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Tips and a Printable Checklist for a Clean Bathroom

September 7, 2016 3 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ScrubTheMess #CollectiveBias

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What’s your least favorite household chore?  Previously I’ve discussed how much I dislike doing the dishes, but if I had to pick something that I like even less than dishes, it would be cleaning the bathroom!  But guess what?  It has to be done!  This year as part of my quest for a more simplified life, I’ve been coming up with ways to make housekeeping easier for myself.  Today I will share my latest and greatest cleaning weapon in my bathroom cleaning arsenal, the New Scotch-Brite® Disposable Toilet Scrubber (and Disposable Scrubber Refills), and I’ll share some simple tips and strategies for maintaining a clean bathroom (with a printable checklist included). [Read more…]

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Homegating with Skittles® and Printable Football Party Activities

September 6, 2016 Leave a Comment

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser, Mars, Incorporated. All opinions are mine alone. #CallAnEatible #SkittlesHomegating #CollectiveBias

Homegating with Skittles

My family is so excited about football season being back again! How about you?  Each week of football season, we watch many games, but our favorite thing to watch is college football on Saturdays, and for this, we always like to have a lot of food and snacks on hand!  With football season starting in September and going through and past the New Year, I find it’s important to mix things up and come up with great menu items each week.  For example, we may have pizza and wings one week, and the following week we may have pulled pork sandwiches or hamburgers and hot dog.

But for me, football food doesn’t always have to be about the savory; it can also be about the sweet.  For the sweet, I like everything from fruit and cream cheese dip to cupcakes and cookies, to candy!  For the first Saturday of college football, we had an array of delicious foods to serve, including one of my favorite candies, Skittles®.  Today I’m going to show you some ideas for homegating with Skittles.  I’ll show you how I added Skittles to our party menu, and I’m going to show you how you can use Skittles to bring a little fun to the party! [Read more…]

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Friday Favorites – Linky Party – Week 336

September 1, 2016 2 Comments

Hello everyone. Welcome to this week’s party!  This week I’m featuring a late summer wreath from Across the Boulevard, and we also have a great array of decor and food from our other hostesses.  Hope you enjoy!

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Please support and follow our lovely blog party hostesses:

Jerri at Simply Sweet Home – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Christine at Light and Savvy – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Jen at Creatively Homemade – Twitter | G+ | Pin

Dawn at LeroyLime – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL

Maisy at Becoming Alice – FB | G+ | Pin

Sheree at Stage Presents – Twitter | FB | Pin | Inst | Inst

Lisa at Condo Blues – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Amy at A Day of Small Things – Pin

Penny at Penny’s Passion – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Kelly at Under a Texas Sky – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL

If you are featured this week, be sure and grab a featured button for your blog!

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You can show your love for this week’s favorites by going over and commenting on the posts and by pinning or sharing!

And if you love all of this week’s favorites, please pin, share, and invite your friends to this week’s linky party! [Read more…]

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Tips and a Printable Checklist for a Clean Kitchen

August 29, 2016 3 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ScotchBriteSponges #CollectiveBias

Tips and a Printable Checklist for Clean Kitchen

One of my goals for this year has been to change how I clean house.  There have been times in the past, where I’ve walked around my house and literally felt sick, looking around at the mess and all the work that had to be done.  Sometimes things were in a mess, because I’d been too busy with blog and shop work to clean; other times things were in a mess, because I’d been taking on extra big projects around the house (things like decluttering, garage sales, and DIY projects), and still other times things would be in a mess from a lack of cleaning due to migraine or other illnesses.

But as I said, one of my goals for this year has been to change I clean house, and after doing a little research on the topic and putting some new habits in to place, I think I’ve finally found a good formula that works for me.  Today I’m going to discuss one of the most difficult rooms to keep clean: the kitchen.  I’m going to give you some of my tips and a checklist to keep your kitchen clean.  And we’re going to talk about a few products from Scotch-Brite® that will help you maintain a clean kitchen. [Read more…]

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Friday Favorites Linky Party – Week 335

August 25, 2016 6 Comments

Hello everyone! Welcome to this week’s Friday Favorites party!  We have another great round of features for you this week.  My pick is a fun Homework Helper from Our Peaceful Planet.  It is such a cute idea for the kids, and they have some great printables you can use to create your own homework station.  I hope you enjoy it, as well as all of the other picks from our hostesses.

And while you’re here partying with us today, I’d also like to invite you to enter my latest giveaway!  You could win SmartBones AND a $25 Visa Card!

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Please support and follow our lovely blog party hostesses:

Jerri at Simply Sweet Home – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Christine at Light and Savvy – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Jen at Creatively Homemade – Twitter | G+ | Pin

Dawn at LeroyLime – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL

Maisy at Becoming Alice – FB | G+ | Pin

Sheree at Stage Presents – Twitter | FB | Pin | Inst | Inst

Lisa at Condo Blues – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Amy at A Day of Small Things – Pin

Penny at Penny’s Passion – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Kelly at Under a Texas Sky – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL

If you are featured this week, be sure and grab a featured button for your blog!

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You can show your love for this week’s favorites by going over and commenting on the posts and by pinning or sharing!

And if you love all of this week’s favorites, please pin, share, and invite your friends to this week’s linky party! [Read more…]

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SmartBones® Review and $25 Visa Giveaway

August 21, 2016 15 Comments

Disclosure: The SmartBones information, product samples, and gift cards, and have been provided by PetMatrix. The opinions are my own.

SmartBones Review Giveaway

I’m very excited to have my puppy girl assistant Shadow helping me out with today’s post!  It celebrates something that is very near and dear to Shadow’s heart: Food and Treats!  When it comes to her diet, Shadow, can be quite finicky, so we have certain go-to foods and treats that we always give her, but because we love “treating” her, we are always purchasing new products for her to try, and of course, I always welcome the opportunity to let her sample and review new products.

Most recently, Shadow had the chance to try SmartBones®.  SmartBones from PetMatrix are a healthy alternative to Rawhide.  They are easily digestible and will help your pet to maintain healthy teeth and gums.  And because Shadow actually ate them, I know they must taste good too!

Before we learn more about the treats here are a couple of things about rawhide and why you should look for alternatives to rawhide bones and treats. Rawhide is the inner hide from a cow or other animal that has undergone chemical processing to remove hair and other materials. The rawhide is then ground or used whole, and is formed into various dog chew shapes.  According to vets, dogs who eat rawhide, may face certain health risks such as stomach & intestinal blockage and potential ingestion of toxic chemicals used to process rawhide chews. [Read more…]

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Friday Favorites – Linky Party – Week 334

August 18, 2016 3 Comments

Greetings everyone! Welcome to this week’s linky party!  I hope you’re all loving the new format as much as I am.  I just love seeing all the other hostess’s picks.  How about you?

This week for my own feature pick, I’ve chosen a post on 29 Oatmeal Add-ins from The Gracious Wife.  I always love to share breakfast ideas during this time of year.  With the back to school season, I’m sure everyone can use the extra inspiration!  I chose to feature the oatmeal post, because I think oatmeal has always been given a bad wrap.  A lot of people think of it as a boring and bland food for old people or babies, but in fact, there is so much you can do with it!  When I was a kid, I always ate it with butter and sugar.  It was all I’d ever known!  And now it’s so great to see what other people eat in their oatmeal.

The Gracious Wife suggests a variety of fruits, nuts, spices, and even vegetables that you can put in your oatmeal.  I hope you’ll go over and check out her ideas and check out all of our other featured posts!

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Please support and follow our lovely blog party hostesses:

Jerri at Simply Sweet Home – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Christine at Light and Savvy – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Jen at Creatively Homemade – Twitter | G+ | Pin

Dawn at LeroyLime – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL

Maisy at Becoming Alice – FB | G+ | Pin

Sheree at Stage Presents – Twitter | FB | Pin | Inst | Inst

Lisa at Condo Blues – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Amy at A Day of Small Things – Pin

Penny at Penny’s Passion – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Kelly at Under a Texas Sky – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL [Read more…]

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Skinny & Co. Coconut Oil Preview and Coupon Code

August 15, 2016 1 Comment

Skinny an Co Coconut Oil

If you are in to natural and organic products and solutions, you have probably read about the many uses and benefits of coconut oil.

The benefits of coconut oil include:

● Boosts metabolism
● Supports thyroid function
● Supplies energy to insulin-resistant cells
● Helps maintain healthy blood sugar levels
● Promotes oral health when used in oil pulling

Coming up I’ll have a full review of Skinny & Co. Coconut Oil products.  Till then I invite you to check out the video below.  It showcases Skinny & Co products and talks about what sets Skinny & Co. Coconut Oil apart from other products. [Read more…]

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Friday Favorites Linky Party – Week 333 – With New Hostesses and a New Format

August 11, 2016 4 Comments

Hello everyone!  I’m so excited to welcome you to this week’s linky party!  I think this party is the best one yet, because today we are welcoming new hostesses, and we are also changing our format a little bit.

First, let me talk hostesses, I am happy to report that we have added 6 new hostesses to our party!  Some are veteran visitors to the party, and some are newer bloggers that I’m just becoming familiar with, but I know all of them will be great.  And I think we also got a great mix, as far as niches go.  We have food bloggers, diy bloggers, and lifestyle bloggers.  I look forward to working with all these ladies, and I know they will all bring their own unique perspective and dynamic to the party.

Our new hostesses are Maisy of Becoming Alice, Sheree of Stage Presents, Penny of Penny’s Passion, Amy of A Day of Small Things, Lisa from Condo Blues, and Kelly of Under a Texas Sky.

As for our veteran hostesses, Dawn of LeroyLime is still with us.  Christine of MustLoveHome is now hosting from her new blog Light and Savvy, and Jen formerly of A Heart Full of Love is now joining us from Creatively Homemade.  (And of course, I’m still here! Hehe.)  Please check out everyone’s blog and social media links below and join me in following these lovely ladies!

Now I also mentioned a new format.  The new format is very simple! Instead of each blogger picking a few posts to share on her blog and creating her own post, we are all going to be collaborating to create one post for all of our blogs.  That is to say, each hostess will be choosing one item to feature from the week’s party, and each feature pick will be shared on all of our blogs.  It should make for an interesting party, and bloggers will have a chance to be featured at 10 different blogs, so it’s a win-win.

Now without further ado, please check out this week’s features and join us by linking up your own recipes, projects and tips.

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Please support and follow our lovely blog party hostesses:

Jerri at Simply Sweet Home – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Christine at Light and Savvy – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Jen at Creatively Homemade – Twitter | G+ | Pin

Dawn at LeroyLime – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL

Maisy at Becoming Alice – FB |  G+ | Pin

Sheree at Stage Presents – Twitter | FB | Pin | Inst | Inst

Lisa at Condo Blues – Twitter | FB |  G+ | Pin | Inst

Amy at A Day of Small Things – Pin

Penny at Penny’s Passion – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Kelly at Under a Texas Sky – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL

If you are featured this week, be sure and grab a featured button for your blog!

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You can show your love for this week’s favorites by going over and commenting on the posts and by pinning or sharing!

And if you love all of this week’s favorites, please pin, share, and invite your friends to this week’s linky party!

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Jerri at Simply Sweet Home chose

10 Tricks for Pantry Organization from Joyful Homemaking

Jen at Creatively Homemade chose

Homemade S’Mores Dipped Ice Cream Cones from If You Give a Blonde a Kitchen

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Maisy at Becoming Alice chose

Homemade Halvah Bars by To Simply Inspire

Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream for Dogs

Kelly at Under a Texas Sky chose:

Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream for Dogs from Gluesticks Blog

Friday Favorites

Christine at Light and Savvy chose

DIY Farmhouse Pots from Lolly Jane

 

grilled sesame shrimp and vegetables recipe by Simply Stacie
Lisa at Condo Blues chose
Grilled Sesame Shrimp & Veggies from Simply Stacie

Penny at Penny’s Passion chose
No Churn Chocolate Cake Ice Cream from Simply Stacie


Amy at A Day of Small Things chose

 Whole Wheat Sourdough Pretzels from Creatively Homemade

Sheree from Stage Presents chose

Watermelon Mint Sorbet from Becoming Alice

Dawn at LeroyLime chose
Craft Room Refresh from LollyJane

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Thanks so much for partying with us this week!  Please add your links below.

All family friendly posts are welcome, including recipes, crafts, decor, household tips, and more!

And please support your fellow party goers by visiting other posts linked up to the party!


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Simply Straight Ceramic Straightening Brush – Review and Giveaway

August 11, 2016 6 Comments

Disclosure: The information, product, gift card, and giveaway have been provided to me by Ontel. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Simply Straight Review and Giveaway

I’m so excited about today’s post!  Most of the time when I review hair care products or do any sort of hair related post, I talk about my natural curly hair that I work hard to tame.  It’s definitely not easy, especially since I live in the South, where the humidity makes it almost impossible to maintain a controlled, frizz-free look.

Below is a picture of me with my curls.  This is what happens when I just scrunch a little mousse in my hair and let it go.  I like it okay, but curly haired girls always want straight hair! [Read more…]

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