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10 Slow Cooker Pantry Essentials

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I don’t know about you, but one of my favorite ways to get dinner on the table each night is with my handy dandy slow cooker. It is such a time saver! Here is a list of items that I always try to have accessible in my pantry and fridge so that I can have a nice Slow Cooker meal ready in no time! Many of these items are often on sale BOGO so grab a few and keep extras on hand. If you have coupons to go with the items, you can really score a sweet deal!

1. Boxes of Pasta

2. Bags of Frozen Meatballs

3. Cans of Diced Tomatoes and Tomato Paste

4. Canned Mushrooms

5. Bottled Sweet N’ Sour Sauce

6. Pre Sliced Peppers and Onions (such a HUGE timesaver!)

7. Cartons and Cans of Vegetable Broth

8. Garlic

9. Jars of Pasta Sauce

10. Cuts of Meat (particularly keep on hand Chicken, Roasts, Pork Loins and Pork Chops) I always find the best Meat Markdowns at Super Target. These items are marked down because they need to be used that day or placed in the freezer.

Have a Spook-Tacular Halloween with PJ Masks!

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Can you believe that Halloween will be here this week? I feel that it crept upon us so quickly this year! If you are searching for some fun items for the kiddos I have you covered with adorable items from PJ Masks! How cute is this Catboy with a Jack O’Lantern? You can find this and other fun items right at Walmart. I also love the adorable Gekko Candy pail and Popups! Lollipops and think that they would be the perfect treat for any PJ Masks fan! The Gekko pail (and all the other crew from the PJ Masks) can be found online at Amazon! If you have Prime, they will be shipped right to your door for Free! 

My son Brady loved all of the candy that we received in our PJ Masks treat box! He especially loved the Swirl Pops and Lollipop Rings. You can find yummy candy right at your local Party City and Amazon! I love that PJ Masks also offers items like PJ Masks bandages, which makes for a fun non-candy trick or treat idea! 

If you are still looking for a costume idea, your little one will look adorable dressed as one of the PJ Masks crew! My son Brady wore a PJ Masks Gekko costume a few years ago, and I am so excited to let you know that these costumes are still available to purchase!

In addition to having the perfect PJ Masks costume, you can also create PJ Masks invitations, plan your very own party and more when you head on over to the PJ Masks Halloween Party Site. They even have Costume Downloadables which are super fun and easy. 

Whether you want to create your own PJ Masks costume, plan a PJ Masks Halloween Party or simply just need some spook-tacular tips head on OVER HERE to see all of the fun ideas that are available. Your little ones are sure to be a Hero this Halloween!

Enjoy Beautiful Skin With L’Oreal Pure-Sugar Scrubs on Rollback at Walmart!

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Since I turned 40 a few years ago, I have noticed that my skin tends to get dull and dry. I have done some research and read that one way to help combat this is with the use of sugar scrubs. I was so excited to recently learn that L’Oreal Paris has a new line of Pure-Sugar scrubs available at Walmart and they are on rollback right now for only $8.44 each! 

I was at Walmart over the weekend, and couldn’t wait to check out this new line of L’Oreal Paris Pure-Sugar Scrubs as I have heard great things about them. At $8.44 each, this is a fantastic price! This is a product that I have really been wanting to try, and thanks to the great rollback price it is definitely budget friendly. 

There are 2 different varieties of L’Oreal Paris Pure-Sugar Scrubs. The L’Oreal Paris Pure-Sugar Scrub Purify & Unclog and the L’Oreal Paris Pure-Sugar Scrub Smooth & Glow. After using each product several times, I can tell you that they are definitely my new favorite scrubs! One of my favorite things about these products is that you can use them on both your face and your lips. So, not only is this product affordable, but it is also versatile which I love! 

These products have the ingredients that my skin craves especially as we get into the dryer winter months. Both the L’Oreal Paris Pure-Sugar Scrub Purify & Unclog and the L’Oreal Paris Pure-Sugar Scrub Smooth & Glow are naturally derived of a blend of three pure sugars paired with kiwi seeds, peppermint and lemongrass oils. As you can imagine, the smell with these products is remarkable! Not only does my skin and lips feel great after I use the L’Oreal Paris Pure-Sugar Scrubs, but it also smells amazing as well! 

If you are looking for a new sugar scrub, I highly recommend the L’Oreal Paris Pure-Sugar Scrubs found at Walmart. You can easily find them right near the makeup section of the store. At this low price of $8.44 be sure to buy both varieties! And, I have some other good news! There is an awesome giveaway for you to enter! One – $250 Walmart Gift Card + L’Oreal Skin Care Package ($100 Value) Grand Prize or 10 L’Oreal Prize Pack Winners (Includes three L’Oreal Pure-Sugar Scrubs).  This giveaway starts now thru Monday, November 5th.

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Celebrate Fall with Community Coffee + Enter to Win One of TEN $50 Walmart Gift Cards!

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What is your favorite season? For me, there is something about fall that I look forward to every year. Even though I live in Florida where it is still very hot and there appears to be no cool weather in sight any time soon, I enjoy all of the fun and delicious things that fall brings. I especially enjoy a yummy cup of coffee with pumpkin creamer and whipped topping. Yum!

Our favorite coffee to enjoy any time of the year is Community Coffee. My husband and I are generally not fans of the bolder varieties of coffee, so I can always count on the Breakfast Blend and Cafe Special varieties of Community Coffee as they are Medium to Dark Roast and make the perfect cup of coffee any time of the day! I love that they are smooth, bright and have just the right amount of boldness in each cup! 

Sweet Savings for Community Coffee in your Valpak Envelope

What is better than a delicious cup of coffee? How about if you can score some sweet savings on it? Now that would be one really sweet deal! Walmart is my go-to place to stock up on Community Coffee because the price is always right!

Right now when you open your Valpak envelopes you can find a coupon for $1.50 off any one bag or single serve box of Community Coffee redeemable at Walmart stores! 

To sweeten the deal even more, you could win a Walmart gift card! Just think of all the delicious Community Coffee that you could buy!

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Major League Baseball & Louisville Slugger Have Teamed Up to Raise Awareness & Funds for Pediatric Cancer (through 10/17)

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Through tomorrow October 17, Major League Baseball and Louisville Slugger have teamed up to help raise awareness and funds for pediatric cancer.

Louisville Slugger, the Official Bat of Major League Baseball, has produced 31 gold bats stamped with the childhood cancer awareness ribbon, one for every MLB club and the MLB Network. All 31 gold MLB Louisville Slugger bats, autographed by members of each club and MLB Network talent, are for auction on mlb.com/goldbat through Oct. 17. Funds raised will support Stand Up To Cancer.

Cancer is a leading cause of death among children,” said Louisville Slugger Brand Manager Joey Nowak. “Our brand exists because of kids and baseball, so Louisville Slugger is joining Major League Baseball in stepping up to the plate to help find a cure for pediatric cancers.”

As the mom of 2 boys, I can’t think of a better cause to support. I am so blessed that my boys are healthy, but I know that so many children have cancer. In fact, did you know that cancer is a leading cause of death among children? Statistics show pediatric cancer knows no bounds. It cuts across all ages, ethnic groups and socio-economic groups. Every day more than 40 children in the U.S. learn they have cancer. Twelve percent of these children will not survive. 

I am honored to help promote this wonderful cause and to bring awareness to pediatric cancer. Would you consider helping?

Our hope is that the gold pediatric-cancer Louisville Slugger bats will bring a huge amount of awareness and funds for the cause so that medical advances will continue, and more children can and will survive,” Nowak said.

Louisville Slugger and MLB have a long history of working together to fight cancer. Since 2006, they’ve promoted the annual Mother’s Day Going to Bat Against Breast Cancer initiative where MLB players swing pink bats. Hundreds of those game-used pink bats have been auctioned over the past 13 seasons to benefit Stand Up To Cancer and other charities focused on cancer research and care.

GO HERE to learn more info of this amazing cause and to see how you can donate.

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Wow! Through tomorrow, October 15, Walgreens Photo is offering a 11×14 Unframed Photo Canvas for only $10! (reg. $39.99) when you use promo code DECORATE10 at checkout! And, you can choose to pick up in-store to avoid shipping charges! 

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Sam’s Club Membership, $25 eGift Cards AND Fruit Tray Only $35! ($89+ Value)

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Cleaning My New Home With Mean Green Cleaners! #MeanGreen

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My family and I recently moved into a new home in August. I don’t have to tell you that moving definitely requires a lot of quality cleaning especially in the nooks and crannies of certain areas of the home that have been left uncleaned for long periods of time. Enter Mean Green Cleaners! I personally love all of the Mean Green cleaners that I have tried, but the one that I turn to again and again is the Mean Green Super Strength Cleaner & Degreaser. This product does it all! It is a powerful, multi-purpose cleaner and degreaser that can get grease out and eliminate grime from most surfaces. In fact, it even works on fabric and concrete! No wonder it has been a trusted brand for over 20 years! This is my go-to product as it can be used to clean just about everything, inside and outside the home! 

The Bathroom– Using Mean Green Super Strength Cleaner & Degreaser in the bathroom is key! Since I have a house full of boys, I don’t have to tell you that they can be quite messy when it comes to the bathroom. Because this is a multi-purpose product, it allows me to have clean toilets and sinks without putting much or little elbow grease into it. This product also works great for the shower and tub. I have found that if you spray the product on and let it set for a couple of minutes, the grime will literally wipe away! I also love the pleasant fragrance; it makes everything smell so fresh in a room that can be quite stinky!

The Kitchen– When we moved into our home, the kitchen was the room that needed the most help. Mean Green Super Strength Cleaner & Degreaser definitely lived up to its name. I was able to clean the oven, counters, sink and even floors all with this one product! The grease that had built up on the oven and stovetop was gone within just a few sprays and wipes! Once again, this product works best on grease if you spray it on then let it set for a few minutes. When you wipe it off, it will literally glide off. Cleaning has never been easier! I love how one product has many uses, yet is so powerful and effective! 

The Laundry Room– Mean Green Super Strength Cleaner & Degreaser can even be used to aid in soiled laundry and to pre-treat tough stains. You can even add add ¼ cup directly to your wash. As with any product, I would suggest that you test for colorfastness before use. How many cleaners and degreasers can you use as a pre-treater as well? This is one awesome product! 

The best part about Mean Green Cleaners? Their affordability! Mean Green Cleaners can be found at stores like your local Walmart and the Mean GreenSuper Strength Cleaner & Degreaser is priced under $3! What a deal for a product that does so many things!

Want to check out all of the Mean Green Cleaner products? They have an a product for everything! GO HERE to see the products available. Many products are available to purchase at your local retail stores, so be on the lookout the next time that you are shopping.

Stay up to date on all of the latest Mean Green news by following them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Until next time! Have fun cleaning with Mean Green! I would love to hear which Mean Green Cleaner product is your favorite!

Review of Watermelon Ball Jr. from PlaSmart

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Even though summer may officially be over, the heat wave continues in many parts of the country. Here in Florida, the temperatures are still in the 90’s! With temps like this, our weekends are still packed full of fun at the beaches and our local pool.

The folks at PlaSmart sent my family and I their Watermelon Ball Jr. to review, and the boys have had quite the time with it! The Watermelon Ball Jr. is designed to look, feel, and behave like a watermelon in water! Real watermelons are nearly neutrally buoyant: first sinking to the bottom then slowly rising to the top, making them ideal for all kinds of water games. The Watermelon Ball Jr. lets players dribble, kick, bounce, pass, and intercept under water. This fun ball allows you to combine components of football, basketball, and rugby right in the water!

How does the Watermelon Ball Jr. work? You simply fill the ball with water and get your game on! The extremely durable vinyl membrane stands up to intense action, features that are sorely missing from real watermelons. As you can see from the photo above, my son Drew has had so much fun dribbling the Watermelon Ball Jr. in the pool! I personally love the vibrant and bright colors that allow you to see the ball under water easily. 

There is still time to enjoy a Watermelon Ball Jr. with your family! I would love to hear your experience and how much f

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Productivity Tips That Help You To Make The Most of Your Work From Home Life

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Most of the people are opting to work from home for many reasons. In fact, freelancing is not freedom from work, but, freedom to work. All like a clean and cozy space to work. They need it as a comfortable one as well as a convenient one that helps to enhance their creativity and productivity. One can make a cozy and stylish office space at a little budget and an affordable price to make an elegant and sophisticated space to work from your home.

Changing the room layout with a bit of greenery

Transformation of room layout is a good idea to enhance the beauty of your office space at home with zero budgets. One can change the room layout and furniture and install outdoor plants and trees on teapots or work tables to make the home office more sophisticated. Placing the sofa near the longest wall of your living space offers more room for your home office. It may be a desk or a cabin, arrangement of furniture makes the room look more spacious. Arranging the artificial outdoor topiary plants provides the room an eco-friendly and ambient look if you cannot afford a space or time to grow plants in your office cabin or desk space at home. Placement of large artificial plants in the living room makes a room beautiful at your small budget even if you reside in a rental home and you cannot alter the room permanently.

These steps make your room look ventilated if you can make these simple moves which cost you a few bucks.

The convenient setting for sitting or standing space

Research says that sitting continuously for one hour is equal to smoking 5 cigars a day. Sitting sedentarily causes many health issues, and we may feel bored at sitting for hours to work. Arranging or modifying furniture that allows you to sit or stand and work is a good idea to avoid sedentary hours at the maximum. If you feel exhausted standing all the time, you can fold the extended bar of your chair to sit and work.

Elegant Desk Space from a closet

You can turn your old-school closet into a work desk and place plastic ivy leaves as decors to make your closet desk more beautiful. Even the idea looks simple, it works well if you need a less space at home to get through your work. You can change the closet into work cabin and use the doors like small office doors to make your business more hassle-free. The closets are useful to make space for books, computer, and stationary. You can paint the closets with bright colors like orange and green to give your cabin a gorgeous look.

Room Partitions or curtains

Use room partitions or curtains to provide more space for office space at home. You can change your living room into a home office by using curtains as room dividers. These are affordable moves if you cannot make solid changes and if you rent the place for a limited period. Bright colored curtains in the living room give a sophisticated separation between the home and office in your living room.

Floating wall unit

A floating wall unit can be installed in your home to part the home space and office space and make your room more spacious to work. Installing large artificial trees near the floating walls make the place a more enchanting one to reside in and work. Some floating wall units are movable, and you can move them according to your wish if necessary.

If you need a family office at home

If you need to install a family office at your home, you can change it accordingly by small changes in the organization of the furniture. Use of L-shaped desks and organizers make your task easy. If you can afford for modern furniture, it will be a more encouraging and comfortable move as you can alter the modern furniture according to your convenience. This idea will be adored by the younger members of the family as well. On the other hand, modern furniture is recyclable and don’t harm the environment as synthetic plastic is recycled to prevent pollution. It is the idea to promote plant more trees and save the existing ones by manufacturing eco-friendly furniture from recycled wood or boards or synthetic plastic.

If you have a tiny house

If you have a tiny house and you have less storage space, you can change your home office a more spacious one with sticky organizers and storage shelves. This idea goes well if you hail at a rented space. This is a cost-saving idea and helps you to save time and money as you have to just stick the shelves or fold them according to your needs. Hanging organizers are also available in the market to save the storage space. You can change the decors like hanging organizers as these are available in a variety of designs.

Bedroom turned into office

Most people like to work in their bedroom at the comfort at the need of the hour. By coloring a wall of the room according to your taste or installing decorative wall panels and organizers or hanging shelves, your bedroom gives you a cozy office space if you have less space in the living room. You can wake up to a coffee and work from your bedroom and enjoy the tranquility of the morning and enhance your creativity.

Wall Mount Furniture

Use of wall-mount furniture is a good idea to save the living space if you have a lesser room for the office space at home. Wall-mounted furniture helps you a lot to save the room space and make the furniture as a good room décor indeed.

Furniture that occupies a lesser space

You can opt for furniture that occupies less space or foldable ones to save room space and avoid the congested look of your living room.

The above tips are helpful in giving your home office a spacious and elegant look at an affordable budget as well as providing an eco-friendly look.