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Sandling All Day: 2012-12-16

Friday, December 21, 2012

Rent A Timeshare

What is a Time share rental
 It is basically renting out someone else's vacation timeshare. There are many advantages to renting a timeshare, especially for a budget-friendly family vacation. Time share rentals typically cost up to 50% less than hotel rooms, especially when rented directly from the owner.

What is RedWeek.Com?
Offering family friendly vacations on a budget, RedWeek.com's marketplace is full of vacation rentals everywhere.  Travelers come to RedWeek.com to rent or buy timeshares units directly from the owner, often at tremendous savings compared with hotels or dealing with the resort itself.  With over 1.5 million members, you can find the perfect vacation rental for yourself, or find someone to rent out your own timeshare.

There are several advantages of a membership at RedWeek.
  • Search for your next timeshare rental by state or country, you can find your next vacation 10 miles away, or 1,000!  You can even search by amenities!  Need a pet-friendly resort?  How about one that's all inclusive?  No problem!  At RedWeek, you can search using a number of amenities, to make sure you have everything you need on your next vacation!
  • Forums, for you to ask and answer questions, get information, and even get travel tips and advice
  • Resources: EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about timeshares, including a complete FAQ!!   Get information about renting, buying and exchanging.  Find out about the points systems used, and even read up on the pro's & con's of timeshares.  

Why a timeshare?

1)      Timeshare rentals typically cost up to 50% less than comparable hotel rooms.  This allows families on a budget to vacation at luxury resorts and hotels that would otherwise not be in their budget.    
2)      They are spacious:  You can choose the size of unit you want, giving you the ability to give the kids their own room!  A timeshare is your home, away from home.  Units typically have separate bedrooms, living room, balcony or lanai, and kitchen with dining area.   And best of all – maid service will clean it, keep it supplied with fresh towels and linens, and even carry out the garbage!
3)      Most come with a kitchen so you can save money not eating out for every meal. 
Being budget concious does not mean cheap, but we all know that saving money on meals is difficult, especially when visiting another city. Most timeshare rentals come with a fully equipped kitchen, allowing you the ability to prepare your own meals, saving on the cost of restaurant prices. You can eat when you want, wake up and hit the fridge...just like at home! 
4)      Things to do: Most are attached to a resort (hotel) where many of the amenities (waterpark features, children’s playgrounds, arcade game rooms, etc.) are included in the low rental price.  Many resorts have their own amenities, including swimming pools, weight rooms,  and game room.  The units themselves have tv's, often with dvd players and cable as well as WIFI or internet access.

Why I like RedWeek:

I own a timeshare myself, I have since 2001. We used to go on lots of vacations, before our younger son was born. He is special needs, and that makes it very hard for us to go on a vacation.

RedWeek.com allows you to rent out your timeshare, giving you money in your pocket, and keeping your weeks or points from going to waste.

The website itself is very user friendly, but not too busy.  You can do searches based on your own criteria: search the dates you want to travel,  by location or resort name.
One feature I love is the reviews.  You can read up on any resort you want, and get the information they provide (amenities, size etc) but there's nothing like reading what the customers say!  You can read reviews from actual vacationers, and find out what they liked or loved!  Best of all, you can even rate them yourself!  Took a vacation last year, and loved the customer service? Wished they had ice-machines?  Here, you can tell others, and share your experience.

I did a search for a vacation I would love to be able to take...my dream vacation, is to visit Hawaii.
Lucky for me, Hawaiian Vacations has it's own link on the 'find a timeshare' search page, making it easy to find what you want.  It allowed me to choose by island or city. I chose Honolulu, with a travel date of 2/17/13 to 2/24/13 (my anniversary!) and the cost was $995 - $142 per night.
I decided to do a comparison...From the hotel's website.  It was $289 PER NIGHT.  That's double!
Wanting to be thourough, I checked another site, again, the same hotel.  The cheapest price they offered was $239.04 per night.  Still over $100 more per night!  RedWeek would save me between $700 and $1024 for my one week vacation!

I would HIGHLY recommend checking out RedWeek for all of your vacationing needs.  What could be better than saving your family money when it comes to traveling?  Why stay at a hotel with a few features, when you can stay at a luxurious resort with spacious rooms, full kitchens, tons of activities for the whole family, all while saving you 50%!


Are you interested in becoming a member at RedWeek?  You're in luck!  RedWeek is giving away a 2 YEAR membership to one lucky reader of my blog!!



Disclaimer:  For writing this review, I received a 1 year RedWeek.com membership. I was not financially compensated for this post. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

There's a Frog in my Tummy- By Nick Warren {Review}

Maisie refuses to eat all her meals. Mum warns her that she will awaken the frog 
that lives in her tummy.

“Maisie, don’t you know? There’s a frog in your tummy! If you don’t eat you will 
wake him up and then there will be trouble,” said Mum.
“That’s silly,” said Maisie. “Frogs live in ponds, not in people.”
“You’ll see,” said Mum.

While Maisie is at school she finds out what waking this little pest means.

A funny bedtime story with colourful, bright and appealing drawings.



I had a chance to read There's a Frog in my Tummy, to my 7yr old this morning. He chose to listen to me read this book INSTEAD of watching Spongebob.     Now that says alot!

As I read it, the first thing that I noticed, was that he was very attentive. My special needs son, listening quietly to me read. The second thing I noticed was that he thought it was very funny, as evidenced by his infectious laughter.

The book itself is quite clever, with a very important message intertwined.  

I asked my son what he thought of the book. He said that it was funny and good. He said that his favorite part was
"Ha ha, Maisie has gone potty, " said one boy.
and it's accompanying picture of Maisie's tummy.

He also really liked the castle picture. (She made a castle out of her mashed potatoes, peas and carrots.)

All in all, it's a really cute and funny story with great pictures and a message all parents try to get across to their kids...
Eat all your food!



Check out Nick Warren's other children's books:

You can also find more information on his blog.

Please stay tuned, as I review his other 3 books!
There is no better way to spend time with your children, than to read to them.
I enjoy reading books with my son daily!

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Disclaimer:
Thank you to Nick Warren, who allowed me to preview his e-book, There's a Frog in my Tummy, in exchange for this review.
No other compensation was provided for this review.

Enter to win an Autographed copy of The Ghost In Me and a $15 Starbucks giftcard

Want to win an autographed copy of Shaunda Wenger's new book, The Ghost In Me
AND a $15 Starbucks giftcard?

A great read and a coffee...you can't miss!!


Shaunda Wenger, the author of a 2011 KART Kids Book List Award, has written several books, including her newest, Reality Bites- Tales of a Half-Vampire. She is pleased to offer her book, The Ghost In Me, to one lucky winner!



The Ghost In Me:

Myri Monaco has problems she doesn't know how to deal with: a crush on her best friend's boyfriend, a mother who's dating her science teacher, and a "punishment" for a science project that lands her in auditions for the school play (the last place she wants to be). But most girls don't have a ghost living at home who is willing to "trade places" whenever she's needed. Will ghostly possession be an easy solution when problems collide? Or will Myri lose everything to a ghost wanting to fulfill her own desires?



Want to read some of her book?  Check it out at Amazon. You can click on the picture of the book, on the left side, to read some of the book!                                              



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Disclaimer: Sandling All Day is not responsible for product shipment. 

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

PearlMountain Xmas Pack up to 60% off



Now through Christmas, get PearlMountain's Xmas Pack up to 60% off!

Picture Collage Maker is easy to use and allows anyone from novices to photography professionals to create eye-catching photo collages on Windows and Macintosh computers. With just a few clicks, users can create collages, scrapbooks, posters, greeting cards, invitations, calendars, and any other type of season greetings that they might imagine.



Some shining points of Picture Collage Maker Pro of the Christmas edition:

  • l24 special Christmas templates.
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  • Rotate, re-size, and re-position images to ones’ liking.
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  • Use clip-art, text, and backgrounds to personalize the collage.
  • Export the finished collage as an image, print it out, or email it to friends and family.

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Picture Collage Maker Pro allows you to quickly create greeting cards, invitations, photo collages, scrapbooks, posters, etc from your digital photos.


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I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Launch Giveaway Event!! Ends 1/5


Welcome to the Blessed Domestic Diva's Launch Giveaway Event!

Blessed Domestic Diva couldn't have done this event without these wonderful co-hosts:


This is a very exciting giveaway and if you know Blessed Domestic Diva you know she's already given away over $700 in prizes over the past few weeks!

Here is the GRAND FINALE!!!

You can Win this beautiful piece for Hopscotch Couture

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I am so excited to bring you this beautiful piece along with several other wonderful bloggers!!!

Good Luck Everyone!!!

Remember, you can't win, if you don't enter!!




Disclosure: Neither Blessed Domestic Diva nor Sandling All Day are responsible for prize shipping.  


Disclaimer: Sandling All Day received a link to our facebook page for posting and promoting this event.  We did not receive any compensation, and are not sponsors of this event.  Please contact Blessed Domestic Diva with any questions, problems or concerns about this event.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Easy Free Santa Letter Review and Giveaway


Letters from Santa (www.easyfreesantaletter.com) provides parents a simple way to create beautiful, personalized letters from Santa that can be printed instantly in the comfort of your home. It’s quicker than Magic Elf dust!!
Available in both a free and low-cost Magical ($2.99) version, the letters are full of special details only Santa could know, and address a multitude of worries that little ones might have.
Santa eases the concerns of children that Santa won’t find them because they will be on vacation at Christmas time, because they have moved that year, or even because they don’t have a chimney. Santa soothes the little hearts of children whose families are living apart, or who have military family members that can’t make it home for Christmas. Santa even addresses specific gift requests, celebrates the little one’s big accomplishments, and commemorates Baby’s First Christmas. 


As an added bonus, when you purchase a Magical Letter from Santa, it comes as part of a package which includes a lovely personalized printable Official Nice List Certificate, a beautiful printable autographed photo from old St. Nick himself, and last but not least, a 27-page printable Coloring & Activity Book!


Imagine…their eyes will light up brighter than Rudolph’s nose!


Want something more? 
Then the Magical Package is for you!





Give your child a treasure that will last a lifetime! 

I had the opportunity to print my own Magical Package.  I chose the "Child Trying Hard To Be Good" letter, since my son is always trying so hard!!  
I completed the letter on the site, and immediately was given the option to download the pdf files.
This was great, because I didn't have any ink, so no need to worry about not being able to print them right away.
I was also sent the links in an email the next day.
I printed out the letter and envelope, and prepared them for my child.
I decided to put a stamp on them, and mail them to him.
He was SO excited to get a letter in his name!!
Here's the letter he got!

EasyFreeSantaLetter has made it so easy to give your child the gift of a letter from Santa.

I am very pleased with the entire process.  Picking out the letter was wonderful, giving me the option to choose what would suit my child the best, and personalizing it exactly the way it needed to be for him
Printing it myself allowed me to choose the paper I wanted, color and stock.  It also meant that I didn't have to wait for it to be shipped to me.
An easy download option was perfect, as it allowed me to download it when I want to, then an email comes to allow the download also.
Printing out the letter and envelope was an easy process, and my son was really happy with the extras!

I can't believe how easy this was!  
Now, you won't be able to believe it either!

The owner of EasyFreeSantaLetter has decided to sponsor a
giveaway to my readers!!
8 LUCKY readers will get their own Magical Package free!!

For those that don't win, there is a great buy one get one free offer available!
Simply visit their facebook page, and click on the Free Santa Magic tab.  Once you've liked the page, 
you'll have access to the BOGO offer!!



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I was  given the opportunity to review this product through EasyFreeSantaLetter.com. I was given the Magical Package in exchange for my review.  The opinions expressed here are my own.  Results may vary.  I was not compensated in any other way for this review.