Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Aquamantra Natural Spring Water Review and Giveaway
Monday, May 24, 2010
eatwhatever Review and Giveaway
Friday, May 21, 2010
Five Question Fridays
1. Do you have an iPhone and, if so, how do you get apps and what are your favorites? No, I unfortunately don't have an iPhone and don't have any intentions of getting one. Believe it or not, I am not that popular so I really have no need for one, even though they do look kind of cool. Can't believe all of the great apps that they have for it.
2. What is your fondest memory of K-3rd grade? I loved Kindergarten, my teacher was the best. As of a fondest memory, it would have to be 3rd grade, when I got into a lot of trouble and was even suspended for a couple of days. Back then, they had what they called in school suspension so I still had to go to school and spend my days in a room with other troublemakers doing my school work all day long. I even had to eat lunch in there. What did I do to get into trouble? I wrote a obscenity laced note about my 3rd grade teacher whom I just did not like and he found it and put it in his top desk drawer. At recess, a friend of mine and I tried to steal it out of his desk and got caught. That was the last time I ever got into trouble at school.
3. What makes you cringe at the thought of touching? I am not too afraid, but I hate bees and hate the thought of picking up even a dead one with a paper towel or napkin for fear it will still sting me. When I was a kid, I was stung by several bees in the face and my face swelled up pretty bad. Guess I still have a fear of them after all of these years.
4. If you could have any celebrity show up at your doorstep, who would it be and why? Gosh this is a hard one, but if I could have someone show up on my door (if not the Publisher's Clearing House guy with a $10 million dollar check), then it would for sure have to be Peyton Manning. I am a huge football nut and an even bigger Indianapolis Colts fan, besides having a HUGE crush on Mr. Manning. I think he would be fun to hang out with (example: the credit card and Oreo commercials).
5. What would you say is your best physical feature? My eyes, I think.
Friendly Friday, New Friend Friday, & Follow Me Friday
I was so bummed this morning to find out that Friday Follow ended. I have been a part of Friday Follow since week two and have really been excited to be a part of it. I have found a lot of great new blogs to follow and read as well as gained a lot of new followers from it, so a big thank you goes out to Rita and the other ladies that kept this going for so many weeks. If you were lucky enough to be a part of it, you know how much fun it was. Well, I was fortunate enough to find a new program started up by three ladies: Xenia from Thanks Mail Carrier, Christi from The Frugal Novice and Charla from the Healthy Home Blog, who just this week started up Friendly Friday. This looks like a lot of fun to do, so I urge you to check this out a be a part of it. If you want to make new followers and new blogging friends, hop on to Friendly Follow!
And here is another great new one to check out as well.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Mountain Mama's Kitchen Co. Review and Giveaway
Michael Season's Review and Giveaway
We love to snack around our house quite a bit and are always looking for healthier alternatives of doing so. Yes, we love our sweets like Ice Cream or maybe a cookie, but for the most part we do what we can to be healthy. In a world full of obesity, sometimes it's really hard to stick to a strict regimen without letting go once in a while. My girls love going out for an ice cream treat once in a while and believe anything is OK in moderation. One of our very favorite snacks is chips, crackers, and my girls love cheese puffs. There is a great snack that is satisfying as well as good for you. I had the opportunity recently to review some delicious snacks from Michael Season's. I had never seen Michael Season's snacks anywhere until I started blogging and reading other blogs. There was nothing but really great reviews and giveaways linked to Michael Season's so I was excited to be able to try them for myself. I was sent the following products for review:*Hot Chili Pepper Curls-Looking for a cheese snack with a kick, this baked cheddar snack will satisfy your craving.
*White Cheddar Pops-Healthy snack alternative, 50% less fat than regular white cheddar pops.
*Jalapeno Puffs-Perfect balance between real cheddar cheese and the simple heat of Jalapeno Peppers, 50% less fat.
*Cheddar Cheese Puffs-Baked Cheddar Puff with 65% less fat than the regular cheddar puff. You will love this all natural, wheat free, gluten free snack. Made with real cheese and organic cornmeal, this will be you new favorite snack!
*Cheddar Cheese Curls-Looking for a cheese snack but not all that fat, 50% less fat than the regular cheese curls. Baked crunchy cheddar curl will satisfy your craving, all natural, wheat free, gluten free and made with real cheese.
Let me tell you, we definitely enjoyed all of these snacks and love the fact that they are all baked and never fried. The oldest is starting to get into spicy foods so she was most excited to try the Jalapeno Puffs. Sometimes we have an easy dinner of sandwiches and chips, especially on night when the oldest has soccer practice, so these snacks were a perfect addition to that dinner. She really enjoyed her Jalapeno Puffs as did her dad, who really loves spicy foods. I tried a couple myself and they were delicious not to mention really crunchy. If you love foods with a little kick to them, you will definitely LOVE these. The White Cheddar Pops were my favorite, I love anything cheese but White Cheddar is one of my favorite cheeses out there. These were really light, airy and crispy snacks and I can tell you little one surely liked them, she couldn't get enough! The Cheddar Puffs were my oldest daughter's favorite and she ended up taking most of the bag with her to school with her lunches. She told me she shared some of them with her friends at lunchtime and they thought that they were really yummy. The Cheddar Cheese Curls were really delish too, crispy, crunchy and full of cheese flavor, I put these out at a family cookout that we had at our house and they went really fast. My hubby's favorite was definitely the Hot Chili Pepper Curls, he said they had an awesome flavor to them and pretty good kick as well. I tried a couple and he was definitely right. All of these snacks from Michael Season's would make great snacks for any time of the day, good to put out for parties, or just keep them to yourself. These are snacks you can feel good about eating and giving to your kids. These snacks are not greasy like some of the traditional snacks that you may be used to eating. I can't wait to try all of the other varieties and flavors of snacks that Michael Season's has to offer.
Here are some great reasons to love Michael Season's snacks:
*All natural*Wheat Free
*Gluten Free
*No Trans Fat
*No Preservatives
*No Artificial Colors*No Artificial Flavors
*No MSG
*They are ALL delicious!
In 1976, Michael Season moved his wife and children from Illinois to Oregon to try organic farming. From his Oregon farm, he developed one of the largest natural foods distributorships in the US. When his family returned to the Midwest, Michael started what is known today as Michael Season's potato chips and the product quickly gained a royal following. In 1993, he introduced what is now today's most popular and successful products-Michael Season's Thin & Crispy Potato Chips. Michael Season's is committed to using all natural ingredients and providing an exceptional product at an affordable price. The average price of a bag or chips in the stores nowadays runs anywhere from $2.50 to almost $4.00 a bag. You can get a great tasting, good for you, all natural bag if Michael Season's products for right around $3, a great deal.
In January of 2007, Michael Season's and Mexi-Snacks merges their operations to form Natural Snacks LLC. Both companies have been family owned and operated for over twenty years, each having their roots in the natural products industry. They use natural ingredients so you can enjoy better tasting snacks.
In addition to the Baked Snacks, Michael Season's offers:
*Baked Multigrain Chips-Original, Cheddar, & Honey Chipotle
*Ultimate Puffs & Curls-Cheddar Cheese & White Cheddar
*Baked Potato Chips-Original, Sweet Barbecue, Cheddar & Sour Cream
*Reduced Fat Thin & Crispy- Original, Ripple, Unsalted, Honey Barbecue, Salt & Pepper, & Mediterranean
*Baked Single Serve Bags
You can purchase Michael Season's snacks at Whole Foods, Kroger, Safeway, Roundy's, and Publix as well as purchase them online at Michael Season's online store. You may also purchase Mexi-Snax products here as well. For more information and to see for yourself all of the great products that Michael Season's has to offer, please head over HERE.
GIVEAWAY-
The generous folks over at Michael Season's/Natural Snacks LLC. would love to give one lucky Mommy2TwoGirls reader a prize pack featuring a Reusable Tote, a Chip Clip, and TWO bags of Michael Season's Baked Jalapeno Puffs. (approx value $10)
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Giveaway will end on Thursday 6/3 at 7pm EST. Winner will be chosen via random.org and notified by email as well as posted here on my blog. Winner will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen. Open to US and Canadian residents ONLY! Special thanks to Christine and everyone at Natural Snacks LLC. for sponsoring this giveaway. GOOD LUCK!
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
ECO Zip Bags Review and Giveaway

I use a lot of plastic sandwich and storage bags around my house. They are so versatile to use when having to store food or pack things for my oldest daughter's lunches. I also use them around the house for storing small toys, batteries and small health and beauty items among other household items. I know it's really not good for the environment to use so much plastic and I have been looking for a lot of other alternatives out on the market. Hard to believe also just how much these bags cost! I found some really great bags called ECOzip that uses less plastic to make their bags and allows you to use less bags to store and organize. I was sent a variety of bags in a different variety of sizes for review and I was really excited to try these. Anything to make my life simpler and use less plastic, I'm all for it. I use most of the sandwich size plastic bags to put sandwiches in for my oldest daughter's school lunches. Then I end up using another bag for chips and still another bag for carrots or celery. My daughter goes to school some days with three to four plastic bags in her lunchbox with all of her food in it and that's just wasteful. ECOzip bags contain a "Zip and Flip" technology. Each bag has a zipper on each end of it and another in the middle which allows you to say for instance put a sandwich in one side of the bag and maybe chips or my daughter's favorite-cheese puffs in the other side of the bag and fold it into the lunchbox for easy storage. You can close the middle zipper and have the two individual compartments or unzip the middle and have one bigger bag. This is such a wonderful yet unique concept and saves busy moms like me a lot of time, effort and not to mention money. I absolutely LOVE these bags and can't begin to tell you since using them, I have cut way down on using so many plastic bags around my home and it feels really good! I really can't imagine going back to using my old brand of plastic bags anymore! My oldest daughter really likes them too and it takes up less space in her lunchbox and she's really happy about that. I love how I can put her sandwich in the lower compartment and put the toppings like maybe a small piece of lettuce, cheese, and a little individual packet of mayo or mustard in the top and not having to worry about her sandwich getting soggy or the mayo spoiling. Usually she just wants a sandwich with meat and cheese just for this reason, but now with these new bags from ECOzip, she is asking for all kinds of new ideas, it's so much fun! These bags are strong and durable, I thought for sure that using 20% less plastic that they might be a little flimsy, definitely not the case. The zippers are easy to zip and I haven't had any problems with the bag ripping. I am definitely impressed with the quality of these great ECOzip bags.GIVEAWAY-
ECOzip would like to give one lucky Mommy2TwoGirls reader a 3 box bundle (1 box each of the snack/sandwich, quart, and gallon sizes) of their great bags. (value $9.99)
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