Embracing Life

One of the things I enjoy about blogging is sharing my thoughts.  I know this page doesn't get a lot of traffic or comments, but I still enjoy doing giveaways for my faithful readers. Dial® soap has recently come out with a new soap, and I was lucky enough to receive two free bottles to try out at home.  I had my choice of two great scents, but went with the Coconut Lime Verbana, because that's always been a favorite of mine.  The NEW Dial® Deep Cleansing Hand Soap is the latest Dial® Brand hand soap bringing luxury to your hand washing experience.  This premium soap captures the fragrant essence of freshness, with an exhilarating blend of lime, coconut and verbena. With gentle micro scrubbers, it cleans and moisturizes deeply, for hands that feel sparkling clean. The kids were excited to try them... Keira loved that it felt like sand in her hand (the gentle micro-scrubbers!), and the boys liked that the soap was green. After drying their hands, ...

I was lucky enough to win an ARC of When the Rogue Returns  from Sabrina Jeffries herself! I couldn't wait to read it.  After reading the first book in The Duke's Men series, What the Duke Desires , I was excited to see that this next book was about Victor Cale. In  When the Rogue Returns , Victor Cale is headed to Scotland to investigate a woman, Sofie Franke.  He has his suspicions that this woman is actually Isabella, his wife who disappeared on him ten years before.  He has spent the last decade searching to bring her to justice after she stole the royal jewels and left him to behind to deal with the authorities.  Isabella Cale, now known as Sofie Franke, has built a new life for herself and her ten-year old daughter after her husband ran off with the royal jewels. Are you intrigued yet? Victor and Isa's first meeting was great! Both blame the other for the missing jewels, and both are greatly suspicious of the other's motives.  Despite ...

Now I know it's a bit early, but with Keith having back surgery soon,  and my to do list having oh, about 200 things on it,  I've started thinking about Christmas cards.  This is what I did last year: Thank you Shutterfly ! Right now, I'm debating between these cards  for this year: Although this means we will have to work on the nice family picture...... (just another thing to stress about!) And now for the giveaway!!! Shutterfly has generously offered 3 of my readers 25 FREE cards each! That's right - free cards! And you don't have to use the code for just holiday cards because Shutterfly also offers greeting cards and birth announcements . Contest rules: Mandatory entry - visit Shutterfly's Holiday Card page   and leave me a comment as to which card is your favorite. Additional entries: "Like" Embracing Chaos on Facebook (just click the button to your right!) Follow Embracing Chaos on...

Recently I was contacted by MyMemories.com  asking if I would be interested in checking out their digital scrapbooking software.  Of course, my answer was YES! I love scrapbooking, but am finding it hard to actually sit down and do it. By the time I pull out all my supplies, something else (like non-napping children) comes up.  The idea of trying a digital scrapbooking software is very appealing to me because all of my "supplies" are right there on the computer! I did a lot of playing with my memories suite over the weekend, and I wanted to share my favorite page so far. (Favorite, and also the piece that makes me tear up a little, since it has to do with Connor growing up). Let me tell you, it was so easy! The choices of backgrounds, text, and other fun things are awesome. Oh, and I made this one too: My Memories Suite allows you to add mats around the edge of photos, put numerous text blocks in, and change the layout of your pictures any way you want.  M...

 A few months ago, some blog friends and I began doing a devotional with this book.  Since we live all over the place, it's done through email.  We read a chapter, then discuss. Let me tell you, it's been wonderful! The author, Linda Vujnov, is a wonderful writer and really knows how it is to balance life when you are a busy mom.  Her stories are funny and heart-warming.  They make you feel like she knows exactly what you are going through - because hey! She does know what you are going through. The author is graciously giving one reader of this blog a copy of her book! To be entered in the contest for a copy of Spilt Milk ,  just leave a comment!  That's right, all you have to do is answer this question - What are your plans for Mother's Day? Please note, you have until noon (CST) on Mother's Day to enter this giveaway. I will announce the winner that afternoon. After leaving me a comment, please feel free to visit the other great women...

The winners for Purex with Zout detergent are: 1 - traciet 2 - Ashley Congratulations! Please email me with your address so I can get your coupons mailed out!

I do laundery every day.  Every.Single.Day.  So when Purex contacted me to see if I wanted to try their new detergent, Purex Complete with Zout, I said of course! Now, along with the bottle of detergent, there was a fact sheet explaining what a great stain remover it is as well.  Last night, that stain removing action was put to the test: We took the kids to IHOP for dinner.  Colin wanted strawberries with his pancakes, so I asked for some on the side.  Now these are the yummy strawberries covered in a thick red (sugary) sauce.  And Colin was wearing his favorite Toy Story shirt, which is yellow.  By the time we left the restaurant, it had shades of strawberry red all over the sleeves and collar.  I was so upset because I assumed the stains would be there forever. After getting home, getting the kids ready for bed, getting the kids to finally fall asleep (all in all, a two hour process), I was able to put the shirt in the wash, and I ad...