Celebrate with MyPunchbowl.com

Have you ever wanted to throw a party, or host a get together – but didn’t have a specific reason to do it?  There was no birthday, wedding shower, or anniversary on the horizon? Yet, you had that gnawing desire to surround yourself with family and friends?

MyPunchbowl.com, the leader in start to finish party planning, now offers Reasons to Celebrate on its website, identifying fun & entertaining reasons to celebrate for 365 days of the year – often with more than one reason for each day, week, and month.

In fact, the month of July is jam packed with interesting reasons to celebrate including:  National Lasagna Day, National Milk Chocolate Day, National Gummi Worm Day, National Ice Cream Day, National Cousins’ Day, National Parents’ Day, National Hammock Day (which may force the workaholic to actually plan time to relax),  and even National Hot Dog Day!  What better reason to spark up the grill and invite the neighbors over and have a hot dog roast!  There is a “reason” for everyone!  And, you’ll have the opportunity to share your Reasons to Celebrate on Twitter, Facebook, and more. Best of all, MyPunchbowl.com Membership is FREE.

By becoming a member, you can:

Design and customize online invitations, Save the Dates, and free eCards with a variety colors and fonts
Upload your own pictures into Save the Dates, invitations, and eCards
Allow your guests to help select a date that works best
Easily import addresses and manage RSVPs
Track items guests will bring to your party
Manage your own to-do list with a party checklist
Search theme ideas
Order customized party favors
Create gift registries
Get tips and party planning advice
Embed video into your eCards
Share personalized eCards on Facebook or Twitter
Create Birthday Reminders Lists
And more ….

For more Reasons to Celebrate and more information on MyPunchbowl.com visit www.mypunchbowl.com

What’s your favorite Reason to Celebrate?
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DVD Review - Van Wilder : Freshman Year

Van Wilder: Freshman Year - Unrated

Packed with panty raids, wild parties and shocking behavior, Van Wilder: Freshman Year moves to the head of the class, arriving exclusively on DVD today from Tapestry Films and Paramount Home Entertainment. The third installment in the hugely popular college comedy franchise from the producers of Wedding Crashers and Van Wilder 1 and 2, Van Wilder: Freshman Year makes the grade with an even more outrageous Unrated edition stuffed with a semester’s worth of sidesplitting bonus features.

The long-awaited story of the legendary party animal’s uproarious introduction to Coolidge College is finally here, revealing for the first time his rise to become the man, the myth...the seven-year college senior. It features a young cast including Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls) as “Van the Man” and Kristin Cavallari (Laguna Beach), as well as Steve Talley (American Pie Presents Beta House), Kurt Fuller (Wayne’s World) and Linden Ashby (Resident Evil: Extinction) as Van’s partners in mayhem.

In this movie, a young Van follows in his wealthy father’s footsteps by enrolling at prestigious Coolidge College. Much to the easygoing slacker’s dismay, however, Coolidge is hardly the party school he envisioned. Instead, it’s a strict institution led by an uptight dean—and to make matters worse, all the girls have taken a vow of chastity! Determined to rectify this intolerable situation, the civic-minded Van launches a personal crusade to free his school from the shackles of sexual oppression and party dysfunction.

Gut-busting bonus features include:

• Commentary with Director Harv Glazer and cast
• Creating the Legend: The Making of Van Wilder: Freshman Year
• Going Balls Out: Colossus
• Coolidge College: Orientation Video
• Decatur
• Teacher’s Pets
• Bloopers
• Van’s Party Supplies (unrated)
• Pranks 101 (unrated)

This movie reminded me irresistibly of the American Pie ones, except it's a lot more juvenile despite being set in a college atmosphere. It does have some moments of outright hilarity and there's no denying the fresh cast, the sexual jokes together with the physical comedy is effective. It's more of a couple/guy movie and doesn't require a lot of thinking.

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Betty Crocker Gluten Free Dessert Mixes - Review and Giveaway!

Hurray -  Betty Crocker® Gluten Free Dessert Mixes are making their way onto grocery shelves this summer! There are four new dessert options - all made in a gluten-free processing facility.

• Betty Crocker Gluten Free Yellow Cake Mix
• Betty Crocker Gluten Free Devil´s Food Cake Mix
• Betty Crocker Gluten Free Brownie Mix
• Betty Crocker Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix

As I´m sure you know, until now baking for yourself or a loved one who has celiac disease often meant preparing two kinds of sweet treats for one gathering - one for the gluten-free eater and another for everyone else. Also gluten-free mixes were often difficult to find and required a separate trip to a specialty grocery store. With the easy-to-find Betty Crocker Gluten Free Dessert Mixes, we can once again enjoy - and share - these sweet moments and desserts with everyone.

And, gluten free is tasty too - these new mixes create a sweet treat that´s truly delicious from everyone´s perspective, even those who do not follow a gluten-free diet. We don't and yet we spent this weekend enjoying these delicious gluten-free brownies and the cookies were just fantastic - my toddler who is mighty finicky eater had no problem gobbling these up!

Click HERE to visit the Betty Crocker website’s FAQ’s about their gluten free products and labeling. Also, you can clip Box Top Coupons on Betty Crocker® Gluten Free Dessert Mixes and hundreds of your other favorite products, too. Visit Box Tops for Education to learn more. You can also call 1-800-446-1898 to request a free coupon for one of the new gluten free mixes and to also receive information about General Mills´ growing set of gluten free products.

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Movie Review - Weather Girl

Written and Directed by Blayne Weaver, the film recently won Best Narrative Feature at the deadCENTER Film Festival. On the festival circuit, Weather Girl has also won an Honorary Mention for the Audience Award at Nashville Film Festival and Best Narrative Feature at Vail Film Festival. The film stars Tricia O’Kelley, Mark Harmon, Jon Cryer, Kaitlin Olson, Jane Lynch, Patrick J. Adams, Ryan Devlin, Enrico Colantoni and Alex Kapp Horner.

Synopsis:  After learning her boyfriend (Harmon) cheated on her with his co-host (Olson), a Seattle morning show weather girl (O’Kelley) freaks out on-air and is fired. Forced to move in with her little brother (Devlin) and deal with his best friend (Adams), she has to learn to cope with being 35, single, unemployed, and unfortunately famous for being the Sassy Weather Girl who lost it on live television.

My Thoughts:  If this movie had come to the local AMC, I probably wouldn't have seen it as the lead star cast is totally unknown to me. But having been lucky enough to see the screener, I now know what I would have missed something totally quirky, but essentially funny and romantic. The "sassy" weather girl as played by O'Kelley is really wonderful, the often-sarcastic verbal diarrhea she indulges in whenever upset is just too funny for words! Mark Harmon, I love from NCIS. In this movie however, he plays the role of the "walking haircut", a totally unlikeable, narcissistic Morning show host and he is so good at it that I actually did begin to dislike him toward the end. Patrick J. Adams and Ryan Devlin as the laid-back dudes who, in an unexpected manner, provide this flighty woman with some grounding and stability, are surprisingly effective. The overall acting is good, the story engaging and the rapid-fire dialogue, stellar!

My Recommendation : Don't pass it up when this movie comes to a theater near you. It's good, clean fun!
For more information, please visit  http://weathergirlmovie.com/ The movie releases on July 10th.

Enjoy the trailer:



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