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Mother’s Day Last Minute Gifts and Giveaway

May 3, 2021

I hate the sound of the title Mother’s Day Last Minute Gifts, because you are buying a gift for your mother! It shouldn’t be last minute! But if you are like me, life is busy week to week so I tackle the upcoming weekend during the week prior. Thank goodness for Amazon Prime, the Paper Store and Target!

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But I do want to share some wonderful gift ideas I have this year to help your mom relax and enjoy some time relaxing this summer! I’m a little selfishly building my list based on what I want!

Poolside or Beach Days

Let’s start with some pool or beach day necessities! You can’t go wrong with a gift basket that includes a good book (audio version or hard copy), a sunhat, and a swimsuit wrap.

If you know your mother well enough, I would toss in one of these adorable Vintage swimsuits from Amazon. They are flattering for any body size.

A sunhat is just an adorable and fun accessory everyone should have in their closet! They are cute for the beach and also to protect you from skin cancer. Did you know May is skin cancer awareness month? Help protect your mom’s skin with one of these adorable sun hats for poolside, the beach, or any outdoor activity.

Simple Sarongs are A beautiful beach towel that easily buttons into a Simple Sarong. You can purchase a simple sarong directly from http://simplesarongs.com.

With cleverly placed button, these super soft beach towels easily create a fabulous swimsuit cover-up that is not only gorgeous, it’s super absorbent! Wear it around your waist, or wear it around your chest. And it easily works to accommodate sizes XS-XL.

The creator of Simple Sarongs has offered one of her wraps for a giveaway sarong of your choice. Check out the details below!

For the Moms Who Love Fitness

If you don’t have the budget for an apple watch, but you want to get a good fitness tracker, I have always been a fan of Fitbit. In fact, I am actually going to put this on my daughter’s birthday wish list this year!

Look at the colors! The features of this product is equal to what I use my apple watch for. So this is a great deal for mom.

- Play your favorite songs and playlists with Spotify app controls on your wrist.
- Also make secure purchases with Fitbit Pay and get called, text and smartphone app notifications.
- Track workouts in real-time with 20+ goal-based exercise modes.
- It’s swimproof and water resistant to 50M, so you can track swims, wear in the shower and more
- Get call, text, calendar and smartphone app notifications when your phone is nearby. Plus send quick replies and a voice replies on android only.

For the Moms Who Love To Read

I read so many different books. I am actually reading and listening to several different books right now. My current reads are below.

Did you know Oprah came out with a new book? I hadn’t heard about it and was surprised to see it pop up as a book suggestion in Audible.com.

Who doesn’t love to listen to the sound of Matthew McConaughey reading to you? This is a fun book to listen to.

I have yet to liken to Mike’s book. But Mike Rowe also has a voice that I could listen to for hours. Plus his stories are just so much fun to listen to!

One of my favorite weekly podcasts is The Holderness Family podcast. Kim and Penn’s lives are just like ours and I enjoy listening to the trials of parenting and being married during these crazy times.

I’m in need to break some old habits and develop new ones. Since I began working for myself there are new systems I want to put into place to help keep me organized and have productive, meaningful use of my time. But I think some of my inability to get one going is that I have some old habits I need to break so I can begin new ones.

When I got together with my girlfriends last week, the subject came up and my friend Heidi recommended this book to me. I can’t wait to put into practice what I am learning!

I can never go wrong with recommending one of Nicholas Sparks’ books. I love the lighthearted stories of love and heartache, but always ends happily ever after.

Enjoy Some Relaxation

I picture myself sitting in this swing while under our deck and in the shade of the summer sun while reading my book.

I hope you have a wonderful Mother’s Day.

I also like to always take a moment to think of those who lost their moms, and moms who may have lost a child. I know this holiday can be hard for you, and I just want you to know I’m thinking of you.

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Save Money While Spending Money For Your Disney Vacation!

November 29, 2017

I have been learning how to be more frugal with my spending lately. I’m actually making money when I spend money! It’s like a game. I would say this is similar to those who like to clip coupons and come home with lots of free products.

How To Make Money While Spending Money

The two apps that I have been using to make this extra vacation money are ibotta and Ebates.

Ibotta

Ibotta is a rebate program. The best way to use it is to use that time that you may be playing on your phone or social media and dedicate 15 minutes to searching through the rebates available at the stores that you frequently shop at. This is my referral code to help me earn money so YOU can earn money!

The screen looks like this:

Click the plus sign next to each item that you may purchase. Even if you do not purchase it, it’s good to check it off just in case.

After you go to the store, you scan your receipt and the app looks for the items you selected and compares them to the items on your receipt. For all the matches it adds the rebate amount to your account. Some stores may require that you scan the bar code of some of the products to verify the purchase.

If you refer a friend to use the program and then they do actually use it you earn money as well!

Since I stared using this app in September I earned $60 and already deposited it to my vacation account!

Ebates

Ebates is great! I have been using it for my holiday shopping and also referred my husband to use it and he earned money and I earned a bonus for his referral and use. Now I just have to convince my mom to start using it! With the holiday specials going on stores such as Kohl’s is giving 6% cash back! I have been using it for 2 weeks and already earned $40 and just got notified that another $25 is on its way! Please use my ebates referral link to start saving your money and getting cash back too!

The great thing about having two adults in one household is that you can refer your spouse, family member, roommate, etc. you both can save and earn at the same time!

Consignment

It’s also that time of year to move out some of the old toys to make room for some of the new that Santa will be delivering. I gathered up many of the puzzles, books and younger toys that my children have outgrown and I will bring them to the consignment shop. Now is the most critical time to get them there for those shopping for their little ones. I won’t make a fortune on them but I’ll make more than having them sit in the garage and wait for a tag sale where I will practically give them away.

Affiliate Programs

If you are a blogger like me, it’s also great to be part of affiliate programs to some of the products you support. For instance I have affiliate links for the following:

Bluehost

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Mabel’s Labels

Amazon – the Echo Dot (2nd Generation) – Black

Please feel free to use my affiliate links to save money and/or create affiliate accounts of your own!

So there you have it, my tips on how to make money while spending money and tucking those little wins of money away for your Disney or any vacation!

Tools To Help My Back

June 6, 2015

I would first of all like to thank Tamara Ingram for bringing this desk to my attention. She had ordered it and posted about it on FaceBook. I was immediately in love with it. Then when it arrived and she posted a picture of it assembled in her home I ordered it right away from Amazon. It is the Techni Mobili Mobile Laptop MDF Cart with Storage.

I have a bad back. I had to begin seeing my chiropractor over five years ago when I picked up my daughter and my back went out on me. It felt like someone walked up behind me and hit me with a taser gun in my back. I was anti-chiropractor for many, many years. But after I saw him and he helped get me back on my feet again I truly believe in the practice. It is because of Dr. Pat that I have been able to continue to run despite having such a bad back.

Recently, because of work and some projects I have been working on at home, I have been sitting too much. Sitting is the new smoking epidemic. There was a recent magazine report in Runners World I believe, that talked about how you can be an avid, active runner and run 7 miles a day; but once you get to work, you sit. But first, you drive to work, then you sit once you are there. Then you drive home, maybe work out, and then site on the couch.

Dr. Pat and I were talking about how the Fitbit is great for letting us know how active we are, but there should be a sitbit to make us aware of how inactive we are and to force us to get up and move around. I have fallen victim to too much sitting this week while working on a few projects. Because of that my back which was already acting up last week, gave me more trouble. I ordered this desk for when my husband finishes up our new room and office; I will have a standing work station. When I work from home I stand at the kitchen counter and work. But sometimes I will move my laptop to the kitchen table and sit and work. That’s my bad and I have to not do that or not do it for as long. However, at the end of the day when the family is watching America’s Got Talent and I want to still work on my blog or other research, I don’t want to shut myself out from the rest of the family. So now I can wheel this cute desk into the living room and still stand while I work!

The desk has wheels, a small footprint, a nice wood grain appearance and the top desk platform can be raised and lowered based on your height requirements. It also has some storage cubbies with shelves.

So thank you Tamara for sharing this and helping my save my back but still be able to work and spend time with my family!

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