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A Sweet Deal

April 10, 2013Recipes, Sponsored Post, Uncategorized7-up, dollar general, Dollar General Promotion, frozen fruit slush, frozen fruit slush recipe, recipe, sponsored postRita

This post brought to you by Dollar General. All opinions are 100% mine.

Dollar General sells all the big brand products that we all love, at a great price. They are a very good way to stretch your dollar.

Right now they are having a nice promotion, if you buy (3) three 2 liters of participating brands you get a FREE Mars Chocolate FUN SIZE® 6-pack

MARS® products at Dollar General

This promotion would be great for some of our family's spring time activities like, baseball games, spring picnics, fieldtrips and trips to the cabin.

I also like to stock up on 7-Up® to use with my family's favorite fruit slush.

7up

This is the recipe that get requested more than any other drink recipe!

Frozen Fruit Slush

4 cups sugar

5 cups water

Boil together in large pot and let cool.

5 bananas mashed

5 oranges juiced

5 lemons juiced

1 quart pineapple juice

Mix all ingredients together and pour in freezer trays or large cookie sheet and freeze. Cut into cubes and put into large glasses, then fill the rest of the way with 7-Up®

So refreshing and good for you with all of that fruit!

My candy bar of choice with this promotion would have to be hands down the Snickers®

Snickers

I love the caramel, along with the crunchy peanuts! This is the candy bar that I always pick when I have a choice.

So what would you do with this great promotion from Dollar General? Could you use a sweet deal?

Storage Made Easy!

April 7, 2013Organization, Sponsored Postfor the home, organizing, organizing garden tools and supplies, organizing ideas, organizing totes, Rubbermaid, sponsored postRita

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Rubbermaid® All AccessTM Organizers for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

With Spring in the air it is time to start my spring cleaning and getting my house organized! I love anything that will help me get organized and yet keep my things where I can see what I have. That is why is am in love with these new Rubbermaid® All Access™ organizers.

Rubbermaid® All AccessTM storage containers

They are perfect for storing all kinds of things like all my gardening tools and supplies because you can stack them on top of each other yet you still have access to all of the bins! I love this idea and whoever came up with this idea is a genius! I can put my gloves and tools in one bin and my fertilizers and plant foods in another stack them on top of each other and still have access to both bins at the same time!

These Rubbermaid® All Access™ organizers come in a variety of colors, so you can even color code your organizing efforts! These would be great in kids playrooms, garages, closets and storage areas! They look great and they make it easy to organize any room.

The Rubbermaid® All Access™ organizers can be found at Walmart stores around the country, so they are easy to find.

What storage area needs helps in your home? Why not let the Rubbermaid® All Access™ organizers help you? I know they will help me!

Going Green

April 1, 2013Reviews, Sponsored PostDIY fabric softener, environment, going green, recycled boxes, sponsored post, white cloudRita

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of White Cloud for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

I don’t know about you, but I always feel better when I am doing things to help others and doing things to help out the environment. There are a lot of little things that we can do, we can recycle paper, aluminum and plastic products, we can turn off the lights as we leave a room or we can look for eco-friendly products to use in our homes.

One of the things that I have done to help out the enviroment is to make my own DIY Fabric Softner. This is a great recipe to use in doing your laundry! There are only 3 ingredients so it is easy and inexpensive to do.

Another fun project that I have just done recently with my grandkids is to recycle boxes to make darling books. The kids all love them! Check out how to make your own here.

White Cloud is a paper product brand that is carried exclusively by Walmart, they have a GreenEarth line of bath tissues and paper towels that are made from 100 percent recycled fibers and maintain a “Forest Stewardship Council Certification.” Go check out all of their great products: White Cloud GreenEarth products page. So now you can get great quality without breaking the bank!

Right now White Cloud has a White Cloud Pinterest page, and White Cloud “Living the Green” Pinterest board. They have some great ideas there for you to check out! Repin at least one pin to your board and include the hashtag #Living the Green in the pin’s caption. Then enter their Sweepstakes: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Ends 4/30/13. Click here for Official Rules. Here are the Sweepstakes Rules and Regulations.

It always makes us feel good when we can do our part to help out, whether we recycle, use a DIY recipe, or use recycled products, we all know that every little bit helps!

Tulip Time

March 3, 2013Flowers and Garden, Sponsored Postdecorating with flowers, flowers, flowers and garden, ibulb, ibulb sponsored post, sponsored post, tulip vase, tulips, vase flowersRita

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of iBulb for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

I love this time of year because the tulips are just starting to peek above the ground.

I have a very special place in my heart for these beautiful flowers because I have a son that lived in the Netherlands for two years and he talked of the magnificent tulip fields! My husband and I also visited The Netherlands and one of the things that we remembered the most was the seemingly endless fields of multicolored tulips with the picturesque windmills in the background. It was so gorgeous and such a breathtaking view!

Because of that experience, I have several bunches of tulips planted in my yard and I love when they start peeking through the snow, because I know that spring is on the way!

I love cut tulips and I bought this great little bunch at a local store to brighten up my kitchen. Aren’t they beautiful with the white tips! It just really brightens my day and makes me happy to see these when I work in my kitchen!

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I Love Avocados!

February 2, 2013Shopping, Sponsored Postavocados, Avocados from Mexico, cafe press store, shopping, sponsored postRita

This post brought to you by Avocados from Mexico. All opinions are 100% mine.

I love, love, love avocados… in salads, on sandwiches, with tomatoes, in guacamole and just about with anything! So when I got the opportunity to write about avocados, I said count me in!

You can visit Avocados from Mexico and find all kinds of recipes and tips using avocados, there are also games for kids to play and videos to watch. Be sure to check it out, it is a fun site to browse. I have already checked out several of the recipes and pinned them!

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Leggings and Tights

January 4, 2013Fashion, Sponsored Postcorduroy leggings, fashion, lace tights, No nonsense leggins, No nonsense sponsored post, No nonsense tights, sponsored postRita

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of No nonsense for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

I recieved a pair of brown cordoroy leggings and a pair of black lace tights from “No nonsense” to try out. I was very excited to experiment with different outfits to wear them with!

I have tried other leggings and I have to say that I loved these “No nonsense” ones because they are so stretchy and comfortable and they were long enough for my tall torso. I loved how adding a fun denim skirt to the brown cordoroy leggings made a fun, young look! Of course they are perfect to wear in the winter with your favorite pair of boots. This was a really fun outfit to put together and the leggings make a totally fun look!

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Home for the Holidays

November 23, 2012Desserts, Sponsored Postdeep dish apple pie, dessert, Mrs. Smith's pies, operation homefront, pies, sponsored postRita

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Mrs. Smith’s for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

What are some of your favorite holiday traditions? One of my fondest memories when I was younger was making pies with my mom. We would make dozens of pies and freeze them for the holidays. Then when we needed a dessert we knew that we always had one that was ready to go! Well, times have changed and I don’t make dozens of pies anymore, but I do always try to have one or two in the freezer, so that when I need a dessert I will have one that is ready to go!

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Amazing Almond Peach Cobbler!

November 11, 2012cooking, Desserts, Reviews, Sponsored Postalmond flavoring, almond peach cobbler, almonds, cooking, dessert, Lucky Leaf sponsored Post, peach cobbler, peach cobbler recipe, peach pie filling, recipe, sponsored post, sugar cookie mixRita

It is that time of year again when everyone is baking and making all kinds of goodies in their kitchens. I, too, have been making cookies, casseroles, soups and a lot of the good comfort foods that my family loves. This recipe is a new one that I tried with peach pie filling from Lucky Leaf! I have to say that it was a hit and that everyone who tried it, loved it!

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Apple Cinnamon Pancakes!

July 31, 2012cooking, Recipes, Reviews, Sponsored PostApple Cinnamon Pancakes, cooking, Nectresse sweetener, recipe, review, sponsored postRita

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of NECTRESSE™Sweetener. All opinions are 100% mine.

I recieved a sample of Nectresse sweetner to try out and I have to say that I was very pleasantly suprised! It taste like sugar with no aftertaste and then the fact that it has zero calories has me hooked! It is a new product that is 100% natural, made from monk fruit.

NECTRESSE™Sweetener

sweetener

I made these yummy Apple Cinnamon Pancakes using Nectress Sweetner and they were really good.

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I’d Pick You-Watering Can!

July 24, 2012Blogging, Reviews, Sponsored PostAstrobrights paper, Astrobrights sponsored post, review, sponsored postRita

This post brought to you by Astrobrights Papers by Neenah Paper. All opinions are 100% mine.

I used to own a scrapbook store and I love to craft with paper! One of the things that I love are all of the beautiful colors to choose from. AstroBrights papers are brilliant as in colors and in using them to draw attention to your projects. The bright colors attract attention. I used to sell a lot of their cardstock paper for scrapbooking and paper crafting, but on the business end I would also use AstroBrights paper for all my flyers, newsletters and coupons, because they were brilliant! They are an excellent quality paper with a good price.

AstroBrights is hosting a “Give a Brighter Year” Sweepstakes where you can win $30,000 in supplies for your favorite school, oh and a little $500 gift card for you! Click here to enter AstroBrights papers then click on the sweepstakes button.

They also have some family-friendly “Make Something Astrobright” design challenges that would be really fun to participate in. Check out that link by clicking on the contest button! AstroBrights papers

I posted this fun watering can idea on their face book page, go take a look and see if you can’t get your creative juices flowing to see what fun prizes you might be able to win, not only for yourself but for your favorite school! Astrobrights papers are a great way to advertise activities and functions going on at your school, business, office, church or family activities. What great ideas can you come up with using these brilliant papers?