Make Mom Feel Like a Queen with Medieval Times {Free Admission}

Disclaimer: I was provided tickets to the show so I can enjoy Mother's Day just like you! 

I've lived in or around Dallas for most of my life, but I have never been to Medieval Times. So, I'm super excited that they are making the decision to go easy for families by giving mom a free ticket just in time for Mother's Day! 

Now through May 11, Moms get free admission with a full-priced adult admission when you use the code MOMWEB! 

While I can't tell wait to share the experience with you, I know that the whole family will enjoy being taken back to a time of castles, jousting, and feasting on a four-course meal fit for royalty.

Medieval Times has nine locations in California, Florida, Illinois, Georgia, South Carolina, New Jersey, D.C. and Ontario. To find your closest location, visit the website.

Purchase your tickets by May 11: http://www.medievaltimes.com/purchasetickets.aspx

The Cost of Being a Mom

Happy Mother's Day!

Hopefully you're enjoying Mother's Day with brunch, relaxation and a little mommy love. However, but as moms we know that being a mom is normally not a glamourous or rewarding job, but it's someone's got to do it. (And when you see your babies' faces, then you know exactly why you do it!

Courtesy of: CashNetUSA: It's Economic

Your Mess Maker Can Win You Housekeeping for a Year from Dirty Jobs

Want-it Wednesday

Do you ever wish you could be rewarded for the messes your children make? 

I know I do and would be rewarded hourly with their busy hands!

Photo courtesy of Muppet.Wikia.com

Dirty Jobs, known for their cleaning products that are formulated to handle the dirtiest jobs and more notably their adorable spokesperson, MikeRowe, is launching a nationwide search for America's top 'Mess Masters.'  

Submit a photo of the messiest mess your own Mess Master makes and if your photo is selected you could win a full year's professional maid service from MollyMaid, one of the country's top-rated professional home cleaning service companies as well as other additional prizes!

Send in your best Mess Master photo and you will be entered and eligible to win one of the following great prizes:

1. Grand Prize Winner - Molly Maid Cleaning Service for 1 year
2. First Runner-Up - $500 Gift Card
3. Second Runner-Up - $250 Gift Card
4. Eleven Weekly Prize Winners will win a $100 Gift Card

Qualifying as the biggest Mess Master requires no special training, just the ability to create the messiest mess (I have two kids and a lab that could easily qualify without any encouragement.)  Accepted entries can include kids and/or pets.  They just need to make a dirty mess and you provide the photographic proof of their best mess.

Do you think your Mess Maker can take on the Barbeque Bandit?
Then enter this contest and wine housekeeping for a year.

The contest will run for eleven weeks from now through May 9, 2013 and the Grand Prize winner will be announced just in time for Mother's Day, May 12, 2013 #bestgiftever!  It's easy and simple to get in on all the fun.  Just visit www.mydirtyjobs/messmasters to enter your own favorite Mess Master.  

About the Sponsor

Available at Walmart, Lowe's, and Albertsons Market stores across the country, Dirty Jobs broad portfolio of cleaning products are among the strongest and most advanced household cleaning products available anywhere.  They are the ideal cleaner-uppers for everyone's own Mess Master. 

Photo courtesy of Pinterest

Pin It To Get The Perfect Mom's Day Gift

Every Mother’s Day everyone scrambles to get the right Mother’s Day gift. Although I have received a good one or two myself (my husband surprised me the year right before my was born with a pair of diamond earrings in my Sunday paper), for the most part it’s like Forrest Gump said, “you never know what you’re gonna get: (and in some cases, not get.) 

So rather than scour the planet to try to figure out what you think mom wants for Mother’s Day, I’m going to tell you exactly what to do to get it right this Mother’s Day... 

Go to Pinterest. You’ll find the motherload (yes, that was the perfect pun!) 

Yep, this social media site (whose users are 70 percent women in the U.S. according to Mashable) is going to give you a full listing of everything you can think of to get for mom and probably at every price point. Don’t know if your mom is on Pinterest or know she doesn’t have an account? Don’t worry: just get one for yourself and type in “Mother’s Day” to get tons of ideas that you can make or buy just to make your mom feel special this Mother’s Day. 

First thing you should know is Mother’s Day isn’t really about what you get her. Yep, while jewelry, purses and all that is nice, you can get away with a lot cheaper items and get big brownie points. A meal, a craft or a keepsake may make take you a little time, but remember, the gift is about letting her know how much you appreciate her. However, if your mama has been screaming for a new Louis Vuitton (like I have) and you’ve got the cash to splurge, don’t worry, you’ll still get your bonus points and a lot more too if you get if for her (honey, this special note was just for you.) 

Here’s just a few pins I’ve come across that might make good Mother’s Day gifts for mom, grandma, etc. And if you’re like me and you get to purchase your own gift and then let everyone know what they got you, there’s even a few ideas just for Mother’s Day for you to give to your kiddos one day to show them how this whole Mother’s Day thing is supposed to work. 

        

      

    

So to all your mamas out there, I hope this post helps to create your perfect Mother’s Day!