Pacific North West Heat Wave

For people in the Pacific North West it finally feels like summer. We’ve been looking for the clouds to go away for months now and they are finally gone for a few days. I’ve been watching people on twitter tweet how hot they are. It’s humid and muggy and nasty in many parts of the country and here, we start whining when we reach 85. Yes, today it was somewhere in the upper 80’s and it felt hot.

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According to King 5 one of our local weather stations today, we broke a record at the airport reaching 90. The past record for today was 88 set in 1953. Although tomorrow is supposed to be our hottest day this week, it’s going to be short lived and they promise it won’t be over 94 at the airport that is. I was really worried when they were projecting 94 that it will hit 100. It’s still up in the air if Friday will be hotter or the day it all goes back to normal.

What do you do when the weather gets hot?

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Put on those swimsuits and run to the beach, the pool or run to my house! We are one of the only houses in the area with air conditioning. I will admit, I’m a wuss when it comes to sleeping and the heat. I’ve tried fans, and cooling the house at night but sometimes it just doesn’t work. So we indulged.  

 

Oh and Miles will be happy to build legos with you INSIDE tomorrow.

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Giveaway Winners End of June and July 5

Borders Summer Reading Challenge Giveaway

June 11, 2010 By Momstart 1,156 Comments

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We just read every day. Every night before bed, I read to my kids and they take turns reading to me. There’s no arguing about it. That’s just the way it is. We’ve made it a routine and it works for us!

I encourage my daughter to read with Readeo.com. She gets to read online with a webcam with her grandma.

Sarah McLachlan Laws of Illusion Review and Giveaway

June 29, 2010 By Momstart 18 Comments

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This is going to sound crazy, but,right now my favorite is a pipe and drums group called Albannach.

Madeline’s Great Adventure Review and Giveaway

June 19, 2010 By Momstart 165 Comments

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Dads and their Pets

June 18, 2010 By Momstart 22 Comments

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Bo & Dad used to go for walks on the walking trail by our house, he’s also take him to the park because Bo loved to go down the slide. Bo’s favorite song was “Bad to the Bone” and everytime Dad sung it Bo would cock his head from side to side and get the whole body wiggle going. Definitely Man’s best friend. Thanks so much for this offer. camsgram@kc.rr.com

Clairol Root Touch Up on Shutterfly Giveaway

June 17, 2010 By Momstart 226 Comments

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See Where the Good Goes Giveaway

June 16, 2010 By Momstart 24 Comments

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I hadn’t heard of this before, and I think it’s wonderful!!! It really makes us appreciate everything we are so fortunate to have!

 

JumpStart Get Moving: Family Fitness

June 14, 2010 By Momstart 317 Comments

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Finish Quantumatic & Jet-Dry Turbo Dry

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Tools For Father’s Day: Channellock Gift Set Giveaway

June 12, 2010 By Momstart 282 Comments

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I think every dad could use the 6 ‘n 1 Screwdriver! Thank you for the giveaway!

Kid Adventures: Sky Captain Wii Review And Giveaway

SkyCaptain_Large D3 has honored us with another video game review and giveaway. This time up for flight is Kid Adventures: Sky Captain for the Wii. Miles was really excited when I put in Sky Captain, he’s been watching his daddy play Mario over the past few weeks so he thought it was really cool that there was an air plane. He was just a little bit confused because the thought the character was actually Mario.

When you start playing you get to pick from a girl, or a boy avatar. I chose a girl for myself and the tutorial began. I’m very embarrassed to say that I suck at flying games. I always have, I get the up mixed up with the down and the left mixed up with the right. My husband says it’s because I need controls that can be inverted or something like that. So I found the tutorial to be difficult, but you have to also keep in mind that the Wii mote is not exactly my friend either, so that with my lack of being able to fly any flying game, the cards were stacked against me.

In Kid Adventures: Sky Captain, you get to fly planes in a bright, fun-filled, action flight game that enables you to fly in 40 different missions that include things like sky racing, stunt flying, target shooting, treasure hunting and unlocking flying machines such as jet planes and UFOs. Unlocking is the only thing that kept me going. I had to see what I could unlock next.

Map of the game!

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One very strong point of the game is that you can play cooperatively, meaning, you can invite a friend into your cockpit and help each other or you can go against each other. There is nothing better than a little friendly competition between family members right?

KEY FEATURES:

Over 40 Exciting Missions – Variety of missions include sky racing, stunt flying, target shooting, treasure hunting and more!

Fun for the Entire Family – Enjoyable for all ages, especially for kids who dream of becoming pilots; players can improve their skills, increase scores and their rank every time they play.

Fly Solo or With Friends – Players will be given the option of inviting a friend to fly cooperatively in any of the missions, or go head-to-head in multiplayer mode.

Explore Vibrant Environments – The game allows players to explore colorful islands and discover pirate ships, marine life, dinosaurs and more, as they perform cool stunts and dart above the landscape without leaving the comfort of home.

Unlockables Galore – Seven unique flying machines, including a gyrocopter, jet plane and UFO and customizable plane skins for each vehicle that can be unlocked when players increase their skill through missions.

 

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Players can pick up Kid Adventures: Sky Captain in stores now for the suggested retail price of  $19.95. Kid Adventures: Sky Captain is rated “E” for Everyone.

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Wordless Wednesday – Hug Time

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Meal Plan

My Meal plan has been lacking lately and I realize that I haven’t been cooking healthy for a long time. So we’re making some changes to our menu starting this week.

Monday – Chili Bread Bowls

Bread
Chili
Cheese

Tuesday – Citrus Grilled Chicken, green beans, raspberries

Chicken
Green Beans
Raspberries
Brown Sugar
Lime Sauce
Lime Ponzu Sauce

Wednesday – Mashed potato bowls

Potatoes
Chicken
Corn
Gravy
Cheese

Thursday – Raspberry Chipotle Grilled Chicken, grilled veggies, Fresh Raspberries

Raspberry Chipotle Sauce
Grilled Chicken
Veggies
Raspberries

Friday – Double Decker Tacos

Hard Tacos
Flour Tortillas
Beef
Beans
Tomatoes
Sour Cream

Saturday – Egg Burritos

Eggs
Soft Tortillas

Sunday – Teriyaki Grilled Chicken, more veggies

Chicken
Veggies
Teriyaki Sauce

I need to go to Costco and buy some more veggies and some more chicken. We’re going to be eating a lot of chicken and getting a lot of exercise this month! I need some white gravy mix too.

Albert Pujols’ Journey to Comfort Dove Men + Body & Face Wash Giveaway

dove 394 Dove Men + Care Body’s last campaign was centered around football. I don’t know that much about football, other than it’s America’s top rated sport, but during the summer time it’s baseball. I love baseball, going to watch a game is my favorite Sport and a great American past time. Dove Men + Care Body & Face Wash combines male cleanliness, moisturizer with baseball champions calling it “Journey to Comfort.

Video of Albert Pujols’ “Journey to Comfort”:

 

Missed out on what I’ve been talking about? Read my Dove Men + Body Review from the past.

Dove Men + Care Body & Face Wash is the only men’s body wash to be formulated with ultra-light MICROMOISTURE technology, a unique gel technology that activates on skin during lather to guard skin against discomfort.

Available in three variants:

Clean Comfort:

    • Refreshing cleansing gel that rinses off easily with a mild formula

Extra Fresh:

    • Extra fresh cleansing gel that rinses off easily with a touch of menthol for a cooling sensation

Deep Clean:

    • Deep cleansing gel that rinses off easily with purifying grains

The summer time months seem to make my skin and my husband’s skin drier. So we are on the look out for something that can moisturize as well as clean. The Body & Face Bar thoroughly cleanses skin while fighting dryness with Dove signature ¼ moisturizing cream. Dove Men + Care Body & Face wash sent us another sample to try. I can’t use it on my face because I have extra sensitive skin and can’t use anything except water on my face. (even sun block makes my skin burn). I do love the smell though! Love IT!!! We also received another Shower tool that ­was created to give an even better body wash experience by delivering maximum lather and maximum scrub in each shower. It really looks like it was made for a man. It’s a man’s shower tool. We’re going to donate the shower tool and the samples that my husband doesn’t use. He likes the scent to, but we’ve decided to donate as much as we can from my blog because he can purchase more if he wants some. Thank you Dove for providing us with enough samples so that we could donate a few to charity too!

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Planting Flowers with the Kids

I’ve been neglecting my front yard for a while now, every time I step outside and attempt to do some gardening, I have an allergy attack that lasts two weeks.

So on Saturday my husband said if we go to Home Depot and buy a shovel he would weed my garden for me. So of course, we buy much more than just a shovel, we purchased a shovel, gardening gloves, seeds, some networking supplies, some hand gardening tools. We get home and he starts weeding, and my neighbor comes over and starts helping  him. She was so fast that she did the entire other side of our yard while my husband was still in one little corner. ;-) Thank you Orshi!!

Now that the weeds were gone, we could plant some flowers.

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We purchased some seeds and soaked them in water overnight.

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Miles and Zoe were so excited to help.

 

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We planted them and watered them. We’ll have to remember to water them this week since it’s supposed to be in the 90’s.

The best part was when we were all done.

After nap time when we went back outside, Zoe ran over to the flower bed looked at the seeds and said, are they ready yet mom?

Happy Fourth Of July

 

A year ago today we spent Fourth of July with friends!

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This year we’re spending it with new friends!

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They change so much in a year!

Mehron Velvet Finish Primer Makeup Giveaway

Annie’s Costumes is part of The Extreme Halloween Network. This network, also houses professional grade make up. Stage And Theater Makeup up has to hold up under lights so you can expect great quality from these brands, and just like the variety in costumes that you can find, there is a great deal of variety in their make up. The current featured make-up brand at Stage And Theater Makeup  is Mehron. Mehron Makeup is the most sought after Halloween Makeup in the world because it is the exact same Makeup used to create the Characters of stage and screen, it is durable, professional makeup. If you need Costume Makeup or Halloween Makeup, Mehron has the safe, quality, non-toxic makeup for you. Quoted From Mehron’s website.

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Mehron Velvet Finish Primer and 2 professional brushes, a 30.00 value from the Extreme Halloween Network!

Velvet Finish Primer:

velvet_finishVelvet Finish Primer Serum is the result of intensive research by the Mehron Team. Realizing that Vitamin C is a powerful anti-oxidant but not a stable ingredient in skin care products, the researchers and chemists at Mehron got to work and formulated a fully stabilized Vitamin C Complex that resists normal breakdown from air, heat and moisture.

Of course the world renowned makeup folks at Mehron didn’t stop with just a Vitamin C serum, they added Aloe Vera Extract and Vitamin E to their complex Vitamin C formula to give Velvet Finish Primer Serum the ability to heal, soothe, and hydrate the skin. The proprietary formula of New! Velvet FinishPrimer Serum creates a smooth even skin texture which can be worn alone or under a Mehron foundation, such as Mehron’s Celebré Professional m Make-Up.

Use Velvet Finish Primer Serum everyday to combat the effects of pollution and aging. The powerful antioxidant formula of Velvet Finish Primer Serum helps increase production of collagen and decreases the look of fine lines and pigmentation that are the result of aging.

Professional Brushes:

brushes Nothing is more satisfying then the makeup going exactly where you want it to go! StageLine™ uses only the finest “Golden Nylon” with excellent resiliency and memory in every bristle.

 

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Judy Garland A Star is Born Blu-ray and Digital Demand Giveaway

clip_image001You know Judy Garland from The Wizard of Oz, but have you seen her in anything else? A Star is Born was her first movie back after a 4 year hiatus from movies. She had quite a talented voice had an excellent stage presence. I’ve watched a lot of older movies with my mom and I think it’s a little bit funny, how they used to make so many movies about stage productions. A Star is Born Deluxe Edition Blue-Ray came out June 22, and it includes a 40 page booklet with rare photos from when the movie originally came out.

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Judy Garland plays an aspiring young singer that is on the way up in her career and she falls in love with a former star, James Mason that is on his way down. Finding their love changes both of them as their paths become intertwined in emotion. Judy performs in this musical as if she is singing with all the emotion that exists. This is supposed to be a fan favorite, watch as Judy sings In a Trunk:

 

 

Warner Brothers just re-released A Star is Born to Blu-Ray, DVD and on digital demand. Check out the digital demand of Star Is Born, A (1954) on Amazon.

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The Blu-ray copy of A Star is Born Deluxe Edition

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