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Giving for Good this #GivingTuesday

November 30, 2015 By Autumn Rose Reo Leave a Comment

It’s that time of year where we buy gifts for those we love the most. In all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, it is easy to become a scrooge. The stress of shopping in overcrowded malls, hosting family and friends, it can all become a little stressful. But at the end of the day, the Holidays are all about giving and finding ways to bring other people joy.

And The Dallas Foundation has a gift that is both convenient and will leave the recipient feeling all warm and fuzzy.

Giving for Good Cards are just like regular gift cards, except the value on the cards can be donated to any nonprofit in the country, as long as they have a 501(c)(3) status.

The ripple effects of this small card will give you goosebumps. When you buy a Giving for Good Card, your friends and family will have the opportunity to donate dollars to their favorite charity. The value goes beyond the dollar figure by encouraging the recipient to start thinking of ways to be philanthropic. And you can even customize your own card with your logo and/or design.

You have to appreciate the motivation behind this idea. The Dallas Foundation isn’t the only charity encouraging Americans to not get caught up in the Holiday hype. 92^nd Street Y partnered with the UnitedNations Foundations to create #GivingTuesday, a campaign that takes the focus off the frantic Black Friday and Cyber Monday and aims to make charity and generosity the focus on social media. This year’s campaign on December 1 will continue that tradition.

Queue the warm fuzzy feelings.

Since its creation in 2011, Giving for Good Cards have raised more than $350,000 for nonprofits in Dallas County and across the United States. You can choose from four holiday-themed card designs or birthdays, celebrations and special events, making them perfect gifts for any occasion.

The holidays are supposed to be the time of year where we buy gifts for the people we love. It’s supposed to the time of year where we find joy in making people smile. But for some people, the holidays only make them more aware of their unfortunate circumstances. And the great thing about Giving for Good Cards, it doesn’t matter how big or small the donation is, what matters most is that it comes from the heart and touches a life.

Giving for Good Cards can be purchased online at dallasfoundation.org.

Top Holidays Gift Ideas for Toddlers

November 18, 2015 By Autumn Rose Reo 15 Comments

Christmas is less than 50 days away.

Let that sink in for a second….I’ll wait.

Freaking out yet? By now HUGE toy catalogs have made it your home and the Santa Letter Writing has begun.

While it may seem that picking presents for the little ones might be easier than getting into the brain of the bigger kids, that’s not always the case. So to help you out, we’ve our favorites… the Top Holidays Gift Ideas for Toddlers.

Play-Doh Crazy Cuts Playsets // Ages 3 years & up

Yes, Play-Doh can get a little messy, but there’s nothing quite like watching your child’s eye light up and laugh as they create a masterpiece. With Play-Doh crazy cuts, you can create silly hair styles in a flash. Load up the styling chair with the Doh, place a character and the chair and long locks will ooze out as the toy gets a Play-Doh makeover. Style it, cut it, braid or start all over again. Playset includes two styling chairs, three character thimbles, two hair styling molds, four cutting tools and six cans of PLAY-DOH compound.

Now you ready to win one? Enter to win the MamaChallenge.com Holiday Gift Giveaway!

—–> Enter here for a chance to win the Playdoh Crazy Cuts Playset! <—–

Playskool Friends My Little Pony Musical Celebration Castle // Ages 18 months & up

My little pony Little ones can discover, imagine, and share the fun together with their very first My Little Pony playset by Playskool Friends! Designed especially for little hands, this castle brings big fun with activities to explore, music and sound effects, and adorably chunky Pinkie Pie and Star Song figures. Introduce your toddler to early imaginative play with all kinds of fun things to do around the castle, including having a dance party with real music and motion!

Now you ready to win one? Enter to win the MamaChallenge.com Holiday Gift Giveaway!

—–> Enter here for a chance to win the My Little Pony playset by Playskool Friends! <—–

Play All Day Elmo //Ages 18 months – 4 years

Little ones love watching Elmo play with his friends on Sesame Street. Now it’s their turn to play along with Elmo: Meet Play All Day Elmo! This cuddly and interactive Elmo toy has 150+ responses, plus 8 games and activities to help keep kids engaged. When playtime is over, preschoolers can cuddle with him while listening to a lullaby.

Now you ready to win one? Enter to win the MamaChallenge.com Holiday Gift Giveaway!

—–> Enter here for a chance to win the Jurassic World Tyrannosaurus Rex! <—–

Jurassic World Tyrannosaurus Rex // Ages 3 years & up

In the imaginary land of Jurassic World, the earth rumbles beneath your feet. The sun above you is suddenly blotted out. You can sense that he is near. You have two choices: run, or stay and be the brave ranger you are! This Tyrannosaurus Rex figure has awesome chomping action. It’s up to your little one, his imagination and his trusty capture claw to capture the Tyrannosaurus Rex figure and bring her back to base before she goes on a rampage. Watch out though!

Now you ready to win one? Enter to win the MamaChallenge.com Holiday Gift Giveaway!

—–> Enter here for a chance to win the Jurassic World Tyrannosaurus Rex! <—–

For more ideas for on what to get that special kiddo for the holidays, check out the Holiday Hot List for 2015.

Why You Need the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan

October 29, 2015 By Autumn Rose Reo 25 Comments

The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free.

Blogging and social media has been part of my everyday for more than seven years now.

During that time I’ve learned volumes; however, mostly I’ve learned that I have so much more to learn about blogging, SEO and photography.

While I may have a degree in Journalism, “the other stuff” is what takes you to the next level and for more than just your family circle to visit your blog.

You need beautiful photography to accompany your storytelling. Let’s be honest, it’s not the 3-5 hours I spent working on that story that gets you to read it, it’s JUST THE picture that makes you stop to read it, pin it to your board, or share it with your friends that makes the difference.

Before

So it’s time for me to up my game so you want to keep reading and to create the pictures that say 1,000 words (and maybe make you a $1,000 or more.)

When it comes to photography, it’s an art and I’m definitely continuing to learn what it takes to click a beautiful shot. But for most of us, the time and work it takes to get the “right” shot isn’t always possible. That’s where food styling and some good editing software make your picture go from whatever to wow.

After Adobe Creative Cloud

This is where the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan is a game changer. Photoshop and Lightroom have been the standard for photographers, but unfortunately, the investment for these tools weren’t always available for everyone – until now.

Now take your best shot and then you can make it even better with the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan. Unlike traditional software, with your 1-year subscription for $119.99, you aren’t just installing your programs on one computer, but since it’s in the cloud you can access it on any device, any time, anywhere.

Before

From everyday edits like cropping a shot to total transformations, the Creative Cloud plan lets you retouch and manipulate images in any way imaginable. You also continue to edit, organize and share your shots on your iPad, iPhone or Android device. Need to make a change? Once you do, your edit is updated everywhere with Adobe CreativeSync technology.

After Adobe Creative Cloud

One of my favorite parts about the Creative Cloud plan is your ability to use the Adobe Slate mobile app to create visual stories, animated videos and the Adobe Voice mobile app to add your own voice to tell your story. And there’s some much more you can get with Adobe Cloud.

At the rate of $119 you can step up your blogging game and make your photos worth so much more. Get your prepaid membership to Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan at Best Buy.

Make Your List: Holiday Hot List 2015

October 9, 2015 By Autumn Rose Reo 23 Comments

Every year it seems Christmas sneaks up on me.

I scramble a few days before Santa comes in hopes to “help the big man” locate those special gift my kiddos have asked for before Rudolph hooves hit my roof.

Most the time I am not very successful, but this year I’m prepared…at least as much as a mama can be. A few months ago I attended the Walmart Chosen By You Expo, a three-day expo to check out the holiday hot list 2015 and best of all, give feedback on what we thought was cool – even including the kids! From TVs, laptops, video games, toys, apparel, and grocery – they had it (of course they do, it was Walmart!) While there were hundreds of ideas for every person on your list from techie, gamer, outdoorsperson, crafty or entertainer, I honed in on the two giftees that will expect the most from me this holiday – my kids.

And all I can say was WHOA mama. (If you know that reference you get two points!)

While there were lots of blasts from the pasts that I grew up with, there was such serious toy action happening that I even put a few on my Santa list. I mean a chocolate pen? That’s the kind of “office supplies” I want to use! And forget my oven…I want a Girl Scout Cookie Oven. Yes, you read that right. You can get your Thin Mint fix after you finish your last box with this easy bake oven. It’s family fun for everyone with learning how to read and follow instructions, cook your first treat, and of course, enjoy the taste of the caramel-coconut goodness when you get to enjoy the “cookies” of your labor.

Now that I’ve got your mouth watering, get out your pen, your list, your wallet and let’s get ready to shop!

And with Walmart’s new Shipping Pass pilot program, for just $50 a year you can get FREE SHIPPING in three or less days FOR A YEAR! So get to clickin’ and soon you’ll be done with your shopping for them, so you can do a little shopping for you while you’re at it!

And just in case you need a few suggestions for what else you need for your list, just check these other items I spotted at the Walmart Chosen by You event! (Just in case you were looking for a gift for me, any of these will work!)

Best of luck for your holidays shopping – make it easy and get everything you need at Walmart.

Texas Popovers with Strawberry Jalapeno Butter

August 22, 2015 By Autumn Rose Reo 12 Comments

I’m a proud Texas gal.

Born, bred and while I do love to travel, I’ll always say this is home.

When you see those people with the big state of Texas across their chest, that’s us.

A photo posted by MamaChallenge.com | Autumn Reo (@autumnreo) on Apr 11, 2015 at 1:13pm PDT

We decorate our home with big Texas flags and proudly sing anything by Pat Green and Robert Earl Keen (if you need more explanation, send me an email.) And we even live right next to this little placed called AT&T Stadium (AKA the home of the Dallas Cowboys and the biggest stadium ever built.)

When we cook, we buy, cook and eat Texas because…this is Texas and that’s what you do. Including my Lonestar Eggs (available only at Walmart.)

We practice Texas traditions like spring bluebonnet photos…

…and an annual girls trip to the flagship Neiman Marcus in downtown Dallas for warm popovers and strawberry butter.

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For some reason, even if you don’t like the ideas of dressing up in your Sunday’s best, you’ll do it every time, heels and all, just to get your hands on this complementary starter. It doesn’t matter what else you plan to order, it’s all about tearing off a little piee of the buttery popover and slapping a pat of the strawberry butter to melt down the bread just enough before you let it enter your mouth. Yep, it’s that good. And there’s something about eating something so sinfully simple that makes it so fun and probably even taste a little bit better.

So when my little gal turned four with an over-the-top tea party, I knew I was starting something I was going to have to continue at home with big, fun elaborate tea parties! And all tea parties should include popovers.

But like any Texas cook, I can’t help but put a little something else in there to make it really wow. (We take our unofficial motto: “Everything is bigger and better in Texas” very seriously.) So it wouldn’t just be big popovers with strawberry butter, it would be strawberry-jalapeno butter.

Before you go thinking I’m going to put my little princess in pain (or any others that don’t like a little spicy in their step), you should know jalapeno is a flavor and if you don’t include the seeds and stem, most the time you will just have the spice of the pepper and not the bite. However, I can’t help to include that the bite with the creamy sweetness of the strawberry butter makes it really a really good marriage of when opposites attract. Best of all, this all happened in just about an hour.

Yep, y’all, that’s all it took to make it. A few ingredients from your pantry and SIX Lonestar Eggs.

Popovers with Strawberry Jalapeno Butter

Author: Autumn @mamachallenge.com

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Description

A Texas tradition, this is an easy recipe for the traditional popover with a spicy take on strawberry butter.

Ingredients

Scale

For the Turnovers
4 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 1/4 cup milk, slightly warmed
6 Lonestar Eggs, beaten at room temperature
cooking spray
For the Strawberry Jalapeno Butter
1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
1/4 cup strawberry jam
1 jalapeno, chopped (optional: omit entirely or just remove seeds for less heat)

Instructions

Sift flour, salt, and powder together in a large bowl.
To the mixer, add eggs and slightly warmed milk together and blend on low.
Add flour mixture gradually until all is blended.
Turn off machine and let batter rest for 1 hour at room temperature.
Preheat oven at 450F degrees.
Spray muffin or popover pan with cooking spray.
Fill pans until almost full.
Place batter in the over and bake at 450F for 15 minutes. Then turn oven to 375F degrees and bake for 20-25 minutes until a golden brown. (Don’t keep opening the oven door to look at them or they will fall!)
While turnovers are cooking, combine butter, jam and jalapeno together in a bowl and at medium until fluffy. Set aside until ready to serve (or put in fridge for a little bit to firm up.)
Once turnovers are complete, remove from the oven, and serve immediately with butter.

How do you show your Texas pride?

Cute, Quick & Easy Gift Wrapping Ideas

June 11, 2015 By Autumn Rose Reo 24 Comments

When it comes to wrapping gifts, there are two kinds of people…

Those who spend a lot of time to make them perfect and those who don’t understand why you spend any time on the what the OUTSIDE of a gift looks like.

Actually it’s possible to create a beautiful presentation without much time, money or creativity.

So just in time for Father’s Day, we’ve discovered cute, quick & easy gift wrapping ideas to wrap a gift without losing your time, money or mind!

1. ULINE // www.uline.com

If they don’t have it at Uline, they don’t make it…

We’ll that’s not completely true, I’ve never found a better resource for finding just the right container. Uline is actually one of the largest online resources for shipping supplies and packaging for companies. While you do have to purchase in large quantities, the pricing makes it all worth it. While orders are shipped directly to you same-day, we’re lucky in DFW because you can go pick yours up directly at one of their shipping centers based in Coppell. Just take a look at just a few samples of fun containers I’ve found for gift giving and they’re also the ideal resource for favor boxes for birthday parties.

For dad’s day I used this paint can and filled it full of candy – then wrote “Dad’s Stache” for a candy basket that he’ll love. Also, you can source something basic like a blank gift sack and then let the kids create their own special packaging with paint, colors, etc. that dad might love more than the gift!

2. Giftskins // www.giftskins.com

Where taking personal wrapping to a new level with Giftskins. This company allows you to create your own wrapping paper! Just upload a photo, then they create an adorable, customized wrapping paper just for you and then ship it right to your door . They have all kinds of themes or you can just have an entire roll made of your favorite moments of Dad love. Or use a photo from a great experience for dad, like a picture of a fishing trip that will make your presentation EXTRA special. Want everyone to see your Christmas photo or show the giftee where this gift came from – put your picture on it. And for companies that want to promote their business, you can upload your logo for that branded touch.

3. Cool Wraps // www.coolwraps.com

Tired of gift wrapping with the traditional roll of paper or look lazy using gift bag? Just get your CoolWraps, the original shrink wrap bag, and throw away your scissors, your tape and your roll of paper. You just need a CoolWraps bag and your hairdryer. Featured on Shark Tank, this company makes it easy to wrap the odd shaped items that give you grief with the help of your blowdryer to form right to the gift. Just stuff it, seal it and shrink it! And best of all, you don’t need a large space to store all your gift wrap because these store flat!

Here’s a few helpful tips to make your CoolWrap look present perfect.

Best Subscription Boxes 2015

June 1, 2015 By Autumn Rose Reo 33 Comments

I’m a sucker for a delivery to my doorstep.

Each time the FedEx man or that brown truck shows up with a box, it’s a fight to finish to meet him at the door so I can quickly whisk it to the kitchen to rip open the contents.

So ever since that first subscription box showed up in the market, I was hooked. It had all the fun of Christmas morning PLUS it was delivery to boot. I loved the idea so much I featured some of my favorite boxes on Good Morning Texas in June 2014.

A year later the subscription craze is still running strong and now each one is getting even more creative in efforts to fit your perfect fix. Subscription companies have stepped up their game with curation and education. Just check out the best subscription boxes 2015!

MISTOBOX

Coffee isn’t just about caffeine anymore with the MistoBox. Each month you receive four different roasters inside of your MistoBox from some of the hippest and tastiest coffee houses around. Each box includes tasting notes to help you learn more during your coffee journey and where it’s from. So you can just sit back and enjoy the grind…

Cost: $12.99 to $22.99 per shipment depending on the options a customer selects.

CLUB W

For some it’s coffee, for others it’s wine. Club W works directly with wine makers. There are no middlemen, which means you get better wine for less. Shipping directly to you also so they invest in smaller, more unique lots with companies they don’t require quotas on quantity. Learning about wine should be fun, not overbearing or pretentious. Each month you’ll also receive with your box of three wines, short videos for every wine including tasting notes and other background information such as the producer’s story, an explanation of the growing region or a primer on the varietal.

Cost: Starts at 3 bottles a month for $39 + $6 flat rate shipping. Club W covers shipping on orders of 6 or more bottles.

CRAFTED TASTE

And for those of us looking for a new go-to-drink or are willing to expand our craft cocktail, there’s Crafted Taste. Purchased as a subscription or as individual kits, each new kit gives you everything you need to become a mixologist. From the sugar syrup, liquor and even the napkins, every month’s shipment is a new reason to celebrate. I love this idea for a mandatory date-night in idea, girls’ night get together or the ideal birthday gift. And they’ll even customize based on tastes or large gift orders.

Cost: $65/month for a mixer-only subscription or $130/cocktail subscription and $200/premium subscription

SPICE MADAMS

Explore the world through curated spice kits from different cultures delivered to your kitchen every month!

Founded by two Dallas ladies, you sign up for the box, and you get four spices from a specific country or culture with education and recipes that feature the spices. Allows you to expand your culinary adventures with just one box a month!

Cost: $20/month and discounted rates with longer subscriptions

Spice Madam fans can use promo code UASPICEMADAM15 at Urban Acres to get a free UA membership and first Medium Share ($83 Value)!

CUPCAKE OF THE MONTH & BACON OF THE MONTH

From Amazing Clubs, America’s #1 Gourmet Gifts of the Month Club with over 1 million satisfied customers, you can’t go wrong with cupcakes or bacon, but they have 40+ other monthly box subscriptions to choose from.

Cupcake of the Month
Each month they’ll deliver a delicious selection of 12 gourmet cupcakes in four new flavors. Flavors range from old-fashioned favorites like creamy chocolate and red velvet cupcakes, to exciting new flavors like banana cream and tart raspberry. The cupcakes are made with only the finest, all-natural ingredients and delivered fresh, moist and pretty.

Cost: $54.95 with a 3-month subscription

Bacon of the Month
Each month they’ll deliver two generous, one-pound, thick-cut, hand-rubbed selections of gourmet bacons tha are low-production, artisan bacons from specialty producers nationwide. Bacon-lovers will be in hog heaven with delicious flavors like honey BBQ, sun dried tomato, fresh cracked pepper and many more. Each one-pound selection of gourmet bacon is made with only the finest, all-natural ingredients and delivered perfectly fresh in refrigerated packaging.

Cost: $49.95 with a 3-month subscription

PLATED

Plated takes the work out of making exciting fresh and restaurant-quality meals at home. This is flexible, weekly subscription service that allows you to skip as many weeks as you’d like and simple to cancel at any time online. All of meats are 100% antibiotic-free with no added hormones, all seafood is domestic and sustainably sourced. They offer up 7-9 new recipes on our site each week including 3 vegetarian options, and 4 meat and seafood options per week so that there’s a range of options for everyone. Featured on Beyond the Tank (Shark Tank spin-off) the idea of Plated is to help get busy Americans cooking more and living better by bridging the gap between how we say we want to eat and how we actually eat. Professional chefs create and test new recipes each week, with plenty of options for different tastes and different skills levels.

Cost: Dishes are $12 per plate (1 plate = 1 person or 1 serving) with a 4 plate minimum per order (that’s 2 meals for 2 people) and you can order as many plates/recipes as you’d like (in multiples of 2). Right now you can get four plates for the price of two.

GWYNNIE BEE

Gwynnie Bee is the only clothing rental subscription service exclusively for women sizes 10-32. Described as a digital department store with 2,000 styles from 150 brands to choose from, you receive unlimited exchanges and free shipping. With the most common plan, members receive on average $900-$1,200 worth of apparel for the same cost of just one dress but all the fun of having something new to wear!

Gwynnie Bee members on Facebook

Cost: Most popular plan is $79/month for 3 items at a time and receive around 6-12 items a month. Gwynnie Bee is currently offering a free 30-day trial of the subscription.

Make sure not to miss many of these offers with free trials and BOGOs for the first month.

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Don’t Forget Fido: Holiday Picks for Your Pooch

December 24, 2014 By Autumn Rose Reo Leave a Comment

I’m not sure how I missed the popup of several local hot spots designed for the pupperdogs and kitty cats in DFW over the last few months. However, when I finally entered the doors of this hot spot known as Hollywood Feed in search of Hollywood Feed in search of Birddie’s stocking stuffers, I understood why you might name your pet store after the destination for the stars. If your four-legged friend doesn’t feel like a celeb once they leave this place, I don’t know what will.

With eight locations in the DFW, Hollywood Feed is a boutique/groomer/grocery store that’s gone to the dogs (and the cats.) With beautiful plush beds (available in S – XL), matching leashes and collars, photo frames, food and treats of every kind and all the stuff in between. Don’t miss the self-serve station for you to wash your pooch without making a mess at home (which is only $4.95 on Mondays) as well as a service just in case you don’t have time for that little bit of bonding.

Normally, my lab scores snacks and toys at Christmas, but I couldn’t help but match her collar and leash to her new ultra-soft donut bed! And her stocking still got filled with a delicious dog cookie – perfect for holiday giving.

[Tweet “More than 63% U.S. households have 1 pet, so don’t forget them at the holidays! @HumaneSociety #Holidays”]

If you don’t feel like your pupper dog needs a new bed or closet of matching outfits, at least consider their health for 2015. I participated in the Purina ONE 28-day Challenge and have seen the difference the right dog food can make for your dog. But I’m not the only one. Purina actually went to Asheville, North Carolina, one of the dog-friendliest towns in the U.S. to see how what changes happened in 28 days.

Just like these families, our Birddie dog not only was eating a better class of food, but it showed in her shiny coat, healthier teeth and gums and overall better health.

Do you want to see the difference in your dog? Take the 28-day Challenge by Purina ONE:

1. Register for the 28-Day Challenge
2. Choose which Purina ONE dry dog food is right for your dog
3. Create a profile for your dog and follow our guidelines for switching to Purina ONE and get $3 off on her bag of Purina ONE.
4. Track and share the changes you see in your dog.

Do your pets get holiday gifts?

Holiday Hot List: Blogger Gift Ideas Worth Tweeting

December 15, 2014 By Autumn Rose Reo 1 Comment

Bloggers are a special breed. If you are one, you totally know what I’m talking about. If you are the family member of one, then you know that when you walk into the dining room to a perfectly propped dish on the table or you go out to eat dinner, you need to wait until pictures are taken before you take a bite.

But recipes and restaurant reviews aren’t the only thing a blogger is working on. Actually most bloggers become a little bit of everything – from crafter, to shopper, to stylist and more – bloggers have their hands in a little bit of everything. That’s why when it comes to Christmas, it’s kinda hard to buy for a blogger who’s read or written the review on most the new stuff out there. And by looking at their Pinterest it won’t help you narrow anything down because there’s probably 2000 pins – on just one of those 100+ boards.

So take it from this blogger, if you want to gift your #1 blogger (or actually anyone who really enjoys social media, writing or just being online), these ideas straight from Verizon Wireless will show you’ve done your homework. And more than likely you’ll get a social thank you with a tag just for you.

Droid Turbo by Motorola for Verizon

First of all, this phone is water repellent. That alone makes it one of the best smartphones on the market – bar none. However, after learning about the Droid Turbo and other state-of-art devices on the market straight from the source last week, I couldn’t help but get real excited when Motorola’s John Miramontes highlighted:

48 hours of usage (THE largest battery life of any smartphone)
Can be charged in lighting time (15 minutes of charging = 8 hours of use)
Comes with a turbo charger for the car for quick charging

Samsung Galaxy Note 4

I can’t count how many times I’ve thought, “man, I wish I could just write a note on the phone instead of type it out. And viola – the Galaxy Note 4 does that – but a lot, lot, lot more. With the finest display in the world (they can’t even replicate it for TV) and an 8X zoom camera with a 120-degree pan capability for the best selfies ever, the Samsung Galaxy Note does almost everything a blogger needs – except write the blog. The S Pen is designed put writing to text and with the ultra Power Saving Mode, your phone will run on the absolutely minimum energy use allows the last 10% to last up to 24 hours (perfect for the last little bit of a blogger event without running out of battery!)

And the bonus on this phone is a built-in kids mode that allows kids to play on “kid-only apps.” This way you don’t get accidently calls, texts or deleting!

Motorola Charger

Designed for on-the-go charging, the Power Pack Slim 5100 has 2.4 amps of power output to charge your devices quickly when you’re in a hurry. The super slim design lets you easily fit it into a pocket so you can have it with you wherever you go. The dark canvas casing is built to withstand the daily grind.

And don’t worry – this charger works with Android™ and iOS® USB-powered devices to charge your device two times without a recharge.

Freebies + Discounts

Most bloggers know where to get a deal, so really wow that “socialite” with some of the amazing deals from Verizon right now. Verizon is offering free phones, free tablets, and free data for new and existing customers. Get a free phone with the trade-in of a working smartphone (up to $200 value). Plus, get a free tablet (or $200 credit toward your tablet choice)!

Right now this Verizon Ellipsis 7 is FREE with a 2-year contract! (Free gift is the best gift!)

Not instead of, you get both! And check out this BOGO – With any plans with 10GB of data or more, you will get double the data every month for a year.

But that’s just the beginning – I’ve found tons of deals on the Verizon Wireless website, so make sure you check it out!

What are you wishing for this Christmas?

Go for Fun with Christmas PJs for the Family

December 10, 2014 By Autumn Rose Reo 14 Comments

Christmas is not Christmas without Christmas pjs, so I’m excited to partner with to celebrate this holiday with the whole family!

Past Christmases have always had a family photo and subsequently a Reo Family Christmas card. While I love the idea of the matching sweaters and picking out a beautiful dress for my daughter, this year there was just too much “other stuff” to deal with that I didn’t get things planned. And besides – the idea of posing in formal wear just didn’t seem like the right thing to do for us. We needed fun.

We needed something comfortable. We needed

I’ve always gotten the kids Christmas pjs but this year, we all needed a pair. Not necessarily all matchy (as my son likes to say), but a theme.

This was my source of inspiration – these over-the-top Santa boxer shorts. They even came with their own Santa hat so this is a perfect gift.

When I took a look at Kmart.com I saw Joe Boxer had tons of choices at inexpensive prices including the new exclusive designs. I ordered four pairs with a little something Santa and all for just around only $50!

Joe Boxer has such a large assortment of styles the holiday like footed pajamas, hooded animal loungers, boxers, pajama pants/ shorts sets, and fleece pajama pants, we had options that ensured everyone had a pair of PJs they would love to have Santa see them in this Christmas.

Remember last year’s Joe Boxer commercial with the bells? (You know that one…)This year they’ve gone to the drums with their new ‘Jingle Bells’ .

And this year they’ve spread the love to the ladies with ‘.

Always full of fun, Joe Boxer has a with everything from cupcakes to camo, traditional plaid to snowmen, and lots of funny sayings and caricatures.

And they had such super options for my little elves…or to be appropriate – Santas! A little bit sass and a whole lotta fun, Joe Boxer sold at Kmart is now our go-to solution for holiday PJs for us as well as gifts for friends and family. At such great prices and even options for free shipping, you can still get in your Christmas PJs for this holiday and a Chirstmas card too. Just take a look at the one we were able to put together in no time and all comfty in our

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Joe Boxer available at Kmart.

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Giving for Good this #GivingTuesday

Top Holidays Gift Ideas for Toddlers

For more ideas for on what to get that special kiddo for the holidays, check out the Holiday Hot List for 2015.

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Texas Popovers with Strawberry Jalapeno Butter

Popovers with Strawberry Jalapeno Butter

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