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Live Your Best Life #CloroxLounge

As a mom, I have always tried to encourage my kids to do their best and be themselves in every aspect of life. I want my kids to try new things, be fearless, and have fun. I want them to play sports and participate in activities just for the experience, not to be competitive. No matter what, I always want my kids to live the best life they can. I admit, when it comes to myself…..I have my faults. I am capable of living a better life, however it is something that I have definitely struggled with over the years. I always put my family first and often leave myself out of the equation. I know that I need to take more time for myself and do more for myself, but it is a constant struggle. I need to commit to living my best life every day, in all aspects of life! I have so many goals that I hope to achieve someday and I would like to accomplish them sooner, rather than later. Right now, the only thing holding me back is that I have 2 little kids that are at home with me and they devour a great deal of my time and I also have 2 older children who steal as much time with me as they can too. Any suggestions for what I can do in the short term?

How would you like to join all of your O, The Oprah Magazine favorites for a day dedicated to you and living your best life? Clorox is sponsoring the O You!, The Oprah Magazine even in Los Angeles and you can enter for a chance to win tickets to the event! All you have to do to enter is play games and enter the sweepstakes at The Clorox Lounge. Every time you play one of the Games for Thrones, you will be entered to win one of 10 Kindle Fires with an ), The Oprah Magazine subscription AND the grand prize of round trip airfare to Los Angeles complete with two nights hotel accommodations, airport transfers and admission to O You! You can enter up to 12 entries a day!

On October 20, 2012, O will take over the Los Angeles Convention Center at L.A. Live, located in downtown Los Angeles. Join all of your O, The Oprah Magazine favorites, including Gayle King, Suze Orman, Martha Beck, Peter Walsh and more, for a truly memorable day of learning, inspiration and fun!

Disclosure: I was compensated for writing this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and The Clorox Lounge blogging program. The opinions and ideas expressed here are my own. To read more posts on this topic, click here.

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The Big Layaway Giveaway from KMart

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Kmart for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Tis the season to start procuring those holiday gifts, and if you are like our family, you might shop on a budget and do you best to curb those big expenses. One of my favorite things to do when shoping for friends and family for all those gifts we give at Christmas, it to start early and take advantage of free layaway programs.

The nice thing for us, is that we live a hop, skip, and a jump away from the only KMart store in town and also one of the only retailers left these days that offers layaway YEAR ROUND!

Right now at KMart, you also have the chance to win Kmart’s Big Layaway Giveaway!!

What does that mean?

Simple, if you put your purchases on layaway, and you are automatically entered and have a chance to win your remaining balance paid off!!!

I am planning to start our holiday shopping next weekend and I know that I will definitely be taking advantage of the layaway program and am keeping my fingers crossed that I will win the BIG layaway giveaway so we can make this Christmas, our first in our new home, a truly special one for all of us!

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Make Fall Beautiful with Miracle-Gro

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Scotts Miracle-Gro for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Now that we have a home and are able to make the decisions on what to do with the yard, we are ready to grab the bull by the horns. We already have great ideas for spring, which include plant a huge garden so we can start growing our own vegetables and herbs! The only downfall is that we have to wait until spring to start that project. So for now, we are focusing on some fall projects.

Right now our yard is filled with A LOT of shrubs and miscellaneous bushes and for me, there just is not enough color going on so I am really looking forward to doing some Fall gardening and planting some different bulbs for the spring, and also add some much needed color! One thing the Alex wants to add to our yard are some pansies, and I would love some daisies! I have great plans to create some beautiful flower beds using cinder blocks based on a garden idea I found on Pinterest. Of course when I do start this project, I plan on using Miracle-Gro products because that it was my dad has always used!

My husband and I got married in the fall of 2007 because I love all of the fall colors and Find beauty in the Fall. I loved that we got married in a park, leaves were on the ground, and all of our flowers were beautiful reds, oranges, and yellows. Being in love with the fall colors and knowing how beautiful this project will make our yard in the end is why I chose this particular project.

Source: apartmenttherapy.com via Annie on Pinterest

Be sure to like the Miracle-Gro Facebook page so you can chat with other gardeners and share your stories as well.

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Samsung Galaxy SIII: A Teenagers Perspective

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Last month, I traveled to Chicago for the Verizon Wireless Midwest Savvy Moms Kickoff Event in addition to attending the SocialRevUp Brands & Bloggers conference. Since I was travelling with the adorable Miss Ellie this year, I had to take along someone to assist with her care when I had certain things to attend. When I was presented with this opportunity, Zack jumped at the chance to accompany me and assist me with the little one.

In exchange for his assistance in Chicago that weekend, I have been letting him use my new Samsung Galaxy SIII on the Verizon network now that Packer Training Camp is in full swing.

Now that he has been using the phone for the last few weeks as he attends Packer practice, I have asked him to share his views on the phone with me.

Zack is in LOVE with the quality of photos that the 8.0 megapixel rear camera produces. He has been taking it to Packers training camp to capture some pictures of some of our boys in the green and yellow. All of the pictures in this collage were taken with the Galaxy SIII and they have not been edited at all!

We have also been using the phone to capture some great videos. The Galaxy SIII camcorder function offers a 1080p HD video capture but there will be more on that later!

So from a teenagers perspective, this phone delivers. It offers a great camera and camcorder in addition to some super fast internet connections!

Disclosure: I am participating in the Verizon Wireless Midwest Savvy Moms program and have been provided with a wireless device and six months of service in exchange for my honest opinions about the product.

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Why I am Thankful for my Samsung Galaxy SIII from Verizon

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As you all know, we recently moved into our new home. Things have been crazy around here. It took us almost a week to move everything out of our rental home and into our new forever home.

On our 3rd day in our new home, we had an appointment to have cable installed.

Yes, we were finally going to have TV to keep the 4 year old Alexander entertained while we continued to move and unpack the house. Little did I know that when I placed the order for cable that I was misinformed and that the Basic cable package we had decided to have installed only contained 13 channels!

AHHHHH!!!

Only having 13 channels meant that we lacked Nickelodeon, Disney, the Cartoon Network….you know, all those channels that little 4 year old boys love!

Thanks to my Samsung Galaxy SIII and my Netflix account, my dear sweet little Alexander was able to enjoy his favorite shows by watching them right on my phone!

I love that there is a Netflix app (downloadable for FREE in the Android Market Playstore) and it is great how well the picture quality is on the phone. It also really helps that the Verizon network is super fast and the video isn’t always buffering as it does on my Galaxy SIII on another network.

Thank you Verizon, Samsung and Netflix for allowing me to provide my son with his beloved Power Rangers and Transformers to keep him entertained during our hectic move!