tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28823020165004187312024-02-25T23:03:16.828-08:00Because I Said So!!! Mom Knows Best!Moms, Divas and intellectuals unite!Michelle AKA blabla3269http://www.blogger.com/profile/03131251712073022776noreply@blogger.comBlogger499125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882302016500418731.post-50588452130585270352010-04-19T21:09:00.000-07:002010-04-19T21:09:13.136-07:00The hit just keep on coming!Okay all, I got to fix all the Boo Boo's over the weekend and was in shock at the email. With so much going on I have not even been able to check it in 2 weeks and it is crazy! I will be answering them all soon but I needed to fix links and such first. I also started drawing names and will be posting winners real soon and reviews. <br />
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Things are still nuts for me though, I just found out my Landlord is in foreclosure and I will need to find a place to move to. Nuts Huh? He did not tell anyone but I am not freaking out for I called and found out we have lots of time. 90 days to move after the foreclosure is complete so it could be a year or so. I swear I am the MOST boring person in the world and nothing exciting ever happens in my life and in 4 weeks I have lived with more crazyness then in the last 20 years. <br />
Now I can at least say I have some wild stories!<br />
Okay, winners will start popping up and I hope every person wins something cool!Michelle AKA blabla3269http://www.blogger.com/profile/03131251712073022776noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882302016500418731.post-11861875934811952422010-04-15T22:35:00.000-07:002010-04-15T22:35:24.902-07:00Hi there I am BACK!!! Review below so much more to follow!<strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Okay you guys, I am back now. I have shaken</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>off the blues and pulled up my pants and I am</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>getting on with my life. I am not saying that I</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>won't have my moments when I want to crawl under</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>the covers but if I have learned one thing it is the</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>last month has made me stronger. I am determined</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>to not dwell on all that has happened and I am</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>back to looking at the Sunshine and plan on</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>enjoying the season and my children. For those</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>of you who do not know the last four weeks has</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>provided me with tons of excitement and a lot of</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>stress. In the last month I have dealt with:</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>2 Surgeries for my Mother</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>11 teeth for Rowan</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>A 2 week long super Virus that effected all members</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>of the house and though Andrew only spent a few</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>days in bed and I got a day ( needed more but such</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>is the world of a parent!) Rowan ended up in the</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>ER due to vomiting. </em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>John and I separating and last but not least this</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>week I had a Minor out patient Surgery to help repair</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>the damage and to sever the nerves in my neck from</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>the back injury I sustained last Fall when my front step</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>crumbled and I fell flat on my back and cracked my head</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>while holding Rowan who was 3 months at the time. </em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>I spent a few days wishing the world would go away</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>but Rowan and Andrew have been great and my Mother </em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>has also been there for me as well as my Sons Dad. </em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Things are starting to work themselves out and John and</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>I are speaking and I hope things go his way for I know</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>with the economy a lot of people are having the same</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>problems as he and separating was a very hard decision</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>for me but I need to make sure the kids are okay first</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>and worry about him after that. I did my wallowing and</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>hand holding and yes, spent some time hugging the </em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>potty with that Flu but life goes on and so will I, John, </em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>the Kids and the Blog. About time too!</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Tomorrow is another day and it will be brighter!</em></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Right now I posted a review and have many more</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>just about ready, pre-spell check for hey, Michelle can</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>not spell a thing on her own, and this weekend I will</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>be up-to-date with the winners list and have many </em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>more contests posted. I know you guys have to be </em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>waiting on pins and needles and truth is, so am I!</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>I love to see people happy and it cheers me up via</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>proxy! Lets get cracken'!</em></span></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here's some pic's of our Holidays!</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Rowan at Nana's with my Mom's Dog!</span></em></strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></strong><a href="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/100_0264.jpg?t=1271395568" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/100_0264.jpg?t=1271395568" width="320" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Andrew feeling much better and wondering where the</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Easter Ham is!</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></strong><a href="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/100_0247.jpg?t=1271395645" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/100_0247.jpg?t=1271395645" width="320" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rowan not happy at all with Mom putting </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Bunny Ears on her!</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/100_0250.jpg?t=1271395732" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/100_0250.jpg?t=1271395732" width="320" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rowan when she realizes that Bunny Ears mean</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the Easter Bunny and Candy!</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/100_0261.jpg?t=1271395849" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/100_0261.jpg?t=1271395849" width="320" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boo Realizing that the Candy is mostly</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chocolate and she does not</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">get any!</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/100_0263.jpg?t=1271395938" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/100_0263.jpg?t=1271395938" width="320" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rowan surrounded by Easter</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Loot!</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope your Holidays went well and let's all </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">have a blast this Summer!</span></strong></div>Michelle AKA blabla3269http://www.blogger.com/profile/03131251712073022776noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882302016500418731.post-86434229733028830022010-04-15T22:01:00.000-07:002010-04-15T22:01:23.863-07:00CSN Toys and Games On-Line Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://common.csnimages.com/lf/logo/hash/p11/96~ffffff/1/Toys_and_Games_Online_Logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="52" src="http://common.csnimages.com/lf/logo/hash/p11/96~ffffff/1/Toys_and_Games_Online_Logo.gif" width="640" wt="true" /></a></div><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spring is here and no matter how much</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have wanted to stay in bed with the covers</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">over my head Rowan has demanded to be outside.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I look into those baby blues and know I have to oblige</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for you just can't say no to that face. Ironic since</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"No" seems to be her favorite gesture right now and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">any question you ask her is met with an emphatic shaking</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of the head. During the Winter I took her out in her</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stroller and Carriers for I could bundle her and feed her</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sense of exploration and still maintain my need to keep</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">her safe and secure and warm but now that we are 70's</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">plus bundled up is the last thing she wants to be. For</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christmas she received a couple of little ride on toys that</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">she likes well enough but last month she received a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Car to review that is her pride and joy! I kid you not,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">if this little girl could walk and I gave her a bucket, a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">towel and some turtle wax she would be out there buffen</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this puppy every day. <a href="http://www.csnstores.com/ourstores.asp">CSN toys</a> is the company </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">responsible for Rowans new addiction and I don't know if I</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">should thank them or ask them for a referral to a 12 step</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">program for I can not pry this little girl out of this little</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">buggy!</span></strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/th_100_0324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/th_100_0324.jpg" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/th_car2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/th_car2.jpg" wt="true" /></a></div><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I first started speaking to them I was amazed at</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">how many different companies they owned. I was further </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">impressed that unlike other large Companies and instead of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">just having one super store and lumping everything together</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">they went the extra mile and kept everything separate. When</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you got to their <a href="http://www.toysandgamesonline.com/">Toy Store</a> you are looking for Toys and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">they are not thinning thier inventory with other types of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">products. They stock the best play items they can find and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">make sure to employ people who live and breath toys to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ensure you are not only getting quality you are getting help</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and suggestions from people who are experts in the field. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you go to Taco Bell you don't want to hear about</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hamburgers and when you go to a Toy Store you are not</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">interested in hearing about Barbecues! CSN knows that</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and keeps each of their stores separate and specialized</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so you get what you are looking for and get the best that</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">market has out there! <a href="http://www.csnstores.com/ourstores.asp">CSN</a> has stores that offer Furniture, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mailboxes, Housewares, Shoes and much, much more and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">not that long ago I did a review of their store that sells</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mailboxes and learned that not only do mailboxes serve a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">purpose they can also look great and have some pretty</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">neat features. While browsing some of their other locations</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found out each one I went to was pretty much the same</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">thing, tons and tons and tons and did I say tons? of</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">one of a kind, fantastic quality and super affordable prices.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Impressed and amazed I have them book marked all over</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the place but today lets talk toys! The item I was sent for</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">review was the Step 2 Toddle Tune Coupe. This is a must</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">have for kids and I remember my sons and knew as soon </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as Rowan was born I would be getting another one of these</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">babies but what I didn't know is in the last 16 years Step2</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">has made life even sweeter and my little girl is sporting a </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pink one that is just as adorable as she is! I went crazy</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and you guys know how I feel about Pink and finding every</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">thing out there I can that is in that hue for her. Hey, don't</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I deserve it? I waited 17 years for this little girl and by</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">golly she is going to look, dress and live in that classic</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">girly shade! As soon as the car came I knew I needed</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">accessories and rushed out and got her a pink hat, coat</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and even went so far as to find her a little toy key set and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">cell phone in pink to go with it. The Baby Banz Review I</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">am posting soon was kind enough to offer up the shades!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She is a little Mary Kay and it is the cutest thing you have</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ever seen! The first time we got to take her little car out</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">was hysterical, adorable and a memory I will never forget.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We walked block after block so she could show it off and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">every person we passed had to stop and check out her</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ride with a big grin on her face. She received just as much</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">attention as if we had driven off of a car lot with a new</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sports car! As for the car itself? Perfect! I just can't sum </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it up any better. The wheels turn so smooth that even going</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">through our bumpy parking lot you felt like you were gliding.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inside Rowan was super comfy for they also offer a </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">removable floor board since she is just too little to push it</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">herself. She is snug as a bug in a fancy new car! I have</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to admit I was a little worried when it first came for though</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I knew she was still to little to use it the traditional way</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">where she powers it herself with her own little feetsies, I</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">also knew I could not wait to her legs grew and would be</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">out there pushing her myself. What worried me was the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">fear it might strain my back with wheels that did not turn</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">easy or I might be bent over way too much and not be</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">able to get up and I was over joyed at our first trip for</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">those concerns flew right out the window. The car is "THE"</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">perfect height where you can just touch the roof to push</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and like I told you it rolls so smooth that I could push it</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with my pinkie and did not have any problem at all. Even</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">my Mother could do this little fellow and I found it so</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">easy I am even taking the dog out at the same time. If </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you are looking for a toy for your tyke that will plaster a</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">smile on their face, be used every minute of daylight</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and they will never grow bored off, this is the one! </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are looking for the best price for that toy, <a href="http://www.csnstores.com/ourstores.asp">CSN</a> is</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the place to get it. I told you this was already on my</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">shopping list so I had been pricing them already and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">CSN was the cheapest place I found that stocked them</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by a full 10 dollars! You can't beat that! </span></strong><br />
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<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://common1.csnimages.com/lf/1/hash/2720/203784/1/b%E9b%E9POD+Plus+Infant+Seat+in+Orange.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://common1.csnimages.com/lf/1/hash/2720/203784/1/b%E9b%E9POD+Plus+Infant+Seat+in+Orange.jpg" width="320" wt="true" /></a></div><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a matter of fact it does not matter what item</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you are looking for <a href="http://www.csnstores.com/ourstores.asp">CSN </a>and <a href="http://www.toysandgamesonline.com/">Toys and Games Online</a></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">not only has it they have it at the best price out there!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought I knew what was out there, really, shouldn't I?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wouldn't I be considered a professional shopper? Isn't it</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">my job to know what is on the market? I thought so but</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">looking through their product selection I was continuously</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">amazed at the items I never even knew existed! They have</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">everything for indoors, outdoors, in the car, just for Grandma's,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boys, Girls, you name it they got it. Have no clue what</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to get for a gift and just want to find something to knock</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">little Billy's or Suzies socks off? Don't even bother diggen, </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">just stop on by <a href="http://www.toysandgamesonline.com/">Toys and Games On-line</a> and search in</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">your desired price range and you are sure to find something</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that will be the hit of the party. They carry all the top</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">brands and even those little hard to find Boutique items you</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">just can't find anywhere else. They just have it all and</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it is on the easiest site I have ever had the joy to </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">navigate. Shop by sex, price, item, theme, it just doesn't get</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">any easier. I have not had this much fun shopping for toys</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in ages.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Before I let you guys go and explore yourself</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">let me tell you about the prices one more time. I was</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">searching the water toys for we live in Michigan and spend</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a lot of time on lakes and in the water in general. We </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">have a lot of water toys and I am always looking for</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">something new and exciting. A couple of years ago I came</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">across a water toy that was awesome. I have never</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">seen it anywhere else and knew that Andrew would flip</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">out over it. The toy is called an Aqua Glide Multi Sport</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and if you have older children that love the water this</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is a must have. It does it all and you can not only</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Windsurf but use it as a Tow-able and so much more. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I snapped that up and I can't tell you how much fun it</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">has been for the whole family. When I saw it on the <a href="http://www.csnstores.com/ourstores.asp">CSN</a></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.toysandgamesonline.com/">Toys and Games On-line</a> Website I was pretty shocked for</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">like I told you guys I get around and I have only seen it</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in a few select places over the years. When I saw the</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">price that they were selling it for I just about passed out</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and wanted to cry. <a href="http://www.toysandgamesonline.com/">Toys and Games On-line</a> had it </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for almost 100 dollars less then I paid for it. They had it</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">listed for less then the used one I found for a friend last</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">year. I could not believe it! I so wish I had known about</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">these guys when I bought it for I would have had more </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">then enough money left over to buy myself a super comfy</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">raft to float around on while the kids played and a pool</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">boy to bring me Daiquiris when I snapped my fingers!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Live and learn, but now that I know I will never make that</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mistake again.</span></strong><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://common2.csnimages.com/lf/1/hash/379/2341133/1/KidKraft-Deluxe-Fire-Rescue-Set.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://common2.csnimages.com/lf/1/hash/379/2341133/1/KidKraft-Deluxe-Fire-Rescue-Set.jpg" width="320" wt="true" /></a></div><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you guys are looking for a child's Toy, no matter what</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">age, sex or price range you have got to stop and check these</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">guys out. If you are looking for just about everything or </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">anything else make sure to check out their parent site where</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">they list the different stores they have for I have been to</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a few now and each one is better then the last. My final</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">review of CSN and <a href="http://www.toysandgamesonline.com/">Toys and Games On-line</a> is a huge</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">two thumbs up and I will be grinning this whole Summer</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and laughing almost as loud as Rowan! Awesome!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.csnstores.com/ourstores.asp">CSN Stores</a></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.toysandgamesonline.com/">Toys and Games On-line</a></span></strong>Michelle AKA blabla3269http://www.blogger.com/profile/03131251712073022776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882302016500418731.post-29118110249918647702010-04-05T18:47:00.001-07:002010-04-05T18:47:52.950-07:00Up DateHi there Guys and Gals <br />
I just wanted to let you know I am back. I <br />
have some reviews I am posting and giveaways <br />
and will be posting many, many more in the <br />
next couple of weeks. I wanted to take a moment <br />
to apologize for getting so far behind, like a few <br />
weeks now but it could not be avoided. I know <br />
I talk to you guys about a lot of things and pretty <br />
much give you a play by play of my life on a daily <br />
basis but seldom do I share the icky things for I <br />
would rather bring you guys happy thoughts to make <br />
your day lighter not nasty and depressing but the last <br />
month has just been too much for me. The last month <br />
has turned out to be one of the worse months I have <br />
had in eons and since I know things can't get any worse <br />
I am putting on my big girl panties and slapping on a new <br />
saddle and getting back on the horse. Without tear stained <br />
details I will give you a little run down of my month and <br />
hope after seeing it you guys will understand. We started <br />
with my Mother who ended up having two surgeries and <br />
hopefully she is good for a while now for if I have to <br />
see another Doctor or Hospital in the next month I will <br />
scream my head off. After that we hit the super germ. <br />
Everyone, and I mean everyone in the house got it and <br />
got it bad. I live with loads of aches and pains but this <br />
thing had me flat on my back and seeking comfort in a <br />
vat of chicken noodle soup, Vicks, Uniquely and both a <br />
heating pad and ice pack for I kept flipping between too <br />
hot and too cold. The kids both got it and though both <br />
were bad Andrew got hit with the Flu part the worst and <br />
was off his feet for a few days straight and was so sick <br />
he didn't even care or complain he was grounded from his <br />
computer for not cleaning his room. Normally that is a huge <br />
fight but he was more then content to just sleep for a week. <br />
Rowan on the other hand is not throwing up so much but hers <br />
is holding on for a few weeks now and is showing up as <br />
congestion and just like when I first brought her home she <br />
is sleeping maybe two hours a night due to the fact she can't <br />
breath. I bring that Blue Bulb thingie in the room and she <br />
starts screaming before I even get near her. She is the one <br />
I feel the worst about for she is too little to even blow her <br />
nose and it does not look like it is going away any time soon. <br />
To compound Rowans problems, she is still teething and <br />
teething bad. I have spoken to a few people for it is driving <br />
me nuts and I know she is way off track on her teething <br />
schedule here and most kids get between one and five teeth <br />
in the first year and Rowan will have 9 for sure maybe more. <br />
Right now she has her four front teeth on the top and the <br />
bottom and is working on her side with a Molar already now. <br />
She is going to be 9 months next week and has already <br />
doubled the high end of normal and still constantly tugging <br />
her ear and I don't think we are even close to out of the <br />
woods with that issue yet. Again I feel really bad for her for <br />
again there is not much I can do. <br />
The last thing has been coming a while and I was hoping <br />
to not have to post it but it can no longer be avoided. As <br />
always bad luck comes in groups and it is just more fluff <br />
for the pudding right now and all I can say is figures. John <br />
and I have separated. He and I have already been spending <br />
a lot of time apart and it has just been blown out of control <br />
over the last year. He has moved to his Brothers for now <br />
and I do not want to say it was anyones fault. The lovely <br />
combination of financial stress with him being out of work for <br />
2 years now and the fact we have been under each others <br />
feet for those two years has been a lot to handle and rather <br />
then kill each other we decided to separate before we make <br />
the 5 O Clock news. I do not see us working things out <br />
and frankly I am too old and too tired to spend any more <br />
time working on a hopeless situation. We started out comfortable <br />
with each other and just because you are friends with a <br />
person for years does not always mean you can sustain a <br />
relationship. I am very thankful for the gift of Rowan though <br />
and she alone made the last 4 years worth it. I have been <br />
pretending to my friends things have been okay for a while <br />
now and just could no longer deal with it and since there is <br />
no perfect time to do things like this now is as good as <br />
any. Don't feel bad for me for it was for the best and one <br />
of the good things about being sick is when you look like <br />
crap people just chalk it up to the bug and since I have <br />
already been moping around I am already feeling much <br />
better. <br />
Now I can't promise you guys I will be back to 100 percent <br />
but I will get a bunch of reviews and giveaways up this week <br />
and post the winners to the contests over the last two weeks. <br />
I have notified a few people and I also apologize if any of <br />
you have emailed me this week for everything came to a <br />
peak this last week and have not sorted any of them. I will <br />
get to them all this week and now that I am up and moving <br />
things will be back to normal as soon as I can. If any of <br />
you have been notified and not received your prize and have <br />
sent me that info please send an email to the web email <br />
at becauseisaidsomomknowsbest@yahoo.com and I will check <br />
into that for you. I believe all info has been passed to <br />
sponsors but I want to make sure. <br />
Thanks for understanding and I hope to have some <br />
awesome Spring and Summer stuff up for you soon! <br />
MichelleMichelle AKA blabla3269http://www.blogger.com/profile/03131251712073022776noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882302016500418731.post-22438485654445963092010-03-18T18:38:00.000-07:002010-03-18T18:38:56.921-07:00Sorry for delays on the siteHi guys,<br />
Just wanted to give you an FYI and tell you guys sorry for any delays this week<br />
as to answering your emails and drawing this weeks winners. My Mothers Surgery<br />
that was supposed to be scheduled turned into a rush Job. I found out Late at night<br />
and had to take her ASAP. She is fine other then a little cranky and hopefully they <br />
got all they needed before she had another Heart Attack. She is home and comfy<br />
and I came home but Johns warning of never going into a Hospital when you are<br />
not ill came true and I woke up the next morning with a Bronchial Infection for the<br />
record books. I have barely been able to stand out of bed and this is the first time<br />
I have been out of bed for more then an hour. I am hoping Rowan and the Boys <br />
have not caught it and this goes away as fast as it hit! I have a Doctors Apt in the<br />
Morning but I am already on the mend and enjoying a huge glass of OJ as I type!<br />
I hope to catch up fast!<br />
Thanks for understanding<br />
MichelleMichelle AKA blabla3269http://www.blogger.com/profile/03131251712073022776noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882302016500418731.post-57567992227897161122010-03-14T06:55:00.000-07:002010-03-14T06:55:49.299-07:00Belle Baby Carrier Review and Giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/images/grid_org_earth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/images/grid_org_earth.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong>AH, Spring is in the air and it is time</strong><br />
<strong>to fling open the windows and let in the Sunshine.</strong><br />
<strong>Let the dog out for hours and worry about the muddy</strong><br />
<strong>paw prints another day. Get those snow suits and toss</strong><br />
<strong>them in a Cedar box and break out the Spring jackets</strong><br />
<strong>and suit up the family. It is time for a walk! Get up </strong><br />
<strong>and move people! Rowan has already been out of the</strong><br />
<strong>house every day this week. John came back late Sunday </strong><br />
<strong>night and has given me a much needed break. Other then</strong><br />
<strong>a stray weekend here and there since Thanksgiving I have</strong><br />
<strong>pretty much been a single Parent this entire Winter. When</strong><br />
<strong>Rowan was teething I didn't think I was going to make it</strong><br />
<strong>and thank the stars that slowed a bit. Four in a week was</strong><br />
<strong>terminal on my back. Now she has two on the way but</strong><br />
<strong>it is not nearly as bad, though still a lot of fussy crabby</strong><br />
<strong>yuck yuck going on. Add in my Mothers Heart issues and</strong><br />
<strong>I thought once again I was going to crash so that I almost</strong><br />
<strong>sang like Mary Poppins when John walked in the house.</strong><br />
<strong>The last couple of days I had some issues to catch up</strong><br />
<strong>on at home but now I am ready to catch up the site and</strong><br />
<strong>that is long overdue. I must admit I want to be outside</strong><br />
<strong>with them for John and Rowan are going out about 4 times</strong><br />
<strong>a day with the dog right now and here I am stuck in the house</strong><br />
<strong>but in another of couple of weeks I will grab the laptop and</strong><br />
<strong>hit the patio. I did however get a chance to do this next review</strong><br />
<strong>and for that I had to go outside! Gosh, sometimes it sucks to</strong><br />
<strong>work other times I am truly blessed for I get to smell the</strong><br />
<strong>fresh air. </strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/images/grid_denim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/images/grid_denim.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong>The <a href="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/">Belle Baby Carrier</a> had made my day by letting me</strong><br />
<strong>hit the pavement! Thanks <a href="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/">Belle</a>, before I even get to the</strong><br />
<strong>nuts and bolts of the review I am already grateful. I was </strong><br />
<strong>sent a carrier in black and let me first tell you about the</strong><br />
<strong>design. I wasn't sure I would be able to do the review for</strong><br />
<strong>a little while for Rowan's teeth caused me a lot of pain and</strong><br />
<strong>it was pain I had no choice but to endure. You just don't</strong><br />
<strong>tell a toddler, sorry, no comfort today for it really aggravates</strong><br />
<strong>your Mothers Rheumatoid Arthritis in her spine. The fact my</strong><br />
<strong>Neck and Shoulders are all jacked up when I fell last fall</strong><br />
<strong>made it even more difficult. I have been trying to mend the</strong><br />
<strong>last couple of weeks and have been postponing due to that</strong><br />
<strong>fact but when I felt that warm air I pretty much said dang</strong><br />
<strong>the consequences and lets do this thing. I tossed on the</strong><br />
<strong>Belle and was already prepared for the wave of pain in</strong><br />
<strong>simply putting it on but I didn't feel a thing. Lucky me!</strong><br />
<strong>Now for sure I expected to feel it when I added Rowan</strong><br />
<strong>for she has grown like a weed this Winter and I am sure</strong><br />
<strong>she is topping the scales close to 20 pounds right now. </strong><br />
<strong>Here came the <a href="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/">Belle Design</a> to the rescue. Belle is made</strong><br />
<strong>for comfort and they did away with the extra bulk and </strong><br />
<strong>brought you a stream lined design that includes cross-over</strong><br />
<strong>straps with high-end closed cell foam for comfort. The </strong><br />
<strong>reason they can due away with all the extra padding and</strong><br />
<strong>supports is they use the same materials found in those</strong><br />
<strong>super heavy High End Mountaineering Backpacks that are</strong><br />
<strong>made for a big load. A baby is a piece of cake in comparison</strong><br />
<strong>and this makes it more comfortable for you all around. </strong><br />
<strong>An independent waist belt brings the weight down to your hips</strong><br />
<strong>and off your shoulders so your back is spared as well. </strong><br />
<strong>With the Steel Rings you and your child are supper secure and</strong><br />
<strong>all in a lightweight, simple design that makes it a snap to</strong><br />
<strong>use. Baby can face in or out and Rowan, adventurous spirit that</strong><br />
<strong>she is wants to see the world. Your baby is in a natural ergo-</strong><br />
<strong>nomic position that protects their spine and leaves them comfy</strong><br />
<strong>and able to enjoy the ride. They also offer a removable head</strong><br />
<strong>support panel that is perfect for your sleeping baby. </strong><br />
<strong>John took Rowan out earlier in the day and he is a</strong><br />
<strong>totally different size then me and I hate changing the size</strong><br />
<strong>of gadgets and gizmo's and thought it would be a huge pain</strong><br />
<strong>and I was delighted at how simple it is to adjust. Rowan had</strong><br />
<strong>no problem snuggling in and we were soon on our way and</strong><br />
<strong>loving it. </strong><br />
<strong>"Ohhhhhhhhh! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" MAAAAAAAAAAAA!"</strong><br />
<strong>That must have been a car rumbling down in front of us!"</strong><br />
<strong>"MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! WAhhhhhhhhh!"</strong><br />
<strong>Lucky me, I got to see a firetruck! </strong><br />
<strong>The<a href="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/"> Belle Carrier</a> made it simple for me to enjoy the</strong><br />
<strong>experience with her and the cross back design and that</strong><br />
<strong>belt made it even more so for me since I didn't feel her</strong><br />
<strong>weight at all, even with the constant bouncing a jiggling she</strong><br />
<strong>was doing as she narrated the trip. I fully expected to let John</strong><br />
<strong>be the one using the carriers this Summer for as</strong><br />
<strong>lovely as it is to be able to have your child so close</strong><br />
<strong>and I totally agree with Baby wearing and the bonding it</strong><br />
<strong>affords a parent with their child I didn't think my back would</strong><br />
<strong>make the trip. I figured I would be the one who would be</strong><br />
<strong>stuck with the stroller and have to push her everywhere and</strong><br />
<strong>also not be able to take the Dog. Have you ever tried to</strong><br />
<strong>push a stroller and keep a 12 pound bundle of energy who</strong><br />
<strong>acts like she has been stored in a metal cage the entire</strong><br />
<strong>Winter every single time you open the door to the outside</strong><br />
<strong>world? It isn't fun and next to imposable but I believed I</strong><br />
<strong>was doomed to leave her at home. What a delightful surprise</strong><br />
<strong>to be able to leave the house with the Belle and leave the</strong><br />
<strong>old ball and chain at home, well one of them, the Dog I</strong><br />
<strong>had to bring with me! I walked for about 30 minutes and</strong><br />
<strong>that was just long enough to wear out both of the little</strong><br />
<strong>ones, furry and funny and bring them both home for a nap.</strong><br />
<strong>I thought I was going to be just as beat as they were but</strong><br />
<strong>I still felt like I could go another 30 and did not feel the</strong><br />
<strong>impact of the carrier at all. Their design works like a charm</strong><br />
<strong>and that isn't a normal back speaking, that is a down right</strong><br />
<strong>cranky one that normally protests acts as simple as picking</strong><br />
<strong>up a tennis shoe! Way to go <a href="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/">Belle!</a></strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/images/grid_lilac.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/images/grid_lilac.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong>All of Belle's products are made right here in the good</strong><br />
<strong>old U S of A and in Colorado to boot. Remember when I</strong><br />
<strong>said they were created with durable, tough, equipment that</strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/images/press/celebrity/w_magazine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/images/press/celebrity/w_magazine.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong>helps keep Mountain Climbers and Hikers wearing their gear</strong><br />
<strong>in comfort all day long? I can't think of a more suitable</strong><br />
<strong>place to manufacture items that you know are not only going</strong><br />
<strong>to work they are made to last then in Colorado. Home of</strong><br />
<strong>the Mountains! Smartly made and tough as can be your <a href="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/">Belle</a></strong><br />
<strong>is going to last way longer then even the most active child's</strong><br />
<strong>energy level! <a href="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/">Belle </a>offers a large selection of styles so</strong><br />
<strong>you can look as fashionable as a runway model and don't</strong><br />
<strong>forget they also have some pretty dandy choices in the</strong><br />
<strong>way of Organics as well! You can find their items on line</strong><br />
<strong>or at a large selection of retail stores and Belle also</strong><br />
<strong>has an extremely informative web site with a great section</strong><br />
<strong>on the benefits of Baby Wearing and user support as</strong><br />
<strong>well as a blog and anything else you could need. Connect</strong><br />
<strong>to other Baby Wearers and share some war stories or</strong><br />
<strong>just keep up to date with currant events. Belle made my</strong><br />
<strong>first day of Spring one I will remember and Rowan already</strong><br />
<strong>wants to do again, or as she would say,</strong><br />
<strong>"WahhhhhhhhhhhhEhhhhhhhhhhhhh Ohhhhhhhhhh!"</strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/images/detail_capp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/images/detail_capp.jpg" vt="true" width="244" /></a></div><strong>Enjoy a <a href="http://www.bellebabycarriers.com/">Belle Carrier</a> and some fresh air yourself with</strong><br />
<strong>a chance to win a Carrier of your own. Belle is giving </strong><br />
<strong>one of my lucky readers a chance to win one and to enter</strong><br />
<strong>just head over to their site and take a look around then come</strong><br />
<strong>back here and post something you have learned in a comment.</strong><br />
<strong>The contest will start tonight and run to Midnight on April 25th.</strong><br />
<strong>USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner </strong><br />
<strong>will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to</strong><br />
<strong>contact me with their mailing information. As always</strong><br />
<strong>you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of</strong><br />
<strong>the day, every day, and then posting that you did here</strong><br />
<strong>and other ways to enter are posted below.</strong><br />
<strong><br />
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</strong><br />
<strong>I know I have went over play area number one,</strong><br />
<strong>two and three with you guys a few times in the past.</strong><br />
<strong>Just so new readers understand I have places in the</strong><br />
<strong>house set up for Rowan to play since the Winter is</strong><br />
<strong>long and that way she doesn't get bored spending all</strong><br />
<strong>her time hanging out in the same area. They are:</strong><br />
<strong><br />
</strong><br />
<strong>Area one-In the middle of the living room. A mat filled</strong><br />
<strong>with toys she loves right in front of the TV. This is</strong><br />
<strong>where she spends a lot of her day for the whole family</strong><br />
<strong>is in and out of this area and she gets to be the first</strong><br />
<strong>person to greet guests.</strong><br />
<strong><br />
</strong><br />
<strong>Area two-My room. My computer is set up there and I</strong><br />
<strong>spend a lot of time so naturally so does she. This also</strong><br />
<strong>has a mat and a lot of her best toys are there are well.</strong><br />
<strong>She also have TV access and this is where she watches</strong><br />
<strong>her favorite videos. </strong><br />
<strong><br />
</strong><br />
<strong>Area three-My Bed. I have a Queen size bed that John</strong><br />
<strong>has been booted out of for Rowan and I and the Pooch</strong><br />
<strong>fill it quiet nicely. Or I should say, Rowan, her toys, I</strong><br />
<strong>and the Pooch and her toys fill it. Rowan has all her</strong><br />
<strong>favorite sleep items there and loves them to death and</strong><br />
<strong>this is where we nap and just snuggle. </strong><br />
<strong><br />
</strong><br />
<strong>Area four-Her room. This has turned into the Daddy zone.</strong><br />
<strong>Since John has been sleeping on Rowans Twin bed or</strong><br />
<strong>Rachel's bed when she is here due to lack of room in</strong><br />
<strong>ours, it has also become Rowan and his area where</strong><br />
<strong>they do their own stuff. The messiest of the rooms for</strong><br />
<strong>I get so tired of picking up after a 44 year old man it</strong><br />
<strong>also has a mat and mostly electronic and learning toys</strong><br />
<strong>that she is still a little young for but is growing into</strong><br />
<strong>fast.</strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/th_100_0129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/th_100_0129.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong>The new area five-Corner of the living room. This is</strong><br />
<strong>the latest addition for Rowan is a growing and needed</strong><br />
<strong>to branch out. It started with her activity table and off</strong><br />
<strong>to the side to keep it out of the way. I used to sit there</strong><br />
<strong>with her where she would stand and I would hold her but</strong><br />
<strong>as she gets older she wants to spend more time there</strong><br />
<strong>and I can't hold her there for hours at a time so I</strong><br />
<strong>found a booster seat for her and it worked out well.</strong><br />
<strong>When she got her step stool it went off to the side and</strong><br />
<strong>started out as a little table for toys and snacks but when</strong><br />
<strong>this next review item came it changed into a DJ booth.</strong><br />
<strong>She received a<a href="http://www.babygenius.com/toys.html"> Keyboard</a> from Baby Genius and that</strong><br />
<strong>along with the activity table has became her own little</strong><br />
<strong>DJ booth and as of the last two weeks it is where she</strong><br />
<strong>spends most of her time. She loves it and dances and</strong><br />
<strong>sings and oh yes, she is a star! </strong><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/th_100_0132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/th_100_0132.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong>Even John has gotten into the act and is often right</strong><br />
<strong>there with her and she plays her <a href="http://www.babygenius.com/">Keyboard </a>and he the</strong><br />
<strong>Bass and they have a blast! She was born to play </strong><br />
<strong>music and it shows. I took lesson for the guitar and</strong><br />
<strong>Andrew has ones as well but it is her Dad's side of</strong><br />
<strong>the family with all the talent for not only do they have</strong><br />
<strong>their own mid-life crisis band ( they are good too) John</strong><br />
<strong>and his brother are both very talented. They have been</strong><br />
<strong>playing for over 30 years and with that much time in</strong><br />
<strong>they have to be good and John is the best. He can</strong><br />
<strong>hear something and minutes later have it down pat.</strong><br />
<strong>He just has an ear for it and it is looking like Rowan</strong><br />
<strong>does too. Already she loves to dance and sing and</strong><br />
<strong>all it takes is a little song anywhere to get her all</strong><br />
<strong>smiles and happy as a clam. This <a href="http://www.babygenius.com/">Keyboard </a>could not</strong><br />
<strong>have found a better home for it is a big part of her life</strong><br />
<strong>right now and it takes all I have to drag her away for</strong><br />
<strong>a nap. Her DJ booth is the bomb and she is on her</strong><br />
<strong>way to being a star! Now I have to say Baby Genius</strong><br />
<strong>is not only a fantastic company these guys are Adult</strong><br />
<strong>Geniuses for they somehow managed to get everything</strong><br />
<strong>a big person keyboard has into a baby friendly package.</strong><br />
<strong>The Keyboard my son has is so similar I couldn't believe</strong><br />
<strong>it. It has the same options, can do the same things</strong><br />
<strong>as Rowans and I was in shock when I saw they can</strong><br />
<strong>both even record. The difference? Andrews Keyboard is</strong><br />
<strong>so complicated you need to be a rocket scientist to</strong><br />
<strong>operate and Rowans, though offering the same functions,</strong><br />
<strong>is so easy a, well, Baby can do it. The <a href="http://www.babygenius.com/">Baby Genius</a> </strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.babygenius.com/toys.html">Keyboard </a>allows you to:</strong><br />
<strong>Record and playback songs</strong><br />
<strong>Plays 7 Baby Genius sing a long songs</strong><br />
<strong>Plays 22 other songs</strong><br />
<strong>Volume, tempo and beat control </strong><br />
<strong>Has four different instrument sounds</strong><br />
<strong>The DJ laughs when keys are pressed.</strong><br />
<strong>The large keys and buttons make it perfect for not</strong><br />
<strong>so gentle fingers and one touch controls make it perfect</strong><br />
<strong>for Mommy's and Daddy's to understand how to work it </strong><br />
<strong>and unlike Andrews I can even play it too! The whole</strong><br />
<strong>thing that really got me was they took something that</strong><br />
<strong>is complected and made it simple and they also managed</strong><br />
<strong>to encase it in a durable, adorable design that kids will</strong><br />
<strong>get a kick out of. Now <a href="http://www.babygenius.com/">Baby Genius</a> has only recently</strong><br />
<strong>added toys to their line and if this keyboard is an</strong><br />
<strong>example of what that future has in store for us I for</strong><br />
<strong>one have never been more happy. Their products alone</strong><br />
<strong>are fantastic, educational and a great tool to add to your</strong><br />
<strong>child's artistic growth as well as fine motor skills and</strong><br />
<strong>basic principals. I was please to be able to review a</strong><br />
<strong>product line with such a fantastic reputation to begin </strong><br />
<strong>with but once I got my hands on their items I was</strong><br />
<strong>over the moon. In the next week or so I will bring</strong><br />
<strong>you a few more of their items but I just had to shout</strong><br />
<strong>about the keyboard ASAP for it is fantastic. The</strong><br />
<strong>whole thing comes shaped like an <a href="http://www.babygenius.com/toys.html">Alligator </a>but this guys</strong><br />
<strong>teeth are sharp in another way. They unleash your child's</strong><br />
<strong>unseen talents and help them develop a joy for music</strong><br />
<strong>and their own creative talents all in one whirl of activity.</strong><br />
<strong>The keyboard is going to have your little Mozart rock-en</strong><br />
<strong>for hours and if they are anything like Rowan it wont</strong><br />
<strong>be long before they have their own DJ booth set up</strong><br />
<strong>and are ready to go! </strong><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/th_100_0127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/th_100_0127.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong><a href="http://www.babygenius.com/">Baby Genius</a> has a history of bringing us Cd's and</strong><br />
<strong>DVDs and Books that focus on teaching your child basic</strong><br />
<strong>skills by utilizing songs and dance. Sound is the first thing</strong><br />
<strong>a child reacts to and they take advantage of that fact and</strong><br />
<strong>turn it into a life long love of the musical arts. When </strong><br />
<strong>learning language, memory, coordination and social skills </strong><br />
<strong>are just a perk and the fact music has been shown to</strong><br />
<strong>enhanced brain development only a small portion of what</strong><br />
<strong>they offer, how can you ever go wrong with that. Just</strong><br />
<strong>try to show me a child who doesn't love music. I don't</strong><br />
<strong>believe you can. Baby Genius takes a pre-disposed love</strong><br />
<strong>of song and sings their way into your child's heart.</strong><br />
<strong>Hey, I found myself dancing along too. As for their </strong><br />
<strong>new toy line? One look at Rowans face and you can</strong><br />
<strong>tell what a hit it is at our house and I know it will</strong><br />
<strong>be on your child's top ten too! They Rock and so will</strong><br />
<strong>your little DJ!</strong><br />
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</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.babygenius.com/">Baby Genius</a> also has a<a href="http://www.babygenius.com/toys.html"> Keyboard</a> for one of my </strong><br />
<strong>readers for we all know Rowan is going to need some</strong><br />
<strong>help with her new musical career! To enter just head over</strong><br />
<strong>to their site and take a look around and them come back</strong><br />
<strong>here and post what you have learned in a comment. The</strong><br />
<strong>contest will start tonight and run to April 28th at Midnight!</strong><br />
<strong>USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner </strong><br />
<strong>will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to</strong><br />
<strong>contact me with their mailing information. As always</strong><br />
<strong>you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of</strong><br />
<strong>the day, every day, and then posting that you did here</strong><br />
<strong>and other ways to enter are posted below.</strong><br />
<strong><br />
</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.babygenius.com/">Baby Genius!</a></strong><br />
<strong><br />
</strong><br />
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<strong>Extra entries. </strong><br />
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<strong>HERE!! Oh, how I long for a life where I could just </strong><br />
<strong>hire someone to come in and do it for me but alas,</strong><br />
<strong>no lottery winnings have been in my Tarot Cards so</strong><br />
<strong>I am stuck cleaning myself. I am also knee deep into</strong><br />
<strong>Rowan care and everything that goes along with that</strong><br />
<strong>as well. Her little bootie cleaning doesn't just wait for</strong><br />
<strong>Spring, this needs constant cleaning. Then the house</strong><br />
<strong>needs tending too, dishes and windows and counters</strong><br />
<strong>oh, my. With all this cleaning I could fill a landfill with</strong><br />
<strong>paper products and the chemical run off in my sewers</strong><br />
<strong>alone would be enough to make our whole neighborhood</strong><br />
<strong>glow in the dark. It seems like I have a whole list of</strong><br />
<strong>problems here, for I need to find a dump truck full of</strong><br />
<strong>cleaning products AND Baby items and make them </strong><br />
<strong>powerful AND gentle AND they all have to be good for</strong><br />
<strong>the planet for with as much going on as I have I need</strong><br />
<strong>to take a little extra care, taking short cuts just makes</strong><br />
<strong>more waste and I do more then my share of contributing</strong><br />
<strong>to clutter as it is. The odds of finding everything I need</strong><br />
<strong>at one places are next to ZIL for who does all that and</strong><br />
<strong>makes it affordable? Who makes Laundry and Cleaning</strong><br />
<strong>items and the Baby and products I need and makes them</strong><br />
<strong>specifically in a fashion that doesn't knock a few forests</strong><br />
<strong>down and keeps to the guidelines of Green? Not only is</strong><br />
<strong>it a daunting task but I thought it would be next</strong><br />
<strong>to imposable. Then I found <a href="http://www.seventhgeneration.com/">Seventh Generation</a>. That is a</strong><br />
<strong>nation everyone can be proud to join!</strong><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.seventhgeneration.com/files/images/products/large/prod_baby-diapers_size-4_260x282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.seventhgeneration.com/files/images/products/large/prod_baby-diapers_size-4_260x282.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong><a href="http://www.seventhgeneration.com/">Seventh Generation</a> is a company that sees that the</strong><br />
<strong>common person has two parts to the world. The big</strong><br />
<strong>one around us and the one we surround ourselves in</strong><br />
<strong>on a daily basis. Both are important and both need</strong><br />
<strong>tending to and people are running around so fast now</strong><br />
<strong>a days they have a hard time keeping up with either so</strong><br />
<strong>they made it their mission to help us on our path. I was</strong><br />
<strong>looking through their product list and the impression I got</strong><br />
<strong>was one day a Mom sat down and said just what do I</strong><br />
<strong>need on a daily basis. She them compiled a check list</strong><br />
<strong>of household and personal hygiene products that her and</strong><br />
<strong>her family both use and sat back in amazement at how</strong><br />
<strong>much it really was. I can imagine this "Green" Mom</strong><br />
<strong>realizing just what an impact her "must have" list makes</strong><br />
<strong>on the planet everyday and this person decided to see</strong><br />
<strong>if there was a way to make these items without ruining</strong><br />
<strong>the big world around us. Now I don't know if my</strong><br />
<strong>Mom is real or not but when I looked at their product</strong><br />
<strong>list that was the vibe I got for what <a href="http://www.seventhgeneration.com/">Seventh Generation</a> makes</strong><br />
<strong>is just what I use on a daily basis. All of it. Every last</strong><br />
<strong>item in their arsenal is something I have to keep in my</strong><br />
<strong>home to make it run smoothly and clean and keep my</strong><br />
<strong>family comfortable. The fact it is also Earth Friendly was</strong><br />
<strong>a big plus for even though I care about our planet it</strong><br />
<strong>has always been super hard for me to find items that</strong><br />
<strong>are green and still do an effective job. Most of the</strong><br />
<strong>items I have tried that are for cleaning and green I ended</strong><br />
<strong>up going back to an old stand after wards to do the job </strong><br />
<strong>right. The Green ones just were not cutting it. Would</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.seventhgeneration.com/">Seventh Generation</a> be the same? I did a product review to</strong><br />
<strong>see and the items I tested focused on Rowans world</strong><br />
<strong>but they are products that effect us all. </strong><br />
<strong>Their Baby items would be the best gage for</strong><br />
<strong>me to get an idea of how effective they are for face</strong><br />
<strong>it, this is where we take the most care in our lives</strong><br />
<strong>to provide a clean and sanitary environment. Nobody cuts</strong><br />
<strong>corners with baby involved and this is also the part of </strong><br />
<strong>our lives where we accumulate the most waste products for</strong><br />
<strong>Baby creates a lot. If a baby wipe does not clean babies </strong><br />
<strong>bootie good enough a Mom could care less how bad</strong><br />
<strong>another brand is for the planet she will think nothing of</strong><br />
<strong>using it to assure her child is clean. If a diaper leaks</strong><br />
<strong>she is going to trash it and get a brand that keeps her</strong><br />
<strong>child dry even if it does knock down a small forest with</strong><br />
<strong>every change of the bootie! If that laundry detergent </strong><br />
<strong>sends back clothes that looks like my son beat them </strong><br />
<strong>on a rock instead of send through the wash I am going</strong><br />
<strong>to use the chemicals to make sure it never looks like</strong><br />
<strong>that again. It is a fact of life, we do what is best for</strong><br />
<strong>our baby first and worry about its impact later. That </strong><br />
<strong>doesn't make us bad people just good Mom's. Now</strong><br />
<strong>if I can find a product that covers both things Bravo!</strong><br />
<strong>But if not I am going for the chemicals and extra waste</strong><br />
<strong>for Rowan comes first. I also know if <a href="http://www.seventhgeneration.com/">Seventh Generation</a> can</strong><br />
<strong>make me happy in the baby department, an area where</strong><br />
<strong>every female is the most fickle, then every other cleaning</strong><br />
<strong>and paper product they make has to be just as good!</strong><br />
<strong>I was sent a complete set of items for Rowan, Diapers,</strong><br />
<strong>Wipes, Paper Towel and Detergent and more and I have</strong><br />
<strong>to say I was a little nervous. This is Rowan and this </strong><br />
<strong>isn't a toy I am testing these are items that will touch</strong><br />
<strong>her skin and as much as I love my dog I would much</strong><br />
<strong>rather shave her bald and slap a Diaper on her Bootie</strong><br />
<strong>then to experiment on the Baby so I read a bunch of</strong><br />
<strong>reviews myself before I even took the chance of using</strong><br />
<strong>any of their items on that little girl. Not a single bad</strong><br />
<strong>word could be found. Next I read some in depth details</strong><br />
<strong>of how their items were made. I NEED to be sure here,</strong><br />
<strong>other wise the Pups fur will grow back. What I found is</strong><br />
<strong>these guys, unlike some of the other brands I have</strong><br />
<strong>used, did not get rid of anything in their products </strong><br />
<strong>that are effective in cleaning they just made sure to</strong><br />
<strong>bring you all the natural forms and cut the fillers and</strong><br />
<strong>junk we don't need. We are back to the basics before</strong><br />
<strong>we started going all hap-hazard with our products and</strong><br />
<strong>tossing in a little of this and a lot of that, items we</strong><br />
<strong>don't really need. Things snowballed in the cleaning world</strong><br />
<strong>and one place would add something to their laundry </strong><br />
<strong>detergent and then realize UT, oh, that takes away from</strong><br />
<strong>this aspect so they needed to add something else to</strong><br />
<strong>fix that and so on and so forth. The end result was a</strong><br />
<strong>finished product that has 45 million ingredients we don't</strong><br />
<strong>really need. <a href="http://www.seventhgeneration.com/">Seventh Generation</a> went back to square one and</strong><br />
<strong>started fresh and only kept the good stuff we needed</strong><br />
<strong>in the first place. Let's not forget, when the first place</strong><br />
<strong>was first around all we had was natural items to work</strong><br />
<strong>with so that is what they used. Better for us, WAY better</strong><br />
<strong>for baby and better for the planet all around. So I</strong><br />
<strong>was now comfortable in the fact they made a product</strong><br />
<strong>people love and use ingredients that will not hurt my</strong><br />
<strong>little girl so I gave them a whirl for the real test is</strong><br />
<strong>will they work for me. </strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.seventhgeneration.com/files/images/products/small/prod_dish-liquid_25oz-freeclear_145x171.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.seventhgeneration.com/files/images/products/small/prod_dish-liquid_25oz-freeclear_145x171.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong>WORK" Hallelujah! I have never, ever, used any</strong><br />
<strong>product in my whole life that is Green anything that</strong><br />
<strong>worked better. In fact these guys blow away most of</strong><br />
<strong>the things I use that are not green. The Wipes, lets</strong><br />
<strong>start with the wipes. I hate gross and lets be real a </strong><br />
<strong>minute here, changing a baby's diaper is gross when,</strong><br />
<strong>well, you know. Rowan has some doozies too. I </strong><br />
<strong>can't stand to get my fingers in it and therefor go</strong><br />
<strong>through a lot of wipes and though I look for thicker ones</strong><br />
<strong>that work well I can't ever find them and 7th Generation</strong><br />
<strong>has wipes that are thick enough and just moist enough</strong><br />
<strong>to clear her up without me using a half of box each</strong><br />
<strong>time. I loved them and now I want to talk about the</strong><br />
<strong>Diapers themselves. When Andrew was a baby I</strong><br />
<strong>used cloth and I just don't have the time right now.</strong><br />
<strong>When I did use a disposable with him I really remember</strong><br />
<strong>Pampers and Huggies being top of the line and got</strong><br />
<strong>those for Rowan and have been having a fit. They leak,</strong><br />
<strong>they fill too fast and I have found cheap brands that</strong><br />
<strong>work way better. I was disgusted with them and when</strong><br />
<strong>these came I gave them a whirl and was so happy</strong><br />
<strong>the first night I did not have to wake that baby at </strong><br />
<strong>2 am and change her for they kept her dry all night</strong><br />
<strong>long. I was in super shock there! These are the best,</strong><br />
<strong>green or not, Diapers I have used since Rowan has</strong><br />
<strong>been home and I am doing a Jig every morning when</strong><br />
<strong>I don't have to change her sheets and everything she</strong><br />
<strong>slept with from a nasty leak once again. Now, dry</strong><br />
<strong>as can be. If I stopped the review right now I would</strong><br />
<strong>be in their debt for you have no idea how happy I am</strong><br />
<strong>with this fact alone! After that I did the Baby's </strong><br />
<strong>laundry detergent and this stuff is awesome too! I</strong><br />
<strong>even think it would work on my sons items and that</strong><br />
<strong>is saying something huge. I love the way it left all</strong><br />
<strong>of her items smelling fresh as well as being super</strong><br />
<strong>clean and no fading at all. I am really bad about</strong><br />
<strong>pre-treating stains and because of that a lot of my</strong><br />
<strong>items end up per-mi stained and I was in complete shock</strong><br />
<strong>when some stains I had long ago given up on disappeared.</strong><br />
<strong>Now that was a shocker! Baby stuff! WOW! I am</strong><br />
<strong>now a member of the <a href="http://www.seventhgeneration.com/">Seventh Generation</a>, send me my</strong><br />
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<strong>towels the most. I go through a lot and use them</strong><br />
<strong>for ever thing and these were super absorbent and</strong><br />
<strong>I only went through about half of what I normally</strong><br />
<strong>go through and that alone spoke volumes to me</strong><br />
<strong>and really made my day for the money I can save</strong><br />
<strong>right there will be enormous.<a href="http://www.seventhgeneration.com/">Seventh Generation</a> in general</strong><br />
<strong>just produces a great product all around and is just</strong><br />
<strong>what a Mom ordered for Spring cleaning and day to</strong><br />
<strong>day too. With kids or without, you are keeping your</strong><br />
<strong>home as clean as can be and leaving the least impact</strong><br />
<strong>on the world around you and saving it for your kids.</strong><br />
<strong>What could be better?</strong><br />
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<strong>one of my readers as well. To enter just head over to</strong><br />
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<strong>will start tonight and run to Midnight on April 28th. </strong><br />
<strong>USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner </strong><br />
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<strong>brands of make-up since last fall. It has been like</strong><br />
<strong>a bonanza of make-up since I started this Mineral make-up,</strong><br />
<strong>whats that big deal kick. I am delighted that I can now tell</strong><br />
<strong>the difference between good and bad and have found some</strong><br />
<strong>spectacular brands and I am really grateful to the places that</strong><br />
<strong>have given me that chance to learn about their products.</strong><br />
<strong>But now what? I have some great stuff and no where to</strong><br />
<strong>put it. Well, no where I would want to put it. I have my</strong><br />
<strong>favorites and would love to be able to toss them in my</strong><br />
<strong>purse and take them with me. I am on the go so much</strong><br />
<strong>right now that I pretty much need too but I run into two</strong><br />
<strong>issues there. One is I don't have a bag at the moment</strong><br />
<strong>that affords me enough room and the other is I don't have</strong><br />
<strong>a bag at the moment that I would not be Thoroughly embarrassed</strong><br />
<strong>to use in public. Yuck and Yikes, I have so dropped the</strong><br />
<strong>ball in that area and I am normally so careful when it comes</strong><br />
<strong>to what I wear and how I look. I am also enough of a </strong><br />
<strong>fashion maven to know that your accessory's and details</strong><br />
<strong>can also tell the world what you are about and if I whip </strong><br />
<strong>out any of the sloppy bags I have right now I would feel</strong><br />
<strong>like a lazy bum and a fool at that. Lucky, and boy</strong><br />
<strong>once you see this beauty you will know how lucky I</strong><br />
<strong>am, I got the chance to review a bag that would make</strong><br />
<strong>the stars shine a little brighter for it is stunning!</strong><br />
<strong>The <a href="http://www.vemayca.com/">Vemayca Cosmetic</a> bag is a work of art when you</strong><br />
<strong>compare it to other bags. This has got to be the softest</strong><br />
<strong>bag I have ever felt and I swear I could not help but to rub it</strong><br />
<strong>against my face. The<a href="http://www.vemayca.com/"> bag</a> is simple in design but complex</strong><br />
<strong>in beauty. There is the large center pouch and on each side</strong><br />
<strong>a working pocket that is opened and closed by a zipper that</strong><br />
<strong>looks delicate but in truth is durable and the zipper itself</strong><br />
<strong>is of a great quality for I opened and closed this baby</strong><br />
<strong>like a woman possessed for a pet peeve of mine is running</strong><br />
<strong>across a zipper that does not work. The side pockets</strong><br />
<strong>are lined with a satin lining but the center pocket is the</strong><br />
<strong>masterpiece for it contains a unique removable Soft Pearl </strong><br />
<strong>Liner that when dirty can be taken out for cleaning or </strong><br />
<strong>replaced completely. Hey, this bag will never look worn,</strong><br />
<strong>never look old and will always provide you with the</strong><br />
<strong>same glamorous feel you had the first time you took it</strong><br />
<strong>out and used it! The lining is made to be light so you</strong><br />
<strong>have no problem locating the items inside as well as</strong><br />
<strong>coming with flat bottom that is as equally useful for</strong><br />
<strong>there is nothing I hate more then setting it on a counter</strong><br />
<strong>in a bathroom when I am out and having it tip and chasing</strong><br />
<strong>a lipstick all over a strange bathroom floor! The flat bottom</strong><br />
<strong>assures it will stand up-right and is a snap to use! I took</strong><br />
<strong>this out for a test run and did just that, set it on a counter</strong><br />
<strong>at the restaurant I was at. We were at a busy place where</strong><br />
<strong>women line up to vie for the mirror and I left that restroom</strong><br />
<strong>in a daze from all the complements I received. There is nothing</strong><br />
<strong>a lady likes more then when another lady asks where</strong><br />
<strong>a certain item came from. </strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.vemayca.com/_img/products/thumbnails/051_256.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.vemayca.com/_img/products/thumbnails/051_256.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong>The Cosmetic bag that <a href="http://www.vemayca.com/">Vemayca</a> makes need not only</strong><br />
<strong>be limited to a cosmetic bag either. You can use it for</strong><br />
<strong>a multitude of reasons such as or travel or keeping prescriptions</strong><br />
<strong>or certain baby items you don't want lost in the normal chaos</strong><br />
<strong>of a diaper bag mix. Put your dedicates in it for I can't think</strong><br />
<strong>of something better to store your softest most delicate items</strong><br />
<strong>in then something as soft and delicate feeling as this</strong><br />
<strong>bag. You can use it for the Beach, or school or to</strong><br />
<strong>keep craft items in or I have been using it to store some</strong><br />
<strong>of my favorite pieces of Jewelry. The bag is as flexible as</strong><br />
<strong>it is beautiful. The designer Veronica is just one of those</strong><br />
<strong>ladies who likes style in every part of her life and loves</strong><br />
<strong>for it to be affordable for the masses and was just fed up</strong><br />
<strong>one day with the bottom of her bag and the thought of having</strong><br />
<strong>to replace one again. She did us all a favor by coming</strong><br />
<strong>up with the design for the <a href="http://www.vemayca.com/">Vemayca </a>for it is truly lovey</strong><br />
<strong>and a sight to behold on its own. Now I have a lot of</strong><br />
<strong>bags, they are all full and they all came from some pretty</strong><br />
<strong>high end name brand places but none of them compete with</strong><br />
<strong>this bag and if someone told me that for a fraction of what </strong><br />
<strong>I paid for them I could have had this I would never have</strong><br />
<strong>believed it to I saw for myself. The other thing, all these</strong><br />
<strong>bags that I have that I have paid through the roof to get,</strong><br />
<strong>well I have taken them places, people have seen them,</strong><br />
<strong>it isn't like I kept them in the dark and never have I received</strong><br />
<strong>a complement on my cosmetic bag. Ever. With the bag I</strong><br />
<strong>received from Vemayca I not only had one complement I</strong><br />
<strong>had several and not only the one time but every time</strong><br />
<strong>I have used it in public. Even last week in a doctors office</strong><br />
<strong>I received a complement. In fact to date I have not taken it</strong><br />
<strong>out in front of people and not had someone tell me how </strong><br />
<strong>much they admired it! Beauty, style, functionality and</strong><br />
<strong>affordability all come together in a <a href="http://www.vemayca.com/">Vemayca cosmetics</a></strong><br />
<strong>bag. You will love it!</strong><br />
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<strong>with it first hand! One lucky guy or gal can walk away</strong><br />
<strong>with one of these <a href="http://www.vemayca.com/">beauty's</a> and all they have to do is</strong><br />
<strong>visit the site and take a look around and then come back</strong><br />
<strong>here and post what they have learned in a comment. The</strong><br />
<strong>contest will start tonight and run to Midnight on April 30th</strong><br />
<strong>USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner </strong><br />
<strong>will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to</strong><br />
<strong>contact me with their mailing information. As always</strong><br />
<strong>you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of</strong><br />
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<strong>comfy bed person for I have more then once fallen for</strong><br />
<strong>fads when it comes to what I sleep on but one thing</strong><br />
<strong>has always remained constant no matter what the bed</strong><br />
<strong>looks like. I have got to be surrounded by <a href="http://pillows./">pillows.</a></strong><br />
<strong>Not just a couple either. 2 would not even be semi</strong><br />
<strong>normal and 4 is just a good start. Right now I have 8</strong><br />
<strong>pillows on my bed and I would have more if I had the </strong><br />
<strong>room. The funny part is out of all those pillows I only</strong><br />
<strong>truly sleep with two, the rest are tossed around the</strong><br />
<strong>bed for when I roll and move around. I have the body</strong><br />
<strong>pillow I stash between my knees but also need one</strong><br />
<strong>behind my back, and a pile on the other side for I</strong><br />
<strong>tend to flip and roll. With Rowan it has become a little</strong><br />
<strong>more difficult but they are still there, sort of like a </strong><br />
<strong>frame around the outside for I really don't think I </strong><br />
<strong>could sleep without them. Now for the two, those are</strong><br />
<strong>always my favorite and if someone so much as looks</strong><br />
<strong>at them I get defensive. Now remember I told you I </strong><br />
<strong>have eight pillows right now? Those 8 are mine. John</strong><br />
<strong>has two of his own and they can't mingle with mine or</strong><br />
<strong>I get all upset. My favorite two? I don't care what the</strong><br />
<strong>circumstances are he will never ever be allowed to touch</strong><br />
<strong>them. If we are trying to have some alone time I</strong><br />
<strong>very carefully take those two pillows and put them on</strong><br />
<strong>my dresser so he does not get "Him" on them in any</strong><br />
<strong>way. Even for just a normal night of sleep I place</strong><br />
<strong>a lesser one of the eight or two between my best ones</strong><br />
<strong>and his<a href="http://www.selectcomfort.com/eng/categories/pillows-bedding"> pillows</a> so not even his pillow can touch my</strong><br />
<strong>top two! I know it may sound a little nutty but men</strong><br />
<strong>in general have a distinct smell, it doesn't matter how</strong><br />
<strong>clean they are, it just seems to soak into linen and</strong><br />
<strong>bed items. If they do the least little bit of sweating </strong><br />
<strong>in the night it will never come out no matter how many</strong><br />
<strong>times you wash it. When I lay my head down I have</strong><br />
<strong>to have the feel and smell of fresh linen no matter what.</strong><br />
<strong>Picky, you betcha, but that is just the way I am.</strong><br />
<strong>How does a pillow make the top 2? Wow, now</strong><br />
<strong>that is complected. All of my<a href="http://www.selectcomfort.com/eng/categories/pillows-bedding"> pillows</a> at one point </strong><br />
<strong>were a top 2 pillow. Every single one started out top</strong><br />
<strong>of the heap and pillows wear down just like anything else.</strong><br />
<strong>When they are new they have that status of top 2, I</strong><br />
<strong>will tell you why in a minute, but after about 6 months</strong><br />
<strong>I replace and refresh and move them down a level to</strong><br />
<strong>top side, then top legs and at last the feet. Once there</strong><br />
<strong>they slowly work their way off the bed and are either </strong><br />
<strong>passed over to John or one of the kids or sent to the</strong><br />
<strong>guest bed. Last stop for them would be Andrews room</strong><br />
<strong>for he is a pillow hog too but for him any old one will</strong><br />
<strong>do but they never have a chance to leave his room and</strong><br />
<strong>be passed to someone else for once they enter his room</strong><br />
<strong>it is all over for them. Andrew's room is the last stop for</strong><br />
<strong>most things in this house no matter what they are. Now to </strong><br />
<strong>make top two on my bed a pillow needs a few things first:</strong><br />
<strong>The right level of firmness</strong><br />
<strong>The right width of the pillow</strong><br />
<strong>The ability to mold to your head</strong><br />
<strong>The right feel of the pillow. This one is a doozy. It must</strong><br />
<strong>have that certain cool feel and comfort of fine linen. If</strong><br />
<strong>it is even the slightest bit tacky or picky out it goes.</strong><br />
<strong>I understand a case will go over it but it is the good </strong><br />
<strong>old "Princess and the Pea" syndrome, you can still feel</strong><br />
<strong>the bumps underneath. </strong><br />
<strong>The Pillow has to have the right smell. Just like feel I</strong><br />
<strong>want to smell good linen. No plastic by-products or</strong><br />
<strong>cheap materials for when it is on another product you</strong><br />
<strong>may not smell it but a pillow you can for face it, it </strong><br />
<strong>spends its entire life span by your nose.</strong><br />
<strong>The Pillow has to have the right "inner feel". Just like</strong><br />
<strong>the outer feel but when you smoosh it you want to be</strong><br />
<strong>able to feel more pillow and not your fingers. There</strong><br />
<strong>can not be any gaps where the foam or feathers or</strong><br />
<strong>stuffing are not there. No holes so to speak.</strong><br />
<strong>Now my list may seem silly but to me it means a lot</strong><br />
<strong>and I have been known to spend hundreds of dollars on</strong><br />
<strong>a pillow just to make sure I get the right one. There have</strong><br />
<strong>also been times when I found a really cheap one with </strong><br />
<strong>the same qualities but those times are rare. They are out</strong><br />
<strong>there but rare. When all of my specifications have been</strong><br />
<strong>met you can rest assured it is a pillow 90 percent of</strong><br />
<strong>the population would love and that is why I am so </strong><br />
<strong>protective of them. I have had house guests before that</strong><br />
<strong>have asked if there were any extra pillows and John, </strong><br />
<strong>foolish John, has told them to just go grab some off of</strong><br />
<strong>our bed ( there is a closet full but you know men) and</strong><br />
<strong>it never fails, no matter how I bury them, my top two</strong><br />
<strong>are always the pillows they come back with and I instantly</strong><br />
<strong>revert to a five year old yanking for my pillow back and</strong><br />
<strong>our now unwanted guest is just as stubbornly yanking to</strong><br />
<strong>keep it for they know perfection when they feel it. John</strong><br />
<strong>has had to break up a squabble over a pillow more then</strong><br />
<strong>once for they are normally his relatives for I do not</strong><br />
<strong>have any of my own and there is no way they are getting</strong><br />
<strong>my top 2 and though I was raised to be gracious I</strong><br />
<strong>draw the line there. It also upsets me for the top 2 are </strong><br />
<strong>always buried to avoid such mix ups as a simple </strong><br />
<strong>mis-understanding and his relatives did a lot of digging to</strong><br />
<strong>find them in the first place. Take the comforter, take the </strong><br />
<strong>sheets, heck, take the bed but you will not have those</strong><br />
<strong>pillows. Why am I so determined? Because it is so</strong><br />
<strong>hard to find them. I have spent weeks looking for </strong><br />
<strong>replacement pillows for I can never find a place that</strong><br />
<strong>consistency has the same pillow. I fall for one brand</strong><br />
<strong>and order it without thinking the next time and when I</strong><br />
<strong>get it the pillow is never what I remember. THE HORROR!</strong><br />
<strong>The pain, Andrew gets a new pillow that is brand new!</strong><br />
<strong>It has been like this for years and then I got a chance</strong><br />
<strong>to do a product review that may have changed my ways.</strong><br />
<strong>I might even let the next guest try one of my top two</strong><br />
<strong>for when I found out I was going to do this review I</strong><br />
<strong>was happy but a little worried for I have never replaced</strong><br />
<strong>one of the two before I have always replaced both at</strong><br />
<strong>the same time. As a surprise John ordered me another</strong><br />
<strong>one and it was not even sent here and when he told me</strong><br />
<strong>what he did I pretty much dismissed it for I know I have</strong><br />
<strong>explained to him more then once if you do not get them</strong><br />
<strong>together they will not be the same. He knows how I feel</strong><br />
<strong>but absent minded John took the chance any ways and</strong><br />
<strong>though I admit it was a lovely gesture I didn't think I</strong><br />
<strong>would have two of the same pillows. I was wrong.</strong><br />
<strong>John won. The <a href="http://www.selectcomfort.com/eng/categories/pillows-bedding/pillows">pillow</a> I received for review and the</strong><br />
<strong>pillow he ordered were exactly the same. I about</strong><br />
<strong>keeled over.</strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.selectcomfort.com/_static/webUpload/33/24_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="84" src="http://www.selectcomfort.com/_static/webUpload/33/24_1.jpg" vt="true" width="320" /></a></div><strong>Who is this company? Who has offered me two pillows</strong><br />
<strong>of the same consistent quality that were ordered 10 days</strong><br />
<strong>apart? Who has proved for the first time in my life you</strong><br />
<strong>can buy the same quality every time you shop? Why</strong><br />
<strong>the place I did a review for that offers this is <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1268570603784">Select </a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.selectcomfort.com/">Comfort</a>. I have to rave for a minute here. I thought</strong><br />
<strong>they were pretty much beds and that was it. I never</strong><br />
<strong>realized they offered so much more. I really never thought</strong><br />
<strong>they would have my dream pillow. For one, not only</strong><br />
<strong>is their product consistent, it is consistently a pillow that</strong><br />
<strong>is pure perfection. They met each and every one of my</strong><br />
<strong>requirements head on and more. Each item on my list</strong><br />
<strong>was blown out of the water and I can tell you that since</strong><br />
<strong>my pillow thing started over 25 years ago I have went </strong><br />
<strong>through close to 100 pillows at an average of 4 a year</strong><br />
<strong>and have never found a pillow this fantastic before. I</strong><br />
<strong>just got two new pillows in January and though they were</strong><br />
<strong>nice, they were not THIS nice for these are off the charts.</strong><br />
<strong>Now I walked through the house and counted all the</strong><br />
<strong>bed pillows we have in the house right now and there</strong><br />
<strong>are 28 in total. I think changing out 4 a year is pretty</strong><br />
<strong>modest and I also think out of a family of four I am</strong><br />
<strong>an expert in the field of pillows.</strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.selectcomfort.com/_static/webUpload/730/26_EURODOWNPLW_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.selectcomfort.com/_static/webUpload/730/26_EURODOWNPLW_2.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong>The particular pillow I received for review is the Down Pillow and though</strong><br />
<strong>and in theory I know they are supposed to be one of the</strong><br />
<strong>best types of pillows on the market but in my experience</strong><br />
<strong>they are the first to fail the "Inner Feel" test for seldom</strong><br />
<strong>are they filled enough and you can almost always feel</strong><br />
<strong>your other hand if you press hard enough. With the </strong><br />
<strong>Down Pillows at Select Comfort this was not the case.</strong><br />
<strong>These were fantastic. These were stupendous, these</strong><br />
<strong>were off the charts for me and I was doing a happy</strong><br />
<strong>dance around the bed like some insane rain dance of</strong><br />
<strong>dreams. I just couldn't believe it. Some people collect</strong><br />
<strong>knick knacks, some people collect trinkets, some</strong><br />
<strong>collect art work and some go for antiques, I collect</strong><br />
<strong>pillows to put it to you plainly. I am almost as bad</strong><br />
<strong>when it comes to throw pillows but bed pillows are my</strong><br />
<strong>specialty and to find a pillow that makes me this happy</strong><br />
<strong>is just about unheard off. <a href="http://www.selectcomfort.com/">Select Comfort</a> fills theirs with</strong><br />
<strong>European White Goose Down and they choose the finest</strong><br />
<strong>quality available. They have the policy of only using </strong><br />
<strong>feathers that are freshness assured, and that means they</strong><br />
<strong>use an exclusive 15-step cleaning process that removes </strong><br />
<strong>allergy-causing impurities. This pretty much means those</strong><br />
<strong>Hypoallergenic covers I pay a small fortune for are unnecessary.</strong><br />
<strong>And remember that feel I told you about? Well <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1268570603776">Select </a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.selectcomfort.com/">Comfort</a> uses 300-thread-count, 100% cotton sateen to</strong><br />
<strong>provide me with that luxurious feel I so crave. The pillows</strong><br />
<strong>themselves can be spot cleaned or tossed in the wash</strong><br />
<strong>and come with a 5 year warranty. They are also constructed</strong><br />
<strong>in the USA and you guys know what a kick I am on</strong><br />
<strong>with that issue. Anyway you slice it, I am in love.</strong><br />
<strong>The fact they offer a consistently exceptional product </strong><br />
<strong>just sweetens the deal! </strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.selectcomfort.com/_static/webUpload/33/17_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.selectcomfort.com/_static/webUpload/33/17_1.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong>Select comfort offers more then bed and pillows</strong><br />
<strong>and I am so excited about that as well. In fact I</strong><br />
<strong>am dieing to get my hand on another one of their</strong><br />
<strong>products, the Comforters. Now their beds have been on</strong><br />
<strong>my wish list for a few years now and I have really</strong><br />
<strong>heated up my want for one since my back has taken</strong><br />
<strong>a turn for the worse but like anyone else I have to</strong><br />
<strong>budget and re-do one room at a time and Rowan</strong><br />
<strong>sorta put a bump in my road there for next year was</strong><br />
<strong>supposed to be the bedroom but I had to push my</strong><br />
<strong>schedule back and Andrews room has to be first for</strong><br />
<strong>he is going to need items to get him started in his</strong><br />
<strong>own life but right after that I will have my bed. Until</strong><br />
<strong>then I can busy myself with their other products and</strong><br />
<strong>that comforter is first on my list. They have a classic</strong><br />
<strong>down comforter that will go splendid with my pillows </strong><br />
<strong>and I have got to get it! I MUST have it! If I am</strong><br />
<strong>doing a Jig over the pillows I might all out break</strong><br />
<strong>dance over the comforter! Now they have more then</strong><br />
<strong>the down one, a complete line at that with everything</strong><br />
<strong>all the way down to an Organic one too! Even inserts</strong><br />
<strong>and covers and blankets for those look like they are</strong><br />
<strong>right up my alley as well! Select comfort has sheets</strong><br />
<strong>and mattress pads and covers and of coarse their</strong><br />
<strong>famous beds. Everything you would ever need to</strong><br />
<strong>assure you get the most comfortable nights rest ever.</strong><br />
<strong>We all work better when we have had a good night</strong><br />
<strong>of sleep! You just can't get more comfortable then</strong><br />
<strong>a bedroom accessory from <a href="http://www.selectcomfort.com/">Select Comfort</a>! In</strong><br />
<strong>fact I need to go spend some time hugging my</strong><br />
<strong>pillow now! </strong><br />
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<strong>USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner </strong><br />
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<strong>My house, my skin, my kids and my life. I need</strong><br />
<strong>to not let things worry me and let the bumps just</strong><br />
<strong>slide off. Not to take things personal for they cause</strong><br />
<strong>a lot of havoc and not only in your mind but it</strong><br />
<strong>reflects in your skin and hair too. When you are</strong><br />
<strong>troubled over things going on in your life it shows</strong><br />
<strong>on your face and I am not speaking about just a</strong><br />
<strong>frown. Worry and concern and stress tends to be</strong><br />
<strong>pretty traumatic on your skin and that is depressing to</strong><br />
<strong>me for my skin has always been one of my best features.</strong><br />
<strong>I have always have very even, clear and seldom any </strong><br />
<strong>blemishes and was also blessed with my Irish and</strong><br />
<strong>Norwegian heritage and received their Nordic porcelain skin.</strong><br />
<strong>As a teenager it was a huge perk for I did not suffer</strong><br />
<strong>acne and I did little to care for my skin until I </strong><br />
<strong>was mid-teens and then not so much out of necessity but</strong><br />
<strong>more because all my friends did it and I wanted to fit in. Once</strong><br />
<strong>in a while I would have "a bump" around "that time" but</strong><br />
<strong>for the most part nothing. I know I am lucky and know</strong><br />
<strong>others would kill for my skin but now that I have passed</strong><br />
<strong>the 40 mark I am starting to take note. I also understand</strong><br />
<strong>I am still lucky for though I am in my 40s I know I</strong><br />
<strong>do not look it and I often get told how young I look</strong><br />
<strong>when I reveal my real age. It does not change the fact</strong><br />
<strong>that I see the calendar and know what it says and know</strong><br />
<strong>that I will not ride this wave of luck forever and unlike</strong><br />
<strong>when I was a teenager and doing it because my friends</strong><br />
<strong>did I know I now have to take care of it for me and me</strong><br />
<strong>alone. Though only I, and most likely John, know they are</strong><br />
<strong>there, the fine lines are making themselves known. I started</strong><br />
<strong>doing a lot of research on different products to use and</strong><br />
<strong>one name that kept popping up was <a href="http://www.elizabethgrant.com/Home.php">Elizabeth Grant</a>!</strong><br />
<strong>This is supposed to be a miracle woman and her products</strong><br />
<strong>are supposed to be second to none. I contacted them for</strong><br />
<strong>a review and was super excited when they said yes for</strong><br />
<strong>word of mouth alone was amazing on what I have heard</strong><br />
<strong>about them. I was sent the Caviar Nourishing Mask for </strong><br />
<strong>review and The Vitamin C Body Scrub as well as the Body Lotion.</strong><br />
<strong>Lets start with the Mask. I felt I needed this the most for</strong><br />
<strong>though I do not spend a lot of time in the sun I do spend</strong><br />
<strong>a fair amount and though I have never purposely been a</strong><br />
<strong>sunbather I was a fish when I was younger and Biked and</strong><br />
<strong>did a lot of other outdoor activities that have put me at risk.</strong><br />
<strong>I also have smoked so that is another no no in the world</strong><br />
<strong>of skin care for it drys out your skin. I thought adding some</strong><br />
<strong>moisture back into my face might be a really good thing</strong><br />
<strong>and grabbed this before the box even hit the table. You</strong><br />
<strong>have no idea how glad I am that I did. I didn't realize how</strong><br />
<strong>bad my skin was until I saw the difference with my own </strong><br />
<strong>eyes. Now really, even bad I had good skin, but in comparison</strong><br />
<strong>to the skin I had as a youth it was terrible. This mask filled</strong><br />
<strong>my face out. Is that possible? I mean it, I thought the</strong><br />
<strong>gauntness in my face was due to the fact I was just getting</strong><br />
<strong>older and believe it or not, every year thinner, without even</strong><br />
<strong>sticking to a diet. I thought since I was at one of the thinnest</strong><br />
<strong>points I have been since I was 12 that was where the gauntness</strong><br />
<strong>was coming from. Really. I spent most of my life</strong><br />
<strong>a size 8 and happy with a round and full face and very</strong><br />
<strong>comfy. The year before I had Rowan I was dropping weight</strong><br />
<strong>like crazy to the point John was starting to complain. I</strong><br />
<strong>had all size four clothing right before I was pregnant and most</strong><br />
<strong>of that was so loose I should have been in a 2. At 5 foot </strong><br />
<strong>9 inches it is just too thin for I never wanted to look as thin as</strong><br />
<strong>a model and never ever fooled myself I should. My long</strong><br />
<strong>wavy hair looks cute on a size 8 and whimsy and not bad</strong><br />
<strong>on a 6 where I am now but I am already dropping again</strong><br />
<strong>and it draws out my face even more when I get too thin.</strong><br />
<strong>I thought the gauntness was going to be my curse for even</strong><br />
<strong>if I eat like a Horse the weight was still dropping. I tried</strong><br />
<strong>the <a href="http://elizabethgrant.com/store/product.php?productid=16361&cat=256&page=1">Caviar Mask</a> though, and oh, my, I feel like a new woman!</strong><br />
<strong>I can even handle the boniness of the rest of my body</strong><br />
<strong>now that my face is once again full. You can hide hip</strong><br />
<strong>bones, you can't hide cheeks!I owe this woman my happiness</strong><br />
<strong>right now for I was truly depressed over the whole gaunt</strong><br />
<strong>lack of life expression my face was taking on! Product one,</strong><br />
<strong>the mask, ROCKS!</strong><br />
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<strong>like Oranges! Um, favorite smell here! I could die happy</strong><br />
<strong>right now! This is made for your whole body and to now</strong><br />
<strong>I have been using a lemon scrub I just grabbed at the Body</strong><br />
<strong>shop, I was happy, nothing special but happy. Like I said</strong><br />
<strong>I am blessed with no skin issues but once I tried this scrub</strong><br />
<strong>I learned the difference between content and wow, where</strong><br />
<strong>the heck has this stuff been all my life! It made me tingle</strong><br />
<strong>all over and the smell lingers after your bath but not so</strong><br />
<strong>long as it would compete with any perfume you wear, just</strong><br />
<strong>long enough were you feel good drying off and getting dressed.</strong><br />
<strong>It was fabulous and I was in heaven and to top it off with</strong><br />
<strong>the <a href="http://elizabethgrant.com/store/home.php?cat=261">body lotion</a> just kept me feeling fresh and revitalized all</strong><br />
<strong>day long. Really, I felt as if I could take on the world</strong><br />
<strong>and my troubles turned into to who cares what happened.</strong><br />
<strong>Who cares! I feel like a fresh happy and kinda fruity gal</strong><br />
<strong>who can do anything she wants! The silky smooth and</strong><br />
<strong>glamorous skin is such a perk I think I will keep it,</strong><br />
<strong>like, FOREVERRRRRRRRR!! I am so in love with MRS </strong><br />
<strong>GRANT right now! I promise I will send you John to do</strong><br />
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<strong>you can have the boy to do lawn work too! </strong><br />
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<strong><a href="http://www.elizabethgrant.com/Home.php">Elizabeth Grant</a> has a complete line of products and</strong><br />
<strong>not only tackles skin care, and well I might add, she also</strong><br />
<strong>takes on fragrances and cosmetics and I have got to</strong><br />
<strong>try some of those for if they are just a smidgen as good</strong><br />
<strong>as her skin care line I might just offer myself up for service.</strong><br />
<strong>She even has products for men and you can already tell</strong><br />
<strong>what John will be getting for Fathers day this year. The</strong><br />
<strong>Men's anti aging face Cream for he has the same gauntness</strong><br />
<strong>kicking in do. The woman knows what it takes to keep</strong><br />
<strong>a lady looking like a lady and to help her look as glamorous </strong><br />
<strong>as a star! I can't believe that everyone in the world is </strong><br />
<strong>not chanting her name now that I have tried her products</strong><br />
<strong>but like me they must not have had the honor before because</strong><br />
<strong>her products are fantastic! This was a review I will not soon</strong><br />
<strong>forget and a joy to do! </strong><br />
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<strong>When Andrew was a baby the word <a href="http://organicbathco.naturalproductsshopping.com/">Organic</a></strong><br />
<strong>was seldom used and pretty much pertained to only food and</strong><br />
<strong>a couple of clothing items. Mostly those made of hemp. In</strong><br />
<strong>the early 90's there was kind of a mini little hippy movement</strong><br />
<strong>going on and that was the word was used, mostly in that</strong><br />
<strong>little community and rarely outside of that. Then slowly you </strong><br />
<strong>saw some products, mainly in the produce section and </strong><br />
<strong>Whole Foods stores started to open here and there and</strong><br />
<strong>by 2000 it was catching on all over and now here we</strong><br />
<strong>are today where you can buy <a href="http://organicbathco.naturalproductsshopping.com/">Organic</a> items at your local</strong><br />
<strong>7-11. Now Organics takes on a whole new meaning and</strong><br />
<strong>it is as common place as a Twinkie. Instead of locating</strong><br />
<strong>Organic products all-together now the search for the best</strong><br />
<strong>ones begins and with so many items to search through it</strong><br />
<strong>seems like a daunting task at that. I started using Organic</strong><br />
<strong>items in the early 2000 but will be the first to admit it</strong><br />
<strong>was the produce section. The reason being? Fresh items</strong><br />
<strong>just tasted better and there was a store not that far from</strong><br />
<strong>me that was pretty much a high end grocery store and</strong><br />
<strong>offered an abundant selection and also in convenience </strong><br />
<strong>forms like pre-cut fruit and veggie trays and that was a </strong><br />
<strong>huge thing for me because I have always been a fresh</strong><br />
<strong>fruit and veggie person and to have a platter all ready to</strong><br />
<strong>go when I was working 70 hours a week made them a</strong><br />
<strong>must have item at my house. As far as other items went</strong><br />
<strong>I could not tell you. Andrew was at the age where he</strong><br />
<strong>was growing in leaps and bounds and just to keep clothes</strong><br />
<strong>on his back that fit was a huge feather in my cap, Organic?</strong><br />
<strong>I had not a clue. For my own clothing I had to wear dress</strong><br />
<strong>clothes and suits for work and in 1999, 2000 you would</strong><br />
<strong>be very hard pressed to find a Donna Karen or Ellen Tracey</strong><br />
<strong>Organic line. I did wear a lot of silk and that can sometimes</strong><br />
<strong>be Organic, back then only if it costs enough but it wasn't</strong><br />
<strong>because they were out to help the environment it was more</strong><br />
<strong>because they could charge more if it came from a silk worm</strong><br />
<strong>and wasn't synthetic. Now a days, Organic is the thing </strong><br />
<strong>to buy and everyone knows what it is and what to</strong><br />
<strong>look for. My <a href="http://organicbathco.naturalproductsshopping.com/">Organic</a> section in the Gourmet store has</strong><br />
<strong>turn into Organic isle and then more isles in every store. You</strong><br />
<strong>no longer have to travel, like I said now you job is to find</strong><br />
<strong>the products that are good and weed out the fakes!</strong><br />
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<strong>and learn about more everyday. Some times I come across</strong><br />
<strong>an item that I toss back but for the most part they are</strong><br />
<strong>all pretty good. The bonus with<a href="http://organicbathco.naturalproductsshopping.com/"> Organics</a> being so common</strong><br />
<strong>place now a days is that it is becoming the norm and</strong><br />
<strong>therefore the prices are getting lower and lower. I used to</strong><br />
<strong>pay around 5 bucks for Organic Carrots and now I can get</strong><br />
<strong>them for just over 2. Less then a Dollar over the regular</strong><br />
<strong>versions price. That is a big drop. A lot of that has to</strong><br />
<strong>do with the fact big business has seen their error of</strong><br />
<strong>their ways and has started to develop their own<a href="http://organicbathco.naturalproductsshopping.com/"> Organic</a> lines.</strong><br />
<strong>With all the searching I have done they are probably the</strong><br />
<strong>poorest quality but they have helped make it more main</strong><br />
<strong>stream and I thank them for that. Without that push I</strong><br />
<strong>might never have had the chance to find places like my</strong><br />
<strong>next review. A fabulous store that is growing by leaps</strong><br />
<strong>and bounds for when you offers some fantastic products</strong><br />
<strong>and at a price you can afford it is only a matter of time</strong><br />
<strong>before the word spreads and I am so glad I found them</strong><br />
<strong>now! <a href="http://www.freshorganicliving.com/index.php/16-for-baby/6-bath-a-skin-care?lang=en">The Organic Bath Company</a>! These guys make everything</strong><br />
<strong>from Bath and Skin care products to Toys and Baby items</strong><br />
<strong>to Household and even cleaning items and so far every item</strong><br />
<strong>I have tried has been marvelous! For a product review I</strong><br />
<strong>was sent three items, each from a different section of their</strong><br />
<strong>store. The first was Better Body Butter. Now everyone knows</strong><br />
<strong>what Shea butter, jojoba oil, and green tea oil are and</strong><br />
<strong>we all know they are each fantastic in their own right.</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://organicbathco.naturalproductsshopping.com/">The Organic Bath Company</a> goes the extra mile and</strong><br />
<strong>found a way to compile these exceptional products into</strong><br />
<strong>one spectacular item that is also infused with Lavender and</strong><br />
<strong>Vanilla. Lavender relaxes you and Vanilla is not only known</strong><br />
<strong>for its aphrodisiac benefits it also is a good anti-oxidant </strong><br />
<strong>and has other medicinal properties. When you combine all</strong><br />
<strong>of these items into one you are pretty much looking at a</strong><br />
<strong>body butter that is something to write home about. Not only</strong><br />
<strong>is this a surefire way to visibly improve dry skin in the</strong><br />
<strong>shake of a tail feather it is fantastic for healing that severely </strong><br />
<strong>dry skin, eczema, burns, rashes and lessen the irritation </strong><br />
<strong>of psoriasis. It also provides a natural UV sun protection, </strong><br />
<strong>protecting your skin from free radical damage. All that and</strong><br />
<strong>it is calming and can make your hubby sit up and take</strong><br />
<strong>notice too! Excellent! This stuff was exceptional and</strong><br />
<strong>I am toting it around in my purse for it just makes me</strong><br />
<strong>feel good all over. Also seeing as I was feeling all spry and</strong><br />
<strong>so was John whenever I used it, I don't know if it was</strong><br />
<strong>happen-chance or fate but the next item they sent was the</strong><br />
<strong>Bubble Bath Roses. Okay, first thought, these are adorable.</strong><br />
<strong>So cute I fell for them hook line and sinker before I even</strong><br />
<strong>opened the box! The thing is though they are not just for</strong><br />
<strong>show they are also a also a rich, skin softening bubble bath.</strong><br />
<strong>That's right, these adorable petal melt in your bath to create</strong><br />
<strong>a luxurious bubble bath for the petals completely dissolve into</strong><br />
<strong>rich, skin softening bubbles and the heavenly fragrance of</strong><br />
<strong>pure, distilled essential oils. Now when I looked at them</strong><br />
<strong>that was the furthest thought from my mind. I thought they</strong><br />
<strong>were purely for show. How they did it I have no clue but</strong><br />
<strong>they did and I so thank them for it because there is nothing</strong><br />
<strong>more relaxing then a hot tub with candles and some soft</strong><br />
<strong>music and then to sprinkle some Rose petal in that don't</strong><br />
<strong>just float but dissolve into pure heaven took my entire world</strong><br />
<strong>by surprise and brought me up to a level of relaxation that</strong><br />
<strong>you just can't compete with. Sensuous, beautiful and relaxing</strong><br />
<strong>all rolled into one! </strong><br />
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<strong>After they showed me some products just for me they</strong><br />
<strong>clued me in on what they could do for Rowan. I was sent</strong><br />
<strong>a sampler pack of Baby items that were absolutely fabulous!</strong><br />
<strong>The <a href="http://www.freshorganicliving.com/index.php/16-for-baby/6-bath-a-skin-care?lang=en">Organic Baby Travel Pack</a> has a little bit of everything </strong><br />
<strong>and a lot of quality and I was tickled pink to try them</strong><br />
<strong>all. The pack includes the:</strong><br />
<strong>Conditioning Shampoo & Wash</strong><br />
<strong>Calming Bubble Bath</strong><br />
<strong>Velvety Soft Babee Lotion</strong><br />
<strong>Soothing Bottom Balm</strong><br />
<strong>and every single item works like a charm. The Bubble Bath</strong><br />
<strong>has become a must have in our house and I am pretty sure</strong><br />
<strong>Rowan would not have the fun she has in the bathtub right</strong><br />
<strong>now without it. The bubbles are full and thick and do not</strong><br />
<strong>fizzle away and pretty much last the length of the bath</strong><br />
<strong>unless she is going for a record breaker. I used the Conditioning</strong><br />
<strong>Shampoo & Wash while in the tub and "no tears Mom!" just</strong><br />
<strong>smiles for she is still oohing and aweeeing over the </strong><br />
<strong>bubbles and barely knows the cleaning up part has even</strong><br />
<strong>taken place. Once finished we use the lotion and that locks</strong><br />
<strong>in the moisture that bath has given her for unlike the </strong><br />
<strong>chemical laden products we had before she comes out</strong><br />
<strong>all soft and silky and not stripped of her naturally perfect</strong><br />
<strong>baby skin she went in the tub with. Now the Soothing </strong><br />
<strong>Bottom Balm I have barely had a chance to use because</strong><br />
<strong>with the other products she is kept so soft and her skin</strong><br />
<strong>is so perfect she has not had a rash since I started using</strong><br />
<strong>it. There has been a couple of times her number 2 has</strong><br />
<strong>been a little tough for her and left her pink from effort so </strong><br />
<strong>I did use it to be safe and not sorry but a real need for</strong><br />
<strong>it I have yet to run across. There is not a doubt in my mind</strong><br />
<strong>though that if that day should come it will work wonders for</strong><br />
<strong>as well as the other items worked I know this will rock just</strong><br />
<strong>as well. I am in love with everyone of their items I have</strong><br />
<strong>tried. They were just fantastic! </strong><br />
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<strong>I am looking forward to trying the other items they</strong><br />
<strong>make, the cleaning products the most for with their all</strong><br />
<strong>purpose cleaner and laundry liquid I don't think I can go</strong><br />
<strong>wrong and the men's items are also on my list for</strong><br />
<strong>I adore the fact they use Sage in them and it is</strong><br />
<strong>such a manly scent I know I will be totally impressed.</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://organicbathco.naturalproductsshopping.com/">The Organic Bath Company</a> has a great line of items and</strong><br />
<strong>I see them growing in leaps and bounds and not from </strong><br />
<strong>their products alone because they offer the full package.</strong><br />
<strong>Not only do they have great products the customer service</strong><br />
<strong>is off the charts. I really enjoyed speaking to them and</strong><br />
<strong>found them helpful and truly compassionate in what they</strong><br />
<strong>do and it is rare you run across a place that believes</strong><br />
<strong>in what they sell and you can tell by speaking to them</strong><br />
<strong>that they do. They are not only proud of what they</strong><br />
<strong>offer they stand behind their products and I am proud</strong><br />
<strong>to say that <a href="http://www.freshorganicliving.com/index.php/16-for-baby/6-bath-a-skin-care?lang=en">The Organic Bath Company</a> is the first</strong><br />
<strong>Organic company to make my top ten list! Just read </strong><br />
<strong>through the criteria on that list and I can assure you</strong><br />
<strong>they meet every single one and more. Great prices, </strong><br />
<strong>great customer service, a fabulous product and they</strong><br />
<strong>go the whole nine yards to make sure you are just</strong><br />
<strong>as happy owning their items as they are making them.</strong><br />
<strong>I can picture their staff whistling while they work for</strong><br />
<strong>they are just a great company all around. They are </strong><br />
<strong>Snow White in an Organic forests and the Butterfly's</strong><br />
<strong>and Birds have already been signing their song and now</strong><br />
<strong>I am too! <a href="http://organicbathco.naturalproductsshopping.com/">The Organic Bath Company</a> is what I hope</strong><br />
<strong>to be a store that sets the standards for others because</strong><br />
<strong>it will be a much more healthy, happy and content world</strong><br />
<strong>if that is the case. <a href="http://www.freshorganicliving.com/index.php/16-for-baby/6-bath-a-skin-care?lang=en">The Organic Bath Company</a> can sit on</strong><br />
<strong>the ledge of my tub anytime!</strong><br />
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<strong>Grumble grumble, SNIFF, grumble grumble. GRRRRRR.</strong><br />
<strong>SHHHHHHHHH! Stop it! </strong><br />
<strong>Slam! ( lid down on the toilet for one of the guys must</strong><br />
<strong>have been the last one in here) GRRRRR. mumble mumble.</strong><br />
<strong>( Water running) Grumble, grrrrrrrrr. SIGH. Pound. Pound.</strong><br />
<strong>Pound. Grrrrrrrr.</strong><br />
<strong>Alight, I know you are all wondering what in the heck is</strong><br />
<strong>going on about now. I just thought I would share the first couple</strong><br />
<strong>of minutes of my day with you. Every Morning pretty much goes</strong><br />
<strong>the same way and this right here, this very unflattering play</strong><br />
<strong>by play is mild in comparison to how Johns would go. Sad</strong><br />
<strong>to say though, I can't post his with out using some pretty</strong><br />
<strong>colorful keys and I might have to pass out a chuck the</strong><br />
<strong>yuck bag or two! I think the best thing to do is move </strong><br />
<strong>on and just let you know we are Coffee people. <a href="http://dadsroast.com/">Coffee </a></strong><br />
<strong>people in a big way. Now I have cut back over the years</strong><br />
<strong>for I used to be much worse. I am down to about only</strong><br />
<strong>3 or 4 pots a day. I used to be closer to 10 when I</strong><br />
<strong>was working. Worse then that was about at least one of</strong><br />
<strong>those pots would be considered<a href="http://dadsroast.com/"> Espresso</a> since we had a</strong><br />
<strong>machine at work and I would drink about 6 doubles a day.</strong><br />
<strong>One Friday night I was so bad I was on the Expediting</strong><br />
<strong>line during the dinner rush. I was calling the orders so</strong><br />
<strong>fast my cooks were about ready to drop dead from a </strong><br />
<strong>heart attack and when I was not calling the orders I was</strong><br />
<strong>talking to whatever server who happened to be a within</strong><br />
<strong>distance. No servers, cooks in the weeds? No problem,</strong><br />
<strong>I would talk to the tables closest to the line about 10</strong><br />
<strong>feet away. Dinner rush on a Friday night starts at about</strong><br />
<strong>4:30 and runs to 8:30 PM and somewhere around 7 a</strong><br />
<strong>waitress whom I liked and trusted walked up to the line,</strong><br />
<strong>grabbed my Grande Starbucks Cup I had kept pouring </strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://dadsroast.com/">Coffee</a> into, turned and dropped it right into the trash.</strong><br />
<strong>"Your done!" She said cheerily as she placed a glass</strong><br />
<strong>of water in its spot and the rest of the staff broke into</strong><br />
<strong>applause. So I knew I had a problem and had to cut back.</strong><br />
<strong>My ten pots went to 3 or 4. It isn't my fault really, I</strong><br />
<strong>will blame the first person who told me Coffee was a good</strong><br />
<strong>thing to drink if you want to lose weight. I was around 13</strong><br />
<strong>and rushed to get some and have been drinking it ever since.</strong><br />
<strong>Now I know the diet thing is a bunch of hogwash but Coffee </strong><br />
<strong>is a darn good drink and like all things if done in moderation</strong><br />
<strong>is really enjoyable. It is also not the<a href="http://dadsroast.com/"> Coffee's</a> fault that</strong><br />
<strong>I drank so much. I don't want you guys to worry that if</strong><br />
<strong>you drink a cup you will soon need to be in a 12 step </strong><br />
<strong>program or you could end up in the big house for trying</strong><br />
<strong>to top off your carry out cup from Starbucks at Panara Bread</strong><br />
<strong>for you just need a fix man! I am just a drinker in general.</strong><br />
<strong>If I was not drinking <a href="http://dadsroast.com/">Coffee</a> I would be drinking soda, if</strong><br />
<strong>not soda, tea, if not that whatever the next item down the</strong><br />
<strong>list would be. I have always been that way. I feel like if I</strong><br />
<strong>do not always have something liquid in my hands I will</strong><br />
<strong>dehydrate and wither away at any given moment. The only</strong><br />
<strong>thing Coffee is responsible for is being the best tasting</strong><br />
<strong>beverage out of the list I just rambled on about. Unless</strong><br />
<strong>my Mother makes it I really don't think there is such a</strong><br />
<strong>thing as bad tasting Coffee, only degrees of good. I buy</strong><br />
<strong>cheap Coffee, I buy the good stuff, I buy just about</strong><br />
<strong>everything there is. </strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dadsroast.com/components/com_ixxocart/images/products/thumbs/dr-wc-world-tour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://dadsroast.com/components/com_ixxocart/images/products/thumbs/dr-wc-world-tour.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong>Now I do have my favorites. I used to be a swear by</strong><br />
<strong>Starbucks, then Caribou Coffee then for the last couple</strong><br />
<strong>of 5 years Dunkin Donuts. Though I am always looking</strong><br />
<strong>for a new trick to toss in my bag of treats. When I got</strong><br />
<strong>the chance to review Dad's Roast I first had to giggle for</strong><br />
<strong>who would of thought Dad could do anything better then</strong><br />
<strong>Mom. Sorry Dad's out there, it is just been my experience</strong><br />
<strong>that Dad's tend to mess things up so Mom's will never</strong><br />
<strong>ask them to do it again. Then I read a little bit about</strong><br />
<strong>them and I must admit, I liked what they said. Now I</strong><br />
<strong>may settle for any old <a href="http://dadsroast.com/">Coffee</a> out there. I can't help it,</strong><br />
<strong>I love the stuff, but that does not mean that I can't tell</strong><br />
<strong>the difference between one Coffee to the next. Is also does</strong><br />
<strong>not mean that I don't know when one brand is better then </strong><br />
<strong>another. If that were the case I would not be so found of </strong><br />
<strong>Dunkin Donuts for so long. I have tried fresh roasted</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://dadsroast.com/">Coffee</a> before and I know it is good, great, well even better</strong><br />
<strong>then that in fact and I would love to drink it each and every</strong><br />
<strong>time I had Coffee but the problem is it is expensive. </strong><br />
<strong>Really Expensive</strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dadsroast.com/images/custom%20coffee%20image.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="136" src="http://dadsroast.com/images/custom%20coffee%20image.bmp" vt="true" width="320" /></a></div><strong>I pay about $7.99 a pound right now and go through 2 or</strong><br />
<strong>3 a week. Now the last time I bought fresh roasted it was </strong><br />
<strong>$15.99 a pound and I am sure you can see the difference</strong><br />
<strong>there. I can take a couple of bucks more a pound, hey, </strong><br />
<strong>fresh is worth it, but twice the price? Ouch! So I am reading</strong><br />
<strong>on the Dad's site and see it is no where near as expensive</strong><br />
<strong>as the places I had seen before. Not even close. In fact you</strong><br />
<strong>can get it for less then 10 bucks a pound. So I am already</strong><br />
<strong>at fresh roast and stuck there and then inexpensive?</strong><br />
<strong>Hey, that I can handle! They also offer a large selection of</strong><br />
<strong>items to choose from. <a href="http://dadsroast.com/">Dad's Roast</a> has all the best</strong><br />
<strong>and also carry flavored blends and Espresso. One of the</strong><br />
<strong>coolest features on the site is you can order your own</strong><br />
<strong>personal custom blend. That's right folks, you pick the</strong><br />
<strong>bean or the beans and the flavor. That will do it, no</strong><br />
<strong>wait, there is more, pick the grind and the roast too!</strong><br />
<strong>So of you wanted to you could get a Mint, Sumatra in</strong><br />
<strong>a Turkish Grind and an Espresso Dark Roast. Now try</strong><br />
<strong>getting that any where else. </strong><br />
<strong>How does it taste?</strong><br />
<strong>Oh-My-Gawd! </strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dadsroast.com/components/com_ixxocart/images/products/thumbs/dr-fr-costa-rica-06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://dadsroast.com/components/com_ixxocart/images/products/thumbs/dr-fr-costa-rica-06.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong>Look, I got the <a href="http://dadsroast.com/">Coffee</a> last week and could have</strong><br />
<strong>turned the review in early. It is an easy review to</strong><br />
<strong>do for Coffee is pretty much a food product and not</strong><br />
<strong>a whole lot of research goes into the making of a food</strong><br />
<strong>product review, you either like it or you don't. There is</strong><br />
<strong>not a lot of pro's and con's to write about there so I</strong><br />
<strong>don't have to put the normal 10-15 hours into the review</strong><br />
<strong>I normally have to do. This could have been done over the</strong><br />
<strong>weekend even with the chaos I have went through lately.</strong><br />
<strong>Hour tops and I would have been done. Rowan needs</strong><br />
<strong>a nap, BAM, finished by the time she wakes up but</strong><br />
<strong>truthfully, I was too busy. I was drinking the Coffee. I</strong><br />
<strong>couldn't stop. Not even for the lousy hour it would have</strong><br />
<strong>taken to write the review. It is delicious. When they say</strong><br />
<strong>fresh they mean it. Even better, if you grind it yourself and</strong><br />
<strong>order the bean whole like I did. Now you have a fresh</strong><br />
<strong>bean cooked just for you and shipped out ASAP. They</strong><br />
<strong>sent me an email letting me know they were roasting my</strong><br />
<strong>blend on Friday, Saturday evening I was enjoying a cup.</strong><br />
<strong>Yeah, your right, they could have been faster. ( ROLLS</strong><br />
<strong>EYES) Speedy Gonzales has nothing on these guys. </strong><br />
<strong>So let's do a quick check list here:</strong><br />
<strong>Delicious Coffee</strong><br />
<strong>Super fast can you say I barely had time to blink delivery</strong><br />
<strong>Freshly Roasted to Order.</strong><br />
<strong>You pick all the details or your order</strong><br />
<strong>Affordable</strong><br />
<strong>AWESOME IN EVERY WAY!</strong><br />
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<strong>I am in love with <a href="http://dadsroast.com/">Dad's Roast</a>. My worst fear is this</strong><br />
<strong>stuff is so good I am going to be back up to 10 pots a</strong><br />
<strong>day because I can't help myself. I also kinda liked the</strong><br />
<strong>fact they have all sorts of information on the site so</strong><br />
<strong>you can educate yourself on Coffee. Health benefits even</strong><br />
<strong>so I can justify the fact I see 10 pots in my future. </strong><br />
<strong>How to store your <a href="http://dadsroast.com/">Coffee</a> so it will last longer as if you</strong><br />
<strong>have to with their delivery time but hey, you might be</strong><br />
<strong>moving to a shack in the middle of no where for a while</strong><br />
<strong>and have to stock up and take it with you. That would</strong><br />
<strong>be a good reason! There is just lots of fun facts and </strong><br />
<strong>things I didn't know and as I enjoyed a cup or four going</strong><br />
<strong>over all that information was fun! So my final word here</strong><br />
<strong>is this stuff is incredible and I can't get enough. I know</strong><br />
<strong>you guys will love it too even if you are not half the fiend</strong><br />
<strong>I am!</strong><br />
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killing me here. Run here and there and don't forget to<br />
hit this place. It is hard enough with kids and taking<br />
them everywhere they need to go. Andrew who spends <br />
his time between here and his Dads makes for a lot of<br />
packing and unpacking and the Baby. < Hangs Head ><br />
The Diaper bag alone is enough to cause hip dysplasia<br />
in most adults. I also have my dog who has to go with<br />
no matter where we go and even has her own travel<br />
pack for she loves Andrews Dad and he loves her and<br />
Boo has spent a lot of time over there and needs stuff.<br />
Now add in my Mother. < Hangs head and Sighs! > so<br />
much carting around and running I am just about beat.<br />
Even worse, feeding everyone. I had to learn to face <br />
facts. I just don't have the cash to eat out all the time.<br />
I was sitting there last week when John was still down<br />
South and thought McDonald's tasted good for we have<br />
not had it in ages. It was only Andrew and Rowan, the<br />
Pooch and myself. I am not a huge eater and though<br />
I get a Big Mac or a Quarter Pounder I can make two<br />
meals out of it and I share a small fry with Rowan.<br />
So we go and get Andrew and I a large sandwich, with<br />
a coupon that was BOGO and then a happy meal and<br />
then the dollar menu, 2 pops, fry, nuggets for Boo,<br />
2 apple pies and 2 salads. 23 dollars! For 2 Adults<br />
and a Baby and a 4 piece for the dog. 23 smackaroos!<br />
I was in shock! I remember when Andrew and I could<br />
eat for under 10 dollars, heck close to five and now it<br />
is 4 times that and the two others that eat are happy<br />
meal age. I know with John home it would have been<br />
over 30 dollars and I would have cried even more. So I<br />
have learned to pack lunches whenever I can.<br />
Now that brings us to storage containers. Lord do<br />
I have them everywhere. I have about 4 dozen lunch <br />
boxers alone for John used to take lunch to work every<br />
single day and before High School and the threat of<br />
ruining Andrews social life, he did too. Both of the boys<br />
would loose their heads if not attached so I picked them<br />
up when ever I saw a good deal on them. I had a<br />
couple for each of them and then they would swear one<br />
was lost and I would replace it and when Andrew left<br />
Jr High and the locker he had for 3 years he came home<br />
with about 10. YIKES! The 6 or so I had at the home<br />
just turned to 16. The John, years and years working<br />
part time at the same place that turned to full time when<br />
he left the Fire Department were soon spent filing for<br />
Unemployment. He clears out his work station and<br />
brings home another Dozen or so. DOUBLE YIKES!<br />
What happened to them being lost? It soon dawned<br />
on me that they were as lost as it is hard to locate<br />
the Milk in the fridge that I have to go and find for<br />
them, middle top shelf, every single time! Boys, boys,<br />
and boys, too lazy too really look. So now I am up<br />
around 3 dozen and Rowan shows her little face and<br />
I need lunch items for a whole new person that the<br />
old boxes just will not work for. Plus little plastic <br />
containers for treats and crackers and everything else<br />
Baby needs. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zojirushi.com/ourproducts/lunchjarsimage/slme1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.zojirushi.com/ourproducts/lunchjarsimage/slme1.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div>My overhead cabinets are insane with storage <br />
and lunch containers. The only thing I don't have is<br />
a container for me. I like Rice and Stir fry for why?<br />
Yeah, you guessed it, I am always on a diet. The <br />
funny part is Andrew lovesssssssss Stir Fry and Tai<br />
Food more then anything. To pack that to go though<br />
is the biggest pain in the dairy airy for you need so<br />
many containers it just isn't worth it. Well I was speaking<br />
to a nice lady I had met and she told me that she had<br />
just the solution with a <a href="http://www.zojirushi.com/">Bento Box</a> that does not take<br />
up a small country worth of shelf space. In fact <br />
<a href="http://www.zojirushi.com/">Bento Boxes</a> in General are easy to store. She<br />
directs me to a place called <a href="http://zojirushi./">Zojirushi.</a> Neat! They<br />
also do a whole lot more then Bento Boxes too. A<br />
whole lot. I contacted them and got to do a review <br />
for you guys. The item is called the The <a href="http://www.zojirushi.com/">Ms. Bento</a><br />
Stainless Lunch Jar and is about the neatest thing I<br />
have ever seen. Not only does it all come in this<br />
adorable little carry bag that is the perfect size for<br />
the whole kit and kaboodle it includes a washable<br />
container, two microwaveable inner bowls, chopsticks,<br />
and chopsticks holder. I feel all organized and fashionable.<br />
It is stainless steel but it is blue so it even looks<br />
darling. Not that I have anything against stainless steel<br />
for that looks pretty sharp all on its own but I have so<br />
many stainless items that I need a little bit of color in<br />
my life. The <a href="http://www.zojirushi.com/">Ms. Bento</a> brings it! Not only are you<br />
blessed with this durable construction you have the<br />
inner bowls that are perfect for the microwave and<br />
can go right from the fridge to there and not miss a<br />
beat. Easy to clean? You Betcha! And made for the<br />
foods I like, Stir Fry, Mamma is coming home! <br />
I about fell in love with my very own bag that if the<br />
boys touch I will break-a-da-face! <br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zojirushi.com/ourproducts/ricecookersimages/np_htc1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" src="http://www.zojirushi.com/ourproducts/ricecookersimages/np_htc1.jpg" vt="true" width="320" /></a></div>In fact I think I have fallen for <a href="http://www.zojirushi.com/">Zojirushi </a>all<br />
by themselves for they have a lot of items that are<br />
right up my alley. With baby I am rushed and they<br />
have bottle warmers to make my day a little more<br />
easy. My Coffee addiction can be fed with an air<br />
pot or and Electric Kettle, both are great ways to<br />
keep Coffee hot and right next to me for they are<br />
safe too! They have a whole line of Gourmet items<br />
and the Ms. Bento I received is only the tip of the<br />
ice berg there. You also have got to see the Zutto<br />
collection for sharp, sharp and sharp. I would kill to<br />
have any one of these items in my kitchen. What<br />
they are is this super stylish and efficient line of<br />
kitchen appliances that look like they belong in life<br />
styles of the rich and shameless and you can even afford<br />
them for your home. The other product that <a href="http://www.zojirushi.com/">Zojirushi</a><br />
makes is a Rice Cooker and I must say I am aching<br />
to try that. I have never in my life been able to<br />
get rice to cook right unless it is Uncle Ben's instant<br />
and thank you Uncle Ben for without you I would really<br />
be with out a paddle on the infamous creek but<br />
the Rice Cookers that<a href="http://www.zojirushi.com/"> Zojirushi</a> makes looks so easy<br />
that I think even I could handle one. If I ever get my<br />
hands on one I promise to let you know. They have<br />
a huge line to choose from and each one comes with<br />
its own set of gadgets and special effect. All of them<br />
belong in my kitchen!<a href="http://www.zojirushi.com/"> Zojirushi</a> offers a taste of Japan<br />
right here in the good old United States of America<br />
and you can learn a whole lot more about them on<br />
their web site plus they have a whole lot of stuff<br />
that is a blast to check out too. Recipes, the Animation<br />
theater and would you believe there is a whole bit<br />
on how to make perfect rice! YUM and I admit I am<br />
nervous but I am sure going to give it a try!<br />
<br />
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box too! To enter just head over to the site and take<br />
a look around and then come back here and post what<br />
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start tonight and run to Midnight on April 27th. <br />
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<strong>mineral make-up reviews how I told you that while I was</strong><br />
<strong>pregnant with Rowan I didn't really wear any of my cosmetics</strong><br />
<strong>and most of them got all dry and clumpy? How it killed me to</strong><br />
<strong>have to throw so many of them away? Well I really wish</strong><br />
<strong>I would have had this product for there was so many other things</strong><br />
<strong>I could have done with those cosmetics instead. I didn't have</strong><br />
<strong>to toss any of them and I really would not have shed the</strong><br />
<strong>tears I shed over the hundreds and hundreds of dollars of</strong><br />
<strong>cosmetics I tossed. I could have revamped them and </strong><br />
<strong>been so happy with the outcome if I only had the </strong><br />
<strong>product I just reviewed. <a href="http://www.gerigcosmetics.com/">Geri G</a> and her Mixer Kit!</strong><br />
<strong>Oh, where oh, where have you been?</strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gerigcosmetics.com/wp-content/themes/aperture/thumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/JavaMixerKit.jpg&h=450&w=400&zc=1&q=90" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.gerigcosmetics.com/wp-content/themes/aperture/thumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/JavaMixerKit.jpg&h=450&w=400&zc=1&q=90" vt="true" width="284" /></a></div><strong><br />
</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.gerigcosmetics.com/">Geri G</a> allows you to take any make up at all, any,</strong><br />
<strong>and revamp, refresh, reuse. Take your mascara and turn it</strong><br />
<strong>into an eyeliner or soften colors that you bought and</strong><br />
<strong>were too dark or too bright. Turn a Lipstick into a blush </strong><br />
<strong>for that matter. Pretty much if you can dream it Geri G</strong><br />
<strong>helps to make it happen. This is the closest thing you will</strong><br />
<strong>get to a kit that allows for you to create all your own </strong><br />
<strong>cosmetics. I felt just like I did when I was 9 years</strong><br />
<strong>old and had that fashion design head I had. The one that</strong><br />
<strong>you can put make-up on and do her hair and blow dry it</strong><br />
<strong>and braid and the lip stick and eye shadow. Now the cosmetics</strong><br />
<strong>there were fake, water and the brush and all it did was</strong><br />
<strong>wet the dolls lips and highlight the pigment already there.</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.gerigcosmetics.com/">Geri G</a> on the other hand allows you to take your own </strong><br />
<strong>colors or "Pigments" and turn them into the cosmetics you</strong><br />
<strong>wanted but didn't quiet get when you bought them or like</strong><br />
<strong>me, bought and did not use them fast enough she can help</strong><br />
<strong>breath new life into! The kit is magic in a box!</strong><br />
<strong>Some of the things you can do with it are:</strong><br />
<strong>Mix it with your eye shadow for long lasting creamy eyes.</strong><br />
<strong>Create a smoother mascara for defined and fuller lashes</strong><br />
<strong>achieve a natural dewy look with your blush</strong><br />
<strong>Enhance the Concealing power of your foundation and powder.</strong><br />
<strong>Soften the finish of your lipstick. </strong><br />
<strong>You can even mix your colors and create new or like</strong><br />
<strong>I told you before, that box I tossed, SNIFF SNIFF, it</strong><br />
<strong>would have been brand new and all those name brands</strong><br />
<strong>that I paid a small fortune for would have been saved.</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.gerigcosmetics.com/">Geri G</a> is your cosmetics but only better. Your style enhanced</strong><br />
<strong>and she allows for you to create a look nobody but you</strong><br />
<strong>can duplicate for only you know what you did! </strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gerigcosmetics.com/wp-content/themes/aperture/thumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/JavaCelebs400.jpg&h=450&w=400&zc=1&q=90" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.gerigcosmetics.com/wp-content/themes/aperture/thumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/JavaCelebs400.jpg&h=450&w=400&zc=1&q=90" vt="true" width="284" /></a></div><strong>For review I was sent the Mixer Kit and her book, Eating </strong><br />
<strong>For <a href="http://www.gerigcosmetics.com/">Better Skin 10 Simple Steps</a>. I loved them both but by</strong><br />
<strong>far the kit is the highlight. Better yet, when mixed with the</strong><br />
<strong>mineral make-up I can create small batches and that was</strong><br />
<strong>where I had the fun mixing colors to make my own shades. </strong><br />
<strong>I took a dark cinnamon eye shadow and mixed it with a blusher</strong><br />
<strong>that was way to light and created one perfect for a night</strong><br />
<strong>out that was just right. The video ensures you do it</strong><br />
<strong>correctly and is a must see with the kit and the fact</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.gerigcosmetics.com/">Geri G</a> is a professional make-up artist just makes everything</strong><br />
<strong>she shows you all the more use-full. Though I am still hanging</strong><br />
<strong>my head in shame for what I lost last fall I can now look</strong><br />
<strong>forward to the future and what I can create. Not only does</strong><br />
<strong>she allow me to mix up the colors of my dreams she has</strong><br />
<strong>also made it so it eliminates the need for re-application and</strong><br />
<strong>provides me with a flawless finish! </strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gerigcosmetics.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ProdMixerKit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="http://www.gerigcosmetics.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ProdMixerKit.jpg" vt="true" width="320" /></a></div><strong><br />
</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.gerigcosmetics.com/">Geri G</a> has been written about everywhere and for</strong><br />
<strong>good reason. Her Mixer Kit as well as her Remover</strong><br />
<strong>and Cleaner are not only fabulous for your skin the kit</strong><br />
<strong>itself is truly innovating and unique and a must have for</strong><br />
<strong>any fashion maven, from novice to pro! The fact she </strong><br />
<strong>takes your every day cosmetics and turns them into items</strong><br />
<strong>that are nourishing and hydrating your skin is just the icing</strong><br />
<strong>on a truly fantastic cake. This is a must have in my book</strong><br />
<strong>and you guys got to check it out!</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.gerigcosmetics.com/">Geri G</a> has also been kind enough to offer a chance for</strong><br />
<strong>one of my readers to win a Mixer Kit of their own. To enter</strong><br />
<strong>just head over to the site and take a look around and</strong><br />
<strong>them come back here and post what you liked best in a</strong><br />
<strong>comment. The contest will start tonight and run to Midnight</strong><br />
<strong>on May 8th. </strong><br />
<strong>USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner </strong><br />
<strong>will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to</strong><br />
<strong>contact me with their mailing information. As always</strong><br />
<strong>you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of</strong><br />
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<strong>and other ways to enter are posted below.</strong><br />
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<strong>I have to cut back and I have been looking for ways</strong><br />
<strong>to do so. The problem is I have been drinking it for so</strong><br />
<strong>many years I am afraid. In fact I got this product review</strong><br />
<strong>a few weeks ago and yes, I know I have had a lot</strong><br />
<strong>going on lately and I am behind in things due to that</strong><br />
<strong>but THAT is not the reason it has taken me the time</strong><br />
<strong>it has to do this review. Coffee is my comfort food</strong><br />
<strong>and I was afraid I would love this product and not have</strong><br />
<strong>my fall back of coffee any longer. I am so used to saying</strong><br />
<strong>I will get back to you after I have had a couple of cups</strong><br />
<strong>of Coffee as a way of buying myself time I wouldn't know</strong><br />
<strong>what to do with anything else. Would other words even come</strong><br />
<strong>out of my mouth? Can I even form them? Who knows!</strong><br />
<strong>Knocken knees here and everything! Over the last</strong><br />
<strong>couple of weeks I have pulled this out of the fridge then</strong><br />
<strong>put it back in, pulled it out and back again. I almost</strong><br />
<strong>hyperventilated once as I held it in my hands. </strong><br />
<strong>Breath Michelle</strong><br />
<strong>Breath.</strong><br />
<strong>Today is the day. I had to do it. No more little chicken</strong><br />
<strong>little, I made it and drank it and it was FABULOUS!</strong><br />
<strong>I think I am going to have a problem. I have never</strong><br />
<strong>been good at goodbyes. How do I break it to coffee?</strong><br />
<strong>Maybe I can share my time with both of them? I am</strong><br />
<strong>so torn. What product is this you ask that has turned my</strong><br />
<strong>life so upside down? What has brought about this turmoil?</strong><br />
<strong>What product has ended my love affair with Coffee or at</strong><br />
<strong>least opened my eyes to other possibilities for if this stuff</strong><br />
<strong>tastes so good what else is out there I have been missing?</strong><br />
<strong>It is called <a href="http://www.oregonchai.com/">Oregon Chai</a> and it is scrumptious! Oh, my</strong><br />
<strong>goodness is it good! Now don't get me wrong I have</strong><br />
<strong>always liked tea. In the warmer months I drink it from about</strong><br />
<strong>10 am on for Coffee and Summer days just don't go all</strong><br />
<strong>that well together but plain and black and iced was the only</strong><br />
<strong>way I have ever drank it. I never liked sweet tea or flavored</strong><br />
<strong>tea or even lemon and that is weird for I have no problem</strong><br />
<strong>with coffee drinks so one would think, but noooooooo, only</strong><br />
<strong>regular old ice tea for me. So this <a href="http://www.oregonchai.com/">Chai</a> stuff has been</strong><br />
<strong>teasing me. I hear it is good but isn't it sorta like a flavor?</strong><br />
<strong>Now for Hot Tea, I just never got into it. So unless I</strong><br />
<strong>tried the <a href="http://www.oregonchai.com/">Chai </a>cold I was for sure I wouldn't like it. Then</strong><br />
<strong>when I broke down today and gave it a whirl I tried it</strong><br />
<strong>and Hot and it is like a breath of fresh air, so different</strong><br />
<strong>then coffee but still such a comfort. How can I have two</strong><br />
<strong>loves? I have no clue but there you have it, I can't put</strong><br />
<strong>the stuff down and have been drinking it all day. In fact</strong><br />
<strong>I was sent two of the concentrates and I drank a whole</strong><br />
<strong>one today alone. Black Tea is strong, it does not have</strong><br />
<strong>the bite coffee does but it is strong and I think I phrased</strong><br />
<strong>that wrong. It has bite, just not that bitter coffee one, it</strong><br />
<strong>is smoother and well, more eloquent. I think that would</strong><br />
<strong>be the best way to describe Black Tea. Now Chai is</strong><br />
<strong>Black Tea made um, er, sexy? I can't think of a better</strong><br />
<strong>way to describe it there either. It is spicy where it needs</strong><br />
<strong>to be and smooth as silk other times and sweet swirled in</strong><br />
<strong>and with some delicious flavors, it can be served either </strong><br />
<strong>hot or cold. Can you think of a better way to describe </strong><br />
<strong>that? I loved the fact it was reminiscent of a latte and</strong><br />
<strong>I felt as if I was easing away from my coffee habit and</strong><br />
<strong>not going cold turkey and like Coffee drinks you can do</strong><br />
<strong>just as much with <a href="http://www.oregonchai.com/">Chai</a> and that was also another plus</strong><br />
<strong>for me. Unlike coffee though, where I hate it served cold,</strong><br />
<strong>the Chai I can totally see and think I would love to taste</strong><br />
<strong>over ice and I sorta regret the fact I drank it all hot and</strong><br />
<strong>didn't save any to try that way. You notice I say sorta and</strong><br />
<strong>it isn't because I mean not really it is more because I so</strong><br />
<strong>enjoyed drinking it hot that Yes, I would like to have cold</strong><br />
<strong>but was just as satisfied with it hot! So satisfied that I</strong><br />
<strong>could not stop drinking it all day long. </strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.oregonchai.com/images/products/2_sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.oregonchai.com/images/products/2_sm.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong>The <a href="http://www.oregonchai.com/">Chai</a> was also a snap too make and since I am</strong><br />
<strong>a novice I can't promise making it from scratch would be</strong><br />
<strong>like that but <a href="http://www.oregonchai.com/">Oregon Chai</a> was faster then coffee and much</strong><br />
<strong>more easy all the way around. If you are planning to drink it</strong><br />
<strong>cold it is as simple as open and pour, hot is simply heat</strong><br />
<strong>and serve. Just a couple of minutes to one delicious drink!</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.oregonchai.com/">Oregon Chai</a> comes in the liquid concentrate or powder</strong><br />
<strong>and in several different variety's such as Vanilla, slightly</strong><br />
<strong>Sweet and Sugar Free. I got a chance to try the regular</strong><br />
<strong>and the sugar free and was delighted with both. Another</strong><br />
<strong>thing I was happy with was the <a href="http://www.oregonchai.com/">Oregon Chai</a> website for</strong><br />
<strong>not only did they explain chai to me in detail they also</strong><br />
<strong>offered a slew of recipes for each season and different </strong><br />
<strong>ways to enjoy the chai. I felt like Starbucks for Tea</strong><br />
<strong>and with this stuff they better start sweating over at the</strong><br />
<strong>coffee houses for it was so good I might just have to</strong><br />
<strong>totally convert! <a href="http://www.oregonchai.com/">Oregon Chai</a> also has a Vegan Chai and</strong><br />
<strong>other flavors such as Peppermint and some pretty nifty</strong><br />
<strong>gift sets for any Chai lovers on your shopping lists!</strong><br />
<strong>They use only the finest ingredients and are 90 percent</strong><br />
<strong>organic and these guys are so good they are a big part</strong><br />
<strong>of the reason the Chai made it into the new Merriam</strong><br />
<strong>Webster's Dictionary! Now how is that for a reference?</strong><br />
<strong>I will tell you what as a die hard coffee drinker for going</strong><br />
<strong>on 30 years if they can make me re-think my breakfast</strong><br />
<strong>drink they can do wonders with people not as closed </strong><br />
<strong>minded! YUM is all I can say, YUM!</strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.oregonchai.com/images/products/1_sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.oregonchai.com/images/products/1_sm.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong><a href="http://www.oregonchai.com/">Oregon Chai</a> would also like one of my readers to know</strong><br />
<strong>how truly delicious they are. One lucky reader is going to</strong><br />
<strong>win a gift pack that includes 2 of the concentrates, 2 of</strong><br />
<strong>the powders and a T-shirt too boot! To enter just head over</strong><br />
<strong>to their web site and take a look around then come back</strong><br />
<strong>here and post it in a comment. The contest will start tonight</strong><br />
<strong>and run to Midnight on April 30th. </strong><br />
<strong>USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner </strong><br />
<strong>will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to</strong><br />
<strong>contact me with their mailing information. As always</strong><br />
<strong>you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of</strong><br />
<strong>the day, every day, and then posting that you did here</strong><br />
<strong>and other ways to enter are posted below.</strong><br />
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<strong>Easter is on the way, almost here, right around</strong><br />
<strong>the bend and I would love to tell you its meaning.</strong><br />
<strong>Really, I would. I was raised Roman Catholic and</strong><br />
<strong>my Grandparents were founding members of our Church</strong><br />
<strong>and not only that my Grandmother taught there, I went</strong><br />
<strong>to the school there and it was a huge part of my life.</strong><br />
<strong>The meaning of Easter is a beautiful one and something</strong><br />
<strong>each person needs to discover in his or her own way. It</strong><br />
<strong>is not something you come to a blog like mine where you</strong><br />
<strong>normally come for product reviews and light hearted banter</strong><br />
<strong>and just plain help and friendship. Here we try to keep things</strong><br />
<strong>simple and Easter is not a simple subject unless you break</strong><br />
<strong>it down to how the kids see it. Yeah, they know the </strong><br />
<strong>story's I know. We all teach our children the meaning of</strong><br />
<strong>Christmas and Easter is not just about presents and candy</strong><br />
<strong>but come on, kids are kids and they look forward to that</strong><br />
<strong>part and you can't take away some of the few simple joys</strong><br />
<strong>kids today get. So lets not talk about the real meaning lets</strong><br />
<strong>talk about kids and candy instead and something you</strong><br />
<strong>guys can all do together! This year when you are making</strong><br />
<strong>your eggs make some candy too! Not just any old candy</strong><br />
<strong>but a favorite candy of kids everywhere. Something so</strong><br />
<strong>recognizable even little toddlers can be seen standing next</strong><br />
<strong>to their Moms and Dads and pleading, " Mom, Dad,</strong><br />
<strong>Can I have a piece of <a href="http://www.gleegum.com/glee-gum.htm?gclid=CI3z-Zq7t6ACFQsMDQodjX4-TA">Bubble gum</a>?" So this year with</strong><br />
<strong>your colored eggs make some brightly colored bubble<a href="http://www.gleegum.com/glee-gum.htm?gclid=CI3z-Zq7t6ACFQsMDQodjX4-TA"> gum</a> too!</strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gleegum.com/images/kit_gummies_face_smaller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.gleegum.com/images/kit_gummies_face_smaller.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong>I feel like I am seeing little question marks popping up</strong><br />
<strong>all over. Loads of my readers all wondering how in the</strong><br />
<strong>world can they make bubble gum. Isn't that a difficult thing</strong><br />
<strong>to make? This isn't like making a Chocolate Bunnie where</strong><br />
<strong>you just melt it down and pout it in a mold, this is Bubble</strong><br />
<strong>gum. Is it even do-able? Well guess what it is do-able and it</strong><br />
<strong>is also easy as pie too! Don't fill your kids up on </strong><br />
<strong>colored eggs, fill them up with Glee! <a href="http://www.gleegum.com/glee-gum.htm?gclid=CI3z-Zq7t6ACFQsMDQodjX4-TA">Glee Gum</a> that is!</strong><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gleegum.com/images/kit_chocolate_face_smaller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.gleegum.com/images/kit_chocolate_face_smaller.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong>There is a little web store called Glee Gum where they</strong><br />
<strong>sell kits so you can make home-maid candy and bubble</strong><br />
<strong>gum with your kids. Think it might take forever and be</strong><br />
<strong>really time consuming? Boy are you wrong just like I</strong><br />
<strong>was, it can be done in minutes and it is a lot of fun!</strong><br />
<strong>Want more? Sure thing folks! Not only can it be a lot</strong><br />
<strong>of fun it can be really educational too! On the site they</strong><br />
<strong>have a whole educational guide so not only are the kits</strong><br />
<strong>great for home and some time with the kids with a </strong><br />
<strong>totally new kind of craft project they would be awesome</strong><br />
<strong>in day cares and schools and Brownies and Girl scouts,</strong><br />
<strong>as well as Cub scouts and Boy scouts! They can learn</strong><br />
<strong>all about Gum, where it came from and how it is</strong><br />
<strong>processed into the stuff we chomp on today. They also</strong><br />
<strong>have kits for <a href="http://www.gleegum.com/glee-gum.htm?gclid=CI3z-Zq7t6ACFQsMDQodjX4-TA">Gummie Candy</a> and <a href="http://www.gleegum.com/glee-gum.htm?gclid=CI3z-Zq7t6ACFQsMDQodjX4-TA">Chocolate</a> or you can</strong><br />
<strong>just buy some of their all <a href="http://www.gleegum.com/glee-gum.htm?gclid=CI3z-Zq7t6ACFQsMDQodjX4-TA">Natural Gum</a> and profess you</strong><br />
<strong>did it your self just like I did in a fishing contest once.</strong><br />
<strong>The guys went one way and us gals another, whom ever</strong><br />
<strong>had the bigger trout by the end of the day had to cook, </strong><br />
<strong>clean and do the dishes and lucky for us ladies I knew </strong><br />
<strong>a local place that all you needed to do was toss in your</strong><br />
<strong>pole and then some pellets and you had a huge fish right</strong><br />
<strong>on your hook where you paid by the pound. WE won.</strong><br />
<strong>Not I don't recommend telling that kind of fib to your</strong><br />
<strong>kids but they do sell the gum and hubby is an okay target!</strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gleegum.com/images/kit_gum_face_smaller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.gleegum.com/images/kit_gum_face_smaller.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><strong>In truth though, we made the<a href="http://www.gleegum.com/glee-gum.htm?gclid=CI3z-Zq7t6ACFQsMDQodjX4-TA"> Gum</a> here with the</strong><br />
<strong>kit and it was easy as pie and was Yummy to boot. We</strong><br />
<strong>had a blast and now that Andrew is getting older and older</strong><br />
<strong>and I really wish he would stop that but since he isn't now</strong><br />
<strong>that he is getting up there it is getting harder to get him</strong><br />
<strong>to do stuff with me and this one he loved! The only thing</strong><br />
<strong>I was sad about is though Rowan thinks she is all big she</strong><br />
<strong>is just a little too little for Bubble Gum but now that I know</strong><br />
<strong>where to find them I can try again later with her. Or, hum, </strong><br />
<strong>chocolate might be fun to do with her and I know Andrew </strong><br />
<strong>would be in! With the <a href="http://www.gleegum.com/glee-gum.htm?gclid=CI3z-Zq7t6ACFQsMDQodjX4-TA">Gum</a> it really didn't take long at</strong><br />
<strong>all for everything you need is in the kit. You just mix and</strong><br />
<strong>toss in the microwave and then shape how you want. You</strong><br />
<strong>can add colors or leave plane or flavors as well. Get a</strong><br />
<strong>little bit of imagination and just have a blast. No matter </strong><br />
<strong>what you decided it is going to taste good for the <a href="http://www.gleegum.com/glee-gum.htm?gclid=CI3z-Zq7t6ACFQsMDQodjX4-TA">gum</a> as</strong><br />
<strong>is tastes great and since we didn't have the colors and limited</strong><br />
<strong>flavors we went with that. Andrew did roll his into chicklet</strong><br />
<strong>size pieces though for he was determined to do that and</strong><br />
<strong>to keep it from sticking we used some powdered sugar and</strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><strong>Yummy, almost drooled a little there. It turned out great!</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.gleegum.com/glee-gum.htm?gclid=CI3z-Zq7t6ACFQsMDQodjX4-TA">Glee Gum</a> also has some really cool stuff to check out</strong><br />
<strong>on the web site too! You and your kids have got to</strong><br />
<strong>check out from Tree to <a href="http://www.gleegum.com/glee-gum.htm?gclid=CI3z-Zq7t6ACFQsMDQodjX4-TA">Glee</a> for that was totally interesting</strong><br />
<strong>and being a huge discovery channel family we all read</strong><br />
<strong>that, even John who only shook his head and left the</strong><br />
<strong>room when we announced we were making gum had to</strong><br />
<strong>come in for the Tree to<a href="http://www.gleegum.com/glee-gum.htm?gclid=CI3z-Zq7t6ACFQsMDQodjX4-TA"> Glee</a> page. Really really neat!</strong><br />
<strong>They also have a lot of fun facts that your kids will</strong><br />
<strong>love to spring on their friends next time they share</strong><br />
<strong>a piece of their home maid gum! Just silly things like:</strong><br />
<strong>Humans are the only animals on earth that chew gum. </strong><br />
<strong>If you give a monkey a piece he will chew it for a </strong><br />
<strong>couple of minutes, then he will take it out and stick</strong><br />
<strong>it to his hair. Ha ha! Now my son must have been</strong><br />
<strong>born part Monkey for I have yanked a few pieces out</strong><br />
<strong>of his hair, just last............... ah never mind!</strong><br />
<br />
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<strong>Next time your kids are bored and you want to find something</strong><br />
<strong>the whole family can do make some Gum, or Chocolate or</strong><br />
<strong>even some Gummy Candy and watch them light up in smiles!</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.gleegum.com/glee-gum.htm?gclid=CI3z-Zq7t6ACFQsMDQodjX4-TA">Glee Gum</a> is going to let on of my readers test out making</strong><br />
<strong>their own gum too! To enter just head over to the site and</strong><br />
<strong>take a look around and then come back here and post what</strong><br />
<strong>you have learned in a comment. The contest will start tonight</strong><br />
<strong>and run to Midnight on May 7th.</strong><br />
<strong>USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner </strong><br />
<strong>will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to</strong><br />
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<strong>Do you guys remember learning about <a href="http://www.evoraplus.com/">dental hygiene</a></strong><br />
<strong>and all the places you miss brushing when you were in </strong><br />
<strong>school? You would stand in line and when you got to the</strong><br />
<strong>front some overly nice lady would hand you this little </strong><br />
<strong>table and tell you all about brushing your teeth and asking</strong><br />
<strong>you if you thought you brushed well enough? Of coarse you</strong><br />
<strong>would say you did, everyone and their brother that you knew</strong><br />
<strong>was standing right outside of the curtain behind you and</strong><br />
<strong>there was no way you could be the one who said, "No,</strong><br />
<strong>I do a rush job just to shut my Grandparents up for I</strong><br />
<strong>really don't feel like wasting the time!" You always came</strong><br />
<strong>up with this super story about how hard you worked and</strong><br />
<strong>how you were very sure you had the cleanest teeth in the</strong><br />
<strong>entire class. You were positive your brushing skills could</strong><br />
<strong>only be surpassed by the man who founded the American</strong><br />
<strong>Dental Association for he is the only person who could be</strong><br />
<strong>as remotely as careful as you are. The lady always shakes</strong><br />
<strong>her head and then hands you this little tablet and tells you</strong><br />
<strong>to chew this. Hum, okay. In your mouth and it is a little</strong><br />
<strong>like candy and that has you really going for here you are</strong><br />
<strong>talking to this lady who you are pretty sure works hand and</strong><br />
<strong>hand with the tooth fairy and most assuredly reports back</strong><br />
<strong>to your parents and she is giving you candy. You wonder</strong><br />
<strong>if it was a trick but if it was you failed it already it in</strong><br />
<strong>your mouth and you are just about done chewing even.</strong><br />
<strong>Then she hands you this mirror and says now look at your</strong><br />
<strong>teeth. </strong><br />
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<strong>Panic sets in. THAT WAS CANDY! Do the effects of</strong><br />
<strong>candy set in that fast? Do you already have a cavity from</strong><br />
<strong>the piece this lady tricked you into eating? You grab the </strong><br />
<strong>mirror and hold it up and take a look, big grin now and</strong><br />
<strong>what do you see? A mouth full of blue teeth looking back</strong><br />
<strong>at you. Your whole mouth. Every corner and crevasse and</strong><br />
<strong>little gap is bright blue. What did this chick do to you?</strong><br />
<strong>Do they fall out next? You are in shock. Then the lady</strong><br />
<strong>looks you square in the eye and says, " See the blue?"</strong><br />
<strong>You nod your head dumbly.</strong><br />
<strong>"Those are all the areas that you missed when you </strong><br />
<strong>brushed your teeth."</strong><br />
<strong>Again with the dumb nod.</strong><br />
<strong>That is my magic tablet and it tells me that you are just</strong><br />
<strong>not brushing long enough when you brush. In fact with</strong><br />
<strong>all that blue it looks like you didn't brush at all.</strong><br />
<strong>So the lady is really good at bringing 8 year old girls</strong><br />
<strong>to tears but you guys know that tablet I am talking about.</strong><br />
<strong>They go to every school with that little job and then hand</strong><br />
<strong>you this nasty cup of liquid for you to gargle with and</strong><br />
<strong>spit out and then they let you do the tablet again and</strong><br />
<strong>all clap for you when the blue is all gone. I swear the</strong><br />
<strong>reason they go through that whole spiel is to take your</strong><br />
<strong>mind off of the fact that liquid is so nasty if it were not</strong><br />
<strong>for the major guilt trip they just put you on you would be</strong><br />
<strong>spitting it out all over the place. Now the stuff in that little</strong><br />
<strong>fluid is good for your teeth but you don't have to shame</strong><br />
<strong>a child into taking some nasty fluid any more. There are</strong><br />
<strong>better ways to get to all those little spots your brush misses.</strong><br />
<strong>You don't have to gag your child anymore. </strong><br />
<strong>I just had the chance to do a review for a product called</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.evoraplus.com/">Evora Kids</a>. instead of that little nasty fluid this is an easy to</strong><br />
<strong>chew and easy to stomach tablet that your kids will love. No</strong><br />
<strong>matter what the nurse told you that day you will never be able</strong><br />
<strong>to get all those little spots in your mouth and the Evora</strong><br />
<strong>Kids is there to pick up the slack for your little guy.</strong><br />
<strong>When MZ Nurse comes to your child's school they can</strong><br />
<strong>smile back with a mouth absent of blue! <a href="http://www.evoraplus.com/">Evorakids </a>includes</strong><br />
<strong>the ProBiora3 blend of probiotics specifically formulated to</strong><br />
<strong>meet the unique oral care needs of children. The <a href="http://www.evoraplus.com/">EvoraKids</a></strong><br />
<strong>reaches where toothbrushes and floss can’t – into the </strong><br />
<strong>crevices on the pits and fissures in the chewing surfaces</strong><br />
<strong>of teeth. Its Wild Cherry Flavor makes it easy for them to</strong><br />
<strong>handle and you will feel better knowing it is 100% natural</strong><br />
<strong>and GMO free, with no artificial colors or flavors or </strong><br />
<strong>sweeteners. It’s sugar, gluten, soy and dairy free and easy</strong><br />
<strong>for those kids to take on thier own. </strong><br />
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<strong>and think of this as back-up for thier brush. A painless way</strong><br />
<strong>tp support tooth health and help keep your child's smile bright</strong><br />
<strong>and easy way for them to reach the spots they have trouble</strong><br />
<strong>reaching with the brush. I found it super easy to use and</strong><br />
<strong>in the morning when I am passing out the daily Vitamens</strong><br />
<strong>I just slipped this right in and Andrew never even noticed</strong><br />
<strong>and though he is a little older then most of the kids</strong><br />
<strong>that take it with his teeth issues I want to make sure I</strong><br />
<strong>am doing everything I can for him. With 100% Natural</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.evoraplus.com/">Evorakids </a>I feel that I am!</strong><br />
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<strong><a href="http://www.evoraplus.com/">Evorakids</a>!</strong>Michelle AKA blabla3269http://www.blogger.com/profile/03131251712073022776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882302016500418731.post-13166358634763895612010-03-13T20:43:00.000-08:002010-03-13T20:43:12.004-08:00Idox Review and Giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.idox360.com/images/logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.idox360.com/images/logo.gif" vt="true" width="146" /></a></div><br />
How many times have I told you guys about<br />
all the stuff that gets ruined here? Cell phones, Camera's,<br />
Video game hand helds and so on and so forth. Let me<br />
put it to you this way, if it costs more then 10 bucks at<br />
the store it is toast once it gets to my house. Andrew<br />
is a Klutz, plain and simple, John is absent minded<br />
as much as the day is long and all of us have been<br />
known to leave something in babies reach and that is<br />
an automatic end to anything right there. Though I<br />
would love to toss the Crown of destruction on John's<br />
head for he has cost me the most via way of aggravation<br />
due to the simple fact he is an adult and really should know<br />
better but Andrew is the hands down King. The amount<br />
if items he has broken through falls alone is 10 times that<br />
of what anyone else has broken with every other combined <br />
way possible of breaking a product His cell phones and<br />
<a href="http://www.idox360.com/">Ipods</a> are always the first too go. <br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.idox360.com/images/ipt-cv.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.idox360.com/images/ipt-cv.gif" vt="true" /></a></div>I just got the chance to do a review for <a href="http://www.idox360.com/">Idox</a> and<br />
I believe I have found a good cure to at least half of<br />
the ways Andrew can destroy something. Idox makes a<br />
series of cases for the <a href="http://www.idox360.com/">IPhone, IPod and IPod Touch</a><br />
that makes for clever and unique way to protect them<br />
that even Andrew would have a hard time getting around.<br />
The<a href="http://www.idox360.com/"> Idox Traveler Series</a> not only makes for a durable<br />
hard case to protect your valuables it also works as<br />
a stand to offer a unique perspective on your IPhone and<br />
<a href="http://www.idox360.com/">IPod </a>while you are using it. It allows for the perfect angle<br />
so you can browse your music and game selection and<br />
relax at the same time. Just set it on the table in front<br />
of you or in Andrews case the arm of the couch and <br />
you no longer have to worry about juggling it and<br />
getting to your favorite selections at the same time.<br />
Another thing Andrew pointed out with great enthusiasm<br />
is the angle it rests on is spectacular for viewing his<br />
movies and videos he has saved. No more creaks in<br />
the neck, no more fighting to find a comfortable position<br />
and no more precariously balancing on edges of furniture <br />
or ledges to find a place it will rest without tipping or<br />
falling all together. The soft touch feet allow for a stable<br />
base for viewing and it stays put where you set it too!<br />
Even when King Thunderfoot got up and down and<br />
plopped back on the furniture it stayed right where he<br />
left it. That is no easy task right there for when Andrew<br />
makes his way through a room the pictures on the walls<br />
shake for he is not a light walker. Combine that neat<br />
little feature with the case and Bada Boom, Andrew <br />
proof, well as much as anything can be. Don't forget he<br />
leaves things all over and has been known to wash a<br />
lot of his belongings and there really isn't anything in<br />
the world that can save an electronic device from a<br />
spin cycle. The <a href="http://www.idox360.com/">Hard case</a> also offers a flip top cover<br />
so even if you are only using your phone for a second<br />
it makes it so easy to close you can't help but to<br />
follow and do it. The <a href="http://www.idox360.com/">case </a>is also compact and easy<br />
to store and offers the ability to hook up to not only<br />
Blue Tooth but ear phones or an adapter. Andrew loves<br />
the fact it comes in those tough manly colors like black<br />
and platinum but Pink! Hey, call me in too!<br />
<a href="http://www.idox360.com/">Idox </a>has been written up and received rave reviews<br />
from just about everyone who has tried them for they<br />
really are an innovator in the market and one of the<br />
first places I have seen that offer a product as sleek<br />
and stylish as the technology itself has morphed into<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.idox360.com/images/ipn-cv.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.idox360.com/images/ipn-cv.gif" vt="true" /></a></div>over the last decade. They offer a 90 day warranty and<br />
great support and even free shipping as if it could<br />
get any better. Still need more, check out the testimonials<br />
on the site or look them up on U-Tube where you<br />
can see for yourself just how awesome they really<br />
are. Another perk? They are made right here in the<br />
good old U-S of A and we all should be looking at<br />
products that bring jobs to our own citizens whenever<br />
we can. I would look for more from these guys<br />
in the future for with a product as good as theirs<br />
I see a long one ahead for them and this train isn't<br />
going to leave the tracks anytime soon. My review<br />
of them has been delightful for hey, they hit me in<br />
the wallet and the fact their durable case can stand<br />
up to Andrew has made them tops in my book <br />
right there. Toss in the sleek design and the cool<br />
pop up feature and you couldn't pry it out of my<br />
hands! Love it!<br />
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Now you guys can love it too for<a href="http://www.idox360.com/"> Idox</a> is going to give<br />
one of their cases to one of my very lucky readers! To<br />
enter just head over to their site and take a look around <br />
and then come back here and post something you have learned<br />
in a comment. The contest will start tonight and run to <br />
Midnight on May 1st!<br />
USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner <br />
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to<br />
contact me with their mailing information. As always<br />
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safety items in the last few months. I have<br />
covered ways to keep track of your children.<br />
A way to Tattoo your phone number right on<br />
them should they get lost at an age too young to<br />
be able to remember it. I have even covered a couple<br />
a First Aid Kits and bandages in case they fall or<br />
get an ouchie you need to make "all gone!". The<br />
guide itself covers all the information you need to make<br />
your home safe and your entire family protected but<br />
what I neglected is to mention is what you need if everything<br />
else fails. Now this is not something I would wish<br />
on my worst enemy but it is a crazy world and you<br />
need to be prepared for everything. Even if your child<br />
is only in the next back yard like mine was it is<br />
still better to be on top of the situation instead of<br />
having the worst case scenario happen and you<br />
not be the slightest bit prepared.<br />
Nobody wants to think of bad things happening.<br />
Nobody wants to imagine their child missing or even<br />
the need for an Identification kit. In fact most people <br />
would not have the slightest idea how to go about putting<br />
one together for it is always the one thing we push out<br />
of our mind and when you do not put any thought into<br />
something like that you end up totally unprepared and<br />
lost yourself. I wanted to make sure I had all of Rowans <br />
information in one place for many reasons. Not just in<br />
case of an emergency but for a baby sitter, or even<br />
if something happened to John and I, how would John's Brother<br />
get a hold of all the information he needs, or my<br />
Mother? Just like a will it is important to organize<br />
your<a href="http://www.yoursafechild.com/"> child's identification</a> in the most organized ways<br />
possible. Complete details and copy's as well. If the<br />
emergency is a house fire like I went through and<br />
you only have one set of papers you could end up<br />
in a pickle. Most people have lost all of their personal<br />
identification at least once in their life. If it was lost<br />
or stolen or destroyed at one point we all have had<br />
to start at square one and replace it and we all know<br />
what a pain in the butt that is. Now we are adults and<br />
can clearly announce our thoughts and recite our information.<br />
A child can't and depends on you to keep track of all<br />
of those facts. So one more time I am going to<br />
stress its importance.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.yoursafechild.com/images/image-toothprints.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yoursafechild.com/images/image-toothprints.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div>Now that that has been settled how do you go about<br />
gathering all of it? I know after Andrew wandered into<br />
our neighbors yard the importance of it struck me then<br />
and I sat down and made sure I had everything in<br />
case he was misplaced again and not just on the<br />
other side of a privacy fence. I sat there and stared<br />
at a blank notebook for an hour before I admitted <br />
to myself I had no clue where to begin. Now I had<br />
ran a home daycare for a few years when Andrew<br />
was a toddler so I dug out one of the emergency<br />
cards from there and put together my own makeshift<br />
kit. Back then we didn't have the resources we have<br />
now. Mine turned out okay but it would not have<br />
went so well had I not had the Emergency card to<br />
get me started or taken all the classes I had when<br />
I went to get my state license. With all the training<br />
and foresight I had I was still on the side of lost<br />
if I had not had that I would have felt like I was hiking<br />
out of the middle of the Amazon with only a penlight<br />
and a Snickers bar. Today you can get everything<br />
you need on-line or even at some retail stores<br />
and I have to tell you it is a must have item <br />
where ever you choose to get it. I got mine at <br />
<a href="http://www.yoursafechild.com/">Your Safe Child.com</a> and I gotta say they had<br />
every single thing you would ever need and hope<br />
you never have to use. I was sent a Safe Shoes<br />
<a href="http://www.yoursafechild.com/">Child ID</a> and a<a href="http://www.yoursafechild.com/"> Child Print ID kit</a> and together they<br />
make for the perfect contingent for any situation.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.yoursafechild.com/images/img41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yoursafechild.com/images/img41.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div>The <a href="http://www.yoursafechild.com/">Safe Shoes Child ID kit</a> has<br />
information your child would need to give to an<br />
authority figure should they ever get lost or can't<br />
find your or another family member or whomever<br />
is in charge of the group they are with. It keeps<br />
that information safe inside their shoe with a thin,<br />
lightweight self laminating label that stays put and <br />
is concealed inside the shoe where research has<br />
proved is an item of clothing most would be abductors<br />
either never remove at all or seldom inspect if they<br />
do. It has room for 5 phone numbers and 3 names<br />
so no matter what the situation your child only need<br />
alert an authority figure and they will be able to get<br />
in contact with somebody in your family. The only<br />
thing that is lacking is your child's name for safety<br />
purposes. They are inexpensive and can be bought <br />
in large qualities so every shoe your child owns can<br />
have these inside for an easy piece of mind. The<br />
other item I was sent is not a luxury item to afford<br />
you a piece of mind but a must have item that you<br />
should have for every single child in your house.<br />
The <a href="http://www.yoursafechild.com/">Child print ID Kit</a> is the mother load so to speak<br />
and keeps all of your child's important information in<br />
one pack that is not only easy to store it is easy to<br />
take with you and can be copied easily for passing<br />
out should an emergency situation ever arise. It is<br />
printed on a durable paper and also is encased in a<br />
sleeve equally as durable and includes all your child's<br />
personal information such as the basic goods like<br />
name and age, address and phone, birth date and parents<br />
information as well. This kit doesn't stop there though<br />
and it also provides room for and the supplies needed<br />
to include:<br />
1. A chart to graph identifying marks<br />
2. Room to include a description of glasses or braces<br />
or prosthetic limbs or other medical issues. <br />
3. A place to include a currant photo and the<br />
date the photo was taken and the child's age in the<br />
photo. <br />
4. A fingerprint Card and the ink to fill it out.<br />
5. A dental chart for you to fill to display cavity's,<br />
missing teeth or in Rowans case the teeth she does<br />
have and braces. It also has a dual layer to include <br />
Baby Teeth and their Adult Teeth. <br />
6. There is also a DNA bag for you to store 10 strands<br />
of hair from your child's hair brush so you do not<br />
have to go yanking it out of their head. <br />
The kit comes complete with tips and other useful facts<br />
and is just the "right" thing to have. <a href="http://www.yoursafechild.com/">Your Safe Child</a> also<br />
carries <a href="http://www.yoursafechild.com/">Child print ID</a> cards and <a href="http://www.yoursafechild.com/">Tooth print Cards</a>! With any<br />
of the products on the site you can be assured you are securing<br />
your child for any outcome that may arise, good or bad. As the<br />
Boy Scouts always say, Be Prepared!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.yoursafechild.com/images/id-im.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.yoursafechild.com/images/id-im.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div>I also have a kit to give to one of my readers<br />
that has the <a href="http://www.yoursafechild.com/">ID and the Safe Shoes</a>. To enter just<br />
head over to the site and take a look around and<br />
then come back here and post what you have learned<br />
in a comment. The contest will start tonight and run to<br />
Midnight on April 25th. <br />
USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner <br />
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to<br />
contact me with their mailing information. As always<br />
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of<br />
the day, every day, and then posting that you did here<br />
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<strong>in a giant bubble to protect her from the outside world.</strong><br />
<strong>John Travolta's Bubble Boy has nothing on Rowan for</strong><br />
<strong>he would not stop there and would add padding and</strong><br />
<strong>cushion and have a team of people like a NASCAR</strong><br />
<strong>pit crew running interference to swipe clean her path</strong><br />
<strong>as she makes her way across a room. When we first</strong><br />
<strong>brought her home I was never so embarrassed to watch</strong><br />
<strong>him sway her this way and that when an elderly lady</strong><br />
<strong>at the drug store tried to get a good look at Rowan, not</strong><br />
<strong>touch her, mind you, but look, and he did everything but</strong><br />
<strong>a Cartwheel to insure she could not get close enough</strong><br />
<strong>to do so.</strong><br />
<strong>"Germs Michelle, they are everywhere. Do you want</strong><br />
<strong>her to end up with the Swine Flu?"</strong><br />
<strong>" Well I would assume those people are home in bed</strong><br />
<strong>and I didn't say you have to let people touch her but</strong><br />
<strong>there is a polite way to keep her at a distance and a </strong><br />
<strong>rude way and you are pretty rude right now!"</strong><br />
<strong>" I am not!"</strong><br />
<strong>"Whatever!"</strong><br />
<strong>A couple of days later our neighbor who has been very</strong><br />
<strong>close to our whole family for years and pretty much </strong><br />
<strong>considers my family a part of hers and she also worships</strong><br />
<strong>the ground both of my children walk on caught John and</strong><br />
<strong>I on the way out the door.</strong><br />
<strong>"Is that the baby?"</strong><br />
<strong>I could see John visibly stiffen. I gave him a little shove</strong><br />
<strong>in her direction. "Yes, it is. We were just taking her for</strong><br />
<strong>a check up."</strong><br />
<strong>"Oh, the sweet thing. I won't waste your time but</strong><br />
<strong>I just wanted to take a peek at the little Angel."</strong><br />
<strong>John was already trying to worm his way off of the</strong><br />
<strong>porch and there was not a doubt in my mind he was </strong><br />
<strong>going to make a break for it and be extremely rude to</strong><br />
<strong>a Woman who has been nothing short of spectacular to</strong><br />
<strong>my family and Not only remembers my children on</strong><br />
<strong>every Holiday and Birthday was the first person on my</strong><br />
<strong>doorstep the day after we brought Rowan home with</strong><br />
<strong>a huge Piggy Bank she must have gotten at a boutique</strong><br />
<strong>somewhere filled a third of the way already with Quarters.</strong><br />
<strong>There must have been more then 100 dollars in there</strong><br />
<strong>already and she had instructions this was to be towards</strong><br />
<strong>her Collage fund! The Bank itself most have cost a </strong><br />
<strong>small fortune for I have never seen one so big and</strong><br />
<strong>detailed before. It was stunning. She has done just as</strong><br />
<strong>many spectacular things for Andrew, including gifting the</strong><br />
<strong>child a computer for his 13th Birthday and here John was</strong><br />
<strong>making a break for it and all she wanted was a look.</strong><br />
<strong>I stopped him and gave him a push in her direction again</strong><br />
<strong>and a little ( though hard) pinch to the arm so he</strong><br />
<strong>got the message. Later that day he freaked on me and</strong><br />
<strong>you would think this man who is only one step above</strong><br />
<strong>drinking out of a toilet bowl himself was a Howard Hughes</strong><br />
<strong>clone and ready to seal Rowan away in some sort of</strong><br />
<strong>Hermetically sealed room to she was 30 years old. I</strong><br />
<strong>even explained she "needs" to be exposed to some things</strong><br />
<strong>or she would never develop the immunities she needs later</strong><br />
<strong>in life. He has just about driven me to the point of</strong><br />
<strong>having him sealed in something though it is not</strong><br />
<strong>made to keep out germs but rather made of Pine if</strong><br />
<strong>he does not knock it off. When I got the chance to</strong><br />
<strong>do a review for </strong><a href="http://www.myclyns.com/"><strong>MyClyns</strong></a><strong> I hung up the phone to the</strong><br />
<strong>Funeral Home and decided to see what they had to</strong><br />
<strong>say. </strong><br />
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<a href="http://www.myclyns.com/"><strong>MyClyns</strong></a><strong> is made for people like John and is</strong><br />
<strong>a fantastic product to have even if you are "normal"</strong><br />
<strong>too! This looks like a pen and fits into your pocket</strong><br />
<strong>or purse as easy as one does too. MyClyns is</strong><br />
<strong>not a pen though and in fact is a personal spray that</strong><br />
<strong>is made to spray directly into your own face or mouth</strong><br />
<strong>and is effective in reducing your post-exposure to air</strong><br />
<strong>born and other pathogens and germs that can other</strong><br />
<strong>wise cause viruses or infections. Next time you or</strong><br />
<strong>your child is sitting in a crowded waiting room and draw</strong><br />
<strong>the short straw and get to enjoy the comfort of sitting</strong><br />
<strong>next to the sickest person in the room just pull out your</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.myclyns.com/"><strong>MyClyns </strong></a><strong>and give yourself and your child a little spray-</strong><br />
<strong>down. It is safe to spray directly onto the face and even</strong><br />
<strong>onto open cuts and abrasions and is designed to be </strong><br />
<strong>used after the unexpected incident occurs. What</strong><a href="http://www.myclyns.com/"><strong> MyClyns</strong></a><br />
<strong>is would be best described as new, alcohol-free, non-toxic, </strong><br />
<strong>non-burning germ protection spray shown to reduce more </strong><br />
<strong>than 60 potentially dangerous germs, including MRSA, </strong><br />
<strong>staph and E-coli*. Compared to other method's we</strong><br />
<strong>use for sanitation and Germ Defense, </strong><a href="http://www.myclyns.com/"><strong>MyClyns </strong></a><strong>is the </strong><br />
<strong>hands down winner every single time. It's closest competitors</strong><br />
<strong>would be hand Sanitizer followed by Soap and Water for</strong><br />
<strong>there really isn't anything even remotely like this on</strong><br />
<strong>the market. Even John could sleep, rest assured that</strong><br />
<strong>he has done the best thing possible to protect Rowan</strong><br />
<strong>and the host of Germs children today face. Professionals</strong><br />
<strong>in the Medical, Law Enforcement and Military have</strong><br />
<strong>already known about its benefits and now you can</strong><br />
<strong>too. I am not even a tiny bit of the Germ Phobe that</strong><br />
<strong>John is and non-the-less understand the importance</strong><br />
<strong>of fighting Germs to keep our children healthy and</strong><br />
<strong>know the importance of sanitation and with </strong><a href="http://www.myclyns.com/"><strong>MyClyns</strong></a><br />
<strong>I no longer have to run my children to the nearest</strong><br />
<strong>bathroom and wash them down or slather hand Sanitizer</strong><br />
<strong>every time they face the public. Where has this stuff</strong><br />
<strong>been all my life? Now if I can keep John from buying</strong><br />
<strong>this by the Semi Truck full and making a spectacle of</strong><br />
<strong>himself every time Rowan comes within five feet of</strong><br />
<strong>a person he does not know!</strong><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://clynsbrands.com/uploads/images/banners/inner_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="61" src="http://clynsbrands.com/uploads/images/banners/inner_3.jpg" vt="true" width="400" /></a></div><strong>Have a John at home? I feel for you but right now</strong><br />
<strong>you can have a chance of winning some </strong><a href="http://www.myclyns.com/"><strong>MyClyns</strong></a><strong> of</strong><br />
<strong>your very own. Discipline and Manors classes you have</strong><br />
<strong>to locate on your own for I have my hands full with </strong><br />
<strong>John already. To enter just head over to the site and </strong><br />
<strong>take a look around then come back here and post what</strong><br />
<strong>you have learned. The contest will start tonight and</strong><br />
<strong>run to Midnight on April 26th. </strong><br />
<strong>USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner </strong><br />
<strong>will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to</strong><br />
<strong>contact me with their mailing information. As always</strong><br />
<strong>you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of</strong><br />
<strong>the day, every day, and then posting that you did here</strong><br />
<strong>and other ways to enter are posted below.</strong><br />
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<strong>Hey there, while you are here don't forget to enter</strong><br />
<strong>my <a href="http://becauseisaidsomomknowsbest.blogspot.com/2010/03/radius-toothbrush-review-and-giveaway.html">Radius Toothbrush</a> and <a href="http://becauseisaidsohttp//becauseisaidsomomknowsbest.blogspot.com/2010/03/isabelt-review-and-giveaway.htmlmomknowsbest.blogspot.com/2010/03/radius-toothbrush-review-and-giveaway.html">isABelt </a>Contests! </strong>Michelle AKA blabla3269http://www.blogger.com/profile/03131251712073022776noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882302016500418731.post-52684815630394192142010-03-13T19:44:00.000-08:002010-03-13T19:44:37.737-08:00EyeFatigue.com Review and Giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.eyefatigue.com/photos/img_3740.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="http://www.eyefatigue.com/photos/img_3740.jpg" vt="true" width="400" /></a></div>Both John and I have fading eye sight. Each year<br />
it gets worse and worse and though I have seen a <br />
doctor for it, John is clinging to his youth and says<br />
his eyes are just tired and once he gets some rest<br />
he will be okay. I have a astigmatism that I have had<br />
for a long time and it is just getting worse. I am vain<br />
and refused to do what the doctor told me years and <br />
years ago and the fact I am going through all this<br />
now is my own fault. When I was in my early 20s <br />
I first started to notice an issue and went to the doctor<br />
the first time. That was when I found out and he<br />
wrote me a prescription for a pair of glasses.<br />
"Wear these every day for 6 months straight and you<br />
will be able to fix your issues for they are mild and<br />
not very bad."<br />
"Can I get contacts?"<br />
"No, Like I said, your condition is too mild and they<br />
don't make contacts for something like that."<br />
Well, Michelle was even more vain then compared to<br />
now and those glasses were never, ever worn. It didn't<br />
start getting really bad to I was in my late 30's but <br />
now my doctor can write me a lovely prescription for<br />
contacts should I wish but the fix in 6 months thing is<br />
totally off the table. At least I went to the doctors and<br />
found out. I may have lost my glasses a long time <br />
ago and have been too lazy to go back but I know.<br />
John will not even walk in the door. I can't help but<br />
to laugh there for I am the biggest phobe when it<br />
comes to doctors and you have to drag me in by my<br />
nose and even I will go to an eye doctor. How big of<br />
a baby is John? <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.eyefatigue.com/photos/img_37331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.eyefatigue.com/photos/img_37331.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div>What he has been doing instead is stealing my glasses.<br />
I buy them at the drug store for even though my vision<br />
is much worse then when I was tested in my 20s it<br />
still isn't bad on the whole. In my 20s it was a once in<br />
a while thing and now it is constant but the actual issue<br />
is my vision is sorta blurry looking at far away objects.<br />
I am far from blind and I would think Johns can't be much<br />
worse since he is fine with every pair of glasses I grab<br />
for me. Now I suppose I could start getting them from<br />
the eye doctor but I don't see much of a difference and <br />
I have a habit of loosing a pair every month of so and<br />
buying that many through the doctor would cost a small<br />
fortune. Instead I stick with the ones by the Pharmacy.<br />
Those are cheaper then the Co-pay at the Doctors office<br />
and work just as well. Now if I could get John to stop <br />
stealing them I would not be getting as many.<br />
The last pair he took were a pair that were sunglasses.<br />
Now that really bums me out for Summer is almost here<br />
and not only did I loose those to him I lost them all<br />
together for he has no clue were he put them. Why should<br />
he, John seems to think he has an endless supply of<br />
glasses for every time I can't find mine I order some<br />
more or grab them at the store and he just helps himself.<br />
and I am stuck footing the bill. Now we go through about<br />
20 pair of year and it is starting to add up so I thought<br />
if I found a place that has just what he needs and what<br />
I need I can kill two birds with one stone and maybe<br />
if they were the right kind for him he would take better<br />
care of his and not loose them. You see his problem<br />
is not his eye sight per say, it is tired eyes from strain.<br />
He spends so much time with Crosswords and Reading<br />
and then a good part of the day on the computer the<br />
strain is making his vision all wonkey. I didn't even<br />
know if they made glasses for people with normal<br />
vision and tired eyes but I started searching and would<br />
you believe they do? Not only a pair of glasses but<br />
a whole web site filled with information and tips on<br />
lenses and fitting and they also carry glasses with low<br />
power like I need so I really could kill two birds with<br />
one stone. After all the things that have been going<br />
on around my house right now this seems like a light<br />
at the end of the tunnel and thanks to EyeFatigue.com <br />
I can even see that light!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.eyefatigue.com/photos/img_3739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="99" src="http://www.eyefatigue.com/photos/img_3739.jpg" vt="true" width="320" /></a></div>I was sent a pair for review and they were just what<br />
John needed. They even come with a little case so he<br />
is not loosing them all over the place because he doesn't<br />
pick them up. Would you believe when I got the new <br />
furniture a few weeks ago about 4 pair of old glasses<br />
fell out. At first I was excited for I thought it would save<br />
me the problem of buying more but once I saw the lenses<br />
I was bummed. If they had this case on them they might <br />
have made it. John wore them for all of the week so<br />
far and just loves them and has not complained of a<br />
headache since he started either. The Computer Glasses<br />
were made just for him, well, people like him and take<br />
care of the issues that affect him on a regular basis such<br />
as the glare that affects everyone who spends a lot<br />
of time on a computer. People assume one glass is just<br />
as good as another but when it comes to your eyes<br />
it is better to be safe then sorry for hey, we only get<br />
one pair in our life and that's all she wrote. The glasses<br />
on <a href="http://eyefatigue.com/">EyeFatigue.com</a> are specifically made for people who<br />
normally do not need glasses to function in life but<br />
are taking the strides necessary to keep it that way and<br />
protecting them from strain. A normal prescriptive pair<br />
of glasses can sometimes do more harm then good<br />
and you should read though all the information and make<br />
an educated choice whenever you are dealing with <br />
something as important as your eyes.<br />
<br />
They also offer a solution for people like me who<br />
need a low powered glass that could not normally be <br />
bought over the counter. For years I have been grabbing<br />
a 1, the lowest you can get at a drug store but they<br />
are still too strong and though they do help me be able<br />
to see clearer then before I also end up with headaches <br />
for my efforts. The only way to fix that was to get them<br />
from the eye doctor at a hundred bucks a pop and <br />
<a href="http://eyefatigue.com/">EyeFatigue.com</a> offers the strength I need on-line for a<br />
fraction of that price. Ba-Da-Bing, John and I both <br />
covered at one store, one low price and these come<br />
with the little cover and were delivered super fast too<br />
boot! I am all in here! So if you guys are having<br />
issues already or just spend a lot of time on-line and<br />
want to take care of your eyes now, take a look over<br />
at <a href="http://eyefatigue.com/">EyeFatigue.com</a> and you will defiantly see more clearly!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/th_000_1896.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/th_000_1896.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><a href="http://eyefatigue.com/">EyeFatigue.com</a> is also going to give one of my lucky<br />
readers a pair of their own. To enter just head over to<br />
the site and take a look around and then come back here<br />
and post something you have learned. The contest will<br />
start tonight and run to Midnight on April 27th!<br />
USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner <br />
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to<br />
contact me with their mailing information. As always<br />
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of<br />
the day, every day, and then posting that you did here<br />
and other ways to enter are posted below.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://eyefatigue.com/">EyeFatigue.com</a><br />
<br />
<br />
Extra entries. <br />
Extra entries only count after the initial entry <br />
is completed.<br />
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1. Become a follower of my blog or Twitter page<br />
and post that you are. 3 entries, <br />
please post 3 times. You may only do this<br />
one time! This is not a daily entry.<br />
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here. 5 entries, please post five times. You<br />
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just went over not too long ago? Hey, those guys<br />
make more then Money Clips and I have to<br />
tell you. With all the things going on around here<br />
I almost forgot. I have been doing so much running<br />
lately I have more then once forgotten to take my<br />
medication with me and I have paid for that. Dearly.<br />
The few times I have remembered I had a whole other<br />
set of problems. The plastic bottles. Life has been such<br />
a whirl wind the last couple of weeks I crushed two<br />
of them by being so out of sorts I sat on my purse. <br />
One, it is not a good idea to take your entire bottle<br />
of medication with you in the first place. If you are<br />
only going somewhere for a day or so and cart it<br />
along you run into the risk of loosing it or even having<br />
it stolen. When you take the medications I take loosing<br />
your medication is no small thing. For starters my<br />
insurance will only cover it every so often and most<br />
of the items I am on are not cheap. I don't know<br />
about you but I just don't have a few extra hundred<br />
dollars laying around to replace a prescription. The other<br />
being that a lot of my prescriptions are Narcotics and<br />
too make sure no funny business is going on most doctors<br />
request a police report if it is stolen and will only replace<br />
a ruined one once a year or less. So where is a good<br />
place to keep them? Where would they be safe?<br />
A medication sorter? One of those Monday through Sunday<br />
deals that keep everything straight? Now that sounds good<br />
in theory but when you are in an out of waiting rooms<br />
and doctors offices and the hospital lounge that is not<br />
always a good thing. For one you are pre-occupied by<br />
why you are there and not on full alert and the other thing<br />
is if someone does look through your items and sees that<br />
it would be the first thing they grab. So what should I<br />
do then? Well <a href="http://clip-money.com/">Clip-Money.com</a> has something just for<br />
that purpose. The<a href="http://www.clip-money.com/other.html"> Pill Fob</a>! This hooks right on your<br />
key chain and it made out of Titanium and there is no<br />
way in the world you can crush it by sitting on it.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.clip-money.com/images/1pill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="127" src="http://www.clip-money.com/images/1pill.jpg" vt="true" width="200" /></a></div>No way it can get ruined at all. It is lightweight and<br />
stays out of the way and can even serve as a spot to<br />
store some emergency cash. This is a must have for <br />
anyone who needs a certain medication and I know I<br />
am getting one for my Mothers Nitro pills for she has<br />
yet to remember to bring some with her when we leave <br />
the house. The<a href="http://www.clip-money.com/other.html"> Pill Fob</a> solves all your problems barring<br />
theft but, but but, they also make something to help there<br />
too! <br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/th_000_1901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/th_000_1901.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><a href="http://clip-money.com/">Clip-Money.com</a> also makes a Titanium Whistle that<br />
will last a life time and this is a must have for any<br />
single girl or daughter. Guys, you can use them too<br />
but I know for a fact when Rowan is old enough to<br />
go places by herself this is the first thing she will<br />
have. At the first sign of danger I will pound it in her<br />
head to blow that non-stop to help comes. Run and<br />
blow and if you see a person touching your <a href="http://www.clip-money.com/other.html">Pill Fob</a>, <br />
blow then too! We teach our children and young ladies<br />
to be vigilant in today's world. To carry their keys out<br />
so they can be used as a weapon and to not go into<br />
dark areas and travel in groups but this doesn't always<br />
work out. Sometimes they end up in those situations any<br />
ways and sometimes they are too young to have keys, so<br />
what then? A<a href="http://www.clip-money.com/other.html"> whistle</a> is a perfect choice for it is loud<br />
enough to attract attention and that is what they need.<br />
The first order of business should be to alert every person<br />
around that you need help by screaming "Fire" and<br />
blowing that <a href="http://www.clip-money.com/other.html">Whistle</a> to a mob arrives to help! <br />
The Whistle is also great for calling the kids in<br />
the house at the end of the day or if you are camping<br />
and hear a wild animal give it a blow and it might just<br />
scare it away. Give it a bunch of blows and it might <br />
just scare everything away. Sporting events or whatever<br />
other reason you might need a whistle for, make it<br />
a titanium for this is one whistle you will never have<br />
to worry about replacing. It is also lightweight and loud<br />
and is sure to attract loads of attention no matter what<br />
you use it for. Both the <a href="http://www.clip-money.com/other.html">Pill Fob</a> and the <a href="http://www.clip-money.com/other.html">Whistle</a> can<br />
be placed on a Titanium Chain that can be cut to <br />
length and are a perfect way to carry both of these<br />
items and with Titanium you know you are going to<br />
get the best value for your money and a product that<br />
is sure to last forever. Last of all, the people from<br />
<a href="http://clip-money.com/">Clip-Money.com</a> care for their customers and are not<br />
only lightening fast with delivery they are always there<br />
to answer your questions and are a fantastic company <br />
to work with all around. Next time your parent is fumbling<br />
for their blood pres sue medication in a twist off child and<br />
adult proof plastic bottle like we see Uncle Bob do every <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.clip-money.com/images/SSwhistle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://www.clip-money.com/images/SSwhistle.jpg" vt="true" width="200" /></a></div>Sunday at breakfast make their life a little more easy with<br />
an easy to open and forever safe Titanium Pill Fob. The<br />
next time your Teenage Daughter or Son says they are <br />
walking a couple of blocks down the street to their friends<br />
after dark, rest more easy knowing they have their Titanium<br />
Whistle with them. Both of these items are just what the<br />
Doctor ordered to keep your own blood pressure at<br />
a manageable level so you are not the one fumbling with<br />
a Pill Fob on a Sunday Morning breakfast with the family.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/th_000_1903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss62/blabla3269/th_000_1903.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><a href="http://clip-money.com/">Clip-Money.com</a> has once again thought of my readers<br />
and they are offering one lucky winner the choice of either<br />
a Pill Fob or a Whistle of their own. To enter just<br />
head over to the site and take a look around then come<br />
back here and post what you have learned. The contest<br />
will start tonight and run to Midnight on April 29th.<br />
USA and 18 and older can enter daily and the winner <br />
will be contacted by email and have 72 hours to<br />
contact me with their mailing information. As always<br />
you can earn a bonus entry by entering the contest of<br />
the day, every day, and then posting that you did here<br />
and other ways to enter are posted below.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://clip-money.com/">Clip-Money.com</a><br />
<br />
<br />
Extra entries. <br />
Extra entries only count after the initial entry <br />
is completed.<br />
<br />
1. Become a follower of my blog or Twitter page<br />
and post that you are. 3 entries, <br />
please post 3 times. You may only do this<br />
one time! This is not a daily entry.<br />
<br />
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here. 5 entries, please post five times. You<br />
may do this once per day if you post a new<br />
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3. Grab my button. 5 entries. Please post <br />
5 times. You may only do this one time!<br />
This is not a daily entry.<br />
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4. Blog about this contest somewhere else <br />
and post the link here. 5 Entries. Please <br />
post five times. You may do this once per<br />
day per new blog post! For each Daily entry<br />
there must be a blog post for that day!<br />
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Hey there, while you are here don't forget to enter<br />
my <a href="http://becauseisaidsomomknowsbest.blogspot.com/2010/03/radius-toothbrush-review-and-giveaway.html">Radius Toothbrush</a> and<a href="http://becauseisaidsomomknowsbest.blogspot.com/2010/03/isabelt-review-and-giveaway.html"> isABelt</a> Contests!Michelle AKA blabla3269http://www.blogger.com/profile/03131251712073022776noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882302016500418731.post-31675283199722339272010-03-13T19:13:00.000-08:002010-03-13T19:13:11.473-08:00Pawparazzi Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/object2/326/10/n140957830669_5072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/object2/326/10/n140957830669_5072.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div>Rowan is now really getting into playing<br />
with toys. Her entire day is spent exploring and <br />
and moving things from point A to spot B and <br />
taking things apart and putting them together. <br />
Her own little world and her own fantasy's are <br />
played out in her mind over and over again. She<br />
loves Animals and her dog most of all so anything<br />
that looks like an Animal is Aces in her book! <br />
<a href="http://www.pawparazzi.com/">Pawparazzi </a>is right up her alley right now for it<br />
allows for her to spend all her time with everything<br />
she loves! Pets, Toys and her imagination. Rowan<br />
is still a toddler but she already puts her <a href="http://www.pawparazzi.com/">Pawparazzi</a><br />
to sleep in its little pet bed and holds him close.<br />
She is still too little to fumble with the little pieces<br />
and parts but enjoys the fact Daisy looks so much<br />
like her Boo that she feels like she has a mini<br />
version. I have a strong feeling this little pup is<br />
going to be as loved and cared for just as long<br />
as the bigger version with more drool. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pawparazzi.com/petshop/product_thumb.php?img=images/1O_00173_Misty_Pawparazzi_RGB.jpg&w=300&h=289" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.pawparazzi.com/petshop/product_thumb.php?img=images/1O_00173_Misty_Pawparazzi_RGB.jpg&w=300&h=289" vt="true" /></a></div><a href="http://www.pawparazzi.com/">Pawparazzi </a>makes the perfect toy for a little girl<br />
or boy. As a Mom who has already been the maintenance <br />
crew to a Pet that is supposed to be a child's it is <br />
also the perfect pet. These little critters are darling <br />
little puppies and little kitties and little boys and<br />
little girls. Kids at the any age will stop right there and<br />
be immersed for hours in their own little play world.<br />
I know, I was one. I had horses when I was younger<br />
and that was it. Just the horses and I could fill hours<br />
of every single day in my own little world with them.<br />
One day we would be out in the lawn that was no longer<br />
a lawn but a prairie and the dip in the lawn where I tried<br />
to dig my own in ground swimming pool was now a valley.<br />
Alone or with friends my world would get bigger and more<br />
detailed as days went on. A trip to the beach saw my<br />
horses in the dessert and so on and so forth. That was just<br />
with a couple of plastic horses. <a href="http://www.pawparazzi.com/">Pawparazzi </a>offers much much<br />
more. Daisy has friends to start. She is joined my Indy, Lexi, <br />
Misty, Roxy and Toby on her adventures. Each pet comes<br />
with their own carrying case and leash, collar and blanket.<br />
A celebrity magazine to read when they are bored ( okay,<br />
your little one might have to read it to them but is that<br />
such a bad thing?) a matching mini notepad and a pop<br />
out trading card. So where are we right now? I had<br />
a piece of plastic and my imagination and could would<br />
never run out of things to do. Already the<a href="http://www.pawparazzi.com/"> Pawparazzi</a> have<br />
my horses beat by just opening the box they came in.<br />
Then you have to add in their friends. Your child can share<br />
so everyone can play together or play on their own. The<br />
included accessory's will see them busy for eons alone but<br />
Pawparazzi offers them more. You can get more accessory's for<br />
them for they have the pet bed and Spa Day and Dream<br />
Birthday and Flower Fairy and Winter Holiday. If all those <br />
dress up kits don't keep them busy and I am sure they will<br />
but if by the rare chance they still need more you can take<br />
your pets on vacation for they also have the Hotel <a href="http://www.pawparazzi.com/">Pawparazzi</a><br />
with a pool and guest rooms and it all comes in a handy carrying <br />
case so their little hotel can change destinations. A club med on<br />
wheels. Now why don't Mommies and Daddies have it so good?<br />
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Your children are going to love collecting them.<br />
Rowan has the one she is in love with right now but if<br />
I had found them on my own they would make a great<br />
report card reward. Every time you bring home another good<br />
report card you can get either another pet or accessory kit.<br />
You can do the same thing for Holidays and Birthdays and<br />
the pop out trading cards almost scream for them to be<br />
collected. Already know your little one is going to love<br />
them to death and neither you or them has the patience to<br />
wait? Then don't! <a href="http://www.pawparazzi.com/">Pawparazzi</a> has the Luxury set that includes<br />
2 of the pets and 2 dress up sets, 2 beds and also a dinning<br />
room and the hotel. Luxury never looked so good. Now I<br />
might still be playing with my horses 40 years later if I<br />
had a set like that. So of you have a child that likes<br />
dogs or cats, is a Diva who likes to pamper their baby<br />
or is more traditional and wants an old fashioned dog, <br />
they have something for you! Each of them are Celebrities<br />
and each offer your child something a little bit different but<br />
all of them can be found in their Celebrity magazine. Even <br />
the website is fun for your kids for it not only offers a games<br />
but your kids can also send in photos of their pets and they<br />
might even make it to the site. A more true Celebrity there has<br />
never been. Planet <a href="http://www.pawparazzi.com/">Pawparazzi</a> is also on the way and if<br />
the web site now is just a sample we are in for a real treat!<br />
So though I had a blast making up my own world your<br />
children are lucky to have some of the details I was missing.<br />
If I could kill hours with just my imagination with everything<br />
the <a href="http://www.pawparazzi.com/">Pawparazzi </a>comes with they can spend days! My<br />
final thought on these little fellows are they made be made<br />
out to be Hollywood Celebrities but any way you cut it<br />
they are total Stars! <br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.pawparazzi.com/">Pawparazzi!</a>Michelle AKA blabla3269http://www.blogger.com/profile/03131251712073022776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882302016500418731.post-51574793799141292062010-03-13T18:59:00.000-08:002010-03-13T18:59:31.150-08:00Perennial Toys Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.perennialtoys.com/images/175_polarbear_goldpailwbook_full.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.perennialtoys.com/images/175_polarbear_goldpailwbook_full.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div>Rowan is now a bath nut! Love, love, loves<br />
them! It is all I can do not to drag her little butt out<br />
every night kicking and screaming. She has a blast sitting<br />
in there playing with her little toys and the dog is right<br />
there with her. But the dog is not the only animal watching<br />
my little angel take her bath, she also has a ducky and<br />
a couple of Squirting Whatzits and now her Narwhal that<br />
floats around on his own little Iceberg. She Adores it<br />
and I love the fact it doubles as a sponge and not only<br />
keeps her company it gets her all shiny and clean. <br />
Her Narwhal was part of a gift set we had the chance<br />
to review from <a href="http://www.perennialtoys.com/home.html">Perennial Toys</a>.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.perennialtoys.com/images/150_duck_pailblue_full.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.perennialtoys.com/images/150_duck_pailblue_full.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><a href="http://www.perennialtoys.com/home.html">Perennial Toys</a> is this awesome little store that is<br />
dedicated to the education of our children and their main<br />
desire to educate them on the Habitats of animals that<br />
are not going to be around much longer if we do not take<br />
action now. The best way to save an endangered species<br />
is to teach our children why they are important and what<br />
we can do as a civilization to help preserve and protect<br />
their informants now. Perennial's main focus is on aquatic <br />
habitats and to help save them they have created a whole<br />
line of Eco-friendly toys and gifts where a portion of <br />
<a href="http://www.perennialtoys.com/home.html">Perennial'</a>s proceeds goes into supporting wildlife conservation<br />
efforts. I can't think of a better way to accomplish a bunch<br />
of tasks in one swoop. Teach your child and entertain them<br />
and keep them happy and clean and feel good about helping<br />
a just cause in the process. Talk about a sweeping gesture!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.perennialtoys.com/images/170_books_redgrad_full.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.perennialtoys.com/images/170_books_redgrad_full.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><a href="http://www.perennialtoys.com/home.html">Perennial </a>has books and gift sets to help the cause <br />
and not only are they really reasonably priced they have<br />
some fantastic products. The starter set Rowan received for<br />
review came with the Narwhal that doubles as a sponge<br />
and works like a charm and the floating Iceberg, a flexible<br />
magnet and also a mini Coloring book. Everything I just listed<br />
for under ten bucks and I can't express enough how good<br />
of a deal that is. The starter set comes in the Narwhal <br />
and a Polar Bear and also a King Eider. Other products<br />
they have are the Full Gift sets and Pails that are more<br />
then adorable and there is also the make your own set,<br />
where you can pick and choose and create a set for any<br />
situation. The web site itself is not only informative but<br />
fun and has some coloring pages and links to loads of<br />
resources and events and some pretty great contests that<br />
are going on. If you are looking for a way to help save<br />
some Animals that are in dire need or just save yourself<br />
some headaches at bath time with a Sponge that JR won't<br />
mind using to get clean, go on over and check out<br />
<a href="http://www.perennialtoys.com/home.html">Perennial Toys</a> for a great solution to both of those<br />
situations! Rowan has been swimming with a smile and<br />
a whale ever since we did!<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.perennialtoys.com/home.html">Perennial Toys</a>!Michelle AKA blabla3269http://www.blogger.com/profile/03131251712073022776noreply@blogger.com0