August Farewell to Summer Giveaway from Katherine's Corner

August is here and the last days of summer are not far off. Although I hate the heat, I love all of the wonderful activities of the summer. I still haven't made it to a beach. But, there's still time. With that in mind I give you the August Giveaway- Farewell To Summer! This month's AWESOME giveaway sponsors are Angel from Sew Crafty Angel, Whoop Tee, Debra at Deliciously Inspired, and of course, ME! ( if you would like to sponsor a giveaway please contact me )

 What will you win?

A $20 Amazon gift card from Debra.  

A $10 PayPal gift Card from Angel.

A Katherines Corner Tee from Whoop Tee ( value $32)    

A whimsical flip flop tote bag, napkins and a set of flip flop cheese /condiment spreaders from Me 

( value $60) 

Entering is easy, log into the entry form using your email address or facebook and click on the first entry on the rafflecopter form. Confirm you are a follower of Katherines Corner. Or become a new follower. Then read the terms and conditions and click yes. Any other entries you choose to enter are all optional additional entries. Open to all over the age 18 ends Aug 29. Good Luck! The giveaway button is posted on the right sidebar, or you can copy and paste the image below to your blog or website with a link back to Katherines Corner.
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 Have a great weekend and good luck ♥

Fight Breast Cancer

May is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Today I am posting information to increase your awareness

and hopefully encourage you to get your yearly mammogram.

I have lost several family members to breast cancer 
so I can tell you it's not something you want to take a chance with.  
Get a mammogram.   Don't become another statistic. 

As a Mom, A Registered Nurse and A Woman I urge you to not wait on having your mammogram done.  We can always find a reason not to go at some particular time, however let me give you a reason to go.  Look at your children and your husband, all the people you love and care about, 
do you love them enough to spend 1 hour a year getting your mammogram so 
you can LIVE to be with them?

Have you had your annual Mammogram? 
If you haven't then now's the time.

 If you have Spread the Word.  Make you voice heard.  Save a life!

Tweet, Facebook, Bloglovin, Instagram, get the word out:  

I've Had My Mammogram. I choose LIFE!

Enter the Mammogram Raffle at the end of the post

(All the information below is provided by the American Society.)
Become educated about Breast Cancer. 
About 1 in 8 U.S. women (just under 12%) will develop invasive 
breast cancer over the course of her lifetime

Preventing and detecting breast cancer early will help save more lives. Understand the lifestyle factors that may affect your risk of breast cancer and what you can do to stay healthy. Breast exams, mammograms and other screenings increase the chances of detecting breast cancer early, when they are most likely to be curable.

Guidelines for Early Detection

• Yearly mammograms are recommended starting at age 40 and continuing for as long as a woman is in good health
• Clinical breast exam (CBE) about every 3 years for women in their 20s and 30s and every year for women 40 and over
• Women should know how their breasts normally look and feel and report any breast change promptly to their health care provider. 
• Breast self-exam (BSE) is an option for women starting in their 20s.

The importance of finding breast cancer early

The goal of screening exams for early breast cancer detection is to find cancers before they start to cause symptoms.Screening refers to tests and exams used to find a disease, such as cancer, in people who do not have any symptoms. Early detection means using an approach that lets breast cancer get diagnosed earlier than otherwise might have occurred.

Breast cancers that are found because they are causing symptoms tend to be larger and are more likely to have already spread beyond the breast. In contrast, breast cancers found during screening exams are more likely to be smaller and still confined to the breast. The size of a breast cancer and how far it has spread are some of the most important factors in predicting the prognosis (outlook) of a woman with this disease.

Most doctors feel that early detection tests for breast cancer save thousands of lives each year, and that many more lives could be saved if even more women and their health care providers took advantage of these tests. Following the American Cancer Society's guidelines for the early detection of breast cancer improves the chances that breast cancer can be diagnosed at an early stage and treated successfully.

Signs and symptoms of breast cancer

Widespread use of screening mammograms has increased the number of breast cancers found before they cause any symptoms. Still some breast cancers are not found by mammograms, either because the test was not done or because even under ideal conditions mammograms do not find every breast cancer.

The most common symptom of breast cancer is a new lump or mass. A mass that is painless, hard, and has irregular edges is more likely to be cancerous, but breast cancers can be tender, soft, or rounded. They can even be painful. For this reason, it is important to have any new mass, lump, or breast change checked by a health care professional with experience in diagnosing breast diseases.

Other possible signs of breast cancer include:

• Swelling of all or part of a breast (even if no distinct lump is felt)
• Skin irritation or dimpling
• Breast or nipple pain
• Nipple retraction (turning inward)
• Redness, scaliness, or thickening of the nipple or breast skin
• A nipple discharge other than breast milk

Sometimes a breast cancer can spread to lymph nodes under the arm or around the collar bone and cause a lump or swelling there, even before the original tumor in the breast tissue is large enough to be felt. Swollen lymph nodes should also be reported to your doctor.

The main types of treatment for breast cancer are:

• Surgery
• Radiation therapy
• Chemotherapy
• Hormone therapy
• Targeted therapy

Fight Breast Cancer

• Take charge of your health

• Although there's no sure-fire way to prevent breast cancer, certain lifestyle habits are linked to a lower risk of it developing or returning.

• Be physically active. Evidence is growing that regular physical activity helps reduce your breast cancer risk. It also helps keep your weight under control, which may also lower your risk.

• Eat a healthy diet. Studies link a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, poultry, fish, and low-fat dairy products to a reduced breast cancer risk. A healthy diet also helps you stay at a healthy weight.

• If you drink alcohol, limit how much you drink. Research has shown that even 1 alcoholic drink per day can slightly increase your risk of breast cancer, while having 2 or more alcoholic drinks per day is linked to a higher risk.

All this information and much more is provided by the American Cancer Society. 

Fight Breast Cancer Raffle

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May Sponsor Giveaway

Welcome to the May Sponsor Highlights {AND ... GIVEAWAY!} It's that time of month again where you get to meet the fabulous ladies supporting Raising Reagan this month! Make sure you stick around to the end because as usual these beauties have come together to bring you an epic giveaway all for ONE winner! So ... read on and get to learn more about these amazing women! Some of these lovelies have been here before too ... so stop by some of the previous Sponsor Highlights to get to know even more about them if you missed them the first time around!

I asked everyone the following three questions:

1. If you could be well known for anything in your life … what would that be? {Favorite recipe/words of wisdom/amazing fashion sense/sarcastic attitude {Oh wait … that’s mine :)}
2. If you could meet anyone past, present or future and spend a day with them, who would that be and what would you do?
3. Do you have anything special coming up on your blog this coming month? {Blogiversaries/Giveaways/Fun posts/etc.}
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$600 Cash Giveaway

Hello Friends

I am so happy to be a Sponsor in a huge give-away with What Jean Likes.  If you would like to enter the Birthday Cash Giveaway or become a Sponsor then please, read on.

Two years ago in May I started blogging on What Jean Likes.  I had the blog name for years (since 2008, I think), back when I had an idea but was so busy running my other site that I never did anything with it.  After I quit my job as a beauty blog writer/editor/photographer, I decided to take a break but missed blogging so much... I decided to write about a large array of things I like so I came here and sporadically posted every few months when I had time, no biggie.

Over the last year or so I really started actively posting here, finding my voice and sharing the things I like with this blogosphere.  My blog has grown so very much and I want to do something super special not only to celebrate my bloggy birthday, but to thank all of you for being a part of the family and sticking with me through it all.  Did I mention I'm having a 50% off sale on all ads for my site in May to celebrate?  Just enter the code: MAY at checkout to get half off ALL ads!!  Sponsor & Advertise

I am putting together a cash prize for one lucky winner of at least $600.  I get tons of emails asking me about how to do giveaways, how to find giveaways to get involved with and so on.. I thought, what better opportunity to allow others to chip in, help this prize grow and get new followers along the way?  If you want to be part of this giveaway, I'm accepting sign ups now.  Giveaways are an amazing way to get followers, I've gotten tons of followers by hosting or co-hosting several giveaways.  If you'd like to buy links into the rafflecopter prize widget (which will be mandatory follows for anyone who enters the contest), you can do so below.

Here's how it works:

1 link = $10

2 links = $20

3 links = $30

and so on..  OR

If you would like to co-host this giveaway which will get you a top spot in the giveaway post and in the rafflecopter widget.  This includes 3 mandatory follow links and 2 extra follow links for $40.  If you choose this option, it's only $40.  Nothing more, nothing less. Sorry I forgot to specify that and got questions in my email about it.  Co-hosting is a flat $40 rate.

ALL the monies received for this giveaway will go to the winner.  If I get more than the $600, then the giveaway will be much larger and will get a TON more traffic.  If I don't get enough to make the $600, I will put the rest of the money up myself.  I want to make this a fun and easy way for people to enter.  This giveaway will be featured on my blog regularly for two weeks and will also be mentioned in the Aloha Friday Blog Hop email every week that goes to over 1,000 people.  Super fun and easy way to celebrate and get followers. 

This contest is open to anyone in any country (open internationally).  Payment will be made via PayPal.  No companies are sponsoring this giveaway (I get asked that a lot), it's just something I wanted to do for all of you.  I have other giveaways coming up this week with Blogs Jean Likes and my April Sponsors Team Giveaway as well!!  

You can sign up below or click this link to go to the form to sign up: May Giveaway Sign Up Form.  Get in on this now because I want to have it live on May 15th so enter now so I can set it up and code it and get it all ready.  I will stop accepting entries/contributions to be part of this giveaway on May 11th.