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Gift Ideas for Mom and Dad – Active Faith Sports

Posted by html404 on December 19, 2013
in Clothing, Deals, Gift Ideas, Holidays, Products for Dad, Products for Mom, Reviews, SALES, Sports, Sportswear, Uncategorized

Less than a week before Christmas and all in the house were scurrying about, trying to come up with last minute gift ideas for mom and dad…..

Is that you? I only have a few gift cards left to get and some flowers to order (which may be already ordered by the time this post goes live!) If you have some people of faith on your gift list who are into fitness Active Faith Sports may have some gift ideas for you. I recently got my husband a pair of “basketball” shorts as most of his are nearly 20 years old – I don’t know how that man retains clothing that long! Guess he bought quality clothes that lasted.

We found the Active Faith Sports basketball shorts to run big. Robert likes them longer since he is tall, but the large are big on him. Not so much in the waist as the legs. My husband says they feel nice and are comfortable just baggier than he usually wears and prefers. He has super thin legs though! They’d probably be fine on a larger framed man. The material is breathable and decent quality. I cannot say how they wash up since my husband doesn’t usually wear shorts in the winter and he’s not part of a fitness center or gym. If I remember, I will try to update this post to reflect laundering come spring time.

Please note his model pose in his hand…goofy man…he makes me laugh though! Couldn’t mess too long with the photos because he told me to hurry up because he was cold!

Prices for Active Faith Sports are in the middle range. Not cheap, not super expensive. They are hosting 12 days of Christmas deals. Each day something new is on sale so if anything strikes your fancy be sure to visit their website for the daily Christmas sales.

Active Faith Sports also offers women’s wear and kids wear. Perfect for a physically active family. And of course the whole goal of Active Faith Sports is to allow Christians in sports to share their faith with others, thus the name “Active Faith.” A company worthy of mentioning and supporting this Christmas season.

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Sears Shop Your Way #PersonalShopper

Posted by html404 on December 19, 2013
in Deals, Holidays, Money & Finances, Saving Money, Seasonal Stuff, Shopping, Uncategorized

“This is a sponsored post. I am a Sears blogger, though all opinions are my own.”

Sears Shop Your Way Personal Shopper

Do you wish you had a bigger Christmas budget? I think we all do, right? Sears and Kmart have created some interesting reasons to become a Personal Shopper. What’s great about it is you can earn commission to put towards your holiday budget on every qualifying purchase your family and friends make, plus you will the satisfaction of helping others with your shopping expertise. Since the season for giving is now, Shop Your Way is awarding its Personal Shoppers with more chances for a bigger commission. You can earn up to 5% in commission just by gaining more clients, reaching sales numbers, following new brands on Shop Your Way, sending client invitees and more. If you think you don’t have what it takes to become a Personal Shopper, you’re probably wrong. If you find yourself giving advice often, enjoy making connections and have an entrepreneurial spirit, Personal Shopper would be a great fit for your lifestyle. Your success awaits: http://syw.co/1cwBkCu. Follow @ShopYourWay and hashtag #PersonalShopper on Twitter.

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Holidays with CaringBridge

Posted by html404 on December 18, 2013
in Giving Back/Charity, Health and Wellness, Holidays, Seasonal Stuff, Uncategorized

“I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting (#MC) for CaringBridge. I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating.”

Holidays with CaringBridge

I have blogged about CaringBridge before and how friends of ours have used a similar site to keep us all up to date on how their child is progressing through their medical situation which started at birth and on through the past five years. It’s a great tool. With so much love and joy surrounding the holidays, it’s important to take the time to share your support with friends and family in need. CaringBridge, a non-profit that provides free, personal websites, aims to help people to stay connected and receive support during any type of health journey. CaringBridge serves more than 500,000 people each day to amplify the love, hope and compassion in the world, hoping to make each journey a little easier.

Watch and share the video above or follow the link below to help spread the word about CaringBridge and how a small word of support can inspire hope and impact the lives of our loved ones this season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe2H_eM05V8

Here’s to a hope filled Christmas for families in need.

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The Way My Three Year Old Decorates a Christmas Tree – Wordless Wednesday

Posted by html404 on December 18, 2013
in Family Stuff, Fun Stuff, Holidays, Home, Humor, Kids Stuff, Seasonal Stuff, Uncategorized, Wordless Wednesday

In Saturday’s post, I mentioned the way my three year old decorates a Christmas tree, well here are the photos to show just how he does it!

Don’t be too shocked at the almost wordless Wednesday post! I am cheating to watch a TV show with hubby and because I am going out to lunch with fellow farmer friends today.

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Airborne from Smiley360

Posted by Brande on December 17, 2013
in Coupons, Family Stuff, Health, Products for Dad, Products for Mom, Reviews, Uncategorized

I received this product for free from Smiley360 in exchange for my honest review. You can join Smiley360 here!

Airborne can support your immune system. It’s packed with vitamins, minerals, and herbs. Airborne contains no preservative and is gluten free.

Airborne Kids offers a blast of Vitamin C with flavored citrus and berry gummies. It has an herbal blend including Echinacea & Ginger, with antioxidants.

Airborne Chewable Tablets also have Vitamin C. No water is needed for these berry flavored chewables. These taste great for vitamins.

Airborne Effervescent Tables need to be dissolved in water. One Effervescent Tablet has 1,000 mg of Vitamin C! It’s zesty orange flavor also tastes good.

Besides these few kinds I received, Airborne is also available in lozenges, Airborne plus Energy, and Hot Soothing Mix. Don’t let me forget Airborne On-The-Go.

Here’s what’s in Airborne products:

Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Zinc, Selenium, Manganese, Magnesium, a variety of herbs, & Echinacea.

Click here for a $1.00 coupon! Don’t forget to visit Airborne’s Facebook and Twitter pages!

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Kidoodle.tv – Dad Central

Posted by Brande on December 16, 2013
in Apps, Contests, Free Stuff, Fun Stuff, Gift Ideas, Guest Post, Holidays, Movies, Parenting, Reviews, Shopping, Techie Stuff, Technology/Electronics, Travel, TV Shows, Uncategorized

I participated in a Blog Blast Program on behalf of Dad Central Consulting for Kidoodle.TV. I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating.

By Guest Dad Blogger Scott –

This is best thing next to sliced bread! I love it! My daughter loves it! BONUS! She loves watching Mario Brothers (I didn’t even know there was such a thing.)

Kidoodle.TV is age appropriate television viewing for your children, that you control. When first setting it up you choose the age of your child/children. The next screen will ask if you want to remove or add any addition programs. Easy Right?

Ok your child is ready to watch Kidoodle.TV. You the parent will log on by entering your email address and password. Then move onto the next screen, choose the child. It asks how long you’d like to child to watch. Once that time is up,Kidoodle.TV stops and says…

Kidoodle.TV is on Facebook and Twitter click here to follow them!

Even better there’s a free trial going on for December! Try it today! Did I mention if you sign up for a free trial by December 31, you have a chance to win 1 in 10 tablets or 1 in 10 Kidoodle.TV for a year!

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Week #8 Saturday Top Five Laughs – Join the Blog Hop!

Posted by html404 on December 14, 2013
in Animals, Family Stuff, Fun Stuff, Holidays, Home, Humor, Saturday Top Five Laughs, Uncategorized

I was not good at writing down the funnies this week. But regardless, join us as we participate in The Mommyhood Chronicles Saturday Top Five Laughs – Week #8 for us – I think we are on a roll with eight weeks in a row!

5. My husband was filling waterers and carrying our dog’s 5 gallon water pail to him and our horse, Blaze, comes right up behind him to steal a drink. My husband was completely unaware until Blaze drank. Blaze didn’t have a care about the dog barking at him or the fact it was not his waterer. He simply knew it was closer than the pasture and barn water! It was funny to watch. Too bad we couldn’t get a photo.

4. Listening to my children’s laughter as they watched the movie “The Croods” was hilarious.

3. Listening to my children’s laughter as they watched the movie “Denise the Menace”….I actually fell asleep. Nothing like laughter to lull a tired mama to sleep, eh?

2. I smile every time I look at the side of the tree our three year old decorated because many of the ornaments are just laid on the branches or are in clusters.

1. We got our Christmas tree last Sunday and it brought back memories of getting last year’s tree, which was so huge it would not fit in the van. We had to shove it in and the children had to sit ducking underneath it’s branches! Getting our tree this year was pretty uneventful.

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Matilda Jane Clothing Review & Giveaway

Posted by Brande on December 13, 2013
in Children's Clothing, Clothing, Fashion, Girl Stuff, Giveaways, Products for Mom, Shopping, Uncategorized

If you are looking for different styles for you and your girls and don’t want to head to the store. Matilda Jane Clothing is for you! They sell their clothing line through hosted “Trunk Shows”.

Each year they release two collections in the Spring and Fall. There are currently over 500 “Trunk Keepers” throughout the US & Canada. Once you have found a host, you can either attend a showing or have your own in home show! You can also become a “Jane” to host your own shows!

Matilda Jane Clothing Review

Check out what they sent to us! My daughter received 3 pieces from the “Paint by Numbers” collection.

The yellow shirt she has is called Biscuit Tee on is very soft with the matching Gallery Leggings. These pants are just up her alley!

In the next picture she is wearing the Turtledove Knot Top.

Each of them come in a beautiful bag! We haven’t had time to wear them much or get them washed to see how they come out so if I remember I’ll try to update this post at a later date with that information.

Click Here and fill out the form to find your nearest “Jane” for Matilda Jane Clothing!

Matilda Jane Clothing Giveaway

Enter to win a $50 Matilda Jane Clothing gift card! Ends 12/27 at 12:00am!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Smiley 360 – Movember for Men’s Health

Posted by Brande on December 12, 2013
in Health, Health and Wellness, Men's Health, Products for Dad, Uncategorized

Check out the Movember website from Just for Men. It’s a great site about men’s health and wellness. The Movember site is raising money to help with research and development for men’s health. Us ladies aren’t the only ones who have down days or health issues, our fellas do to. Most of them put on their macho faces and go on with the day. We need to be attentive of their health also. Many men don’t take action when they depressed or have a physical problem. Movember is a great site for Men (& Women) to learn more about Men’s health issues and have a little fun. Movember is taking serious issues and putting a fun mustache twist on it. Here’s the link, to find out more!

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MinuteClinic at select CVS Pharmacy Stores

Posted by Brande on December 12, 2013
in Family Stuff, Health, Health and Nutrition, News Worthy, Parenting, Products for Dad, Products for Mom, Uncategorized

“I participated in a campaign on behalf of Dad Central Consulting for CVS MinuteClinic. I received promotional items as a thank you for participating”

By: Guest Dad Blogger Scott – #MC

“Children suffer around 6 or 12 colds a year.”

And

“Americans get 1 billion colds a year.”

Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention

With cold and flu season fast approaching it’s good to know that MinuteClinic in select CVS Pharmacy Stores are here to help you.

What’s a MinuteClinic you ask? Good Question!

MinuteClinic is an affordable alternative to visiting your doctor when you or a family member is suffering from a cold, cough or flu illness. No appointments are necessary and they are open 7 days a week with evening hours! The MinuteClinic can vaccinate, diagnose, treat, and prescribe for cold, cough, and/or flu!

Board Certified Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants are there for you to treat a variety of common family illnesses. Not just limited to cold, cough, and flu. They are able to diagnose strep throat, ear infections, pink eye, and UTI’s. In addition, they are able to provide vaccinations for flu, pertussis, and others. The MinuteClinic can also provide physicals for sports and /or camps and wellness services to stop smoking, lose weight, and screening for diabetes and cholesterol.

This program is terrific for that on the go person or family. The MinuteClinic also accepts insurance! If your regular doctor is not available and you visit the MinuteClinic, they will send your summary visit to your primary care physician (with your permission). No regular doctor? No problem – The MinuteClinic can even help you find a provider.

Currently the MinuteClinic at CVS Pharmacy Stores is available in 28 states and in Washington DC.

If you sneeze or cough, please cover your mouth, this is how most germs spread. One of the best ways to avoid sickness is wash your hands with soap and water and try not to touch your face.