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Are you a beef jerky lover? I happen to live in a house filled with people who would eat beef jerky around the clock if it was allowed. I’m not sure how every one developed this love, right down to Ellie (I’m sure when Joey is able to try it he will love it too!).

No lie, if we buy a bag of beef jerky, it doesn’t last more than 20 minutes in this house.

We love beef jerky so much, we are always open to trying different kinds and thanks to the folks at Stick in a Box, we have found a few new favorites.

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Before I go any further and share the contents of our box with you, let me tell you about Stick in a Box. Stick in a Box is a monthly subscription that delivers delicious beef jerky right to your door. Not only will you get beef jerky, sometimes there are beef sticks too.

Our Stick in a Box was filled with quite a few delicious gourmet jerky treats and beef sticks.

Our box included: Carne Seco Limon Con Chile & Sriracha Beef Jerky from People’s Choice, Garlic & Mild Beef Jerky from Strollo’s, Crazy Horse Steakhouse Jerky, Cowboy Style Fatman’s Beef Jerky, 1 Fatman’s Beef Jerky Peppered Beef Stick, and a Ranch & Sunrise Snack Stick from Timber Ridge.

I absolutely loved the Crazy Horse Steakhouse Jerky & Garlic Jerky from Strollo’s along with the Ranch beef stick from Timber Ridge.

Zack went crazy for the Carne Seco Limon Con Chile & Sriracha Beef Jerky from People’s Choice….he loves hot and spicy food.

Overall, we were very impressed with our Stick in a Box and enjoyed the contents.

You can subscribe to Stick in a Box monthly for $35. (Discounts are available for paying for a longer subscription up front).

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Snack Away with Pocky

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*This post is brought to you by our friends at Glico Pocky Brand. I received a promotional item in order to facilitate this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate links.*

A few years ago, my mother-in-law visited the Philappines for work. On her trip there and back she had a layover in Japan and spent that time exploring and she picked up a few things to bring home for our family. One of the items she returned with were Pocky sticks, a delicious biscuit stick dipped in a chocolate cream.

From the first bite, we were all hooked. The boxes she had returned home with did not last long and I found myself scavenging the internet to order more. (Hey, I was pregnant with Ellie during this time and they were sooooo good I HAD to have more!)

On her second trip to the Philippines, she stocked up on more. Lesson learned.

Now here we are, 3 years later and I can finally purchase Pocky at a local retailer!

Since we were first introduced to Pocky, they have put out different flavors and a new product called Péjoy and our friends at Glico were kind enough to send us some to try.

While the Green Tea weren’t exaclty for us, we are big flans of the strawberry cream flavor and the new Péjoy.

The kids are already begging me to get some more and who am I to say no to more Pocky??

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Devious Maids Season 1

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*I received a promotional item in order to facilitate this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate links.*

Since we ditched cable over a year ago, there are quite a few shows we haven’t seen but I have heard about. One of the shows a lot of my girlfriends have been talking about is Devious Maids and until recently, I had no clue why.

Libby and I recently sat down and binge watched the first season Devious Maids and I have to admit, only a few minutes into the first episode, we were sucked in.

Honestly, I should have known we were going to be hooked since it is a comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and we were huge fans of his hit, Desperate Housewives.

For those who are unfamiliar, Devious Maids is about five women who are bonded together by their jobs, their dreams and the dirt they sweep under the rug. The series focuses on four Latina maids who work in the homes of some of Beverly Hills’ wealthiest and most powerful families. The storyline is filled with dirt, schemes and even murder!

The show’s cast includes Ana Ortiz (from Ugly Betty) as the lead character, and Dania Ramirez, Roselyn Sánchez, Edy Ganem, and Judy Reyes as other maids, with Susan Lucci, Rebecca Wisocky, Tom Irwin, Brianna Brown, Brett Cullen, Mariana Klaveno, and Grant Show all in featureed main roles.

Devious Maids Season 1 is now available for purchase on DVD at a retailer near you. Season 1 has 13 episodes and some great bonus features including extended and deleted scenes and bloopers, which are always my favorite!

Don’t forget to tune into Lifetime on Sunday, April 20th for the Season 2 premiere!

Ellie’s 1st Birthday Party: Decor by Discount Party Supplies {Review}

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*This post is made possible by Discount Party Supplies. I received a promotional item in order to facilitate this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate links.*

This past weekend our family gathered in our home to celebrate Ellie’s 1st Birthday. For months I have been trying to figure out what type of theme she should have. I have been searching Pinterest for different ideas for decorations, cake designs and more. I spent time surfing different party supply sites getting different ideas as to what we should do.

After all of the searching, I turned to my friends at Discount Party Supplies since we had such a great experience working with them for Ellie’s Baptism back in May.

Discount Party Supplies has so many different options for celebrating 1st Birthdays and I wanted to find one that was perfect for our little Ellie. We decided that since we have a bunch of different nicknames for her, including Bug that we would go with a Ladybug theme. Thankfully, there we lots of Ladybug Party Supplies to choose from!

We decorated the house with a Fancy Ladybug giant sticker Banner along with red and black balloons, we all donned party hats and the custom Ladybug cake that I made for Ellie was served on adorable ladybug plates with matching cups and napkins.

Everything looked wonderful, from what I am told the cake tasted great and most of all, Ellie had a great time and a very memorable first birthday!

Thank you again Discount Party Supplies for coming through and helping us throw another great party and create some wonderful memories!

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THE THREE MUSKETEERS – on 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray & DVD 3/13/12

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Things have been crazy around our house lately, crazy as in super busy! I have barely had a moment to myself let alone the time to watch a movie so I enlisted the help of 13 year old Zack to conduct a review for The Three Musketeers, a movie he had been dying to see!
Here are his thoughts on the film!

Overall I found this movie to be funny and entertaining all at the same time. It was an exciting film filled with some awesome special effects like flying pirate ships attached to giant balloons. This movie had a great star filled cast including Loan Perman from Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Orlando Bloom from Pirates of the Caribbean and I can’t forget the beautiful Milla Jovovich (shhhh…..don’t tell my mom I said that!)

Both my sister, the 11 year old Libby and my little brother, 4 year old Alexander popped in a few times while I was watching it and started to get sucked in as well ( I of course made them leave because, HELLO……it’s rated PG-13!!!!)

This movie also had some cool special features like deleted and extended scenes that were cool to watch, stories from the cast and crew and more!

To sum things up, I enjoyed the movie and I hope you do to!

Here is a clip for you to check it out while I head off to bed before my mom makes me do more work!

Disclaimer: We received a promotional copy of this film for review purposes, all thoughts and opinions are our own.