Keep Your House Clean with BISSELL

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

Although we live in a home without carpeting, you wouldn’t believe how much we actually use a vacuum. Who would have thought I would have to but out the vacuum cleaner daily to clean the rugs and get all of the extra nooks and crannies where dirt particles tend to accumulate after a day of having a toddler running around the house. Our current vacuum does an okay job with removing the dirt but that doesn’t mean I’m not constantly on the hunt for a better machine.

The New BISSELL Power Glide with Lift-off Technology may be a lightweight vacuum cleaner but it is powerful enough to take on the toughest messes in your home!

A vacuum with a sealed system and no loss of suction, a one-step removable pod for portable cleaning (I’m swooning over this feature), long-stretch hose, adjustable handle, large capacity dirt cup, 27-foot cord and it includes a TurboBrush and crevice tool.

I am seriously dreaming about the dirt this vacuum could remove from our house!! Think about the crumbs that could be sucked up after play dates or the pieces of popcorn left behind from a family movie night. The possibilities and endless.

Check out these great cleaning tipsfrom other fans of the BISSELL PowerGlide with Lift-off Technology and you can even enter to win your own!!!

What are you waiting for? Enter for your chance to win, I know I am!!!

Making Huge Life Decisions

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Last Thursday night, I spent some time on the phone with my sister-in-law and her girlfriend. Their reason for calling….they are car shopping. My SIL’s girlfriend is in dire need of a new set of wheels. Her current car, a 1999 Chevy Lumina with 173,000 miles has definitely seen better days and is in need of some expensive repairs. Instead of sticking money in the car, they decided that they would purchase a used/new to them vehicle and they were seeking my assistance.

Chevy, Chevrolet, Lumina

I don’t know if you’re aware, but my dad raised me like a boy in some aspects in life and I’m actually pretty good at the whole car shopping and negotiating process.

They definitely called the right person!

I immediately turned to the Internet and began looking for them. My first stop on the web was Lynch Chevy serving Milwaukee to see what they had to offer in used vehicles. Their inventory was quite nice, and I sent a few options to the girls for them to look over.

On Saturday, Alex did some running for me to check out some used vehicles for the girls as well and even took a few for a test drive.

I’m hoping that after they look over the options I sent them in addition to all of the research they’ve done that making this huge life decision will be easier for them and that they will be able to stick to their budget and still have a car that they will be happy with in the end.

Have you had to make a huge life decision lately?

Joey's First Year in Photos

Joey: September 24th – October 8th

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Previous Joey photos:

Joey – The First 25 Days

Joey: September 12th – 23rd 2013

Prepare for the Holiday Season with Shutterfly

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*This post is made possible by Shutterfly. I received a promotional item for participating in this campaign. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate links.*

It’s hard to believe that the holidays are right around the corner. As you know, things in our house have been crazy busy with the new baby so I have been doing my best to get a jumpstart on everything we need done between now and Christmas. Lists have been made and checked twice, items have been either purchased or placed on layaway, plans have been made and the calender is marked. The only thing I really have left to do if find and create our holiday cards.

Choosing a holiday card to send out to all of our family and friends is never an easy thing for me to do. I love sending and receiving cards that have pictures and now that we have a new family member, I am looking forward to another photo card.

You know what is really hard to do when you have 5 kids?

Finding a holiday card that has enough space to include a picture or two of each kid.

Thanks to Shutterfly and their 2013 holiday card collection I’ve already started looking for a design that I like and as of right now it has come down to these 5 choices:

The Shutterfly 2013 holiday card collection has new card designs to offer including 5×7 folded tri fold & back of card designs

**Classic: Traditional colors, iconic illustrations, aspirational sentiments, snowflakes, monogram
**Contemporary: trend forward colors, texture and layering, water color techniques, shine, glitter, Instagram pictures are perfect for this style
**Whimsy: humor and nostalgia meet, fun sentiments
**Merry and Bright: all about color and having fun
**Religious: metallic type treatments, incorporated story ideas
**Photo Basics: multiple colors, vertical type, family name highlights

There are just so many choices this season I might have to pick 2 and mix it up, that might make it easier to decide which pictures to use too!

In addition to great holiday photocards, Shutterfly has some great holiday photo gifts too! Check out these great ornament designs (I’m think these would make great gifts for grandparents).

You can learn more about the new card and gifts collection at the Shutterfly Pinterest #PhotosYouLove Party on October 16 at 8 PM ET hosted by @ResourcefulMom. Be sure to RSVP and mark your calender today!

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You can connect with Shutterfly onFacebook and Twitter.

Entertainment

Just in Time for the Holidays, Despicable Me 2 on Blu-ray 12/10

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Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-nana ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-nana banana-ah-ah potato-na-ah-ah banana-ah-ah togari noh pocato-li kani malo mani kano chi ka-baba ba-ba-nana yoh plano boo la planonoh…….

What? You haven’t heard the infamous Minions, Banana Song yet?

Take a moment, educate yourself.

This video, it is played in our house multiple times a day.

The Ellie, she is obsessed with the Minions. If this video isn’t playing, she’s singing the song, because really, it’s song in toddler speech.

With her new found love of the Minions, I am excited to introduce her to the world of Despicable Me and as soon as it is released December 10th, Despicable Me 2!

On December 10th, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release DESPICABLE ME 2, the $863 million worldwide box office phenomenon and the year’s #1 comedy, on Blu-ray™ and Blu-ray 3D™ Combo Packs, DVD and Digital HD including UltraViolet™! Bonus features include three all-new mini-movies featuring the mischievous but lovable Minions, deleted scenes, a closer look at the evil minions and much more!

We can’t wait!!!