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I’m so excited to partner with Charity from The Homegrown Family, as well as a few other bloggers, to bring you this awesome giveaway!!! An Ergo! If you have a diastasis, the best way to wear your baby is on your back or on your side, and this carrier allows that. You don’t want the baby’s weight resting right on your tummy, pushing on your damaged abdominal wall, and the belt on the ergo – if worn right – will aid in splinting your gap, in my opinion because it helps the transverse abdominus do its job while reducing pressure in the core.

I’ve owned many baby carriers over the years and the Ergo carrier is one of my favorites! I especially like that I can carry my children, even my strapping toddler, on my back, in front, or my hip comfortably.

I can work hands-free while still mothering and keeping my little ones safely nearby.

When I’m out shopping, I can tuck them into the Ergo, where they can comfortably sleep next to mama’s heartbeat.

And on windy days, I can fasten the head cover to protect their delicate skin.

As for other benefits, read this info, straight from the site:

ERGObaby’s baby carrier design supports a natural sitting position for babies, eliminating compression of the spine and hips that can be caused by unsupported suspension. The baby carrier also balances the baby’s weight to parents’ hips and shoulders, and alleviates physical stress for the parent.

Not only does The Homegrown Family offer this fabulous product, but they also offer awesome kitchen tools, such as The Wondermill Grain Mill (a favorite of mine), Bosch Mixers, and the Excalibur Dehydrator (another favorite).

She even carries high quality coconut oil which I use for everything from my goat’s udders while milking, to diaper rashes, to cooking, to smoothing out scratched in our knotty pine paneling. 

Check out her fabulous items and help support a homeschooling mama to many! Her family is beautiful! Here’s more about them: 

Due to shipping restrictions, this giveaway is only available to our US friends.
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An important part of eating a healthier diet is making sure to get whole grains instead of refined processed white wheat. But real whole wheat can go bad so quickly and the store bought variety is not always the freshest or healthiest. The best thing to do is grind your own wheat and we are excited to bring you this giveaway!

Positively Real Media Network (for like-minded “natural” Christian bloggers) is giving away a Wondermill Grain Mill to one lucky reader!

We are excited to offer this chance to win the world’s #1 rated electric grain mill! Watch this video to learn more about the grain mill and why it’s the perfect accessory for every kitchen!

Enter the giveaway via the Rafflecopter below. The mandatory entry is super simple – just hit Enter! Then you can earn additional entries for following your favorite blogs via Facebook. Increase your chances by liking them all!

This giveaway is only available in the United States and Canada.

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Christmas is such a special occasion that several other bloggers and myself have teamed up to offer an iPad mini to one fortunate individual!!!

The iPad Mini Christmas Giveaway is presented in appreciation of you. We are so thankful for the time you spend with us, the thoughtful comments you share, and the encouragement you’ve given. We couldn’t do it without you.

You can view the iPad mini features here.

Grab a cup of tea, pull up a chair, and send in as many entries as you like using the Raffle-copter form below. There are many blogs you can “like” or “follow” to gain entries, and you can take your time doing it.

*Please note that comments left on this post are NOT counted as entries; you must enter through the Rafflecopter form below.*

This giveaway will run from today, Wednesday, November 28, until December 5. It’s open to everyone and one winner will receive an iPad mini, plus either an $80 iTunes gift card, or $80.00 cash to put towards accessories for the Mini iPad!

The winner’s name will be displayed on this post after the giveaway ends.

Have fun!

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Hauling & Trucking, Medical Transcription Source and Makobi Scribe Present New Year’s Resolution Blog Carnival. My New Year’s Resolutions are to drink tea before coffee each day, spend every Sunday off the computer, and live my life on PURPOSE! Leave a comment for each activity below to WIN THREE FREE MONTHS of membership to Fit2B Studio AND a free copy of our workout dvd entitled “Fit2B You”… See details of entry below!

1. Mandatory entry: Leave a comment after you sign up for our email newsletter to the right. After you confirm your email, you will be directed to a free yoga “Warrior Workout” which is suitable for most fitness levels.

2. Leave a comment stating that you’ve “liked” our facebook page with whatever account you like it.

3. Leave a comment stating that you’ve followed us on twitter via @fit2bmama or @Fit2b_Us

Winner will be chosen at random and notified via email on January 11th. An address will be requested for the express purpose of mailing the dvd to you. Membership will include all priviledges afforded to regular members.

HASHTAG: #happynewyear

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It’s a rap about organic food stores. It will leave you laughing and wordless, and it tells you where I’m at.

If you have no idea why I have deviated from my usual fitness rantings, you need to know about something special that happens on twitter on Wednesdays. Well, two things really. One is “Wordless Wednesdays” and “where in the world are you?” I decided to combine them this week with a video that will leave you wordless – laughing, but wordless. Plus, it will show you a piece of my culture. I don’t live in California, but we have a few of these stores nearby, and this is so utterly realistic.

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 It really stinks when we put a lot of effort, furniture-arranging, make-up doing, hair-snazzing – not to mention time & money – into a new workout video only to discover a flaw right before release. It’s discouraging to pull all that hard work out of the queue and re-film. That’s what happened with our newest addition, Simply Stretching. It was gorgeous, good sound and good lighting, but I go a bit “headless horseman” about half-way through it. 

I found the glitch right before it was released to our members, so I did what any self-respecting business owner does: I told our facebook followers exactly what the problem was, released it anyway, asked them to edit it and give feedback. I expected negativity, but what I got was positive attitudes and encouragement. Here’s the post and here’s what our followers said …

Rachel: Post it and fix it later!

MORAL of the story: never be afraid to ask. You might LIKE the answer. 
P.S. We’ll probably still re-film it
P.P.S. The WINNER of the Fit2B Studio 6-month membership on the Fitness Freebie Blog Hop comment #30 - Racing and Saving Mama!

On a “Stalkish” side note: I joined the Saturday Stalk blog hop and The Friday Blog Hop with Mama to 4 Blessings! I really enjoy hops because they are a non-spammy way to meet other great bloggers and build a slow but good quality following My attempt at a Fitness Freebie Blog Hop was successful for me, but a lot of other fitness bloggers had a bit of a rough time getting hoppers, because “hopping” is so new to the fitness community and some services are so location-specific.

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 It really stinks when we put a lot of effort, furniture-arranging, make-up doing, hair-snazzing – not to mention time & money – into a new workout video only to discover a flaw right before release. It’s discouraging to pull all that hard work out of the queue and re-film. That’s what happened with our newest addition, Simply Stretching. It was gorgeous, good sound and good lighting, but I go a bit “headless horseman” about half-way through it. 

I found the glitch right before it was released to our members, so I did what any self-respecting business owner does: I told our facebook followers exactly what the problem was, released it anyway, asked them to edit it and give feedback. I expected negativity, but what I got was positive attitudes and encouragement. Here’s the post and here’s what our followers said …

Rachel: Post it and fix it later!

MORAL of the story: never be afraid to ask. You might LIKE the answer. 
P.S. We’ll probably still re-film it
P.P.S. The WINNER of the Fit2B Studio 6-month membership on the Fitness Freebie Blog Hop comment #30 - Racing and Saving Mama!

On a “Stalkish” side note: I joined the Saturday Stalk blog hop and The Friday Blog Hop with Mama to 4 Blessings! I really enjoy hops because they are a non-spammy way to meet other great bloggers and build a slow but good quality following My attempt at a Fitness Freebie Blog Hop was successful for me, but a lot of other fitness bloggers had a bit of a rough time getting hoppers, because “hopping” is so new to the fitness community and some services are so location-specific.

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Hop officially opened to hoppers on 01/01/11 … Linky is still open to non-spammy bloggers thru 1/30 offering ~ $20-$50 in any health, fitness, nutrition, yoga clothing, pilates attire, workout equipment, beauty product, etc. Please state what you are offering and enter a link to the EXACT post. Thanks!

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We all know that a home life rich with playful movement benefits the mental, emotional and physical health of kids. But what about adults? I have been working my mind and muscles a lot lately, trying to get Fit2B Studio off the ground. It’s a lot of fun, but it’s also a lot of work. Needless to say, a morning with girlfriends was VERY high on my happy list the other morning. I had no idea that a little “playing it forward” was also on my horizon.

Of course, we all brought our laptops to take advantage of the freedom to multitask without miniature interruptions. Normally, I love twittering and facebooking, but this week I was feeling a bit burned out … until my sweet friend Erika (on the computer above) mentioned her struggle with getting her blog MishMashedMe up and running. As my focus shifted from my screen to hers, I began to feel re-energized. A mutual friend of ours snapped this photo of me swinging Erika’s baby to sleep while still coaching Erika over my shoulder.

We can turn our work back into play by reaching out and teaching what we know to others, by lifting our gaze from our own screen to that of others. I owe many thanks to two women who have done this for me: Kayla from Essential Wholesale and June from The Organic View Blog Talk Radio. Thanks for playing it forward, friends!

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I am gearing up for a HUGE fitness blog hop with a linky that will open to bloggers offering a fitness/wellness/health oriented giveaway on December 27th. The hop will open to “hoppers” on January 1st. Some of my participants have never done a blog hop before. If that’s you, here’s your chance to practice!

This is a linky! Go to the end of the list and click on “Click here to enter.” So easy! Then come back to this blog and click on “Get the code.”

Now go to your blog, write up a little something and put the code into it after your first paragraph. Encourage your blogging followers to join the hop! Choose 5-10 or all of them to visit and follow. Leave a comment so they know to follow you back!

You can also go here to grab this button code for your site to display on the sidebar while you are participating in the hop!
 
I’ll be giving away a FREE six month membership to my online fitness studio during the Fitness Blog Hop that will open on January 1st. All participating bloggers are rounding up $25-$50 value items as we speak! Stay tuned! Email me at beth@fit2b.us if you want to participate!

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