Make a Difference for your school! You get to choose a school to support. Your designated school will receive all of your online Box Tops earnings. This is a great way to help your school. You are probably already buying stuff that has Box-Top. Use them to make a difference!
What is Manilla? Manilla is a free web based service that helps consumers better manage all of their household accounts, including financial, utilities, subscriptions and travel rewards programs, in one secure place online. Under a single password, Manilla provides customers with an automated, organized view of all of their account information, text and/or email reminders to pay bills and unlimited storage of account documents that Manilla has seamlessly retrieved for the consumer.
Why is Manilla necessary? Most people have more than 20 different household accounts, including three to four credit cards, several travel and hotel rewards accounts, multiple magazine and newspaper subscriptions, plus cable, phone, and other assorted utility bills. In order to stay on top of all this, people have to manage daily incoming paper mail, an array of online usernames and passwords, and websites in order to access important account information and take action. Manilla seamlessly retrieves all your account information – current balances, previous payments, upcoming bills due – and stores it for you in one secure place. Most importantly, you need only one password to view, manage and organize it all.
We all could use a little help organizing our accounts and this really helps!
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Manilla.
When we were in the market for a new computer. I was looking at Cashbaq and Ebates and the percentage back I would receive when I purchased a computer online at Apple.com was only 1% of my purchase. I would also not see this money for another 3-4 months.
This is where ShopDiscover comes in. After doing some research I found that if you shop through ShopDiscover you will get 5% back! That is a whole lot better than the 1% I was going to receive. I would receive my rebate with in 8 weeks! I can also choose to have the cash back bonus credited back to my account, have a check send to me, use instantly at Amazon.com, or redeem it for gift cards or merchandise.
They have a ton of stores that offer excellent cash back bonuses! Most are at least 5% and some go as high as 20%
Plus, if you apply for a Discover card you will get a $50 Cashback Bonus with your first purchase. You can even link your Discover Card to your Amazon account and automatically use your cash back when you make purchases at Amazon.com! You could have just a few dollars in your cash back account and use it on Amazon. You don’t have to wait and there is no minimum!
Click here to apply.
Other cash back options:
As you can see ShopDiscover offers almost double at many online stores. Try them out.
My absolute favorite dish soap is Dawn Liquid Soap. They have the most amazing scents and they clean like no other. When I have a greasy pan, I know Dawn will do the trick. But did you know Dawn makes a new type of soap that will give you the same results on a dirty, baked on pan, that usually takes an all night soaking, in just five minutes!
Dawn sent me a bottle of their new Dawn Power Clean soap through Socialmoms.com and a 5 minute timer. I was really excited to try this because I really like to go to bed with a clean kitchen, so leaving dirty dishes soaking on the counter is a little frustrating to me. The first chance I had to use this new soap was on a large pan of baked ziti. My mom had a baby shower for my sister and made tons of baked ziti.
When she got home they were empty, dirty pans. So she filled up the pan with water and the new Dawn Power Clean and set the timer for 5 minutes. When the timer went off, she easily wiped clean the baked on cheese. This awesome soap will now allow me to go to bed with a clean kitchen!
Dawn will definitely help me to save some time and be more efficient in the kitchen. I don’t know about your house but we run the dishwasher twice a day and wash the larger pots, pans, and dishes. I have to keep my small kitchen clean and organized in order to be ready for the next meal. Here’s some of the things we do to help keep my kitchen clean and running efficiently. Even thought I am a stay at home mom – my days are pretty crazy!
In a perfect world we would wake up to a clean kitchen. There are usually a few stray dishes that don’t make it into the dishwasher. We try to unload the dishwasher when we wake up and put the dry dishes from the dish drainer in their place. We can then start filling the dishwasher instead of the sink.
I usually make a pretty big mess at dinner time. When I am done cooking, I will add the new Dawn Power Clean to the pan with some water, so that when we are done eating, it is easier to clean up.
Try to keep the clutter off your counter. The only thing we have on our counter all the time is our Keurig machine. It’s big – but my husband uses it a few times a day and it would be a pain to drag it out. We use our toaster a lot but mostly in the morning. So I keep this appliance in the cabinet.
I love to use my slow cooker to make dinner. I can throw everything in while my daughter is napping and dinner is done! Most of the mess is already clean before we eat dinner! I try to have a nice stock-pile of basic foods. I hate last minute trips to the grocery store.
How do you keep your kitchen running efficiently? Do you have any time saving tips? I would love to hear them.
Make sure you like Dawn on Facebook and follow them on Twitter for great information.
With Dawn’s line of power products, you can get the amazing power of an overnight soak in just five minutes. These products cut grease and dissolve tough foods on your everyday dishes (even the ones you bake in) without the effort of elbow grease!
“I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and Dawn bloggingprogram, to earn My SocialMoms Rewards Points, and I received free product for participating. The opinions and ideas expressed here are my own. To read more posts on this topic, click here.”
Before I had kids, I worked for Nielsen Media Research. It was a very large company with excellent benefits. I loved the security of health insurance. When we moved, I had to think about a short term health insurance plan to cover our family in case of an emergency.
It is really expensive to go to the hospital or have surgery if you don’t have health insurance. Paying for a short term health insurance policy could prevent you from going deep into debt. Short term coverage is just as good as long term health insurance. Short term policies offer HMO or PPO plans.
You should check out ShortTermHealthInsurance.net to get more information. You can also compare the rates of multiple health insurance companies. Just enter your zip code and get an extensive list of short term health insurance policies that can fit your needs.
Did you know UPS has a free service that notifies you when you have a package?? This free service is called UPS My Choice.
I love it! I get email notifications when I am about to get a delivery. They let me know a time frame as to when it will be delivered. I can also electronically authorize packages for drop-of, re-route to other locations and many other options.
I loved knowing when my packages would arrive. I use to hate coming home to those tags that said I missed a delivery. Especially when I paid extra to have something delivered faster! Now I know about when my packages will arrive. Or if I am not going to be home I can have it sent to my mom’s house! I actually won something and was notified by UPS of the delivery!
Click here to sign up. I know that you get tracking numbers but with this service you don’t have to check the tracking number – they email you and tell you when it will be delivered!
This post contains sponsored content. All opinions are mine own.
Purex is starting a new campaign called “Let’s Be Honest”. They have teamed up with Second City Comedian Molly Erdman and they have created a funny series of short video vignettes sharing honest moments that reflect the ironic truths of everyday Life, Laundry, and Whatever. I am sure we can all relate to the craziness of everyday life in these videos.
Plus there is a contest – everyday one lucky entrant will win a year’s supply of Purex detergent!
Check out this video for a few laughs.Through mid July, there will be new funny videos uploaded every few days at www.purex.com. The daily sweepstakes will run through July 24th.
I love to go to parties. Mostly because I love the party foods. For some reason, I really enjoy the variety of finger foods that are usually served at parties.
Have you seen the new Queso Cheese Bites – delicious, bite-sized snacks filled with creamy white queso cheese from Farm Rich? They look like the perfect “party food”. They have a slight kick – like you would taste in a Mexican restaurant. You can bake them or fry them and they are crunchy on the outside and creamy on the inside. Plus, each portion contains just 180 calories and 0 grams trans fat per serving. Quick, easy, and flavorful are all important factors when I am planning my party!
I am actually planning a party for my son’s 7th brithday. Here’s some of the tips that I use to make my parties a hit!
What are some of your tips for your parties?
Farm Rich also has a fun game you can play and win prizes. Play Pesos 4 Quesos for a chance to win a $3,500 “Fiesta Grande” from Farm Rich. Visit the Farm Rich Facebook page and click on Pesos 4 Quesos to play. You can also register to win a weekly $200 gift cards plus the chance to take home the $3,500 grand prize—worth over 44,000 pesos! That’s a lot of pesos!When you reach different game levels, you can also earn coupons to try the new Queso Cheese Bites. It’s actually a really fun and addicting game.
You can buy the Queso Cheese Bites at Walmart stores and other Farm Rich grocery retailers for about $6.99 for a bag of Farm Rich Queso Cheese Bites that contains 53-56 pieces.
You can read more about Farm Rich here. You can also follow them on Twitter: @farmrichsnacks
I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and Farm Rich blogging program, to earn My SocialMoms Rewards Points. The opinions and ideas expressed here are my own. To read more posts on this topic, click here.”
My kids clothes are full of stains. I am horrible at removing stains. One day I remembered something about a stain remover that used Dawn soap and hydrogen peroxide. I made it and it was incredible! I have been getting old stains out of clothes like crazy. It’s like we all have new clothes!
Here is a shirt that my daughter was wearing when she was eating strawberries.
Now here’s the same shirt 30 minutes later after I sprayed it with my stain remover. This shirt hasn’t even been washed yet! I just sprayed it! It is seriously a miracle worker!! (I was shocked it was so clean already. I forgot to take a picture of the shirt after I washed it but it looked good as new!)
DIY Stain Remover
In a spray bottle mix the Dawn soap and peroxide. I use a small funnel so I don’t spill it all over. Give it a swirl and start spraying!
I have be able to remove strawberries, blood, dirt, some grease stains, and more!
Try it out and tell me what you think. Now if I could figure out how to remove the grease stains I have on my clothes from cooking I would be a very happy mommy!
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