Would you like to have a steam cleaner...

I enter only a few giveaways a year, but thanks to an old friend, I have found checking some of the blogs has its advantages. Check out this blog called Thanks, Mail Carrier. It's a nice twist on giveaways because the focus is on items that are delivered to your door. This particular giveaway is for a Bissell Steam and Sweep Hardfloor Cleaner. I would love to have this for my floors because between hubby and my two little ones, I am forever cleaning them!

You can also check it out on Bissell's site:
http://www.bissell.com

Snow Snow Go Away and come again...another day!

Well, after much snow and ice, it's time for the kiddies to get back to their routine! Yeah, a little MommyTime never hurts anyone! Perhaps time on the treadmill, clean up my coupon pile, complete some on line survey's, or even get caught up on laundry may prevail. Have a happy "go back to school" day to all those Mommy's out there today :}

It's a busy and crazy world in my house!

Do you ever have days where your "to-do" list is just too long and you know there is no way in the world you can even touch it, and on top of that there are at least ten more items that I should add to the list, but that is just too discouraging to even think about it! Huh? You mean that doesn't just happen in my house? LOL!

Well, today is certainly proving to be one of those days for me!

Two quick tips for those gals out there who are having one of those days!

Coffee and Wine! Just kidding, that's not the 2 tips but, thought you might need a little anyway.

Since it's just too busy for me to think my house could get all cleaned up by one person cleaning up after three....I put a large basket near the bottom of the stairs. This basket serves a purpose other than decorative. I put all the little items that are dragged downstairs, but need to be put back upstairs in it. Each time I go upstairs, I just grab 1 of those items and put it away. By the end of the week, the basket is usually empty and if I'm lucky hubby will chip in too!

My 2nd tip is that you should take advantage of online shopping. It saves me time and money. Check out Circuit City's on line website. They will email you when they have special deals ahead of time and they do have good prices as I comparably shop the web.

Healthy Lifestyles

During my endeavor to live more affordably, I encountered a nifty website called Calorie Count. It's not JUST about counting calories so don't close out my blog just yet :> Check out their blog as well as their site! You can get great healthy recipes even your children will love. Recently, I found two for the holidays. I think the kids will love the cranberry pancakes and I found a potluck meatball recipe which will be cheap and tasty for entertaining! Anything with the Crockpot is a big hit because it's easy, saves me time, and is much cheaper to run than my oven!

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Another side benefit for those of you wishing to loose weight is they offer a support group online. I have been successful at loosing weight over the past year and have enjoyed using this feature. It's cheaper than weight watchers and doesn't cost me a dime! You can even meet "Friends" who share similar struggles in your healthy lifestyle and a new friend is always welcome.