Diaper Rashes Gone with Vusion

Does your baby EVER get a rash? My oldest use to get it so severely from just about everything. There was simply nothing we could do for him except let him go bare bottom since diapers seemed to be the culprit. He seemed to be allergic to any brand of diaper, from the most expensive to the cheap store bought type. I couldn't WAIT to get him potty trained. I found out through MomCentral that today

~* Some New Goodies *~

Over Labor day weekend I went to the 15th Annual Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts Colonial Festival at Westmoreland Fairgrounds. There was one booth in particular that was my favorite called Vickis Country Creations. Here is what I bought that day: Stacking Boxes with the words Love, Faith and Hope.

I only paid $4.99 for all three!

Potpourri to fill my yard sale find canning jars that I made into candle holders.

And, this adorable pillow! I hope you enjoyed looking at my craft show finds...thanks for stopping by!

~* My New Candle Holders *~

I found these great little canning jars for .25 cents each several weeks ago at a yard sale. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with them, then it hit me...make them into candle holders!

I found primitive looking candles and pip berry candle rings with rusty stars and ta da...just what I've always wanted!

As always, thanks for stopping by and for all of your sweet comments on my last post!

Store Shopping & a Nature Walk

We had quite the day yesterday, first off I ran out of all my caffeine. EEEEKKK! Right? I had no clue I was running low on tea and finished off my last soda, I had grabbed a soda just yesterday morning at the gas station...only problem, it was DIET! Which of course means I did NOT drink it. Ikk.So, what does this mean for someone that doesn't have a car and does have two small children? It means

~* The Spice Cupboard *~

I was finally able to post some pictures today. As you can see, I'm getting my spice cupboard filled up, but I still do have room for 3 more spices (one on each shelf). I just love how colorful the tins are.

These are the items I added to the top of the cupboard. I bought them at Collections By Marty which is one of my favorite stores.

As always, thanks for taking the time to stop by and visit me!

Green Works Makes Your Kitchen Smell Great!

My kitchen smells fruity and I'm not baking anything or spraying the counters with some chemical like I normally do. Instead I just did dishes. I know how silly that sounds but it really smells that good and it is a "green" dish soap so I know it isn't harmful to my kids or the house at all. Actually I even prepared the other sink for my next set of dishes just so I could leave the house smelling

August Giveaways (Thursday)

Not much this week folks but hopefully someone writes me and tells me that they won something. :) Hey come one, I know some of you do. Elizabeth over at MomReviews has some nice goodies to giveaway. Head on over and win Laurie Berkner or a ClickToyThis next one I'm totally copying from the email:Call 1-800-THE-INFO, a free alternative to the 411 directory service, and ask for the business info/

~* Darn It To Heck *~

I had planned on posting some pictures today, but for some reason my internet is not cooperating with blogger. I wanted to show you the spice tins I added to my spice cupboard. I also added a few little things on the top of the cupboard from one of my favorite local stores Collections By Marty. I went to several yard sales a couple of Saturdays ago and found some great things all for under $10.00 and I can't even show those to you.

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Thank you Leslie, Adrienne, Cherry, Valerie, Anne F., Alice Grace, Kelli, Rondell, Carolyn, Heidi, Kim, Dawn, Shayne, Robin, Mary, Sharon, BackInTheDay, Penny, Jen, Colleen, PrimLover/FarmGirlDreamer, and Michelle for leaving me such nice comments about my freebie! I went to a yard sale at the home where I picked up the freebie and found more great items really cheap.

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I started a new blog. If you want to take a look then click on the link that says "Home Is Where The Heart Is...2" above.

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Debi from What's Cook'n In Junk gave me an award and I wanted to thank her from the bottom of my heart...that was so sweet of you. She gave it to me back in July, but my absentmindedness (or old age...lol) got in the way of me thanking her.

It's so hard to choose who to pass this on to, so if you have not been awarded this yet, please add this award to your blog!

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Graphic by http://www.gonecountrygraphics.com/

Wordless Wednesday

Well school started yesterday which means the two youngest are home. Don't think this just means I can sit around. BabyGirl still wants to be homeschooled. Yesterday was so much fun, we read the Kissing Hand and even went on a nature walk. They spotted this (what I'm guessing is) rose bush and had to look at it. Doesn't it just look like a nice day? Here is my not-so-wordless Wednesday. Visit

August Givaways

Gear up for more giveaways, now with the kids back in school there is so much more free time that even I can play along and enter. So feel free to send me your link to your giveaways or post them in the comments. Hey sometimes I miss a few or they hit my spam box. Here's the email though: homemom3@gmail.comFilm Gecko (Jane) always has those great DVD giveaways and she has them this week too. My

Suave Shampoo, Like Stepping Out of a Salon

Wow, recently I got to review/try out the new Suave Professionals package, that may not be what it is called but that's what I'm calling this box. It came with all types of goodies that myself, hubby and kids enjoyed. What was it? Shampoo, deodorant, conditioners, styling foam and hairspray.My box of goodies: Travel size Suave Naturals Tropical Paradise invisible solid Deodorant.Full size Suave

1st Day of School & Homeschool Too

Wow, can you believe it is the first day of school? Well this morning was a rough start, even though everything was planned out the night before we were still going nuts around here. I think it was just that first day of school jitters though, the two oldest were picking at each other left and right. But soon everything was ready to go and I was about to release them to the world...okay not

Murderer Gets Pizza with Life Sentence

Now I've heard of dropping charges when a murderer tells the stories of how someone was killed but never pizza and calzones for life. To top all this off he even got married this past week, I guess he's thinking of those visits. This whole story sounds bizarre to me, I still can't figure out how he gets to request all this when he was the one killing someone! What's your thought?

Book Review: Dangerous Days of Daniel X

Mother-Talk sent us a book by James Patterson to review called, "Dangerous Days of Daniel X." I won't lie, I was intrigued that James wrote a book like this geared towards children. I've read his books before and thought it would be interesting for my son, who's just began to love reading, to read his books. Hey, if he likes it he might like the others I've got.My son is the one that has read

When Do you say Enough?

Some of you know of some issues I've been dealing with at home, some of you don't. For those that do, at what point do I say enough is enough and leave? It is such a hard decision but one I really think I must contemplate. I love this man with all of my heart and soul, but he does not love me the way we once shared. Just look at the love in that picture, truth is the attraction soon died after

Noodleboro Game a Great Family Game

If you are anything like me you are constantly trying to find fun and educational games for your kids. Many times those games tend to be a bit too educational for my preschooler. Ever have that problem? Well recently MomCentral asked if I wanted to review a preschool game called "Noodleboro."I got the package and immediately the kids attacked it. Babygirl loved it so much that she is always

Weekend Sales & Fun

After shopping last week at Walmart I was so impressed that I ended up buying another magazine so we went back yesterday to shop. I won't lie to you, we normally shop VERY cheap and don't get many name brand products. But since I had these freebies we did and loved them, with the kids LOVING Koolaid I can't go wrong and went back to stock up.I did learn that not all the cashiers understand the

I Bought $20 worth of Food and paid $5

I recently learned about CVSing (going to the store called CVS and using the card and playing the grocery game, more on that later), which brought me to several other blogs about couponing and how everyone pays for tons of groceries for very little money. To be honest I use to use coupons, back when I first got married and we had a store that did Double coupon days. But since then I stopped the

A Lazy Blogger

Today, thanks to Dawn Diversions, I found The Lazy Blogger and had a bit of fun with it. This post below is actually made up. Of course you'll know that after reading the first paragraph, I mean I don't even know where the Fijian beach is. heheOMG! I just returned from my daily swim on the beautiful Fijian beach and realised I have not updated this since you last visited... You would not believe

Simply Chic is CHIC

I love getting stuff in the mail, especially when it is free and something new to try. But my favorite thing has always been pens and notebooks, I'm not kidding either. Growing up when it came time for Christmas or birthday lists I always put books, pens, paper, stamps, etc. No one ever did buy me these things even though they were something I really wanted. So when I was asked by to review the

Kids Give Disney Block Party A Thumbs Up

Disney and Momcentral teamed up and sent several reviews some great CD/DVDs to listen/watch in honor of their Disney Music Block Party Tour. I must say the kids thought it was Christmas or that I won something from Disneyland this time. Course BabyGirl (we haven't watched tv in a few months) thought Disney sent her some movies she could watch on the TV. I quickly informed her that these were

Wordless Wednesday

He actually flipped this to its side and began what looked like he was working on the gas tank. He had a tiny toy tool and kept sticking it in there making some noises. Happy WW! View other WW at the Hub or 5minutesformom.

August Giveaways

Here's a quick list of giveaways from around the blogosphere, if I don't mention yours feel free to mention it in the comments. If you'd like me to host one for you or review a product drop me an email at homemom3@gmail.comA Mom's Review is having a Joy is the Greatest Gift Book Contest, hurry over to enter.Ya'll love chocolate so head over to Chocolate Bytes and enter to win a pack of 2oz

~* Look What I Found *~

While driving my dd to her friend's house today I spotted one of those step stool/chair/ironing boards sitting by the side of the road. It was perched beside a garbage can...of course as soon as I saw it a little light bulb went off in my head...they must be getting rid of it. Then I think to myself why would anyone put something like that out for the garbage man to collect? So I drive by it again and think, no, they must have made a mistake and didn't mean to set it out by the road. Then I think what if they really did put it out to be picked up...I cannot take the chance of letting it slip through my fingers...I decide to go by the house again and stop...by now my heart is pounding...I'm going to stop and politely ask if they meant to put it out for the trash. I knock and no one comes to the door. I know they're home because I can see lights and there are two cars in the driveway. I start to knock again and the door finally opens...I ask them about it and they tell me I can have it! They're moving and didn't have any use for it. I cannot tell you how happy I am...I've wanted one of these for so long, but didn't want to spend alot of money on one. The kind lady told me that the hinge on it needs some work, but I tell her that my husband is very handy and won't have a problem repairing it. It looks like it is solid oak (feels like it, too). It is now in my husband's workshop...I wonder what he'll say????

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Thank you for all of your kind comments about my new little spice cupboard. I still need to buy more spices to fill it up!

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Are we in a Recession?

I'm joining in the talks about whether we are or are not in a recession, honestly I feel we are and within the next few years it'll show even more than it does now. Right now we are only at the beginning so for all those that don't believe, they'll soon be joining those of us that know.An example: Look at all those houses on the markets, the neighbor next door that has to move out because they no

My Redbox makes Me Sad

Ya'll know how much I LOVE my little Redbox machine at Walmart and McDonald's but for the past two weeks they've really disappointed me. All those new movies that are suppose to come out haven't even made it into the box. :( This means I have no new movies to share with you. Well, I did watch College Road Trip and I really did like it, even though I thought I'd hate it since it was more of a

Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubber Tour

I was lucky to receive the Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubber to try out, I'd seen these appearing on the stores and had wondered about them. I'd used Scrubbing bubbles spray before and loved it, use it all the time on my bathroom. But I'm a bigger fan now, the action scrubber is actually a great product I can see myself using more often. Oh but don't tell the hubby, he'd stock up on them.

Making Money with Lemonade

Many of you know that it is easy to make money online through selling things, well recently my son read an article in the paper about a boy making money online through something called, "Lemonade Stand Online" where he would place a little graphic in his sidebar that displays products you can buy. If you click on the products and buy them he earns 80% of the profit. So he's really excited and I

TV through Parenthood

I just got done listening to my oldest two children talking back and forth. ABOUT ME? My AGE? Or I guess you should say how old they must really think I am and get this, they were dating me through the televisions. Wondering about that? Take a peek through history as my kids talked:SoccerBoy: Did you know mom didn't have a tv like we have when she was a kid?BalletGirl: What do you mean? Of course

$25 Build-a-Bear GC Winner

Oh man, I don't want this to ever end, this has been so much fun reading all the entries for the $25 Build a bear GC. I do plan on writing up a list of everything all liked, but that might take a few days. I'm very happy with our "High School Musical Bear" from Build-a-Bear and I'm sure Memarie Lane (winner) will love spending her Gift Certificate. I'd really love it (if possible) you could post

Lands' End Backpack Winner

This took me forever to count, but the winner of the Lands' End Multi backpack is:I think I'm in love with those All-Terrain Mary Janes! Lands End has great prices for excellent quality! We'd love this backpack at our house! Thanks! # posted by pjmomof3boysCongratulations! Please email me at homemom3@gmail.com with your address. :) I hope ya'll had a lot of fun.

Cocoa Puff Combos Winners

Sorry this is a bit late but as you know it was BabyGirl's birthday and she turned the big 5 so it was a special one. Okay here is the two winners for the Cocoa Puffs drawing.exotic1Happy Birthday to your daughter~! Hope you both enjoy your day together. On a day you both should be celebrating and receiving you are giving and that is so sweet of you. My kids love Trix and Cocoa Puffs both of them

Precious Moments Winner

Wow, I can't believe how many people have turned up to sign up for little old me's giveaways. Okay, that sentence sounded better in my head I'm sure. But we have our winner for the first Bloggy Giveaway, the Precious Moments. I wish I could give every one of you a gift, but I can't, so sorry. Now as I stated I'd use the random.org to generate my number and it was NO FUN counting every one of them