Thursday, January 17, 2013

Review: Gamer Grub


Are you a gamer or do you have gamers in your home? My husband and two boys are big time gamers, so I guess you can say that I am just raising some little gamers. I have found a cool new snack that my kids and my husband really enjoy while we are playing are games that are a healthier snack that the average gamer snack. It is called Gamer Grub. It is a great snack while playing games with out getting your hands all messed up and dirty. This will keep you from messing up the controllers. It is simple, you just up, tip into your mouth, and enjoy the great snack.

Gamer Grub comes in four awesome flavors:
  • Pizza
  • PB&J
  • BBQ
  • S’mores



We believe that technology experiences can be enhanced by delicious snacking.
Gamer Grub combines great taste with a proprietary blend of essential vitamins and neurotransmitters to support performance.

Gamer Grub has four delicious flavors- including Pizza, PB&J, BBQ and S'mores - packaged in convenient 'Tear N' Tilt' snack packs. The Gamer Grub performance snack line is sold in North America and parts of Europe. 





By popular request from the gaming community, we present you with BBQ Gamer Grub.
A sweet & tangy blend of Smoked Almonds, BBQ Corn Nuts, Spicy Peanuts, Toffee Peanuts and Honey & BBQ Sesame Sticks
Designed for fast action dispensing to curb your hunger and provide performance — eliminating greasy fingers and keyboard crumbs.
Think fast and win more.

No campfire by your console? No problemo, just bust open a pack for a sweet and rich blend of Smores Bites, Marshmallow Chips, Graham Bites, and Chocolate Gems
Designed for fast action dispensing to curb your hunger and provide performance — eliminating greasy fingers and keyboard crumbs.
Think fast and win more.


Wow! A delicious pizza taste with a satisfying crunch.


A zesty blend of Cheese Curls, Tomato Almonds, Sesame Sticks, Pita Chips, Fried Onions and Pizza Cashews.
Designed for fast action dispensing to curb your hunger and provide performance — eliminating greasy fingers and keyboard crumbs.
Guns and Pizza, what else is there?






Crave a PB&J sandwich, but tired of dripping jelly on your keyboard? Just Tear N Tilt, your taste buds will not know the difference.


A tasty blend of Peanut Butter Chips, Peanuts, Strawberries, Strawberry Jelly Chips and Sweet Bread.
Designed for fast action dispensing to curb your hunger and provide performance — eliminating greasy fingers and keyboard crumbs.
Think fast and win more.











Disclaimer: No compensation was received for this post. I was provided a sample of each product for my review purposes only. All opinions are 100% my own. Photobucket

Review: Skinny Pop Popcorn


I love love love love popcorn as does everyone else in my family. I think it is a really great quick healthy snack. I am over weight and work hard on trying to keep some weight off and am always looking for something to snack on that it not fating. This is when I found popcorn is really not fating. I was searching around the internet one night and came across Skinny Pop and started to wonder.



So I sent them and email ans asked if I could review their product on my blog and they agreed. They said yes, so I watched the mail thinking I was only going to get maybe a bag or two. Boy oh boy, I ended up with about 12 bag, a whole box. My kids, my husband, and I had a nice little movie night with all the great popcorn. My husband said that is almost tasted just like what you get at the movie but not with all the butter. It is when you start adding all these other things that will make the popcorn fating.








1) Love how it doesn't have the stale, kind of Styrofoam texture that most pre-popped and bagged popcorn have. It tasted light and crunchy, and was surprisingly very fresh.
2) It’s very simple – no fake cheese powder here. Just three ingredients: sunflower oil, corn, salt. Tasty and not loaded with preservatives. Two thumbs up.
135 calories for lots of crunching'!
3) The best part was, I could have a gigantic bowl for only 135 calories. With me, volume is the key to satisfaction, and a nice big bowl was the perfect snack for studying that didn't deplete my calorie balance for the day.
Mission
Looking for SkinnyPop?
One way to make it convenient for yourself is to ask the manager at your preferred grocery store to start carrying it. They are usually very happy to take suggestions from customers on new product lines.
Description
ALL NATURAL • LOW CALORIE • CHOLESTEROL FREE • TRANS FAT FREE • DAIRY FREE • PEANUT FREE • TREE NUT FREE • GLUTEN FREE •
NON GMO • PRESERVATIVE FREE • A GREAT SOURCE OF FIBER
•AND DELICIOUS!
General Information
Looking for a store near you that carries Skinny Pop? Visit the store locator tab here on our Facebook page.


Disclaimer: No compensation was received for this post. I was provided a sample of each product for my review purposes only. All opinions are 100% my own. Photobucket

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Review & Giveaway: Pocket Nanny




I love my pocket nanny. Some might look at me like I am crazy when I carry it around with me at the house and they come over. They ask what it is and I tell them about it. The first question is "Why do you need something to remind of that stuff, that is your child you should just know?" I tell them it is simple and start off telling them about all the pocket nanny has to offer and how a ease it puts knowing that I will always know what is is going on with my child. I use it of my toddler. I just changed things around a little bit because he still takes naps and we just got doing the potty training thing but some times I still have to remind him to go to the bathroom. With my pocket nanny I can keep track of every thing because he likes to hold it and I know that is not good for him.



This item is an award winning baby care timer that is a lifesaver for new parents when it comes to easy communication and reminders! The Pocket Nanny was designed by an engineer and his wife who were first time parents and saw a great need for a product to keep track of these times. And what a fabulous idea it was!  The Itzbeen Pocket Nanny is designed to help new parents learn, remember, and communicate the basic details of your new baby’s care. When you are short on sleep and have trouble remembering the last time baby ate, the Pocket Nanny is there for you. One simple glance will give you the time that baby last ate, the last time you changed baby’s diaper, how long baby has been asleep or awake, and an extra button that can work for medication reminders. All of this can be a lifesaver when you can’t quite figure out why baby is fussy or crying! 

This baby care timer is not intended to set a schedule for baby, it is simply a parent’s helping hand in remembering times. It’s about learning your baby, remembering times and increasing communication between caregivers. It is an amazing product that would be a great gift for any mom-to-be or for yourself if you have a little one at home! 

Purchase It: The Itzbeen Pocket Nanny is available in numerous countries around the world and online. It is available at Babies R Us, Target.com, Amazon.com, and Walmart.com. The suggested retail price is a very reasonable $24.99! Get yours now!


Review: My Baby's Heartbeat Bear


Being a mom of a preemie and being pretty much robbed of the last trimester I don't have any cool ultrasounds to show. AJ was born at 34 weeks due to preeclampsia so I never had anything to show him as he has grown up now about to be 6 next week. He asked all the time about it because I have some of his brother. I never had the chance to have anything like a Heartbeat Bear. I think it would have been really neat so when I got the chance to review I was over joyed at the chance and to make it that much better. My brother-in-law and his wife found out they was having a baby and it was the perfect time because we really don't think she will make it the whole 9 months. I gave them the heartbeat bear and they where joyed. The very next time they we went to the doctor they recorded the baby's heart bear. Then put the little red heart in the back of the bear. It sounds so cool, I can't wait till my niece gets here and gets to hear own heart beat while laying in her bed.


Product Description

The Blue Bear kit includes an adorable blue teddy bear, a special heartshaped recorder to capture the sound of your baby's heartbeat, and a protective vinyl storage bag. The bear is a very soft material with poly fiber stuffing, and a velcro back closure to seal your bear shut after you place your baby's recorded heartbeat in the bear. "Baby Blue" is approximately 16 inches tall.





My Baby's Heartbeat Bear
Our kits have everything you need to create your personalized Heartbeat Bear. The kit includes an adorable stuffed animal, recording device, and protective vinyl storage bag. Heartbeat animal kits make great gifts for the grandparents-to-be, the new baby's siblings, or special family members who are far away. The My Baby's Heartbeat Bear Kits also make fantastic baby shower gifts! We can mail the kits directly to the mother-to-be, gift wrapped with a personalized card from you.



In 2009 during my second year working as a private contractor at an OB/GYN office in Maryland, I discovered the amazing bears that record a baby’s heartbeat – while still inside the mother’s belly!
I graduated in 2000 from a community college with an associate’s degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography. Six months later in early 2001, I became a Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer specializing in OB/GYN. I had zero experience when I started, but I had a determined spirit and a big heart for the trade. With a lifelong love for children and an innate intrigue for anatomy, I knew this was the perfect field for me.
Two years and about a thousand belly scans later, I gave birth to twins – a beautiful boy and girl that both weighed just under 7 pounds. Not something you hear of too often in a multiple delivery!
Now back to the heartbeat bears. I was working as a private contractor after 8 years working in a hospital. I decided to go the contractor route so I could spend more time with my children and focus on my dream – providing expecting mothers with the ultrasound experience I thought they deserved. And part of that included creating a memory that would last a lifetime – one that each mother could hold near and dear to her heart – her baby’s heartbeat.
I started offering the bears to my patients and they loved them. Not only for themselves, but for the grandparents–to-be and other family members. Next I was recording the soon-to-be brother or sister telling the baby how much they couldn’t wait to meet and play with them. I knew these were very special bears.  
It's been almost 2 years since I started offering the heartbeat bears and I'll always celebrate the joy they bring to my patients. I love what I do, the people that I've met, and that I have been blessed to find my passion in life at such a young age.
I hope that My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear can bring you as much happiness as it’s brought me and my family.






Disclaimer: No compensation was received for this post. I was provided a sample of each product for my review purposes only. All opinions are 100% my own. Photobucket

Review & Giveaway: Cover Your Hair


Cover Your Hair is a great place to go for Women's HeadbandsHair clipsHair accessories, and Head Accessories.  
Cover Your Hair gave me a chance to review on of their lovely products. I picked the Leopard Print Fedora. This hat is really cute and will make a great addition to my props for my studio.  Some of the teenagers I do photos of want to use it when I start to do some senior photos come this summer. Right now it is kinda of to cold to do photos because I do them outside. Overall, I was highly please with the products I received.  Please check out the Cover Your Hair Website at: www.coveryourhair.com.  They have an amazing number of products! 


This is a beautiful leopard print fedora hat. It is made from 100% polyester.
  • All Year Round
  • Polyester
  • One Size Fits All
  • Beautiful
Reg: $17.99 Sale: $16.19In Stock!



Hair coverings, clips, and accessories, wheather you have hair loss due to alopecia or your are coverings your hair for religious reasons we can help you with your accessory needs. If you need bandanaheadbandberetshats,turbanshead scarfpre tied bandanasnood Tichel or a pull on hat for hair loss or for cancer, chemotherapy, alopecia, trichotillomania. We have accessories in every color and style, shop now and always look your best! 


EdenFantasys: Turn Up The Heat

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It is time to turn up the heat so hurry up and head over to EdenFantasys and check out the great deal they have going on with Coquette Lingerie until this Sat. Jan, 18. You can save 25% when you buy Coquette Lingerie. Going ahead and get you something nice and sexy for Feb. 14th, you know want too. Get that special outfit to help Turn Up The Heat on Valentine's Day.
I would love to have any of the outfits for myself and my studio. I am sure I am going to jump on this offer to buy something for my studio. I will have to post some of the photos I have taken with some of the outfits I have gotten from EdenFantasys. I love all the outfits and lingerie over at EdenFantasys. Here is a few of the outfits you can save 25% on:


Darque School Girl
Sale price:$44.99
List price:$59.99
You save:$15.00




  • Style
    The set includes:
    • Cropped top
    • Skirt
    • Tie
    • Peek-a-boo bra
    • Crotchless panty
    • Fishnet thigh highs
    Bottom style:
    Crotchless / Mini skirt
    Lingerie closure:
    Velcro
    Pattern:
    Plaid
    Top style:
    Peek-a-boo / Short sleeve
    Material:
     /  / 
    Material safety
    Color:
    Black / Red



This outfit is one I have already  and I will put up some photos I took in my studio of this outfit:
Cave Girl
Sale price:$18.74
List price:$24.99
You save:$6.25


Style
  • Dress
  • legwarmers
  • tie up top
  • wrap skirt
  • plastic club
  • Mini skirt
Strapless / StrapsAnimal / Solid

No underwire
Brown / Leopard / 
0.4 lb









I am sure if you head on over to EdenFantasys and check out of the great outfits.

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Now as I promise is here is a few of the photos I did with the Cave Girl outfit:






Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Review & Giveaway: KuKuRuZa Gourmet Popcorn



I love popcorn! My kids love popcorn!  Seriously, who doesn't?  Is there anyone on Earth that can walk into a movie theater and NOT get a bucket of popcorn? I know as soon as I smell the fresh popcorn and butter, I am ready for a large bucket.  What about flavored popcorn?  If popcorn has cheese on it -- I am SO there. My husband on the other hand loves Caramel. 

I recently has the extreme pleasure of sampling KuKuRuZa Gourmet Popcorn!  OH MY GOSH!  This is some of the very best popcorn I've ever tasted. Well the flavors I like but as for all the other no need to worry my kids took very good care of them. They where more then happen to help mommy eat her popcorn. It made it even better for them that is was sweet so they ate it quicker then I could.  The flavors combos are unexpected but utterly delicious!

The flavors I was sent for this review was: 

Chicago Style

We call it the "KuKuRuZa" and it's the house favorite! (In the shop, our slang terminology is the "RuZa.") Everyone′s favorite blend of sweet and savory is a snack you won′t be able to put down. The flavor combination is highly addictive. If you′ve never tried this combination, you don´t know what you′re missing.

Rainbow Fruit

An exciting assortment of complimentary arranged fruit flavors made with natural fruit extracts for a burst of real fruit flavor. A colorful and flavorful taste for adults and a big hit with children.

Hawaiian Salted Caramel

This beautiful maroon sea salt is folded into our scratch made caramel. In a word - Addictive!! 

Tuxedo

Take a bow for this elegant duet of chocolate and white chocolate lovingly latticed on our fresh scratch KuKuRuZa Caramel Corn. We artfully weave premium Chocolate and smooth creamy White Chocolate, with a hint of soft aromatic vanilla, over our Classic Caramel Corn. 

Black Raspberry with Vanilla Cream

Fancy French cuisine meets good old KuKuRuZa popcorn. A classic French inspired liaison of Raspberry with Black Raspberry is enrobed on our fluffy air popped popcorn. Then to class it up another notch, we generously lattice with creamy premium white chocolate. Oui, oui. Plus s´il vous plait… Wash this down with some fine French pressed café and you´ll be seeing the Eiffel tower in your dreams and wake up inspired to paint the next Monet.

Buy: You can buy all these flavors and a few others over at KuKuRuZa's website.

Win: One lucky winner will get the Flight Carton. With over 20 flavors to choose from—all meticulously crafted in small batches, using the finest ingredients available—our Flight Carton is a great way to discover many of our tantalizing flavors. Choose seven (approximately 1.5 cup) portions from our range of satisfying old-fashioned recipes and artisan-crafted specialty flavors. 

Welcome to Kukuruza Gourmet Popcorn!

If you have a discerning palate and a zest for life, we have something for you. Crafting artisan popcorn is a passion for us, and you won't find anything less than our best available every day. Nothing gives us more pleasure than finding the finest quality ingredients and transforming them into unique and delicious treats. Our goal is simple: to provide our customers with the world's best tasting and most unique gourmet popcorn varieties.
Flavors range from Hawaiian Salted Caramel and Brown Butter & Sea Salt to Coconut Macaroon. We love creating intriguing flavor combinations, and have new popcorn flavors on offer monthly in our store on 3rd and Pike in downtown Seattle, within sight of the historic Pike Place Market. We always have something interesting brewing in our test kitchen, so stop by often to try the latest concoctions.
We are owned and operated by a local Seattle family. That means when you take the time to visit us, you are treated like family. We hold ourselves to a high standard of quality in craftsmanship and service because as family, you deserve nothing less.
Our gourmet popcorn is perfect for treating your friends, family, associates, or anyone who loves well-crafted artisan popcorn. We always appreciate any suggestions or feedback about our popcorn and our service, and are eager to answer any questions about our products! Send your thoughts to mary@kukuruza.com or give us a jingle at (206) 623-8000.


Thursday, January 10, 2013

Review: Yoomi Self-Warming Baby Bottle




When you get up the in middle of the night and I have boil or heat up water for bottle gets kind of hard because you are tried. Well with Yoomi it just got a lot easier. The Yoomi warms your baby's milk or formula to the natural temperature of breast milk in 60 seconds!  WooHoo!  Think of how easy this will make late night feedings!  No need to heat a pot of water!  No need to wait for one of those bottle warmers to heat up! 

I got this bottle and gave it to my sister in law who just had a baby and she loves it as does my niece. She loves getting nice warm milk, she gets her belly full and it right back to sleep. My sister in law says it is so much easier and she wish she had more of them.


Just make sure the warmer is fully charged and you are ready to go! It is quick and easy to charge:


  • charge the warmer
  • push the button
  • wait for 60 seconds: ready to use!
Charging the warmer is easy. Either charge your warmer in the yoomi pod in 2 mins in the microwave (750-1000 watts) or place the warmer in a pan of water (or steam steriliser) and boil for 25 minutes. Once charged, your warmer stays charged and is ready to use whenever you need it.
Time for a feed? Simply fill your bottle with EBM or pre-mixed formula. Assemble your bottle, press the orange button, wait 60 seconds and feed away!
yoomi is the perfect way to warm baby's feed whether you're on the go or at night. What's more the yoomi bottle combines style, comfort and convenience and is a great bottle on it's own..
Before using your yoomi please take some time to read our instruction booklet, which can also be downloaded below:


  This also makes feeding on the go a snap!  No more having to take a travel bottle warmer with you!  Just pack this bottle and warmer and you're ready to go!  Sweet!


The yoomi feeding bottle has been carefully designed to create a more comforting feeding experience.
With a super soft nipple for easy latch-on and effective anti-colic technology, yoomi is the ideal bottle for a more settled and contented baby.
Combined with the yoomi warmer your yoomi bottle is able to warm milk to the natural temperature of breast milk in just 60 seconds.
  • Naturally shaped nipple for easy latch on
  • 6 anti-colic vents for less colic
  • BPA free for peace of mind
  • Easy to use and clean
  • Comfy grip
  • Perfect for bottle use only, combination feeding or transitioning from breast to bottle
  • Bottles, nipples and warmers are interchangeable across all our products
  • Use bottle alone or with the yoomi warmer
In this pack you'll find:
  • 8oz feeding bottle 
  • Medium flow nipple



The clever warming unit at the heart of the yoomi bottle
  • Warms milk in just 60 seconds
  • No more batteries or having to ask for hot water when out
  • Rechargeable up to 100 times
  • Perfect breast milk temperature every time
  • 100% BPA free for peace of mind
  • Bottles, nipples and warmers are interchangeable across all our products
In this pack you'll find:
  • yoomi warmer


Disclaimer: No compensation was received for this post. I was provided a sample of each product for my review purposes only. All opinions are 100% my own. Photobucket