Veterans Day

In support of all of the troops that support our Great Nation, Shutterfly is offering a great program today to send thanks.

You can head on over to the Shutterfly Facebook page to create a free card to send thanks to a hero. 

There are four cards you can choose from. Shutterfly will print and mail the card at no cost to you.

I encourage you to take the time to send a card of thanks!

21 Days to a More Disciplined Life

I was lucky enough to receive a copy of copy of Crystal Paine's downloadable book 21 Days to a More Disciplined Life.

I have been reading the Money Saving Mom website for over a year now and have learned so much. Crystal is verify disciplined in her family life as well as her blogging life.

This book was very interesting and is broken out into 21 different chapters. Each chapter helps you become more disciplined in different areas of your life. What I like the most about the book is it breaks it out into small steps. You aren't trying to make huge differences all at once. 

If you would like to purchase a copy of the book for yourself you can purchase it here for a limited time for 99 cents until Thursday, October 25, after that it is just $4.99.  This is a downloadable book, you can read it on your computer, Sony Reader, Nook, and Kindle. 

Summer Side Walk Chalk Fun

At the end of summer, Addison made homemade chalk out of a Crayola kit that we had picked up at the store. It was a lot of fun.  I had seen some cute ideas on Pinterest, where you drew a design on the ground and had your child lay down to pose with them. We decided to draw a Princess Crown and Sword. 

Addison had a lot of fun making the chalk and posing for the pictures. 

After she posed, she wanted to draw a princess. I think she did a great job! I wrote Princess and she wrote her name. 

Shutterfly Cards

It's that time of year again to think about Christmas cards. This year I think I have the perfect picture of Addison to use. 

I love using Shutterfly for Christmas cards. I always love the designs and it is so easy to put together a beautiful card. 

Shutterfly has many different designs to choose from. I always have such a hard time narrowing it down. Here are a few of my favorites this year. I'm really liking the bright colors this year for the cards. 

If you'd like to see the beautiful cards, you can look for yourself on Shutterfly,  Christmas Cards You can also view all of Shutterfly's Special Offers here

If you would like to try out Shutterfly's cards for yourself, you can enter the contest below. Shutterfly has generously offered to give one of my readers a promo card for $50 off your total purchase, not including shipping, and not combined with other promos. 


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Check out the great cards at Shutterfly, and good luck on the contest!

this is a sponsored post from Shutterfly. They  provided me with a $100 promo code. All of my opinions are my own. 

Door Painting

I've had paint to paint my door leading from the kitchen into the garage for over a year. This weekend, I finally decided to get it over with and paint it.

I can't believe I waited this long! It was so easy and took less than a couple of hours total. That included all of the drying time.

This was the before, just a plain white door.  I used TSP and washed the door really good. Then I used one coat of KILZ white primer. I finished with two coats of Sherwin Willams Believable Buff, which is the same color as the wall.

I love how it turned out!

Terra Cotta Pot Jack O Lanterns

Addison wanted to craft today, so I let her look through my Halloween Board on Pinterest. If you'd like to follow me, you can by clicking here.

We decided to make these cute terra cotta pot Jack-O-Lanterns after finding a few in my craft supplies.  I got the idea here. I changed things up though and used different supplies to put them together.

Addison painted the pots with orange acrylic paint.  I then painted the faces on with black acrylic paint. We used a sparkly green pipe cleaner for the stem,  I added some glue and bent the bottom so it would stay through the whole in the pots. Then we cut out green felt into leaf shapes and glued them on the top as well.

These were a fun and quick craft, and we added them to our Halloween decor.

Combat Source Kill Max Ant Bait

I was lucky enough to be able to test out Combat's Source Kill Max Ant Bait products.  I was amazed at how well these worked.

Every summer I start to find the little tiny ants in my kitchen.  I could scrub the counters and floor every day and I'll still see a few.  I received a box with Combat Source Kill Max Ant Gel and Combat Source Kill Ant Bait.

The Ant Bait look like little ant houses.  The ants carry the bait back to where they live to destroy the entire colony.  I put a few of these out around my kitchen. I saw a few ants around them, but they really weren't going into the bait.

The Ant Gel was amazing!  This is a gel that you squirt near ant trails.  I put a little line of it next to my kitchen sink.  I walked away for a few minutes and when I looked again there were probably 30 ants on the gel.  I had no idea there were that many around.  I ended up just using a paper towel and wiping up the gel with the ants and throwing it away.

I would definitely use these products again, especially the Ant Gel.

Now for the lucky news for anyone that reads this blog.  If you would like to try out the Combat Ant Gel just leave a comment on this post and I will draw a winner.  I will be closing this drawing on September 20 so I have enough time to choose a winner and notify Combat where to send the prize! 


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Combat is also having a Bug-Free Backyard Bash Sweepstakes.  One lucky winner will win $1000 to hold their very own Bug Free Backyard Bash.  The winner will also receive an assortment of Combat brand products to ensure ants don't spoil their bash!  You can enter the sweepstakes here. This sweepstakes ends September 14, so hurry and get your entry in.  

Combat provided a free sample of their Ant Bait and Gel for this post.  My participating is voluntary and my opinions, as always are my own.