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Oct 282008

Bloggy Giveaways Quarterly Carnival Button

To help christen my new reviews blog, I’m participating in the Bloggy Giveaways carnival!  I love hosting giveaways, and I thought that since this is a review blog, I’d give away something I got for doing a review!  How’s that for giving back? LOL

First, please let me introduce myself.  My name is Dawn – you can follow me on twitter where I’m known as Dawniemom.  You can visit my regular blog, Coming to a Nursery Near You or my recipe blog, My Tasty Space.  You could also go check out my photography blog.

I am the mom of 3 insane monkeys children – my oldest son just turned 12; my daughter is 5-1/2; my youngest son is 21 months. They do keep me busy, but yeah, if you’re here, you’re most likely a mom, so you know how that goes.

I know, you want to know what I’m giving away – I can tell.  So here it is:

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Quick Fix Meals: 200 Simple, Delicious Recipes to Make Mealtime Easy by Robin Miller (of Food Network)

If you would like to win this awesome cookbook, leave me a comment (be sure to leave me a way to get in contact with you).  If you would like an extra entry, add me to your RSS feed.  Want ANOTHER entry?  Grab my button link for your blog :)   Leave me a comment separately for each thing you do :)

I’ll pick a winner on Saturday, November 1st.  Thanks for visiting!!

[I’m sorry, but due to such inflated shipping costs for international shipping, I have to keep this to USA entrants only.]

Posted by Dawniemom at 9:52 pm

Pillsbury Savorings

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Oct 272008

pillsbury_doughboy Pillsbury has a long standing tradition of quality in my book.  I know that when I buy a Pillsbury product, I *know* that I can count it to be GOOD.

Pillsbury’s new Savorings Flaky Pastry Bites is no exception.  They’re new and let me tell you, they’re DELICIOUS. LOL

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I found them in the frozen section, right where all the other hors d’oeuvres type of snacks & whatnot.  Our store only carries 2 of the 3 varieties that they come in, so I chose buffalo style chicken over the mozzarella and pepperoni.  I wish they’d had the spinach & cheese variety, because that just sounds SO yummy too. So the photo above is of the buffalo chicken variety.  I baked them as directed, on a sprayed, foiled sheet and (begrudgingly) let them cool a bit.

They are 1 inch square before you bake them, and they plumped up just like a Pillsbury item would.  The bottoms got brown and crunchy and the tops were crisp.  The flavor was excellent.  The chicken, apparently minced, was a bit too small for me but the buffalo flavor was just right. Not too spicy, just delicious.  I asked hubby his opinion, as he doesn’t like very hot/spicy stuff, and he really liked them – in fact, he ate the rest. (the brat)

Pillsbury Savorings come 12 to a package – the box indicates that there’s 3 to a serving – and I suppose in a civilized house, that might be so LOL  However, hub & I ate the box – poof, all gone.  They were that good. :)

When you visit Pillsbury’s site, you can print out a $1 coupon for your own box (or 5) of Pillsbury Savorings, too!

My thanks to Coyne PR for the opportunity to review these Pillsbury Savorings!

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Posted by Dawniemom at 7:20 pm

Clorox means more than just clean

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Oct 232008

Do you or your family suffer from allergies?  I know we do.  Not just the typical Autumn allergies as the leaves fall and the mold spores are everywhere.  I also have problems in the house.  I just found out about this new Clorox Anywhere® Anti-Allergen Fabric spray that I can spray directly on to the fabrics in my house to help reduce the irritants that get us all sneezing.

As soon as I received it, I sprayed it on Anthony’s mattress after I’d stripped the sheets. He’s always having problems with allergies if anyone’s been in there jumping on his bed, because the mattress is ollllld.  After I sprayed it, I let it dry and put the sheets back on before bed.  He hasn’t had a sneezy problem since.

After I saw the difference it had made in his room, I went around the house spraying the couch and curtains – things that I don’t typically vacuum.  It’s made such a big difference!  My 2nd favorite part? It is fragrance free!  I’m VERY sensitive to stinky stuff so the fact that it’s NOT stinky (or perfumed or whatever) is great for me AND my kids.  Yay!

My thanks to Mom Central for allowing me to share the news of Clorox Anywhere® Anti-Allergen Fabric spray with you!


Posted by Dawniemom at 11:29 pm

Stop MRSA Now!

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Oct 232008

When my nephew Dylan was born, within days of going home from the hospital, he was back in, diagnosed with a staph infection.  It was a terrifying time for my sister & her husband, as well as the rest of our family, because here was this tiny baby, all of a sudden SO sick.

Thankfully, he recovered and just celebrated his 5th birthday.  Unfortunately, others aren’t so lucky.

Stop MRSA Now

According to stopmrsanow.org,  MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is a type of Staph bacteria found on the skin and in the nose that is resistant to antibiotics. More than 90,000 Americans get potentially deadly MRSA infections every year and in 2005, nearly 19,000 Americans died from MRSA infections. More deaths are linked to MRSA infections than AIDS.
There are two known types of MRSA. You may have heard of Healthcare-Associated (HA-MRSA), which occurs in hospitals and nursing homes, but a newer type of MRSA is Community-Associated (CA-MRSA), which has recently begun to spread in public settings like gyms, locker rooms, households and schools.

Mom Central has asked us to help get the word out to help prevent MRSA.  The following tips will help you keep yourself and your family safe from such a potentially deadly infection.

      Scrub up – Wash hands frequently with soap and warm water for at least 15 seconds or use an alcohol-based hand rub sanitizer. 

      
       Wipe it down – Use a disinfecting bleach solution to wipe down and disinfect hard surfaces. (1 tablespoon of disinfecting bleach diluted in 1 quart of water)

      Cover your cuts – Keep any nicks or wounds covered with a clean, dry bandage until healed.  

      Keep to yourself – Do not share personal items, like towels or razors, that  come into contact with bare skin.

    Use a barrier – Keep a towel or clothing between skin and shared equipment.

It’s really not that hard.  It’s basic.  It’s necessary.  Realizing now that I went to the hospital the other day for my mammogram with my hand where I’d jammed it into the asphalt still unhealed, I left myself open for much more than painful breasts. 

Posted by Dawniemom at 3:16 pm

Hi there!

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Oct 232008

Yes, yet ANOTHER review blog.  But I’ve been very fortunate to work with several awesome PR people and companies that know what we moms already know too.  We are the ones who make the purchasing decisions, we are the ones who are going out and buying the things our family needs.  We are the ones who need to be convinced as to a product’s worth, reliability and, in some cases, which products we need to steer clear of.

Typically, you will not find a bad review for a product on a review blog simply because the people who are marketing the products will ask you – PLEASE do not post something negative. Talk to us first.  So in the event that I come across a product that I do not like, I will not post about it.  That is, IF I’ve been asked to blog about it.   But if it’s a product that I’ve come across on my own that has made me mad, disappointed me or ripped me off, you can be sure I’ll write about it here!

So I hope you will subscribe to my feed, and say hi when you can.  Also, would love to exchange links with you!

Posted by Dawniemom at 1:15 am
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