Product Reviews and Giveaways

We all know that one of the first things we notice when going into someone’s house is the smell.  I can’t stand a stinky home!  A bad smell leaves me having crazy thoughts and leaving me very uncomfortable.  I know we all have those spots in our home that don’t always smell very appealing.  However, I am a firm believer you should do your best to control those smells.  I have always used Glade plug INS and Febreze spray to make sure my home always has a “clean smell”.  I was very happy to see that now I can get the febreeze scent my family has grown to love in other great products!  You can find many of the same great products you currently use with the added febreeze.

Recently I was invited to test the Febreze Set & Refresh air freshener.  I have seen them in the store before but since I buy the oil plug –ins, I never tried them.   Now you can keep your home smelling fresh and odor free with Febreze Set & Refresh air freshener, which provides up to 30 days of freshness without the use of plugs and batteries. The new Dual Refills, designed to provide odor elimination and long lasting freshness in a variety of scents, allow you to try new fragrances without having to throw away the entire Set & Refresh unit. Dual Refills are available in Linen & Sky, Hawaiian Aloha, Spring & Renewal, and Advanced Odor Eliminator scents.

If you actually read all my post you should know that my favorite scent  is Linen & Sky!  I decided that I would use this new unit right on my desk!  It smells so fresh!  I actually went and bought more to use in tight spaces like my stinky laundry room. Now every part of my house smells fresh all the time…I just wish I could say it wasn’t messy! THANKS KIDS!

*I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Febreze and received a Set & Refresh unit plus refills to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.*

 

My daughter absolutely loves stuffed animals. She probably has about 200 of them in her room. I sometimes wonder where she actually finds room to sleep in her bed. Can you believe she has names for all of them too! You might think that she is 5 or 6 years old, nope, she is 16! When I showed her 2 Freaky Pets she was ecstatic.  We got these 2 below. They were definitely her new favorites.

 

 

Sometimes knowing how your kids feel can be a little tough. We aren’t mind readers and kids don’t always want to talk about how they are feeling. Freaky Pets makes this task a tab bit easier. While not my idle way of communicating with my daughter, it certainly does help. I’ll tell you why. These cute stuffed animals are actually 2 toys in one. You have the cute little stuffed animal and then you can reverse it and it turns into a monster. My daughter can now indicate to me what kind of mood she’s in simply by whether her Freaky Pets are cute or cranky.  Pretty neat don’t you think? I think so. No more second guessing, I can just look at the toy and have a little more insight as to her mood.  My daughter is a teenager, but certainly this can work with any age child.

My family has found a way to utilize these cute little buggers in a non-traditional way, but you know what, they can simply be toys also.  Kid will love playing with these stuffed transformers. Kids like to fiddle with things. They can keep their little hands busy fiddling with these stuffed gems, transforming them from cute to cranky and back again as many times as they wish.

The company also has a website where kids can play games and explore the various Freaky Pets available. Go ahead and give it a try right now for FREE just by clicking on the new account button at www.freakypets.com. The first one is free, but to unlock any of the other Freaky Pets you will need to purchase a Freaky Pet reversible toy. Each pet comes with a secret code that brings it to life online. I highly recommend these high quality transforming stuffed animals for kids of all ages.

 

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This book has so many suggestions for moms that I’m not even sure what to highlight. The book tries and succeeds in giving suggestions on how to balance everyday life and being a good mom. It’s a must have for all moms, whether you’re a mom to be, a new mom or even the seasoned veteran, every mom will get something out of reading this book.

I think Chapter Two – Wake up Your Sleeping Beauty really stuck out to me. Just because we’re moms doesn’t mean that we have to give up being hot and desirable.  We can keep up our hotness and still be a great mom. In fact, if we feel good about ourselves don’t you think we actually become better moms? If we’re feeling dumpy and blah then that attitude is surely going to rub off onto our children. This chapter gives the reader some ideas and insight on how to build your self-confidence, something all moms can use I’m sure, well, it was helpful to me anyway.

Chapter Four – Fewer Pampers, More Pampering – Please! is another chapter that stuck out in my mind, why you might ask, simply put it’s because moms are always tending to other people’s needs, and tend to forget about themselves. Moms don’t tend to just the kids needs but the husbands or significant other’s needs, the neighborhood’s needs, the school’s needs, the kids club needs, you get the picture right? There comes a time when a mom needs to tend to herself, and give herself something special. This chapter gives plenty of ideas to choose from, pick one or better yet pick them all!

I can’t possibly highlight everything in the book, it’s simply a must have for mom’s out there, but I would like to share with you Jessica’s 8 Budget Buster Tips with you, after these tips, you’ll just have to read the book to get more!

1. For newborns, tear baby wipes in half vertically and save for big messes, that’s all you really need for most changes, and the box will last twice as long.
2. Instead of buying a new stroller use Itzy Ritzy covers, for around $100 you can make an old hand me down or used stroller look fresh and unique.
3. There is no reason to buy expensive baby clothes, with daily discount sites like Gilt.com, Hautelook.com and Mamabaragains.com get designer items at up to 70% off.
4. Be smart when you register, Cord Blood Registry just launched a baby registry program so friends and family can chip in to bank your baby’s cord blood (fyi: siblings have an up to 75% chance of being a match so if you didn’t bank your first baby’s cord blood it is even more important to bank your second or third.)
5. When decorating your child’s room, frame art and drawings from siblings or cousins- this adds a personal and playful feel and is easy on your wallet!
6. Start a babysitting co-op with friends, find a currency, say ‘sticks’ -each couple gets 10 sticks, one stick represents one hour of babysitting time. If your friend watches your son so you can go to yoga or to a movie with your hubby, she gets 2 sticks if you are gone two hours, if you run out
   of sticks the only way to get more sticks is to babysit for someone’s kids in the group. This keeps it fair.
7. For busy moms, it is not always practical to get to the salon regularly, treat yourself to a good haircut at a nice salon for style and shape, then maintain at more affordable walk-in salons. When grey hair starts creeping in, brush a little mascara to cover, this will stretch out your color a week or so. Also if you are in between showers and your hair is feeling greasy, put a little powder on your hands, then rub into your scalp to absorb the grease.
8. Host a ‘Clean Out Your Closet Party’: Invite your most stylish friends. Everyone exchanges clothes – it’s a fun excuse to get together, and everyone winds up with something ‘new’. Then you can donate what’s left to a woman’s shelter. This works for kids’ clothes as also.

The book can be purchased at Amazon for a reasonable fee of $12.74 for the paperback version and 9.99 for the kindle edition.

 

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