CoverMate Food Covers - Review and Giveaway

So, I had a party. I think I mentioned that yesterday. A big party which meant a lot of food! Lucky for me, I was given the opportunity to review CoverMate Food Covers. This is the season for parties - graduations, showers, weddings, etc. That being said a lot of food is in/out of our fridges, not to mention the picnics, going camping and all the summer fun.

You want to be eco friendly?!?! (without using tupperware?!?!) Here is your chance. These handy, dandy covers are designed to fit over your existing bowls. For me, I prepped the salads and the baked beans the night before - thanks to CoverMate, I was able to store the prepped food in their serving dish! Less dishes to wash - awesome. I like plastic wrap - but feel nature naughty using it - use it once and toss. Not with CoverMate - these covers go thru the dishwasher! How awesome is that?!?! My bowls and serving dishes are not one size fits all - lucky for me - neither are the CoverMate Food Covers. They have this awesome elastic bands that fit around just about anything!





And if you need more information you can view this video:



How do you clean these CoverMate Covers you ask?!?! The answer I already told you once - but you run these thru the dishwasher. You just place the CoverMate Food Cover inside out on a plate, bowl, cup, etc. and run the dishwasher. If you messed up both sides just flip it around and rinse under the tap (that's what I did). Worked like a charm!!!

Make your next gathering easy or just make daily dinner cleanup a breeze!

Now here are some offers you can't refuse:

CoverMate Food Covers has a great deal for my readers. You can go to their website - the link provided - request a free sample all you have to pay is postage (which is $3.95 + you will receive a coupon for $1 off your next purchase). AWESOME DEAL!!! Think of plastic wrap and how much one box of that stuff costs you - this is an investment really.....

CoverMate Food Covers has also generously donated a sample pack identical to the pack that I received - how cool is that?!?!

WIN IT!!!!!

1. Follow me publicly via Google Friend Connect
2. Follow me on Twitter @misadventmomof3
3. Blog about this giveaway and leave me the link (2 entries - please post twice in the comments).
4. Tweet about this giveaway - once daily & as always leave a link - @misadventmomof3 is giving away eco friendly CoverMate Food Covers! Enter to win!!!! www.misadventuresofmomof3.me


Contest will end on Tuesday May 25th @ 11:59pm CST. This contest is open to my US friends only. Winner will be chosen by random.org and has 48 hours to respond to winning email otherwise another winner will be drawn.

GOOD LUCK!!!!







This is a Mama Buzz review. The product was provided by: CoverMate, Inc. While the products were provided the opinions expressed here are strictly my own.

Company Invaded....

What a wonderful, wonderful weekend! My baby finally got Baptized! WHEW! What a weight off my shoulders - at least he wasn't the oldest child there! In fact, he was one of the youngest. That being said we had a large party! I've always had a get together after the Baptisms of my other children - but never on this scale. We had THIRTY-TWO, yes THIRTY-TWO people at the house. I don't know what happened - I just kept inviting people. Most of them were family (I love having our families get together). I know I am lucky that my family and my hub's family not only get along but like to spend time together. Then I invited the neighbor's. Always good to make friends with the neighbors. Then I added my daughter's best friend and her mom and my son's best friend and his parents. It was a good crowd! So fun - lots of food and cake and good company!

I almost can't wait to do it all again.

L'Bri Review

Skin care - what an issue. I am really lucky. My whole life, I've been blessed with pretty good skin. As I have gotten older, I've really tried to be good to my skin. I've used what I thought were really good products. I couldn't really speak to whether or not those products were natural.

I'd like to thank Debbie for giving me the opportunity to sample her product, L'Bri.

Let me start with a little product information:

L'Bri is an all natural product line. The products are aloe vera-based. The products are manufactured here in the United States, Wisconsin in fact. I had a lovely conversation with Debbie on the phone and she told me that we could have an opportunity to tour the plant in Mukwonago, WI. (my in-laws live in WI -so I'm up that way at least once a year!). What a fun idea to see the manufacturing plant where they make the products I put on my face. Clinque has never offered to bring me to the plant :)

I tried the Cleanser, Freshner, and the Moisturizer. I have to say that in a few days my face felt amazing! My husband who never notices when I color my hair noticed I had changed products for my face. He noted that my face was softer! WHO DOESN'T LOVE THAT?!?! I also was given a sample masque but haven't gotten there yet.

So go to Debbie's website and check out her L'Bri products. They are fantastic!



Debbie's L'Bri Website

and don't forget to check out her blog - Debbie's Blog

I received product samples for review but no other compensation was received. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own.

Febreze No Spill Wood Diffuser REVIEW

I was given the opportunity to review a Febreze No Spill Wood Diffuser. Have you seen these in the store?!?! One word - AWESOME!

I was careful about reed diffusers in my house. I have a little boy. A little boy and the reed diffuser are like oil and water, they just don't mix. Until now! I have a secret, no spill weapon. The Febreze No Spill Wood Diffuser uses Wood Wick technology.

The design is really pretty. Simple and elegant. I love it. The bottle itself doesn't have a big Febreze logo on it. The smell is so pretty. It isn't overpowering in my house and you can smell it everywhere.

The bottle has indeed been knocked over by a darn bouncy ball. I was really worried at first because it was on my husband's computer armoire. I went over to clean up and only had to stand the bottle back up. FABULOUS!

At Walmart, the Febreze No Spill Wood Diffuser comes in a variety of scents - Willow Blossom, Pomegranate Mango, Green Tea Citrus, Cranberry Pear and Honeysuckle Orchid. I got the Willow Blossom. LOVE IT!!!

The Febreze No Spill Wood Diffuser retails for around $14.99 at Wal-mart.









ModernMom Insiders were given this product to test by Febreze but this in no way influenced my opinion and there was no monetary compensation for my reviews.

I've had a death......

my iphone - well, I can't say for certain if it is dead, but the backlight isn't working making it impossible to deal with.

Then for some reason - it erased my calendar and my contacts. Sad sigh. I dont' write anything down it all goes into the iphone. I'm so sad. My poor husband also had an iphone death. So sad. It makes me want to cry.

I'm lost without it - it makes me sad.........

sniff - off to continue mourning.

THE WINNER OF RED GOLD TOMATO GIVEAWAY

Thank you to all who entered. This is a really cool gift! I used random.org to select the winner.

Random selected entry #8....which is -

Charlene Canfield said...
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Congrats to Charlene!!!!! She put up the most entries, so I was thrilled to see that she won. I'll be contacting you via email to get your information!

Oh to be witty....

First of all welcome to my new friends and my old friends!

I've been bouncing around the blogsphere partying with UBP10. The party is continuing to rock on! I've met some wonderful bloggers. I've also read some hilarious blogs. I'm green with envy. I wish I could be witty. I'll even take snarky (haha! read that on a blog last night).

The queen vs The Babysitter

I promised I would expound upon this discovery. On Thursday night we had a 2 sitter split. I'll explain. We had the sweetest, southern girl come babysit. Her accent was just so cute I could have bottled it up and sold it. She was so sweet (granted she complemented everything from my makeup to my shoes - who doesn't love that?!?!). Anyways - she came to babysit the younger two. The older was with a different babysitter because he was going to a birthday party. The sitter taking our older boy I've known forever and trust her to drive the little man around.

Sooooo, apparently in my excitement to rush out the door for a date - I forgot to sign the check for our son's babysitter. Ooops! Well, she dropped him off when she did, she caught the princess in a moment. She was standing at the top of the stairs in her pull-up declaring in a loud-crying- pitching-fit sort of way that she was not going to change into her pj's. Meanwhile the baby apparently was voicing his dismay also (granted I think that I set the babysitter up for disaster as the baby didn't take a nap). I was shopping I needed a dress. LOL! Okay, back to the story. Well sweet babysitter asks the other babysitter if she has ever sat for our kids before (Thank the Lord she has). She set that hot mess straight in a hot second. She took princess and quickly showed her who was boss - got her in her pj's and put her in bed. She told sweet sitter to go and read her a story. While our usual sitter got the baby changed and in bed.

Of course I don't know any of this until later. I can never figure out why sitter's hot tail it out of my house. I know it isn't my oldest - most sitters are lucky if he gets one word out the entire time they have him. It is clear - the princess is acting like a princess. sigh ~ the baby is just a baby and I refuse to blame him for being cranky (since I am blaming myself).

Needless to say - we have another night out tonight - a wedding!!! Who doesn't love a good wedding!? This one will be so much fun! Not that all weddings aren't fun - but I love this Bride, I love the Groom. It will be full of friends - sigh. Good times. I can't wait.

Even better the sitter is my mom!!! YEA!! She is keeping my 3 angels with broken halos overnight - so sweet of her - THANKS MOM!!!!

Now - back to the party....

ULTIMATE BLOG PARTY 2010

Welcome to the hodgepodge called my life, I mean my blog :)

I have reviews and giveaways of products that help me save time, save money, or both. Sometimes it is just something fun that I love - you never know. You will also read about my life as a working mom of 3 - 6 and under. You might learn about adoption, labor and delivery nursing, my life as the mom of an ADHD kiddo, an asthma kiddo, or a little queen who talks too much. I also learned tonight that the queen might harass the babysitter on the rare night out for mom and dad - more to come on that story later. I work nights so my husband takes care of the kids when I leave for work (I only work part-time - but that's still 2 nights a week). It is amazing how taxing that can be (on all of us!).

I love to share recipes that work for me - they are either delicious and take some time or delicious family friendly and super quick!

Long and short, I'm a minivan driving wife, sister, best friend, coworker, nurse - both paid and unpaid, daughter, daughter-in-law but my favorite hat is that of mom - I love it! My favorite job. :) Welcome to my crazy life.


Oh - did I mention the prizes that I would die for let me tell you (all of them) but I had to pick say 3 - $200 Wall Slicks vinyl wall decal, $50 Paypal, $60.00 @ Fashionsforyourlittleones.com - as I was going thru the list again - I really would be happy with any of the fabulous prizes. For instance - there are about 6 blog makeovers on there - I'd take anyone of those.

Jolly Llama Fruit SqueezUps

WHAT A HIT!!!!!! WE LOVE ICE CREAM IN OUR HOUSE!!! YUM!!!! The hubs and I are trying to watch our weight though. Yummy Ice cream doesn't typically fit into a diet - UNTIL NOW!!!! Granted it isn't ice cream - but man the Jolly Llama Real Fruit Sorbets are AWESOME! So tasty you won't even miss the cream!

Jolly Llama is founded by Mr. Scott Jacobson - who is a classically trained chef. The fruits used in these sorbets are picked at the peak of freshness. What does that mean to you? Well, it means the fruit is at it's peak freshness and flavor.

These yummy pops are all-natural, gluten-free, dairy-free, fat-free and GMO-free. Meaning there is hardly anyone who can't indulge in one. I shouldn't really say indulge. These frozen fruit squeezups are only 80 calories. I could hardly believe it.

When they arrived it was a warm day here in Oklahoma. How did they get here? In a box on dry ice - so cold the kids were able to eat one right out of the box. So, I let the kids eat these outside. They came in 5 minutes later with sticky red faces (ahhhh the little cherubs). Wanting more - but alas it was dinnertime.



There are several flavors to choose from: Strawberry, Blueberry, Mango, Acai, and Raspberry. When I was contacted by Jolly Llama I was asked to select my flavors. I choose strawberry and raspberry flavors to sample. I made an excellent choice if I do say so myself - both flavors went like hotcakes. I had no mommy guilt handing these tasty treats over. One night I came home from work and there were only 2 left!!! I asked my husband what happened?!?! He said they were good and not to blame the kiddos - he ate them.

I asked if he could just leave me one of each to try. Well, when I tried them - it was SO good! I could see how he had problems eating just one. These little treats are delicious.

I know you are asking where can I buy these tasty little treats. The only bad thing - sniff - right now they are only available in Northern CA and Arizona. BUT - here's what you do, submit a request to your grocer to carry Jolly Llama Fruit Sorbets in their freezer section. I know I will. I thought I would submit a request at Whole Foods - since Jolly Llama is sold at Whole Foods in Northern CA. I also thought I would ask my parents to pick some up when they are in CA - not sure how they will get them to me.....but I will develop a plan.


If you live in Arizona and Northern CA - get some of these tasty treats - because I am green with envy that you can.


Other than the samples I tested no other compensation was received.

"BABIES"

"The adventure of a lifetime begins…
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Thomas Balmès, from an original idea by producer Alain Chabat, Babies simultaneously follows four babies around the world – from birth to first steps. The children are, respectively, in order of on-screen introduction: Ponijao, who lives with her family near Opuwo, Namibia; Bayarjargal, who resides with his family in Mongolia, near Bayanchandmani; Mari, who lives with her family in Tokyo, Japan; and Hattie, who resides with her family in the United States, in San Francisco.

Re-defining the nonfiction art form, Babies joyfully captures on film the earliest stages of the journey of humanity that are at once unique and universal to us all."

IN THEATERS ON MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND - MAY 7TH


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ENTER THE BABIES SWEEPS:






I am so excited by this film. I love babies (I think that my career kinda gives that away!). I love to watch and explore how other culture's mommy their babies during the first year of life. I can't wait to watch this movie! I'll have to ask my mom and maybe even go Mother's Day Weekend!








I received no monetary compensation for this post - I was entered in a sweepstakes for writing this blog post.

Label Daddy Review

Summer is quickly approaching which means the kids will be busy (they are already busy) but summer is off the charts. The kids are enrolled in many different activities in places that they don't normally go meaning people who don't know them. My oldest is extremely responsible. He hasn't lost a coat yet (knock on wood here).

The Little Queen on the other hand has made it her speciality to lose things (she gets it from me - I ALWAYS lose things). We have lost more than our fair share of sweaters, coats, hats, scarves, etc. I was thrilled when I was contacted by Label Daddy to review their product.

These labels are phenomenal and so cute! I was able to pick the style that I (I mean she) liked best. We ended up picking these precious Minnie Mouse Labels - the labels I got were laminated. The labels are safe to run through microwave, washer/dryer, and dishwasher (even without the lamination). I had so much fun - everything that girl touches now has her name on it. There are so many styles and designs to choose from. My son has already picked his labels and he wants the "Cars" labels for his camp things. Label Daddy has camp packs, combo packs, school packs and allergy packs. Now the allergy packs are awesome. None of my children have severe allergies, but if they did I would want to label everything with these especially their lunch stuff. ie NO NUTS!!! NO BERRIES etc. I would also want to note a bee allergy or something else severe.

Also there are zipper tags which are super neat. It just attaches to your child's zipper on their coat and BAM - it's labeled.

These are not the ugly labels I had on my things when I was growing up - these are fantastic. I have vivid memories of my mother standing for countless hours with her iron, ironing all of our labels onto our clothes. NOT THIS MAMA or you - thanks to label daddy - these awesome label are just peel ,stick and apply pressure. How cool is that?!?! There are simple application instructions on the website, but honestly - that is it - peel, stick, and wait to wash for 24 hours.

Here is a pic of the school pack including zipper tags (which I think are the coolest!):


The prices of these labels are extremely reasonable. The labels I received would be 50 labels for 24.95 (that price includes the fee for lamination). I keep asking myself - how much money I would have saved on replacing coats, sweaters, and hats if I had these labels. They are worth every penny as far as I'm concerned.

So if you haven't ever been over to Label Daddy, go check these labels out - get your kids stuffed labeled with something cute and reasonable in time for camp season, school, or just going over to friends.


Label Daddy provided me with medium labels with lamination for review - no other compensation was received.

Happy Easter!

Wishing you all a safe, happy, wonderful, blessed Easter!

We'll be starting the day with church (of course!). I'll be spending today with my family - including my mom, SIL, nieces, and of course my kiddos and husband. After dinner, it's time to mosey on to work and help some mommies and babies.

Then something exciting - my babysitter (who is in her early 30's) is being induced with her first baby asked me to be her nurse! YEA!!! So, Sunday into Monday will be a long day. But a wonderful day! I'll be exhausted by Monday afternoon - but I'm so excited and honored to be there.

WHAT A WEEK! (Is it me or do I say that every week?)

The weather here has been absolutely amazing. This is why I love living in Oklahoma - so it's been a little windy, I'll take windy over cold. Best part - this weather looks like it is going to make it thru the weekend.

AAAAHHHH!!! I have discovered that I need to replace 4 sprinkler heads - hmmm. I looked it up on e-how and it sounds somewhat doable. LOL! We shall see.

The baby has become mobile (finally!). Crawling - yea!!!! I know that sounds bad, most mommies want their babies to stay babies forever and I would BUT, he was getting really frustrated. He was on all 4's rocking and rocking - for weeks.

I'm so excited for a wedding next week - date night! My mom is taking the kids (all 3 - God Bless her!). The reception is at the same location as my reception (8.5 years ago). So we are excited. It is just a busy time for us.....

Hope all of you are doing well.

Red Gold Tomatoes Review and Giveaway

I was contacted by Red Gold Tomatoes to do a review of their yummy (I'll get to that) diced tomatoes. I was expected a little something from Red Gold. To my surprise this huge prize pack appeared on my doorstep. The kids and I had so much fun opening the box. I was floored to see this:





I know that the picture is a little small - because there is so much stuff!!!!!

All of the gifts were contained in this super cute. oversized Red Gold Tomato Can - my eldest has already claimed it for Lego storage.

- Inside there were 3 sample cans of tomatoes - Plain, garlic, basil & oregano, and finally with green chili's
- 2 copies of an awesome cookbook "Heartwarming Recipes"
- Reusable shopping bag with the Red Gold Logo
- Magnet
- Magnetic Clip
- A copy of Red Gold Tomatoes Video Library and Media Assets DVD
- A Diecast Van Trailer with the Red Gold Logo
- Recipe Cards with various tomato soup recipes
- Floppy Jar opener

Let me start with a little history of Red Gold Tomatoes. Red Gold is a family owned Indiana based company that started in the 1940's. They grow all of their tomatoes locally in the Midwest (Michigan, Ohio, & Indiana). They don't just stop with canned tomatoes, they also have ketchup, tomato juice, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, chili beans, and so much more.

The tomatoes were so good! I checked out their prices at the grocery store and very reasonable.

For dinner one night I used one of the cans and one of the recipes from the provided cookbook. Everyone was pretty pleased. They loved the taste of dinner. My oldest kept telling me how he loves tomatoes now. That was awesome since we are still struggling with his lack of appetite and he scarfed dinner down like it was going out of style. I made the Tomato Basil Chicken Recipe btw.

WIN IT!! Win an identical replica of the oversized, stuffed full of goodies can I that recieved.

MANDATORY:

Go to the Red Gold website. Tell me something that you learned or a recipe that you want to try.

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- Blog about this giveaway and leave me the link






This contest will end on Friday April 16th at 11:59pm CST. Please make sure that your email is either posted in your email or publicly in your profile. Winners will be chosen using random.org and notified via email and posted here. They will have 48 hours to respond. Other than the shown Red Gold Prize pack I received no other compensation.