Grow + Amazon Gift Card Giveaway

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Welcome to Grow

$10 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway

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MarksvlleandMe

sponsored by

Momentum and US Pumpkin Distribution, LLC

Fall is quickly approaching, and the family-friendly movie Grow is the perfect way to start the season. I'm eager to see how the tale of pumpkins and sabotage plays out.

About GROW

Welcome to the pumpkin capital of the world, where the pumpkins are epic, the rivalries are fierce, and the competition is anything but garden variety. Dinah Little, a no-nonsense farmer with a tough-as-a-pumpkin exterior, reluctantly takes in her abandoned niece, Charlie. Dinah is not quick to affection, and Charlie is not one for sitting still. So she throws herself into farm life, sleeves rolled up and hands in the dirt.

Then comes the town’s biggest spectacle, the annual pumpkin-growing contest, a Halloween season tradition that brings out wild stunts, eccentric characters, and record-setting drama. But Charlie has something no one else does, a special knack for connecting with plants that quietly reflects her own longing to feel just as seen and loved.

But as both pumpkin and plot thicken, and rival growers pull every trick in the book, will Charlie and Dinah’s unlikely entry stand tall against the fiercest competition the town has ever seen?

As her pumpkin grows bigger, so does her bond with her aunt Dinah. Together they discover that the real prize is not measured in pounds, but in joy, laughter, and family. What begins as a seed blossoms into an exuberant and hilarious story of crazed competition, found family, and love that grows as boundless as the pumpkins themselves.

GROW opens in theaters on October 17

Grab your tickets now

Check out the trailer below.

Please check back after October 15, 2025, for my review.

Wow! I just watched "Grow," and it was fantastic. I love family movies that have you cheering for the good guys. This film really makes you want to get up and dance. Charlie is on a mission to find her mom, and growing the biggest pumpkin might be the key to making it happen. The movie is filled with mystery, life lessons, the importance of taking chances, and the value of hard work.

Now for the giveaway

MarksvilleandMe would like to wish all those who enter

Good Luck!

While you are waiting to see if you won, why not download the Grow Activity Book. 

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One winner will have the chance to win a $10 Amazon Gift Card! Open to residents of the United States and those who haven't won via another blogger's campaign. You must be 18 years old to enter to win. This giveaway ends at 1.00 AM EST on 10.24.25. If you have any problems entering the giveaway, please email marksvilleandme@gmail.com. See below for terms and conditions.

All entries will be verified—only one entrant per mailing address per giveaway. Any person who has won a prize (or whose household has won a prize) in any promotion for this campaign is not eligible to win a prize. If you have won the same prize on another blog, you will not be eligible to win it again. Entrants who have created social accounts to enter Competitions or Sweepstakes will not be eligible to win. All social accounts used must be public.

The winner will be chosen randomly and contacted via email. Void where prohibited by law. One person entering per household, please. MarksvilleandMe and other participating bloggers are not responsible for the shipment of the prize.

On Paying Bills

 

Although all of our bills are now digital and we haven't missed a payment for many years, I still find myself freezing at bill payment time, wondering, "Will we have enough?"

Having experienced times when we struggled to cover our basic bills, transitioning to a situation where we had extra money to spend without worrying about prices, and then returning to a strict budget always puts me on edge. Do we have enough to pay our major bills each month? Yes, we prioritize those first, and whatever is left over is divided among our credit payments, leaving only a few dollars remaining.

In the past, we played a game of writing checks, hoping we had enough funds to cover everything while overdraft fees piled up faster than we could manage. I am thankful that we can live on a small budget, but there’s little to no money left over for emergencies. When we went to college, credit companies literally bombarded us with credit card offers, and we received no guidance on how to repay them or keep our balances low enough to maintain a good credit score. We quickly found ourselves in over our heads. Over the years, we paid off our credit debt and began using cash for everything; if we didn’t have the cash, we simply didn’t buy it, including cars. When my husband fell at work, he underwent many years of physical therapy before finally being declared disabled. Unfortunately, during that time, we depleted all our savings and ended up homeless. We tried to secure rentals, but every landlord wanted a credit score, and ours hadn’t improved in years, which made us seem too risky. Eventually, we found a landlord willing to take a chance on us, and it turned out well. I had already begun working on improving my credit score to prevent another similar situation when we needed to find a new place to live. However, when our landlord put our current rental property up for sale, I checked my husband’s credit score and found it had still not changed. He then started to work on improving his credit as well. Our scores are now improving, but there is no room for error.

Every time it's time to pay our bills, I feel a wave of anxiety and nausea. Our monthly income is consistent, but it only covers our essential needs. When emergencies arise, we often have to rely on credit to get through. Like many others, we are struggling to make ends meet with rising prices. We are resourceful with what we receive and manage to pay our bills, but I still worry that something might arise and turn everything upside down again.

Our new landlord (yes, the rental sold) has been very patient with us and our upstairs neighbors, who were also previously homeless. There are no rental options available within our income range in the area, so she has been working on improving the exterior of the house and has signed a new lease for both of us. She hopes that by the end of the school year next year, we will have all found a new place to live.

Are our bills paid for this month? Yes. Every time I get done paying the bills, I take a relaxing breath and tell my husband, 'The bills are paid!' I thank god every morning and every night for what we have. I know we aren't in the worst circumstances, and we aren't in the best, but we are thankful to be alive, have food, shelter, clothes, and can enjoy a few things each day that bring joy to our lives.

Alva Mobi 8-Piece Ceramic Cookware Set

 

Welcome to The Alva Mobi 8-Piece Ceramic Cookware Set Giveaway!

1 Winner! $299 RV!

This giveaway is part of our SMGN 2025 Fall Gift Guide – Stop by to see all the giveaways and great products!

HOST IS:

DELICIOUSLY SAVVY

Co-hosts for this giveaway are

Beautiful Touches, Home Jobs by Mom, Marksvilleandme, My Silly Little Gang, Pink Ninja Blog, The Crazy Pet Lady, The Stuff of Success, The Frugal Grandmom & Versatileer

Below is a list of all the bloggers involved in the gift guide.

A Rain of Thought, Beautiful Touches, Contest Corner, Deliciously Savvy, Freebies Deals & Steals, Giveaway Gator, Golden Goose Giveaways, Home Jobs by Mom, Honey Can Do It, Marksvilleandme, My Silly Little Gang, Pink Ninja Blog, Sweeps Madness, The Crazy Pet Lady, The Stuff of Success, The Frugal Grandmom, This Frugal Family, Versatileer

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This Giveaway Sponsor Is:

WEBSITE ~ FACEBOOK ~ PINTEREST ~ INSTAGRAM ~ AMAZON

1 Lucky Winner Will Win The Alva Mobi 8-Piece Ceramic Cookware Set in Cannoli Cream Valued At $299! Ends 11/05!

READ MY REVIEW

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Click Below To Enter & Good Luck!

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When we are done moving a new set of pots and pans is on our list. MarksvilleandMe would like to wish all those who enter

Good Luck!

This giveaway/sweepstakes is in no way endorsed, affiliated, or associated with Facebook, Twitter or any other Social Media Networking Site. This Giveaway is valid to continental United States residents only, Entrants must be 18+ years of age to enter. This giveaway event will end at 11:59 PM (EST) 11/05/2025. The winner will have 48 hours to email their information back to mcushing7 at hotmail dot com or a new winner will be drawn, you may want to put these email addresses as safe as it could go to spam. The giveaway is not valid where prohibited! By entering you are authorizing us to collect the information on the form below, this information is used only to contact the winner! No purchase necessary, Void were prohibited by law, and the number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Winners are chosen randomly by the Giveaway Tools program. The sponsors are each responsible for shipping of the above prizes. No blog associated with this contest are responsible for prize fulfillment. If you would like to be a sponsor in a giveaway like this please email Melissa Cushing at mcushing7 (at)hotmail (dot) com. If you take an entry you must stay following for the entire contest or you will be disqualified.

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October is all about Pink '25. . .$10 to $100 PayPal Giveaway!

 

Welcome to the $100 or Amount Donated PayPal Giveaway – $10 Minimum or Amount Donated – Ends 10/31/25

This giveaway is part of our Fall Gift Guide - Stop by to see all the giveaways and great products.

HOST IS

VERSATILEER

My co-hosts for this giveaway are Deliciously Savvy, My Silly Little Gang, Home Jobs by Mom, It's Free At Last, Giveaway Gator, Beautiful Touches & The Frugal Grandmom

Below is a list of all the bloggers involved in the Fall Gift Guide.

A Rain of Thought, Beautiful Touches, Contest Corner, Deliciously Savvy, Freebies Deals & Steals, Giveaway Gator, Golden Goose Giveaways, Home Jobs by Mom, Honey Can Do It, MarksvilleandMe, My Silly Little Gang, Pink Ninja Blog, Sweeps Madness, The Stuff of Success, The Frugal Grandmom, This Frugal Family, Versatileer

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The giveaway will be benefiting & supporting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation:

WEBSITE ~ FACEBOOK ~ INSTAGRAM ~ TWITTER ~ PINTEREST ~ YOU TUBE

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Donate To Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Family and Friends, please help me support The Breast Cancer Research Foundation by making a donation through my fundraising page for Fundraise for BCRF. Even a small donation will help me achieve my goal! The process is fast, easy, and secure. Thanks so much for your support.  

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1 Winner will win $10 or the Amount Donated to the above Breast Cancer Research Foundation donation page in PayPal Cash, Maximum $100 ~ $10 to $100 ARV

Versatileer will be matching 50 cents on every dollar won on this giveaway, minimum of $100 including your donation. So if you donate $100, Versatileer will be donating another $50 the the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. If you donate $50, Versatileer would be matching 50% of $50, which is $25, but because your donation is only $50, and the matched amount of 50% is only $25, which is only $75--so that the maximum amount of $100 is to be attained, Versatileer would then donate $50 to cover the minimum donation pledge of $100 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. This donation is very special to me because it has been a decade since our family lost my cousin Lisa C. to breast cancer in the year 2015. Our family is battling continuing to go through this again this year. The loss is always devastating, and I pledged that before the giveaway, that was dedicated to her in her name, to choose a responsible foundation that chooses to run very responsibly. I have a favor to ask each and every person. If you could donate to the fine cause of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and if you cannot donate today, please donate to the cause of your choice. The whole world has many different causes, each of which are getting way less in donations per year due to a lot of other reasons that are going on in the world these days. Since donations are down, the needs of each cause, including the Breast Cancer Research Foundation have not gone down. Therefore there is a major crisis that is not mentioned much these days, especially by the media. Please remember to donate! Thank you so much!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

See my review on the Breast Cancer Research Foundation HERE

Now To The......

This giveaway/sweepstakes is in no way endorsed, affiliated, or associated with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Facebook, Twitter or any other Social Media Networking Site. This Giveaway is valid to United States residents only, Entrants must be 18+ years of age to enter. This giveaway event will end at 11:59 PM EST (10:59 PM CST) 10/31/2025. The winner will have 48 hours to email their information back to versatileer at gmail dot com or a new winner will be drawn, you may want to put this email address as safe as it could go to spam. The Breast Cancer Research Foundation is the beneficiary of this promotion, as the promotion is not endorsed by any not-for-profit organization, as per law. The giveaway is not valid where prohibited! Once a winner is drawn and confirmed (In order to increase the dollar amount to be higher than $10--up to $100, the winner is responsible for forwarding their pledge amount to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to Versatileer for purposes of verification only), the name will be announced on the Giveaway Tools form. Versatileer will be responsible for sending the winner their prize. Versatileer will be responsible for covering the minimum amount of the pledge of threshold. The threshold is a formula of a minimum amount to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of $100 AND 50% of the winner's donation amount if the $100 minimum is not met. The Breast Cancer Research Foundation will obtain more than the minimum if the amount of 50% is not reflected by the minimum/maximum pledge rules. $100 minimum is being furnished to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation by the combination of the winner's amount, irregardless of the maximum threshold. Versatileer welcomes your donation to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, as all donations are going to very good cause. By entering you are authorizing us to collect the information on the form below, this information is used only to contact the winner! No purchase necessary, Void where prohibited by law, and the number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Winners are chosen randomly by a random winner selection method. An optional Amazon eGift card can be substituted at the winner's request, instead of PayPal. More giveaway terms and conditions are listed: HERE. Versatileer assumes responsible for the above prizes. No other blog associated with this contest except Versatileer are responsible for prize fulfillment. If you would like to become a sponsor in a giveaway like this please email Jerry Marquardt at versatileer at gmail dot com. If you take an entry you must stay following for the entire contest or you will be disqualified.

If you are interested in our gift guides:

If you are a blogger interested in our gift guides or more information is HERE.

Sponsors interested in joining our gift guides can see the information HERE.

I have a sister battling Stage 4 Breast Cancer. Recognition of the disease and research has made living longer with breast Cancer possible. MarksvilleandMe would like to wish all those who enter

Good Luck!

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iLLASPARKZ Signature Bangle Fall Giveaway!

 

Welcome to the iLLASPARKZ Signature Bangle Giveaway – $31 ARV

iLLASPARKZ Signature Bangles as featured: iLLASPARKZ

This giveaway is part of our Fall Gift Guide - Stop by to see all the giveaways and great products.

HOST IS

VERSATILEER

My co-hosts for this giveaway are Deliciously Savvy, My Silly Little Gang, Home Jobs by Mom, It's Free At Last, Giveaway Gator, Beautiful Touches & The Frugal Grandmom

Below is a list of all the bloggers involved in the Fall Gift Guide.

A Rain of Thought, Beautiful Touches, Contest Corner, Deliciously Savvy, Freebies Deals & Steals, Giveaway Gator, Golden Goose Giveaways, Home Jobs by Mom, Honey Can Do It, MarksvilleandMe, My Silly Little Gang, Pink Ninja Blog, Sweeps Madness, The Stuff of Success, The Frugal Grandmom, This Frugal Family, Versatileer

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This giveaway's Sponsor is:

WEBSITE ~ FACEBOOK ~ INSTAGRAM ~ TWITTER/"X" ~ PINTEREST ~ YOU TUBE ~ SNAPCHAT

iLLASPARKZ Signature Bangle

Deals of the Month ~ For Limited Time: Take advantage of a FREE GIFT OF iLLASPARKZ LOVE THE iLLA WAY!

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1 Winner will win a single iLLASPARKZ Signature Bangle ~ $31 ARV!

iLLASPARKZ is the fine distributor of Women's and Men's Accessories, as seen at Walmart.com and as featured on the Television show "The Real". A fine and outstanding choice of character and style from the collection of the Women's accessories at iLLASPARKZ, who has been all about expressing your individual style and personality! The Jewelry & Accessory Mall has thousands of pieces to choose from!!! A pure collection of question asking, head turning, eyes brightening Jewelry and Accessories. Take your time, browse around and happily Accessorize Yourself.

Pick through a versatile assortment of pieces that are Funky, Chic, Unique and/or everything in between but always affordable….. It's every Girls Dream!! Visit iLLASPARKZ today! Their Collection of pieces are made from a variety of the best quality materials, all Nickel and Lead FREE! Shop iLLASPARKZ quickly -- Their collection pieces may be there today, gone tomorrow!

You don't have to be rich to Sparkle!!! Shop iLLASPARKZ 🫶

Order iLLASPARKZ Signature Bangles online on the iLLASPARKZ website. See the iLLASPARKZ Signature Bangles Review HERE

Now To The......

This giveaway/sweepstakes is in no way endorsed, affiliated, or associated with Facebook, Twitter or any other Social Media Networking Site. This Giveaway is valid to United States residents only, Entrants must be 18+ years of age to enter.This giveaway event will end at 11:59 PM EST (10:59 PM CST) 11/05/25. The winner will have 48 hours to email their information back to versatileer at gmail dot com or a new winner will be drawn, you may want to put this email address as safe as it could go to spam. The giveaway is not valid where prohibited! Once a winner is drawn and confirmed, the name will be announced on the Giveaway Tools form. Versatileer will be responsible for sending the winners their prizes. Versatileer has not been compensated in any form for this giveaway. By entering you are authorizing us to collect the information on the form below, this information is used only to contact the winner! No purchase necessary, Void where prohibited by law, and the number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Winners are chosen randomly by a random winner selection method. More giveaway terms and conditions are listed: HERE. The sponsors are each responsible for shipping of the above prizes. No blog associated with this contest are responsible for prize fulfillment. If you would like to become a sponsor in a giveaway like this please email Jerry Marquardt at versatileer at gmail dot com. If you take an entry you must stay following for the entire contest or you will be disqualified.

If you are interested in our gift guides:

If you are a blogger interested in our gift guides or more information is HERE.

Sponsors interested in joining our gift guides can see the information HERE.

These bangles look really nice stacked. MarksvilleandMe would like to wish all those who enter

Good Luck!

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