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Have you heard of the KLUTCHclub? They have monthly, hand-picked products that offer a healthy, balanced life that are delivered at your doorstep once you start up your subscription. I was send April’s Klutch club box in return for a review. The box was the size of a shoe box and its’ contents were valued at $60+ and were compiled to help “Spring Clean Your Body.” Once you subscribe, you should fill set up your profile and take a few surveys in return for KLUTCHdollars which can be redeemed for free KLUTCHclub boxes. There is even a KLUTCHclub community where you can share your experiences and receive healthy living tips on fitness, nutrition and lifestyle.
When I signed up for this review, I didn’t expect my KLUTCHbox to be so impressive. Here’s the items that came in my box:
Kristin McGee’s Power Yoga DVD
$25 Gift Card for Yoga Hyde where you can purchase Yoga clothing
Hydrive Energy Drink Mix
Zico Pure Premium Coconut Water
Skin-Smart tea by Tea Forte
KIND bar – All Natural Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Bar
Enjoy Life Foods: Gluten and Allergen Free All Natural Snacks *Plentils *No Nuts! Seed and Fruit Mix
Barlean’s Organic Oil instead of swallowing large capsules to get in your Omega3
Rose Hips Black Soap Deep Pore Facial Wash by Shea Terra Organics
Be sure to follow KLUTCHclub on Twitter and Facebook to keep up to date with their program.
I like to watch my weight and eat healthy foods and did a KIND bar review awhile back and am definitely hooked on those, so I was thrilled to see the KIND bar and ate it for breakfast this morning! I also ate the No Nuts! Seed and Fruit Mix and loved it too. Looks like I am going to have to hunt that down at my grocery just like I did the KIND bars.
As for the Yoga tape, I just had knee surgery less than 2 weeks ago, so I won’t be doing Yoga any time soon, but my sons are enjoying the tape. My husband says Yoga is a great workout and is encouraging me to give it a try once I am ready to exercise again. As for all the other goodies, I am really looking forward to trying them out, but don’t want to sit down and pig out on everything in one day! I have placed the coconut water in the fridge and will be trying that soon, and will be using the Rose Hips Black Soap Deep Pore Facial Wash in the shower tonight.
This month’s KLUTCHbox was definitely a keeper. As a subscriber you can receive a different KLUTCHbox full of suprises every month for $18. This would be a great gift for someone who is thinking of getting serious about their health and needs just a little push to get started! It would also be a great gift for someone who lives a healthy lifestyle and likes to try new products. I can’t wait to try the coconut water. I love coconut, but never thought about drinking a bottle of coconut water!
KlutchCLub is offering us a code that will give us 10% off our subscription purchases while also donating 10% to BrightPink. Be sure to use this code at KlutchClub.com when you purchase a subscription: BRIGHTPINK
Thank you KLUTCHbox, I truly had fun with your package! It was definitely worth your subscription fee!
Bobbie Anne
Ever since I can remember, I have had bumps on my arms, bumps that drove me nuts and always “called” me to pick at them. My mom used to point out other kids that picked at their arms to show me how bad that looked in order to get me to leave my arms alone. Of course the bumps looked worse after I picked at them, but it was a daily habit of mine, one that I could not break. I was taken to the family doctor and told to use this cream and by the time I was 18, these bumps, my so called eczema, would go away. Guess what, the morning of my 18th birthday, I sat up out of bed, rubbed my arms and bumps were still there!
Once I got married, I still had the bumps and both my sons have the bumps as well. They really don’t stand out until someone touches your arms and then you know what they are thinking. I had this happen to me all through school and hate for it to happen to my children. I have seen another dermatologist in the past years and they have also given cream, but still bumps! I have seen many commercials on television covering eczema which shows redness, and itching which we DO NOT have. We just have bumps that can be squeezed like pimples, but then they look worse so they are better off not being messed with, just like my mother tried to tell me for years!
My sons have not been teased as of yet and I wish I could find a way to cure this before they have to feel how I felt going through school with this not wanting to wear sleeveless shirts for fear of more people noticing my “bumps.” I have been looking online for an answer and came across CaliforniaSkinInstitute.com where they specialize in medical dermatology and skin diseases. I don’t live in California, so I can’t pay them a visit, but I think I’m going to give them a call and see if there is any way they can still help me with this issue.
Do you have the same skin issues? Are you using anything to treat this? If so, please let me know how you treat it so I can test it out on myself before trying it on my boys.
Welcome to the 2012 Savory Summer Blog-Hopping giveaway event hosted by Measuring Flower and Graphoniac with grand prize sponsors Nostalgia Electrics and Ella’s Kitchen. Both grand prize sponsors are offering prize packages of their own valued at $100 each. Make sure you enter to win both of those grand prizes HERE. Make sure you follow the hop, as many other bloggers are hosting their own giveaways with prizes valued at $25 or more!
My childhood Mother’s Day memories include selecting the perfect Mother’s Day card/gift for my grandmother. Mother’s Day was always a big deal at my house. My dad would always take us down to the local greenhouse and help my sister and I select the perfect bush, tree or flowers to plant for Mom. Now that I am a mother, I make sure that Grandma (my Mother-in-law), and my Step Mother get the perfect Mother’s Day card/gift and this year designed my cards online from Tiny Prints.
Unfortunately my children were never able to meet my mom because Cancer took her away from us when I was only 17, shortly after I graduated from high school. She was 40 years old and found a lump, but was just too scared to have it checked out. She waited almost 6 months before going to the doctor and that decision had a major impact on her health. I know that finding lumps can be very scary, but do yourself and your family a favor and get to the doctor for a check up A.S.A.P. Take care of yourself, schedule your yearly check ups, keep your mammogram appointments and be sure to tell your physician about any history of Cancer in your family.
Do your family and friends a favor and spread the word, together, we can make a difference by informing others about what can happen if you wait too long before scheduling a check up. I know my mom was not the first to wait too long, and unfortunately, she won’t be the last!
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-This post is sponsored by the American Cancer Society
Unfortunately I had to have knee surgery and now depend on a walker to get around. The surgery required the doctor to break my bone near my knee cap so that he could realign my knee cap so that it would “track” properly and not continue to slip out of socket. Now that the surgery is over, I am not allowed to bear any weight on my leg, and will be “tied” to this walker for at least another month of my 3 – 6 month recovery period.
Within the first two days of using my walker, I realized that I needed a bag for my walker so that I could carry items since I needed two hands for the walker and couldn’t carry anything with me unless it fit in my pockets. Once you fill your side pockets too full, your stuffed pockets hit the walker from the inside and make the walker less stable! Then on the days that you don’t have pockets, you’re just out of luck unless you can carry that object in your mouth while heading back to your chair. I did try tying plastic bags to the walker, but decided this just wouldn’t do for another month.
So I went online and found www.afabag.com and contacted them about a walker bag review.
Look at all the goodies I can carry with this awesome bag! Now I can get my own snacks, keep my phone with me at all times and even carry all my favorite items with me all the time! I more or less just emptied my purse out into this bag and never have to worry about packing a backpack every time we leave the house. Everything I need is kept in my new bag and I can’t go anywhere without the walker, so now I am always prepared!
Here’s the back side of the bag with a deep zipper and the inside of the bag is deep and has pockets for separating items. This bag is so great! I can’t tell you how embarrassing and how bad it can make you feel to know that you can’t get anywhere without using a walker. I am slow and everyone always has to wait for me when we go somewhere. I have people stop and hold doors for me, which bothers me since they have no idea how long they will be waiting on me after they’ve committed to holding the door open.
The bag I selected also comes with a matching makeup bag! This bag definitely lifted my spirits and made me feel much better about being seen in public using a walker! As a matter of fact, the day I received my new bag, I decided it was time to get out of the house for awhile. The bag didn’t make me any faster, but it made me proud to be able to show off my new trendy, fabulous bag.
If you know anyone that uses a walker or wheelchair, I encourage you to check out www.afabag.com! There are many bags to choose from, even small ones for hooking to the sides of wheelchairs and walkers, but I have LOTS of junk and always carry my netbook with me, so I had to have a larger bag to fit my needs. Did you see all the drinks and snacks in the front pockets of my bag, just imagine what I keep inside!
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Throughout my pregnancies, there were certain doctor appointments that I couldn’t wait to attend. I was always so anxious for that first major appointment where the doctor checked for the heartbeat, then the appointment were I found out the sex of the baby and then the ultrasounds where I could finally see my baby. My first pregnancy ultrasound pictures were so dear to me. I was just amazed at what baby Travis looked like at that stage. Further down the road with an additional pregnancy I was introduced to the 3D and 4D ultrasounds and they were simply amazing! I couldn’t believe the difference in the 4 D ultrasounds compared to the first ultra sound pictures I had from the year 2000. If you’re not familiar with ultrasound imaging, here’s a site where you can learn more about ultrasounds.
My doctor was a high risk doctor located in Houston and had all the up to date machines and tests. He had a great reputation and clients had to fill out an application in hopes of becoming one of his patients. Since he was a high risk doctor, many of the women in the waiting room were there to see him because they were experiencing difficulties with their pregnancies, so the waiting room wasn’t always a happy place. Since many families who used this doctor were experiencing problems with their pregnancies, children were not welcome in the waiting room so my son was never able to view an ultrasound with my husband and I.
This Austin, Texas office offers 2D, 3D & 4D ultrasounds that are available to pregnant women and their families. This clinic, which offers families an ultrasound in Austin, reviews written consent forms from the client’s medical doctor since the procedures are elective and only offer limited diagnostics. These ultrasounds can’t be used as your main informational ultrasound used in checking your baby’s overall health, but they are an experience that I would have looked into if I would have known about their services during the end of my pregnancy.
My ultrasounds were exciting, but the rooms were cramped and only 3 people could attend the ultrasound: husband, doctor and myself and even if there had been more room, my child would never have been allowed to view the ultrasound. After reading more about these services in Austin, I found that all family members and friends are welcome, even if they run out of chairs and need to bring in pillows for seating! The early ultrasounds can be embarrassing and I wouldn’t want to invite anyone in with me, but the ultrasounds towards the end of the pregnancy would be so much fun to share with friends, family and especially siblings!
Check into to it, it’s not everyday that you can experience a high definition ultrasound, a memory that you will have forever!
Welcome to Summer Splash hosted by Life With Two Boys, With Our Best, and Bella So Savvy! This event begins on May 14, 2012 at 12:01am EST and will end on May 27, 2012 at 11:59pm EST.
Over 100 blogs have come together to bring you some amazing prizes to help you kick off your summer… with a SPLASH! Each blog is giving away at least $25 worth of prizes, plus we have an awesome grand prize for one very lucky winner. Be sure to hop along to each of the participating blogs because the more giveaways you enter, the more chances you have at winning the Grand Prize!
So what’s this Grand Prize we’re talking about? Thanks to Kid’s Creations one very lucky winner is going to win a Two Ring Adventure Playset valued at $3,598.00! Made from the highest quality Redwood and loaded with fun activities, this swing set is sure to make this summer one to remember! The grand prize is only open to residents of the Continental United States and does not include assembly/installation.
Bobbie Anne
This is an awesome giveaway! Have you ever owned a Louis Vuitton Purse, if so you know about it’s quality, if not, trust me, you WANT to win this giveaway! Make sure you grab yourself as many entries as you possibly can. This isn’t your average $25 valued giveaway, this one is HUGE!
Good luck,
Bobbie Anne
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I had mentioned a few weeks ago that I was fired up and ready to shed a few pounds with Weight Watchers since knee surgery was coming. http://www.blogwithmom.com/2012/04/weight-watchers-round-2-knee-surgery-on-the-way/
When talking to my orthopedic surgeon about this idea, he said NO. Since my bones will need to heal, he doesn’t want me to make any drastic changes to my diet right now. So my Weight Watchers weekly count down is going to have to be put off for awhile, but I wanted to tell you that in the week I had before my surgery, I managed to get 4 pounds off.
Now that surgery is over, my whole leg is swollen. I am sure the swelling has added to my weight, along with the bandages and brace that I am now wearing, so I think I’ll watch my food intake and stay off the scales for awhile! Knee surgery has also put a damper on my exercising plans. I spend most of my day on the couch or in the recliner when not venturing around the first floor on my new walker with its’ cool front wheels and tennis balls on the back legs!
Here’s a great low fat cool whip fruit salad you may want to try if you are a cool whip fan. Also, iMetabolic is sponsoring a great healthy iMeal / Food Replacement Powder giveaway through 5/15/2012.
Since meeting Peter Thomas Senese, the author of Chasing The Cyclone, I have been learning more and more about international child abductions. Today he sent me an email telling me about a few children that have been reunited with their families over the last two weeks. These reunions are always great to hear about and also bring new hope to parents who have yet to reunite with their “lost” children.- One child who was abducted from Italy has been missing close to 2 and a half years and will be definitely be coming home sometime within the next two weeks.
- One child was rescued after being abducted from the U.S. and on his way out of the country on a cruise ship.
- One child has been taken to the Philippines, but is VERY close to being tracked down and returned.
- There were three young children in Canada were being targeted for a planned abduction to Saudi Arabia, but the abduction was prevented and the children remain safe with their family.
DON’T forget to enter to win an eBook copy of Chasing The Cyclone. Entries will be taken through 5/14 – Good Luck!
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