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Hi everyone, this is Leelou's sister Jaime. I get to be here with you today because...Julie is about to give me a new niece any second now!!

I do not come empty handed though. I have brought you all a fantastic giveaway today from my friend Shelbi with Shelf Reliance.

Because Shelbi rocks she sent me a huge package of goodies to try out. I hadn't really tried anything from Shelf Reliance before but I found out that they are a company that specializes in freeze dried food, food rotation, and emergency preparedness products that give you peace of mind for whatever the future might hold. All in all, helping you become more self reliant.

I was sent all of these yummy products you see here:

*Instant milk-(my kids couldn't tell the difference when I swapped it out for our reg. milk)

*Freeze dried fruits and veggies-(huge hit in our house plus a great snack)

*Two delicious desserts- (so easy to make and taste gourmet)

*Whole egg powder- (saves me so much $ and I use it in everything)

and my favorite

*Premium freeze dried cooked white meat chicken!!

Shelf Reliance has category after category of all their wholesome food choices. You choose from grains, veggies and fruits, meat and beans or basics and entrees.

I am a big believer in food storage and an even bigger believer in storing food that my family actually eats and likes to eat.

You have to check out The Q also. Such a great service for people like me who live in small towns.

Today we get to give away a customized sample pack (similar to mine above)

and it's filled with $100.00 worth of product including milk, chicken and your choice of veggies and or fruits.

*Bonus* Anyone who signs up on the Q or who wants to do a virtual email party will get more free product! (email Shelbi for details)

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To enter just head on over to her blog Thrive In The Kitchen and follow her! Then come back here and leave a comment on this post telling me that you did.

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This giveaway is open until , August 6, 2011 at 12:00 midnight EST. The winner will be chosen by random.org. If you leave your email address we will contact you if you win. If you don't leave your email address please check back to see if you are the winner. You will have 48 hours to email us and claim your prize. If you do not claim your prize within the allotted time, we will take your swag and re-gift it to one of our closest friends. Or I guess we'll choose another winner through random.org. You must be 18 years or older. No purchase necessary. Thanks and good luck!

Today I have some free social network icons for you that can match the new blog layouts I made the other day.
You could of course use them with any other layout though. These icons are kind of fun because you can make your own banner with them and choose your own colors. Have I mentioned I'm a little obsessed with banners right now? It needs to stop, I know. I can't help myself.

Pick which network icons you'd like, copy and paste the codes into your blog sidebar gadget and you have yourself a matching custom banner!

You can put these in your sidebar

or even under your blog header

When you make your own banner, all of these images are linked to Leelou Blogs website. To link them to your own social network sites, simply click on the images (once they're in your blog) and link them where ever you'd like them to go. I tried to make all the icons that were previously requested, so hopefully I'll have the ones you need. Sorry if I don't! More instructions are below if you still need help installing them.

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-To install these icons on your blog...
-Go to your "Layout" tab
-Click on the "Page Elements" page
-Click on "Add a Gadget" to your sidebar

-Add an "HTML/Javascript" gadget

-Paste the code from the icon(s) you want to use (above). In the top right corner of the window you'll see the words "Rich Text". Click on that and you will see the icon images instead of the coding.