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Scotts Bonus S – Get Your Yard Ready!

March 11, 2014 By Anne

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

Have you begun getting your yard ready for Spring? It’s still been a little chilly for me to get going on our yard but I see a warm weekend coming up so you know what that means? I need to get out and get our yard ready!

Last weekend I did pull up all the dead plants from the winter, but I need to fill them in with some pretty annuals. Our grass also needs cut and needs to been weeded and seeded. What will I use this year? Scotts Bonus S.

Scotts Turf Builder Bonus S is specifically designed for southern grass and weeds. Since I live in Florida that’s what I need. This new, more effective formula is guaranteed to clear out weeds including dollarweed and clover. Bonus S is being showcased in two markets in Florida, Jacksonville and Ft. Myers. Since I live in Jacksonville I was sent a bag of Scotts Bonus S to make my lawn beautiful and ready for some outdoor parties and BBQs.

Live in the Jacksonville area? Make sure to visit one or all of these locations for some good advice and some great prizes!

Jacksonville BBQ With the Pros – March 15th 11am-3pm Lowes #502 4040 Oldfield Crossing Dr. Jacksonville, Florida 32223 – March 22 11am-3pm Ace Hagan’s Mandarin : 12501 San Jose Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32223 – April 5th 11am-3pm The Home Depot #226 9021 SOUTHSIDE BLVD St Augustine, FL 32256

The theme is Backyard BBQ/Life on the Lawn where you can learn about backyard settings: picnic tables, lawn furniture and corn hole. And backyard cook outs on the grill with hot dogs and hamburgers.

Listen in on the radio – – 11AM to 1PM (3/15 and 3/22) – 12PM to 2PM (4/5)

Giveaways you could win – Coozies and sunglasses representing NEW BONUS S, Scotts product giveaways and product coupons with discounts off the NEW BONUS S!!

What you will learn? Scotts Backyard Pros will be on-site to answer any and all your Bonus S questions as well as providing tips to all other lawn and garden questions. Since I am the keeper of the lawn I need to attend this! There will also be product boards and displays showing product features & benefits.

Anne

I'm a mother of 2 who likes to get involved in too much! Besides writing here I started a non-profit, I'm on the PTO board, very active in my community and volunteer in the school. I enjoy music, reading, cooking, traveling and spending time with my family. We just adopted our 3rd cat and love them all!

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

February 17, 2014 By Anne

We received 2 tickets to Disney..

We were invited to visit Walt Disney World and since we’ve been to the Magic Kingdom several tomes lately we choose to visit Animal Kingdom. I’m not sure my daughter has ever been there and I was hoping that it would intrigue my 13 year old son.

Of course since it was my daughter’s birthday weekend she had her Disney Birthday Pin on so every employee told her “Happy Birthday” all day long.

The first stop was the Wilderness Explorer Station. Savannah got a badge and booklet to collect additional badges in. The badges station are all throughout Animal Kingdom.

The next stop was It’s Tough to Be a Bug. This is a great attraction and so fun! Little ones might be a little frightened but I’d say ages 4 and up will love it. Ten years ago my son was so scared I had to take him out. He was three. Basically it’s a wonderful 3-D movie and there is water, mist and fog that comes up from the seats in front of you. Then at the end the “bugs’ crawl out underneath your bottom!

After It’s Tough to be a Bug, Savannah got her first explorer badge by learning more about bugs.

Then it was off to the Kilimanjaro Safaris! This is always a fun ride for everyone! You ride in an open-air vehicle for a tour of a lush African savanna. Where you can see exotic animals like lions and elephants. Savannah pretended to be afraid…

The Affection Section is a wonderful place where you can pet the animals. You have to take the Wildlife Express Train to get there. Trains are always a fun way to travel. At the Affection Section you can see Goats, Sheep, Donkeys, Cows and Pigs. There are brushes to brush the animals and food to feed them.

The goats were enjoying my husband’s cane. Not sure what made that popular but they really liked it!

The final stop was The Boneyard. My daughter had a blast playing on all the slides and structures.

Being the little diva that she is she had to strike a pose…

Despite the fact that it was a cold day we had a great time. How can you not have a great time at Disney?

Have you been to Animal Kingdom lately?

Anne

Beautiful Sunday

February 11, 2014 By Anne

We had family visiting from Indiana this weekend so we took them my favorite restaurant, The South Beach Grill in Crescent Beach. It was a beautiful day!

Anne

Our Trip to Seaworld Orlando

February 10, 2014 By Anne

SeaWorld in Orlando, FL invited my family to come and explore their new Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin with them. We took the family towards the end of winter break and let me tell you it was cold! Fun but cold…. Our first stop was the seal feeding area. I was surprised that the children got in to get a close up of the feeding. Usually this area is filled to the max.

This guy was hungry, let me tell you! He barked and barked and if you didn’t feed him he gave you the shoulder. It was fun to watch!

Antarctica: Empire of the Penguins was new for us. It was cool how it looked like you were in the snowy mountains.

They had a fun ride before you got to see the penguins. You could take the mild ride or the wild ride! My daughter and I took the mild ride and my son took the wild ride. The wild ride does twists and spins and looked like fun!

And after being frozen from Antarctica, my son wanted to go on the Journey to Atlantis. Which would have been fine on a warm day but it was chilly! The Journey to Atlantis is a ride where you will get wet! He went twice and had a lot of fun, but I don’t know how he could stand the wet chill.

We also to went and checked out the Manta Aquarium and the Shark Encounter. These are great because it’s like you’re in the water with the fish. The aquariums are all around you.

Then we just walked around and explored the rest. We went over to the kids area and Savannah got stuck up in the high ropes and this momma being afraid of heights, was not happy. Thankfully a man offered to get her down. Not sure where big brother was….