River Man

Just a little capture of my sweet, silly five year old.

Happy Easter

Warm Easter wishes from my family to yours. Wishing you a peaceful Easter Sunday filled with love.

Cats in Ties

First of all, don't forget to enter to win the Purex No Sort!

Hippo, as always, wanted to be the middle of things while I was taking new tie pictures. This wasn't what he had in mind, but he wears it well.

Lucy just kind of got stuck playing dress-up. At 7 months old she's definitely not as accommodating as Hippo ... and she sure doesn't sit still as long!

FYI - Yes, the ties do fit cats, I'd go with the toddler size (these are child sized and the neckband works but was made as small as possible). For dogs I'd get the child size tie. If the pet already has a collar the neckband can be taken off and the tie attached directly onto their collar.

Purex No Sort for Colors Laundry Detergent ~ Giveaway ~

Here's a great giveaway for you!

Purex has changed the rules. No more sorting whites and colors.

Purex has developed a new "Anti-Color Transfer Technology" that makes sorting clothes a thing of the past. The new technology traps loose dyes in the wash and reduces color bleeding in your mixed loads.

My kids do some of the laundry in my house. Sorting is not their thing. No, not even on their radar when I asked them to start a load of laundry. Jeans, black tees, white socks, khaki shorts, red skirts - it all goes in there together with not a care in the world. Until their white socks and underwear are pink. Then they care. A lot. I can't even count how many items have been damaged by color bleeding.

I am a sorter. I've never intentionally tossed lights and darks into the washer together. It just feels wrong. I wasn't sure about this Purex No Sort for Colors detergent. This weekend, though, the kids and I were involved in a community service project at a local thrift store where we did a lot of yard work ("a lot" is an understatement ... we had no idea what we'd volunteered for but it took 20 people almost 6 hours to get the work done and everyone worked really hard). We came home covered in dirt and mulch. I did not want our filthy clothes washed with everything else we owned so I thought I'd give the No Sort a try, mixing jeans, socks, and t-shirts of a variety of colors. Not only were there no color bleeding accidents, the clothes came out very clean and smelled great. Very impressive ... and so much easier and more efficient than dividing the laundry into two loads.

Simplify a small corner of your life, avoid laundry mishaps, and even put the kids in charge of doing a few loads for free by winning (1) of (2) coupons for a free bottle of Purex No Sort. The two winners will be chosen Monday, April 21st.  Enter in the Rafflecopter-thingy below. Good luck!

Also, click here to enter to win $1000 and a years supply of Purex No Sort.


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Win a Moms Night Out from Purex

Being a mom is the hardest job of all, but sometimes moms need a break too! That’s why Purex is celebrating Mother’s Day and the release of Sony’s new motion picture, Moms’ Night Out, by giving away a night out for you and up to five friends.

This movie will be in theaters May 9th, which is Mother's Day weekend! View a promo of the movie here - Moms Night Out sneak peek.

Enter here for your chance to win:

One Grand Prize Winner

• Limo service for the evening
• Dinner at a nice restaurant
• 6 free movie tickets/passes
• $100 bucks for movie snacks

10 runners up

• 4 free movie tickets/passes

Easter Tie Ordering

Today. Today would be a good day to order ties for Easter! 

 Easter shipping deadlines (within the continental US): 
First class mail: Monday 
Priority mail upgrade: Tuesday 

Any orders placed later than that will likely not arrive by this Saturday. Thanks!

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