For months I went without having a working vacuum cleaner of my own. Well I had a brand new vacuum that took a dump on me only after letting me use it a couple times. I am bad at returning things so I have been holding on to a broken vacuum cleaner in hopes that it would fix itself. Luckily most of my house is tile except the bedrooms, so a vacuum has only been needed for the rooms which I have been able to borrow my moms.

When my new Hoover WindTunnel Air Bagless Upright arrived on my doorstep to review I was a little nervous but excited.

I will admit to leaving it in the box for a couple weeks. I hate putting things together because I hate directions and always avoid putting things together that require directions if possible. I also was afraid I was going to turn it on and something go wrong.  Once I finally got brave and opened it, I found it to be very easy to assemble. …

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When it is hot I often crave something cold and sweet like ice cream. Okay, I crave ice cream even when it is cold. Today is was 105 degrees in California and I thought I would spoil the kids today with some ice cream. When I went to the store I had a couple coupons for the Dreyer’s Slow Churned  5.8 oz  tubs of ice cream.

I thought I scored when I seen they were on SALE for 99 cents so I bought four of them.

As I was driving home I was thinking I should have bought more, maybe one of each of the flavors. I have tried this ice cream once before, the Cookies and Cream and LOVED it so I really was excited to try the others.

When I got home there were SMILES on my children’s faces, especially my son. He immediately wanted to stack them first before we got to enjoy them.

I love that this ice cream comes in these small sizes. I like to watch what I eat but sometimes find it hard to not indulge on ice cream if it is in the freezer waiting for me to eat it. These make portion control easy unless you eat more than one tub. 🙂

What I like most about this ice cream is that it is half the fat, and one-third fewer calories. I didn’t know this information before when I tried it but now that I know, I will be definitely grabbing the Dreyer’s Slow Churned Ice Cream more often.

Now its your turn to help others smile. Right now on the Dreyer’s Facebook page, for every “ice cream smile” photo that is uploaded a $5 donation will be made to Operation Smile. There is a goal to give away more than 25,000 scoops of ice cream and capture 25,000 photos of ice cream smiles before the summer ends. By uploading a picture, you can help this effort to deliver more than 500 reconstructive surgeries to children around the world that suffer from cleft lip, cleft palate facial deformities.

For just a few minutes of your time, you can help make a child smile!

“I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Dreyer’s / Edy’s. I received a coupon to purchase product samples and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.”

Last school year I heard my daughter Hailey talk about these shoes called Toms. I remember quickly looking online for a price and when I seen how much they cost, I clicked off. They reminded me of the China flats I used to wear when I was young but definitely a little more expensive.

I kind of forgot about Toms until a few months ago when I seen a really CUTE pair of Toms Wedges on Pinterest. Later that day I happened to see the same pair at Nordstroms and I knew wanted them. I didn’t buy the Toms but I had my eye on them and thought to myself I was going to get me a pair. Once it was time for BlogHer, my friend Carrie With Children tweeted online she was going to wear her sparkly glitter silver Toms. That caught my interest and I went to the Toms website to find out why I would be ordering my own pair.

When you buy a pair of Toms, a pair of shoes is then given to a child in need. Their motto = “One For One” and I love it! After I ordered my pair of Toms I ordered Hailey the pair of CUTE white Toms she had been wanting too.

Knowing that 2 pairs of shoes will be donated to 2 children in need makes me feel good inside and I plan to buy more, like the WEDGES!