Thursday, December 31, 2009
Happy New Years Eve!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Colgate review and giveaway ends Jan 8th
I personally love the taste of the toothpastes Colgate carries. I am a mint toothpaste fan but I don't like it severely minty either. I know I am picky but Colgate has what I like ha ha. You can blame my dentist for that. He gave me a toothbrushes and a small tube of Colgate toothpaste after my cleaning and I fell in love. After all if my dentist likes it I know it must be good. You should really check their products out you will be surprised on how much you will love them too.
Colgate is giving one of my lucky readers a Tube of the Total Advanced Clean plus Whitening tooth paste and a New Colgate 360 sensitive extra soft toothbrush with tongue and cheek cleaner. That one awesome prize!!
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Tasty Tuesday
INGREDIENTS
3 medium-large cucumbers
3 small-medium tomatoes
1 green bell pepper
1/2 cup red onion
2 jalapeno peppers
2 Tbsp minced cilantro
2 Tbsp minced fresh dill
3 squeezes of lime juice (either from wedges or a lime-bottle)
DIRECTIONS
(20 minute prep-time is for chopping up all the ingredients.)
Peel cucumber (if desired- you can leave the peel on if you prefer- I usually do, or at least leave some of it). Remove seeds from cucumber and discard, and chop remaining cucumber flesh into small pieces.
Remove seeds from tomatoes and discard. Chop remaining flesh into small pieces.
Remove seeds from bell pepper and discard. Chop bell pepper into small pieces.
Remove seeds from jalapeno peppers and chop into very small pieces (or mince).
Chop red onion into small pieces.
Mince cilantro and dill.
Combine all chopped veggies in a large bowl.
Add cilantro and dill and mix together well.
Add a few squeezes of lime juice and mix together again.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Christmas fun
The kids got everything they could think of I think lol. They got digital cameras, my baby got a power wheels quad, stroller, my son got the remote control car and air hogs and the pokemon binder with all the card sleeves in it to hold all his cards, lots of games. The 4 oldest all got a wii game. My 3 year old got her moxie car and make her own backpack she asked santa for along with a cleaning set to clean her room. She is perticular like that she loves cleaning. She has been sweeping and mopped and dusting the whole house. my 5 year old and 7 year old got v smile pocket and v smile cyber pocket and I must say I like the cyber pocket 100 times better becuase the v smile pocket has gave us nothing but problems since we opened it. I am gonna call v tech today or tomorrow to see what the heck is wrong with it. I know I should take it back to the store but honestly I dont want to exchange it for another one if its gonna do the same thing and then I could return it and get the cyber pocket but thats another $20 more. I honestly have a few toys I bought personally for my kids this year Id like to put on the junk not worth your money list and gripe the companies out trust me. You might hear me do a blog about them because I am very disapointed in the products.
Winners winners
The first winner is for the Gummy Lump Make your own princess mirror...
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
72
Timestamp: 2009-12-28 15:56:06 UTC
GabbyLowe said... 72
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got yuor button #1
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The last winner is for the Smelly Towel stuff ....
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
38
Timestamp: 2009-12-28 16:00:11 UTC
alwayshopeful said... 38
link to this page for 4 entries
link on sidebar
alwaysatryin@gmail.com
http://beginanewwithjesus.blogspot.com/
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Congrats to my lucky Christmas day winners. Hope you all had a awesome Christmas and got lots of cool presents. My kids got way too much and so did my hubby. Me well I got to watch my happy loved ones get what they wanted. My mom though did get me a ice tea maker and some underwear and a betty boop air freshner to add to my collection but other than that that is all I got this year But glad I am healthy and have my happy family by my side thats all I needed.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Tasty Tuesday
Ingredients
1 (16 ounce) package OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, divided
1 (8 ounce) package Cream Cheese, softened
16 ozs (1 bag) Chocolate Chips , melted
Directions
1.Crush 9 of the cookies to fine crumbs in food processor; reserve for later use. (Cookies can also be finely crushed in a resealable plastic bag using a rolling pin.) Crush remaining 36 cookies to fine crumbs; place in medium bowl. Add cream cheese; mix until well blended. Roll cookie mixture into 42 balls, about 1-inch in diameter.
2.Dip balls in chocolate; place on wax paper-covered baking sheet. (Any leftover chocolate can be stored at room temperature for another use.) Sprinkle with reserved cookie crumbs.
3.Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Store leftover truffles, covered, in refrigerator.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Tragedies happen so support each other!!
Now I can see if you dont know where your child is for 30 minutes or a hour yes then you might be a little bad but accidents usually happen with in less then 2 minutes of disappearing so Think about that that is a quick bathroom break or a quick throwing the laundry in or a quick popping the dinner in the oven. People really give us mothers a break we are awesome parents and accidents happen let us grieve and instead of bashing us why dont you be an angel and lend us your support and colendences. You are not GOD there for you dont have the right to judge!!! He is the only person allow to judge anyone and everyone. And for the ones that are wrong or bad he will judge them on their judgement day not you. You are suppose to LOVE THY NEIGHBOR!!!
Winners !!!!
The first winner is for the Antimonkey Butt powder.......
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Here are your random numbers:
28
Timestamp: 2009-12-19 15:06:08 UTC
lovely said... 28
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The next winner is for the Our Handmade Gifts earrings ....
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
19
Timestamp: 2009-12-19 15:06:54 UTC
erma said... 69
I like the Lovely Little Yellow and Orange Swirls earrings.
erma.hurtt@sbcglobal.net
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Congrats to these lucky winners you will be emailed but if you dont see my email with in 2 hours of this post then email me to claim this prize with in 48 hours or a new winner will be chosen thanks and congrats!!
The Flip Book review and giveaway ends Jan 1
The Flip Along Fun Book was written by Michael Dowling and Illustrated by Sarah Buell Dowling. Kids will be introduced to rhyming, numbers, colors, addition and logical thinking with this awesome book. So not only will they be learning to read they will be learning other things without even knowing they are learning them. That is awesome.
The Flip Along Fun Book is separated into three sections with nine pages for flipping in each section. So a total of 27 pages in a way. Each page has different animals that each display different numbers and a different scenario of the story. First you pick which first section page you want, then the second section of the story, and then you look for the last page that incorporates both of the animals. When the last page is matched up, the numbers will add up correctly as well. So it would be something like this, "The 3 animals wanted to fly their red kites so they went to the park. Page 1. They met 2 dogs at the park who were playing with a yellow Frisbee. Page 2. Then the 5 animals had a picnic together on a blue blanket and had lots of fun. Page 3." Don't mind my crappy story telling this is why they are the writers and I am not ha ha. Anyways you get the point right? They learn reading, then adding, and colors. They even learn logic and story telling.
This is a great way for your children to spark their imagination and their learning skills without fighting them to do it. Honestly they will love learning and have a blast with this book. All my kids love it and they are ages 11, 9, 7, 5, 3, and 1. So it is great for all ages. This would make a great gift also!!
The Flip Along Fun Book is giving one away to one of my lucky readers. Awesome!
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Bei Bambini review and giveaway ends Jan 1
I got Luisa dress in Liberty Paisley for my 5 year old. I absolutely love it and so does my daughter. She loves wearing it to school. I fits her perfectly. I love the style and pattern of this gorgeous dress. It is made wonderfully and has been washed a few handful of times and still looks brand new. It is a great quality dress for a awesome price.
Bei Bambini has some more things I want to get my girls for summer. I love their summer clothes. They all look so fresh, cute and cool. I also want to get my soon to be great nephew who is due to be here May 21 a cute little coming home outfit too. Gosh really if I had more money I could see my self buying one of everything in the store because I absolutely love it all. Some of the stuff reminds me of the outfits I grew up in ha ha. Really you must check out Bei Bambini you will love this store.
Bei Bambini is giving this huge Girls 2T Cruise Wear Prize Pack full of clothing from their store valued at $552.
Here is whats in this Awesome prize bag:
Girls 2T Cruise Wear Prize Pack:
(1) Natalie Beach Dress: White Cotton/Light Pink Embroidered Tennis ($48)
(1) Natalie Beach Dress: Light Pink/Hand Embroidered & Jeweled Princess Crown ($48)
(1) Natalie Beach Dress: Light Pink/Hand Embroidered White Scotty Dogs ($48)
(1) Natalie Beach Dress: Hot Pink Gingham with Liberty of London 60's Floral Trim & Tie ($44) (1) Bridget Back tie Skirt: Light Pink Cotton ($42)
(1) Lauren Tiered Skirt: Blue Gingham / Liberty of London Many Roses ($42)
(1) Gwyneth Tie Top: Liberty of London Pink Floral ($28)
(1) Gwyneth Tie Top: Liberty of London Many Roses ($28)
(1) Elizabeth Tank: White Cotton/Liberty of London Many Roses ($28)
(1) Emilia Tee: Light Pink Cotton Onesie ($26)
(1) Emilia Tee: White Cotton with Embroidered Chick ($28)
(1) Elizabeth Tank: White Cotton/Hand Embroidered & Jeweled Princess Crown ($28)
(3) Aribella Ruffled Shorts: Light Blue Cotton ,Light Pink Cotton, Hot Pink Cotton ($28 each) = ($84)
(1) Aribella Ruffled Shorts: Liberty Pink Floral $30
All the pictures except the first picture is what you will win (so the bottom three pictures in this post are the prizes)
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1. Go to Bei Bambini and tell me your favorite item
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
Bella Sara SAle Today only!!
Human Body detectives review
So I went to school for the medical field and one day I plan on continuing my degree in the medical field . It is something that interests me a great deal and I try get my children interested in it to because the human body is something very interesting. So when I was approached to review Human Body Detectives book I was like you bet you bottom I want to try this out. I wasn't sure what to expect being something about the human bodies but I was intrigued to see it.
When the Human Body Detectives book arrived I thoroughly looked through it and loved what I saw. It is a CD the kids listen to and then a workbook they do afterwards to see what they learned. This reminds me so much of school and it is fun for the kids. I did this with my oldest 3 since the younger ones didn't quite understand it yet but they did listen to it too. My oldest who is 11 really loved learning about the immune system and colds especially right now with the whole Swine Flu pandemic going on. She has so many questions about it all and this really helped her realize how it all works.
My son who is 9 loved it also. He loves learning how the body works. He wanted a microscope to look at cool things which we got for him last Xmas. He used to watch Magic School Bus and he used to love looking through my medical dictionary but that arose to many ewws and discussions lol. So this was neat to him to learn how the whole body works together to get things done.
My 7 year old didn't quite grab all of it but she liked listening to it and learning about stuff. She did learn some stuff and was able to answer some of the questions but I think if she heard it again she probably be able to answer them all. Overall this was a fun CD and workbook. I now plan on getting the other Human Body Detectives book for them. It was alot of fun and couldn't of came at a better time either the whole Flu stuff going around.
I recommend the Human Body Detectives book to everyone with kids 6+. It is a great Christmas present and will help them learn and have fun at the same time. It is a great thing for your kids. Right now they are having a awesome Holiday sale so head on over and check them out!
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Gummy Lump review and giveaway ends Dec 25- closed winner annouced mon.
We received the Decorate your own princess mirror from Gummy Lump. I love that it is a heavy sturdy mirror that my kids wont break in minutes. My girls loved that they got to decorate it all by themselves. This sparked creativity, interest, and lots of fun. They now treasure this mirror because they made it. It was very special to them that they got to make it the way they liked it.
This is a great activity toy for all girls who love to play dress up, love art, love makeovers, love princess and so much more. This will be a loved toy for many years to come. I love the make of this toy since like I said before it is very sturdy and it is well made. I would recommend Gummy Lump toys to everyone looking for toys that last and are good for all ages.
Gummy Lump is giving one of my lucky readers a decorate your own princess mirror.
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1. Go to Gummy Lump and tell me something you love
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U*Neaks discount and awesome deal
Right my readers can receive free shipping, free returns and a 10% discount on U*neaks at Shoebuy.com by simply clicking on this link www.shoebuy.com/uneaks and making their purchase. These make awesome Christmas presents and they are absolutely awesome shoes that will last a while so head over and take advantage of the great deal!!
See Kai Run Donation to the needy
Seattle, WA (December 2009) During this season of giving, See Kai Run, popular manufacturer of the perfect first shoe for new walkers, is making sure that for every pair of shoes sold during November at its retail Web site (www.seekairun.com), a pair also goes to a child in need. As a result of the matching event which ended November 30, 2009, See Kai Run will donate nearly 2,500 pairs of shoes to Soles4Souls before the year’s end.
Soles4Souls is an international charity dedicated to providing footwear to disadvantaged people around the world. Their global efforts primarily target orphanages throughout Central and South America, Europe and Africa. According to Soles4Souls, over 300 million children world-wide have never had one pair of shoes. With this donation, See Kai Run will have shared a total of over 36,000 pairs of shoes to children who need them the most. “Share A Pair” is part of See Kai Run’s overall charitable giving campaign, which focuses on international, national, and local charities for children. See Kai Run would like to thank its customers for making donations such as these possible.
About See Kai Run
See Kai Run and Smaller promote healthy development of babies' and children's feet with their ultra-flexible soles, soft leather and wide toe box. Our footwear meets the American Podiatric Medical Association's rigorous standards for foot health and functionality and has been awarded the APMA's prestigious Seal of Acceptance. Retail price starts at $32.
See Kai Run is a family-owned and operated business located outside of Seattle, Washington. The idea was born when founder Cause Haun was on a quest for the perfect first pair of shoes for her son, Kai. Unable to find shoes in fun styles that still promoted the healthy development of little feet, Cause and her husband created their own line of shoes that satisfied all these needs. See Kai Run celebrates its fifth anniversary this year and proudly looks back at their expansion from a few boutiques, mostly in the Seattle area, to stores all around the country and worldwide. Please visit http://www.seekairun.com/ for additional information.
About Soles4Souls
Soles4Souls facilitates the donation of shoes, which are used to aid the hurting worldwide. Everyone from shoe companies to retailers and individuals can donate footwear (both new and used). The Soles4Souls team has used the gift of shoes in the relief efforts for the Asian Tsunami and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. More than 900,000 pairs were collected for these disasters. For more information, visit http://www.giveshoes.org/ .