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Product – One for the Ladies

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One for the Ladies: Burt’s Bees Lip Shimmer

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My lip shimmer favorite is called Peony. I am thrilled with this product. Usually, when I try to buy color for my lips I struggle to find the right product. Let me count the problems I have encountered. Quite often the shine is too metallic, or nonexistent and overly matte. Sometimes the consistency of the lipstick accentuates wrinkles, or is the wrong color. Let’s see…what else annoys me about buying lipcolor: shade changes, dried out lips, doesn’t match the color on the display chart, is discontinued, outrageously priced. Does any of this sound familiar? I have to admit, I have wasted too many dollars trying to find just the right shade of lipstick.

I was going through the dilemma of trying to find a new tube of lipstick, when by chance I happened upon the Burt’s Bees display. Hooray! I felt like I hit the jackpot the minute I spotted the tubes. How have I missed these little gems? Because I love the lip balm, I had an instant intuition that the lip shimmers would be grand, and yes, they are all I hoped to find in a lipstick…only better.

They stay put, the color is subdued, delicate, but long-lasting. I get a pleasant little tingle when I apply it to my lips, much the same as the lip balm delivers.  I must admit they are not inexpensive, and they are rather small, but still, at $4.95 compared to 8.95 & up, they are a real bargain. They sell in my area in drug stores, larger retailers such as Target, and even in the supermarket.  I bought two, one for my makeup bin at home, and one for my purse. Happy Smiling!

Product – Chocolate Cheerios

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Oh the JOY! Chocolate Cheerios are delish! I found them in the grocery stores a few weeks ago. The grandkids and I have devoured them ever since. 🙂

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Light chocolate, dark chocolate…both are scrumptious. We don’t eat these Cheerios in milk,  we eat them out of hand, dry and portable in small bowls.

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Even better they are low in calories. Hooray!

Product – Great Products with Great Recyle Potential

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I found Teatulia Lemongrass Tea  in the photograph above at my local Target store. The price initially seemed high, over $5.00, but there are thirty bags in the cardboard cylinder and the contents are organic. Oh My! The taste is spectacular. The tea bag contains only two ingredients: lemon grass and bay leaf. The flavor is light and delicate without being weak. I LOVE it! Even better…the round curves of the cardboard cylinder seem to cry out to me, “Make something special out of me!” It’s a terrific package for the tea, and I hope by the time I drink up the contents, I’ll have a project in mind that is worthy of the container.

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Another new favorite were these delicious Royal Dansk Spiral Wafer Cookies. I love to eat them right out of the tin, and also enjoy using them to dress up a bowl of ice cream when I have company. Two scoops of ice cream with two cookies stuck in the top, and you have an elegant dessert to serve. Even better these were on sale for $ .79 this week in my local grocery. Yes! You read me right! Non-sale price is $1.19, still a bargain for something so beautiful and yummy. And wait…yes…the tin is perfect for creating amazing projects. Oh the Joy!

Please check out the comment section for some additional sites on lemongrass, etc.

Product – Starbuck’s Blonde Veranda Blend

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Only one word is needed to describe this coffee: Sensational! Starbuck’s Blonde Veranda Blend Coffee lives up to all the good things said about it in the television commercial. I love milder coffee, and the flavor is divine. My husband, who likes a darker brew, agreed it was delicious. Even though we enjoyed it mid-afternoon, it didn’t seem to keep us from sleeping, or cause our slumber to be restless. The coffee blend is expensive, but sometimes the taste of the sublime is worth an extra dollar or two.

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*Save the bag the coffee is packaged in if it is specially marked with a free offer. If you return the bag when you visit a Starbuck’s you will receive a tall brewed coffee. Wow! You can’t beat this product or the offer of a good cup of coffee.

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Product and Planting – Glad Press’n Seal and Seedling Progress

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Glad Press’n Seal is one of my favorite Garden Accessories. When I sow seedlings nothing works better for sealing in the moisture and creating a mini-greenhouse effect.

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The photo above shows one of my hanging planters with Glad Press’n Seal

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Within a week my tomatoes were up and beginning to grow. Time to take off the Press’n Seal and watch their progress. When the plants are at this stage I must check each pot daily to make sure they are not drying out.

Product – Natural Reader

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Sometimes listening to your written words read aloud allows you to hear mistakes that proof-reading by sight alone does not reveal. I can’t even begin to number the times I have read, and re-read my blog posts, only to find a grammatical, spacing or spelling mistake at a later date. It is hard, sometimes next to impossible, to edit your own work. The Natural Reader website helps alleviate some of these problems. Yes, the free voice is a bit stilted and robotic, but it gives a sense of flow to what you have written, revealing grammar mistakes, or errors of omission in your text. Give it a try!

Here are two links for Natural Reader:

Natural Reader Instruction Page
Natural Reader Home Page and Free Download

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Another good tool is Auto-Crit. You can try this program for free, and if you are a daily writer, you might want to purchase the program. It will reveal grammatical errors, word count, excessive word usage, etc.

Click here to try Auto-Crit: Auto-Crit

Product – Rooibos Tea

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I absolutely have come to love Rooibos Tea. I must say that at the first, I was a bit taken aback by it’s very different flavor. However, the more rooibos I drank, the more I loved it, and now am of the opinion the tea tastes as if I am drinking sunshine and flowers.

Some of the benefits in drinking Rooibos Tea are listed below:

  • Acts as an antioxidant and increases SOD levels
  • Prevents DNA damage
  • Cardiovascular protection through ACE inhibition
  • Suppresses fasting glucose levels
  • Improves glucose uptake and insulin secretion after a meal
  • Aids in liver tissue regeneration
  • Lowers blood pressure
  • Acts as a bronchodilator and antispasmodic
  • Inhibits lipid peroxidation and brain aging
  • Rooibos extract improves immune defects such as HIV

A good article about Rooibos Teas can be found here: Rooibos Tea

I am very glad that my local grocery store carries this tea. Not only is it delicious, but it has multiple health benefits.

Pleasure and Product – Pap-Pap’s Sugar

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My sister Susan’s honeybees often visit my yard. Bees can fly up to four miles from their hives to collect pollen, and I live only a mile away from my sister’s home and hives.

The honeybees love my spearmint, which happily is grown organically, as are all of my sister’s vegetables and flowers.

Here’s a jar of Susan’s honey. She calls it “Pap-pap’s Sugar” in honor of our grandfather who also loved bees and had many hives during his lifetime. The honey is so beautiful. I love the way the sunshine illuminates it’s golden and pure goodness. My favorite way to use it is in tea…a bit of heaven in a cup.

Product – Etsy and the Teeny-Tiny Fairy

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I love handcrafted items. I sell a few of my pressed flower cards on Etsy, and sometimes buy from the other artists and craftspeople who sell their wares on the site. I loved this teeny-tiny baby fairy I came upon. Here she is hanging on a wreath in my home.

Here she is with a penny to show how very small she really is.

She is going to become part of an ongoing game with my grandsons. Each time they come I’m going to hide/hang her in a different room. It will be fun to see who can spot her first.

Another thing I love about Etsy is the personal touch and interaction I have with the other artists who sell on the site. It’s so nice getting a genuine “Thank you,” rather than the usual “Here you go…” response I receive so often as I am handed my bag in a big store or grocery. Thanks Tania. To visit Tania’s Etsy shop click on this link: FAIRY SHADOW SHOP.

To visit all of Etsy click on this link: ETSY

Product – Survival Hammock

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On a recent camping trip my nephew brought along a survival hammock. This lightweight, full sized hammock fits inside a small bag and easily opens up into a strong and durable, weatherproof hammock. We were amused at how prepared he was for any problems he might encounter. All within reach were his flip-flops, a hatchet, and a fly swatter. He was prepared for any emergency.

These hammocks are quite expensive, but for the serious camper and hiker, worth the expense.

Product – Oscar Mayer Angus Beef Hot Dogs

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You always crave what you can’t have. I don’t know how much I “love” hot dogs, but because I have a bad reaction to the sulfites in them and other foods that contain this chemical, I don’t eat them. So, of course I crave hot dogs, but never eat them at picnics, fairs or barbecues. I was so happy to find these Angus Beef hot dogs in the supermarket this summer. They are free of artificial preservatives. Hooray! They were worth a try, although I found them quite expensive compared to other hot dogs. The flavor was good, not spectacular, the skin a little chewy, but I was eating a real hot dog.

If there were any sulfites, they were negligible because I was fine and never felt ill effects.

Here is information on sulfite allergy: Sulfite allergies

Product and Pleasures – Champagne Mango

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I love Mangos. They are definitely in my top ten of fruits, maybe in my top three. The hardest thing about eating a mango is cutting into the fruit exactly when it is at its peak smoothness and sweetness. The cream of the mango crop, at least in my opinion, is the Champagne Mango. They seem to ripen to perfection. The best way to know if they are ready to eat is to gently smoosh the fruit for a bit of give, then take a good whiff for fruity fragrance. The fruit is succulent and almost indescribable in taste. A bit of heaven in a bite. Mangos are packed with vitamins and enzymes that aid digestion. I can’t eat enough.

Product – Alessi Rosemary Breadsticks

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I love breadsticks, especially the brand, Alessi Rosemary Breadsticks. I also love the fact that they are very low in calories, nine sticks add up to 110 total calories. The breadsticks contain only six ingredients, no preservatives or junk: wheat flour, extra virgin olive oil, rosemary, yeast, malt and salt. I don’t feel I am polluting my body or mind when I snack on them with a cup of tea. If you can’t find this brand there are many others in the grocery store, usually found near the pasta and sauces.

Rusty looks like he wants to sample one too.

Product – House and Garden Sprayer

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I’ve used a smaller version of this for years. The Ace House and Garden Sprayer was the perfect solution to spraying and defeating the mildew on my porch ceiling. It will also come in handy when it’s time to spray my organic pest deterrents on the gardens. It’s easy to use, but I did need to read the directions thoroughly before I started. It took a little bit of strength to lock the handle in place after pumping, but once I became adept at knowing whether to turn clock-wise or counter clock-wise I had no problems at all.