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FTC Compliant Review Policy: The product(s) featured in this review were provided free of cost to me by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the sole purpose of product testing. Opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation. Back in October, I was able to review the Angry Bird Telepods for you guys...  Broxton saw them online and was determined that he really NEEDED them and that he just had to have it. We were lucky to be able to review them and since then, we have slowly added to our collection of angry bird items.  To be honest, we have about 5 of the sets now and he loves adding and mixing to make the scenes for the birds to destroy... and those crazy piggies... Oh my... they are always doing something!!!! I thought we were all set for Christmas gifts... until he spotted the Angry Birds Go !   ANGRY   BIRDS ™ GO! TELEPODS™ PIG ROCK RACEWAY™ Set (Age: 5+; Approximate Retail Price: $29.99; Available: Now) Race head-to-head

FTC Compliant Review Policy: The product(s) featured in this review were provided free of cost to me by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the sole purpose of product testing. Opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation. If you are planning a movie for the weekend... One I recommend is Percy Jackson - Sea of Monsters. We watched the other night and my 13 year old really got into it... Although, I admit I was a bit lost at times (But I was also multi-tasking, so that could have been it too, not sure) ...  Broxton watched too, but there are parts that I thought it was a bit too mature for him. To gear up for you to watch this weekend, I wanted to share a few Activity Sheets for you to enjoy. Just click on the image to enlarge/download. ENJOY!!!!!!!

FTC Compliant Review Policy: This is not a sponsored post, I am posting to share with you all and honestly would love  to get to review a copy for you all soon! While Broxton is a fan of the cartoon Marvel characters, I personally really enjoy the movies - very - much!!  I am happy to know that they will be releasing Thor - The Dark World on February 25th.  Yes, this will be needed to be added to our library as soon as it is released!!!!  Check it out:  Synopsis:                   Marvel’s  Thor: The Dark World  continues the big screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself.  In the aftermath of  Marvel’s   The Avengers , Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness.  Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most

Hope that the new year has been treating you all great. I have been thinking about many things lately and I felt that I needed to write this. While I am sitting around wishing for the funds to take Marc and the boys on a memorable vacation... A friend of mine has a much more meaningful wish and although I can not grant it, I can surely use my blog as a platform to try and help them achieve the wish. I hope you will help me out... If you have a blog, facebook, twitter... any social media way to share the story of Hope and Steve, I really would appreciate it. Let me give you a quick run down... Don't quote me on it, but this is pretty much it... Back in my working days, I had a young girl from Pennsylvania and her roommate start working for me. They both we awesome, but I am going to focus on Hope for this post... She has a heart of gold and really is a great person. Fast forward to today... Long gone are the days of working together, but we still "keep in touc

FTC Compliant Review Policy: The product(s) featured in this review were provided free of cost to me by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the sole purpose of product testing. Opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation. Image from Infusium23 site I don't know about you, but my hair deals with more during the winter months than any other time of the year.  For the most part, my hair is just pulled back in a ponytail... wet or dry... no big deal to me... Or, if I am going somewhere, I just get a shower and then go, letting my hair dry on its own...  Well, it really is not the best to do that during the colder months, so I normally try and at least dry it...  Also, with colder months = more social functions = flat ironing my hair. If you remember, I mentioned before how I try and rotate what products I use on my hair.  I have heard that your hair can start to build up on the products, so for me... rotating makes it seem l

FTC Compliant Review Policy: The product(s) featured in this review were provided free of cost to me by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the sole purpose of product  testing. Opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation. Thank you so much to all of my readers/followers. Last year was pretty good and I am looking forward to a great year ahead!!!! Also-  Just wanted to send out a BIG THANK YOU to all that were part of my Christmas Gift Guide this year!!!! DVD's: Mama's Family - Seasons 1 and 2  2 Guns  Duck Dynasty - Box Set Angels Sing  Thomas and Friends - King of the Railway Barney - Most Huggable Moments Merry Christmas, Splat - Read Along DVD Angelina Ballerina - Mousical Melodies Nickelodeon- Into the Snow We Go A Christmas Tree Miracle  The Holiday Heist Wild Kratts - Box Set Turbo Dora - Ice Spectacular  Products: Shutterfly  Rembrandt Teeth

FTC Compliant Review Policy: The product(s) featured in this review were provided free of cost to me by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the sole purpose of product testing. Opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation. Hugh Jackman - Oh My!!!! I saw him on Ellen a while back, promoting the newest movie, The Wolverine.  I did not give it much thought, until he was talking about how much physical work was put into it...  When you look at the front of the case, you know he wasn't sitting around eating candy bars every day!!! So - it arrived just in time for me to be able to watch it with one of the boys... We decided to make a movie night the other night and I tell you what, this is one ACTION PACKED movie.  I will say that I have no idea anything about wolverine, besides the fact that this character has been around for what seems like ages and all I knew about him was that he had knife type things coming out of his hands...  

FTC Compliant Review Policy: The product(s) featured in this review were provided free of cost to me by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the sole purpose of product testing. Opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I know some of you guys shop AFTER the holidays... To catch more great deals... or to buy gifts that you don't already have...  Or to give someone you might have forgotten to buy for.  What I am saying is this... Check out the movies available now to purchase!!!! Dragons: Riders of the Berk Nightfury Giftset Take to the skies with DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk DVD gift set.  The Nightfury DVD case unfolds to become an exciting toy for kids. Futurama: The Complete Series As vast and hilarious as the universe itself, behold the utterly complete collection of  “Futurama,”  the gravity-defying, Emmy® Award-winning animated series from “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening. Here you’ll fi

FTC Compliant Review Policy: The product(s) featured in this review were provided free of cost to me by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the sole purpose of product testing. Opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation. If you are looking for a few good movies to watch over the last couple days of school break...  Look at a few that I reviewed over the holidays:   Mama's Family - Season 1 and 2 2 Guns  Duck Dynasty - Box Set Nickelodeon- Into the Snow We Go Angels Sing Thomas and Friends - King of the Railway Dora - Ice Spectacular Barney - Most Huggable Moments  Merry Christmas Splat - Read Along DVD Angelina Ballerina - Mousical Melodies A Christmas Tree Miracle The Holiday Heist  Wild Kratts Box Set Turbo Ariel 2  The Lone Ranger Percy Jackson -  Sea of Monsters

FTC Compliant Review Policy: The product(s) featured in this review were provided free of cost to me by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the sole purpose of product testing. Opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation. Guess what guys? With so many things going Digital these days...  You can now view Percy Jackson - Sea of Monsters on several digital platforms!!! I am still learning all the digital things (yes, I guess I am really old school, as I love paper books and physical copies.. but I know many of y'all are ipad people and I wanted to share...) Anyways - check it out HERE . I did think it was pretty cool you could RENT or BUY the digital version!!! Also - there is a new ONLINE game - Quest of the Golden Fleece . Check it out!!!!

I am not sure about your house, but ours has been quite busy... Between school being out, a surprise 80th birthday party for my Mema, Christmas and soon to be New Years Eve....   We have been busy with not a minute for anything but go - go - go... I just wanted to say that we hope you and yours had a very Merry Christmas (or whatever holiday you celebrate)  and here is to a Very Happy New year!!!! I will be back to normal blogging soon, but for now, I am enjoying this time with family! Hope you are as well!!!!