This absolutely gorgeous fuchsia flower is in a hanging planter on my back porch. When several buds had begun blooming late last week, I snapped a few photos of them and they came out so good that I’m using one of them as my desktop background right now. Seriously, I can’t get over the vibrant color and how beautiful these flowers are. To boot, this plant attracts hummingbirds that frequently stop by for a snack which has been really awesome to see. Nature is good.

Here are two more photos:

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Annual spring cleaning is a time of rejuvenation and infusing new life into your home after the cold and seemingly endless winter months. Your home can start to feel incredibly dreary and stale after being cooped up for so long in the same old surroundings, and spring cleaning is the perfect time to not just dust and deep clean your home, but to also dress the beds in fresh new linens and even change up the decor in some of the most-used rooms in your home. Doing this is a surefire way to liven up your home once again and make it a space you can’t wait to relax in. Another area that you can freshen up this spring cleaning season (and beyond) is your bathroom routine, which is made easy with Cottonelle.

The Cottonelle Clean Care Routine is a two-step bathroom routine: Cottonelle toilet paper (available in Cottonelle Ultra Comfort Care, Cottonelle Gentle Care, and Cottonelle Clean Care) and Cottonelle flushable wipes (available in Cottonelle Fresh Care and Cottonelle Gentle Care enriched with aloe and vitamin E.) Use them together and you are left feeling fresh and clean, even if you’ve just spent hours getting rid of all the built-up dust and grime in the deep, dark corners of your home or weeding your entire garden.

Because personal care and bathroom routines are not always appropriate conversation topics, Cottonelle has put out the challenge for Cottonelle toilet paper and flushable wipes users to Try It & Name It because after all, a routine that leaves you feeling so fresh and clean really deserves a name. I think this challenge will also help make this entire conversation topic a whole lot more fun and maybe it can become more approachable and a little less, “hey now, that’s some private information you should keep to yourself.”

To name it, visit the Cottonelle Facebook page and use the name generator in three fun ways:

• The Randomizer: Simply click to get a name instantly
• The Personalizer: Answer a few questions for a personalized name
• The Customizer: Create a name to add to the Cottonelle Book of Names

The name generator gets really hilarious. For instance, I used the Personalizer to name my bathroom routine and got Holly’s Bright Invigorated. Yeah.

When you create a name using the Customizer any time between June 12, 2012 and February 28, 2013, you can enter for a chance to win a year’s supply of Cottonelle products. Winners will be selected in a random drawing on a weekly basis with a limit of one prize per person. Be sure to visit the Cottonelle Facebook page every Two-Step Tuesday where you can vote for your favorite name in a weekly poll and the names with the most votes will be added to the Fan Favorite Gallery. You can also win exclusive #NameIt prizes by following Cottonelle on Twitter. Pretty sweet deal, right?

When checking off the spring cleaning tasks you’ve completed, also keep your bathroom routine in mind. Tell us in the comments how you’re freshening up your home this spring and then try the Cottonelle Clean Care Routine and name it for yourself.

I was compensated for this post. The opinions and ideas expressed here are my own.

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I am not a big maker of things. I’m not very crafty and I don’t possess much natural artistic ability, so the list of things I have actually made is quite short. I have made quite a few websites (design/graphics/coding), including this one, but posting a screenshot of this website just seemed like it would be a total copout. So here is a picture of flower bulbs I planted a few weeks ago in what just may be the coolest planter ever, which I picked up at Walmart on a whim for about $20. The flowers, a type of lily I can’t recall the name of at the moment, have grown quite a bit in the past weeks and I really can’t wait to see what they look like when they bloom completely.

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Expecting a baby can easily bring on a wide range of emotions, including the obvious…happiness. But let’s be honest for a minute, it can also bring on some anxiety because it will most definitely change your life, but I think I can speak for the majority of parents here in saying the change is well worth it. However, new parents-to-be might also feel a little anxious about finances, because kids do come with a price tag that seems to grow as they do. Not to scare you or anything, but it is reality. If you are a little apprehensive about finances right now, or simply prefer to put more money into their college fund (never too early to start), the tips I am about to share will help ease your mind.

A nursery doesn’t have to cost a million dollars to look and feel like it. Read on to learn how to create a safe, functional, and beautiful nursery for your future bundle of joy.

Skimp on Cost Not Safety

While it’s a great idea to save money on big ticket items, it’s obviously nobody’s intent to forgo safety when it comes to our little ones. The best advice I think I can give you would be to first look at safety guidelines for baby furniture before you even shop for style and design. You can do this by searching online.

Once you know what to look for, such as slats in the crib to be no further apart than 2 3/8 inches, then you can consider the appearance of the pieces. Check out clearance centers at your local stores and online for deals. A great piece of nursery furniture can be safe for your child, look great, and yet not cost a fortune.

You can save money on pieces that you won’t be placing the baby in or on, such as the dresser or armoire. However, make it safe by using wall anchors; these will attach the piece to the wall so it won’t topple over onto the child when they are pulling themselves up on everything.

Secondhand as an Option

You might want to consider buying secondhand furniture. If someone has furniture they want to give you, even on a loan, take advantage of it. If you don’t have to give the furniture back, you can do some wonderful things with secondhand pieces. I will talk about that in a bit. Take a look at the newspaper ads, Craigslist, eBay, and even garage sales. In fact, just as anything else, sometimes the other the piece is, the more valuable it is, even when it comes to safety.

Decorating on a Dime

Perhaps the most fun of creating a nursery is adding the personality, or decorating with color and character. You will want to decide if you want to go with a theme and full-blown decor such as a princess theme with Disney princess wall murals, or transportation theme with planes, trains, and automobiles, or something more sedate like a simple color theme.

Whatever you decide, you can cut costs with the following tips:

• Framed photos. You can buy inexpensive frames and fill them with low or no-cost photos you can get online at royalty free image sites. You could also take your own photos or draw something to frame. Wall art does not have to cost a fortune. We had brightly colored walls in yellow, so I found some great black and white photos of babies and toddlers. The contrast was fun and it was inexpensive and easy.
• Paint used furniture. Take a piece of used furniture, clean it up, and paint it a fun and bright color. By painting the dresser a colorful hue, it will become a piece of art. Or, leave the natural wood as the base and paint each drawer a different color.
• Throw rugs. Use inexpensive and colorful throw rugs, rather than replacing old flooring. Just one or two can add a lot of character to a room.
• Stenciling. If you want more pizazz in the room than paint has to offer, try some stenciling. You could stencil characters or a nice quote such as a familar and great one from Dr. Seuss, “A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
• Removable decals. Decals that can be easily removed can add a great deal of color and fun to any wall. If you take care of them and remove them carefully, they can be reused or sold in a garage sale.

I just loved adding all the punches of color and personality, and I did it for a lot less than I had budgeted in the first place. One small thing that I did was to change out the plain knobs on the dresser and armoire to colorful ducks, to go with the duck theme we had. It seems minor, but it adds some fun to the room without a lot of cost.

The best thing you can do is to take your time and do some research. I know it’s tempting to do it all right away, but you have time. A little research and shopping can lead to a beautiful and safe place for your baby to lay their head.

This is a guest post by Kathy Barber, who drew inspiration for a series of articles on kid’s rooms from researching Disney Cars wall mural and art for her son’s room. Living in Michigan with her husband and son, she enjoys traveling, photography, cooking, and anything to do with mystery.

Photo by hadzik

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I have tried to like soy products, and I have had some success in the past with soy, albeit those successes have been very few and far between. However, I cannot help but to be indifferent when it comes to SOYJOY. I received this all-natural, gluten-free bar of fruit and soybeans in my Influenster Spring Beauty VoxBox, and while I have no idea why they included a food item in a box full of beauty products, I opened up this strawberry-flavored bar this afternoon for a quick snack in between work tasks.

SOYJOY has been around for a while, but this was the very first time I tried it, and I really wasn’t impressed. The texture of the bar was thick and it was dry; its only saving grace is that it’s a small product and didn’t last long enough to completely dry out my mouth. The taste was tolerable, and that is as far as I can go with it. I was completely put off by it at first bite, it was just drastically different from most of the things I eat, but it got a bit better as I progressively urged myself to keep going. Overall, not one of my reactions to this product or my perspective on it after the fact are what you want to experience with anything you’re eating. While it’s true that SOYJOY bars are a healthier snack option than some other products just as quick and travel-ready that ward off hunger between meals, there are still a lot of other things that you can opt to eat that will elicit a lot more than merely a tolerable response from you.

So that was my snacking experience today, and all I can say is at least the picture I took of this product is pretty.

As I mentioned, the strawberry SOYJOY bar was included in my Influenster Spring Beauty VoxBox, which I also wanted to quickly share with you all. Quickly because I haven’t had time to try out all of the products yet, but I will be reviewing each one individually here in the next week, so you can look forward to that!

This is the first VoxBox I have received from Influenster, which I immediately signed up with after seeing a picture of a past box that Jenn shared on Flickr. While taking the trend of sending out a box of surprise goodies for people to try out, Influenster is all about reporting back your experiences with the products you were sent and sharing those experiences and products with your friends, blog readers, connections on social media sites, and so on. Best of all, Influenster is totally free–those who are most active in the Influenster community receive a box that fits their lifestyle (as determined by badges that you receive by taking surveys and telling them a little about yourself.) Pretty awesome, right?

So here is what came in my Spring Beauty VoxBox:

• Sheer Cover Duo Concealer
• Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Body Wash
• ChapStick Lip SHIELD 365
• Sally Hansen Salon Effects
• Bath & Body Works Fine Fragrance Mist (in Moonlight Path)
• Dr. Scholl’s For Her Ball of Foot Cushions

I am really excited about quite a few of these products, so stay tuned for full reviews of all of them!

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Every spring it seems as if everyone I communicate with retreats to their gardens and post plenty of pictures of the amazing things they have grown. Throughout the past few years, I have been remarkably jealous of these people growing their own vegetables and herbs because I had been living in an apartment with absolutely no outside space to call my own, and indoor container gardening was out because I have two cats who have completely destroyed whatever plants we had the audacity to bring inside. This year I stopped being jealous because I was finally able to start my own garden in the yard of our new house. (If you’re an apartment dweller right now reading this with a grimace on your face because you’ve been wanting to start a garden of our own and don’t have the space, I apologize.)

Anyway, while getting some seeds and starter plants for our garden a few weeks ago, I saw cat grass and catnip seeds and immediately got excited about the prospect of growing these treats for my cats and being able to have an inside plant without worrying about it being eaten by the time I woke up the next day because these plants are there specifically to be feasted on by cats. So here is the cat grass that I grew over the past few weeks. I can’t believe how tall it has gotten in such a small time frame. My older cat Devin, who is about six years old, absolutely loves it and munches on it several times a day; Vincent, however, doesn’t care for it much. I have feeling he will be more excited about the catnip, if it ever comes up.

Here’s a bonus picture of Devin and her cat grass.

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The number one lesson I have learned from my intensive television-watching research is that creating an appealing, eye-catching, and beautiful space in your home is all in the little things. Decor matters a whole lot more than the design of a particular space, and you can take virtually any space and turn it into a room you never want to leave just by focusing on the small details that ultimately will make all the difference. This lesson most definitely also applies to the bathroom.

The bathroom is one room that can often get neglected. Furnishing and decorating other rooms in the house can easily take priority over the bathroom, and you probably don’t spend all that much time in there anyway, so for many people it often comes down to not seeing the point in spending time and resources decorating a room you are in for maybe 30 minutes a day. But imagine this: you have had an exhausting day and are physically and emotionally drained by the end of it. Finally, the house is quiet, life has settled down for the night, and you practically sprint to your warm and inviting bathroom that has an atmosphere that completely relaxes you, and you run yourself a hot bubble bath to soak in. You can have that, and it can be created with surprisingly little effort, starting with choosing the perfect bathroom ceiling lighting.

Whether you go traditional or modern, choose a large statement overhead piece, balanced sconces, or even opt for an eye-catching chandelier, the lighting you choose for your bathroom can set the entire feel of the room. I am a big fan of an overhead light in the center of the room with additional vanity lighting around the bathroom mirror. Having a flush-mount or semi-flush mounted ceiling light is a great source of lighting in the bathroom all on its own, and it will evenly distribute throughout the room without leaving dark spots. This is great for the bulk of your bathroom lighting needs, but you’ll be happy you chose vanity lighting when it comes time to do your hair and makeup, and if there’s a guy in your family, they’ll love that added lighting when they need to shave in the morning. Depending on the size of your bathroom, you can choose between two-light, three-light, or four-light vanity fixtures for above your bathroom mirror. If you’re choosing lighting for a guest bathroom, you can even use vanity lighting on its own without an overhead light fixture to give the small space a classy and relaxing feel.

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Bathroom Lighting Outlet. Incentive was provided to me, and opinions are my own.

Photo via klove427

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The first time we walked through this house, the second of only four houses we looked at before buying this one, I fell in love with this kitchen. I love everything about it–the dark wood floors against the light wood cabinets, the counter tops and back splash and how clean it looks below the burst of color in the minty green walls, the huge set of three windows along the back wall that let plenty of natural light in everyday, and the updated stainless steel appliances didn’t hurt, either.

This set of photos gives you a complete tour of the kitchen, which has remained my favorite room in the entire house, so it’s no surprise that I also work in here, which I also wrote about the other day for Photo a Day May: Something You Do Everyday.

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Since 1985, Greased Lightning has been a trusted cleaner in households across America. Designed to provide superior cleaning and de-greasing power, Greased Lightning is a versatile household cleaner that can be used throughout your home to tackle tough jobs and everyday messes alike, eliminating the need to buy several cleaners for different areas of the home.

The Greased Lightning flagship Super Strength product is recognized for its superior grease-fighting power around the garage and grill, but it is also ideally suited for everyday cleaning jobs throughout the whole house. Its versatility makes Greased Lightning Super Strength practically a dream spring cleaning product, which I was recently able to try out against some of the biggest messes in my house.

Greased Lightning Super Strength is an incredibly powerful formula and it does contain chemicals including glycol ether, surfactants, and alkaline builders. The label contains safety and precautionary statements that warn against mixing Super Strength with chlorine bleach, ammonia, or other chemicals, as hazardous gases may result, as well as proper directions for how to use this cleaner in your home, recommended with the use of rubber gloves. To be honest, the obvious harshness of the chemicals in Super Strength and the safety language taking up nearly the entire small print portion of the label put me off. I have two extremely beloved cats who have their run of the house and two young stepdaughters who are here often, so when a household cleaner label recommends that I wear rubber gloves when using their product, I think about all of the surfaces in my house that have paws and little fingers all over them (read: all of them.) So when I did clean with Greased Lightning Super Strength, I poured a small amount of the cleaner into a basin and diluted it, making the solution between 50 to 75% water, adjusting it to be more or less concentrated depending on the amount of grime or dirt I was competing with, and using a designated cloth only to be used with this product.

Greased Lightning Super Strength has been awesome in cleaning the bathrooms and kitchen in my home. In the bathroom, I used it to clean the toilet, using my Super Strength and water solution and a bristled brush to wipe away lines, and it cleared soap scum in the shower away completely with surprisingly little effort. It has also been used on our sinks to clear away toothpaste residue, as well as on our tile floors. In the kitchen, Greased Lightning Super Strength’s de-greasing ability easily fought through grease splatters that had built up on the back splash of our oven and on the stove top and microwave. It was also used on our kitchen sink, counter tops, and on the surface of the refrigerator and dishwasher that can easily get marked up with fingerprints and other residue in no time at all. While I predominantly used Super Strength in these two rooms, it can also be used to clean baseboards throughout the entire house, plastic blinds and accessories, all room fixtures including doorknobs and light switches, all floors including carpets, and it’s even a stain-fighter. Greased Lightning has got versatility and multi-purpose down.

Greased Lightning family of products–Super Strength, Orange Blast, Auto & Shop, and Multi-Purpose–are available at retailers nationwide, including grocery and mass retailers, dollar, DIY, and hardware stores.

Giveaway

Spring cleaning is tough enough as it is and I want to help make it easier for one lucky Woman Tribune reader who will win a coupon for a free 32 oz. or 42 oz. bottle of the Greased Lightning product of their choice. To enter, use the Rafflecopter form below.

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I received samples of Greased Lightning Super Strength for review and the opportunity to host this giveaway. No other compensation was received, and opinions are my own.

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I promise I took this photo yesterday, but I didn’t get the chance to upload it and write out this post until this morning. Sorry about that! Moving on…

Coffee is one of my absolute favorite things in life. I drink it daily, and it has long been a staple in how I start my day. The smell of coffee is an experience for me. When I’m at the grocery store, I always make it a point to take a stroll through the coffee aisle, regardless of if I actually need anything there or not, just so I can take in the scent of the variety of coffee beans. When I wake up, I start brewing my first pot of coffee as soon as I make it down to the kitchen, most of the time it’s Folgers Black Silk which is their darkest roast and absolutely delicious, and the smell of it filling the room and the downstairs of my house is such a great way to start the day.

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Everyone in the family gets up close and personal with the carpets in your home, especially small children and family pets. We all want our carpets to be clean and look great, but most traditional carpet cleaners on the market today contain a laundry list of harsh chemicals. In fact, in the past decade alone, recalls have been issued by the EPA of well-known and widely-used carpet cleaning products, such as Teflon Carpet Protectant, which has contained PFOA, a chemical that is linked to being a cause of cancer, liver damage, and even birth defects. After being used in homes and businesses for more than 50 years, Scotch guard was reformulated in 2003 after a recall, but even the new chemical make-up is labelled as a Persistent Organic Pollutant, which has the capacity to cause various health problems and disorders.

Those are some scary facts, and it’s really no wonder why many people are moving away from abrasive and harmful chemicals and embracing green, natural carpet cleaning for their homes.

Green carpet cleaning has many benefits. Obviously, first and foremost, you will not be subjecting yourself or your family members to chemicals that have been known to cause headaches, allergies, nausea, fatigue, coughing, or other unpleasant, and in some cases, hazardous side effects. Instead, green cleaning solutions are created by using the highest quality natural ingredients, many of which are actually found in the foods we eat; ingredients like citric acid, common table salt, antimicrobial salts, and natural live enzyme cultures.

Green cleaning solutions aren’t just healthier options for families and businesses, they are also better for the environment. It sometimes slips our minds, but everything that we use in our homes eventually makes its way into our water supply. That is where we definitely don’t want all of those harsh chemicals found in traditional carpet cleaners.

I know that cleaning your own carpets at home is never easy, and sometimes it isn’t even possible given the amount of equipment and products needed to safely and effectively get the job done. So, if you’re looking for carpet cleaning nyc solutions, it’s about time you’ve checked out GreenChoice Carpet, a full-service carpet cleaning service. Now that we know the positive impact of green carpet cleaning on our homes, families, work spaces, and the environment, if you’re in the New York City area, you now have every reason to call them during your spring cleaning time. While you’re at it, the cleaning technology used by GreenChoice Carpet also works on rugs, upholstery like couches, loveseats, and chairs, mattresses which can accumulate odor from bacteria and (eww!) bedbugs, and even leather. Everything comes out clean, chemical-free, and safe for the whole family.

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of GreenChoice Carpet. Incentive was provided to me, and opinions are my own.

Photo by holidai3000

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Since moving into our house in February, my grandmother has little by little been giving me small decor items to help transition our house into a cozy and comfortable home.

I have never really decorated a living space beyond the necessities. I have never been concerned with hanging pictures or incorporating art into a room because throughout my entire adult life, I have always lived in apartments and I have always regarded those apartments as temporary. Basically, my mindset was ‘What’s the point if we’re just going to pick up and move again?’ Now we know that we won’t be moving again, so getting our house decorating and exemplifying everything a home should be is really important to me.

These two wooden birds are really cool on their own, but they have a story that makes them mean a lot more to me than just being neat pieces of art. They were both handmade and painted by my father when he was young. My grandmother has kept them for many years, and when she recently found them in her attic, she gave them to me. The green bird has held up a lot better through the years than the red, which is weathered and chipped, but its integrity is still very much intact. The chains hanging from their mouths hold a decorative cup that holds a small plant. They aren’t put up yet, and when they are I will definitely take more photos and post them, but I plan to put them on either side of the threshold between my living and dining rooms.

Handmade and handed-down has become the overall theme of our home, which I love. I have a deep appreciation for items with a history, and the way things are looking, I will definitely have an abundance of stories from the items that come together in my home.

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Everyone in the family can help save water by doing very simple things, such as only washing full loads of laundry; using the light wash setting on your dishwasher; using reusable bottles for beverages such as water and coffee; turning off the faucet while brushing your teeth; taking showers instead of baths and limiting your showers to 10 minutes; and switching to an eco-friendly shower head, just to name a few.

I admit that cutting down your shower time can be difficult, especially after a long, exhausting day when all you want is to feel the hot water against the back of your neck. The thought of an eco-friendly shower head can be just as shudder-inducing for most people as the concept of a short shower. That’s because shower heads that are designed to use less water are typically low-flow shower heads, producing very little more than a few trickles of water. Definitely not a very pleasant experience. Fortunately, Waterpik is changing all of that with their EcoFlow shower heads.

We were recently able to start saving water in our home, and money on our water bill, with the Waterpik ECO-563 EcoFlow shower head, and we have had great results with it in the last few weeks.

Replacing our old shower head with the Waterpik EcoFlow shower head was incredibly easy and took just a few minutes to attach it right to our existing shower arm. The first thing you will immediately notice is that it is gorgeous. It’s a very shiny chrome, and it’s a luxurious little finish in the bathroom that looks a lot more expensive than it actually is, which is something everyone can love.

The EcoFlow comes with a 5-foot hose attached to the bottom of it so you can use it as a hand-held shower head, or just place it firmly into the mounted carriage. It has five different spray settings–a full-body spray, circular massage, PowerSpray, circular massage plus mist, and a misting spray. Personally, the full body spray is great for a quick shower, while the circular massage is for those days when you want to close your eyes and feel the hot water on your body, carrying away all of your stress and leaving you invigorated.

EcoFlow shower heads use OptiFLOW Technology that improves water force by up to 30% while still conserving water, but not sacrificing its performance, so you are still guaranteed to get a refreshing shower experience.

By replacing your standard shower head with an EcoFlow, you will save up to 1 gallon of water per minute and up to $100 a year on your water bill (based on two 10-minute showers per day.) The Waterpik ECO-563 EcoFlow shower head retails for $51.99, so when considering the amount of money you will save by using it in your home, it will pay for itself in about six months. That is some awesome savings, of both water and money.

Also helping to spread the word about water conservation and motivating more families to make life-long commitments to using less water in their everyday lives is the National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation. Throughout April, families around the country have been pledging to use less water and participating in a friendly competition between residents of cities across the U.S. to see who can be the most “water-wise.” Take the pledge and see where your city ranks.

Giveaway

I love our new EcoFlow shower head, I really do, and I am so excited to have the opportunity to spread this love by giving away a Waterpik ECO-563 EcoFlow shower head to one lucky Woman Tribune reader. To enter, use the Rafflecopter form below.

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EcoFlow is always sharing tips on how to go green and save water on their Facebook page, so also be sure to check them out there (and like them because seriously, what’s not to like?)

I received the Waterpik ECO-563 EcoFlow shower head for review and the opportunity to host this giveaway as part of a promotional program with MomSelect. No other compensation was received, and opinions are my own.

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With gardening season now in full swing, leisurely strolls down the plant food and fertilizer aisle are frequent for many avid and novice gardeners. This year, I am a novice gardener. I have two large pots sitting in the middle of my not at all cleaned out or ready garden area, hence why I’m starting out with growing in pots, with tiny little green sprouts finally beginning to emerge from the soil. It’s hard to believe that they will soon be tomato plants, but they will be, and I am excited.

The reason why I and why many others start a vegetable garden, besides curbing the weekly grocery bill, as nice as that will be, is because we all want to know what is actually in the foods that we eat. When you buy a tomato at the grocery store you really have no idea what went into growing that vegetable, what chemicals were used, in what conditions it grew in, and how long it has been sitting in that grocery store crate before you picked it out, placed it in a plastic bag, and brought it home. Nobody wants to synthetic chemicals used to grow their fresh vegetables, which is why many gardeners choose to use only organic soil and organic plant food in their gardens.

Enter: Whitney Farms, a full line of 100% natural plant foods and soils with no additives and nothing artificial. What you’ll find in Whitney Farms’ products is simply ingredients from the Earth, designed to give you big, beautiful flowers and veggies. With over 25 years of leading gardening experience, they have improved their products to have:

• Low to no dust
• No manure odor
• Easy to apply
• Contains beneficial microbes
• Specially designed protein-based blends provide your plants with both macro and micronutrients they need to grow and thrive

Learning about Whitney Farms came as a delightful surprise. Before just recently, I had never heard of the brand before, only to find out that they are part of the Scotts line of products, who are also the same brilliant minds behind Miracle-Gro and other leading names in gardening products and tools. I had no idea that Scotts had an all-natural, organic brand of plant food!

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Breakfast is, as we all know, the most important meal you’ll eat all day. A wholesome breakfast gives you the fuel you need to accomplish your tasks and goals whether at work or around the house, and it ensures you’re awake and alert right up until lunchtime. The only thing not to love about breakfast is that typical breakfast foods–eggs, pancakes, waffles–don’t give you a whole lot of room to get creative or try something different, and after a while, breakfast can get a little boring.

Avocados from Mexico is changing all of that with fresh ideas for breakfast using avocados, like this super easy and delicious avocado toast recipe:

You will need:

• 1 fully ripened avocado from Mexico, halved, pitted and peeled
• Salt
• Ground black pepper
• 2 large slices bread, toasted
• Optional: 2 slices bacon, cooked and halved, or 2 tablespoons chopped tomato

Directions:

In a bowl, coarsely mash avocado with a fork; season with salt and pepper to taste. Divide avocado onto toast and spread to cover; cut each slice in half.

If desired, tuck a piece of bacon into avocado on each toast half, or slice tomato over top and serve.

Check out Avocados From Mexico recipes for more breakfast ideas, including dicing fresh avocado into egg wraps, blending them into smoothies, and more.

To spread the word about all of the simple and quick ways avocados can power up breakfast, Avocados from Mexico is hosting the Wake Up a Winner Sweepstakes. From now until May 6, 2012 Avocados from Mexico is giving away a $200 grocery gift card every single day. We’ve all seen the prices at the grocery store continue to rise, how much could a $200 gift card for groceries help you out right now? In addition to the daily gift card prize, all entrants into the sweepstakes will also be entered into a drawing for the grand prize–a trip for two to a luxurious bed and breakfast in Napa Valley, California.

Entering the Wake Up a Winner Sweepstakes is easy: Just visit Avocados From Mexico on Facebook and fill out the form to be entered. Remember, the sweepstakes ends on May 6, 2012!

If you’re an avocado lover, share some of your favorite ways to incorporate avocado into your dishes with us in the comments!

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The National Institute of Health has stated that when dairy is avoided, there are lower intakes of calcium and vitamin D in a person’s diet. These nutrients are important for building and caring for your bones, so not getting enough of them can create a higher risk for osteoporosis.

Yoplait is helping those who are lactose intolerant and always saying ‘no’ to dairy products finally say ‘yes’ with their brand new Yoplait Lactose Free yogurt. This new yogurt comes in four delicious flavors–Strawberry, Peach, French Vanilla and Cherry–and contains 50% of the recommended Daily Value of calcium, with vitamins A and D in every cup. Lactose Free can also be used in your favorite recipes; because it contains no artificial sweeteners, it can be used in smoothies, cheesecakes, and more.

We had a chance to try out this new yogurt, and it is incredibly tasty. My partner has tried quite a few soy and lactose free products but has always made a funny face, said it “tasted weird”, and that was the end of it. With Yoplait Lactose Free yogurt, he had a whole new reaction. It doesn’t taste the least bit different from yogurt that contains lactose; in fact, if this yogurt were in a small bowl, instead of him eating right out of the container, he wouldn’t have known the difference. That is, he wouldn’t have known the difference until a little while after eating it when he didn’t get sick.

Yoplait Lactose Free is in grocery stores nationwide. If you or someone in your family is lactose intolerant, I highly recommend you try it out for yourselves. You can also save when you purchase your first cup by printing out this coupon for $0.30 off.

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Unfortunately, though, you can’t really leave the entire meal preparation to the children, at least not until they reach a certain age and are able to cook on their own. What you can do, however, is get your children involved in the process of meal preparation and teach them basic cooking skills.

The Benefits

Why do this, and what are the benefits for you? Here are some quick ways in which getting your kids to help cook can help you:

• If your child is a fussy eater, then getting them to help cook will mean they’ll be happier to eat whatever is being prepared, especially if you let them choose some of the ingredients.
• It can be a great way to encourage healthy eating. If you ensure that the dishes you prepare contain enough vegetables and healthy foods, it will set a good example.
• It can save you time. At first they may be “more of a hindrance than a help,” as the saying goes, but after a while if you are able to trust them with certain parts of cooking, it can really help to speed things up.
• You will be teaching your children necessary skills for when they grow up, from a young age.

Teaching Then the Tools of the Trade

What is the best way to get your children to cook? Unless your child has a natural flare for cooking, they may not necessarily enjoy it, so it may seem hard to get them to take part, especially if they are not used to helping out around the house.

This is the first thing you have to change. If you introduce the idea of them helping you in the kitchen, eventually it will become a customary thing and they won’t complain. This is especially try if you make it fun and interesting. By using their curious nature for learning, it shouldn’t be too hard to achieve if you go about it in the right way.

The second way you can do this is to get the right tools. While you can’t necessarily expect your children to figure out how to use certain tools straight away, especially if they are at all unsafe, you can at least introduce them to the tools. If you are using meat slicers, for example, by showing them the chefs choice meat slicer and other high quality products that you own, you can introduce them to the things they will be using in the future to make things easier. As they grow, they will also become more interested in what tools are available to them, and will be invested in knowing that they are using the best meat grinders and the highest quality tools in the kitchen. Through this, they will understand that it is important to use the best in order to make the best.

Increase the Fun

The third way to get your children active in helping to prepare family meals is also fairly simple–increase the fun they have. This may not necessarily be easy, but a good way of doing it is simply including more people in the process. If you have several kids, then this can be an ideal way of going about this. Simply get a child and their siblings together to make a meal. This way it should be more fun, and as we all know, “many hands make light work.”

Even if you only have one child, then this can still be easily done, and maybe even to a better standard, by getting friends involved. If you tell your child that they are allowed to invite a friend over to help cook, then this will make cooking even more fun for them, meaning they’ll be more than happy to help you in the future. All of this will add up, making it a great way to ground them in healthy eating.

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When my partner and I first looked at the house that would soon become our home, one of the definite draws of the space was the large backyard. Up until this time, neither of us had ever had a yard of our own, but because we moved in the beginning of February when everything was still covered in inches of snow, the true state of our lawn was a complete surprise we didn’t get to see until just recently.

As warmer temperatures have settled in, our yard has been bursting with green and the grass has been growing faster than we ever expected. However, we have quite a few problem areas.

You’ll see in the picture above that in the space right out from the porch of the lower level of the house there is a complete bare spot where grass just isn’t growing. We have this same problem, along with sparsely-grown, uneven, and yellowed grass in front of our shed, and another bare, dirt-filled space where grass won’t grow in front of the two small vegetable gardens the previous owner of our house had set up.

All of these bare spots and areas of yellow, obviously unhealthy grass throughout the yard are pretty much yelling (in their own way) for more care. That is precisely why I was so happy to see that Scotts® has the answer with their new Scotts® Snap® Spreader System.

This system makes it easy to care for your lawn without the hassle you would naturally expect in order to get a beautiful and healthy lawn. The Snap Pac connects directly to the Snap Spreader so you don’t have to cut, open, or pour from heavy bags, which means no spilling and no waste. The spreader system then auto-sets the proper flow rate and all you have to do is walk around your yard while the spreader does the work of fertilizing the lawn. The Snap® Spreader System also has a unique EdgeGuard feature that keeps the fertilizer where you want it–on your lawn–without spitting the product out onto the sidewalk or into your flowers and vegetable gardens. When you’re done, the Snap Pac seals itself once it is removed from the Snap Spreader, so it’s easy to store and you won’t have to worry about a half-empty bag spilling or being knocked over and making a mess.

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Ever since moving into our new house and seeing the two small vegetable gardens the previous owner had set up, and the abundance of plant life that has been sprouting back to life as spring settles in, I have been planning (with a wish and a hope) of having fresh vegetables and beautiful flowers that I’ve grown myself come summer. There’s only one small problem with this–my inexperience with gardening has made me weary of getting out into my yard and beginning work on anything.

Luckily, there are products available that can give novice gardeners a little boost of confidence to venture out into their outdoor spaces and begin growing crops and flowers with lovely results. In all of the research I have done on what products to use in gardens and what brands are most trusted, Miracle-Gro always comes out on top. Miracle-Gro has been a reliable and credible brand with gardeners of all levels of expertise for years.

Miracle-Gro has just added the new Expand ‘n Gro™ Concentrated Planting Mix to its line of products, and oh my goodness, this stuff sounds fantastic.

Expand ‘n Gro helps to grow up to three times the flowers and vegetables versus native soil. It significantly improves your soil for multiple years and feeds plants for up to six months. Because it is a concentrated mix, Expand ‘n Gro expands three times when water is added and holds up to 50% more water than traditional soil due to the absorbent coir fibers that also ensures all water is used efficiently. Whether you are growing in pots or in the ground, Miracle-Gro Expand ‘n Gro Concentrated Planting Mix is formulated to get your plants big and beautiful.

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In the past week, plants all over the backyard have started to bloom. We bought this house in the middle of winter and moved in during the second week of February, so the only state we have seen the backyard in is snow-covered and dead. I’m really looking forward to the next few months and seeing all of the plants and flowers out there come to life. I wonder what it’s going to look like!

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Just a little over a month ago, stories, advice, tips, and ideas from how to sweep our lovers off their feet to the specifics of planning romantic gestures both grand and simple were coming at us left and right. Every blog, magazine, and talk show host had something to say about how to spend Valentine’s Day. Yet the very next morning, our workloads, routines, multi-tasking, cleaning the house in our sweats, and everything else that makes up our every day lives was back in effect and the topic of romance was no longer on everyone’s collective minds. Love isn’t in the air solely during the month of February. Romance is something every relationship needs frequent doses of all year long.

It’s easy to get wrapped up in the stresses and tasks that we all have to get accomplished, and it’s easy to think that there isn’t enough time in the day or the finances in the budget to put together a truly romantic experience for you and your partner. However, there are ways to inject romance into your relationship every single day, because honestly, it’s the little things that make a relationship mutually fulfilling and long-lasting.

So, here are some things that my partner and I do and have done to keep romance alive and well, and our love strong in the six and a half years we have been together:

• We take care of each other. No one responsibility lies solely on the shoulders of just one of us; instead, we tackle daily life from the perspective of a mutual partnership. Finances, (most) housework, grocery shopping, and errands are a joint effort, with two exceptions: I do the laundry because I am incredibly particular about the way it is done, and my partner does the majority of the cooking because he is better at it.
• We say ‘thank you’ and express appreciation for each other.
• We laugh–a lot. Goofy faces, absurd voices (I have several), suddenly turning a walk into a little dance, and giving our cats personalities and voices that we make up on the spot are just a few of the things we do to get silly.
• We rough house like we’re kids. Now, this doesn’t happen often, particularly because if we spent that much time landing way too hard on our bed we would probably break it, but when we get into those silly moods and start tickling each other and wrestling, I think about it for days and it always brings a huge grin to my face.
• Never underestimate the power of a sweet note. The first time my partner put the toilet paper roll on the holder the right way (the right way being with the paper coming out over the roll and not under), he wrote on the paper (an accomplishment in itself) that he made sure to put it on the holder that way because he knew that is the way I like it. The man made toilet paper romantic!
• We hold hands; while watching television, while out shopping, or taking a walk together.

Above all, I think we really value and make the most of our time together. We both work full-time from home, which tends to give people the idea that we’re attached at the hip 24/7, which isn’t the case. We have separate work spaces. My partner, a professional musician and guitar instructor, works out of the basement apartment of our home that you have to go outside and down the steps of our back porch to get to, while I work predominantly at our kitchen table. We’re both admitted workaholics, so it’s fairly typical for us to spend most of our days apart. The time that we really dedicate solely to one another is dinnertime. As soon as the dinner process begins, technology is put away and we can talk and focus on each other while, most of the time, my partner cooks and I help with preparation and just enough so I can say that I contributed.

Of course, just like anyone else, sometimes we’re really lazy and want the perks of being able to hang out and share a meal without doing a whole lot of work or having to drive to the next city or two over to go out to a restaurant. For times like these, we have been known to reach for a frozen solution.

Recently, we were able to try Dr. Oetker Ristorante Pizzas, a line of frozen pizzas that are so unlike the average frozen pizzas I’ve grown accustomed to.

We were sent two different flavors of Dr. Oetker Ristorante Pizzas–Mozzarella and Spinaci. I really loved the Mozzarella flavor; it was cheesy, there was a generous portion of delicious, sweet tomatoes and herbs, and the crust was thin and crispy. What was really surprising, especially since we’re talking about frozen food here, was that the herbs and tomatoes tasted like they were really quality ingredients. They weren’t just good, but really really good. My partner and I were in awe, repeatedly commenting on how much better these pizzas are than what we were expecting. I immediately knew why Dr. Oetker’s Ristorante is Italy’s #1 frozen pizza brand.

The Spinaci flavor was, of course, topped with spinach. I haven’t eaten a lot of spinach in my life and when I have, it was usually mixed into a pasta sauce of some sort and I barely noticed it was there. On this pizza, the spinach takes center stage. It is the star of the pizza, and I found out that I am not a fan of spinach. I kept commenting on the “oils” I tasted, which my partner kept assuring me was the taste of spinach. After eating half of my piece, I was really wishing I had another Mozzarella pizza. My partner really liked the spinach, though, so at least it didn’t go to waste.

Dr. Oetker Ristorante Pizzas are really easy to make, perfect for lunch or dinner when you really don’t feel like making an effort but still want a tasty meal. Just take the pizza out of the cardboard box, unwrap it, place it directly on the middle rack of your oven, and wait 10-12 minutes.

The only complaint I have about these pizzas is that they are very small. I would love to see a larger version come out that could feed more than two people. My partner and I split the pizzas we made and after we finished the first one, my partner was ready for more pizza, so I would say that one of these pizzas could feed two people, or just one very hungry man.

Dr. Oetker Ristorante Pizza is available now in the following states for $4.99-$5.99: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Washington, D.C., Rhode Island, Baltimore, Maryland and New Hampshire.

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With a few simple but well-worked details you can lighten up the room, give it a great lift, and make it a room that your child will love. You will be proud to have this creative masterpiece as part of your home, and your little one won’t be able to get enough of their new little home. That’s what we call a true win-win in parenting!

1. Find a theme that you can execute well.

   The key to not only decorating a child’s room, but to transitioning it from a nursery, is to find the right theme. Let your child help with picking a theme that they like and guide them towards something that they have a better chance of sticking with for the long haul.

   A perfect example is princesses, and a great way to bring in creativity and theme-centered details is through Disney princess giant wall stickers. Here’s the best part–your child will love it as it keeps within their theme and you will love it as it shows creativity in a very organized manner. You can’t go wrong if you pick a theme that is classic and bound to be around for a long time. Then the room sort of takes on a shape all its own!

2. Think of every detail.

   Once you have selected the theme, then you should incorporate every little detail. That’s not to say that you need to have all princesses or cars from ceiling to floor, but you should use the theme as a centerpiece.

   Incorporate every single detail in the theme, associated colors, or elements from this idea so that the room is decked out. Find light fixtures, table lamps, pieces of furniture, toy bins, sheets, and other elements of the bedroom in the right color or theme. Use a pillow with a featured character if possible.

   Try to find a wall hanging and even curtains that blend in well with the theme or colors. The point here is that for true creativity, you want to think through every little detail and then tie it in as eloquently as possible. It really does work!

3. Let your child help with the decorations–literally.

   Though you may be hesitant to do this elsewhere, their bedroom is the perfect place. If you are going with a color scheme, then let your little Picasso paint a perfectly colored portrait to frame and hang on the walls.

   If you are really adventurous and want that perfect touch, then let them paint something special on the wall. They can even get in on in the painting if you are putting up new colors; just be sure to give them a little direction.

   Allowing them to get involved and to add a fun little elements of their own creativity can really help to spin the room in the best possible light. This is a time to embrace that little artist and they can help to bring the room to light.

4. Celebrate this milestone with one special centerpiece.

   Talk with your child and let them get involved in picking out one special centerpiece for the room. Perhaps it’s a special car toddler bed or a pale pink princess dresser that is the focal point of the room. Perhaps they just want a ballerina statue or a pirate piggy bank. Let them have a say in this and then tie it into the room appropriately. This can really allow them to get excited and to utilize their creativity. Then when you look at the room, this piece that they selected with your help will become a true focal point.

No matter what type of theme or colors you are going with, you can always find a way to be creative. This is a fun time for your child, so work with them and come up with some creative and fun ideas together. This is how you mark this special occasion in their little life!

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Last month, my partner and I moved into our first home. Not only is it my partner’s first single family home ever, having spent his whole life up to this point living in small apartments, and my first home since moving out of my family’s house as a teenager, but this is also the only time either of us has ever had a big yard. A wide, amazing open space that is ours, that we can do whatever we desire with. It took me no time at all to dream up a lush garden full of bright, beautiful colors. The only problem with making my imagined garden a reality is that I have absolutely no knowledge about gardening or really how to care for any type of plant at all. So you will understand my excitement when I was made aware of an awesome resource that stresses just how simple it can be to create a space full of life and color by planting flower bulbs.

“Bulbs. Dig, Drop, Done.” is an educational effort that introduces potential, novice, and even avid gardeners to the low-maintenance, returning beauty of bulbs. The process is in the name–all you have to do is dig a hole, drop your bulb, and then cover it up. All done. Their website is full of helpful tips about getting started with bulbs; when and how to plant bulbs and the timeline for when they will flourish into beautiful flowers. They also have an image gallery full of different ideas for using bulbs around your home and outdoor spaces, like planting them inside rain boots, as seen in the picture in this post.

A little bit of whimsy has also been incorporated into the Dig Drop Done website in the form of videos depicting three women in different times in their lives, all unique with their own personalities that we can all find something to relate to. One of the women in the videos, Evelyn, imparts some wisdom on which types of bulbs to plant to keep pesky animals from destroying her yard, which is definitely something I will need to think about once I get this garden of mine underway since I live in a country setting and have my fair share of pesky animal traffic. Another woman, Marcy, explains that she has color-coded everything her kids have; toothbrushes, drinking glasses, the works, and how she even got her three kids tulip bulbs in their favorite colors to plant out in the garden, so when she looks at the tulips placed in vases around the house, she sees her kids in them. It’s a really cute video complete with child interruptions, and what mom can’t relate to that?

Dig, Drop, Done recently launched Curbside Chaos, a really fun contest for people whose yards are in desperate need of attention. The chosen yard will receive a $5,000 yard makeover with interior designer and HGTV host Taniya Nayak, who will give the winner tips on the best way to update your yard, and of course, how to incorporate bulbs into your surroundings. Pretty awesome, right?

Also on the Curbside Chaos website is a great Garden Guru tool, which I was really impressed with. By picking the area you live in from the map and choosing the month you want your flowers to bloom in. The tool chooses a selection of the perfect bulbs to plant and when depending on the amount of sunlight that your specific area receives.

With this tool, you will know what types of bulbs will have the most success in your yard, which is something I would have never even known I had to worry about.

visit www.digdropdone.com to learn more about how you can use bulbs in a variety of spaces in your home, whether it’s outdoors or indoors, to create a warm, friendly, inviting, and simply stunning space. Bulbs can also be used for creative gift-giving and as a great way to get your kids involved in an activity that will stay with them throughout their lives.

You can also help Dig, Drop, Done do good in communities all across the country. Every time you share their website on Twitter, they will donate $1.00 to Rebuilding Together, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization that works to preserve affordable home ownership and revitalize communities.

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I have always been a fan of Glade® candles. The commercials with the woman who lights a Glade® candle and easily fools her friends into thinking that she is baking aren’t that far-fetched, as the power of their scents are just that good; able to escort your mind into a whole other reality for a few, short moments as you take in the scent. Even just one of their small candles fills up a moderately large space with a delicious or just plain pleasant and great fragrance, which consistently surprises me, as if I had completely forgotten how effective they are since the last time I lit one of their candles.

In time for spring and spring cleaning, Glade® has two brand new products that not only completely refresh your home, but also have a modern design that compliments your home decor.

The new Glade® Expressions™ fragrance mist has long-lasting, true-to-life fragrance that opens up your home. With the standard squeeze-to-spray activation, it’s easy and comfortable to spray any area of your home; but unlike standard mists, you don’t have to hide this one in a cupboard because it is an artfully designed, surprisingly beautiful and sleek white container that can sit anywhere without looking like a bottle of air freshener. The container also has a little detail of color on the side, which accents the bottle nicely; the color is different depending on the scent you choose. What I like most about the Glade® Expressions™ fragrance mist is that it’s refillable, so you aren’t going to end up having to buy multiple bottles every time you run out of fragrance, which is always good news for your wallet.

The new Glade® Expressions™ oil diffuser is just gorgeous. It has a dark wood base and two bamboo screens that keep the white diffuser card in place. You don’t have to worry about the oil ever spilling or making a mess because it is sealed into the bottom and then whisked up through the diffuser and out into the space in your home. The fragrance in the diffuser lasts for 30 days and there is absolutely no electricity needed for it to do its job. This means you don’t have to plug anything in, and you don’t have to worry about adding more oil for an entire month.

The new Glade® Expressions™ products are available in four different fragrances: Pineapple & Mangosteen, Cotton & Italian Mandarin (only available in fragrance mist form), Lavender & Juniper Berry, and the fragrance I am most excited about, Fuji Apple & Cardamom Spice. Because Glade® cares, if you are not completely satisfied with the fragrance of your product, you can fill out this form and mail in the original UPC and purchase receipt for a refund, which is pretty awesome of them.

If your home could use a little freshening up, grab a coupon for $1.50 off any Glade® Expressions™ products that can be used at Walmart to take advantage of their everyday low price.

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It is nearly time for March Madness. Before today, that meant absolutely nothing to me. I’m not going to lie, I know even less about basketball than I do about football; and I have on more than one occasion interchanged the word “attack” for “tackle,” so as a reference, that’s how much I know about football. Dollar General, however, turned my thinking right around. I am now delighted with March Madness because it has inspired the store to have their own little bit of fun this month with a new Facebook game that gives away valuable coupons!

Just by liking their Facebook page, you can play Dollar General’s Bracket of the Brands. Playing is easy: Choose one of two brands that you would like to receive a coupon for and answer three multiple choice questions that have to do with that brand. When I played, I chose a coupon for Ritz instead of Planters and was asked what the Ritz tagline was, what three imprints appear on Ritz crackers during different seasons of the year, and how many holes are in each cracker. Every time you get an answer right, the basketball in the animation screen makes it into the hoop; when you get an answer wrong, the basketball misses. What I like about this game is that regardless of how many questions you answer correctly, you still get a coupon at the end of your game.

Every week there will be a new game of Bracket of the Brands to play and new Dollar General coupons to score. To make sure you keep checking back, Dollar General will be increasing the value of the coupons every week saving you even more money on brands you love.

In addition to weekly coupon giveaways, Dollar General’s Bracket of the Brands is also giving basketball enthusiasts a chance to enter to win a grand prize trip for two to the 2013 NCAA Men’s Final Four.

The Bracket of the Brands Facebook game as well as the grand prize sweepstakes is only available until March 25th.

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