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Rafflecopter- Halo Bars Delivered to YOUR Door! #giveaway

Halo Smores Bars

How to know if you’ll LOVE the new Halo Snack Bars:

Ask yourself the following questions. If you answer, “Um, heck yeah!?” to most of them, then you, my friend, will LOVE the new Halo Snack Bars from PROBAR. {Disclaimer: this quiz is a bit less than scientific. In fact, I just now made it up. But it will still determine whether you’ll love ’em.}

  • Do you have a sweet tooth? Does it make demands for things like chocolate, marshmallows, nuts, or graham-crackery treats?
  • Are you trying to ignore that sweet tooth, but it’s not working?
  • Do you wish you could get yourself to eat snacks that were organic, vegan, or just plain better for you than the vending machine junk you eat now?

If you answered YES, then keep reading!

PROBAR has launched a SUPER yummy new snack, the Halo Snack Bar! This snack bar isn’t just GOOD, it’s also good FOR you. How often does that happen, right? This new snack bar bridges the gap between your current options of high calorie nutrition/energy bars and sugary granola or candy bars.

Here are a few amazing facts about the Halo Bars:

  • All Halo Bars are certified organic, meaning no yucky chemicals, and no weird ingredients that you can’t pronounce.
  • Each bar has Omega 3 & 6, is low-in-sugar and is dairy-free/Vegan- but they come in dessert-style flavors like S’mores, Nutty Marshmallow, Rocky Road, and Honey Graham.
  • Even with the dessert flavors – {and these babies are GOOD!!} – they are each only 150 calories! Rockin.
  • Like all of the other great PROBAR products, these are delicious, convenient, healthy plant based food products. How much better can you get?

Fun reactions from tasting HALO at Expo West 2011:

Now hear the reactions to the new HALO bars in my house…

  • Me: I’m always in a rush, and hardly have time to eat some days. I love, love, LOVE a snack that is easy to grab, fills me up for a long time, and isn’t junk. This is amazingly perfect. Plus- I crave sweets. A lot. So this is just what I’ve been looking for.
  • Kiddo’s: Both of the boys got SUPER excited when they heard I was getting Halo bars- they thought that it had something to do with Halo the video game, lol. They were quite disappointed when I opened the box to some snacks…. Until they got to try them. 5 year old: these taste like camping!! {this was while eating the smores bar…}
  • Boyfriend: He HATES anything healthy. I have to lie, so he doesn’t know, or he won’t eat it. Here is the conversation- Him: “Why didn’t you tell me these were all organic-y stuff?” Me: “I don’t know….” Him: “I’ve eaten like 5 of these already!!” Me: “That means they were good right?” Him: “Whatever. Yes, they were really good. But you tricked me.” :)

Want some too?

Does all this talk of chocolate and marshmallows make you hungry? Then head over to Probar.com, and pick out some new goodies to try out. Use code BLOGGERS at check out, and they’ll give you 40% off your ENTIRE order! Amazing, right? Not only do they take care of your health by developing a great new snack, they care about your wallet too.

Now- Enter to WIN some too!

One lucky reader will win a whole case of great Halo Bars to try out in THEIR house too! Use the Rafflecopter form to enter- Just follow the directions on each tab, then click “I did it!” to put your entry in. Easy peasy!

{Disclosure: This review was made possible by Mom Spark Media. But as always, all of the opinions here are 100% my own!}

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Survey Junkies, Online Shoppers, Bloggers, and Busy Moms- Let OIB Organize Your Inbox Automatically!

Tame your out-of-control inbox!

Inbox overload. No one should have to suffer from this awful affliction. And yet tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of email users are plagued by overstuffed inboxes every single day. But there is a cure. It’s a free service called OtherInbox, or “OIB” as the cool kids say.

OIB basically weeds through all your emails and pulls out the automated ones from the ones from real people and then files them in different folders. So, that sale site coupon will come into the OIB Shopping folder, but the credit card statement will go into the OIB Financial folder. Then you can look at what you want, when you want without having to sift through dozens of other emails clogging up your inbox. And best of all, that email list you ended up on, but never signed up for, well that can be moved into the OIB Unsubscribe folder where they’ll do the breaking up for you.

OIB works with Gmail, Yahoo and AOL and has a bunch of other nifty features we can’t wait to share with you. So watch how quickly and easily it tames Carley’s out-of-control inbox. Plus you can check out her adorable PJ’s.

See OIB in action in this weeks Twirl…

So, what do you think?

I’ll tell you what I think– I think I’m in love! As a busy blogger, social media junkie, online super-shopper, busy survey-taker and more- my email is out. of. control. Seriously.

I love this idea to automatically sort my emails, so I can check important updates first- then skim through other categories as I have time. In the mood for some online shopping? I can check my shopping folder to see what new deals and coupon code updates I have waiting for me. Or, if I have a minute to earn some free cash with my favorite survey sites, I can pop into my survey folder to find all of the invites together in one place. Easy peasy!

{Also, did you notice that Carley gets emails from a bunch of the same great places I’ve told you guys about? She has the Chili’s Free Chips and Queso coupon in her Inbox, the amazing LearnVest Frugal Tips Newsletter, and a couple more- I’ll see if anyone else can find them. Leave me a comment!}

A couple of things to keep in mind…

When watching the video on the Digitwirl site, I noticed that in the comments there are a couple of issues that might come up when getting started with OIB. Nothing major, and all have solutions- but you might want to take a second to read the OtherInbox Post to check it out. You’ll see that they have an AMAZING customer support rep on the page, responding to everyone’s questions. Gotta love that, right?

I’m signing up for OIB today- and I’ll let you know how it works for me! I’d love to hear from you if you’re already using it, or plan to start. What’s YOUR biggest frustration with keeping your email organized? Leave some comments and let’s chat!

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WOW- FIFTY Freebies Delivered Right to Your Door! #freebies #freemoney

Free SamplesLets get the Freebie-Fest started!

In this post you’ll find over 50 free samples, ebooks, downloads, and other cool stuff.

I’m also sharing pics of all of the free stuff I got in my own mailbox last week, to show you that YES, you really do get this stuff when you request it!

I’ve also divided the freebies by category, so you can find what you want. I’m nice like that. Here we go….

Beauty Freebies

Entertaining

  • Free Zumba Party: Sign up at Houseparty.com to host your own Zumba House Party! Tons of great stuff included, totally FREE if you qualify. {Must have a Nintendo Wii}
  • Free Parties: This one is pretty similar to one of my other favorites, HouseParty.com. It’s called My Party, and you can sign up for tons of great events!
  • Moms Meet: This is where I got the HUGE bag of Kashi goodies you see in the pic! Sign up to host product parties to share natural products with your own mommy group- Sign up as a Mom Ambassador.

Cookbooks

Baby Freebies

  • Free Magazine: Get a free subscription to Baby Talk Magazine– filled with great coupons.
  • Baby Formula: Get a free sample of Members Mark Baby Formula. We used this and couldn’t tell any difference from the name brands.
  • MySurvey: I get to test loads of greatFree Baby Products through MySurvey, and then earn rewards for giving my opinions on them.
  • Baby Book: Get a free digital Baby Book to record all of your important memories. This is cool even for big kids- to remember all of your special milestones.
  • Baby-to-Bee: Get great advice, find free samples, and get tons of coupons too! Free Baby Stuff.
  • Planning Family: Get some of the Best Diaper Coupons I’ve found, plus tons of free samples.

Home Freebies

  • Clorox: Sign up for our newsletter, get samples, offers- and get 25¢ off Clorox® Regular-Bleach today! Click Here.
  • Digital Organizer: Sign up and get this personal and family digital organizing system free. Sign up here.
  • DIY: Sign up at Under One Roof to share your DIY experiences, and earn tons of great free stuff. I wasn’t accepted, but I hope some of you are!
  • Free Calendar: Use MyCalendarMaker.com‘s tools to make your own FREE customized family calendars!
  • Free Photo Back-up: Sign up and get a chance to test out this Free Photo Back-up Service. I love it.
  • SC Johnson: Get a free idea book, just enter two UPC’s, see details here on site. First go here to sign up, then use this direct link to request your Fall HGTV Book.
  • Organzing: Get a ton of great freebies to help you get your home organzied.
  • Photo Gifts: Get 6 new fall free products from Vistaprint! Get the goodies here, and shipping starts at just a few bucks. Totally worth it!

Food & Drink Freebies

  • Energy Tea: Everyone who requests a free sample of FIX Energy Tea also gets entered to win an iPad!
  • Nutrisystem: Take an important step toward living healthier by determining your BMI (Body Mass Index) score today. Get your FREE body assessment!
  • Disney Gummies: Get a Free Sample of Disney Gummi Vitamins in either Cars or Princess- your choice. For more Disney freebies, Sign up to get the Disney Special Offers Newsletter too!
  • Energy Shake: Get a free sample of your choice {and there’s a TON of choices!} from Spiru-tein. Use code 5646- but make sure to type it in, don’t copy and paste. Free Energy Shake.

Random Freebies

  • Halloween: Free super-spooky Halloween music to download for your parties. Free Halloween Music.
  • Awesome Hat: Get your own Free Awesome Hat from Yovia! Love it!
  • Free Pen: Get a free pen from Wire a Cake- send an email with you shipping info to pen@wireacake.com.
  • Map: Get a Free Map of America’s Byways from byways.org, just fill out the info and request!
  • Lasik: Get a free Lasik consultation, savings coupons, and more. Learn more here.

Free Product Test

Free Money

  • Synovate: Everyone’s favorite- At this minute they’re taking new sign ups, but it closes quickly. Synovate Free Product Trials.
  • $10 Free Credit: Plum District is giving the first 10,000 new referrals a FREE $10 credit to spend any way they want to! Check it out and sign up here- Free Plum District Credit, if it’s still available.
  • Free Cash: Get cash for your old iPhone, broken or not! Click Here to get it.
  • Global Test Market: Join this panel to get Free Test Products and earn cash when you give your opinions!
  • $5 bucks free: When you sign up today and fill out a quick profile, they’ll start your account with a FREE $5 Cash right away!
  • Swagbucks: My FAVORITE way to earn free stuff! I choose Amazon gift cards, but you can also cash out with Free PayPal Money too.
Wooooo- that was fun, right? Look forward to seeing a TON of great free stuff start coming your way soon!
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Do me a couple favors, would ya? If any of the freebies are expired by the time you get to them, leave me a comment so I can delete ’em? Also, if you have other freebie-lovin’ friends- share this post! You can use the easy peasy buttons to share it to your Facebook or Twitter! Thanks — My fans are the BEST blog fans around. You guys ROCK.

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65 Fun Fall Ideas for Kids!

I love Fall…

I live in Central Washington State, and one of my very favorite things about living here is the weather. We have four distinct seasons- gorgeously rainy springs, incredibly hot summers, tons of snow in the winter, and the most beautiful fall leaves! I can’t imagine living somewhere that didn’t have that change of the seasons.

To celebrate the coming of fall, one of my favorite local publications has an article in this months issue with 64 Fun Fall Crafts to do as a family. They’re all really simple, and include great fall stuff like pinecones, leaves, turkeys and pumpkins! You’ll find snack recipes, crafts, games, and more.

I helped contribute to this article {you can see the credits at the bottom- Meagan Paullin, local mom and owner and creative director of Sunshine and Sippy Cups!} If you’re curious, these are the dates that are my ideas:

  • September 25th- Toddler Exploring Set.
  • October 11th- Creative Crayon Recycling.
  • October 20th- Fall Tree Arm Print.
  • October 26th- Make Your Own Fall Magnets.
  • November 9th- Yakima Apple Pie Snack Mix.
  • November 14th- Craft a Homework Helper.
  • November 15th- Chore Money Jar.
  • November 16th- Magnetic Locker Organizer.
  • November 19- Make your own Sidewalk Chalk.

Sound like fun?

To read more about these, and the other great ideas in this new issue of Playdate Magazine….

Check out 65 Fun Fall Crafts!!! (And they’re easy, too!) on the Playdate Magazine site!

What is YOUR favorite?

Do you have a new favorite after reading the list? What other fun fall ideas do you have? Share in the comments! Links to your own posts with fun ideas are always welcome.

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Dr. Seuss and the Facebook Updates

Found this on a friend’s Facebook page today…

So funny. And so true- Have you ever tried to contact someone at Facebook? You pretty much can’t. My favorite was when I had an issue, and emailed support about it. I received an email back saying, “Thank you for telling us about your problem. Your feedback is very important. We won’t be addressing this, but thank you for your time.” Well, that’s neat.

If I didn’t love Facebook so much I’d break up with it. Make sure to come say hi while you’re there – Sunshine and Sippy Cups on Facebook!

How do you feel about the new Facebook changes? Share in the comments!

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Hate the New Facebook Changes?

Were you like me, and logged onto Facebook this morning, only to see that it looked DIFFERENT? Ugh, I hate that.

I’ve come up with the theory that Facebook is trying to get rid of old people like me, so it keeps changing things up so I get confused and give up. Just sayin’.

Where are my friends??

One thing I don’t like at all is that Facebook is deciding who is most important to me, and showing me what it thinks is my “top news”- except most of those posts are from people I don’t even want to read about. Um, how is Facebook deciding this? And where are my favorite pages at? I had to scroll down three pages to get to see even ONE of my favorite blogs or pages updates. What’s that about?

Learn how to use Facebook Lists

Anyway, I read a great post today on CEO of Me, Inc. that tells you how to how to How to See Your Favorite Facebook Friends and Pages again with Lists that I thought I’d share. I hadn’t used the lists feature yet, so I’m going to try it out today, and see if I can customize this new Facebook style, and actually see stuff I’m interested in again.

She also links to the Facebook page that explains about how Facebook Lists work, if you’re like me, and kind of confused by it. I must admit, I do like the idea of putting my favorite blogs on a list, my best friends on a list, and my family on another list- so I can check in to see what my favorite people are doing.

UPDATE:

I just found another great post on the Facebook changes too- Hate the New Facebook? Here’s how to Change it Back! More great ideas on how to use the List feature to make Facebook work the way you want it to!

What do you think?

Are you using the List’s yet? Do you love/hate/feel indifferent towards the new Facebook layout? Are you going to add Sunshine and Sippy Cups to your fave list on Facebook? {Of course you are- you don’t want to miss any good stuff, right?} Do you have any great advice on getting used to this new Facebook update?

So, I guess I’ll read up on these lists, and hopefully learn from your tips– and get used to this new Facebook update just in time for them to change it all up again!

And make sure to come by and check out Sunshine and Sippy Cups on Facebook too!

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Sample: A FREE Child Theme for WordPress- Download Today!

Studiopress has a big announcement…

They released a new FREE Child Theme for the Genesis Framework. Quite appropriately, it’s called SAMPLE.

This will only work if you’re already on the Genesis framework, which seriously, I totally recommend. I’m LOVING the upgrade to this system- amazing.

Get a Free Download of new Sample Child Theme for Genesis today!

If you want to check out the FREE DOWNLOAD of this theme, head to the Studiopress site to read some info, or just click here to get a Demo of the new Sample Child Theme, to see what you think. If you love it, download it today!

What do you think?

Are you going to use this? Wouldn’t it be a fun one to customize? It’s actually meant specifically for bloggers, and there are a ton of really cool features in it. If you decide to download it and use it, leave me a link in a comment so I can check out your site!!

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