Using the “Brew Over Ice” K-Cups is very easy… All you do is put ice in your cup, and run the K-Cup through like normal.  (Use the 6oz. or 8oz. setting)  Add your extras as necessary, and that’s it.

You can purchase them by going to the Keurig site.  Prices start at $13.95 for a box of 22.

We give the “Brew Over Ice” K-Cups a 8 out of 10. 

We were given 2 sample packs of “Brew Over Ice” K-Cups so as to try out the product.  Receiving product does not influence our reviews in any manner.

New for this summer are Green Mountain Coffee^®Nantucket Blend^®and French Vanilla Iced Coffee in K-Cups. Both are based on the popular hot versions of their namesakes, but are specially blended to provide full flavor when brewed into a cup of ice.

For iced tea lovers, two new Celestial Seasonings^® Perfect Iced Teas are debuting: Half and Half (part black tea, part lemonade) and Southern Sweet Tea. These new K-Cups join the four Perfect Iced Tea varieties introduced last summer: Sweet Lemon Black Tea, Sweet Peach Black Tea, Sweet Raspberry Black Tea and Black Tea Unsweetened.

Recently I was given the opportunity to review a new type of shoe called Cityslips.  They are a foldable, and portable ballet flat type of shoe.  I found Cityslips to be very comfortable, and a easily portable shoe that comes with a carrying case whick makes it easy to take them anywhere.  The carrying case is no larger in size than a cosmetic bag, and you can conveniently store your flats in it when you don’t need them.  The same carrying case also unzips into a full size tote bag to hold your original footwear.  Cityslips are very stylish, and come in a variety of colors, and materials making it so there’s no reason to sacrifice fashion to have comfort.  Cityslips can be worn just about anywhere like at home, office, weddings, dancing, or even when you’re your commuting.  They are great to use anytime that you want to give your weary feet a rest from high heels.  Also coming soon from Cityslips is foldable flip flops that also come with an expanding carrying case for heels.  When I used the shoes last time I put my wallet, and my electronic cigarette pack in the tote.  I am going to give them a very lengthy test when I go back to Disney World.  That will be a true test.  It is a very convenient setup.  The Cityslips retail for $24.95.

Cityslips are now available at Cravings Boutique in Wayne, NJ.

The Utterly Yours™ Breast Pillow provides the most optimal and comfortable breast support for nursing. It resolves the tiresome – and painful to the wrist – act of having to physically support your breast throughout each feeding to make sure baby stays latched on.

Benefits

• Lifts and Supports
• Holds breast in position for hands-free nursing
• Easy to care for and easy to use
• Comfortable against the skin
• Incredibly compact – small enough to take with you
• Cover is machine washable
• Made With Eco-Friendly Memory Foam

Check out their site, and their products by going to the Utterly Yours site.

Our sister-in-law, “B” gave this a try recently, and here is her review.

This product seems to be targeted more towards larger breasted women, therefore if you are a “C” cup, the pillow may be a little big.  The size chart is very accurate so be sure to order correctly.  I found that the product was very easy to use, however it is difficult to wear a nursing bra when using the pillow.  The pillow lifts, and supports your breast.  It holds your breast in position for hands-free nursing.  It is easy to care for, and easy to use.  I would recommend this for larger breasted woman.  For me I found the baby used it more as a headrest.

We were sent a breast pillow as to review the product.  Receiving the product had no influence on our review.

I wanted to let everyone know about the Energizer Ultimate Photo Contest.  The contest is brought to you by National Geographic, and Energizer.  This is the 3rd year running for this contest.

• Send in your best photos – in categories like Animals/Wildlife, Travel and Weather – for a chance to win a National Geographic Expeditions trip for two to the Greek isles and a featured in an Energizer ad in the December issue of National Geographic magazine.
• Entry is open until June 30^th at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pictela. National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson serves as a contest judge, and will also be doling out photography tips and participating in a Q&A session on the contest website.
• ALL photography skill levels are encouraged to enter – one of last year’s winners was shot by a zoo employee on a regular point-and-shoot camera!

For more information visit the Frappuccino site.

I was sent a package of the Starbucks drinks so as to review the product.  My receiving of the product had no influence on the review.

SUBMIT YOUR RECIPE FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A CALIFORNIA GETAWAY!

• From home cook to celebrity chef! Five lucky finalists will win more than just their 15 minutes of fame with a trip for two to sunny LA where they will participate in the California Cook-Off event with celebrity chef Ben Ford. With airfare, three nights’ accommodations, a rental car and spending money included, you’ll be living your very own California dream!
• Just visit www.DoleCookOff.com to enter your signature recipe for an entrée that highlights at least one can of DOLE Fruit or Juice. Using DOLE Pineapple, Mandarin Oranges, Tropical Fruit, Pineapple Juice or Pineapple Mango Juice, as well as no more than seven additional ingredients, you will be automatically entered to win this ultimate California cooking experience.
• Judging criteria for the Grand Prize Winner will be based on:
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    • Best use of DOLE Canned Fruit or Juice
    • Creativity
    • Flavor and taste
• The California Cook-Off event will be held at the Epicurean School of Culinary Arts, one of the most well-respected culinary schools in California. You will be teamed up with a professional blogger as your “sous” chef, who will chronicle the cooking process and feature your dish on their site! This blogger will be on hand to help with your dish and share the experience with you with their readers. Plus the Grand Prize winning recipe will appear on cans of DOLE Fruit nationwide!
• Don’t forget to keep coming back to www.DoleCookOff.com for more chances to enter your favorite recipes, as well as discover great new recipes to try out!

WIN INSTANTLY AT WWW.DOLECOOKOFF.COM

• The California Cook-Off Instant Win Game offers even more chances to win with DOLE. All you have to do is register at www.DoleCookOff.com, and you’ll be automatically entered to win one of more than 100 great prizes from Cooking.com
• And tell your friends! For each friend you tell about the DOLE Cook-Off, you’ll get an additional entry to win!

DOLE CANNED FRUIT FUN FACTS

• DOLE Canned Fruit comes in three different varieties: Mandarin Oranges, Pineapple and Tropical Fruit.
• Convenient and ready-to-eat, DOLE Canned Fruit is the one of the best ways to have fruit always on hand in your pantry.
• DOLE Canned Fruit is naturally fat free, saturated fat free, cholesterol free, and rich in vitamin C.
• DOLE Canned Fruit has been awarded the ChefsBest award by the American Culinary ChefsBest.
• DOLE Canned Pineapple is a convenient, ready-to-eat product. For your convenience, DOLE Canned Pineapple is available in slices, chunks, tidbits and crushed.
• DOLE Tropical Fruit is a combination of hand-selected pineapple and red and yellow papaya chunks packed in light syrup and passion fruit juice.
• DOLE 100% Pineapple Juice and Pineapple Mango Juice are packed with real fruit taste and always have the flavor adventure you’ve been craving.

Keep watching here because I am going to enter the contest too.

We were allowed to review the Flip MinoHD by Flip.  We got the Brushed Metal design, but there are other customization options available at the Flip Store.  I usually use my MiniDV Sony video camera when we go to Disney World, but I didn’t want to lug it around, and this was a great opportunity to put it to the test.  The camera is small enough to fit in your pocket, and very lightweight.  It is also very easy to use.

With the included FlipShare software it is very user friendly to download, and upload your videos.  You can share the videos by email, FlipChannel, YouTube, and greeting cards.  If you want to do more with your videos, then you can create a movie for playback, a dvd, and you can also create still photos from the videos.

You can playback your videos on the screen, pc, or plug it into an HDMI connected to your tv.  I did see one accessory that I am interested in, and that is the FlipShare TV.  This makes it so you can send your videos to your tv without hooking it up directly.  Check it out HERE.  You charge the unit by plugging it into a USB port on your computer.  There is an included tether, and pouch for easy carrying.  You can purchase a power adapter in case you need power, and don’t have your laptop, or computer.

What I didn’t like is that it is limited to 2 hours.  I wish there had been a way to use additional memory cards if necessary.  The only other problem I found with the MinoHD is that they don’t work well in low-light situations.

I will be putting some of the videos up on YouTube, but for now you can check out one of the videos we took while in Disney World.

Here are the specifications…

2″ Diagonal screen

960 x 240 Screen resolution

HDMI Connector

1280 x 720 Video Resolution

30 Frames Per Second

2x Digital zoom

The MinoHD has a MSRP of $229.99.

The MinoHD is available at many local retailers, or by going to the Flip Store.

I would definitelly recommend the Flip MinoHD to anyone that is looking for an easy to use video camera.  This is going to be something I will use time, and time again.

Thanks to Flip we were given a Flip MinoHD unit so as to review the product.

Receiving the product had no influence on our review, and our review is just that.

It’s a Disney’s Fairies balloon playset.  The new toy will hit the stores in the spring of 2010.  This one will have a Terence Fairy in it.  Terence is new to the fairies line of toys.  I’m sorry if that is not true, but that’s straight from my little one’s mouth, and she knows more about them than me.  This toy’s suggested retail price is $19.99.  It contains 11 small pieces so it wouldn’t be any good for children under 3 years old.  You can close up your balloon, and go on a journey whereever your mind takes you.  My little one says she can fly to Neverland with Terence, and save Tinker Bell from the evil fairies.  I hope this doesn’t mean that I want to take this, and the million other toys she has to Disney with us because there’s no room in the car. 

My niece was over playing with the little one, and her new toy.  She liked it so much that she asked her daddy if she could get one.  After seeing the toy he said it was cool, and asked me how much it cost.  When I told him the suggested retail price he thought that was a little high for a toy.  He said for something like this he would pay $14.99.  I did explain to him that toys are not cheap, and that this is a suggested price if they do make it $19.99.  Toys do go on sale.  In seeing how much he liked it I asked him if he felt it’s a toy that a boy could play with.  He thought it was cool for a boy, or a girl.  My overall review of this toy is that $19.99 is a little high, but it’s a well made toy.

#3 – Ann W.

The winner will have 3 days to contact me.  After 3 days a new winner will be “Randomly” chosen.

JAKKS Pacific is bringing the #1 Disney channel series for kid’s ages 6+ to aisles this spring.  It’s those crazy boys Phineas and Ferb.  The toys are called Eye Buggers.  They are squeezable toys, and when you squeeze their belly their eyes bug out of their head.  They are like those little farm animals from years ago, but these are bigger, and the eyes are covered in plastic so they are not sticky.  This obviously protects them from getting dirty.

There are four different ones to choose from.  I was sent the Phineas one, but they do also have Ferb, Dr.Doofenshmirtz, and Perry.  If your kids like Phineas and Ferb then they’ll love this toy no matter what their age.  My family thinks I’m nuts because when they drive me crazy I give Phineas a squeeze, and when his eyes bug out I ask “Do you see what you’re doing to me.”  The little one thinks it’s so funny, and  she can’t stop laughing, but hubby just thinks I have lost my mind.

The suggested retail price is $5.99.  I think that this is a reasonable price for this toy.  I could see kids ages 6+ having lots of fun with the Phineas and Ferb Eye Buggers.  I know my family does.

I was sent a Phineas Eye Bugger so as to review the product.  Receiving the product had no influence on my review.

Winner will receive K-Cups from Green Mountain Coffee.

http://www.coffeewiththemrs.com/2010/03/donut-house-k-cups-from-green-mountain.html

Just in time for Easter, Bella  Sara  introduced its new Sunflowers series of collectible cards! This new series from Bella Sara invites fans to join Emma and friends in a captivating search for Herd Sunflower. Using secret codes found in the set of 55 collectible cards, featuring horses, characters and stories, girls will be able to unlock the exciting Sunflowers adventures and experience the new features of the mesmerizing online world, including the ability to customize their own avatar on BellaSara.com. 

To coincide with this event, Bella Sara also introduced the Miniatures Series 3 set. Featuring 20 new velvety figurine horses, the Miniatures set includes a secret code in each pack to expand online play through Bella Sara Adventures.

I have a discount code for 10% off when you shop at the Bella Sara store through 3/31/10.

Promotion Code: SUNFLWRS

And now for the contest details…

(1) lucky winner will receive a Sunflower Pack, and a Bella Sara mini.

Main Entry: (Each entry must have a individual comment posted to qualify)

Visit the Bella Sara store, and tell me one item that you think your little one would enjoy most.  (You can also post if you don’t have a child.)

Additional Entries:

(Comments can be on any post that you would like, or any posts that you would like on any of the 4 sites.  Just enter a comment telling me where you commented.)  Posts can be on: MyBlogs4U.Com, DisneyContestBlog.Com, GameBlogs4U.Com, and MomsBlogs4U.Com, and ReviewsBlog4U.Com

Contest runs from 3/17/10 through 4/3/10.  Winner will have 3 days to contact me.  After 3 days a new winner will be RANDOMLY chosen.

 

*This review is a result of a feedback campaign by Bella Sara.  Bella Sara also offered to run a contest on my site, and they are providing the prizes.  I was asked to give my honest opinion about the product I received.  Receiving products will not result in favorable reviews, as I will always give my honest opinion. *

The winner is:

#5: Cindi

The winner will have 3 days to respond.  After 3 days a new winner will be randomly picked.