Twitter Party Calendar This Week With Prizes September 24-30

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Updated 9/27/12 

Get all the details in this free constantly updated Twitter Party Master Calendar listing tons of family friendly parties including specifics on prizes you can win and links to RSVP and participate. Be sure to check back often every week as new events are added on an ongoing basis -- often with new prize-winning opportunities added several times per day. You'll also get a sneak peek at Twitter parties coming up next week and in the month ahead.

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THIS WEEK

Monday, September 24

Come to the #MarvelAvengersWMT Twitter Party at 1 pm ET. Hosts @AgentM @tsue1136 will be talking about Super Heroes. Prizes: FOUR (4) $100 Walmart giftcards. #cbias RSVP

#PlainKitchen Twitter Party a 3 pm ET with @momcentral @FageUSA @bflay. Prizes: TWO (2) pre-party winners and SIX (6) at-party winners receive $25 AMEX Gift Card and $25 Fage Total voucher. RSVP 

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Twitter Party at 7 pm ET. Hosts @ShannonMiller96 @Srocf #GetRealWithTeal RSVP

Back to School Limited Edition @Cravebox Twitter Party at 9 pm ET with prizes from products in the Back to School Cravebox. #B2SCravebox RSVP

#ShopRockIt Twitter Party at 9 pm ET with @shoprockit @JonBonJovious. Prizes: TWO (2) $25 PayPal cash and ONE (1) $50 PayPal cash. RSVP

It's the weekly #TMOM Twitter Party at 9 pm ET with @TravelingMoms @KimOrlando @DebMomof3 this week talking about fall travel. RSVP to be eligible to win a prize.

Shutterfly Halloween Twitter Party at 9 pm ET with @ResourcefulMom @Shutterfly. Prizes: Shutterfly gift certificates in $25, $50, $75 and $150 denominations. #SFlyHalloween RSVP


Tuesday, September 25

#ModernPonds Twitter Party at Noon ET hosted by @Ponds with special guest Anna Post, Great-Great Grandaughter of Emily Post and @One2OneNetwork. Prizes: 10 sets of Ponds Luminous Clean Cleansers with Stephanie Johnson makeup cases ~ an approximate $50 value. RSVP

#HeinzVinegar Twitter Party at 1 pm ET talking about tips for going green at home with @loveandcents @RebeccaEParsons @LizLongcrier. $250 worth of Walmart gift cards to be given away: TWO (2) $25 GCs, TWO (2) $50 GCs and Grand Prize $100 GC. RSVP

#HTRRP Twitter Party with Harvest Treats Authors at 6 pm ET. Hosted by @alisbookshelf Prizes TBA. RSVP 

Gillette and Dollar General @MomitForward #gno #GroomHim Twitter Party at 9 pm ET. Hosts @DollarGeneral @ProcterGamble @Gillette @MarcusGeeter. Prizes  TWO (2) Winners each receive a $250 Dollar General gift card and Venus & Gillette shaving products w/ approx value of $300. RSVP


Wednesday, September 26

It's the weekly @TheOnlineMom Twitter Party at 9 pm ET.  Prize: TBA. Must RSVP & participate in party with hashtag #TheOnlineMoms.


Thursday, September 27

#DDFuelsCFL Dunkin' Donuts Twitter Party with @DDCentFla at 7 pm ET. Hosted by @JoscelynRC @Couponmamacita @MyMamihood. Prizes: $500 in giftcards via the New Dunkin' Donuts ap. RSVP

ABC's Once Upon a Twitter Party at 8 pm ET with host @momspark. Visa giftcard prizes in the following denominations: $25, $50, $75, $100 and $200, each with a Once Upon a Time tote bag. #OnceParty RSVP

#DesignedforGood Twitter Party at 8 pm ET launching Rachel Minkoff for @BravadoDesigns limited edition nursing tank collection to benefit Baby Buggy. Host @Resourcefulmom. Prizes: THREE (3) winners will receive one of Rachel's new nursing tank designs. RSVP

#MyGreenBaby Twitter party at 9 pm ET. Hosted by @TheEcoChic @EFFBlog. Prizes: lots of eco-friendly items to spoil moms, toddlers and moms. RSVP

#TastyFaves #CraveBox Twitter Party at 9 pm ET hosted by @CraveBox. A prize every day mins: Assorted gift baskets from the Tasty Faves CraveBox and a CraveBox or two.  RSVP


Friday, September 28

#PersonalShopper Twitter Party at 1 pm ET hosted by @GrillingHappiness. Chatting about grilling and tailgating. Prizes $200 in gift cards including FOUR (4) Sears GCs RSVP

Join the #theonlinemom #VZWBuzz @VerizonInsider for the weekly Twitter Party hosted by @theOnlineMom at 3 pm ET. Prizes TBA. To be eligible to win participate in the party and RSVP

#BFPR Twitter Party at 3 pm ET hosted by @BlogFriendlyPR with co-hosts @MommyJenna @AdrienneMazzone RSVP

#NaturalsVoxBox Twitter Party at 3 pm ET hosted by @Influenster. Prizes: Naturals Vox Boxes Use hashtag to participate Info


NEXT WEEK


Monday, October 1

Fandango Breaking Dawn Twitter Party at 6 pm ET. Prizes include Twilight merchandise and Fandango giftcards. Follow @Fandango, use hashtag #FandangoTwilight and answer questions during party to be eligible to win. More Info


Tuesday, October 2

#Guiltfreetreats Twitter party at 8 pm ET hosted by @resourcefulmom @chickOstick. Prizes FIVE (5) winners will receive Atkinson Candy Prize packs that include $50 same as cash gift card plus 6 packs of Atkinson Candy. RSVP


Wednesday, October 3

@UPS MyChoice One Year Anniversary Twitter Party at 1 pm ET with host @LifeWithLisa. Talking about successful holiday shopping. Prizes every 15 mins including giftcards to the UPS Store; Grand Prize Gift Baskets from Heidi's Heavenly Cookies #CelebrateMyChoice RSVP

#PurplePurse Twitter Party at 7 pm ET hosted by @socialmoms @clicktoempower @YWCAUSA to raise awareness about domestic violence month. Prizes: TWENTY (20) $20 Amazon gift cards  RSVP

@UPS MyChoice One Year Anniversary Twitter Party at 8 pm ET with host @SheSaved. Talking about successful holiday shopping. Prizes every 15 mins including giftcards to the UPS Store; Grand Prize Gift Baskets from Heidi's Heavenly Cookies #CelebrateMyChoice RSVP

It's the weekly @TheOnlineMom Twitter Party at 9 pm ET. Prize: TBA. Must RSVP & participate in party with hashtag #TheOnlineMoms.


Thursday, October 4

#PhantomFluff Twitter Party at 9 pm ET hosted by @TheEcoChic. Mysterious TBA cloth diaper prizes. RSVP


Friday, October 5

Join the #theonlinemom #VZWBuzz @VerizonInsider for the weekly Twitter Party hosted by @theOnlineMom at 3 pm ET. Prizes TBA. To be eligible to win participate in the party and RSVP

#KmartHalloween Twitter Party at 1 pm ET with @Kmart and @theblogfrog. Win prizes, use hashtag to join in.


COMING SOON

Friday, October 12

#JustusGirls 1st Blogiversary Twitter Party at 9 pm ET hosted by @justusgirls with 8 prizes from the event's sponsors; open to U.S. and Canada participants. RSVP


Wednesday, October 17

Simple Skincare Twitter Party at 12:30 pm ET hosted by One2One Network. Stay tuned for details and link to RSVP


Wednesday, October 24

Next @MonroeandMain Twitter Party.  Details available soon.

More Twitter Parties constantly be added to this list as soon as they're scheduled so stay tuned by following this blog. 

About this Weekly Twitter Party List Compiled by MommyBlogExpert.com Twitter Parties are listed free of charge in this weekly schedule. If you'd like to add an event to the Mommy Blog Expert Twitter Party Calendar email janis at janiselspas dot com with Twitter Party in the subject line including all the details and links in the body of your  message. 

Also available, for a nominal fee, to host, co-host or serve as a panelist for your own brand Twitter party. To inquire, please email janis@janiselspas.com for information with Consulting Query in the subject line. 

FTC Disclosure: MommyBlogExpert does attend some Twitter parties as a guest and also works as a host, co-host, and panelist on others. However, I did not receive any payment or other compensation associated with this post. See complete FTC Disclosure information that appears at the bottom of MommyBlogExpert's main page and at the bottom of every individual post on this blog, including this one.

Free Online Family Friendly Game to Win Real Prizes Similar to TV Game Shows

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As a really busy mom blogger and social media strategist I don't have much time to play on the Internet for fun. But when I was asked to review a new game called Reel Cash Critters County Fair Slots on the Gamesville site for this blog I accepted the opportunity to check it out.

Using your GV Rewards earned by playing various free online games offered by Gamesville, Reel Cash Critters provides a virtual slot machine experience where you have lots of options on how many lines and how much per line to bet on the slot machine. An assortment of colorful fruits, yellow rubber ducks and other cute icons comprise the various images that you'll see rolling by on the screen each time you push the red spin button to play.

Screenshot of Reel Cash Critters Online Game

To enjoy this you need to make sure you have a strong network connection, Adobe Flash Player 10 or above and a 1024 x 768 screen resolution. Be patient when the game loads. Despite having the parameters mentioned above it took me six attempts before I was actually able to play the game and it  took my brand new Mac Mini almost five minutes on that last attempt to load the game the first time I actually got to play it. According to  Gamesville's help tab which I consulted when I received a CTHL error message, if anything breaks up the connection, like a network hiccup, that connection will be lost and you will experience a "CTHL" error.

Be assured though that playing the game, once it has uploaded properly, is easy. To start, first all I had to do was click the "play now" button.  Starting with the bank of 6000 accrued points I had, I tried various combinations of betting but after just 10 minutes was successful in losing all my virtual money and hitting Rock Bottom.

My personal experience hopefully will encourage you to bet more carefully than I did because just like in Las Vegas this one armed bandit can take everything you have very quickly. Have no fear, though, the good news is that if you get down to zero like I did, all you have to do is play more Gamesville games to earn the GVs to start playing again.

I didn't win a monetary prize when I tried out the game but Gamesville says that cash prizes will be awarded at random with a specific set of cash prize symbols having no relation to the GVs you've wagered. These real money awards are given in sums from $5 to $10 in $1 increments and if a cash prize is won, there is a pop-up notification alerting the winner.

I only skimmed the surface myself of Reel Cash Critters' potential because of limited time to test it out. However, for serious gamers with all the opportunities to compete and interact with other members of this online community, I imagine this can be really fun and could be habit forming.

Like a variety of other games Gamesville offers, you can play Reel Cash Critters County Fair Slots for free. With the Gold Membership option you can enjoy the added benefit of an ad-free experience. Another bonus of being a Gold Member is that you can visit the Gold Room every day for a chance to win a cash prize for GV rewards. In fact, today before I started playing the slots, I won 700 GV Rewards in the Gold Room. So I entered them all -- along with the 30,000 GV points I had in my account -- in this month's sweepstakes for a chance to win a Panasonic Lumix LX5 camera.

About Gamesville
Gamesville, offering a range of web-based games, is a popular destination for free online game shows that offer real prizes. On the site you'll learn that like TV and cable game shows, their games are free to play, prizes are given away and the fun is supported by sponsors. The difference between Gamesville and traditional TV game shows though, is that everyone has the opportunity to play to win real stuff.

FTC Disclosure:  This review was made possible by Mom Spark Media. Thoughts are my own. I received a Gamesville Gold Membership and compensation for my time investment and work on this campaign. See complete FTC Disclosure information that appears at the bottom of MommyBlogExpert's main page and at the bottom of every individual post on this blog, including this one.

Why Have Kids? A provocative look at parenting today by feminist author Jessica Valenti

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In her new book Why Have Kids? that went on sale September 4, author and high-profile feminist Jessica Valenti is very forward about wanting to stir up controversy and frustration that evolves into productive conversation on what it's like to be a modern day mother. She does this boldly, by broaching moral and logistical problems facing today's moms supported by interviews, research and personal experience.

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Here Valenti offers an in-depth exposé of having children -- and the realities of its associated rewards, guilt and daily exhaustion -- bringing a discussion out into the open that most of us moms think that we have been alone in experiencing. Point blank, she says, the incompatibility of parents and our kids lifestyles today is hurting us both.

“The truth about parenting," says Valenti, "is that the reality of our lives needs to be enough. Seeking out an ideal that most of us can never reach is making us, and our kids, miserable.” 

Instead of focusing on the debate over breastfeeding, for example, the author suggests that what moms really need to do is create communities that can effect collective change in the motherhood status quo. Places that are supportive to all, rather than forming groups of judgment that don't work toward the common goal of every parent: to be happy.

In summary, Why Have Kids? doesn't mince words. Valenti describes the challenges and problems confronting modern parents in great detail and then provides a variety of solutions that can bring joy and satisfaction back into parenting.  

Why Have Kids? A New Mom Explores the Truth About Parenting and Happiness by Jessica Valenti, 208 pages (Amazon/New Harvest) is available in hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8050-9412-1 $23.00 and in digital format ASIN: B008L4KT6W for $9.99. For more information visit http://jessicavalenti.com and/or follow the author on Twitter. 

FTC Disclosure: This review was made possible by Mom Spark Media. Thoughts are my own. I received a copy of Why Have Kids? and compensation for my time investment and work on this campaign. See complete FTC Disclosure information that appears at the bottom of MommyBlogExpert's main page and at the bottom of every individual post on this blog, including this one.