December « 2010 « No Time Mommy NY Mom Blogger

Win a Green Home Makeover(GIVEAWAY) Closed

December 13, 2010

Green Works has partnered with Carter Oosterhouse and Lowes to give a family the ultimate green home makeover.

All you have to do is visit www.greenworkscleaners.com and upload your audition video. The winner will win a visit from Carter and Green Ovation worth more than 20,000.

During the Greenover, Carter and a team of renovation experts from Lowe’s will take over the home with the goal of addressing various health and environmental health concerns, while still creating a beautiful, stylish space. Carter’s solutions will include removing carpets to avoid allergy triggers, changing room colors using paint without Volatile Organic Compounds, and cleaning it all with naturally derived cleaning products – all available at Lowe’s.

I have a Green Works prize pack to give one lucky winner

Green Works all purpose cleaner, bathroom cleaner and laundry detergent

To enter tell me what you do to make your home green?

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Disclosure: No compensation or product was received, giveaway is being sponsored and handled by PR Company.

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Henson.com Holiday Deal

December 12, 2010

www.henson.com you can get 15% off, plus free shipping on tons of items online. Use code JHHOLIDAY15

hurry though this is good through 12/15

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I Think She Has Had A Hard Day

December 12, 2010

She bumped her head and wanted the ice pack, but ended up falling asleep.

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Despicable Me DVD Review

December 10, 2010

Product Description: Vying for the title of “World’s Greatest Villain”, Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) – along with his hilarious crew of mischievous minions – plots to pull off the craziest crime of the century: steal the moon! But when Gru enlists the help of three little girls, they see something in him nobody else has ever seen: the perfect dad. From executive producer Chris Meledandri (Horton Hears a Who, Ice Age), and featuring the voices of an all-star comedic cast, including Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Miranda Cosgrove and Julie Andrews, Despicable Me is “rousingly funny, heartfelt and imaginative”.

****I never saw this movie in theatres, so watching it for the first time was exciting. We’ve seen all the commercials and my kids have been begging to see it. The movie started out kind of boring, but as soon as the minions came on everything got exciting and funny. Now there aren’t to many funny parts , but there are a few and they had my kids on the floor. An evil villan is set out to steal the moon, but is distracted by the children he adopted for his evil plan. When he decides to give them back and go through with his plan, they are kidnapped and he tries to rescue them. He does and they live happily together as a family. my favorite part would have to be when he kisses the girls goodnight and then the minions say can we have some kissy Kissy! Or at the end when they all dance. I have to warn you though there are some words in this movie that may be disgusting, such as fart, poop, butt among a couple of others. We really enjoyed this movie.

Retail: $29.98 but you can get on Amazon for $14.99

Release date: December 14, 2010

Running Time: 95 minutes

My rating:9

Disclosure: No compensation was received, a product was received for my review.

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Dinosaur Train Game

December 9, 2010

Product Description: Dinosaur Train All Aboard game. Follow the path through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Be the first player to reach the nest to win. For 2 to 6 players.

****My kids saw this game and were so excited to play it. While they are still young and don;t really understand directions, they followed the game rules for about 5 minutes and then they decided to play it their own way. This game is very easy to understand and fun. Just spin the spinner and move, first one to the end wins.

Retail:#13.95

Disclosure: No compensation was received, a product was received but I donated it after my review.

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Get Organized Now For 2011

December 8, 2010

I know everyone has resolutions and start on new years, but my Mother always told me whatever you want done in the new year do it before the New Year. “A dirty house on New Years is a dirty house all year-long”.

Organization is something we all want to have. As a blogger I get sent press releases and products and I’ll admit I let things get scattered. Here are some tips from Smead and myself to get organized in December for the New Year.

Clear The Clutter- find everything that’s lying around and the papers piled around and find a place for them. Go through your pens and throw away the ones that don’t work.

Clean Out Those File Cabinets-Recycle papers you don’t need anymore, if it’s a bank statement from 6 years ago shred it, you’ll probably never need it again.

Family Calender Have a calender by your work space for family appts, and activities. I have a BusyBodyBook and it has an individual section for each family member, so I never get lost in the 100 things on 1 day.

Get in a routine- Get in a routine now, send the kids to bed at the same time, lay clothes out the night before. Make lunches in advance or set out lunch money.

Check In With Family-Ask once a week what your family’s schedule is, has anything come up or changed. To make sure you have it written down.

Start now and get everything thing the way you want it, and you’ll already be set for the new year.

visit Smead Oranomics online or on Facebook

Disclosure: Information was provided by Smead Organomics, who is also compensating me with a gift card.

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Contests 12-8-10

December 8, 2010

My Wee View-Fantasia/Fantasia 2000/12/10/10

Val’s Kitchen-Yum Yum Bento Box cookbook/12/10/10

My Wee View-BearPaw/12/10/10

Here and There-Finish quantum/12/10/10

Mom Knows It All-At&T cell phone/12/13/10

Mom Knows It All-$50 Fandago gift card/12/18/10

Game Review Network-$50 Fandago gift card/12/18/10

Life with Twins and Multiples-twins and triplets bumper sticker/12/18/10

Melinda Joy-Free cheesecake from the Cheese Cake Factory/12/24/10

Value Rays-heated warm neck massage/12/31/10

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Holiday Gift Guide 2010: LeapFrogs Fix and Learn Speedy

December 8, 2010

Product Description: Get little gears turning for fun play and learning! Children can learn about shapes counting and more as they play with a car that will tune up their motor skills and fire up their imaginations! Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog Learning Path for customized learning insights and ideas to expand the learning. Appropriate for children ages 18-36 months.

***** My son doesn’t really like toys that tell him what to do. Yes! He is that stubborn. He really loves Speedy though. He is a car that breaks down and you have to fix him by pressing or turning his buttons. He comes with a wrench and screwdriver to crank his tires, and when his license plate is pressed he sings the ABC’s and counts to ten. This is a really fun toy for young girls and boys, plus it’s educational. The only thing I don’t is that the hood pops off very easily.

Retail: $24.99 but you can get for $15.99 at www.leapfrog.com

My rating: 9

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, a product was received by the company, all opinions are my own.

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wordless Wednesday: All Bundled Up

December 8, 2010

It’s getting really cold outside.

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How Do You Shred Stress During The Holidays

December 7, 2010

The Holidays are Always a stressful time of year for me. The kids never behave, my husband has finals and I’m left with everything shopping cooking the whole 9 yards.

Crowded stores and rude people I can handle ( I live in NY and deal with them everyday). If I could Shred stress this holiday season it would be getting my husbands finals over. So I won’t have to keep the kids out of his hair, and he won’t be stressed out. Another thing I would like to shred is Holiday cards and thank you cards. My life is so busy right now, I just don’t have time for a personalized thank you to 20-50 people. Not to mention all the cards and letters that I need to find a place for.

Staples has a new shredder, It;s called the Minimate Cross Cut Shredder