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Hey dear readers, I’ve been working on a much needed blog post schedule (because winging it just isn’t this planning girls style) and while I won’t be having a theme for every day of the week, I’ve decided to keep this new one: Helpful Homemaking where I will share quick and easy tips for Moms, homes, gardens, cooking, - this will be a grab bag of helpfulness. You can find some of my recent tips here and here. I will also keep a favorite around here: Wordless Wednesday!
Before I get to my quick tip today, I’d love to ask you what would you like to see me write about here on the blog? Please take a quick minute to fill out this survey to help me plan future posts. I promise it’s quick and easy. Thanks!
How to Disinfect and deodorize your garbage disposal and sink drains
This really is super quick and easy.
- Take 3 tablespoons Arm and Hammer Baking soda
- 1 cup ice cubes
- Pour ice down drain. Top with baking soda.
- Turn on water (medium-low cold) and turn on garbage disposal.
- Let run until the ice cubes stop making the loud noise that scares your cat or dog (about 30 seconds.)
- Then run hot water down drain for about 30 seconds and done! Clean smelling drains again. This should last at least a week depending on what you are putting down the garbage disposal.
Now clean the other side of your sink by placing 2 tablespoons of baking soda down the drain and running hot water for about 30 seconds. Your drain is clean.
If you are feeling really industrious, toss another tablespoon of baking soda in your sink lightly, wet it to make a paste and scrub your sink with a non-abrasive cloth. A good paper towel will work in a pinch.
I hope you found this tip helpful. Please come back next week to read my helpful homemaking post and follow along on my Pinterest Board.
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With the holidays
rapidly approaching, a lot of us will find ourselves out and about alone,
busily rushing from one errand to the next. Safety in parking lots is something
that I’m always aware of during the holiday hustle and bustle, but I live in an
area that can sometimes lull me into a false sense of security and I forget
some safety measures like checking my car before I get in. So when the owner of React mobile contacted
me and introduced their free safety app, I was intrigued and gladly accepted his
offer to sponsor this post because safety, not just for me, but my entire
family is a priority for everybody I know.
About
React Mobile:
React Mobile, a new free app for iPhone and Android that helps enhance personal safety. This app is well suited for families as a safety tool to help parents keep track of their kids.
How does our app work?
React Mobile helps you turn your smartphone into a
powerful lifeline. The app has a “Follow Me” feature, that let’s yourself
selected contacts track your whereabouts in real-time whenever you’re concerned
for your safety.
Perfect for running or walking alone early in the morning or
late at night, keeping track of kids, or meeting a client for the first time,
simply touch the “I’m Safe” button to let your contacts know when you’ve
arrived at your destination safely.
In an emergency, press the SOS shield
on the app to send out a panic alert containing a link to your GPS location to
select emergency contacts via text message and email, which can
optionally be posted to Facebook and Twitter. Once the SOS alert is activated,
you’re automatically prompted to dial 911.
For users outside of North America,
the app allows you to choose which country you live in (or are traveling to)
from the settings tab and when an SOS alert is triggered, you will be prompted
to dial the appropriate emergency authority depending on your geographic
location (ex: in the UK the app will prompt a user to dial 112/999 not 911).
React differentiates itself in the following ways:
React Mobile is Free and has an Automatic 911 prompt.
Follow-Me Feature - React Mobile, is a safety tool that you hope you never have to use. We differentiate ourselves by providing users with a safety enhancement feature for everyday use. Our premium “Follow-me” feature allows users to have friends and family track them in real-time. When a user is concerned for their safety but doesn’t want to escalate a potentially harmless situation, they can have their friends and family track them in real-time until they are safe.
International Support: Users
also have the ability to choose which country they are visiting (or
living in) from our settings tab and when they trigger an SOS alert they will
be prompted to dial the appropriate emergency authority depending on
where they are (ex: if they are in the UK the app will
prompt a user to dial 112 not 911).
Social Network
Integration: SOS alerts can be posted to Facebook and Twitter –
In the event of an emergency we want users to have the capability
to alert as many people as possible. We are differentiating ourselves from the competition
by offering users the option to post their emergency alerts to
Facebook and Twitter with a link to their location.
The cool Follow Me feature had me downloading the app ASAP.
This feature alone is perfect for teens and college kids!
I invite you to learn more about React mobile by visiting
their website and liking them on Facebook, then head on over to the iTunes appstore to download the free app or download the free app to your
Android via Google Play.
Please make sure you share this app with your family and friends.
It takes mere seconds to download the app that will give you and your loves
ones piece of mind and a backup plan should they ever need one.
Happy Holidays!
Disclosure: I received compensation for sharing this product on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this is accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR Part 255: "Guides concerning the use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.
Welcome to the $200 Cash Giveaway!
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Happy Monday dear readers! I can't think of a better way to kick off the week than with a $200 cash giveaway! I've partnered with some awesome bloggers and Giveaway Promote to share this giveaway with you. Not only can you win some cash, you get a Novella by Michael Phillip Cash.
About The Hanging Tree:
Seventeen year old Arielle is at a crossroads in her life. Disenchanted with her father, she is testing the boundaries of his trust by dating someone he does not approve.
Under the moonlit sky in Long Island, Arielle and her boyfriend meet beneath the infamous hanging tree. The couple's destiny is rooted to the five spirits in the tree whose lives and deaths are determined by an ancient curse. Will her future be determined by the past or will Arielle's choices alter the course of her life?
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Michael is the best selling author of Stillwell: A Haunting On Long Island and his debut novel, Brood X.
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When FLYBY Promotions sent out an email asking their bloggers if we would be interested in reviewing One Way Love, I hesitated to sign up. Sure, I enjoy receiving free books and yes I am a Christian- but I am a tired Christian.
A Christian tired of reading books and devotionals that leave me feeling worse about my sinner self than when I started. So, the email set until I read the promo again. The authors words below changed my mind and I couldn't wait for the books arrival.
About One Way Love:
Written by: Tullian Tchividjian, Publisher: David C Cook
Real life is long on law and short on grace—the demands never stop, the failures pile up, and fear sets in. Life requires many things from us—a stable marriage, successful children, a certain quality of life. Anyone living inside the guilt, anxiety, and uncertainty of daily life knows that the weight of life is heavy. We are all in need of some relief. Bestselling author Tullian Tchividjian is convinced our world needs a fresh encounter with grace.
About the Author:
William Graham Tullian Tchividjian (pronounced cha-vi-jin) is the Senior Pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. A Florida native, Tullian is the grandson of Billy and Ruth Graham. He is a visiting professor of theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, and a contributing editor to Leadership Journal. He is an ordained minister in Presbyterian Church of America. He is the author of six books; including the best seller, Jesus + Nothing = Everything that won Christianity Today’s 2011 book of the year. He travels extensively, speaking at conferences throughout the U.S.
My Review:
Never and I really mean NEVER have I started writing down passages I wanted to share from a book while still reading the Introduction! Tullian’s words are so authentic and needed. Not just for me, but this whole tired world.
In fact, he called the church out for some of the very reasons my husband and I made the hard decision to leave our home church last year. We would leave services not feeling uplifted with God’s good word and Grace, rather, we left feeling like we weren’t doing enough to serve and that we were somehow second rate Christians because we aren't perfect at being Christian people.
Tullian has a name for “the perfect people” (or all those trying hard to make it seem life is perfect):
Performancism.
He says performancism is the mindset that equates our identity and value directly to our performance and accomplishments. Performancism casts achievement not as something we do or don’t do but something we are or aren’t.
Wow. That is a powerful statement for a whole lot of people. People you may see on Facebook with their perfect life, kids, marriages, vacations, jobs and their faith and volunteerism. Don’t these people make you feel tired just watching them? I bet they are exhausted! This book is for them just as much as it is for the more grounded sinners such as me.
Tullian humbly invites you in to this book. It is not a preachy do this not that book. I feel lightness in my heart from reading it, knowing I am not alone in my disenchantment with my church and my Christianity. Tullian’s message is that God’s good Grace- His One Way Love covers me.
I will return to this book often I’m sure. I will buy copies for my Christian friends for gifts, it’s that good! I invite you to visit One Way Love HERE .
The Giveaway:
One lucky reader will win a copy of One Way Love (paperback)! I hope this book blesses you as it has me. No purchase is necessary to enter. Open to US residents 18 or older.
Good luck!
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Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book in the hopes that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this is accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR Part 255: "Guides concerning the use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.
Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book in the hopes that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this is accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR Part 255: "Guides concerning the use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.
I am really happy to work with our sponsor, Trainerly, today to share this Giveaway with you! I will just come right out and say it: If I don’t change up my eating and exercising habits pronto, my little black dress is not going to fit the way I want it to come the Holidays!
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Who needs Trainerly?
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Me! I’m a busy work at home Mom who could never fit a trip to the gym into my schedule or my budget. Plus, I just don’t like the idea of sweating and huffing away the pounds in front of others. Trainerly takes the performance worry and no time excuse away.
Trainerly is also perfect for:
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Ideal way for single moms to fit working out into their hectic schedule
The Giveaway:
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