What Do You Give A Cup About? #GiveACup

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Peet’s Coffee is launching Peet’s NEW Single Cups and to celebrate this journey, Peet’s Coffee is launching ‘Give A Cup’, the Internet’s very first social sampling experiment. 
 
Here’s how it works. Each week, you can go to doyougiveacup.com and vote on a topic. The topics are fun, current and sometimes a bit quirky. Your votes determine where Peet’s will host their sampling events each week.

If there is one thing in this life that I give a cup about more than anything, that would be my family.

My husband, my kids, my parents, my sister and her family and all of my other relatives are what is most important to me.  Each and every one of them is a special part of my life and I cannot imagine it without them.

As I’ve grown over the years, I have become closer to my family, especially my parents and I wouldn’t want it any other way!  

What do you ‘Give A Cup’ About?

 

 

Save Your Space with The Parking Spot

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

Having been to the airport a time or two and having family that travels a lot, I have heard the tales of parking issues more than once.  From everything to parking in the middle of nowhere to cars being broken into, things that most people do not want to deal with when leaving or returning from a trip.

Well my friends, the time has come for you to check out The Parking Spot, where you can expect MORE than cheap airport parking!

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In addition to those great perks, The Parking Spot is well-lit and fully-fenced, offers luggage assistance, covered, open-air and valet parking at select locations, complimentary chilled water and Monday – Friday until 9am, you can grab a complimentary USA Today!

I love that The Parking Spot also has airport parking reservations available.  I have yet to benefit from this great service but I have a few friends who already have and they raved about it!

Right now, The Parking Spot is offering a limited-time promotion (at select location nationwide) offering 15% OFF PARKING at The Parking Spot through Labor Day!

If you are planning on traveling soon, check to see if you will be visiting one of the 22 U.S.Airport locations that offer The Parking Spot service!

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Get Ready for Hockey Season with Mabel’s Labels


Get ready for the hockey season with the new Mabel’s Labels hockey combo kit! This unique label combo pack has been created especially for the hockey players in your family! With the custom hockey stick labels, equipment labels, number labels & skate labels, you can keep all of your family’s sports gear in order and make sure that all of the look-alike equipment gets into the right bag after the big game!

Happy Labeling!

The (2nd) Big Snip

Yesterday, Alex went in for his 2nd big snip.  As you know, his first vasectomy, last June, was not successful and we found out in January we were expecting again.  The doctor recommended doing the entire procedure again as he was still functioning normally 7 months after the first procedure. 

So, yesterday afternoon we made the trip to the doctor’s office, Alex all nice and calm thanks to the valium the doctor had prescribed.  During his last vasectomy, I left the procedure room since I had Ellie along with us.  This time however, I stayed for the entire thing!  I had to make sure things were snipped, tied, double knotted and burned because I AM NOT about do this whole pregnancy/baby thing again—5 kids is more than enough for us!

Yes, there he is, in all of his glory, waiting for the procedure to start. Between the amount of valium in his system and the entire bottle of lidocaine the doctor used to numb the procedure area, he did very well and I have to say, he complained less about the pain this time then he did the first time!

He was so calm and relaxed he laid there and played cribbage on his phone for a lot of the procedure!

I even rewarded him afterwards with ice cream, video games and the house to himself while I took the kids swimming at my parents house.  

Alex has already been informed that he will have to have at least 2 negative samples after this procedure before I let him anywhere near me again.  

Actually, I might make that 3!

 

Be Informed with Healthgrades

**I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Healthgrades. I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating.**

Being pregnant once again and having a high risk pregnancy this time around, I can say that I have met my fair share of doctors and specialists.  Every time I have had to see someone new, I have Googled them and researched them on the internet every which way that I could.  One of the most beneficial tool’s during my research was Healthgrades.  I’ve used Healthgrades multiple times to look up providers for myself and for my family.  

The Healthgrades Women’s Health Report 2013 can help you make a more informed decision when choosing a new healthcare provider.

As an expectant mom, I found it interesting that the report offers maternity care ratings based on the analysis and equal weighting of the following 4 factors.

**Maternal complication rate among women undergoing vaginal deliveries
**Maternal complication rate among women undergoing cesarean-sections (C-sections)
**Number of newbornsadjusted for the percentage that were low birth weight
**Newborn risk-adjusted mortality

Prior to reading this report, these are things that I would not have thought to look into but I will be now!

I have neglected my own healthcare over the past few years and put my family before me and this is something I definitely plan on changing in the next year and I feel more confident about doing so and making these kinds of decisions.  I love that Healthgrades lets me learn more about a provide before I commit to seeing them because I am definitely one of those moms who needs to ‘know before I go’ and I like to be prepared at all times for all things.

If you are a woman who wants to make a commitment to yourself and your health, I encourage you to check out the Healthgrades Women’s Health Report.

You can download the Healthgrades Women’s Health Report 2013 and check it out for yourself!

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