Barbara's Beat: February 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010

GH: Will Sonny escape from custody today? Will his son lie on the stand?

As the week winds down what will the cliffhanger be? Will Jason bust his out before they try to take him into custody? Will Dante, portrayed by Dominic Zamprogna, testify against his dad? Or will Michael make it to the courthouse to say he killed Claudia?

I don't think Dante will not be able to remember what happened. I think Sonny's son will come to his rescue.

Will Dante's decision change his relationship with Lulu? I hope not. I think they make a great couple.

You could win a walk-on role on As the World Turns; Auditions end March 2

You've probably seen Cameron Mathison from All My Children, who portrays Dr. Dan on the Cheer, I mean Brighten Bay commericial.

He's plays a single, and outspoken member of the PTA, an avid rower, and one of the more perfect individuals living in the Brighten Bay community. Watch as he recounts the first life he saved, his volunteer missions, and his high-school date with Sandy.

Subway Fresh Buzz Sweepstakes

Rules:
One time entry per person, per email address
Expires on February 28
Available in the U.S. only, excludes Alaska and Hawaii

Get free Nabisco cookies in March

Free cookie alert. Nabisco has great savings offers for free cookies each Monday in March. Become a Nabisco cookies on Facebook fan.

Then beginning March 1, there will be a new savings offer posted every week for a free package of Nabisco Cookies when you purchase a package of Nabisco cookies and a gallon of milk.

Thanks TwitterMoms for the tip.

Banquet's giving away $1 million

For 50 years, Banquet has been making familiar foods families love. The Banquet brand began in 1953 with the introduction of frozen meat pies. Banquet frozen dinners first hit store shelves in 1955.

What kind of man cave could you build with $50,000? You can enter once a day through Friday for your chance to win the Ultimate Man Caves Sweepstakes.

Watch new episodes of Man Caves on Fridays at 9pm Eastern time.

Create a Dunkin Donut and win $12,000

It's Dunkin Donut's 60th birthday, and they want to share the gifts with you.

Have you ever thought, I wish they would make a donut like ......? Well, now is your chance to create your dream donut and see if Dunkin Donuts agrees with you that it's a great idea.

Get a free Hallmark kids collection card

Now through March 14 in Hallmark Gold Crown stores, you can select one free card from a special set of nine cards from the Hallmark kids collection. It's a fun way to cheer your child on.

Everyone needs encouragement, especially kids. And they're reasonably priced at $1.99.

I'm so excited that I have been selected as a General Hospital Ambassador

I am so excited and honored to announce I have been selected as an official General Hospital Brand Ambassador. I grew up with the main teenage characters of this show.

Luke who is portrayed by Anthony Geary, and Laura who was portrayed by Genie Francis, was a super couple like no other. In 1979, I was glued to the set as Luke "raped" or seduced Laura. The controversial storyline turned into the best love story in soap history.

It took what seemed an eternity for the couple to wed, but when they did it was the wedding to beat all weddings. I cried like a baby, I was so happy. The 1981 wedding brought in 30 million viewers and remains the highest-rated hour in American soap opera history.

Strike a SuperModelquin pose for a chance to win $100,000 at Old Navy

Old Navy is having a SuperModelquin search. There are less than three days left to submit your photo.

After that, you have to rack up some votes. The person presently in first place has 16,500 votes.

So grab your camera and someone to take your picture and head to Old Navy. Strike a full-length pose on film next to a SuperModelquin. Then upload your photo so the public can start voting.

Derrick takes his daughter for a sled ride, she loves it.

Tyler in the igloo he and his brother, Dylan built

Lovin Oven, LLC of Irwindale, CA announced that it has taken the precautionary measure of voluntarily recalling certain Health Valley Organic Peanut Crunch, Dutch Apple and Wildberry Chewy Granola Bars because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The bars contain organic toasted soy grits supplied by Thumb Oilseed Producers Cooperative of Ubly, MI.

Consumers who have purchased any products covered by this recall are urged to return them to the store of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions or concerns about the recall may call the hotline at 1-800-423-4846 (7AM – 5PM Mountain Time).

Win free groceries for a year with Cozi

Cozi's celebrating it's 10,000,000th shopping list item. Cozi shopping lists have saved families 10 million trips to the grocery store.

Cozi is a site with tools and information to help families get organized, stay in touch, eat well, and live simply. Cozi is a free Web service that helps you manage your family calendar, track your shopping and to-do lists, organize your chores, and stay in touch with your family.

You can access Cozi from home, work, or on the go from any computer or mobile phone. Opening a Cozi account is quick and easy, with no downloads required.

Get a free 2010 Pillsbury calendar

Let Pillsbury tempt you with deliciousness in 2010. If you would like to get a free calendar from Pillsbury fill out the easy form.

Free Dora the Explorer game download

Free Dora game download. Offer is limited to first 25,000 registrations.

Thanks The Closeout Kid for the tip.

Tuesday is National Pancake Day at IHOP

Get 3 free pancakes from 7am to 10pm on Tuesday. IHOP hopes in return you will make a donation to Children's Miracle Network or another local charity of your choice.

Since beginning its National Pancake Day celebration in 2006, IHOP has raised more than $3.25 million to support charities in the communities in which it operates.

IHOP's National Pancake Day is usually on Shrove Tuesday, but this year the fundraising window has been extended by one week to maximize donations for Children's Miracle Network.

IHOP hopes to raise $5 million in five years for Children's Miracle Network and other local charities through your donations.

Decorate a cake to help ovarian cancer research and be entered to win a range

When you decorate and send a virtual cake to a friend, Electrolux will donate $1 to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. And you'll be entered to win a new induction range from Electrolux.

Join My Outback Rewards and you're entered to see Tim McGraw perform live

Join My Outback Rewards to earn Tim McGraw memorabilia, tickets and exclusive access to Tim’s Southern Voice Tour.

When you join, you will automatically be entered to win a trip for two to Australia and see Tim McGraw perform live.

The Rewards Gallery featurs exclusive Tim McGraw autographed merchandise, downloads, concert experiences and offers from Outback.

Win your share of $5 million in prizes playing the Game of Life at Rite Aid

It's almost Easter and Rite Aid has candy to help you play the Game of Life.

Get game tickets every time you shop Rite Aid. Plus, get BONUS game tickets when you buy specially marked products.

Paste your markers on the Game of Life game board, complete any area on the board and win that prize.

You could win anything from a Rite Aid Gift Card, to a 2010 Infiniti convertible, to a quarter-of-a-million dollars towards your home mortgage.

Free Back Yard Burgers when you sign up

Jack in the Box free Happy Birthday cake

Happy Birthday coupon

VS members get a Free Fragrance Sampler, plus help Pink Nation reach one million members for a free gift

Then, help them reach one million members and they'll send you an exclusive free gift.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Get you free Fresca Taco coupon

Coupon here

Pampers casting call for crawling babies to star in a great baby relay commercial

Is your baby an champion crawler? Did you know a nine-month old baby can crawl up to 400 meters in 20 minutes?

Do you want your baby to be a TV star? Pampers wants parents to upload videos of their babies crawling to the world’s great baby relay on Pampers.com.

Videos featuring babies crawling from left to right, that are uploaded by Feb. 20, will be compiled into a Pampers Cruisers Diapers with Dry Max "Baby Relay" commercial. It will air during the closing day of the Olympic Winter Games on Feb. 28, giving babies a chance to be a champion in the same forum as the most elite athletes.

Buy a drink and pick one of the new Grilled Sandwiches. There’s a Grilled Turkey, Bacon & Cheddar with roasted turkey, cheddar cheese and bacon; and there's a Grilled Deli Trio, with salami, sliced ham, roasted turkey, provolone cheese and pickles. Both sandwiches are served on grilled artisan bread.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Holey Donuts special $5.99 sale

I will be the first to admit, I have been wanting to try these donuts, but theyare so expensive. But with these prices, today is my lucky day.

When you buy any three or more assortments (limited to no more than five per customer) of the low fat Holey Donuts today, you pay only $5.99 for each assortment. The regular prices range from $11.95 to $18.95.

Add up to five Holey Donuts assortments to your cart, then at checkout you will be charged $5.99 each through midnight tonight. All cinnamon bun products are a flat 50% off today. Each assortment is usually 6 full-sized, low-fat, handmade, gourmet donuts.

The convenient 6-pack boxes are designed to easily fit in your freezer, and most of these large donuts have only three Weight Watchers points each. You can also store them in individual freezer bags to save space.

Low Fat Gourmet Donuts not only taste great, but they are handmade, like a little wedding cake. They have fresh frosting and yummy fillings with no artificial sweeteners, and they are low in fat. They have everything you would expect from a high-end gourmet donut.

The donuts are guaranteed to arrive at your home frozen and as perfect as the pictures on it's Web site. From the moment it leaves its box in your freezer and hits your plate you'll know you have something so special that only a rare few can enjoy.

"The company sells oodles of low-fat and reduced-fat donuts in ridiculously delicious flavors." said Hungry Girl.

The prices will look the same on the Web site, but when you add them to your cart each one will only be $5.99. Enjoy!

RAOK Week is February 15-21

This is Random Acts of Kindness Week. Studies show that acts of kindness result in significant health benefits. Have you done something nice for someone lately?

I always want to do more to help others. But, I am very proud of my children. They are always giving, participating in events, and helping anyone they can.

1. Feed the Hungry on the street: You can carry nonperishable food items such as granola or cereal bars, that you can distribute to people on the streets panhandling.

Limit one sample per person, per coupon.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

You're in danger of being skimmed

It's bad enough crooks are stealing us blind at the pump, restaurants and ATMs, but we aren't even safe to walk down the street without someone stealing from us without us knowing it.

And no one is stopping them from selling these weapons online. They even show how to do make them on YouTube. You can't be sure if you're using a real keypad or a keypad being used to steal your pin number as you type it.

I am talking about card skimming, when crooks use a skimmer device to illegally collect information from the magnetic stripe of our credit, debit or ATM cards. Then they take the information, and copy it onto another blank card's magnetic stripe, to be used by a thief to make purchases or withdraw cash in our name.

Skimming works by replacing a card reader like an ATM, with a fake card reader. The counterfeit reader records all of the data on a credit, debit or ATM card as it passes through the skimmer. A camera is placed to get us typing in our code, too.

In addition to ATMs, other locations where card skimming happens include restaurants, taxis or other businesses where an employee will take the card from us to run the charge. The thief has fitted the card reader with a skimmer, or uses a hand-held skimmer hidden in a pocket.

This movie couldn't be embedded so you have to go see it.

And another one I couldn't show is how a wireless device works to steal your information. I couldn't put it on my site, because the person wrote a foul word on his screen when he filmed it. He bagged a device in a brown bag, sat it on a gas pump for a couple of days, it collected thousands of dollars for him in card numbers and money. He just had to go back and get the bag and download the info.

We need to be safer. We need to cover our hands as we punch in numbers. We need to look around and we need to make sure things look real, secure, before we use them.