Thanks to those who entered!!

Congrats goes out to “Mrs.Cox”. You’ve won a pair of glasses. I’ll be shooting you an e-mail with more details!!!

I just wanted to remind everyone to use their discount at One Bag Full this month!!!

See my review and then go shopping!!

Use the code “amydiscount” at checkout to receive 30% off your purchase!! Pass this code on to your friends and family too. This is a great deal.

all photos from Zoom Album website

I want to introduce to you the perfect way to keep, give, or share memories. The Zoom Album kit offers an easy way to create a book of 12 of your favorite pictures to carry in your pocket, backpack, or purse. This software really is amazing and the quality of the printed photos is even MORE amazing.

With the software, you can upload your photos, add them to your book project, crop and zoom them until you’re happy with how they look, add a whatever text you would like, and personalize your cover with a photo if you choose to.

For this review, I used photos of our experience at Disney on Ice to give to my son’s friend as a gift. She’s a picture fanatic and I knew she would love to see the pictures and recall her time there. I took my time selecting the pictures I would put in her book. On a few of the pages, I put a sentence describing what the picture was about so her parents could read it to her like a story. Then, I used a picture I took of the curtain for the cover of the book.

This process was so easy. I made sure to follow the directions closely so I could be sure to assemble the pages and hardback cover the right way. It was a little time consuming, but the outcome was very worth it. When I presented my son’s friend with her Zoom Album, she was so excited and looked at the pictures over and over.

Other great ideas for this album are:

Wedding gift Gift for new parents

To remember a birthday party, soccer game, recitle, ect.

To make for a soldier who has to leave his/her family.

As a “thank you” gift

and SOOO many more ideas.

I’m thankful to Zoom Album and the Family Review Network for allowing me this review opportunity. This is such a neat product. If you’d like to purchase a kit, they’re on sale right now!

If you’d like to WIN one, please stop over at Coffee with the Mrs. for details.

Congrats to

Renne G.

You have won the Glade Sense and Spray!!!

I’ll be sending you an e-mail and wait 48 hours for your reply.

Recently, I was given an amazing opportunity to review a pair of eyeglasses from EyeBuyDirect. You may think the idea of shopping for glasses online isn’t a great one, but I assure you, it’s easier than you think.

At EyeBuyDirect, they have hundreds of styles to choose from so you can be sure to find the right frame for you. Once you’ve found the frames you like, you may be surprised to see how affordable they are. Some frames are as low as $7.95. Honestly.

The next step in shopping at EyeBuyDirect is to “try on” your glasses. The technology on the website allows you to upload a photo of yourself and try on any pair of glasses you like. You can save your favorites and be possitive that your decision is the right one.

Finally, you’ll want to choose options to suit your needs and preferences. For example, I chose this pair of glasses:

You can see them in action in my music video here.

At checkout, I chose to have the lenses thinned, glare free, with anti-scratch and anti-reflective treatments. I also opted for transitional lenses so I could use them driving.

I’m so happy with every aspect of shopping at and ordering from EyeBuyDirect. I’ll even share a great customer service story with you. It turns out my lenses were out of stock. A representative from the company called me to apologize and another one e-mailed me to do the same…on the same day. They also e-mailed me updates on my order until I received it.

Overall, I’m very pleased. The next time I need glasses, I’m definitely shopping from EyeBuyDirect. I hope you’ll do the same.

The Giveaway:

EyeBuyDirect wants to give one of you a pair of glasses!

To enter:

1. Visit EyeBuyDirect and comment here with your favorite style frames.
2. Additional entries can be  by:
   1. Uploading your photo and “trying on” a pair of glasses or reviewing the “wall of fame” (tell me about a person and their glasses.)
   2. subscribe to my feed
   3. subscribe to my blog, Coffee with the Mrs.

Leave a separate comment for each entry. This giveaway will run until March, 9th at 8:00pm ET

Don’t forget to check my sidebar at Coffee with the Mrs. for other giveaways.

Thank you to Family Review Network and EyeBuyDirect for this opportunity.

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I’ve posted a review of the ClickFree hard drive over at Coffee with the Mrs. Thought I would share it with this website so you can know to be on the lookout for a giveaway!

Have a great day!

I have a review for you from a wonderful website called OneBagFull.com. On this website, you’ll be amazed at how quickly and creatively you can buy that perfect gift for your next baby shower or the newest baby’s arrival. There are 6 different categories to shop in and different price points in each category. With all of this variety, you’re sure to find the perfect gift.
If you somehow don’t find exactly what you want in the pre-made bags, go ahead and put your own together.
Here’s the bag I received from OneBagFull. It’s the “Junior” Bag and it came LOADED with goodies.

Yes, all of those things were in that Trend Baby bag. The best part? You can make one exactly like it.

Here’s what my bag included:  (Standard Items)

• Dr. Brown’s baby bottle
• Lil’OneWipe individually wrapped wipes 5-pack by Lil’ Dipper
• Baby Paper by Wize Choice Creations
• Soothie Newborn Pacifier by The First Years
• Boudreaux’s Butt Paste 1 oz
• Huggies diaper size 1
• Purell Instant Hand Sanitizer 1 oz
• Kleenex Pocket Pack

(Extra items available upon request)

• Cool-It is the best way to keep a baby bottle cool when you?re out and about. Fits baby bottles and sip cups of all sizes. Two side pockets and key ring. Stroller handle attachment.
• Baby Signs for Bedtime book
• babyGUND Toodles – duck rattle
• Babylicious Happy receiving blankets – 2 pk

There are so many other things available on OneBagFull for you to put in a gift bag, it would take me forever to list them all. The wonderful thing about this site is, you don’t have to choose the pre-made bags. OneBagFull would love to help you make the bag you want to give.

If all of their choices weren’t enough, now you have the choice between 2 NEW bags being offered on their website and on Well Rounded Mama. “These packages include natural products such as Kerry’s Herbals Miracle Salve Plus, The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers, Modest Mommy Nursing Cover & Burp, as well as other nursing essentials and novelties. And as with all our packages, you choose your diaper bag!”

This website was started by a mom who had to start all over with her second child…7 years after her first. A friend of hers bought her a diaper bag full of necessities and she couldn’t get over how thoughtful that gift was. She started OneBagFull and has taken all the time out of putting together a gift just like hers. I love this idea.

I highly recommend checking out this site for your next baby shower or new baby arrival.
In fact, you should head over there right now and buy something since I have an amazing discount to offer you. Enter the code “amydiscount” and you’ll receive 30% off your purchase  during the entire month of March!!! Don’t miss the great discount and easy shopping experience.

New, from Glade, is the Glade Sense and Spray.  This is the solution to those air fresheners that run all day long whether you need them to or not.

Let’s face it. In today’s economy, air fresheners that run all day aren’t exactly the best way to get the most value for your dollar. That’s why I was so excited to find out we would be testing out the new Glade Sense and Spray in our home.

Glade Sense and Spray has a motion detector and a timer. Upon detected motion, the unit sprays once. After 30 minutes, if there is still motion detected in the room, it will spray again. Another great feature it has is a button for you to push if you need extra freshening within the 30 minute window between automatic sprays.

Our unit came in the “Clean Linen” scent and I knew just where I should put it. I set it up in my son’s room on his dresser. Now, when I have to go in there to change a diaper, the Glade Sense and Spray goes to work before I even need it. No more battling the “dirty diaper” smell. The Glade Sense and Spray has that covered whenever I need it.

There are 3 other scents available to purchase; Apple Cinnamon, Country Garden, and Powder Fresh. I can think of 3 other rooms off the top of my head where I would like these other scents to be.

Would you like to win one?

The Giveaway

Glade would like one of you to have your own Sense and Spray for your home!

Here’s how to enter:

• Tell me which scent you would like and what room you would like it in for your first entry.
• Additional entries can be made by:
  • Subscribing to this feed
  • Subscribing to Coffee with the Mrs.
  • Posting the “I heart Tucker” button to your blog ( you can find it on the top of my sidebar here.)
• Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry. (If you’ve already done the “extras” that counts as another entry but you have to tell me in the comments. This giveaway will end on Feb. 21st at 8:00pm ET.
  

This post was written for Family Review Network as part of a program by SC Johnson, who also supplied the product for review and giveaway.

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These days, smartphones are all the rage. But what do you do if you just want access to your e-mail on the go and don’t want to pay that hefty cell phone bill?

Meet the Peek.

The Peek was created for people just like me. I get a lot of e-mails in one day and I’m not always home to receive them. Unfortunately, some of the messages being sent to me require an immediate response or I lose out on an opportunity. Thanks to the Peek, I never have to worry about that again.

So, how exactly does the Peek work? All you have to do is set it up with your e-mail address and password. That’s it! Your e-mails will begin showing up and you can reply or compose your own messages on the full qwerty pad. When you turn the Peek on, it will automatically connect to your e-mail server and begin updating with new messages. You can check your e-mail anywhere at anytime.

The only negative comment I have is that you can’t delete multiple messages at one time. You have to delete them one at a time. However, that’s one minor flaw and doesn’t take away from the convenience the Peek offers.

OK, so, how much does this thing cost? The unit costs only $49.74 (you can buy it online with free shipping or at Target) and the service costs only $19.95/month. There are never any contracts to sign. Just pay for it as you go.

AND…

…the Peek is available in 3 colors. You can buy it in charcoal gray (my personal choice), black cherry, or aqua blue.

The Peek is lightweight, thin, and really easy to use. I personally love taking it to class with me. I can keep up on my e-mail during the lecture break and not have to wait until I get home to respond.  It would make an excellent gift!

Magnificent Creations Limitee has made cards and a CD entitled Manifest Your Magnificence. These are positive affirmations for children to encourage the best in them, always. On the website, it mentions that children aren’t born feeling bad about themselves. Instead, they hear things that hurt their self-esteem and respond in a negative way.

My son and I received a box of cards to review. I found that many of the cards are relevant to things we discuss now at his young age of 22 months. I do weekly lesson plans with him at home to help his readiness for school. Our theme right now is “love” so I looked through the cards and found  the ones about loving and caring. We read one of these cards a few times a day. The thing I love about these cards is that they’re simple in their language so my son can understand what I’m saying.

These cards will be used around our home for a long time to come.  There’s nothing better than encouraging the best qualities in little ones.

I have to admit, as a Christian mom, there were a handful of cards I don’t agree with. However, the overall concept is great and we’re still able to use about 95% of the cards. Furthermore, I believe a child’s positive self-esteem is worth investing in.

Visit Magnificent Creations Limitee and see more samples of the cards they make.

Thanks to Family Review Network for this review opportunity!