Top 25 Free Kindle eBook Downloads

You'd be amazed at how much Amazon.com provides for free (including mp3s and eBooks for their Kindle). As of today (2/17/11), here are the top 25 Free eBook Downloads for Kindle:

1. Life From Scratch, by Melissa Ford
2. Bridge To Happiness, by Jill Barnett
3. Every Word (a game for Kindle)
4. Bond with Me, by Anne Marsh
5. Fat, Forty, Fired: One Man's Frank, Funny, and Inspiring Account of Losing His Job and Finding His Life, by Nigel Marsh
6. After the Leaves Fall, by Nicole Baart
7. Video Poker (a game for Kindle)
8. Heart of Stone: A Novel (Irish Angel Series #1), by Jill Marie Landis
9. The 1-2-3 Money Plan: The Three Most Important Steps to Saving and Spending Smart, by Gregory Karp
10. Talk of the Town, by Lisa Wingate
11. Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage, by Dr. Kevin Leman
12. Vanished, by Kristi Holl
13. The Choice (Lancaster County Secrets, Book 1), by Suzanne Woods Fisher
14. I Love You This Much: A Song of God's Love, by Sue Buchanan
15. Wading Home: A Novel of New Orleans, by Rosalyn Story
16. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
17. Candle in the Darkness (Refiner's Fire, Book 1), by Lynn Austin
18. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
19. A Promise to Remember, by Kathryn Cushman
20. Without Reservations: With or Without, Book 1, by J. L. Langley
21. City of Dust: Illness, Arrogance, and 9/11, by Anthony DePalma
22. Blood Ransom (Mission Hope Series #1), by Lisa Harris
23. The Lazy Project Manager, by Peter Taylor
24. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
25. Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know, by Hamilton Wright Mabie
    
    
    
    
    

February Sweepstakes from BHG.com

The website for Better Homes and Gardens Magazine is a treasure trove of ideas for the DIYer. What's more, they offer some fabulous sweepstakes from Better Homes and Gardens and their affiliates that you can enter daily!! Here are the sweepstakes that you can enter during the month of February:

• Better Homes and Gardens Shop for Me Sweepstakes. One lucky winner will win a $1,500 shopping spree! (Ends 2/22/11; enter once daily.)
• Midwest Living 2011 Warm Weather Getaways Sweepstakes. Enter to win 1 of 7 warm weather getaways or $3,000 cash! (Ends 3/5/11; enter once daily.)
• Ladies Home Journal $1,000 Walmart Shopping Spree Sweepstakes. Enter for a chance to win a $1,000 Walmart shopping spree! (Ends 3/7/11; enter once daily.)
• BHG Find a Pro $2,500 New Look for the New Year Sweepstakes. One winner will receive a $2,500 check to update their home for the new year! (Ends 3/31/11; enter once daily.)
• Better Homes and Gardens Hawaiian Garden Getaway Sweepstakes. One winner will win a Hawaiian Garden vacation for two! (Ends 3/31/11; enter once daily.)
• Better Homes and Gardens Sleep Number Sweepstakes. Enter to win a Sleep Number prize package worth over $10,000! (Ends 3/31/11; enter once daily.)
• Recipe.com Free Groceries for a Year Sweepstakes. One winner will win $5,000 cash for groceries! (Ends 4/30/11; enter once daily.)
•  2011 Best New Products Sweepstakes. Ten winners will receive a prize basket consisting of thirty-four best new winning products (retail value $305), and a $33 check for the retail value of eight best new perishable products.  (Ends 6/30/11; enter once daily.)
• Better Homes and Gardens $25,000 Home Makeover Sweepstakes. One winner will receive a $25,000 check! (Ends 6/30/11; enter once daily.)
• Better Homes and Gardens Daily Sweepstakes. Enter daily for your chance to win great cooking and decorating prizes! Plus, be entered to win the grand prize of $2,500 when you enter! (Ongoing; enter once daily.)

A Free and Crafty Valentine's Mixed CD

Who says mixed tapes (yeah, yeah, yeah, they're called CDs now, I know) are passe? If you are looking for a heartfelt, creative, crafty, and free gift to give that someone special, how about making a mixed CD?

This is the fourth Valentine's Day that my husband and I have spent together, and while I've made him mixed CDs before, I haven't made one like this. I had the CD case and blank CD, so there was no cost there, and all the songs I put on my playlist I already had, so again, no cost. I did some crafty scrapbook-like designs with cutouts from various old magazines I had around with sayings and images that were important to our relationship.

For the playlist, I selected songs that were romantic without being overly sappy, as well as a few that hold special meaning to us:

1. Band of Horses, "No One's Gonna Love You"
2. Bibio, "Lover's Carvings" (you may recognize this song from an Amazon Kindle commercial)
3. Bon Iver, "Skinny Love"
4. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, "Home"
5. The Fruit Bats, "When You Love Somebody"
6. Graham Coxon, "See a Better Day"
7. Keren Ann, "Greatest You Can Find"
8. Lady Antebellum, "Need You Now"
9. Let's Go Sailing, "All I Want from You is Love"
10. Lifehouse, "Everything"
11. The Moldy Peaches, "Anyone Else But You"
12. Mr. Big, "To Be With You"
13. Patrick Park, "Your Smile Is a Drug"
14. Pete Yorn, "Girl Like You"
15. The Proclaimers, "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
16. The Postal Service, "Brand New Colony"
17. Train, "Hey, Soul Sister"
18. The White Stripes, "Fell in Love with a Girl"

For those looking for inspiration, Amazon.com has songs #1 (Band of Horses), #2 (Bibio), and #5 (The Fruit Bats) available for FREE DOWNLOAD, as well as a pre-made FREE Valentine's playlist available  (I must say I would have been more excited with this discovery if I didn't already have them on my computer :) But go, and download away!

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!