I love me some RANDOMS and Smiley 360!

Received my latest FREE sample from smiley360 for the purposes of testing and reviewing.  This time it was RANDOMS, a random assortment of gummies that Eva and I loved!!!! The fun shapes make them exciting to try together, and the pieces that have the berry in them are a nice surprise. I brought part of a bag in to work, as well, and they disappeared very quickly! Good texture, check; taste, check; softness, check; decent ingredients, awesome shapes,check; check check and check!!!!

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Sleep number Foam contour Pillow

My latest sample from Smiley360 was a free CoolFit™ Foam Contour Pillow! ($139.99 value!). Again, these are products I receive for free for the purpose of reviewing and sharing my honest opinion with others.  The purpose of this mission was to visit the Sleep Number store and try out the Sleep Number® bed with SleepIQ™ technology and was given a pillow to try at home. I have to say, while I love the idea of the technology, and really just anything that promises to help improve sleep.  I don't know if it's necessary though to track breathing and heart rate, it just makes people hyper-focused on these things and could make them more stressed ("Oh no, I had a heart rate of 90 last night, I must not have slept well!") I think just having a high quality and comfortable product would be enough.  Also, the price can be so high that it's almost unattainable for a lot of people. For example, the pillow, says that it retails for $149.99, when it's quality was the same, if not below, the $30 gel cooling pillow I bought from Costco.  I'm still on the fence as to whether or not I would purchase a sleep number system if I ever had the money available.

Children’s Mucinex® Multi-Symptom Cold review

I received another sample from Smiley360 and was able to try the new Children's Mucinex for free.  So, I like the idea of having a cold medicine just for kids, especially from a trusted brand, however, I don't think I could ever get my kid to drink this. The taste is very much of medicine, it burns going down, and leaves a film coating in your mouth.  On the bright side, it didn't have an after taste!  Now that my daughter is old enough to swallow pills, I wouldn't buy this liquid formula. BUT, if they come out with a capsule then I'd be very likely to buy it.  It's worth trying out for yourself, follow this link for a coupon!!!!     http://h5.sml360.com/-/bhxn

ChapStick® Hydration Lock Moisturize & Renew

Received another free sample to test from "Smiley360", this time the ChapStick® Hydration Lock Moisturize & Renew.  I was happy to test this since I use lip moisturizers frequently and even though I feel this was a good product, I don't see myself every purchasing it unless it is super cheap.  Like I said, it was a good product, but it wasn't a great product.  It didn't moisturize any better than many other products out there that I could get for similar or cheaper prices.  While it was cool having something at each end, is it really necessary to have one side that moisturizes and one that renews? Couldn't they just combine the two qualities in to one stick?  Probably, just seems like a marketing gimmick.  Any who, feel free to decide for yourself.  Check it out by following this link:  http://h5.sml360.com/-/bhy8

More fun at Build-A-Bear Workshop

So, I recently decided to try out a new site called smiley360.com, which allows you to try new products and share your experiences with them.  On a lot of these sites I've found that you have to use your own money up front then hope that you get reimbursed from the company, which I'm not a fan of.  I was more than pleasantly surprised when smiley360.com sent me a giftcard UPFRONT to take my daughter to Build A Bear workshop.  I wasn't going to turn down free money ($40) and I was so impressed with the company that I wanted to do this for them and do a good job.  So, off we went, and we had a blast.  This wasn't our first time at the store http://www.buildabear.com/shopping/ but it was her second time making a new friend.  Eva chose to make Twilight Sparkle, one of the new generation My Little Pony's.  I still love watching the looks on the kids faces as the doll fills up, but what takes the cake is when staff has them recite a poem with the new heart that's going inside.  They all look blown away, magical. After giving their new friend a tight squeeze, they're off to the "bathing station", and it's super sweet to see how much care they put in to cleaning them off.  Next is the fun of picking out their new outfit, so much to choose from! Last, but not least, is creating the Birth Certificate, what fun to see that! We had a great time, and can't wait to go again.
 
 

Adventures with Eva

It's been so long! Made a big move to Florida at the end of April, so the next chapter of adventure in our lives has begun.  Been busy joining boat clubs, going to the beach, eating at the dine-in movie theater, and just having fun in the sun.  Being in a new state means having a new job and new school for us.  Since I last wrote we have traveled to Puerto Rico several times and explored different parts of the island, been to Bonaire and Aruba for some shore-snorkeling and boating, been soaked by the falls in Niagara, and so much more!  Now that I'm on a "normal person schedule", meaning no more midnight shifts, random doubles, working holidays or feeling like a zombie all day, every day, I may be able to keep up with this blog.  Here's to the future!

You would think....

...that it would be easy to keep this thing updated. Really should have been writing on here during the two trips to Puerto Rico, one in 2009 and 2010, but I had Eva with me, making it a bit more difficult to use computers. All is good though. Eva started Kindergarten a few weeks ago and is doing excellent. She also started karate and tap to see if she likes them. As for me, I was balancing a few different jobs (med-surg, inpatient psychiatry, ECT/PACU and ECT/Office) but am now just down to psych and ect/pacu. Speaking of, it is 2:30am and I'm at work right now (everyone is sleeping). Thinking about buying a house, which terrifies me, because I hate the idea of taking on that kind of debt, especially if it means less vacations!!!! BUT, I can only take living with family for a little longer.... OK, back to work.

Still here

Crazy crazy crazy....that's my life. I really would like to keep up with this blog, but, it will have to take the backburner while I am school, I guess. In my L&D class right now and loving it! The school is trying to push us to go straight from the second career program to Grad School, but it just seems to rushed for me. It makes sense, and I'm considering it, but it's just all so quick...and it's a Master's for crying out loud....I really need to make sure I am SURE about what I want to do... There is a "Nursing Residency" program at St. Joe's that I would really like ot get some info on...have a good feeling about that. I just wrote them today, so, we will see what comes of that.

Ok, just wanted to make sure I posted something so I don't get shut down for inactivity...will "TRY" to get back on here soon.

ME