Something Like Life

Welcome to the Dyson Housewarming Giveaway event. This took months in the making and Mom to Bed by 8, the Iowa Mom is proud to bring you this fantastic home essential and offer you the chance to win one too! Big thank you to our lovely co-hosts How to Have It All, Mark Your Savings and GiveAway Bandit.

If you are a parent or even a babysitter you are probably already struggling, or about to struggle, with keeping the kids occupied during the summer. It is hot, there is nothing fun, to much tv is bad...........geeze they should make this easier on us.lol Well twice a year the carnival and fairs come around and there is so much there that the kids just LOVE to do! Knocking down the cans with a ball is one of those. I thought huh..maybe I can make something at home they can do like this. It was not only fast and easy but HOURS of fun!
Now you can leave the cans plain as well if you want ;O) but I always have spray paint hanging around so I figured why not.lol You can even have prizes for the kids the dollar store is a great place to buy a bag of candies or small treats! Have fun and enjoy the summer!

Welcome to the 5K Fanbration for Camp Wags and Route 249!To thank our fans, we are throwing a Fanbration Event! ONE Winner takes both prizes! Camp Wags is sponsoring some fun toys for your pups. 2 ChuckIt glow in the dark tennis balls and ChuckIt Pocket Ball Launcher! Route 249 is sponsoring $25 Amazon Gift Card!
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Now I will admit I am NOT an organized person, not even close. Before this product I would have to turn to Google or Pinterest every time I was looking for my "favorite" recipe. With the Cook'n Recipe Organizer I have had so much fun going around and getting all my favorites into one place! You can enter your own recipes, or with the Capture option you can simply search your favorite recipe, click capture, and there it is at your finger tips to save into your cook book. You can use it to analyze the recipes for nutritional information, menu plan, and even set up a shopping list RIGHT THERE IN THE PROGRAM! If you are like me simply having it on the computer doesn't do a whole lot of good once you get to the store. You print it out, write it down and BAM you still forget it at home. Well with Cook'n Recipe Organizer you can link up with your smart phone and have it handy when you get to the store! It does SOOoo much it's hard to explain but they have assembled…

If you have boys then you have jeans with holes in the knees! With the price of clothing I can never seem to part with them once they become holey.lol I have been searching different crafts and goodies I can do with them and then I thought what about cut-off shorts?? When I think of shorts made from pants though you think frayed ends and well I'm not sure my kids would survive a day at school wearing those.lol These actually turned out WAY better then I thought they would!

 While this won't work for holes any higher then the knees it was prefect for holes at the knees :O) and only 7 more to do for me hehehe. But hey I won't have to buy shorts this summer.

Wow I can't believe it has taken 9 days but I have my first little sprout :*). They like a whole lot of water it seems. I really hope more start popping up really soon! I hope everyone is having a great Memorial Day. Don't forget to stop for a moment and remember those who have lost their lives so we can be free.

I am thrilled to be joining in with Tots and Me to bring her last Baby Shower Celebration Giveaway. The following review was written by Tots and Me.
A couple of days ago I shared a little bit about mydayregistry.com.

I'm so happy to be able to share with you a fellow bloggers excitement!May 21, 2012 was officially 1 year since she moved her old blogspot blog over to WordPress and became 7 on a Shoestring. The past year has been an amazing ride! "I have done things I could have never imagined and have been to places I would never have thought possible. Plus, the friends I have met along the way have been incredible and I am excited about continuing the journey."
10K Facebook Fans and 1 Year Blogiversary Celebration Therefore in honor of hitting 10K Facebook Fans {and then some} and her 1 Year Blogiversary, she am celebrating by giving each of you the chance to win some great prizes from some of the gracious sponsors who have joined, in commemorating the event. Not only do you have a chance to win the great prizes below, but you can also enter to win from the 7 Giveaway-A-Day sweepstakes from over the past week. Our sponsors have been awesome and all deserve much appreciation as w…

  I recently bought a Cricut and wanted to try something new with it, cutting vinyl. In wanted to be able to make a sticker for my car window to help share my web page with others they may not come across it on a normal bases.  Before you cut make sure your multi cut is set to 1 and the cutting speed set to 3 :O)

Make sure your window or other surface are clean before you apply. Remove the paper backing and carefully line up your sticker. Once it touches the surface getting it off will be very tough.

As you know I struggle constantly with the shape and fitness of my body. I eat what I feel is a "good" diet. I drink at least 864 ounces of water a day, eat between 1200-1500 calories, and stay pretty active. Really thought it seems I am always spinning in circles. Recently I came across an article that may explain WHY! While I eat the right amount of calories a day I am not eating the right variety of foods. Here is the article if you want to learn how you maybe able to help your health and weight by eating the right foods keep to your body healthy and working to its full potential. Are You Eating Proper Food Portions?

Yeah I know my titles seem to get more and more lame hehehe. I've had such limited success with gardening it seems in this horrid soil we have. My onions, potatoes and beans seem to be growing "good", which really just means they aren't dead, but nothing else seems to survive. I have one cucumber plant that ended up someone in the watering furrows I have created. I think I may plant more down in there. The heat around here just seems to drain everything, add in a little bit of 60 mile per hour winds and all the good soil is gone! However I had a small handful of plants I bought in containers in the corner protected probably the best they can be from all these things and they are doing great!

If you have ever taken a small child to the restroom in public you know how scary it can be for them and well even us sometimes! Not only are the toilets covered in goodness knows what but they are big and can be quite overwhelming! The PottyCover is a great way to help not only protect your child from the germs that may be crawling all over the toilet, but to make it a more friendly environment for them to be in. With a 4 year old little girl not only are germs "EVERYWHERE" but from her reaction they will most certainly be the end of her.lol She has had so much fun using these. We took one with us out shopping today and it was great. It's small size very easily fit into my purse and we were ready to go. It is durable enough that I didn't have to worry about tears like you would a toilet cover the store provide, but it was easily disposed of after we finished. A pack of PottyCover sells for $5.99 and it is available on Amazon, Ebay, all Buy Buy Baby stores around the c…