaning fish.

The current furniture is decade-old leftovers. The watermarks on the ceiling are fixed; and we’ve squirmed over the perfect paint color. Yet, there’s still no place to put your feet up and enjoy the impeccable view. This is a house in desperate need of transformation.

I’m hoping, very much, to win the contest, that the Parent Bloggers Network is promoting, sponsored by Bill Me Later, and their “Win a Man Cave” contest. Our lake house, lovingly adored, is still in dire need of a makeover. You can post your own video and photo submissions at www.IWantMyManCave.com.

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The email from Schmutzie said she just registered to win a free handbag from HandbagPlanet.com. She was gracious enough to invite me too.

I thought you’d like a chance to win too. To celebrate their upcoming launch, HandbagPlanet.com is giving away 24 handbags in 24 hours. Go register.  The hard part, I’m telling you, is picking out the bag.

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After his break up with Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash wrote several poignant songs, (“Better Days,” “Simple Man” and “I Used To Be King”), and Nash was inspired to keep writing.

“I realized I could craft something special that you could listen to and could help you in your own life,” he says. “At the time I wrote those songs, they were very hopeful. There was bleakness, but I tried to put an opening of light at the end.”
The album, Songs for Beginners[CD/DVD-Audio], was first released in the spring of 1971, which is his emotionally charged solo debut that follows his permanent break with Mitchell, and his temporary split with his bandmates, David Crosby and Stephen Stills. The album was a decisive hit, peaking at #15 on Billboard and spawning the Top 40 hit “ Chicago .”

Songs for Beginners is written and performed in a conversational tone of voice, often just above a whisper. It is tender in its honesty, warm and calm in its pace and determination. “Yes, it was quiet,” Nash admits. “But I wanted it to be straight from my heart to whoever listened to it. What I’m saying has survived pretty well.”

Rhino remasters this legendary musician’s first album for a landmark CD/DVD reissue that features 5.1 Surround Sound and High Resolution mixes of the original, along with a 2008 interview with Nash, photos and lyrics. SONGS FOR BEGINNERS is available from Rhino Records and all physical and digital outlets,for a suggested list price of $24.98.

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Denise, picked via random.org, is the winner of the book the The Ultimate Tea Diet: How Tea Can Boost Your Metabolism, Shrink Your Appetite, and Kick-Start Remarkable Weight Loss on the contest.

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