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Attack Your Allergies with FLONASE®

As someone who suffers from a variety of allergies, I am always on the hunt for something that offers me fast relief right when I need it. For years I could be found popping an allergy pill or two for relief but of course, the wait for them to kick in was excruciating.

After Joey was born, my allergies kicked into high gear and have not been very enjoyable since. I have learned that pills just don’t cut it for me anymore and I made the switch to FLONASE®, an over-the-counter, non-prescription allergy relief nasal spray.

Flonase Allergy Nasal Spray

Having FLONASE® on hand has saved me quite a few times. Last summer when we took the kids to breakfast on the farm, my allergies were out of control. With all of the hay, animals and who knows what else, my eyes were watery, my nose was icky and I was itchy. Thankfully, I had FLONASE® on hand and was able to get some much needed relief.

As a FLONASE® user, it makes me happy that it works at the source and helps block 6* allergens, including histamine, prostaglandins, cytokines, tryptases, chemokines and leukotrines.

 

You can find FLONASE® Allergy Relief OTC Spray at your local Walmart, just look for the display!

 

Fairy Tales Reinvented with Ever After High

If there is one thing we enjoy in this house, it’s fairytales. I love the classic stories of Cinderella, Snow White, Rupunzel and more.  Ellie has become a huge fan of fairytales as well and recently she has been hooked on watching Ever After High on Netflix. It’s become a regular Saturday morning show for her now. In case, you’re like me, and new to Ever After High let me give you the scoop. Ever After High shares the tales of the daughters of your favorite fairytale princesses. The Ever After High characters are:

  • Briar Beauty™ – Daughter of Sleeping Beauty
  • Raven Queen™ – Daughter of the Evil Queen
  • Apple White™ – Daughter of Snow White
  • Blondie Lockes™ – Daughter of Goldie Locks
  • C.A. Cupid™ – Daughter of Eros
  • Cedar Wood™ – Daughter of Pinocchio
  • Prince Charming™ – Son of Prince Charming
  • Poppy O’Hair™ and Holly O’Hair™ – Twin sisters and daughters of Rapunzel
  • Lizzie Hearts™ – Daughter of the Queen of Hearts

My favorite princess has always been Snow White which is great because Ellie’s favorite Ever After High character is Apple White, daughter of Snow. You can learn all about Apple White and the rest of her friends at your one-stop Ever After High shop, Walmart.

Which Ever After High character do you want to know more about?

       

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What You Should Know About the Affordable Care Act

As a mom of 5, I know how important it is to have health insurance. In my almost 16 years as a mom, I’ve delivered 5 babies, my oldest has had 2 hip surgeries, we’ve had 2 broken collar bones, an umbilical hernia, a premature baby and countless other ailments that have landed us at the doctor’s office or the ER and I can tell you right now, that if we didn’t have insurance, we would be homeless.

Let’s face it, health insurance isn’t cheap and there are a lot of people out there who just can’t afford it but also don’t qualify for any type of government assisted insurance. I don’t know about you, but in my eyes, I feel like everyone should be able to afford health insurance, additional medical expenses and not have to worry about how they are going to pay for a trip to the ER or anything else.

By now I am sure you have heard about the Affordable Care Act and what it means for those who don’t have insurance or can’t afford it. If you don’t know what any of this means, sit back, pull up a chair and keep reading.

The More You Know

Basically, the Act aims to help more people get access to affordable health insurance. The Act also guarantees coverage for pre-existing health conditions, and financial assistance for those who qualify. This may include savings on your health insurance premiums via a tax credit or a government sponsored program, such as Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), or Medicare.

This video from UHC will give you a brief overview of why health care reform matters.

Continue reading What You Should Know About the Affordable Care Act

Leave Those Embarrasing Moments Behind with DrySpray Antiperspirants

You know what is totally embarrassing?

Taking your jacket off in a public place and discovering that you have white streaks or antiperspirant all over your clothes.

Yes, this has happened to me and unfortuntately more than once.

Thankfully, as I have gotten older, I’ve become wiser and have learned that stick antiperspirant is just not for me and it’s time to ditch the ick.

I’ve tried a variety of sprays over the years but have had a hard time finding something that was a good fit for me. I didn’t want something that left that uncomfortable wet feeling behind but I also wanted something that offered the protection I would need when chasing around a bunch of little kids.

Of course, I wasn’t the only person facing this problem, Alex (as usual) was right by my side!

Thankfully we have both found new products that work for each of us and as an added bonus, they smell really good!

Allow me to introduce you to DrySpray from Axe and Degree.

I’m not going to lie, I’m hooked on the scent of both of these.  The Degree DrySpray Fresh Energy reminds me of the cucumber melon scent and  Alex happens to love the cucumber melon scent so, of course, he loves that I have been using this.

As for the Axe, he’s been using it for a good two weeks now and I cannot get enough of it.  It has a scent that reminds me of something from the 90’s but I can’t quite put my finger on what.

You can protect yourself from those embarassing moments by picking up some DrySpray Antiperspirant today!

It’s time for your to ditch the ick and try dry!

The NEW Dry Spray Antiperspirants from Degree Men, Degree Women, Dove, Dove Men+Care and Axe, available at Walmart.

Our Old Spice #HoliSPRAY Toy Donation Exchange #SmellcometoManhood

As you may recall, earlier this month I shared the news that we were working with Old Spice on their HoliSPRAY Toy Donation Exchange to collect toys in our community for Second Chance Toys.

While we were getting ready for our toy exchange here in Green Bay, Old Spice Guy Isaiah Mustafa and Actor Nolan Gould were busy hosting their own Old Spice HoliSPRAY Toy Donation Exchange at Hollywood High School.


Last weekend, over the course of 2 days, we invited people from our community to bring a gently used, plastic toy to our home and thanks to Old Spice, we were able to send them off with some great Old Spice products.

Thanks to the generous people in our community and even my kids, we were able to collect over 50 gently used toys for Second Chance Toys to distribute.  

After inspecting all of the toys, cleaning them up and putting new batteries in them, we packed them up and got them ready to donate.

I was really excited to learn that we would be able to give the toys to the Green Bay Head Start center and that we could drop them off ourselves! This made me very happy as the parent of a former Head Start student and former member of the Head Start policy council.

Of course, the folks at Head Start were extremely grateful for the new-to-them toys and I’m sure they will be enjoyed by a lot of kids for years to come!

Photo courtesy of Green Bay Head Start.

Even though we had a successful toy drive, we were left with quite a bit of Old Spice product, more than any one home needs, so we thought we would help give back to the community more and we made a large donation of body spray and deodorant to one of our local homeless shelters to help them stock back up on supplies. 

I’m so happy that we were able to help our community in more than one way thanks to Old Spice.

Thank you to Old Spice for being so generous and letting us be a part of this program and thank you to Second Chance Toys for finding a way to give back and to give to children in need.