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SmileBrilliant Professional Teeth Whitening Review and Giveaway {#Sponsored} {CLOSED}
Before I say anything else, I want to say thank you to the hubs for being my guinea pig. He was such a good sport throughout the whole teeth whitening process. Honestly, I was looking forward to the silence. Thought I’d settle in with a magazine for a bit. Not so. Via text and numerous grunts, the hubs told me which pictures to take, how he felt through the process, etc. So this was truly a team effort. Recently, I was given the opportunity to review SmileBrilliant, a professional teeth whitening kit that comes with an LED light. We chose to have the hubs try the product out for 2…
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Congratulations to the Banned Books Winner!
This past week marked the 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week is an annual event that celebrates the freedom to read and highlights the importance of access to information. To find out which books have been banned or challenged over the years, click here. In honor of Banned Books Week and my intense love of coffee, I co~hosted a $25 Starbucks gift card giveaway with fellow book lover, Sheila from Book Journey (Twitter: @bookjourney). The winner of the $25 Starbucks gift card according to Random.org is: Petty Witter, you’re the winner!! Congratulation! Enjoy your gift card!
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Banned Books Week Review and Giveaway: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee {CLOSED}
I firmly believe in the right to free access to information. There are many books that I simply will not read for religious and/or personal reasons but I do not believe I have the right to ban those books from being read. If I censor your speech and your ideas, it’s just a matter of time before someone censors mine. This is not my normal book review but more of a discussion about some of the reasons why To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has been challenged and/or banned over the years. SYNOPSIS OF TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD BY HARPER LEE Published in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird is…
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CLOSED Yoplait Lactose Free Yogurt {Giveaway}
And the winner is Lisa from It Keeps Getting Better! Congratulations, Lisa! When I was a little girl, we could barely keep milk in the house. I was a milk~a~holic. Then I hit my thirties and something awful happened. I suddenly became lactose intolerant. Can you imagine the heartbreak that I felt upon this discovery? Apparently, I’m not the only one. There are millions of people who can’t tolerate lactose, and when people can’t tolerate stuff they avoid it. Not good. But that has recently changed… I’d like to thank the people at Yoplait for thinking about all of us lactose intolerant people who still love dairy but hate the…
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*CLOSED* My Memories Suite Digital Scrapbooking Software {Review and Giveaway ~ $39.97 Value}
When Miss 18 was born, I sat down with my art supplies and started putting together a scrapbook/baby book that I was sure would bring a smile to her face and tears to my eyes in the years to come. For two years, I maintained her baby book ~ updating it with photos, notes, comics and letters. Then I had the twins. So I created two more books and began the process all over again. But lemme tell ya, when baby #4 came along, I didn’t have the energy or the time. So all of the pictures were put into a photo box to be filed away at a later…
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Review and Giveaway: Betty Crocker Mississippi Mud Supreme Bars (Closed)
I know, can you believe I’m reviewing Betty Crocker Mississippi Mud Supreme Bars on my blog? Trust me, I went back and forth over whether or not I would do this but, ultimately, I decided to review the Mississippi Mud Bars and offer a giveaway. Why? Because my children love having gooey chocolate snacks and I don’t mind them eating them. In moderation. That’s the key to maintaining a healthy lifestyle ~ moderation. Tonight my daughters, Miss 16 and Miss 14, had a choir concert so I thought coming home to some Mississippi Mud Bars would be a nice treat for them. And, boy, was I right! They’re easy to…
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Product Review and Giveaway: Olay Total Effects Body Wash (Closed)
I’ll be celebrating my birthday in a week and I’m not thrilled because it puts me three years closer to the big 4~0. Yes, I’m already agonizing over that birthday. In fact, I’m fighting the aging process every step of the way and with everything that I can possibly muster. Well, you know, everything except going under the knife. As I’ve gotten older (and had to start scrolling through the decades to find my birth year on those danged survey forms), I’ve noticed little things starting to change ~ fine lines around the eyes and mouth, dry skin on the arms and legs, limited elasticity, ok, I can’t go on….…
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Product Review and Giveaway: Progresso Soup Prize Pack (Closed)
Ugh! We are right smack dab in the middle of winter and most of us have already been snowed in at least once or twice so far. Seriously, I am starting to get the worst case of cabin fever ever known to mankind. The only things that are making this winter bearable are the stack of books that need to be read and the cans of Progresso Soup that are sitting in the cupboard. In fact, I can smell the Beef Pot Roast soup cooking right now… Oh, wait, that’s my kids cooking a can of soup for an afterschool “snack” before basketball and color guard practices. But don’t think…
