Wednesday, June 1, 2011

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Sweepstakes: Redbox Summer Fun & Games

In honor of the summer season kicking off, redbox is launching the Summer Fun & Games Sweepstakes and providing family entertainment all summer long. To amp up summer fun, redbox is rewarding families with incredible savings and giving away $10,000 to two lucky winners!

Now through August 1, you can enter for a chance to win one of two $10,000 prizes! There are several easy ways to enter:
- Rent a movie or game at a redbox kiosk (and provide a valid email address at checkout)
- Reserve a rental online at redbox.com
- Enter your email address at redbox.com/summer
- Text SUMMER to 727272

Get more entries with more rentals – up to 3 times a day! For official rules and more information, visit Redbox.com/summer.

Plus, with redbox Summer Fun & Games Savings, everyone wins!

- Rent 2, Get 1 Free! Now through June 12, rent any two items at once and get a free promo code good for a one-night DVD rental.
- For a midweek treat, each Wednesday between June 22 and July 27 redbox is offering 50 cents off select family titles (PG-13 and under) when reserved online.

Find your nearest redbox location by visiting www.redbox.com or via the redbox iPhone® or Android mobile apps.

Top family rentals for 5/23-5/29:
Gulliver's Travels
Gnomeo and Juliet
Yogi Bear
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Tangled
Despicable Me
Megamind
The Adventures of Super Mario 3: What a Wonderful Warp
Arthur and the Invisibles 2&3
Cool Dog

Healthy Habits: Safety on the Road

Summer often brings road trips and vacations. And as many families are driving more, the risk of accidents and injuries goes up. So here are some tips for keeping your family safe on the road.

1) Always buckle up in appropriate restraints. Buckling up should be an obvious move. Make it a rule that the car doesn't move until everyone's buckled. Just as important, though, is being sure you are using appropriate restraints. Not every state has the same child safety restraint laws, so make sure you know yours. But consider going even stronger. Keep your child rear-facing as long as they are under the weight limit, even if they're over a year old. Likewise, keep your toddler in a five-point harness until he or she is over the weight limit, even if their age or size is big enough to be in a booster. And keep your kids in a booster until they're at the maximum size recommended by the booster seat. Never let small kids ride in the front seat, either.
2) Make sure toys that are in the car are soft and/or secured when not in use. In case of an accident, even small toys can generate a great deal of force.
3) Wear sunscreen. Windows don't block all the whole spectrum of rays, so for long car trips, you and all passengers should wear sunscreen.
4) Pack necessities. Even in warm weather, it's possible to get stranded. Make sure you have water to drink, and consider having antifreeze on hand, just in case.
5) If you have a pet, consider a safety restraint or a crate. Not only will it protect your pet in case of an accident, but it can also protect you and your family from injury if they're thrown around a car.
6) Don't text and drive. Don't even talk on the cell phone and drive. Both of these activities require taking attention and eyes away from the road, and there's no text so important it's worth risking your life. If a phone call must be made, have the passenger do it.
7) For the same reason, plan your route ahead of time. You don't want to be looking at maps or setting your GPS while you're driving. It's dangerously distracting.
8) Have your vehicle tuned up before a long road trip. Also, learn how to perform basic maintenance, like changing antifreeze and windshield wiper fluid or changing tires.
9) Don't ever leave a child or pet in a closed vehicle. It can get dangerously hot very quickly, even with cracked windows.
10) Drive defensively. Don't weave back and forth between lanes, since this is a major contributing factor in freeway accidents.

Safelite Auto Glass would also like to remind you to check your windshield before travel. A chip could turn into a crack at any time, often when you are least expecting it. Windshield repair is often a safe and economical alternative to a full windshield replacement. The windshield provides up to 30% of your vehicles structural integrity, and a chip smaller than 6 inches (or the size of a dollar bill) can easily be repaired by filling it with a special resin.

Plus, choosing repair instead of replacement is eco-friendly. By offering repairs as an alternative to replacement, Safelite AutoGlass saves approximately 35,000 tons of CO2 during windshield production each year, enough to fill the Empire State Building approximately 19 times. In addition, it saves the number of damaged windshields being sent to the landfill by approximately 12,500 tons annually.

For more information:
@Safelite on Twitter.
Safelite on Facebook

“I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and Safelite blogging program, for a gift card worth $30. For more information on how you can participate, click here.”

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Fun Freetime: Verizon FiOS

I would love to have Verizon FiOS in my home. Unfortunately, it's not available in my area yet. I've been happy with Verizon as my wireless provider, and I would imagine that FiOS will come with the same level of reliability and customer service as Verizon Wireless has.

Verizon FiOS is fiber optic television service. It has a lot of benefits over traditional cable or satellite. It is much less susceptible to weather interference than satellite, and is more weather resistant and durable than phone lines or coaxial cable. It also allows for an immense level of bandwidth, which means that you won't run out anytime soon, no matter how bandwidth-heavy the Internet gets with applications, tools, photos, and videos. The American Customer Satisfaction Index rated Verizon FiOS #1 in value, overall quality and customer loyalty among the major subscription TV providers, and it also received "Highest in Residential Television Service Satisfaction in the East Region" three years in a row from J.D. Power and Associates. So it clearly is getting good marks from customers.

There are a lot of fun tools available. They offer "Flex View" which is similar to on-demand or pay-per-view programming, only it also covers your computer and mobile phone as well. You can also use Media Manager to organize your library of videos, photo, and music, as well as your favorite radio stations. Plus, FiOS is turning TV into a social experience for those that want it, by allowing "widget" add-ons such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

Check to see if FiOS is available where you live.

I think this would be great. Right now, we have a spare computer hooked up to our TV so that I'm able to watch online German videos, but I think being able to use Media Manager would streamline that. Plus, Verizon FiOS offers foreign language channels in a variety of languages, including German, which would be an awesome way to keep strengthening the German language skills in our household and keep up with culture and current events halfway around the world. And, quite honestly, being able to bundle the services with cell phone and Internet would streamline bill paying, and probably would be cheaper, especially with a promotion that I'm sure we'd be able to score for the first year or so.

So, Verizon FiOS, got any plans to come to the Twin Cities anytime soon? You've got at least one ready subscriber, and I'm sure there's more.

“I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and Verizon FiOS blogging program for a gift card. For more information on how you can participate, click here.”

Fore more information:
Verizon FiOS on Facebook
@Verizon on Twitter
Verizon on YouTube

Shopping Savings: Snapily


I recently had the opportunity to try out a personalized animated card from Snapily. The process was easy, and the card was cute. It uses a unique printing type to create fun borders that add a 3-d look - something very different from other personalized card websites.

They're having a great Father's Day promo next week. Any new sign up gets a $3 credit, which is enough for a card almost free. Plus, on June 6th and 7th, when you use code SHIP4FREE, you'll get free shipping too.

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