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Monthly Archives:March 2016

6 Dry Ice Experiments To Do With Kids

6 Dry Ice Experiments To Do With Kids What is Dry Ice? It is sometimes referred to as "cardice" and is the solid form of carbon dioxide. At pressures below 5.13 atm and temperatures below −69.5 °F, CO2 changes from a solid to a gas with no intervening liquid form, through a process called sublimation. The opposite process is called deposition, where CO2 changes from the gas to solid phase (dry ice). At atmospheric pressure, sublimation/deposition occurs at−109.3 °F. 6 ways to Read More


Essential Oil Diffuser Bracelet GIVEAWAY

Essential Oil Diffuser Bracelet GIVEAWAY How do you get your hands on these oils? You can buy them retail through Young Living or you can purchase a starter kit, which makes you a wholesale member, and buy them at wholesale prices. The oils in the starter kit are amazing and you will need them for many other things (especially if you have kids)! Click here and it will take you to a page that quickly shows you how to go about each option! Enter for a chance to win a FREE essential oil Read More


10 Recipes Using Orange Essential Oil

10 Orange Essential Oil Recipes Essential Oils are made by distilling the most beneficial part of the plant being used. The most beneficial part of an orange is the peel! The peel contains more than four times as much fiber as the fruit inside, and more tangeretin and nobiletin—flavonoids with anticancer, antidiabetic, and anti-inflammatory properties. A 2004 study on animals suggests that these nutrients may even reduce harmful LDL cholesterol better than some prescription drugs. Read More


Amazon Prime

Amazon prime This service is well worth the money! We get FREE 2 day shipping. Sometimes I even get mail from Amazon on a Sunday...seriously, that's amazing! We watch Amazon Instant Video, which is like Netflix. You can even share your amazon prime benefits with family! Everything eligible for prime is discounted, you get free storage space, music streaming and a lending library for your kindle. If you dont need your item in two days, you can choose no rush shipping and get a promotional Read More


Yootechs Glass Screen Protector

Yootechs Glass Screen Protector I bought a glass screen protector from Yootech when I got my Lg V10. I was skeptical about this product actually saving my screen from cracking but I figured better safe than sorry. We recently did a few dry ice experiments and when we made a dry ice bomb, it scared the crap out of me causing me to throw my phone down on the cement floor! It cracked my screen protector in a very bad way. When I took my screen protector off, my phone screen was perfect! I will Read More


Eliminate Dandruff using Tea Tree Oil

Eliminate Dandruff using Tea Tree Oil My husband had a serious dandruff problem. I looked up dandruff online and found out that Tea Tree Oil might do the trick! So, we added a drop to shampoo he had in his hand and the next day he had no dandruff! Now he adds a few drops of tea tree oil to his shampoo bottle every time he gets a new one and he no longer has a dandruff problem...what an easy and simple solution! Now he still gets to use the shampoo he likes instead of those nasty smelling Read More


12 Reasons I Always Have Tea Tree Oil On Hand

12 Reasons I Always Have Tea Tree Oil On Hand Tea tree, also known as melaleuca, is a favorite oil of mine. The first time I opened a bottle of tea tree oil I closed my eyes and took a nice deep breath of the aroma seeping out of the bottle...then I coughed and gasped and thought I was going to die because the smell is STRONG! However, I persevered and used it anyways and now the smell does not bother me even a little bit. Some people even enjoy the smell! I wasn't sure how much I would Read More


6 Reasons I Do Silly Things With My Kids

6 Reasons I Do Silly Things With My Kids   When my kids ask me to join them in some silly adventure, I do it! I have been on skates at the skating ring doing the chicken dance and the hokey pokey. I have ridden the giddy up animals at the mall. I have put my hands up and screamed on the little tiny shamu ride or the dragon ride at the fair. I have worn mismatching way to long necklaces all day long that were made for me. I have had tattoos on me in obvious spots that look Read More