Product Reviews
Angry Bird Dog Toys ROCK!!
Our 4-month-old Golden Retriever bores with her toys easily. That is, until she received a few of the new Angry Birds® toys by Hartz.
The Angry Birds®craze continues to sweep the nation and now pets can play too.The Hartz Mountain Corporation recently launched an exclusive line of Angry Birds pet toys featuring many of the wildly [...]
Elevated Dog Bowl Feeder
One of the things our vet told us we would eventually need for our Golden Retriever is an elevated feeder. He said that it’s better for our dog’s health to not be bent over while eating because it eliminates bloating and health issues that can arise from eating in that position. I didn’t want to [...]
13Dec2011 | lipsticktocrayons | Comments Off | Continued
Diplaying Quilts as Artwork, Creating Heirlooms
I’ve shared with you that one of my prized possessions is a quilt made by Campus Quilts from the baby clothes of my three children. And now, Campus Quilts is in the process of creating another quilt for me that will honor my late father’s memory. I wrote about that here and I will enthusiastically [...]
19Sep2011 | lipsticktocrayons | 1 comment | Continued
Memorial Quilt to Honor my Father’s Memory
My father, Roger L. Melton, Jr., died on April 30, 2011. It was somewhat unexpected and it’s still hard. As I said in my eulogy to him, he was my hero. He retired after 30 years as police officer and had a decorated (and sometimes colorful) career in law enforcement. I learned just days before [...]
29Aug2011 | lipsticktocrayons | Comments Off | Continued
Great Idea for Mother’s Day – Scentsy Wickless Candles.
I have a new item in my home that I love, love, love. It’s a Scentsy wickless candle.
Scentsy wickless candles are a safe way to bring great fragrance and stylish decor into your home. They are flameless candles that are heated in a decorative warmer where wax is slowly melted by a small, low-watt bulb.
You [...]
$50 Snapfish Giveaway for Mother’s Day – Check out the Photobooks! – CLOSED
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I LOVE SNAPFISH PHOTOBOOKS! And what would make a better Mother’s Day present than a Snapfish photobook?
You can honor mom by capturing her favorite moments in a personalized photo book. You can even archive her favorite family recipes! Snapfish offers photo books with many creative layouts [...]
Get New Ahnu Shoes and Fight Breast Cancer
Ahnu footwear recently announced a Breast Cancer prevention initiative for this spring. For each pair of women’s Numentum™ performance shoes purchased at ahnu.com in April and May 2011, the brand will donate $5 to the Breast Cancer Fund, the leading organization working to identify and eliminate the environmental causes of breast cancer. The initiative takes place [...]
19Apr2011 | lipsticktocrayons | Comments Off | Continued
Drinking More Water & Loving Our New Water Cooler!
I made lots of New Year’s Resolutions this year, and among there were:
Sign up to run the 2011 Chicago Marathon – Check. I’m registered for this October event.
Learn a new training/exercise program that requires me to run a little less and cross train a little more. Working on it.
Lose weight, of course. Working on it.
Drink [...]
