I’ve been blogging for almost 4 years now (my 4th blog anniversary will be in July), which means that it’s been a while since the time I resigned from my job because of a very difficult pregnancy. I started blogging in 2011 because I wanted to do something new, something different. Back then, blogging was just a pastime, something I did just because I had a lot of time in my hands. But my blog has become more than just a pastime. It’s a huge part of my life now.
A few weeks ago, my husband and I decided that it’s time for me to work again. I’ve been sending out my resume to some companies and I sure hope I get a job soon! I assume it’s going to take quite a while for me to get used to that kind of life again. But I’ll try to maintain activity here as much as I can. Because I know that a huge part of the success of my blog is you — the readers who so actively come back to check for new posts and new giveaways — and I don’t want to disappoint you. 🙂
So as a way of celebrating this new phase in my life, and as a way of appreciating you, my readers, for making the effort to visit my blog, read whatever I post and enter my giveaways, I bring you this giveaway.
Enter for your chance to win a Kindle Fire HD7!!! Powerful, full-featured 7-inch Fire HD tablet—fast quad-core processor, HD display, front and rear cameras, stereo speakers, and five color choices
- Fast quad-core processor up to 1.5 GHz — 2x the speed and over 3x the graphics performance of previous generation Fire HD for quicker apps and smooth videos
- Beautiful 7″ HD display — Crisp, vivid HD display (216 ppi / 1280×800) with over a million pixels—perfect for apps, movies, TV, games, photos, and more
- Front and rear cameras — Take photos or capture videos in 1080p HD with a rear-facing camera or Skype with a front-facing camera
- Firefly — Quickly identify and take action on more than 100 million items with Firefly, including more than 240,000 movies and TV episodes, and 35 million songs
- Enjoy over 33 million movies, TV shows, songs, books, Android apps and games—including Facebook, Netflix, Minecraft, and more
- Create unique profiles and set screen time limits for kids with Amazon FreeTime. Link two Amazon accounts and share books, games, apps, and Prime Instant Video content across all devices in the household
- Fast web browsing, email and calendar support including Gmail and Outlook; Edit and view Office documents.
This giveaway is hosted and sponsored by Bay Area Mommy. Cohosted by Happily Ever Rushed. Giveaway is open to residents of the USA and Canada. Void where prohibited by law. Must be at least 18 years old to be eligible. Giveaway ends May 19, 2015 at 11:59pm EST. To enter, use the GiveawayTools form below. No Purchase Necessary. Good luck!
a bicycle for Christmas.
When I was four, Santa brought me a stuffed unicorn as tall as me. It was like MAGIC. 🙂
Congrats on your 4 year anniversary and good luck on the job hunt! I know this sounds sappy, but the best gift I ever received was the safe delivery of my daughter. Things were not going right during delivery and I was so scared for her.
The best gift I ever received was my dog, Mickey.
I received a car for my 16th birthday
The best gift I ever received was my children. Best wishes to you on returning to work. I hope your transition goes smoothly.
My sons made a mothers day gift card..Other than that A white water trip with hubby!
a necklace on my birthday
The best gift i have received is a used laptop for college. 🙂
My first car from my parents.
The best gift I ever received was my first childhood dog 🙂
The best gift was a necklace from my grandma
My husband, who knows nothing about sewing, researched and bought me a serger 🙂
Best gift I ever got was an album of my fav singer – the original copy had gotten damaged and after 15 yrs of looking I was given another copy and a digital copy as well!! YAY!!
M
The best gift i ever received was a truck for my 21 birthday.
I got a really cool dirt bike when I was 15.
I received a phone call from my husband that he finally found a good paying job after five months of looking… a great day for both of us.
A 10 speed bike for my 16th birthday.
The best gift I ever received was my engagement ring.
Tickets to see Les Mis in Toronto 🙂
A coworker bought me a scrap booking organizer with tons of office supplies. (my secret fetish)
The best gift I ever received was a new labtop
My puppy for my birthday years ago.
A surprise trip to Disney World from my hubby.
My best gift was my cat Oskar.
my best gift was when i got a gold and diamond ring for my 16th birthday.
Hard to choose just one, but I’ve never forgotten the transistor radio I got from my Dad for Christmas. It was way back in the sixties, and it was blue.
The best gift I’ve ever received was the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 that I won on your blog! It has literally been life-changing, allowing me to do so many things I wasn’t able to do before. So thank you very much!
Aaawww… I’m so happy to hear (read) that, Judy! 🙂
Alice recently posted..Celebrating Motherhood Giveaway
UM….Let’s see…The best gift I ever received is my children. Also, my other best gift I ever received was a Kindle Fire HD7 from Bay Area Mommy! Thanks for asking! Love this giveaway!! Michele 🙂
Michele Ash recently posted..5 Reasons Why You Should Plan Your #Vegas Trip With VegasGirlsNightOut.com
LOL! You make me laugh, Michelle! 😀
Alice recently posted..Celebrating Motherhood Giveaway
The best gift I ever received was a plane ticket my husband surprised me with to see my parents.
My best present was a trip to Alaska.
Thanks for the contest.
The best present was a puppy I got for my 10th birthday.
The best gift I ever received was my engagement ring – still wonderful after 10 years of marriage.
My best present was my all black kitten that I received for Christmas that I named Holly Berry!
I received a wrist watch from my parents.
The best gift I ever received was the swing set that my grandfather built by hand.
The best gift I have ever received was 12 bottles of wine.
The best gift I received was a trip to Las Vegas from my husband for my 40th birthday.
My son is the best gift
That is a hard one.I would say the Mother/Child pendant I got on Mothers’ Day after my last child was born
the best gift i ever got was a 12 gage shotgun.
When I was a kid I got a Super Nintendo. I was so excited and happy that Christmas.
A big doll….when I was a young girl.
My matching birthday stone necklace and ring set!
The best gift I’ve ever received is an engagement ring from my husband.
A golf bag from my wife it was terrific
Christmas 2012 I got the news we were having a baby boy. Great gift!
The best gift I ever received was a trip to Ireland with all my siblings and my parents to celebrate their 50th annivrsary
The best gift I ever received was and is my grandchildren and their wonderful smiles.
The best gift I have ever received is cash from my nan
The best gift I ever got was a car
I was given a car! That was an amazing gift!
The best birthday gift I ever received was a plant, my son had turned three that year and his auntie asked him if he wanted to go get a birthday/mothers day gift for mom, he was excited. She video taped him, he was so excited when he seen the plant he picked and said all the reasons why I needed that specific plant… It was one of the most special moments in my life
A surprise Christmas present from my husband, 15 years after we got married. It was a beautiful diamond wedding band & engagement ring combo set from Zales & he included a beautiful hand written note. Plus he purchased a lifetime warranty for it. We have to bring the set in every six months to get it checked & cleaned. I just love it!!
My husband gave me a gold rope necklace for my 30th birthday. I love it.
My husband bought me a car when we had our second child.
My engagement ring!
my engagement ring
My husband is the best gift I’ve ever received from the universe 🙂
Pingback: Kindle Fire HD 7 Giveaway - Giveaway Promote
My Canon Rebel T1i when I graduated 8th grade.
Ok, you’re making me sappy. The best gift I’ve ever received is my children.
Stand Mixer from my boyfriend, Mom, and two friends
Anything my kids give me. Whether it was a worm, a flower or a homemade card.
the best gift was when my husband and daughter took me canoeing for my birthday.
A day at the Spa at Christmas
A bucket of fried shrimp. Yes, I’m serious 🙂
The best gift I’ve ever received would have to be The Real Ghostbusters’ firehouse playset when I was a kid. Best Christmas ever.
Aaron Shapiro recently posted..Win a trip to tour Iceland and the real life sites of Game of Thrones!
a pots and pan set
The best gift I got was a Bike
My Canon 60d as it has let me take photos to share with my family and friends
The best gift I’ve gotten is the amazing relationship I have with my 96 year old grandmother. I wouldn’t trade it for anything material.
The best gifts are homemade cards made from the heart.
a new BBW Grill
THE BEST GIFT I HAVE GOTTEN IS A TELESCOPE.
Best gift? My parents sent me to France for 30 days when I turned 18.
I just love romance I have been single for 21 years now but I am still a romantic person and I guess I will always be !! <3 <3 <3 O:) 😀
My most loving gift has been the 4 grandchildren I have all are girls except one and he is the oldest his name is Tharron M. Blain he is such a blessing to me but I haven’t seen him in 3 years and he visits his father every summer!!! So if I won I would just hope to be able to fly up and visit them 😀
My engagement ring!
The best gift I ever received was my twins being born and them being saved. No gift can ever top this gift of life and joy
My best gift is my daughter.
My cat, Princess who I got when I was six.
My wonderful children are my most favorite gift ever!
The best gift I ever received was my hubby.
my kids! the greatest gift of all!
After we had been told I would never be able to carry a child, the birth of our daughter was my greatest gift!
My son and DIL gave me a Kindle several years ago but now its time for a new one.
A visit surprised from my grandmother
A painting that my mom made for me!
My best gift was from my husband. It was a diamond nose ring. I love it!
A new car
The best gift has been the crafts my girls made me from love.
A mexican star lampa long time ago
My kids made me dinner for my bday last year.
The best gift I ever got was a piano when I was about 13. I still have it and now all my kids play too
When my son was about 4 yrs old , we gave him $5 to use at a garage sale down the street. He came home with a lovely tea set for me . It had cost him $5. He was so proud to have purchased that set for me by himself. It still is the best present I have received in 30 yrs!
The best gift I ever received was my birthday and Christmas present in ’03, a new 2004 car
Bionic woman doll from my dad
Two: A ring from someone I loved and a little homemade box that says, “Mom”, made with Popsicle sticks.
A song written just for me.
The best gift that I was ever given was life.
any little random thing that my husband buys for me that lets me know he was listening even when I wasn’t asking for anything. Like lipgloss, nail polish or a slurpee! 🙂
The best gift I recieved is my kids smiling faces, I love seeing them happy.
The best gift I ever received was, hands down, a BFF necklace from my 10 year old daughter. 🙂
A surprise party from my 4 year old!
I got a late model car for my 16th birthday. I was so happy!
The best gift I received was a computer.
The best gift I’ve ever received is my car!
The best gift I ever received was my very first Kindle. My Mom bought it for me before I was about to take a trip because she knows that I usually take at least three books with me when I fly (one for reading on the way there, one for while I am there, and one for the way home). The previous time I had flown there was a blizzard and I was stranded in an airport overnight for 8 hours! I read all three of my books and ran out of things to do (and of course every store in the airport was closed). With the Kindle I never had to worry about running out of reading material while traveling.
Was my kids!
The best gift I received was airline tickets to Hawaii.
The best gift ever,is my new fiance,I’m almost 50 and never thought I’d love again!
april monty recently posted..Wireless Outdoor Bluetooth Rock Speakers Contest
My best gift was a Nintendo ds.
My favorite gift was a laptop computer
a book writing by my kids
The best gift I’ve received was a bike when I was 12.
A charm necklace my fiance’ designed.
A laptop; top-of-the-line (for the time) 386-40, to be exact.
A painting that I really really wanted.
Jewelry with my kids’ birthstones on it.
My grandmother let me choose 2 tea cups & saucers from her collection one year for Christmas. That was one of the best I’ve ever gotten.
I’d say a gift card
The best gift I ever received was a Coach bag from my ex-husband on our wedding day. It was so pretty! 🙂
I would say the best gift would be my Kitchen Aid Mixer and the REALLY good stainless steel, thick bottomed pots and pans set. Forever things. Not one problem with any of it for 38 years now!
What’s the best gift you’ve ever received?
a glass of water..i was thirsty…i dont rate gifts
My baby girl Jenny
A Nintendo NES
My Gel Nail kit and lamp from my daughter
My best gift was my engagement ring.
best present for CHristmas was a Polaroid camera from my father
lorraine mabbett recently posted..Blurb: Creative Inspiration
This past Christmas my daughters ps3 broke and we were scrambeling to get her a ps4. I got a ups alert saying I had a package coming and didn’t know what it was. Someone had gifted us a ps4!!! I don’t know to this say it was, but I broke down crying!!
Wow that’s awesome!
My new iPhone – I absolutely love it!
Best gift I ever received? 1969 Dodge Charger for my 16th birthday from my grandpa.
My son when he was 6 bought me a diamond pendant for my 30th birthday! It came up missing after we hired movers, and moved, but I do wish I had that pendant back. Money can’t replace it!
One of the best presents I’ve ever received was a bookcase with a glass door. It’s a beautiful piece of furniture given to me by my mother 38 years ago.
A new laptop. Thanks for the chance!
Definitely my ring from my husband that he got me when I was pregnant with our first baby.
A cruise to the bahamas from my daughter
My children are the best gifts I’ve ever recieved.
A cabbage patch doll.
I would have to say the best gift was a car…when I really needed one!
I wasn’t allowed a lot of candy growing up so at 8 years when I received a big bag of M&M’s all to myself that was the best gift ever.
The best gift was my daughter and grandchildren.
The best gift I ever received was a pocket watch.
A New Horse Saddle was the best present I ever got
My niece surprised me with an MP3 player. I loved it.
A car on my 16th birthday.
The best gift I ever received was a trip to Ireland. My mom took me, my daughter, and my sister last summer.
Kari recently posted..Springing Ahead Giveaway Event #SpringingAhead15
A beautiful necklace and earrings set from my husband for Christmas.
200 acres of land in Wasco county from my grandma!
A diamond ring with my daughter’s birthstone in it!
A Star of David.
The best gift I have ever received is my daughter and grandchildren.
The best gift I’ve ever received is my engagement ring from my husband five years ago.
a trip to fclrida
DANIEL REED recently posted..Fusion Life Brands Power Pressure Cooker XL Giveaway
Red roses for my birthday. My husband never buys me flowers but did for my recent birthday. What a surprise.
My best gift would be my diamond ring, hubby gave me on the day we got married. We couldn’t afford rings so it was a surprise when he had it to put on. 🙂
everything my kids make for me
My best gift was my cat
A matching bracelet to a necklace that I had
Scholarships for school!
Out of the blue, my husband bought me an antique diamond dinner ring and I love love it, wear it all the time not just out to dinner.
A flight to visit my sister and her kids for my birthday, earlier this year =D
My favorite gift came 3 days after my birthday a few years ago. My one and only niece was born! 😉 Best gift ever!!!
My hubby & kids are my most wonderful gifts
That’s a hard one…I have gotten some really good ones.
A trip to Yosemite with my Mom. It was the best vacation ever!
One of the best gifts I ever received was a trip to Catalina Island for my birthday.
My best gift is my laptop my husband gave me.
The best gift I ever got was from my son & daughter in law Christmas Eve 6 years ago. It was a baby onesie with a picture of a sonogram & it had See you in August G-Ma & G-Pa…it was priceless
My basic answer to my favorite gift received – it has to be having the opportunity to receive this as a prize – that and all other giveaways.The chance to win a prize is so valued which is higher then the sky. The reason for such is I have very little after being injured in an accident (though it was the other drivers fault) that has cost me almost all I own to afford a portion of the medical bills! In addition, I come from a single parent residence for which she served in the Armed Forces but is NOT getting the benefits she deserves. My last gift received might have been years ago but I continue to value the time I spend with family as a gift that is most priceless!
[email protected]
My best gift was my mothers ring last year. 🙂 LOVE it!
My kitten, Boots was a gift from my dad. Thanks for the chance to win.
The best gift I ever got was being able to be in the delivery room with my sister when she had my nephew 2 days before Christmas
I received an engagement ring one Christmas tied to a teddy bear.
The best gift I received was a fully planned and paid trip to England for a week from my boyfriend. It was a surprise, wonderful and one of a kind.
My best gift was my cat.
The ‘best’ gift I ever got was a Swiss Army Knife when I was a teenager; I’ll still using it 25 years later.
The best gift I got was a bracelet from my daughter for Mothers Day.
The best gift I ever received was a homemade card from my 5 year old daughter.
The best gift I ever got was some cash.
I got a Skipper doll and her dream house and that was good for many, many hours of play. I still have the battered Skipper doll to remind me.
the best gift i recieved was a straight talk touch phone for my birthday this past December.my very first touch screen
My dog Santos has been the best gift ever.
i recieved a laptop on my birthday
The best was 2 dozen long stem pink carnations which were totally unexpected but, beautiful.
the best gift I ever got was a sewing machine and serger from my son
I received a beautiful clock that plays music every hour on the hour. The center of the flock opens while the music plays and it closes like a puzzle when the music ends it was just a present from my husband not a holliday
My husband gets me my favorite kind of cookies every year for my birthday. I always look forward to that.
My son when he was born was the biggest gift I’ve ever recieved I’m not very lucky at contest just like to enter anyway
I’ve been vegetarian for a year now, and this past Mother’s Day, I got some vegan nail polish from my older brother. I consider it the best gift because he know how concern I am of my surroundings and I want to become vegan as well.
Years ago, when we first lived together, my now-hubby gave me a pinball machine for our gameroom! And I love that my kids play with it now!
The best gift would be a pair of earrings my Grandmother gave me for a graduation gift.
My engagement ring from my (now) wonderful husband!
When my husband surprised me with a trip!
A electronic picture frame,loaded with pictures ,given to me by my son for Xmas . It was his last Xmas ,its something I will always cherish
The best gift I ever got was breakfast in bed with homemade mothers day cards from my kids..priceless.
The best gift was a new camera.
probably getting jewelry different times i imagine!
Aside from my life and family, the best gift I ever received would have to be my first and only dog. I never had one as a kid and I’m grateful to finally have the experience.
a tabletop hockey game when i was a kid, played for years with my friends
A mom necklace my son picked out.
The gift from my parents to go to Las Vegas in ’94 to see my cousin’s wedding in Vegas.
My child is the best gift I have ever received.
So far a pair of earrings. Waiting for a car or engagement ring.
A laptop computer.