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Attention Readers: stay tuned, because next week I will be posting a couple of reviews and will be hosting giveaways as well, thanks to my lovely sponsors! The first review/giveaway will be your choice of a cute pair of shoes from See Kai Run. They have some really cute shoes for your little ones! The second giveaway is for the Mamas! That is all I'm saying for now, but keep your eyes peeled and watch so you can take part and maybe win some pretty cool things!

I have really enjoyed listening to a few different blog talk radio programs recently. If I can't make it to the live cast, then I just download it as a podcast onto my mp3 player and listen when I have a chance. The show that I named (with the help of everyone who voted) is starting back up tomorrow at 12 noon CST, so if you are interested, tune in here, or even download it later to listen to if you want. These 2 Moms deliver some fun information, and accept callers during the show. I will add some of my other favorite shows later, but for now check out Mom-2-Mom!

I was fortunate enough to win a gift certificate to Yummie Tummie last month at the Classy Closet Twitter Party. I picked out the basic tank in white, (for versatility) and received it this past week! I was really excited to try out this Tummy shaping tank that even Oprah herself has raved about. Here is a quote from the Yummie Tummie website:

The Yummie Tummie Tank comfortably smoothes away unsightly lumps and bumps, while adding style to your wardrobe!
An everyday layering basic, your most essential Tank now comes with a one-of-a-kind design that slims and smoothes your middle!

I have worn my tank underneath a few different types of shirts and noticed the difference for myself immediately. Under a form fitting tee, my stomach, and love-handles were smoother, and not as noticeable as they are without the Yummie Tummie. Next, I tried wearing the tank underneath a sweater, and noticed that the sweater didn't cling to the shape of my "muffin-top" area as it had before. And with a swing top, I tucked the Yummie Tummie tank in underneath the top, and felt more covered and protected, and looked slightly slimmer. Overall I don't believe that people would look at me and think that I had lost a lot of weight, or anything like that, but I do believe that it polishes off my look, and makes my mid-section appear a little more whittled. The Yummie Tummie Tank is not a miracle worker by any means, but it is a Mom's helper, in my humble opinion.

The cost is a little pricey for the Yummie Tummie, starting at $62.00 for the basic tank. I personally couldn't have convinced my hubby to let me purchase this if I hadn't won it, to be perfectly honest. This price could deter some possible buyers from making this purchase, but it might not affect others. I only found one downside to this great tank, when wearing it untucked, it occasionally rode up and I had to yank it back down in place. This was easily solved by adjusting, or tucking it into my pants/jeans.

I would highly recommend this Slimming tank top to any woman who wants to smooth out her mid-section, and reduce the "muffin-top" we all despise. I would say that the tank is worth the money you pay for it, especially if the results are "priceless."

As many of you know, my hubby Jason is a pastor of a small (and I do mean tiny) rural church, and he also works for his Dad pumping oil wells to help make ends meet. With a family of six, finances are especially tight right now. So, I have been pouting and feeling sorry for myself because we can't really afford for me to go to BlissDom in February. (For those of you who don't know about this, BlissDom is an awesome Conference for Bloggers to attend in Nashville.)

Well, I had heard through various posts about the BlogHer conference that is going on in Chicago during the summer of 2009, which is also a blogging get-together that looks very enlightening, as well as educational. This also sounded quite interesting, but I just thought all hope was gone for me to be able to attend that conference because of finances as well. But low and behold, while perusing through some top-notch online reading material, I found Erin's blog, The Queen of Spain and read that she is generously offering to pay for one bloggers registration to attend BlogHer! As any of my readers know, I am pretty new to the blogosphere, and I am quickly finding that I LOVE blogging, and reading other blogs in copious amounts. I am working on finding my own little niche on the World Wide Web, and I could definitely use the help and guidance I would receive at BlogHer. I would be extremely grateful to Erin at The Queen of Spain, if she chose me to win this wonderful "prize."

Now, as for empowering and encouraging women, I plan to continue (more vigilantly) my other blog that I originally started for our church, by beginning a daily devotion/bible study geared towards women and moms in particular. I believe that this could be used to reach women everywhere, not just in my church and community, but in other areas as well. Women need all the boosts and bites of God's word they can get, in my opinion anyway. So going to BlogHer could help me learn how to better write not only my personal blog, but my Womens Daily Devo Blog also.

I just wanted to show my appreciation to all of those who voted for my choice of Mom 2 Mom for a Blog Talk Radio Show. I just found out that my name choice won, and I am totally surprised! So thank you to everyone who voted and I will post a link later, so that you can listen to the podcast of the show if you want. Thanks Again.