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Products That Help with The New You

- brandy3 3 Comments

I am not big on exercise, not that I really don’t love it. It’s just that I have a bad back and am always in pain. I do try to eat healthy though!

Some of my favorite products that help you eat healthy are:

 

Cuisinart Pulp Control Citrus Juicer: Available at Best Buy for $29.99.  This is perfect if you love to have fresh juice with out all the added sugars and such.

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I love this because I like fresh squeezed orange juice but hate the pulp.  If you love pulp or just like a little, it has 3 different control settings for your desire of consistency.  It also has a snap up spout to accommodate different size glasses.   This is a great product to help jump start your weightless for he new year.

 

KitchenAid- Ultra Power Tilt Head Stand Mixer: Available at Best Buy for $299.   Now this product doesn’t really help with weight loss per say, unless you could count making a vegetable puree.

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I do love this product though, it mkes cooking so much easier.  It mixes everything for you without any work and it’s easy to clean up.   This is good for making your own breads or potatoes.

Both of these products are great items for a new me. I am trying to be better about making my own foods and getting away from all the harsh chemicals that are in foods today.

So if anyone in my life really pays attention, Stand Mixer (gift!!!)

 

Just For You:

I have 2 coupons to offer my readers:

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Save 20% off your next small appliance purchase

 

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Save 20% off your next health and fitness purchase.

 

Disclosure:  The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free

Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! Get The Sillies Out! Is Coming To Huntington NY

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Yo Gabba Gabba Live is on tour and coming to a city near you.

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The sillies are crazy little creatures that live inside of us and need to be shaken out! DJ Lance Rock and everyone’s favorite cast of colorful characters are calling all fans to get ready to jump, shake and shimmy them out at the new live tour Yo Gabba Gabba! LIVE!: Get the Sillies Out!. Yo Gabba Gabba! LIVE!: Get The Sillies Out! tour will visit more than 50 cities across the U.S. in 2013.  Yo Gabba Gabba! LIVE! is touring in support of their first national beverage launch, a new line of toys, a new line of kids sportswear and a DVD/ CD collectors’ edition.
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Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! Get The Sillies Out! is coming to The Paramount in Huntington Long Island NY. There will be two show times on each day January 30, and 31, with show times at 3pm and 6pm.  Tickets start at just $29.50. VIP tickets are available as well, which include seats in the first 15 rows,and  a pass to hang with the characters in a private room. ** Children 1 and under do not require a ticket to sit on parents lap.

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GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!!

 

Disclosure: No formal compensation was received for this post. I will be attending the show with complimentary tickets. All opinions are my own.

 

Scholastic Helps Schools after Hurricane Sandy

- brandy3

When Hurricane Sandy hit our area it was devastating. On my street it was not that bad, we had a lot of trees and wires down and lost power for 2 weeks. In other areas, homes, and schools were destroyed.

Scholastic wanted to do everything they could to help out the schools that were destroyed and lost their libraries.

Scholastic set up a book grant program in which schools in need could apply for the grant of a new library.

Anna Mae Stefanelli, principal of The OLC School, looks over books donated by children's book publisher Scholastic Inc. in Hillside, New Jersey

The time has come for the books to be donated and I have to say that Scholastic has been very generous in donating books. More than 100 schools in the NY/NJ/LI area were chosen and are receiving between 500-10,000 books each.

Students from the OLC School look over books donated by children's book publisher Scholastic Inc. in Jersey City, New Jersey

After this weeks pick up Scholastic will have donated more than 391,300 books.

For a full list of schools that were chosen please visit here.

I just love hearing about companies that help in a time of need.

guardNOW has validated 2013 the year of safety from security guards

- brandy3 2 Comments

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Leaving all the unfortunate violence in the year of 2012, this is the year to focus is to how to ensure your safety, what better way than a trained and professional security guard. In the society we live in today going anywhere anything can happen, ways to make sure you will always be prepared are:

   – Wherever you are make a self-note of a close security guard in the area.

   – Keep your phone in reach in case there may be an emergency.

   – Look for the nearest exit when u walks into mall, movie theaters and stores.

   – Keep an accurate head count when traveling with small children, when chaos breaks out it is easy to lose sight or everyone.

   – Last but not least do not think that you cannot enjoy your time out.

    -Yes these precautions seem like a lot but this is to ensure that you can still enjoy life.

Security companies all over America are buckling down to make small trips like going to the movies a fun family outing again. guardNOW specializes in business, residential and special events security, places other security companies won’t go.

 

Some unusual but needed Security Jobs that guardNOW has helped with:

 

-Firing a former employee

 

-Foreclosures / moving people out

 

-Weddings

-Sweet 16

-Funerals

 

A Security guards job can be the most important role at a party, if something goes wrong all eyes are now on them. Hiring the correct security company cannot be easy with so much competition, so how do u find out who is the best fit for your needs? guardNOW has a reputation of loyal customers who refer and always come back to us, there are no wrong or right company to choose, all security guard companies are a great addition to help your event. As a company guardNOW wants to let America know in 2013 we are focused your customer’s safety! Welcome to 2013

 

Shabby Apple $75 Gift Card GiveawayClosed

- brandy3 660 Comments

Shabby Apple is one of the best places to find the cutest casual dresses for any season.

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Besides having Lace Dresses, Shirt Dresses and retro, They also have swimsuit and fitness apparel, jewelry, arts and crafts and so much more.

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I have $75 gift certificate to Shabby Apple to giveaway to one US reader.

To enter visit Shabby Apple and tell me a dress you would like?

Extra entries:

Subscribe to my feed- 8 entries

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Leave a comment on any non-giveaway post-4 entries unlimited

Tweet this giveaway-2 entries (can be done daily)  Please include #shabbyapplegiveaway

Enter any of my other giveaways-1 entry

post this giveaway on Facebook-1 entry (can be done daily)

Contest ends 1/ 28/13

Disclosure: No Compensation was received for this post, giveaway is being provided by the company.

 

Win Your Way With ShopYourWay.com

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Win Your Way is an app that is part of the ShopYourWay social shopping platform. Members will find a constant stream of new and unique sweepstakes with prizes including: ShopYourWay Rewards points, trips to locations around the country, jewelry,clothing, appliances, tools, and gadgets.

I have been a member of ShopYourWay.com for over 2 years now. I just love the benefits it gives you. Every time you shop you earn points on your account, that can be used towards your next shopping trip.
Now ShopYourWay is even better with their Win Your Way Sweepstakes. They have several different contests lined up right now, for various prizes or points.

I just spent the last hour entering different sweepstakes, it was so easy and fun. For example, I entered “The Motherload Sweepstakes, where you pick different products a working mother would like, but doesn’t already own on your board. Thats it, so easy! It is kind of like Pinterest, wanting items to your page board or catalog.
Every Sweepstakes show you how many entries they have received for that sweepstakes, so you know your odds. They are not that bad either, meaning low entries. I also entered a Prize Me sweepstakes, where you can win what you put in your catalog or up to 35,000 points. It ends in four hours and only 322 entries.

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Sign up for ShopYourWay rewards and enter all the Win Your Way Sweepstakes.

No purchase necessary. Visit here for details.

Disclosure:This is a sponsored post with http://brandfluential.com, I am a Win Your Way blogger, though all opinions are my own.

Udi’s 14 Day Challenge

- brandy3 2 Comments

I always try to eat healthy, but sometimes my emotions get the best of me, and I give in to the unhealthy food.

So when I was approached about doing the 2 week Udi Gluten Free Challenge, I said yes. Eating Gluten free for 2 weeks sounded so easy to me as I don’t eat a lot of Gluten or dairy products anyway.

I started out with the meal plan they had provided

Breakfast: Egg whites for breakfast

Lunch: Chicken and salad

Snack: Trail mix

Dinner: Gluten Free Pizza

Every day the meal would change and by day 3 I was feeling great and then………..  Hurricane Sandy came and my whole diet and challenge was thrown out the window. We had no power, so i couldn’t cook and I was mainly just eating dry cereal, trail mix and sandwiches. My emotions got the best of me and it has been a big challenge.

Now that I have had my power back for 3 weeks I started the challenge again. It has been really tough as we are still getting thing s back to normal, but I have felt great and even lost 5 pounds (even though 4 came back when i stopped).

Some of my favorite Udi’s products through the challenge have been the Blueberry and Chocolate Muffin tops, and the Vanilla Granola.

I have felt better and overall just felt healthier during the challenge.

Disclosure: No formal compensation was received for this post. I received products and coupons to help me through the challenge. All opinions are 100% my own.

When You First Buy A Home

- brandy3 2 Comments

I haven’t owned a home yet. I am still waiting for our lives to settle permanently. My husband is in grad school, and then will move on to a post doc before he gets a permenant job. So we have been living in apartments and duplexes.

When we do decide to buy a home, these things will come into consideration.

  1. Location: We obviously want to live close to the job, where ever it may be, but also consider doing your research first. Is the neighborhood safe? Whats the crime rate? Is it near schools?  Having children, these are all important factors. I love reading the “Best Places To Raise Kids” lists, I always want to move to the best place. My kids safety is always important.
  2. Talk to neighbors, check newspapers, go to city hall, find out everything you can about the property. Previous owners, any crime their etc. You don’t want to move in and then find out that it was a meth house or something.
  3. Needs and wants:  When you are looking, you need to consider what you need and want. How many bedrooms do you really need, dishwasher? Washer and dryer hook ups etc. As a mother I know that a dishwasher and laundry hookups are a must.
  4. Mortgage: Can you afford to buy a new home, will you qualify for a loan.  Buying a house can be a really big deal and cost a lot.  It’s best to sit down and look at all your options and figure what is best, and more importantly what you can afford. For us, we will receive the Va Home loan, which will be a blessing when we buy our first home.
  5. New or fixer: We have always talked about just buying a fixer upper as a new house. It would be cheap and easy to clean up.  With that, you have to consider how much you can afford for remodeling. How much has to be done to the house for it to be really liveable and comfortable etc.

I can’t wait to buy my First home. It’s going to be one of my biggest accomplishments.

Disclosure: I wrote this post with Information sourced from Genworth Financial.

Wells Fargo Community #WFCommunity #Spon

- brandy3 4 Comments

We have been banking with Wells Fargo for a few years now. We actually started out with Wachovia, but they were bought out by Wells Fargo.   Wells Fargo has offered a lot of benefits to us as a community. One of the biggest benefits is, the Wells Fargo Community.

The Wells Fargo Community is like a thread for financial questions you need answered, from financial planning to student loans and more. It’s actually a really really useful tool. I just spent 2 hours on Wells Fargo community, and am just amazed by all the helpful answers.
For example, a person asked about being wait listed at a school. Is it worth it to wait? That is a great question and something I always wondered about until we experienced it ourselves.
Some of the threads even contain personal experiences at colleges, and why you should or should not go there. This is actually a good thing, you want to have some advice from students at the college before applying or accepting the college.
It’s more than just education planning, it’s also about banking, saving, and more. Most of the threads seem to be about education planning, but there are questions about banking and saving. Like, how to get free deposit slips? or How to add a next of kin to your account? I have been answering as many questions as I can to try and help people out, and have been learning a thing or to myself.

Wells Fargo Community has been a great resource of information for me. My husband has been in college for the last 6 years, so it’s great to find ways to save and pay off college loans. I am even finding ways to save for my children’s college education on a small budget.

Here is a informational video all about Wells Fargo Community

For more information about the Wells Fargo Community, please visit Wells Fargo Community’s site. I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective, and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own. #WFCommunity #spon

Holiday Shopping For Everyone From Best Buy

- brandy3 4 Comments

Christmas is less than a month away and the stores are filled with people shopping. I do most of my shopping online, to avoid the crowds and craziness. Before I shop though, I always do my research. I like to check the best gifts for him and her lists. They always show the best gifts.

This year my family is so in to technology that I have been scoping out the Best Buy website looking for the perfect gift. Luckily the have great gifts for him and her under $100.

Some Items I chose that would be a perfect fit for my family are…

For Her:  

Nikon  Coolpix  SS3300 16.0-Megapixel digital camera

This would be perfect for me, while I have alway dreamed of having a DSLR camera, it will always be out of my budget. I do love these little cameras though, they still give great pics. They easily fit in your pocket and you can take them anywhere.

original price: $139.99, but on sale for $79.99

For Him:    Hp-Officejet 4620 all in one wireless printer

This would be a great gift for any guy who is big in their work. (cough) My husband!! A wireless printer you can print from where ever you are working, your home office, the kids play area etc.

Price: $99.99

For kids:           

LeapPad 2 by Leapfrog:

Best Buy has started carrying Leapfrog items such as the LeapPad and Leapster Explorer systems, including games and accessories. These have always been a favorite among my kids, they are addicted to them. These would be my must have for kids, the LeapPad systems are very educational, inexspensive and fun.

Price: $99.99 for LeapPad

Holiday shopping is in full swing, what will you be getting you techie this year from Best Buy?

Here are some great deals to get you started!

  • Starting 12/2 save 10% on any purchase of headphones, speakers and health and fitness products.
  • Buy any 3 tablet accessories and save (up to $75, save $10, Spend $100 save $15, spend $150 save $30). No coupon
Don’t forget that Best Buy has a price match guarantee, free shipping from Bestbuy.com, and the best experts in blue.

 

Disclosure:  This reviewer Has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free.

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