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October 5, 2015 · 5:11 pm

Make Halloween A Day Full of #Treats4All

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With our busy lives some days can feel like we are running in circles, scrambling to get things done. When we have extra things to do, it can make doing the everyday things even harder. With Halloween approaching you may be stressed about how to coordinate dinner, trick or treating, answering your own door etc. I am here to help and offer some suggestions. Make it easy on yourself this year! Use paper products for dinner so you have one less thing to worry about and take a few short cuts that won’t be short on taste for your family.

I was in Walmart the other day and picked up some STOUFFER’S® Family Size Entrées. There is a nice assortment to choose from including vegetarian dishes, chicken dishes, pasta and more. I chose Italiano Lasagna and Stuffed Peppers.

TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Cookie Dough lets us get to the best part of making cookies even faster-eating them! This refrigerated cookie dough is all ready to go right onto a cookie sheet straight out of the package. Now you can easily bake hot, fresh cookies in minutes with no mess! These cookies are great for dessert, class parties and more. You can find Halloween Chocolate Chip or Harvest Apple varieties out now! Of course I could not forget the candy.

The NESTLE® Jumbo Assorted Fun Size Candy was a great price for a lot of candy. Plenty to have on hand for all the little ghosts and goblins that will be heading to your door.

You can use paper products and the STOUFFER’S® Family Size Entrées can be cooked and served right in their own container so that saves lots of time. Add a salad and some garlic bread and you have a dinner your whole family will love!

Cookies are easy with TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Cookie Dough and the Halloween Chocolate Chip are festive and fun! Right out of the package just put on your cookie sheet and bake.

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Perfect to pack in boxes to send to school class parties or give as gifts!

We can’t forget the candy treats. NESTLE® Jumbo Assorted Fun Size Candy has you covered so you don’t run out of treats this Halloween!

Eye can see you looking at that candy. Looks good doesn’t it?

Don’t get stuck this year feeling stuck with the Tricks, make your Halloween easy and fun. Let NESTLE® and STOUFFER’S® help you have a day that is filled with Treats For All of you! Do you have any great time saving tricks to make Halloween a treat? If you do, please share them in the comments.

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June 3, 2015 · 11:45 pm

Here’s Why You Should Try Liquid Chalk Markers-Bonus Giveaway!

Don’t you hate writing with messy, dusty, chalk that gets all over your fingers? I remember in college one professor hated to write with it, any time he absolutely had to, he would always say that he was risking getting cancer to write on the board. He was talking about the chalk dust. Anyway, with most chalk boards you don’t have many options besides using white or colored chalk. If you’re looking for an easier option, one that is colorful, neat, non-toxic, eco-friendly and FUN…I have the answer. Fun Chalk, Liquid Chalk Markers take chalk to a whole new level.

Here are just some of the benefits of these Chalk Markers:

* 8 Bright, Eye Catching Colors
* Long lasting, quick drying ink
* Clean-up is quick and easy. Simply wipe off with water and a cloth.
* It’s dust free making it a prime choice for those with asthma or allergies
* Non-Toxic, xylene-free, odor-free

Plus, FUN CHALK’s Chalk Markers are environmentally friendly and conform to all the requirements set forth by the American Society for Testing and Materials and the European Standard for Toy Safety Testing.

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IMPORTANT: All liquid chalk is meant to be used on non-porous materials. We recommend that you test FUN CHALK on a sample or inconspicuous spot on the material you are going to use.

I recently test drove the 8 piece broad liquid chalk markers. There is a little trick to get them started. First you push down on the tip to release any pressure, then you shake it vigorously and then depress the tip while holding it on a piece of paper until you see the color filling the tip and it flows. After that, it is time for fun!

I used them on my black dry erase board and they worked great! The eye-popping, vibrant colors made leaving messages or drawing pictures really fun! You can use the markers on non-porous blackboards, mirrors, windows and plastic. Use them at your next business meeting, on your family message board, to decorate windows or whatever. The easy, wet cloth erase will make cleanup a snap. There’s also a set of 8 fine tip fluorescent colors available. You can purchase the high-quality chalk markers on Amazon.

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December 29, 2014 · 6:17 pm

How To Make An Adorable Applique Birthday Shirt!!! Easy and Quick Project!

I like to have birthday shirts for my kids and take a picture of them in it on their actual birthday. A few years ago I made one but most of the time I buy them. However, after the success I had with the Christmas shirts, I decided to try and make an applique birthday shirt for my son. It was so easy and looked great! If you would like to try, you can follow the easy tutorial here.

Supplies:

Plain Shirt- short or long sleeve
Material- small amount for number
Number Template- easy to find online
Scissors-Craft and Fabric
Thread to coordinate with number fabric and shirt
Sewable Heat Bond
Iron
Straight Pins
Sewing Machine with Applique Stitch or you can Zig Zag.

Prep:

Make sure to wash your fabric and shirt before starting and then iron.

1. Cut some fabric for your number

2. Cut a piece of sewable heat bond and iron it on the back side of the fabric. **Remember when cutting the sewable heat bond or the fabric that has it ironed on, never use your fabric scissors! You will ruin them. Always use your craft scissors when cutting anything with heat bond.

3. Place the number template on the front side of the fabric, pin and cut.

4. Remove the heat bond paper backing from the number, the nice shiny texture will allow you to iron the number on and hold it securely to sew.

5. Iron the number on the shirt.

6.Take the shirt over to your machine and use an applique stitch around the edges

7.Trim the loose threads and iron the shirt and you are finished.

Please share with me if you try this. I would love to see and hear about your creations.

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December 15, 2014 · 6:04 pm

Epson LabelWorks LW-600P Label Printer Review & Giveaway!!! #HolidayGiftGuide

Are you trying to get more organized? Do you ever pack things up in boxes and totes and forget what’s inside? Do you ever want to do something crafty like create professional looking monogrammed or personalized ribbons for cards, wedding favors, hair bows and more? If you answered yes to any or all of these things, I want to introduce you to the Epson LabelWorks LW-600P Label Printer.

This compact desktop label printer will let you create original labels that you can customize with clip art, your own photos and even your own handwriting or drawings. You can also take a picture of what is in the boxes you are packing and create a bar code label to stick on the outside of the box. If you scan the bar code label you will see a picture of what is inside the box!

Labels are not the only thing it prints. How about printing on beautiful ribbons. What a great way to make wedding and party favors, your own cards, custom ornament hanging ribbon, hair bows, and so much more.

It’s so simple to start printing with the bluetooth capability. I was able to create and print from my laptop, iPad and iPhone in a flash. Just download the app and I was ready to roll. I cannot wait to use this to organize our home which is in the middle of at least 4 major home improvement projects at the same time. I am so excited to start taking back some order and taming the chaos around here. I will update with more of my own projects and organization examples very soon. You can find the Epson LabelWorks LW-600P on Mommy Ramblings’ 2014 Holiday Gift Guide!

More about LabelWorks LW-600P:

Print labels smarter

Now, it’s easier than ever to print customized labels — virtually anywhere — with the LW-600P portable label printer. Print labels from your smartphone, tablet, PC or Mac. Print date labels for food items, QR code labels, or labels to organize cables. Create ribbons for gifts, or even labels with symbols or hand-written messages. Preview labels before printing. Or, use smartphones with voice recognition² to create labels fast. Download the Epson iLabel app for iOS or Android devices or choose from other compatible apps³ available. With multiple tapes to choose from (up to one-inch wide) and an automatic cutter, you’ve got all you need for customized labels on the go.

Connect smarter

The battery-operated¹ LW-600P can print wirelessly from iOS and Android devices, via Bluetooth. Simply download the Epson iLabel app or other compatible apps.³ Use your mobile device to create handwritten labels, iron-on labels, ribbons and more. This compact printer can also print from Windows® and Mac systems via a USB cable.

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October 6, 2014 · 9:54 am

Grilled Peanut Butter, Banana & Honey Waffle Breakfast Sandwiches With Aunt Jemima Frozen Waffles!!! #4MoreWaffles

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I always think that the plan of getting up 20 minutes earlier in the morning will make getting the kids out the door less hurried and subsequently less stressful. It makes perfect sense at night and I totally agree and would offer the advice to anyone. However, when that alarm goes off and I am feeling particularly sleepy, knowing that I have the extra minutes can make me hit the snooze alarm a few times. Now at the time, I think those extra minutes are so worth it, but when we are scurrying about trying to get everyone dressed and out to the bus stop in time and someone can’t find something they need, it hardly seems worth it.

I want my kids to not be stressed in the morning, so we make sure that we have everything ready to go the night before and that helps. You know what else helps? Having breakfast choices that are fast and easy. That is why I keep Aunt Jemima Frozen Waffles in our freezer. The resealable packs now come with 14 waffles instead of 10! Yeah for 4 more waffles and the resealable bag makes it easy to take what you need, leaving the rest sealed for freshness.

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I buy mine from my local Shop Rite and they come in 4 different varieties; Homestyle, Buttermilk, Low Fat and Blueberry. They are conveniently located in the frozen food aisle.

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My kids love waffles and these can be heated in the toaster which makes breakfast on the go a breeze. We usually just toast and serve with syrup, fruit or fruit and yogurt on the side on school days. However on weekends, we can go all out and cook sausage, eggs with cheese, Canadian bacon and of course have fruit and yogurt too. A really special recipe for Grilled Peanut Butter, Banana & Honey Waffle Sandwiches is below!

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My kids love a waffle sandwich that is made with 2 Aunt Jemima Waffles fresh from the toaster and with scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese, topped with Canadian bacon or pork roll and topped with another waffle. They also like the waffles with syrup and a side of sausage. So many great ways to eat them, you can use your imagination and indulge your taste buds. As for me I’m glad I have something in the freezer that makes breakfast fast and satisfying for my kids. Aunt Jemima helps me have one less thing to worry about on busy mornings and gives us something special to look forward to on weekend mornings.

Recipe Idea:

I want to share another way to serve Aunt Jemima Waffles that is super yummy! What you need is 1/2 banana cut in slices, about 1.5 Tbsp of Peanut butter, 1 Tsp of honey and 2 Aunt Jemima Waffles of your choice.

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Toast the waffles and then spread the peanut butter on both waffles, top one side with the honey and the other side with sliced bananas.

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Put it together and grill it lightly in a pan with a little butter. After grilling both sides remove, cut and enjoy!

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You know, the fact that I could have one of these yummy grilled peanut butter, banana & honey waffle breakfast sandwiches may just be the inspiration I need not to press that snooze button. What do you think? You can save right now when you purchase with a coupon for $1.00 off your purchase of Aunt Jemima Frozen Waffles. Click HERE to print your coupon. Let me know if you try them or any of the ideas in this post. #4MoreWaffles

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September 16, 2014 · 1:11 pm

Make Choosing Tile Easier With The Interior Design Tile Style Guide From Drury Design!!!

As someone in the middle of several home improvement projects with extensive tile work involved in 2 of them, I am excited to share a new guide to make choosing tile easier. One of the most daunting parts of picking out tile is trying to find what you like, staying in your budget and choosing tile that is right for the application you are using it for. Walking in a tile showroom can be positively overwhelming! There are so many patterns, colors, materials and finishes that it may cause your eyes to glaze over or make you have a panic attack.

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Last year at this time, I was picking out the tile for our master bath and I remember being so overwhelmed. I just wanted to be in a room with 3 choices and make a simple decision. Tile is something you don’t just change on a whim, you know it’s going to be with you for a long time and that’s why picking something that is going to go the long haul for you on style and durability is paramount.

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If you wished an expert could be with you, holding your hand and guiding you, I may have the next best thing. The Interior Design Tile Style Guide from Drury Design will help you understand everything you need to know when making a tile purchase. From the basics of whether to choose glass, ceramic, porcelain, natural stone or exotic tile based on where it will be installed, durability, maintenance and your budget to lots of interior design ideas simple and ornate. Armed with the proper knowledge beforehand makes picking out tile a much easier and pleasurable task.

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You can browse great design ideas for bathrooms, kitchens, backsplash trends and more for inspiration. Check it out today and see what you think. Let us know your thoughts.

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August 25, 2014 · 3:11 am

After School Snacks Made Quick & Easy With Bagel Bites and Delimex!!! #AfterSchoolSnacks

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My little boys make me laugh, they love to dress in costumes. Their costumes get a lot of mileage around this house and I think their stash would out weigh any girl with a trunk full of princess garb. My boys have every superhero costume, police costumes, army costumes, fireman costumes and so many more. My boys play hard and they have superhero size appetites that seem to strike all at once. My five-year old usually says, “I’m so hungry, I’m starving, I have to eat right now!” When he gets to that point, he needs to eat fast but I also want to make sure it is nutritious.

Bagel Bites and Delimex fit both those criteria, they are fast, nutritious and easy to make snacks. Parents can feel good knowing Bagel Bites are made with real cheese, homemade sauce and 0g trans fat. With school back in session soon, Bagel Bites and Delimex make the grade for quick, tasty after school snacks!

I keep our freezer filled with them and just recently went to my local Walmart to stock up. I bought Three Cheese and Cheese & pepperoni Bagel Bites along with Delimex white meat Chicken & Cheese Taquitos and Beef & Cheese Taquitos. There are more varieties to choose from and they are conveniently located in the frozen food section. Click HERE to save $1 on Delimex! Click HERE to save $1.50 on Bagel Bites and Browse Some Recipes!

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When you are ready to make them, you can choose to cook them in a conventional oven or the microwave. The microwave option is great for older kids who are able to use the microwave to prepare a tasty after school snack by themselves.

So far today my kids have been Captain America, The Hulk, Army Men and changed back into The Hulk before going to bed. They had super hero capers to solve, wars to win and bad guys to capture. Being the mom of these super busy boys, I am so glad I don’t have to be a superhero to make them a satisfying snack served fast. I like to have the boys take part in adding some colorful veggies to their bagel bites. I cut up yellow and red heirloom tomatoes, multi color sweet peppers and put out sliced mushrooms and olives for them to add.

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I serve the Bagel Bites and Taquitos with raw baby carrots and grapes and in no time my refueled superheroes are off to save the world!

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March 10, 2014 · 1:02 pm

Campbell’s Soup, “Address Your Heart” Heart Healthy Tips, Recipes & More!!!

My family tries to live a healthy lifestyle, that includes exercising, eating right, living green and toxin free and getting enough rest. It can be hard to find the time to prepare healthy meals and so recipes that make it easy to prepare healthy dinners my family will like are always a huge help. Having healthy snacks ready is a great way not to succumb to less than healthy options when you are feeling a need to snack or curb your hunger. Having cut up veggies you can pair with a healthy dressing or dip is a great way to avoid greasy chips or calorie filled cakes and cookies. Fruit and veggies smoothies are delicious and filling and pack a punch of energy. Simple planning can help you live a “Heart Healthy” life and take charge of your health!

Health is foremost on people’s minds, keeping your family in tip-top shape can be a challenge in these busy times. Campbell’s Soup wants you to “Address Your Heart” with Heart Healthy Tips, recipes and more!

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Make Halloween A Day Full of #Treats4All