Gorilla Mobile for iPhone!!

Readers, I am smitten!!!

I have found my newest favorite toy!!

The Gorillamobile for 3G/3GS is a camera tripod that clips onto your phone, making an amazing device even more AMAZING!!!

The product comes with an iPhone case, a universal camera adaptor, removable adhesive clips, and the tripod with movable, bendable legs with grips on the bottom!

You simple put your iPhone into the case, attach the tripod, and you're ready to go! 

When this product arrived, I didn't take my phone out of it for the first week!

There are so many uses for this awesome product!!  Here are just a few things I used it for:

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   To hold my phone while I viewed recipes on it and cooked
2. 
   
   I wrapped it around the passenger front handle bar in my car, so I could read my digital book, hands free!
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   As the camera tripod, of course, which it was originally intended to be!  I downloaded the FREE GorillaCam App (I will touch on this later), and I love the quality of pictures I am able to take with it!
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   When my kids and I watch YouTube videos for fun, I place the tripod in the middle of the table, and no one is fighting over their inability to see the screen!
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   I wrapped it around the handlebar of my stroller, and used Google Maps to show me where the closest coffee house is, just like in this picture on the Gorilla Mobile site:

The GorillaCam iPhone App is absolutely amazing!  It is totally FREE, and adds this functionality to your iPhone: 

• NEW 4X Digital Zoom lets you frame your shot exactly how you want it. Customize where your zoom bar is placed for the perfect feel.
• NEW Anti-shake takes pictures when your phone is steady, helping you get blur-free photos.
• Self-timer takes timed photos. Perfect for group shots and self-portraits. Works best with the help of the Gorillamobile for 3G/3GS.
• Time-lapse takes multiple photos spaced at an interval. Take photos as fast as 1 second apart, or up to 2 minutes apart.
• Unlimited rapid-fire takes up to 1.6 photos per second. Just press and hold the shutter to take as many photos as you want at super high speed.
• Auto-save lets you keep shooting while your photos save in the background. No more waiting between shots. Snap away, uninterrupted.
• 3-Shot burst takes three quick photographs with one tap. Never miss a second of the action. Plus, no more photos ruined when someone blinks! Press anywhere turns the whole screen into the shutter button.
• Photograph yourself with ease! Grid overlay takes your photography to the next level. Create more interesting photographs using the rule of thirds in your composition. Also great for lining up horizons or buildings.
• Bubble level takes steady, level shots every time. Works both vertically and horizontally. Great for shots of horizons, landscapes and more.

Download The GorillaCam App for FREE by clicking HERE!

The Gorilla Mobile for iPhone retails for $39.95, but one LUCKY reader of Mingle Over Mocha will WIN one!!

To enter, please do any or all of the following:

1. Comment below, with your email address
2. Visit the GorillaMobile site by clicking HERE, and leave a comment telling me what you love the most!
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7. Email this contest out to your friends, and copy me on it at vaagen@bellsouth.net
8. Follow me on Twitter (vaagen) and ReTweet this: http://twitter.com/vaagen/status/9583183409.  Comment below that you did, pasting your tweet! You can retweet this contest every day for extra entries!
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The winner will be chosen by random drawing on http://www.random.org/integers/ on March 10th at 6pm. Good luck!

Thank you to Joby for donating the free Gorilla Mobile for my review. I was not compensated monetarily for this review, or for any reviews or giveaways on my blog site. All reviews are provided after I receive a free or donated product from the publisher, manufacturer, or PR company. Reviews are written from an unbiased point of view. Only business relationships exist with those who provide products for review. The Author of Mingle Over Mocha is not responsible for your difference in opinion or happiness with this product, or your safety when using this product.

Double Trouble, by Susan May Warren

I had the sheer pleasure of reviewing a wonderful modern detective book by Susan May Warren!

PJ Sugar is the main character in the story, and she is one of those women that everyone can relate to.  She is always over extending herself, she is always on the cusp of something big, and she is a magnet to chaos.  Just when I think things can't get any crazier in my own life, it's a bit of a relief to pick up Warren's new novel, and see what PJ has gotten herself into!

PJ Sugar has solved one crime, and is already ready to dive head-first into a Private Investigator position.  But first, she must prove herself to her boss!  It's becoming hard for PJ to tell the difference between crime that she might be imagining, and real crime that is taking place around her. She takes her first house-sitting case for a protective custody client, and the trouble begins!

About Susan:  Susan May Warren is the RITA award-winning author of twenty-four novels with Tyndale, Barbour and Steeple Hill. A four-time Christy award finalist, a two-time RITA Finalist, she’s also a multi-winner of the Inspirational Readers Choice award, and the ACFW Book of the Year. Her larger than life characters and layered plots have won her acclaim with readers and reviewers alike. A seasoned women’s events and retreats speaker, she’s a popular writing teacher at conferences around the nation and the author of the beginning writer’s workbook: From the Inside-Out: discover, create and publish the novel in you!. She is also the founder of www.MyBookTherapy.com, a story-crafting service that helps authors discover their voice. Susan makes her home in northern Minnesota, where she is busy cheering on her two sons in football, and her daughter in local theater productions (and desperately missing her college-age son!)

A full listing of her titles, reviews and awards can be found at: www.susanmaywarren.com 

Click here to enter The HUMDINGER-of-a-CONTEST:

About the contest:

Be sure to enter the Double Trouble Prize Package Giveaway by clicking on the ‘Double the Sass” button (code for button is above)! Susan’s giving away an iPod prize package that is anything but troubling! Check it out!

Prize Details

    Double Trouble, the brand new PJ Sugar novel by Susan May Warren, is in stores now! To celebrate the release, we’re running a HUMDINGER of a contest!!

    One Grand Prize winner will receive a $150 SUPER SLEUTH prize package that includes:

        * A brand new iPod Shuffle (perfect for those all-night stakeouts)

        * A $10 iTunes gift card (we recommend the ALIAS soundtrack)

        * A $10 Amazon gift card (why yes, they do sell spy pens)

        * A $10 Starbucks gift card (for fuel, obviously)

        * A pair of designer sunglasses (be stealthy AND super chic)

        * A gorgeous scarf from World Market (can also be used as a blindfold, and/or for tying up bad guys)

        * AND signed copies of both Nothing But Trouble & Double Trouble. (romance! danger! intrigue! sooo much better than Surveillance for Dummies!)

    We’ll announce our super sleuth winner on March 1st.

And of course, I have a copy of Double Trouble to give away!

To enter, please do any or all of the following:

1. Comment below, with your email address

2. Visit the Susan May Warren site by clicking HERE, and leave a comment telling me what you love the most!

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5.  Digg this post by clicking HERE!

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7. Email this contest out to your friends, and copy me on it at vaagen@bellsouth.net

8. Follow me on Twitter (vaagen) and ReTweet this: http://twitter.com/vaagen/status/9283017560. Comment below that you did, pasting your tweet! You can retweet this contest every day for extra entries!

9.  Invite friends on Facebook to become a fan of Mingle Over Mocha on Networked blogs, and comment that you did!

The winner will be chosen by random drawing on http://www.random.org/integers/ on February 28th at 6pm. Good luck!

Thank you to LitFuse Publicity Group for donating the free copy of "Double Trouble" for my review. I was not compensated monetarily for this review, or for any reviews or giveaways on my blog site. All reviews are provided after I receive a free or donated product from the publisher, manufacturer, or PR company. Reviews are written from an unbiased point of view. Only business relationships exist with those who provide products for review. The Author of Mingle Over Mocha is not responsible for your difference in opinion or happiness with this product, or your safety when using this product.
 

Aerobie Sport Toys!

The great people at Aerobie are responsible for HOURS of fun that my children and I have enjoyed outdoors this winter!
They were so generous to send us many of their incredible aerodynamic sport toys! We recieved the following:

The Superdisc
The Aerospin YoYo
The Skylighter
The Proring
The Aerobie Rocket Football
The Superdisc is a great alternative to a frisbee. I cannot throw a frisbee any distance at all. But myself and all of my kids can really throw this! The edges are comfy, so it's easy for little hands, too! My 9 year old daughter is a yo-yo enthusiast. She enjoys trying to learn new tricks, and showing them to the family. The Aerospin is a MUST-HAVE for yo-yo fans in your family! The edges are rubber, so it can easily bounce off the floor, or do the "walk the dog" trip in ease! It also comes apart, and the two sides unscrew, so you can make it as loose or as tight as you want. My 3 year old snagged the yo-yo at one point, and got it tangled up. I unscrewed the sides, and untangled it before my 9 year old knew. Whew! That was close. :)

I love this one. The Skylighter is a wonderful toy for night time! We had a great time throwing this in our backyard until I almost broke our picnic table, tripping over it! Maybe we'll play this in an empty field next time...

It is really pretty the way it lights up and swivels when you throw it in the dark!!

The Aeorbie ProRing is amazing. It is very soft rubber, so it's easy to throw and catch. This ring can fly soooooooooooo far! This is the ring that was used for the Guinness World Record for the farthest throw (1,333 feet!)! This is also the ring that ended up on the golf course when my daughter threw it a little bit too far! Oops!

The Aerobie Football has two fins in the back that make it spiral like crazy! It is a small football, so even my 3 year old can throw it! It is soft to catch, easy to throw, and fun to watch it fly!!

Would you LOVE to win some Aerobie toys of your own?

To enter, please do any or all of the following:

1. Comment below, with your email address
2. Visit the Aerobie site by clicking HERE, and leave a comment telling me what you love the most!
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7. Email this contest out to your friends, and copy me on it at vaagen@bellsouth.net
8. Follow me on Twitter (vaagen) and ReTweet this: http://twitter.com/vaagen/statuses/8500218925. Comment below that you did, pasting your tweet! You can retweet this contest every day for extra entries!
9. Invite friends on Facebook to become a fan of Mingle Over Mocha on Networked blogs, and comment that you did!
The winner will be chosen by random drawing on http://www.random.org/integers/ on February 17th at 6pm. Good luck!
Thank you to Aerobie for donating the free sport toys for my review. I was not compensated monetarily for this review, or for any reviews or giveaways on my blog site. All reviews are provided after I receive a free or donated product from the publisher, manufacturer, or PR company. Reviews are written from an unbiased point of view. Only business relationships exist with those who provide products for review. The Author of Mingle Over Mocha is not responsible for your difference in opinion or happiness with this product, or your safety when using this product.

THINK GUM!

I was given the opportunity to try the most AMAZING gum I have ever tasted. And this gum, unlike every other gum I have loved the taste of, is healthy for you!!!

As seen at Stanford's Cool Product Expo 2009...
Introducing...

The makers of Think Gum sent me three packs to try out, and pass around. Everyone I gave it to asked me to email them the company name, so they could order it for themselves! All 4 of my children LOVED it. They ask for it constantly. And I am SO happy to finally have some wonderful tasting gum that is actually good for you! I just ordered 12 packs of it this morning.

I am a gum chewer. I have been for as long as I can remember. I used to chew Extra all the time, because it lasts so long. However, I was diagnosed in 1998 with having a VERY severe allergy to Aspartame. Years of drinking Diet Coke and chewing Extra really had horrible effects on my body. So now, I am as healthy as ever, because I stay FAR away from Aspartame. But, it is every hard to find a good gum that doesn't have Aspartame in it. Until now!

Not only does Think Gum seem to almost last all day long, but it is GOOD FOR YOU!

This is an excerpt from their website, telling how Think Gum works!

"Think Gum takes advantage of proven brain-boosting herbs and herbal extracts, potent antioxidants, the principles of aromatherapy, the stimulant qualities of naturally occurring caffeine, breakthroughs in memory research, and the physical properties of chewing gum itself. In short, Think Gum enhances mental performance."

CLICK HERE to read how the ingredients in Think Gum work together to help your brain power!

And this is their list of ingredients in Think Gum:

"Vinpocetine, Bacopa, Ginkgo Biloba, Guarana, Rosemary and Peppermint. All six herbal additives work together to improve cognitive function in healthy individuals. Each is safe and effective and approved as a dietary supplement by the FDA."

I would love for each of you to visit the Think Gum site, and place an order for Think Gum! A 12-piece pack is just $1.99, and take it from someone who knows- it is worth every penny to stay away from Aspartame! It is so easy to order- use a card online, or pay by PalPal! This gum is great tasting, good for you, and enhances your mental performance. How could you go wrong?

To win a pack of Think Gum...

To enter, please do any or all of the following:

1. Comment below, with your email address
2. Visit the Think Gum site by clicking HERE, and leave a comment telling me what you love the most!
3. Subscribe to this blog (enter your email address in upper right corner), and comment that you do.
4. Follow this blog (in right hand column), and comment that you do.
5. Digg this post by clicking HERE!
6. Become a fan of this blog on Facebook by clicking HERE, and comment that you do.
7. Email this contest out to your friends, and copy me on it at vaagen@bellsouth.net
8. Follow me on Twitter (vaagen) and ReTweet this: http://twitter.com/vaagen/statuses/8496704894. Comment below that you did, pasting your tweet! You can retweet this contest every day for extra entries!
9. Invite friends on Facebook to become a fan of Mingle Over Mocha on Networked blogs, and comment that you did!

10. Get an extra entry for each pack of Think Gum you order before this contest ends!
The winner will be chosen by random drawing on http://www.random.org/integers/ on February 15th at 6pm. Good luck!
Thank you to Think Gum for donating the free gum for my review. I was not compensated monetarily for this review, or for any reviews or giveaways on my blog site. All reviews are provided after I receive a free or donated product from the publisher, manufacturer, or PR company. Reviews are written from an unbiased point of view. Only business relationships exist with those who provide products for review. The Author of Mingle Over Mocha is not responsible for your difference in opinion or happiness with this product, or your safety when using this product.