Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Back to School Giveaway Blogger Op

Looking for bloggers to ACTIVELY promote  numerous giveaways.
With the form below you can sign up for any of them you like or all of them.
I would like to offer a free facebook or twitter link for your help. 
You can purchase additional links for $1 each. Funds will be put towards Wal Mart giftcard(s). ($10/each)
Please read additional information at the top of the Form. 


Sponsors and prizes include:

Lugz------------------ Mens Drifter boots
Meridane Designs----- Zymbol Pendant necklace
OMG Nails ----------- 2 sets of nail strips / 2 winners
At A Glance----------- Mead and Fivestar supply package
Gold Toe-------------- childrens and adult socks
Almondina Brand----- Sampler pack
Sally Hansen --------- new fall Xtreme Wear Nail Polish -10 shades
NYC New York Color - Set of 10 Appplelicious balms
Mighty Bright -------- Xtra Flex2 reading lamp

These are possible other sponsors. 
Gilden- Fleece Sweatshirt(s)
Anna's Linens- Dorm organization
Del Sol -
Green Time Bags -
and others may still come in

*** If you click all on the form I will send the "possible" giveaway HTML's to you as well. 



Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Stephanies Homemade Crockpot BBQ Ribs!

My friend has agreed to share some amazing recipies with me that I can share with you all!  Do me a favor and try these out and go check out her group on Facebook, HealthyeatingwithStephanie. She shares lots of great recipies as well as great health info!



Stephanie Spaltro's Crockpot Ribs

My photo, my recipe!


3-4 lbs of pork ribs (we like pork cause there is no meat on beef ones!)

! bottle of BBQ Sauce of your choosing (We like Sugar Ray's)
I add garlic powder and pepper to taste!

Cook on high for 4-6 hours or until ribs are to your desired tenderness! I like mine falling apart!


Serve with either rice/quinoa 


This time we had homemade potato salad with it!! Yummmmy!


Enjoy


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Xero Shoes Giveaway!!!

If you like walking around barefoot, like I do, but hate worrying about ground being too hot, hurting your feet, or, I sometimes forget my shoes at home and go to a place that where shoes are required. Well, check out Xero Shoes. You can see the review HERE. These are a great idea and portable. Easy to carry around and who wouldn't like that idea?  Check out the site for more info and see what is your  Fave.    I know I love reds and purples.
xero 
 One lucky person will win their own pair of Xero Shoes. Winner must be age 18 or over and live in the Continental U.S. IMGP0661 a Rafflecopter giveaway   Mom Are We There Yet and The Joly Life are not responsible of items not sent by sponsor or lost in shipping.
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Woolzies Dryer Balls Giveaway!




I think the idea of being able to have something eco friendly and hypoallergenic is the best thing ever! Who would love dryer balls that work. No Chemicals is a win win in my book as I have young children.  I also am sensitive to chemicals so this is just up my alley! Come enter the giveaway and check out this company!





I have searched everywhere to find hypoallergenic and eco-safe dryer sheets. I have found what I have been looking for for many years! I found Woolzies, they are completely earth friendly and 100% wool. Even if you are allergic to wool, they are still hypoallergenic! They are good for 1,000 loads! Which will save you money!
Why Woolzies are good:
·         They do not contain chemicals or PVC, which means they won’t melt or fall apart.
·         They can reduce up to 25% of drying time on large loads and even more on smaller loads!
·         Helps reduce wrinkles and static cling.
They are super simple to use. The box comes with 6 dryer balls, and you put all 6 in with your load of laundry! I was so hesitant to use them, honestly, because I am a mom of 2 boys and I know what toys against metal sounds like… not so quiet. But I didn’t hear a thing! Not one noise! It was great. Even though I didn’t get the delicious smell like I did out of dryer sheets, I felt like the benefit of not having my clothes in harsh chemicals. I will definitely be buying these from now on.
From www.woolzies.com some tips to drying:
  • 1.     You can reduce static cling even more by simply rolling up a piece of plain kitchen aluminum foil into the size of one of the dryer balls and placing it in the dryer together with the 6 Woolzies dryer balls.
  • 2.    The secret to heavenly scented laundry: After the laundry is completely dried, take out 2 of the Woolzies balls and apply desired amount of pure essential oil to each ball. Toss the 2 back into the dryer with the other 4 and run on Air Fluff (no heat) for 10 minutes. Your laundry will smell heavenly and the scent will linger for several days! a Rafflecopter giveaway Her 3 Little Thinkers and YOUR BLOG are not responsible for shipment of prizes
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BOB BOOKS GIVEAWAY!!!!!


We were recently given the wonderful opportunity to review Bob Books Rhyming Words and our 3 year old twins loved them. Be sure to check out our review HERE. I will definitely be ordering more sets soon as I would love for our children to have the complete set.




Bob Books has also been gracious enough to sponsor a giveaway for one of our lucky readers to win the exact same set. Enter to win in the Rafflecopter below!
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Disclosure: I received one or more products mentioned above free for review purpose. No other form of compensation was received. My opinions are my own.  Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. Your opinion may vary from mine. If a giveaway is being held, please read my rules of sweepstakes in the tab above. I cannot be held responsible for prizes or shipping. Sweepstakes and Giveaways on this blog are not affiliated with Facebook or any other social media network. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”  Chris & Misty Simpson

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Homemade Curry and Rice - Tiffany Joly's Homemade recipie

Oh I know everyone loves food and recipies.  And I love to make things from scratch.  Since I have a picky husband, I decided to try something one night to see if he would eat it LOL... I love curry. Some of my favorite to make is Deer Curry but unless I get ahold of hunter friends during deer season its hard to come by.  You can make this curry with any kind of meat honestly, chicken, lamb, roast, steak, pork. Really the meat isnt important.  I love using fresh veggies also. So you ready for how I do this?  Ok here it goes.







First of all you will want these ingredients on hand...

Some kind of meat (if you want meat in it)  Amount is really up to you.  I use cubed or sometimes just 2-3 steaks and cut them up when raw and add to the pot so it gets incorporated into the finished dish

Potatoes -  5-6 good sized ones chunked.  You dont want them too small or they will cook too fast. I use 1x1 chunks approx when i cut them up.

Carrots - 5-7 long and thick ones  Just slice them thick also  (they add a touch of sweetness to the spicy curry)

Onions - 2 small yellow onions sliced or chopped.

Garlic - 2 cloves fresh, or about 2 TBS of prechopped garlic, or powder (fresh is best)

Curry - (your choice)  I use a yellow curry that has a good spice but its not overly hot.  I add more as needed for taste.

ADOBO - If you are not familiar with this spice it is made by Goya and has many spices together. I use the salt free kind.  Its great because it tenderizes meat has no MSG and includes seasonings I would already be using like onion powder, garlic powder, pepper and the link in a nice blend. (again its to taste)


Get a 5 quart pot and put your chopped potatoes, onions, carrots and meat in the pot.  Add only enough water to cover the ingredients, add your curry and adobo and garlic. Let this cook on high for about 15 mins until the meat is cooked then taste your curry...add additional seasonings if you like. Its up to you how spicey you want it so start with small amounts.  (1-2 tsp per spice)  Increase as you see fit, remember Potatoes will absorb spices, salts and the like so make sure you check your taste on it as you cook it.  As it boils you will see it reducing, the potatoes will take on a yellow look and so will the meat. that is perfectly OK!    After about 30-40 mins it should thicken on its own (potatoes own starch causes thickening of the curry)  If you have excess water and its not thickening you can take some of the hot broth and about 3 tbs cornstarch and mix well to make a thickener and add back to the pot and stir in.  This will cook about 5-6 mins and start to thicken up pretty fast.

Once you get a nice thick sauce, and potatoes are cooked thru then you are ready to eat.  I add butter in the kids bowls at the end to cut the spice back and give it a creamy flavor they love.

I generally make herbed rice to go along with this.

2 Cups Rice
4 Cups Water
2 bunches fresh rosemary
2 bunches fresh thyme
1 clove garlic
2 Tbs butter
1 tsp salt


Boil rice for at least 10 minutes until soft stirring often until it looks cooked mostly thru, reduce to low heat and keep covered for another 2 mins.  Check rice once its not hard, turn off stove and keep covered and let it absorb the rest of the water then fluff.  Very simple and easy and goes great with Curry!


Disclaimer - You may share any of my origional recipies as long as you link back to my blog.  These are my own and not from another website or page. Please try them out and let me know what you think of them!


Review of D2 tablet with Android Operating System



I purchased a D2 tablet last year from Big lots.  I used it for the last year and I must say I don't have a lot of negatives about it.  Over the last year I have taken it with me for travel and used it with WIFI, I have used it for game playing, reading as it has 3 built in ebook readers like kindle, and nook aps as well as its own library where I can use other file types.  I have played on pintrest, and facebook and many other sites with ease. The biggest issue I had origionally was it had trouble connecting to some wifi types. I later discovered this was because there was an update to the android OS that updated wirelessly and I was not made aware of it.  That caused some issues in applications as well as my wifi.  Once I uninstalled and reinstalled the affected apps, the issues are solved and I have had no more issues.  Useability I give it a 5 star!  Cameras front and back, i really like that!  5 stars!   Portability....I keep it in my purse so again 5 stars.  The only downside is it can be a battery hog if you are doing massive aps or multitasking.  However, you can also use it while it is charging so thats not much different from using a laptop or home computer if you think about it.  Overall its not a bad price and works really well. I am thinking of purchasing the newest edition of it when its released just to upgrade slightly. It also offers a micro SD slot so you can expand the already nice storage space inside it.  There are also many free apps and games similar to what you can get on any android device available for it.  Overall i give it 5 stars.  I do recommend it for the casual user.  I say casual as it will not run high performace like a full blown computer like say an IPAD would.  But for general use, email, web browsing, ebook reading, games and such it performs very well and is a good alternative for a nook or kindle as it gives you more options being that you have browsers and such as well.

Walmart currently sells them. You can view it here

Here is the Manufacturer page if you would like more info (CLICK HERE)

You can customize the background and use different screens to sort your apps.   At the moment its needing to be charged. I will upload more images in a little while to show you all what I love some much about it!






Disclaimer - The opinions expressed in this review are my own and I was not compensated in anyway to write this review. I just really love the product and highly recommend it.