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Snackeez your infomercials do wonders with little kids

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Finn with his new Snackeez

So the Snackeez infomercials on TV are so compelling that my five-year-old asked for one as a birthday gift last month.

That’s right.

“Mommy, I know what I want for when I turn this many (holds up his entire right hand to show me he is turning 5).”

“What’s that Finn? ”

“I need one of those Snackeez.”

“What in the world is a Snackeez?”

And my friends that is how the story began. So I found out what he was talking about and notice he didn’t say he wanted it, he said he needed it which just cracks me up. But they aren’t expensive and if the kid wants to be able to keep my car clean by eating with a gadget that is all combined then sure, I can look into it.

Thankfully the company sent me not one but TWO Snackeez snacking solutions in exchange for an honest review of their product. We received a pink and blue one and also a blue and green one which you can see pictured with my Finn.

Here are the claims:

  • Snackeez are $9.99 plus $5.99 shipping and you get TWO
  • Hold a 16 oz. drink and your favorite snack, all in one hand
  • Sealed to keep snacks fresh and prevent spills
  • Dishwasher safe

And I can tell you from our use so far all of those bullets hold true.

So what do I think of this Snackeez now that we have two in the house?

snackee-packageWell. For the most part I love them. They are durable and actually quite clever. The drink is on the bottom with a long straw (which you can remove to clean and I love that the straw can come out because otherwise it would be impossible to clean). The snack component sits atop the drink and has a lid that snaps shut tight but is easy enough for the kids to open it.

All-in-all I think the Snackeez are brilliant. My only complaint is that they are HUGE. So they don’t fit in our regular cabinets that hold our plates an glasses. If they were just an inch shorter I think they would still work and then I would be able to put them away. Right now they sit on a rolling cart in our kitchen.

 

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Proud mama moment here on scrink.com

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As many of my regular readers know my son Braeden has his own public charity of which he is the founder and it is called 3B Brae’s Brown Bags Foundation. The mission is to help provide homeless and low-income people within our community by giving them “to-go” bags which provide them with clean water, healthy snacks, a message from Braeden and a list of contact information to services who can provide them with further assistance.

Braeden has packed and delivered over 1,200 brown bags in less than a year with the help of many friends. He very much enjoyed the bag packing events hosted by the Delaware Collegiate 4-H and the UD Food Science Club. He has also received a great amount of help from Alpha Phi Omega the service fraternity on campus. Today, Monday, May 19th he will have a table out near the University of Delaware’s Morris Library fountain as he has been invited to participate in the UD Day of Service from 5 until 7pm.

Right now Braeden’s project is one of 27 national finalists to receive the Lead 360 Challenge Jefferson Award for Public Service. The finalists are participating in a contest to earn votes. The top 5 voted projects will attend the national ceremony in Washington, DC next month.

Please help get 3B Brae’s Brown Bags into the running. No registration is required and it takes only two clicks. One click from the link in this email and once click on the orange vote button on Brae’s page. https://lead360.jeffersonawards.org/challenge/3b-braes-brown-bags/

You can vote one per 24 hour period until midnight on Wednesday, May 21st.

For more info on Brae’s Brown Bags check out his blog at braedenquinn.com.

 

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Where does the time go

20140206-204040.jpgNormally I have posts scheduled in advance or find time to write a quick review yet somehow this short month of February is flying by at the speed of light!

Writing on scrink is a hobby and something I very much enjoy doing. This site has been going strong for nearly a decade! Of course now I have three kids and a husband and a full-time job. The family keeps be busy and the only time I get to listen to new music is in the car or at the office for my daytime paying job so neither place is appropriate for the music review to be written. Sometimes I squeeze one in during my lunch break but things have been too busy for lunch!

Oh time where have you ticked away to and how do I get more of you?

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Bear Claws? It’s not a back scratcher

Five people will be finding out soon enough just what a “Bear Claw” is and why they most definitely need one in their kitchen. You should also have one near to your grill because people this tool is perfect for barbequing! You can use them to pull hot meat apart, like pulled pork or you can use them to lift hot items out of roasters without making a mess of yourself and your food.

Welcome to the Bear Paws Giveaway!

5 Winners!

Sponsored by: Bear Paws

Hosted by: Savory Savings and Gloriously Green Gal

Co-hosted by: Her 3 Little Thinkers

BearPaws Meat Shredder Giveaway 5 Winners

Bear Paws Shreds Pork in SecondsDo you love to barbeque or make recipes that involve shredding pork, chicken, fish or beef?  If you do not have Bear Paws meat shredders in your kitchen – you need to head immediately to your computer and order yourself a pair!  These bear-like claws will save you time and more when you can shred pork roasts in mere seconds!  Krista from Savory Savings and Gloriously Green Gal recently had the chance to review the Bear Paws in the Mama Bear Pink color (10% to Susan G Komen for the Cure Foundation!) and shared her thoughts and a super simple BBQ Pulled Pork recipe in a review.  Now because she feels they are a “must have” in her kitchen, you get a one in five chance to win a set for yourself!

If you would like to win, enter with the Giveaway Tool below! If you have won a Bear Paws giveaway anytime from another blog in the last 12 months, you are not eligible to win this giveaway.  The giveaway will run from January 17, 2013 through January 31, 2014 at 11 PM CST.  Entries will be verified.  Winner will be notified via email (consider adding gloriouslygreengal@gmail.com to your safe list) – winner will have 48 hours to respond and claim prize or another winner will be selected.

Good Luck!

Krista from Gloriously Green Gal and Savory Savings received products from this sponsor to facilitate her review, no other compensation was received. All participating blogs are not responsible for prize fulfillment.  This giveaway is in no way associated with social media sites including Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

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Calgon take me away kind of #giveaway

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bath-products-cottage-in-woodsI’m sure you’ve had those days when you get home from work or finally sit down after chasing after kids for 12 hours and your feet are aching your back is throbbing you can hardly even stand yourself, right? So that is the perfect kind of day to to find yourself 20-30 minutes to just sit in a warm bath and close your eyes. This Cottage in the Woods giveaway of all natural bath products will help.

Welcome to the Cottage in the Woods Co Natural Bath Products Giveaway!

Sponsored by: Cottage in the Woods Co

Hosted by: Savory Savings & Gloriously Green Gal

Cottage in the Woods All Natural Bath Products Giveaway

Taking a nice hot bubble bath is one of the best ways to relax after a long day or week.  But who wants to soak in a tub full of harsh chemicals that are tough on your skin and may have other ill-effects down the road from absorption?  Krista from both Savory Savings and Gloriously Green Gal is a big fan of baths, but worried what her bath products had in store for herself and her kids, but when she got a chance to review Cottage in the Woods Co’s all-natural bath products, she knew she had found a win!  These luxurious and affordable products made by the husband and wife duo behind Cottage in the Woods Co are available in custom scents and use all-natural ingredients.  They even have cold and flu bath bombs that help clear congestion so you can rest easier while sick!

Cottage in the Woods Co has offered to sponsor a giveaway to one very lucky winner that lives in the lower 48 (and DC) of the United States that is aged 18 or older.  This winner will receive one all-natural body wash in the scent of his/her choice, one pack of all-natural bath fizzies in the scent of his/her choice (this includes the cold and flu ones if you wanted!) and one all-natural shampoo bar!  To enter, use the Giveaway Tool below.   If you have won a Cottage in the Woods giveaway anytime from another blog or in the last 12 months, you are not eligible to win this giveaway.  The giveaway will run from January 10, 2013 through January 24, 2014 at 11 PM CST.  Entries will be verified.  Winner will be notified via email (consider adding gloriouslygreengal@gmail.com to your safe list) – winner will have 48 hours to respond and claim prize or another winner will be selected.

Good Luck!

Krista from Gloriously Green Gal and Savory Savings received products from this sponsor to facilitate her review, no other compensation was received. All participating blogs are not responsible for prize fulfillment.  This giveaway is in no way associated with social media sites including Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

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Any chocolate loves out there? #giveaway

So there are a good many of you out there who are probably trying to be really good right now at the start of the New Year. You’re probably sitting at your desk eating an orange (like I am right now) or pinning new exercise routines on your boards. I apologize in advance for the delicious giveway I am about to present because I know it will throw a monkey wrench into your plans. BUT the key here is not to self indulge right? We can have a wee bit of chocolate every now and then; no harm no foul.

Welcome to the Guylian Belgian Chocolate Giveaway!

Sponsored by: Guylian

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Hosted by: Gloriously Green Gal & Savory Savings

Co-hosted by: Monica’s Rants, Raves & Reviews, Dividing by Zero, and Got Giveaways?

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Valentine’s Day is right around the corner – have you found your sweetie the perfect sweet?  Or maybe you want to treat yourself for the day full of hearts and naked cherubs.  Krista from Gloriously Green Gal and Savory Savings had the chance to review Belgian Chocolates from Guylian and thinks you should share them with your Valentine every day of the year!

And now you will have your chance with this giveaway!  One lucky, US resident, aged 18 and older winner will receive the following (or very similar) package from Guylian Belgian Chocolates:

  • One – 22 piece marbled chocolate seashell truffles
  • One – 22 piece extra dark chocolate seashell truffles
  • Two – 6 piece chocolate seashells truffles
  • Four – 2 piece marbled chocolate seahorse truffles
  • One – No Sugar Added Milk Chocolate Bar
  • One – No Sugar Added 54% Dark Chocolate Bar

If you cannot wait to win, feel free to pop over to the Guylian Belgian Chocolates online store and pick yourself up some amazing Belgian chocolates by using coupon code Chocolate10 to save 10%!

The giveaway will run from January 8, 2013 through January 22, 2014 at 11 PM CST.  Entries will be verified.  Winner will be notified via email (consider adding gloriouslygreengal@gmail.com to your safe list) – winner will have 48 hours to respond and claim prize or another winner will be selected.

Good luck!

 

Krista from Gloriously Green Gal and Savory Savings received products from this sponsor to facilitate her review, no other compensation was received. All participating blogs are not responsible for prize fulfillment.  This giveaway is in no way associated with social media sites including Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

 

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Day dreaming about puppy dogs

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doggishWe lost our doggie over two years ago and since then my middle child, Finn, has brought up the idea of getting a new dog on more than one occasion. However, my husband says we have to wait until we have a bigger home with a larger yard and therefore our Finn has stuffed animals.

Even so every now and then I go to those websites that allow you to look through galleries of adorable puppy dog faces (Check out this Puppy Website) and I get all squishy inside waiting and hoping for a puppy dog to come home and just not leave.

The best place for me to look is Doggish.com because it’s an Australian website and therefore I won’t get all super attached since I live here in the US of A. Anyway, the great thing about Doggish is that they absolutely do not advertise any pups that come from those puppy breeding farms which is wonderful.

Our Mya was a maltese. She lived a rather long life and was super silly almost until her very last breath.

Doggish.com doesn’t just woo you with their cute dog photos they also tell you things you need to know like what to look for in  breeder and even tips before your search actually begins.

So now that my lunch break is over I should probably just stop day dreaming about doggies and get back to work.

(This is a sponsored post.)