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Boys Bedding – Thrifty Thursday

Posted by html404 on November 3, 2011
in Bedding, Shopping, Thrifty Thursday

When we moved and I knew were eventually going to have all four boys in one bedroom (so far the two little boys are content to stay with mommy and daddy!) I hunted down some new bedding for them since theirs was pretty worn out due to all the washing when they were younger. I thought it would be nice for them to have something nice for their new room. They were excited and found something they each liked and to their own particular taste. That was hard by the way because they would keep changing their minds. I really had to keep their vision narrowed down so we could actually get them.

For the two little boys, we went a different route when an ad came up on our homeschool yahoo group. A member in our area was selling two matching Pottery Barn quilts for $10 a piece. They are cute with sale boats on them and I thought they were perfect (without even seeing them!) I had purchased some Breyer horses from the same lady last Christmas for one of our younger daughters, so I trusted her when she said they were in great shape and they are! Take a look…

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Bad Days

Posted by html404 on November 1, 2011
in Family Stuff, Parenting

I hate bad days. They usually start because of one person and their attitude and it totally throws everyone in the whole house off. Today is a bad day. My attitude stinks. I will admit it. My day started ok. I got down to business and homeschooling, then a certain little person broke a new and currently my favorite mug. Material thing, an accident, I know, but still I reacted to the mishap and my attitude after that incident completely changed. Why do we sweat the little stuff? I have no idea why. I think I have grumped at nearly any child who has come near me and now all I want to do is climb into my shell and stay there. If I were a turtle that would be easy to do, but I am a mom of eight children and it is pretty much impossible to do!

I could have climbed back in bed, I know of two little people who would have climbed right in beside me because they do that every night anyways! But no, I got up and made lunch, cleaned up and came back to the computer with a silly blog post. Now I really need to apologize and get our day back on track so we can at least finish well.

The good thing about bad days is apologies and making the day better than it began! Off to strap a smile on my face, an apology on my lips and laughter in my heart as I enjoy a beautiful fall afternoon with my
“crew”.

Enjoy your day no matter how it started, even if it means an attitude adjustment by you!

By the way, the picture in this post is how I have felt most of this morning. 🙁

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FruitShare – Health and Garden Tuesday

Posted by html404 on November 1, 2011
in All Natural Products, Food and Treats, Health & Garden Tuesday, Health and Nutrition, Organic

Finding organic, fresh, local and in season fruit can be hard. We had numerous people at the farmers market ask us if we offered organic fruit, which sadly we did not. Then I discovered FruitShare. A company based out of Colorado that offers all of the above, except it isn’t “truly” local, but at least it the fruit is from the USA! Plus they ship it right to your door! I am hoping to try them in the next couple of weeks and will let you know how we like it. In the meantime if you want to check out their site and what they have to offer, visit www.FruitShare.com

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Transformation – Monday Motivation

Posted by html404 on October 31, 2011
in Blog Stuff, Business, Family Stuff, Monday Motivation, Organization

I don’t know about you but I am always seeking new ways to do things whether that is in the organization of my home, my children or our businesses. Just this morning I was asking my daughter for her advice on what she finds most effective in keeping all her blogging organized and she confirmed that I needed to go with my gut and resolve the frustration in “My Documents” with our Young Living business, as that folder is getting more and more documents and it is getting harder to find things. Solution? It’s time to create new folders with in the one main folder to get the documents more organized and easier to find so I am not wasting time searching.

The above is a simple example to start with but it can go much deeper in our lives as to what needs transforming. Perhaps it is relationships for you – family or God in the spiritual realm, but it’s business for me. Or maybe it is home organization for another. I find that now that we have moved to a larger house with more storage a lot of our organizational handicaps we experienced in our small townhouse have nearly been eliminated. (Praise God for that!) The children are older and while the younger ones are still a work in progress they now have a place for everything which takes away a lot of the frustration of keeping things in order. Most days we are able to stay on top of things and keep our home neat and tidy. It is when mom (me!) slacks off of staying on top of the children to pick up what they were using, playing with etc. that things get disorderly. And all it takes is me not feeling like making my bed and everyone follows…..better to make my bed!

Transformation in any area usually requires effort and goals on our part or else transformation will not occur.

What area do you need to transform? What goals are you ready to write down and take action with this week?

*This post was inspired in part by a webinar series I participated in last night for my Young Living business since I am still thinking about things she said and the goals I made for my business.

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Mama Undercover Tank Review

Posted by html404 on October 29, 2011
in Clothing, Nursing and Breastfeeding, Products for Mom

I’m a nursing mama, and all of us nursing mama’s can agree that nursing in public can be HARD. Especially, when you have to keep the baby quiet, un-hook your bra, and keep covered. It’s hard work! Thankfully, Mama Undercover is helping us nursing mama’s nursing experience to be easier!

Why? Because their nursing tank is a patent-pending strapless undershirt that attaches to any nursing bra, allowing for a mother to feed her baby without exposing her body! How amazing is that?

Does it work? Yes! I love this shirt! It stays attached to any strap and opens easily. I love it! It’s so easy to use and it makes nursing SO much easier! It stays attached to any strap and opens with the flap of a nursing bra when it is time to breastfeed and allows women to wear any shirt they want and still be able to nurse comfortably.

This undershirt is made of ultra comfy cotton and spandax. And comes in several colors and is a great product that get’s two thumbs up from me! It’s a product that washes up REALLY well and won’t disappoint you! For more information please visit- www.undercovermama.com

Faith and Family Reviews received the following product in exchange for writing a review. While we consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, our reviews are our honest opinion and thoughts of the product.

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Review ~ Avery See-Through Sticky Notes

Posted by Professor on October 26, 2011
in Organization, Products for Dad, Products for Mom, Uncategorized

Imagine what you can do with Avery Sticky notes…

Avery is the maker of wonderful office products. We are all aware of their sticky notes…who could live without them! Well…Avery has gone one step further and created ‘see through” sticky notes so you do not cover up information while still being able to tag your documents!

Avery is running a campaign to give back to schools:

The “Avery® Sticky Notes Mark the Spot” sweepstakes that launched on October 3, 2011.

Twenty-thousand people who register for the sweepstakes will randomly be selected to win a FREE pack of Avery® See-Through Sticky Notes. Five of those winners will be randomly selected to receive 100,000 Box Tops coupons (valued at $10,000) that will be applied to a school of their choice. The selected schools of the “Avery® Sticky Notes Mark the Spot” promotion will be presented with credit for the 100,000 Box Tops for Education®.

All anyone has to do is go to the Avery Facebook page (facebook.com/avery) and sign up to win a free pack of Sticky Notes and then choose the school they’d like the money to go to should they win. Pretty simple and it’s a great cause!

You can also grab a coupon for $2.00 OFF sticky notes at: http://www.avery.com/avery/en_us/Promos/Avery-Sticky-Notes-Coupon-Offer.htm?cmp_id=search-Google-avery+stickies

Imagine what you can do with Avery Sticky Notes and what schools can do with ½ Million Box Tops coupons!

OUR REVIEW:

We were pleased to review Avery’s see through sticky notes! I currently use Avery’s regular sticky notes … their lined sticky notes are my favorites. However, these have a special place in my heart! They are wonderful for marking documents and being able to see through the note without having to remove it and replace it … risking the loss of the tackiness of the note. One never has to worry about placing and replacing a note again! This is a wonderful innovative product. The notes are great for anyone…anyone who needs to post a note! I especially like that the notes work with ballpoint pens, pencils, and permanent markers…what an array! Finally, each note package had a box top for education on the package…very important for those who collect for their local schools!

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Car Shopping

Posted by html404 on October 26, 2011
in Family Stuff

Admittedly it has been a number of years since we have gone car shopping. However, due to my getting into an accident (no one was hurt!) a week and a half ago and my husband’s work van taking a turn for the worse, we have been surfing the web for a new family car. We have also visited a couple of local car dealers and have a friend who is a car salesman also keeping his eyes peeled for us.

Due to the size of our family our choice of a car is somewhat limited unless we desired to travel in two cars, which is really not our preference. Another 15 passenger van? Or an SUV?

We are leaning towards an SUV, preferably in this century. Yeah, our old vehicles were a ’93 and a ’95. It is our hope to get into the 2000 range. Talk about getting with the program, eh?

What have we been doing for a vehicle? My husband’s mother has been in the hospital due to an operation so we have been fortunate to have the use of her car while she recovers.

How many of you have gone car shopping this year? Did you buy used or new? What was your experience? Any suggestions?

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CLOSEDFreschetta Pizza Giveaway

Posted by html404 on October 23, 2011
in Faith and Family Reviews Friday Giveaway, Food and Treats, Giveaways

And the winner is………comment #26…..Congrats Karin!!!

Thanks to all who entered and to Freschetta for sponsoring this AWESOME giveaway!

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Freschetta Pizza is a wonderful taste sensation! They have several pizza options for the consumer to choose from, including:

Brick oven

Naturally Rising

California Style

Pizzamore

By the slice

Simply inspired

Pizza crust

All of the options are tailored to what the consumer is looking for in a pizza! This is frozen pizza … but the taste is phenomenal! Freschetta only uses all real cheeses, sauces made out of tomatoes picked at the peak of their ripeness, premium meats, and recipes that make any meal fresh-tasting and fun. We love Freschetta Pizza!

Giveaway:

One lucky reader will win a coupon to try a Freschetta pizza!

Mandatory Entry: What pizza do you want to try from Freschetta?

Extra Entries;(Please be sure and leave a comment and link for extra entries):

1 Entry: Tweet about this giveaway. Include a separate comment for each and your tweet url with your comment:

Enter to win a Freschetta Pizza!! @faithandfamilyrewv http://bit.ly/omeVhK #giveaway

1 Entry: Follow Faith and Family Reviews on Twitter

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10 Entries: Blog about this giveaway and link back this post. Be sure to leave me a link.

1 Entry:For every comment you leave anywhere else on this blog, but please leave a link with your comment!

2 Entries: Follow Faith and Family Reviews on Google Friend Connect (on the our right side bar).

Details:

This giveaway will run from October 23rd, to November 13th, 2011 at midnight CST. The winner will be chosen through Random.org. MyBlogSpark will send one winner their prize. Winner will be contacted via email on or before November 13th, 2011 and will be asked for their contact and other pertinent info. Winners will have 48 hours to send me their e-mail at [ffr] [giveaways] [at] [gmail] [dot] [com] (without spaces and parenthesis). Please note: This giveaway is offered to USA only.

Thanks and have fun!

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At Work Behind The Scenes

Posted by html404 on October 23, 2011
in Blog Stuff, Encouragement for Moms

I have been busy brainstorming behind the scenes. Now I need to know how many of you faithful blog readers would be interested in a “heart 2 heart” conference call/webinar series hosted by your truly. It would be me sharing from my mommy heart to yours. More than what I do here on the blog. Topics might include:

What I Wish I’d Known
How To Balance Life, Work, & Family
Life After Housework
Surviving The Toddler Years
Raising Engaging Kids
Whatever Happened To Respect?
Teaching Your Kids Responsibility
Simply Motherhood

I’d open it up for questions or take them before. So please leave your feedback (or e-mail me at faithandfamilyreviews AT gmail DOT com) with your topic, time of day, day preference and questions. I’d love to get this scheduled for early November. The sooner the better right?

This will be a FREE event and the seating will be limited, so let me know of your interest as soon as possible. Thanks!

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Snowmen – The Family Movie Event of the Year

Posted by html404 on October 23, 2011
in DVDs & CDs, Family Stuff, Movie Review Monday, Movie Reviews, Movies

Snowmen is a all new heart-felt yet humors family-friendly movie about three young boys who want to make a difference and be remembered.

Our family loved this movie. We don’t know how the producers could make us laugh so hard at the same time we where crying. This movie was wonderful. All of our children loved it. And despite some rude humor, and mild language this movie was really good! It taught some great lessons about friendship, God, and making a difference.

Go see Snowmen in theaters! You and your kids will love it! You can learn more about Snowmen by visiting www.Snowmenmovie.com

Snowmen was created by the producers of notable films including The Passion of The Christ, The Ultimate Gift, and Braveheart.
The film stars Bobby Coleman (Last Song), Ray Liotta (Wild Hogs), Bobb’e J. Thompson (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs), Josh Flitter (Ace Ventura Jr.) and Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future).

Faith and Family Reviews received a free screening of following product in exchange for writing a review. While we consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, our reviews are our honest opinion and thoughts of the product.

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