Q2 Wireless Internet Radio

May 12, 2012 By 2 Comments

What is the Q2?

Internet Radio. WI-FI driven radio with a unique motion control. This radio doesn’t have any buttons or displays. It allows immediate access to 4 preset radio stations. This radio produces a high quality sound from an ultra portable design. Users can listen to the radio from anywhere in the world. Receive stations that cannot be received on traditional radios.

Our Thoughts …

The Q2 was simple to install on the computer. I was then able to pick radio stations and new radio station and then some other radio stations. The local radio stations even popped up on the list which is impressive! I am enjoying digging through the online ones to find different ones though. Shine.fm is a favorite on the Q2 right now! It is so easy to change the station when you bring up the Q2 software by just dragging and dropping the new station to the side of the Q2 you want it on! It doesn’t get much easier than that.

Here is the Q2 sitting out in our kitchen … you need some tunes to wash all of those dishes that Brian makes cooking … trust me!;)

 

There are no buttons on the Q2 which is really neat. You move it forward to turn the volume down and then move it back to turn the volume up. Want to change the station? just flip the side that is facing up to ceiling!

The Q2 will charge when plugged into your computer’s USB port or in the AC adapter. Since it is so small, it is easy to move from room to room in your house and still listen to great music!

The Q2 comes in different colors. It is available for sale on Amazon for a great price right now …

 

Want to win one? Check out this link to enter to win a Q2:  http://a.pgtb.me/cTfG … Good Luck!!

The Q2 would be a great Father’s Day or graduation present so keep it in mind as you plan for gifts! What do you think about the Q2? Leave us a comment and let us know!

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Friday Favorite: Cool Gear Insulated Tumbler

May 11, 2012 By 1 Comment

Details …

  • 20 ounces
  • BPA Free
  • Double wall construction
  • Non-toxic freezer gel keeps drink cold
  • TPR band
  • Top shelf dishwasher safe
  • Freeze cup in upright position
  • Item #1209

My Thoughts …

I bought this Cool Gear Insulated Tumbler at Walmart recently. I really love the straw in this cup as I have had a few that have broken due to whatever they are made out of … this one is made out something else which is great! I love that I don’t need ice in the cup … if I remember to put it in the freezer. That is on me though!

Do you have a favorite cup you love? Leave me a comment and let me know!

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Linksys EA2700 Wireless Router

May 10, 2012 By 83 Comments

We recently had the opportunity to review the Linksys EA2700 Wireless Router (for the geeky ones it is the … Linksys EA2700 | Maximum Performance Dual-Band N600 Router with Gigabit).

Details …

  • High speed (up to 300 + 300 Mbps)
  • Extended range with MIMO antenna array
  • Gigabit Ethernet Ports for 10x faster wired speeds than Ethernet
  • Simultaneous dual-band to maximize throughput and help avoid network interference
  • Cisco Connect Cloud (Available summer 2012)- Get anywhere, anytime access to your home network from a browser or mobile device. Plus, optimize your online experiences with included apps.
  • Retail Price: $109.99

Our Thoughts …

We love Linksys products. Honestly all the way back to college when I ran the ethernet cord under the carpet and over my roommate’s door frame in that apartment so my we could be online at the same time, I have owned Linksys products. Man, wireless would have been nice back then! Now thankfully we aren’t running wires under the carpet, over door frames, or anything else crazy like that.

Here is our new Linksys EA2700 Wireless Router in use … sorry for the picture quality but I was NOT going to be the one to unhook it for a picture. As a result, you can see by all of the wires plugged into this right now that it is in high usage at our house right now!

Thanks to wireless technology, our router sits in the basement next to the desktop in the “office” area. We are able to hook up the laptop upstairs, the printer upstairs, the garage door opener (more to come on that!), our iPhones, my work laptop, the iPad, whatever we want to the internet! We love wireless needless to say. Now for the new Linksys router, I wasn’t sure what this router would bring us over our previous one but I knew the one had some vintage age to it so I was excited to the latest and greatest technology … my favorite feature of this router is the guest network. Yes, we have two networks in our house … our family network and the guest network. This is so great because when family or friends come over and want to jump on our WiFi with their smart phones, we can give them some funky password that isn’t our network password. I think we can have some serious fun with this guest password and see what we can get folks to type into their phones!;) I need some ideas though so more to come on that!

This would be a great Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, or graduation present for someone who is looking for an upgrade or maybe even starting on out on their own and needed to set-up their own space with a wireless network!

We are super excited to offer a giveaway with of the Linksys EA2700 Wireless Router to one of our readers! Yes, you read that right, you get the chance to win one of these!!

 

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Gift Cards Rock

May 7, 2012 By 86 Comments

Do you have someone in your family who is hard to buy a gift for? Do you just want to avoid shipping fees that seem to double the cost of whatever you buy online? Maybe you should look to buying gift cards. We don’t but gift cards often but those are two time that we do buy gift cards. Gift cards are a great option for Mother’s Day and graduations gifts! They are great to tuck into a card and drop in the mail. I have to admit that I still love the plastic kind instead of the you print kind … there is no rational reason why though!

Brian’s favorite gift cards are iTunes and Lowe’s. Mine tend to be any kind of store where I can buy shoes! ;)

Thanks to the generous community at Gift Cards Rock!, we have a $25 iTunes gift card to one our readers!!

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Cocktails with Mom is giving away a $50 gift card to JC Penney’s 
Oh Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy is giving away a $25 gift card to Applebee’s
What’s That Buzz is giving away a $25 gift card Applebee’s

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4 Ingredients Gluten-Free Cookbook

April 26, 2012 By 32 Comments

We recently received a copy of the 4 Ingredient Gluten-Free Cookbook and are excited to share a couple of the recipes with you!

Seeing that I had the review task for this cookbook, I went to the dessert section. The first recipe I tried out was the Peanut Butter Cookie recipe.

Peanut Butter Cookies

1 cup crunchy peanut butter

1 cup packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 egg

Preheat the over to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. In a bowl, mix all ingredients. Using a tablespoon amounts, roll into small balls and place on the baking sheets. Flatten slightly with a fork, crisscross style. Bake for 10 minutes, or until a thin crust forms on the cookie. NOTE: These will harden as they cool.

My Thoughts: I love peanut butter cookies. These peanut butter cookies were really simple to make with what I had on hand. I admit I didn’t use crunchy peanut butter but went for the Skippy Natural Peanut Butter I seriously love. These are worth making again for sure!

Next up on the test list is the Flourless Chocolate Cake recipe!

Flourless Chocolate Cake

4 eggs, separated

1 cup superfine sugar

1 3/4 sticks (7 ounces) butter

8 ounces dark chocolate

Put a rack in the lowest position and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9-inch round cake pan with parchment paper. With an electric mixer, beat the egg yolks with 1/2 cup of the sugar. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until fluffy, then add the remaining 1/2 cup sugar. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until fluffy, then add the remaining 1/2 cup sugar, gradually beating until stiff peaks form. In a bowl set over a pan of hot water, melt the butter and chocolate, stirring regularly. Fold the chocolate mixture into the egg yolks. Fold in the egg whites. Scrape the batter into the cake pan and bake for 40 minutes. Serve warm or chilled.

I can’t wait to try this recipe since I have some baking time back in my life for a few weeks!

You can find this cookbook over on Amazon for a great price!
We are excited to offer one our readers a copy of this cookbook in a giveaway.

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Dole Food Company Garden Kit

April 24, 2012 By 3 Comments

We were recently sent the Dole Garden Kit to review.

The kit contains …

  • 12 different seed varieties
  • 12 peat pots
  • Trays
  • Row Markers
  • Garden Journal with tips, nutrition information, and recipes!

 

The little pots have a soil disc in them. You wet the disc and it expands to fill the little pot. It is really neat (I saw some of these discs at Walmart recently so they are available if you are looking for a kid friendly potting solution!) Sophie (who is 4 years old) was the key participant in this activity. She really loved “reading” the pictures on the seeds to see what in the packages and then putting the seeds in the pot and covering them with dirt.

Here is our little garden kit as of this morning. We are in a cold front here in VA suddenly so the seeds and little plants are inside for sure! Last week, they were taking a walk to sit on the front sidewalk during the day to get lots of sun light though. Hopefully the warm weather comes back to VA and they will get to sit outside some more later this week!

We find that our garden is a big budget saver plus the kids love to learn about planting and the growth of plants. We hope to share lots of pictures this summer of what is in our garden and how it is doing. Hopefully those little pepper pots in the front row in that picture decide to grow. Brian said he thought he saw something in there this morning so there is hope!

Do you have a garden? What do you grow? Do your kids help? Leave us a comment and let us know!

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Big G Curvy Straws

April 19, 2012 By 61 Comments

 

Details …

Did you know that simply drinking the leftover milk from cereal bowls may help kids work towards fulfilling their body’s daily dairy, calcium, and Vitamin D needs? And what better way to slurp down to the bottom of the bowl than with the new Curvy Straws, available in-pack of specially marked boxes of Big G cereal!

Be sure to collect all six different colorful straws featuring beloved Big G cereal characters in participating Big G cereals including Cinnamon Toast Crunch® (17 oz.), Lucky Charms®(16 oz.), Reese’s® Puffs (18 oz.), Honey Nut Cheerios® (17 oz.), Trix®(14.8 oz)  and Cocoa Puffs® (16.5 oz)!

PRINTABLE COUPON Details …

You can visit this link to download a printable coupon for $1.25 off of the purchase of (2) boxes of participating Big G cereal today!

Our kids don’t need another reason to drink the milk in their bowls but may yours do? I do have to say to take warning because those bowls are addictive! My kids like to fight over who gets that bowl. I love how flexible it is. And well the cereal … who can resist a box of Honey Nut Cheerios? I can’t. I still eat them … sometimes even without milk! shhh!;)

We are excited to offer one of our readers the same gift pack we received that will include …

  • 1 box of a participating Big G cereal
  • 1 Curvy Straw
  • 1 ‘spilt’ milk bowl
  • 2 glow cups
  • 2 tangle toys


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Maggie’s Direct Shopping Spree Event Reminder

April 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Remember our post earlier this week about the Maggie’s Direct Pillows? Well the shopping event is still going on … until tomorrow, April 15th!!

Take time to explore Maggie’s Direct and look at their quality linens and bed items to fit in your budget! We want to remind you about the Exclusive Shopping Event for friends of this blog. Get 50% back in Social Bucks (1 Social Buck = 1 dollar in product credit) on any of these items! A few points about this sale is there is no minimum order and free shipping to the lower 48 states! One amazing deal is the Queen Warmer level comforter has a normal MSRP (compared to their parent company’s website) of $239 plus shipping. Maggie’s Direct normally retails this comforter for $149 for the equivalent material and same factory here in Maine.  Then the customer gets 50% back in Social bucks or $74. This is like getting a $239 comforter for $75!

So remember … Anything on the hotel collection page will earn the purchaser 50% back in Social Bucks!!

 

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Zondervan’s Bloom Collection Bibles

April 13, 2012 By 51 Comments

We were recently sent the new collection of Bible bindings from Zondervan’s to review. Simply put … they are beautiful.

The Bible Clutch has become one of my favorite Bibles in our house. Little Dude sits with us in church so we end up carrying a lot into the service with us. I love that I can put this in my purse and not forget it in the pew or just give up and leave it in the van because I already have too much to carry. This cover has room for credit cards and such in it so you could even use it as a wallet if you wanted to keep it in your purse all of the time, how perfect is that?!

The DuoTone Thinline Bible is beautiful in its shades of purple. I love how soft the cover is and the print in this Bible is easy to read too. It is small in size and could fit in a large purse or bag easily. I really like its size compared to the “full size” Bible I have been using for years.

Now onto the Bloom Collection … there is the Red Poppy and White Lilies editions in this collection. These covers are also super soft and so beautiful. There is so much detail in the covers. The size of these compares nicely to the DuoTone Thinline Bible but the Red Poppies version is larger than the White Lilies version!

You really couldn’t go wrong with any of these covers or sizes though! We are excited that Zondervan’s has decided to giveaway TWO Bibles to our readers from the Bloom Collection!

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Maggie’s Direct Synthetic Pillow – Soft Fill

April 10, 2012 By 2 Comments

We recently had the opportunity to review a Maggie’s Direct Synthetic Pillow. We went with the Soft Fill version of the pillow because I have this thing for soft fill pillows.

About this pillow …

  • Soft cotton blend fabric
  • Hypoallergenic synthetic fill – lofts and clusters just like down
  • Oeko-Tex certified to be free of all harmful chemicals

My Thoughts …

I really love how soft this pillow is. It lives up to its soft description for sure. I do have to admit that Sophie claimed this pillow shortly after it arrived so its seems my love affair with soft pillows has been passed along to another generation. From what I can tell, she is enjoying it and will even let Matthew nap on it in the living room from time to time!

We are enjoying the opportunity to review and explore Maggie’s Direct because quality linens and bed times can be hard to fit into a budget! We excited to announce the Exclusive Shopping Event for friends of this blog. Get 50% back in Social Bucks (1 Social Buck = 1 dollar in product credit) on any of these items! A few points about this sale is there is no minimum order and free shipping to the lower 48 states! One amazing deal is the Queen Warmer level comforter has a normal MSRP (compared to their parent company’s website) of $239 plus shipping. Maggie’s Direct normally retails this comforter for $149 for the equivalent material and same factory here in Maine.  Then the customer gets 50% back in Social bucks or $74. This is like getting a $239 comforter for $75!

So remember … Anything on the hotel collection page will earn the purchaser 50% back in Social Bucks!!

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