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This northern girl is LOVING that the heat of summer is in full swing here in Texas.  One of the things I’ve been loving about living here is the abundance of fresh produce available all year long and most of it is sold at reasonable prices.

We’ve been eating our fair share of fresh fruit around here.  We love eating watermelon, peaches, pears, bananas, strawberries..well you get the idea. You know what I don’t love though?

“Drive Safely.”  Two words we tend to say to people as they walk out the door. 

25 years ago when I got first got my driver’s license, “Drive Safely” to me meant:

* Don’t put on lipstick at the stop light.
* Keep the music at a decent volume.
* This was not the time to be gabbing with my friends, and
* Watch out for the other driver’s on the road who are doing the above.

Through the Mom’s Meet program (May Media Group LLC) I was asked to review the Ology Detergent from Walgreens.  They sent me a number of sample sized packages to try out on my laundry and asked me to share my thoughts about it.  My opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinions of May Media Group LLC or the manufacturer of the product, but you may be interested in reading what I think about it 🙂

Calling all adventure seekers! EARTH TO ECHO opens in theaters on July 2nd —

I’m a big advocator of dental health.  See, my parents had good dental insurance and we always did the 2x a year checkups, but they weren’t sticklers for the brushing 3x a day or the flossing.  So I brushed in the mornings and at nights if I wasn’t “running late” or “too tired.”  Then I graduated high school and suddenly found myself without insurance.  So it was years before I visited the dentist, because I had better things to do with my money, ya know?!  When I got married I was hooked up again with some great dental insurance through my husband’s work and went to to the dentist for a cleaning.

When we moved to Texas middle of July last year, the one thing I knew I was going to miss was my best friend AND her amazing 4th of July parties.

Falcon ShopMate

Falcon’s newest brand is the ultimate workshop cleaning companion. This line of effective, versatile, and dependable cleaning products includes compressed-gas dusters and pre-moistened wipes that are ideal for cleaning various workshop surfaces and tools. The ShopMate duster delivers a pressurized blast to help get rid of dust and debris from work areas and home improvement and woodworking projects.

I don’t know a woman out there who doesn’t want healthy, flawless skin.  Many people don’t believe me when I tell them I’m 40.  They say I look so young.  Really, I think it’s my height, because I’m so petite people just naturally gauge me to be younger than I am.  LOOK at my face I say (and my grey hair!), you don’t need a magnifying glass to see the fine lines that are starting to show up.

Monsia has done the research to find what truly causes the skin to prematurely age and how to delay, minimize and even reverse the signs of aging.  One can prevent, repair and even reverse the effects of aging and skin damage.  But vibrant, youthful and healthy skin starts with good skin care.

There’s a love/hate relationship that goes on about your children growing up.  You love that you can give your kids more freedom and independence, but you hate that because of that you worry and have sudden added expenses.  Any of you with teenagers on your auto insurance know exactly what I mean.

I like the standard flavors of many snack and treat foods.  But it’s always fun to try limited-edition flavors.  They can be hit or miss, sometimes I’m sorry I’ve purchased them and other times I’m sad when I can’t find the flavor any more!  Here’s a list with a few of the items I’ve tried or seen in the stores this season that are limited-edition.

Nestle Crunch Girl Scout Candy Bars are back!  Introduced in 2012 to tremendous excitement and fanfare, the limited-edition Nestle Crunch Girl Scout Candy Bars won the 2012 Best New Product award by Better Homes & Gardens and have sold in record numbers every time they hit store shelves in early summer.