CSN Stores Giveaway!!!!

Hello lovely readers! After my week long hiatus I am back and ready to blog once again! I am so excited about this post especially because it is my first giveaway!!! It is a great one too: the winner of this giveaway will receive a $35 gift certificate to CSN Stores!!!

With Christmas right around the corner, CSN would be a great place to do almost all, if not all, of your shopping without ever having to leave the comforts of your home! No need to worry about long lines, rude shoppers, or driving in the snow and ice to the stores, you can find all you need right in one place with CSN! Everything from barstools and baby cribs to tools and toys. You can even find gifts for your favorite furry family members at CSN. So go there now, I guarantee you will find something for those on your shopping list!

Now for the rules of the giveaway:
(Open to US and Canadian readers only...sorry :()

(Do one or do all but leave a SEPARATE comment for each entry!)

1. Go to www.csnstores.com and tell me what you would like to buy if you won.

2. Become a follower of "Its All Random" on GFC, if you are a follower already, let me know!

3. Follow CSN stores on Twitter.

4. Leave a comment on one of coming posts for the week with ideas for topic for a following week in that catagory (Ex: For "My 5 Monday" leave me an idea of a future my 5 list, YouTube Tuesday leave a suggestion of a YouTube video, etc.), then come back here and let me know which post you commented on to earn another entry into the giveaway.

There you have it! Multiple ways for you to earn plenty of entries into the giveaway. The contest will end at 11:59 PM Eastern time on October 30 and the winner will be announced on October 31! Winner will be chosen via random.org.

CSN Stores review and giveaway coming next week!!

Well I am still enjoying my week long break from blogging, but when I return there will be a giveaway and review for CSN Stores!!!! Stay tuned for my first giveaway!!!

Hmmmmm......

Well I think I have finally hit my slump. I started blogging back in July and up until last week, blogged daily. I have also gotten 483 followers in that time, which I am grateful for. However, these last few weeks, I just haven't been in the blogging mood. The fact that I have had little traffic through my blog the last week or so hasn't motivated me much either. That being said, I am going to take a week or so off. Don't worry all my followers who enjoy reading my blog. I am not ending this. If I think of ideas for my daily topics, I will blog and schedule them for next week, but it is seeming too much like a neccessity lately to blog, and not a fun thing. I am sure this week off will get me excited to start up again though! So please stick with me because I will be back in full swing next week!! Oh yea, I will still be reading all of your blogs so don't worry about losing me as a follower either!!

Follow Them Friday!!

This week's featured blogger is one that I actually just discovered this week via a giveaway from another blog. This weeks's Follow Them Friday blog is Summer Scraps. She has some adorable items for sale for the holidays and also sells the kits so you can make them yourself if you choose. I love all of the little block words! So cute! Make sure to check her out and if you become a follower, let her know you found her blog through "Follow Them Friday" @ It's All Random!! Have a great weekend everyone!!!

YouTube Tuesday!!

Well folks I'm going to warn you right away, this is the saddest video I will probably ever post. I am sure many of you have seen this commercial before. It is the commercial for the ASPCA. As if showing clips of sad looking animals isn't bad enough, they accompany that with depressing music from Sarah McLachlan. I can't even handle watching this commerical when it comes on anyore. I seriously have to turn the channel. Kudos to the ASPCA though for the depressing commercial, because everytime I see it I want to pick up the phone right away to donate. My challenge to you all this week is to see how long you can make it through the video before having to stop it. I made it 56 seconds. Also if you are feeling generous, head on over to their website and make a donation!! Don't worry I will post a much more uplifting video next week!!

My 5 Monday!!!

Happy Monday all! Can you believe it is already October? I sure can't! Well now that the fall season has started, that means all kinds of new shows and returning shows. Which also means I'm not killing the time by watching random reality shows. Have you seen how many reality shows are out there? I am pretty sure there is one about everything these days. I think I am going to find someone to follow and make a show about them and then sell it to some network. Seriously, they have one about EVERYTHING!! Now I haven't watched most of them because I honestly don't think I could handle them. That being said though, I did think "Deadliest Catch" seemed like something I would never watch in a million years and now I am obessed with it, so I won't knock the shows too bad until I've at least tried to watch them. Of course I am assuming that "Deadliest Catch" also led to "Whale Wars", "Lobsterman" and "Swords" being made since they are all pretty similar. All of the above are at least about people who have dangerous jobs, so of course that helps with the drama and entertainment factor. Some professions I am actually amazed they make shows about though. That being said, this week's topic is:

"My 5 WTF?! Reality Shows"

1. Groomer Has It

Okay I have never watched an eppy of this show, nor do I ever care to. Apparently the premise though is twelve dog groomers live together and compete to find out who the best groomer in the country is. The winner then gets $50,000 and a "mobile grooming salon". Sounds exciting doesn't it? Turns out this show only lasted two seasons. Although I would have never thought a show about dog groomers would be made at all so kudos to them for lasting that long!

2. Pawn Stars

I found this one one day when I was browsing through the on demand selections. Turns out I actually know people that watch this one. This show is about the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas. Apparently it is described by TV Guide as a mixture of Antiques Roadshow, Cops, and LA Ink. If that's not a variety I don't know what is. Must be a pretty interesting pawn shop though, because I can't picture any of the local ones around me being the center of an entire TV show. This show has had three seasons so far. Take that "Groomer Has It"!

3. Billy the Exterminator

Billy Bretherton is the owner of a pest control located in Louisiana. I have actually seen bits and pieces of this show when one of my patients have been watching it. This one actually does look like it might be intriguing. Also, Billy apparently tries to relocate the captured pests first, which I guess is a lot easier to watch than if her were killing them all. I might actually have to give this one a try. If I ever see one about bugs though, I will be turning the channel right away!

4. American Pickers

This show, like "Pawn Stars", also airs on The History Channel. I guess since they are dealing with old stuff, it qualifies as "history". "Pickers" follows around two friends as they travel around the country, basically garbage picking. Just like "Pawn Stars" I would have never expected to have a show made about this "occupation". To each his own though, and if they can turn trash into treasure, more power to them!

5. Mall Cops

I think this show rates right up there with "Groomer Has It" for the WTF award. Mall Cops follows the daily happenings of the security guards (or mall cops) at Mall of America. I guess they were inspired by "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" when they made this show. Who would have thought!? Now I have never been to Mall of America, but I understand that it is a pretty big mall. Apparently there is also enough action and excitement happening there to fill an entire TV show. I think I may go there one day soon just to people watch and see if anything happens that makes it on the show. Ya never know!!

Well there ya have it. The five shows that made me say to myself "WTF?!?" when I saw their titles and descriptions. Have any of you watched any of these shows? What shows make you think to yourself "WTF?!"?

(I obtained my information from Wikipedia. Very helpful!)

Netflix for Wii- Review

Hello readers :). Sorry that this week's "Sick of them Saturday" was missing, but I didn't actually have time to type one up and believe it or not, no one really drove me crazy last week! Rest assured though, there will be one next week :). If you all remember, a few weeks ago I did a random review of the amazing vacuum I had bought. Turns out that is the most viewed post of my blog. When I searched for that vacuum using Google, my blog came up as one of the top results!! I couldn't believe it!  So, I decided I would review another product that I love and that is Netflix for Wii.

A few months ago I decided that I would give Netflix a try. I figured paying $8.99 a month for as many movies that I wanted to see was a pretty good deal. Actually I wanted to get caught up on all the early seasons of "Deadliest Catch" since I recently became addicted to it, but hadn't seen the first few seasons. By joining NetFlix, I was able to get caught up on seasons 1-4 in about 2 months. So much cheaper than buying all the DVDs. The only catch with Netflix is that you only get one DVD out at a time, but as soon as you return it you get the next one on your list. Not bad!

When I joined Wii and filled out the shipping info, there was also a question asking if I owned a Wii or PS3. I own a Wii so I checked that box. When I got my first DVD, they also sent me a disc to play in the Wii. This disc, when played in the Wii, activates your Netflix account and allows you to watch the movies that you have on your list, or browse through selections and watch them instantly. I LOVE THIS!!! This is so handy for catching up on past seasons of TV shows especially. You can watch however many you want at a time and don't have to worry about waiting for them in the mail. Seriously LOVE IT!!!

Now the only problem with Netflix for Wii is you have to have your Wii connected to the internet. I didn't have this so I of course had to figure out how to do it. I looked it up online and found that all I needed was a Wii LAN Adapter and a Cat5 ethernet cable. Easy enough right? So I went to GameStop to see if they had the adapters. Luckily they did and it only cost me $20. Now all I needed was a Cat5 cable. I asked if they had that also and they did, but it was also $20. Now I had looked on Amazon and saw that I could get one from there for about $3 so I said no thank you to GameStop and left with the the adapter. When I got home I looked online at Amazon and found a 25 foot Cat5 cable for less than $2!! Ordered that right up and waited for it to come. Once it came I hooked it up to the LAN adapter and then connected the other end to the back of my cable modem. The only trouble I had was once I accessed the internet through the Wii and went to Netflix I was supposed to enter a code at the Netflix website while I was connected through the computer. I only have one spot on the back of my modem to hook up the internet so there was no way I could connect via computer and Wii. Luckily my mom was here with her laptop and she has wireless so I could access using hers and enter the code. After getting that done I was connected to Netflix and watching "Deadliest Catch" right through my Wii!!!

I highly recommend Netflix for Wii for anyone who needs to get caught up on their favorite TV shows, but doesn't really want to buy all the previous seasons and also for people who enjoy watching movies a lot. It is much cheaper than purchasing all the DVDs for TV shows that you really only want to see once or twice and also quicker than heading to the video store. If you would like to purchase the LAN adapter that I have used and therefore know it works, click HERE . For the 25 foot cable click HERE. You can also get longer or shorter cables if need be. Hope this was helpful!!!

(I was not compensated by NetFlix, Wii, or Amazon for this review)