August 22, 2007

Love Lavender?

Lavender LoveTM has picked one of the most versatile essential oils and has created a full product line featuring handmade soaps, body scrubs, candles, lip care,テつ and even carpet powderテつ (just to name a few items).

Not only does the company offer a wonderfully diverse line products made with pureテつ lavender essential oils, but the website includes very informative information aboutテつ the benefits of thisテつ essential oil.テつ テつ テつ Although I already knew that Lavender essential oils had healing properties, and is goodテつ for burns, and sore muscles, I did not realize that there is such a thing as culinary lavender that can be used in foods (unlike other lavender which cannot be ingested).テつ

After receiving my Lavender LoveTM ) soap, souffle, and body sugar from Heidi Philips (a rep for Lavender LoveTM), I was very excited to try it out.テつ The scent was real lavender, unlike many over the counter products that don’t smell like the real essential oil.テつ Just by the fragrance, I knew it was the real stuff, and not a synthetic scent.テつ Heidi told me that it would be mixed fresh when it is ordered, I thought that that was pretty neat.テつ I figured it would take awhile for it to come in, but it got here rather quickly.

The Lavender Soap ~ Light purple colored, handmade vegetableテつ glycerin soap blended with pure lavender essential oil.テつ テつ The soap doesn’t produce lots of bubbles,テつ I would assume it isテつ because it doesn’t have detergents in it (whichテつ canテつ irritateテつ your skin).テつ I felt clean and soft after I used it.テつ I was even able to shave with in, unlike commercially produced bar soaps.テつ テつ You have to be careful not to leave it in your water,テつ it melts quickly.テつ You don’t want to leave it sitting in much water either, or it will start to dissolve.テつ This is only because of it being so natural.テつ テつ テつ

Sugar Scrub/Body Polish ~ I also tried the sugar scrub, and When I opened the container, all I saw was firmly packed, brownish colored sugar crystals. The lavender scent was not as noticeable as with the soap or the souffle.テつ I would think that this is because the sugar would dissolve if too much was added to it.テつ I scooped some out, and used a little on my arms (in the tub).テつ I was amazed that I could feel a light scrub and then it just disolved.テつ I wasn’t left with a bunch of crunchies all over my arms.テつ What I had was a nice smooth feeling arm.テつ This scrub is mild enough to be used daily, but you would need something a bit stronger for those rougher spots like your heels (the companyテつ has foot care products for this).

Souffle ~ The souffle is a very thick and creamy lotion that is perfect for those more needy spots, like your elbows, knees, and heels.テつ It is a bit too thick for an all over lotion (they do make a lotion more suited for all over).テつ I have to say, I liked the fact that this stuff was not greasy like some products made for these areas.テつ Yes, I felt the oils (Sunflower, Soya Bean, and Jojoba)テつ テつ in it, butテつ the souffle was not sticky or overly oily feeling.テつ My skin absorbed these nicely, leaving my hands, elbows, and heels feeling much softer.

When I visited the website, I was really amazed at home many different products that Lavender LoveTM offered.テつ The company has been around since 2002, and started out selling the line on eBay!テつ Their prices are really reasonable considering they useテつ suchテつ high qualityテつ ingredients and make it themselves.テつ What a success story!

If you are interested in finding out more about these wonderful made to order products, please visit Heidi Philips’ Lavender LoveTMテつ website PamperMePurple.com.

For the month of September,テつ they are offering a sign up deal of only $10 to become an affiliate.テつ The sign up isテつ regularly $25. This is a one time fee, with a minimum of 1 order per month, either by a customer of by yourself, to stay active.テつ テッツソツス

August 7, 2007

I Can Write

Purchase the I Can Write Set for $29.99 and get a $10 Gift Certificate for Discovery Toys. This certificate can be used to purchase toys from our new product line, coming out September 1st!
The “I Can Write Set,” won the iParenting 2004 Media Award as a durable product that teaches children language and how to write their letters. Each activity board features a picture of an item that begins with the corresponding letter and the word is printed in three different languages (English, French, and Spanish). Two included crayons are easy for little hands to hold and wipe easily from the boards. Get your children started off on the right foot for school as they prepare to learn how to write!
**Special Code: SWM02
**テつ To order the specials,テつ you willテつ need to e-mail Cherilynテつ the appropriate code and she will sendテつ you a PayPal link. Ifテつ you order through the website the discount will not be taken.
Cherilyn R. Haworth
Discovery Toys Educational Consultant
http://www.toys4learning.org

July 6, 2007

Hurry ~ discount on gift certificates ~ ENDS SOON

テつ Many of you may have read my recent blog post about my dinner date this past Saturday night!テつ Restaurant.com is offering a sale on their gift certificates, but for just a couple of days ~ so hurry!テつ

テつ 50% Off Sale! Get $25 gift certificates for just $5, use code FUTURE at checkout. This code is valid from July 5 - July 7 only!

I was so excited to try out this site, and I am glad I did.テつ テつ I think that many of you will enjoy getting a good deal and getting a meal from a place that doesn’t have a drive thru window!テつ I love being able to get a discount on a good meal ( even though it isn’t often that we get out without the kids).テつ Treat you and your spouse tonight!

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July 3, 2007

Dinner and a concert

Filed under: Gift Ideas, Product Reviews, music, food, coupons, date night, menu, gift certificates — admin @ 9:08 am

Well, my husband and I got to go out this weekend!テつ We went to New Orleans to see The Police (seeテつ previous post about this).テつ Well, we got to NO a little early so that we could get dinner in the French Quarter.テつ I had purchased a gift certificate to the Oceana Grillテつ from Restaurant.comテつ an was really excited to use it.テつ I had already checked out their menu on the website.テつ テつ My husband and I don’t make it to New Orleans very often, but when we do go, we try to get a good meal.テつ We usually go there to go to a concert!テつ

We both love Barbequed Shrimp, so we started with that as an appetizer.テつ テつ They were really awesome ( I figured they would be, when we saw on the menu that the Oceana was a sister restaurant to the The Alpine (also in New Orleans), where we have been a few times forテつ their awesome Barbequed Shrimp.テつ I am glad that we did not order this as an entree.テつ As good as they were, they were a bit to rich to make a full meal out of itテつ (and we were hungry!).テつ This is not a bbq sauce that you would think of.テつ It has an olive oil and garlic base with herbs like rosemary and some good oleテつ creole spice!

After sopping up the sauce with our French bread (a must if you want to experience all of the flavors), we were ready for our entree.テつ We both ordered the Fresh Ahi Tuna stuffed with crabmeat dressing, Blackened and topped with Crawfish and mushroom cream sauce.テつ OMG…this was a huge dish that just looked like it was going to be good.テつ The first bit proved that it didn’t just look good…it was kick your mamma good.テつ In addition to the tuna, there was also a heeping pile of jambalaya and sauteed zucchini and yellow squash.テつ I did not want to waste my valuable stomach spaceテつ on the jambalaya, but my husband said it tasted (with much more stomach space to fill) good.テつ I tried as hard as I could to eat all of my tuna, but hust couldn’t go anymore (without seriously hurting myself).テつ I usually like my tuna cooked ( well, overcooked) to not see pink.テつ The waiter strongly suggested that I not cook it much past medium, and I could definately tell the difference between my medium well and hubby;s medium.テつ His looked too pink inside for me, and mine was just a little pink.テつ I was fine with that. I am glad that I listened to the waiter and not had it cooked well done.テつ It would have dried it out too much.テつ My tuna was perfect.テつ The sauce was not as rich as I was thinking it might have been, and I was glad.テつ It was a light sauce that really complimented the tuna andテつ crabmeat stuffing.テッツソツス
Yes, we did order dessert, even though I had to have my unfinished entree removed from me so as not to pop.テつ My husband ordered the bread pudding, and I just couldn’t resist taking a few bites.テつ It was not too sweet or too rich, so my stomach welcomed the sweet ending to a perfect meal.

The Oceana isテつ casual dress, like most French Quarter restaurants, but don’t let that fool you as far as the quality of a meal you get.

I am glad that we had the gift certificate, because the entrees were $25.00 a piece, plus the appetizer, dessert, and each a drink.テつ The $25.00テつ Restaurant.com Dining Certificates cost $10.00 and I just printed it on my home printer, so it was definately worth getting one.テつ テつ I am so glad that I found the Oceana Grill and we will definately go there again (butテつ not without getting a gift certificate first!).テつ Sadly, there are no restaurants in my town that I can get gift certificates for.テつ I am going to Houston in a few weeks, soテつ I am going to try to find a place to get a certificate for!

After the meal, we went to The Police concert.テつ We got there just in time to sit around for about an hour before the opening act came on.テつ Fiction Plane was the band, and they were pretty good, but I would have to go find their music online to hear them recorded (it’s hard to say if you like a band from just hearing them live…you can’t destinguise the lyrics if you don’t already know them).テつ My husband looked them up online after the show, and found out that the singer was Sting’s son.テつ

The Police sounded great.テつ I was not too crazy about how Sting sang Don’t Stand So Close To Me.テつ He softened and mellowed テつ up the “don’t stands” too much in my opinion.テつ They played a nice mix from all of their albums, and I am still stuck with “when the world is running down, you make the best of what’s still around” stuck in my head!!テつ They were tight since they have been playing on tour for a little while now.テつ

Great Date, Great Meal, Great Concert!!

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