Monday, April 4, 2011

FREE CFL lightbulb for taking the Rodney Strong's "RSV Green Light" Pledge (while supplies last)

Take the Pledge to Save Energy and get a FREE CFL Lightbulb

Pledge to change at least one standard light bulb with an energy efficient CFL bulb in your home or office and you will be sent a FREE CFL Lightbulb while supplies last.

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McDonald's has FREEBIES for Detroit Tigers Opening Day 4/8 9am-3pm

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Find the McCafé Sampling Truck for great FREEBIES on Tiger Opening Day

To celebrate Detroit Tigers Opening Day, the McCafé Sampling Truck will be outside of Comerica Park in Grand Circus Park handing out FREE samples of  McDonald's Mango Pineapple Smoothies on Friday, April 8th from 9 am - 3 pm. YUMMY!

They will also be giving out

- FREE t-shirts

- "Be Our Guest" cards good for a FREE small Smoothie at any Michigan McDonald’s

- FREE Tiger colored Mardi Gras beads

McDonald's is also planning a Twitter/Foursquare contest where the first 20 people to check into the McCafé Sampling Truck will get a FREE $10 Arch Card. (Check back here for more details on this contest as they become available)

Is that enough FREE for ya??


UPDATE: 4/7/2011 - This is the update for the Twitter/Foursquare Contest:
Be one of the first 20 people (verified) to check into the McCafé Sampling Truck beginning at 10 am to win a $10 Arch Card. Just find Megan (look for the Foursquare logo) at the McCafé Sampling Truck and show that you've checked into the truck. Follow @McD_Detroit for more details.

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FREE Webinar: State of the Social Media Marketing Industry 4/6 2pm

State of the Social Media Marketing Industry
Wednesday, April 6 at 2PM ET

Are you looking for the latest social media marketing trends? Wondering what tools businesses are focusing on, how much time they're investing, and the benefits of their effort. Do you want to know the most frequently asked marketing questions?

In this exclusive webinar Michael Stelzner, founder of Social Media Examiner, will reveal the results of a brand new study of more than 3300 social media marketers.

This webinar will cover:

* Where social media marketers are investing their time and effort
* The social media sites marketers most want to learn more about
* How B2B varies from B2C with social media marketing
* Where highly experienced social media marketers focus their efforts

All attendees will also receive a FREE copy of the 2011 Social Media Marketing Industry Report. Space is limited, so be sure to reserve your spot now! A recording will be provided following the event.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE WEBINAR

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Sunday, April 3, 2011

REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: scünci® bendini™ clips - ENDS 4/11 (CLOSED)


A new and easy way to dress up your hair - just bend and snap!

I don't know a woman who does not want to look great, especially when going out in public.  But when you are working hard at your job and/or taking care of kids, sometimes your own appearance goes to the back burner.  So when new products come out that allow us ladies to look great without a lot of work, I have to tell you about them.

Last November, I did a review of a scünci Upzing Double Combs which allowed me to have an elegant french roll hairdo without all the pinning.  Now scünci has another new product that is perfect for adding a bit of sparkle to hair for special occasions or just any day -- scünci® bendini™ clips!

scünci® bendini™ clips are jewelry for your hair that work on almost any hair length and texture. The scünci bendini is available in three different sizes and a variety of styles, including jeweled crystals, colorful beads and metallics. It’s also available in the special scünci “girl” line designed especially for the young fashionistas.

To use the scünci bendini clip, start with gathering your hair in the desired style. Slide the bendini comb into the hair, and bend and snap it securely in place for an all-day hold.


The bendini clip are now hitting shelves at drug, mass and grocery stores nationwide starting at a suggested retail price of about $4.99 per pack.  Watch the video below to see the scünci® bendini™ clips in action....

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GIVEAWAY
One FREEISMYLIFE reader will win a set of scünci® bendini™ clips!  A minimum $10 Value. HOLLA to the FREE!

TO ENTER

-Fill out the information in the form below.

-One entry per person please.

- The contest ends on April 11, 2011 at 11:59am EST.

-The winner will be selected by random number generation.

- USA Addresses only.

(3) EXTRA CONTEST ENTRIES

- You can get 1 extra contest entry for following FREEISMYLIFE on Facebook.

- You can get 1 extra contest entry for following scünci on Facebook.

- You can get 1 extra contest entry for Tweeting the following message on Twitter "I just entered the @FREEISMYLIFE contest to win the new @scuncihair bendini clips http://t.co/WhxKROX".

Good Luck!

Disclosure: I was given hair products from scunci to try-out for the purpose of writing this review and stating my unbiased opinion.  I was not compensated for this post.


Random.org has spoken.  Out of 107 entries, Random.org has picked #84. Congratultions to our winner: Erica B. of Southfield, MI

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EMPLOYMENT: Recently Posted Detroit area Jobs on CareerBuilder.com 4/3

New Job Postings for Metro Detroit as of April 3, 2011 ...

Data Entry Retail Co.
TruGreen
Jani-King International
Examiner.com
MICROSOFT
Overhead Door
Flextronics
Ciena
DIE SERVICES INTERNATIONAL
DART CONTAINER CORP.
Midwest Health Center
Frontier International Academy
Allevard Sogefi USA, Inc
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF WEST BLOOMFIELD

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Coming to DVD on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - TRON Legacy

Don't waste money - Read FREEISMYLIFE Movie Reviews before you buy this week's new DVD's

The movie "Tron: Legacy" is coming out on DVD this Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Before you buy, read the movie review on FREEISMYLIFE.

And if you are buying, please use my Amazon affiliate link to purchase your movies...

TRON: Legacy - MOVIE REVIEW
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DVD release date: 04/05/2011
Theatrical release: 12/17/2010
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA rating: PG
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Actors: Olivia Wilde, Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund
Plot: After his father, Kevin Flynn, goes missing, Sam Flynn follows clues and information leading to an old arcade his father used to run. But in order to find his father, Sam will be transported to a digital world where he will have to survives a series of deadly games and rely on new friends in order to find the truth.

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Saturday, April 2, 2011

FREE Henry Ford Health System Health Seminars in Woodhaven 4/7 4/26 RSVP

Health Seminars offered in Woodhaven

Henry Ford Health System invites the public to attend Healthy Living Seminars, free presentations on health topics by Henry Ford experts. The programs will be held at the Henry Ford Self-health Center, 23400 Allen Rd., in Woodhaven.

Caregiver Support Group – Challenged with caring for an aging loved one, while still maintaining your career and family? Join other caregivers to find solutions to some of your problems, and learn together about products that can make your life easier.
· Thursday, April 7 1:00 p.m.

A Healthy Plate – Curious about what a "healthy plate" should look like? Learn proper portion sizes, as well as helpful tools to control them. Create your own healthy plate with tips and tricks for increasing the amount of vegetables in your diet and managing your cravings.

Tuesday, April 26 3 – 4 p.m.

Space is limited. For registration and further information please call (734) 676-3813.

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Friday, April 1, 2011

DEAL: See 2 Detroit Pistons April Home Games for $15 per person, includes Pistons T-shirt

End of Season Exclusive Offer
See two Pistons games at The Palace for just $15. The offer includes an upper level ticket to see the Pistons in one of their last three games this season - Wed., Apr. 6 vs. New Jersey, Fri., Apr. 8 vs. Milwaukee, or Mon., Apr. 11 vs. Cleveland - and a ticket to the 2011-12 Home Opener. Plus, you will receive a limited-edition Pistons T-shirt with each ticket purchased!

Make sure to arrive early for the game you select this season. Every night in the month of April, the first 5,000 fans through The Palace doors will get a Pistons item courtesy of one of our sponsors.

Buy Tickets Now
NOTE: Game date, time and opponent for the 2011-12 home opener are to be determined. Tickets for that event will be mailed upon announcement of the season schedule. Limited quantities available. Offer valid while supplies last.



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FREE Java and Jazz Concert: Modern Tribe 4/19 6pm Detroit Main Library

Comerica Java & Jazz presents "Modern Tribe"
Tuesday, April 19, 6:00 p.m.

Join the Detroit Main Library this month for Comerica Java & Jazz as they welcome "Modern Tribe;" a multicultural, multitalented blend of musical energy to delight your senses. Spearheaded by simmering, sizzling sounds of keyboards, percussions, drums, sax, guitar, and vocals, "Modern Tribe" pulsates to the sound of a different beat.


This event is free and open to the public. For more information about Comerica Java & Jazz and for a complete schedule of upcoming concerts, please visit  www.detroitpubliclibrary.org.

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Save 50-70% on Absolutely Everything!--Borders Dearborn Store Closing--Final Weeks to Save!


These are the final weeks to save at the Dearborn, MI Borders Store. Save 50-70% on Absolutely Everything!

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Living for the (FREE) Weekend in Metro Detroit- April 1st - 3rd

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Here is a highlight of the FREE and low cost activities you can do this weekend in the metro Detroit area and beyond:


Friday is the last day to enter the New Bare Escentuals bareMinerals Skincare Line Giveaway where you can win $48 worth of cleansing and moisterizering products.  The giveaway ends Friday at Noon so hurry on over to enter.


On Friday night, the Detroit Pistons will retire Pistons Bad Boy Dennis Rodman's Jersey during half-time. Get $25 200-Level Seats + Limited Edition T-shirt for the game.  This will be a moment in Detroit Piston history to remember.


This Friday and every Friday until Easter, get 25% off your food bill at Coach Insignia or No.VI Chophouse restaurants.


This week only over on Walmart.com, you can get the new  Gospel MP3 "Celebrate" by Smokie Norful for FREE.  Nothing like getting your PRAISE ON at a great price.


The New Movie "Cat Run" opens in theaters this Friday. See the R-rated movie trailer here (Warning: It's rated R for a REAL good reason) - sponsored link


Also on Friday, more movies will have their opening day in Detroit including "Hop", "Source Code", and "Win Win". But which ones are really worth your hard earned money? Make sure to read movie reviews by our guest movie critique Liz Parker before you get your tickets.


Detroit Restaurant Week runs Friday April 1st through Sunday, April 10th.  Eat at some of Downtown Detroit's finest restaurants for one all inclusive price per person. Yummy and good on the wallet.


Starting Saturday, take the kids to the  FREE Butterfly House Exhibit at Oakland Mall in Troy, MI. Experience the wonder of Oakland Mall's interactive butterfly house, display and craft activities. This exhibit is located on the lower level near JCPenney.


Also on Saturday, you can take your kids to the FREE Home Depot Kids Workshop from 9am- Noon where they can build a Planter/Basket just in time for Easter.  Fill it with Easter Flowers for Mom or Easter Candy for the kids.


And Saturday is the last day of  Royal Oak Restaurant Week which showcases some of Royal Oak's best dining establishments including Andiamo, BlackFinn and more. Each participating restaurant will offer special discounted rate 3 course menus for either $15 or $25. No reservations are required, but are suggested.

Have a wonderful and blessed weekend,

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MOVIE REVIEW: Hop

Guest blogger Liz Parker is back from an advance screening of "Hop".  Is this animated tale about the Easter Bunny all goodness or a terrible waste of time? Let's read what Liz thinks...

"Hop" takes us into the magical world of the Easter Bunny, which is admittedly similar to Santa's Workshop, it seems: there is a gigantic factory where the candy is made, and then the Easter Bunny delivers it to the children of the world on Easter. What some may not know, however, is that the rabbits behind Easter can talk, and some even have ambitions to be more than "just" the Easter Bunny.

MOVIE REVIEW: Source Code

Guest blogger Liz Parker is back from an advance screening of "Source Code" staring Jake Gyllenhaal.  Does this sc-fi leave you on the edge of your seat or the edge of misery? Let's read what Liz thinks...

With some movies, if you try analyzing the science behind them, you'll find that it may not match up with "rules" the movie has previously set for itself. "Source Code" is one of those films, but it still manages to provide a detailed story that will not fail to entertain its audiences.

Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal, "Love and Other Drugs") wakes up on a train in the body of someone named Sean. A woman called Christina (Michelle Monaghan, "Due Date") is sitting across from him, and appears to know him. Stevens has no idea what is going on. Eight minutes later, the train blows up, and he is bounced back to "reality," a small, confined space where a woman (Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air") is asking him how his mission went. He is soon told that this train blew up at 7:30am CST this morning near Chicago, and a second attack is imminent; they need his help to go into the "source code" that a scientist (Jeffrey Wright, "Cadillac Records") has created and find both the bomb and the bomber. The train bombing itself cannot be prevented but the next attack might be, if he can find the bomber in time.

Yes, see this film. This movie kind of reminded me of "Groundhog Day," if that film had been sci-fi. It was definitely interesting, and Jake Gyllenhaal does a great job as the main character in the film, as well as Vera Farmiga and Michelle Monaghan as his co-stars. The movie was definitely intriguing, and as Gyllenhaal's character learns more about his "mission" and what actually happened to him in his real life that placed him in this position, the plot gets more and more complex. The ending is a bit of a mind-bender but it is one that I definitely enjoyed.

"Source Code" is in theaters today, April 1st.

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Liz Parker is a 2009 graduate of the University of Michigan. She currently works as an Assistant Medical Editor for a pathology website. Visit her at her movie blog Yes/No Films

MOVIE REVIEW: Win Win

Guest blogger Liz Parker is back from an advance screening of the new movie "Win Win". Is this rather strange story starting Paul Giamatti a laugh-a-minute winner or a total loser? Let's read what Liz thinks...


I was fortunate enough to see this film back on January 26, at the Sundance USA premiere at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor. I had been told that Paul Giamatti and Tom McCarthy, the director, would be at the screening, but unfortunately neither of them could make it. Instead, however, we were treated to a Q&A with the producer of the film, Mary Jane Skalski, who is a University of Michigan alum (an English major, actually) and who lives in Michigan and will be shooting an upcoming project here as well.

"Win Win" tells the story of Mike Flaherty (Paul Giamatti, "Barney's Version"), a lawyer who has two kids with wife Jackie (Amy Ryan, TV's "The Office"). Money is tight, and so when Mike gets the opportunity to become a "guardian" to one of his clients who is in the early stages of dementia, which involves a stipend of $1,500 a month, he jumps at the opportunity, and instead sticks the guy, Leo (Burt Young, "New York, I Love You"), in an assisted living home and pockets the money. The problems start when Leo's grandson, Kyle (newcomer Alex Shaffer), arrives on Leo's doorstep, wanting to stay with him since he and his drug-addicted mom (Melanie Lynskey, TV's "Two and a Half Men") had a falling out. Mike and his wife agree to let Kyle stay with them, at least until they can get in touch with his mom, and Mike soon discovers an added bonus: Kyle can wrestle. In fact, Kyle is a GREAT wrestler, which is good for Mike, because he is the coach of the rather pathetic high school wrestling team.

This movie was a good combination of laughs and serious moments. Amy Ryan (TV's "The Office") was great as Jackie, Giamatti's wife in the film, and one of the more hilarious characters was Terry (Bobby Canavale, TV's "Blue Bloods"), who is one of Giamatti's best friends who later becomes an assistant wrestling coach. Jeffrey Tambor ("Tangled") also has a nice supporting role as the other assistant wrestling coach, whose son used to be on the team but eventually quit. All of the supporting players in this movie help make the movie what it is, and they all work really well together.

Yes, see this movie. It starts off rather hilariously with a child saying a choice swear word (nothing too bad, though), and it keeps that tone of hilarity throughout, even when addressing serious topics. Giamatti is at the top of his game in this movie, as are his co-stars, which is what makes the movie so great. Going in to the movie, I knew it was a comedy, but I didn't think it would be as funny as it was, and that turned out to be a pleasant surprise.

"Win Win" will be out in theaters on March 19th.

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Liz Parker is a 2009 graduate of the University of Michigan. She currently works as an Assistant Medical Editor for a pathology website. Visit her at her movie blog Yes/No Films