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.

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.

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.

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.

My daughter thought that this was a fun toy to play with.  She will play with this mostly when other children come over to play.  The price is what we found to be very attractive for a toy of this quality.

*This review is a result of a feedback campaign by PremiumCigarette.com The recipients were asked to give their honest opinion about the product they received. Good reviews were not incentivized and poor reviews will not be censored for their opinion of the product. *

Some people are so hard to get a gift for.  People like my kid’s teacher, or the office grab bag gift you have to get are also very hard to shop for.  Well, Carolinapad can help you with this.  Their 2009 holiday gift packs that are available exclusively online, and range from $5.00 to $25.00.  They sent me some of their stylish products to review.  I just loved the unique styles that they have, and the notebooks are well made with the metal spiral binding to keep it from falling apart on you.  The flip notebooks are so cute.  They have stylish leather like covers that hold notes, and a small pen in it so that you don’t have to go crazy looking for a pen when you need to write something down quickly.  The plastic organizer is all so nicely made, and very stylish.  Stop by, and visit their website, and check out all of their 2009 gift packs for that hard to buy for person on your list, and also read on to see how you can win a executive series notebook 3- pack.

I was sent samples for review, I was not paid any monetary compensation for this review. This post is my opinion and should be taken as just that. Having received samples has no impact on our personal use, experience, or like for any product.

Carolina Padis giving away a 3 pack of Executive Series Notebooks.  (They are Scrolling Along, Prints Charming, or Cotton Candy collections.)

Cotton Candy

Prints Charming

Scrolling Along

Main Entry: Visit Carolina Pad, and comment here about which Executive Series Notebook 3 Pack you would like, and who in your family could use them the most.

Additional Entries: (These entries do not count unless you have completed the main entry)

Bonus Entry: (5 extra)

On the DisneyContestBlog site there is a NO purchase necessary information request form.  Fill it out, and receive 5 extra entries.

Fine print…

Contest will run from 12/1/09 through 12/15/09.

Twitter accounts must have more than 25 people to be counted.

Winner will have 2 days to respond back before another winner is chosen.

This was up until I got the WINDTUNNEL T series vacuum by Hoover to review.  Now I know most of you are probably thinking I’m going to say good things because I got it for free.  Well, you could be no further from the truth than you are.  All I can tell you is that you need to wait until you read all the things that this vacuum has, and it is half the price that I paid for mine originally.

In all fairness to my old vacuum the big reason I got it without saying the name was because the base lifted off, and I could vacuum the steps, and even the car with it.  As far as making life easier for me I now see that it was not the best vacuum for me.  My new Hoover vacuum did need only some minor assembly.  Simple stuff like attaching the handle, dirt cup, and then I put the tools on, and was good to go.

Here are some of the things I really like about this vacuum other then the power that it has.  It has a big handle for carrying it when needed, and it’s not that heavy.  Its bagless, so that means I don’t have to fight with the bags to put them on, or spend more money buying them.  It also has a filter that you can hand rinse.  The cord rewinds at the press of a button, and stores in the vacuum.  I love this because no one in my house ever winds the cord up to my liking.  Another cool thing about this vacuum is how easy it is to remove the hose.  You just push a button, and pull the hose end out.  I know I always hated using the hose because I would have to fight with it, and in my house with all my pets this makes a little less stress for me.  Also to clean the pet’s hair out of the brush roll it doesn’t need a screw driver because the bottom plate has a latch on it.  Last but not least the most important thing to me and anyone out there is the power.  Well let me say that it’s got a lot.  This should have a warning sign on it to not get to close to anything you don’t want sucked up on you.  When I was trying it out for the first time I was cleaning my hall.  When I toke the hose attachment out, and was using it to get all the hard to reach spots I must of bumped the vacuum to close to the cats hanging toy because that thing just sucked it right off its rope.  My poor cat.  I hope Santa gets him a new one, as he loved it so much.  He looks lost without it.

So I guess you could say it’s good for me, and bad for kitty.

There is one thing that I’m not so crazy about, and it is that the on/off button is on the handle.  It’s not flimsy, but if anything ever happens to the handle the vacuum is no good unless Hoover sells replacements for it.

I would tell anyone looking for a good, and yet a not to high priced vacuum to look into this one because for all it does, and the power it has it makes it well worth the $149.00 price.

I wasn’t pleased with the initial feeling of the nightguards, but I think I can get used to them.

If you need a dental mouth guard, then I would definitelly suggest these.

*This review is a result of a feedback campaign by DenTek Oral Care, Inc.  The recipients were asked to give their honest opinion about the product they received.  Good reviews were not incentivized, and poor reviews will not be censored for their opinion of the product.

As most people who know me would say I have a soft spot in my heart when it comes to animals, and how they are treated.  So when I was asked to review a book from PETA I was not sure at first because even though I have a love for animals I do eat meat.  In the end I said I would because I would like to know more about the ways that the family, and I can help.  I will say after reading the book I’ve learned a lot that I didn’t know.  I would tell anyone who loves animals, and wants to know how they can help them in any manner that they need to pick up a copy of this book.  This book also has info about PETA, and who they are along with other helpful things that any animal lover would like to know.

The book does provide hard facts on ways that we can be more compassionate to animals.  It also connects you  to a whole community of other people who love, and respect animals.  One of the things that I liked about this book is that in every chapter they have frequently asked questions, and tips on what you can do to help.  For those of you who want to try to eat vegan you can try some of the sample recipes.  Some parts of the book told you why it is better to adopt an animal instead of supporting puppy mills, what you as a person can do to get companies, and legislators to listen to you, and ways that you, and your family can chose amusements that protects animals, rather than exploits them.  I found all this info to be helpful, and I learned a lot that I didn’t know.  So can you if you chose to read this book.

I found in reviewing the Style Six Silk Screener that it’s a good toy for kids who like to design their own outfits.  What you can do with the Style Six Silk Screener is layer cool and trendy printed graphics on t-shirts, and other fashion pieces, and/or clothing.  It’s a well made item.  It’s not like the cheap ones that they have out there on the market.

It comes with a large silk screener, a small silk screener, 4 paint bottles, blotter, roller, masking board, 2 different size stencil sheets, supply tray, and a garment separator.  It’s a well made toy for kids age 8 and up.  They also sell style packs separately, and all kinds of other Style Six System stuff to help you, and the kids create your own custom look.

This one retails for about $39.99, and all the stuff that you get with it makes it worth the money in every way.  What my little one liked about it is that she can buy cheap shirts at craft stores and make gifts for friends, and family that she made all by herself.  We give the Style Six Silk Screener a 9 out of 10.  It’s worth a 10 out of 10 if you ask me, but she didn’t like that she can’t make her own designs, and you have to use their stencils but she did like them anyway.