Win some Aldiri Nursers!

These Aldiri Natural Nursers are genius!  Win some from Dealectible Mommies.

Earth Mama Angel Baby Giveaway

Oh my gosh, I want this so bad!

You can win a $25 gift certificate to Earth Mama Angel Baby at Mommy News!

I've been drinking the Third Trimester Tea for the past week or so and it's really yummy.

Wonder what I would get if I won...

Woot! Fuzzi Bunz Giveaway!

Back when Simon was in dipes full time, we really liked Fuzzi Bunz.  We mainly used them for traveling, babysitters, & if he was in the nursery.  Pocket-style diapers are so easy to use.  The "pocket" of the diaper holds a super-absorbent microfiber pad.  The inner layer of the Fuzzi Bunz is a snuggly-soft microfleece that wicks moisture away from your baby while the outer layer is waterproof to prevent leaks.  Plus, there are several rows of snaps that make for a snug and comfy fit. 

I definitely want to get a few for the new baby, and this is where I come to the purpose of this post:  I'm trying to win some!  Head on over to Piece of Me and enter yourself.  She's giving away three Fuzzi Bunz in the color & size of your choosing.

I must have this.

I can't stop entering baby gear giveaways.  This one is no joke, though.  The only stroller we have is a hand-me-down umbrella stroller.  It's nice and all but it'd be even nicer to have a new one!  Especially one of these Bumbleride Indie strollers that Nurse Mommy is giving away.  So, so nice.

Mmmm Soda

Save the environment and still get to drink soda?

COUNT ME IN.

Win a Fountain Jet Soda Lover's Start-up Kit at Two of a Kind!

Just keep in mind that I want this really badly and I'll fight you for it.

Dewey's Weekly Geeks

I had no idea that Weekly Geeks had been revived, so I'm glad I came along for the second edition.  The Book Zombie asked:

For those who have been with the group, either from the start or joined within recent months, what does being a member mean to you? What do you enjoy about the group? What are some of your more memorable Weekly Geeks that we might could do again? What could be improved as we continue the legacy that Dewey gave us?

For those just joining us, why did you sign up for Weekly Geeks? What would you like to see here?

I joined rather late in the Weekly Geeks game, but I had known of all Dewey's goings-on through our friendship on another site.  When I started reading her blog regularly, I knew I needed to get in on some of the bloggy fun she was having with all these book nerds!  I didn't participate often, but I loved reading all of the posts from other members.  My favorite posts were ones with pictures.

I think about Dewey every day and it's still hard to believe that she's gone.  I think about her when I knit because we talked a lot about our projects.  I think about her when I see plant yarns because she couldn't knit with anything else.  I think about her when I post pictures or talk about my boys because she loved seeing and hearing about them.  I think about her when I read the blogs I started following because of her, and I think about her whenever I log into Reader and there aren't any new posts under her blog title.

I thought a lot about her today, especially, because we basically had an all-night internet party on election night where we kept tabs on which states were blue or red.  It was so much fun and I know that we would've had another internet party today in honor of the inauguration.

My Weekly Geeks posts will be placed in this review blog from now on since this is where I'll be posting my book reviews.  I hope that I'm able to participate often and I look forward to meeting some new Weekly Geeks.

Oh. My. God.

I swear this isn't a paid advertisement.  In fact, no one even asked me to post this.  I have just seriously never, EVER been more impressed with a product before now.  Here's a little background:

We live in the country, which means we have a well.  It runs deep into our Georgia clay, and with the abundance of cool, clear water, we also get an untold number of minerals and deposits.  Before we got our water softener, the pump filter, the filter under the house, under the sink, and running into the refridgerator, our dishes and clothes would turn ORANGE.  We don't have iron, just a bunch of other stuff that doesn't like for our clothes and dishes to actually appear clean.  Even with the water softener, stuff looks dingy and a lot of our dishes just ended up stained.

If there's a product out there for hard water, we tried everything, everything.  We tried The Works, Lime-Away, CLR, and every other "Hard Water Expert" product full of scary chemicals "guaranteed" to clean our tubs, toilets, and clothes.  But you know what? Nothing worked!

For the toilets, I found I needed to use one of those pumice stones and get down into the toilet to get the mineral deposits off.  I didn't mind that so much, but how the heck were my dishes and dishwasher supposed to get clean?  Every now and then we bought one of those bottles of Electrasol dishwasher cleaners, but you only get to use those one time.

So the other week, I looked up and down the cleaning aisle at Publix when I saw this glorious product, surrounded by a halo of light, angels in chorus singing all around:

I was skeptical, but went for it anyway.  Afterall, what could trying just one more thing hurt?  Besides, it's environmentally friendly, so...why not?

I'll let these pictures speak for themselves:

(our otherwise clean Veggie Tales plate)

 (before Lemi Shine)

 (after Lemi Shine)

How incredible is that?