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LISTERINE Healthy Habit Heros #Sponsored #MC

October 27, 2014 By Anne

I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for LISTERINE. I received samples for this review and a promotional item to thank me for participating.

Our family has always had a routine when it to oral care. But this year somewhere in the middle of summer it got de-railed. It’s been hard getting back on track. The kids whine and I let one thing go then the next night the other and before you know it we’ve lost our routine!

Now that school is here and the kids have a regular routine, I’m putting our Oral Health Care Routine back on it’s tracks.

LISTERINE sent me a package with all the things I need for our family.

LISTERINE Smart Rinse Barbie Style which is pink and my daughter got so excited when she saw it. Smart Rinse helps prevent cavities and removes particles brushing may have missed. It’s very easy for my daughter to use. Just squeeze the bottle to fill the cup at the top, swish and rinse.

The LISTERINE ULTRACLEAN Flosser is for me! I unfortunately have spaces that need to flossed after every meal and this tool is perfect to get those hard to reach places.

The LISTERINE POCKETPAKS are a great way to freshen your mouth on the go. It doesn’t just give you nice breath, it kills bacteria for truly fresh breath! I use to buy these for my stepsons for Christmas. Right in the stocking they went. They loved them and it was so easly to place in their pockets.

To find out where you can buy LISTERINE products go to: http://www.listerine.com/shop-now

For more tips on oral care go to: http://www.listerine.com/

And check out The LISTERINE YouTube page featuring the Healthy Habit Heroes video series: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNMyQw1ILN3DOxiCv96_qAA

Do you and your family have a routine? Do you find it hard to maintain?

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!

Halloween Treats, No Tricks

October 22, 2014 By Anne

This is a sponsored post with Foodie.com.

I love the Fall! Holidays are coming. Good Food. Fun Times. Great Memories. While I’m not crazy about cold weather I really do enjoy this time of year.

Everyone is gearing up for Halloween and I thought it would be fun to share some fun Halloween Treats with you. My daughter and I always have fun making fun and spooky treats to share with neighbors. I think the Owl Cupcakes will a big hit this year.

What Halloween Treats will you be making this year?

Anne

The Hardest Peace by Kara Tippetts (giveaway)

October 21, 2014 By Libby Blumberg

Kara Tippetts opens her heart and her mind honestly and truthfully to bring us in to her life, beginning with childhood up through her continued struggle with cancer. Her confessions and stories are difficult to read at times, but consistently coupled with the strength she receives from her spirituality. Her story is a true testament to the power of believing in a higher being and releasing all seemingly impossible things to that being. She uses the names God, Him, Holy Spirit, and Jesus. She often quotes the Bible. This may seem religious or dogmatic, but the message comes through so clearly, and I think anyone who lives their life connected to a higher being can benefit from her story.
She uses the word “hard” quite often. But the more she uses it, the softer the word gets. She gains a complete acceptance of her “hard” because of her ability to release it to God. But that’s not even the end of it. She also sees that “hard is beautiful”. Even in the darkest, most painful of times, she sees the beauty in her “hard”. The last line of a letter written by her husband sums it up. “I am a witness that it is hard, but it is beautiful.” P. 174
A paragraph toward the end of the book (p. 148) really struck me. It spoke directly to me as a mother. It makes me think of yoga and how very important it is to me. I take yoga class three times a week, but I wish I were better at living yoga every day. I stay in mommy mode most of the time, getting frustrated with my daughter when she misbehaves, or being so tired that I can’t even think straight. Kara is telling me “to slow down, to rest, to stop…to tune in.” Really very simple.

The Hardest Peace is perfectly titled. It is a straight forward account of the way we can all feel peace, no matter what. Kara admits that it is hard to do, but once you open yourself to the answer, it actually gets pretty easy. As “easy” as a devastation like cancer can be. As she quotes A.A. Milne in her acknowledgements (p. 183), I think she says it best.
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”

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Libby Blumberg

www.mamagonewild.wordpress.com www.ohbabee.wordpress.com Libby is a SAHM with one daughter, Emma, and husband, Jeff. She is a blogger, business owner, and active community member in the Town of Nocatee in Ponte Vedra, FL.

Family Fall Fun

October 21, 2014 By Anne

On Saturday we took the family about an hour away to Conner’s Amazing Corn Maze. Then on Sunday we went to a local Pumpkin Patch. We had a good time both days. Even my teenager had fun!

Have you been to the pumpkin patch yet?

Anne

Jif to Go Dipers! #MC #GetGoing #sponsored

October 20, 2014 By Anne

I participated in an Influencer Activation Program on behalf of I nfluence-Central for Jif To Go Dippers. I received a sample to facilitate my review and a thank you item for participating.

Snacks on the go. That’s a mom’s life! The kids are always hungry and we don’t want to keep buying junk food out and about so we pack up some good foods from home and bring them along.

Maybe it’s just my kids, but they are always hungry. I swear I do feed them I do! I want to pack healthier snacks and what’s better than peanut butter? Jif now has two delicious snacks on the go that I kind of want to keep to myself. Yes they are that good!

Jif To Go® Dippers are an all-in-one portable snack of Creamy Peanut Butter with Pretzels or Chocolate Silk Peanut Butter Spread with Pretzels. From soccer practice to summer travels, Jif To Go Dippers provides a simple and delicious solution for every snacking occasion. Or sitting on your computer working and want a snack. Me!

Jif To Go cups are packaged with 1.13 oz of peanut butter or Chocolate Silk with 10-12 pretzels. There are 250 calories per pack. I was sent several of each flavor and ate 4 all by self. Not at the same time though!

And as you can see here i did share with my daughter, well i shared a little. She loved the Jif to Go Chocolate Silk. Of course she takes after me because we both love chocolate covered pretzle and this cocoalate is a bit healthier for you

These delicious snacks came out in June of 2014. When i first went shopping for them I could only find them at CVS but have since seen them at my local grocery store.

For more information, tips and recipes, find Jif on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/Jif), Twitter (https://twitter.com/jif), Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/jifpeanutbutter/) and Jif.com.