Kettle Cuisine US Giveaway
Published May 15, 2012 | 
I have teamed up with the Charisma Media Network to bring you a soup-tastic giveaway sponsored by Kettle Cuisine.
Kettle Cuisine offers chef inspired soups that are frozen in individual bowls for your convenience. Kettle Cuisine offers gluten free, all natural soups that taste every bit as good as they look! The assortment of varieties is impressive, as is the taste!
Look for Kettle Cuisine Soups at a grocer near you in the natural foods frozen section. To find a retailer near you that carries Kettle Cuisine Soup check out the Kettle Cuisine website!
Do you feel lucky?
Kettle Cuisine has generously offered to give 10 lucky readers a fantastic prize pack!
Each prize pack contains a cooler lunch bag with 3 coupons for a free Kettle Cuisine product, an informational brochure and a notepad!
Giveaway ends on the 29th at 11:59 pm EST- and is open to US residents only
Please enter to win via the rafflecopter form below!
Did you know the Charisma Media Network is seeking bloggers? Visit www.charismamedianetwork.com for more information!
*The participating bloggers cannot be held responsible for the shipment of the prize, as this is the responsibility of the sponsor, Kettle Cuisine.
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Leave a commentRoku LT
Published May 15, 2012 |
The Roku LT is a small unit at just 84mm x84mm. It is a streaming player which you plug into your television. You can watch on-demand films and tv programmes from BBC iplayer, Netflix and other channels in fact there are over 100 channels some need a subscription and some are free, as well as listening to music. It also let’s you see videos and photos from Facebook and Flickr. This is all streamed through your Internet connection wirelessly!
What’s in the box:
Roku LT
IR remote
2 x AAA batteries
A/V cable
A/C power adapter
Getting Started guide
Important information document
When I first opened the box I was surprised at how small the unit was. The remote control was bigger than it. I love the colour being purple it is one elf my favourite colours.
I decided to set this up in my daughters bedroom as she is always online watching programmes on BBC iplayer or listening to music.
The unit was really easy to set up all I had to do was plug it into the tv, register the unit online and we were set to go. As my eldest daughter was not at home when we set this up my youngest daughter saw that she could watch some children’s programmes on it so we put some of these on for her. She was really happy sitting their watching Charlie & Lola.
As soon my other daughter came home she had a flick around the channels and first listened to music on it.
The girls then told me thhat they wanted to watch a film so we flicked around and found a film they could both watch.
Both girls love the unit and they cannot buy subscriptions or anything unless they enter a password which is good as I had visions of the purchasing things and my bank account being crippled.
We have subscribed to Netflix so the girls can watch a decent film either before bed or during the day at weekends.
The unit has been used constantly since receiving it and to be honest living in a small village with not much that the children can do and when it’s wet it has stopped them being bored.
I would definitely recommend this unit.
Roku LT costs only £49.99 from play.com
Roku LT is an award-winning streaming player from Roku www.roku.co.uk is a low cost streaming player and is the best value in streaming entertainment.
Roku streaming players in the UK and the Republic of Ireland offer more than 100 channels of streaming entertainment including on-demand films and programmes from Netflix, BBC iPlayer and Crackle (BBC iPlayer and Crackle are available in the UK only); live and on-demand sports from MLB.TV and Ultimate Fighting Championship organisation; music from Classical TV and TuneIn; photos and videos from Facebook and Flickr; news and entertainment from WSJ Live from the Wall Street Journal, FoxNews.com and others from around the world.
The Roku LT provides the best value in streaming entertainment with:
Support from up to 720p HD video quality
Built-in wireless for an instant connection to the Internet.
For more information visit http://www.roku.com/uk
This was reviewed for Mummy News
Posted in Gifts, Home | entertainment, mummy news, Review, Roku LT, Streaming, WiFi | Leave a commentSweetness by Lindsay Paige {Book Tour}
Published May 15, 2012 | 
Title: Sweetness (Book 1 of the Bold As Love Series)
Author: Lindsay Paige
Genre: YA, Romance
Star Rating: 5 Stars – A Must Read!
Synopsis:
Emily wished she was invisible. But after moving to a new town with her dad, a charming boy makes it impossible for her to disappear. Despite her feelings of unworthiness, Emily soon finds herself drawn to the safety of Jake’s world.
Good looking and the star of the hockey team, Jake has a lot going for him. What most people don’t see is the difficult life he has at home. When quiet Emily steals his heart, Jake vows to help her discover she is worthy of love.
Just when the two of them realize the sweetness of their relationship, they are put to the test. Only together can they overcome their haunted pasts to fight for a future together.
Review:
Sweetness is a fantastic book. Emily was a shy girl completely in her shell, wouldn’t make eye contact with anyone and barely speak. Jake on the other hand was the complete opposite of her although both of them had bad pasts.
The book is quite emotional in places and romantic and a lot of turmoil too.
I liked seeing Emily come out of that awful shell she had herself in, and that Jake was the person to help her through it. With him having problems too it kind of makes sense why they are great together.
I read this book in about two hours it is only about 38390 words so a great book if you want to read something quick. I couldn’t put it down!
I was sad, happy, worried, all of those and probably more when reading Sweetness. I like a good romance and young adult genres so it was the perfect book for me to read.
Sweetness was really well written and detailed. I absolutely loved reading it.
You can purchase it from Amazon or Smashwords
This review was brought to you as part of the Sweetness Book Tour with Charisma Media Network
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Published May 14, 2012 | Welcome to Music Monday 
Every Monday I post a song that I like. This could be old or new, sometimes I am very random when it comes to music.
Maybe you could post yours too. I have left a linky below.
This week it has to be Loveable Rogues – Love Sick. They did fantastic on Britain’s Got Talent Final on Saturday.
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Cruising For Giveaways 5/13
Published May 13, 2012 | Welcome to Cruising for Giveaways Hop! This hop is brought to you by Charisma Media Network!
Posted in Blog Hops, Competitions | Blog Hop, Charisma Media Network, cruising for giveaways | Leave a commentDAY 2 DAY PRINTING GIVEAWAY
Published May 13, 2012 | I have teamed up with The Charisma Media Network, and we are proud to present a fantastic giveaway sponsored by Day 2 Day Printing!
Day 2 Day Printing offers professional online printing services with affordable prices! The assortment of great products is vast, ranging from bookmarks to business cards, event tickets to window clings!
Day 2 Day Printing offers a 100% Customer Service Guarantee with the goal of surpassing every expectation a customer might have about online printing services. With a great selection, a commitment to customer service and excellent prices, Day 2 Day Printing can meet all of your business card printing needs!
Be sure to check out Day 2 Day Printing on Facebook and follow Day 2 Day Printing on Twitter.
Not one, not two, but five very lucky readers are going to win 250 business cards and $20 cash! Enter via the rafflecopter form below!
This giveaway has been brought to you by the Charisma Media Network . The participating bloggers cannot be held responsible for the delivery of the prize, as this is the responsibility of the sponsor. This giveaway is open to US residents, 18 and older.
Wonderful Pistachios
Published May 11, 2012 | 
We received a selection of Wonderful Pistachios, in three different flavours, Roasted & Salted, Salt & Pepper and Sweet Chilli.
We are a family that are Pistachio nut lovers so these were very welcomed.
My daughters both grabbed the sweet chilli flavoured Wonderful Pistachios straight away.
Sweet Chilli Wonderful Pistachios combine a perfect mix of sweetness, crunch and tangy chilli peppers.
They loved them. Cracking the shells open kept them busy. I really don’t know how they ate so much in one sitting though as I only had one of the sweet chilli pistachios and my mouth was burning. Even my husband couldn’t eat that many of them.
We then tried the salt & pepper flavour, which have a delicate pepper flavour making them deliciously different.
These were really nice, they weren’t too strong with pepper which I was worried about as pepper usually burns my throat. We all liked these a lot.
Finally we tried the roasted & salted flavour they are satisfyingly crunchy and roasted to perfection with just a touch of salt.
These ones tasted like most pistachios you can buy although not as salty. My daughters said they were the original flavour, As they had only tasted pistachios like this before.
We all liked these too and they were eaten while watching a film and were gone within half an hour with the four of us sharing.
The families verdict was they loved the variety of different flavours as they didn’t know there was any other flavour apart from salted until we received these.
California pistachios are the most nutrient dense and pack more antioxidant power than any other snack nut. Rich in eight essential nutrients and polyphenol antioxidants, pistachios are known to be highly beneficial for optimum health, particularly heart health and some recent studies even linked it to boosting the male sex drive!
• Pistachios, “The Skinny Nut”: Pistachios are known as the “Skinny Nut” because they’re one of the lowest calorie, lowest fat nuts and offer more nuts per serving compared to most other snack nuts. Research shows that as one of the only in-shell snack nuts, pistachios help slow consumption and the empty shells offer a visual cue, reducing calorie intake. This effect is known as “The Pistachio Principle.”
• Pistachios are “Fat Enlightened”: Pistachios are a good source of healthy monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. Almost 90% of the fat found in pistachios is unsaturated fat, i.e. the good stuff, making them a better snack choice than popular fried snacks foods like potato chips.
• Nutrient Packed Powerhouse: A 30g serving of pistachios is an excellent source of vitamin B6, copper and manganese and a good source of protein, dietary fibre, thiamin, and phosphorus.
So, if you want a healthy and tasty snack, pick up a bag of Wonderful Pistachios from Waitrose, Tesco and Sainsbury’s. RSP is £1.99 (150g) and £3.19 (250g).
For more information visit http://uk.wonderfulpistachios.com/
*These were reviewed for Mummy News
Drop It Like It’s HOT Hop 5/11
Published May 11, 2012 | 
Name It Labels Review & Giveaway
Published May 11, 2012 | If your children are like mine, they have come home from school many times without their school jumper or lost their p.e shorts or shirt. This can not only be annoying but if they are not labelled the chances of finding them are slim. That said I still hadn’t labelled my youngest daughters school uniform which I should have done ages ago because she is always taking off her jumper at school and there have been times where she has come home without it or even with someone else’s. So when name it labels contacted me I thought this would be the perfect opportunity for me to actually label her clothes like they should be.
I was able to choose the text and text colour and picture on the labels which I thought was great as normal name labels you can get have one font and one colour with no picture. These were iron on labels they come in a grip seal zip bag with full instructions on the back.
Inside is a few strips of grease proof paper and all you have to do is set the iron to medium with the steam setting off peel the label off from the backing sheet carefully put the label where you want it put the grease proof paper on top of it and press the iron on to that for ten seconds.
It is really that simple, the labels stick perfectly and the is no chance of them falling off at all.
Hopefully there will be no more lost clothing at school now!
We were also given some personalised designer self adhesive vinyl labels/stickers. They were also in a grip seal zip bag. We could choose from a wide range of designs and my daughter chose the unicorn with rainbow design and she chose the text and text colour.
With full instructions on the back. The labels are microwave and dishwasher safe.
My daughter takes a water bottle to school so we used a label for that and have washed it every day since and the label is still stuck fast with no signs of wear at all.
These labels are also great for packed lunch boxes and anything really you need to label even shoes and there are shoe overlays included with the labels. My daughter has been busy labelling her things even food so her older sister knows they are not hers.
Finally we were able to choose some personalised gift labels again my daughter chose the deign out of the range available. She chose cupcakes and again you can choose text and text colour.
We decided to have her name on these gift labels as she is very popular at school and gets invited to an unbelievable amount of parties so we thought these would be ideal to place on the gifts.
Personalised iron on labels cost £9.00
Personalised Designer self adhesive labels cost from £15.00
Personalised gift labels cost from £3.00
I would recommend these labels as they are fantastic quality and not very expensive either.
You can buy these and many more different types of labels from www.nameitlabels.co.uk
Giveaway
Nameitlabels have been very kind and offered to give 10 winners a starter pack and gym sack each.
The Starter Pack consists of 30 Iron on Labels, 30 Vinyl Name Stickers and 12 Shoe Overlays. which you can see here http://www.nameitlabels.co.uk/starter-pack_39.htm
All you have to do to be in with a chance to win it is complete the tasks in the Rafflecopter widget below.
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Dylon Colour Catcher
Published May 9, 2012 | 
I received a box of Dylon Colour Catcher’s which were a relief as I had recently hand dyed a t-shirt with Dylon hand dye and was worried about just how much dye might come out in the wash and all over my clothes.
The box has 12 sheets in it and it states on the box that it is a new ultra absorbant sheet, maximum colour protect and it prevents colour runs and allows mixed washes.
On the back of the box is a how to use guide which is basically put the sheet into the washing machine first then add the washing, add detergent and turn your machine on. Then simply remove the Colour Catcher when the machine is finished and dispose of it, but it does state that you should dry the clothing as soon as possible.
I followed the instructions and away we went, I am forever mixing colours with whites as I do not ever manage to get a full load of one or the other so I was interested in what the clever little sheet would show me when I took it out of the machine on a regular wash too.
First things first though, the wash with the hand dyed t-shirt..
Well my clothes ended up being saved from bright pink dye thankfully the only thing that took the dye was the Colour Catcher. I was amazed, I really was expecting to find some colour on some of the clothing.
I don’t know how the sheet managed to suck the colour into it but it is a godsend.
Next test was dark colours whenever I buy new dark jeans or trousers and wash them something light aways gets mixed in with it no matter how careful I am, Which leads to that said white item of clothing turning an off white colour.
I put a Colour Catcher in the wash with new dark jeans and a white top of mine which I wasn’t too bothered about ruining just in case that happened.
I was amazed that the white top came out white and the colour catcher had caught any colour residue that dispersed from the jeans.
I now use the Colour Catchers in every wash I do and they arn’t expensive at only £2 for 24 sheets in Asda.
I would definitely recommend these, they have saved me a fortune on clothing that would be ruined otherwise.
For more information about Colour Catcher’s visit their website http://www.colourcatcher.co.uk/
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