Anne is a 30-something full-time SAHM mom of 5 ranging from 3 to 17 and grandma of 1 who resides in Ashwaubenon (Green Bay) Wisconsin. She started blogging in 2008 as a way to regain her sanity. She enjoys coffee, chocolate, cheeseburgers and vodka along with spending time with her husband and kids.
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Can you believe it’s time to think about a brand new year? January is right around the corner and I know you are ready to get organized and clutter free for 2017. I have got a great option to help you with your New Year’s resolutions! Make a checklist for all your house cleaning chores, create menu charts for your new weight loss goals or design a printable budget tracker that will help you stay on target.
The Scotch™ Thermal Laminator and Scotch™ Letter Size Thermal Pouches are on rollback during the month of December for only $9.98 each! These products are typically priced at $19.97 for laminators and $12.88 for the pouches, so this is the time to buy!
I know how important it is to have the right tools on hand when you’re getting organized and ready to move into a new year, so be sure to check out this great deal at Walmart!
We are just days before Christmas and if you are anything like me, you are running around like a chicken with your head cut off. Time to buy those last minute gifts and stocking stuffers for the family.
I always struggle when it comes to stocking stuffers. I try to limit it to a few treats and one non-treat item. If you need some last minute stocking stuffer ideas, you have come to the right place.
Here are some last minute stocking stuffers, for the whole family!
For the music lover . . .
Wraps headphones are the must have accessory for anyone and everyone who enjoys music. Perfect for stuffing in stockings, Wraps won’t slip out of your ears and they won’t tangle up into a cluster of chaos. Wraps not only offer crystal-clear, high-quality sound but they also look good! When they’re not in your ears, wrap them around your wrist for a fashion statement.
Features of Wraps:
Fashionable
Comfortable
Delivers high-quality sound, tuned by world-renowned sound engineers
Tangle-free
Patented slider system
Lightweight
Various colors and styles
Prices start at $19.99
For the fitness fanatic . . .
Every athlete, fitness fanatic and weekend warrior will be stoked to find a PerfectShaker peeking out of their stocking on Christmas morning! The PerfectShaker is the perfect fitness accessory to hydrate and fuel, like your favorite hero. It comes equipped with a stay-open flip cap, screw on lid and extra wide mouth to make consuming easier. It’s also the only bottle with ActionRod Technology with the agitator bouncing up and down to create delicious and nutritious mixes. The world’s first superhero shaker bottle doesn’t just look good. Check out its other features:
100% leak-free guaranteed
BPA-free
UV ExtraLast Ink (so logo doesn’t easily wear off)
Easy to clean and dishwasher safe
Lightweight and portable
PerfectShaker is the only shaker cup company that has license with Disney & Warner Bros. Choose from Batman, Superman, Captain America, Wonder Woman, Flash, Hulk, Green Lantern, The Punisher, or Deadpool.
These are definitely something that would be a hit in our home. I think a few of them might just appear in some stocking on Christmas morning.
For the beauty lover . . .
RG Cosmetics’ line of innovative haircare products protect, restore and beautify hair.
Enhance your hair’s natural beauty this holiday season with RG Cosmetics, an innovative line of haircare products that uses the most up-to-date scientific advances to create unique treatments that help protect, restore and beautify hair. RG Cosmetics works closely with chemists to develop high-quality products that effectively target the core issues that keep hair from looking its best. It helps create hair that’s not just perfect, but perfectly you.
To find a salon near you that features RG Cosmetics products and treatments, click HERE.
For the home chef . . .
Cleaning up from the latest kitchen creation will be a cinch with The Ringer — the one tool that will save your favorite cast iron pan. The stainless steel chainmail rings create a textured surface that’s ideal for scratch-free, heavy-duty scrubbing. All you need is warm water! Still feeling a little lazy or the wine kicking in? Not to worry. The Ringer can also rid wine glasses of days old party remnants. Trust us, it’s the best $15 you’ll spend!
For the earth lover . . .
This season, count on Somersets to soothe and heal your skin with all natural ingredients, even while you shave! Somersets offers the following benefits with their great ingredients:
All-natural, vegan ingredients such as Tea Tree, Aloe Vera, Juniper Berry, Camomile and Cedar Wood Oils that are only plant extracted and never tested on animals
No cuts or razor burn; Somersets offers “the world’s most comfortable shave”
Up to 90 shaves from one compact bottle, only 3-4 drops per shave
No water needed, making them ideal for home, gym, and travel
Hand luggage and TSA friendly
For men, choose from Maximum Glide Shaving Oils in Original, Extra Sensitive, or Tough Stubble. For women, choose from Extra Sensitive for Legs and Underarm or Delicate for Bikini Area. Made in England and now available in the United States, Somersets can be found in Walgreens, Target.com, Jet.com as well as several regional chains and select independent stores.
For anybody and everybody . . .
Give the gift of beautiful skin while helping people around the world with Green Goo®. This organic skincare line provides pure, natural and healing ingredients to nourish skin. Green Goo believes in using only the highest-quality, natural, beneficial ingredients the earth has to offer… food for your skin! These products are being used with the Mandela Foundation for their portable hospitals, with World Vision for their Somalia team helping with wound care and even John Hopkins! Your purchase and gift will contribute to offering clean products around the globe.
These natural products come in a variety of types, uses, and sizes! Try Green Goo’s brand new natural soap!
For your furry friend . . .
Charlie and Spike’s WagSwag interchangeable Harness and Fashion Fronts are THE go-to holiday gift item for pets this season.
Features of the WagSwag Interchangeable Harness and Fashion Fronts:
Interchangeable designs in a variety of collections and styles
Breathable Mesh for comfort
Adjustable at the neck and chest for a custom-like fit
Easy on-and-off squeeze buckles
Nylon straps
Shaped to not cut under the front legs
Sits well below the trachea
Two D-rings for id tags, charms, and/or leash attachment
Strength-tested
Choose daily from an ever growing variety of Fashion Fronts to change up your dog’s look and express their individual style. You can also work with Charlie and Spike to customize a design of your very own!
These are just tooooooo cute and I think Pancake needs one!!!
Hope you found some great ideas to stuff your stockings with!
As you can probably imagine, I take a lot of photos. Not only do I take photos for this website, I am constantly taking photos of the kids, the dog, the granddaughter, and anything else. I love to have a visual memory whenever it is possible.
My computer is filled with folder after folder of photos that have been moved from memory cards, phones, cloud drives, and more. The worst part…they are not organized at all and I constantly need to locate pictures to send to friends and family.
Thankful for Amazon Prime
Thanks to Amazon and their all-new Prime Photos experience with Family Vault, as a Prime member, I can access and share unlimited photo storage with up to five family members or friends at no additional cost. Prime Photos is free for Prime members and makes it easy for family members to safely store and share all their favorite photos.
This is great for me, especially this time of year when I will be capturing all kinds of holiday memories. Amazon Prime Photos now makes it simple for me to share those photos with my family members and friends.
Amazon Prime Photos has some new features including: Image Search, People view and Places view. With these features, it will be a lot easier for me to finally organize my photos!
As an added bonus, as a Prime member, I can now order photo prints, cards, photo books, and calendars directly from my Prime Photos account.
If you are an Amazon Prime member, be sure to Download the new Prime Photos app HERE. It is available on computers, iOS and Android phones, and tablets.
Win
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The Megalomaniac Mommy is not responsible for prize fulfillment.
Still racking your brain over what toys to give your kid/s this upcoming holiday season? As parents, we look forward to seeing our children’s face light up at the sight of the new toy after unwrapping their presents, but before you start buying toys, physicians note that safety should be at the top of our shopping list.
Toys with choking or strangulation hazard
Toys with small parts generally pose a choking hazard for young children. If your child spends a large amount of time playing unsupervised, never buy them toys that bear this warning. Government regulations specify that toys for children under the age of 3 shouldn’t have parts less than 11/4 inches in diameter and 2 ¼ inches long.
Avoid magnetic toys, which can be swallowed by young children. Pull toys with strings that are more than 12 inches can lead to strangulation hazard for babies and toddlers and should be avoided, if not, supervised play is highly essential.
Toys with possible high lead or toxic content
Brightly painted toys (plastic, metals, and some woods) in Pacific Rim origins, particularly China should be bought with caution because of lead paint dangers. You should avoid brightly coloured plastic toys created by using moulds, which have been an issue in previous years. Children mouthing the toys extensively can get lead poisoning, which can lead to irreversible neurological damage.
Pottery or ceramic toys made outside Australia, U.S., and Europe should also be avoided because of lead issues. If children drink tea from a ceramic tea set, for instance, the lead from the ceramic can leach into the tea. Mexican pottery, for instance, has tested for dangerous levels of lead. Soft vinyl toys can also contain toxins, including lead.
All jewellery, particularly metal jewelry, for children of all ages are not recommended. Many jewellery pieces, even some marked “lead-free” – have been known to contain high amounts of lead. Avoid items that contain “phthalates,” or chemicals, such as xylene, toluene, dibutyl phthalate, and benzene, which may cause health problems in children.
Age-unappropriated toys. Toys intended for older children has the potential to harm younger ones. All educational toys in Australia and other countries bear age information on the toy package. Take note that older children playing with toys intended for younger ones can injure themselves when out of boredom, they seek unintended use of the toy/s.
The great news is that there are plenty of safe toys widely available both here and abroad. Take note that oftentimes, those with somewhat higher price means better and safer quality.
End Note
But what can you do if your child is waiting for a specific toy, which according to this article and your know-how poses a danger? Experts say that the best course of action is to simply tell kids the truth — that the toy they want can hurt them. Use the opportunity to educate and suggest others, or just ask your kid for the other item on their wish-list.
Experts caution that parents should pay close attention to warning labels, which mean the toy can pose a certain health risk to your children. Also, do not be deceived by manufacturer’s labels, which are marketing tactics and may not always be factual. This includes “lead-free” and “toxic-free,” among others.
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #LaminateWithScotch #CollectiveBias
Do you have your gift list almost complete but still can’t decide what to get the teachers in your family’s life? How about a Scotch™ Thermal Laminator and Scotch™ Letter Size Thermal Pouches? Right now, they are on rollback for $9.98 each!
The Scotch™ Thermal Laminator is a great idea to help you finish off last minute teacher gifts. Just imagine how excited your child’s teacher will be with their own laminator so they can create name tags for the student’s desk, job charts and reusable student worksheets. Give the teachers in your life a gift that will help make their classrooms more efficient and fun all year round!
The Scotch™ Thermal Laminator and Scotch™ Letter Size Thermal Pouches are on rollback during the month of December for only $9.98 each! These products are typically priced at $19.97 for laminators and $12.88 for the pouches, so this is the time to buy!
